A potent antibacterial activity of new short D-enantiomeric lipopeptide against multi drug resistant bacteria
- Authors
- Lee, Jaeho; Kim, Shanghyeon; Sim, Ji-Yeong; Lee, Daeun; Kim, Ha Hyung; Hwang, Jae Sam; Lee, Dong Gun; Park, Zee-Yong; Kim, Jae Il
- Issue Date
- Jan-2019
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Keywords
- Cationic antimicrobial peptides; Coprisin; Coprisin analog; CopW D-amino enantiomer; Fatty acid conjugation
- Citation
- BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES, v.1861, no.1, pp 34 - 42
- Pages
- 9
- Journal Title
- BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES
- Volume
- 1861
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 34
- End Page
- 42
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/18351
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.10.014
- ISSN
- 0005-2736
0006-3002
- Abstract
- The emergence of drug-resistant pathogenic bacteria threatens human health. Resistance to existing antibiotics is increasing, while the emergence of new antibiotics is slowing. Cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) are fascinating alternative antibiotics because they possess a broad spectrum of activity, being active against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria including those resistant to traditional antibiotics. However, low bioavailability resulting from enzymatic degradation and attenuation by divalent cations like Mg2+ and Ca2+ limits their use as antibiotic agents. Here, we report the design of new CAMPs showing both high antibacterial activity and serum stability under physiological ion concentrations. The peptides were designed by applying two approaches, the use of D-enantiomer and lipidation. Based on the sequence of the CopW (LLWIALRKK-NH2), a nonapeptide derived from coprisin, a series of novel D-form CopW lipopeptides with different acyl chain lengths (C6, C8, C10, C12, C14, and C16) were synthesized and evaluated with respect to their activity and salt sensitivity. Among the analogs, the D-form lipopeptide dCopW3 exhibited MIC values ranging from 1.25 to 5 mu M against multidrug-resistant bacteria. Significantly, this compound did not induce bacterial resistance and was highly stable in human serum proteases. The results emphasize the potential of cationic D-form lipopeptide as therapeutically valuable antibiotics for treating drug-resistant bacterial infections.
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