Curcumin Increases the Pathogenicity of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium in Murine Model

Marathe, Sandhya A. and Ray, Seemun and Chakravortty, Dipshikha (2010) Curcumin Increases the Pathogenicity of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium in Murine Model. In: PLos One, 5 (7).

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Abstract

Curcumin has gained immense importance for its vast therapeutic and prophylactic applications. Contrary to this, our study reveals that it regulates the defense pathways of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium ( S. Typhimurium) to enhance its pathogenicity. In a murine model of typhoid fever, we observed higher bacterial load in Peyer's,patches, mesenteric lymph node, spleen and liver, when infected with curcumin-treated Salmonella. Curcumin increased the resistance of S. Typhimurium against antimicrobial agents like antimicrobial peptides, reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. This increased tolerance might be attributed to the up-regulation of genes involved in resistance against antimicrobial peptides - pmrD and pmrHFIJKLM and genes with antioxidant function - mntH, sodA and sitA. We implicate that iron chelation property of curcumin have a role in regulating mntH and sitA. Interestingly, we see that the curcumin-mediated modulation of pmr genes is through the PhoPQ regulatory system. Curcumin downregulates SPI1 genes, required for entry into epithelial cells and upregulates SPI2 genes required to intracellular survival. Since it is known that the SPI1 and SPI2 system can be regulated by the PhoPQ system, this common regulator could explain curcumin's mode of action. This data urges us to rethink the indiscriminate use of curcumin especially during Salmonella outbreaks.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	PLos One
Publisher:	Public Library of Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Public Library of Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Microbiology & Cell Biology
Date Deposited:	03 Aug 2010 06:29
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 06:13
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/31099

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