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Samgina TY, Vasileva ID, Trebse P, Torkar G, Surin AK, Meng Z, Zubarev RA, Lebedev AT. Mass Spectrometry Differentiation between Rana arvalis Populations Based on Their Skin Peptidome Composition. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2022; 33:1480-1491. [PMID: 35820801 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.2c00084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Skin secretion of amphibians often represents the only weapon of these species against pathogens and predators. Peptides constitute the major portion of active molecules of that weapon and may be treated as potential pharmaceuticals for future generations. The first step of their efficient use involves establishing of their primary structure, i.e., sequencing. De novo sequencing by means of mass spectrometry was applied to Rana arvalis species, collected in the spring 2021 in Central Slovenia (vicinity of Ljubljana). HPLC-ESI-HRMS/MS with Orbitrap instruments was used to establish the skin peptidome of these species and compare it with the earlier identified skin peptidome of the Moscow population of Rana arvalis. Application of CID, HCD, ETD, and EThcD enabled detecting and sequencing 18 peptides; five of them were novel and may be treated as possible biomarkers of the Ljubljana population of Rana arvalis. Interestingly, representatives of two peptide families (temporins and brevinins 2) were not found in the Moscow population. MS3 modes, first of all EThcD, demonstrated their great potential in the de novo sequencing, including extraction of the sequence information from the intact peptides with disulfide cycle (rana box) in their structure and differentiation of isomeric Leu/Ile residues. Thus, all six isomeric residues were reliably distinguished in the novel melittin-related peptide AK-23-1. In addition, another post-translational modification dealing with carbonylation of the N-terminal Gly of novel temporin AVa was established using the MS3 mode. The obtained results demonstrate the efficiency of the use of MS3 tools in proteomics/peptidomics.
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- Tatiana Yu Samgina
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Organic Chemistry, Moscow 119991 Russia
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Organic Chemistry, Moscow 119991 Russia
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- University of Ljubljana Faculty of Health Sciences, Zdravstvena pot 5, Ljubljana 1000 Slovenia
- MASSECO d.o.o. Erazmova 20, Postojna 6230, Slovenia
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- University of Ljubljana Faculty of Education, Department for Biology, Chemistry and Home Economics, Kardeljeva ploščad 16, Ljubljana 1000 Slovenia
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- Pushchino Branch, Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Nauki 6, Pushchino, Moscow 142290, Russia
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- Department of Medicinal Biochemistry and Biophysics, Division of Molecular Biometry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177 Sweden
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- Department of Medicinal Biochemistry and Biophysics, Division of Molecular Biometry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177 Sweden
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Organic Chemistry, Moscow 119991 Russia
- MASSECO d.o.o. Erazmova 20, Postojna 6230, Slovenia
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de Sousa NA, Marani MM, Lopes ALF, Silva EM, Barbosa EA, Vasconcelos AG, Kuzniewski FTB, Lustosa SS, Gomes KP, Colugnati DB, Rocha JA, Santos LH, Benquerer MP, Quelemes P, Véras L, Moreira DC, Gadelha KKL, Magalhães PJC, Plácido A, Eaton P, Nicolau L, Medeiros JVR, Leite JRSA. BR-bombesin: a novel bombesin-related peptide from the skin secretion of the Chaco tree frog (Boana raniceps) with physiological gastric effects. Amino Acids 2022; 54:733-747. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-021-03114-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Barbosa EA, Alves GSC, Coura MDMA, Silva HDLE, Rocha FSD, Nunes JB, Watanabe MDS, Andrade AC, Brand GD. A first look at the N- and O-glycosylation landscape in anuran skin secretions. Biochimie 2022; 197:19-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2022.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pires DAT, Tacca LMRA, Aslan JE, Murad AM, Nascimento CJ, Barbosa EA, Bloch C. Novel disintegrin-like peptides derived from an amphibian skin cDNA sequence of Hypsiboas punctatus. J Pept Sci 2021; 28:e3382. [PMID: 34859535 DOI: 10.1002/psc.3382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Disintegrins comprise a family of small proteins that bind to and alter the physiological function of integrins, especially integrins that mediate platelet aggregation in blood. Here, we report a lysine-glycine-aspartic acid (KGD) disintegrin-like motif present in a 15-amino acid residue peptide identified in a cDNA library of the amphibian Hypsiboas punctatus skin. The original peptide sequence was used as a template from which five new analogs were designed, chemically synthesized by solid phase, and tested for disintegrin activity and tridimensional structural studies using NMR spectroscopy. The original amphibian peptide had no effect on integrin-mediated responses. Nevertheless, derived peptide analogs inhibited integrin-mediated platelet function, including platelet spreading on fibrinogen.
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- Diego A T Pires
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Goiás (IFG), Luziânia, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Espectrometria de Massa, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, Brazil
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- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Laboratório de Espectrometria de Massa, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Espectrometria de Massa, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Espectrometria de Massa, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, Brazil
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Souza BBP, Cardozo Fh JL, Murad AM, Prates MV, Coura MM, Brand GD, Barbosa EA, Bloch C. Identification and characterization of phospholipases A2 from the skin secretion of Pithecopus azureus anuran. Toxicon 2019; 167:10-19. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2019.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Barbosa EA, Bonfim MF, Bloch C, Engler G, Rocha T, de Almeida Engler J. Imaging Mass Spectrometry of Endogenous Polypeptides and Secondary Metabolites from Galls Induced by Root-Knot Nematodes in Tomato Roots. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2018; 31:1048-1059. [PMID: 29663868 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-02-18-0049-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Nematodes are devastating pests that infect most cultivated plant species and cause considerable agricultural losses worldwide. The understanding of metabolic adjustments induced during plant-nematode interaction is crucial to generate resistant plants or to select more efficient molecules to fight against this pest. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI) has been used herein for in situ detection and mapping endogenous polypeptides and secondary metabolites from nematode-induced gall tissue. One of the major critical features of this technique is sample preparation; mainly, the generation of intact sections of plant cells with their rigid cell walls and vacuolated cytoplasm. Our experimental settings allowed us to obtain sections without contamination of exogenous ions or diffusion of molecules and to map the differential presence of low and high molecular weight ions in uninfected roots compared with nematode-induced galls. We predict the presence of lipids in both uninfected roots and galls, which was validated by MALDI time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry and high-resolution mass spectrometry analysis of lipid extracts. Based on the isotopic ion distribution profile, both esters and glycerophospholipids were predicted compounds and may be playing an important role in gall development. Our results indicate that the MALDI-MSI technology is a promising tool to identify secondary metabolites as well as peptides and proteins in complex plant tissues like galls to decipher molecular processes responsible for infection and maintenance of these feeding sites during nematode parasitism.
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- Eder Alves Barbosa
- 1 Laboratório de espectrometria de massa, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, PqEB, 70770-900, Brasília-DF, Brazil
- 2 Laboratório de Síntese e Análise de Biomoléculas, Instituto de Química, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900, Brasília-DF, Brazil
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- 2 Laboratório de Síntese e Análise de Biomoléculas, Instituto de Química, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900, Brasília-DF, Brazil
- 3 Laboratório de Interação Molecular Planta-Praga, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, PqEB; and
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- 1 Laboratório de espectrometria de massa, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, PqEB, 70770-900, Brasília-DF, Brazil
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- 4 INRA, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, ISA, 06903, Sophia Antipolis, France
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- 3 Laboratório de Interação Molecular Planta-Praga, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, PqEB; and
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Paine ML, Ellis SR, Maloney D, Heeren RMA, Verhaert PDEM. Digestion-Free Analysis of Peptides from 30-year-old Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissue by Mass Spectrometry Imaging. Anal Chem 2018; 90:9272-9280. [PMID: 29975508 PMCID: PMC6150647 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Formalin-fixed neuroendocrine tissues from American cockroaches ( Periplaneta americana) embedded in paraffin more than 30 years ago were recently analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI), to reveal the histological localization of more than 20 peptide ions. These represented protonated, and other cationic species of, at least, 14 known neuropeptides. The characterization of peptides in such historical samples was made possible by a novel sample preparation protocol rendering the endogenous peptides readily amenable to MSI analysis. The protocol comprises brief deparaffinization steps involving xylene and ethanol, and is further devoid of conventional aqueous washing, buffer incubations, or antigen retrieval steps. Endogenous secretory peptides that are typically highly soluble are therefore retained in-tissue with this protocol. The method is fully "top-down", that is, without laborious in situ enzymatic digestion that typically disturbs the detection of low-abundance endogenous peptides by MSI. Peptide identifications were supported by accurate mass, on-tissue tandem MS analyses, and by earlier MALDI-MSI results reported for freshly prepared P. americana samples. In contrast to earlier literature accounts stating that MALDI-MSI detection of endogenous peptides is possible only in fresh or freshly frozen tissues, or exceptionally, in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) material of less than 1 year old, we demonstrate that MALDI-MSI works for endogenous peptides in FFPE tissue of up to 30 years old. Our findings put forward a useful method for digestion-free, high-throughput analysis of endogenous peptides from FFPE samples and offer the potential for reinvestigating archived and historically interesting FFPE material, such as those stored in hospital biobanks.
