Experimental evolution of resistance to an antimicrobial peptide

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - Tập 273 Số 1583 - Trang 251-256 - 2006
Gabriel G. Perron1, Michael Zasloff2, Graham Bell1
1Department of Biology, Mc Gill University1205 Avenue Dr Penfield, Montreal, Que H3A 1B1, Canada
2Faculty of Research and Translational Science, Georgetown University Medical CenterGeorgetown, Washington, DC 20057, USA

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A novel class of antibiotics based on the antimicrobial properties of immune peptides of multicellular organisms is attracting increasing interest as a major weapon against resistant microbes. It has been claimed that cationic antimicrobial peptides exploit fundamental features of the bacterial cell so that resistance is much less likely to evolve than in the case of conventional antibiotics. Population models of the evolutionary genetics of resistance have cast doubt on this claim. We document the experimental evolution of resistance to a cationic antimicrobial peptide through continued selection in the laboratory. In this selection experiment, 22/24 lineages of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas fluorescens independently evolved heritable mechanisms of resistance to pexiganan, an analogue of magainin, when propagated in medium supplemented with this antimicrobial peptide for 600–700 generations.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Tập 273 Số 1583

251-256

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