INFLUENCE OF PEPTIDE P34 ON GENE EXPRESSION OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES AND LISTERIA SEELEGERI
Journal Title: International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 9, Issue 1
Abstract
Objective: Investigate the influence of the antimicrobial peptides P34 and nisin on the expression of genes associated with components of the cell surface of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria seeligeri.Methods: Antimicrobial activity was determined by addition of peptide P34 and nisin (12.5 µg/ml) onto Brain Heart Infusion agar (BHI) plates previously inoculated with indicator strains (L. monocytogenes ATCC 7644 or L. seeligeri AC 82/4) after incubation for 24 h at 37 °C or 240 h at 4 °C. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) was directly extracted from bacterial colonies at the border of the inhibition zones, and the expression levels of genes D-alanine-D-alanyl carrier protein ligase (dltA), putative phospholipid lysinylation (Imo 1695) and EIIABMan of mannose-specific PTS (mptA) were determined using real-time PCR.Results: A non-significant increase in the levels of transcription of genes dltA, Imo1695 and mptA was observed for L. monocytogenes treated with peptide P34 or nisin. Both peptides caused a similar decrease in dltA gene expression in L. seeligeri. The expression of gene Imo1695 significantly decreased (about 2000-fold) after treatment with the peptide P34 at 37 °C, while at 4 °C a reduction of 12-fold and 5-fold was detected for P34 and nisin, respectively. A significant decrease in mptA gene expression was observed by exposition to peptide P34 (31.872-fold) and nisin (16.047-fold) for 24 h at 37 °C.Conclusion: The results suggest that both peptide P34 and nisin influence the expression of genes related with the cell-surface/cell-membrane structure of L. seeligeri and in lesser extent L. monocytogenes.
Authors and Affiliations
Rodrigo De Almeida Vaucher, Janice Luehring Giongo, Magton Estivales, VirgÃnia Cielo Rech, Vivian Shinobu Kishimoto Nishihira, Cristiane Luchese, Ethel Antunes Wilhelm, Matheus DellamÉa Baldissera, Leonardo Quintana Soares Lopes, Roberto Christ Vianna Santos, Adriano Brandelli
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- DOI 10.22159/ijpps.2017v9i1.15391
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