Activity of histone H1.2 in infected burn wounds
| Autor: | Frank Jacobsen, Sören Gatermann, A. Baraniskin, Hans-Ulrich Steinau, Lars Steinstraesser, M. Soltau, B. Behnke, D. Mittler, M. Lehnhardt, S. Schubert, J. Mertens, A. Mohammadi-Tabrisi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Keratinocytes
Microbiology (medical) Erythrocytes medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Antimicrobial peptides Microbial Sensitivity Tests Biology medicine.disease_cause Hemolysis Microbiology Histones Histone H1 In vivo Toxicity Tests medicine Animals Humans Pseudomonas Infections Pharmacology (medical) Cells Cultured Skin Pharmacology Bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa Proteins Antimicrobial Rats Disease Models Animal Infectious Diseases Histone Staphylococcus aureus Wound Infection biology.protein Burns Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 55:735-741 |
| ISSN: | 1460-2091 0305-7453 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jac/dki067 |
| Popis: | Objectives Infections with multidrug-resistant microorganisms (e.g. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus) cause immense complications in wound care and in the treatment of immunosuppressed patients. Like most antimicrobial peptides, histones are relatively small polycationic proteins located in each eukaryotic nucleus, which naturally supercoil DNA. The aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro and in vivo activity of histone H1.2 in infected burn wounds and its potential toxicity. Methods To characterize the antimicrobial properties of histone H1.2 against potential causative organisms of burn wound infections, the in vitro radial diffusion assay and modified NCCLS microbroth dilution MIC assay were carried out. Haemolytic and cytotoxic properties were determined in human red blood cells and primary human keratinocytes. In vivo antimicrobial activity was tested in an infected rat burn model with P. aeruginosa (ATCC 27853). All results were compared with the naturally occurring broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptide protegrin-1 and with antibiotics clinically used against the corresponding bacteria. Results Human histone H1.2 exerted good antimicrobial activity against all tested microorganisms without significant haemolytic activity. Surprisingly, histone H1.2 showed cytotoxicity with an LD50 of 7.91 mg/L in primary human keratinocytes. The in vivo burn model data revealed a significant three-fold higher reduction in bacterial counts within 4 h compared with carrier control. Conclusions These findings indicate that histone H1.2 is a potential candidate for use as a local and, because of its low haemolytic activity, systemic antimicrobial agent. However, further investigations are needed to specify the cytotoxicity and the dose-response relationship for histone H1.2. |
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