• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.3559-3567
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• 2016

Background: In recent years, there has been considerable research on recycling of agro-industrial waste for production of bioactive compounds. The food processing industry produces large amounts of citrus peels that may be an inexpensive source of useful agents. Objective: The present work aimed to explore the phytochemical content, antioxidant, anticancer, antiproliferation, and antigenotxic activities of lemon, grapefruit, and mandarin peels. Materials and Methods: Peels were extracted using 98% ethanol and the three crude extracts were assessed for their total polyphenol content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC), and antioxidant activity using DPPH (1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl). Their cytotoxic and mitogenic proliferation activities were also studied in human leukemia HL-60 cells and mouse splenocytes by CCK-8 assay. In addition, genotoxic/antigenotoxic activity was explored in mouse splenocytes using chromosomal aberrations (CAs) assay. Results: Lemon peels had the highest of TPC followed by grapefruit and mandarin. In contrast, mandarin peels contained the highest of TFC followed by lemon and grapefruit peels. Among the extracts, lemon peel possessed the strongest antioxidant activity as indicated by the highest DPPH radical scavenging, the lowest effective concentration 50% ($EC_{50}=42.97{\mu}g\;extract/mL$), and the highest Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC=0.157). Mandarin peel exhibited moderate cytotoxic activity ($IC_{50}=77.8{\mu}g/mL$) against HL-60 cells, whereas grapefruit and lemon peels were ineffective anti-leukemia. Further, citrus peels possessed immunostimulation activity via augmentation of proliferation of mouse splenocytes (T-lymphocytes). Citrus extracts exerted non-cytotoxic, and antigenotoxic activities through remarkable reduction of CAs induced by cisplatin in mouse splenocytes for 24 h. Conclusions: The phytochemical constituents of the citrus peels may exert biological activities including anticancer, immunostimulation and antigenotoxic potential.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.321-326
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• 2012

Resveratrol, a natural compound, has been shown to possess anti-cancer, anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, and neuroprotective activities. In this study, we examined the antiproliferative and cytotoxicity properties of resveratrol in Rat B103 neuroblastoma cells; although it's molecular mechanisms for the biological effects are not fully defined. Here, we examined the cellular cytotoxicity of resveratrol by cell viability assay, antiproliferation by BrdU assay, DNA fragmentation by DNA ladder assay, activation of caspases and Bcl-2 family proteins were detected by western blot analyses. The results of our investigation suggest that resveratrol increased cellular cytotoxicity of Rat B103 neuroblastoma cells in a dose-and time-dependent manner with $IC_{50}$ of 17.86 ${\mu}M$ at 48 h. On the other hand, incubation of neuroblastoma cells with resveratrol resulted in S-phase cell cycle arrests which dose-dependently and significantly reduced BrdU positive cells through the downregulation of cyclin D1 protein. In addition, resveratrol dose-dependently and significantly downregulated the expression of anti-apoptotic protein includes Bcl-2, Bcl-xL and Mcl-1 and also activates cleavage caspase-9 and-3 via the downregulation of procaspase-9 and -3 in a dose-dependent manner which indicates that involvement of intrinsic mitochondria-mediated apoptotic pathway. In conclusion, resveratrol increases cellular cytotoxicity and inhibits the proliferation of B103 neuroblastoma cells by inducing mitochondria-mediated intrinsic caspase dependent pathway which suggests this natural compound could be used as therapeutic purposes for neuroblastoma malignancies.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.857-863
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• 2010

