Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Cajaninstilbene Acid and Amorfrutins A and B as Inhibitors of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum Sensing System

J Nat Prod. 2018 Dec 28;81(12):2621-2629. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00315. Epub 2018 Nov 16.

Abstract

The quorum sensing (QS) system inhibitors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are thought to attenuate bacterial pathogenicity and drug resistance by inhibiting biofilm formation and the production of virulence factors. In this study, a synthetic approach to the natural products cajaninstilbene acid (1) and amorfrutins A (2) and B (3) has been developed and was characterized by the Heck reaction, which was used to obtain the stilbene core and a Pinick oxidation to give the O-hydroxybenzoic acid. The biological activities of these compounds against the P. aeruginosa quorum sensing systems were evaluated. Amorfrutin B (3) showed promising antibiofilm activity against P. aeruginosa PAO1 with a biofilm inhibition ratio of 50.3 ± 2.7. Three lacZ reporter strains were constructed to identify the effects of compound 3 on different QS systems. Suppression efficacy of compound 3 on the expression of lasB-lacZ and pqsA-lacZ as well as on the production of their corresponding virulence factors elastase and pyocyanin was observed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Gene Expression / drug effects
  • Genes, Bacterial / drug effects
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics
  • Quorum Sensing / drug effects
  • Salicylates / chemical synthesis
  • Salicylates / chemistry
  • Salicylates / pharmacology*
  • Stilbenes / chemical synthesis
  • Stilbenes / chemistry
  • Stilbenes / pharmacology*
  • Virulence Factors / biosynthesis
  • Virulence Factors / genetics

Substances

  • 3-hydroxy-4-prenyl-5-methoxystilbene-2-carboxylic acid
  • Salicylates
  • Stilbenes
  • Virulence Factors
  • amorfrutin A
  • amorfrutin B