Cysteamine, an Endogenous Aminothiol, and Cystamine, the Disulfide Product of Oxidation, Increase Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sensitivity to Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species and Potentiate Therapeutic Antibiotics against Bacterial Infection

Copyright © 2018 Fraser-Pitt et al..

Cysteamine is an endogenous aminothiol produced in mammalian cells as a consequence of coenzyme A metabolism through the activity of the vanin family of pantetheinase ectoenzymes. It is known to have a biological role in oxidative stress, inflammation, and cell migration. There have been several reports demonstrating anti-infective properties targeting viruses, bacteria, and even the malarial parasite. We and others have previously described broad-spectrum antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of cysteamine. Here, we go further to demonstrate redox-dependent mechanisms of action for the compound and how its antimicrobial effects are, at least in part, due to undermining bacterial defenses against oxidative and nitrosative challenges. We demonstrate the therapeutic potentiation of antibiotic therapy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in mouse models of infection. We also demonstrate potentiation of many different classes of antibiotics against a selection of priority antibiotic-resistant pathogens, including colistin (often considered an antibiotic of last resort), and we discuss how this endogenous antimicrobial component of innate immunity has a role in infectious disease that is beginning to be explored and is not yet fully understood.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:86

Enthalten in:

Infection and immunity - 86(2018), 6 vom: 15. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fraser-Pitt, Douglas J [VerfasserIn]
Mercer, Derry K [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Kowalczuk, Aleksandra [VerfasserIn]
Robertson, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Lovie, Emma [VerfasserIn]
Perenyi, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Cole, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Doumith, Michel [VerfasserIn]
Hill, Robert L R [VerfasserIn]
Hopkins, Katie L [VerfasserIn]
Woodford, Neil [VerfasserIn]
O'Neil, Deborah A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

5UX2SD1KE2
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibiotic resistance
Antimicrobial agents
Azithromycin
Colistin
Cystamine
Cysteamine
Innate immunity
Journal Article
Nitric oxide
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
R110LV8L02
Reactive Nitrogen Species
Reactive Oxygen Species
Reactive oxygen species
Vanin-1

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Date Completed 07.01.2019

Date Revised 19.03.2019

published: Electronic-Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1128/IAI.00947-17

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM282364641