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Antimicrobial peptides from the Brazilian frog Phyllomedusa distincta1

1999; Elsevier BV; Volume: 20; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0196-9781(99)00050-9

1873-5169

César V.F. Batista, L Rosendo da Silva, Antônio Sebben, Andrea Scaloni, L. Ferrara, G. R. de Paiva, Timoteo Olamendi‐Portugal, Lourival D. Possani, Carlos Bloch,

Biochemical and Structural Characterization

Different peptides were purified by chromatographic procedures from the skin-secretory glands of the frog Phyllomedusa distincta. These are the first peptides reported from this frog species. Their primary structure was determined by a combination of automated Edman degradation and mass spectrometry. Peptide Q2 contains 25 amino acid residues, peptide Q1 and L have 28 each, peptide M contains 31, and peptide K has 33 amino acid residues. They all showed potent antimicrobial activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, presenting minimal inhibitory concentrations from 0.6 to 40 μM, when tested against Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Peptides K, L, and Q1 were chemically synthesized and shown to be active.