• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.345-352
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• 1989

The immunochemical property of lectin in soybean and the presence of lectin in seeds of six soybean cultivars were investigated by immunochemical methods. All seeds of six soybean cultivars formed one precipitin line against the soybean lectin antibody and showed immunochemically homologous precipitin pattern among the cultivars in immunodouble diffusion test. Four antigenic components in soybean lectin were detected by the crossed imuno-electrophoresis of a soybean seed antigen against the soybean lectin antibody. Cultivar, Jangyeop-kong contained the highest amount of lectin and the next were Kwangkyo, Hwangkeumkong, Baegunkong, and Jangbaegkong or Paldal-kong in order of lectin content. The lectin purified from the seeds of six soybean cultivars agglutinated rabbit erythrocytes, but did not agglutinate the fungal spores which were Fusarium sp., Alternaria sp., Cuvalaria sp., and Colletotrichum sp. isolated from the infected seeds or leaves of soybean.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.22 no.4 s.57
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• pp.293-299
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• 1983

Experiments were carried out to elucidate the specific interactions between host plant, Phaseolus vulgaris, and symbiotic bacteria, Rhizobium Phaseoli. Purified P. vulgaris lectins and six species of cultured Rhizobium were subjected to agglutination test. Lectins from bean and R. phaseoli showed relatively high agglutination activity indicating that host plant lectins recognize carbohydrate moieties on the compatible Rhizobium cell surface. The specific carbohydrate receptors for binding of the lectins on the cell surface of R. phaseoli were found as mannose and galactose. The minimum concentration of sugars for the inhibition was 6.25mM. The lectin content of cultured plant roots was measured after germination and was maximum in 5-day seedlings. The nodulation was competitively inhibited by lectins for the plants cultured with Rhizobium cells. By immunochemical studies, there was some relationship in antigenic determinants between R. phaseoli and R. japonicum but no relationships were observed with other Rhizobium species. The results suggest that the infection by rhizobia to the roots of leguminous plants may be caused by the specific interaction of lectins with rhizobia.

• The Korean Journal of Zoology
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.120-129
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• 1994

생쥐의 배우자간 인식과 수란관과 난자의 상호작용을 연구하기 위하여 수정 전후의 난자와 배아에 형광으로 표지된 5가지 렉틴(UEA-1. LCA, PNA RCA-1, GSL-1)을 처리하여 투명대, 위낭강 원형질 막에서 렉틴의 결합양상을 관찰하였다. 미수정난자 및 수정란의 투명 대에는 UIA-1을 제외한 4가지 렉틴이 결합하였다. PNA RCA-1, GSL-1은 투명대의 의총보다 내층에 강하게 결합되었고 UEA-1과 LCA는 투명대의 전층에서 미약하지만 고르게 결합하였다 배란된 난자의 위난강은 LCA와 PNA에 의해 결합되었으며 UEA-1은 수정 이후부터 GSL-1은 2-세포기 이후부터 위난강에 결합하였다. 난구세포를 제거하고 체외성숙을 일으킨 난자의 위난강에는 5가지 렉틴 모두 결합하지 않았다. 난자와 배아의 원형질막은 PNA. RCA-1, GSL-1에 의해 결합되었고, LCA 및 UEA기은 수정 이후부터 원형질막에 결합하였다. 이상의 결과에서 glucosamine, N-acetylgalactoamine 관기를 함유한 물질이 난구세포에서 생성되어 위난강에 축적되며 배란 후부터 난자의 위난강내 탄수화물관기는 수란관내액의 영향을 받는 것으로 사료된다. 난자 투명대의 탄수화물관기는 내층에 밀집되어 분포하는데 이는 정자의 투명대 관입 조절과 관련된 것으로 사료된다. 수정 후 난자의 원형질막 표면에 fucose와 mannose 등의 탄수화물 잔기가 새로이 노출되며 초기배아 발생동안 위난강에 존재하는 구조물의 렉틴 결합 특성이 유지되었다.

• Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
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• 1991.06a
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• pp.16-16
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• 1991

렉틴(Lectins)은 세포막의 당단백질의 과당류 말단기에 특이적으로 결합하는 비면역성의 당단백질 혹은 단백질을 말하는데 정상세포와 변형된 세포에서 렉틴반응의 차이가 남으로써 요즘에는 렉틴을 병리학적 진단에 이용 가능하게 되었다. “Loss of contact inhibition”은 세포 악성화의 중요한 특징으로 세포의 악성화는 세포막의 구조의 변화와 관계가 있을 것으로 알려져 왔으며 1989년 후두암에서 PNA의 반응이 양성 반응을 나타낸다고 보고되어 저자들은 7가지의 렉틴을 이용하여 후두암전구증의 하나인 후두각화증에서 이형성(Atypia)의 존재유무에 따른 렉틴 반응의 변화를 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 이형성이 없는 단순 후두각화증에서는 Con A와 WGA만이 기저세포에 반응이 있었으며, 후두각화증의 가장 중요한 부위인 극세포층에서는 WGA, RCA-I, PNA, SBA, UEA-I, DBA가 세포질에는 반응이 없이 세포간교에만 염색이 되는것을 관찰할 수 있었고 Con A는 반대로 극세포층의 세포질에 반응을 하였으나 세포간교에는 반응이 없었다. 2. 이형성을 동반한 후두각화증에서, 기저세포에서는 반응의 차이가 없었고 극세포층에서는 UEA-I, RCA-I. WGA, PNA, SBA는 세포간교에서 반응이 나타나지 않았고 세포질에서 양성 반응을 관찰 할 수 있었으며 DBA, Con-A에서는 반응의 차이를 관찰 할 수 없었다. 따라서 후두각화증의 극세포층 세포막에서 UEA-I, RCA-I, WGA, PNA, SBA 반응의 소실은 후두암으로의 진행과 밀접한 관계가 있는 이형성의 존재를 암시한다하겠다.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.31-36
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• 2002

Since lectin condense more easily cancer cell than normal cell, it has been investigated very actively. Recently, a lot of researchers gave attention to lectin in natural products especially because lectin has effects on T-cell activation and anticancer activity, and specificity on polysaccharide. The specificity is useful to confirm kind of polysaccharide of the cell surface and to study the polysaccharide. In this research, we purified lectin from shiitake, Lentinula edodes, and then characterized it. The molecular weight of the lectin was 23 kDa, and it was stable only under the $40^{\circ}C$ and in a alkaline solution. As for the specificity of polysaccharide, the lectin had specificity on galactose, fucose, glucose, lactose and N-acetyl-D-galactosamine. In addition, it was confirmed to be a glycoprotein.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.587-593
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• 1995

Lectin was purified by using $(NH_4)_2SO_4$, DEAE-cellulose ion-exchange chromatography and Sephadex G-150 column chromatography from Alismatis Rhizoma(AR). The specific activity of AR lectin was 50, 441units/mg, and purification folds were 114. The AR lectin agglutinated human erythrocytes of all types(A, B, O, AB). The molecular weight of AR lectin was estimated about 90, 500 daltons by gel filtration and each subunits were 42,000, 27,000 and 22,500 daltons on SDS-PAGE respectively. The hemagglutinating activity of the lectin was inhibited by sialic acid, glucose, ribose, galactose, sucrose, and lactose. It was also inhibited by cations such as $Hg^{++},\;Fe^{++},\;Cu^{++}\;and\;Pb^{++}$.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.1090-1097
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• 2015

