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Anura

 
 
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Disease relevance of Anura

  • The tetradecapeptide bombesin, orginally isolated from the extracts of the skin of the frog Bombina bombina, is 10(4) times more potent than neurotensin in lowering core temperature, with a minimal effective dose less than or equal to 1 nanogram per 200 grams of body weight [1].
 

High impact information on Anura

  • Widespread occurrence in frogs and toads of skin compounds interacting with the ouabain site of Na+, K+-ATPase [2].
  • Antibacterial and haemolytic peptides containing D-alloisoleucine from the skin of Bombina variegata [3].
  • Furthermore, we report here a combined biochemical and immunohistochemical analysis of the hypothalamic progesterone receptor during the reproductive cycle of a lower vertebrate, the female amphibian anura Rana esculenta [4].
  • Various names have been given to these proteins, such as mamba intestinal protein 1 (MIT1), Bv8 (Bombina variegata molecular mass approximately 8 kDa), prokineticins and endocrine-gland vascular endothelial growth factor (EG-VEGF) [5].
  • We report on the anti-Leishmania activity and mode of action of bombinins H2 and H4 isolated from the skin secretion of the frog Bombina variegata [6].
 

Biological context of Anura

 

Anatomical context of Anura

 

Associations of Anura with chemical compounds

  • The connectivity and cytoarchitecture of telencephalic centers except dorsal and medial pallium were studied in the fire-bellied toad Bombina orientalis by anterograde and retrograde biocytin labeling and intracellular biocytin injection (total of 148 intracellularly labeled neurons or neuron clusters) [10].
  • Metamorphosis in frogs and toads is a set of complex developmental programmes controlled by thyroid hormone (TH) [15].
  • This result confirms the evolutionary specificity of hydrin 2 that has been identified only in frogs and toads but not in birds and reptiles [16].
  • From skin secretions of the European frog Bombina bombina, a new peptide has been isolated that contains 60 amino acids, including 10 cysteine residues [17].
  • We have isolated a novel bradykinin B(2)-receptor antagonist peptide, kinestatin, from toad (Bombina maxima) defensive skin secretion [18].
 

Gene context of Anura

  • In 1970, Erspamer et al.(1,14)isolated and characterized the tetradecapeptide bombesin (BN) from the skin of amphibian frog Bombina bombina [19].
  • Bv8, a protein from skin secretions of Bombina variegata, reacts with receptors present in mammalian brain and intestine (Mollay et al. (1999) Eur. J. Pharmacol. 374, 189-196) [20].
  • 1 The small protein Bv8, secreted by the skin of the frog Bombina variegata, belongs to a novel family of secreted proteins whose orthologues have been identified in snakes (MIT) and in mammals (prokineticins (PKs)) [21].
  • Analyzing the radiation of the proenkephalin gene in tetrapods: cloning of a Bombina orientalis proenkephalin cDNA [22].
  • In vivo generation of 5-lipoxygenase products in frogs and toads [23].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Anura

