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@ARTICLE{Silva:418100,
author = {Silva, Tânia and Claro, Bárbara and Silva, Bruno F. B.
and Vale, Nuno and Gomes, Paula and Gomes, Maria Salomé and
Funari, Sergio de Souza and Teixeira, José and Uhríková,
Daniela and Bastos, Margarida},
title = {{U}nravelling a {M}echanism of {A}ction for a {C}ecropin
{A}-{M}elittin {H}ybrid {A}ntimicrobial {P}eptide: {T}he
{I}nduced {F}ormation of {M}ultilamellar {L}ipid {S}tacks},
journal = {Langmuir},
volume = {34},
number = {5},
issn = {1520-5827},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {ACS Publ.},
reportid = {PUBDB-2019-00187},
pages = {2158 - 2170},
year = {2018},
note = {© American Chemical Society},
abstract = {An understanding of the mechanism of action of
antimicrobial peptides is fundamental to the development of
new and more active antibiotics. In the present work, we use
a wide range of techniques (SANS, SAXD, DSC, ITC, CD, and
confocal and electron microscopy) in order to fully
characterize the interaction of a cecropin A-melittin hybrid
antimicrobial peptide, CA(1-7)M(2-9), of known antimicrobial
activity, with a bacterial model membrane of POPE/POPG in an
effort to unravel its mechanism of action. We found that
CA(1-7)M(2-9) disrupts the vesicles, inducing membrane
condensation and forming an onionlike structure of
multilamellar stacks, held together by the intercalated
peptides. SANS and SAXD revealed changes induced by the
peptide in the lipid bilayer thickness and the bilayer
stiffening in a tightly packed liquid-crystalline lamellar
phase. The analysis of the observed abrupt changes in the
repeat distance upon the phase transition to the gel state
suggests the formation of an L$_γ$ phase. To the extent of
our knowledge, this is the first time that the $_γ$ phase
is identified as part of the mechanism of action of
antimicrobial peptides. The energetics of interaction
depends on temperature, and ITC results indicate that
CA(1-7)M(2-9) interacts with the outer leaflet. This further
supports the idea of a surface interaction that leads to
membrane condensation and not to pore formation. As a
result, we propose that this peptide exerts its
antimicrobial action against bacteria through extensive
membrane disruption that leads to cell death.},
cin = {DOOR / FS-PEX},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)HAS-User-20120731 / I:(DE-H253)FS-PEX-20130206},
pnm = {6215 - Soft Matter, Health and Life Sciences (POF3-621)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6215},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)D-A2-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:29304549},
UT = {WOS:000424730500037},
doi = {10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03639},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/418100},
}