• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.6305-6310
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• 2012

Objectives: This study aimed to demonstrate the tyrosine phosphorylation motif (TPM) and 3' region structure of the Helicobacter pylori CagA gene as well as its SHP-2 binding activity in AGS cells and relation to gastric carcinogenesis. Methods: Sixteen clinical isolate H. pylori strains from eight duodenal ulcer and eight gastric adenocarcinoma patients were studied for CagA repeat sequence EPIYA motifs, C-terminal structure, and western blot analysis of CagA protein expression, translocation, and SHP-2 binding in AGS cells. Results: Except for strain 547, all strains from the gastric adenocarcinoma patients were positive for CagA by PCR and had three EPIYA copy motifs. Western blotting showed that all strains were positive for CagA protein expression (100%), CagA protein translocation (100%), and SHP-2 binding (100%). CagA protein expression was significantly higher in the gastric adenocarcinoma patients than in the duodenal ulcer patients (P=0.0023). CagA protein translocation and SHP-2 binding in the gastric adenocarcinoma patients were higher than those in the duodenal ulcer patients, but no significant differences were found between the two groups (P=0.59, P=0.21, respectively). Conclusions: The TPMs and 3' region structures of the H. pylori CagA gene in the duodenal ulcer and gastric adenocarcinoma patients have no significant differences.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2015

Magnesium sulfate is widely used as a food additive and as an orally administered medication. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible cytotoxicity of magnesium sulfate on AGS human gastric adenocarcinoma cells and gastric mucosa in mice. A trypan blue exclusion assay was used to determine the reduction in viability of AGS cells exposed to magnesium sulfate, and then effects on cell proliferation were quantified. The role of magnesium sulfate-mediated pro-inflammatory cytokine production in AGS cells was also investigated. mRNA expression for IL-$1{\beta}$, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-${\alpha}$ was determined by RT-PCR, and secretion of these cytokines was measured by ELISA. Immunohistochemical evaluation of IL-$1{\beta}$, IL-6, and TNF-${\alpha}$ expression was conducted in mouse gastric mucosa. Addition of 3 to 50 mM magnesium sulfate to AGS cells inhibited both cell proliferation and cell viability in a dose-dependent manner. Magnesium sulfate had little effect on production of IL-$1{\beta}$ or IL-6 but significantly inhibited production of IL-8. The animal model demonstrated that magnesium sulfate induced production of IL-$1{\beta}$, IL-6, and TNF-${\alpha}$. These preliminary data suggest that magnesium sulfate had a direct effect on the stomach and initiates cytotoxicity in moderate concentrations and time periods by inhibiting viability a nd proliferation of AGS cells and by regulating expression and/or release of pro-inflammatory cytokines.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.158-163
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• 2006

