A small trypsin inhibitor from the frog of Odorrana grahami

A novel peptide inhibitor (OGTI) of serine protease with a molecular weight of 1949.8, was purified from the skin secretion of the frog, Odorrana grahami. Of the tested serine proteases, OGTI only inhibited the hydrolysis activity of trypsin on synthetic chromogenic substrate. This precursor deduced from the cDNA sequence is composed of 70 amino acid residues. The mature OGTI contains 17 amino acid residues including a six-residue loop disulfided by two half-cysteines (AVNIPFKVHFRCKAAFC). In addition to its unique six-residue loop, the overall structure and precursor of OGTI are different from those of other serine protease inhibitors. It is also one of the smallest serine protease inhibitors ever found. (C) 2008 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

血管收缩因子及其制备方法和在制药中的应用

本发明涉及一种血管收缩因子及其制备方法和在制药中的应用，属于生物医学领域。该血管收缩因子是从中国两栖类动物大蹼铃蟾皮肤中分离得到的分子量为65KDa由3条肽链组成的蛋白质，包括2条相同的轻链和1条重链，轻链的分子量为16KDa，重链的分子量为33KDa，等电点6.2，糖含量17-19％。血管收缩因子轻链的N-端20个氨基酸序列结构是：Phe Ser Asp Leu Gln IleGly Ser Leu Lys Cys Ala Val Ala Ala Tyr Asp Gln Gly Ala；重链的N-端封闭。其制备方法是收集大蹼铃蟾皮肤匀浆液或者皮肤分泌物，离心去除沉淀、收集上清液冷冻干燥，经离子交换，凝胶过滤纯化即可得到。该血管收缩因子具有强烈收缩血管，诱导血小板聚集的活性，可作为制备心血管疾病治疗药物和诊断试剂的应用。

Cloning of bradykinin precursor cDNAs from skin of Bombina maxima reveals novel bombinakinin M antagonists and a bradykinin potential peptide

Bombinakinin M (DLPKINRKGP-bradykinin) is a bradykinin-related peptide purified from skin secretions of the frog Bombina maxima. As previously reported, its biosynthesis is characterized by a tandem repeats with various copy numbers of the peptide and sometimes co-expressed with other structure-function distinguishable peptides. At present study, two novel cDNAs encoding bombinakinin M and its variants were cloned from a cDNA library from the skin of the frog. The encoded two precursor proteins are common in that each contains three repeats of a novel 16-amino acid peptide unit and one copy of kinestatin at their N- and C-terminal parts, respectively. They differ in that the first precursor contains two copies of bombinakinin M and the second one contains one copy of a novel bombinakinin M variant. Bombinakinin M was found to elicit concentration-dependent contractile effects on guinea pig ileum, with an EC50 value of 4 nM that is four times higher than that of bradykinin (1 nM). Interestingly, the synthetic peptide (DYTIRTRLH-amide), as deduced from the 16-amino acid peptide repeats in the newly cloned cDNAs, possessed weak inhibitory activity on the contractile effects of bombinakinin M, but not on that of bradykinin. Furthermore, the newly identified bombinakinin M variant (DLSKMSFLHG-Ile(1)-bradykinin), did not show contractile activity on guinea pig ileum, but showed potentiation effect on the myotropic activity of bradykinin. In a molar raito of 1:58, it augmented the activity of bradykinin up to two-fold. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Antihemostatic molecules from saliva of blood-feeding arthropods

The ability to feed on vertebrate blood has evolved many times in various arthropod clades. Consequently, saliva of blood-feeding arthropods has proven to be a rich source of antihemostatic molecules. A variety of platelet aggregation inhibitors antagonize platelet responses to wound-generated signals, including ADP, thrombin, and collagen. Anticoagulants disrupt elements of both the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways. Vasodilators include nitrophorins (nitric oxide storage and transport heme proteins), a variety of peptides that mimic endogenous vasodilatory neuropeptides, and proteins that catabolize or sequester endogenous vasoconstrictors. Multiple salivary proteins may be directed against each component of hemostasis, resulting in both redundancy and in some cases cooperative interactions between antihemostatic proteins. The complexity and redundancy of saliva ensures an efficient blood meal for the arthropod, but it also provides a diverse array of novel antihemostatic molecules for the pharmacologist.

