• BMB Reports
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.328-332
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• 1998

The 8-hydroxyisocoumarin, named Centipedin, which has a significant antibiotic activity, was separated and solubilized with organic solvents, such as diethyl ether from centipede Scolopendra subspinipes multilans L. Koch. The Centipedin was purified by silicic acid column and high S cation exchange chromatography followed by reverse-phase HPLC. It was confirmed that Centipedin has a potent antibiotic effectiveness against Gram-negative Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 8308. The results showed that Centipedin blocks both DNA replication and RNA transcription during the growth of this pathogen in vivo. The biosynthesis of antibiotic 8-hydroxyisocoumarin was studied in vivo by feeding $[^{14}C]-labelled$ compound as a precursor to live centipede, in which $[^{14}C]acetate$ was the most efficiently incorporated into the Centipedin within 30 h after injection. Also, in vitro study on the biosynthesis of Centipedin showed that efficient incorporation of $[^{14}C]acetate$ occurred at pH range 5.0-7.0 for 10 h incubation and decreased significantly after then. It is suggested that 8-hydroxyisocoumarin is one of the defense compounds acting on bacterial infection in Scolopendra subspinipes.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제34권1_2호
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• pp.31-36
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• 1998

지네 Scolopendra subspinipes multilans L. Koch로부터 정제한 Centipedin의 gram-negative, gram-positive bacteria 및 fungi에 대한 광범위 항균 spectrum을 조사하였으며 액체배지를 사용하여 각 균주에 대한 minimal inhibitory concentrations(MICs)값을 측정하였다. 인체의 기관중 주로 폐에 감염되는 gram-negative bacteria인 Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 8308 균주에 대한 MIC값이 $2{\mu}g/ml$로서 가장 강한 항균력을 나타내었고 화농균인 Proteus vulgaris NRRL B-123 균주에 대해서도 MIC값이 $16{\mu}g/ml$로 비교적 높은 항균력을 나타내었으며 항균제로서의 작용 mechanism을 시험한 결과 prokaryotic RNA transcription을 억제함을 알 수 있었다. Human blood leukemia(HL-60)와 mouse B lymphocyte myeloma cell 등의 동물세포에 대한 Centipedin의 cytotoxicity는 없는 것으로 확인되었다.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1997년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.251.1-251
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• 1997

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