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Identification and characterization of a novel peptide from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) with antimicrobial activity against Streptococcus iniae

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DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2022.104518

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Fish immunology; Antimicrobial peptides; Streptococcus iniae; Rainbow trout; Bacterial fish pathogens

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  1. Canada Research Council Research Chair [950-232105]
  2. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant (NSERC DG) [RGPIN-2018-04116]

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In this study, a novel antimicrobial peptide (AMP) derived from rainbow trout von Willebrand Factor was identified using computational methods, showing antibacterial activity against Streptococcus iniae. The findings improve understanding of fish immune responses towards zoonotic pathogens.
The overuse and misuse of antibiotics has led to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial species which remain a challenge to treat therapeutically. Novel and efficacious drugs are desperately needed to combat pathogens. One method to facilitate these discoveries is the use of in silico methods. Computational biology has the power to scan large data sets and screen for potential molecules with antibacterial function. In the current study, an in silico approach was used to identify an antimicrobial peptide (AMP) derived from rainbow trout von Willebrand Factor. The AMP was tested against a panel of aquatic bacterial pathogens and was found to possess antibacterial activity against Streptococcus iniae (S. iniae). Since S. iniae is a zoonotic pathogen, this may be useful in other species as well. The peptide was non-hemolytic and non-cytotoxic at the concentrations tested in rainbow trout cells. Pre-treatment of rainbow trout cells with the peptide did not result in an upregulation of immune genes but stimulating the rainbow trout macrophage/monocyte-like cell line, RTS11, with heat-killed S. iniae, did result in a significant upregulation of the tumor necrosis factor alpha (tnfa) gene. In this study, a new AMP has been identified but its expression, synthesis and role in vivo remains unknown. Nevertheless, the findings presented improve our understanding of fish gill and macrophage responses towards this important zoonotic pathogen.

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