Li Yanru, Xu Xianghan, Zhang Xiaohui, Xu Zhihui, Zhao Jiaqi, Zhu Ruiyu, Wang Ziyu, Ran Wei, Zhao Wenqian, Yan Ningyang, Leng Yifan, Miao Zexu, Wang Xiaomin, Wang Liping, Liu Jinxin, Pian Cong, Huang Jinhu
Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Sanya, China.
College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Gut Microbes. 2025 Dec;17(1):2523811. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2025.2523811. Epub 2025 Jun 26.
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising candidates to address the global antimicrobial resistance crisis, yet their traditional design remains labor-intensive and inefficient. Here, we developed BroadAMP-GPT, an integrated computational-experimental framework that combines AI-driven generation, multi-tiered screening, and experimental validation to rapidly discover potent AMPs with broad-spectrum activity. Using this platform, 57% of AI-generated candidates exhibited potent efficacy against ESKAPE pathogens - key culprits of multidrug-resistant infections. An outstanding candidate, AMP_S13, demonstrated exceptional stability under diverse physiological conditions, including extreme pH (2-10), proteolytic exposure, and elevated temperatures, while maintaining minimal cytotoxicity and low hemolytic activity. AMP_S13 also showed robust efficacy, reducing mortality in infection model and accelerating wound healing in a murine MRSA skin infection model. These results validate BroadAMP-GPT as a transformative tool for accelerating the discovery of stable, broad-spectrum and low-toxicity AMPs, offering a scalable strategy to address the urgent threat of multidrug-resistant pathogens.
抗菌肽(AMPs)是应对全球抗菌药物耐药性危机的有前景的候选物,但其传统设计仍然劳动强度大且效率低下。在此,我们开发了BroadAMP-GPT,这是一个综合计算-实验框架,它结合了人工智能驱动的生成、多层筛选和实验验证,以快速发现具有广谱活性的强效抗菌肽。使用该平台,57%的人工智能生成的候选物对ESKAPE病原体(多重耐药感染的主要元凶)表现出强效功效。一个出色的候选物AMP_S13在多种生理条件下,包括极端pH值(2-10)、蛋白水解暴露和高温下,都表现出卓越的稳定性,同时保持最小的细胞毒性和低溶血活性。AMP_S13还显示出强大的功效,在感染模型中降低死亡率,并在小鼠耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌皮肤感染模型中加速伤口愈合。这些结果验证了BroadAMP-GPT作为加速发现稳定、广谱和低毒性抗菌肽的变革性工具,为应对多重耐药病原体的紧迫威胁提供了一种可扩展的策略。