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Title: | Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides in the Modern Era: An Updated Review | Authors: | Tajer, Layla Paillart, Jean-Christophe Dib, Hanna Sabatier, Jean-Marc Fajloun, Ziad Abi Khattar, Ziad |
Affiliations: | Faculty of Medicine | Keywords: | Antimicrobial peptides Antimicrobial resistance Bacterial membranes Cationic peptides Efflux pumps Host–pathogen interactions Lipopolysaccharides Molecular resistance Mutations Peptide modifications |
Issue Date: | 2024-06-21 | Publisher: | MDPI | Part of: | Microorganisms | Volume: | 12 | Issue: | 7 | Abstract: | Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a serious global health concern, resulting in a significant number of deaths annually due to infections that are resistant to treatment. Amidst this crisis, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have emerged as promising alternatives to conventional antibiotics (ATBs). These cationic peptides, naturally produced by all kingdoms of life, play a crucial role in the innate immune system of multicellular organisms and in bacterial interspecies competition by exhibiting broad-spectrum activity against bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites. AMPs target bacterial pathogens through multiple mechanisms, most importantly by disrupting their membranes, leading to cell lysis. However, bacterial resistance to host AMPs has emerged due to a slow co-evolutionary process between microorganisms and their hosts. Alarmingly, the development of resistance to last-resort AMPs in the treatment of MDR infections, such as colistin, is attributed to the misuse of this peptide and the high rate of horizontal genetic transfer of the corresponding resistance genes. AMP-resistant bacteria employ diverse mechanisms, including but not limited to proteolytic degradation, extracellular trapping and inactivation, active efflux, as well as complex modifications in bacterial cell wall and membrane structures. This review comprehensively examines all constitutive and inducible molecular resistance mechanisms to AMPs supported by experimental evidence described to date in bacterial pathogens. We also explore the specificity of these mechanisms toward structurally diverse AMPs to broaden and enhance their potential in developing and applying them as therapeutics for MDR bacteria. Additionally, we provide insights into the significance of AMP resistance within the context of host-pathogen interactions. |
URI: | https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/7462 | ISSN: | 2076-2607 | DOI: | 10.3390/microorganisms12071259 | Open URL: | Link to full text | Type: | Journal Article |
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