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ArticleThe Journal of antibiotics2021

A short synthetic peptide, based on LyeTx I from Lycosa erythrognatha venom, shows potential to treat pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii without detectable resistance.

William Gustavo Lima, Júlio César Moreira Brito, Maria Elena de Lima, Amanda Cristina Silva Tardelli Pizarro, Maria Auxiliadora Martins de Mello Vianna, Magna Cristina de Paiva, Débora Cristina Sampaio de Assis, Valbert Nascimento Cardoso, Simone Odília Antunes Fernandes

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Article in The Journal of antibiotics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Antimicrobial peptides from arthropod venoms exhibit activity againstThe journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases · 2026
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  8. The Synthetic Peptide LyeTx I mn∆K, Derived fromAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

William Gustavo LimaLaboratório de Radioisótopos, Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. williamgustavofarmacia@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8946-9363
Júlio César Moreira BritoFundação Ezequiel Dias (FUNED), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Maria Elena de LimaFaculdade Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Senso de Medicina e Biomedicina, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Amanda Cristina Silva Tardelli PizarroFundação Hospitalar do Estado de Minas Gerais (FHEMIG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Maria Auxiliadora Martins de Mello ViannaFundação Hospitalar do Estado de Minas Gerais (FHEMIG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Magna Cristina de PaivaLaboratório de Diagnóstico Laboratorial e Microbiologia Clínica, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Divinópolis, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9375-7261
Débora Cristina Sampaio de AssisEscola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Valbert Nascimento CardosoLaboratório de Radioisótopos, Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Simone Odília Antunes FernandesLaboratório de Radioisótopos, Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. simoneodilia@yahoo.com.br.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BRFundação Hospitalar do Estado de Minas Gerais · BREzequiel Dias Foundation · BRFederal University of São João del-Rei · BRGrupo Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, especially carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), together with relative stagnation in the development of effective antibiotics, has led to enormous health and economic problems. In this study, we aimed to describe the antibacterial spectrum of LyeTx I mnΔK, a short synthetic peptide based on LyeTx I from Lycosa erythrognatha venom, against CRAB. LyeTx I mnΔK showed considerable antibacterial activity against extensively resistant A. baumannii, with minimum inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations ranging from 1 to 16 µM and 2 to 32 µM, respectively. This peptide significantly increased the release of 260 nm-absorbing intracellular material from CRAB, suggesting bacteriolysis. LyeTx I mnΔK was shown to act synergistically with meropenem and colistin against CRAB. The cytotoxic concentration of LyeTx I mnΔK against Vero cells (CC

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Acinetobacter baumanniiAcinetobacter InfectionsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBiofilmsCarbapenemsChlorocebus aethiopsDrug Resistance, BacterialDrug StabilityDrug SynergismFemaleHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPeptidesAnti-Bacterial AgentsCarbapenemsPeptidesSpider Venoms

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PMID33972716
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