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Genome-Wide Analysis of Targets for Post-Transcriptional Regulation by Rsm Proteins in Pseudomonas putida (2021)
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Huertas-Rosales, Ó., Romero, M., Chan, K. G., Hong, K.-W., Camara, M., Heeb, S., …Espinosa-Urgel, M. (2021). Genome-Wide Analysis of Targets for Post-Transcriptional Regulation by Rsm Proteins in Pseudomonas putida. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 8, Article 624061. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2021.624061

© Copyright © 2021 Huertas-Rosales, Romero, Chan, Hong, Cámara, Heeb, Barrientos-Moreno, Molina-Henares, Travieso, Ramos-González and Espinosa-Urgel. Post-transcriptional regulation is an important step in the control of bacterial gene expression in... Read More about Genome-Wide Analysis of Targets for Post-Transcriptional Regulation by Rsm Proteins in Pseudomonas putida.

AhaP, A Quorum Quenching Acylase from Psychrobacter sp. M9-54-1 That Attenuates Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Vibrio coralliilyticus Virulence (2021)
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Reina, J. C., Romero, M., Salto, R., Cámara, M., & Llamas, I. (2021). AhaP, A Quorum Quenching Acylase from Psychrobacter sp. M9-54-1 That Attenuates Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Vibrio coralliilyticus Virulence. Marine Drugs, 19(1), Article 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/md19010016

Although Psychrobacter strain M9-54-1 had been previously isolated from the microbiota of holothurians and shown to degrade quorum sensing (QS) signal molecules C6 and C10-homoserine lactone (HSL), little was known about the gene responsible for this... Read More about AhaP, A Quorum Quenching Acylase from Psychrobacter sp. M9-54-1 That Attenuates Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Vibrio coralliilyticus Virulence.

Model-Informed Drug Discovery and Development in Pulmonary Delivery: Biopharmaceutical Pharmacometric Modeling for Formulation Evaluation of Pulmonary Suspensions (2020)
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Sou, T., Soukarieh, F., Williams, P., Stocks, M. J., Cámara, M., & Bergström, C. A. S. (2020). Model-Informed Drug Discovery and Development in Pulmonary Delivery: Biopharmaceutical Pharmacometric Modeling for Formulation Evaluation of Pulmonary Suspensions. ACS Omega, 5(40), 25733-25746. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c03004

Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society. For respiratory conditions, targeted drug delivery to the lungs could produce higher local concentrations with reduced risk of adverse events compared to systemic administration. Despite the increasing inte... Read More about Model-Informed Drug Discovery and Development in Pulmonary Delivery: Biopharmaceutical Pharmacometric Modeling for Formulation Evaluation of Pulmonary Suspensions.

Novel quinazolinone inhibitors of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing transcriptional regulator PqsR (2020)
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Grossman, S., Soukarieh, F., Richardson, W., Liu, R., Mashabi, A., Emsley, J., …Stocks, M. J. (2020). Novel quinazolinone inhibitors of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing transcriptional regulator PqsR. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 208, Article 112778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112778

© 2020 The Authors Rising numbers of cases of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa over recent years have created an urgent need for novel therapeutic approaches to cure potentially fatal infections. One such approach is v... Read More about Novel quinazolinone inhibitors of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing transcriptional regulator PqsR.

The impaired quorum sensing response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa MexAB-OprM efflux pump overexpressing mutants is not due to non-physiological efflux of 3-oxo-C12-HSL (2020)
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Alcalde‐Rico, M., Olivares‐Pacheco, J., Halliday, N., Cámara, M., & Martínez, J. L. (2020). The impaired quorum sensing response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa MexAB-OprM efflux pump overexpressing mutants is not due to non-physiological efflux of 3-oxo-C12-HSL. Environmental Microbiology, 22(12), 5167-5188. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15177

Multidrug (MDR) efflux pumps are ancient and conserved molecular machineries with relevant roles in different aspects of the bacterial physiology, besides antibiotic resistance. In the case of the environmental opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeru... Read More about The impaired quorum sensing response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa MexAB-OprM efflux pump overexpressing mutants is not due to non-physiological efflux of 3-oxo-C12-HSL.

Hit Identification of New Potent PqsR Antagonists as Inhibitors of Quorum Sensing in Planktonic and Biofilm Grown Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2020)
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Soukarieh, F., Liu, R., Romero, M., Roberston, S. N., Richardson, W., Lucanto, S., …Stocks, M. J. (2020). Hit Identification of New Potent PqsR Antagonists as Inhibitors of Quorum Sensing in Planktonic and Biofilm Grown Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Frontiers in Chemistry, 8, Article 204. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.00204

© Copyright © 2020 Soukarieh, Liu, Romero, Roberston, Richardson, Lucanto, Oton, Qudus, Mashabi, Grossman, Ali, Sou, Kukavica-Ibrulj, Levesque, Bergström, Halliday, Mistry, Emsley, Heeb, Williams, Cámara and Stocks. Current treatments for Pseudomonas... Read More about Hit Identification of New Potent PqsR Antagonists as Inhibitors of Quorum Sensing in Planktonic and Biofilm Grown Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Cross-kingdom signalling regulates spore germination in the moss Physcomitrella patens (2020)
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Vesty, E. F., Whitbread, A. L., Needs, S., Tanko, W., Jones, K., Halliday, N., …Coates, J. C. (2020). Cross-kingdom signalling regulates spore germination in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 2614. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59467-5

Plants live in close association with microorganisms that can have beneficial or detrimental effects. The activity of bacteria in association with flowering plants has been extensively analysed. Bacteria use quorum-sensing as a way of monitoring thei... Read More about Cross-kingdom signalling regulates spore germination in the moss Physcomitrella patens.

