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Analogs of Periplanetasin-4 Exhibit Deteriorated Membrane-Targeted Action

  • Lee, Heejeong (School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Hwang, Jae Sam (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA) ;
  • Lee, Dong Gun (School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 2019.12.27
  • Accepted : 2020.03.10
  • Published : 2020.03.28
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Abstract

Periplanetasin-4 is an antimicrobial peptide with 13 amino acids identified in cockroaches. It has been reported to induce fungal cell death by apoptosis and membrane-targeted action. Analogs were designed by substituting arginine residues to modify the electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions accordingly and explore the effect of periplanetasin-4 through the increase of net charge and the decrease of hydrophobicity. The analogs showed lower activity than periplanetasin-4 against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Similar to periplanetasin-4, the analogs exhibited slight hemolytic activity against human erythrocytes. Membrane studies, including determination of changes in membrane potential and permeability, and fluidity assays, revealed that the analogs disrupt less membrane integrity compared to periplanetasin-4. Likewise, when the analogs were treated to the artificial membrane model, the passage of molecules bigger than FD4 was difficult. In conclusion, arginine substitution could not maintain the membrane disruption ability of periplanetasin-4. The results indicated that the attenuation of hydrophobic interactions with the plasma membrane caused a reduction in the accumulation of the analogs on the membrane before the formation of electrostatic interactions. Our findings will assist in the further development of antimicrobial peptides for clinical use.

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