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Design of novel analogues with potent antibiotic activity based on the antimicrobial peptide, HP(2-9)-ME(1-12)

Design of novel analogues with potent antibiotic activity based on the antimicrobial peptide,... To develop novel antibiotic peptides useful as therapeutic drugs, a number of analogues were designed to increase the hydrophobic helix region either by Trp-substitution or net positive charge increase by Lys-substitution, from HP(2-9)-ME(1-12). The antibiotic activities of these peptides were evaluated using bacterial (Salmonella typhimurium, Proteus vulgaris, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus), fungi (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Trichosporon beigelii and Candida albicans), tumor and human erythrocyte cells. The substitution of Lys for Thr at position 18 and 19 of HP(2-9)-ME(1-12) (HM5) increased activity against Proteus vulgaris and fungal strains without hemolysis. In contrast, substitution of Trp for Lys and Thr at positions 2, 15 and 19 of HP(2-9)-ME(1-12), respectively (HM3 and HM4), decreased activity but increased hemolysis against human erythrocytes. This suggests that an increase in positive charge increases antimicrobial activity whereas an increase in hydrophobicity by introducing Trp residues at C-terminus of HP(2-9)-ME(1-12) causes a hemolytic effect. Circular dichroism spectra suggested that the α-helical structure of these peptides plays an important role in their antibiotic effect but that the α-helical property is not connected with the enhanced antibiotic activity. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biotechnology Letters Springer Journals

Design of novel analogues with potent antibiotic activity based on the antimicrobial peptide, HP(2-9)-ME(1-12)

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2004 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Organic Chemistry; Biochemistry, general; Microbiology; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology
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0141-5492
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1573-6776
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10.1023/B:BILE.0000019556.79703.4b
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Abstract

To develop novel antibiotic peptides useful as therapeutic drugs, a number of analogues were designed to increase the hydrophobic helix region either by Trp-substitution or net positive charge increase by Lys-substitution, from HP(2-9)-ME(1-12). The antibiotic activities of these peptides were evaluated using bacterial (Salmonella typhimurium, Proteus vulgaris, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus), fungi (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Trichosporon beigelii and Candida albicans), tumor and human erythrocyte cells. The substitution of Lys for Thr at position 18 and 19 of HP(2-9)-ME(1-12) (HM5) increased activity against Proteus vulgaris and fungal strains without hemolysis. In contrast, substitution of Trp for Lys and Thr at positions 2, 15 and 19 of HP(2-9)-ME(1-12), respectively (HM3 and HM4), decreased activity but increased hemolysis against human erythrocytes. This suggests that an increase in positive charge increases antimicrobial activity whereas an increase in hydrophobicity by introducing Trp residues at C-terminus of HP(2-9)-ME(1-12) causes a hemolytic effect. Circular dichroism spectra suggested that the α-helical structure of these peptides plays an important role in their antibiotic effect but that the α-helical property is not connected with the enhanced antibiotic activity.

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Biotechnology Letters – Springer Journals

Published: Oct 18, 2004

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