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ArticleIranian journal of basic medical sciences2023

Anti-quorum sensing and antibiofilm activity of coumarin derivatives against

Amineh Sadat Tajani, Zeinab Amiri Tehranizadeh, Arianoosh Pourmohammad, Armin Pourmohammad, Milad Iranshahi, Faegheh Farhadi, Vahid Soheili, Bibi Sedigheh Fazly Bazzaz

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Article in Iranian journal of basic medical sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amineh Sadat TajaniDepartment of Pharmaceutical Control, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Zeinab Amiri TehranizadehDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Arianoosh PourmohammadDepartment of Pharmaceutical Control, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Armin PourmohammadDepartment of Pharmaceutical Control, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Milad IranshahiDepartment of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Faegheh FarhadiDepartment of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Vahid SoheiliDepartment of Pharmaceutical Control, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Bibi Sedigheh Fazly BazzazBiotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Biofilm-associated infections are challenging to manage or treat since the biofilm matrix is impenetrable to most antibiotics. Therefore, the best approach to deal with biofilm infections is to interrupt the construction during the initial levels. Biofilm formation has been regulated through the quorum sensing (QS) network, making it an attractive target for any antibacterial therapy. Materials and Methods: Here, some coumarin members, including umbelliprenin, 4-farnesyloxycoumarin, gummosin, samarcandin, farnesifrol A, B, C, and auraptan, have been assessed as QS inhibitors Results: First, the interaction of these compounds was investigated against one of the major transcriptional regulator proteins, PqsR, using molecular docking and structural analysis methodology. After that, Conclusion: The biofilm formation test, virulence factors production assays, gene expression analysis, and molecular dynamic simulations data demonstrated that coumarin derivatives are a potential anti-QS family through PqsR inhibition.

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BiofilmCoumarinMicrobial resistancePseudomonas aeruginosaQuorum sensing

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PMID37009015
PMCPMC10008386
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