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ArticleScientific reports2021

Identification of potential therapeutic antimicrobial peptides against Acinetobacter baumannii in a mouse model of pneumonia.

Chiau-Jing Jung, You-Di Liao, Chih-Chieh Hsu, Ting-Yu Huang, Yu-Chung Chuang, Jeng-Wei Chen, Yu-Min Kuo, Jean-San Chia

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Chiau-Jing JungDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, No. 250, Wuxing Street, Taipei, 11031, Taiwan. cjjung@tmu.edu.tw.
You-Di LiaoInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chih-Chieh HsuGraduate Institute of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ting-Yu HuangGraduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Jen Ai Road Section 1, Taipei, 10051, Taiwan.
Yu-Chung ChuangDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jeng-Wei ChenDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yu-Min KuoGraduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jean-San ChiaGraduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Jen Ai Road Section 1, Taipei, 10051, Taiwan. chiajs@ntu.edu.tw.
National Taiwan University · TWNational Taiwan University Hospital · TWInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica · TWTaipei Medical University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii-induced nosocomial pneumonia has become a serious clinical problem because of high antibiotic resistance rates. Antimicrobial peptides (AMP) are an ideal alternative strategy due to their broad-spectrum of antimicrobial activity and low incidence of bacterial resistance. However, their application is limited by toxicity and stability in vivo. The present study used a mouse model to directly identify potential AMPs effective for treatment of A. baumannii-induced pneumonia. Fifty-eight AMPs were screened and two identified (SMAP-29 and TP4) to have prophylactic effects which prevented the death of mice with pneumonia. Furthermore, two TP4 derivatives (dN4 and dC4) were found to have therapeutic activity in pneumonia mouse models by peritoneal or intravenous administration. Both dN4 and dC4 also inhibited and/or eliminated A. baumannii biofilms at higher doses. Taken together, these data suggest the AMP derivatives dN4 and dC4 represent a potential treatment strategy for A. baumannii-induced pneumonia.

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Microbial Sensitivity TestsAcinetobacter baumanniiAcinetobacter InfectionsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBiofilmsCarbapenemsChemistry, PharmaceuticalDisease Models, AnimalDrug DesignDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialHemolysisMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CPeptidesAnti-Bacterial AgentsCarbapenemsPeptidesPore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins

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PMID33795739
PMCPMC8016998
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