title: Activity of cecropin P1 and FA-LL-37 against urogenital microflora.
abstract: Two mammalian antimicrobial peptides, FA-LL-37 and cecropin P1, were tested for activity against six uropathogens and five Lactobacillus strains by broth microdilution assay. Both peptides inhibited Escherichia coli at 25 microM (FA-LL-39), and 1.56 microM (cecropin P1), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (12.5 microM, and 25 microM), and Klebsiella pneumoniae, (50 microM, and 1.56 microM), but not Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus epidermidis. FA-LL-37 acted bacteriocidally against E. coli and bacteriostatically against the other two Gram-negative organisms. Cecropin P1 was bacteriocidal to all susceptible bacteria. Lactobacilli were resistant to both peptides, with the exception of poultry isolate Lactobacillus fermentum B-54, which was susceptible to FA-LL-37 at 100 microM. The differential activities of these peptides toward Gram-negative uropathogens versus urogenital lactobacilli demonstrate their potential as a topical treatment for urinary tract infections. In addition, production of such peptides in vivo could be a natural mechanism to aid in the maintenance of the lactobacilli-dominated urogenital flora at the expense of pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Lawson Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Smeianov
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reid
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D054804:Cathelicidins; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D054804:Cathelicidins; D010455:Peptides; C070016:cecropin P1-LI