Antimicrobial peptides and protease inhibitors in the skin secretions of the crawfish frog, Rana areolata.
Biochim Biophys Acta
; 1601(1): 55-63, 2002 Nov 19.
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ABSTRACT
The dorsal skin of the crawfish frog, Rana areolata, is associated with numerous prominent granular glands. Proteomic analysis of electrically stimulated skin secretions from these glands enabled the identification and characterization of eight peptides with antimicrobial and hemolytic activity belonging to the previously identified brevinin-1, temporin-1, palustrin-2, palustrin-3, esculentin-1 (two peptides), and ranatuerin-2 (two peptides) families. The primary structures of the peptides were consistent with a close phylogenetic relationship between R. areolata and the pickerel frog, Rana palustris. Three structurally related cationic, cysteine-containing peptides were identified that show sequence similarity to peptide Leucine-Arginine, a peptide with immunomodulatory and histamine-releasing properties from the skin of the northern leopard frog, Rana pipiens. The skin secretions contained a 61-amino-acid-residue peptide that inhibited porcine trypsin and possessed a 10-cysteine-residue motif that is characteristic of a protease inhibitor previously isolated from the parasitic nematode, Ascaris suum. A 48-amino-acid-residue protein containing eight cysteine residues in the whey acidic protein (WAP) motif, characteristic of elafin (skin-derived antileukoproteinase) and secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor, was also isolated. The data suggest that protease inhibitors in skin secretions may play a role complementary to cationic, amphipathic alpha-helical peptides in protecting anurans from invasions by microorganisms.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Peptídeos
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Inibidores de Proteases
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Ranidae
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Pele
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Peptídeos Catiônicos Antimicrobianos
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Proteínas de Anfíbios
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Anti-Infecciosos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biochim Biophys Acta
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos