Characterization of non-dialyzable constituents from cranberry juice that inhibit adhesion, co-aggregation and biofilm formation by oral bacteria

C. C. Neto*, K. A. Penndorf, M. Feldman, S. Meron-Sudai, Z. Zakay-Rones, D. Steinberg, M. Fridman, Y. Kashman, I. Ginsburg, I. Ofek, E. I. Weiss

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Abstract

An extract prepared from cranberry juice by dialysis known as nondialyzable material (NDM) has been shown previously to possess anti-adhesion activity toward microbial species including oral bacteria, uropathogenic Escherichia coli and Helicobacter pylori. Bioassay-guided fractionation of cranberry NDM was therefore undertaken to identify the anti-adhesive constituents. An aqueous acetone-soluble fraction (NDMac) obtained from Sephadex LH-20 inhibited adhesion-linked activities by oral bacteria, including co-aggregation of oral bacteria Fusobacterium nucleatum with Streptococcus sanguinis or Porphyromonas gingivalis, and biofilm formation by Streptococcus mutans. Analysis of NDMac and subsequent subfractions by MALDI-TOF MS and 1H NMR revealed the presence of A-type proanthocyanidin oligomers (PACs) of 3-6 degrees of polymerization composed of (epi)catechin units, with some (epi)gallocatechin and anthocyanin units also present, as well as quercetin derivatives. Subfractions containing putative xyloglucans in addition to the mixed polyphenols also inhibit biofilm formation by S. mutans (MIC = 125-250 μg mL-1). These studies suggest that the anti-adhesion activities of cranberry NDM on oral bacteria may arise from a combination of mixed polyphenol and non-polyphenol constituents.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1955-1965
Number of pages11
JournalFood and Function
Volume8
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2017

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Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge NSF-MRI award CHE-1229339, which provided instrumentation support, as well as the assistance of Stephen Eyles and Rinat Abzalimov at the UMass Amherst Mass Spectrometry Facility, and Xin Wang and Liang Xue at UMass Dartmouth. This work was supported by Tel Aviv University and the UMass Cranberry Health Research Center.

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© 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

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