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Index 401<br />

structure prediction, 187–222<br />

toxicity, 245–261<br />

uptake kinetics, 277–293<br />

Melittin, 236–238, 240<br />

Membrane-associated fraction (MAF),<br />

determination of, 282–283<br />

Membrane effect comparison, of CPPs and other<br />

peptides, 236–238<br />

Membrane interactions, 163–183<br />

conclusions and perspectives, 180–181<br />

internalization, 177–180<br />

vesicular, 177<br />

via receptor, 177–179<br />

origin of toxicity, 179–180<br />

principles and background, 164–165<br />

structural determinations, 165–177<br />

analytical methods: conformational<br />

identifications, 166–168<br />

circular dichroism, 167<br />

diffraction, 168<br />

Fourier transform infrared<br />

spectroscopy, 167–168<br />

NMR, 166–167, 232–233<br />

bilayers, 169<br />

fluorescence, 169–177<br />

electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)<br />

spectroscopy, 177<br />

multidisciplinary monolayer-based<br />

approach, 177–177<br />

phospholipid interactions, 168–169<br />

lipid-containing air–water interface,<br />

169<br />

lipid-free air–water interface, 168<br />

monolayer approach, 168<br />

unfolding for conjugate CPP–protein, 179<br />

Membrane-mimetic solvents, 228–229, 233–236<br />

Membrane proteins, structure prediction modeling,<br />

204–206<br />

Membrane targeting and transport (MTT) system,<br />

301–302<br />

Membrane translocating sequence (MTS) peptides,<br />

115–140<br />

arginine–proline-rich translocating peptides,<br />

129–130<br />

attaching cargo and targeting domains,<br />

124–127<br />

cationic translocating peptides, 127–129<br />

commonly used, 127<br />

future perspectives, 130–132<br />

h-region signal sequence and, 117–122<br />

applications of SN50 peptide, 119<br />

development of SN50 peptide, 117–119<br />

in integrin β 3, 122<br />

kFGF and translocation of other cargoes,<br />

119–122<br />

mechanism of membrane translocation,<br />

122–124<br />

in nucleic acid delivery, 354–356<br />

proline-rich peptides as translocating, 130<br />

signal hypothesis, 116–117<br />

Micelles, 228–229, 234–235<br />

positioning, 234–235<br />

structure induction, 234<br />

Microbial membrane-permeating peptides,<br />

377–396<br />

applications, 388–392<br />

as anti-infective agents, 388–389<br />

as delivery vehicle, 389–392<br />

experimental methods, 385–388<br />

antimicrobial activity assays, 385–386<br />

cell uptake assays, 386–388<br />

cell permeabilization assays, 386–388<br />

fluorescence microscopy and FACS,<br />

386<br />

mechanisms of action, 382–385<br />

cell-killing, 383–385<br />

cell type-specific activities, 385<br />

dual peptide activities, 384–385<br />

intracellular target inhibition, 384<br />

membrane leakage, 383–384<br />

cell uptake, 382–383<br />

cell permeation by cationic peptides,<br />

382–383<br />

receptor-mediated peptide transport<br />

and endocytosis, 383<br />

principles and background, 378–382<br />

composition and structure, 380–382<br />

origins and discovery, 380<br />

Microdilution assay, 385–386<br />

Microscopy<br />

confocal laser scanning (CLSM), 281<br />

fluorescence, 267–269, 386, see also<br />

Fluorescence studies<br />

Model amphipathic peptides (MAPs), 71–92, see<br />

also MAPs<br />

Modeling, structure prediction, 187–222<br />

conclusions, 215–218<br />

methods, 190–202<br />

atomic surface hydrophobicity (first<br />

restraint), 191–193<br />

charge simulation (third restraint), 194–197<br />

description of water–bilayer interface,<br />

190–191<br />

lipid perturbation (second restraint),<br />

193–194<br />

molecular hydrophobicity potential<br />

(MHP), 199–202<br />

Monte Carlo procedure, 198<br />

Pex2Dstat files, 198–199<br />

procedure, 197–198

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