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ArticleScientific reports2023

Inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing by methyl gallate from Mangifera indica.

Nourhan G Naga, Ahmed A Zaki, Dalia E El-Badan, Heba S Rateb, Khaled M Ghanem, Mona I Shaaban

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 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 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Nourhan G Naga *Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7380-9116
Ahmed A Zaki *Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, El Mansoura, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5462-6971
Dalia E El-BadanBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1043-6954
Heba S RatebDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Misr University for Science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6952-1790
Khaled M GhanemBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6140-5026
Mona I ShaabanMicrobiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, El Mansoura, Egypt. mona_ibrahem@mans.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3044-6102
Alexandria University · EGMansoura University · EGBeirut Arab University · LBMisr University for Science and Technology · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antipathogenic drugs are a potential source of therapeutics, particularly following the emergence of multiple drug-resistant pathogenic microorganisms in the last decade. The inhibition of quorum sensing (QS) is an advanced antipathogenic approach for suppression of bacterial virulence and dissemination. This study aimed to investigate the inhibitory effect of some Egyptian medicinal plants on the QS signaling system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Among the tested plants, Mangifera indica exhibited the highest quorum sensing inhibition (QSI) activity against Chromobacterium violaceum ATCC 12472. Four pure compounds were extracted and identified; of these, methyl gallate (MG) showed the most potent QSI. MG had a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 512 g/mL against P. aeruginosa strains PAO1, PA14, Pa21, Pa22, Pa23, Pa24, and PAO-JP2. The virulence factors of PAO1, PA14, Pa21, Pa22, Pa23, and Pa24 were significantly inhibited by MG at 1/4 and 1/2 sub-MICs without affecting bacterial viability. Computational insights were performed by docking the MG compound on the LasR receptor, and the QSI behavior of MG was found to be mediated by three hydrogen bonds: Trp60, Arg61, and Thr75. This study indicates the importance of M. indica and MG in the inhibition and modulation of QS and QS-related virulence factors in P. aeruginosa.

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MangiferaPlants, MedicinalAnti-Bacterial AgentsBiofilmsChromobacteriumGallic AcidPseudomonas aeruginosaQuorum SensingVirulence FactorsAnti-Bacterial AgentsGallic Acidmethyl gallateVirulence Factors

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PMID37864035
PMCPMC10589227
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