• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.135-139
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• 2003

Melanin 생합성에 key enzyme인 tyrosinase 억제가 melanin색소 억제에 주된 요인으로 알려져 있지만, 생합성기작에는 여러 다른 요인들이 작용하기 때문에 일차적인 탐색 단계에서 tyrosinase 저해 활성뿐만 아니라 S. bikiniensis의 melanin생합성 억제 연구를 병행하여 천연물을 탐색하였다. 그 중 선택된 궁궁이 (Angelica poiymorpha MAXIM)에서 3가지 물질을 분리하였으며, 3가지 물질 모두가 100$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$ 이상 농도에서도 tyrosinase억제 활성이 나타나지 않는 반면, S. bikiniensis melanin 생합성 저해 효과를 보여 주었다. 동일 농도에서 S. bikinieffsis의 생장에는 영향을 미치지 않았다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.119-128
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• 2016

Angelica polymorpha Maxim root extract (APRE) is a popular herbal medicine used for treating stomachache, abdominal pain, stomach ulcers, and rheumatism; however the effect of APRE on cancer cells has not yet been explored. Here, we examined APRE cytotoxicity seen on target neuroblastoma cells (NB) using cell viability assays, DAPI visualization of fragmented DNA, and Western blotting analysis of candidate signaling pathways involved in proliferation and apoptosis. We demonstrated that APRE reduced cell viability in NB to a greater extent than in fibroblast cells. In addition, we found that APRE could inhibit the three classes of MAPK proteins and could also down-regulate the PI3K/AKT/GSK-$3{\beta}$ activity all being relevant for proliferation and survival. APRE could also up-regulate Bax expression and down-regulate Bcl-2 and Mcl-1. With APRE treatment, depolarization of mitochondria membrane potential and activation of caspase-3 was demonstrated in the SH-SY5Y cells. We could not found increased activity of death receptor and caspase-8 as markers of the extrinsic apoptosis pathway for the APRE treated cells. In presence of a caspase-3 siRNA and a pan-caspase inhibitor, APRE could not reduce the viability of NB cells to a significant degree. So we predicted that with APRE, the intrinsic pathway was solely responsible for inducing apoptosis as we also showed that the non-caspase autophagy pathway or ER stress-ROS mediated pathways were not involved. These findings demonstrate that an intrinsic mitochondria-mediated apoptosis pathway mediates the apoptotic effects of APRE on SH-SY5Y cells, and that APRE shows promise as a novel agent for neuroblastoma therapy.