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różnorodność peptydów przeciwdrobnoustrojowych bezkręgowców

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Zdybicka-Barabas A., Cytryńska M.
Kosmos
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2017
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vol. 66
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issue 4
563-574
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Peptydy przeciwdrobnoustrojowe są kluczowymi efektorami odporności wrodzonej. Wykazują działanie przeciwbakteryjne, przeciwgrzybowe, przeciwpierwotniacze, a często przeciwwirusowe i przeciwnowotworowe. Wiele z nich zaangażowanych jest w neutralizację endotoksyn patogenów oraz ma właściwości immunomodulacyjne, stąd określane są również jako peptydy odpornościowe. O bogactwie i różnorodności naturalnie występujących peptydów przeciwdrobnoustrojowych świadczy ich liczba zgromadzona w bazie Antimicrobial Peptide Database (aps.unmc.edu/AP/main.php), która zawiera dane dotyczące ponad 2100 peptydów zidentyfikowanych u zwierząt. Spośród nich ponad 570 to peptydy odpornościowe bezkręgowców, w tym 495 opisanych u stawonogów. Niezwykle szerokie występowanie peptydów przeciwdrobnoustrojowych u przedstawicieli wszystkich królestw jednoznacznie wskazuje na ich fundamentalną rolę w sukcesie ewolucyjnym złożonych organizmów wielokomórkowych. Ich zasadnicze znaczenie w odporności bezkręgowców podkreśla ponadto fakt, że większość opisanych pod tym względem gatunków wytwarza zestaw peptydów zróżnicowanych pod względem struktury przestrzennej, właściwości biochemicznych, mechanizmu działania oraz spektrum aktywności przeciwdrobnoustrojowej.
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are the key effectors of innate immunity. They exhibit antimicrobial, antifungal, antiprotozoal, and often antiviral and anticancer activities. Many of them are involved in neutralization of pathogen endotoxins, have immunomodulatory properties, and are therefore referred to as defense peptides (host defense peptides). The wealth and diversity of naturally occurring AMPs is evidenced by their numbers in the Antimicrobial Peptide Database (aps.unmc.edu/AP/main.php), which contains data on over 2100 peptides identified in animals. Of these, over 570 are invertebrate peptides, including 495 described in arthropods. The unusually widespread presence of AMPs in all kingdoms clearly indicates their fundamental role in the evolutionary success of complex multicellular organisms. Their essential role in invertebrate immunity further emphasizes the fact that most species produce a set of defense peptides varied in terms of spatial structure, biochemical properties, mechanism of action and spectrum of antimicrobial activity.
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Three Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains with different protease profiles

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Andrejko M., Zdybicka-Barabas A., Janczarek M., Cytryńska M.
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2013
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vol. 60
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issue 1
83-90
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The proteolytic activity of three Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains, ATCC 27853 - a reference strain, and two clinical isolates was tested. The activity was examined after culturing the bacteria in two different growth media: the minimal M9 medium and rich Luria-Bertani broth (LB). Based on zymograms and protease activity specific assays, it was concluded that the reference strain produced three proteolytic enzymes in the LB medium: protease IV, elastase B and elastase A, while alkaline protease was only produced in the M9 medium. The clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa produced elastase B and alkaline protease when grown in the LB medium and the minimal M9 medium, respectively. PCR analysis confirmed the presence of both the lasB gene encoding elastase B and aprA coding for alkaline protease in the genomes of the three P. aeruginosa strains analyzed. The expression of these genes coding for two important P. aeruginosa virulence factors was dependent on the growth conditions in all the strains studied. The contribution of the extracellular proteinases to the virulence of P. aeruginosa strains used in this study was investigated using an insect model, the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella.
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The involvement of protein kinase A in the immune response of Galleria mellonella larvae to bacteria

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Cytryńska M., Zdybicka-Barabas A., Jakubowicz T.
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2007
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vol. 54
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issue 1
167-174
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The role of protein kinase A (PKA) in the humoral immune response of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella larvae to live Gram-positive bacteria Micrococcus lysodeikticus and Gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli was investigated. The immune challenge of larvae with both kinds of bacteria caused an increase in fat body PKA activity depending on the injected bacteria. Gram-positive M. lysodeikticus was a much better inducer of the enzyme activity than Gram-negative E. coli. The PKA activity was increased about 2.5-fold and 1.5-fold, after M. lysodeikticus and E. coli injection, respectively. The in vivo inhibition of the enzyme activity by a cell permeable selective PKA inhibitor, Rp-8-Br-cAMPS, was correlated with considerable changes of fat body lysozyme content and hemolymph antimicrobial activity in bacteria-challenged insects. The kinetics of changes were different and dependent on the bacteria used for the immune challenge of G. mellonella larvae.
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The effect of Galleria mellonella hemolymph polypeptides on Legionella gormanii

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Chmiel E., Palusinska-Szysz M., Zdybicka-Barabas A., Cytryńska M., Mak P.
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2014
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vol. 61
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issue 1
123-127
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Among Legionella species, which are recognized to be pathogenic for humans, L. gormanii is the second prevalent causative agent of community-acquired pneumonia after L. pneumophila. Anti-L. gormanii activity of Galleria mellonella hemolymph extract and apolipophorin III (apoLp-III) was examined. The extract and apoLp-III at the concentration 0.025 mg/ml caused 75% and 10% decrease of the bacteria survival rate, respectively. The apoLp-III-induced changes of the bacteria cell surface were analyzed for the first time by atomic force microscopy. Our studies demonstrated the powerful anti-Legionella effects of the insect defence polypeptides, which could be exploited in drugs design against these pathogens.
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