Comparative in vitro activity of five cathelicidin-derived synthetic peptides against Leptospira, Borrelia and Treponema pallidum.
OBJECTIVE: The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of five different cathelicidin-derived synthetic peptides (SMAP-29, LL-37, PG-1, CRAMP and BMAP-28) for Leptospira interrogans, Borrelia spp. and Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum were investigated in vitro. METHODS: The MIC of individual peptides was defined as the lowest concentration able to inhibit the motility of spirochaetes after 2 h of incubation, as detected by dark-field microscopy. The MBC of individual peptides was defined as the lowest concentration at which no spirochaetes were subcultured either in cathelicidin-free medium (leptospires and borreliae) or in hamsters (T. pallidum). RESULTS: The MIC values of peptides for leptospires were highly variable, depending on the compound and the strain used. Of the five cathelicidin-derived peptides, SMAP-29 from sheep and BMAP-28 from cattle were the most active against L. interrogans serovars, with MIC values varying between 3 and 51 mg/L, depending on the strains. The MICs of the remaining synthetic peptides ranged between 4.3 and 224 mg/L. The MIC values of synthetic peptides for T. pallidum ranged between 32.3 mg/L for PG-1 and 449.4 mg/L for LL-37. The MICs of all cathelicidin-derived peptides tested for Borrelia strains ranged between 307 and 449.4 mg/L. The activity of the peptides on the motility of spirochaetes was both dose- and time-dependent. The MBC values of the peptides were the same as the MIC values. CONCLUSION: The results of this study demonstrate that the activity of cathelicidin-derived peptides against spirochaetes is fast and highly variable, depending on the species and the strain.[1]References
- Comparative in vitro activity of five cathelicidin-derived synthetic peptides against Leptospira, Borrelia and Treponema pallidum. Sambri, V., Marangoni, A., Giacani, L., Gennaro, R., Murgia, R., Cevenini, R., Cinco, M. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. (2002) [Pubmed]
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