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ArticleMarine drugs2014

Marine-derived quorum-sensing inhibitory activities enhance the antibacterial efficacy of tobramycin against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Alessandro Busetti, George Shaw, Julianne Megaw, Sean P Gorman, Christine A Maggs, Brendan F Gilmore

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Article in Marine drugs, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alessandro BusettiSchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Rd, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK. a.busetti@qub.ac.uk.
George ShawSchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Rd, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK. gshaw08@qub.ac.uk.
Julianne MegawSchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Rd, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK. j.megaw@qub.ac.uk.
Sean P GormanSchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Rd, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK. s.gorman@qub.ac.uk.
Christine A MaggsSchool of Biological Sciences, Medical Biology Center, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK. c.maggs@qub.ac.uk.
Brendan F GilmoreSchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Rd, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK. b.gilmore@qub.ac.uk.
Queen's University Belfast · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial epiphytes isolated from marine eukaryotes were screened for the production of quorum sensing inhibitory compounds (QSIs). Marine isolate KS8, identified as a Pseudoalteromonas sp., was found to display strong quorum sensing inhibitory (QSI) activity against acyl homoserine lactone (AHL)-based reporter strains Chromobacterium violaceum ATCC 12472 and CV026. KS8 supernatant significantly reduced biofilm biomass during biofilm formation (-63%) and in pre-established, mature P. aeruginosa PAO1 biofilms (-33%). KS8 supernatant also caused a 0.97-log reduction (-89%) and a 2-log reduction (-99%) in PAO1 biofilm viable counts in the biofilm formation assay and the biofilm eradication assay respectively. The crude organic extract of KS8 had a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 2 mg/mL against PAO1 but no minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) was observed over the concentration range tested (MBC > 16 mg/mL). Sub-MIC concentrations (1 mg/mL) of KS8 crude organic extract significantly reduced the quorum sensing (QS)-dependent production of both pyoverdin and pyocyanin in P. aeruginosa PAO1 without affecting growth. A combinatorial approach using tobramycin and the crude organic extract at 1 mg/mL against planktonic P. aeruginosa PAO1 was found to increase the efficacy of tobramycin ten-fold, decreasing the MIC from 0.75 to 0.075 µg/mL. These data support the validity of approaches combining conventional antibiotic therapy with non-antibiotic compounds to improve the efficacy of current treatments.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsBiofilmsChromobacteriumMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPseudoalteromonasPseudomonas aeruginosaQuorum SensingSeawaterTobramycinAnti-Bacterial AgentsTobramycin

Identifiers

PMID25546516
PMCPMC4306922
OpenAlexW2025231699

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