• Molecules and Cells
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.202-215
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• 2022

The androgen receptor (AR) is an important therapeutic target for treating prostate cancer (PCa). Moreover, there is an increasing need for understanding the AR-independent progression of tumor cells such as neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC). Menin, which is encoded by multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1), serves as a direct link between AR and the mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) complex in PCa development by activating AR target genes through histone H3 lysine 4 methylation. Although menin is a critical component of AR signaling, its tumorigenic role in AR-independent PCa cells remains unknown. Here, we compared the role of menin in AR-positive and AR-negative PCa cells via RNAi-mediated or pharmacological inhibition of menin. We demonstrated that menin was involved in tumor cell growth and metastasis in PCa cells with low or deficient levels of AR. The inhibition of menin significantly diminished the growth of PCa cells and induced apoptosis, regardless of the presence of AR. Additionally, transcriptome analysis showed that the expression of many metastasis-associated genes was perturbed by menin inhibition in AR-negative DU145 cells. Furthermore, wound-healing assay results showed that menin promoted cell migration in AR-independent cellular contexts. Overall, these findings suggest a critical function of menin in tumorigenesis and provide a rationale for drug development against menin toward targeting high-risk metastatic PCa, especially those independent of AR.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.514-517
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• 2000

Abstracts Six shikonin metabolites were obtained from human intestinal bacteria, Bacteriodes fragilis subsp. thetaotus. following biotransformation. The transformation of shikonin (1) was performed anaerobically for 3 day at $37^{\circ}C$ in thc bacterial suspension of B. Fagilis which was cultured overnight in GAM broth. The incubation mixture \vas extracted with EtGAc Lo give a dark-brown residue. The residue was apphed to a silica gel column, which was eluted successively with hexane (Fr. A), $CHCl_3$ (Fr. B), and $CHCl_3$:MeOH (9:I) (Fr. C). Six metabolites. Fr.A (2 and 3), Fr. B (6 and 7), and Fr. C (4 and 5) were isolated by repeated silica gel column chromatography, preparatlVe TLC, followed by Sephadex LH-20. In vitro cytotoxicities were tested against human tumor cell lines; PC-3 (prostate), ACHN (renal), A549 (lung), SW620 (colon), KS62 (leukemia), and Du145 (prostate). The shikonin metabolites 2. 4, 5, and 6 showed weaker cytotoxicity than the parenL shikonin (1). whereas shikonin monomenc metabolite 3 ($ED_{50}{\;}O.44-{\;}1.22{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml$) and dimeric metabolite 7 ($ED_{50}{\;}O.48-{\;}2.35{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml$) exhibited stronger activities compared with adriamycin, which was used as the positive control.ontrol.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.5031-5035
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• 2016

Docetaxel, recognized as a stabilizing microtubule agent, is frequently administrated as a first line treatment for prostate cancers. Due to high side effects of monotherapy, however, combinations with novel adjuvants have emerged as an alternative strategy in cancer therapy protocols. Here, we investigated the combined effects of stattic and docetaxel on the DU145 prostate cancer cell line. Cytotoxicity was evaluated by MTT assay. To understand molecular mechanisms of stattic action, apoptotic related genes including Bcl-2, Mcl-1, Survivin and Bax were evaluated by real-time RT-PCR. Alteration in the expression of pro-apoptotic Bax and anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 genes and Bax/Bcl-2 ratio were investigated via the $2^{{\Delta}{\Delta}CT}$ method. The $IC_{50}$ values for docetaxel and stattic were $3.7{\pm}0.9nM$ and $4.6{\pm}0.8{\mu}M$, respectively. Evaluation of key gene expression levels revealed a noticeable decrease in antiapoptotic Bcl-2 and Mcl-1 along with an increase in pro-apoptotic Bax mRNA levels (p<0.05). Our results suggest that combination of a STAT3 inhibitor with doctaxel can be considered as a potent strategy for induction of apoptosis via increasing Bax mRNA expression.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.687-692
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• 2012

Schizandra chinensis extract has been known to possess a variety of efficacy including antitumor. However, it remains unclear how schizandrin, which is a major biological active ingredient of Schizandra chinensis, exerts antitumor effect. This study was designed to investigate the mechanism by which schizandrin inhibits tumor growth and metastasis. In in vivo test using tumor model mice injected with B16BL6 cell line, mice treated with 10 and 100 ${\mu}g/ml$ schizandrin showed a significant inhibition by $73.79{\pm}6.43%$ and $90.46{\pm}1.72%$, respectively, compared with positive tumor controls. Schizandrin did not exert a significant toxicity for the normal cells (HUVECs) and tumor cell lines (A549, B16BL6, Du145, Huh7). Treatment with schizandrin at 10 and 100 ${\mu}g$/head significantly inhibited the tumor-induced angiogenesis by $68.04{\pm}32.21%$ and $103.8{\pm}34.99%$ compared with the positive control group, respectively. Using in vivo lung metastasis model, tumor metastasis assay revealed that 10 and 100 ${\mu}g$/head schizandrin significantly decreased the metastatic lung tumor by $37.51{\pm}8.15%$ and $75.53{\pm}4.38%$ compared with positive controls, respectively. On the other hand, schizandrin did not affect the adherence of B16BL6 cell line to extracellular matrix protein. These results demonstrate that schizandrin exerts inhibitory effect on tumor growth and metastasis by inhibiting angiogenesis. This study thus suggest that schizandrin may be a candidate molecule target for cancer drug development.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.403-411
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• 2009

