Food contamination with pathogenic microorganisms, such as Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella enterica, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus, is a common health concern. Natural products, which have been the main source of antimicrobials for centuries, may represent a turning point in alleviating the antibiotic crisis, and plant polyphenolic compounds are considered a promising source for new antibacterial agents. Resveratrol and resveratrol-derived monomers and oligomers (stilbenoids) have been shown to exert a variegated pattern of efficacy as antimicrobials depending on both the polyphenols' structure and the nature of the microorganisms, and the bacterial cell membrane seems to be one of their primary targets. In this scenario and based on the thermodynamic information reported in the literature about cell membranes, this study aimed at the investigation of the direct interaction of selected stilbenoids with a simple but informative model cell membrane. Three complete stilbenoid "monomer/dimer/dehydro-dimer" sets were chosen according to different geometries and substitution patterns. Micro-DSC was performed on 2 : 3 DPPC : DSPC small unilamellar vesicles with incorporated polyphenols at physiological pH and the results were integrated using complementary NMR data. The study highlighted the molecular determinants and mechanisms involved in the stilbenoid-membrane interaction, and the results were well correlated with the microbiological evidence previously assessed.

Grapevine stilbenoids as natural food preservatives : calorimetric and spectroscopic insights into the interaction with model cell membranes / F. Saitta, S. Mazzini, L. Mattio, M. Signorelli, S. Dallavalle, A. Pinto, D. Fessas. - In: FOOD & FUNCTION. - ISSN 2042-6496. - (2021 Nov 02). [Epub ahead of print] [10.1039/d1fo01982a]

Grapevine stilbenoids as natural food preservatives : calorimetric and spectroscopic insights into the interaction with model cell membranes

F. Saitta
Primo
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S. Mazzini
Secondo
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L. Mattio;M. Signorelli;S. Dallavalle;A. Pinto
Penultimo
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D. Fessas
Ultimo
2021

Abstract

Food contamination with pathogenic microorganisms, such as Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella enterica, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus, is a common health concern. Natural products, which have been the main source of antimicrobials for centuries, may represent a turning point in alleviating the antibiotic crisis, and plant polyphenolic compounds are considered a promising source for new antibacterial agents. Resveratrol and resveratrol-derived monomers and oligomers (stilbenoids) have been shown to exert a variegated pattern of efficacy as antimicrobials depending on both the polyphenols' structure and the nature of the microorganisms, and the bacterial cell membrane seems to be one of their primary targets. In this scenario and based on the thermodynamic information reported in the literature about cell membranes, this study aimed at the investigation of the direct interaction of selected stilbenoids with a simple but informative model cell membrane. Three complete stilbenoid "monomer/dimer/dehydro-dimer" sets were chosen according to different geometries and substitution patterns. Micro-DSC was performed on 2 : 3 DPPC : DSPC small unilamellar vesicles with incorporated polyphenols at physiological pH and the results were integrated using complementary NMR data. The study highlighted the molecular determinants and mechanisms involved in the stilbenoid-membrane interaction, and the results were well correlated with the microbiological evidence previously assessed.
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2-nov-2021
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