Nanozyme Laboratory in Zhongyuan, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
CAS Engineering Laboratory for Nanozyme, National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Nat Commun. 2024 Jul 5;15(1):5636. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50094-6.
Natural antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and enzymes (AMEs) are promising non-antibiotic candidates against antimicrobial resistance but suffer from low efficiency and poor stability. Here, we develop peptide nanozymes which mimic the mode of action of AMPs and AMEs through de novo design and peptide assembly. Through modelling a minimal building block of IHIHICI is proposed by combining critical amino acids in AMPs and AMEs and hydrophobic isoleucine to conduct assembly. Experimental validations reveal that IHIHICI assemble into helical β-sheet nanotubes with acetate modulation and perform phospholipase C-like and peroxidase-like activities with Ni coordination, demonstrating high thermostability and resistance to enzymatic degradation. The assembled nanotubes demonstrate cascade antifungal actions including outer mannan docking, wall disruption, lipid peroxidation and subsequent ferroptotic death, synergistically killing >90% Candida albicans within 10 min on disinfection pad. These findings demonstrate an effective de novo design strategy for developing materials with multi-antimicrobial mode of actions.
天然抗菌肽 (AMPs) 和酶 (AMEs) 是很有前途的非抗生素候选物,可以对抗抗微生物药物耐药性,但它们的效率低,稳定性差。在这里,我们通过从头设计和肽组装,开发了模仿 AMPs 和 AMEs 作用模式的肽纳米酶。通过建模,提出了 IHIHICI 的最小构建模块,该模块通过将 AMPs 和 AMEs 中的关键氨基酸与疏水性异亮氨酸结合来进行组装。实验验证表明,IHIHICI 可以在醋酸盐的调节下组装成螺旋 β-折叠纳米管,并通过镍配位表现出类磷脂酶 C 和过氧化物酶样活性,具有高热稳定性和抗酶降解能力。组装的纳米管表现出级联抗真菌作用,包括外层甘露聚糖对接、细胞壁破坏、脂质过氧化和随后的铁死亡,在消毒垫上 10 分钟内协同杀死超过 90%的白色念珠菌。这些发现为开发具有多种抗菌作用模式的材料提供了一种有效的从头设计策略。
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