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Synergistic effects of the membrane actions of cecropin-melittin antimicrobial hybrid peptide BP100

BP100 (KKLFKKILKYL-NH2) is a short cecropin A-melittin hybrid peptide, obtained through a combinatorial chemistry approach, which is highly effective in inhibiting both the in vitro and in vivo growth of economically important plant pathogenic Gram-negatives. The intrinsic Tyr fluorescence of BP100 was taken advantage of to study the peptide’s binding affinity and damaging effect on phospholipid bilayers modeling the bacterial and mammalian cytoplasmic membranes. In vitro cytotoxic effects of this peptide were also studied on mammalian fibroblast cells. Results show a stronger selectivity of BP100 toward anionic bacterial membrane models as indicated by the high obtained partition constants, one order of magnitude greater than for the neutral mammalian membrane models. For the anionic systems, membrane saturation was observed at high peptide/lipid ratios and found to be related with BP100-induced vesicle permeabilization, membrane electroneutrality, and vesicle aggregation. Occurrence of BP100 translocation was unequivocally detected at both high and low peptide/lipid ratios using a novel and extremely simple method. Moreover, cytotoxicity against mammalian models was reached at a concentration considerably higher than the minimum inhibitory concentration. Our findings unravel the relationships among the closely coupled processes of charge neutralization, permeabilization, and translocation in the mechanism of action of antimicrobial peptides

This work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Education and Science of Spain (No. AGL2006-13564/AGR), and from the Catalan Government (No. 2005SGR00275)

Biophysical Society

Director: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Espanya)
Generalitat de Catalunya. Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Autor: Ferre Malagon, Rafael
Melo, Manuel N.
Correia, Ana Dulce
Feliu Soley, Lidia
Bardají Rodríguez, Eduard
Planas i Grabuleda, Marta
Castanho, Miguel Augusto Rico Botas
Data: 2009
Resum: BP100 (KKLFKKILKYL-NH2) is a short cecropin A-melittin hybrid peptide, obtained through a combinatorial chemistry approach, which is highly effective in inhibiting both the in vitro and in vivo growth of economically important plant pathogenic Gram-negatives. The intrinsic Tyr fluorescence of BP100 was taken advantage of to study the peptide’s binding affinity and damaging effect on phospholipid bilayers modeling the bacterial and mammalian cytoplasmic membranes. In vitro cytotoxic effects of this peptide were also studied on mammalian fibroblast cells. Results show a stronger selectivity of BP100 toward anionic bacterial membrane models as indicated by the high obtained partition constants, one order of magnitude greater than for the neutral mammalian membrane models. For the anionic systems, membrane saturation was observed at high peptide/lipid ratios and found to be related with BP100-induced vesicle permeabilization, membrane electroneutrality, and vesicle aggregation. Occurrence of BP100 translocation was unequivocally detected at both high and low peptide/lipid ratios using a novel and extremely simple method. Moreover, cytotoxicity against mammalian models was reached at a concentration considerably higher than the minimum inhibitory concentration. Our findings unravel the relationships among the closely coupled processes of charge neutralization, permeabilization, and translocation in the mechanism of action of antimicrobial peptides
This work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Education and Science of Spain (No. AGL2006-13564/AGR), and from the Catalan Government (No. 2005SGR00275)
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Accés al document: http://hdl.handle.net/10256/12314
Llenguatge: eng
Editor: Biophysical Society
Col·lecció: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.bpj.2008.11.053
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0006-3495
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/1542-0086
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MEC//AGL2006-13564-C02-02/ES/DESARROLLO DE METODOS DE CONTROL DEL FUEGO BACTERIANO. NUEVOS PEPTIDOS ANTIMICROBIANOS SINTETICOS/
AGAUR/2005-2008/2005 SGR-275
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Matèria: Antibiòtics pèptids
Peptide antibiotics
Pèptids -- Síntesi
Peptides -- Synthesis
Antibiòtics pèptids
Peptide antibiotics
Títol: Synergistic effects of the membrane actions of cecropin-melittin antimicrobial hybrid peptide BP100
Tipus: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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