Stapled antimicrobial peptides are an emerging class of artificial cyclic peptide molecules which have antimicrobial activity and potent structure stability. We previously published the Data Repository of Antimicrobial Peptides (DRAMP) as a manually annotated and open-access database of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). In the update of version 3.0, special emphasis was placed on the new development of stapled AMPs, and a subclass of specific AMPs was added to store information on these special chemically modified AMPs. To help design low toxicity AMPs, we also added the cytotoxicity property of AMPs, as well as the expansion of newly discovered AMP data. At present, DRAMP has been expanded and contains 22259 entries (2360 newly added), consisting of 5891 general entries, 16110 patent entries, 77 clinical entries and 181 stapled AMPs. A total of 263 entries have predicted structures, and more than 300 general entries have links to experimentally determined structures in the Protein Data Bank. The update also covers new annotations, statistics, categories, functions and download links. DRAMP is available online at http://dramp.cpu-bioinfor.org/.
The purpose of this study was to overcome the clinical defects of 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin (SN-38) and explore its characteristics and antitumor effects. Materials and methods: An amorphous solid dispersion of SN-38 with disodium glycyrrhizin (Na 2 GA) was prepared by mechanical ball milling (Na 2 GA/SN-38-BM). Moreover, an untreated mixture of Na 2 GA and SN-38 (Na 2 GA/SN-38-UM), a pure drug SN-38, was prepared for comparison with Na 2 GA/SN-38-BM. The samples were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), dynamic light scattering, and transmission electron microscopy. Then, further in vitro and in vivo studies were performed including cell uptake, cytotoxicity, antitumor efficacy, tissue distribution, and histopathological evaluation (H&E staining). Results: SN-38 loaded in Na 2 GA was self-formed as nano-micelles in water. The particle size of nano-micelle was 69.41 nm and ζ-potential was-42.01 mV. XRD and SEM analyses showed that the ball milling transformed SN-38 crystals into amorphous form and that solubility increased by 189 times. Compared with SN-38 and Na 2 GA/SN-38-UM, Na 2 GA/SN-38-BM has a stronger cytotoxicity to tumor cells and exhibited a significant inhibition of tumor growth. Then, pharmacokinetic studies showed that the bioavailability of Na 2 GA/SN-38-BM was about four times that of SN-38 suspension. Conclusion: Na 2 GA/SN-38-BM (69 nm,-42 mV) nanoparticles which had excellent pharmacokinetic and distribution properties can dramatically enhance the anticancer efficacy of SN-38 in vitro and in vivo, suggesting a promising formulation for efficient anticancer therapy.
Peptide hormones (also known as hormone peptides and polypeptide hormones) are hormones composed of peptides and are signal transduction molecules produced by a class of multicellular organisms. It plays an important role in the physiological and behavioral regulation of animals and humans as well as in the growth of plants. In order to promote the research on peptide hormones, we constructed HORDB database. The database currently has a total of 6024 entries, including 5729 peptide hormones, 40 peptide drugs and 255 marketed pharmaceutical preparations information. Each entry provided comprehensive information related to the peptide, including general information, sequence, activity, structure, physical information and literature information. We also added information on IC50, EC50, ED50, target, and whether or not the blood-brain barrier was crossed to the activity information note. In addition, HORDB integrates search and sequence analysis to facilitate user browsing and data analysis. We believe that the peptide hormones information collected by HORDB will promote the design and discovery of peptide hormones, All data are hosted and available in figshare 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5522241.
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