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Abstract
The emergence of bacterial resistance to antibiotics poses a global health threat, necessitating innovative solutions. The contemporary challenge lies in bacterial resistance, impacting morbidity, mortality, and global economies. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) offer a promising avenue for addressing antibiotic resistance. The Antimicrobial Peptide Database catalogs 3569 peptides from various organisms, representing a rich resource for drug development. Histones, traditionally recognized for their role in nucleosome structures, have gained attention for their extracellular functions, including antimicrobial and immunomodulatory properties. This review aims to thoroughly investigate antimicrobial peptides derived from histones in various organisms, elucidating their mechanisms. In addition, it gives us clues about how extracellular histones might be used in drug delivery systems to fight bacterial infections. This comprehensive analysis emphasizes the importance of histone-derived peptides in developing innovative therapeutic strategies for evolving bacterial challenges.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Antibiotics seeks to promote research on antibiotics and related types of biologically active substances and publishes Articles, Review Articles, Brief Communication, Correspondence and other specially commissioned reports. The Journal of Antibiotics accepts papers on biochemical, chemical, microbiological and pharmacological studies. However, studies regarding human therapy do not fall under the journal’s scope. Contributions regarding recently discovered antibiotics and biologically active microbial products are particularly encouraged. Topics of particular interest within the journal''s scope include, but are not limited to, those listed below:
Discovery of new antibiotics and related types of biologically active substances
Production, isolation, characterization, structural elucidation, chemical synthesis and derivatization, biological activities, mechanisms of action, and structure-activity relationships of antibiotics and related types of biologically active substances
Biosynthesis, bioconversion, taxonomy and genetic studies on producing microorganisms, as well as improvement of production of antibiotics and related types of biologically active substances
Novel physical, chemical, biochemical, microbiological or pharmacological methods for detection, assay, determination, structural elucidation and evaluation of antibiotics and related types of biologically active substances
Newly found properties, mechanisms of action and resistance-development of antibiotics and related types of biologically active substances.