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Item Acyl homoserine lactone changes the abundance of proteins and the levels of organic acids associated with stationary phase in Salmonella Enteritidis(Microbial Pathogenesis, 2016-12-01) Almeida, Felipe Alvesde; Pimentel-Filho, Natan de Jesus; Carrijo, Lanna Clícia; Bento, Claudia Braga Pereira; Baracat-Pereira, Maria Cristina; Pinto, Uelinton Manoel; Oliveira, Leandro Licursi de; Vanetti, Maria Cristina DantasQuorum sensing (QS) is cell-cell communication mechanism mediated by signaling molecules known as autoinducers (AIs) that lead to differential gene expression. Salmonella is unable to synthesize the AI-1 acyl homoserine lactone (AHL), but is able to recognize AHLs produced by other microorganisms through SdiA protein. Our study aimed to evaluate the influence of AI-1 on the abundance of proteins and the levels of organic acids of Salmonella Enteritidis. The presence of N-dodecyl-homoserine lactone (C12-HSL) did not interfere on the growth or the total amount of extracted proteins of Salmonella. However, the abundance of the proteins PheT, HtpG, PtsI, Adi, TalB, PmgI (or GpmI), Eno, and PykF enhanced while the abundance of the proteins RplB, RplE, RpsB, Tsf, OmpA, OmpC, OmpD, and GapA decreased when Salmonella Enteritidis was anaerobically cultivated in the presence of C12-HSL. Additionally, the bacterium produced less succinic, lactic, and acetic acids in the presence of C12-HSL. However, the concentration of extracellular formic acid reached 20.46 mM after 24 h and was not detected when the growth was in the absence of AI-1. Considering the cultivation period for protein extraction, their abundance, process and function, as well as the levels of organic acids, we observed in cells cultivated in presence of C12-HSL a correlation with what is described in the literature as entry into the stationary phase of growth, mainly related to nitrogen and amino acid starvation and acid stress. Further studies are needed in order to determine the specific role of the differentially abundant proteins and extracellular organic acids secreted by Salmonella in the presence of quorum sensing signaling molecules.Item Acyl homoserine lactone-based quorum sensing stimulates biofilm formation by Salmonella Enteritidis in anaerobic conditions(Archives of Microbiology, 2016-11-12) Almeida, Felipe Alves de; Pimentel-Filho, Natan de Jesus; Pinto, Uelinton Manoel; Mantovani, Hilário Cuquetto; Oliveira, Leandro Licursi de; Vanetti, Maria Cristina DantasQuorum sensing regulates a variety of phenotypes in bacteria including the production of virulence factors. Salmonella spp. have quorum sensing systems mediated by three autoinducers (AI-1, AI-2, and AI-3). The AI-1-mediated system is incomplete in that the bacterium relies on the synthesis of signaling molecules by other microorganisms. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of the AI-1 N-dodecanoyl-DL-homoserine lactone (C12-HSL) on the growth, motility, adhesion, and biofilm formation of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis PT4 578 on a polystyrene surface. Experiments were conducted at 37 °C in anaerobic tryptone soy broth supplemented with C12-HSL and/or a mixture of four synthetic furanones, at the concentration of 50 nM each. The planktonic growth, adhesion, swarming, and twitching motility were not altered in the presence of C12-HSL and/or furanones under anaerobic conditions. However, C12-HSL induced biofilm formation after 36 h of cultivation as determined by quantification of biofilm formation, by enumeration of adhered cells to polystyrene coupons, and finally by imaging the presence of multilayered cells on an epifluorescence microscope. When furanones were present in the medium, an antagonistic effect against C12-HSL on the biofilm development was observed. The results demonstrate an induction of biofilm formation in Salmonella Enteritidis by AI-1 under anaerobic conditions. Considering that Salmonella does not produce AI-1 but respond to it, C12-HSL synthesized by other bacterial species could trigger biofilm formation by this pathogen in conditions that are relevant for its pathogenesis.Item Detecção de Listeria, Salmonella e Klebsiella em serviço de alimentação hospitalar(Revista de Nutrição, 2004-07) Pinto, Uelinton Manoel; Cardoso, Rodrigo Rezende; Vanetti, Maria Cristina DantasA presença de Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella sp. e Klebsiella sp. em dietas enterais e em ambientes, utensílios e equipamentos de preparo de alimentos em serviço de alimentação hospitalar, foi o objetivo desta pesquisa. A contaminação de ambientes, utensílios e equipamentos de preparo de alimentos em serviço de alimentação hospitalar por Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella sp. e Klebsiella sp. foi avaliada em 50 amostras coletadas pela técnica de swab. Quatro amostras de dietas enterais também foram analisadas. Colônias típicas de bactérias do gênero Listeria foram isoladas de dieta enteral em ágar Oxford e a identificação da espécie L. monocytogenes foi feita por testes bioquímicos e imunológicos. A presença de Salmonella foi detectada em dieta enteral e identificada como S. rissen por sorologia. Pela relevância como agente causador de infecções hospitalares, bactérias do gênero Klebsiella foram