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Has C, Das SL. The Functionality of Membrane-Inserting Proteins and Peptides: Curvature Sensing, Generation, and Pore Formation. J Membr Biol 2023; 256:343-372. [PMID: 37650909 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-023-00289-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Proteins and peptides with hydrophobic and amphiphilic segments are responsible for many biological functions. The sensing and generation of membrane curvature are the functions of several protein domains or motifs. While some specific membrane proteins play an essential role in controlling the curvature of distinct intracellular membranes, others participate in various cellular processes such as clathrin-mediated endocytosis, where several proteins sort themselves at the neck of the membrane bud. A few membrane-inserting proteins form nanopores that permeate selective ions and water to cross the membrane. In addition, many natural and synthetic small peptides and protein toxins disrupt the membrane by inducing nonspecific pores in the membrane. The pore formation causes cell death through the uncontrolled exchange between interior and exterior cellular contents. In this article, we discuss the insertion depth and orientation of protein/peptide helices, and their role as a sensor and inducer of membrane curvature as well as a pore former in the membrane. We anticipate that this extensive review will assist biophysicists to gain insight into curvature sensing, generation, and pore formation by membrane insertion.
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- Chandra Has
- Department of Chemical Engineering, GSFC University, Vadodara, 391750, Gujarat, India.
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- Physical and Chemical Biology Laboratory and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad, 678623, Kerala, India
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Wu J, Zang M, Wang S, Zhao B, Bai J, Xu C, Shi Y, Qiao X. Nisin: From a structural and meat preservation perspective. Food Microbiol 2023; 111:104207. [PMID: 36681394 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2022.104207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Nisin is a posttranslationally modified antimicrobial peptide that is widely used as a food preservative. It contains five cyclic thioethers of varying sizes. Nisin activity and stability are closely related to its primary and three dimensional structures. It has nine reported natural variants. Nisin A is the most studied nisin as it was the first one purified. Here, we review the sequence feature of nisin A and its natural variants, and their biosynthesis pathway, mode of action and application as a meat preservative. We systematically illustrate the functional domains of the main enzymes (NisB, NisC, and NisP) involved in nisin synthesis. NisB was shown to dehydrate its substrate NisA via a tRNA associated glutamylation mechanism. NisC catalysed the cyclization of the didehydro amino acids with the neighboring cysteine residues. After cyclization, the leader peptide is removed by the protease NisP. According to multiple sequence alignments, we detected five conserved sites Dha5, Pro9, Gly14, Leu16, and Lys22. These residues are probably the structural and functional important ones that can be modified to produce peptides versions with enhanced antimicrobial activity. Through comparing various application methods of nisin in different meats, the antimicrobial effects of nisin used individually or in combination with other natural substances were clarified.
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- Jiajia Wu
- China Meat Research Center, Beijing Academy of Food Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Meat Processing Technology, 100068, Beijing, China
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- China Meat Research Center, Beijing Academy of Food Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Meat Processing Technology, 100068, Beijing, China.
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- China Meat Research Center, Beijing Academy of Food Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Meat Processing Technology, 100068, Beijing, China
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- China Meat Research Center, Beijing Academy of Food Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Meat Processing Technology, 100068, Beijing, China
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- China Meat Research Center, Beijing Academy of Food Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Meat Processing Technology, 100068, Beijing, China
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- China Meat Research Center, Beijing Academy of Food Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Meat Processing Technology, 100068, Beijing, China
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- China Meat Research Center, Beijing Academy of Food Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Meat Processing Technology, 100068, Beijing, China
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- China Meat Research Center, Beijing Academy of Food Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Meat Processing Technology, 100068, Beijing, China.
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Koch NG, Baumann T, Nickling JH, Dziegielewski A, Budisa N. Engineered bacterial host for genetic encoding of physiologically stable protein nitration. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:992748. [PMID: 36353730 PMCID: PMC9638147 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.992748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Across scales, many biological phenomena, such as protein folding or bioadhesion and cohesion, rely on synergistic effects of different amino acid side chains at multiple positions in the protein sequence. These are often fine-tuned by post-translational modifications that introduce additional chemical properties. Several PTMs can now be genetically encoded and precisely installed at single and multiple sites by genetic code expansion. Protein nitration is a PTM of particular interest because it has been associated with several diseases. However, even when these nitro groups are directly incorporated into proteins, they are often physiologically reduced during or shortly after protein production. We have solved this problem by using an engineered Escherichia coli host strain. Six genes that are associated with nitroreductase activity were removed from the genome in a simple and robust manner. The result is a bacterial expression host that can stably produce proteins and peptides containing nitro groups, especially when these are amenable to modification. To demonstrate the applicability of this strain, we used this host for several applications. One of these was the multisite incorporation of a photocaged 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine derivative into Elastin-Like Polypeptides. For this non-canonical amino acid and several other photocaged ncAAs, the nitro group is critical for photocleavability. Accordingly, our approach also enhances the production of biomolecules containing photocaged tyrosine in the form of ortho-nitrobenzyl-tyrosine. We envision our engineered host as an efficient tool for the production of custom designed proteins, peptides or biomaterials for various applications ranging from research in cell biology to large-scale production in biotechnology.
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- Nikolaj G. Koch
- Bioanalytics Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Biocatalysis Group, Institute of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Biocatalysis Group, Institute of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Biocatalysis Group, Institute of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Biocatalysis Group, Institute of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Biocatalysis Group, Institute of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Chemical Synthetic Biology Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- *Correspondence: Nediljko Budisa,
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Liu G, Nie R, Liu Y, Mehmood A. Combined antimicrobial effect of bacteriocins with other hurdles of physicochemic and microbiome to prolong shelf life of food: A review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 825:154058. [PMID: 35217045 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Bacteriocins are ribosomally synthesized peptides to inhibit food spoilage bacteria, which are widely used as a kind of food biopreservation. The role of bacteriocins in therapeutics and food industries has received increasing attention across a number of disciplines in recent years. Despite their advantages as alternative therapeutics over existing strategies, the application of bacteriocins suffers from shortcomings such as the high isolation and purification cost, narrow spectrum of activity, low stability and solubility and easy enzymatic degradation. Previous studies have studied the synergistic or additive effects of bacteriocins when used in combination with other hurdles including physics, chemicals, and microbes. These combined treatments reduce the adverse effects of chemical additives, extending the shelf life of food products while guaranteeing food quality. This review highlights the advantages and disadvantages of bacteriocins in food preservation. It then reviews the combined effect and mechanism of different hurdles and bacteriocins in enhancing food preservation in detail. The combination of bacterioncins and other hurdles provide potential approaches for maintaining food quality and food safety.
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- Guorong Liu
- Beijing Advance Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing 100048, China.
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- Beijing Advance Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Advance Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Advance Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing 100048, China
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Brahma R, Raghuraman H. Measuring Membrane Penetration Depths and Conformational Changes in Membrane Peptides and Proteins. J Membr Biol 2022; 255:469-483. [PMID: 35274157 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-022-00224-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The structural organization and dynamic nature of the biomembrane components are important determinants for numerous cellular functions. Particularly, membrane proteins are critically important for various physiological functions and are important drug targets. The mechanistic insights on the complex functionality of membrane lipids and proteins can be elucidated by understanding the interplay between structure and dynamics. In this regard, membrane penetration depth represents an important parameter to obtain the precise depth of membrane-embedded molecules that often define the conformation and topology of membrane probes and proteins. In this review, we discuss about the widely used fluorescence quenching-based methods (parallax method, distribution analysis, and dual-quencher analysis) to accurately determine the membrane penetration depths of fluorescent probes that are either membrane-embedded or attached to lipids and proteins. Further, we also discuss a relatively novel fluorescence quenching method that utilizes tryptophan residue as the quencher, namely the tryptophan-induced quenching, which is sensitive to monitor small-scale conformational changes (short distances of < 15 Å) and useful in mapping distances in proteins. We have provided numerous examples for the benefit of readers to appreciate the importance and applicability of these simple yet powerful methods to study membrane proteins.
