Author:
Park Jun-Young,Abekura Fukushi,Cho Seung-Hak
Abstract
AbstractEnterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a major cause of illness and death but has no effective therapy. The heat-labile enterotoxin LT is a significant virulence factor produced by ETEC. The heat-labile enterotoxin-B (LT-B) subunit may enter host cells by binding to monosialotetrahexosylganglioside-a (GM1a), a monosialoganglioside found on the plasma membrane surface of animal epithelial cells. This research was conducted to develop conformationally comparable peptides to the carbohydrate epitope of GM1a for the treatment of ETEC. We used the LT-B subunit to select LT-B-binding peptides that structurally resemble GM1a. The ganglioside microarray and docking simulations were used to identify three GM1a ganglioside-binding domain (GBD) peptides based on LT-B recognition. Peptides had an inhibiting effect on the binding of LT-B to GM1a. The binding capacity, functional inhibitory activity, and in vitro effects of the GBD peptides were evaluated using HCT-8 cells, a human intestinal epithelial cell line, to evaluate the feasibility of deploying GBD peptides to combat bacterial infections. KILSYTESMAGKREMVIIT was the most efficient peptide in inhibiting cellular absorption of LT-B in cells. Our findings offer compelling evidence that GM1a GBD-like peptides might act as new therapeutics to inhibit LT-B binding to epithelial cells and avoid the subsequent physiological consequences of LT.
Funder
Korea National Institute of Health
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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