pesquisadas e isoladas em ágar seletivo MacConkey-inositol-carbenicilina. K. pneumoniae foi encontrada em equipamento e utensílio e K. oxytoca em ambiente, equipamento e dieta enteral. Os isolados de L. monocytogenesapresentaram resistência apenas ao antibiótico cefoxitina e os do gênero Klebsiella foram resistentes a ampicilina e amoxilina. S. rissen foi sensível aos 13 antibióticos avaliados. A contaminação de 11% das amostras analisadas com pelo menos um dos patógenos, alerta para a necessidade de implantação de um rigoroso sistema de controle de qualidade nas áreas de manipulação dos alimentos, a fim de aumentar a segurança alimentar dos pacientes hospitalizados.Item N-dodecanoyl-homoserine lactone influences the levels of thiol and proteins related to oxidation-reduction process in Salmonella(PLOS ONE, 2018-10-10) Almeida, Felipe Alves de; Carneiro, Deisy Guimarães; Barros, Edvaldo; Pinto, Uelinton Manoel; Oliveira, Leandro Licursi de; Vanetti, Maria Cristina Dantas; Mendes, Tiago Antônio de OliveiraQuorum sensing is a cell-cell communication mechanism mediated by chemical signals that leads to differential gene expression in response to high population density. Salmonella is unable to synthesize the autoinducer-1 (AI-1), N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL), but is able to recognize AHLs produced by other microorganisms through SdiA protein. This study aimed to evaluate the fatty acid and protein profiles of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis PT4 578 throughout time of cultivation in the presence of AHL. The presence of N-dodecanoyl-homoserine lactone (C12-HSL) altered the fatty acid and protein profiles of Salmonella cultivated during 4, 6, 7, 12 and 36 h in anaerobic condition. The profiles of Salmonella Enteritidis at logarithmic phase of growth (4 h of cultivation), in the presence of C12-HSL, were similar to those of cells at late stationary phase (36 h). In addition, there was less variation in both protein and fatty acid profiles along growth, suggesting that this quorum sensing signal anticipated a stationary phase response. The presence of C12-HSL increased the abundance of thiol related proteins such as Tpx, Q7CR42, Q8ZP25, YfgD, AhpC, NfsB, YdhD and TrxA, as well as the levels of free cellular thiol after 6 h of cultivation, suggesting that these cells have greater potential to resist oxidative stress. Additionally, the LuxS protein which synthesizes the AI-2 signaling molecule was differentially abundant in the presence of C12-HSL. The NfsB protein had its abundance increased in the presence of C12-HSL at all evaluated times, which is a suggestion that the cells may be susceptible to the action of nitrofurans or that AHLs present some toxicity. Overall, the presence of C12-HSL altered important pathways related to oxidative stress and stationary phase response in Salmonella.Item Novel insights from molecular docking of SdiA from Salmonella enteritidis and Escherichia coli with quorum sensing and quorum quenching molecules(Microbial Pathogenesis, 2016-08-24) Almeida, Felipe Alves de; Pinto, Uelinton Manoel; Vanetti, Maria Cristina DantasQuorum sensing is a cell-to-cell communication mechanism leading to differential gene expression in response to high population density. The autoinducer-1 (AI-1) type quorum sensing system is incomplete in Escherichia coli and Salmonella due to the lack of the AI-1 synthase (LuxI homolog) responsible for acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) synthesis. However, these bacteria encode the AHL receptor SdiA (a LuxR homolog) leading to gene regulation in response to AI-1 produced by other bacteria. This study aimed to model the SdiA protein of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis PT4 578 based on three crystallized SdiA structures from Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) with different ligands. Molecular docking of these predicted structures with AHLs, furanones and 1-octanoyl-rac-glycerol were also performed. The available EHEC SdiA structures provided good prototypes for modeling SdiA from Salmonella. The molecular docking of these proteins showed that residues Y63, W67, Y71, D80 and S134 are common binding sites for different quorum modulating signals, besides being conserved among other LuxR type proteins. We also show that AHLs with twelve carbons presented better binding affinity to SdiA than AHLs with smaller side chains in our docking analysis, regardless of the protein structures used. Interestingly, the conformational changes provided by AHL binding resulted in structural models with increased affinities to brominated furanones. These results suggest that the use of brominated furanones to inhibit phenotypes controlled by quorum sensing in Salmonella and EHEC may present a good strategy since these inhibitors seem to specifically compete with AHLs for binding to SdiA in both pathogens.Item Quorum sensing em bactérias psicrotróficas proteolíticas isoladas de leite(Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 2005-04-29) Pinto, Uelinton Manoel; Vanetti, Maria Cristina Dantas; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4416935405600300Por meio de um mecanismo denominado quorum sensing, diversas bactérias podem comunicar-se umas com as outras e coordenar a expressão gênica de acordo com