Real-time monitoring the interfacial dynamic processes at model cell membranes: Taking cell penetrating peptide TAT as an example

S Sun, Y Xia, J Liu, Y Dou, K Yang, B Yuan… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A real-time and molecule-level monitoring of the interfacial dynamic interactions between
molecules and a cell membrane is of vital importance. Herein, taking TAT, one of the most …

Biophysical characterization of LTX-315 anticancer peptide interactions with model membrane platforms: effect of membrane surface charge

DJ Koo, TN Sut, SW Tan, BK Yoon… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
LTX-315 is a clinical-stage, anticancer peptide therapeutic that disrupts cancer cell
membranes. Existing mechanistic knowledge about LTX-315 has been obtained from cell …

Free energy barrier for melittin reorientation from a membrane-bound state to a transmembrane state

SJ Irudayam, T Pobandt… - The Journal of Physical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
An important step in a phospholipid membrane pore formation by melittin antimicrobial
peptide is a reorientation of the peptide from a surface into a transmembrane conformation …

Individual roles of peptides PGLa and Magainin 2 in synergistic membrane poration

W Ma, S Sun, W Li, Z Zhang, Z Lin, Y Xia, B Yuan… - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Synergy between antimicrobial peptides PGLa and Magainin 2 (MAG2) provides an efficient
way to enhance their antimicrobial ability. However, the underlying molecular mechanism of …

Interactions of aqueous imidazolium-based ionic liquid mixtures with solid-supported phospholipid vesicles

P Losada-Perez, M Khorshid, FU Renner - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Despite the environmentally friendly reputation of ionic liquids (ILs), their safety has been
recently questioned given their potential as cytotoxic agents. The fundamental mechanisms …

Self-association of antimicrobial peptides: A molecular dynamics simulation study on bombinin

P Petkov, E Lilkova, N Ilieva, L Litov - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a diverse group of membrane-active peptides which play
a crucial role as mediators of the primary host defense against microbial invasion. Many …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanism of anticancer effects of antimicrobial peptides

X Liu, Y Li, Z Li, X Lan, PHM Leung, J Li… - Journal of Fiber …, 2015 - global-sci.org
Abstract Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) were first known as a group of innate immune
products that mainly targets on the invading pathogens among multiple species. The …

Asymmetric disturbance and permeabilization of bilayer membranes by 3-nm carbon dots

W Li, Y Ma, L Ou, C Xu, Y Wei, K Yang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Small-sized fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) are gaining increasing attention in the field of
biomedical applications. The environmental and biological compatibility of positively …

Effect of N-terminal modification on the antimicrobial activity of nisin

X Yu, N Lu, J Wang, Z Chen, C Chen… - Food Control, 2020 - Elsevier
Nisin, the only antimicrobial peptide that has GRAS (generally considered as safe) status
from both WHO and FDA, has the potential to become an important natural antibiotic as …

Membrane-Active Peptides Attack Cell Membranes in a Lipid-Regulated Curvature-Generating Mode

Z Deng, X You, Z Lin, X Dong, B Yuan… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Membrane-active peptides (MAPs) exhibit great potential in biomedical applications due to
their unique ability to overcome the cell membrane barrier. However, the interactions …