Structure-function relationships of temporins, small antimicrobial peptides from amphibian skin

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1447-1454

  Mangoni, M Luisa ^a   Rinaldi, Andrea C ^b   Di Giulio, Antonio ^c   Mignogna, Giuseppina ^d   Bozzi, Argante ^c   Barra, Donatella ^d,e   Simmaco, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TEMPORIN A; TEMPORIN B; TEMPORIN D; TEMPORIN H; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; FROG; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RANA TEMPORARIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 0034106918     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01143.x     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. 1. Simmaco, M., Mignogna, G. & Barra, D. (1998) Antimicrobial peptides from amphibian skin: what do they tell us? Biopolymers 47, 435-450.
2. 2. Boman, H.G. (1995) Peptide antibiotics and their role in innate immunity. Annu. Rev. Immun. 13, 61-92.
3. 3. Simmaco, M., Boman, A., Mangoni, M.L., Mignogna, G., Miele, R., Barra, D. & Boman, H.G. (1997) Effect of glucocorticoids on the synthesis of antimicrobial peptides in amphibian skin. FEBS Lett. 416, 273-275.
4. 4. Barra, D., Simmaco, M. & Boman, H.G. (1998) Gene-encoded peptide antibiotics and innate immunity. Do "animalcules" have defence budgets? FEBS Lett. 430, 130-134.
5. 5. Miele, R., Ponti, D., Boman, H.G., Barra, D. & Simmaco, M. (1998) Molecular cloning of a bombinin gene from Bombina orientalis: Detection of NF-κB and NF-IL6 binding sites in its promoter. FEBS Lett. 431, 23-28.
6. 6. Simmaco, M., Mangoni, M.L., Boman, A., Barra, D. & Boman, H.G. (1998) Experimental infections of Rana esculenta with Aeromonas hydrophila. A molecular mechanism for the control of the normal flora. Scand. J. Immunol. 48, 357-363.
7. 7. Calderon, R.O. & DeVries, G.H. (1997) Lipid composition and phospholipid asymmetry of membrane from a Schwann cell line. J. Neurosci. Res. 49, 372-380.
8. 8. Ojcius, D.M. & Young, J.D.-E. (1991) Cytolytic pore-forming proteins and peptides: is there a common structural motif? Trends Biochem. Sci. 16, 225-229.
9. 9. Shai, Y. (1995) Molecular recognition between membrane-spanning polypeptides. Trends Biochem. Sci. 20, 460-464.
10. 10. Simmaco, M., Mignogna, G., Canofeni, S., Miele, R., Mangoni, M.L. & Barra, D. (1996) Temporins, novel antimicrobial peptides from the european red frog Rana temporaria. Eur. J. Biochem. 242, 788-792.
11. 11. Selsted, M.E., Novotny, M.J., Morris, W.L., Tang, Y.-Q., Smith, W. & Cullor, J.S. (1992) Indolicidin, a novel bactericidal tridecapeptide amide from neutrophils. J. Biol. Chem. 267, 4292-4295.
12. 12. Romeo, D., Skerlavaj, B., Bolognesi, M. & Gennaro, R. (1988) Structure and bactericidal activity of an antibiotic dodecapeptide purified from bovine neutrophils. J. Biol. Chem. 263, 9573-9575.
13. 13. Falla, T.J., Karunaratne, D.N. & Hancock, R.E.W. (1996) Mode of action of the antimicrobial peptide indolicidin. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 19298-19303.
14. 14. Wu, M. & Hancock, R.E.W. (1999) Interaction of the cyclic antimicrobial cationic peptide bactenecin with the outer and cytoplasmic membrane. J. Biol. Chem. 274, 29-35.
15. 15. Szoka, F. & Papahadjopoulos, D. (1978) Procedure for preparation of liposomes with large internal aqueous space and high capture by reverse-phase evaporation. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 75, 4194-4198.
16. 16. Stewart, J.C. (1980) Colorimetric determination of phospholipids with ammonium ferrothiocyanate. Anal. Biochem. 104, 10-14.
17. 17. Allen, T.M. (1984) Calcein as a tool in liposome methodology. In Liposome Technology, Vol. 3 (Gregoriadis, G., ed.), pp. 177-182, CRC, Boca Raton.
