Journal
PEPTIDES
Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 213-220Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2012.04.010
Keywords
Scorpion; Venom; Antimicrobial peptide; StCT2; Antibiotics-resistant
Funding
- NSFC [31071942]
- China Specific Project for Developing New Drugs [2009ZX09103-612, 2011ZX09102-001-32]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2010CB529800, 2010CB530100]
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Bacterial infection poses an increasing threat to global public health and new types of antibacterial agents are urgently needed to respond to the threat. Scorpion venom contains series of bioactive peptides, among which antibacterial peptide is an important part. Herein, a new antimicrobial peptide StCT2 was characterized from the venomous gland cDNA library of the Scorpiops tibetanus. The full-length cDNA of StCT2 is 369 nucleotides encoding the precursor that contains a putative 24 residues signal peptide, a presumed 14 residues mature peptide, and a putative 37 residues acidic propeptide at the C-terminus. The minimal inhibition concentrations (MICs) of StCT2 for Staphylococcus aureus were 6.25-25 mu g/ml, including antibiotic-resistant strains such as methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA). StCT2 was further found to show high in vivo antimicrobial activity by an S. aureus infection mouse model. StCT2 exerted its antimicrobial activity via a rapid bactericidal mechanism. Taken together, these results demonstrate the efficacy and general mechanism of StCT2 antimicrobial action and the therapeutic potential of StCT2 as a new antimicrobial peptide. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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