Antimicrobial Efficacy of Indolicidin Against Multi-Drug Resistant Enteroaggregative in a Model.

Antimicrobial Efficacy of Indolicidin Against Multi-Drug Resistant Enteroaggregative in a Model.

Vergis, Jess;Malik, Satyaveer Singh;Pathak, Richa;Kumar, Manesh;Ramanjaneya, Sunitha;Kurkure, Nitin Vasantrao;Barbuddhe, Sukhadeo Baliram;Rawool, Deepak Bhiwa;
Frontiers in microbiology 2019 Vol. 10 pp. 2723
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vergis2019antimicrobialfrontiers

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance against enteroaggregative (EAEC), an emerging food-borne pathogen, has been observed in an increasing trend recently. In the recent wake of antimicrobial resistance, alternate strategies especially, cationic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have attracted considerable attention to source antimicrobial technology solutions. This study evaluated the antimicrobial efficacy of Indolicidin against multi-drug resistant enteroaggregative (MDR-EAEC) strains and further to assess its antimicrobial efficacy in larval model. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC; 32 μM) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC; 64 μM) of Indolicidin against MDR-EAEC was determined by micro broth dilution method. Indolicidin was also tested for its stability (high-end temperatures, physiological concentration of salts and proteases); safety (sheep RBCs; HEp-2 and RAW 264.7 cell lines); effect on beneficial microflora ( and ) and its mode of action (flow cytometry; nitrocefin and ONPG uptake). time-kill kinetic assay of MDR-EAEC treated with Indolicidin was performed. Further, survival rate, MDR-EAEC count, melanization rate, hemocyte enumeration, cytotoxicity assay and histopathological examination were carried out in model to assess antimicrobial efficacy of Indolicidin against MDR-EAEC strains. Indolicidin was tested stable at high temperatures (70°C; 90°C), physiological concentration of cationic salts (NaCl; MgCl) and proteases, except for trypsin and tested safe with sheep RBCs and cell lines (RAW 264.7; HEp-2) at MIC (1X and 2X); the beneficial flora was not inhibited. Indolicidin exhibited outer membrane permeabilization in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. time-kill assay revealed concentration-cum-time dependent clearance of MDR-EAEC in Indolicidin-treated groups at 120 min, while, in , the infected group treated with Indolicidin revealed an increased survival rate, immunomodulatory effect, reduced MDR-EAEC counts and were tested safe to the larval cells which was concurred histopathologically. To conclude, the results suggests Indolicidin as an effective antimicrobial candidate against MDR-EAEC and we recommend its further investigation in appropriate animal models (mice/piglets) before its application in the target host.

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