基于抗菌肽的智能型抗菌涂层研究进展

抗菌肽作为一种高效、广谱、不致细菌耐药性的抗菌物质受到科研人员的广泛关注。 在生物材料表面制备抗菌肽基涂层是减少器械相关细菌感染的有效途径。 然而传统抗菌肽释放型涂层受限于抗菌肽存储量,抗菌时效短;抗菌肽直接固定涂层易遭受死细菌对杀菌性能的掩蔽。 另外,生物材料使用场景的多变性和复杂性,强烈要求材料的正常服役和抗感染性能具有高度可调控性。 将刺激响应聚合物与现有的抗菌策略相结合,并通过精巧的设计来构建智能型抗肽涂层平台,对于获取优异的抗菌特性和丰富体系的使用场景具有重要意义。 本文综述了智能型抗菌肽涂层的研究进展,阐述了构建释放型和非释放型涂层的主要策略,分析了刺激响应聚合物在抗菌体系中的作用及角色,探讨了智能抗菌肽涂层在正常服役和感染应对阶段的功能转换设计,并对智能型抗菌肽涂层的未来发展做出展望。     

家蝇幼虫抗菌肽MDL-1的构象分析

用红外光谱、圆二色谱和荧光光谱研究家蝇幼虫抗菌肽MDL-1的结构特征及其在不同条件下的构象变化. 红外光谱检测结果显示抗菌肽MDL-1结构中含有螺旋、无规卷曲、折叠构象的吸收特征; 圆二色谱显示抗菌肽MDL-1结构相对比较稳定, 抗菌肽在不同浓度溶液中的构象发生改变; 荧光光谱法研究发现家蝇幼虫抗菌肽MDL-1在280 nm波长的激发光下, 荧光光谱为Tyr残基和Trp残基共同提供, 而且Trp残基不是位于抗菌肽分子的表面, 而是位于分子的内部, 该研究结果为进一步探讨抗菌肽的抗菌机理奠定了基础.     

一种中国林蛙抗菌肽的光谱研究

从中国林蛙皮中纯化得到了一种抗多种临床多重耐药菌的抗菌肽(RTCⅠ), 初步氨基酸组成分析结果表明其不含碱性氨基酸, 此抗菌肽在276.5和356.5 nm波长光的激发下发射出448 nm的荧光, 利用傅里叶变换红外光谱、拉曼光谱、电子吸收光谱及荧光光谱等技术研究了此特定荧光产生的结构依据. 此抗菌肽的主要组成是Tyr, Asn(Asp)和Glu(Gln), 抗菌肽特殊的荧光光谱和电子吸收谱与Tyr的酚羟基和Asn侧链的强氢键有关. 这一特殊的荧光(448 nm)及圆二色谱(259, 263和267 nm)信号为进一步在分子水平上研究此抗菌肽的抗菌机理提供了依据.     

家蝇幼虫抗菌肽MDL-1的荧光特性分析

本文研究了家蝇幼虫抗菌肽MDL-1的荧光光谱和淬灭剂对内源性荧光的影响。家蝇幼虫抗菌肽MDL-1在激发波长280 nm时,其荧光光谱为酪氨酸（Tyr）残基和色氨酸（Trp）残基共同提供。结果表明,KI不能淬灭抗菌肽MDL-1的Trp残基的荧光,而丙烯酰胺（Acr）能淬灭几乎所有的Trp残基的荧光（f-0．92）;这说明,Trp残基不是位于抗菌肽分子的表面,而是位于分子的内部。     

新型抗菌肽的设计、活性研究及与磷脂相互作用的计算模拟

设计合成了多个具有2个活性序列的线性和环状多肽及具有单个活性序列的短链多肽, 研究了它们的杀菌活性, 发现其杀菌活性顺序为长链肽>环状肽>短链肽, 特别是线性的Linear-KT和Linear-KS对多种革兰氏阴性菌和阳性菌均具有较高的杀菌活性. 采用MTT法考察了Linear-KT和Linear-KS对正常细胞的毒性, 其中Linear-KS表现出较低的细胞毒性, 优于阳性对照多粘菌素B. 利用计算模拟的方法计算了多肽与细菌细胞膜中磷脂酰甘油(DMPG)的相互作用. 结果表明, 多肽和DMPG的结合能也表现出长链肽>环状肽>短链肽的规律, 特别是Linear-KT和Linear-KS具有较高的结合能. 长链肽含有2个活性序列, 可提供多个荷正电的氨基酸与荷负电的磷脂结合, 结合能较大, 杀菌活性较强. 同时, 柔性的结构及Linear-KT和Linear-KS中丝氨酸和苏氨酸的β碳上的羟基可与磷脂上的羰基形成多个氢键, 进一步增大了结合能. 计算模拟的方法为抗菌肽的杀菌活性从理论上提供了一定的依据.     