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- Martin
R. L. Paine
- Maastricht
MultiModal Molecular Imaging (M4I) Institute, Division of Imaging
Mass Spectrometry, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Maastricht
MultiModal Molecular Imaging (M4I) Institute, Division of Imaging
Mass Spectrometry, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Bioinformatics
Solutions Inc., 470 Weber Street North, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 6J2, Canada
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- Maastricht
MultiModal Molecular Imaging (M4I) Institute, Division of Imaging
Mass Spectrometry, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Maastricht
MultiModal Molecular Imaging (M4I) Institute, Division of Imaging
Mass Spectrometry, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
- ProteoFormiX,
Janssen Pharmaceutica Campus, Turnhoutseweg
30, B2340 Beerse, Belgium
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Barbosa EA, Oliveira A, Plácido A, Socodato R, Portugal CC, Mafud AC, Ombredane AS, Moreira DC, Vale N, Bessa LJ, Joanitti GA, Alves C, Gomes P, Delerue-Matos C, Mascarenhas YP, Marani MM, Relvas JB, Pintado M, Leite JRSA. Structure and function of a novel antioxidant peptide from the skin of tropical frogs. Free Radic Biol Med 2018; 115:68-79. [PMID: 29162516 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2017] [Revised: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The amphibian skin plays an important role protecting the organism from external harmful factors such as microorganisms or UV radiation. Based on biorational strategies, many studies have investigated the cutaneous secretion of anurans as a source of bioactive molecules. By a peptidomic approach, a novel antioxidant peptide (AOP) with in vitro free radical scavenging ability was isolated from Physalaemus nattereri. The AOP, named antioxidin-I, has a molecular weight [M+H]+ = 1543.69Da and a TWYFITPYIPDK primary amino acid sequence. The gene encoding the antioxidin-I precursor was expressed in the skin tissue of three other Tropical frog species: Phyllomedusa tarsius, P. distincta and Pithecopus rohdei. cDNA sequencing revealed highly homologous regions (signal peptide and acidic region). Mature antioxidin-I has a novel primary sequence with low similarity compared with previously described amphibian's AOPs. Antioxidin-I adopts a random structure even at high concentrations of hydrophobic solvent, it has poor antimicrobial activity and poor performance in free radical scavenging assays in vitro, with the exception of the ORAC assay. However, antioxidin-I presented a low cytotoxicity and suppressed menadione-induced redox imbalance when tested with fibroblast in culture. In addition, it had the capacity to substantially attenuate the hypoxia-induced production of reactive oxygen species when tested in hypoxia exposed living microglial cells, suggesting a potential neuroprotective role for this peptide.
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- Eder Alves Barbosa
- Laboratório de Espectrometria de Massa, EMBRAPA Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, Brazil; Laboratório de Síntese e Análise de Biomoléculas, Instituto de Química, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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- Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, CBQF, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Rua Arquiteto Lobão Vital Apartado, 2511, Asprela, Porto, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, GRAQ, Instituto Superior de Engenha do Porto, ISEP, Porto, Portugal
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- Glial Cell Biology Lab, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde and Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Glial Cell Biology Lab, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde and Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, IFSC, Universidade de São Paulo, USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil; Dept Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel 4051, Switzerland
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- Laboratório de Nanobiotecnologia, Instituto de Biologia, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, UnB, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Área de Morfologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- UCIBIO/REQUIMTE, Laboratório de Farmacologia, Departamento de Ciências do Medicamento, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Nanobiotecnologia, Instituto de Biologia, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, UnB, Brasília, DF, Brazil; Campus Ceilândia, Centro Metropolitano, UnB, Ceilândia, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- IPEEC-CONICET, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Puerto Madryn, Argentina
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- Glial Cell Biology Lab, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde and Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, CBQF, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Rua Arquiteto Lobão Vital Apartado, 2511, Asprela, Porto, Portugal
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- Glial Cell Biology Lab, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde and Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Área de Morfologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
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Samgina TY, Artemenko KA, Bergquist J, Trebse P, Torkar G, Tolpina MD, Lebedev AT. Differentiation of frogs from two populations belonging to the Pelophylax esculentus complex by LC-MS/MS comparison of their skin peptidomes. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 409:1951-1961. [PMID: 28012108 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-0143-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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LC-MS/MS was applied to establish the composition of the skin peptidome of a Slovenian green frog belonging to the Pelophylax esculentus complex. As this was similar to the peptidome of the Moscow population of Pelophylax ridibundus, it allowed us to identify the Slovenian frog from the Pelophylax esculentus complex as Pelophylax ridibundus. The sequences of six new peptides from the brevinin 2 family are reported for the first time on the basis of manual interpretation of their tandem mass spectra. The structural similarity of the brevinin 2 peptides from the Moscow and Slovenian populations of Pelophylax ridibundus enables peptides from this family to be utilized as biomarkers for Pelophylax ridibundus inter- and intraspecies differentiation, and the proposed approach can be used as an analytical tool for differentiating the corresponding species and populations. The potential biological activities of the novel peptides were estimated by 2D mass mapping. The results allowed us to classify all of the available peptides belonging to the brevinin 2 family. Graphical Abstract Intraspecies identification within the green frog complex.
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- Tatiana Yu Samgina
- Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gori 1/3, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry-Biomedical Center, Analytical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 75124, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-Biomedical Center, Analytical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 75124, Sweden
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Zdravstvena pot 5, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, Kardeljeva ploščad 16, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gori 1/3, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gori 1/3, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation.
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Barbosa EA, Iembo T, Martins GR, Silva LP, Prates MV, Andrade AC, Bloch C. Skin secretion peptides: the molecular facet of the deimatic behavior of the four-eyed frog, Physalaemus nattereri (Anura, Leptodactylidae). RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2015; 29:2061-2068. [PMID: 26443407 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Revised: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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RATIONALE Amphibians can produce a large amount of bioactive peptides over the skin. In order to map the precise tissue localization of these compounds and evaluate their functions, mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) and gene expression studies were used to investigate a possible correlation between molecules involved in the antimicrobial defense mechanisms and anti-predatory behavior by Physalaemus nattereri. METHODS Total skin secretion of P. nattereri was analyzed by classical Protein Chemistry and proteomic techniques. Intact inguinal macroglands were dissected from the rest of the skin and both tissues were analyzed by MSI and real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) experiments. Peptides were primarily identified by de novo sequencing, automatic Edman degradation and cDNA data. RESULTS Fifteen bradykinin (BK)-related peptides and two antimicrobial peptides were sequenced and mapped by MSI on the inguinal macrogland and the rest of P. nattereri skin. RT-PCR results revealed that BK-related peptide levels of expression were about 30,000 times higher on the inguinal macroglands than on the any other region of the skin, whilst antimicrobial peptide ions appear to be evenly distributed in both investigated regions. CONCLUSIONS The presence of antimicrobial peptides in all investigated tissue regions is in accordance with the defensive role against microorganisms thoroughly demonstrated in the literature, whereas BK-related molecules are largely found on the inguinal macroglands suggesting an intriguing link between their noxious activities against potential predators of P. nattereri and the frog's deimatic behavior.
