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High-throughput fluorescence screening assay for the identification and comparison of antimicrobial peptides’ activity on various yeast species
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SYSNO ASEP 0461653 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title High-throughput fluorescence screening assay for the identification and comparison of antimicrobial peptides’ activity on various yeast species Author(s) Kodedová, Marie (FGU-C) RID, ORCID
Sychrová, Hana (FGU-C) RID, ORCIDSource Title Journal of Biotechnology. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0168-1656
Roč. 233, Sep 10 (2016), s. 26-33Number of pages 8 s. Language eng - English Country NL - Netherlands Keywords diS-C3(3) assay ; antimicrobial peptide ; Candida ; membrane potential ; microplate reader Subject RIV EE - Microbiology, Virology R&D Projects TA04010638 GA TA ČR - Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA ČR) ED1.1.00/02.0109 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) Institutional support FGU-C - RVO:67985823 UT WOS 000380819300004 EID SCOPUS 84978253165 DOI 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.06.023 Annotation New antifungal compounds that circumvent the resistance of the pathogen by directly damaging yeast cell surface structures are promising agents for the treatment of fungal infections, due to their different mechanism of action from current clinically used antifungal drugs. We present here a rapid and cost-effective fluorescence method suitable for identifying new potent drugs that directly target yeast cell surface structures, causing cell permeabilization and thus bypassing the multidrug resistance mechanisms of pathogens. The fluorescence assay enabled us to detect with high sensitivity damage to the Candida plasma membrane (its hyperpolarization and permeabilization) as a result of short-term exposure to the antifungal compounds. Results can be obtained in 1–2 h with minimal effort and consumption of the tested compounds, also 96 samples can be analysed simultaneously. We used this method to study antimicrobial peptides isolated from the venom of bees and their synthetic analogs, compare the potency of the peptides and determine their minimal effective concentrations. The antimicrobial peptides were able to kill yeast cells at low concentrations within a 15-min treatment, the LL-III peptide exhibited a broad spectrum of antifungal activity on various Saccharomyces, pathogenic Candida and osmotolerant yeast species. Workplace Institute of Physiology Contact Lucie Trajhanová, lucie.trajhanova@fgu.cas.cz, Tel.: 241 062 400 Year of Publishing 2017
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