• 생명과학회지
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.802-810
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• 2018

노화란 나이가 들면서 생기는 몸의 변화로 검은 머리가 흰 머리로 변하는 백발화, 과산화 지질과 단백질로 구성되어 생성되는 검버섯, 주름 등으로 나타난다. 멜라닌은 tyrosine에서 DOPA를 거쳐 산화 중합반응에 의해 생성되는 고분자 물질로 인체 내에 존재하는 머리카락 및 피부 색을 결정한다. 이러한 멜라닌은 melanocyte에서 합성되며, 활성산소에 의해 과도하게 생성되면 노화를 일으킨다는 연구가 보고되고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 항산화 효과 및 멜라닌 합성에 대한 바나나 껍질 추출물(MPEE)의 직접적인 효과를 밝히는 것이다. MPEE는 DPPH radical scavenging assay와 reducing power assay를 수행한 결과, 두 실험 모두 양성대조군인 vitamin C와 비슷한 항산화 활성을 나타내었다. 세포 실험에 앞서 세포 독성을 알아보기 위해 B16F1 세포에서 MTT assay를 수행하였다. MPEE는 $32{\mu}g/ml$ 이하의 농도에서 세포독성이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, MPEE는 invitro에서 tyrosinase 활성과 DOPA-oxidation 뿐만 아니라 살아있는 세포에서 멜라닌 합성을 증가시켰다. 더욱이, $H_2O_2$로 세포를 노화시켜 L-DOPA 실험을 수행한 결과, MPEE는 멜라닌 합성을 증가시켰다. 단백질 수준의 발현을 위한 Western blot 분석을 수행한 결과, TRP-1, TPR-2와 SOD-2의 발현 수준은 MPEE의 존재 하에서 증가되었다. 이상의 결과는 MPEE가 항산화 소재로 멜라닌 합성을 촉진시킨다는 것을 암시하고 있다.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.223-236
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• 2018

Objectives : We compared the inhibitory effects of herb-combined remedies, which were recorded on "Yooam" prescription of Dongeuibogam, on cell migration and invasion, two critical cellular processes that are often deregulated during metastasis, in B16F10 melanoma cells. For this purpose, water extracts of Sipyukmiryukieum (SYMRKU), Danjacheongpitang (DJCPT), Cheongganhaeultang (CGHUT) and Jipaesan (JPS) were used. Methods : Cytotoxicity was assessed by an MTT assay. Wound healing and matrigel transwell assays were used to examine on B16F10 cell migration and invasion. The levels of mRNA and protein expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) were analyzed by RT-PCR and Western blotting. Results : Our data showed that DJCPT showed the strongest inhibitory effect among the four prescriptions in inhibiting cell motility of B16F10 melanoma cells within the concentration range that was not cytotoxic. The inhibitory potential of colony formation was higher in DJCPT and SYMRKU compared to the other two types of prescriptions, and the inhibitory effect of invasiveness is shown in order of DJCPT, SYMRKU, CGHUT and JPS. DJCPT, and SYMRKU strongly inhibited the activity and expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9, which are important mediators in cancer invasion, compared to CGHUT and JPS, and the increased expression of TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 was also more effective in these two prescriptions. In conclusion, DJCPT is expected to exhibit the most potent blocking effect on migration and invasion among four herb-combined remedies compared in B16F10 melanoma cells. Conclusion : Overall, the results of this study will be used as an important source to validate these prescriptions in animal models and to understand the mechanism of action of herbal remedies recorded in Dongeuibogam.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.445-452
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• 2004

