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Natural roles of antimicrobial peptides in microbes, plants and animals

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Maróti, Gergely, Kereszt, Attila, Kondorosi, Éva, Mergaert, Peter·2011·Research in Microbiology

Abstract

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are ribosomally synthesized natural antibiotics that are crucial effectors of innate immune systems in all living organisms. AMPs are diverse peptides, differing in their amino acid composition and structure, that generally display rapid killing and broad-spectrum antimicrobial activities. Therefore, AMPs have high potential for therapeutic use in healthcare and agriculture. This review focuses on in vivo studies relating how organisms - bacteria, plants, insects and mammals - employ AMPs in their interactions with microbial competitors, pathogens and symbionts.

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  • AMPs can be secreted in the outer parts of the body and play functions in the control/establishment of ectosymbiosis, as described for the hydrothermal worm Alvinella pompejana.

    “AMPs are chemical components that take part in both the internal and external immune defenses (i.e., they can be secreted in the outer parts of the body), thus playing functions in the control/establishment of ectosymbiosis as described for the hydrothermal worm Alvinella pompejana (19–21).”

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Authors
Maróti, G., Kereszt, A., Kondorosi, É., & Mergaert, P.
Affiliations
  • Károly Róbert University College (HU)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
Corresponding author
Mergaert, Peter
Venue
Research in Microbiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-05
Volume
162
Issue
4
Pages
363-374
ISSN
  • 0769-2609 (ISSN-L)
  • 0923-2508
OpenAlex
W2059029857
Cited by
298
References
89
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FWCI
2.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Research in Microbiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Funders
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-09-BLAN-0396)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Microbiology › Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Antimicrobial agents and applications
Keywords
antimicrobial peptides, innate immunity, natural antibiotics, ribosomally synthesized peptides, host-pathogen interaction, symbionts, bacteria, plants, insects, mammals, broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity
MeSH terms
Animals, Bacteria, Humans, Insecta, Mammals, Plants, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides

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