Thiacremonone, the main component isolated from heated garlic (Allium sativum L.), is interested for using as a cancer preventive or therapeutic agent since garlic has been known to be useful plant in the treatment of cancers. Nuclear factor kappaB (NF-${\kappa}B$) is constitutively activated in the prostate cancer and activation of NF-${\kappa}B$ is implicated in drug resistance in cancer cells. Docetaxel, a semisynthetic analog of paclitaxel, is an antineoplastic drug widely used for advanced various cancer. In previous studies, we found that thiacremonone inhibited activation of NF-${\kappa}B$ in cancer cells and marcrophages. In the present study, we investigated whether thiacremonone could increase susceptibility of prostate cancer cells (PC-3 and DU145) to docetaxel via inactivation of NF-${\kappa}B$. We found that the combination treatment of thiacremonone (50 ${\mu}g$/ml) with docetaxel (5 nM) was more effective in the inhibition of prostate cancer cell growth and induction of apoptosis accompanied with the significant inhibition of NF-${\kappa}B$ activity than those by the treatment of thiacremonone or docetaxel alone. It was also found that NF-${\kappa}B$ target gene expression of Bax, caspase-3 and caspase-9 was much more significantly enhanced, but the expression of Bcl-2 was also much more significantly inhibited by the combination treatment. These results indicate that thiacremonone inhibits NF-${\kappa}B$, and enhances the susceptibility of prostate cancer cells to docetaxel. Thus, thiacremonone could be useful as an adjuvant anti-cancer agent.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.1224-1230
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• 2012

항암화학요법제는 의약품 시장 중 가장 큰 시장의 하나이며, 세계적으로 수많은 연구와 신약의 개발이 진행되고 있다. 그러나 암 세포 뿐만 아니라 정상세포와 조직에 대한 독성과 내성으로 인해 심각한 부작용이 지속되어, 최근 신혈관형성 억제와 천연물 유래의 암 치료제 개발이 많은 관심을 얻고 있다. 본 연구에서는 오미자의 활성성분 중 하나인 Gomisin A의 종양성장 및 전이억제 효과와 이들의 작용기전에 대해 확인하고자 하였다. Gomisin A의 종양성장 억제활성은 B16BL6 cell line을 C57/BL6 mice의 피하에 주입하여 유도된 종양모델을 활용 하였으며, Gomisin A 10 ${\mu}g/ml$, 100 ${\mu}g/ml$에서 양성 대조군에 비해 각각 $80.5{\pm}8.1%$, $96.2{\pm}2%$의 유의한 억제활성을 나타내었다. Gomisin A의 암세포에 대한 직접적인 독성은 MTT assay를 통해 확인하였고, 정상세포(HUVECs)와 종양세포주(A549, B16BL6, Du145, Huh7)에 대한 유의한 독성은 관찰되지 않았다. 종양조직에 의해 유도되는 신혈관형성 억제능은 C57/BL6 mice에 배양된 B16BL6 cell line을 피하주사하여 종양조직을 형성하고, 이들이 유도하는 신생혈관에 대한 Gomsin A의 억제활성을 확인하였다. Gomisin A를 10 ${\mu}g$/head와 100 ${\mu}g$/head에서 신혈관형성 억제활성은 양성 대조군에 비해 각각 $151{\pm}16.9%$, $98.5{\pm}29.5%$의 유의한 감소활성을 나타내었다. 종양전이 억제활성은 B16BL6 cell line을 C57/BL6 mice 미정맥에 주입하여 in vivo 폐전이 모델을 만들고 폐에 전이된 종양의 colony를 측정하여 확인하였다. Gomisin A의 농도 10 ${\mu}g$/head, 100 ${\mu}g$/head에서 각각 양성 대조군에 비해 $13.5{\pm}8.56%$, $58.3{\pm}9.12%$의 전이 억제활성을 나타내었다. 또한 Gomisin A는 B16BL6 cell line이 세포외기질에 대한 부착능을 유의하게 감소시킴을 확인하였다. 이러한 결과는 Gomisin A의 종양성장 억제활성이 암세포에 대한 직접적인 독성에 의한 것이 아닌 신혈관형성 억제에 의한 것이며, 또한 종양 전이 억제 활성을 나타냄으로서 향후, 암 예방 및 치료제 개발의 선도물질을 제공할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 오미자의 주요 생리활성 물질인 Gomisin A의 종양성장 억제 활성과 전이억제 활성을 규명하고자 하였다. Gomisin A가 종양성장 억제활성이 있음을 확인하였고, 이러한 효과는 종양세포에 대한 직접적인 독성에 의한 것이 아니라, 종양조직에 의해 유도되는 신혈관형성 저해 활성에 의해 나타나는 것을 규명하였다. 이러한 결과는 대부분의 항암화학요법제가 가지는 독성작용을 극복하고, 선택적인 종양성장 억제제로서의 개발 가능성을 시사하여 주고 있다. 또한 Gomisin A는 종양세포의 세포외기질 부착억제활성을 통해 암 전이 억제활성을 나타냄을 확인하였다. 지금까지의 결과는, Gomisin A를 활용한 부작용이 적으며 효과적인 암 치료제 개발의 선도 물질로서 활용 가능성을 나타내 주고 있으며, 또한 고 기능성 식품 및 화장품의 개발에 활용이 가능할 것이다. 그러나, 향후 종양 면역활성, 암세포 자살 유도능과 같은 다양한 부분의 연구가 수반되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.409-415
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• 2010

