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Modulation Of Antibacterial Activity And Cytotoxicity In Amphipathic Cyclic Peptide [R4w4] Using Histidine Substitution, Ryan Stueber
Modulation Of Antibacterial Activity And Cytotoxicity In Amphipathic Cyclic Peptide [R4w4] Using Histidine Substitution, Ryan Stueber
Pharmaceutical Sciences (MS) Theses
Antibiotics have been the gold standard frontline defense against bacterial infections for decades. At the same time, these infecting bacteria have continued to evolve to resist developed antibiotics in an almost endless cycle. As such, we aim to take an alternative approach utilizing antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as a means to end this cycle. [R4W4] is among known AMPs that demonstrated antimicrobial activity against methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 2.67 μg/mL. This peptide had notably effective antimicrobial activity, especially relative to linear (R4W4). However, it displayed a concerning level of cytotoxicity; eliciting a human embryonic …