Peptides with dual antimicrobial and anticancer activities

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Main Author: Felício, Mário R.
Publication Date: 2017
Other Authors: Silva, Osmar N., Gonçalves, Sónia, Santos, Nuno C., Franco, Octávio L.
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: Copyright © 2017 Felício, Silva, Gonçalves, Santos and Franco. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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spelling Peptides with dual antimicrobial and anticancer activitiesAnticancer peptides (ACPs)Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs)CancerMulti-resistant infectionsBacteriaCopyright © 2017 Felício, Silva, Gonçalves, Santos and Franco. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.In recent years, the number of people suffering from cancer and multi-resistant infections has increased, such that both diseases are already seen as current and future major causes of death. Moreover, chronic infections are one of the main causes of cancer, due to the instability in the immune system that allows cancer cells to proliferate. Likewise, the physical debility associated with cancer or with anticancer therapy itself often paves the way for opportunistic infections. It is urgent to develop new therapeutic methods, with higher efficiency and lower side effects. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are found in the innate immune system of a wide range of organisms. Identified as the most promising alternative to conventional molecules used nowadays against infections, some of them have been shown to have dual activity, both as antimicrobial and anticancer peptides (ACPs). Highly cationic and amphipathic, they have demonstrated efficacy against both conditions, with the number of nature-driven or synthetically designed peptides increasing year by year. With similar properties, AMPs that can also act as ACPs are viewed as future chemotherapeutic drugs, with the advantage of low propensity to resistance, which started this paradigm in the pharmaceutical market. These peptides have already been described as molecules presenting killing mechanisms at the membrane level, but also acting toward intracellular targets, which increases their success compartively to one-target specific drugs. This review will approach the desirable characteristics of small peptides that demonstrated dual activity against microbial infections and cancer, as well as the peptides engaged in clinical trials.This work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia – Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (FCT-MCTES, Portugal), by Brazilian funding agencies CNPq, CAPES, FADPDF, FINEP, and FUNDECT, and by Marie Skłodowska-Curie, Research, and Innovation Staff Exchange (MSCA-RISE, European Union) project INPACT (call H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014, grant agreement 644167). MF acknowledges FCT-MCTES fellowship SPRH/BD/100517/2014. OS holds a postdoctoral scholarship from the National Council of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq) and Fundação de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento do Ensino, Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul (FUNDECT; 300583/2016-8).Frontiers MediaRepositório da Universidade de LisboaFelício, Mário R.Silva, Osmar N.Gonçalves, SóniaSantos, Nuno C.Franco, Octávio L.2018-04-16T14:06:33Z20172017-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/32820engFront. Chem. 5:52296-264610.3389/fchem.2017.00005info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2025-03-17T13:52:43Zoai:repositorio.ulisboa.pt:10451/32820Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-29T02:56:48.909399Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Peptides with dual antimicrobial and anticancer activities
title Peptides with dual antimicrobial and anticancer activities
spellingShingle Peptides with dual antimicrobial and anticancer activities
Felício, Mário R.
Anticancer peptides (ACPs)
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs)
Cancer
Multi-resistant infections
Bacteria
title_short Peptides with dual antimicrobial and anticancer activities
title_full Peptides with dual antimicrobial and anticancer activities
title_fullStr Peptides with dual antimicrobial and anticancer activities
title_full_unstemmed Peptides with dual antimicrobial and anticancer activities
title_sort Peptides with dual antimicrobial and anticancer activities
author Felício, Mário R.
author_facet Felício, Mário R.
Silva, Osmar N.
Gonçalves, Sónia
Santos, Nuno C.
Franco, Octávio L.
author_role author
author2 Silva, Osmar N.
Gonçalves, Sónia
Santos, Nuno C.
Franco, Octávio L.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Felício, Mário R.
Silva, Osmar N.
Gonçalves, Sónia
Santos, Nuno C.
Franco, Octávio L.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Anticancer peptides (ACPs)
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs)
Cancer
Multi-resistant infections
Bacteria
topic Anticancer peptides (ACPs)
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs)
Cancer
Multi-resistant infections
Bacteria
description Copyright © 2017 Felício, Silva, Gonçalves, Santos and Franco. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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