N-3-oxo-pentanoyl-L-Homoserinelactone is a chain-shortened derivative of the bacterial quorum sensing signaling molecule N-3-oxo-octanoyl-L-homoserinelactone .1It inhibits binding of the autoinducer N-3-oxo-hexanoylhomoserinelactone toE. colicontaining the transcription factor LuxR when used at a concentration of 230 nM.2It acts as an autoinducer to activate theV. fischeriluminescence system inE. coliwhen used at concentrations ranging from 20 to 200 nM. 1.Chhabra, S.R., Stead, P., Bainton, N.J., et al.Autoregulation of carbapenem biosynthesis in Erwinia carotovora by analogues of N-(3-oxohexanoyl)-L-homoserinelactoneJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)46(3)441-454(1993) 2.Schaefer, A.L., Hanzelka, B.L., Eberhard, A., et al.Quorum sensing in Vibrio fischeri: Probing autoinducer-LuxR interactions with autoinducer analogsJ. Bacteriol.178(10)2897-2901(1996)
Quorum sensing is a regulatory system used by bacteria for controlling gene expression in response to increasing cell density. This regulatory process manifests itself with a variety of phenotypes including biofilm formation and virulence factor production. Coordinated gene expression is achieved by the production, release, and detection of small diffusible signal molecules called autoinducers. The N-acylated homoserinelactones (AHLs) comprise one such class of autoinducers, each of which generally consists of a fatty acid coupled with homoserinelactone (HSL). Regulation of bacterial quorum sensing signaling systems to inhibit pathogenesis represents a new approach to antimicrobial therapy in the treatment of infectious diseases. AHLs vary in acyl group length (C4-C18), in the substitution of C3 (hydrogen, hydroxyl, or oxo group), and in the presence or absence of one or more carbon-carbon double bonds in the fatty acid chain. These differences confer signal specificity through the affinity of transcriptional regulators of the LuxR family. C15-HSL is a product of Y. pseudituberculosis.
Quorum sensing is a regulatory process used by bacteria for controlling gene expression in response to increasing cell density. This regulatory process manifests itself with a variety of phenotypes including biofilm formation and virulence factor production. Coordinated gene expression is achieved by the production, release, and detection of small diffusible signal molecules called autoinducers. The N-acylated homoserinelactones (AHLs) comprise one such class of autoinducers, each of which generally consists of a fatty acid coupled with homoserinelactone (HSL). AHLs vary in acyl group length (C4-C18), in the substitution of C3 (hydrogen, hydroxyl, or oxo group) and in the presence or absence of one or more carbon-carbon double bonds in the fatty acid chain. These differences confer signal specificity through the affinity of transcriptional regulators of the LuxR family. C14:1-δ9-cis-(L)-HSL is a long-chain AHL that functions as a signaling molecule in the quorum sensing of A. vitis. Regulating bacterial quorum sensing signaling can be used to inhibit pathogenesis and thus, represents a new approach to antimicrobial therpy in the treatment of infectious diseases.
Several different arachidonoyl amino acids, including N-arachidonoyl-L-alanine (NALA), have been isolated and characterized from bovine brain. The glycine congener (NAGly) was further characterized and found to suppress formalin-induced pain in rats. NALA may have activity at cannabinoid receptor and/or VR1, but has not been fully characterized to date.
Quorum sensing is a regulatory system used by bacteria for controlling gene expression in response to increasing cell density. Controlling bacterial infections by quenching their quorum sensing systems is a promising field of study. The expression of specific target genes, such as transcriptional regulators belonging to the LuxIR family of proteins, is coordinated by the synthesis of diffusible acylhomoserinelactone (AHL) molecules. N-3-oxo-tetradecanoyl-L-homoserinelactone (3-oxo-C14-HSL) is a small diffusible signaling molecule involved in quorum sensing, thereby controlling gene expression and affecting cellular metabolism in bacteria.[1] [2] [3] It appears later than shorter acyl chain AHLs in developing biofilms [4] and, like other long chain 3-oxo-AHLs, stimulates the production of putisolvin, [5] which in turn, inhibits biofilm formation.