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DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 116, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2020.103928
Keywords
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs); Cathelicidin; Pelophylax nigromaculata; PN-CATHs; Anti-infective; Antioxidant
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31772455, 32070439]
- Jiangsu Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Fund [CX(19)3009]
- Science and Technology Program of Guizhou Province [20161004]
- Project of Central Government Guide The Development of Local Science and Technology [[2020]4002]
- Priority Academic Program Development of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutes (PAPD)
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The novel antimicrobial peptides PN-CATH1 and 2 discovered from Pelophylax nigromaculata exhibit moderate, but broad-spectrum and rapid antimicrobial activities by inducing bacterial membrane disruption and possibly generating intracellular ROS formation. They also possess potent anti-biofilm and persister cell killing activity, as well as anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities, making them potential candidates for the development of new antimicrobial and antioxidant drugs.
Cathelicidins are an important family of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which play pivotal roles in vertebrate immune responses against microbial infections. They are regarded as potential drug leads for the development of novel antimicrobial agents and three related drugs have been developed into clinical trials. Thus, it is meaningful to identify more cathelicidins from vertebrate species. Cathelicidins from ranid frogs possess special structural characteristics and activities, but to date only 12 ranid frog cathelicidins have been identified. In the present study, two novel cathelicidins (PN-CATH1 and 2) were identified from the black-spotted frog, Pelophylax nigromaculata. PN-CATHs possess low sequence similarity with the known cathelicidins. They exhibited moderate, but broad-spectrum and rapid antimicrobial activities against the tested bacteria. They kill bacteria by mainly inducing bacterial membrane disruption and possibly generating intracellular ROS formation. They also possess potent anti-biofilm and persister cell killing activity, indicating their potential in combating infections induced by biofilms-forming bacteria. Besides direct antimicrobial activity, they exhibited potent anti-inflammatory activity by effectively inhibiting the LPS-induced production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in mouse macrophages, which could be partly ascribed to their direct LPS-neutralizing ability. Furthermore, PNCATHs demonstrated powerful in vitro free radical scavenging activities. Ultraviolet radiation significantly increased their in vivo gene expression in frog skin. Meanwhile, they possess weak cytotoxic activity and extremely low hemolytic activity. PN-CATHs represent the first discovery of cathelicidins family AMPs with both potent anti-infective and antioxidant activities. The discovery of PN-CATHs provides potential peptide leads for the development of novel anti-infective and antioxidant drugs.
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