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- Rupasree Brahma
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700 064, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700 064, India.
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YEHIA HM, ALKHURIJI AF, SAVVAIDIS I, Al-MASOUD AH. Bactericidal effect of nisin and reuterin on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and S. aureus ATCC 25937. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1590/fst.105321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Reiners J, Lagedroste M, Gottstein J, Adeniyi ET, Kalscheuer R, Poschmann G, Stühler K, Smits SHJ, Schmitt L. Insights in the Antimicrobial Potential of the Natural Nisin Variant Nisin H. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:573614. [PMID: 33193179 PMCID: PMC7606277 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.573614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Lantibiotics are a growing class of antimicrobial peptides, which possess antimicrobial activity against mainly Gram-positive bacteria including the highly resistant strains such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant enterococci. In the last decades numerous lantibiotics were discovered in natural habitats or designed with bioengineering tools. In this study, we present an insight in the antimicrobial potential of the natural occurring lantibiotic nisin H from Streptococcus hyointestinalis as well as the variant nisin H F1I. We determined the yield of the heterologously expressed peptide and quantified the cleavage efficiency employing the nisin protease NisP. Furthermore, we analyzed the effect on the modification via mass spectrometry analysis. With standardized growth inhibition assays we benchmarked the activity of pure nisin H and the variant nisin H F1I, and their influence on the activity of the nisin immunity proteins NisI and NisFEG from Lactococcus lactis and the nisin resistance proteins SaNSR and SaNsrFP from Streptococcus agalactiae COH1. We further checked the antibacterial activity against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis via microdilution method. In summary, nisin H and the nisin H F1I variant possessed better antimicrobial potency than the natural nisin A.
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- Jens Reiners
- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Center for Structural Studies, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Molecular Proteomics Laboratory, BMFZ, Heinrich-Heine-University-Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Center for Structural Studies, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Bypassing lantibiotic resistance by an effective nisin derivative. Bioorg Med Chem 2019; 27:3454-3462. [PMID: 31253534 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2019.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Revised: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The need for new antibiotic compounds is rising and antimicrobial peptides are excellent candidates to fulfill this object. The bacteriocin subgroup lantibiotics, for example, are active in the nanomolar range and target the membranes of mainly Gram-positive bacteria. They bind to lipid II, inhibit cell growth and in some cases form pores within the bacterial membrane, inducing rapid cell death. Pharmaceutical usage of lantibiotics is however hampered by the presence of gene clusters in human pathogenic strains which, when expressed, confer resistance. The human pathogen Streptococcus agalactiae COH1, expresses several lantibiotic resistance proteins resulting in resistance against for example nisin. This study presents a highly potent, pore forming nisin variant as an alternative lantibiotic which bypasses the SaNSR protein. It is shown that this nisin derivate nisinC28P keeps its nanomolar antibacterial activity against L. lactis NZ9000 cells but is not recognized by the nisin resistance protein SaNSR. NisinC28P is cleaved by SaNSR in vitro with a highly decreased efficiency, as shown by an cleavage assay. Furthermore, we show that nisinC28P is still able to form pores in the membranes of L. lactis and is three times more efficient against SaNSR-expressing L. lactis cells than wildtype nisin.
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Sosa Morales MC, Juárez AC, Montich GG, Álvarez RMS. Interaction of the antibiotic peptide nisin with anionic membranes in different phase-states: a vibrational study. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2019; 215:389-397. [PMID: 30856583 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Revised: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Interactions between the antibiotic peptide nisin and multilamellar vesicles of phosphoglycerol lipids in different phase-states were studied using vibrational spectroscopy. The infrared amide I' band of nisin, both in solution and in the membrane-bound state, was analyzed in the temperature range comprised between 20 and 60 °C in order to study its conformational behavior. Nisin presented mainly unordered and β-turns conformations. Their relative populations varied according to the environment and as the temperature increased: β turns were more favored in the membrane-bound state than in solution, but at higher temperatures the disordered conformation was dominant in both states. Spectral changes of specific infrared bands belonging to the hydrocarbon and polar moieties of lipids were also analyzed to evaluate the perturbation of the lipid membrane order. Nisin interactions with the membrane polar region induced a high restriction to water incorporation, promoting a small increase in the temperature of the lipid phase transition. Raman spectra of nisin/phosphoglycerol systems at ambient temperature were also analyzed. They revealed that the peptide incorporation to a membrane in the fluid phase caused drastic structural modifications in the hydrophobic region of the bilayer. Although nisin may be able to disrupt the hydrophobic portion of the bilayer in the gel phase, the most of the peptide molecule remained at the membrane surface interacting with the polar headgroups. This work provides evidence of a differential effect of nisin on anionic membranes, depending on the phase-state of the lipid.
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- Marcelo C Sosa Morales
- Instituto de Química del Noroeste Argentino (INQUINOA), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, CONICET, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química del Noroeste Argentino (INQUINOA), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, CONICET, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina; Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba (CIQUIBIC), CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química del Noroeste Argentino (INQUINOA), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, CONICET, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
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Lagedroste M, Reiners J, Smits SHJ, Schmitt L. Systematic characterization of position one variants within the lantibiotic nisin. Sci Rep 2019; 9:935. [PMID: 30700815 PMCID: PMC6353901 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37532-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Lantibiotics are a growing class of natural compounds, which possess antimicrobial activity against a broad range of Gram-positive bacteria. Their high potency against human pathogenic strains such as MRSA and VRE makes them excellent candidates as substitutes for classic antibiotics in times of increasing multidrug resistance of bacterial strains. New lantibiotics are detected in genomes and can be heterologously expressed. The functionality of these novel lantibiotics requires a systematic purification and characterization to benchmark them against for example the well-known lantibiotic nisin. Here, we used a standardized workflow to characterize lantibiotics consisting of six individual steps. The expression and secretion of the lantibiotic was performed employing the promiscuous nisin modification machinery. We mutated the first amino acid of nisin into all proteinaceous amino acids and compared their bactericidal potency against sensitive strains as well as strains expressing nisin resistance proteins. Interestingly, we can highlight four distinct groups based on the residual activity of nisin against sensitive as well as resistant L. lactis strains.
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- Marcel Lagedroste
- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany.
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany.