基于抗菌肽的生物传感器在食源性致病菌检测中的应用

快速检测食源性致病菌是预防食源性疾病大量暴发的必要措施。基于生物传感器的食源性病原菌检测技术具有灵敏度高、实时定量、操作简便等优点。抗菌肽(antimicrobial peptides,AMPs)作为识别分子具有稳定性高和成本低的特点,在食源性致病菌的快速检测中得到了广泛的应用。将抗菌肽与生物传感器结合用于食源性致病菌具有潜在的实际应用价值。本文综述了基于抗菌肽的电化学方法和光学方法在食源性致病菌检测的应用,讨论了基于抗菌肽的高灵敏度和可靠检测平台的未来前景和挑战。     

Cecropin B抗菌肽接枝丝素蛋白膜的制备和表征

以体积分数为60%的乙醇处理制得不溶性再生丝素膜, 通过碳二亚胺法将Cecropin B抗菌肽共价接枝到丝素膜表面, 利用红外光谱、扫描电镜、X射线能谱和抗菌性测试等手段对制得的丝素膜结构和表面特性及其抗菌性能进行了测试分析. 结果表明, Cecropin B抗菌肽成功地接枝到了丝素膜的表面, 接枝后的丝素膜水溶性低, 并具有良好、 持久的抗菌能力.     

家蚕抗菌肽CM_2Ph_1的分离、纯化、结构及其性质的研究

本文应用HPLC技术纯化家蚕蛹血淋巴以polyI:C诱导产生的一个抗菌肽CM_2Ph_1。氨基酸组成分析含16种氨基酸残基。自动Edman降解序列测定其一级结构为GNFFKDLEKMGQRVRDAVISAAPAVDTLAKAKALGQ。羧肽酶分析C-末端残基可能为α羧基酰胺化的Gln。纯化后的CM_2Ph_1对多种细菌有不同程度的抑制作用,浓度在0.35μmol/L时,能抑制50％大肠杆菌D31株的生长。本文也比较了CM_2Ph_1与其它几种抗菌肽在结构与功能方面的异同,并讨论了它们之间的同源性。     

螺旋型抗菌肽的疏水性对抗细菌与抗真菌活性的影响比较

α-螺旋型多肽HPRP-A1由15个氨基酸残基组成,来源于幽门螺杆菌核糖体蛋白L1的N端.本研究以HPRP-A1为模板,在其非极性面中心通过单个氨基酸定点取代的方法,形成一系列疏水性不同的多肽类似物,系统地研究疏水性对α-螺旋型多肽生物活性的影响.结果显示,多肽疏水性及所带净电荷对多肽生物活性起着重要的作用;HPRP-A1及疏水性相对较高的多肽类似物具有较好的广谱抗菌活性（包括革兰氏阳性菌、革兰氏阴性菌及真菌）,但也有相对较高的溶血活性;多肽的疏水性与所带净电荷的变化对多肽抗细菌活性与抗真菌活性所产生的影响有着相似的变化趋势和程度.这意味着多肽与细菌的作用机制和多肽与真菌的作用机制存在一定的相关性.多肽对细菌和真菌的抗菌活性存在特异性,为设计出具有临床应用前景的抗菌肽药物奠定了基础.     

纳米金刚石拉曼生物探针用于抗菌肽杀菌过程的可视化研究

本工作以纳米金刚石为探针,依赖拉曼成像技术,成功实现了对细菌体系生命活动的观察。实验中将抗菌肽死亡素负载于100nm的金刚石上,利用纳米金刚石在1332cm-1处的特征拉曼信号为标记,通过共聚焦拉曼成像技术可视化了纳米金刚石-死亡素复合物与枯草芽孢杆菌间的相互作用过程。同时,采用扫描电子显微镜观察手段验证了上述拉曼成像方法的有效性。此外,抗菌实验验证了纳米金刚石-死亡素复合物对枯草芽孢杆菌有达到45%的明显杀灭效果,表明纳米金刚石探针的引入不会影响死亡素的抗菌性能。本工作证实了纳米金刚石拉曼生物探针用于观察抗菌过程的可行性,为其在生物成像领域中的应用提供了重要依据。     

Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity of Designed and Synthesized Antimicrobial Peptide, KABT-AMP

