• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.421-428
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• 2014

ICR웅성마우스에 5% DSS로 궤양성 대장염을 유발시킨 후, 정상대조군, 궤양유발군, 양성대조군 및 식방풍 잎 추출물 투여군의 궤양성 대장염에 미치는 효과를 요약한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 식방풍 잎 추출물 투여군은 양성대조군에 비해 체중감소 완화 효과를 나타냈지만, 농도에 따른 유의적인 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 2. 식방풍 잎 추출물 투여군의 대장조직 및 비장변화는 양성대조군과 비슷한 개선효과를 나타냈다. 3. 식방풍 잎 추출물 투여군은 혈중내 염증성 사이토카인을 농도 의존적으로 감소시켰으며, 대장조직내 염증성 사이토카인 mRNA 발현을 억제하는 효과를 나타냈다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.625-635
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• 2007

The enzyme squalene synthase (EC 2.5.1.21) catalyzes a reductive dimerization of two farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) molecules into squalene, a key precursor for the sterol and triterpene biosynthesis. A full-length cDNA encoding squalene synthase (designated as TcSqS) was isolated from Taxus cuspidata, a kind of important medicinal plants producing potent anti-cancer drug, taxol. The full-length cDNA of TcSqS was 1765 bp and contained a 1230 bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding a polypeptide of 409 amino acids. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that the deduced TcSqS protein had high similarity with other plant squalene synthases and a predicted crystal structure similar to other class I isoprenoid biosynthetic enzymes. Southern blot analysis revealed that there was one copy of TcSqS gene in the genome of T. cuspidata. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis and northern blotting analysis showed that TcSqS expressed constitutively in all tested tissues, with the highest expression in roots. The promoter region of TcSqS was also isolated by genomic walking and analysis showed that several cis-acting elements were present in the promoter region. The results of treatment experiments by different signaling components including methyl-jasmonate, salicylic acid and gibberellin revealed that the TcSqS expression level of treated cells had a prominent diversity to that of control, which was consistent with the prediction results of TcSqS promoter region in the PlantCARE database.