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Becucci L, Aloisi G, Papini AM, Guidelli R. Channel-forming activity of nisin in two mercury-supported biomimetic membranes. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.11.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Varnava KG, Ronimus RS, Sarojini V. A review on comparative mechanistic studies of antimicrobial peptides against archaea. Biotechnol Bioeng 2017; 114:2457-2473. [PMID: 28734066 DOI: 10.1002/bit.26387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Archaea was until recently considered as a third domain of life in addition to bacteria and eukarya but recent studies support the existence of only two superphyla (bacteria and archaea). The fundamental differences between archaeal, bacterial, and eukaryal cells are probably the main reasons for the comparatively lower susceptibility of archaeal strains to current antimicrobial agents. The possible emerging pathogenicity of archaea and the role of archaeal methanogens in methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas, has led many researchers to examine the sensitivity patterns of archaea and make attempts to find agents that have significant anti-archaeal activity. Even though antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are well known with several published reviews concerning their mode of action against bacteria and eukarya, to our knowledge, to date no reviews are available that focus on the action of these peptides against archaea. Herein, we present a review on all the peptides that have been tested against archaea. In addition, in an attempt to shed more light on possible future work that needs to be performed we have included a brief overview of the chemical characteristics, spectrum of activity, and the known mechanism of action of each of these peptides against bacteria and/or fungi. We also discuss the nature of and key physiological differences between Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya that are relevant to the development of anti-archaeal peptides. Despite our relatively limited knowledge about archaea, available data suggest that AMPs have an even broader spectrum of activity than currently recognized.
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- Kyriakos G Varnava
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Rumen Microbiology, AgResearch Ltd., Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Mamuad LL, Kim SH, Choi YJ, Soriano AP, Cho KK, Lee K, Bae GS, Lee SS. Increased propionate concentration in Lactobacillus mucosae-fermented wet brewers grains and during in vitro rumen fermentation. J Appl Microbiol 2017; 123:29-40. [PMID: 28425572 DOI: 10.1111/jam.13475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Revised: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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AIMS This study was conducted to isolate and identify propionate-producing bacteria that can be used as an inoculum in improving wet brewers grains and rumen fermentation via increasing propionate concentration. METHODS AND RESULTS A strain of Lactobacillus that exhibits high levels of propionate production was identified and characterized as Lactobacillus mucosae 521129 by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and phylogenetic analyses. Wet brewers grains were fermented through L. mucosae inoculation and resulted in an increase in propionate concentration. Fermented wet brewers grains were used in in vitro rumen fermentation and revealed that L. mucosae-fermented wet brewers grains produced more gas and had higher accumulations propionate and total volatile fatty acid (VFA) than the control. The fewest methanogen DNA copies were detected in L. mucosae-fermented wet brewers grains. CONCLUSION Identified L. mucosae improved the fermentation of wet brewers grains and the in vitro rumen fermentation via increasing propionate and total VFA concentrations. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The presented research provided the identification of L. mucosae 521129 as a propionate producer and was metabolically profiled. Furthermore, data present the putative application of this organism in improving the fermentation of wet brewers grains and in vitro rumen fermentation.
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- L L Mamuad
- Ruminant Nutrition and Anaerobe Laboratory, Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Bio-industry Science, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Jeonnam, Korea
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- Ruminant Nutrition and Anaerobe Laboratory, Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Bio-industry Science, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Jeonnam, Korea
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- Ruminant Nutrition and Anaerobe Laboratory, Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Bio-industry Science, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Jeonnam, Korea
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- Ruminant Nutrition and Anaerobe Laboratory, Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Bio-industry Science, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Jeonnam, Korea.,Small Ruminant Center, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
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- Department of Animal Resources Technology, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju, Gyeongsang, Korea
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Korea
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- Ruminant Nutrition and Anaerobe Laboratory, Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Bio-industry Science, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Jeonnam, Korea
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Incorporation of tryptophan analogues into the lantibiotic nisin. Amino Acids 2016; 48:1309-18. [PMID: 26872656 PMCID: PMC4833812 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-016-2186-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Lantibiotics are posttranslationally modified peptides with efficient inhibitory activity against various Gram-positive bacteria. In addition to the original modifications, incorporation of non-canonical amino acids can render new properties and functions to lantibiotics. Nisin is the most studied lantibiotic and contains no tryptophan residues. In this study, a system was constructed to incorporate tryptophan analogues into nisin, which included the modification machinery (NisBTC) and the overexpression of tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (TrpRS). Tryptophan and three different tryptophan analogues (5-fluoroTrp (5FW), 5-hydroxyTrp (5HW) and 5-methylTrp (5MeW)) were successfully incorporated at four different positions of nisin (I1W, I4W, M17W and V32W). The incorporation efficiency of tryptophan analogues into mutants I1W, M17W and V32W was over 97 %, while the mutant I4W showed relatively low incorporation efficiency (69–93 %). The variants with 5FW showed relatively higher production yield, while 5MeW-containing variants showed the lowest yield. The dehydration efficiency of serines or threonines was affected by the tryptophan mutants of I4W and V32W. The affinity of the peptides for the cation-ion exchange and reverse phase chromatography columns was significantly reduced when 5HW was incorporated. The antimicrobial activity of IIW and its 5FW analogue both decreased two times compared to that of nisin, while that of its 5HW analogue decreased four times. The 5FW analogue of I4W also showed two times decreased activity than nisin. However, the mutant M17W and its 5HW analogue both showed 32 times reduced activity relative to that of nisin.
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Oppedijk SF, Martin NI, Breukink E. Hit 'em where it hurts: The growing and structurally diverse family of peptides that target lipid-II. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1858:947-57. [PMID: 26523408 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Revised: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 10/28/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Understanding the mode of action of antibiotics is becoming more and more important in the time that microorganisms start to develop resistance. One very well validated target of several classes of antibiotics is the peptidoglycan precursor lipid II. In this review different classes of lipid II targeting antibiotics will be discussed in detail, including the lantibiotics, human invertebrate defensins and the recently discovered teixobactin. By hitting bacteria where it hurts, at the level of lipid II, we expect to be able to develop efficient antibacterial agents in the future. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Antimicrobial peptides edited by Karl Lohner and Kai Hilpert.
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- Sabine F Oppedijk
- Membrane biochemistry and Biophysics, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Membrane biochemistry and Biophysics, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Bhatia S, Bharti A. Evaluating the antimicrobial activity of Nisin, Lysozyme and Ethylenediaminetetraacetate incorporated in starch based active food packaging film. JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2015; 52:3504-12. [PMID: 26028732 PMCID: PMC4444913 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-014-1414-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 08/07/2013] [Accepted: 05/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The pleothera of micro organisms obtained from contaminated food cultured in a starch broth was effectively tested against antibacterial agents, i.e. nisin, lysozyme and chelating agent EDTA. A variety of combination treatments of these antimicrobial agents and their incorporation in Starch based active packaging film according to their permissibility standards was done. 4 variables of Nisin concentration (ranging from 0 to 750 IU/ml), 3 variables of lysozyme concentration (ranging from 0 to 500 IU/ml) and 3 variables of EDTA concentration from (0 to 20 μM) were chosen. Bacterial inhibition by combination of different levels of different factors without antimicrobial films was evaluated using a liquid incubation method. The samples were assayed for turbidity at interval of 2, 4 and 24 h to check effectiveness of combined effects of antimicrobial agents which proved a transitory bactericidal effect for short incubation times. Zone of Inhibition was observed in the antimicrobial films prepared by agar diffusion method. Statistical analysis of experimental data for their antimicrobial spectrum was carried out by multi regression analysis and ANOVA using Design-Expert software to plot the final equation in terms of coded factors as antimicrobial agents. The experimental data indicated that the model was highly significant. Results were also evaluated graphically using response surface showing interactions between two factors, keeping other factor fixed at values at the center of domain. Synergy was also determined among antibacterial agents using the fractional inhibitory concentration (FIC) index which was observed to be 0.56 supporting the hypothesis that nisin and EDTA function as partial synergistically. The presented work aimed to screen in quick fashion the combinatorial effect of three antimicrobial agents and evaluating their efficacy in anti microbial film development.
