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- Title
A Linear 19-Mer Plant Defensin-Derived Peptide Acts Synergistically with Caspofungin against Candida albicans Biofilms.
- Authors
Cools, Tanne L.; Struyfs, Caroline; Drijfhout, Jan W.; Kucharíková, Soňa; Lobo Romero, Celia; Van Dijck, Patrick; Ramada, Marcelo H. S.; Bloch Jr., Carlos; Cammue, Bruno P. A.; Thevissen, Karin
- Abstract
Public health problems are associated with device-associated biofilm infections, with Candida albicans being the major fungal pathogen. We previously identified potent antibiofilm combination treatment in which the antifungal plant defensin HsAFP1 is co- administered with caspofungin, the preferred antimycotic to treat such infections. In this study, we identified the smallest linear HsAFP1-derived peptide that acts synergistically with caspofungin or anidulafungin against C. albicans as HsLin06_18, a 19-mer peptide derived from the C-terminal part of HsAFP1. The [caspofungin + HsLin06_18] combination significantly reduced in vitro biofilm formation of Candida glabrata and C. albicans on catheters, as well as biofilm formation of a caspofungin-resistant C. albicans strain. The [caspofungin + HsLin06_18] combination was not cytotoxic and reduced biofilm formation of C. albicans in vivo using a subcutaneous rat catheter model, as compared to control treatment. Mode of action research on the [caspofungin + HsLin06_18] combination pointed to caspofungin-facilitated HsLin06_18 internalization and immediate membrane permeabilization. All these findings point to broad-spectrum antibiofilm activity of a combination of HsLin06_18 and caspofungin.
- Subjects
CANDIDA albicans; BIOFILMS; DEFENSINS; PREVENTION
- Publication
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017, p1
- ISSN
1664-302X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fmicb.2017.02051