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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2007, p. 3183-3188, Vol. 73, No. 10
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02233-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Inhibition of Quorum Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by N-Acyl Cyclopentylamides{triangledown}

Takenori Ishida,1 Tsukasa Ikeda,2 Noboru Takiguchi,1 Akio Kuroda,1 Hisao Ohtake,3 and Junichi Kato1*

Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530,1 Department of Applied Chemistry, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 321-8585,2 Department of Biotechnology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan3

Received 22 September 2006/ Accepted 12 March 2007

N-Octanoyl cyclopentylamide (C8-CPA) was found to moderately inhibit quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. To obtain more powerful inhibitors, a series of structural analogs of C8-CPA were synthesized and examined for their ability to inhibit quorum sensing in P. aeruginosa PAO1. The lasB-lacZ and rhlA-lacZ reporter assays revealed that the chain length and the ring structure were critical for C8-CPA analogs to inhibit quorum sensing. N-Decanoyl cyclopentylamide (C10-CPA) was found to be the strongest inhibitor, and its concentrations required for half-maximal inhibition for lasB-lacZ and rhlA-lacZ expression were 80 and 90 µM, respectively. C10-CPA also inhibited production of virulence factors, including elastase, pyocyanin, and rhamnolipid, and biofilm formation without affecting growth of P. aeruginosa PAO1. C10-CPA inhibited induction of both lasI-lacZ by N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone (PAI1) and rhlA-lacZ by N-butanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (PAI2) in the lasI rhlI mutant of P. aeruginosa PAO1, indicating that C10-CPA interferes with the las and rhl quorum-sensing systems via inhibiting interaction between their response regulators (LasR and RhlR) and autoinducers.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan. Phone: 81 82 424 7757. Fax: 81 82 424 7047. E-mail: jun{at}hiroshima-u.ac.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 16 March 2007.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2007, p. 3183-3188, Vol. 73, No. 10
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02233-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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