EMERGING TRENDS IN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS JITENDER MEHLA & Dr.R.A.SIDDIQUE RESEARCH SCHOLARS, ANIMAL BIOCHEMISTRY DIVISION N.D.R.I., Karnal, (Haryana) India
HOST INNATE IMMUNITY PATHOGENS DIFFERENT COMPONENTS ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES WHAT ARE AMPs?
Small peptides having app a. acids Produced in most exposed tissues by induction or constitutively Synthesized at low metabolic cost So far more than 800 AMPs have been described Cont…
Structure and Classification of AMPs PREPROPEPTIDE Signal peptidaseElastase residues residues residues PEPTIDEPRE
CLASSEXAMPLESTRUCTUREORIGIN Anionic peptides DermicidinAsp & GluHuman Cationic peptides CecropinHelicalinsects LL37HelicalHuman Cationic peptides with specific amino acids PR 39Pro & arg rich Pig PropheninPro & PhePig IndolicidinTrp richcattle Classification of AMPs
Peptides that forms disulphide bridges Brevinins1-disulphide bridge Amphibians Tachyplesin2-disulphide bridges Horse shoe crab Defensins3-disulfide bridges Human NK-lysin3-disulfide bridges Pig DrosomycinMore than 3- disulfide bridges Fruitfly Fragmented peptides Lactoferricin14-42 a.acidsHuman Cont….
Transcriptional regulation of AMPs Taeil Kim et.al., 2005
Amino acid sequence of NK- Lysin
KILRGVCKKIMRTFLRRISKDILTGK K Sequence of NK-2 Antimicrobial activity
NK-CS KLLRGVSKKIMRTFLRRISKDILTGKK Antimicrobial activity
NKCS-[MS] KILRGVSKKISRTFLRRISKDILTGKK Antimicrobial activity
KLLRGVSKKIMRTFLRRISKKDILTGKK NKCS-shortened analogues
KILRGVSKKIMRTFLRRISK K NKCS- [20K] Antimicrobial activity
RGVSKKIMRTFLRRISK K NKCS-[RKK] Antimicrobial activity
NKCS-[FR] KILRGVSKKIMRTRLRRISKDILPGK K Antimicrobial activity
KILRGVSKKIMRTFPRRISKDILTGKK NKCS-[LP] Antimicrobial activity
KILRGVSKKIMRTPRRISKDILTGKK NKCS-[LP26] Antimicrobial activity
NK-2 NK-CS NKCS-[AA]NKCS-[FR]NKCS-[14]NKCS[15-27]NKCS[MS] NKCS-[LP] NKCS-[LP26] NKCS-[17] NKCS-[RKK] NKCS-[20K]
Specifically targeted antimicrobial peptides (STAMPs) Repertoire of Antibiotics Microorganisms including normal flora Secondary infections CSPAMP CS P AM P S.mutans Randal Eckert et. al., 2006
Applications of AMP AMP Innate immunity Food preservation Therapeutic potential Signal transduction Mitogens Fe- Metabolism
Mode of use PeptideCompanyApplicationstage TopicalPexigana n MagaininDiabetic foot ulcers Completed phase III TopicalMBI-594MicrologixAcnePhase II OralIB-367IntrabioticsMucositisPhase III SystemicBPIXomaMeningococca l menigitis Phase III Therapeutic potential Zasloff et. al., 2002
AMP and Fe metabolism
Role of AMPs in Fe metabolism
peptideStructur e Sourc e Mechanism of action Target PR-39Pro and Arg rich mammal s Interfere with DNA synthesis S. Typhimurium Sphenisci n Defensin - like AvianGram +ve &-ve Protamin e Arg richFishDistrupt cytoplamic memb L.Monocytogene s MagaininsHelicalXenopus laevis Pore formationFood related pathogen Food preservation Tali Rydlo et. al., 2006
Tumor cells Normal cells Difference in membrane contents High succeptibilty of tumor cells to AMPs Anti-tumor activity Wojciech Kamysz et. al., 2003
High concentration Low concentration Tumor cell lysis Lysis of microbes Stimulation of keratinocyte growth Inhibition of protein kinase C Stimulation of cytokine production Stimulation of adheshion molecule expression Spectrum of biological activity of AMPs Wojciech Kamysz et. al., 2003
CONCLUSION AMPs are multifunctional peptides These are having a wide spectrum of biological activities Based on natural AMPs, synthetic analogs can be developed These can be developed as Probiotic antibiotics