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ArticleScientific reports2017

Vanillic acid from Actinidia deliciosa impedes virulence in Serratia marcescens by affecting S-layer, flagellin and fatty acid biosynthesis proteins.

Sivasamy Sethupathy, Sivagnanam Ananthi, Anthonymuthu Selvaraj, Balakrishnan Shanmuganathan, Loganathan Vigneshwari, Krishnaswamy Balamurugan, Sundarasamy Mahalingam, Shunmugiah Karutha Pandian

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sivasamy SethupathyDepartment of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Science Campus, Karaikudi, 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID 0000-0001-5466-4943
Sivagnanam AnanthiLaboratory of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600 036, Tamil Nadu, India.
Anthonymuthu SelvarajDepartment of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Science Campus, Karaikudi, 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Balakrishnan ShanmuganathanDepartment of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Science Campus, Karaikudi, 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Loganathan VigneshwariDepartment of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Science Campus, Karaikudi, 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Krishnaswamy BalamuruganDepartment of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Science Campus, Karaikudi, 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sundarasamy MahalingamLaboratory of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600 036, Tamil Nadu, India.
Shunmugiah Karutha PandianDepartment of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Science Campus, Karaikudi, 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India. sk_pandian@rediffmail.com.
Alagappa University · INIndian Institute of Technology Madras · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Serratia marcescens is one of the important nosocomial pathogens which rely on quorum sensing (QS) to regulate the production of biofilm and several virulence factors. Hence, blocking of QS has become a promising approach to quench the virulence of S. marcescens. For the first time, QS inhibitory (QSI) and antibiofilm potential of Actinidia deliciosa have been explored against S. marcescens clinical isolate (CI). A. deliciosa pulp extract significantly inhibited the virulence and biofilm production without any deleterious effect on the growth. Vanillic acid was identified as an active lead responsible for the QSI activity. Addition of vanillic acid to the growth medium significantly affected the QS regulated production of biofilm and virulence factors in a concentration dependent mode in S. marcescens CI, ATCC 14756 and MG1. Furthermore vanillic acid increased the survival of Caenorhabditis elegans upon S. marcescens infection. Proteomic analysis and mass spectrometric identification of differentially expressed proteins revealed the ability of vanillic acid to modulate the expression of proteins involved in S-layers, histidine, flagellin and fatty acid production. QSI potential of the vanillic acid observed in the current study paves the way for exploring it as a potential therapeutic candidate to treat S. marcescens infections.

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ActinidiaAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsBiofilmsCaenorhabditis elegansChromatography, LiquidDose-Response Relationship, DrugFatty AcidsFlagellinMass SpectrometryPlant ExtractsProteomeProteomicsQuorum SensingSerratia marcescensAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsFatty AcidsFlagellinPlant ExtractsProteomeVanillic AcidVirulence Factors

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