• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.104-106
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• 2008

Enterobacter sp. BL-2 excretively produced a unique cationic polyglucosamine biopolymer PGB-1 comprised of more than 95% D-glucosamine in an acetate-mediated culture condition. The excretion of the biopolymer PGB-1 was closely associated with the cellular morphology of Enterobacter sp. BL-2, a feature highly dependable on the pH of the medium. The initially formed uneven and irregular surface cells were aggregated into the cell-biopolymer network structure connected by the adhesion modules of the cell-bound biopolymer. The excretive production of the biopolymer PGB-1 coincided with the disruption of the cell-biopolymer network, most actively at the medium pH of 8.0.

• BMB Reports
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.448-451
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• 2006

Chemopreventive and cytotoxic effect of genistein against human breast cancer cell lines was investigated. Genistein inhibited cell proliferation in estrogen receptor-positive (MCF-7) and estrogen receptor-negative (MDA-MB-231) human breast carcinoma cell lines. Cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1A1-mediated ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity was inhibited by genistein in a concentrationdependent manner. Genistein significantly inhibited 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced cyclooxy-genase-2 activity and protein expression at the concentrations of 10 (p < 0.05), 25 (p < 0.05) and 50 mM (p < 0.01). In addition, ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity was reduced to 53.8 % of the control after 6 h treatment with 50 mM genistein in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. These results suggest that genistein could be of therapeutic value in preventing human breast cancer.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.255-259
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• 1999

The anticarcinogenic effects of the methanol extracts from leek (buchu in Korean) kimchi and Korean cabbage kimchi were evaluated using cytotoxicity and transformation tests in C3H/10T1/2 cells. Various fractions of the 6-day fermented leek kimchi at 15$^{\circ}C$, hexane, methanol soluble, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, butanol and aqueous fraction, were also studied in the same system. The inhibitory effect of the leek kimchi(6-day fermented at 15$^{\circ}C$, pH 4.29) was higher than that of the Korean cabbage kimchi(4-day fermented at 15$^{\circ}C$, pH 4.21) on the cytotoxicity induced by 3-methylcholanthrane (MCA) in the C3H/10T1/2 cell system. While the MCA-treated culture(control) formed 21.0 foci of type II plus III in C3H/10T1/2 cells, 100$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml of the methanol extract of the leek kimchi and that of the 4-day fermented Korean cabbage kimchi treated cultures reduced the formation of type II plus III foci to 7.4 and 11.3, respectively. Among the fractions of the leek kimchi, the dichloromethane fraction showed the highest inhibitory effect on MCA-induced cytotoxicity in C3H/10T1/2 cells. Fifty $\mu\textrm{g}$/ml of dichloromethane fraction from the leek kimchi suppressed the MCA-induced cytotoxicity by 77%. On the transformation test using MCA, the dichloromethane fraction considerably reduced the formation of type II plus III foci, especially thpe III foci. When 50$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml of dichloromethane fraction from the leek kimchi was treated, the numbers of type III foci mediated by MCA were decreased to 1.7 compared to 10 for the control. These results indicate that leek kimchi has stronger anticarcinogenic effects than Korean cabbage kimchi and that the dichloromethane fraction of the leek kimchi may contain the major compound(s) that suppress the carcinogenesis in the eukaryotic cells.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.47-57
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• 2005

Leptin, the product of the obese gene, is a circulating hormone secreted primarily from adipocytes. Several results suggest that leptin is important mediators of bone metabolism. The present study was undertaken to determine the effects of leptin on anti-osteoclastogenesis using murine precursors cultured on Ca-P coated plates and on the production of osteoprotegerin (OPG) in osteoblastic cells. Additionally, this study examined the possible involvement of prostaglandin $E_2\;(PGE_2)$/protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated signals on the effect of leptin on anti-osteoclastogenesis to various culture systems of osteoclast precursors. Osteoclast generation was determined by counting tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase positive [TRAP (+)] multinucleated cells (MNCs). Osteoclastic activity was determined by measuring area of resorption pits formed by osteoclasts on Ca-P coated plate. The number of 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol $(1,25[OH]_2D_3)$- or $PGE_2$-induced TRAP (+) MNCs in the mouse bone marrow cell culture decreased significantly after treatment with leptin. The number of receptor activator of NF-kB ligand (RANKL)-induced TRAP (+) MNCs in M-CSF dependent bone marrow macrophage (MDBM) cell or RAW264.7 cell culture decreased significantly with leptin treatment. Indomethacin inhibited osteoclast generation induced by $1,25[OH]_2D_3$ and dexamethasone, however, no significant differences were found in the leptin treated group when compared to the corresponding indomethacin group. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), a PKC activator, inhibited osteoclast generation induced by $1,25[OH]_2D_3$. The number of TRAP (+) MNCs decreased significantly with treatment by PMA at concentrations of 0.01 and $0.1{\mu}M$ in culture. Leptin inhibited PMA-mediated osteoclast generation. Isoquinoline-5-sulfonic 2-methyl-1-piperazide dihydrochloride (H7) had no effect on osteoclast generation induced by $1,25[OH]_2D_3$. Cell culture treatment with leptin resulted in no significant differences in osteoclast generation compared to the corresponding H7 group. Indomethacin showed no significant effect on TRAP (+) MNCs formation from the RAW264.7 cell line. PMA inhibited TRAP (+) MNCs formation induced by RANKL in the RAW264.7 cell culture. H7 had no effect on osteoclast generation from the RAW264.7 cell line. There was no difference compared with the corresponding control group after treatment with leptin. $1,25[OH]_2D_3$- or $PGE_2$-induced osteoclastic activity decreased significantly with leptin treatment at a concentration of 100 ng/ml in mouse bone marrow cell culture. Indomethacin, PMA, and H7 significantly inhibited osteoclastic activity induced by $1,25[OH]_2D_3$ in mouse bone marrow cell culture. No significant differences were found between the leptin treated group and the corresponding control group. The secretion of OPG, a substance known to inhibit osteoclast formation, was detected from the osteoblasts. Treatment by leptin resulted in significant increases in OPG secretion by osteoblastic cells. Taken these results, leptin may be an important regulatory cytokines within the bone marrow microenvironment.