본 연구에서 국내 연근해에 서식하는 해면 Sarcotragus sp. (Dictyoceratida속)에서 분리 추출된 7종의 furanoterpenoid계 화합물〔sarcotin A, epi-sarcotin A, ircinin-1, epi-sarcotrine B, sarcotin I, (8E,13Z,20Z) -strobilinin/ (7E,13Z,20Z) -felixinin and (7E,12E,18R,20Z)-variabilin〕의 항암 활성을 비교하기 위하여 A549 인체폐암세포를 대상으로 그들의 세포독성을 조사하였고, 이와 연관된 세포증식 억제 및 apoptosis 유발에 관여할 것으로 예상되는 중요한 유전자 몇 가지의 발현에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 조사된 7종의 화합물 모두 처리 농도 의존적으로 A549 폐암세포의 증식을 억제하였는데, 그중 sarcotin A 및 (7E,12E,18R,20Z)-variabilin이 비교적 높은 세포독성을 나타내었다. 이러한 세포증식의 억제는 종양억제 유전자 p53 의존적 또는 비의존적으로 Bcl-2 유전자에 대한 Bax의 발현 증가와 연관된 apoptosis 유발과 관련이 있었으며, epi-sarcotin A, ircinin-1 및 epi-sarcotrine B 처리군에서 이러한 현상은 두드러지게 관찰되었다. 또한 epi-sarcotin A와 ircinin-1은 COX-1의 발현에는 아무런 영향을 미치지 않았으나, COX-2의 발현은 선택적으로 저해하였다. 이러한 결과는 해양 해면동물에서 유래된 furanoterpenoid계 화합물이 선택 적으로 강력한 항암효과를 가질 수 있다는 것을 의미한다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.55-63
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• 2008

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the selective death of motor neurons. Mutations in the SOD1 gene are responsible for a familial form of ALS (FALS). Although many studies suggest that mutant SOD1 proteins are cytotoxic, the mechanism is not fully understood. To investigate the role of mutant SOD1 in FALS, human SOD1 genes were fused with a PEP-1 peptide in a bacterial expression vector to produce in-frame PEP-1-SOD fusion proteins (wild type and mutants). The expressed and purified PEP-1-SOD fusion proteins were efficiently transduced into neuronal cells. Neurones harboring the A4V, G93A, G85R, and D90A mutants of PEP-1-SOD were more vulnerable to oxidative stress induced by paraquat than those harboring wild-type proteins. Moreover, neurones harboring the mutant SOD proteins had lower heat shock protein (Hsp) expression levels than those harboring wild-type SOD. The effects of the transduced SOD1 fusion proteins may provide an explanation for the association of SOD1 with FALS, and Hsps could be candidate agents for the treatment of ALS.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.810-815
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• 2006

본 실험에서는 애기달맞이꽃(Oenothera laciniata Hill)를 80% EtOH로 추출하고 추출물을 극성에 따른 용매 분획을 실시하여 분리된 분획의 총 페놀화합물 함량과 DPPH radical 소거, xanthine oxidase 저해활성, superoxide 소거활성 및 nitric oxide 소거활성 및 세포독성 등의 생리 활성을 측정하였다. 본 연구를 통해 애기달맞이꽃은 산소 유리기의 자유기를 소거할 수 있는 우수한 생리 활성물질을 다수 함유하고 있음을 확인 할 수 있었으며 분획 레벨에서의 활성이 대조구 성분 못지않게 우수하게 나타났다. 또한 총 폴리페놀 함량과 세포독성이 가장 높게 나타난 EtOAc 분획물을 농도별로 HL-60세포에 처리한 결과, 세포성장 억제는 농도 의존적으로 나타났으며, 따라서 세포성장 억제효과가 apoptosis 유도에 의한 것이지를 확인하고자, apoptosis 유도에 의하여 나타나는 현상의 하나인 DNA 단편화 현상을 비롯하여 세포 형태학적 변화 및 유동세포분석기를 통한 DNA content을 측정하였다. 그 결과, 애기달맞이꽃 추출물에 의한 세포증식 억제효과는 apoptosis유도에 의해 세포사멸이 일어남을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1500-1508
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• 2003

