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Disruption of the Quorum-sensing System in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Using the PPI Esomeprazole: an Exceptional and Promising Role

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Drug kinetics, dynamics, chemotherapeutics

Abstract

Quorum-sensing is a phenomenon of intercellular messages in microorganisms through secretion of small signaling molecules, which spread between cells, facilitating communication, and regulating virulence factors production. Quorum-sensing system disruption in Pseudomonas aeruginosa through identifying new inhibitors is a promising approach. Herein, we test the possible quorum-sensing inhibitory effect of esomeprazole, a proton pump inhibitor, on the standard strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. The production of the quorum-sensing controlled violacein pigment in the biosensor microorganism Chromobacterium violaceum- CV026 was significantly decreased by using 1/4 minimal inhibitory concentration of esomeprazole. For Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, such concentration of esomeprazole inhibited the swarming motility and reduced the production of the quorum-sensing dependent virulence factors proteases, elastase, pyoverdin, and pyocyanin. qRT-PCR confirmed that esomeprazole significantly decreased the relative expression levels of the quorum-sensing regulated genes LasI, LasR, RhlI, RhlR, PqsA, and PqsR which control virulence factors production. Docking study revealed potential strong binding capability of esomeprazole with LasR, RhlR and PqsR receptors. To summarize, this study showed that esomeprazole could be used as a valuable quorum-sensing inhibitor that can help develop a new approach for identifying alternative solutions to treat pseudomonal infections that may not respond to traditional antibiotics.

DOI

10.21608/odr.2023.199244.1023

Keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, quorum-sensing, Esomeprazole, Gene expression, Virulence factors

Authors

First Name

Moustafa

Last Name

Saleh

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Microbiology and Immunology department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University

Email

mostafa.mohamed@pharm.psu.edu.eg

City

Port Said

Orcid

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First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Ramadan

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut branch

Email

dr_mohammedramadan2012@yahoo.com

City

Assiut

Orcid

-

First Name

Islam

Last Name

Zaki

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University

Email

eslam.zaki@pharm.psu.edu.eg

City

Port Said

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Salah

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University

Email

mohammedsalahatab@yahoo.com

City

Port Said

Orcid

-

Volume

3

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

41712

Issue Date

2023-06-01

Receive Date

2023-03-10

Publish Date

2023-06-01

Page Start

18

Page End

29

Print ISSN

2812-6351

Online ISSN

2812-636X

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https://odr.journals.ekb.eg/article_293208.html

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3

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Research Articles

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2,485

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Octahedron Drug Research

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https://odr.journals.ekb.eg/

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Disruption of the Quorum-sensing System in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Using the PPI Esomeprazole: an Exceptional and Promising Role

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Created At

29 Dec 2024