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In Vivo Antibacterial Activity of Star Anise (Illicium Verum Hook.) Extract Using Murine MRSA Skin Infection Model in Relation to Its Metabolite Profile Infection and Drug Resistance Dovepress open access to scientific and medical research Open Access Full Text Article ORIGINAL RESEARCH In vivo Antibacterial Activity of Star Anise (Illicium verum Hook.) Extract Using Murine MRSA Skin Infection Model in Relation to Its Metabolite Profile This article was published in the following Dove Press journal: Infection and Drug Resistance Mohamed A Salem1,* Introduction: Star anise fruits (Illicium verum Hook.) have been used as an important Riham A El-Shiekh 2,* treatment in traditional Chinese medicine. The previous studies reported the activity of the Rasha A Hashem3 non-polar fractions as potential sources of antibacterial metabolites, and little was done Mariam Hassan 3 concerning the polar fractions of star anise. Methods: The antibacterial activity of the star anise aqueous methanolic (50%) extract 1 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii AB5057 and methicillin-resistant of Pharmacy, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt; 2Department of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA USA300) was investigated in vitro (disc diffusion assay, Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, minimum bactericidal concentration determination, anti-biofilm activity and biofilm detach­ Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; 3Department of Microbiology and ment activity). The antibacterial activity was further tested in vivo using a murine model of Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo MRSA skin infection. Ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution University, Cairo, Egypt mass spectrometry (UPLC/HRMS) approach was applied for the identification of the meta­ *These authors contributed equally to bolites responsible for the antibacterial activity. The antioxidant potential was evaluated this work using five in vitro assays: TAC (total antioxidant capacity), DPPH, ABTS, FRAP (ferric reducing antioxidant power) and iron-reducing power. Results: In vitro, star anise aqueous methanolic extract showed significant inhibition and detachment activity against biofilm formation by the multidrug-resistant and highly virulent Acinetobacter baumannii AB5057 and MRSA USA300. The topical application of the extract in vivo significantly reduced the bacterial load in MRSA-infected skin lesions. The extract showed strong antioxidant activity using five different complementary methods. More than seventy metabolites from different classes were identified: phenolic acids, phenylpro­ panoids, sesquiterpenes, tannins, lignans and flavonoids. Conclusion: This study proposes the potential use of star anise polar fraction in anti- virulence strategies against persistent infections and for the treatment of staphylococcal skin infections as a topical antimicrobial agent. To our knowledge, our research is the first to provide the complete polar metabolome list of star anise in an approach to understand the relationship between the chemistry of these metabolites and the proposed antibacterial activity. Keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii, antimicrobial resistance, antioxidant, biofilm, metabolome, polar methanolic extract Introduction Illicium verum Hook. (F. Schisandraceae) or Chinese star anise is an evergreen tree Correspondence: Mariam Hassan Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, native to southern China and northern Vietnam and listed in the Chinese Kasr El-Aini Street, Cairo 11562, Egypt Pharmacopoeia (2010 edition).1 The fruit is red to brown, star-shaped, consists of Tel +20 122 3376326 1 Email [email protected] about 8–13 centrally joined carpels. It is a well-known spice that closely resembles submit your manuscript | www.dovepress.com Infection and Drug Resistance 2021:14 33–48 33 DovePress © 2021 Salem et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms. http://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S285940 php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). Salem et al Dovepress anise in flavour. Chinese star anise is used in traditional 2,4,6-Tris(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine (TPTZ), 2, 2-diphenyl- medicine for the treatment of rheumatic pain, stomach 1-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH), Folin-Ciocalteau, gallic acid, quer­ aches, skin inflammation, vomiting and insomnia. It also cetin, 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic was reported to have anti-flu, anti-HIV (human immuno­ acid (trolox), aluminum chloride hexahydrate, dimethylsulf­ deficiency virus), antifungal, antiseptic, insecticidal