Blaustein AR, Romansic JM, Kiesecker JM, Hatch AC. The native structure and biochemistry of frog AMPs is particularly important as it dictates AMP function (108) and allows for intrinsic interactions with anionic membranes, such as those found on bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites (109). Langerhans cells are specialized cells of the immune system that are embedded in your skin. Kwon SY, Carlson BA, Park JM, Lee BJ. In mammalian systems, AMPs can bind cell surface receptors such as formyl peptide receptor-like-1 (FPLR1), purinergic receptors (P2X7), Toll-like receptors (TLRs), chemokine receptors (CCRs), G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) to activate downstream signalling pathways to promote wound healing (156). Home office setup: 5 ways to create a space for WFH; Oct. 1, 2020. Mangoni ML, McDermott AM, Zasloff M. Antimicrobial peptides and wound healing: biological and therapeutic considerations. (2018) 40:555–65. Joint effects of pesticides and ultraviolet-B radiation on amphibian larvae. Biochim Biophys Acta (2010) 1798:1934–43. (2005) 6:551–7. Frog Skin This frog skin prepared slide was captured under the microscope at 100x magnification. Fitzpatrick BM, Allison AL. Cationic antimicrobial peptides in psoriatic skin cooperate to break innate tolerance to self-DNA. 32. However, it is evident from the literature that large knowledge gaps exist within each of the skin innate immune barrier silos and in understanding the intricate web of cellular and molecular mechanisms that function to maintain skin homeostasis and rapidly fend against pathogen insult and/or mediate wound healing. They are called antigen-presenting immune cells because they detect and collect information on … Exploring the link between ultraviolet B radiation and immune function in amphibians: Implications for emerging infectious diseases. This image was made from a thin section of the kidney at the same magnification as the previous image (400X). Skin sloughing rate increases with chytrid fungus infection load in a susceptible amphibian. (2005) 125:9–13. Localization of pigment cells in cultured frog skin. The cationic peptide magainin II is antimicrobial for Burkholderia cepacia-complex strains. The functional identification of PRR ligands, signalling pathways and downstream gene targets remains untouched. Glands within the dermal layer include granular glands (a), mucosal glands (b), and small mixed glands (c) that secrete a slew of compounds, including mucus and antimicrobial peptides. Rodríguez A, Poth D, Schulz S, Vences M. Discovery of skin alkaloids in a miniaturized eleutherodactylid frog from Cuba. Antimicrobial peptide defences of the Tarahumara frog, Rana tarahumarae. J Virol. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2003.07.022, 122. J Morph. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.05.029, 258. (2006) 30:831–42. McCoy KA, Peralta AL. (1984) 171:91–106. Based on the MICs reported, the most effective anti-fungal frog skin AMPs belong to X. laevis and Ranid species, the foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii) and the Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) (Table 4). (2007) 81:2240–8. EcoHealth (2016) 13:383–91. Increased serine protease activity and cathelicidin promotes skin inflammation in rosacea. (2012) 49:830–7. Transcriptomic studies from skin of healthy Japanese brown frogs (Rana japonica), Montane brown frog (Rana ornativentris), Tago frog (Rana tagoi) (187), and the Yunnan firebelly toad (Bombina maxima) (183) have demonstrated the presence of tlr transcripts in skin tissue and further support the important role of anuran skin and the cells within as important sensors of microbes and regulators of innate immunity. Div Dist. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.01.016, 240. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.008128-0, 139. Rohr JR, Brown J, Battaglin WA, McMahon TA, Relyea RA. Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Development. doi: 10.1038/ni1206, 161. The synergistic activity of AMPs towards FV3 is unknown. Carrillo-Farga J, Castell A, Perez A, Rondan A. Langerhans-like cells in amphibian epidermis. