Antimicrobial Activity and Stability to Proteolysis of Small Linear Cationic Peptides with D‐Amino Acid Substitutions

Microbiology and Immunology - Tập 46 Số 11 - Trang 741-749 - 2002
Kumiko Hamamoto1, Yutaka Kida2, Ye Zhang2, Takashi Shimizu2, Koichi Kuwano2
1Department of Bacteriology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0101, Japan.
2Department of Bacteriology Kurume University School of Medicine Kurume Fukuoka 830‐0011 Japan

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AbstractAntimicrobial peptides contribute to innate host defense against a number of bacteria and fungal pathogens. Some of antimicrobial synthetic peptides were systemically administered in vivo; however, effective protection has so far not been obtained because the effective dose of peptides in vivo seems to be very high, often close to the toxic level against the host. Alternatively, peptides administered in vivo may be degraded by certain proteases present in serum. In this study, D‐amino acids were substituted for the L‐amino acids of antimicrobial peptides to circumvent these problems. Initially a peptide (L‐peptide) rich in five arginine residues and consisting of an 11‐amino acid peptide (residues 32–42) of human granulysin was synthesized. Subsequently, the L‐amino acids of the 11‐amino acid peptide were replaced partially (D‐peptide) or wholly (AD‐peptide) with D‐amino acids. Activity and stability to proteolysis, in particular, in the serum of antimicrobial peptides with D‐amino acid substitutions were examined. Peptides with D‐amino acid substitutions were found to lyse bacteria as efficiently as their all‐L‐amino acid parent, L‐peptide. In addition, the peptide composed of L‐amino acids was susceptible to trypsin, whereas peptides containing D‐amino acid substitutions were highly stable to trypsin treatment. Similarly, the peptide consisting of L‐amino acids alone was also susceptible to fetal calf serum (FCS), however, protease inhibitors restored the lowered antimicrobial activity of the FCS‐incubated peptide. Thus, D‐amino acid substitutions can make antimicrobial peptides resistant to proteolysis, suggesting that the antimicrobial peptides consisting of D‐amino acids are potential candidates for clinical therapeutic use.

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Microbiology and Immunology

Tập 46 Số 11

741-749

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