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Inhibitory Effects of Sasa borealis on Mechanisms of Adipogenesis (조릿대 에틸아세테이트 분획물의 지방세포에서 분화전사인자 조절을 통한 지방형성 저해 효능)

  • Park, Hee Sook;Kim, Gun-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.42 no.6
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    • pp.837-843
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    • 2013
  • Sasa borealis is a major source of bamboo leaves used for traditional medicine in Korea. Obesity is a serious health problem in industrialized countries that has been implicated in various diseases, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and coronary heart disease. Recent reports have proposed mechanisms to reduce obesity by decreasing preadipocyte differentiation, and proliferation in 3T3-L1 preadipocyte. The preadipocytes play a key role by differentiation into mature adipocytes and increasing fat mass. In this study, we investigated whether ethanol-soluble extracts and ethyl acetate-soluble fractions from Sasa borealis inhibits intracellular accumulation of lipid droplets in a dose-dependent manner in 3T3-L1 cells (an important model system for studying adipogenesis). The down-regulation of PPAR${\gamma}$ and C/EBP${\alpha}$ (key adipogenic transcription factors) were confirmed by the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Ethyl acetate-soluble fractions from Sasa borealis attenuated the expression of PPAR${\gamma}$ and C/EBP${\alpha}$. These results suggest that Sasa borealis inhibits adipogenic differentiation by regulating adipogenic transcription factors in 3T3-L1 cells. Therefore, Sasa borealis extracts may be a good candidate for the management of obesity.

Establishment and Characterization of Canine Mammary Gland Cancer Cell Lines (개 자연발생 유선종양 2종의 세포주 확립 및 특성분석)

  • Lee, Sun-Tae;Kweon, Oh-Kyeong;Kim, Wan-Hee
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.232-239
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    • 2010
  • Two cell lines derived from spontaneous canine mammary gland tumors were established and characterized. Mammary gland tumors from 9 years old pug and 9 years old toy-poodle dogs were collected by aseptic surgical resection and primary culture was performed. The histopathologic examination of tumors revealed adenocarcinoma and complex carcinoma and two dogs died from metastasis of the tumors. The tumor cells were subcultured over 60 times for more than 1 year and morphological consistency maintained. Light microscopic examination, growth curve, doubling time calculation, xenotransplantation to female nude mice, immunohistochemistry for wide spectrum keratin, vimentin, $\alpha$-smooth muscle actin and cytokeratin 8 was performed for characterization. The cell lines exhibited polygonal, elongated cell shape and cytoplasmic bridge and doubling time of 47.1 hrs and 18.6 hrs, respectively. Subcutaneous xenotransplantation to nude mice of the cells produced localized palpable mass within 4 weeks in 4 of 5 and 5 of 5 nude mice, respectively. In immunohistochemical examination one cell line showed strong positive against wide spectrum keratin and cytokeratin 8 and the other cell line showed strong positive against smooth muscle actin and cytokeratin 8. Additional characterization would be possible by investigator's needs and the cell lines may be useful for in vivo and in vitro studies of canine mammary tumor and adjuvant therapies.

Characteristics of Crude Polysaccharide Separated from the Herbal Medium of Trichloloma Matsutake Mycelium and its Anti-diabetic Effect

  • Kim, Hae-Ja;Lee, Ki-Nam
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.684-691
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    • 2008
  • As part of studies to develop new materials to lower blood glucose levels using crude polysaccharide, this study was attempted to analyze the characteristics of crude polysaccharide obtained from the extracts of a mixed herbal medium(OCM) where Trichloloma matsutake mycelium and Cordyceps militaris mycelium were cultured together and to look into the influence of administering these by concentration upon the blood glucose and serum lipid levels of rats with diabetes which was induced by STZ(Streptozotosin). Experimental group was divided into 6 groups: first, it was divided into normal control group(NC group) and diabetes-induced group, and diabetes-induced group was subdivided into diabetic control group(DC group), acarbose-treated group(PC group), 100 mg/kg/body weight-treated by crude polysaccharide of OCM(UE) group(UE100 group), 200 mg/kg/body weight-treated group(UE200 group), and 300 mg/kg/body weight-treated group(UE300 group). In diabetic-induced groups, after streptozotocin was melted in 0.01M citrate buffer at 50 mg/kg/body weight, when the non-fasting blood glucose level not on an empty stomach was 300 mg/dl or more in blood collected from the tail vein, it was regarded as diabetic induction and then such diabetic-induced experimental animals were used in this experiment. The yield of crude polysaccharide obtained from OCM was found to be 0.31% and the ${\beta}$-glucan content 39.40%. As a result of analyzing NO on immune function, which is known as major physiological activity of crude polysaccharide, high NO viability was shown; when 1 mg/ml LPS was treated at 1 ug/ml, it was found to be 50.77 uM, and when LPS was treated at 10 ug/m, it was found to be 53.78 uM. Also, regarding cancer cells, cell count was decreased by about 26% in proportion to sample concentration, while for normal cells, it was a little decreased in proportion to concentration, however, cell count was maintained in the range of $81.92{\sim}98.16%$ at all concentrations. In case of blood glucose level, it was decreased in all extract-treated groups compared to DC group and in the cases of ALT and AST, they were found to be lower in extract-treated groups compared to PC group and for serum lipid, it was found to be lower in UE100 group compared to PC group. Thus this study tried to utilize these results as fundamental data for development of preventive and therapeutic agents against diabetes as well as functional foods using the crude polysaccharide of mushrooms.

Biological Activities of Licorice F1 Lines and Content Analysis of Phytochemical Constituents

  • Park, Chun-Geon;Lee, Ah Young;Lee, Jeong Hoon;Lee, Jeong Min;Park, Jun Yeon;Lee, Sang-Hoon;Choi, Ae Jin;Park, Chung Berm;Cho, Eun Ju;Lee, Sanghyun
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.137-145
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    • 2014
  • The biological activities of licorice F1 (Glycyrrhiza glabra ${\times}$ G. uralensis) lines (G) were investigated, revealing strong radical scavenging activity targeting 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and hydroxyl (${\cdot}OH$) radicals. At a concentration of $100{\mu}g/mL$, most of the licorice F1 lines scavenged DPPH and ${\cdot}OH$ by more than 80%. Gs-1, -2, and -6 can be considered good scavengers of DPPH radical and G-7 have higher antioxidant activity against ${\cdot}OH$ radical. In addition, licorice F1 lines exerted effective anti-microbial activities against Escherichia coli (Gs-12, -17, and -18) and Staphylococcus aureus (Gs-3, -4, -5, -21, and -26). Moreover, Gs-2, - 20, -31, and -32 effectively inhibited the growth of Helicobacter pylori. Among licorice F1 lines, Gs-25 exhibited high anti-inflammatory effects on nitric oxide produced by lipopolysaccharide- and interferon-${\gamma}$-activated RAW 264.7 cells. Furthermore, Gs-1, -12, and -20 inhibited the growth of AGS human gastric adenocarcinoma cells by more than 60% at a concentration of $100{\mu}g/mL$ and Gs-5, -11, -19, and -32 showed inhibitory effects against rat lens aldose reductase ($IC_{50}$ values, 1.69, 6.07, 6.12, and $4.54{\mu}g/mL$, respectively). The total content of glycyrrhizin (1), glycyrrhetinic acid (2), glabridin (3), and isoliquiritigenin (4) in licorice F1 lines was high in Gs-11, -15, and -30. The present study therefore indicated that Gs-2, -26, -31, and -32 of licorice F1 possessing strong anti-oxidative, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and aldose reductase inhibitory effects may be used as a possible source material for natural health supplements in the future.

Suppression of Experimental Liver Tumors by Estradiol-3-Benzoate Treatment or Castration in Male Rats

  • Byeongwoo Ahn;Jin Seok Kang;Jeong-Hwan Che;Kookkyung Lee;Ki Taek Nam;Mina Choi;Seyl Kim;Na Jin Jung;Beom Seok Han
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Veterinary Pathology Conference
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    • 2002.11a
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    • pp.149-149
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    • 2002
  • Epidemiologically the incidence of liver cancer is markedly sex-differentiated, with a much higher frequency in men than in women. In experimental animals, it is also higher in male than in female irrespective of carcinogen-induced or spontaneous tumors. Therefore, we tried to investigate the modulating effects of sex hormones in experimental hepatocarcinogenesis. For induction of liver tumors, mini-osmotic pump containing diethylnitrosamine at a dose level of 47.5mg was implanted into the peritoneal cavity of the rat at 6 weeks old. To remove the effects of male sex hormones, the animals of group 2 were castrated one week prior to DEN treatment. To see the effects of estrogen, pellet containing 1g or 10g of estradiol-3-benzoate was infused subcutaneously to the animals of group 3 and 4 one week prior to DEN treatment. The pellets were exchanged every 4 weeks until sacrifice. All animals were sacrificed at 26 weeks after DEN treatment. The tumor incidences in group 1 (DEN alone), group 2 (DEN +castration), group 3(DEN +EB 1g) and group 4 (DEN +EB 10g) were 100% (15/15), 93.3% (14/15), 85.7% (12/14) and 66.7% (10/15), respectively, showing that the value of group 4 is significantly different from that of group 1. Tumor multiplicity data of group 1, 2, 3 and 4 were 5.470.73, 2.800.51, 2.070.41 and 1.670.46, respectively, showing castration or EB treatment reduced number of liver tumors significantly (P<0.001). With immunohistochemistry and Western blotting of ER the expressions were detected in normal adjacent liver cells but decreased or lost in tumor cells. From these results we conclude that female sex hormone, especially estrogen, may act as a liver tumor suppressor, and it seemed that the down regulation of ER may be associated with liver tumor development.

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Induction of Apoptosis by Citri Pericarpium Methanol Extract through Reactive Oxygen Species Generation in U937 Human Leukemia Cells (진피 메탄올 추출물의 활성산소종 생성을 통한 인체 백혈병 세포의 apoptosis 유발)

  • Kim, Ga Hee;Lee, Moon Hee;Han, Min Ho;Park, Cheol;Hong, Su Hyun;Choi, Yung Hyun
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.23 no.8
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    • pp.1057-1063
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    • 2013
  • Citri Pericarpium is one of the most commonly used traditional herbal medicines in Korea, China, and Japan. Its extracts have many properties including the treatment of indigestion and inflammatory respiratory syndromes such as bronchitis and asthma. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of anti-cancer activity and molecular targets are not fully understood. In this work, we investigated the anti-proliferative activity of Citri Pericapium (EMCP) methanol extract on reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and the association of these effects with apoptotic cell death using U937 human leukemia cells in vitro. EMCP treatment decreased cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner following an increase of the sub-G1 phase, the down-regulation of Bax proteins, the activation of caspases, the degradation of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase proteins (PARP), and the induction of ROS generation. However, the quenching of ROS generation by N-acetyl-L-cysteine administration, a scavenger of ROS, reversed the EMCP-induced apoptosis effects. In addition, heme oxygenase-1 expression also recovered by inhibiting the nuclear translocation of phosphorylated NF-E2-related factor 2. Taken together, our data indicate that ROS are involved as key mediators in the early molecular events in the EMCP-induced apoptotic pathway.

Effect of Sparassis crispa Extracts on Immune Cell Activation and Tumor Growth Inhibition (꽃송이버섯(Sparassis crispa) 추출물의 면역세포 활성화 및 항암 효과)

  • Kim, In-Kyu;Yun, Young Chul;Shin, Yong Chul;Yoo, Jiyun
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.23 no.8
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    • pp.984-988
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    • 2013
  • Sparassis crispa is an edible mushroom with medicinal properties that contains more than 40% ${\beta}$-glucan. The role of S. crispa in regulating the functional activation of macrophages has yet to be fully elucidated. The objective of this study was to investigate the molecular mechanism underlying the immune-stimulatory function of S. crispa soluble ${\beta}$-glucan and extracts on macrophages. In this study, we showed that S. crispa soluble ${\beta}$-glucan was able to stimulate TNF-${\alpha}$ and IL-$1{\beta}$ production through NF-${\kappa}B$ activation in Raw 264.7 cells. We also showed that S. crispa extracts could not only enhance TNF-${\alpha}$ production in Raw 264.7 cells, but also suppress tumor growth in vivo. All of our results suggest that S. crispa could be developed as a promising immunostimulatory principle, applicable to cancer patients.

