Staphylococcus aureus Susceptibility to Innate Antimicrobial Peptides, (cid:2) -Defensins and CAP18, Expressed by Human Keratinocytes
Staphylococcus aureus Susceptibility to Innate Antimicrobial Peptides, (cid:2) -Defensins and CAP18, Expressed by Human Keratinocytes
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2003
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K. Midorikawa;K. Ouhara;H. Komatsuzawa;T. Kawai;S. Yamada;T. Fujiwara;Kenshi Yamazaki;K. Sayama;M. Taubman;H. Kurihara;K. Hashimoto;M. Sugai
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K. Midorikawa;K. Ouhara;H. Komatsuzawa;T. Kawai;S. Yamada;T. Fujiwara;Kenshi Yamazaki;K. Sayama;M. Taubman;H. Kurihara;K. Hashimoto;M. Sugai
The antimicrobial peptides human (cid:1) -defensin-1 (hBD1), hBD2, hBD3, and CAP18 expressed by keratinocytes have been implicated in mediation of the innate defense against bacterial infection. To gain insight into Staphylococcus aureus infection, the susceptibility of S. aureus , including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), to these antimicrobial peptides was examined. Based on quantitative PCR, expression of hBD2 mRNA by human keratinocytes was significantly induced by contact with S. aureus , and expression of hBD3 and CAP18 cysteine residues and form three (cid:2) -sheets and one (cid:4) -helix (17, 18). Our molec- ular mass data suggested that each synthetic (cid:2) -defensin had three disulfide bonds. S. were and in mM sodium phosphate (NaP (pH was subjected to mild sonication to disperse clumping cells and to a concentration of 7 with (pH Ten microliters of a bacterial suspension (10 5 cells) was inoculated into 200 (cid:5) l of i with or without various concentrations of the antibacterial peptides and incubated fo r 2 h at 37°C. An appropriate dilution of the reaction mixture (100 (cid:5) l) was plated on Trypticase soy agar and then incubated at 37°C overnight. The of was determined the number of colonies on each plate. The antibacterial effect was estimated by determining the rate of survival of cells in comparison with the total number cells. The same experiment was carried out three times. To evaluate the effect of NaCl, 10 mM NaP i (pH containing various concentrations of NaCl (10 to 300 mM) was used in the antibacterial assay described above. Thin-section electron microscopy was performed to ob-serve the influence of each antimicrobial peptide on S. aureus Over- night of S. 2PF-18, was a A-deficient at a final g/ml in a series of ethanol con- centrations and then embedded in Spurr’s Epon. Thin sections were cut with an ultramicrotome with a diamond knife and were examined with a JOEL JEM- 2000 EX II electron microscope at 80 kV. Effects of combinations of antibacterial peptides with antibiotics on S. aureus cells. Since more than two antibiotics are sometimes used for chemotherapy, we evaluated the effects of combinations of antimicrobial peptides with antibiotics. The following two methods were employed.