TY - JOUR
T1 - Antimicrobial properties of brevinin-2-related peptide and its analogs
T2 - Efficacy against multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii
AU - Conlon, J. Michael
AU - Ahmed, Eman
AU - Condamine, Eric
PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - Brevinin-2 related peptide (B2RP; GIWDTIKSMG10KVFAGKILQN 20L.NH2), first isolated from skin secretions of the mink frog Lithobates septentrionalis, shows broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity but its therapeutic potential is limited by moderate hemolytic activity. The peptide adopts an α-helical conformation in a membrane-mimetic solvent but amphipathicity is low. Increasing amphipathicity together with hydrophobicity by the substitutions Lys16→Leu and Lys16→Ala increased hemolytic activity approximately fivefold without increasing antimicrobial potency. The substitution Leu18→Lys increased both cationicity and amphipathicity but produced decreases in both antimicrobial potency and hemolytic activity. In contrast, increasing cationicity of B2RP without changing amphipathicity by the substitution Asp4→Lys resulted in a fourfold increase in potency against Escherichia coli [minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) = 6 μm) and twofold increases in potency against Staphylococcus aureus (MIC = 12.5 μm) and Candida albicans (MIC = 6 μm) without changing significantly hemolytic activity against human erythrocytes (LC50 = 95 μm). The emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of the Gram-negative bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii constitutes a serious risk to public health. B2RP (MIC = 3-6 μm) and [Lys4]B2RP (MIC = 1.5-3 μm) potently inhibited the growth of nosocomial isolates of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Although the analogs [Lys 4, Lys18]B2RP and [Lys4, Ala16, Lys18]B2RP showed reduced potency against Staphylococcus aureus, they retained activity against Acinetobacter baumannii (MIC = 3-6 μm) and had very low hemolytic activity (LC50 > 200 μm).
AB - Brevinin-2 related peptide (B2RP; GIWDTIKSMG10KVFAGKILQN 20L.NH2), first isolated from skin secretions of the mink frog Lithobates septentrionalis, shows broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity but its therapeutic potential is limited by moderate hemolytic activity. The peptide adopts an α-helical conformation in a membrane-mimetic solvent but amphipathicity is low. Increasing amphipathicity together with hydrophobicity by the substitutions Lys16→Leu and Lys16→Ala increased hemolytic activity approximately fivefold without increasing antimicrobial potency. The substitution Leu18→Lys increased both cationicity and amphipathicity but produced decreases in both antimicrobial potency and hemolytic activity. In contrast, increasing cationicity of B2RP without changing amphipathicity by the substitution Asp4→Lys resulted in a fourfold increase in potency against Escherichia coli [minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) = 6 μm) and twofold increases in potency against Staphylococcus aureus (MIC = 12.5 μm) and Candida albicans (MIC = 6 μm) without changing significantly hemolytic activity against human erythrocytes (LC50 = 95 μm). The emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of the Gram-negative bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii constitutes a serious risk to public health. B2RP (MIC = 3-6 μm) and [Lys4]B2RP (MIC = 1.5-3 μm) potently inhibited the growth of nosocomial isolates of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Although the analogs [Lys 4, Lys18]B2RP and [Lys4, Ala16, Lys18]B2RP showed reduced potency against Staphylococcus aureus, they retained activity against Acinetobacter baumannii (MIC = 3-6 μm) and had very low hemolytic activity (LC50 > 200 μm).
KW - Acinetobacter baumannii
KW - Antibiotic resistance
KW - Brevinin-2 related peptide
KW - Frog skin
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2009.00882.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2009.00882.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 19793185
AN - SCOPUS:70349741106
SN - 1747-0277
VL - 74
SP - 488
EP - 493
JO - Chemical Biology and Drug Design
JF - Chemical Biology and Drug Design
IS - 5
ER -