Proteomic analysis of bacterial response to a 4-hydroxybenzylidene indolinone compound, which re-sensitizes bacteria to traditional antibiotics
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ABSTRACT: Halogenated 4-hydroxybenzylidene indolinones have been shown to re-sensitize methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant E. faecalis (VRE) to methicillin and vancomycin respectively. The mechanism of antibiotic re-sensitization was however not previously studied. Here, we present the global proteomics analysis of S. aureus treated with GW5074, a 4-hydroxybenzylidene indolinone compound. Global proteomics analysis revealed that GW5074 treatment resulted in the downregulation of AgrC (a quorum sensing-related histidine kinase), AgrA (a quorum sensing-related response regulator) as well as downstream targets, such as hemolysins, lipases and proteases in S. aureus. Significant downregulation of enzymes involved in the purine biosynthesis was also observed. S. aureus proteins involved in amino acid metabolism and peptide transport were observed to be downregulated. The most upregulated protein was the lytic transglycosylase, SceD. These findings shed insights into how 4-hydroxybenzylidene indolinones kill bacteria and also re-sensitize MRSA to other antibiotics.
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive Orbitrap HF
ORGANISM(S): Staphylococcus Aureus (ncbitaxon:1280)
SUBMITTER: Dr. Herman O. Sintim
PROVIDER: MSV000083170 | MassIVE | Wed Nov 28 12:57:00 GMT 2018
REPOSITORIES: MassIVE
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