Lysine-rich peptide, designated as KABT-AMP, was designed and synthesized to supersede the irrational use of chemical antibiotics as standard therapy. KABT-AMP is a 22-amino acid helical cationic peptide (+10) and amphipathic in nature. The antimicrobial kinetics of the peptide was ascertained in the representative strains of gram-positive, gram-negative, and fungal strains, viz., Staphylococcus aureus MTCC 2940, Escherichia coli MTCC 2939, and Candida albicans MTCC 227, respectively. KABT-AMP was synthesized by solid-phase synthesis and purified using reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography which resulted in >95 % purity, and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight revealed the mass of the peptide to be 2.8 kDa. KABT-AMP showed significant broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity against the bacterial and fungal strains analyzed in the present study with survivability of 30.8, 30.6, and 31.7 % in E. coli, S. aureus, and C. albicans, respectively, at 6 h. KABT-AMP also demonstrated antibiofilm activity against the tested biofilm forming clinical isolate, Candida tropicalis. The putative membranolytic activity of the peptide was substantiated by electron microscopic analysis. Results reveal that KABT-AMP will exhibit noteworthy antimicrobial activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria and fungus at micromolar concentrations with minimal cytotoxicity and thus could be conceived for biomedical application.     

Purification Technology and Antimicrobial Activity Analysis of Antimicrobial Peptide from Ovotransferrin

Antibacterial peptides mixture purified from Ovotransferrin by pepsin digest was used as the raw material. Peptide sections with good antibacterial activity were determined after bacteriostasis experiments, its molecular weight and amino acid composition were analyzed. The results of experiments indicate that with Sephadex G-50 and distilled water as mobile phase, detection wavelength 220 nm, flow rate 1.5 mL/min, sample density 0.2 g/mL, and volume 0.2 mL are the optimal conditions. Bacteriostasis experime...     

键合胍盐低聚物的抗菌聚苯乙烯的制备及其抗菌活性

在Haake转矩流变仪中,将盐酸胍与己二胺的低聚物(PHMG)与末端带环氧基的遥爪型聚苯乙烯(PS)进行熔融反应,得到具有抗菌性能的聚苯乙烯(PS-PHMG)。红外(FT-IR)光谱证明胍盐低聚物是以化学键的形式键合到PS分子链上的。分别用扩散法和振荡瓶法测试了抗菌聚苯乙烯对大肠杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌的抗菌性能。扩散法实验表明,经提纯后的PS-PHMG不存在胍盐低聚物的溶出,但对大肠杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌均有明显的抑菌圈。振荡瓶法结果表明:当PS中w(PS-PHMG)=0.2%(即w(PHMG)=0.069%)时,与大肠杆菌接触30 mi m后,抑菌率达100%;当w(PS-PHMG)=0.1%(即w(PHMG)=0.035%)时,30 min内对金黄色葡萄球菌的抑菌率也能够达到100%,具有较好的抗菌速效性,杀灭细菌的时间小于30 min。     

The Role of Antimicrobial Peptides as Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Agents in Tackling the Silent Pandemic of Antimicrobial Resistance

Just over a million people died globally in 2019 due to antibiotic resistance caused by ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species). The World Health Organization (WHO) also lists antibiotic-resistant Campylobacter and Helicobacter as bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health. As it is becoming increasingly difficult to discover new antibiotics, new alternatives are needed to solve the crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Bacteria commonly found in complex communities enclosed within self-produced matrices called biofilms are difficult to eradicate and develop increased stress and antimicrobial tolerance. This review summarises the role of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in combating the silent pandemic of AMR and their application in clinical medicine, focusing on both the advantages and disadvantages of AMPs as antibiofilm agents. It is known that many AMPs display broad-spectrum antimicrobial activities, but in a variety of organisms AMPs are not stable (short half-life) or have some toxic side effects. Hence, it is also important to develop new AMP analogues for their potential use as drug candidates. The use of one health approach along with developing novel therapies using phages and breakthroughs in novel antimicrobial peptide synthesis can help us in tackling the problem of AMR.     

模拟天然抗菌多肽高分子抗菌药物的研究进展

由于传统抗生素类药物容易使细菌产生耐药性而成为超级细菌,新型的抗菌药物亟待开发。通过模拟天然抗菌多肽设计合成的高分子抗菌剂,具有很高的抗菌活性和生物选择性,而且由于其合成方法简单,结构易于控制,且可实现大规模工业生产,有望成为代替传统抗生素和抗菌多肽的新一代抗菌药物。本文介绍了天然抗菌多肽的抗菌机理与模拟天然抗菌多肽的...     