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- Sugandha Bhatia
- Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar-Delhi G.T Road, Phagwara, 144402 Punjab India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar-Delhi G.T Road, Phagwara, 144402 Punjab India
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Nisin H Is a New Nisin Variant Produced by the Gut-Derived Strain Streptococcus hyointestinalis DPC6484. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:3953-60. [PMID: 25841003 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00212-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Accumulating evidence suggests that bacteriocin production represents a probiotic trait for intestinal strains to promote dominance, fight infection, and even signal the immune system. In this respect, in a previous study, we isolated from the porcine intestine a strain of Streptococcus hyointestinalis DPC6484 that displays antimicrobial activity against a wide range of Gram-positive bacteria and produces a bacteriocin with a mass of 3,453 Da. Interestingly, the strain was also found to be immune to a nisin-producing strain. Genome sequencing revealed the genetic determinants responsible for a novel version of nisin, designated nisin H, consisting of the nshABTCPRKGEF genes, with transposases encoded between nshP and nshR and between nshK and nshG. A similar gene cluster is also found in S. hyointestinalis LMG14581. Notably, the cluster lacks an equivalent of the nisin immunity gene, nisI. Nisin H is proposed to have the same structure as the prototypical nisin A but differs at 5 amino acid positions-Ile1Phe (i.e., at position 1, nisin A has Ile while nisin H has Phe), Leu6Met, Gly18Dhb (threonine dehydrated to dehydrobutyrine), Met21Tyr, and His31Lys--and appears to represent an intermediate between the lactococcal nisin A and the streptococcal nisin U variant of nisin. Purified nisin H inhibits a wide range of Gram-positive bacteria, including staphylococci, streptococci, Listeria spp., bacilli, and enterococci. It represents the first example of a natural nisin variant produced by an intestinal isolate of streptococcal origin.
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AlKhatib Z, Lagedroste M, Fey I, Kleinschrodt D, Abts A, Smits SHJ. Lantibiotic immunity: inhibition of nisin mediated pore formation by NisI. PLoS One 2014; 9:e102246. [PMID: 25014359 PMCID: PMC4094520 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2014] [Accepted: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Nisin, a 3.4 kDa antimicrobial peptide produced by some Lactococcus lactis strains is the most prominent member of the lantibiotic family. Nisin can inhibit cell growth and penetrates the target Gram-positive bacterial membrane by binding to Lipid II, an essential cell wall synthesis precursor. The assembled nisin-Lipid II complex forms pores in the target membrane. To gain immunity against its own-produced nisin, Lactococcus lactis is expressing two immunity protein systems, NisI and NisFEG. Here, we show that the NisI expressing strain displays an IC50 of 73±10 nM, an 8–10-fold increase when compared to the non-expressing sensitive strain. When the nisin concentration is raised above 70 nM, the cells expressing full-length NisI stop growing rather than being killed. NisI is inhibiting nisin mediated pore formation, even at nisin concentrations up to 1 µM. This effect is induced by the C-terminus of NisI that protects Lipid II. Its deletion showed pore formation again. The expression of NisI in combination with externally added nisin mediates an elongation of the chain length of the Lactococcus lactis cocci. While the sensitive strain cell-chains consist mainly of two cells, the NisI expressing cells display a length of up to 20 cells. Both results shed light on the immunity of lantibiotic producer strains, and their survival in high levels of their own lantibiotic in the habitat.
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- Zainab AlKhatib
- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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N-terminally modified linear and branched spermine backbone dipeptidomimetics against planktonic and sessile methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2014; 58:5435-47. [PMID: 24982082 DOI: 10.1128/aac.03391-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Toward the discovery of useful therapeutic molecules, we report the design and synthesis of a focused library of new ultrashort N-terminally modified dipeptidomimetics, with or without modifications in the spermine backbone leading to linear (series 1) or branched (series 2) tryptophans, as antimicrobial agents. Eight peptidomimetics in the library showed good antibacterial activity (MICs of 1.77 to 14.2 μg/ml) against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis bacterial strains. Tryptophan fluorescence measurements on artificial bacterial or mammalian mimic membranes and assessment of the MRSA potential depolarization ability of the designed compounds revealed membrane interactions dependent on tryptophan positioning and N-terminal tagging. Among active peptidomimetics, compounds 1c and 1d were found to be nonhemolytic, displaying rapid bactericidal activity (at 4× MIC) against exponentially growing MRSA. Further, scanning electron microscopy of peptidomimetic 1c- and 1d-treated MRSA showed morphological changes with damage to cell walls, defining a membrane-active mode of action. Moreover, peptidomimetics 1c and 1d did not induce significant drug resistance in MRSA even after 17 passages. We also investigated the activity of these molecules against MRSA biofilms. At sub-MIC levels (∼2 to 4 μg/ml), both peptidomimetics inhibited biofilm formation. At concentrations higher than the MIC (35 to 140 μg/ml), peptidomimetics 1c and 1d significantly reduced the metabolic activity and biomass of mature (24-h) MRSA biofilms. These results were corroborated by confocal laser scanning microscopy (live/dead assay). The in vitro protease stability and lower cytotoxicity of peptidomimetics against peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) support them being novel staphylocidal peptidomimetics. In conclusion, this study provides two peptidomimetics as potential leads for treatment of staphylococcal infections under planktonic and sessile conditions.
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Ladokhin AS. Measuring membrane penetration with depth-dependent fluorescence quenching: distribution analysis is coming of age. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1838:2289-95. [PMID: 24593994 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Depth-dependent fluorescence quenching by lipid-attached quenchers (e.g., bromine atoms and doxyl groups) is an important tool for determining the penetration of proteins and peptides into lipid bilayers. Extracting quantitative information and accurate calculations of the depth of the fluorophore are complicated by thermal disorder, resulting in broad distributions of the transverse positions of both quenchers and fluorophores. Twenty-one years ago a methodology called distribution analysis (DA) was introduced, based on the emerging view of the complexity of the transverse organization of lipid bilayer structure. The method is aimed at extracting quantitative information on membrane penetration, such as position and width of fluorophore's distribution along the depth coordinate and its exposure to the lipid phase. Here we review recent progress in refining the DA method and illustrate its applications to protein-membrane interactions. We demonstrate how basic assumptions of the DA approach can be validated using molecular dynamics simulations and how the precision of depth determination is improved by applying a new protocol based on a combination of steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence quenching. Using the example of the MPER fragment of the membrane-spanning domain of the HIV-1 gp41 fusion protein, we illustrate how DA applications and computer simulations can be used together to reveal the molecular organization of a protein-membrane complex. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Interfacially Active Peptides and Proteins. Guest Editors: William C. Wimley and Kalina Hristova.
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- Alexey S Ladokhin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160-7421, USA.
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Kyrychenko A, Ladokhin AS. Refining membrane penetration by a combination of steady-state and time-resolved depth-dependent fluorescence quenching. Anal Biochem 2013; 446:19-21. [PMID: 24141077 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2013.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Accepted: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Accurate determination of the depth of membrane penetration of a fluorescent probe, attached to a lipid, protein, or other macromolecule of interest, using depth-dependent quenching methodology is complicated by thermal motion in the lipid bilayer. Here, we suggest that a combination of steady-state and time-resolved measurements can be used to generate a static quenching profile that reduces the contribution from transverse diffusion occurring during the excited-state lifetime. This procedure results in narrower quenching profiles, compared with those obtained by traditional measurements, and thus improves precision in determination of the underlying depth distribution of the probe.
