Quercetin's antibiofilm effectiveness against drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus and its validation by in silico modeling
Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus is typically treated with antibiotics, however, due to its widespread and unselective usage, resistant strains of S. aureus have increased to a great extent. Treatment failure and recurring staphylococcal infections are also brought on by biofilm development, which boosts an organism's ability to withstand antibiotics and is thought to be a virulence factor in patients. The present study investigates the antibiofilm activity of naturally available polyphenol Quercetin against drug-resistant S. aureus. Micro dilution plating and tube adhesion methods were performed to evaluate the antibiofilm activity of quercetin against S. aureus. Quercetin treatment resulted in remarkably reduction of biofilm in S. aureus cells. Further we performed a study to investigate binding efficacies of quercetin with genes icaB and icaC from ica locus involved in biofilm formation. 3D structure of icaB, icaC and quercetin were retrieved from Protein data bank and PubChem chemical compound database, respectively. All computational simulation were carried out using AutoDock Vina and AutoDockTools (ADT) v 1.5.4. In silico study demonstrated a strong complex formation, large binding constants (Kb) and low free binding energy (ΔG) between quercetin and icaB (Kb = 1.63 × 10-5, ΔG = -7.2 k cal/mol) and icaC (Kb = 1.98 × 10-6, ΔG = -8.7 kcal/mol). This in silico analysis indicates that quercetin is capable of targeting icaB and icaC proteins which are essential for biofilm formation…
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