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Paradoxical bactericidal effects of hydrophobic lung surfactant proteins and their peptide mimics using liposome molecular trojan

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Answered by IMDILJAAN
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An unusual and paradoxical effect of bovine LS and synthetic model LS with SP-B/-C was bactericidal to Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.


Bacterial proliferation were investigated with bovine lung surfactant extract (BLES), dipalmitoylphosphatdylcholine, palmitooleylglycerol, in combination with SP-B/-C using standard microbiological colony forming unit (CFU) counts and structural imaging.


BLES and other surfactant-SP-B/-C mixtures inhibit bacterial growth in the concentration range of 0 -7.5 mg/mL, at > 10 mg/mL paradoxical growth of both the bacterial species suggest antibiotic resistance.


The lipid only LS have no effect on bacterial proliferation.


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