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ArticleACS chemical biology2011

Attenuation of virulence in pathogenic bacteria using synthetic quorum-sensing modulators under native conditions on plant hosts.

Andrew G Palmer, Evan Streng, Helen E Blackwell

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Article in ACS chemical biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrew G PalmerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706-1322, USA.
Evan Streng
Helen E Blackwell
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Synthetic Ligands for Modulating Bacterial CommunicationR01AI063326 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI BLACKWELL, HELEN E. · 2006 to 2010
$1.1M
Eukaryotic Perception of Prokaryotic Quorum SignalsF32AI082900 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI PALMER, ANDREW GEORGE · 2009 to 2010
$98k
NIAID NIH HHS 1F32 AI082900NIAID NIH HHS AI063326NIAID NIH HHS F32 AI082900NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI063326
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quorum sensing (QS) is often critical in both pathogenic and mutualistic relationships between bacteria and their eukaryotic hosts. Gram-negative bacteria typically use N-acylated l-homoserine lactone (AHL) signals for QS. We have identified a number of synthetic AHL analogues that are able to strongly modulate QS in culture-based, reporter gene assays. While informative, these assays represent idealized systems, and their relevance to QS under native conditions is often unclear. As one of our goals is to utilize synthetic QS modulators to study bacterial communication under native conditions, identifying robust host-bacteria model systems for their evaluation is crucial. We reasoned that the host-pathogen interaction between Solanum tuberosum (potato) and the Gram-negative pathogen Pectobacterium carotovora would be ideal for such studies as we have identified several potent, synthetic QS modulators for this pathogen, and infection assays in potato are facile. Herein, we report on our development of this host-pathogen system, and another in Phaseolus vulgaris (green bean), as a means for monitoring the ability of abiotic AHLs to modulate QS-regulated virulence in host infection assays. Our assays confirmed that QS modulators previously identified through culture-based assays largely retained their activity profiles when introduced into the plant host. However, inhibition of virulence in wild-type infections was highly dependent on the timing of compound dosing. This study is the first to demonstrate that our AHL analogues are active in wild-type bacteria in their native eukaryotic hosts and provides compelling evidence for the application of these molecules as probes to study QS in a range of organisms and environments.

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Host-Pathogen InteractionsAcyl-ButyrolactonesEnterobacteriaceaeQuorum SensingSolanum tuberosumVirulenceAcyl-Butyrolactones

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PMID21932837
PMCPMC3241857
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