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- Eder Alves Barbosa
- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília-DF, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília-DF, Brazil
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- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília-DF, Brazil
- Faculdade Faceres, São José do Rio Preto-SP, Brazil
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- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília-DF, Brazil
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Fagerer SR, Römpp A, Jefimovs K, Brönnimann R, Hayenga G, Steinhoff RF, Krismer J, Pabst M, Ibáñez AJ, Zenobi R. Resolution pattern for mass spectrometry imaging. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2015; 29:1019-1024. [PMID: 26044268 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2014] [Revised: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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RATIONALE Up to now, there is no 'gold standard' for determining the resolution of a mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) setup (comprising the instrument, the sample preparation, the sample and the instrument settings). A standard sample in combination with a standard protocol to define the MSI resolution would be desirable in order to compare the setups of different laboratories, and as a regular quality control/performance check. METHODS Microstructured resolution patterns were fabricated that can be used to determine the spatial resolution in MSI experiments, down to the range of a few µm. Two different strategies were employed, one where the resolution pattern is laser machined into a thin metal foil, which can be placed over a sample to be imaged, and a second one where hydrophilic grooves are machined into an omniphobic coating covering the surface of an indium tin oxide covered glass slide. When dragging a sample solution over the slide's surface, the sample is automatically retained in the hydrophilic grooves, but repelled by the omniphobic coating. RESULTS The technology was tested on a commercial matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) imaging instrument, and a spatial resolution in the vicinity of 50 µm was determined. The finest features of the microstructured resolution patterns are compatible with the best spatial resolution of MALDI imaging systems available to date. CONCLUSIONS The use of metal resolution grids or glass slides with hydrophilic/hydrophobic structures is suitable for the convenient determination of the resolution limit of the MALDI imaging instrument as determined by its hardware. These structures are straightforward both to produce and to use.
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- Stephan R Fagerer
- ETH Zürich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- University of Giessen, Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Schubertstrasse 60, D-35392, Giessen, Germany
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- EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology), Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology), Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH, Industriestrasse 25, Buchs (SG), Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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Xi X, Li B, Chen T, Kwok HF. A review on bradykinin-related peptides isolated from amphibian skin secretion. Toxins (Basel) 2015; 7:951-70. [PMID: 25793726 PMCID: PMC4379535 DOI: 10.3390/toxins7030951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Revised: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Amphibian skin secretion has great potential for drug discovery and contributes hundreds of bioactive peptides including bradykinin-related peptides (BRPs). More than 50 BRPs have been reported in the last two decades arising from the skin secretion of amphibian species. They belong to the families Ascaphidae (1 species), Bombinatoridae (3 species), Hylidae (9 speices) and Ranidae (25 species). This paper presents the diversity of structural characteristics of BRPs with N-terminal, C-terminal extension and amino acid substitution. The further comparison of cDNA-encoded prepropeptides between the different species and families demonstrated that there are various forms of kininogen precursors to release BRPs and they constitute important evidence in amphibian evolution. The pharmacological activities of isolated BRPs exhibited unclear structure–function relationships, and therefore the scope for drug discovery and development is limited. However, their diversity shows new insights into biotechnological applications and, as a result, comprehensive and systematic studies of the physiological and pharmacological activities of BRPs from amphibian skin secretion are needed in the future.
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- Xinping Xi
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida de Universidade, Taipa, Macau SAR, China.
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida de Universidade, Taipa, Macau SAR, China.
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- Natural Drug Discovery Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK.
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida de Universidade, Taipa, Macau SAR, China.
- Natural Drug Discovery Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK.
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Wang R, Zhou Y, Chen T, Zhou M, Wang L, Shaw C. Identification and functional analysis of a novel tryptophyllin peptide from the skin of the red-eye leaf frog, Agalychnis callidryas. Int J Biol Sci 2015; 11:209-19. [PMID: 25561903 PMCID: PMC4279096 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.10143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Amphibian skin has proved repeatedly to be a largely untapped source of bioactive peptides and this is especially true of members of the Phyllomedusinae subfamily of frogs native to South and Central America. Tryptophyllins are a group of peptides mainly found in the skin of members of this genus. In this study, a novel tryptophyllin (TPH) type 3 peptide, named AcT-3, has been isolated and structurally-characterised from the skin secretion and lyophilised skin extract of the red-eye leaf frog, Agalychnis callidryas. The peptide was identified in and purified from the skin secretion by reverse-phase HPLC. MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and MS/MS fragmentation sequencing established its primary structure as: pGlu-Gly-Lys-Pro-Tyr-Trp-Pro-Pro-Pro-Phe-Leu-Pro-Glu, with a non-protonated molecular mass of 1538.19Da. The mature peptide possessed the canonical N-terminal pGlu residue that arises from post-translational modification of a Gln residue. The deduced open-reading frame consisted of 63 amino acid residues encoding a highly-conserved signal peptide of approximately 22 amino acid residues, an intervening acidic spacer peptide domain, a single AcT-3 encoding domain and a C terminal processing site. A synthetic replicate of AcT-3 was found to antagonise the effect of BK on rat tail artery smooth muscle and to contract the intestinal smooth muscle preparations. It was also found that AcT-3 could dose-dependently inhibit the proliferation of human prostate cancer cell lines after 72h incubation.
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- Ran Wang
- 1. Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy. Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China ; 2. School of Pharmacy, Medical Biology Centre, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- 2. School of Pharmacy, Medical Biology Centre, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK ; 3. School of Biomedical Science and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, Fujian, China
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- 2. School of Pharmacy, Medical Biology Centre, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- 2. School of Pharmacy, Medical Biology Centre, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- 2. School of Pharmacy, Medical Biology Centre, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- 2. School of Pharmacy, Medical Biology Centre, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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König E, Bininda-Emonds ORP, Shaw C. The diversity and evolution of anuran skin peptides. Peptides 2015; 63:96-117. [PMID: 25464160 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2014.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2014] [Revised: 11/13/2014] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Amphibians exhibit various, characteristic adaptations related to their "incomplete" shift from the aquatic to the terrestrial habitat. In particular, the integument was subject to a number of specialized modifications during the evolution of these animals. In this review, we place special emphasis on endogenous host-defence skin peptides from the cuteanous granular glands anuran amphibians (frogs and toads). The overview on the two broad groups of neuroactive and antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) goes beyond a simple itemization in that we provide a new perspective into the evolution and function of anuran AMPs. Briefly, these cationic, amphipathic and α-helical peptides are traditionally viewed as being part of the innate immune system, protecting the moist skin against invading microorganisms through their cytolytic action. However, the complete record of anuran species investigated to date suggests that AMPs are distributed sporadically (i.e., non-universally) across Anura. Together with the intriguing observation that virtually all anurans known to produce neuropeptides in their granular glands also co-secrete cytolytic peptides, we call the traditional role for AMPs as being purely antimicrobial into question and present an alternative scenario. We hypothesize AMPs to assist neuroactive peptides in their antipredator role through their cytolytic action increasing the delivery of the latter to the endocrine and nervous system of the predator. Thus, AMPs are more accurately viewed as cytolysins and their contribution to the immune system is better regarded as an accessory benefit.
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- Enrico König
- AG Systematik und Evolutionsbiologie, IBU - Fakultät V, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky Strasse 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany.
