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Rationally Modified Antimicrobial Peptides from the N-Terminal Domain of Human RNase 3 Show Exceptional Serum Stability.

ABSTRACT: Multidrug resistance against conventional antibiotics poses an important threat to human health. In this context, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been extensively studied for their antibacterial activity and promising results have been shown so far. However, AMPs tend to be rather vulnerable to protease degradation, which offsets their therapeutic appeal. Here, we demonstrate how replacing functional residues in the antimicrobial region of human RNase 3-also named eosinophil cationic protein-by non-natural amino acids increases stability in human serum. These changes were also shown to reduce the hemolytic effect of the peptides in general terms, whereas the antimicrobial activity was reasonably preserved. Digestion profiles enabled us to design new peptides with superior stability and lower toxicity that could become relevant candidates to reach clinical stages.

SUBMITTER: Sandin D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8483441 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Rationally Modified Antimicrobial Peptides from the N-Terminal Domain of Human RNase 3 Show Exceptional Serum Stability.

Sandín Daniel D Valle Javier J Chaves-Arquero Belén B Prats-Ejarque Guillem G Larrosa María Nieves MN González-López Juan José JJ Jiménez María Ángeles MÁ Boix Ester E Andreu David D Torrent Marc M

Journal of medicinal chemistry 20210803 15

Multidrug resistance against conventional antibiotics poses an important threat to human health. In this context, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been extensively studied for their antibacterial activity and promising results have been shown so far. However, AMPs tend to be rather vulnerable to protease degradation, which offsets their therapeutic appeal. Here, we demonstrate how replacing functional residues in the antimicrobial region of human RNase 3-also named eosinophil cationic protein- ...[more]

PMID: 34342438

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Project description:Combating the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among bacteria requires a new class of antimicrobials, which desirably have a narrow spectrum because of their low propensity for the spread of AMR. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which target the bacterial cell membrane, are promising seeds for novel antimicrobials because the cell membrane is essential for all cells. Previously, we reported the antimicrobial and haemolytic effects of a natural AMP, magainin 2 (Mag2), isolated from the skin of Xenopus laevis (the African clawed frog), four types of synthesised Mag2 derivatives, and three types of rationally designed AMPs on gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. To identify novel antimicrobial seeds, we evaluated the effect of AMPs on Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which also exhibits AMR. We also evaluated the antimicrobial effects of an AMP, NK2A, which has been reported to have antimicrobial effects on Mycoplasma bovis, in addition to Mag2 and previously synthesised seven AMPs, on four strains of M. pneumoniae using colorimetric, biofilm, and killing assays. We found that three synthesised AMPs, namely 17base-Ac6c, 17base-Hybrid, and Block, had anti-M. pneumoniae (anti-Mp) effect at 8-30 μM, whereas others, including NK2A, did not have any such effect. For the further analysis, the membrane disruption activities of AMPs were measured by propidium iodide (PI) uptake assays, which suggested the direct interaction of AMPs to the cell membrane basically following the colorimetric, biofilm, and killing assay results. PI uptake assay, however, also showed the NK2A strong interaction to cell membrane, indicating unknown anti-Mp determinant factors related to the peptide sequences. Finally, we conclude that anti-Mp effect was not simply determined by the membrane disruption activities of AMPs, but also that the sequence of AMPs were important for killing of M. pneumoniae. These findings would be helpful for the development of AMPs for M. pneumoniae.

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Rationally Modified Antimicrobial Peptides from the N-Terminal Domain of Human RNase 3 Show Exceptional Serum Stability.

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Rationally Modified Antimicrobial Peptides from the N-Terminal Domain of Human RNase 3 Show Exceptional Serum Stability.

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