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MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Volume 59, Issue -, Pages 549-555Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2015.10.059
Keywords
Antimicrobial peptides; Cashew gum; Layer-by-layer films; Leishmania infantum; Electrochemical device
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- FAPEPI
- Nanobiomed Network Capes/Brazil
- Universal [481882/2012-0]
- FAPDF [193.000.445/2008, 193.000.429/2008]
- CAPES Nanobiotec [23038.019088/2009-58]
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This report details the development of thin films containing an antimicrobial peptide, specifically, dermaseptin 01 (GLWSTIKQKGKEAAIAAA-KAAGQAALGAL-NH2, [DRS 01]), and a natural polysaccharide, fora novel application in detecting the presence of Leishmania cells and maintaining anti-leishmanial activity. The peptide DRS 01 was immobilized in conjunction with natural cashew gum (CG) onto an indium tin oxide (ITO) substrate using the Layer-by-Layer (LbL) deposition technique. The LbL film ITO/CG/DRS 01, containing DRS 01 as the outer layer, was capable of detecting the presence of Leishmania cells and acting as an anti-leishmanial system. Detection was performed using cyclic voltammetry (CV) in phosphate buffer (pH 7.2) in the presence of promastigote cells (0-10(7) cells/mL). The results showed a linear and inversely proportional relation between the concentration of Leishmania infantum protozoan cells and the measured current values obtained for the films, which was attributed to the effect of peptide-induced lysis of the cell membrane, and resulted in freed residues that were adsorbed on the electrode surface. With this, the paper shows a method using thin films with this new material to demonstrate the anti-leishmanial activity in vitro models of carpet-like mechanisms. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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