Design of novel antimicrobial peptide dimer analogues with enhanced antimicrobial activity in vitro and in vivo by intermolecular triazole bridge strategy
A series of side-chain hybrid dimer peptides were designed and synthesized by click chemistry. All dimer analogues exhibited significantly improved antimicrobial activity against bacterial strains in vitro. The acute toxicity in mice of all dimer analogues was examined by us. All dimer analogues had potential therapeutic efficacy in a mouse bacteremia model infected by E. coli. All dimer analogues had membrane-active action mode and had α-helix conformation in 50% trifluoroethanol