414948

In silico synergistic effects of polyhydroxyalkonates with antibiotic resistance profile of <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> as promising way in pneumonia treatment

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Last updated: 29 Mar 2025

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Antimicrobials
Bacteria
Human Microbial Interactions
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract

Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important gram-negative opportunistic pathogen that causes a variety of infectious diseases, including urinary tract infections, bacteremia, pneumonia, and liver abscesses. In this study, Klebsiella pneumoniae strain KP2211 was isolated, identified, and subjected to in vitro assessment of its antibiotic sensitivity testes, and in silico predicted synergistic combination between antibiotic resistance profile with retrative polyhydroxyalkanoates compounds against important receptor protein play important role in multi-drug resistance treatment in Gram negative bacteria.  Polyhydroxyalkonates (PHAs) are a class of naturally occurring, biodegradable polymers synthesized by various microorganisms as intracellular energy storage materials under conditions of nutrient imbalance. These polymers are composed of hydroxyalkanoate monomers and are characterized by their biocompatibility, biodegradability, and versatile material properties, making them suitable for a wide range of applications in biomedical fields (e.g., drug delivery, tissue engineering, and medical implants) and environmental sectors (e.g., biodegradable plastics, packaging, and agricultural films). The antibiotic susceptibility test reported that klebsiella pneumoniae strain KP2211 showed the highest resistance against different antibiotics as Amoxycillin (AMX), Cefepime (FEP), Vancomycin (VA), Cefoxitin (FOX), Ceftazidime (CAZ), Cefazoline (CZ), Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole (SXT) and Clindamycin (CD). In addition, the prediction of a synergistic effect of PHAs ingredients as 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid (z, z) methyl ester and resistance antibiotic against LpxC enzyme in the lipid A biosynthetic pathway, showed a promising binding affinity ranging from -6.9 to -9.0  kcal/ mol. Our findings indicated that predicted molecules are a promising way to be used as a drug delivery system for multi-drug resistance in pneumonia treatment.

DOI

10.21608/mb.2025.361987.1258

Keywords

Antimicrobial synergy, bacterial resistance modulation, biofilm disruption, computational pharmacology, Molecular docking, pathogen virulence, polymer-drug interactions

Authors

First Name

Hend

Last Name

Hamedo

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Arish University, Arish 45511, North Sinai, Egypt.

Email

h.abdelhamid@aru.edu.eg

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Orcid

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First Name

Adel

Last Name

El-Morsi

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.

Email

mo@aru.edu.eg

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ayat

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.

Email

ayat@aru.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

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First Name

Esraa

Last Name

Badawi

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Arish University, Arish 45511, North Sinai, Egypt.

Email

esraabadawi31@gmail.com

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Volume

10

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

53711

Issue Date

2025-03-01

Receive Date

2025-02-02

Publish Date

2025-03-01

Page Start

195

Page End

205

Print ISSN

2357-0326

Online ISSN

2357-0334

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414,948

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Original Article

Type Code

502

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Journal

Publication Title

Microbial Biosystems

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https://mb.journals.ekb.eg/

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In silico synergistic effects of polyhydroxyalkonates with antibiotic resistance profile of <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> as promising way in pneumonia treatment

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Article

Created At

09 Mar 2025