• 약학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.474-480
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is to define whether Asterina pectinifera Lectin (APL) is effective on the cytokine production. Isolated mRNA from hPBMC (human peripheral blood mononuclear cells) stimulated with APL for various reaction times (1 to 96 hours) was detected by RT-PCR. The intensity of band for IL-1 and $IFN{\gamma}$ mRNA was markedly increased at l hour, and IL-2 mRNA was strongly expressed at 4 hours. The mRNA band of APL-induced IL-2 and $IFN{\gamma}$ was weaker than that of IL-1, IL-6 and $TNF{\alpha}$. The mRNA expression of 4 cytokines (IL-1, IL-2, $IFN{\gamma}$ and $TNF{\alpha}$) was detected up to 48 hours, and that of IL-6 was detected until 72 hours. ELISA was used to look protein secretion of the cytokine gene with IL-1, IL-2 and TNF$\alpha$expressed strongly in RT-PCR. The highest protein secretion was at 4 hours with IL-1, at 8 hours with IL-2 and at 4 hours with $TNF{\alpha}$. These results suggest that APL can induce the production of some cytokines and the immune response from PBMC was done within the first few hours of stimulation with APL.

• 약학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.388-394
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• 1998

The lectin from starfish, Asterina pectinifera, was purified and tested for its potential antitumor activity. It was shown to possess considerable toxicity toward various tumor cell lines. Concentration of Asterina pectinifera lectin (APL) at 4mg/$5{\times}10^5$ cells resulted in 28% death of Ehrlich ascites tumor cell, 40% of L929, 60% of A549, and 52% of HeLa cells after 48 hours incubation. Toxicity of APL to L929, Ehrlich ascites, A549, and HeLa cells revealed a reduction in cell viability of approximately 70% at APL concentration of 8mg/$5{\times}10^5$ cells after 48 hours incubation. Administration of APL ($100{\mu}g/day$ or $300{\mu}g/day$) inhibited the growth of Ehrlich ascites cells in vivo. Mice given only Ehrlich cells survived an average of $15{\pm}1$ (S.E.) days. Mice given Ehrlich cells and $100{\mu}g\;or\;300{\mu}g$ APL had 58% and 67% survival, respectively, after 20 days. These results suggest that APL has antitumor activity.

• 약학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.6-10
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• 2005

Immunoglobulin Y (IgY) obtained from chicken as the immunization host brings several advantages to antibody production, such as improved yield, lower cost, longer stability and higher specificity than mammalian immunoglobulin. In the present study, we attempted to produce IgY against a sialic acid-binding lectin, Maackia fauriei agglutinin (MFA), from egg yolk of white Leghorn hens. For the isolation of IgY from egg yolk, we applied a water dilution method. The weekly yield of IgY was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, with a final yield of anti-MFA IgY from total IgY of approximately $1\%$. The yielded IgY were used to prepare IgY-affinity column conjugated with CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B, which resulted in the lectin being successfully purified in a single step from Maackia fauriei. This purified lectin exhibited the same hemagglutination activity as lectin purified using conventional purification methods.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.12-24
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• 2008

배경: 최근 조직판막의 구조적 손상에 있어서 동물면역 반응이 중요한 역할을 할 가능성이 제기되면서 동물의 대표적 이종항원 물질인 알파-갈 항원결정인자에 대한 환자의 면역반응에 관한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 또한 알파-갈은 세포 표면에 존재하며 이는 녹색콩 알파-갈락토시다아제 라는 효소를 이용하여 제거할 수 있다고 알려져 있고 조직 표면의 알파-갈 항원결정인자는 Griffonia Simplicifolia의 동종렉틴 중 B4타입에 선택적으로 결합하여 이를 이용해서 염색할 수 있다고 알려져 있다. 이에 본 연구팀은 조직판막을 만드는데 많이 사용되는 돼지의 대동맥 판막 및 심낭 조직을 가지고 녹색콩알파-갈락토시다아제를 이용하여 이들 조직의 알파-갈 항원결정인자를 제거할 수 있는지 알아 보고자하였다. 대상 및 방법: 신선한 돼지의 대동맥 판막 및 심낭 조직을 0.5 unit/mL, 1.0 unit/mL, 2.0 unit/mL 농도의 녹색콩 알파-갈락토시다아제로 pH 6.5, $4^{\circ}C$에서 24시간 처리한 뒤 이를 Griffonia Simplicifolia 동종렉틴 B4 타입을 이용한 면역조직형광염색으로 염색하여, 각각의 농도에서 효소 반응 후 해당 조직의 알파-갈 항원결정인자가 얼마나 제거되는지를 형광염색의 정도로 판단하였다. 결과: 돼지의 대동맥 판막 조직의 경우 1.0 unit/mL농도의 녹색콩 알파-갈락토시다아제를 pH 6.5, $4^{\circ}C$ 에서 24시간 처리하였을 때 형광염색이 거의 되지 않을 정도로 알파-갈 항원결정인자가 제거되었고 이는 효소의 농도를 2.0 unit/mL로 증가시켰을 때에도 비슷한 양상을 보였다. 돼지의 심낭 조직의 경우 효소 처리 전의 알파-갈 염색에서도 대동맥 판막조직에 비하여 많은 양의 형광염색을 보였으며 효소 처리의 농도도 대동맥 판막의 경우보다 높은 2.0 unit/mL의 농도에서 알파-갈 항원결정인자가 제거되는 양상을 보였다. 걸론: 돼지의 대동맥 판막 조직과 심낭 조직의 알파-갈 항원결정인자는 eriffonia simplicifolia의 동종렉틴 B4를 사용한 면역조직형광염색에서 잘 염색되었으며 이를 알파-갈락토시다아제를 사용하여 제거하였을 때 각각 1.0 unit/mL, 2.0 unit/mL 농도의 녹색콩 알파-갈락토시다아제를 $4^{\circ}C$, pH 6.5의 조건에서 24시간 반응시켰을 때 효과적으로 상당량 제거할 수 있었다. 향후 돼지의 판막조직 및 심낭조직으로 만드는 조직판막의 내구성 증대에 대표적인 동물 면역항원인 알파-갈 항원결정인자의 제거가 유용한 도구가 될 수 있을 것이며 앞으로 알파-갈락토시다아제로 처리한 돼지의 조직판막에 대한 인간혈장의 항-갈 항체 및 항-갈 단클론항체를 이용한 직접적인 면역학적 연구가 필요하다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.221-228
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• 2006