18. 18. Hultmark, D., Engström, A., Bennich, R, Kapur, R. & Boman, H.G. (1982). Insect immunity: isolation and structure of recropin D and four minor antibacterial components from Cecropia pupae. Eur. J. Biochem. 127, 207-217.
19. 19. Ponti, D., Mignogna, G., Mangoni, M.L., De Biase, D., Simmaco, M. & Barra, D. (1999) Expression and activity of cyclic and linear analogues of esculentin-1, an antimicrobial peptide from amphibian skin. Eur. J. Biochem. 263, 921-927.
20. 20. Lehrer, R.I., Barton, A. & Ganz, T. (1988) Concurrent assessment of inner and outer membrane permeabilization and bacteriolysis in E. coli by multiple-wavelength spectrophotometry. J. Immunol. Methods 108, 153-158.
21. 21. Normark, S., Boman, H.G. & Matsson, E. (1969) Mutant of Escherichia coli with anomalous cell division and ability to decrease episomally and chromosomally mediated resistance to ampicillin and several other antibiotics. J. Bacteriol. 97, 1334-1342.
22. 22. Matsuzaki, K., Sugishita, K., Fujii, N. & Miyajima, K. (1995) Molecular basis for membrane selectivity of an antimicrobial peptide, magainin 2. Biochemistry 34, 3423-3429.
23. 23. Ghosh, A.K., Rukmini, R. & Chattopadhyay, A. (1997) Modulation of tryptophan environment in membrane-bound melittin by negatively charged phospholipids: implications in membrane organization and function. Biochemistry 36, 14291-14305.
24. 24. Wieprecht, T., Dathe, M., Beyermann, M., Krause, E., Maloy, W.L., MacDonald, D.L. & Bienert, M. (1997) Peptide hydrophobicity controls the activity and selectivity of magainin 2 amide in interaction with membranes. Biochemistry 36, 6124-6132.
25. 25. Argiolas, A. & Pisano, J.J. (1984) Isolation and characterization of two new peptides, mastoparan C and crabrolin, from the venom of the European hornet, Vespa crabro. J. Biol. Chem. 259, 10106-10111.
26. 26. Subbalakshmi, C., Krisnhakumari, V., Nagaraj, R. & Sitaram, N. (1996) Requirements for antibacterial and hemolytic activities in the bovine neulrophil derived 13-residue peptide indolicidin. FEBS Lett. 395, 48-52.
27. 27. Sitaram, N. & Nagaraj, R. (1990) A synthetic 13-residue peptide corresponding to the hydrophobic region of bovine seminal plasmin has antibacterial activity and also causes lysis of red blood cells. J. Biol. Chem. 265, 10438-10442.
28. 28. Sitaram, N., Subbalakshmi, C. & Nagaraj, R. (1995) Structural and charge requirements for antimicrobial and hemolytic activity in the peptide PKLLETFLSKWIG, corresponding to the hydrophobie region of the antimicrobial protein bovine seminalplasmin. Int. J. Peptide Res. 46, 166-173.
29. 29. Eisenberg, D. (1984) Three-dimensional structure of membrane and surface proteins. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 53, 595-623.
30. 30. Prehm, P., Stirm, S., Jann, B., Jann, K. & Boman, H.G. (1976) Cell-wall lipopolysaccharides of ampicillin-resistant mutants of Escherichia coli K12. Eur. J. Biochem. 66, 369-377.
31. 31. Schiffer, M. & Edmundson, A.B. (1967) Use of helical wheels to represent the structures of proteins and to identify segments with helical potential. Biophys. J. 1, 121-135.
32. 32. Matsuzaki, K., Nakamura, A., Murase, O., Sugishita, K., Fujii, N. & Miyajima, K. (1997) Modulation of magainin 2-lipid bilayer interactions by peptide charge. Biochemistry 36, 2104-2111.
33. 33. Oren, Z. & Shai, Y. (1996) A class of highly potent antibacterial peptides derived from pardaxin, a pore-forming peptide isolated from Moses sole fish Pardachirus marmoratus. Eur. J. Biochem. 237, 303-310.
34. 34. Oren, Z. & Shai, Y. (1998) Mode of action of linear amphipathic alpha-helical antimicrobial peptides. Biopolymers 47, 451-463.