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Food Microbiol ; 73: 111-121, 2018 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29526196

RESUMO

Plant defensins are small, cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides of the immune system found in several organs during plant development. A synthetic peptide, KT43C, a linear analogue of the native Cp-thionin II found in cowpea seeds, was evaluated for its antifungal potential. It was found that KT43C displayed antifungal activity against Fusarium culmorum, Penicillium expansum and Aspergillus niger. Like native plant defensins, KT43C showed thermostability up to 100 °C and cation sensitivity. The synthetic peptide decreased the fungal growth without inducing morphogenic changes in the fungal hyphae. Non-inhibitory concentrations of the peptide induced permeabilization of the fungal membrane. In addition, high concentrations of KT43C induced the production of reactive oxygen species in the granulated cytoplasm. To investigate potential applications, the peptide was used as an additive in the preparation of dough which did not contain yeast. This peptide delayed the development of fungal growth in the dough by 2 days. Furthermore, KT43C did not induce red blood cell lysis up to a concentration of 200 µg.ml-1. These results highlight the potential for the use of synthetic antimicrobial defensins for shelf-life extension of food products.


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Antifúngicos/farmacologia , Defensinas/farmacologia , Aditivos Alimentares/farmacologia , Tioninas/farmacologia , Vigna/química , Antifúngicos/síntese química , Antifúngicos/química , Aspergillus niger/efeitos dos fármacos , Aspergillus niger/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Pão/microbiologia , Defensinas/biossíntese , Defensinas/química , Aditivos Alimentares/síntese química , Aditivos Alimentares/química , Fusarium/efeitos dos fármacos , Fusarium/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Penicillium/efeitos dos fármacos , Penicillium/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Tioninas/síntese química , Tioninas/química
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ; 55(47): 14552-14556, 2016 11 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27529162

RESUMO

Heterodimeric peptides linked by disulfide bonds are attractive drug targets. However, their chemical assembly can be tedious, time-consuming, and low yielding. Inspired by the cellular synthesis of pro-insulin in which the two constituent peptide chains are expressed as a single-chain precursor separated by a connecting C-peptide, we have developed a novel chemically cleavable bis-linker tether which allows the convenient assembly of two peptide chains as a single "pro"-peptide on the same solid support. Following the peptide cleavage and post-synthetic modifications, this bis-linker tether can be removed in one-step by chemical means. This method was used to synthesize a drug delivery-cargo conjugate, TAT-PKCi peptide, and a two-disulfide bridged heterodimeric peptide, thionin (7-19)-(24-32R), a thionin analogue. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a one-pot chemically cleavable bis-linker strategy for the facile synthesis of cross-bridged two-chain peptides.


Assuntos
Tioninas/síntese química , Dissulfetos/química , Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos , Estrutura Molecular , Tioninas/química
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