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. 2021 Dec 5;14(12):1262. doi: 10.3390/ph14121262

Table 3.

Anti-QS and anti-virulence properties of RhlR-modulating QSIs.

QSIs Anti-QS Properties Anti-Virulence Properties Ref.
Target % Inhibition/Activation (IC50/EC50) Anti-Biofilm Activity Anti-Rhamnolipid Activity Anti-Pyocyanin Activity
% Inhibition % Inhibition IC50
24 RhlR (agonist) 43% at 1 mM (a) ≈40% at 100 µM (e) ND 8 µM (g) [100]
80% at 20 µM (b)
25 RhlR (agonist) 4.5 µM (c) ND ND ND [101]
26 RhlR (agonist) 7.2 µM (c)
27 RhlR (antagonist) 20% at 10 µM (d) 15% at 10 µM (f) ≈40% at 10 µM (h) NA (h) [105]

NA = Not active, ND = Not Determined; Anti-QS evaluations carried out using reporter gene assays on/with (a) E. coli (rhlA-gfp)/competition against odDHL (100 nM); (b) E. coli (rhlA–gfp); (c) P. aeruginosa (PAO-JP2, prhlILVAGFP); (d) P. aeruginosa (PAO1, rhlA-lacZ); Anti-virulence evaluations carried out on/by (e) static biofilm assay with P. aeruginosa (PA14)/confocal laser scanning microscopy; (f) static biofilm assay with P. aeruginosa (PAO1)/CV dyeing and OD measurement; (g) P. aeruginosa (PA14)/OD measurement; (h) P. aeruginosa (PAO1)/OD measurement.