China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2020, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (11): 3626-3632.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2020.11.025

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Antibacterial Effect of Novel Armyworm Antimicrobial Peptide (AAP-1) Against Escherichia coli

LIAN Kaiqi1,2, ZHOU Lingling1, ZHANG Yuanchen1, SHI Zhiqi1, LIN Zhengdan1, SONG Yuwei1,2, WANG Shuangshan1, ZHANG Mingliang1,2   

  1. 1. School of Biotechnology and Food Science, Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang 455000, China;
    2. Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Veterinary Biologics Research and Application, Anyang 455000, China
  • Received:2020-04-20 Online:2020-11-20 Published:2020-11-20

Abstract: In order to evaluate the bactericidal activity of a novel armyworm antimicrobial peptide (AAP-1),the bactericidal effect of AAP-1 on Escherichia coli (E.coli) was investigated.Firstly,AAP-1 was synthesized by solid-phase chemically synthesis,and purified by high-performance liquid chromatography and tested by mass spectrometry.Then,the bactericidal effect of AAP-1 against E.coli was determined by the bacteriostatic circle method.The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was detected by the double dilution method.The time kill curve was measured by bacterial plate counting method.Finally,the effect of AAP-1 on the nucleic acid leakage of E.coli was evaluation by ultra-micro spectrophotometer.The effect of AAP-1 on the intracellular DNA of E.coli was tested by nucleic acid gel electrophoresis.The overall effect of AAP-1 on E.coli was observed through transmission electron microscope.The results showed that the purity of the synthesized AAP-1 was more than 98%,and its molecular weight was 4 262.17 u.AAP-1 showed good antibacterial activity against E.coli,with a MIC of 7.8 μg/mL.AAP-1 had a concentration-dependent bactericidal effect on E.coli,and within 60 min the bactericidal effect gradually increased.AAP-1 could cause the nucleic acid leakage of E.coli,and resulted in a reduction in the total amount of intracellular DNA of E.coli with concentration-dependent.AAP-1 could also cause cell membrane destruction,significantly reduce intracellular electron density,resulted in cytoplasmic dissolution of E.coli,and so on.In summary,this study suggested that a novel antimicrobial peptide AAP-1 could be chemically synthesized with a purity of up to 98% and showed its good bactericidal effect on E.coli.This study could provide preliminary data for the in-depth study of the bactericidal mechanism of AAP-1 against E.coli and laid a theoretical foundation for the clinical application of AAP-1.

Key words: antimicrobial peptide; Escherichia coli; antibacterial curve; cell membrane

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