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- Alexander Kyrychenko
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
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Götz F, Perconti S, Popella P, Werner R, Schlag M. Epidermin and gallidermin: Staphylococcal lantibiotics. Int J Med Microbiol 2013; 304:63-71. [PMID: 24119540 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The Staphylococcus epidermidis derived epidermin was the first lantibiotic that has been shown to be ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified. Together with gallidermin, produced by Staphylococcus gallinarum, they belong to the large class of cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) that act against a broad spectrum of Gram-positive bacteria. Here we describe the genetic organization, biosynthesis and modification, excretion, extracellular activation of the modified pre-peptide by proteolytic processing, self-protection of the producer, gene regulation, structure, and the mode of action of gallidermin and epidermin. We also address mechanisms of bacterial tolerance to these lantibiotics and other CAMPs. Particularly gallidermin has a high potential for therapeutic application, as it is active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains (MRSA) and as it is able to prevent biofilm formation at sublethal concentrations.
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- Friedrich Götz
- Microbial Genetics, Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- Microbial Genetics, Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Microbial Genetics, Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Microbial Genetics, Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Microbial Genetics, Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Lantibiotics are ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides that commonly target the cell wall precursor lipid II during their antimicrobial mechanism and exert their inhibitory activity by (i) inhibition of cell wall biosynthesis, and (ii) stable pore formation in the target membrane. Type-A(I) (i.e. nisin) and two-component (i.e. lacticin 3147) lantibiotics initially interact with lipid II to stabilize the complex, which then proceeds to inhibit cell wall biosynthesis and pore formation. Type-A(II) (i.e. nukacin ISK-1) and type-B (i.e. mersacidin) lantibiotics also use lipid II as a docking molecule, but can only inhibit cell wall biosynthesis without forming pores. In the present paper, we review the antimicrobial mechanism of different types of lantibiotics, their current progress and future prospect.
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Kyrychenko A, Tobias DJ, Ladokhin AS. Validation of depth-dependent fluorescence quenching in membranes by molecular dynamics simulation of tryptophan octyl ester in POPC bilayer. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:4770-8. [PMID: 23528135 PMCID: PMC3652981 DOI: 10.1021/jp310638f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Depth-dependent fluorescence quenching is an important tool for studying the penetration of proteins and peptides into lipid bilayers. Extracting quantitative information from quenching data is, however, complicated by (1) a limited number of experimentally available quenchers and (2) thermal disorder resulting in broad distributions of the transverse positions of both quenchers and fluorophores. Here we validate and refine a general approach to determining the location of a fluorescent probe along the bilayer normal from quenching data, based on a molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of a model compound, tryptophan octyl ester (TOE), in a 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) bilayer. The TOE ring was found to lie deeply within the bilayer (most probable position of 13.3 Å and center-of-weight of the distribution of 14.8 Å from the bilayer center), and it was very broadly distributed (with 9 Å depth distribution width), which is consistent with previous experimental observations. The depth-dependent quenching profiles were simulated by treating carbon atoms of the lipid acyl chain of POPC as "pseudo-quenchers" and calculating appropriate transverse overlaps and collision rates with indole atoms of TOE. These simulated quenching profiles were well fitted by a Gaussian function of depth, as is routinely done with experimental data subjected to the distribution analysis procedure [Methods Enzymol. 1997, 278, 462-473]. Comparison of the collisional pseudoquenching profiles with the actual profiles of the indole moiety of TOE allows for testing of the validity of the data analysis and identification of the possible sources of error in calculating depths of membrane penetration from quenching data.
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- Alexander Kyrychenko
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160-7421, U.S.A
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2025, U.S.A
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160-7421, U.S.A
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Saturation mutagenesis of lysine 12 leads to the identification of derivatives of nisin A with enhanced antimicrobial activity. PLoS One 2013; 8:e58530. [PMID: 23505531 PMCID: PMC3594307 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2012] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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It is becoming increasingly apparent that innovations from the “golden age” of antibiotics are becoming ineffective, resulting in a pressing need for novel therapeutics. The bacteriocin family of antimicrobial peptides has attracted much attention in recent years as a source of potential alternatives. The most intensively studied bacteriocin is nisin, a broad spectrum lantibiotic that inhibits Gram-positive bacteria including important food pathogens and clinically relevant antibiotic resistant bacteria. Nisin is gene-encoded and, as such, is amenable to peptide bioengineering, facilitating the generation of novel derivatives that can be screened for desirable properties. It was to this end that we used a site-saturation mutagenesis approach to create a bank of producers of nisin A derivatives that differ with respect to the identity of residue 12 (normally lysine; K12). A number of these producers exhibited enhanced bioactivity and the nisin A K12A producer was deemed of greatest interest. Subsequent investigations with the purified antimicrobial highlighted the enhanced specific activity of this modified nisin against representative target strains from the genera Streptococcus, Bacillus, Lactococcus, Enterococcus and Staphylococcus.
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Field D, Begley M, O’Connor PM, Daly KM, Hugenholtz F, Cotter PD, Hill C, Ross RP. Bioengineered nisin A derivatives with enhanced activity against both Gram positive and Gram negative pathogens. PLoS One 2012; 7:e46884. [PMID: 23056510 PMCID: PMC3466204 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2012] [Accepted: 09/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Nisin is a bacteriocin widely utilized in more than 50 countries as a safe and natural antibacterial food preservative. It is the most extensively studied bacteriocin, having undergone decades of bioengineering with a view to improving function and physicochemical properties. The discovery of novel nisin variants with enhanced activity against clinical and foodborne pathogens has recently been described. We screened a randomized bank of nisin A producers and identified a variant with a serine to glycine change at position 29 (S29G), with enhanced efficacy against S. aureus SA113. Using a site-saturation mutagenesis approach we generated three more derivatives (S29A, S29D and S29E) with enhanced activity against a range of Gram positive drug resistant clinical, veterinary and food pathogens. In addition, a number of the nisin S29 derivatives displayed superior antimicrobial activity to nisin A when assessed against a range of Gram negative food-associated pathogens, including E. coli, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Cronobacter sakazakii. This is the first report of derivatives of nisin, or indeed any lantibiotic, with enhanced antimicrobial activity against both Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria.
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- Des Field
- Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Teagasc, Moorepark Food Research Centre, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland
- Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- * E-mail: (PDC); (CH)
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- Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- * E-mail: (PDC); (CH)
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- Teagasc, Moorepark Food Research Centre, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland
- Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Interaction with lipid II induces conformational changes in bovicin HC5 structure. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2012; 56:4586-93. [PMID: 22687503 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00295-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bovicin HC5 is a lantibiotic produced by Streptococcus bovis HC5 that targets the cell wall precursor lipid II. An understanding of the modes of action against target bacteria can help broadening the clinical applicability of lantibiotics in human and veterinary medicine. In this study, the interaction of bovicin HC5 with lipid II was examined using tryptophan fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy with model membrane systems that do or do not allow pore formation by bovicin HC5. In the presence of lipid II, a blue-shift of 12 nm could be observed for the fluorescence emission maximum of the tryptophan residue for all of the membrane systems tested. This change in fluorescence emission was paralleled by a decrease in accessibility toward acrylamide and phospholipids carrying a spin-label at the acyl chain; the tryptophan residue of bovicin HC5 was located near the twelfth position of the membrane phospholipid acyl chains. Moreover, the binding of lipid II by bovicin HC5 induced remarkable conformational changes in the bovicin HC5 structure. The interaction of bovicin HC5 with lipid II was highly stable even at pH 2.0. These results indicate that bovicin HC5 interacts directly with lipid II and that the topology of this interaction changes under different conditions, which is relevant for the biological activity of the peptide. To our knowledge, bovicin HC5 is the only bacteriocin described thus far that is able to interact with its target in extreme pH values, and this fact might be related to its unique structure and stability.
