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To elucidate the molecular mode of action by which the horseradish-derived isothiocyanate iberin inhibits quorum sensing and virulence factor expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

August 26, 2014Antimicrobial Agents and ChemotherapyOpen Access

Comparative Systems Biology Analysis To Study the Mode of Action of the Isothiocyanate Compound Iberin on Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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To elucidate the molecular mode of action by which the horseradish-derived isothiocyanate iberin inhibits quorum sensing and virulence factor expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Performed RNA sequencing-based transcriptomics to identify altered regulatory networks, validating findings with green fluorescent protein (GFP) transcriptional reporter fusions to rsmY and rsmZ promoter regions.
Used isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) proteomics to measure protein abundance changes in P. aeruginosa.
Evaluated phenotypic expression of quorum-sensing-dependent virulence factors (pyoverdine, chitinase, protease IV) and biofilm formation.
Transcriptomics demonstrated that iberin suppresses the expression of the GacA-dependent small regulatory RNAs RsmY and RsmZ, confirmed by GFP promoter fusions.
iTRAQ proteomics revealed that iberin reduces the level of LadS, a hybrid sensor kinase that activates GacS.
Downregulation of the Gac/Rsm network led to the repression of pyoverdine, chitinase, and protease IV virulence factors, alongside an effective reduction in biofilm formation.

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Systems biology study reveals iberin impairs quorum sensing and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa via Gac/Rsm downregulation, highlighting small regulatory RNAs as antimicrobial targets.

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Tan et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa514b56803e1e7a1f2e849 https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.02620-13

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Systems biology study reveals iberin impairs quorum sensing and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa via Gac/Rsm downregulation, highlighting small regulatory RNAs as antimicrobial targets.

Comparative Systems Biology Analysis To Study the Mode of Action of the Isothiocyanate Compound Iberin on Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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