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Antibiotics, volume 11, issue 1, pages 76

Antimicrobial Peptides Epinecidin-1 and Beta-Defesin-3 Are Effective against a Broad Spectrum of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Isolates and Increase Survival Rate in Experimental Sepsis

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2022-01-09
Journal: Antibiotics
Quartile SCImago
Q1
Quartile WOS
Q1
Impact factor4.8
ISSN20796382
Biochemistry
Microbiology (medical)
Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
Pharmacology (medical)
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
Abstract

The antimicrobial peptides human Beta-defensin-3 (hBD-3) and Epinecidin-1 (Epi-1; by Epinephelus coioides) could be a promising tool to develop novel antibacterials to combat antibiotic resistance. The antibacterial activity of Epi-1 + vancomycin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (22 isolates) and Epi-1 + hBD-3 against carbapenem-resistant isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 23), Klebsiella aerogenes (n = 17), Acinetobacter baumannii (n = 9), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 13) was studied in vitro. To evaluate the in vivo efficacy of hBD-3 and Epi-1, ICR (CD-1) mice were injected intraperitoneally with a lethal dose of K. pneumoniae or P. aeruginosa. The animals received a single injection of either sterile saline, hBD-3 monotherapy, meropenem monotherapy, hBD-3 + meropenem, or hBD-3 + Epi-1. Studied peptides showed antibacterial activity in vitro against all studied clinical isolates in a concentration of 2 to 32 mg/L. In both experimental models of murine sepsis, an increase in survival rate was seen with hBD-3 monotherapy, hBD-3 + meropenem, and hBD-3 + Epi-1. For K. pneumoniae-sepsis, hBD-3 was shown to be a promising option in overcoming the resistance of Klebsiella spp. to carbapenems, though more research is needed. In the P. aeruginosa-sepsis model, the addition of Epi-1 to hBD-3 was found to have a slightly reduced mortality rate compared to hBD-3 monotherapy.

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Bolatchiev A. Antimicrobial Peptides Epinecidin-1 and Beta-Defesin-3 Are Effective against a Broad Spectrum of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Isolates and Increase Survival Rate in Experimental Sepsis // Antibiotics. 2022. Vol. 11. No. 1. p. 76.
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Bolatchiev A. Antimicrobial Peptides Epinecidin-1 and Beta-Defesin-3 Are Effective against a Broad Spectrum of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Isolates and Increase Survival Rate in Experimental Sepsis // Antibiotics. 2022. Vol. 11. No. 1. p. 76.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.3390/antibiotics11010076
UR - https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fantibiotics11010076
TI - Antimicrobial Peptides Epinecidin-1 and Beta-Defesin-3 Are Effective against a Broad Spectrum of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Isolates and Increase Survival Rate in Experimental Sepsis
T2 - Antibiotics
AU - Bolatchiev, Albert
PY - 2022
DA - 2022/01/09 00:00:00
PB - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
SP - 76
IS - 1
VL - 11
SN - 2079-6382
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@article{2022_Bolatchiev,
author = {Albert Bolatchiev},
title = {Antimicrobial Peptides Epinecidin-1 and Beta-Defesin-3 Are Effective against a Broad Spectrum of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Isolates and Increase Survival Rate in Experimental Sepsis},
journal = {Antibiotics},
year = {2022},
volume = {11},
publisher = {Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)},
month = {jan},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fantibiotics11010076},
number = {1},
pages = {76},
doi = {10.3390/antibiotics11010076}
}
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Bolatchiev, Albert. “Antimicrobial Peptides Epinecidin-1 and Beta-Defesin-3 Are Effective against a Broad Spectrum of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Isolates and Increase Survival Rate in Experimental Sepsis.” Antibiotics, vol. 11, no. 1, Jan. 2022, p. 76. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fantibiotics11010076.
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