Katarina Šimunović (Author), Julia Solnier (Author), Fabian Alperth (Author), Olaf Kunert (Author), Sonja Smole Možina (Author), Franz Bucar (Author)

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem and may become the next major global health crisis if no timely actions are taken. Mycobacterial infections are widespread and, due to antibiotic resistance, also hard to treat and a major cause of mortality. Natural compounds have the potential to increase antibiotic effectiveness due to their resistance modulatory and antimicrobial effects. In this study, Peucedanum ostruthium extracts, fractions, and isolated compounds were investigated regarding their antimicrobial and resistance-modulatory effects as well as efflux pump inhibition in Mycobacterium smegmatis. P. ostruthium extracts were found to have anti-mycobacterial potential and resistance modulating effects on ethidium bromide activity. The major antibacterial effect was attributed to ostruthin, and we found that the more lipophilic the substrate, the greater the antimicrobial effect. Imperatorin caused potent modulatory effects by interfering with the action of the major LfrA efflux pump in M. smegmatis. The plant P. ostruthuim has a complex effect on M. smegmatis, including antibacterial, efflux pump inhibition, resistance modulation, and membrane permeabilization, and its major constituents, ostruthin and imperatorin, have a distinct role in these effects. This makes P. ostruthium and its coumarins promising therapeutics to consider in the fight against drug-resistant mycobacteria.

Keywords

mikobakterije;odpornost proti antibiotikom;izlivne črpalke;protimikrobne snovi;

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Language: English
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Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL BF - Biotechnical Faculty
UDC: 579.24/.26:547.9:615.3
COBISS: 75651587 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 2079-6382
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: mikobakterije;odpornost proti antibiotikom;izlivne črpalke;protimikrobne snovi;
Type (COBISS): Article
Pages: str. 1-17
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ10
Issue: ǂiss. ǂ9
Chronology: 2021
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10091075
ID: 15033847