In this study, the bioactivities of ethanol (EELS) and water extract (WELS) from the leaf of Lythrum salicaria L. were investigated. In the anti-cancer activity, the growths of both human prostate cancer (DU145) and human colonic carcinoma cell (HT29) were inhibited up 60% by adding 10 mg/$m{\ell}$ of EELS. Anti-inflammatory activity of EELS and WELS have been evaluated on lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced release of nitric oxide (NO) by the macrophage RAW 264.7 cells. EELS and WELS inhibited inflammatory by 57.3 and 46.9% in 10 mg/$m{\ell}$, respectively. In the anti-oxidative activity, $IC_{50}$ of DPPH radical scavenging activity was respectively 60.71 and $92.90\;{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ by EELS and WELS. In the anti-diabetic activity, $IC_{50}$ of ${\alpha}$-amylase inhibitory activity of EELS and WELS were respectively 5,250 and $5,020\;{\mu}g/m{\ell}$. $IC_{50}$ of ${\alpha}$-glucosidase inhibitory activity was 7.96 and $68.41\;{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ by EELS and WELS. In the anti-obesity, $IC_{50}$ of lipase inhibitory activity was 880 and $9,840\;{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ by EELS and WELS. Finally, EELS and WELS exhibited anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic activity and anti-obesity. It suggests that Lythrum salicaria L. could be potentially used as a resource of bioactive materials for health functional foods.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.649-654
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• 2006

유자의 생리활성 식품 소재로서 검토하기 위해 비타민 C가 첨가된 유자 추출물의 항산화 효과와 암세포 억제활성에 대한 상승효과를 측정하였다. 과육과 과피의 추출물 중에 총 페놀 함량은 각각 건물당 $97.87{\mu}g/mg$와 $121.17{\mu}g/mg$으로서 과피가 과육보다 약 1.24배 높았으며, 총 플라보노이드 함량은 각각 건물당 $0.28{\mu}g/mg$와 $0.59{\mu}g/mg$로서 과피가 과육보다 2.11배 높았다. 전자공여능은 유자 과피의 추출물은 유자 과육의 추출물보다 약간 높았으며, 이들 추출물은 그 자체에 비하여 각각 추출물에 비타민 C를 첨가할 경우가 상승효과는 더 크게 나타났는데, 특히 저농도($30{\mu}g/mL$) 시료보다는 고농도($300{\mu}g/mL$)에서 전자공여능이 크게 증가하였다. 항산화능은 과피 추출물 $1,000{\mu}g$에 비타민 C $500{\mu}g$를 혼합한 경우의 비타민 C $500{\mu}g$ 단독만을 첨가한 경우보다 각각 20분 반응에서 2.6배, 40분 1.5배, 60분에는 1.2배가 높았다. 환원능은 유자 과피 추출물의 $30{\mu}g/mL$와 $50{\mu}g/mL$ 저 농도에서 고농도에서와 비슷하게 아주 높게 나타났다. 유자 과피 및 과육의 추출물로 처리한 간암 세포주에서 다른 암 세포주에 비하여 비교적 항암활성이 높게 나타났으며, $100{\mu}g/mL$에서는 각각 63.8%와 73%를 나타내었다. 유방암 세포주는 모든 시험농도에서 유자 과피의 추출물이 과육 추출물보다 항암활성이 모두 높게 나타났다. 결론적으로 유자 추출물의 항산화 및 항암활성 은 함유되어 있는 페놀과 플라보노이드 성분에 의한 것으로 판단된다.