기생초 꽃의 생리활성을 평가하여 천연물 유래 기능성 소재를 개발하기 위하여 에탄올 추출물 및 용매분획물의 항산화활성, ACE 저해활성, ${\alpha}$-glucosidase 억제능, 항염활성 및 항암활성을 측정하였다. 에탄올 추출물의 DPPH radical 소거 활성($IC_{50}$)과 ABTS radical 소거활성은 각각 $0.100mg{\cdot}mL^{-1}$ 및 3.427 AEAC였으며, 용매분획물 중 ethyl acetate 분획물이 각각 $0.034mg{\cdot}mL^{-1}$ 및 15.785AEAC으로 가장 높았으며, ACE 저해활성 및 ${\alpha}$-glucosidase 억제활성도 각각 40.96% 및 $0.125mg{\cdot}mL^{-1}$로 ethyl acetate 분획물이 우수하였다. 또한 에탄올 추출물, chloroform 및 ethyl acetate 분획물에서 세포독성 없이 효과적으로 NO의 생성을 억제하였고, 대장암 세포주에 대한 에탄올 추출물, n-hexane, chloroform 및 ethyl acetate 분획물의 $IC_{50}$값은 각각 0.208, 0.041, 0.142 및 $0.107mg{\cdot}mL^{-1}$으로 우수한 증식억제효과를 보였다. 이러한 결과를 종합하여 볼 때, 기생초 꽃의 우수한 생리활성을 이용한 기능성 소재로의 활용이 가능 할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.1001-1007
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• 2004

암세포 성장 억제효과가 인정된 산수유 methanol 추출물의 chloroform층으로부터 silica gel column과 thin layer chromato-grapies를 이용하여 항암활성물질을 분리하고, IR, mass spectrometer, $^1H-NMR$ 및 $^{13}C-NMRs$을 통해 순수물질을 동정하였다. 이 물질은 triterpenoid로서 $C_{30}H_{48}O_3$의 구조식을 가진 화합물로 분자량이 456인 ursolic acid($3{\beta}$-hydroxyrus-12-ene-28-oic acid)로 동정되었다. 정제된 화합물을 A549 및 MCF-7 암세포주에 48시간동안 처리한 결과 농도 의존적으로 암세포주의 성장을 억제하였으며, 화합물을 처리하지 않은 대조구에 비하여 $30\;{\mu}g/mL$농도로 처리시 40% 이상 그 성장을 억제하였으며, $100\;{\mu}g/mL$농도로 처리시 90% 이상 그 성장을 억제하였다. 정제 화합물을 처리한 암세포를 광학현미경으로 관찰한 결과 뚜렷한 세포수의 감소와 함께 심한 형태학적 변화가 관찰되었다. 암세포 주에 정제시료를 $10\;{\mu}g/mL$농도로 처리하고, 15시간 배양한 후 세포주기를 분석한 결과 sub-G1 phase의 비율이 A549의 경우는 대조구에서 4.0%이었던 것이 11.7%로, MCF-7의 경우는 대조구에서 2.1%이었던 것이 처리구에서는 11.2%로 각각 증가된 것으로 나타나 정제물질은 apoptosis에 의한 세포사멸 유도를 시사하였다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.274-278
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• 2015

Background: Steaming of ginseng is known to change its chemical composition and biological activity. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of different steaming time-scales on chemical constituents and antiproliferative activity of Vietnamese ginseng (VG). Methods: VG was steamed at $105^{\circ}C$ for 2-20 h. Its saponin constituents and antiproliferative activity were studied. The similarity of chemical compositions between steamed samples at $105^{\circ}C$ and $120^{\circ}C$ were compared. Results: Most protopanaxadiol and protopanaxatriol ginsenosides lost the sugar moiety at the C-20 position with 10-14 h steaming at $105^{\circ}C$ and changed to their less polar analogues. However, ocotillol (OCT) ginsenosides were reasonably stable to steaming process. Antiproliferative activity against A549 lung cancer cells was increased on steaming and reached its plateau after 12 h steaming. Conclusion: Steaming VG at $105^{\circ}C$ showed a similar tendency of chemical degradation to the steaming VG at $120^{\circ}C$ except the slower rate of reaction. Its rate was about one-third of the steaming at $120^{\circ}C$.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제38권11호
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• pp.1478-1484
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• 2009

목련 꽃 에탄올 추출물과 용매분획물에 대한 항산화활성, 항암활성 및 항염증활성을 살펴본 결과는 다음과 같다. 목련꽃 추출물의 총 폴리페놀과 플라보노이드 함량은 216.14 및 86.93 mg/g이었고, DPPH법에 의한 항산화활성의 $IC_{50}$값은 0.232 mg/mL이었으며, 용매분획물 중 에틸아세테이트 분획물이 우수한 항산화활성을 보였다($IC_{50}$: 0.197 mg/mL, AEAC: 0.90 mg AA eq/100 mg). 또한 에탄올 추출물 및 용매분획물은 대장암, 폐암 그리고 간암세포에 대하여 선택적으로 낮은 농도에서 증식억제효과를 보였으며, 클로로포름 분획물은 리포폴리사카라이드 유도 일산화질소 생성 저해효과를 보였다($IC_{50}$: 49.5 $\mu$g/mL).

