Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don counteracts the ampicillin resistance in multiple antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by downregulation of PBP2a synthesis

• Published in: Open life sciences Vol. 18; no. 1; p. 20220718
• Main Authors: Shil, Aparna, Mukherjee, Sushmit, Biswas, Prerona, Majhi, Sudipta, Sikdar, Sima, Bishayi, Biswadev, Sikdar née Bhakta, Mausumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 26.09.2023
• Subjects: ampicillin resistance; comet assay; ethanol extract of; ethanol extract of catharanthus roseus root; penicillin-binding protein 2a; root; staphylococcus aureus
• ISSN: 2391-5412; 2391-5412
• DOI: 10.1515/biol-2022-0718

It is essential to revisit the global biodiversity, search for ethnopharmacologically relevant plants, and unveil their untapped potential to overcome the complications associated while treating infections triggered by multiple antibiotic-resistant . (L.) G. Don of the Apocynaceae family is a medicinal plant used for remedial purposes against infectious diseases from ancient times. In this study, we intended to evaluate the mechanism by which the ethanolic extract of . root (EECRR) causes the reversal of ampicillin resistance in . To achieve this goal, we have stained EECRR-treated with acridine orange, analysed DNA damage by comet assay, and studied the alteration of plasmid band pattern and expression of penicillin-binding protein 2a (PBP2a) protein. Experiments revealed better killing efficiency of EECRR at its minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) doses due to DNA damage and reducing plasmid band intensities along with a decline in the expression of PBP2a in EECRR-treated cells at half-MIC dose. EECRR proved to be an efficient growth inhibitor of that reduces the expression of PBP2a. Therefore, EECRR can also render ampicillin-resistant susceptible to the antibiotic.