Sequential pathologic changes and viral distribution in rabbits experimentally infected with new Korean strain of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDVa) (새로운 국내 분리 토끼출혈병바이러스(RHDVa)를 감염시킨 토끼에서의 경시적인 병리학적 변화와 조직 내 바이러스 항원 분포)

  • Park, Jung-Won;Chun, Ji-Eun;Yang, Dong-Kun;Bak, Eun-Jung;Kim, Han;Lee, Myeong-Heon;Hwang, Eui-Kyung;Lee, Chung-Bok;Woo, Gye-Hyeong
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.52 no.2
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    • pp.125-131
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    • 2012
  • Rabbit hemorrhagic disease is a highly acute and fatal viral disease caused by rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV). Since first outbreak in Korea 1987, RHDV has been continually affected in the country, but the pattern of outbreak seem to be changed. In this study, to understand the pathogenesis of the new RHDVa serotype, we therefore carried out to inoculate RHDVa to rabbits, and to examine the sequential histopathologic changes and viral distribution. Macroscopically, various sized dark red or white spots or appearance were observed in the liver, lung, kidney uterus and ureter. In euhanized rabbits, significant pathologic findings such as infiltration of heterophils and mononuclear cells were observed at 24 hours after inoculation (HAI), and these were sequentially extended periportal to centrilobular area. However, in dead rabbits, severe hepatic degeneration and/or necrosis with relatively weak inflammatory responses were observed. RHDV antigens began to detect in liver, spleen, and lung from 12 HAI by PCR. Immunohistochemically, RHDV positive cells were seen in only liver from 24 HAI, and the degree of immunogen reactivity was stronger in dead rabbits than in euthanized ones. In conclusion, RHDVa caused the subacute or chronic infection accompanying low mortality and moderate to severe inflammatory reaction in rabbits, suggesting the possibility that RHD could become endemic.

Modulation of Nrf2/ARE and Inflammatory Signaling Pathways by Hericium erinaceus Mycelia Extract

  • Jin, Kyong-Suk;Park, Ji-Young;Cho, Mi-Kyung;Jang, Ji-Hyun;Jeong, Jae-Han;Ok, Seon;Bak, Min-Ji;Song, Young-Sun;Kim, Myo-Jeong;Cho, Chung-Won;Jeong, Woo-Sik
    • Food Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.1204-1211
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    • 2009
  • Hericium erinaceus is an edible mushroom used as a medicinal food in Asian countries. In this study, the chemopreventive effects of H. erinaceus mycelia hot water extract (HEW) were evaluated. HEW remarkably induced the luciferase activity of the antioxidant response element (ARE), located in the promoter region of phase 2 and antioxidant genes and regulated by nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2). The up-regulation of ARE activity by HEW corresponded with the induction of Nrf2 and the antioxidant enzyme, hemeoxygenase-1. The inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) activity is a promising effective approach in cancer chemoprevention, and HEW prominently suppressed COX-2 protein expression in HepG2 cells. Furthermore, HEW showed anti-inflammatory activity by modulating inflammatory mediators such as nitric oxide (NO), inducible NO synthase, tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$, interleukin-$1{\beta}$, and the transcription factor, nuclear factor-${\kappa}B$, in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. These results suggest that H. erinaceus possessed anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory effects via the modulation of Nrf2/ARE and inflammatory signaling pathways, and may therefore have potential use as a natural chemopreventive agent.

Novel Quinazoline Derivatives Targeting on EGFR Kinase Mediated Signal Pathway in A431 Human Epidermoid Carcinoma Cells (A431 피부암세포의 EGFR kinase 신호체계에 선택적으로 작용하는 새로운 퀴나졸린계 억제제)

  • Jeong, Chul-Woo;Son, Byeng-Wha;Ha, Jae-Du;Kim, Gun-Do
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.349-357
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    • 2011
  • Inhibitors of EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) kinase activity may prove useful to therapeutically intervene in cancer and to treat other proliferative diseases. In this study, we investigated the inhibitive effects of two compounds named 63013 and 63033 possess a [1,4]-dioxino quinazoline structure that links the alkoxy side chains together and their structural characteristics are considered to allow better solubility than the dialkoxyquinazoline derivatives. The EGFR kinase activities of A431 human epidermoid carcinoma cells, stimulated by EGF were inhibited by treatment with 63013 and 63033 in a dose-dependent manner respectively. Consistent with the compound-mediated EGFR kinase suppression, the major EGF-related downstream target molecules, such as MEK1/2, MAPK p44/42, AKT and STAT3, were also suppressed by both compounds. Interestingly, both compounds led to cell growth inhibition at a lower concentration than that of Gefitinib (Iressa$^{(R)}$). Collectively, our study showed that both compounds may have good therapeutic potential as an EGFR kinase specific inhibitor to treat EGFR-related diseases.