Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
- Volume 34 Issue 3
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- Pages.197-206
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- 1996
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- 2982-5164(pISSN)
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- 1738-0006(eISSN)
Biostatic activity of Coix lacryma seed extract on Toxoplasma gondii in macrophages
율무씨 수침 추출물이 대식세포내 톡소포자충에 미치는 영향에 관한 실험적 연구
Abstract
Water extract of Coix locrvmn seeds (Co-Ex) was separated into several components; dissolved with Tris-Cl buffer and the supernatant (WC 1), ammonium sulfate treatment supernatant (WC2) and the pellet nvc31,9AE column chromatography of WC 1 and the peak portions; WC4, WCS and WC6. Murine peritoneal macrophages in DMEM containing 10% heat-inactivated FCS were infected with tachyzoites of ToxopIQsmc gondii, RH strain, in uifo. By adding modulators such as Co-Ex, WC 1,2,3,4.5,6 and LPS or IFN-γ for 24 hrs . toxoplasmastatic activity of macrophages was examined in relation to nitrite production. Nitrite production of macrophages was enhanced especially in the series of WC2, WC1 and the combination sample (WC1 + WC2 + WC3) by order than other components or fractions (WC4, WC5, WC6) tested . Toxoplasmastatic actions such as percentage of the inacrophages infected by T. gonnii and fold increase of T gondii in macrophages showed retroverse relations with the amount of nitrite production; i.e. as nitric oxide (NO) increased the phagocytic index of macrophages and the fold increase of tachyzoites in macrophages decreased . Nitrite (NO-2) production was increased by adding IFN-γ in all cases together with enhancement of biostatic effects. Through the results obtained, it is speculated that some components other than the non-proteinous and defatted components in Coix lacrwmn seeds may contribute to activate macrophages through induction of NO for the biostatic activity.
율무 수침엑스(Co-Ex)가 대식세포내 톡소포자충(Toxoplosmo gondii RH strain)의 번식에 억제 작용이 있다는 보고(Soh et al.., 1994)에 이어 본 연구는 Co-Ex내의 유효성분(effective component)을 추구하기 위하여 이미 탈지조작과 단백질 변성과정을 거친 Co-Ex를 Tris-buffer solution에 녹인 후 원심과정으로 그 상청(WC1) 그리고 WC1을 ammonium sulfate 처리 후 원심한 상청(WC2)과 침사(WC3)를 분리하였고 WC1은 다시 column chromatography에 의하여 WC4 WC5 WC6로 분획하여 시료로 사용하였으며. 대식세포 활성에 기여하는 것으로 이미 알려진
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