胡蜂抗菌肽及其制备方法和应用

本发明涉及一种胡蜂抗菌肽及其制备方法和应用，属于生物医学技术领域。胡蜂抗菌肽是从中国节肢类动物胡蜂毒液中分离得到的一种单链多肽，分子量1316.6道尔顿，等电点8.59，多肽全序列为：NH2-IDWKGIAAMAKI-COOH。其制备方法是：电刺激胡蜂收集的蜂毒离心去除沉淀，冷冻干燥后经凝胶过滤柱层析、离子交换柱层析和反相高压液相色谱后分离纯化后得到。胡蜂抗菌肽具有对细菌、真菌、病毒及肿瘤细胞生长强烈活性抑制作用，并且还具有无溶血活性、血浆凝固活性等优点，可作为制备病原微生物感染疾病的治疗药物和肿瘤治疗药物的应用。

Maximins S, a novel group of antimicrobial peptides from toad Bombina maxima

Amphibian skin secretions are rich in antimicrobial peptides acting as important components of innate defense system against invading microorganisms. A novel type of peptide, designated as maximin S, was deduced by random sequencing of 793 clones from a constructed Bombina maxima skin cDNA library. The putative primary structures of maximin S peptides can be grouped into five species, in which maximin S I has 14 amino acid residues and the rest of maximin S peptides (S2-S5) all have 18 amino acid residues. Unlike most of the amphibian antimicrobial peptides so far identified, the newly characterized four maximin S precursors are composed of maximin S I and different combinations of tandem repeated maximin S2-S5 linked by internal peptides. Except maximin S I, the predicted secondary structures of maximin S2-S5 show a similar amphipathic alpha-helical structure. MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry analysis of partially isolated skin secretions of the toad indicates that most of the deduced maximin S peptides are expressed. Two deduced maximin S peptides (S1, S4) were synthesized and their antimicrobial activities were tested. Maximin S4 only had an antibiotic activity against mycoplasma and had no antibacterial or antifungal activity toward tested strains. Maximin S1 had no activity under the same conditions. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

An immunoregulatory peptide from salivary glands of the horsefly, Hybomitra atriperoides

Horseflies are economically important blood-feeding arthropods and also a nuisance for humans, and vectors for filariasis. They rely heavily on the pharmacological propriety of their saliva to get blood meat and suppress immune reactions of hosts. Little information is available on horsefly immune suppressants. By high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) purification coupling with pharmacological testing, an immunoregulatory peptide named immunoregulin HA has been identified and characterized from salivary glands of the horsefly of Hybomitra atriperoides (Diptera, Tabanidae). Immunoregulin HA could inhibit the secretion of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP-1) and increase the secretion of interteukin-10 (IL-10) induced by lipopolysaccharide (LIPS) in rat splenocytes. IL-10 is a suppressor cytokine of T-cell proliferative and cytokine responses. IL-10 can inhibit the elaboration of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Immunoregulin HA possibly unregulated the IL-10 production to inhibit IFN-gamma and MCP-1 secretion in the current experiments. This immunosuppression may facilitate the blood feeding of this horsefly. The current works will facilitate to understand the molecular mechanisms of the ectoparasite-host relationship. 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

中华硬蜱神经肽及其制备方法和应用

本发明涉及一种中华硬蜱神经肽及其制备方法和应用，属于生物医学技术领域。中华硬蜱神经肽是从中国节肢类动物中华硬蜱神经节中分离得到的一种单链小肽，分子量1005.22道尔顿，等电点8.59，小肽全序列一级结构为：NH2-LVVYPWTK-COOH。其制备方法是把中华硬蜱粘于表面皿的底部并置于冰上20min，接着沿背侧缘切开硬蜱取出神经节，将取出的神经节匀浆、离心去除沉淀、过滤膜过滤，经两次反相高效液相色谱法(RP-HPLC)分离纯化得到。中华硬蜱神经肽具有很强镇痛活性，可作为制备镇痛药物的应用。本发明具有序列简单、镇痛活性强等优点。

Acute rejection is associated with antibodies to non-Gal antigens in baboons using Gal-knockout pig kidneys

We transplanted kidneys from alpha 1,3-galactosyltransferase knockout (GalT-KO) pigs into six baboons using two different immunosuppressive regimens, but most of the baboons died from severe acute humoral xenograft rejection. Circulating induced antibodies to non-Gal antigens were markedly elevated at rejection, which mediated strong complement-dependent cytotoxicity against GaIT-KO porcine target cells. These data suggest that antibodies to non-Gal antigens will present an additional barrier to transplantation of organs from GaIT-KO pigs to humans.