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.175-183
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• 2005

The two major isoflavones in soy, genistein and daidzein, are well known to prevent hormone-dependent cancers by their anti estrogenic activity. The exact molecular mechanisms for the protective action are, however, not provided yet. It has been reported that genistein and daidzein have a potential anticancer activity through their antiproliferative effect in many hormone-dependent cancer cell lines. Transforming growth $factor-\beta1(TGF-\beta1)$ has also been found to have cell growth inhibitory effect, especially in mammary epithelial cells. This knowledge led to a hypothetical mechanism that the soy isoflavones-induced growth inhibitory effect can be derived from the regulation of $TGF-\beta1$ and $TGF-\beta$ receptors. In order to test this hypothesis, the effects of the soy isoflavones at various concentrations and periods on the expression of $TGF-\beta1$and $TGF-\beta$ receptors were investigated by using Northern blot analysis in human breast carcinoma epithelial cell lines, an estrogen receptor positive cell line (MCF-7) and an estrogen receptor negative cell line (MDA-MB-231). As a result, only genistein has shown a profound dose-dependent effect on $TGF-\beta1$ expression in the $ER^+$ cell line within the range of doses tested, and the expression levels are correspondent to their inhibitory activities of cell growth. Moreover, daidzein showed down-regulated $TGF-\beta1$ expression at a low dose, the cell growth proliferation was promoted at the same condition. Therefore, antiproliferative activity of the soy isoflavones can be mediated by $TGF-\beta1$ expression, and the effects are mainly, if not all, occurred by ER dependent pathway. The expression of $TGF-\beta$ receptors was induced at a lower dose than the one for $TGF-{\beta}1$ induction regardless of the presence of ER, and the expression patterns are similar to those of the cell growth inhibition. These results indicated that the regulation of $TGF-\beta$ receptor expression as well, prior to $TGF-\beta1$ expression, may be involved in the antiproliferative activity of soy isoflavones. Little or no expression of $TGF-\beta$ receptors was found in the MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells, suggesting refractory properties of the cells to growth inhibitory effect of the $TGF-\beta$. The soy isoflavones can seemingly restore the sensitivity of growth inhibitory responses to $TGF-\beta1$ by re-inducing $TGF-\beta$ receptors expression. In conclusions, our findings presented in this study show that the antitumorigenic activity of the soy isoflavones could be mediated by not only $TGF-\beta1$induction but $TGF-\beta$ receptor restoration. Thus, soy isoflavones could be good model molecules to develop new nonsteroidal antiestrogenic chemopreventive agents, associated with, regulation of $TGF-\beta$ and its receptors.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.149-157
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• 2021

매실은 주로 한국, 일본, 중국 같은 동아시아에 분포하고, 매실 나무의 열매는 한약재나 식재료로 쓰여왔다. 그러나 매실 열매를 이용한 이전의 연구는 대부분 추출물 형태로 진행하였기에, 많은 식품학적인 활용을 위해 매실 열매의 다양한 가공형태에서의 연구가 필요한 실정이다. 본 연구에선 분무 건조한 매실 식초 분말(SPP)의 이화학적 특성과 생리활성을 평가하였다. SPP의 이화학적 특성에서 당도, pH, 총산도 및 수분 함량은 각각 8.90 °Brix, 3.19, 1.05% 및 3.07%로 확인되었다. SPP의 항산화 활성은 DPPH 라디칼 소거활성, 환원력 및 H2O2 소거활성에서 각각 65.55%, 1.48 및 48.07%로 양성 대조군과 비슷하거나 다소 낮게 유의적으로 높은 항산화 활성을 나타냈다. 또한 SPP를 농도별로 처리함에 따라 MDA-MB-231 인체 유방암 세포에서 유의적인 세포 증식 억제 활성을 보였다. 형태학적 연구에서 MDA-MB-231 세포에서 농도의존적으로 세포의 형태학적 변화가 확인되었고, apoptotic body와 핵의 응축을 나타냈다. 총 폴리페놀 및 플라보노이드 함량은 59.58 ㎍/g과 57.56 ㎍/g으로 확인되었다. 이러한 연구 결과를 통해 분무 건조한 매실 식초 분말은 항산화 및 암세포 증식억제능이 있는 기능성 식품 및 천연 의약품 소재로 활용이 가능할 것으로 생각된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.1470-1478
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• 2017

