A diketopiperazine factor from Rheinheimera aquimaris QSI02 exhibits anti-quorum sensing activity

Sci Rep. 2016 Dec 21:6:39637. doi: 10.1038/srep39637.

Abstract

An ethyl acetate (EtOAc) extract isolated from the marine bacterium, Rheinheimera aquimaris QSI02, was found to exhibit anti-quorum sensing (anti-QS) activity. A subsequent bioassay-guided isolation protocol led to the detection of an active diketopiperazine factor, cyclo(Trp-Ser). Biosensor assay data showed that the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of cyclo(Trp-Ser) ranged from 3.2 mg/ml to 6.4 mg/m for several microorganisms, including Escherichia coli, Chromobacterium violaceum CV026, Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01, Staphylococcus aureus, and Candida albicans. Additionally, sub-MICs of cyclo(Trp-Ser) decreased the QS-regulated violacein production in C. violaceum CV026 by 67%. Furthermore, cyclo(Trp-Ser) can decrease QS-regulated pyocyanin production, elastase activity and biofilm formation in P. aeruginosa PA01 by 65%, 40% and 59.9%, respectively. Molecular docking results revealed that cyclo(Trp-Ser) binds to CviR receptor more rigidly than C6HSL with lower docking energy -8.68 kcal/mol, while with higher binding energy of -8.40 kcal/mol than 3-oxo-C12HSL in LasR receptor. Molecular dynamics simulation suggested that cyclo(Trp-Ser) is more easy to bind to CviR receptor than natural signaling molecule, but opposite in LasR receptor. These results suggest that cyclo(Trp-Ser) can be used as a potential inhibitor to control QS systems of C. violaceum and P. aeruginosa and provide increased the understanding of molecular mechanism that influences QS-regulated behaviors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetates / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacterial Adhesion / drug effects
  • Biofilms / drug effects
  • Biological Assay
  • Candida albicans / drug effects
  • Chromobacterium / drug effects
  • Diketopiperazines / pharmacology*
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Fermentation
  • Gammaproteobacteria / chemistry*
  • Indoles / chemistry
  • Ligands
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
  • Pyocyanine / chemistry
  • Quorum Sensing / drug effects*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Virulence Factors / metabolism

Substances

  • Acetates
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Diketopiperazines
  • Indoles
  • Ligands
  • Virulence Factors
  • ethyl acetate
  • Pyocyanine
  • violacein