Antimicrobial peptides(AMPs)are potentially powerful alternatives to conven-tional antibiotics in combating multidrug resistance,given their broad spectrum of *** mainly interact with cell membranes through surface el...
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Antimicrobial peptides(AMPs)are potentially powerful alternatives to conven-tional antibiotics in combating multidrug resistance,given their broad spectrum of *** mainly interact with cell membranes through surface electrostatic potentials and the formation of secondary structures,resulting in permeability and destruction of target microorganism *** earlier work showed that two leading AMPs,MSI-78(4–20)and pardaxin(1–22),had potent antimicrobial activ-ity against a range of *** is known that the attachment of moderate-length lipid carbon chains to cationic peptides can further improve the functionality of these peptides through enhanced interactions with the membrane lipid bilayer,inducing membrane curvature,destabilization,and potential ***,in this work,we aimed to investigate the antimicrobial activity,oligomerization propensity,and lipid-membrane binding interactions of a range of N-terminal lipidated analogs of MSI-78(4–20)and pardaxin(1–22).Molecular modeling results suggest that aggregation of the N-lipidated AMPs may impart greater structural stability to the peptides in solu-tion and a greater depth of lipid bilayer insertion for the N-lipidated AMPs over the parental *** experimental and computationalfindings provide insights into how N-terminal lipidation of AMPs may alter their conformations,with subsequent effects on their functional properties in regard to their self-aggregation behavior,membrane interactions,and antimicrobial activity.
An effective vaccine against group A streptococcus(GAS)is highly desirable for definitive control of GAS *** the present study,two variants of amphiphilic chitosan nanoparticles-based GAS vaccines were *** vaccines we...
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An effective vaccine against group A streptococcus(GAS)is highly desirable for definitive control of GAS *** the present study,two variants of amphiphilic chitosan nanoparticles-based GAS vaccines were *** vaccines were primarily composed of encapsulated KLH protein(a source of T helper cell epitopes)and lipidated M-protein derived B cell peptide epitope(lipoJ14)within the amphiphilic structure of *** only difference between themwas one of the nanoparticles vaccines received additional surface coating with poly(I:C).The formulated vaccines exhibited nanosized particles within the range of 220–240 *** uptake study showed that nanoparticles vaccine without additional poly(I:C)coating has greater uptake by dendritic cells and macrophages compared to nanoparticles vaccine that was functionalized with poly(I:C).Both vaccines were found to be safe in mice and showed negligible cytotoxicity against HEK293 *** immunization in mice,both nanoparticle vaccines produced high antigen-specific antibodies titres that were regulated by a balanced Th1 and Th2 response compared to physical *** antibodies elicited high opsonic activity against the tested GAS ***,our data demonstrated that amphiphilic chitosan nanoparticles platform induced a potent immune response even without additional inclusion of poly(I:C).
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