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tIn this study, 39 extracts from marine organisms were evaluated as quorum sensing inhibitors, collected in the Colombian Caribbean Sea and the Brazilian Coast including 26 sponges, seven soft corals, five algae and one zooanthid. The results showed that crude extracts from the soft coral Eunicea laciniata, and the sponges Svenzea tubulosa, Ircinia felix and Neopetrosia carbonaria were the most promising source of quorum sensing inhibitors compounds without affecting bacterial growth, unlike the raw extracts of Agelas citrina, Agelas tubulata, Iotrochota arenosa, Topsentia ophiraphidites, Niphates caycedoi, Cliona tenuis, Ptilocaulis walpersi, Petrosia pellasarca, and the algae Laurencia catarinensis and Laurencia obtusa, which displayed potent antibacterial activity against the biosensors employed. The crude extract from the sponge I. felix was fractionated, obtaining furanosesterterpenes which were identified and evaluated as quorum sensing inhibitors, showing a moderate activity without affecting the biosensor’s growth.
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This work was conducted as part of a joint project financially supported by CNPq/MCT/Brazil (grant number 490151/2007-8) and COLCIENCIAS/Colombia (grant number 358-2007). The work was also financed by other grants from Colciencias and “Fundación para la Promoción de la Investigación y la Tecnología del Banco de la República”. The Colombian authors greatly acknowledge Prof. Dr. Kathrin Riedel (Department of Microbiology, Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zürich) and Prof. Dr. Sven Zea from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia for their interest and assistance in this work, and Prof. Dr. Paulo Horta, Dr. Cintia Llhulier and Prof. Dr. Eloir P. Schenkel for the collection and identification of the algae.
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JQ and JBV (PhD students) contributed by running the laboratory work, biological studies, analysis of the data and drafting the paper. GMC (Postdoctoral researcher) contributed to chromatographic procedures and to critical reading of the manuscript. CA contributed by collecting samples, identification, and biological studies. LC and CD designed the study, supervised the laboratory work and contributed to critical reading of the manuscript. All the authors have read the final manuscript and approved its submission.
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Quintana, J., Brango-Vanegas, J., Costa, G.M. et al. Marine organisms as source of extracts to disrupt bacterial communication: bioguided isolation and identification of quorum sensing inhibitors from Ircinia felix. Rev. Bras. Farmacogn. 25, 199–207 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2015.03.013
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