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