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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Improvement of the Antibacterial Activity of Phage Lysin-Derived Peptide P87 through Maximization of Physicochemical Properties and Assessment of Its Therapeutic Potential.

Roberto Vázquez, Antonio Doménech-Sánchez, Susana Ruiz, Julio Sempere, Jose Yuste, Sebastián Albertí, Pedro García

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Roberto VázquezCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28048 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7919-552X
Antonio Doménech-SánchezInstituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de las Islas Baleares, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7892-8349
Susana RuizCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28048 Madrid, Spain.
Julio SempereCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9340-6867
Jose YusteCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7996-0837
Sebastián AlbertíInstituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de las Islas Baleares, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Pedro GarcíaCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28048 Madrid, Spain.
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias · ESHealth Research Institute of the Balearic Islands · ESInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ES

Funding

Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES) CB06/06/0003Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2020-119298RB-I00Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness RTI2018-100701-B-I00Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness SAF2017-88664-R
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phage lysins are a promising alternative to common antibiotic chemotherapy. However, they have been regarded as less effective against Gram-negative pathogens unless engineered, e.g., by fusing them to antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). AMPs themselves pose an alternative to antibiotics. In this work, AMP P87, previously derived from a phage lysin (Pae87) with a presumed nonenzymatic mode-of-action, was investigated to improve its antibacterial activity. Five modifications were designed to maximize the hydrophobic moment and net charge, producing the modified peptide P88, which was evaluated in terms of bactericidal activity, cytotoxicity, MICs or synergy with antibiotics. P88 had a better bactericidal performance than P87 (an average of 6.0 vs. 1.5 log-killing activity on

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antimicrobial peptidesphage lysinsPseudomonas aeruginosasynergy

Identifiers

PMID36290106
PMCPMC9598152
OpenAlexW4307122091

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