抗菌剂
细胞毒性
广谱
抗感染药
合理设计
化学
组合化学
微生物学
生物
纳米技术
材料科学
生物化学
体外
作者
Xiaowei Zhou,Yitian Gao,Yuanxing Wang,Qiang Xia,Ruimin Zhong,Yue Liu,Chengbang Ma,Mei Zhou,Xinping Xi,Chris Shaw,Di Wu,Tianbao Chen,Lei Wang,Hang Fai Kwok
出处
期刊:Social Science Research Network
[Social Science Electronic Publishing]
日期:2019-01-01
摘要
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising therapeutic alternatives to conventional antibiotics for the treatment of drug-resistant bacterial infections. However, the application of AMPs is limited because of moderate antimicrobial activity, high toxicity and high manufacturing costs. Conformation, net charge and amphipathicity are considered key factors in AMPs. In order to generate short AMPs with enhanced therapeutic efficacy, six peptides were designed based on the active motifs of natural AMPs followed by evaluating their biological activity, stability and cytotoxicity. Brevinin-OSd, OSe and OSf exhibited broad-spectrum antibacterial effects, especially OSf, which presented the highest therapeutic index for the tested bacteria. Also, these peptides displayed good stability. The results from CLSM, SEM and TEM studies, indicated that brevinin-OS, OSd, OSe and OSf possessed rapid bactericidal ability by disturbing membrane permeability and causing release of cytoplasm. In addition, OSd, OSe and OSf dramatically decreased the mortality of MRSA acutely-infected waxworms. Taken together, these data suggested that a balance between positive charge, degrees of α-helicity and hydrophobicity, is necessary for maintaining antimicrobial activity, and these data successfully contributed to the design of short AMPs with significant bactericidal activity and cell selectivity.
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