A lectin was purified from Serrognathus platymelus castanicolor larvae and named as SPL. The purification was carried out by ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE Sephadex A-50 and gel filtration chromatography on Sephadex G-200. The purity of the protein was verified by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and the purified lectin agglutinated erythrocytes of rabbit and human A, B, O, AB. SPL was tested it's ability to enhance the expressions of cytokines, $IL-1\alpha$, IL-2, IL-6, $TNF\alpha$ and $IFN\gamma$ by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) obtained from healthy donors. mRNA analyses were performed by RT-PCR at the moment of 1, 4, 8, 24, 48, 72 and 96 h after stimulation of PBMC with purified SPL. The patterns of IL-2 band were slightly expressed from 24 h and the strongest band was appeared at 96 h. The expressions of $IL-1\alpha$ and IL-6 mRNA were strong from 1 to 8 h and those of $TNF\alpha$ were from 48 to 96 h. The mRNA encoding $IFN\gamma$ were not detected. The addition of SPL for macrophage cultures induced production of nitric oxide (NO) by cells in a dose-dependent manner. NO release was partially inhibited by $TNF\alpha$ antibodies. These results suggest that SPL has the ability to enhance cytokine expressions in PBMC and to induce the NO release by TNFa in macrophage cultures from PBMC cultures.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.155-161
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• 1992

Although glycosylated liposomes have attracted much attention as targeting delivery systems (DDS) of drugs to specific organs which have glycoside receptors, physical instability of liposomes greatly limits their practical application. In this case, proliposomes might be a potential answer to solve this problem. Utilizing the proliposomes as tageting DDS has been a goal of our series of works; we have tried to develop DDS which form liposomes uppon adding water and can deliver drugs to specific target organs/cells such as hepatocytes. In this paper, preparation of glycosylated liposomes and binding of the liposomes with lectin (agglutinin RCA 120) was studied. Asialoletuin (AF) was selected as a model compound which has galactose terminal and is favorable for binding with galactose receptor on the surface of hepatocytes. AF was obtained by splitting the terminal N-acetylneuraminic acid (NANA) of fetuin. Small unilamellar AF-liposomes were prepared by mixing aqueous solution of AF-palmitate with thin film of phosphatidyl choline and cholesterol (30:10 w/w) formed on the innersurface of the round bottomed flask. They were successively extruded through polycarbonate membranes (0.45 mm). Palmitoyl-AF not incorporated into the liposomal bilayer was separated from liposomes by a Sepharose 4B column equilibrated with 10 mM Tris-HCI buffered saline. Lectin (agglutinin RCA 120) was added to the suspension of AF-liposomes and incubated at $37^{\circ}C$ for 2 hr. After centrifugation, the unbound lectin in the supernatant was assayed for protein. The binding of the lectin to AF-liposomes (AF content 2.8 nmole) at $37^{\circ}C$ was linear at least upto 35 mg of lectin indicating high affinity association of the lectin to AF molecules of the liposomes.

• 생약학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.355-362
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• 1999

New lectins have been isolated and purified from mung bean (Phaseolus radiatus) through physiological saline extraction, ammonium sulfate salt fractionation and column chromatographies. Ion exchanger were eluted by linear salt gradient and then further purified through gel filtration. Thus obtained lectin named as MBL. The gene expressions of 5 cytokines (IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, $TNF-{\aphpa}$ and $IFN-{\gamma}$) from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) stimulated with MBL were investigated by using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). PBMC ($1{\times}106$ cells/ml) isolated from healthy volunteers were stimulated with lectins (4 mg/ml) for various time intervals (1 to 96 hrs). After each of the various stimulated times, total RNA was isolated and assessed for different cytokines mRNA by RT-PCR. The mRNA encoding IL-1, IL-2 were detected continuously from 1 to 20 hrs, and IL-6 was detected up to 24 hrs. But the mRNA encoding $IFN-{\gamma}$ and $TNF-{\alpha}$ were detected to 8 hours only and showed short time response compared with other cytokines. The significant expression of all cytokines mRNA were observed at 4 hrs. These results suggested that MBL, as inducer of cytokines could elicit detectable cytokine mRNA from PBMC.