References

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  2. Widespread occurrence in frogs and toads of skin compounds interacting with the ouabain site of Na+, K+-ATPase. Flier, J., Edwards, M.W., Daly, J.W., Myers, C.W. Science (1980) [Pubmed]
  3. Antibacterial and haemolytic peptides containing D-alloisoleucine from the skin of Bombina variegata. Mignogna, G., Simmaco, M., Kreil, G., Barra, D. EMBO J. (1993) [Pubmed]
  4. Progesterone receptor: some viewpoints on hypothalamic seasonal fluctuations in a lower vertebrate. Guerriero, G., Ciarcia, G. Brain Res. Brain Res. Rev. (2001) [Pubmed]
  5. The AVIT protein family. Secreted cysteine-rich vertebrate proteins with diverse functions. Kaser, A., Winklmayr, M., Lepperdinger, G., Kreil, G. EMBO Rep. (2003) [Pubmed]
  6. Effect of natural L- to D-amino acid conversion on the organization, membrane binding, and biological function of the antimicrobial peptides bombinins H. Mangoni, M.L., Papo, N., Saugar, J.M., Barra, D., Shai, Y., Simmaco, M., Rivas, L. Biochemistry (2006) [Pubmed]
  7. Biochemical acclimation of metabolic enzymes in response to lowered temperature in tadpoles of Limnodynastes peronii. Rogers, K.D., Seebacher, F., Thompson, M.B. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., Part A Mol. Integr. Physiol. (2004) [Pubmed]
  8. Phylogenetic relationships among anuran trypanosomes as revealed by riboprinting. Clark, C.G., Martin, D.S., Diamond, L.S. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. (1995) [Pubmed]
  9. Quantification of percutaneous absorption of metronidazole and levamisole in the fire-bellied toad (Bombina orientalis). Mombarg, M., Claessen, H., Lambrechts, L., Zwart, P. J. Vet. Pharmacol. Ther. (1992) [Pubmed]
  10. Morphology and axonal projection pattern of neurons in the telencephalon of the fire-bellied toad Bombina orientalis: an anterograde, retrograde, and intracellular biocytin labeling study. Roth, G., Mühlenbrock-Lenter, S., Grunwald, W., Laberge, F. J. Comp. Neurol. (2004) [Pubmed]
  11. Morphology, axonal projection pattern, and responses to optic nerve stimulation of thalamic neurons in the fire-bellied toad Bombina orientalis. Roth, G., Grunwald, W., Dicke, U. J. Comp. Neurol. (2003) [Pubmed]
  12. Neuropeptide Y suppresses glucose utilization in the dorsal optic tectum towards visual stimulation in the toad Bombina orientalis: a [14C]2DG study. Funke, S., Ewert, J.P. Neurosci. Lett. (2006) [Pubmed]
  13. Biotransformation of maximakinin, a bradykinin-related nonadecapeptide from toad venom, by mammalian kallikrein and salivary proteases. Chen, T., O'rourke, M., McKenna, J., Hirst, D.G., Shaw, C. J. Pept. Res. (2005) [Pubmed]
  14. EG-VEGF and Bv8. a novel family of tissue-selective mediators of angiogenesis, endothelial phenotype, and function. LeCouter, J., Ferrara, N. Trends Cardiovasc. Med. (2003) [Pubmed]
  15. The analysis of complex developmental programmes: amphibian metamorphosis. Kanamori, A., Brown, D.D. Genes Cells (1996) [Pubmed]
  16. Evolutionary specificity of hydrins, new hydroosmotic neuropeptides: occurrence of hydrin 2 (vasotocinyl-Gly) in the toad Bufo marinus but not in the viper Vipera aspis. Michel, G., Rouillé, Y., Chauvet, M.T., Chauvet, J., Acher, R. FEBS Lett. (1990) [Pubmed]
  17. BSTI, a trypsin inhibitor from skin secretions of Bombina bombina related to protease inhibitors of nematodes. Mignogna, G., Pascarella, S., Wechselberger, C., Hinterleitner, C., Mollay, C., Amiconi, G., Barra, D., Kreil, G. Protein Sci. (1996) [Pubmed]
  18. Kinestatin: a novel bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist peptide from the skin secretion of the Chinese toad, Bombina maxima. Chen, T., O'Rourke, M., Orr, D.F., Coulter, D.J., Hirst, D.G., Rao, P., Shaw, C. Regul. Pept. (2003) [Pubmed]
  19. Role of bombesin-related peptides in the control of food intake. Merali, Z., McIntosh, J., Anisman, H. Neuropeptides (1999) [Pubmed]
  20. The mammalian homologues of frog Bv8 are mainly expressed in spermatocytes. Wechselberger, C., Puglisi, R., Engel, E., Lepperdinger, G., Boitani, C., Kreil, G. FEBS Lett. (1999) [Pubmed]
  21. Biological activities of Bv8 analogues. Negri, L., Lattanzi, R., Giannini, E., Colucci, M.A., Mignogna, G., Barra, D., Grohovaz, F., Codazzi, F., Kaiser, A., Kreil, G., Melchiorri, P. Br. J. Pharmacol. (2005) [Pubmed]
  22. Analyzing the radiation of the proenkephalin gene in tetrapods: cloning of a Bombina orientalis proenkephalin cDNA. Dores, R.M., Costantino, D., Walnutt, J., Danielson, P.B., Lecaude, S. Peptides (2001) [Pubmed]
  23. In vivo generation of 5-lipoxygenase products in frogs and toads. Green, F.A. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (1987) [Pubmed]
  24. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis analysis of liver proteins following nonylphenol treatment of Bombina orientalis boulenger. Gye, M.C. Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology. (2004) [Pubmed]
 
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