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Fig. 1. Phase contrast images of GUVs <strong>com</strong>posed by POPG/POPC (1:1) in the presence of(A) gomesin (A4) after t.480 s; (B) magainin II,(B4) after t.675 s; (C) protegrin I, (C4)after t.973 s; (D) polyphemusin II, (D4) after t.835 s; (E) tachyplesin I, (E4) after t.778 s.The snapshots in columns 1 and 2 were taken with a 20x objective and those in columns 3and 4 were taken with a 63x objective.Although magainin II and protegrin I strongly interacted with phospholipid vesicles andinduced leakage, their mechanism of action was different and could be discerned withoptical microscopy of giant vesicles. We conclude that gomesin, polyphemusin II andtachyplesin I act via the carpet model, whereas magainin II and protegrin I form toroidal orbarrel pores. Consequently, studies with GUVs provide an easy way of testing the potentialantimicrobial activities of several lead <strong>com</strong>pounds.AcknowledgmentsThe work was supported by FADA-UNIFESP, FAPESP, CNPq and CAPES.References1. Miranda, A., et al. J. Med. Chem. 37, 1450-1459 (1994).2. Angelova, M.I., et al. Faraday Discuss. 81, 303-311 (1986).3. Domingues, T.M., et al. Langmuir 26, 11077-11084 (2010).4. Silva, P.I., et al. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 33464-33470 (2000).5. Powers, J.P., et al. Biochim Biophys Acta 1698, 239-250 (2004).6. Kawano, K., et al. J. Biol. Chem. 265, 15365-15367 (1990).7. Zasloff, M., et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 84, 5449-5453 (1987).8. Aumelas, A., et al. Eur. J. Biochem. 237, 575-583 (1996).405

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