阳离子抗菌聚合物

阳离子抗菌聚合物, 作为一种新型抗菌材料, 具有独特的抗菌机理和高效的抗菌活性, 并且能有效解决细菌耐药性问题, 引起了人们的广泛关注。阳离子抗菌聚合物具有有效的抗菌活性, 其抗菌活性受到亲疏水平衡、分子质量、烷基链长度和阴离子等因素的影响。抗菌活性是评价抗菌剂优劣的重要因素之一, 了解和掌握影响抗菌活性的因素, 对于优化或开发更安全、更高效的阳离子抗菌聚合物具有重大意义。本文总结了通过不同作用方式作用于细菌的多种抗菌策略, 依据影响阳离子抗菌聚合物抗菌活性的因素, 总结包括天然阳离子抗菌聚合物、季铵盐类聚合物、N-卤代胺类聚合物、膦盐和锍盐类聚合物、胍盐类聚合物和抗菌水凝胶的研究进展。最后, 对阳离子抗菌聚合物面临的挑战和未来发展方向进行了讨论。     

Integrated Antimicrobial and Nonfouling Zwitterionic Polymers

Zwitterionic polymers are generally viewed as a new class of nonfouling materials. Unlike their poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) counterparts, zwitterionic polymers have a broader chemical diversity and greater freedom for molecular design. In this Minireview, we highlight recent microbiological applications of zwitterionic polymers and their derivatives, with an emphasis on several unique molecular strategies to integrate antimicrobial and nonfouling properties. We will also discuss our insights into the bacterial nonfouling performance of zwitterionic polymers and one example of engineering zwitterionic polymer derivatives for antimicrobial wound‐dressing applications.     

Antimicrobial peptides in burns and wounds

Burn-induced immunosuppression not only increases susceptibility to infection, but also predisposes burn patients to related adverse sequelae, including systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis. Although burn-related immunosuppression is not fully understood, it is characterized by decreased T- and B-lymphocyte function and by impaired functions of circulating leukocytes and complement. Alterations in defensins, a family of cationic, naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides, may underlie these immune deficiency patterns. Defensins are considered important components of the innate immune system, as they inhibit bacterial, fungal, and viral colonization. They also chemoattract immature dendritic cells and T lymphocytes, recruit neutrophils, macrophages, and monocytes, modulate complement and adjuvant activity, and promote inflammation and wound healing. Infectious states are associated with upregulation of circulating defensins, which suggests an underlying antimicrobial role. In addition, data from our laboratory demonstrated diminished levels of certain defensins in burned tissue. The inference is that decreased defensin levels in burn injury may facilitate infection and subsequent sepsis. It may also alter functions of T- and B-lymphocytes, neutrophils, macrophages, and complement, thereby contributing to the pathophysiology of burn-related systemic inflammatory responses. This article is a comprehensive review on the role of antimicrobial peptides in burns and wounds.     

Antimicrobial Peptide Dendrimer Chimera

We recently reported the discovery of antimicrobial peptide dendrimers (AMPDs) acting by a membrane‐disruptive mechanism against multidrug resistant pathogenic bacteria. Here, we combined amino acid sequence elements from different AMPDs with different activity profiles to form AMPD chimeras. By joining the outer branches of TNS18 , an AMPD active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, with the core of T7 , another AMPD active against P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae, we obtained AMPD chimera DC5 displaying all previously observed activities while retaining a similar mechanism of action. These experiments show that chimera design represents a useful strategy to improve the properties of AMPDs.     

Graphene-Based Antimicrobial Biomedical Surfaces

Biomedical application of graphene derivatives have been intensively studied in last decade. With the exceptional structural, thermal, electrical, and mechanical properties, these materials have attracted immense attention of biomedical scientists to utilize graphene derivatives in biomedical devices to improve their performance or to achieve desired functions. Surfaces of graphene derivatives including graphite, graphene, graphene oxide and reduce graphene oxide have been demonstrated to pave an excellent platform for antimicrobial behavior, enhanced biocompatibility, tissue engineering, biosensors and drug delivery. This review focuses on the recent advancement in the research of biomedical devices with the coatings or highly structured polymer nanocomposite surfaces of graphene derivatives for antimicrobial activity and sterile surfaces comprising an entirely new class of antibacterial materials. Overall, we aim to highlight on the potential of these materials, current understanding and knowledge gap in the antimicrobial behavior and biocompatibility to be utilized of their coatings to prevent the cross infections.