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The aim of this study was to understand development of resistance to alamethicin (a model barrel stave pore forming antimicrobial peptide) by investigating changes in phospholipid profile, fatty acid side chain analysis and extent of alamethicin insertion in biomimetic membrane prepared form wild type strains and five folds alamethicin resistant variants ofStaphylococcus aureus NCDC 110,Enterococcus faecalis NCDC 114 andBacillus cereus NCDC 66. The wild type strains NCDC 110, 114, 66, were sensitive to alamethicin with IC50 5.5, 3.25 and 2.0 μg/ml respectively. Wild type strains were cultured in the presence of alamethicin to select resistant variants with IC50 29.0, 17.0 and 9.5 μg/ml respectively. The phospholipid profile analysis revealed increase in amino-group containing phospholipids to amino-group lacking phospholipids ratio between wild-type and resistant variant inS. aureus and B. cereus but decreased inE. faecalis. Predominant fatty acids in all strains were composed of even number of carbons. Linoleic acid was detected only in resistant strain ofB. cereus. As indicated by saturated-to-unsaturated fatty acids ratio, the membrane fromS. aureus andE. faecalis became more rigid, whereas, inB. cereus it became more fluid. Using a colorimetricin vitro assay, a decrease in alamethicin insertion in the biomimetic membrane could be observed upon acquisition of resistance. The membranes of five-fold alamethicin-resistantS. aureus, E. faecalis andB. cereus revealed changes in membrane fluidity and surface charge upon acquisition of resistance to alamethicin.
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Thippeswamy, H.S., Sood, S.K., Venkateswarlu, R. et al. Membranes of five-fold alamethicin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis andBacillus cereus show decreased interactions with alamethicin due to changes in membrane fluidity and surface charge. Ann. Microbiol. 59, 593–601 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03175151
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