A novel family of antimicrobial peptides from the skin of Amolops loloensis

While conducting experiments to investigate antimicrobial peptides of amphibians living in the Yunnan-Sichuan region of southwest China, a new family of antimicrobial peptides was identified from skin secretions of the rufous-spotted torrent frog, Amolops loloensis. Members of the new peptide family named amolopins are composed of 18 amino acids with a unique sequence, for example, NILSSIVNGINRALSFFG. By BLAST search, amolopins did no show similarity to any known peptides. Among the tested microorganisms, native and synthetic peptides only showed antimicrobial activities against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC2592 and Bacillus pumilus, no effects on other microorganisms. The CD spectroscopy showed that it adopted a structure of random combined with beta-sheet in water, Tris-HCl or Tris-HCl-SDS. Several cDNAs encoding amolopins were cloned from the skin cDNA library of A. loloensis. The precursors of amolopin are composed of 62 amino acid residues including predicted signal peptides, acidic propieces, and mature antimicrobial peptides. The preproregion of amolopin precursor comprises a hydrophobic signal peptide of 22 residues followed by an 18 residue acidic propiece which terminates by a typical prohormone processing signal Lys-Arg. The preproregions of precursors are very similar to other amphibian antimicrobial peptide precursors but the mature amolopins are different from other antimicrobial peptide families. The remarkable similarity of preproregions of precursors that give rise to very different antimicrobial peptides in distantly related frog species suggests that the corresponding genes form a multigene family originating from a common ancestor. (C) 2008 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

无指盘臭蛙胰岛素释放促进肽和在制药中的应用

本发明涉及无指盘臭蛙胰岛素释放促进肽和在制药中的应用，属于生物医学技术领域。本发明通过常规的生物化学手段，从无指盘臭蛙皮肤分泌液中分离纯化得到胰岛素释放促进肽并测定其序列，按照所得的序列合成该多肽。无指盘臭蛙胰岛素释放促进肽是一种单链多肽，分子量2632.3道尔顿，等电点10.32，多肽全序列为：苯丙氨酸—亮氨酸—脯氨酸—亮氨酸—亮氨酸—丙氨酸—甘氨酸—亮氨酸—丙氨酸—丙氨酸—天冬酰胺—苯丙氨酸—亮氨酸—脯氨酸—赖氨酸—亮氨酸—苯丙氨酸—半胱苷酸—赖氨酸 —异亮氨酸—苏氨酸—精氨酸—赖氨酸—甘氨酸。本发明具有很好的促进胰岛素释放的作用，同时还具有无溶血活性、无血浆凝固活性等优点，可作为制备治疗糖尿病药物的应用。

Blood cells as targets of snake toxins

Snake venoms are mixtures of enzymes and peptides which exert toxicological effects by targeting their substrates or receptors upon envenomation. Snake venom proteins widely affect vascular system including circulating blood cells, coagulation factors, an

Pseudomonas duriflava sp nov., isolated from a desert soil

A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile, non-spore-forming bacterium, designated strain HR2(T) was isolated from a soil sample from the Talklimaken Desert in Xinjiang Province, China. Strain HR2(T) grew optimally at pH 7.0-8.0 and 30-37 degrees C in the presence of 0-1% (w/v) NaCl. An analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain HR2(T) fell within the radiation of the genus Pseudomonas, the highest level of similarity being found with respect to Pseudomonas luteola IAM 13000(T) (97.5%); the levels of sequence similarity with respect to other recognized Pseudomonas species were < 96.4%. DNA-DNA hybridization showed that the genetic relatedness between strain HR2(T) and P. luteola IAM 13000(T) was 53.2%. The G + C content of the genomic DNA of strain HR2(T) was 55.2 mol%. The major fatty acids were 18: 1, summed feature 3 and 16:0. The hydroxylated fatty acids 10:0 3-OH, 12:0 3-OH and 12:0 2-OH were also present. The data obtained in this polyphasic study indicated that this isolate represents a novel species of the genus Pseudomonas, for which the name Pseudomonas duriflava sp. nov. is proposed, The type strain is HR2(T) (=KCTC 221129(T) =CGMCC 1.6858(T)).

无指盘臭蛙抗菌肽及其应用

本发明涉及一种无指盘臭蛙抗菌肽及其应用，属于生物医学领域。无指盘臭蛙抗菌肽是从两栖类无指盘臭蛙分泌液中分离得到的一种环状多肽，分子量为 1705.3道尔顿，等电点为9.39，多肽全序列一级结构为：Leu Lys Gly Cys Trp The Lys Ser Ile Pro Pro Lys Pro Cys Phe(LKGCWTKSIPPKPCF)，第四位和第十四位的的半胱氨酸形成分子内二硫键。其制备方法是：乙醚刺激无指盘臭蛙收集的分泌液离心去除沉淀，冷冻干燥后经凝胶过滤柱层析和反相高压液相色谱后分离纯化后得到。本发明的无指盘臭蛙抗菌肽具有对细菌、真菌、病毒有强烈活性抑制作用，及无溶血活性的优点，可作为制备治疗病原微生物感染疾病药物的应用。

Cloning of two novel P-III class metalloproteinases from Trimeresurus stejnegeri venom gland

Hemorrhagic toxins are widely distributed in viperid and crotalid snake venoms. Envenomation of Trimeresurus stejnegeri, a member of Crotalidae family, caused potent systemic and local hemorrhage. Up to now, there is no report on hemorrhage toxins from th