Title:Phytochemicals as Adjuvant Therapies in RND Efflux-mediated Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections and Evaluation Techniques of Efflux Inhibitory Activities in Bacteria
Volume: 22
Issue: 5
Author(s): Praveena Nanjan and Vanitha Bose*
Affiliation:
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Science, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Longwood Campus,
Mysuru Road, Ooty, India
Keywords:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, multidrug efflux pumps, RND family efflux pump MexAB-OprM, natural inhibitors, bacterial genome, pheumonia.
Abstract: One of the top-listed opportunistic pathogens that are frequently found in medical
devices such as ventilation systems is Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These bacteria often cause
infections in the lungs (pneumonia), blood after surgery, and other parts of the body. Extreme
susceptibility to P. aeruginosa infection primarily exists in immunosuppressed individuals,
and long-term evolution has led to the development of genetic resistance mechanisms that
have high genetic flexibility against damaging antibiotics. Several lines of research evidence
point to efflux as the primary reason for the organism's effectiveness against antibiotic treatment
in infections caused by this bacterium. Drug Efflux pumps play a crucial role in medicine
because they expulse a variety of unique and unrelated chemical structures with either antibiotics
or antimicrobials before they reach the concentration necessary to kill bacteria, conferring
multiple resistance to more than one class of antibiotics. Targeting this mechanism for
example by blocking the most active efflux pump MexAB-orpM would probably lead to the
discovery of new ways to circumvent the bacterial system of antibiotic resistance and boost
treatment effectiveness.