Clinical significance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2-alkyl-4-quinolone quorum-sensing signal molecules for long-term outcomes in adults with cystic fibrosis (2019)
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Webb, K., Fogarty, A., Barrett, D. A., Nash, E. F., Whitehouse, J. L., Smyth, A. R., …Cámara, M. (2019). Clinical significance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2-alkyl-4-quinolone quorum-sensing signal molecules for long-term outcomes in adults with cystic fibrosis. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 68(12), 1823-1828. https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.001099

Introduction : Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important respiratory pathogen in cystic fibrosis (CF), which is associated with an accelerated decline in lung function, frequent pulmonary exacerbations and increased mortality. P. aeruginosa produces in... Read More about Clinical significance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2-alkyl-4-quinolone quorum-sensing signal molecules for long-term outcomes in adults with cystic fibrosis.

Modulation of T regulatory and dendritic cell phenotypes following ingestion of Bifidobacterium longum, active hexose correlated compound (AHCC®) and azithromycin in healthy individuals (2019)
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Chowdhury, A. H., Cámara, M., Verma, C., Eremin, O., Kulkarni, A. D., & Lobo, D. N. (2019). Modulation of T regulatory and dendritic cell phenotypes following ingestion of Bifidobacterium longum, active hexose correlated compound (AHCC®) and azithromycin in healthy individuals. Nutrients, 11(10), Article 2470. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11102470

The probiotic Bifidus BB536 (BB536), which contains Bifidobacterium longum, has been shown to have enhanced probiotic effects when given together with a standardized extract of cultured Lentinula edodes mycelia (AHCC®, Amino Up Co. Ltd., Sapporo, Jap... Read More about Modulation of T regulatory and dendritic cell phenotypes following ingestion of Bifidobacterium longum, active hexose correlated compound (AHCC®) and azithromycin in healthy individuals.

Azospirillum brasilense Az39, a model rhizobacterium with AHL quorum quenching capacity (2019)
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Gualpa, J., Lopez, G., Nievas, S., Coniglio, A., Halliday, N., Cámara, M., & Cassán, F. (2019). Azospirillum brasilense Az39, a model rhizobacterium with AHL quorum quenching capacity. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 126(6), 1850-1860. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.14269

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The aim of this research was to analyze the Quorum sensing (QS) and Quorum quenching (QQ) mechanisms based on N‐acyl‐L‐homoserine lactones (AHLs) in A. brasilense Az39, a strain with remarkable capacity to benefit a wide range of crops under... Read More about Azospirillum brasilense Az39, a model rhizobacterium with AHL quorum quenching capacity.

Contribution of the alkylquinolone quorum sensing system to the interaction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with bronchial epithelial cells. (2018)
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Liu, Y.-C., Hussain, F., Negm, O., Pavia, A., Halliday, N., Frédéric Dubern, J.-., …Martínez-Pomares, L. (2018). Contribution of the alkylquinolone quorum sensing system to the interaction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with bronchial epithelial cells. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, Article 3018. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03018

Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes infections in patients with compromised epithelial 32 barrier function. Multiple virulence factors produced by P. aeruginosa are controlled 33 by quorum sensing (QS) via 2-alkyl-4(1H)-quinolone (AQ) signal molecules. Her... Read More about Contribution of the alkylquinolone quorum sensing system to the interaction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with bronchial epithelial cells..

Role of the multidrug resistance efflux pump MexCD-OprJ in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing response (2018)
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Alcalde-Rico, M., Olivares Pacheco, J. A., Alvarez-Ortega, C., Camara, M., & Martinez, J. L. (2018). Role of the multidrug resistance efflux pump MexCD-OprJ in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing response. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, Article 2752. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02752

Multidrug efflux pumps constitute a category of antibiotic resistance determinants that are a part of the core bacterial genomes. Given their conservation, it is conceivable that they present functions beyond the extrusion of antibiotics currently us... Read More about Role of the multidrug resistance efflux pump MexCD-OprJ in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing response.

IFN-γ and IL-17A differentially influence the response of human macrophages and neutrophils to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection (2018)
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Muntaka, S., Almuhanna, Y., Jackson, D., Singh, S., Afryie-Asante, A., Cámara, M., & Martínez-Pomares, L. (2019). IFN-γ and IL-17A differentially influence the response of human macrophages and neutrophils to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. Infection and Immunity, 87(2), https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.00814-18

Macrophages are important orchestrators of inflammation during bacterial infection acting both as effector cells and as regulators of neutrophil recruitment and life span. Differently activated macrophage populations with distinct inflammatory and mi... Read More about IFN-γ and IL-17A differentially influence the response of human macrophages and neutrophils to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection.

