Detection of bacterial quorum sensing <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-acyl homoserine lactones in clinical samples |
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Authors: | Anjali Kumari Patrizia Pasini Sylvia Daunert |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055, USA |
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Abstract: | Bacteria communicate among themselves using certain chemical signaling molecules. These signaling molecules generally are
N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) in Gram-negative bacteria and oligopeptides in Gram-positive bacteria. In addition, both
Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria produce a family of signaling molecules known as autoinducer-2 that they employ for
their communications. Bacteria coordinate their behavior by releasing and responding to the chemical signaling molecules present
in proportion to their population density. This phenomenon is known as quorum sensing. The role of bacteria in the pathogenesis
of several diseases, including gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, is well established. Moreover, rather recently bacterial quorum
sensing has been implicated in the onset of bacterial pathogenicity. Thus, we hypothesized that the signaling molecules involved
in bacterial communication may serve as potential biomarkers for the diagnosis and management of several bacteria-related
diseases. For that, we previously developed a method based on genetically engineered whole-cell sensing systems for the rapid,
sensitive, cost-effective and quantitative detection of AHLs in biological samples, such as saliva and stool, from both healthy
and diseased individuals with GI disorders. Although various analytical methods, based on physical-chemical techniques and
bacterial whole-cell biosensors, have been developed for the detection of AHLs in the supernatants of bacterial cultures,
only a few of them have been applied to AHL monitoring in real samples. In this paper, we report work performed in our laboratory
and review that from others that describes the detection of AHLs in biological, clinical samples, and report some of our recent
experimental results. |
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Keywords: | Bacteria Quorum sensing N-Acyl homoserine lactones Pathogenicity Physiological samples |
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