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- AG Systematik und Evolutionsbiologie, IBU - Fakultät V, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky Strasse 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- School of Pharmacy, Medical Biology Center, Queen's University, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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MS approaches to select peptides with post-translational modifications from amphibian defense secretions prior to full sequence elucidation. EUPA OPEN PROTEOMICS 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.euprot.2014.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Bowman-Birk protease inhibitor from Vigna unguiculata seeds enhances the action of bradykinin-related peptides. Molecules 2014; 19:17536-58. [PMID: 25361421 PMCID: PMC6271500 DOI: 10.3390/molecules191117536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Revised: 10/02/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The hydrolysis of bradykinin (Bk) by different classes of proteases in plasma and tissues leads to a decrease in its half-life. Here, Bk actions on smooth muscle and in vivo cardiovascular assays in association with a protease inhibitor, Black eyed-pea trypsin and chymotrypsin inhibitor (BTCI) and also under the effect of trypsin and chymotrypsin were evaluated. Two synthetic Bk-related peptides, Bk1 and Bk2, were used to investigate the importance of additional C-terminal amino acid residues on serine protease activity. BTCI forms complexes with Bk and analogues at pH 5.0, 7.4 and 9.0, presenting binding constants ranging from 103 to 104 M−1. Formation of BTCI-Bk complexes is probably driven by hydrophobic forces, coupled with slight conformational changes in BTCI. In vitro assays using guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) ileum showed that Bk retains the ability to induce smooth muscle contraction in the presence of BTCI. Moreover, no alteration in the inhibitory activity of BTCI in complex with Bk and analogous was observed. When the BTCI and BTCI-Bk complexes were tested in vivo, a decrease of vascular resistance and consequent hypotension and potentiating renal and aortic vasodilatation induced by Bk and Bk2 infusions was observed. These results indicate that BTCI-Bk complexes may be a reliable strategy to act as a carrier and protective approach for Bk-related peptides against plasma serine proteases cleavage, leading to an increase in their half-life. These findings also indicate that BTCI could remain stable in some tissues to inhibit chymotrypsin or trypsin-like enzymes that cleave and inactivate bradykinin in situ.
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Wang R, Lin Y, Chen T, zhou M, Wang L, Shaw C. Molecular Cloning of a Novel Tryptophyllin Peptide from the Skin of the Orange-Legged Monkey Frog,Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis. Chem Biol Drug Des 2014; 83:731-40. [DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2013] [Revised: 12/13/2013] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ran Wang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics; School of Pharmacy; Tianjin Medical University; Tianjin 300070 China
- School of Pharmacy; Medical Biology Centre; Queen's University; Belfast BT9 7BL UK
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- School of Pharmacy; Medical Biology Centre; Queen's University; Belfast BT9 7BL UK
- Department of Pharmacy; Quanzhou Medical College; Quanzhou Fujian 362000 China
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- School of Pharmacy; Medical Biology Centre; Queen's University; Belfast BT9 7BL UK
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- School of Pharmacy; Medical Biology Centre; Queen's University; Belfast BT9 7BL UK
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- School of Pharmacy; Medical Biology Centre; Queen's University; Belfast BT9 7BL UK
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- School of Pharmacy; Medical Biology Centre; Queen's University; Belfast BT9 7BL UK
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The skin secretion of the amphibian Phyllomedusa nordestina: a source of antimicrobial and antiprotozoal peptides. Molecules 2013; 18:7058-70. [PMID: 23774944 PMCID: PMC6270157 DOI: 10.3390/molecules18067058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Revised: 06/06/2013] [Accepted: 06/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) from the dermaseptin and phylloseptin families were isolated from the skin secretion of Phyllomedusa nordestina, a recently described amphibian species from Northeastern Brazil. One dermaseptin and three phylloseptins were chosen for solid phase peptide synthesis. The antiprotozoal and antimicrobial activities of the synthetic peptides were determined, as well as their cytotoxicity in mouse peritoneal cells. AMPs are being considered as frameworks for the development of novel drugs inspired by their mechanism of action.
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Differences and similarities among parotoid macrogland secretions in South American toads: a preliminary biochemical delineation. ScientificWorldJournal 2013; 2013:937407. [PMID: 23737734 PMCID: PMC3659512 DOI: 10.1155/2013/937407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Amphibians are known by cutaneous glands, spread over the skin, containing toxins (proteins, peptides, biogenic amines, steroidal bufadienolides, and alkaloids) used as chemical defense against predators and microbial infection. Toads are characterized by the presence of parotoid macroglands. The common toads have lately been divided into two genera: Bufo (Europe, Asia, and Africa) and Rhinella (South America). Basal Rhaebo genus is exclusively of Central America and Amazon region. Although Rhinella and Rhaebo are related, species may share differences due to the diversity of environments that they live in. In this work, we have performed a biochemical characterization of the components of the poison of eight Rhinella species and one Rhaebo by means of RP-HPLC with either UV or MS detection and by SDS-PAGE, in order to verify whether phylogenetic and biological differences, such as habitat, diet, and defensive strategies, between them may also be reflected in poison composition. Although some components were common among the secretions, we were able to identify exclusive molecules to some species. The fact that closely related animals living in different habitats secrete different molecules into the skin is an indication that biological features, and not only evolution, seem to directly influence the skin secretion composition.
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de Magalhães MTQ, Barbosa EA, Prates MV, Verly RM, Munhoz VHO, de Araújo IE, Bloch C. Conformational and functional effects induced by D- and L-amino acid epimerization on a single gene encoded peptide from the skin secretion of Hypsiboas punctatus. PLoS One 2013; 8:e59255. [PMID: 23565145 PMCID: PMC3614549 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2012] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Skin secretion of Hypsiboas punctatus is the source of a complex mixture of bioactive compounds where peptides and small proteins prevail, similarly to many other amphibians. Among dozens of molecules isolated from H. punctatus in a proteomic based approach, we report here the structural and functional studies of a novel peptide named Phenylseptin (FFFDTLKNLAGKVIGALT-NH2) that was purified as two naturally occurring D- and L-Phes configurations. The amino acid epimerization and C-terminal amidation for both molecules were confirmed by a combination of techniques including reverse-phase UFLC, ion mobility mass spectrometry, high resolution MS/MS experiments, Edman degradation, cDNA sequencing and solid-phase peptide synthesis. RMSD analysis of the twenty lowest-energy (1)H NMR structures of each peptide revealed a major 90° difference between the two backbones at the first four N-terminal residues and substantial orientation changes of their respective side chains. These structural divergences were considered to be the primary cause of the in vitro quantitative differences in antimicrobial activities between the two molecules. Finally, both molecules elicited equally aversive reactions in mice when delivered orally, an effect that depended entirely on peripheral gustatory pathways.
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- Mariana T. Q. de Magalhães
- Laboratório de Espectrometria de Massa, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília-Distrito Federal, Brasil
- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Pós-Graduação em Biologia Molecular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil
- The John B. Pierce Laboratory, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Laboratório de Espectrometria de Massa, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília-Distrito Federal, Brasil
- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Pós-Graduação em Biologia Molecular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Espectrometria de Massa, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília-Distrito Federal, Brasil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
- Departamento de Química Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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- The John B. Pierce Laboratory, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Laboratório de Espectrometria de Massa, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília-Distrito Federal, Brasil
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Villela AD, Ducati RG, Rosado LA, Bloch CJ, Prates MV, Gonçalves DC, Ramos CHI, Basso LA, Santos DS. Biochemical characterization of uracil phosphoribosyltransferase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56445. [PMID: 23424660 PMCID: PMC3570474 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2012] [Accepted: 01/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Uracil phosphoribosyltransferase (UPRT) catalyzes the conversion of uracil and 5-phosphoribosyl-α-1-pyrophosphate (PRPP) to uridine 5′-monophosphate (UMP) and pyrophosphate (PPi). UPRT plays an important role in the pyrimidine salvage pathway since UMP is a common precursor of all pyrimidine nucleotides. Here we describe cloning, expression and purification to homogeneity of upp-encoded UPRT from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MtUPRT). Mass spectrometry and N-terminal amino acid sequencing unambiguously identified the homogeneous protein as MtUPRT. Analytical ultracentrifugation showed that native MtUPRT follows a monomer-tetramer association model. MtUPRT is specific for uracil. GTP is not a modulator of MtUPRT ativity. MtUPRT was not significantly activated or inhibited by ATP, UTP, and CTP. Initial velocity and isothermal titration calorimetry studies suggest that catalysis follows a sequential ordered mechanism, in which PRPP binding is followed by uracil, and PPi product is released first followed by UMP. The pH-rate profiles indicated that groups with pK values of 5.7 and 8.1 are important for catalysis, and a group with a pK value of 9.5 is involved in PRPP binding. The results here described provide a solid foundation on which to base upp gene knockout aiming at the development of strategies to prevent tuberculosis.
