Mechanism of Synergy between Piceatannol and Ciprofloxacin against Staphylococcus aureus

Autor: Mengyan Shi, Yubin Bai, Yanhua Qiu, Xinxin Zhang, Zikang Zeng, Lingling Chen, Fusheng Cheng, Jiyu Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Volume 23; Issue 23; Pages: 15341
ISSN: 1422-0067
DOI: 10.3390/ijms232315341
Popis: Piceatannol (PIC) is a natural stilbene extracted from grape skins that exhibits biological activities such as antibacterial, antitumor, and antioxidant activities. The present study was carried out to further investigate the effect of PIC on the antibacterial activity of different antibiotics and to reveal the antibacterial mechanism of PIC. We found that PIC had an inhibitory effect against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus); its minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) were 128 μg/mL and 256 μg/ mL, respectively. Additionally, we measured the fractional inhibitory concentration (FIC) of PIC combined with antibiotics via the checkerboard method. The results showed that when PIC and ciprofloxacin (CIP) were combined, they displayed a synergistic effect against S. aureus. Moreover, this synergistic effect was verified by time–kill assays. Further, the results of the membrane permeability assay and proton motive force assay revealed that PIC could enhance the sensitivity of S. aureus to CIP by dissipating the bacterial proton motive force (PMF), particularly the ∆ψ component, rather than increasing membrane permeability. PIC also inhibited bacterial adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis and was less likely to induce bacterial resistance but exhibited slight hemolytic activity on mammalian erythrocytes. In summary, the combination of PIC and CIP is expected to become a new drug combination to combat S. aureus.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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