Inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing by AI-2 analogs

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Abstract

Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) has been suggested to serve as a universal interspecies quorum sensing signaling molecule. We have synthesized a set of AI-2 analogs with small incremental changes in alkyl substitution on C-2 and evaluated them for their agonistic and antagonistic potential as quorum sensing (QS) attenuators in two different bacterial species: Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Vibrio harveyi. Unexpectedly, several of the analogs were found to function as synergistic QS agonists in V. harveyi, while two of these analogs inhibit QS in P. aeruginosa.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3941-3944
Number of pages4
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume19
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jul 2009

Keywords

  • AI-2
  • Chemical communication
  • N-Acyl homoserine lactones
  • Quorum sensing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Drug Discovery
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

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