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      The impact of oregano (Origanum heracleoticum) essential oil and carvacrol on virulence gene transcription by Escherichia coli O157:H7.

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          The aim of the current study was to determine, via reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) analysis, the effect of oregano essential oil (Origanum heracleoticum) and carvacrol, its major component, on the expression of virulence-associated genes in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 ATCC strain 35150. Both oregano oil and carvacrol demonstrated their efficacy firstly, by inhibiting the transcription of the ler gene involved in upregulation of the LEE2, LEE3 and LEE4 promoters and of attaching and effacing lesions and secondly by decreasing both Shiga toxin and fliC genes expression. In addition, a decrease in luxS gene transcription involved in quorum sensing was observed. These results were dose dependent and showed a specific effect of O. heracleoticum and carvacrol in downregulating the expression of virulence genes in EHEC O157:H7. These findings suggest that oregano oil and carvacrol have the potential to mitigate the adverse health effects caused by virulence gene expression in EHEC O157:H7, through the use of these substances as natural antibacterial additives in foods or as an alternative to antibiotics.

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          Journal
          FEMS Microbiol. Lett.
          FEMS microbiology letters
          1574-6968
          0378-1097
          Jan 2015
          : 362
          : 1
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Food Science and FARAH, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Boulevard de Colonster 20, B43bis, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium Department of Food Technology and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Technology of Cambodia, Russian Conf. Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia hmith@student.ulg.ac.be.
          [2 ] Department of Food Science and FARAH, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Boulevard de Colonster 20, B43bis, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium.
          [3 ] R&D Department, Pranarom International, 37 Avenue des Artisans, B-7822 Ghislenghien, Belgium.
          Article
          fnu021
          10.1093/femsle/fnu021
          25790499
          86594740-547b-404b-81c3-7e2df0ed24ef
          © FEMS 2014. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
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          EHEC O157:H7,Oregano essential oil,carvacrol,virulence gene expression

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