Discovery of a Membrane-Active, Ring-Modified Histidine Containing Ultrashort Amphiphilic Peptide That Exhibits Potent Inhibition of Cryptococcus neoformans
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The new structural classes of ultrashort peptides that exhibit potent microbicidal action have potential as future drugs. Herein, we report that C-2 arylated histidines containing tripeptides His(2-Ar)-Trp-His(2-Ar) exhibit potent antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans with high selectivity. The most potent peptide 12f [His(2-biphenyl)-Trp-His(2-biphenyl)] displayed high in vitro activity against C. neoformans (IC50 = 0.35 mu g/mL, MIC = MFC = 0.63 mu g/mL) with a selectivity index of >28 and 2 times higher potency compared to amphotericin B. Peptide 12f exhibited proteolytic stability, with no apparent hemolytic activity. The mechanism of action study of 12f by confocal laser scanning microscopy and electron microscopy indicates nuclear fragmentation and membrane disruption of C. neoformans cells. Combinations of 12f with fluconazole and amphotericin B at subinhibitory concentration were synergistic against C. neoformans. This study suggests that 12f is a new structural class of amphiphilic peptide with rapid fungicidal activity caused by C. neoformans.
Synthetic amino acids‐based short amphipathic peptides exhibit antifungal activity by targeting cell membrane disruption
作者:Shams Aaghaz、Komal Sharma、Indresh K. Maurya、Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy、Shreya Singh、Vinod Kumar、Kulbhushan Tikoo、Rahul Jain
DOI:10.1002/ddr.22041
日期:——
Boc-His-Trp-His[1-(4-tert-butylphenyl)] (10g) as the most promising inhibitor exhibiting IC50 value of 4.4 µg/mL against Cryptococcus neoformans. Analog 10g exhibit high selectivity to fungal cells and was nonhemolytic and noncytotoxic at its minimum inhibitory concentration. 10g produced fungicidal effect on growing cryptococcal cells and displayed synergistic effect with amphotericin B. Overall cationic character of
Synthetically modified l-histidine-rich peptidomimetics exhibit potent activity against Cryptococcus neoformans
作者:Amit Mahindra、Nitin Bagra、Nishima Wangoo、Rohan Jain、Shabana I. Khan、Melissa R. Jacob、Rahul Jain
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.04.120
日期:2014.7
We describe the synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of structurally new peptidomimetics, rich in synthetically modified L-histidine. Two series of tripeptidomimetics were synthesized by varying lipophilicity at the C-2 position of L-histidine and at the N- and C-terminus. The data indicates that peptides (5f, 6f, 9f and 101) possessing highly lipophilic adamantan-1-yl group displayed strong inhibition of Cryptococcus neoformans. Peptide 6f is the most potent of all with IC50 and MFC values of 0.60 and 0.63 mu g/mL, respectively, compared to the commercial drug amphotericin B (IC50 = 0.69 and MFC = 1.25 mu g/mL). The selectivity of these peptides to microbial pathogen was examined by a tryptophan fluorescence quenching study and transmission electron microscopy. These studies indicate that the peptides plausibly interact with the mimic membrane of pathogen by direct insertion, and results in disruption of membrane of pathogen. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
作者:Komal Sharma、Shams Aaghaz、Indresh Kumar Maurya、Krishna K. Sharma、Shreya Singh、Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy、Vinod Kumar、Kulbhushan Tikoo、Rahul Jain
DOI:10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.106252
日期:2023.1
Discovery of a Membrane-Active, Ring-Modified Histidine Containing Ultrashort Amphiphilic Peptide That Exhibits Potent Inhibition of <i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i>
作者:Krishna K. Sharma、Indresh Kumar Maurya、Shabana I. Khan、Melissa R. Jacob、Vinod Kumar、Kulbhushan Tikoo、Rahul Jain
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00481
日期:2017.8.10
The new structural classes of ultrashort peptides that exhibit potent microbicidal action have potential as future drugs. Herein, we report that C-2 arylated histidines containing tripeptides His(2-Ar)-Trp-His(2-Ar) exhibit potent antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans with high selectivity. The most potent peptide 12f [His(2-biphenyl)-Trp-His(2-biphenyl)] displayed high in vitro activity against C. neoformans (IC50 = 0.35 mu g/mL, MIC = MFC = 0.63 mu g/mL) with a selectivity index of >28 and 2 times higher potency compared to amphotericin B. Peptide 12f exhibited proteolytic stability, with no apparent hemolytic activity. The mechanism of action study of 12f by confocal laser scanning microscopy and electron microscopy indicates nuclear fragmentation and membrane disruption of C. neoformans cells. Combinations of 12f with fluconazole and amphotericin B at subinhibitory concentration were synergistic against C. neoformans. This study suggests that 12f is a new structural class of amphiphilic peptide with rapid fungicidal activity caused by C. neoformans.
Antifungal evaluation and mechanistic investigations of membrane active short synthetic peptides-based amphiphiles
作者:Komal Sharma、Shams Aaghaz、Indresh K. Maurya、Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy、Shreya Singh、Vinod Kumar、Kulbhushan Tikoo、Rahul Jain
DOI:10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.106002
日期:2022.10
The quest for newclass of peptide-based antibiotics has steered this research towards the design and synthesis of short sequences possessing modified amphiphilic histidine along with hydrophobic tryptophan residues. The new structural class of dipeptides Trp-His(1-Bn)-OMe/NHBn and tripeptides His(1-Bn)-Trp-His(1-Bn)-OMe/NHBn demonstrated promising antifungal and antibacterial activities with membrane
对新型肽类抗生素的探索将这项研究导向设计和合成具有修饰的两亲性组氨酸和疏水色氨酸残基的短序列。二肽 Trp-His(1-Bn)-OMe/NHBn 和三肽 His(1-Bn)-Trp-His(1-Bn)-OMe/NHBn 的新结构类别显示出有前景的抗真菌和抗菌活性和膜溶解作用。二肽 Trp-His[1-(3,5-二叔丁基苄基)]-NHBn ( 13d ) 显示了理想的亲水-亲油平衡,它产生了最有希望的抗真菌活性,IC 50值为 2.10 μg/ mL 和 MIC = 3.81 μg/mL,对C. neoformans和对E. faecalis的抗菌活性和金黄色葡萄球菌具有相同的 IC 50值为 4.40 μg/mL 和 8.0 μg/mL 的 MIC。肽13d在MIC值及以上没有表现出细胞毒性和溶血作用。这种典型的两亲性进一步得到了机理解释的证实,这表明肽通过利用电荷和疏水性作为主要特征工具