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- Anne Drumond Villela
- Centro de Pesquisas em Biologia Molecular e Funcional (CPBMF), Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Tuberculose (INCT-TB), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas em Biologia Molecular e Funcional (CPBMF), Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Tuberculose (INCT-TB), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas em Biologia Molecular e Funcional (CPBMF), Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Tuberculose (INCT-TB), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina e Ciências da Saúde, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Espectrometria de Massa, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Estação Parque Biológico, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Espectrometria de Massa, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Estação Parque Biológico, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas em Biologia Molecular e Funcional (CPBMF), Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Tuberculose (INCT-TB), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- * E-mail: (LAB); (DSS)
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- Centro de Pesquisas em Biologia Molecular e Funcional (CPBMF), Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Tuberculose (INCT-TB), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- * E-mail: (LAB); (DSS)
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Sciani JM, de-Sá-Júnior PL, Ferreira AK, Pereira A, Antoniazzi MM, Jared C, Pimenta DC. Cytotoxic and antiproliferative effects of crude amphibian skin secretions on breast tumor cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bionut.2012.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gene expression analysis by ESTs sequencing of the Brazilian frog Phyllomedusa nordestina skin glands. Toxicon 2012; 61:139-50. [PMID: 23159791 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2012] [Revised: 10/21/2012] [Accepted: 10/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The subfamily Phyllomedusinae has attracted a great interest of many researchers mainly due to the high diversity of these frog species and plethora of pharmacological activities frequently observed for their skin secretions. Despite of this fact, mainly for new species, limited information is available regarding the molecular composition of these skin secretions and the cellular components involved in their production. Phyllomedusa nordestina is a recently described Brazilian frog species also popularly known as 'tree-frogs'. Aiming at contributing to the biological knowledge of this species, we show here the gene expression profile of this frog skin secretion using a global ESTs analysis of a cDNA library. The marked aspect of this analysis revealed a significant higher transcriptional level of the opioid peptide dermorphins in P. nordestina skin secretion than in Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis, which is its closest related species, belonging both to the same phylogenetic group. Precursors of bioactive peptides as dermaseptins, phylloseptins, tryptophyllins, and bradykinin-like peptideswere also found in this library. Transcripts encoding proteins related to ordinary cellular functions and pathways were also described. Some of them are chiefly involved in the production of the skin secretion. Taken together, the data reported here constitute a contribution to the characterization of the molecular diversity of gene-encoded polypeptides with potential possibility of pharmacological exploitation. The transcriptional composition of the skin secretion may also help to give the necessary support for the definition of P. nordestina as a new species, which actually relies basically on frog morphological characteristics and geographical distribution.
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Samgina TY, Gorshkov VA, Vorontsov YA, Artemenko KA, Ogourtsov SV, Zubarev RA, Lebedev AT. Mass spectral study of the skin peptide of brown frog Rana temporaria from Zvenigorod population. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2011. [DOI: 10.1134/s1061934811140152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Samgina TY, Gorshkov VA, Vorontsov YA, Artemenko KA, Ogourtsov SV, Zubarev RA, Lebedev AT. Investigation of skin secretory peptidome of Rana lessonae frog by mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2011. [DOI: 10.1134/s1061934811130120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Salay LC, Nobre TM, Colhone MC, Zaniquelli MED, Ciancaglini P, Stabeli RG, Leite JRSA, Zucolotto V. Dermaseptin 01 as antimicrobial peptide with rich biotechnological potential: study of peptide interaction with membranes containing Leishmania amazonensis lipid-rich extract and membrane models. J Pept Sci 2011; 17:700-7. [PMID: 21805539 DOI: 10.1002/psc.1392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2011] [Revised: 05/27/2011] [Accepted: 06/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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This article addresses the interactions of the synthetic antimicrobial peptide dermaseptin 01 (GLWSTIKQKGKEAAIAAA- KAAGQAALGAL-NH(2) , DS 01) with phospholipid (PL) monolayers comprising (i) a lipid-rich extract of Leishmania amazonensis (LRE-La), (ii) zwitterionic PL (dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine, DPPC), and (iii) negatively charged PL (dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol, DPPG). The degree of interaction of DS 01 with the different biomembrane models was quantified from equilibrium and dynamic liquid-air interface parameters. At low peptide concentrations, interactions between DS 01 and zwitterionic PL, as well as with the LRE-La monolayers were very weak, whereas with negatively charged PLs the interactions were stronger. For peptide concentrations above 1 µg/ml, a considerable expansion of negatively charged monolayers occurred. In the case of DPPC, it was possible to return to the original lipid area in the condensed phase, suggesting that the peptide was expelled from the monolayer. However, in the case of DPPG, the average area per lipid molecule in the presence of DS 01 was higher than pure PLs even at high surface pressures, suggesting that at least part of DS 01 remained incorporated in the monolayer. For the LRE-La monolayers, DS 01 also remained in the monolayer. This is the first report on the antiparasitic activity of AMPs using Langmuir monolayers of a natural lipid extract from L. amazonensis.
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- Luiz C Salay
- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, IFSC, Universidade de São Paulo, USP, 13560-970 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Demesa Balderrama G, Meneses EP, Hernández Orihuela L, Villa Hernández O, Castro Franco R, Pando Robles V, Ferreira Batista CV. Analysis of sulfated peptides from the skin secretion of the Pachymedusa dacnicolor frog using IMAC-Ga enrichment and high-resolution mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2011; 25:1017-1027. [PMID: 21452378 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2010] [Revised: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 01/20/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography (IMAC) has been widely used for the enrichment of phosphopeptides, whereas no report exists describing the use of IMAC columns for the enrichment of sulfopeptides. In this study, we used IMAC-Ga microcolumns for the enrichment of sulfopeptides from a complex mixture of peptides, extracted from skin secretions of the Pachymedusa dacnicolor frog. The enriched fraction obtained by IMAC-Ga was analyzed by liquid chromatograpy/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS) in an Orbitrap XL and by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF/TOF) in an ABI 4800 instrument. From this fraction, different sulfated and non-sulfated peptides belonging to the caerulin and bradykinin families were structurally characterized. Other interesting negatively charged groups, such as phosphate adducts of dermaseptins and pyridoxal phosphate attached to a protease inhibitor, were also characterized. Unexpectedly, some dermaseptin antimicrobial peptides were also enriched by IMAC-Ga and a Sauvatine-like peptide was also fully sequenced. Furthermore, neutral loss of sulfated peptides and their fragmentation patterns in the gas phase were also compared using collision-induced dissociation (CID) and high-energy collision dissociation (HCD). Our present study provides evidence that IMAC-Ga enrichment is a fast, useful and promising method for high-throughput analysis of sulfated-peptides, since high-resolution mass spectrometers can be used for this purpose.
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- Griselda Demesa Balderrama
- Unidad de Proteómica-Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad, 2001, Col. Chamilpa, CP 62210, Cuernavaca, Mor., México
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Samgina TY, Gorshkov VA, Vorontsov YA, Artemenko KA, Zubarev RA, Lebedev AT. Mass spectrometric study of bradykinin-related peptides (BRPs) from the skin secretion of Russian ranid frogs. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2011; 25:933-940. [PMID: 21416530 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2010] [Revised: 01/19/2011] [Accepted: 01/19/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Amphibian skin secretion is known to contain biologically active peptides. Bradykinins and related peptides (BRPs) can be found in these animals, while frogs from the genus Rana are considered to be leaders in the levels and variety of these peptides. A reasonable rationalization of this fact is that bradykinins are efficient defense compounds against predators. Forty-four various BRPs have been identified in the skin secretions of five ranid frog species (R. ridibunda, R. lessonae, R. esculenta, R. temporaria, R. arvalis) from the Zvenigorod region (Moscow district, Russia). Some of these peptides are already known, but the novel ones constitute a significant portion. An interesting group of novel peptides was isolated from R. lessonae. These are bradykinin analogues bearing a tyrosine residue in the 5th or 8th position. [Arg(0), Trp(5), Leu(8)]bradykinin and [Thr(6), Leu(8)]bradykinin that had been isolated from fish and avian species, respectively, were also detected in the frog secretion, supporting the predator defense hypothesis. Furthermore, a novel group of BRPs named 'lessonakinins' was discovered in R. lessonae and R. esculenta. All of them include the [Arg(0), Trp(5), Leu(8)]bradykinin sequence and have some structural resemblance to the precursor of this peptide cloned by Chen and coworkers recently. However, the C-terminal part of the lessonakinins does not match the sequence predicted by Chen, demonstrating possible incompleteness of information obtained by cDNA cloning.
