Membrane perturbation activity of cationic phenylene ethynylene oligomers and polymers : selectivity against model bacterial and mammalian membranes
Poly(phenylene ethyneylene) (PPE)-based cationic conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs) and cationic phenylene ethynylene oligomers (OPEs) exhibit broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity, and their main target is believed to be the cell membrane. To understand better how these antimicrobial molecules inte...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1991. - 26(2010), 15 vom: 03. Aug., Seite 12509-14 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Alkynes Anti-Bacterial Agents Cations Ethers Polymers Unilamellar Liposomes phenyleneethynylene |
| Zusammenfassung: | Poly(phenylene ethyneylene) (PPE)-based cationic conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs) and cationic phenylene ethynylene oligomers (OPEs) exhibit broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity, and their main target is believed to be the cell membrane. To understand better how these antimicrobial molecules interact with membranes, a series of PPE-based CPEs and OPEs with different side chains were studied. Large unilamellar vesicles with lipid compositions mimicking those of mammalian or bacterial membranes were used as model membranes. Among the CPEs and OPEs tested, the anionic CPE, PPE-SO(3)(2-) and the smallest cationic OPE-1 are inactive against all vesicles. Other cationic CPEs and OPEs show significant membrane perturbation ability against bacterial membrane mimics but are inactive against a mammalian cell membrane mimic with the exception of PPE-DABCO and two end-only-functionalized OPEs, which also disrupted a mammalian cell membrane mimic. The results suggest that the phospholipid composition of vesicles dominates the interaction of CPE and OPE with lipid membranes |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 04.11.2010 Date Revised 29.07.2010 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/la102269y |