کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10027957 1591921 2005 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Identification of a novel antifungal nonapeptide generated by combinatorial approach
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی میکروبیولوژی و بیوتکنولوژی کاربردی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Identification of a novel antifungal nonapeptide generated by combinatorial approach
چکیده انگلیسی
It is becoming clear that antimicrobial peptides are important components of the innate defences of all species of life. They kill very rapidly, do not easily select resistant mutants and are synergistic with potentially toxic conventional therapeutic agents against microbes. This paper describes an attempt to expand a lead hexapeptide motif synthesized through combinatorial approach. A cationic peptide H-Arg-Trp-Trp-Arg-D-Trp-D-Phe-Ile-D-Phe-His-NH2 was found to be active with a therapeutic index of >17. I was proposed that the combination of peptide with known antifungal agents may identify synergistic combinations that would ideally reduce the dosage of conventional antifungals as well as their associated toxicity. Nine different pathogenic strains and species of Candida and two of Cryptococcus neoformans were employed in chequerboard method and in time kill assays to evaluate the synergistic effect of the lead peptide in combination with amphotericin B, 5-flucytosine, ketoconazole and fluconazole. We found synergistic interaction between the peptide and all four drugs against Cryptococcus isolates whilst both synergistic and additive combinations occurred when Candida isolates were used.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents - Volume 25, Issue 4, April 2005, Pages 313-320
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