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- T Yu Samgina
- Organic Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Rates B, Silva LP, Ireno IC, Leite FSF, Borges MH, Bloch C, De Lima ME, Pimenta AMC. Peptidomic dissection of the skin secretion of Phasmahyla jandaia (Bokermann and Sazima, 1978) (Anura, Hylidae, Phyllomedusinae). Toxicon 2010; 57:35-52. [PMID: 20932854 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2010] [Revised: 09/22/2010] [Accepted: 09/24/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The systematic investigation of the peptidic composition of the skin secretion of Phasmahyla jandaia, a phyllomedusine anuran endemic to the southern region of the Espinhaço range in Brazil, is herein reported. By means of de novo interpretation of tandem mass spectrometric data, Edman N-terminal sequencing and similarity searches, 57 peptides - including phylloseptins, dermaseptins stricto sensu, dermatoxins, hyposins, tryptophyllins, caerulein-related, bradykinin-related, bradykinin potentiating, tyrosine-rich, and opioid peptides - were sequenced. Moreover, five peptide families without significant similarity to other known molecules were verified. Differently from most Phyllomedusinae genera, the molecular diversity in the skin of representatives of Phasmahyla remained unprospected until now. Therefore, besides disclosing novel natural variants of number of bioactive peptides, the present study contributes to the understanding of the evolution of biochemical characters of the phyllomedusines.
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- Breno Rates
- Laboratório de Venenos e Toxinas Animais, Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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Azevedo Calderon LD, Silva ADAE, Ciancaglini P, Stábeli RG. Antimicrobial peptides from Phyllomedusa frogs: from biomolecular diversity to potential nanotechnologic medical applications. Amino Acids 2010; 40:29-49. [PMID: 20526637 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0622-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2010] [Accepted: 05/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Screening for new bioactive peptides in South American anurans has been pioneered in frogs of the genus Phyllomedusa. All frogs of this genus have venomous skin secretions, i.e., a complex mixture of bioactive peptides against potential predators and pathogens that presumably evolved in a scenario of predator-prey interaction and defense against microbial invasion. For every new anuran species studied new peptides are found, with homologies to hormones, neurotransmitters, antimicrobials, and several other peptides with unknown biological activity. From Vittorio Erspamer findings, this genus has been reported as a "treasure store" of bioactive peptides, and several groups focus their research on these species. From 1966 to 2009, more than 200 peptide sequences from different Phyllomedusa species were deposited in UniProt and other databases. During the last decade, the emergence of high-throughput molecular technologies involving de novo peptide sequencing via tandem mass spectrometry, cDNA cloning, pharmacological screening, and surface plasmon resonance applied to peptide discovery, led to fast structural data acquisition and the generation of peptide molecular libraries. Research groups on bioactive peptides in Brazil using these new technologies, accounted for the exponential increase of new molecules described in the last decade, much higher than in any previous decades. Recently, these secretions were also reported as a rich source of multiple antimicrobial peptides effective against multidrug resistant strains of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and virus, providing instructive lessons for the development of new and more efficient nanotechnological-based therapies for infectious diseases treatment. Therefore, novel drugs arising from the identification and analysis of bioactive peptides from South American anuran biodiversity have a promising future role on nanobiotechnology.
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- Leonardo de Azevedo Calderon
- Centro de Estudos de Biomoléculas Aplicadas a Medicina "Professor Dr. José Roberto Giglio" (CEBio), Núcleo de Saúde (NUSAU), Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR), Porto Velho, RO, 76800-000, Brazil
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- Kamila Chughtai
- FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Structural and functional analyses of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv3315c-encoded metal-dependent homotetrameric cytidine deaminase. J Struct Biol 2010; 169:413-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2009] [Revised: 11/19/2009] [Accepted: 12/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Reshmy V, Preeji V, Parvin A, Santhoshkumar K, George S. Molecular Cloning of a Novel Bradykinin-Related Peptide from the Skin of Indian Bronzed Frog Hylarana Temporalis. GENOMICS INSIGHTS 2010. [PMID: 26217102 PMCID: PMC4510599 DOI: 10.4137/gei.s5409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Bradykinin-related peptides (BRPs) constitute one of the most studied groups of bioactive peptides in amphibian skin secretions. The present study describes the successful isolation of a novel BRP (hylaranakinin TE) from the skin secretion of the Indian bronzed frog Hylarana temporalis. The deduced open reading frame consisted of 115 amino acid residues with a putative signal peptide of 22 amino acid residues, followed by a spacer region and mature peptide regions that encode for two BRPs: a canonical bradykinin R-9-R with a C-terminal extension of FVPASSL and Thr6-BK. The Thr6-BK reported in the present study had an unusual FP-insertion in the N-terminal part and ended in FAPEII, which is very different from the IAPAIV sequence reported in other ranid frogs. Unlike the mammalian bradykinin and its precursor, amphibian BRPs and their precursors are extremely variable, as evident from the present study. This forms the first report of BRPs from Hylarana temporalis, endemic to India and Sri Lanka.
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- V Reshmy
- Chemical Biology Group, Molecular Medicine Division, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram-695014, Kerala, India
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- Chemical Biology Group, Molecular Medicine Division, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram-695014, Kerala, India
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- Chemical Biology Group, Molecular Medicine Division, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram-695014, Kerala, India
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- Chemical Biology Group, Molecular Medicine Division, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram-695014, Kerala, India
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- Chemical Biology Group, Molecular Medicine Division, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram-695014, Kerala, India
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Franck J, Arafah K, Barnes A, Wisztorski M, Salzet M, Fournier I. Improving Tissue Preparation for Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging. Part 1: Using Microspotting. Anal Chem 2009; 81:8193-202. [DOI: 10.1021/ac901328p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Julien Franck
- Université de Lille1, CNRS, Team, Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, MALDI Imaging, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France, and Shimadzu Corporation, Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, U.K
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- Université de Lille1, CNRS, Team, Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, MALDI Imaging, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France, and Shimadzu Corporation, Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, U.K
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- Université de Lille1, CNRS, Team, Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, MALDI Imaging, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France, and Shimadzu Corporation, Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, U.K
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- Université de Lille1, CNRS, Team, Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, MALDI Imaging, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France, and Shimadzu Corporation, Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, U.K
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- Université de Lille1, CNRS, Team, Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, MALDI Imaging, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France, and Shimadzu Corporation, Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, U.K
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- Université de Lille1, CNRS, Team, Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, MALDI Imaging, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France, and Shimadzu Corporation, Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, U.K
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Zhou X, Wang L, Zhou M, Chen T, Ding A, Rao P, Walker B, Shaw C. Amolopkinins W1 and W2--novel bradykinin-related peptides (BRPs) from the skin of the Chinese torrent frog, Amolops wuyiensis: antagonists of bradykinin-induced smooth muscle contraction of the rat ileum. Peptides 2009; 30:893-900. [PMID: 19428766 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2008] [Revised: 01/19/2009] [Accepted: 01/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Bradykinin-related peptides (BRPs) represent one of the most widespread and closely studied families of amphibian defensive skin secretion peptides. Apart from canonical bradykinin (RPPGFSPFR) that was first reported in skin extracts of the European brown frog, Rana temporaria, many additional site-substituted, N- and/or C-terminally extended peptides have been isolated from skin extracts and secretions from representative species of the families Ranidae, Hylidae, Bombinatoridae and Leiopelmatidae. The most diverse range of BRPs has been found in ranid frog skin secretions and this probably reflects the diversity and number of species studied and their associated life histories within this taxon. Amolops (torrent or cascade frogs) is a genus within the Ranidae that has been poorly studied. Here we report the presence of two novel BRPs in the skin secretions of the Chinese Wuyi Mountain torrent frog (Amolops wuyiensis). Amolopkinins W1 and W2 are dodecapeptides differing in only one amino acid residue at position 2 (Val/Ala) that are essentially (Leu(1), Thr(6))-bradykinins extended at the N-terminus by either RVAL (W1) or RAAL (W2). Amolopkinins W1 and W2 are structurally similar to amolopkinin L1 from Amolops loloensis and the major BRP (Leu(1), Thr(6), Trp(8))-bradykinin from the skin of the Japanese frog, Rana sakuraii. A. wuyiensis amolopkinins were separately encoded as single copies within discrete precursors of 61 amino acid residues as deduced from cloned skin cDNA. Synthetic replicates of both peptides were found to potently antagonize the contractile effects of canonical bradykinin on isolated rat ileum smooth muscle preparations. Amolopkinins thus appear to represent a novel sub-family of ranid frog skin secretion BRPs.
