Nonhemolytic abiogenic polymers as antimicrobial peptide mimics
Nonhemolytic abiogenic polymers as antimicrobial peptide mimics
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DOI:
10.1002/pola.20304
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发表时间:
2004-08-01
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通讯作者:
Tew, GN
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作者:
Arnt, L;Nüsslein, K;Tew, GN
Novel approaches to the development of new antimicrobial compounds and materials remain an important area of research. Many different designs have been reported, including ones incorporating known antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin, 1 N-halamines, 2, 3 and 2, 4 dichlorophenyl4, 5 into polymers. 6, 7 Alternatively, cationic polymers, which have received considerable attention, 8 are well known as disinfectants and include polylysine, 9 quaternary ammonium salts, 10 pyridinium salts, 7, 8 polyguanidines, 11 and polybiguanides. 6, 7, 12 At the same time, host defense peptides represent a large group of natural compounds with broad spectrum antimicrobial activity that also show selectivity between bacterial cells and mammalian red blood cells (RBCs). Examples of host defense peptides include-helical magainin and cecropin, as well as defensins, which contain-strands. They have captured the attention of many researchers, and significant understanding of their essential physiochemical properties and mode of action exists. 13–16 The ability of these peptides to disrupt phospholipid membranes, ultimately killing the cell, is thought to come from the adoption of a facially amphiphilic (FA) structure. 14, 17–19 Thus, the overall structure, rather than the precise chemical composition or amino acid sequence, is of critical importance. This implies that mimicking the FA structure should provide synthetic molecules that have similar biochemical properties, leading to relatively simple polymers that are effective antimicrobial agents and are nontoxic, yet inexpensive and easy to prepare. Amphiphilic helical structures based on synthetic-peptides and peptoids that mimic the overall structure and activity of magainin were recently reported. 20–26 A series of-peptides was synthesized with the same net charge; however, the substitution pattern was varied. 21, 23, 24 It was determined that the most active peptides were those that had the highest degree of facial amphiphilicity. Therefore, it was concluded that the architecture is imperative for antibacterial activity and selectivity, and this was consistent with previous findings from synthetic-peptides. 23, 24 In addition, the widespread observation of FA structures in biology, from peptides to steroids, 27 implies the importance of this architecture. These polyamide examples mimicked both the helical structure and cationic nature of natural host defense peptides. In addition, these mimics are discrete compounds prepared by solid-phase techniques requiring extensive effort and costly purification. The ability to transfer the essential physiochemical properties to simple polymers would provide access to fast, inexpensive molecules for various applications, including medical coatings, antimicrobial tubing, and other materials. The initial work on polymeric systems as nonbiological host defense peptide mimics was conducted with arylamide backbones. 28 These systems were designed to mimic the essential architecture and physiochemical properties of host defense peptides but not the helical structure. Their activity against several bacterial strains demonstrated their broad spectrum activity; however, these polymers were also found to be hemo-