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Impact of Mt. Olympus Honeys on Virulence Factors Implicated in Pathogenesis Exerted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
The aim of this study was to examine the impact of twenty honey samples, harvested in Mt. Olympus (Greece), on the virulence factors implicated in P. aeruginosa pathogenesis. Six key virulence factors (protease and elastase activity, pyocyanin and pyoverdine concentration, biofilm formation, and swi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10294803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37370317 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12060998 |
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author | Tsavea, Eleni Tzika, Paraskevi Katsivelou, Eleni Adamopoulou, Anna Nikolaidis, Marios Amoutzias, Grigorios D. Mossialos, Dimitris |
author_facet | Tsavea, Eleni Tzika, Paraskevi Katsivelou, Eleni Adamopoulou, Anna Nikolaidis, Marios Amoutzias, Grigorios D. Mossialos, Dimitris |
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description | The aim of this study was to examine the impact of twenty honey samples, harvested in Mt. Olympus (Greece), on the virulence factors implicated in P. aeruginosa pathogenesis. Six key virulence factors (protease and elastase activity, pyocyanin and pyoverdine concentration, biofilm formation, and swimming motility) were selected in order to assess the effect of the tested honeys compared with Manuka honey. All tested honeys demonstrated a significant inhibition of protease and elastase activity compared with the control. Six and thirteen honeys exerted superior protease (no inhibition zone) and elastase (values lower than 55%) activity, respectively, compared with Manuka honey. Seventeen tested honeys exhibited reduced pyoverdine production compared with the control; all tested honeys, except for one, showed an inhibitory effect on pyocyanin production compared with the control. Regarding swimming motility, nine tested honeys demonstrated significantly higher inhibition compared with Manuka honey. Honey concentrations (6% v/v and 8% v/v) had the most profound impact, as they reduced biofilm formation to less than 20% compared with the control. Overall, our data demonstrate a significant inhibition of the virulence factors in the tested Mt. Olympus honeys, highlighting the strong antimicrobial activity against P. aeruginosa, an antibiotic-resistant pathogen of growing concern, which is implicated in severe nosocomial infections globally. |
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spelling | pubmed-102948032023-06-28 Impact of Mt. Olympus Honeys on Virulence Factors Implicated in Pathogenesis Exerted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Tsavea, Eleni Tzika, Paraskevi Katsivelou, Eleni Adamopoulou, Anna Nikolaidis, Marios Amoutzias, Grigorios D. Mossialos, Dimitris Antibiotics (Basel) Article The aim of this study was to examine the impact of twenty honey samples, harvested in Mt. Olympus (Greece), on the virulence factors implicated in P. aeruginosa pathogenesis. Six key virulence factors (protease and elastase activity, pyocyanin and pyoverdine concentration, biofilm formation, and swimming motility) were selected in order to assess the effect of the tested honeys compared with Manuka honey. All tested honeys demonstrated a significant inhibition of protease and elastase activity compared with the control. Six and thirteen honeys exerted superior protease (no inhibition zone) and elastase (values lower than 55%) activity, respectively, compared with Manuka honey. Seventeen tested honeys exhibited reduced pyoverdine production compared with the control; all tested honeys, except for one, showed an inhibitory effect on pyocyanin production compared with the control. Regarding swimming motility, nine tested honeys demonstrated significantly higher inhibition compared with Manuka honey. Honey concentrations (6% v/v and 8% v/v) had the most profound impact, as they reduced biofilm formation to less than 20% compared with the control. Overall, our data demonstrate a significant inhibition of the virulence factors in the tested Mt. Olympus honeys, highlighting the strong antimicrobial activity against P. aeruginosa, an antibiotic-resistant pathogen of growing concern, which is implicated in severe nosocomial infections globally. MDPI 2023-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10294803/ /pubmed/37370317 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12060998 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Tsavea, Eleni Tzika, Paraskevi Katsivelou, Eleni Adamopoulou, Anna Nikolaidis, Marios Amoutzias, Grigorios D. Mossialos, Dimitris Impact of Mt. Olympus Honeys on Virulence Factors Implicated in Pathogenesis Exerted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
title | Impact of Mt. Olympus Honeys on Virulence Factors Implicated in Pathogenesis Exerted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
title_full | Impact of Mt. Olympus Honeys on Virulence Factors Implicated in Pathogenesis Exerted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
title_fullStr | Impact of Mt. Olympus Honeys on Virulence Factors Implicated in Pathogenesis Exerted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Mt. Olympus Honeys on Virulence Factors Implicated in Pathogenesis Exerted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
title_short | Impact of Mt. Olympus Honeys on Virulence Factors Implicated in Pathogenesis Exerted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
title_sort | impact of mt. olympus honeys on virulence factors implicated in pathogenesis exerted by pseudomonas aeruginosa |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10294803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37370317 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12060998 |
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