Journal
PEPTIDES
Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 151-156Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2012.05.006
Keywords
Ghrelin; Peptide; Escherichia coli; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; LL37; Antimicrobial activity
Funding
- NIH from National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research [DE-018310]
- Harvard Catalyst
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The present study examined the antimicrobial activity of the peptide ghrelin. Both major forms of ghrelin, acylated ghrelin (AG) and desacylated ghrelin (DAG), demonstrated the same degree of bactericidal activity against Gram-negative Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa), while bactericidal effects against Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) were minimal or absent, respectively. To elucidate the bactericidal mechanism of AG and DAG against bacteria, we monitored the effect of the cationic peptides on the zeta potential of E. coli. Our results show that AG and DAG similarly quenched the negative surface charge of E. coli, suggesting that ghrelin-mediated bactericidal effects are influenced by charge-dependent binding and not by acyl modification. Like most cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs), we also found that the antibacterial activity of AG was attenuated in physiological NaCl concentration (150 mM). Nonetheless, these findings indicate that both AG and DAG can act as CAMPs against Gram-negative bacteria. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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