Antimicrobial Peptide MPX with Broad-Spectrum Bactericidal Activity Promotes Proper Abscess Formation and Relieves Skin Inflammation

Abstract Bacteria have developed antibiotic resistance during the large-scale use of antibiotics, and multidrug-resistant strains are common. The development of new antibiotics or antibiotic substitutes has become an important challenge for humankind. MPX is a 14 amino acid peptide belonging to the MP antimicrobial peptide family. In this study, the antibacterial spectrum of the antimicrobial peptide MPX was first tested. The antimicrobial peptide MPX was tested for antimicrobial activity against the gram-positive bacterium S. aureus ATCC 25923, the gram-negative bacteria E. coli ATCC 25922 and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium CVCC541, and the fungus Candida albicans ATCC 90029. The results showed that MPX had good antibacterial activity against the above four strains, especially against E. coli, for which the MIC was as low as 15.625 μg/mL. The study on the bactericidal mechanism of the antimicrobial peptide revealed that MPX can destroy the integrity of the cell membrane, increase membrane permeability, and change the electromotive force of the membrane, thereby allowing the contents to leak out and mediating bacterial death. A mouse acute infection model was used to evaluate the therapeutic effect of MPX after acute infection of subcutaneous tissue by S. aureus. The study showed that MPX could promote tissue repair in S. aureus infection and alleviate lung damage caused by S. aureus. In addition, skin H&E staining showed that MPX treatment facilitated the formation of appropriate abscesses at the subcutaneous infection site and facilitated the clearance of bacteria by the skin immune system. The above results show that MPX has good antibacterial activity and broad-spectrum antibacterial potential and can effectively prevent the invasion of subcutaneous tissue by S. aureus, providing new ideas and directions for the immunotherapy of bacterial infections..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins - 15(2023), 6 vom: 10. Jan., Seite 1608-1625

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhu, Chunling [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Yilin [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Xueqin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shanqin [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Xiaojing [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Shouping [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yimin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Huihui [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yanzhao [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Shijun [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Jinqing [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Yundi [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xilong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Gaiping [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xueming [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Jianhe [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yaya [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Yueyu [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext [lizenzpflichtig]

Themen:

Antimicrobial activity
Antimicrobial peptide MPX
Subcutaneous tissue infection

Anmerkungen:

© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2023. Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.

doi:

10.1007/s12602-022-10035-5

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

SPR05390978X