Anti-adhesion Property of the Potential Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus fermentum 8711 Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). 2018

Sathyanarayanan Jayashree, and Raman Karthikeyan, and Sampath Nithyalakshmi, and Jothi Ranjani, and Paramasamy Gunasekaran, and Jeyaprakash Rajendhran
Department of Genetics, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a multidrug-resistant pathogen and one of the leading causes of nosocomial infection worldwide. Probiotic bacteria play a significant role in preventive or therapeutic interventions of gastrointestinal infections in human as well as animals. In this study, we have investigated the adhesion property of the probiotic strain Lactobacillus fermentum MTCC 8711 and its ability to prevent the adhesion of MRSA to human colon adenocarcinoma cells, Caco-2. We have shown that L. fermentum could efficiently adhere to the Caco-2 cells. Also, we have shown that L. fermentum significantly reduced MRSA adhesion to Caco-2 cells. Three types of experiments were performed to assess the anti-adhesion property of L. fermentum against MRSA. Inhibition (Caco-2 cells were pre-treated with L. fermentum, and subsequently MRSA was added), competition (both L. fermentum and MRSA were added to Caco-2 cells simultaneously), and displacement or exclusion (Caco-2 cells were pre-treated with MRSA, and subsequently L. fermentum was added). In all three experiments, adhesion of MRSA was significantly reduced. Interestingly, L. fermentum could efficiently displace the adhered MRSA, and hence this probiotic can be used for therapeutic applications also. In cytotoxicity assay, we found that L. fermentum per se was not cytotoxic, and also significantly reduced the MRSA-induced cytotoxicity. The protective effect occurred without affecting Caco-2 cell morphology and viability.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries

Related Publications

Sathyanarayanan Jayashree, and Raman Karthikeyan, and Sampath Nithyalakshmi, and Jothi Ranjani, and Paramasamy Gunasekaran, and Jeyaprakash Rajendhran
October 2010, Microbiological research,
Sathyanarayanan Jayashree, and Raman Karthikeyan, and Sampath Nithyalakshmi, and Jothi Ranjani, and Paramasamy Gunasekaran, and Jeyaprakash Rajendhran
December 1997, Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin,
Sathyanarayanan Jayashree, and Raman Karthikeyan, and Sampath Nithyalakshmi, and Jothi Ranjani, and Paramasamy Gunasekaran, and Jeyaprakash Rajendhran
May 1989, Alabama medicine : journal of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama,
Sathyanarayanan Jayashree, and Raman Karthikeyan, and Sampath Nithyalakshmi, and Jothi Ranjani, and Paramasamy Gunasekaran, and Jeyaprakash Rajendhran
March 2003, Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine,
Sathyanarayanan Jayashree, and Raman Karthikeyan, and Sampath Nithyalakshmi, and Jothi Ranjani, and Paramasamy Gunasekaran, and Jeyaprakash Rajendhran
March 2012, Workplace health & safety,
Sathyanarayanan Jayashree, and Raman Karthikeyan, and Sampath Nithyalakshmi, and Jothi Ranjani, and Paramasamy Gunasekaran, and Jeyaprakash Rajendhran
January 1993, Irish medical journal,
Sathyanarayanan Jayashree, and Raman Karthikeyan, and Sampath Nithyalakshmi, and Jothi Ranjani, and Paramasamy Gunasekaran, and Jeyaprakash Rajendhran
February 1992, Communicable disease report. CDR weekly,
Sathyanarayanan Jayashree, and Raman Karthikeyan, and Sampath Nithyalakshmi, and Jothi Ranjani, and Paramasamy Gunasekaran, and Jeyaprakash Rajendhran
March 1996, Releve epidemiologique hebdomadaire,
Sathyanarayanan Jayashree, and Raman Karthikeyan, and Sampath Nithyalakshmi, and Jothi Ranjani, and Paramasamy Gunasekaran, and Jeyaprakash Rajendhran
January 1997, Professional care of mother and child,
Sathyanarayanan Jayashree, and Raman Karthikeyan, and Sampath Nithyalakshmi, and Jothi Ranjani, and Paramasamy Gunasekaran, and Jeyaprakash Rajendhran
October 2021, Saudi journal of biological sciences,
Copied contents to your clipboard!