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Sensors (Basel). 2012;12(4):4016-30. doi: 10.3390/s120404016. Epub 2012 Mar 27.

Inhibition of quorum sensing-controlled virulence factor production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 by Ayurveda spice clove (Syzygium aromaticum) bud extract.

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Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia thibavengdes@yahoo.com

Abstract

Quorum sensing controls the virulence determinants in most proteobacteria. In this work, the hexane, chloroform and methanol extracts of an Ayurveda spice, namely clove (Syzygium aromaticum), shown anti-quorum sensing activity. Hexane and methanol extracts of clove inhibited the response of C. violaceum CV026 to exogenously supplied N-hexanoylhomoserine lactone, in turn preventing violacein production. Chloroform and methanol extracts of clove significantly reduced bioluminescence production by E. coli [pSB1075] grown in the presence of N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone. We demonstrated that clove extract inhibited quorum sensing-regulated phenotypes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01, including expression of lecA::lux (by hexane extract), swarming (maximum inhibition by methanol extract), pyocyanin (maximum inhibition by hexane extract). This study shows that the presence of natural compounds that exhibit anti-quorum sensing activity in the clove extracts may be useful as the lead of anti-infective drugs.

KEYWORDS:

Ayurveda; Chromobacterium violaceum; N-acylhomoserine lactones; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Syzygium aromaticum; bioluminescence; biosensors; lecA::lux; pyocyanin; swarming

PMID:
22666015
PMCID:
PMC3355396
DOI:
10.3390/s120404016
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