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Müller A, Ulm H, Reder-Christ K, Sahl HG, Schneider T. Interaction of type A lantibiotics with undecaprenol-bound cell envelope precursors. Microb Drug Resist 2012; 18:261-70. [PMID: 22432708 DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2011.0242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Lantibiotics are a unique group within the antimicrobial peptides characterized by the presence of thioether amino acids (lanthionine and methyllanthionine). These peptides are produced by and primarily act on Gram-positive bacteria exerting multiple activities at the cytoplasmic membrane of susceptible strains. Previously, the cell wall precursor lipid II was identified as the molecular target for the prototype lantibiotic nisin. Binding and sequestration of lipid II blocks the incorporation of the central cell wall precursor into the growing peptidoglycan network, thereby inhibiting the formation of a functional cell wall. Additionally, nisin combines this activity with a unique target-mediated pore formation, using lipid II as a docking molecule. The interaction with the pyrophosphate moiety of lipid II is crucial for nisin binding. We show that, besides binding to lipid II, nisin interacts with the lipid intermediates lipid III (undecaprenol-pyrophosphate-N-acetyl-glucosamine) and lipid IV (undecaprenol-pyrophosphate-N-acetyl-glucosamine-N-acetyl-mannosamine) of the wall teichoic acid (WTA) biosynthesis pathway. Binding of nisin to the precursors was observed at a stoichiometry of 2:1. The specific interaction with WTA precursors further promoted target-mediated pore formation in artificial lipid bilayers. Specific interactions with lipid III and lipid IV could also be demonstrated for related type A lantibiotics, for example, gallidermin, containing the conserved lipid-II-binding motif.
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- Anna Müller
- Pharmaceutical Microbiology Section, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Do small headgroups of phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidic acid lead to a similar folding pattern of the K(+) channel? J Membr Biol 2011; 242:137-43. [PMID: 21744243 PMCID: PMC3146712 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-011-9384-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2011] [Accepted: 06/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Phospholipid headgroups act as major determinants in proper folding of oligomeric membrane proteins. The K(+)-channel KcsA is the most popular model protein among these complexes. The presence of zwitterionic nonbilayer lipid phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) is crucial for efficient tetramerization and stabilization of KcsA in a lipid bilayer. In this study, the influence of PE on KcsA folding properties was analyzed by tryptophan fluorescence and acrylamide quenching experiments and compared with the effect of anionic phosphatidic acid (PA). The preliminary studies suggest that the small size and hydrogen bonding capability of the PE headgroup influences KcsA folding via a mechanism quite similar to that observed for anionic PA.
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Reig F, Ortiz A, Alsina MA. Physicochemical characterisation of four peptide sequences related to thrombospondin-1B. J Colloid Interface Sci 2011; 358:167-74. [PMID: 21420687 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Revised: 01/10/2011] [Accepted: 02/09/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) is a protein involved in angiogenesis and tumor metastasis. In a previous study, a tridecapeptide sequence of TSP-1B [KRFKQDGGWSHWG] was synthesized and its biological activity was determined as well as the activity of three related sequences TSPB-(E), TSPB-(S), and TSPB-(Abu)(6). These peptides were tested for activity on the cell growth of three human carcinoma cells lines and only TSPB-(Abu)(6) increased proliferation of MCF7 and HT-29. The main aim of this study was to perform physicochemical measurements, in a comparative way, to determine if the differences in activity could be related to physicochemical properties. Peptides were characterised by HPLC capacity factors, UV, fluorescence, and CD spectra (either in buffer solution or in the presence of lipid vesicles), surface activity, and aggregation. Moreover, the interaction of these peptides with phospholipids was determined through their penetration in monolayers of DPPC, PG, or PS as well as their miscibility in mixed monolayers. Besides, using liposomes as model membranes, the affinity of these peptides for phosphatidylcholine was measured with vesicles labeled with fluorescent markers (TMA-DPH, laurdan, pyrene). Results show that these molecules are highly hydrophilic and their surface activity is low. Mixed monolayers indicate that there is almost no miscibility. Besides, its presence does not modify noticeably the microviscosity of bilayers. Moreover, UV and fluorescence spectra of peptides were not affected by the presence of lipids in the media but CD spectra recorded in TFE/water (1/1) resulted in small changes for TSPB, TSPB-(E), and TSPB-(S) peptides. On the contrary CD spectra of TSPB-(Abu)(6) derivatives were clearly much more sensitive to the polarity of the environment. According to these data the biological activity of peptide with a cyclic aspartimide moiety at position 6 could be related to a specific conformational change in the peptide chain promoted by a hydrophobic membrane-like environment.
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- F Reig
- Peptides Department, Institut for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.
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Mahalka AK, Maury CPJ, Kinnunen PKJ. 1-Palmitoyl-2-(9′-oxononanoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, an Oxidized Phospholipid, Accelerates Finnish Type Familial Gelsolin Amyloidosis in Vitro. Biochemistry 2011; 50:4877-89. [DOI: 10.1021/bi200195s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ajay K. Mahalka
- Helsinki Biophysics and Biomembrane Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Helsinki Biophysics and Biomembrane Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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Dorosz J, Gofman Y, Kolusheva S, Otzen D, Ben-Tal N, Nielsen NC, Jelinek R. Membrane interactions of novicidin, a novel antimicrobial peptide: phosphatidylglycerol promotes bilayer insertion. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:11053-60. [PMID: 20690652 DOI: 10.1021/jp1052248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Novicidin is an antimicrobial peptide derived from ovispirin, a cationic peptide which originated from the ovine cathelicidin SMAP-29. Novicidin, however, has been designed to minimize the cytotoxic properties of SMAP-29 and ovisipirin toward achieving potential therapeutic applications. We present an analysis of membrane interactions and lipid bilayer penetration of novicidin, using an array of biophysical techniques and biomimetic membrane assemblies, complemented by Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. The data indicate that novicidin interacts minimally with zwitterionic bilayers, accounting for its low hemolytic activity. Negatively charged phosphatidylglycerol, on the other hand, plays a significant role in initiating membrane binding of novicidin, and promotes peptide insertion into the interface between the lipid headgroups and the acyl chains. The significant insertion into bilayers containing negative phospholipids might explain the enhanced antibacterial properties of novicidin. Overall, this study highlights two distinct outcomes for membrane interactions of novicidin, and points to a combination between electrostatic attraction to the lipid/water interface and penetration into the subsurface lipid headgroups region as important determinants for the biological activity of novicidin.
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- Jerzy Dorosz
- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanotechnology, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
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Wang Y, Dang X, Zheng X, Wang J, Zhang W. Effect of Extracted Housefly Pupae Peptide Mixture on Chilled Pork Preservation. J Food Sci 2010; 75:M383-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.01694.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Synergistic effects of the Lactobacillus acidophilus surface layer and nisin on bacterial growth. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 76:974-7. [PMID: 19948852 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01427-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have previously described a murein hydrolase activity for the surface layer (S-layer) of Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4356. Here we show that, in combination with nisin, this S-layer acts synergistically to inhibit the growth of pathogenic Gram-negative Salmonella enterica and potential pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus. In addition, bacteriolytic effects were observed for the Gram-positive species tested. We postulate that the S-layer enhances the access of nisin into the cell membrane by enabling it to cross the cell wall, while nisin provides the sudden ion-nonspecific dissipation of the proton motive force required to enhance the S-layer murein hydrolase activity.
