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Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1758(9): 1359-72, 2006 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16815244

ABSTRACT

We studied amidated and non-amidated piscidins 1 and 3, amphipathic cationic antimicrobial peptides from fish, to characterize functional and structural similarities and differences between these peptides and better understand the structural motifs involved in biological activity and functional diversity among amidated and non-amidated isoforms. Antimicrobial and hemolytic assays were carried out to assess their potency and toxicity, respectively. Site-specific high-resolution solid-state NMR orientational restraints were obtained from (15)N-labeled amidated and non-amidated piscidins 1 and 3 in the presence of hydrated oriented lipid bilayers. Solid-state NMR and circular dichroism results indicate that the peptides are alpha-helical and oriented parallel to the membrane surface. This orientation was expected since peptide-lipid interactions are enhanced at the water-bilayer interface for amphipathic cationic antimicrobial peptides. (15)N solid-state NMR performed on oriented samples demonstrate that piscidin experiences fast, large amplitude backbone motions around an axis parallel to the bilayer normal. Under the conditions tested here, piscidin 1 was confirmed to be more antimicrobially potent than piscidin 3 and antimicrobial activity was not affected by amidation. In light of functional and structural similarities between piscidins 1 and 3, we propose that their topology and fast dynamics are related to their mechanism of action.


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Anti-Infective Agents/pharmacology , Peptides/pharmacology , Amino Acid Sequence , Animals , Anti-Infective Agents/chemistry , Anti-Infective Agents/isolation & purification , Circular Dichroism , Fishes , Hemolysis/drug effects , Molecular Sequence Data , Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular , Peptides/chemistry , Peptides/isolation & purification
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J Am Chem Soc ; 128(16): 5308-9, 2006 Apr 26.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16620079

ABSTRACT

High magnetic field solid-state NMR was performed on amphipathic cationic antimicrobial peptides from fish to characterize their secondary structure and orientation in hydrated phospholipid bilayers. High-resolution distance and orientational restraints on 13C- and 15N-labeled amidated piscidins 1 and 3 provided site-specific information establishing alpha-helicity and an orientation parallel to the membrane surface. Few membrane-bound natural peptides with this topology have been structurally studied at high resolution in the presence of hydrated lipid bilayers. This orientation was foreseen since the partitioning of amphipathic cationic antimicrobial peptides at the water-bilayer interface allows for favorable peptide-lipid interactions, and it may be related to the mechanism of action. The enhanced resolution obtained at 900 MHz evidences a determinant advantage of ultra-high-field NMR for the structural determination of multiple-labeled peptides and proteins.


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Anti-Infective Agents/chemistry , Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides/chemistry , Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides/pharmacology , Fish Proteins/chemistry , Fish Proteins/pharmacology , Lipid Bilayers , Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular/methods , Water/chemistry , Anti-Infective Agents/pharmacology , Structure-Activity Relationship
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