Antimicrobial peptides effectively kill a broad spectrum of Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus strains independently of origin, sub-type, or virulence factor expression
| Autor: | Lone Gram, Hans-Henrik Kristensen, Hanne Ingmer, Line Elnif Thomsen, Caroline Trebbien Gottlieb, Per Holse Mygind |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Staphylococcus aureus Virulence Factors Antimicrobial peptides lcsh:QR1-502 Virulence Microbial Sensitivity Tests Biology medicine.disease_cause Microbiology Sensitivity and Specificity lcsh:Microbiology Virulence factor SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being Listeria monocytogenes medicine Animals Humans Protamines Caenorhabditis elegans Innate immune system Hydrogen Peroxide Plectasin Antimicrobial Oxidative Stress Phenotype Caco-2 Cells Peptides medicine.drug Research Article Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides |
| Zdroj: | BMC Microbiology Gottlieb, C T, Thomsen, L E, Ingmer, H, Mygind, P H, Kristensen, H-H & Gram, L 2008, ' Antimicrobial peptides effectively kill a broad spectrum of Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus strains independently of origin, sub-type, or virulence factor expression ', BMC Microbiology, vol. 8, no. 205 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-205 Gottlieb, C T, Thomsen, L E, Ingmer, H, Mygind, P H, Kristensen, H H & Gram, L 2008, ' Antimicrobial peptides effectively kill a broad spectrum of Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus strains independently of origin, sub-type, or virulence factor expression ', BMC Microbiology, vol. 8, pp. 205 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-205 BMC Microbiology, Vol 8, Iss 1, p 205 (2008) |
| ISSN: | 1471-2180 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2180-8-205 |
| Popis: | Background Host defense peptides (HDPs), or antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), are important components of the innate immune system that bacterial pathogens must overcome to establish an infection and HDPs have been suggested as novel antimicrobial therapeutics in treatment of infectious diseases. Hence it is important to determine the natural variation in susceptibility to HDPs to ensure a successful use in clinical treatment regimes. Results Strains of two human bacterial pathogens, Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus, were selected to cover a wide range of origin, sub-type, and phenotypic behavior. Strains within each species were equally sensitive to HDPs and oxidative stress representing important components of the innate immune defense system. Four non-human peptides (protamine, plectasin, novicidin, and novispirin G10) were similar in activity profile (MIC value spectrum) to the human β-defensin 3 (HBD-3). All strains were inhibited by concentrations of hydrogen peroxide between 0.1% – 1.0%. Sub-selections of both species differed in expression of several virulence-related factors and in their ability to survive in human whole blood and kill the nematode virulence model Caenorhabditis elegans. For L. monocytogenes, proliferation in whole blood was paralleled by high invasion in Caco-2 cells and fast killing of C. elegans, however, no such pattern in phenotypic behavior was observed for S. aureus and none of the phenotypic differences were correlated to sensitivity to HDPs. Conclusion Strains of L. monocytogenes and S. aureus were within each species equally sensitive to a range of HDPs despite variations in subtype, origin, and phenotypic behavior. Our results suggest that therapeutic use of HDPs will not be hampered by occurrence of naturally tolerant strains of the two species investigated in the present study. |
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