Panurgines, novel antimicrobial peptides from the venom of communal bee Panurgus calcaratus (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)

被引:20
作者
Cujova, Sabina [1 ,2 ]
Slaninova, Jirina [1 ]
Monincova, Lenka [1 ,2 ]
Fucik, Vladimir [1 ]
Bednarova, Lucie [1 ]
Stokrova, Jitka [1 ]
Hovorka, Oldrich [1 ]
Voburka, Zdenek [1 ]
Straka, Jakub [3 ]
Cerovsky, Vaclav [1 ]
机构
[1] Acad Sci Czech Republ, Inst Organ Chem & Biochem, CR-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
[2] Charles Univ Prague, Dept Biochem, Fac Sci, Prague 12843 2, Czech Republic
[3] Charles Univ Prague, Dept Zool, Fac Sci, Prague 12843 2, Czech Republic
关键词
Antimicrobial peptides; Wild bee venom; CD spectroscopy; Large unilamellar vesicles; Electron microscopy; SECONDARY STRUCTURE; ANTIBACTERIAL; MECHANISMS;
D O I
10.1007/s00726-013-1482-4
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Three novel antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), named panurgines (PNGs), were isolated from the venom of the wild bee Panurgus calcaratus. The dodecapeptide of the sequence LNWGAILKHIIK-NH2 (PNG-1) belongs to the category of alpha-helical amphipathic AMPs. The other two cyclic peptides containing 25 amino acid residues and two intramolecular disulfide bridges of the pattern Cys8-Cys23 and Cys11-Cys19 have almost identical sequence established as LDVKKIICVACKIXPNPACKKICPK-OH (X=K, PNG-K and X=R, PNG-R). All three peptides exhibited antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria, antifungal activity, and low hemolytic activity against human erythrocytes. We prepared a series of PNG-1 analogs to study the effects of cationicity, amphipathicity, and hydrophobicity on the biological activity. Several of them exhibited improved antimicrobial potency, particularly those with increased net positive charge. The linear analogs of PNG-K and PNG-R having all Cys residues substituted by alpha-amino butyric acid were inactive, thus indicating the importance of disulfide bridges for the antimicrobial activity. However, the linear PNG-K with all four cysteine residues unpaired, exhibited antimicrobial activity. PNG-1 and its analogs induced a significant leakage of fluorescent dye entrapped in bacterial membrane-mimicking large unilamellar vesicles as well as in vesicles mimicking eukaryotic cell membrane. On the other hand, PNG-K and PNG-R exhibited dye-leakage activity only from vesicles mimicking bacterial cell membrane.
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页码:143 / 157
页数:15
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