Model-based drug development in pulmonary delivery: pharmacokinetic analysis of novel drug candidates for treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection (2018)
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Sou, T., Kukavica-Ibrulj, I., Soukarieh, F., Halliday, N., Levesque, R. C., Williams, P., …Bergström, C. A. (2019). Model-based drug development in pulmonary delivery: pharmacokinetic analysis of novel drug candidates for treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 108(1), 630-640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2018.09.017

Antibiotic resistance is a major public health threat worldwide. In particular, about 80% of cystic fibrosis patients have chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) lung infection resistant to many current antibiotics. We are therefore developing a novel c... Read More about Model-based drug development in pulmonary delivery: pharmacokinetic analysis of novel drug candidates for treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection.

Quorum sensing in Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi and Erwinia toletana: role in virulence and interspecies interactions in the olive knot (2018)
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Caballo-Ponce, E., Meng, X., Uzelac, G., Halliday, N., Cámara, M., Licastro, D., …Venturi, V. (2018). Quorum sensing in Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi and Erwinia toletana: role in virulence and interspecies interactions in the olive knot. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 84(18), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00950-18

The olive-knot disease (Olea europea L.) is caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi (PSV). PSV in the olive-knot undergoes interspecies interactions with the harmless endophyte Erwina toletana (ET); PSV and ET co-localize and fo... Read More about Quorum sensing in Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi and Erwinia toletana: role in virulence and interspecies interactions in the olive knot.

Differential regulation of the phenazine biosynthetic operons by quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1-N (2018)
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Higgins, S., Heeb, S., Rampioni, G., Fletcher, M. P., Williams, P., & Cámara, M. (2018). Differential regulation of the phenazine biosynthetic operons by quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1-N. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 8, Article 252. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2018.00252

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing (QS) network plays a key role in the adaptation to environmental changes and the control of virulence factor production in this opportunistic human pathogen. Three interlinked QS systems, namely las, rhl, and... Read More about Differential regulation of the phenazine biosynthetic operons by quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1-N.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing systems as drug discovery targets: current position and future perspectives (2018)
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Soukarieh, F., Williams, P., Stocks, M. J., & Camara, M. (in press). Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing systems as drug discovery targets: current position and future perspectives. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00540

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to public health globally, manifested by the frequent emergence of multi-drug resistant pathogens that render current chemotherapy inadequate. Health organizations worldwide have recognized the sever... Read More about Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing systems as drug discovery targets: current position and future perspectives.

Functional identification of the prnABCD operon and its regulation in Serratia plymuthica (2018)
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Liu, X., Yu, X., Yang, Y., Heeb, S., Gao, S., Chan, K. G., Cámara, M., & Gao, K. (in press). Functional identification of the prnABCD operon and its regulation in Serratia plymuthica. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-018-8857-0

The antibiotic pyrrolnitrin (PRN) is a tryptophan-derived secondary metabolite that plays an important role in the biocontrol of plant diseases due to its broad-spectrum of antimicrobial activities. The PRN biosynthetic gene cluster remains to be cha... Read More about Functional identification of the prnABCD operon and its regulation in Serratia plymuthica.

2-Tridecanone impacts surface-associated bacterial behaviours and hinders plant-bacteria interactions (2018)
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López-Lara, I. M., Nogales, J., Pech-Canul, A., Calatrava-Morales, N., Bernabéu-Roda, L. M., Durán, P., Cuéllar, V., Olivares, J., Alvarez, L., Palenzuela-Bretones, D., Romero, M., Heeb, S., Cámara, M., Geiger, O., & Soto, M. J. (2018). 2-Tridecanone impacts surface-associated bacterial behaviours and hinders plant-bacteria interactions. Environmental Microbiology, 20(6), 2049-2065. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14083

Surface motility and biofilm formation are behaviours which enable bacteria to infect their hosts and are controlled by different chemical signals. In the plant symbiotic alpha‐proteobacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti, the lack of long‐chain fatty acyl... Read More about 2-Tridecanone impacts surface-associated bacterial behaviours and hinders plant-bacteria interactions.

In Silico and in Vitro-Guided Identification of Inhibitors of Alkylquinolone-Dependent Quorum Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2018)
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Soukarieh, F., Vico Oton, E., Dubern, J.-F., Gomes, J., Halliday, N., de Pilar Crespo, M., …Cámara, M. (2018). In Silico and in Vitro-Guided Identification of Inhibitors of Alkylquinolone-Dependent Quorum Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Molecules, 23(2), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23020257

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major opportunistic pathogen in cystic fibrosis, wound and nosocomial infections, posing a serious burden to public health, due to its antibiotic resistance. The P. aeruginosa Pseudomonas Quinolone System (pqs) quorum sens... Read More about In Silico and in Vitro-Guided Identification of Inhibitors of Alkylquinolone-Dependent Quorum Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.