(1) anti-Gram+ & Gram-, antiviral, antifungal, anti-HIV, Mammalian cells, Cancer cells; (2) First AMP isolated from mast cells. Active against E. coli, P.
aeruginosa, S. typhimurium, B. subtilis, and S. aureus (MIC 1-4 uM) [1], including MRSA USA300 (MIC 3.1 uM) [2]. It is also active against channel catfish virus (CCV), frog virus 3 (FV3) [3] as well as HIV-1 (EC50 = 1.4 uM) [4].
Table 1 Antibacterial activity of piscidins.
Bacteria
| Minimum inhibitory concentration
| Minimum bactericidal concentration
| Piscidin 1
| Piscidin 3
| Piscidin 1
| Piscidin 3
| Fish pathogens
| Streptococcus iniae (+)
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 3.1
| Lactococcus garviae* (+)
| 3.1
| 6.3
| 3.1
| 12.5
| L.garviaet (+)
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 6.3
| Aeromonas salmonicida (-)
| 3.1
| 12.5
| 3.1
| 25.0
| Aeromonas hydrophila (-)
| 0.8
| 1.6
| 0.8
| 1.6
| Vibrio aiginolyticus (-)
| 3.1
| 6.3
| 3.1
| 6.3
| Human pathogens
| Staphylococcus aureus (+)
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 3.1
| Streptococcus faecalis (+)
| 3.1
| 12.5
| 3.1
| 12.5
| Escherichia coli (-)
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 3.1
| Klebsiella pneumoniae (-)
| 3.1
| 6.3
| 3.1
| 6.3
| Shigella flexneri (-)
| 3.1
| 6.3
| 3.1
| 6.3
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa (-)
| 12.5
| 25.0
| 12.5
| 25.0
| |