• 한국동물번식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물번식학회 2005년도 창립 30주년 및 춘계학술대회
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• pp.47-54
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• 2005

수퇘지에서는 타 종의 수컷에서와는 달리 성선호르몬이 자발적인 사료섭취를 억제하다. 따라서 거세 돼지는 수퇘지나 암퇘지에 비해 사료섭취량이 과다하여 과비해지는 경향이 있다. 본 연구에서는 교잡종 거세비육돈에서 Revalor H[실험 I; 140mg trenbklone acetate(합성 androgen) + 14mg estradiol-$17\beta(E_{2}\beta)$] 및 Compudose[실험 II; 24mg $E_{2}\beta$]를 implantation 했을 때 성장효율, 도체특성 및 혈중 IGH-I 및 IGF-binding protein-3(IGFBP-3) 농도에 미치는 영향을 조사하고자 2회의 사양실헝(I & II)를 수행하였다. 실험 I에서는 생체중 약60kg의 교잡종 거세비육돈 64두를 8돈방에 완전임의배치하여 2[implant; 처리 대비 무처리] $\times$ 2[사양; 무제한급여 대비 $80\%$ 무제한급여] $\times$ 2[사료; 대조(NRC 권장 수준의 $103\%$) 대비 저에너지($87\%$ NRC 권장량) 사료] 'factorial' 사양시험을 수행하였고, 실험 II에서는 80두의 거세비육돈(10두/돈방)을 이용하여 implant의 효과 유무를 조사하였다. 실험 I과 II에서 모든 공시돈은 생체중 $100\~110kg$ 시 도축되었다. Revalor H와 Compudose implant 제제는 공히 사료섭취량과 등지방두께를 저하시키고, 도체의 주요 이화학적 특성에는 영향을 미치지 않고 혈중 IGF-I 농도를 증가시켰다. 또한 이들 측정항목에서 Revalor H implant는 제한사양, 저에너지 사료, 혹은 Compudose 이상의 효과를 나타내었고, 증체를 억제하였으나 사료효율은 증진시켰으며, 후자(사양, 사료)와의 상호작용은 나타나지 않았다. 이상의 결과는 거세비육돈에서 1) androgen과 estrogen은 공히 자발적인 사료섭취와 등지방 침적을 억제하고 IGF-I 분비를 증가시키며, 2) 성선스테로이드호르몬의 이 같은 성장에 미치는 효과의 일부는 IGF-I을 통해 매개될 수도 있을을 시사한다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.767-774
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• 2011

본 연구는 간암세포주인 HepG2 cell line에서 녹차씨박 추출물을 에탄올, 석유 에테르, 에틸 아세테이트, 부탄올의 순으로 분획 및 열수 추출물을 조제하여 암세포 증식 억제능을 확인한 후 에탄올 추출물을 선정하여 항종양 및 항염증효과를 생화학적, 분자적 방법으로 분석하였다. 녹차씨박 에탄올 추출물(DGTSE)의 polyphenol 함량을 HPLC로 분석한 결과 EGC($1039.1{\pm}15.26\;{\mu}g/g$)> tannic acid($683.5{\pm}17.61\;{\mu}g/g$)> EC($62.4{\pm}5.00\;{\mu}g/g$)> ECG($24.4{\pm}7.81\;{\mu}g/g$)> EGCG($20.9{\pm}0.96\;{\mu}g/g$)> gallic acid($2.4{\pm}0.68\;{\mu}g/g$)의 순이었으나 caffeic acid는 검출되지 않았다. DGTSE의 농도가 $10\;{\mu}g$/mL 이상에서는 84.13%의 세포 증식 억제능($IC_{50}$: $6.58\;{\mu}g$/mL)을 보여 간암세포의 증식을 효과적으로 억제하였고 제1상효소계인 CYP1A1와 CYP1A2의 발현을 농도 의존적으로 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다. QR 활성은 DGTSE을 $20\;{\mu}g$/mL 농도로 처리 시 대조군에 비해 2.6배 증가하였으며 reporter gene activity로 측정한 ARE 활성은 1.94배로 각각 증가하였다. DGTSE의 처리는 염증생성 인자인 PGE2의 생성과 TNF-${\alpha}$의 단백질 발현은 유의적으로 저해하였으며 cytokine 반응, 염증, 세포성장조절과 같은 다양한 단계에 참여하는 전사인자인 NF${\kappa}$B의 핵으로의 translocation을 억제하였다. 이상의 결과에서 DGTSE은 간암세포인 HepG2 세포계에서 암세포 증식 억제능을 가지며 해독효소인 QR, ARE의 활성을 증진시키고 NF${\kappa}$B의 translocation을 방해하고 TNF-${\alpha}$의 단백질 발현과 $PGE_2$의 생성을 억제하여 암세포의 증식을 억제하였다. 따라서 녹차씨박 추출물에 함유된 암세포 증식효과를 나타내는 생리활성 물질들에 대한 연구가 앞으로 진행되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.