DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC QUORUM-SENSING-MANIPULATION MOLECULES THAT ARE TRACKABLE FOR HEALTH-CARE AND INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS.
申请人:The Trustees of Princeton University
公开号:US20180346525A1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-06
According to present invention embodiments, a trackable moiety can be attached to a quorum sensing (QS) molecule to form a QS modulating conjugate. QS modulating conjugates retain their activity for QS manipulation and are able to be detected by imaging techniques. The QS portion of the QS modulating conjugate can play a role in affecting bacterial behaviors, such as, inhibition of biofilms or disruption of toxin production, while the trackable moiety of the QS modulating conjugate enables monitoring, visualization in real time of its binding to the receptor on the bacterial surface, and the location of the bacterium itself, for example, in a biofilm and/or at an infection site. Since binding of the QS modulating conjugate to its cognate receptor is specific, the QS modulating conjugate can be used for diagnostic applications by enabling pinpointing of specific bacteria at infection sites.