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- Title
First Insights about Antiparasitic and Action Mechanisms of the Antimicrobial Peptide Hepcidin from Salmonids against Caligus rogercresseyi.
- Authors
Santana, Paula A.; Arancibia, Camila; Tamayo, Laura; Cumillaf, Juan Pablo; Roman, Tanya; Cárdenas, Constanza; Paillan Suarez, Cinthya; Álvarez, Claudio A.; Guzman, Fanny
- Abstract
Currently, one of the primary challenges in salmon farming is caligidosis, caused by the copepod ectoparasites Caligus spp. The infection process is determined by the copepod's ability to adhere to the fish skin through the insertion of its chitin-composed filament. In this study, we examined several antimicrobial peptides previously identified in salmonid mucosal secretions, with a primary focus on their potential to bind to chitin as an initial step. The binding capacity to chitin was tested, with hepcidin and piscidin showing positive results. Further assessments involving cytotoxicity in salmonid cells RTgill-W1, SHK-1, RTS-11, and RT-gut indicated that the peptides did not adversely affect cell viability. However, hemolysis assays unveiled the hemolytic capacity of piscidin at lower concentrations, leading to the selection of hepcidin for antiparasitic assays. The results demonstrated that the nauplius II stage of C. rogercresseyi exhibited higher susceptibility to hepcidin treatments, achieving a 50% reduction in parasitic involvement at 50 µM. Utilizing fluorescence and scanning electron microscopy, we observed the localization of hepcidin on the surface of the parasite, inducing significant spherical protuberances along the exoskeleton of C. rogercresseyi. These findings suggest that cysteine-rich AMPs derived from fish mucosa possess the capability to alter the development of the chitin exoskeleton in copepod ectoparasites, making them therapeutic targets to combat recurrent parasitic diseases in salmon farming.
- Subjects
CHITIN; ANTIMICROBIAL peptides; HEPCIDIN; ANIMAL exoskeletons; FISH skin; SALMON farming; SCANNING electron microscopy
- Publication
Pharmaceutics, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 3, p378
- ISSN
1999-4923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/pharmaceutics16030378