This study was performed to clarify the neurotoxic mechanism of nerve cells damage by brain ischemia. The cytotoxic effect of ischemia was determined by XTT assay, NR assay, superoxide dismutase(SOD) activity, amount of malondialdehyde(MDA), lactate dehydrogenase(LDH) activity, protein synthesis and tumor necrosis factor(TNF)-α activities after cerebral neurons derived from mouse were exposed to ischemia for 1∼30 minutes. In addition, the protective effect of extract of Daejo-whan(DJW) on ischemia-induced neurotoxicity was examined in these cultures. 1. Ischemia decreased cell number and viability by XTT assay or NR assay when cultured cerebral neurons were exposed to 95% N2/5% CO₂ for 1∼20 minutes in these cultures. 2. Ischemia decreased SOD and protein syntheses, but it increased amount of MDA and, LDH and TNF-α activities in these cultures. 3. In the neuroprotective effect of DJW extracts on cerebral neurons damaged by ischemia, DJW extracts increased SOD activity and protein synthesis. While, it decreased amount of MDA and, LDH and TNF-α activities after cerebral neurons preincubated with herb extracts. It suggests that brain ischemia has neurotoxicity on cultured mouse cerebral neurons, and the herb extract such as DJW was very effective in blocking the neurotoxicity induced by ischemia in cultured mouse cerebral neurons.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.602-610
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• 2013

This study was aimed to evaluate the cavernosal relaxation effect of Crataegii fructus(CF) in the contracted rabbit penile corpus cavernosum by agonists.In order to study the effect of CF on the vasoconstriction of rabbit penile corpus cavernosum, isolated rabbit penile corpus cavernosum tissues were used for the experiment using organ baths containing Krebs solution.To investigate the cavernosal relaxation of CF, CF extract at $0.01{\sim}3.0mg/m{\ell}$ was added after penile corpus cavernosum were contracted by norepinephrine(NE) $1{\mu}M$. To analyze the mechanism of CF's vasorelaxation, CF extract infused into contracted penile tissues by NE after each treatment of indomethacin(IM), $N{\omega}$-nitro-L-arginine(L-NNA), methylene blue(MB), tetraethylammonium chloride(TEA).To study the effect of CF on influx of extracellular calcium chloride($Ca^{2+}$) in penile tissues, in $Ca^{2+}$-free krebs solution, $Ca^{2+}$ 1 mM infused into contracted penile tissues by NE after pretreatment of CF. Cytotoxic activity of CF on human umbilical vein endothelial cell(HUVEC) was measured by MTT assay, and nitric oxide(NO) prodution was measured by Griess reagent. CF relaxed cavernosal strip with endothelium contracted by NE, but in the strips without endothelium, CF-induced relaxation was significantly inhibited. The pretreatment of L-NNA, MB, TEA decreased significantly on the cavernosal relaxation than not-treatment of them. But the pretreatment of IM had no significant effect on the cavernosal relaxation. In $Ca^{2+}$-free krebs solution, when $Ca^{2+}$ infused into contracted penile tissues by NE, pretreatment of CF inhibit contraction induced by adding $Ca^{2+}$.NO production wasn't increased by treatment of CF on HUVEC. This findings showed that CF is effective for the relaxation of rabbit penile corpus cavernosum, and we suggest that CF relax rabbit corpus cavernosal smooth muscle through multiple action mechanisms that include increasing the release of nitric oxide from corporal sinusoidal endothelium, inhibition of $Ca^{2+}$ mobilization into cytosol from the extracellular fluid, and maybe a hyperpolarizing action.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.106-112
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• 2008

Parkinson's disease (PD) progresses severely by a gradual loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra (SN). Epidemiological studies showed that the incidences of PD were reduced by smoking of which the major component, nicotine might be neuroprotective. But the function of nicotine, which might suppress the incidences of PD, is still unknown. Fortunately, recently it was reported that a glial reaction and inflammatory processes might participate in a selective loss of dopaminergic neurons in the SN. The levels of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$ synthesised by astrocytes and microglia are elevated in striatum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in PD. TNF-${\alpha}$ kills the cultured dopaminergic neurons through the apoptosis mechanism. TNF-${\alpha}$ release from glial cells may mediate progression of nigral degeneration in PD. Nicotine pretreatment considerably decreases microglial activation with significant reduction of TNF-${\alpha}$ mRNA expression and TNF-${\alpha}$ release induced by lipopholysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. Thus, this study was intended to explore the role of nicotine pretreatment to inhibit the expressions of TNF-${\alpha}$ mRNA in human fetal astrocytes (HFA) stimulated with IL-$1{\beta}$. The results are as follows: HFA were pretreated with 0.1, 1, and $10{\mu}g/mL$ of nicotine and then stimulated with IL-$1{\beta}$ (100 pg/mL) for 2h. The inhibitory effect of nicotine on expressions of TNF-${\alpha}$ mRNA in HFA with pretreated $0.1{\mu}g/mL$ of nicotine was first noted at 8hr, and the inhibitory effect was maximal at 12 h. The inhibitory effect at $1{\mu}g/mL$ of nicotine was inhibited maximal at 24 h. Cytotoxic effects of nicotine were noted above $10{\mu}g/mL$ of nicotine. Moreover, Nicotine at 0.1, 1 and $10{\mu}g/mL$concentrations significantly inhibited IL-$1{\beta}$-induced TF-${\kappa}B$ activation. Collectively, these results indicate that in activated HFA, nicotine may inhibit the expression of TNF-${\alpha}$ mRNA through the pathway which suppresses the NF-${\kappa}B$ activation. This study suggests that nicotine might be neuroprotective to dopaminergic neurons in the SN and reduce the incidences of PD.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.2051-2057
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• 2011

