The antimicrobial activity of sub3 is dependent on membrane binding and cell-penetrating ability

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Autor(a) principal: Torcato, Inês M.
Data de Publicação: 2013
Outros Autores: Huang, Yen-Hua, Franquelim, Henri G., Gaspar, Diana D., Craik, David J., Castanho, Miguel A. R. B., Henriques, Sónia Troeira
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/10710
Resumo: © 2013 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH& Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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spelling The antimicrobial activity of sub3 is dependent on membrane binding and cell-penetrating abilityAntibioticsAtomic force microscopyInternalizationMembranesPeptides© 2013 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH& Co. KGaA, WeinheimBecause of their high activity against microorganisms and low cytotoxicity, cationic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been explored as the next generation of antibiotics. Although they have common structural features, the modes of action of AMPs are extensively debated, and a single mechanism does not explain the activity of all AMPs reported so far. Here we investigated the mechanism of action of Sub3, an AMP previously designed and optimised from high-throughput screening with bactenecin as the template. Sub3 has potent activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria as well as against fungi, but its mechanism of action has remained elusive. By using AFM imaging, ζ potential, flow cytometry and fluorescence methodologies with model membranes and bacterial cells, we found that, although the mechanism of action involves membrane targeting, Sub3 internalises inside bacteria at lethal concentrations without permeabilising the membrane, thus suggesting that its antimicrobial activity might involve both the membrane and intracellular targets. In addition, we found that Sub3 can be internalised into human cells without being toxic. As some bacteria are able to survive intracellularly and consequently evade host defences and antibiotic treatment, our findings suggest that Sub3 could be useful as an intracellular antimicrobial agent for infections that are notoriously difficult to treat.I.M.T. work was funded by a grant from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal (PTDC/SAU-BEB/099142/2008). H.G.F. and D.D.G. held a fellowship from FCT, Portugal, SFRH/BD/39039/2007 and SFRH/BPD/73500/2010, respectively. S.T.H. is the recipient of a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE120103152), awarded by the Australian Research Council. D.J.C. is a National Health and Medical Research Council Fellow (APP1026501). Confocal microscopy imaging was performed at Australian Cancer Research foundation (ACRF)/Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) dynamic imaging facility for cancer biology established with support of ACRF. We thank John Griffin (IMB, UQ) for the technical assistance with confocal microscopy imaging.WileyRepositório da Universidade de LisboaTorcato, Inês M.Huang, Yen-HuaFranquelim, Henri G.Gaspar, Diana D.Craik, David J.Castanho, Miguel A. R. B.Henriques, Sónia Troeira2014-03-10T12:50:18Z20132013-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/10710engChemBioChem 2013, 14, 2013 – 20221439-4227http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201300274metadata only accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-11-20T17:14:38Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/10710Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openairemluisa.alvim@gmail.comopendoar:71602024-11-20T17:14:38Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The antimicrobial activity of sub3 is dependent on membrane binding and cell-penetrating ability
title The antimicrobial activity of sub3 is dependent on membrane binding and cell-penetrating ability
spellingShingle The antimicrobial activity of sub3 is dependent on membrane binding and cell-penetrating ability
Torcato, Inês M.
Antibiotics
Atomic force microscopy
Internalization
Membranes
Peptides
title_short The antimicrobial activity of sub3 is dependent on membrane binding and cell-penetrating ability
title_full The antimicrobial activity of sub3 is dependent on membrane binding and cell-penetrating ability
title_fullStr The antimicrobial activity of sub3 is dependent on membrane binding and cell-penetrating ability
title_full_unstemmed The antimicrobial activity of sub3 is dependent on membrane binding and cell-penetrating ability
title_sort The antimicrobial activity of sub3 is dependent on membrane binding and cell-penetrating ability
author Torcato, Inês M.
author_facet Torcato, Inês M.
Huang, Yen-Hua
Franquelim, Henri G.
Gaspar, Diana D.
Craik, David J.
Castanho, Miguel A. R. B.
Henriques, Sónia Troeira
author_role author
author2 Huang, Yen-Hua
Franquelim, Henri G.
Gaspar, Diana D.
Craik, David J.
Castanho, Miguel A. R. B.
Henriques, Sónia Troeira
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Torcato, Inês M.
Huang, Yen-Hua
Franquelim, Henri G.
Gaspar, Diana D.
Craik, David J.
Castanho, Miguel A. R. B.
Henriques, Sónia Troeira
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Antibiotics
Atomic force microscopy
Internalization
Membranes
Peptides
topic Antibiotics
Atomic force microscopy
Internalization
Membranes
Peptides
description © 2013 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH& Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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