2021
Endocytosis and the Participation of Glycosaminoglycans Are Important to the Mechanism of Cell Death Induced by β‑Hairpin Antimicrobial Peptides
Buri M, Sperandio L, de Souza K, Antunes F, Rezende M, Melo C, Pinhal M, Barros C, Fernig D, Yates E, Ide J, Smaili S, Riske K, Nader H, dos Santos Tersariol I, Lima M, Judice W, Miranda A, Paredes-Gamero E. Endocytosis and the Participation of Glycosaminoglycans Are Important to the Mechanism of Cell Death Induced by β‑Hairpin Antimicrobial Peptides. ACS Applied Bio Materials 2021, 4: 6488-6501. PMID: 35006908, DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.1c00390.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell deathAntimicrobial peptidesSecondary structure homologyControl cell deathΒ-hairpin antimicrobial peptidesCommon mechanismCytotoxicity of AMPsStructure homologyMembrane permeabilizationGene expressionMitochondrial potentialCytotoxic modeEndocytosisCell membraneCell tumor modelΒ-hairpin peptidesAMP stimulationPeptidesDynaminHomologyPermeabilizationGlycosaminoglycansMechanismProteinCytotoxicity
2017
Binding, folding and insertion of a β-hairpin peptide at a lipid bilayer surface: Influence of electrostatics and lipid tail packing
Reid KA, Davis CM, Dyer RB, Kindt JT. Binding, folding and insertion of a β-hairpin peptide at a lipid bilayer surface: Influence of electrostatics and lipid tail packing. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes 2017, 1860: 792-800. PMID: 29291379, PMCID: PMC5780206, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.12.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsΒ-hairpin peptidesSVS-1POPC/POPG bilayersPOPC bilayersAtomistic molecular dynamics simulationsLipid bilayersInfluence of electrostaticsLipid bilayer surfaceMolecular dynamics simulationsCircular dichroism studiesCHARMM C36DPPG lipidsMixture of DPPCPOPG bilayersSpectroscopic studiesTail packingBilayer surfaceHydrophobic interactionsForce fieldHeadgroup packingTransient foldingDPPC bilayersDichroism studiesDynamics simulationsFluorescent peptides
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