Phytoecdysones from the Roots of Achyranthes japonica Nakai and their Anti-atopy Activity

The roots of Achyranthes japonica Nakai were extracted with 100% aqueous and concentrated subfraction was separated with ultra-performance liquid chromatography-based activity profiling. Three compounds were isolated from the subfraction 5 through the repeated prep- high performance liquid chromatography column chromatography. According to the results of physico-chemical and spectroscopic data including NMR and MS, the chemical structures of the compounds were determined as ecdysterone (1), 25S-inokosterone (2), and 25R-inokosterone (3). Three phytoecdysones were showed weak inhibitory activity for thymus and activation-regulated chemokine expression levels in tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$ plus IFN-${\gamma}$ induced HaCaT cells, respectively. However, those compounds 1-3 were exhibited the most potent inhibition (80-95% at $200{\mu}g/mL$) against TNF-${\alpha}$ expression levels in A23187 plus phorbol-myrisrate acetate-induced RBL-2H3 cells. As result, 100% aqueous extract of A. japonica has an excellent anti-atopy activity. It could be used to a large range of functional anti-atopy cosmetics.

우슬의 뿌리로부터 Phytoecdysones의 분리와 항 아토피 효과

본 연구에서는 우슬 열수 추출물을 n-BuOH과 $H_2O$로 용매 분획 한 후 n-BuOH 분획물을 컬럼 크로마토그래피를 수행하여 6개의 소분획물(Fr. 1-6)을 얻었다. 소분획물 6개에 대해 tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$ 저해활성 검정을 통하여 가장 높은 활성을 나타낸 분획물 5에서 preparative-high performance liquid chromatography를 이용해 3종의 phytoecdysone계열 화합물들을 분리하였다. 분리된 화합물들은 NMR 및 MS 분석을 통해 ecdysterone (1), 25S-inokosteron (2), 25R-inokosteron (3)임을 동정 하였고, 이들의 활성은 TNF-${\alpha}$ 생산 저해활성은 $200{\mu}g/mL$에서 80-95%의 TNF-${\alpha}$ 저해활성을 나타내었다. 또한 각질형성 세포에 분리한 3종의 화합물을 처리한 결과 각각 51와 23% 이상의 TARC의 생성 억제 효과를 확인 할 수 있었다. 이들의 결과로써, 우슬 추출물과 분리된 화합물들에 대한 항 아토피 활성 결과로 천연물 기능성 식품 또는 화장품으로의 응용가능성이 높다고 사료된다.