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00045.2012, 191. The frog is covered by a soft, thin, moist skin composed of two layers, an outer epidermis and an inner dermis (see Skin). doi: 10.1093/conphys/coy035, 219. Toxicon (2009) 54:23–32. doi: 10.1089/jam.2006.19.110, 26. It is critical to gain a further understanding of how to mitigate these diseases in order to conserve dwindling frog populations. However, the putative X. tropicalis tlr4 gene does not appear to encode for a transmembrane region based on in silico structural prediction (186). Tight junctions are specially known to contribute to paracellular transport of molecules (i.e., through the intercellular space and across epithelium) and thus integral to epithelial permeability in mammals, fish and frogs (64, 71, 72). The application of cathelicidan-NV from the skin of a plateau frog (Nanorana ventripunctata) onto wounded mouse skin resulted in the acceleration of wound re-epithelization by direct stimulation of keratinocyte motility and proliferation (157). Daly JW. Nat Rev Immunol. (2007) 138:390–8. doi: 10.1172/JCI2466, 16. Rodeo™ herbicide negatively affects blanchard's cricket frogs (Acris blanchardi) survival and alters the skin-associated bacterial community. Ecology and pathology of amphibian ranaviruses. [PMC free article] 12. (2015) 147:56–62. Virology (2011) 417:410–7. While relatively less abundant, granular glands maintain a similar distribution, and density pattern compared to mucosal glands wherein there is a higher density of granular glands on the dorsal side than the ventral side (45, 55). Cold- and heat-shock induction of new gene expression in cultured amphibian cells. Inhibitory concentration 50 (IC50) of frog skin-derived antimicrobial peptides against amphibian viral pathogens. Nucleic acid-sensing TLRs: trafficking and regulation. doi: 10.3354/dao01845, 223. Since aquatic, arboreal and nocturnal frogs do not experience the same level of evaporative water loss, the maintenance of skin moisture is more dependent on the environment (44, 46). The evolution of vertebrate Toll-like receptors. Effects of chytrid and carbaryl exposure on survival, growth and skin peptide defences in foothill yellow-legged frogs. It is evident from these findings that the regulation of AMPs and the diversity among the AMP secretome is complex but is shaped by the environment. Skin xenograft rejection in Xenopus -immunohistology and effect of thymectomy. While the importance of the skin barrier and of the cellular junctions necessary for maintaining barrier integrity is well-reported in vertebrates (63, 73, 76), the investigations on the regulation of skin barrier integrity in adult frogs in response to environmental stimuli is lacking. The frog skin microbiome is seeded by microbes in the external environment (240–242) and shaped by the selective skin microenvironment (241, 243, 244). Stratum spinosum: This layer, which is also known as the squamous cell layer, is the thickest layer of the epidermis. The involvement of the diversity of junction proteins in amphibian skin barrier function is unknown. Analysis of skin and secretions of Dybowski's frogs (Rana dybowskii) exposed to Staphylococcus aureus or Escherichia coli identifies immune response proteins. (2001) 268:443–9. Marshall JS, Bienenstock J. (2010) 41:451–67. doi: 10.1643/CP-06-134, 224. Nat Immunol. However, discovery of AMPs has traditionally relied on the isolation of active fractions from amphibian skin or amphibian skin secretions and in vitro testing on microbes of human importance (120, 121). Induction of synthesis of an antimicrobial peptide in the skin of the freeze-tolerant frog, Rana sylvatica, in response to environmental stimuli. M. Russo C, White C, Franklin C. Skin sloughing in susceptible and resistant amphibians regulates infection with a fungal pathogen. The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells sense skin injury and promote wound healing through type I interferons. Muletz CR, Myers JM, Domangue RJ, Herrick JB, Harris RN. Unfortunately, the functions of frog skin AMPs on frog cells (i.e., homologous system) have not been explored and whether frog skin AMPs act as HDPs in frogs remains unknown. Sci Rep. (2016) 6:24069. doi: 10.1038/srep24069, 124. Virology (2005) 334:264–75. Pochini KM, Hoverman JT. Antwis RE, Haworth RL, Engelmoer DJ, Ogilvy V, Fidgett AL, Preziosi RF. Sousa JC, Berto RF, Gois EA, Fontenele-Cardi NC, Honorio JE Jr Konno K, et al. Terms to know!! Draw examples of loose connective tissue and dense connective tissue below, label the fibrocytes and the matrix. In addition to dehydration, other environmental stressors such as anoxia or freezing, also enhances the antimicrobial activity of R. sylvatica brevinin-1SY against select microbial strains (201). We are aware that the COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on researchers worldwide. Virtually nothing is known of their contribution to amphibian skin wound healing or putative innate immune modulation functions, and if