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Further aspects on the hemolytic activity of the antibiotic lipopeptide iturin A
Authors:Francisco J Aranda
Institution:Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular-A, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
Abstract:The bacterial lipopeptide iturin A is able to cause hemolysis of human erythrocytes in a dose-dependent manner. Hemolysis takes place at iturin concentrations below its critical micellar concentration. Relative kinetics determinations clearly show that K+ leakage occurs prior to hemoglobin release. Furthermore, hemolysis can be prevented by addition to the outer solution of osmotic protectants of appropriate size. Altogether these results indicate that iturin A-induced hemolysis follows a colloid-osmotic mechanism, with the formation of a membrane pore of average diameter 32 Å. Iturin A is capable of inducing leakage of an aqueous fluorescent probe trapped in human erythrocyte ghosts, but not in large unilamellar liposomes made of various lipid compositions. The different permeabilizing effects of iturin A on model and biological membranes are discussed on the light of the presented results.
Keywords:Iturin  Lipopeptides  Biosurfactants  Liposomes  Hemolysis
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