title: In vitro activities of small peptides from snake venom against clinical isolates of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
abstract: The recent re-emergence of tuberculosis, especially the multidrug-resistant cases, has highlighted the importance of screening effective novel drugs against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In this study, the in vitro activities of small peptides isolated from snake venom were investigated against multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were determined by the Bactec TB-460 radiometric method. A small peptide with the amino acid sequence ECYRKSDIVTCEPWQKFCYREVTFFPNHPVYLSGCASECTETNSKWCCTTDKCNRARGG (designated as vgf-1) from Naja atra (isolated from Yunnan province of China) venom had in vitro activity against clinically isolated multidrug-resistant strains of M. tuberculosis. The MIC was 8.5 mg/l. The antimycobacterial domain of this 60aa peptide is under investigation.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Institute of Genetics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China. jianpingxie@yahoo.com
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: S Q
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D017815:Elapidae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012910:Snake Venoms / Q000737:chemistry*; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D010455:Peptides; D012910:Snake Venoms