본 연구는 건강기능성 식품의 소재로서 활용하기 위해 부안, 남원 및 보은의 산지별 누에분말을 단백질 분해능이 뛰어난 Bacillus subtilis KACC 91157 균주로 발효시켜 제조한 발효누에 추출물의 이화학적 특성 및 생리활성을 평가하였다. 구성 아미노산 함량은 부안 누에군(BU)에서 가장 높았으나, 발효 후에는 보은 발효누에군(BBO)에서 가장 높은 함량을 보였다. 미네랄 함량은 K, Ca, Mg 순으로 함유되어 있었으나, Na가 가장 높은 미네랄 함량의 증가율을 보였다. DPPH를 통한 자유라디칼 소거능과 혈전용해 효소활성은 발효 전에 비하여 발효누에군에서 높게 나타났으며, 특히 BBO군에서 가장 높은 활성을 보였다. 전립선암 세포(LNcaP)와 유방암 세포(MCF-7) 성장 저해능은 BBO군에서 가장 높게 나타났으며 LPS 처리 RAW 264.7세포의 NO생성 억제활성 역시 BBO군에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 이와 같이 산지별 고초균 발효누에 추출물을 비교해본 결과 보은 누에가 건강기능성 식품의 소재로서 활용할 가치가 높은 것으로 사료된다.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.221-229
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• 2001

Background: Inactivation of tumor suppressor genes is believed to be important in the development of many human malignancies. Recently, several lines of evidence have indicated that the wild type p53 gene located at 17p13.3, may function as a tumor suppressor gene and that a mutant p53 gene could promote transformation by inactivating normal p53 function in a dominant negative fashion. These broad spectrum of p53 mutation in human cancers provide that mutant p53 and their protein may be potential targets of tumor diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Method: Colony formation was performed to investigate growth suppressional ability. p53 expression pattern was examined by western blot and p53-mediated transactivation ability was assessed by CAT activity. SNU C2A cells were observed in apoptotic aspects induced by etoposide and $H_2O_2$ treatment, detecting sensitivity on agent, DNA fragmentation through agarose gel, chromatin condensation by fluorescence microscope, and cell cycle distribution by FACS. Result: 1) p53 mutant his179arg ($histidine{\rightarrow}arginine$) detected in SNU C2A cells lost transcriptional activity and growth suppression ability, showing dominant negative effect on its wild type p53. 2) Etoposide-treated SNU C2A cells induced apoptosis, exhibiting dramatic reduction of cell growth, DNA fragmentation, nuclear condensation formation of apoptotic body and increment of sub-G1 cell fraction. 3) Etoposide and $H_2O_2$-treated SNU C2A cells have no high increase of p53 expression and overexpressed p53 protein changed localization, from cytoplasm to nucleus. Also, p53-mediated transcriptional activity was increased by agents-treatment. Conclusion: SNU C2A cells coexpress wild-type and mutant p53 protein induced apoptosis in the condition on DNA damage, through localizational shift from cytoplasm to nucleus of p53 protein rather than the induction of p53 protein. SNU C2A cells derived mutant p53 his179arg abrogated both the growth supression ability and transactivational activity, showing inhibition effect on transcriptional activity of wild type p53, but did not repress the activity of wild type p53 in SNU C2A cells owing to dominant activity of wild type. These cell condition may provide new gene therapeutic implications leading effective antiproliferation of cell when mutant and wild-type p53 protein were co-expressed in cell.