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PHARMACEUTICS
Volume 12, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12121155
Keywords
bacterial cellulose; combination; antimicrobial peptide; quorum-quenching enzymes; molecular docking; enhanced antibacterial activity; surface morphology; dressing prototype
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- Russian Science Foundation [16-14-00061]
- Russian Foundation for Basic research [18-29-17069]
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To improve the action of already in use antibiotics or new antimicrobial agents against different bacteria, the development of effective combinations of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) with enzymes that can quench the quorum (QQ) sensing of bacterial cells was undertaken. Enzymes hydrolyzing N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) and peptides that are signal molecules of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial cells, respectively, were estimated as partners for antibiotics and antimicrobial peptides in newly designed antimicrobial-enzymatic combinations. The molecular docking of six antimicrobial agents to the surface of 10 different QQ enzyme molecules was simulated in silico. This made it possible to choose the best variants among the target combinations. Further, bacterial cellulose (BC) was applied as a carrier for uploading such combinations to generally compose prototypes of effective dressing materials with morphology, providing good absorbance. The in vitro analysis of antibacterial activity of prepared BC samples confirmed the significantly enhanced efficiency of the action of AMPs (including polymyxin B and colistin, which are antibiotics of last resort) in combination with AHL-hydrolyzing enzymes (penicillin acylase and His(6)-tagged organophosphorus hydrolase) against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive cells.
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