present, the receptors through which they bind, the signalling pathways they activate or the gene targets they regulate the expression of. Two papers now identify a final cell type in the frog embryonic skin, the small secretory cell (SSC). PLoS Comp Biol. With the new era of transcriptomics approaches, untargeted transcriptomic molecular approaches have unveiled new insights into the impressive array of physiological functions performed by amphibian mucosal skin epithelium. The dermal cromatophore unit. Axel Schweickert and co-workers (p. 1526) find that these cells also secrete serotonin and provide evidence for serotonin-mediated regulation of ciliary beat frequency in MCCs, as in other systems. A key symptom of FV3 infection in susceptible developmental stages or frog species is the formation of skin lesions, skin shedding, and epidermal cell necrosis (231, 232). Neutralization of bacterial endotoxins by frog antimicrobial peptides. McKenzie VJ, Bowers RM, Fierer N, Knight R, Lauber CL. However, only a single study has examined the potential sensing of a PAMP by a frog TLR; LPS (10 μg/ml) treatment of R. temporaria frog urinary bladder epithelial cells positive for TLR4 (albeit demonstrated through the use of non-homologous anti-TLR4 antibody) triggered epithelial cell activation through an NF-κB dependent mechanism (190). Rollins-Smith LA, Reinert LK, Burrowes PA. Coqui frogs persist with the deadly chytrid fungus despite a lack of defensive antimicrobial peptides. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190023, 125. J Photochem Photobiol. The distribution and average size of granular gland in poisonous rock frog, Odorrana hosii. (Accesssed October 29, 2018). doi: 10.1242/jeb.092288, 202. Conlon JM. Cramp RL, McPhee RK, Meyer EA, Ohmer ME, Franklin CE. doi: 10.1002/ar.23502, 59. Comp Biochem Physiol. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2008.00786.x, 63. Dev Growth Diff. doi: 10.1083/jcb.50.2.277, 65. London: University Press (1994). (2017) 51:402–10. Holmes C, Balls M. In vitro studies on the control of myoepithelial cell contraction in the granular glands of Xenopus laevis skin. A pesticide paradox: fungicides indirectly increase fungal infections. Frogs absorb some amount of oxygen through their skin as well. Characterization of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis inhibiting bacteria from amphibian populations in costa Rica. Structural contributions to the intracellular targeting strategies of antimicrobial peptides. The promising effects of frog skin AMPs have been shown be effective against Bd zoospores in vitro (151, 152) and important in X. laevis skin defence against Bd in in vivo infection studies (17). J Chem Ecol. 216. J Am Acad Derm. Localization of fibronectin in the frog skin. Microscope Images at Different Magnifications. Xiao XH, Miao HM, Xu YG, Zhang JY, Chai LH, Xu JJ. Human. While mammalian epidermal strata layers are well-defined due to its thickness, frog epidermis is relatively thin and thus often limited to the stratum corneum (outermost layer), central stratum spinosum, and stratum germinativum (basal layer) (Figure 1) (7). doi: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.2003.00015.x, 209. Rollins-Smith L. The role of amphibian antimicrobial peptides in protection of amphibians from pathogens linked to global amphibian declines. Figure 1. The skin of a frog is water permeable. (2018):2785–99. doi: 10.1007/s10886-012-0170-2, Keywords: amphibian, anuran, epithelial cells, mucosal tissue, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), skin microbiome, skin immunology, Citation: Varga JFA, Bui-Marinos MP and Katzenback BA (2019) Frog Skin Innate Immune Defences: Sensing and Surviving Pathogens. PLoS ONE (2015) 10:e0128663. Fibroblastic cells, which produce collagenous fibres to form connective tissue, are integral in anchoring the epidermal and dermal layers to the hypodermis particularly through collagenous columns (Figure 1) (27). Biochim et Biophys Acta (2009) 1788:1593–9. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2017.03.018, 138. Selective constraint acting on TLR2 and TLR4 genes of Japanese Rana frogs. Kwong RW, Kumai Y, Perry SF. (1968) 38:67–79. The antimicrobial peptide hepcidin exerts an important role in the innate immunity against bacteria in the bony fish gilthead seabream. J Biol Chem. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.4.645, 226. For example, X. laevis harbours four distinct families of AMPs: caerulein precursor fragment (CPF), peptide glycine-leucine-amide (PGLa), xenopsin precursor fragments (XPF) and magainins (104). Can Immun. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1968.tb03028.x, 6. (2009) 43:173–83. Conservation and divergence in the frog immunome: pyrosequencing and de novo assembly of immune tissue transcriptomes. J Comp Physiol. The skin does not merely protect the frog but helps in respiration (see Respiratory System). NLR activation leads to receptor oligomerization and formation of the inflammasome and activation of downstream inflammatory caspases that cleave interleukin 1 cytokine family members (IL-1, IL-18) (194). (2015) 81:6589–600. Biol Lett. (2003) 22:101–10. (2009) 58(Pt 7):923–9. In some species, the skin has glands that produce toxins to repel predators. Yet, mucus also provides a framework for the various secretions from granular and small mixed glands, thereby contributing to the establishment of a formidable chemical barrier (2, 6, 44). doi: 10.1021/jm0204845, 174. doi: 10.1111/vde.12408, 253. doi: 10.1089/jamp.2007.0659, 83. Lande R, Chamilos G, Ganguly D, Demaria O, Frasca L, Durr S, et al. Sci. Characterization of naturally occurring peptides in the skin secretion of Rana pipiens frog reveal pipinin-1 as the novel insulin-releasing agent. Biochim Biophys Acta (2017) 1859:2327–39. (2013) 9:e1003662. (2010) 152:467–72. (2010) 397:75–81. Dis Aquatic Org. Not surprisingly, the frog skin microbiome is influenced by life stage (253), body region (254, 255), diet (254), capture site (256), habitat, captivity (254, 257), exposure to anthropogenic contaminants (258, 259), and treatment with antibiotics (260). doi: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02217-9, 97. Ohmer M, Cramp RJ. Mammalian defensins in the antimicrobial immune response. Ernest Guenther award in chemistry of natural products. What change would occur immediately if both structures labeled B were damaged or blocked? The inflammasome NLRs in immunity, inflammation, and associated diseases. Dubaissi E, Rousseau K, Hughes GW, Ridley C, Grencis RK, Roberts IS, et al. Members of all five NLR subfamily were identified in the B. maxima skin transcriptome including NLRA/CIITA, NLRB/NAIP, NLRC1/NOD1, NLRC3, NLRC5, NLRP1, NLRP3, NLRP5, and NLRX1 (183). (2016) 25:167–73. (1965) 26:263–91. Eley A, Ibrahim M, Kurdi SE, Conlon JM. Daszak P, Cunningham AA, Hyatt AD. doi: 10.1007/s00248-016-0797-6, 256. Walke JB, Belden LK. doi: 10.1080/08830185.2017.1365146, 178. Figure provided by Mark Terasaki, University of Connecticut Health Center. Skin structure variation in water frogs of the genus Telmatobius (Anura: Telmatobiidae). Exp Dermatol. Science 286:420-421. Nature (2002) 415:389–95. See more ideas about histology slides, anatomy and physiology, physiology. Xi L, Wang C, Chen P, Yang Q, Hu R, Zhang H, et al. The spongious dermal layer is composed of loose connective tissue, while the compact dermal layer is formed by a series of interweaving collagenous fibre bundles, with fibronectin situated between breaks in the collagenous layers (Figure 1) (27, 28). doi: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-042617-053309, 192. Epithelial cell inflammasomes in intestinal immunity and inflammation. As a consequence of their reliance on terrestrial or aquatic habitats, or a combination thereof, amphibian skin is a sophisticated mucosal organ with specialized adaptations required to perform various critical physiological functions (e.g., ion transport, respiration, water uptake, etc. It is evident that AMPs serve a significant role in the defence of frog skin against pathogens, however our understanding of the ability of frog AMPs to exert antimicrobial activity on frog pathogens is limited and knowledge surrounding their potential immunomodulatory activity in frogs is completely lacking. Toxicon (1987) 25:1023–95. doi: 10.1002/aja.1001220103, 24. As such, maintenance of epithelial cellular junctions is important for barrier integrity, and thus pathogen defence, particularly considering the relatively thin epidermal layer in frogs. doi: 10.1111/1348-0421.12012, 123. Grayfer L, Andino FDJ, Chen G, Chinchar GV, Robert J. PNAS (2005) 102:9577–82. Similarly, a lack of AMPs on frog skin has been shown to be detrimental to adult X. laevis defence against the fungal pathogen Bd (17). Comp Biochem Physiol. J Anat. Nuc Acids Res. In addition, exposure to environmental contaminants has been documented to directly affect the paracellular transport of ions across frog skin (211, 212), wherein cellular junctions play an important role in ion transport (2, 64, 75). Matthijs S, Ye L, Stijlemans B, Cornelis P, Bossuyt F, Roelants K. Low structural variation in the host-defence peptide repertoire