Primary Mode of Action of Cistus ladaniferus L. Essential Oil Active Fractions on Staphylococcus aureus Strain - Advances in Microbiology

AiM > Vol.5 No.13, December 2015

Primary Mode of Action of Cistus ladaniferus L. Essential Oil Active Fractions on Staphylococcus aureus Strain ()

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DOI: 10.4236/aim.2015.513092 4,403 Downloads 5,520 Views Citations

Author(s)

Elodie Guinoiseau¹, Anne Luciani¹, Dominique de Rocca Serra², Yann Quilichini³, Liliane Berti¹, Vannina Lorenzi^1*

Affiliation(s)

¹Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire du Végétal, Université de Corse, Campus Grimaldi, Corte, France.
²Laboratoire de Chimie et Biomasse, Université de Corse, Route des Sanguinaires, Ajaccio, France.
³Laboratoire Parasites et Ecosystèmes Méditerranéens, Université de Corse, Campus Grimaldi, Corte, France.

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to investigate the primary mode of action of Cistus ladaniferus essential oil active fractions on Staphylococcus aureus strain ATCC6538P (CIP 53.156). The mode of inhibition of the active fractions was assessed by determining the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). The effects of time on cell integrity were determined by time-kill, bacteriolysis and loss of 260 and 280-nm-absorbing material assays. Measurement of intra- and extracellular ATP was used to evaluate the energy remaining in the cells after treatment. A bacteriostatic and a bactericidal mode of inhibition were established respectively for acetate and alcohol fractions at their MIC. No intracellular material leakage and no lysis occurred after treatments with these fractions. In both cases, we observed a decrease of the ATP level within S. aureus cells whilst there was no proportional increase outside the cells. However, the effects induced by alcohols are more pronounced than those provoked by acetates. Indeed, marked structural changes were observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The septal material of cells undergoing division became thicker and stained more lightly. The proportion of septa is also markedly increased and defective with respect to placement. These observations suggest a blocking in cell division, probably caused by the inhibition of ATPase or a disturbance in proton motrice force by the hydrophobic molecules viridiflorol and ledol, mainly present in alcohol fraction.

KEYWORDS

Staphylococcus aureus, Cistus ladaniferus Essential Oil, MIC, ATP, Cell Division Blocking, TEM

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Guinoiseau, E. , Luciani, A. , Serra, D. , Quilichini, Y. , Berti, L. and Lorenzi, V. (2015) Primary Mode of Action of Cistus ladaniferus L. Essential Oil Active Fractions on Staphylococcus aureus Strain. Advances in Microbiology, 5, 881-890. doi: 10.4236/aim.2015.513092.

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