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XB-ART-33687
Br J Pharmacol 1970 Jan 01;381:221-8.
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Presence of caerulein in extracts of the skin of Leptodactylus pentadactylus labyrinthicus and of Xenopus laevis.

Anastasi A , Bertaccini G , Cei JM , De Caro G , Erspamer V , Impicciatore M , Roseghini M .


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1. The South American amphibian Leptodactylus pentadactylus labyrinthicus and the South African amphibian Xenopus laevis contain in their skin a polypeptide indistinguishable from caerulein prepared from the Australian amphibian Hyla caerulea.2. The caerulein content of different batches of Leptodactylus pentadactylus labyrinthicus skins varies from 10 to 500-600 mug/g tissue. Drying of the skin causes either a moderate decrease or a slight increase in the caerulein content. Methanol extraction gives considerably higher yields of caerulein than acetone extraction.3. Caerulein or caerulein-like polypeptides also occur in the skin of several other species of Leptodactylus together with 5-hydroxyindole alkylamines and imidazole alkylamines. Yet other species of Leptodactylus lack caerulein-like polypeptides and 5-hydroxyindole alkylamines.4. It is suggested that caerulein and caerulein-like polypeptides may have some function either in the regulation of secretory processes of the skin or in the exchange of water and electrolytes through the skin, or in both.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: xt6l

References [+] :
Anastasi, Isolation and amino acid sequence of caerulein, the active decapeptide of the skin of hyla caerulea. 1968, Pubmed