title: Synergistic effect between colistin and bacteriocins in controlling Gram-negative pathogens and their potential to reduce antibiotic toxicity in mammalian epithelial cells.
abstract: Pathogens resistant to most conventional antibiotics are a harbinger of the need to discover novel antimicrobials and anti-infective agents and develop innovative strategies to combat them. The aim of this study was to assess the in vitro activity of colistin alone or in combination with two bacteriocins, nisin A and pediocin PA-1/AcH, against Salmonella choleraesuis ATCC 14028, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, Yersinia enterocolitica ATCC 9610, and Escherichia coli ATCC 35150 (O157:H7). The strain most sensitive to colistin was enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7, which was inhibited at a concentration of about 0.12 μg/ml. When nisin A (1.70 μg/ml) or pediocin PA-1/AcH (1.56 μg/ml) was combined with colistin, the concentrations required to inhibit E. coli O157:H7 were 0.01 and 0.03 μg/ml, respectively. The in vitro antigenotoxic effect of colistin was determined by using the comet assay method to measure the level of DNA damage in freshly isolated human peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) incubated with colistin for 1 h at 37°C. Changes in the tail extents of PBLs of about 69.29 ± 0.08 μm were observed at a final colistin concentration of about 550 ng/ml. Besides the synergistic effect, the combination of colistin (1 mg/ml) and nisin (2 mg/ml) permitted us to re-evaluate the toxic effect of colistin on Vero (monkey kidney epithelial) cells.
authors.affiliation: Lethbridge Research Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Naghmouchi
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baah
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hober
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jouy
authors.forename: Cédric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rubrecht
authors.forename: Famara
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sané
authors.forename: Djamel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drider
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001430:Bacteriocins / Q000494:pharmacology; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003091:Colistin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000187:drug effects; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects*; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D009561:Nisin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000070017:Pediocins; D014709:Vero Cells
chemical_list: D001430:Bacteriocins; D000070017:Pediocins; C074288:pediocin PA-1; D009561:Nisin; C102526:nisin A; D003091:Colistin