Helix induction in antimicrobial peptides by alginate in biofilms.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
C ChanC M Deber

Abstract

Bacterial exopolysaccharides provide protection against phagocytosis, opsonization, and dehydration and act as a major structural component of the extracellular matrix in biofilms. They contribute to biofilm-related resistance by acting as a diffusion barrier to positively charged antimicrobial agents including cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAPs). We previously created novel CAPs consisting of a nonamphipathic hydrophobic core flanked by Lys residues and containing a Trp residue in the hydrophobic segment as a fluorescent probe. Peptides of this type above a specific hydrophobicity threshold insert spontaneously into membranes and have antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria at micromolar concentrations. Here we show that alginate, a polymer of beta-d-mannuronate and alpha-l-guluronate secreted by the cystic fibrosis pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, induces an alpha-helical conformation detected by circular dichroism spectroscopy and blue shifts in Trp fluorescence maxima in peptides above the hydrophobicity threshold, changes typically observed upon association of such peptides with nonpolar (membrane) environments. Parallel effects were observed in the archetypical CAPs magainin II amide and...Continue Reading

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