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TOXICON
卷 50, 期 8, 页码 1095-1104出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.07.014
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antimicrobial; frog; hemolytic; leptodactylus; litoria; peptide
Neobatrachia is the amphibian suborder with the largest number of species and a most important source of bioactive peptides from frog skin secretions. However, 90% of the studies on this subject have been focused on the frog families Hylidae and Ranidae, while very little is known about peptides of other families, like Leptodactylidae. Our work reports for the first time the isolation and characterization of ocellatin 4 (GLLDFVTGVGKDIFAQLIKQI-NH2), a cytolytic peptide from the skin secretion of the South American frog Leptodactylus ocellatus. While most cytolytic amphibian skin peptides are selective for microorganisms and harmless for mammalian cells, the HC50 of ocellatin 4 against human erythrocytes is 143 mu M. The interaction between ocellatin 4 and zwitterionic phospholipids in mammalian plasma membranes may be favored by its neutral charge at pH 7.0. Ocellatin 4 also shows some antibacterial activity (MICSE. coli and S. aureus = 64 mu M) and its sequence shares similarities with the only six leptodactylid peptides previously known and with four peptides from Australian hylid frogs of the genus Litoria. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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