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6. The Design and Evaluation of Heparin‐Binding Foldamers

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Choi, Sungwook, primary, Clements, Dylan J., additional, Pophristic, Vojislava, additional, Ivanov, Ivaylo, additional, Vemparala, Satyavani, additional, Bennett, Joel S., additional, Klein, Michael L., additional, Winkler, Jeffrey D., additional, and DeGrado, William F., additional

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2005
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9. Synthetic mimics of antimicrobial peptides.

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Som A, Vemparala S, Ivanov I, and Tew GN

Subjects
Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents chemistry, Biomimetic Materials chemistry, Cell Membrane drug effects, Computer Simulation, Microbial Viability drug effects, Peptides chemistry, Anti-Bacterial Agents chemical synthesis, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Biomimetic Materials chemical synthesis, Biomimetic Materials pharmacology, Peptides chemical synthesis, Peptides pharmacology
Abstract

Infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance are now considered the most imperative global healthcare problem. In the search for new treatments, host defense, or antimicrobial, peptides have attracted considerable attention due to their various unique properties; however, attempts to develop in vivo therapies have been severely limited. Efforts to develop synthetic mimics of antimicrobial peptides (SMAMPs) have increased significantly in the last decade, and this review will focus primarily on the structural evolution of SMAMPs and their membrane activity. This review will attempt to make a bridge between the design of SMAMPs and the fundamentals of SMAMP-membrane interactions. In discussions regarding the membrane interaction of SMAMPs, close attention will be paid to the lipid composition of the bilayer. Despite many years of study, the exact conformational aspects responsible for the high selectivity of these AMPs and SMAMPs toward bacterial cells over mammalian cells are still not fully understood. The ability to design SMAMPs that are potently antimicrobial, yet nontoxic to mammalian cells has been demonstrated with a variety of molecular scaffolds. Initial animal studies show very good tissue distribution along with more than a 4-log reduction in bacterial counts. The results on SMAMPs are not only extremely promising for novel antibiotics, but also provide an optimistic picture for the greater challenge of general proteomimetics.

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2008
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