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Lee JY, Yang ST, Kim HJ, Lee SK, Jung HH, Shin SY, Kim JI. Different modes of antibiotic action of homodimeric and monomeric bactenecin, a cathelicidin-derived antibacterial peptide. BMB Rep 2009; 42:586-92. [PMID: 19788860 DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2009.42.9.586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The bactenecin is an antibacterial peptide with an intramolecular disulfide bond. We recently found that homodimeric bactenecin exhibits more potent antibacterial activity than the monomeric form and retains its activity at physiological conditions. Here we assess the difference in the modes of antibiotic action of homodimeric and monomeric bactenecins. Both monomeric and dimeric bactenecins almost completely killed both Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli within 10-30 min at concentrations of 8-16 muM. However, exposure to liposomes elicited an increase in the fluorescence quantum yield from a tryptophan-containing monomeric analog, while the homodimeric analog showed a significant reduction in fluorescence intensity. Moreover, unlike the monomer, the homodimer displayed apparent membrane-lytic activity enabling release of various sized dyes from liposomes, and rapidly and fully depolarized the S. aureus membrane. Together, our results suggest that homodimeric bactenecin forms pores in the bacterial membrane, while monomeric one penetrates through the membrane to target intracellular molecules/organelles. [BMB reports 2009; 42(9): 586-592].
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- Ju Yeon Lee
- Department of Life Science, Research Center for Bio-imaging, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea
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Synthesis of antibacterial pseudopeptides with less hemolytic activity from a cytotoxic peptide and their pH-dependent activity. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2009; 19:5627-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2009] [Revised: 08/05/2009] [Accepted: 08/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Hampikyan H. Efficacy of nisin against Staphylococcus aureus in experimentally contaminated sucuk, a Turkish-type fermented sausage. J Food Prot 2009; 72:1739-43. [PMID: 19722412 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-72.8.1739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Sucuk is a fermented sausage widely consumed in Turkey. The ability of different concentrations of nisin to inhibit Staphylococcus aureus in artificially contaminated sucuk was examined. Sucuk dough was prepared, inoculated with S. aureus ATCC 25923 at a level of 10(6) CFU/g, and then divided into six equal portions to which different concentrations of nisin (0, 25, 50, 100, 150, 200 mimcrog/g) were added. Microbiological (S. aureus, total mesophilic aerobic bacteria, and lactic acid bacteria) and physicochemical (pH, water activity, and moisture) analyses were conducted initially and after 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 45 days. S. aureus populations decreased to below detectable limits in sucuk containing 200 or 150 microg of nisin per g after 30 and 35 days of storage, respectively, whereas S. aureus populations in 45-day-old sucuk containing 0, 25, 50, and 100 microg of nisin per g were 5.36, 5.68, 4.10, and 3.54 log CFU/g, respectively. Hence, the addition of nisin at 150 microg/g or greater to sucuk dough can be used to prevent the growth of S. aureus in sucuk during fermentation and subsequent storage.
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- Hamparsun Hampikyan
- Beykent University, The School of Vocational Studies, 34500, Buyukcekmece, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Raja M, Vales E. Effects of sodium chloride on membrane fusion and on the formation of aggregates of potassium channel KcsA in Escherichia coli membrane. Biophys Chem 2009; 142:46-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2009.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2009] [Revised: 03/02/2009] [Accepted: 03/02/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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McIntosh JA, Donia MS, Schmidt EW. Ribosomal peptide natural products: bridging the ribosomal and nonribosomal worlds. Nat Prod Rep 2009; 26:537-59. [PMID: 19642421 PMCID: PMC2975598 DOI: 10.1039/b714132g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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Ribosomally synthesized bacterial natural products rival the nonribosomal peptides in their structural and functional diversity. The last decade has seen substantial progress in the identification and characterization of biosynthetic pathways leading to ribosomal peptide natural products with new and unusual structural motifs. In some of these cases, the motifs are similar to those found in nonribosomal peptides, and many are constructed by convergent or even paralogous enzymes. Here, we summarize the major structural and biosynthetic categories of ribosomally synthesized bacterial natural products and, where applicable, compare them to their homologs from nonribosomal biosynthesis.
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- John A. McIntosh
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, 30 South 2000 East Rm 201, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, 30 South 2000 East Rm 201, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, 30 South 2000 East Rm 201, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
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Wilson-Stanford S, Kalli A, Håkansson K, Kastrantas J, Orugunty RS, Smith L. Oxidation of lanthionines renders the lantibiotic nisin inactive. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:1381-7. [PMID: 19114522 PMCID: PMC2648158 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01864-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The peptide antibiotic nisin A belongs to the group of antibiotics called lantibiotics. They are classified as lantibiotics because they contain the structural group lanthionine. Lanthionines are composed of a single sulfur atom that is linked to the beta-carbons of two alanine moieties. These sulfur atoms are vulnerable to environmental oxidation. A mild oxidation reaction was performed on nisin A to determine the relative effects it would have on bioactivity. High-mass-accuracy Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry data revealed the addition of seven, eight, and nine oxygens. These additions correspond to the five lanthionines, two methionines, and two histidines that would be susceptible to oxidation. Subsequent bioassays revealed that the oxidized form of nisin A had a complete loss of bactericidal activity. In a competition study, the oxidized nisin did not appear to have an antagonistic affect on the bioactivity of nisin A, since the addition of an equal molar concentration of the oxidized variant did not have an influence on the bactericidal activity of the native antibiotic. Electron microscopy data revealed that the oxidized forms were still capable of assembling into large circular complexes, demonstrating that oxidation does not disrupt the lateral assembly mechanism of the antibiotic. Affinity thin-layer chromatography and fluorescence microscopy experiments suggested that the loss of activity is due to the inability of the oxidized form of nisin to bind to the cell wall precursor lipid II. Given the loss of bioactivity following oxidation, oxidation should be an important factor to consider in future production, purification, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic studies.
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- Shawanda Wilson-Stanford
- Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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Wong PT, Schauerte JA, Wisser KC, Ding H, Lee EL, Steel DG, Gafni A. Amyloid-beta membrane binding and permeabilization are distinct processes influenced separately by membrane charge and fluidity. J Mol Biol 2008; 386:81-96. [PMID: 19111557 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.11.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2008] [Revised: 11/25/2008] [Accepted: 11/30/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The 40 and 42 residue amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptides are major components of the proteinaceous plaques prevalent in the Alzheimer's disease-afflicted brain and have been shown to have an important role in instigating neuronal degeneration. Whereas it was previously thought that Abeta becomes cytotoxic upon forming large fibrillar aggregates, recent studies suggest that soluble intermediate-sized oligomeric species cause cell death through membrane permeabilization. The present study examines the interactions between Abeta40 and lipid membranes using liposomes as a model system to determine how changes in membrane composition influence the conversion of Abeta into these toxic species. Abeta40 membrane binding was monitored using fluorescence-based assays with a tryptophan-substituted peptide (Abeta40 [Y10W]). We extend previous observations that Abeta40 interacts preferentially with negatively charged membranes, and show that binding of nonfibrillar, low molecular mass oligomers of Abeta40 to anionic, but not neutral, membranes involves insertion of the peptide into the bilayer, as well as sequential conformational changes corresponding to the degree of oligomerization induced. Significantly, while anionic membranes in the gel, liquid crystalline, and liquid ordered phases induce these conformational changes equally, membrane permeabilization is reduced dramatically as the fluidity of the membrane is decreased. These findings demonstrate that binding alone is not sufficient for membrane permeabilization, and that the latter is also highly dependent on the fluidity and phase of the membrane. We conclude that binding and pore formation are two distinct steps. The differences in Abeta behavior induced by membrane composition may have significant implications on the development and progression of AD as neuronal membrane composition is altered with age.
