Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women in the world, and its morbidity and mortality are increasing year by year. Epirubicin (EPI) is a commonly used drug for the treatment of breast cancer but unfortunately can cause cardiac toxicity in patients because of dose accumulation. Therefore, there is an urgent need for new therapies to enhance the sensitivity of breast cancer cells to EPI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBacteria produce a large number of virulence factors through the quorum sensing (QS) mechanism. Inhibiting such QS system of the pathogens without disturbing their growth is a potential strategy to control multi-drug-resistant pathogens. To accomplish this, two new tremulane-type sesquiterpenoids, irpexolaceus H () and I (), along with two known furan compounds, irpexlacte B () and C (), were isolated from (L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNine undescribed compounds, including six tremulane-type sesquiterpenoids, irpexolaceus A-F, one phenolic bisabolane-type sesquiterpenoid, irpexolaceus G, and two furan derivatives, irpexonjust A-B, as well as eight known analogs, were isolated from an endophytic fungus (Irpex lacteus OV38) of Orychophragmus violaceus (L.) O.E.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQuorum sensing (QS) and biofilm formation inhibition activity of esculetin on SHAe 115 were evaluated. Exposure to esculetin at 25, 50, and 100μg/ml significantly inhibited the production of protease and hemolysin, the formation of biofilms and attenuated the swarming motility of SHAe 115. Biofilm forming inhibition was also observed through confocal laser scanning microscopy and scanning electron microscope.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNJ01, a Gram-negative bacterium, can infect tomato leaves and cause chlorosis and wilting. The present study evaluated the quorum sensing (QS) and biofilm inhibitory effects of seven carboline compounds against NJ01 at 20 μg ml, and subsequently focused the study on norharmane as this had the best inhibitory activity. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis confirmed the down-regulation of QS and biofilm related genes , , , , , , and on exposure to norharmane.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) can cause destructive bacterial blight in rice. As an antibacterial, resveratrol may inhibit Xoo growth.
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January 2019
Serratia marcescens NJ01 is a pathogenic bacterium isolated from diseased tomato leaves. Here, we report on the development of a tomato- S. marcescens host-pathogen system as a model to evaluate the effects of hordenine on quorum sensing (QS)-mediated pathogenicity under native conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe quorum sensing (QS) inhibitory activity of hordenine from sprouting barley against foodborne pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa was evaluated for the first time here. At concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 1.
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