Affiliation:
1. Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Velázquez 144, 28006 Madrid,1 and
2. Departament de Quı́mica Orgànica, Universitat de Barcelona, Martı́ i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona,2 Spain
Abstract
ABSTRACT
In order to improve the leishmanicidal activity of the synthetic cecropin A-melittin hybrid peptide CA(1-7)M(2-9) (KWKLFKKIGAVLKVL-NH
2
), a systematic study of its acylation with saturated linear fatty acids was carried out. Acylation of the N
ɛ
-7 lysine residue led to a drastic decrease in leishmanicidal activity, whereas acylation at lysine 1, in either the α or the ɛ NH
2
group, increased up to 3 times the activity of the peptide against promastigotes and increased up to 15 times the activity of the peptide against amastigotes. Leishmanicidal activity increased with the length of the fatty acid chain, reaching a maximum for the lauroyl analogue (12 carbons). According to the fast kinetics, dissipation of membrane potential, and parasite membrane permeability to the nucleic acid binding probe SYTOX green, the lethal mechanism was directly related to plasma membrane permeabilization.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology
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