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- Title
Synergy Potential of Indole Alkaloids and Its Derivative against Drug-resistant Escherichia coli.
- Authors
Dwivedi, Gaurav Raj; Gupta, Shikha; Maurya, Anupam; Tripathi, Shubhandra; Sharma, Ashok; Darokar, Mahendra P.; Srivastava, Santosh K.
- Abstract
Antibacterial and synergy potential of naturally occurring indole alkaloids (IA): 10-methoxy tetrahydroalstonine (1), isoreserpiline (2), 10 and 11 demethoxyreserpiline (3), reserpiline (4), serpentine (5), ajmaline (6), ajmalicine (7), yohimbine (8), and α-yohimbine (9) was evaluated using microbroth dilution assay. Further, α-yohimbine (9) was chemically transformed into six semisynthetic derivatives (9A-9F), and their antibacterial and synergy potential in combination with nalidixic acid (NAL) against E. coli strains CA8000 and DH5α were also evaluated. The IA 1, 2, 4, 5, 9 and the derivative 9F showed eightfold reduction in the MIC of NAL against the DH5α and four- to eightfold reduction against CA8000. These alkaloids also reduced MIC of another antibiotic, tetracycline up to 8folds, against the MDREC-KG4, a multidrug-resistant clinical isolate of E. coli. Mode of action study of these alkaloids showed efflux pumps inhibitory potential, which was supported by their in silico binding affinity and downregulation of efflux pump genes. These results may be of great help in the development of cost-effective antibacterial combinations for treating patients infected with multidrugresistant Gram-negative infections.
- Subjects
DRUG synergism; INDOLE alkaloids; DRUG resistance in bacteria; ANTIBACTERIAL agents; COST effectiveness; ESCHERICHIA coli
- Publication
Chemical Biology & Drug Design, 2015, Vol 86, Issue 6, p1471
- ISSN
1747-0277
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cbdd.12613