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- Xiaowei Zhou
- Molecular Therapeutics Research, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Center, Belfast , Northern Ireland, UK
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Molecular cloning, expression in Escherichia coli and production of bioactive homogeneous recombinant human granulocyte and macrophage colony stimulating factor. Int J Biol Macromol 2009; 45:97-102. [PMID: 19389424 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2009.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2009] [Revised: 03/27/2009] [Accepted: 04/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Human granulocyte and macrophage colony stimulating factor (hGM-CSF) is a glycoprotein that activates and enhances the differentiation and survival of neutrophils, eosinophils and macrophages, which play a key role in the innate immune response. Here we describe the construction of the hGM-CSF encoding gene, cloning, expression in Escherichia coli, purification of recombinant hGM-CSF, N-terminal amino acid sequencing, and biological activity assay using TF-1 cells. The results presented show that the combination of experimental strategies employed to obtain recombinant hGM-CSF can yield biologically active protein, and may be useful to scaling-up production of biosimilar protein.
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Zampa MF, Araújo IMS, Costa V, Nery Costa CH, Santos JR, Zucolotto V, Eiras C, Leite JRSA. Leishmanicidal activity and immobilization of dermaseptin 01 antimicrobial peptides in ultrathin films for nanomedicine applications. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2009; 5:352-8. [PMID: 19215729 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2008.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2008] [Revised: 10/24/2008] [Accepted: 11/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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UNLABELLED Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are essential for the innate immune system of eukaryotes, imparting protection against pathogens and their proliferation in host organisms. The recent interest in AMPs as active materials in bionanostructures is due to the properties shown by these biological molecules, such as the presence of an alpha-helix structure and distribution of positive charges along the chain. In this study the antimicrobial peptide dermaseptin 01 (DS 01), from the skin secretion of Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis frogs was immobilized in nanostructured layered films in conjunction with nickel tetrasulfonated phthalocyanines. The leishmanicidal activity of DS 01 was confirmed using kinetic essays, in which DS 01 promoted death of all metacyclic promastigote cells in 45 minutes. Surprisingly, the immobilized DS 01 molecules displayed electroactivity, as revealed by electrochemical experiments, in which an oxidation peak at about 0.61 V was observed for a DS 01 monolayer deposited on top of a conductive electrode. Such electroactivity was used to investigate the sensing abilities of the nanostructured films toward Leishmania. We observed an increase in the oxidation current as a function of number of Leishmania cells in the electrolytic solution at concentrations down to 10(3) cells/mL. The latter is indicative that the use of AMPs immobilized in electroactive nanostructured films may be of interest for applications in the pharmaceutical industry and diagnosis. FROM THE CLINICAL EDITOR The recent interest in Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as active materials in bionanostructures is due to the properties shown by these biological molecules. Leishmanicidal activity of a particular AMP is demonstrated in this paper.
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- Maysa F Zampa
- LAPETRO, Universidade Federal do Piauí, UFPI, Teresina, Brazil
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Magalhães BS, Melo JAT, Leite JRSA, Silva LP, Prates MV, Vinecky F, Barbosa EA, Verly RM, Mehta A, Nicoli JR, Bemquerer MP, Andrade AC, Bloch C. Post-secretory events alter the peptide content of the skin secretion of Hypsiboas raniceps. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 377:1057-61. [PMID: 18976634 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.10.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2008] [Accepted: 10/16/2008] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A novel family of antimicrobial peptides, named raniseptins, has been characterized from the skin secretion of the anuran Hypsiboas raniceps. Nine cDNA molecules have been successfully cloned, sequenced, and their respective polypeptides were characterized by mass spectrometry and Edman degradation. The encoded precursors share structural similarities with the dermaseptin prepropeptides from the Phyllomedusinae subfamily and the mature 28-29 residue long peptides undergo further proteolytic cleavage in the crude secretion yielding consistent fragments of 14-15 residues. The biological assays performed demonstrated that the Rsp-1 peptide has antimicrobial activity against different bacterial strains without significant lytic effect against human erythrocytes, whereas the peptide fragments generated by endoproteolysis show limited antibiotic potency. MALDI imaging mass spectrometry in situ studies have demonstrated that the mature raniseptin peptides are in fact secreted as intact molecules within a defined glandular domain of the dorsal skin, challenging the physiological role of the observed raniseptin fragments, identified only as part of the crude secretion. In this sense, stored and secreted antimicrobial peptides may confer distinct protective roles to the frog.
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- Beatriz S Magalhães
- EMBRAPA Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Parque Estação Biológica, 70700-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil
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MALDI imaging mass spectrometry for direct tissue analysis: a new frontier for molecular histology. Histochem Cell Biol 2008; 130:421-34. [PMID: 18618129 PMCID: PMC2522327 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-008-0469-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/24/2008] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) is a powerful tool for investigating the distribution of proteins and small molecules within biological systems through the in situ analysis of tissue sections. MALDI-IMS can determine the distribution of hundreds of unknown compounds in a single measurement and enables the acquisition of cellular expression profiles while maintaining the cellular and molecular integrity. In recent years, a great many advances in the practice of imaging mass spectrometry have taken place, making the technique more sensitive, robust, and ultimately useful. In this review, we focus on the current state of the art of MALDI-IMS, describe basic technological developments for MALDI-IMS of animal and human tissues, and discuss some recent applications in basic research and in clinical settings.
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Sin Y, Zhou M, Chen W, Wang L, Chen T, Walker B, Shaw C. Skin bradykinin-related peptides (BRPs) and their biosynthetic precursors (kininogens): comparisons between various taxa of Chinese and North American ranid frogs. Peptides 2008; 29:393-403. [PMID: 18164514 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2007] [Revised: 11/12/2007] [Accepted: 11/12/2007] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Bradykinins and related peptides (BRPs) occur in the defensive skin secretions of many amphibians. Here we report the structures of BRPs and their corresponding biosynthetic precursor cDNAs from the Chinese brown frog, Rana chensinensis, and the North American leopard frog, Lithobates pipiens. R. chensinensis skin contained four transcripts each encoding a different kininogen whose organizations and spectrum of encoded BRPs were similar to those reported for the pickerel frog, Lithobates palustris. In contrast, from L. pipiens, a single skin kininogen was cloned whose structural organization and spectrum of mature BRPs were similar to those reported for the Chinese piebald odorous frog, Huia schmackeri. These data also implied that the endogenous precursor processing proteases in each species pair have identical site-directed specificities, which in part may be dictated by the primary structures of encoded BRPs. Thus the spectra of skin BRPs and the organization of their biosynthetic precursors are not consistent with recent taxonomy. The natural selective pressures that mould the primary structures of amphibian skin secretion peptides are thought to be related to the spectrum of predators encountered within their habitats. Thus similarities and differences in skin bradykinins may be reflective of predator spectra rather than indicative of species relatedness.
