de Cena Gabrielle L, Tada Dayane B, Lucchi Danilo B M, Santos Tiago A A, Heras Montserrat, Juliano Maria, Torres Braconi Carla, Castanho Miguel A R B, Lopes-Ferreira Mônica, Conceição Katia
Laboratory of Peptide Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São José dos Campos, Brazil.
Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotoxicology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São José dos Campos, Brazil.
Biotechnol Rep (Amst). 2024 Nov 28;45:e00867. doi: 10.1016/j.btre.2024.e00867. eCollection 2025 Mar.
The biochemical analysis of animal venoms has been intensifying over the years, enabling the prediction of new molecules derived from toxins, harnessing the therapeutic potential of these molecules. From the venom of the fish , using methods for predicting antimicrobial and cell-penetrating peptides, two peptides from Natterins with promising characteristics were synthesized and subjected to and analysis. The peptides were subjected to stability tests and antimicrobial assays, cytotoxicity in murine fibroblast cells, antiviral assays against the Chikungunya virus, and the toxicity on was also evaluated. The findings underscore the peptides' robust stability under varying temperatures and pH conditions and resistance to proteolytic degradation. The peptides demonstrated significant antimicrobial efficacy, minimal cytotoxicity, and low hemolytic activity. Although their antiviral efficacy was limited, they showed potential at specific stages of viral replication. The toxicity tests indicated a favorable safety profile. These findings suggest that this approach can aid in the development of antimicrobial agents, offering a faster and personalized method to combat microbial infections, and represent a promising discovery in venom biotechnology research.
多年来,对动物毒液的生化分析一直在加强,这使得能够预测源自毒素的新分子,并利用这些分子的治疗潜力。从鱼的毒液中,利用预测抗菌肽和细胞穿透肽的方法,合成了两种具有良好特性的纳特菌素肽,并进行了分析。对这些肽进行了稳定性测试和抗菌测定、小鼠成纤维细胞的细胞毒性、针对基孔肯雅病毒的抗病毒测定,还评估了对的毒性。研究结果强调了这些肽在不同温度和pH条件下的强大稳定性以及对蛋白水解降解的抗性。这些肽表现出显著的抗菌效果、最小的细胞毒性和低溶血活性。尽管它们的抗病毒效果有限,但在病毒复制的特定阶段显示出潜力。毒性测试表明其安全性良好。这些发现表明,这种方法有助于抗菌剂的开发,提供一种更快且个性化的方法来对抗微生物感染,并且代表了毒液生物技术研究中的一项有前景的发现。