유황처리 토양에서 재배한 열무 YR-A와 유황처리 후 복토를 덮어 재배한 열무 YR-B와 이 열무로 김치를 담근김치 A와 김치 B의 pH및 산도와 AGS 인체 위암세포의 성장억제효과에 미치는 영향을 관찰하였다. YR-A로 담근 열무김치 A와 YR-B로 담근 김치 B는 $4\~5$주일째에 적숙기의 pH에 도달하였으며, 이 때 산도는 $0.88\~1.20\%$의 높은 값을 나타내었다. 열무김치 A와 B는 발효가 더욱 진행되어 $6\~8$주일째가 되어도 pH는 4.0이 하로 감소하지 않고 저장성이 길어지는 경향을 나타내었다. 유황처리한 김치 A와 다시 복토를 한 김 치 B는 일반 토양에서 재배한 대조군 김치에 비해 다소 빠른 시일에 적숙기에 도달하였다. 발효초기에는 김치 A가 대조군 김치보다 높은 Leuconostoc속 젖산균 함량을 나타내었으나, Lactobacillus속 젖산균수는 낮은 함량을 나타내었다. 암세포 성장억제효과의 경우, 유황처리 열무 YR-A 즙액 과 VR-B 즙액은 일반토양에서 재배한 YR-Control 즙액에 비해 유의적으로 $70\%$의 높은 암세포 성장억제효과를 나타내었으며, YR-A와 YR-B는 유의적 차이가 없었다. 대조군 김치, 김치 A와 김치 B의 각 즙액은 첨가 농도 $10{\mu}L/assay$에서는 암세포 성장억제효과가 거의 나타나지 않았으나, 첨가 농도 $20{\mu}L/assay$에서 는 약 $74\%$의 AGS 위 암세포에 대한 성장억제효과가 있었으며 이 결과는 열무의 즙액시료 YR-A와 YR-B에서와 비슷한 효과를 나타내는 것으로 보아 열무김치의 발효과정에서는 그 효과가 거의 나타나지 않았음을 알 수 있었다. 열무김치의 메탄올추출물을 이용하여 암세포의 성장억제효과를 관찰한 결과에서도 거의 비슷한 경향을 나타내었다. 따라서 열무 재배시 토양에의 유황처리방법은 열무김치의 발효과정 및 적숙기에서 시원한 맛을 증가시키고 신맛을 감소시켜 유황처리로 재배한 열무김치가 맛 부분에서 다소 우수하다고 할 수 있으나, 유황처리한 열무 YR-A와 다시 복토를 한 열무 YR-B의 산도와 맛에는 별로 차이가 없었다. 또 유황처리토양에서 재배된 열무와 이 열무로 담근 김치즙액의 AGS 암세포 성장 저지효과는 거의 비슷한 수준이었으며, 유황을 첨가하여 재배한 열무의 경우 대조군에 비해 그 효과가 증진되었다. 이 결과에 의하여 유황을 첨가하여 재배한 열무의 암세포의 성장을 저지하는 활성 성분의 증가가 예상되어진다. 본 연구결과로부터 유황처리 열무의 기능성 식품재료로서의 개발가능성을 기대할 수 있으리라 생각된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1784-1791
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 AGS 인체 위암세포에서 톳 에탄올 추출물(EHF)의 항침윤성과 tight junctions (TJs)의 tightening과의 관계를 조사하였다. EHF에 의한 AGS 위암세포의 증식억제와 연관된 세포이동성 및 침윤성의 감소는 transepithelial electrical resistance의 증가와 연계된 Js의 tightness 증가와 연관성이 있었다. EHF는 matrix metalloprotease (MMP)-2 및 -9의 활성을 억제하였으며, 이는 MMPs의 mRNA 및 단백질 발현 감소에 의한 것이었으나 tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 및 -2의 mRNA 발현은 증가시켰다. 또한 EHF는 TJs의 주요 조절인자인 claudin family 단백질들(claudin-1, -3 및 -4)의 발현을 감소시켰으며, insulin like growth factor-1 receptor 단백질은 감소된 반면 thrombospondin-1 및 E-cadherin의 발현은 증가되었다. 본 연구의 결과는 톳 추출물이 암의 전이를 효과적으로 억제하는 효능이 있음을 보여주는 결과이다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.104-109
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• 2016

본 연구는 시중에서 판매되고 있는 막걸리를 알콜과 수분을 제거한 막걸리 동결건조물로 만들어 AGS위암세포주가 이식된 종양이식 마우스 모델을 가지고 종양성장에 미치는 영향을 관찰하였다. 면역세포가 결핍된 C57/BL/6누드마우스를 이용하여 AGS위암 세포 이식 군(Induction), AGS위암 세포 이식+시판막걸리 동결건조물 $100mg/kg{\cdot}day$군(ML), AGS위암 세포 이식+시판막걸리 동결건조물 $500mg/kg{\cdot}day$군(MH), AGS위암 세포 이식+5-FU $18mg/kg{\cdot}day$군으로 나누어 비교한 결과, 시판막걸리 동결건조물에서 종양의 성장을 유의하게 감소시키는 것을 관찰하였다. 이와 더불어 각 군 간에 체중변화는 유의한 차이가 없어 막걸리의 투여에 의한 체중감소 등의 특이한 부작용이 없는 것으로 판단하였다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.644-648
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• 2009

Bacillus subtilis로 발효한 두유의 암세포 증식 저해 효과를 알아보기 위하여 AGS 인체 위암 세포를 이용하여 실험을 수행하였다. 두유와 발효두유 모두 암세포 성장 저해 효과가 나타났으며, 발효두유에서 그 효과가 더욱 증진되었다. 이러한 결과는 apoptosis에 의해 암세포 증식이 저해된 것으로 사료되며 DAPI staining을 통해 뚜렷한 apoptotic body를 관찰할 수 있었다. 발효두유를 처리한 암세포에서 apoptosis를 유발하는 인자인 bcl-2의 발현은 감소하고, 억제하는 인자인 bax의 발현은 발효하지 않은 두유보다 상대적으로 증가하였다. 또한 종양억제 유전자인 p53과 p21의 발현 역시 발효하지 않은 두유보다 발효두유에서 더 증가되었다. 따라서 발효두유의 항암 효과는 이들 유전자의 발현을 조절하여 유도된 apoptosis에 의한 것으로 보이며, 발효두유와 발효하지 않은 두유의 항암효과의 차이는 발효 균주와 발효과정중 생성된 여러 가지 발효산물들이 암세포 성장 억제에 영향을 끼친 것으로 생각된다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.250-254
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• 2002

