Determining the effect of a new truncated CecropinA-Magenin2 (CE-MA) hybrid peptide on the expression of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis efflux genes
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Abstract
A significant issue in treating bacterial infections is multidrug resistance (MDR) microbes. Drug efflux pumps that reduce cellular drug accumulation are frequently linked to drug resistance. In this study, we set out to determine the effects of CE-MA truncated peptide derivatives against MDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Following the assessment of the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of these peptides against MDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a Real-Time PCR was used to examine the expression of six drug efflux pump genes. Next, an MTT assay was performed to test the cytotoxicity of peptides against the A549 cell line. The outcomes demonstrated that CE-MA significantly upregulated gene expression of mmr, and Rv0876c (⩾ 4-fold) than untreated bacteria. Also, under CMt2 stress, significant overexpression of Rv0876c and drrA was seen. However, the results show that upregulation in CMt2-treated bacteria in comparison CE-MA treated bacteria is significantly less for genes tap (P < 0.05), mmr (P < 0.0001), and Rv0876c (P < 0.001). Meanwhile, CMt1 only upregulated the Rv0876c gene and downregulated gene expression of tap, drrA, and mmr. It was also found that all three peptides have no significant effect (P > 0.05) on changing the expression of genes drrC and pstB. Less than 10% of the A549 cell line was susceptible to the toxicity of CMt1 and CMt2 at their MICs range. Our results emphasize the significance of investigating novel peptide-based approaches to combat MDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis and point to these peptides as prospective candidates for additional research.
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