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- Title
Tellimagrandin II, A Type of Plant Polyphenol Extracted from Trapa bispinosa Inhibits Antibiotic Resistance of Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
- Authors
Chang, Yu-Wei; Huang, Wan-Chun; Lin, Chun-Yu; Wang, Wen-Hung; Hung, Ling-Chien; Chen, Yen-Hsu
- Abstract
The emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a critical global concern. Identifying new candidates of anti-S. aureus agents is urgently required because the therapeutic strategies for infected patients are limited currently. Therefore, the present study investigated whether Tellimagrandin II (TGII), a pure compound extracted from the shells of Trapa bispinosa, exhibits antibacterial effects against MRSA. We first showed that TGII exerted potent inhibitory activity against MRSA with a minimum inhibitory concentration of 128 μg/mL. The obtained fractional inhibitory concentration suggested that TGII could alone exert antistaphylococcal activity, and TGII combined with low doses of antibiotics displayed synergistic effects against MRSA. Moreover, we found that TGII exerted bactericidal activity by reducing the expression of mecA followed by the negative regulation of the penicillin-binding protein 2a (PBP2a) of MRSA. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images further confirmed that TGII destroyed the integrity of the cell wall of MRSA and caused the loss of cytoplasm content. In conclusion, we evidenced the antibacterial effects of TGII against MRSA, which enables the effective dose of current antibiotics to be reduced and the predicament of drug-resistant S. aureus isolates to be overcome.
- Subjects
DRUG resistance in bacteria; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus; PLANT extracts; METHICILLIN-resistant staphylococcus aureus; BURN care units; TRANSMISSION electron microscopy; PENICILLIN-binding proteins
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019, Vol 20, Issue 22, p5790
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms20225790