The anticancer effects of leek (buchu in Korean) kimchi were evaluated in the human cancer cells: AGS gastric adenocarcinoma cells, HT-29 human colon adenocarcinoma cells and HL-60 leukemia cells. The leek kimchi (fermented for 6 days at 15$^{\circ}C$) was fractionated into 7 groups: methanol extract, hexane extract, methanol soluble extract MSE), dichloromethane (DCM) fraction (fr.), ethyl acetate fr., butanol fr. and aqueous fr. Most of the leek kimchi tractions inhibited the growth of AGS and HT-29 cancer cells in a dose dependent manner. In particular, the DCM fr. showed the highest inhibitory effect among the tractions. Treatment with the DCM fr. (0.1 mg/mL) reduced the survival rates of AGS and HT-29 cancer cells to 19% and 37% of the controls, respectively. Moreover the DCM fr. of the leek kimchi arrested G2/M phase in the cell cycle and induced apoptosis in HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells. These results indicate that the leek kimchi exerted an anticancer effect on those human cancer cells, and that the DCM fr. arrested G2/M phase in the cell cycle and induced apoptosis in the leukemia cells.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.167-173
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• 1997

The inhibitory effects of kale juice on the growh and DNA incorporation of human cancer cells, using HT-29 colon cancer cells, MG-63 osteosarcoma cells, AGS gastric adenocarcinoma cells and K-562 leukemia cells, were studied. The growth of human cancer cells were inhibited in the presence of kale juice (10, 20 nd 40$\mu$l/ml) and the effects were the juice concentration- and incubation time-dependent up to 6 days. When 20$\mu$l/ml of kale juice was added to the media of HT-29, MG-63, AGS and K-562 cancer cells, the cell growth after 6 or 4 days of incubation was retarded by 83~95% of control group. Morphological changes of HT-29 colon cancer cells wre studied under inverted microscope. As the concentration of kale juice increased up to 20$\mu$l/ml, degree of cell aggregation was decreased. Moreover, the DNA incorporation o AGS gastric adenocarcinoma cells and MG-63 osteosarcoma cells which were labeled with [$^3$H] thymidine was significantly reduced after 2 days of incubation at 37$^{\circ}C$ with kale juice. Therefore, we concluded that kale juice strongly decreased the growth of various human cancer cells.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.26-32
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• 2015

Objectives: Rheum undulatum L. has traditionally been used for the treatment of many diseases in Asia. However, its anti-proliferative activity in cancer has still not been studied. In the present study, we investigated the anti-cancer effects of methanol extract of Rheum undulatum L. (MERL) on human adenocarcinoma gastric cell lines (AGS). Methods: To investigate the anti-cancer effect of MERL on AGS cells, we treated the AGS cells with varying concentrations of MERL and performed 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assays. Cell cycle analyses, measurements of the mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), caspase activity assays and Western blots were conducted to determine whether AGS cell death occurred by apoptosis. Results: Treatment with MERL significantly inhibited growth of AGS cells in a concentration dependent manner. MERL treatment in AGS cells leaded to increased accumulation of apoptotic sub G1 phase cells in a concentration dependent manner. In control cultures, 5.38% of the cells were in the sub G1 phase. In MERL treated cells, however, this percentage was significantly increased (9.95% at $70{\mu}g/mL$, 15.94% at $140{\mu}g/mL$, 26.56% at $210{\mu}g/mL$ and 38.08% at $280{\mu}g/mL$). MERL treatment induced the decreased expression of pro-caspase-8 and -9 in a concentration dependent manner, whereas the expression of the active form of caspase-3 was increased. A subsequent Western blot analysis revealed increased cleaved levels of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) protein. Also, treatment with MERL increased the activities of caspase-3 and -9 compared with the control. MERL treatment increased the levels of the pro-apoptotic truncated Bid (tBid) and Bcl2 Antagonist X (Bax) proteins and decreased the levels of the anti-apoptotic B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) protein, whose is the stabilization of mitochondria. However, inhibitions of p38, extracellular signal regulated kinases (ERKs) and C-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNK) by MERL treatment did not affect cell death. Conclusion: These results suggest that MERL mediated cell death is associated with an intrinsic apoptotic pathway in AGS cells.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2004

We investigated the optimal culture conditions for Cryptosporidium muris in a human stomach adenocarcinoma (AGS) cell line by determining the effects of medium pH and of selected supplements on the development of C. muris. The optimum pH of the culture medium required for the development of C. muris was determined to be 6.6. The number of parasites significantly increased during cultivation for 72 hr (p < 0.05) at this level. On the other hand, numbers decreased linearly after 24 hr of incubation at pH 7.5. When cultured in different concentrations of serum, C. muris in media containing 5% FBS induced 4-7 times more parasites than in 1% or 10% serum. Of the six medium supplements examined, only 1 mM pyruvate enhanced the number of C. muris in vitro. Transmission electron microscopic observation showed the developmental stages of C. muris in the cytoplasm of the cells, not in an extracytoplasmic location. The growth of C. muris in AGS cells provides a means of investigating its biological characteristics and of testing its response to therapeutic agents. However, a more optimized culture system is needed for the recovery of oocysts on a large scale in vitro.