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- YeeTing Sin
- Molecular Therapeutics Research, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Cornett DS, Reyzer ML, Chaurand P, Caprioli RM. MALDI imaging mass spectrometry: molecular snapshots of biochemical systems. Nat Methods 2007; 4:828-33. [PMID: 17901873 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth1094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 635] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) is emerging as a powerful tool for investigating the distribution of molecules within biological systems through the direct analysis of thin tissue sections. Unique among imaging methods, MALDI-IMS can determine the distribution of hundreds of unknown compounds in a single measurement. We discuss the current state of the art of MALDI-IMS along with some recent applications and technological developments that illustrate not only its current capabilities but also the future potential of the technique to provide a better understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms of biological processes.
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- Dale S Cornett
- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, 465 21st Avenue, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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McCrudden CM, Zhou M, Chen T, O'Rourke M, Walker B, Hirst D, Shaw C. The complex array of bradykinin-related peptides (BRPs) in the peptidome of pickerel frog (Rana palustris) skin secretion is the product of transcriptional economy. Peptides 2007; 28:1275-81. [PMID: 17459523 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2007] [Revised: 03/26/2007] [Accepted: 03/26/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Previous peptidomic analyses of the defensive skin secretion from the North American pickerel frog, Rana palustris, have established the presence of canonical bradykinin and multiple bradykinin-related peptides (BRPs). As a consequence of the multiplicity of peptides identified and their diverse primary structures, it was speculated that they must represent the products of expression of multiple genes. Here, we present unequivocal evidence that the majority of BRPs (11/13) identified in skin secretion by the peptidomic approach can be generated by differential site-specific protease cleavage from a single common precursor of 321 amino acid residues, named skin kininogen 1, whose primary structure was deduced from cloned skin secretion-derived cDNA. The organization of skin kininogen 1 consists of a hydrophobic signal peptide followed by eight non-identical domains each encoding a single copy of either canonical bradykinin or a BRP. Two additional splice variants, encoding precursors of 233 (skin kininogen 2) or 189 amino acid residues (skin kininogen 3), were also cloned and were found to lack BRP-encoding domains 5 and 6 or 4, 5 and 6, respectively. Thus, generation of peptidome diversity in amphibian defensive skin secretions can be achieved in part by differential protease cleavage of relatively large and multiple-encoding domain precursors reflecting a high degree of transcriptional economy.
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- Cian Michael McCrudden
- Molecular Therapeutics Research, School of Pharmacy, Medical Biology Center, Queen's University, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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Zhou J, Bjourson AJ, Coulter DJM, Chen T, Shaw C, O'rourke M, Hirst DG, Zhang Y, Rao P, McClean S. Bradykinin-related peptides, including a novel structural variant, (Val1)-bradykinin, from the skin secretion of Guenther's frog, Hylarana guentheri and their molecular precursors. Peptides 2007; 28:781-9. [PMID: 17321638 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2006] [Revised: 01/16/2007] [Accepted: 01/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Multiple bradykinin-related peptides including a novel bradykinin structural variant, (Val(1))-bradykinin, have been identified from the defensive skin secretion of Guenther's frog, Hylarana guentheri by a tandem mass spectrometry method. Subsequently, four different preprobradykinin cDNAs, which encoded multiple bradykinin copies and its structural variants, were consistently cloned from a skin derived cDNA library. These preprobradykinin cDNAs showed little structural similarity with mammalian kininogens and the kininogens from the skin of toads, but have regions that are highly conserved in the kininogens from another ranid frog, Odorrana schmackeri. Alignment of these preprobradykinins revealed that preprobradykinin 1, 2 and 3 may derive from a single gene by alternative exon splicing.
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- Jianwu Zhou
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland, UK
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Conceição K, Konno K, de Melo RL, Antoniazzi MM, Jared C, Sciani JM, Conceição IM, Prezoto BC, de Camargo ACM, Pimenta DC. Isolation and characterization of a novel bradykinin potentiating peptide (BPP) from the skin secretion of Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis. Peptides 2007; 28:515-23. [PMID: 17098329 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2006.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2006] [Revised: 10/02/2006] [Accepted: 10/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bradykinin potentiating peptides (BPPs) from Bothrops jararaca venom were first described in the middle of 1960s and were the first natural inhibitors of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE). BPPs present a classical motif and can be recognized by their typical pyroglutamyl (Pyr)/proline rich sequences presenting, invariably, a proline residue at the C-terminus. In the present study, we describe the isolation and biological characterization of a novel BPP isolated from the skin secretion of the Brazilian tree-frog Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis. This new BPP, named Phypo Xa presents the sequence Pyr-Phe-Arg-Pro-Ser-Tyr-Gln-Ile-Pro-Pro and is able to potentiate bradykinin activities in vivo and in vitro, as well as efficiently and competitively inhibit ACE. This is the first canonical BPP (i.e. Pyr-Aaa(n)-Gln-Ile-Pro-Pro) to be found not only in the frog skin but also in any other natural source other than the snake venoms.
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- Katia Conceição
- Laboratório Especial de Toxinologia Aplicada, Center for Applied Toxinology (CAT/CEPID), Instituto Butantan, Avenida Vital Brasil 1500, São Paulo, SP 05503-900, Brazil
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Brand GD, Leite JRSA, de Sá Mandel SM, Mesquita DA, Silva LP, Prates MV, Barbosa EA, Vinecky F, Martins GR, Galasso JH, Kuckelhaus SAS, Sampaio RNR, Furtado JR, Andrade AC, Bloch C. Novel dermaseptins from Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis (Amphibia). Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 347:739-46. [PMID: 16844081 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.06.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2006] [Accepted: 06/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Six new antimicrobial peptides structurally related to the dermaseptin family have been isolated from the skin secretion of the amphibian Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis. The primary structures of these molecules named as DShypo 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, and 07 were determined by de novo MS/MS experiments, Edman degradation, and cDNA sequencing. The fifth peptide was found to be precisely the same DS 01 from Phyllomedusa oreades previously described by our group. The majority of the peptides purified from the crude skin secretion could be directly localized and mapped onto a freshly dissected dorsal skin fragment using mass spectrometry-imaging techniques. Comparisons between peptides and commercial drugs on their antibacterial and anti-Leishmania amazonensis efficiencies, associated with peptide lytic effects on mammalian blood cells and surface plasmon resonance interaction studies on immobilized DMPC vesicles, were also performed.
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- Guilherme D Brand
- Laboratório de Espectrometria de Massa, EMBRAPA-Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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Thompson AH, Bjourson AJ, Shaw C, McClean S. Bradykinin-related peptides from Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis azurea: Mass spectrometric structural characterisation and cloning of precursor cDNAs. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2006; 20:3780-8. [PMID: 17120273 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.2791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Amphibian skin secretions contain a plethora of bioactive compounds, many of which are understood to act to deter ingestion by predators. Bradykinins in particular are constitutively expressed in many amphibian skin secretions, mediating a variety of effects including hyperalgesia and contraction of gastric smooth muscle. Using a variety of proteomic techniques (high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) separation, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS), and quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (Q-TOF-MS/MS)) the current study identified 13 bradykinin-like peptides in the skin secretions of Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis azurea, including several new C-terminally extended isoforms (VPPGFTPFRLT, VHypPGFTPFRQT) and a novel phyllokinin-like peptide (RPPGFTPFRVY). Identification of the cDNA sequences encoding these peptides led to the deduction that the peptides were derived from differential post-translational processing and modification of five different precursors. Such an event emphasises the metabolic efficiency of peptide production in amphibian venom, with multiple products perhaps selective to different receptors in a variety of predators generated from a single precursor. An unusual modification was also recognised in the present study, with several bradykinin-like peptides featuring hydroxyprolination of the first proline residue rather than the commonly targeted second. This alteration may be mediated by the structural organisation of N-terminal amino acids prior to precursor processing.
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