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- Pamela T Wong
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Smith L, Hillman J. Therapeutic potential of type A (I) lantibiotics, a group of cationic peptide antibiotics. Curr Opin Microbiol 2008; 11:401-8. [PMID: 18848642 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2008.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2008] [Revised: 09/14/2008] [Accepted: 09/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Type A (I) lantibiotics are cationic antimicrobial peptides that have a potential usefulness in treating infectious diseases. They are known to have a potent and broad spectrum of activity, an insignificant cytotoxicity, and demonstrated efficacy in animal infection models, suggesting therapeutic potential. In this review, topics pertaining to their basic structure, mode of bactericidal activity, pharmacology, and methods of manufacture are described.
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- Leif Smith
- Mississippi State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.
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COLAK HILAL, HAMPIKYAN HAMPARSUN, BINGOL ENVERBARIS, AKSU HARUN. THE EFFECT OF NISIN AND BOVINE LACTOFERRIN ON THE MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF TURKISH-STYLE MEATBALL (TEKIRDAĞ KÖFTE). J Food Saf 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4565.2008.00105.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Field D, Connor PMO, Cotter PD, Hill C, Ross RP. The generation of nisin variants with enhanced activity against specific Gram-positive pathogens. Mol Microbiol 2008; 69:218-30. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06279.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Methods for assessing the structure and function of cationic antimicrobial peptides. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 142:155-73. [PMID: 18437313 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-246-5_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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Widespread resistance to antibiotics in current clinical use is increasing at an alarming rate. Novel approaches in antimicrobial therapy will be required in the near future to maintain control of infectious diseases. An enormous array of small cationic peptides exists in nature as part of the innate defense systems of organisms ranging from bacteria to humans. For most naturally occurring linear peptides, such as magainins and cecropins, a common feature is their capacity to form an amphipathic alpha-helix (with polar and nonpolar groups on opposite faces of the helix), a structural feature believed to be important in their antimicrobial function as membrane-lytic agents. A massive effort over the past two decades has resulted in a better understanding of the molecular mechanism of antimicrobial peptides and the production of more potent analogues. To date, however, few of these peptides have been shown to have clinical efficacy, especially for systemic use, in large part due to insufficient selectivity between target and host cells. Recently, we developed a new strategy in the design of antimicrobial peptides. These linear cationic peptides, which form amphipathic beta-sheets rather than alpha-helices, demonstrated superior selectivity in binding to the lipids contained in bacterial vs. mammalian plasma membranes. Here we describe methods to evaluate the structure and function of cationic antimicrobial peptides.
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Mattila JP, Sabatini K, Kinnunen PKJ. Oxidized phospholipids as potential molecular targets for antimicrobial peptides. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2008; 1778:2041-50. [PMID: 18440299 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2007] [Revised: 03/03/2008] [Accepted: 03/25/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The effects of oxidatively modified phospholipids on the association with model biomembranes of four antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), temporin B and L, indolicidin, and LL-37(F27W) were studied by Langmuir balance and fluorescence spectroscopy. In keeping with previous reports the negatively charged phospholipid phosphatidylglycerol (PG) enhanced the intercalation of all four peptides into lipid monolayers and liposomal bilayers under low ionic strength conditions. Interestingly, similar effect was observed for 1-palmitoyl-2-(9'-oxo-nonanoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PoxnoPC), a zwitterionic oxidized phospholipid bearing an aldehyde function at the end of its truncated sn-2 acyl chain. Instead, the structurally similar 1-palmitoyl-2-azelaoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PazePC) containing a carboxylic moiety was less efficient in promoting the membrane association of these peptides. Physiological saline reduced the binding of the above peptides to membranes containing PG, whereas interactions with PoxnoPC were found to be insensitive to ionic strength. Notably, membrane intercalation of temporin L, the most surface active of the above peptides could be into PoxnoPC containing monolayers was strongly attenuated by methoxyamine, suggesting the importance of Schiff base formation between peptide amino groups and the lipid aldehyde function. PoxnoPC and similar aldehyde bearing oxidatively modified phospholipids could represent novel molecular targets for AMPs.
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- Juha-Pekka Mattila
- Helsinki Biophysics and Biomembrane Group, Institute of Biomedicine/Medical Biochemistry, P.O. Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Bovicin HC5, a lantibiotic produced by Streptococcus bovis HC5, catalyzes the efflux of intracellular potassium but not ATP. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2008; 52:2247-9. [PMID: 18347110 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00109-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bovicin HC5, a broad-spectrum lantibiotic produced by Streptococcus bovis HC5, catalyzed the efflux of intracellular potassium from Streptococcus bovis JB1, a sensitive strain. The level of ATP also decreased, but this decline appeared to be caused by the activity of the F(1)F(0) ATPase rather than efflux per se.
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Smith L, Hasper H, Breukink E, Novak J, Cerkasov J, Hillman JD, Wilson-Stanford S, Orugunty RS. Elucidation of the antimicrobial mechanism of mutacin 1140. Biochemistry 2008; 47:3308-14. [PMID: 18266322 DOI: 10.1021/bi701262z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mutacin 1140 and nisin A are peptide antibiotics that belong to the lantibiotic family. N-Terminal rings A and B of nisin A and mutacin 1140 (lipid II-binding domain) share many structural and sequence similarities. Nisin A binds lipid II and thus disrupts cell wall synthesis and also forms transmembrane pores. Very little is known about mutacin 1140 in this regard. We performed fluorescence-based studies using a bacteria-mimetic membrane system. The results indicated that lipid II monomers are arranged differently in the mutacin 1140 complex than in the nisin A complex. These differences in complex formation may be attributed to the fact that nisin A uses lipid II to form a distinct pore complex, while mutacin 1140 does not form pores in this membrane system. Further experiments demonstrated that the mutacin 1140-lipid II and nisin A-lipid II complexes are very stable and capable of withstanding competition from each other. Transmembrane electrical potential experiments using a Streptococcus rattus strain, which is sensitive to mutacin 1140, demonstrated that mutacin 1140 does not form pores in this strain even at a concentration 8 times higher than the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). Circular complexes of mutacin 1140 and nisin A were observed by electron microscopy, providing direct evidence for a lateral assembly mechanism for these antibiotics. Mutacin 1140 did exhibit a membrane disruptive function in another commonly used artificial bacterial membrane system, and its disruptive activity was enhanced by increasing amounts of anionic phospholipids.
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- Leif Smith
- Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA.
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Tsuchida H, Mizuno M, Kimura T, Ohara A, Saito F, Ito T. Antibacterial Activity of the Secondary Product 'Shibukiri Mizu' Produced During Azuki Paste Manufacturing. J JPN SOC FOOD SCI 2008. [DOI: 10.3136/nskkk.55.606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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