and oxide (DMSO) and trichloroacetic acid were obtained from 1 chemopreventive activities. Phenylpropanoids, sesqui­ Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Co. (St. Louis, MO). Sodium phos­ lignans, shikimic acid, flavonoids, and seco-prezizaane- phate, hydrochloric acid, ammonium molybdate, sodium car­ type sesquiterpenoids are the common classes of bonate, sodium acetate, potassium persulfate, potassium 1 compounds previously identified in the plant. ferricyanide and ferric chloride were purchased from El-Nasr Acinetobacter baumannii and Staphylococcus aureus Company for Pharmaceutical Chemicals, Egypt. Phosphate belong to the clinically important ESKAPE pathogens buffer and Tris-HCl buffer were purchased from Bio diagnos­ (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, tic, Egypt. Waters Acquity UPLC system (Waters, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Manchester, UK) hyphenated with Orbitrap-type, HRMS Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species) that (Exactive, Thermo-Fisher, Bremen, Germany) was used for 2 are the leading cause of worldwide nosocomial infections. metabolite profiling. A. baumannii was associated with high morbidity and mortality rates including wound infections, blood stream infections, and secondary meningitis, pneumonia and urin­ Plant Materials and Extraction ary tract infections.3 S. aureus is the most frequent patho­ The fruits of star anise (Illicium verum Hook.) were pur­ gen isolated from human skin and wound infections. One chased from Herbal store, Egypt and authenticated by of the greatest challenges in clinical practice is that most Mrs. Teresa Labib, the senior taxonomist at Orman of these pathogens are multidrug-resistant (MDR). For Botanic Garden. A voucher specimen (No. 15.7.2019) instance, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was placed in the Herbarium of the Department of (MRSA) is a community and hospital-acquired pathogen Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, that can induce chronic infectious diseases with high mor­ Egypt. The dried powder (1 kg) was extracted with bidity and mortality rates.2,4 Biofilm is a form of bacterial MTBE: methanol (3:1 v/v, 3x2500 mL) followed by water- growth unanimously in environmental niches. Its forma­ methanol (3:1 v/v, 3x2500 mL) by adopting the method of tion leads to a highly raised pattern of adaptive resistance Salem et al.10 After that, the extract was fractionated, to antibiotics and antimicrobial agents.5 This adaptive evaporated under reduced pressure till dryness and then resistance acts as a big problem that worsens the infectious kept in the desiccator over anhydrous CaCl2 till use. diseases as ventilator-associated pneumonia, nosocomial Different concentrations (mg/mL) of the dried extract pneumonia, surgical wound, burn wound and catheter- were prepared in analytical grade dimethylsulfoxide associated infections.6,7 The newly discovered natural (DMSO) to be used in the biological study of the polar antimicrobial and anti-biofilm agents are promising candi­ fraction (aqueous methanolic extract). dates that could provide a novel strategy for fighting those In all the in vitro experiments, the extract was prepared infections.8,9 in DMSO to the desired concentrations, and so DMSO was In this research, we investigated the efficacy of the star used as the negative control in all the in vitro experiments. anise aqueous methanolic (50%) extract as an anti-biofilm In the in vivo model, a stock solution (400 mg/mL) of the agent in vitro and in vivo using a murine model of MRSA plant extract was prepared in DMSO then diluted with skin infection. Moreover, we identified the bioactive meta­ water (25%v/v) to get the desired tested concentration bolites in the extract using a comprehensive UPLC/HRMS (100 mg/mL); hence, the negative control (vehicle control) metabolomics approach. was 25%v/v DMSO in water. Materials and Methods Bacterial Strains Chemicals, Reagents and Instruments The highly virulent Acinetobacter baumannii AB505711 Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), methanol HPLC grade, 2,2ʹ- and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA azino-bis-3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid (ABTS), USA300)12 were used as the test organisms in this study. 34 submit your manuscript | www.dovepress.com Infection and Drug Resistance 2021:14 DovePress Dovepress Salem et al Screening of Antibacterial Activity (120 μL/well). The bacterial suspension was supplemented The standard Kirby–Bauer procedure (disc diffusion with different concentrations of the tested extract (12 μL/ method) was used to evaluate the antibacterial activity of well). The tested extract was tested at concentrations
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