Effects of Luteolin on Biofilm of and Its Therapeutic Effect on Rat Endometritis.

is an opportunistic pathogen that causes suppurative infections in animals. The development of new anti-biofilm drugs will improve the current treatment status for controlling infections in the animal husbandry industry. Luteolin is a naturally derived flavonoid compound with antibacterial properties. In this study, the effects and the mechanism of luteolin on biofilm were analyzed and explored. The MBIC and MBEC of luteolin on were 156 μg/mL and 312 μg/mL, respectively. The anti-biofilm effects of luteolin were also observed by a confocal laser microscope and scanning electron microscope. The results indicated that 312 μg/mL of luteolin could disperse large pieces of biofilm into small clusters after 8 h of treatment. According to the real-time quantitative PCR detection results, luteolin could significantly inhibit the relative expression of the biofilm-associated genes , , and . In addition, the in vivo anti-biofilm activity of luteolin against was studied using a rat endometritis model established by glacial acetic acid stimulation and intrauterine infusion. Our study showed that luteolin could significantly reduce the symptoms of rat endometritis. These data may provide new opinions on the clinical treatment of luteolin and other flavonoid compounds on biofilm-associated infections.