Several studies have demonstrated that nanoparticles (NPs) have toxic effects on cultured cell lines, yet there are no clear data describing the overall molecular changes induced by NPs currently in use for human applications. In this study, the in vitro cytotoxicity of three oxide NPs of around 100 nm size, namely, mesoporous silica (MCM-41), iron oxide ($Fe_2O_3$-NPs), and zinc oxide (ZnO-NPs), was evaluated in the human embryonic kidney cell line HEK293. Cell viability assays demonstrated that 100 ${\mu}g/mL$ MCM-41, 100 ${\mu}g/mL$ $Fe_2O_3$, and 12.5 ${\mu}g/mL$ ZnO exhibited 20% reductions in HEK293 cell viability in 24 hrs. DNA microarray analysis was performed on cells treated with these oxide NPs and further validated by real time PCR to understand cytotoxic changes occurring at the molecular level. Microarray analysis of NP-treated cells identified a number of up- and down-regulated genes that were found to be associated with inflammation, stress, and the cell death and defense response. At both the cellular and molecular levels, the toxicity was observed in the following order: ZnO-NPs > $Fe_2O_3$-NPs > MCM-41. In conclusion, our study provides important information regarding the toxicity of these three commonly used oxide NPs, which should be useful in future biomedical applications of these nanoparticles.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.177-190
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• 2006

Objectives : It has long been known about the anticancer effect of GRR-HAS, however, it has not been systemically determined the differentially regulated genes by GRR-HAS in cancer cells. The purpose of this study is to screen the GRR-HAS mediated differentially expressed genes in cancer cells such as HepG2 hepatoma cell lines. Oligonucleotide microarray and proteomic approaches were employed to screen the differential expression genes. Methods : GRR~HAS was prepared by boiling and stored at $-70^{\circ}C$ until use. Cells were treated with various concentrations of GRR-HAS (0.1, 0.5, 1.5, 10, $20mg/m{\ell}$) for 24 h. Cell toxicity was tested by MTT assay. To screen the differentially expressed genes in cancer cells, cells were treated with $1.5mg/m{\ell}$ of GRR-HAS. For oligonucleotide microarray assay, total RNA was used for gene expression analysis using oligonucleotide genechip (Human genome Ul33 Plus 2.0., Affimatrix Co.). For proteomic analysis, total protein was analyzed by 2D gel electrophoresis and Q-TOF mass spectrometer. Results : It has no cytotoxic effects on both HepG2 cells in all concentrations(0.1, 0.5, 1.5, 10,$20mg/m{\ell}$). In oligonucleotide microarray assay, the number of more than twofold differentially regulated known genes was 320 with 6 up-regulated and 314 down-regulated genes in HepG2 cells. In proteomic analysis, three spots were identified by 2D-gel electrophoresis and Q-TOF analysis. One down -regulated protein was protein disulfide isomerase and up-regulated proteins were fatty acid binding protein 1 and 14-3-3 gan1lTIa protein by $1.5mg/m{\ell}$ of CRR-HAS. Discussion : This study showed the comprehensive gene expression analysis using oligonucleotide microarray for the screening of GRR-HAS mediated differentially regulated genes. These results will provide a better application of GRR-HAS in cancer field and drug target development.