Ariel  Rodarte

Dr. Ariel Rodarte


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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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24 November 2018 in Molecules
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RBRene Bloecher
Rene Bloecher
AAriel Rodarte
Ariel Rodarte
GRACIELA CASTRO-ESCARPULLIGRACIELA CASTRO-ESCARPULLI
GRACIELA CASTRO-ESCARPULLI
ECEVERARDO CURIEL-QUESADA
EVERARDO CURIEL-QUESADA
ARAlicia Reyes-Arellano
Alicia Reyes-Arellano
With the increasing antibiotic resistance of bacterial strains, alternative methods for infection control are in high demand. Quorum sensing (QS) is the bacterial communication system based on small molecules. QS is enables bacterial biofilm formation and pathogenic development. The interruption of QS has become a target for drug discovery, but remains in the early experimental phase. In this study, we synthesized a set of six compounds based on a scaffold (alkyl-quinoxalin-2(1H)-one), new in the anti-QS of Gram-negative bacteria Aeromonas caviae Sch3. By quantifying biofilm formation, we were able to monitor the effect of these compounds from concentrations of 1 to 100 µM. Significant reduction in biofilm formation was achieved by 3-hexylylquinoxalin-2(1H)-one (11), 3-hexylylquinoxalin-2(1H)-one-6-carboxylic acid (12), and 3-heptylylquinoxalin-2(1H)-one-6-carboxylic acid (14), ranging from 11% to 59% inhibition of the biofilm. This pilot study contributes to the development of anti-QS compounds to overcome the clinical challenge of resistant bacteria strains.