An inhibitory effect of schisandrone on α-hemolysin expression to combat methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology(2022)
摘要
Due to increasing antibiotic resistance, targeting bacterial virulence factors is now gaining further interest as an alternative strategy to develop novel classes of anti-infective agents. The critical role of α-hemolysin (Hla), an indispensable virulence determinant, in the pathogenicity of Staphylococcus aureus renders this virulence factor an appealing target for effective therapeutic applications. Herein, we identified a natural compound schisandraone, as an effective Hla inhibitor, which could inhibit Hla production and thus hemolytic activity in a dose-dependent manner without affecting the growth of S. aureus . We also found that the addition of schisandrone could down-regulate the transcriptional levels of the hla, agrA and RNAIII and significantly alleviated Hla-mediated injury of A549 cells co-cultured with S. aureus . In vivo studies further suggested that schisandrone combined with antibiotic ceftiofur exhibited a significant therapeutic effect on S. aureus infection. These findings revealed the role of schisandrone in inhibiting the activity of Hla and we believe that it is a promising anti-virulence candidate to combat MRSA pneumonia.
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Anti-infection,Anti-virulence,α-Hemolysin,Mice pneumonia model
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