Traditionally, mistletoe is known as an effective anti-cancer medicinal plant, and lectin is recognized as a major component with cytotoxic and immuno-stimulant activity in mistletoe. A Korean mistletoe lectin (KML) has specificity to galactose and galactosamine and is distinguish from European mistletoe lectin (EML). When we examined the concentration of lectin in mistletoe originated from five different types of host trees, the result indicate that the lectin concentration is variable depending on the host tree. Noticeably, mistletoe from chestnut tree contains ten folds higher lectins than that of an oak tree. We also tested the concentration of KML and crude extract (KM-110) of Korean mistletoe that shows 90% cytotoxicity in L5178Y-ML25 lymphoma cell. In addition, the cells show 90% and 70% viability by the treatment of two neutralizing antibodies of KML, 9H7-D10 and 8B11-2C5 neutralization effect with two monoclonal antibodies of KML, 9H7-D10 and 8B11-2C5. Therefore, the result expected that the mistletoe contain some other cytotoxic components except lectin. Finally, the production of $TNF-{\alpha}$ and IL-6 by RAW 264.7 cells stimulated with lectin free-crude extract (LFKM-110) following neutralization by 9H7-D10 monoclonal antibody shows higher than that of lectin containing-crude extract (KM-110). These results suggest that the Korean mistletoe lectin ha a great potential to be developed as therapeutic agent of cancer.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.489-493
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• 1993

The major objective of this study carried out was to compare the binding of Kintoki bean lectin (KBL) and Taro tuber lectin (TTL) to the mouse intestinal segments using $^3$H-labeled lectins and to assess the effect of such binding on the ability of the small intestine. Binding of $^3$H-KBL or $^3$H-TTL was studied under various conditions of time course, temperature, concentration, pH and additives of sugars, EDTA or unlabeled native lectin. The interaction of the lectins to intestinal tissue was stronger in KBL than in TTL, which was supposed to be the major reason for the stronger antinuritional enen of KBL. The optimal binding conditions were at 37$^{\circ}C$ for 60mins and at pH 7. The binding of both lectins were inhibited by fetuin and EDTA.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.606-612
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• 1989

A New lectin from baby clam, Tapes japonica, was isolated and purified through the following procedures; acetone powder, 0.15M NaCl extraction, ammonium sulfate fractionation, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-agarose affinity column, and ion exchange Mono Q of FPLC. This lectin nonspecifically agglutinated human erythrocytes but didn't agglutinate mouse and rabbit erythrocytes. And the lectin neither stimulated human lymphocytes nor agglutinated Sarcoma 180 cells. On polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the lectin migrated as a major single band indicating homogeneous. A molecular weight was estimated to be about 131,000 daltons by Biogel P-300 and 125,000 daltons by SDS-PAGE without ${\beta}-mercaptoethanol$. This lectin is supposed to be a tetramer composed of heterogeneous subunits, about 30,000 and 33,000 daltons. Baby clam lectin was inhibited by EDTA and recovered agglutinating activity by $Ca^{++}\;and\;Mn^{++}$. This lectin is revealed as glycoprotein that contained about 4.2% neutral sugar.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.782-787
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• 2002

This study was done to investigate the effects of Korean mistletoe water extract and lectin on the apoptosis and preneoplastic lesion in chemically induced rat hepatocarcinogenesis. To attain the above objectives, weanling Sprague-Dawley male rats were fed modified AIN-76 diets containing 10% corn oil for 9 weeks. One week after feeding starts, rats were intraperitoneally injected twice with a dose of diethylnitrosamine (DEN, 50 mg/kg body weight (BW). Rats were provided with 0.05% phenobarbital (PB) in drinking water from one week after DEN treatment until the end of experiment. During the period of PB treatment, rats were injected with mistletoe extract (100 $\mu\textrm{g}$/kg BW) and lectin (10 $\mu\textrm{g}$/kg BW) twice a week. At the end of 9th week, rats were sacrificed and the formation of hepatic glutathione S-transferase placental form positive (GST-P$^{+}$) foci, apoptosis, DNA fragmentation and apoptosis related proteins were determined respectively. The formation of GST-P$^{+}$foci was significantly decreased by mistletoe extract or lectin treatment. Although there was no effect on apoptosis and DNA fragmentation in hepatic tissue by mistletoe extract or lectin treatment, caspase-9 and fas-L were increased. These results suggest that Korean mistletoe extract and lectin have a potential to inhibit hepatocarcinogenesis by increasing apoptosis.sis.