• 생약학회지
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• 제32권1호통권124호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2001

A lectin was purified from Allomyrina dichotoma (ADL) by physiological saline extraction, ammonium sulfate fractionation, anion exchange column chromatography on DEAE Sephadex A-50 and gel filtration column chromatography on Sephadex G-200. Several biochemical properties of ADL were characterized as follows: ADL from gel filtration column chromatography showed single band on SDS-PAGE. ADL agglutinated the erythrocytes of rabbit and human A, B, O, AB. Agglutinability was relatively stable at basic pH, and was stable at temperature below $40^{\circ}C$. Agglutinability was not affected by metal ions and EDTA. This lectin was proved to be a glycoprotein which contains 0.47% of sugars. The molecular weight of ADL was estimated to be 97,000 dalton by SDS-PAGE. By amino acid analysis, ADL exhibited high amounts of aspartic acid. The lectin's immunomodulating effect was measured as cytokine production. The productions of 5 cytokines $(IL-1{\alpha},\;IL-2,\;IL-6,\;IFN{\gamma}\;and\;TNF{\alpha})$ from peripheral blood mononuclear cells were measured by ELISA. The lectin induced the highest secretion of IL-2 at 8 hr, $TNF{\alpha}$ at 4 hr, and $IFN{\gamma}$ at 24hr, respectively. These results suggest that ADL can elicit the production of detectable cytokines from PBMC.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.148-153
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• 2004

가자 추출물을 취하여 사람, 돼지, 쥐 및 개 등의 3% 적혈구용액으로 응집력시험을 행한 결과 7가지 적혈구 모두에 렉틴 활성이 나타났으며 $LD_{50}$는 390 mg/kg으로 측정되었다. 생리 활성에 대한 영향을 알아보고자 생체 내외인성 요인에 의한 친전자성 물질로 생체내에서 독작용, 노화, 발암 및 면역 억제작용을 유발하는 원인 물질인 free radical생성에 관여하는 효소인 XO 및 AO의 활성을 측정 한 결과, XO 에서는 일주일간 매일 300 mg/kg의 용량으로 가자 추출물을 투여한 군이 정상군보다 5배 증가되는 결과를 나타내었고 AO에서는 정상군보다 시료 투여군이 2배 증가되는 결과를 나타내었다 glutathione은 단백질이나 DNA합성, amino acid의 이동 반응 및 thiol기의 저장 등과 같은 생물학적으로 중요한 여러 가지 반응에 직접 관여하는 물질이다[16〕. 이에 간장 조직의 glutathione농도를 측정한 결과 간장 독성의 유발로 인한 효소 활성은 정상군에 비하여 1주간 매일 300 mg/kg의 용량으로 시료 투여한 군의 효소 활성이 79% 감소됨을 볼 수 있었다. 체내의 여러 가지 해독반응과정에 관여하는 GST효소활성을 측정 한 결과 정상군에 비해 1주간 매 일 300 mg/kg의 용량으로 시료 투여한 군이 66%정도 감소된다는 결과를 볼 수 있었다. glutathione 합성에 관여하는 $\gamma$-GCS의 활성과 산화형 glutathione을 환원형 glutathione으로 환원시키는 GR의 활성을 관찰한 결과 가자 추출물 투여군이 정상군보다 GR의 활성은 80% 감소되었고, 합성에 관여하는 $\gamma$-GCS의 활성은 정상군과 비교할 때 약간의 감소만을 나타내 glutathione함량 변동에 크게 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 생각된다.

• 분석과학
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.624-629
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• 2000

Mistletoe lectin I(ML I)에 대한 간단하고 빠른 용액상 효소결합 분석법을 렉틴의 당 특이성을 이용하여 개발하였다. ML I에 특이성을 가지고 있는 D-galactose를 사용하였으며, 용액상 분석법의 효소로는 malate dehydrogenase(MDH)를 사용하였다. 분석신호물질로 사용되는 MDH-galactose 접합체는 isothiocyanate 방법을 통해 합성하였으며, 이 접합제는 thiourea 결합을 하고 있다. ML I의 존재하에, ML I은 D-galactole와의 특이 인식결합을 통해 MDH-galartose 접합체의 활동도를 억제한다. 그러므로, 존재하는 ML I의 농도는 MDH-galactose 접합제의 촉매활동도의 억제도에 비례하게 된다. 따라서, 본 용액상 효소결합 분석법을 통하여 ${\mu}g/mL$ 수준의 ML I의 측정이 분석 시간 10분 이내에 가능하였다.