Multiple strategies of HSP antimicrobial peptide optimization to enhance antimicrobial activity

Abstract Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have caught the attention of researchers over the last couple of years due to their unique membrane lytic mechanism for combating antibiotic resistance, which differs from the molecular targets of traditional antibiotics. Although natural AMPs exhibit potential...

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Main Authors: Xiaozhong Cheng, Yonghuang Zhang, Yan Zhang, Yajun Chen, Jianli Chen, Wei Wang, Guilan Zhu
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Published: Springer 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-024-03428-z
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Jianli Chen
Wei Wang
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description Abstract Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have caught the attention of researchers over the last couple of years due to their unique membrane lytic mechanism for combating antibiotic resistance, which differs from the molecular targets of traditional antibiotics. Although natural AMPs exhibit potential antimicrobial activity against a wide range of microorganisms, some drawbacks, such as toxicity, low antibacterial activity, and high production costs limit their clinical application. To enhance the antimicrobial activity of a series of HSP peptides derived from the natural peptide HSP-1, this study optimized them using a variety of strategies, including net charge, hydrophobic moment, hydrophobicity, and helicity. Optimizing the antimicrobial action of HSP peptides depended mostly on net charge, hydrophobic moment, and hydrophobicity rather than helicity. HSP-M4 may be designed to combat microbial infections because the antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity assays showed that they exhibited low cytotoxicity and prominent antimicrobial activity, respectively.
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spelling doaj-art-bb7dd88b83c04100b01ae6006e402a952024-12-22T12:34:40ZengSpringerAmino Acids1438-21992024-11-0156111010.1007/s00726-024-03428-zMultiple strategies of HSP antimicrobial peptide optimization to enhance antimicrobial activityXiaozhong Cheng0Yonghuang Zhang1Yan Zhang2Yajun Chen3Jianli Chen4Wei Wang5Guilan Zhu6Anhui Province Green Food Collaborative Technology Service Center for Rural Revitalization, Hefei Normal UniversityDepartment of Pharmacy, Hefei Binhu HospitalAnhui Province Green Food Collaborative Technology Service Center for Rural Revitalization, Hefei Normal UniversityAnhui Province Green Food Collaborative Technology Service Center for Rural Revitalization, Hefei Normal UniversityShimadzu (China) Co., LtdAnhui Province Green Food Collaborative Technology Service Center for Rural Revitalization, Hefei Normal UniversityAnhui Province Green Food Collaborative Technology Service Center for Rural Revitalization, Hefei Normal UniversityAbstract Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have caught the attention of researchers over the last couple of years due to their unique membrane lytic mechanism for combating antibiotic resistance, which differs from the molecular targets of traditional antibiotics. Although natural AMPs exhibit potential antimicrobial activity against a wide range of microorganisms, some drawbacks, such as toxicity, low antibacterial activity, and high production costs limit their clinical application. To enhance the antimicrobial activity of a series of HSP peptides derived from the natural peptide HSP-1, this study optimized them using a variety of strategies, including net charge, hydrophobic moment, hydrophobicity, and helicity. Optimizing the antimicrobial action of HSP peptides depended mostly on net charge, hydrophobic moment, and hydrophobicity rather than helicity. HSP-M4 may be designed to combat microbial infections because the antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity assays showed that they exhibited low cytotoxicity and prominent antimicrobial activity, respectively.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-024-03428-zAntimicrobial peptidesHSP-1Antimicrobial activityOptimization
spellingShingle Xiaozhong Cheng
Yonghuang Zhang
Yan Zhang
Yajun Chen
Jianli Chen
Wei Wang
Guilan Zhu
Multiple strategies of HSP antimicrobial peptide optimization to enhance antimicrobial activity
Amino Acids
Antimicrobial peptides
HSP-1
Antimicrobial activity
Optimization
title Multiple strategies of HSP antimicrobial peptide optimization to enhance antimicrobial activity
title_full Multiple strategies of HSP antimicrobial peptide optimization to enhance antimicrobial activity
title_fullStr Multiple strategies of HSP antimicrobial peptide optimization to enhance antimicrobial activity
title_full_unstemmed Multiple strategies of HSP antimicrobial peptide optimization to enhance antimicrobial activity
title_short Multiple strategies of HSP antimicrobial peptide optimization to enhance antimicrobial activity
title_sort multiple strategies of hsp antimicrobial peptide optimization to enhance antimicrobial activity
topic Antimicrobial peptides
HSP-1
Antimicrobial activity
Optimization
url https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-024-03428-z
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