scholarly journals Capsaicin, a novel inhibitor of the NorA efflux pump, reduces the intracellular invasion of Staphylococcus aureus

2012 ◽  
Vol 67 (10) ◽  
pp. 2401-2408 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. P. Kalia ◽  
P. Mahajan ◽  
R. Mehra ◽  
A. Nargotra ◽  
J. P. Sharma ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khac-Minh Thai ◽  
Trieu-Du Ngo ◽  
Thien-Vy Phan ◽  
Thanh-Dao Tran ◽  
Ngoc-Vinh Nguyen ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 3422-3426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siddhartha Roychoudhury ◽  
Tracy L. Twinem ◽  
Kelly M. Makin ◽  
Mark A. Nienaber ◽  
Chuiying Li ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The in vitro development of resistance to the new nonfluorinated quinolones (NFQs; PGE 9262932, PGE 4175997, and PGE 9509924) was investigated in Staphylococcus aureus. At concentrations two times the MIC, step 1 mutants were isolated more frequently with ciprofloxacin and trovafloxacin (9.1 × 10−8 and 5.7 × 10−9, respectively) than with the NFQs, gatifloxacin, or clinafloxacin (<5.7 × 10−10). Step 2 and step 3 mutants were selected via exposure of a step 1 mutant (selected with trovafloxacin) to four times the MICs of trovafloxacin and PGE 9262932. The step 1 mutant contained the known Ser80-Phe mutation in GrlA, and the step 2 and step 3 mutants contained the known Ser80-Phe and Ser84-Leu mutations in GrlA and GyrA, respectively. Compared to ciprofloxacin, the NFQs were 8-fold more potent against the parent and 16- to 128-fold more potent against the step 3 mutants. Mutants with high-level NFQ resistance (MIC, 32 μg/ml) were isolated by the spiral plater-based serial passage technique. DNA sequence analysis of three such mutants revealed the following mutations: (i) Ser84-Leu in GyrA and Glu84-Lys and His103-Tyr in GrlA; (ii) Ser-84Leu in GyrA, Ser52-Arg in GrlA, and Glu472-Val in GrlB; and (iii) Ser84-Leu in GyrA, Glu477-Val in GyrB, and Glu84-Lys and His103-Tyr in GrlA. Addition of the efflux pump inhibitor reserpine (10 μg/ml) resulted in 4- to 16-fold increases in the potencies of the NFQs against these mutants, whereas it resulted in 2-fold increases in the potencies of the NFQs against the parent.


2017 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 71-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sepideh Hassanzadeh ◽  
Rahil Mashhadi ◽  
Masoud Yousefi ◽  
Emran Askari ◽  
Maryam Saniei ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 3235-3239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen E. DeMarco ◽  
Laurel A. Cushing ◽  
Emmanuel Frempong-Manso ◽  
Susan M. Seo ◽  
Tinevimbo A. A. Jaravaza ◽  
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ABSTRACT Efflux is an important resistance mechanism in Staphylococcus aureus, but its frequency in patients with bacteremia is unknown. Nonreplicate bloodstream isolates were collected over an 8-month period, and MICs of four common efflux pump substrates, with and without the broad-spectrum efflux pump inhibitor reserpine, were determined (n = 232). A reserpine-associated fourfold decrease in MIC was considered indicative of efflux. Strains exhibiting efflux of at least two of the four substrates were identified (“effluxing strains” [n = 114]). For these strains, MICs with or without reserpine for an array of typical substrates and the expression of mepA, mdeA, norA, norB, norC, and qacA/B were determined using quantitative real-time reverse transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR). A fourfold or greater increase in gene expression was considered significant. The most commonly effluxed substrates were ethidium bromide and chlorhexidine (100 and 96% of effluxing strains, respectively). qRT-PCR identified strains overexpressing mepA (5 [4.4%]), mdeA (13 [11.4%]), norA (26 [22.8%]), norB (29 [25.4%]), and norC (19 [16.7%]); 23 strains overexpressed two or more genes. Mutations probably associated with increased gene expression included a MepR-inactivating substitution and norA promoter region insertions or deletions. Mutations possibly associated with increased expression of the other analyzed genes were also observed. Effluxing strains comprised 49% of all strains studied (114/232 strains), with nearly half of these overexpressing genes encoding MepA, MdeA, and/or NorABC (54/114 strains). Reduced susceptibility to biocides may contribute to persistence on environmental surfaces, and efflux of drugs such as fluoroquinolones may predispose strains to high-level target-based resistance.


2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 5424-5431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaideep B. Bharate ◽  
Samsher Singh ◽  
Abubakar Wani ◽  
Sadhana Sharma ◽  
Prashant Joshi ◽  
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Pyrroles showed dual inhibition of human P-gp and S. aureus Nor A efflux pump.


2011 ◽  
Vol 193 (22) ◽  
pp. 6207-6214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. C. Truong-Bolduc ◽  
P. M. Dunman ◽  
T. Eidem ◽  
D. C. Hooper

The GntR-like protein NorG has been shown to affectStaphylococcus aureusgenes involved in resistance to quinolones and β-lactams, such as those encoding the NorB and AbcA transporters. To identify the target genes regulated by NorG, we carried out transcriptional-profiling assays usingS. aureusRN6390 and its isogenicnorG::catmutant. Our data showed that NorG positively affected the transcription of global regulatorsmgrA,arlS, andsarZ. The three putative drug efflux pump genes most positively affected by NorG were the NorB efflux pump (5.1-fold), the MmpL-like protein SACOL2566 (5.2-fold), and the BcrA-like drug transporter SACOL2525 (5.7-fold) genes. TheS. aureuspredicted MmpL protein showed 53% homology with the MmpL lipid transporter ofMycobacterium tuberculosis, and the putative SACOL2525 protein showed 87% homology with the bacitracin drug transporter BcrA ofStaphylococcus hominis. Two pump genes most negatively affected by NorG were the NorC (4-fold) and AbcA (6-fold) genes. Other categories of genes, such as those participating in amino acid, inorganic ion, or nucleotide transporters and metabolism, were also affected by NorG. Real-time reverse transcription (RT)-PCR assays formgrA,arlS,sarZ,norB,norC,abcA,mmpL, andbcrA-like were carried out to verify microarray data and showed the same level of up- or downregulation by NorG. ThenorGmutant showed a 2-fold increase in resistance to norfloxacin and rhodamine, both substrates of the NorC transporter, which is consistent with the resistance phenotype conferred by overexpression ofnorCon a plasmid. These data indicate that NorG has broad regulatory function inS. aureus.


2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pallavi Ahirrao ◽  
Rushikesh Tambat ◽  
Nishtha Chandal ◽  
Nisha Mahey ◽  
Anjoo Kamboj ◽  
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