of the dwarf clawed frog Hymenochirus boettgeri (Pipidae). Similar to granular glands, small mixed glands host a reservoir of biologically active molecules or mucus and appear more evenly spread across the skin surface (29, 56). doi: 10.1242/bio.20133483. Microbes on the skin surface may stimulate PRRs on the membrane of epidermal cells, leading to downstream signalling that potentially induces transcription of AMP genes with NF-κB in the promoter region (202). Tiss Cell (1993) 25:87–102. A relatively limited number of germ-line encoded pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) detect non-self and damage signals and these recognition events are crucial to initiating innate immune response. Regulation of innate antiviral defences through a shared repressor domain in RIG-I and LGP2. AMPs have been shown to aid in the direct defence against pathogens and recent investigation has uncovered the role of AMPs in modulating immune responses in human and mouse systems (84–86). Duplantier AJ, van Hoek ML. Krynak KL, Burke DJ, Benard MF. In addition, NF-κB, nuclear factor NF-IL6, or cis-regulatory element 2 (CRE2) transcription binding sites have been identified in the promoter regions of several AMP genes in wrinkled frogs (Rana rugosa) (134), oriental fire-bellied toads (Bombina orientalis) (135), X. laevis, and X. tropicalis (136). Sci Rep. (2017) 7:3529. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03605-z, 78. FV3 is transmitted through the environment, either through direct contact, indirect contact or consumption of infected carcasses (222, 223) and therefore must cross either the skin epithelial barrier or the gut epithelial barrier. (400X) thin section Kidney cortex The arrows in the image point to the nuclei of simple squamous epithelial cells. Frog Skin. Angel R, Delfino G, Parra GJ. Dis Aquatic Org. Jani AJ, Briggs CJ. This non-cellular layer is composed entirely of glycosaminoglycans and glycoconjugates, wherein hyaluronan and dermatan sulphate have been reported as key constituents in various species (29, 30). Nuclear factor kappa-beta (NF-κB) may also stimulate the transcription of AMP genes in frog skin as NF-κB has been shown to immunolocalize with the glandular cells of Chinese brown frogs (Rana dybowskii) (129, 133). Antifungal isolates database of amphibian skin-associated bacteria and function against emerging fungal pathogens. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.07.003, 110. Initial studies have shown that the presence of commensal frog skin microbes is important for AMP synthesis (129). (2018) 128:93–103. (1998) 102:1815–23. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2004.02.029, 11. The Skin and Respiratory System. The biological significance of increased granular glands found in hypoxic conditions is unknown. Holthausen DJ, Lee SH, Kumar VT, Bouvier NM, Krammer F, Ellebedy AH, et al. (2005) 66:204–10. When a Xenopus frog is deeply wounded, its skin can regenerate without scarring. Brubaker SW, Bonham KS, Zanoni I, Kagan JC. Anthropogenic factors, such as pesticides, also impair immunity and can reduce chemical skin defences (146, 206). AmphibiaWeb. Transmission dynamics of the amphibian ranavirus Ambystoma tigrinum virus. Matutte B, Storey KB, Knoop FC, Conlon JM. Daly JW, Spande TF, Garraffo HM. Malays Appl Biol J. (2017) 26:989–98. doi: 10.1083/jcb.38.1.67, 27. Host and aquatic environment shape the amphibian skin microbiome but effects on downstream resistance to the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Are Variable. (2017) 28:60–e15. J Virol. Ketola-Pirie CA, Atkinson BG. While the presence of gap junctions and desmosomes have been reported in the skin of other vertebrates, the observation of these junctions in frogs has been limited to observations in frog embryos undergoing development, or simple presence identification in adult frogs (67–70). Immune defences against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a fungus linked to global amphibian declines, in the South African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05481.x, 237. An increasing number of researchers are surveying the commensal microbes present on frog skin, how frog skin microbial communities change with species, life stage, environment and presence of pathogens, yielding insight into the role of these microbes in defending against pathogenic insult. 45. doi: 10.1111/joa.12413, 41. In addition to the EK divide, thick collagenous columns extend upwards from the hypodermis to the spongious dermis layer, without impacting the compact dermis integrity, and functions to anchor the layers of skin (27). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075211, 128. (2016) 21:1341–71. 37. State one advantage of using a stain to study frog skin cells with a microscope. Helicobacter pylori-mediated transcriptional regulation of the human beta-defensin 2 gene requires NF-kappaB. Chem Ecol. Novales Flamarique I, Ovaska K, Davis TM. Peptides (2015) 63:96–117. Brandner JM, Poetzl C, Schmage P, Hauswirth U, Moll I. 18 Nearly 8,000 amphibian species have been discovered to date (88% belonging to order Anura–frogs and toads) and approximately 150 new species are discovered each year (1). Morphology of the exocrine glands of the frog skin. Defensins and host defense. Activation of innate immune defence mechanisms by signalling through RIG-I/IPS-1 in intestinal epithelial cells. Recently, attention has turned to elucidating the contribution of the frog skin microbiome in innate immune defences to emerging infectious diseases of amphibians, and in particular to Bd. Vet J. Boudinot P, Zou J, Ota T, Buonocore F, Scapigliati G, Canapa A, et al. PLoS Path. There is difficulty in determining natural physiological parameters of mucus production such as the volume of mucus on the skin, rate of mucus production and discharge, and the ability to determine exact concentrations of skin-secreted compounds in the mucus. Micron (2010) 41:660–5. J Zool. Although T cells do not appear to be resident in the skin tissues of frog species studied thus far, it is clear through skin allograft studies that cytotoxic T cells can infiltrate the frog skin tissue and mediate rejection of non-self-tissue and exemplifies the conservation of adaptive immunity and allograft rejection akin to mammalian studies (32, 36, 37). Belden LK, Hughey MC, Rebollar EA, Umile TP, Loftus SC, Burzynski EA, et al. (2002) 26:63–72. doi: 10.1670/16-092, 259. doi: 10.1111/exd.13314, 157. Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of frog skin-derived antimicrobial peptides against amphibian parasites. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.05.004, 263. doi: 10.3354/dao02823, 120. doi: 10.1002/etc.5620220113, 207. The most well-characterized human AMPs belong to the cathelicidan (LL-37) and defensin (hBD-1, hBD-2, hBD-3, hBD-4, HD-5, and HD-6) families (156, 159, 160) and are also considered host defence peptides (HDPs) since they have been shown to modulate innate and adaptive immune responses of homologous host cells (156, 161). Chang DJ, Hwang YS, Cha SW, Chae JP, Hwang SH, Hahn JH, et al. Classes of PRRs are generally divided into transmembrane and cytosolic PRRs. For example, Aeromonas caviae are highly susceptible to dermaseptin-S1 from the waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii) with minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) as low as 0.5–1 μM, while other Aeromonas strains such as A. hydrophila have been reported to be resistant to dermaseptin-S1 (Table 1). 5. doi: 10.1093/icb/45.1.137, 99. Frogs are extremely efficient at converting what they eat into body mass. (2003) 46:445–52. 31. Castell-Rodríguez AE, Sampedro-Carrillo EA, Herrera-Enriquez MA, Rondán-Zárate A. Non-specific esterase-positive dendritic cells in epithelia of the frog Rana pipiens. Describe the functions of these. (2013) 57:159–61. Frog skin AMPs have mixed antiviral efficacy on FV3. Long term effects of carbaryl exposure on antiviral immune responses in Xenopus laevis. Magainin-1 and magainin-2 are both 23 amino acids and differ in the composition of 2 amino acids. Physiological correlates of basking in amphibians. Van Meter RJ, Glinski DA, Hong T, Cyterski M, Henderson WM, Purucker ST. Estimating terrestrial amphibian pesticide body burden through dermal exposure. Biochem Biophysl Res Comm. Open in figure viewer PowerPoint. Mast cells play an important role in inflammatory and anti-parasitic responses via degranulation of biologically-active compounds, such as histamine, (35) and have also been identified in histological preparations of R. catesbeiana skin tissues (29). Daly JW, Myers CW, Whittaker N. Further classification of skin alkaloids from neotropical poison frogs (Dendrobatidae), with a general survey of toxic/noxious substances in the amphibia. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(88)80027-9, 53. Emerson H, Charles N. “Red-leg” an infectious disease of frogs. FEBS J. (2017) 300:503–6. Schock DM, Bollinger TK, Chinchar VG, Jancovich JK, Collins JP. doi: 10.2741/4461, 89. In vivo study of T-cell responses to skin alloantigens in Xenopus using a novel whole-mount immunohistology method. 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