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Abstract
Antibiotic resistance and the increasing number of diagnosed oncological diseases affect all areas of healthcare, drain the economy, and impact society. The leading importance of developing resistant bacterial strains is the appointment of antibiotics without sufficient indications and an antibiogram, as well as the fact that they are not administered according to the prescription. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a promising class of compounds to combat increasing antibiotic resistance and have the potential to combat neoplastic diseases. Using the native structure of already known natural AMPs, their mimetics (analogues) can be synthesized through chemical methods. The thesis presents the synthesis, antimicrobial and antiproliferative effects of peptide mimetics of LfcinB (20-30). All studied analogues demonstrated high hydrolytic stability (>95%). The replacement of Arg21 with Lys and Trp22 with non-protein AKs potentiates or preserves the biological effect of the analogues, while the replacement of Arg20 leads to the loss of the effectiveness of the molecule. Аntimicrobial activity was demonstrated by LfcinB1, LfcinB3, LfcinB5 and LfcinB6 against S.aureus. A minimum fungicidal concentration was demonstrated only with LfcinB1. The observed activity (cytotoxic and antiproliferative) of the studied peptides is dose-dependent. The studied peptides did not exhibit a cytotoxic effect in the analysis performed on the non-tumorigenic cell line.