a densidade populacional de forma semelhante aos organismos multicelulares. Este trabalho teve como objetivo investigar a produção de moléculas sinalizadoras de quorum, conhecidas como homoserinas lactonas aciladas (AHLs), por bactérias psicrotróficas proteolíticas isoladas de leite cru refrigerado. Verificou-se também se a atividade proteolítica de Pseudomonas fluorescens 07A é dependente da densidade populacional. Foram avaliados 53 isolados psicrotróficos proteolíticos e sete estirpes ATCC quanto à produção de AHL em meio sólido utilizando as bactérias Agrobacterium tumefaciens A136, Chromobacterium violaceum CV026 e Escherichia coli pSB403 como sistemas monitores ou sensores da presença de AHL. A produção de moléculas sinalizadoras foi freqüente entre os isolados psicrotróficos proteolíticos, constatando-se que, aproximadamente, 89 % das estirpes avaliadas foram produtoras de AHL. A extração de moléculas autoindutoras foi realizada em dois isolados, Serratia liquefaciens 016 e P. fluorescens 07A e, a presença de AHL nos extratos foi confirmada pelas estirpes monitoras C. violaceum CV026 e A. tumefaciens KYC55, respectivamente. A produção de AHL pelo isolado P. fluorescens 07A foi determinada em meio de cultivo à base de triptona suplementado com 0,25 % de cálcio (TYEP + CaCl 2 0,25 %) e em meio de constituição mínima (MMS), utilizando a estirpe monitora A. tumefaciens KYC55. Em meio TYEP + CaCl 2 0,25 % a produção de AHL(s) alcançou o máximo ao final da fase logarítmica, quando a população de P. fluorescens 07A foi da ordem de 10 9 UFC mL -1 . Esta mesma população resultou em uma concentração de AHL(s) cerca de três vezes menor no MMS. Os resultados indicaram que a produção de AHL pode estar sob controle de autoindução. O crescimento e a atividade proteolítica do isolado 07A foram avaliados em seis meios de cultivo. Não foi observada diferença no crescimento do isolado nos diferentes meios, exceto no MMS, onde a estirpe cresceu de forma mais lenta. Entretanto, a produção de proteases foi maior em meio TYEP + CaCl 2 0,25 % e em leite desnatado reconstituído (LDR 12 %). A detecção da atividade proteolítica só foi possível quando a cultura atingiu concentração populacional elevada em todos os meios avaliados, excetuando-se no meio MMS, quando a atividade proteolítica foi detectada em uma densidade populacional 10 vezes menor. Nos meios a base de triptona o pH aumentou para valores próximos a 8,5. Meios contendo íons Ca +2 apresentaram grande fluorescência ao final do período de incubação, indicando maior produção do sideróforo pioverdina. A adição de duas AHLs sintéticas não afetou o crescimento e a atividade proteolítica da estirpe P. fluorescens 07A em meio TYEP + CaCl 2 0,25 %. Quando comparada ao controle, a atividade proteolítica específica de P. fluorescens 07A não foi afetada significativamente, ao nível de 5% de probabilidade, pela suplementação do meio TYEP + CaCl 2 0,25 % com extrato de AHL obtido da própria estirpe. O quorum sensing pode não estar regulando a atividade proteolítica em P. fluorescens 07A.Item Virtual screening of plant compounds and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for inhibition of quorum sensing and biofilm formation in Salmonella(Microbial Pathogenesis, 2018-08) Almeida, Felipe Alves de; Vargas, Erika Lorena Giraldo; Carneiro, Deisy Guimarães; Pinto, Uelinton Manoel; Vanetti, Maria Cristina DantasSalmonella belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family which is widely distributed in the environment due to its adaptive capacity to stress conditions. In addition, Salmonella is able to perform a type of cell-to-cell communication called quorum sensing, which leads to differential gene expression. The quorum sensing system mediated by AI-1, acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs), is incomplete in Salmonella because the luxI homolog gene, which encodes for AI-1 synthase, is missing in the genome. However, a homologue of LuxR, known as SdiA, is present and allows the detection of signaling molecules produced by other species of bacteria, leading to regulation of gene expression, mainly related to virulence and biofilm formation. Thus, in view of the importance of quorum sensing on the physiology regulation of microorganisms, the aim of the present study was to perform a virtual screening of plant compounds and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NASIDs) for inhibition of quorum sensing by molecular docking and biofilm formation in Salmonella. In general, most plant compounds and all NSAIDs bound in, at least, one of the three modeled structures of SdiA proteins of Salmonella Enteritidis PT4 578. In addition, many tested compounds had higher binding affinities than the AHLs and the furanones which are inducers and inhibitors of quorum sensing, respectively. The Z-phytol and lonazolac molecules were good candidates for the in vitro inhibition tests of quorum sensing mediated by AI-1 and biofilm formation in Salmonella. Thus, this study directs future prospecting of plant extracts for inhibition of quorum sensing mechanism depending on AHL and biofilm formation. In addition, the use of inhibitors of quorum sensing and biofilm formation can be combined with antibiotics for better treatment efficacy, as well as the use of these compounds to design new drugs.