FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Worms’ Antimicrobial Peptides BT AF Bruno, Renato Maresca, Marc Canaan, Stéphane Cavalier, Jean-François Mabrouk, Kamel Boidin-Wichlacz, Céline Olleik, Hamza ZEPPILLI, Daniela Brodin, Priscille Massol, François Jollivet, Didier Jung, Sasha Tasiemski, Aurélie AS 1:1,2;2:3;3:4;4:4;5:5;6:1,2;7:3;8:6;9:1;10:1,2;11:7;12:8;13:1,2; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:PDG-REM-EEP-LEP;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:; C1 Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 – UMR 8204 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8198 - Evo-Eco-Paleo, F-59000 Lille, France Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, iSm2, F-13013 Marseille, France Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, LISM, IMM FR3479, F-13009 Marseille, France Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, UMR7273, ICR, F-13013Marseille, France IFREMER Centre Brest REM/EEP/LEP, ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS10070, F-29280Plouzané, France Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR 7144 AD2M, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier CS90074, F-29688 Roscoff, France Department of Applied and Molecular Microbiology, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, 13355 Berlin, Germany C2 UNIV LILLE, FRANCE UNIV LILLE, FRANCE UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE UNIV BERLIN, GERMANY SI BREST SE PDG-REM-EEP-LEP IN WOS Ifremer UPR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france IF 1.103 TC 21 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00511/62307/66556.pdf LA English DT Article CR CHUBACARC MESCAL MESCAL_LEG1 MESCAL_LEG2 BO L'Atalante DE ;Antibiotics;annelids;nematodes;AMP;extremophiles AB Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are natural antibiotics produced by all living organisms. In metazoans, they act as host defense factors by eliminating microbial pathogens. But they also help to select the colonizing bacterial symbionts while coping with specific environmental challenges. Although many AMPs share common structural characteristics, for example having an overall size between 10–100 amino acids, a net positive charge, a γ-core motif, or a high content of cysteines, they greatly differ in coding sequences as a consequence of multiple parallel evolution in the face of pathogens. The majority of AMPs is specific of certain taxa or even typifying species. This is especially the case of annelids (ringed worms). Even in regions with extreme environmental conditions (polar, hydrothermal, abyssal, polluted, etc.), worms have colonized all habitats on Earth and dominated in biomass most of them while co-occurring with a large number and variety of bacteria. This review surveys the different structures and functions of AMPs that have been so far encountered in annelids and nematodes. It highlights the wide diversity of AMP primary structures and their originality that presumably mimics the highly diverse life styles and ecology of worms. From the unique system that represents marine annelids, we have studied the effect of abiotic pressures on the selection of AMPs and demonstrated the promising sources of antibiotics that they could constitute. PY 2019 PD SEP SO Marine Drugs SN 1660-3397 PU MDPI AG VL 17 IS 9 UT 000487959700050 DI 10.3390/md17090512 ID 62307 ER EF