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Peptides ; 145: 170626, 2021 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34391826

ABSTRACT

Antibiotic resistance is an increasing global problem and therapeutic alternatives to traditional antibiotics are needed. Antimicrobial and host defense peptides represent an attractive source for new therapeutic strategies, given their wide range of activities including antimicrobial, antitumoral and immunomodulatory. Insects produce several families of these peptides, including cecropins. Herein, we characterized the sequence, structure, and biological activity of three cecropins called satanin 1, 2, and curvicin, found in the transcriptome of two dung beetle species Dichotomius satanas and Onthophagus curvicornis. Sequence and circular dichroism analyses show that they have typical features of the cecropin family: short length (38-39 amino acids), positive charge, and amphipathic α-helical structure. They are active mainly against Gram-negative bacteria (3.12-12.5 µg/mL), with low toxicity on eukaryotic cells resulting in high therapeutic indexes (TI > 30). Peptides also showed effects on TNFα production in LPS-stimulated PBMCs. The biological activity of Satanin 1, 2 and Curvicin makes them interesting leads for antimicrobial strategies.


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Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Cecropins/chemistry , Cecropins/pharmacology , Neutrophils/drug effects , A549 Cells , Animals , Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemistry , Cecropins/isolation & purification , Cell Line, Tumor , Chlorocebus aethiops , Circular Dichroism , Coleoptera , Gram-Negative Bacteria/drug effects , Hemolysis/drug effects , Humans , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/drug effects , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification , Neutrophils/metabolism , Tuberculosis/drug therapy , Tuberculosis/microbiology , Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism , Vero Cells
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