• KSBB Journal
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.365-369
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• 2002

수용성 형태로 존재하는 융합 페리틴을 정제함에 있어서 실리카 분말을 이용한 전처리 공정은 전체 정제 공정효율 증가에 기여하였다. 전처리 공정을 통해 정제된 융합 페리틴의 순도를 높이기 위해 젤 여과 크로마토그래피를 통해 보다 정제된 응합 페리틴을 얻을 수 있었다. 이렇게 정제된 융합 페리틴의 철분결합능력을 분석해본결과 320 moles $F_{H}+F_{L}$ mole로 활성이 우수함을 알 수 있었으며, 분자량 분석을 통해 융합페리틴(40 k dalton)은 trimer와 monomer형태로 존재함을 확인할 수 있었다

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.926-932
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• 2008

Human heavy chain (H-) and light chain (L-) ferritins were amplified from a human cDNA library. Each ferritin gene was inserted downstream of the T7 promoter of bacterial expression vectors, and two types of coexpression vectors were constructed. The expression levels of recombinant ferritins ranged about 26-36% of whole-cell protein. H-ferritin exhibited a lower expression ratio compared with L-ferritin, by a coexpression system. However, the coexpression of HL-ferritins was significantly increased above the expression ratio of H-ferritin by cultivation without IPTG induction overnight. Purified recombinant H-, L-, HL-, and LH-ferritins were shown to be homo- and heteropolymeric high molecular complexes and it was indicated that their assembled subunits would be able to work functionally in the cell. Thus, these results indicate an improvement in the expression strategy of H-ferritin for heteropolymeric production and studies of ferritin assembly in Escherichia coli.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.878-885
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• 2009

급성 폐손상과 급성 호흡곤란 증후군은 치사율이 매우 높은 질환임에도 불구하고 현재까지 뚜렷한 치료법이 확립되지 않아서 조기진단에 많은 관심을 기울이고 있다. 본 실험에서는 출혈성 쇼크로 유발되는 급성 폐손상 모델에서 철대사를 조절하는 인자로 알려진 heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1)과 ferritin의 변화 양상을 알아보고 급성 폐손상 또는 급성 호흡곤란 증후군의 조기진단인자로서 적합한지를 알아보고자 하였다. 실험동물은 체중 300-450g의 sprague-Dawley rat을 사용하였으며, 급성폐손상과 ferritin 및 HO-1변화의 관계를 알아보기 위하여 정상군(Sham), 출혈군 및 phospholipase A$_2$ 억제제인 mepacrine (60mg/kg, iv)을 전처치한 출혈군으로 나누어 실험하였다. Sham군은 출혈군과 동일하게 수술하고 출혈은 시키지 않았으며 나머지 과정은 출혈군과 동일하게 처리하였다. 출혈은 withdrawal pump를 이용하여 분당 4ml/kg의 속도로 5분간 총 체중kg 당 20ml의 혈액을 대퇴동맥에 연결한 관을 통하여 출혈시켰다. 출혈로 인하여 급성 폐손상이 유발되었으며 이는 mepacrine 전처치로 유의하게 억제되었다. 출혈 후 혈장 단백질 농도는 감소하였으나 혈장 ferritin 농도는 출혈 60분 후부터, HO-1 농도는 90분 후부터 증가하여 2시간 후에는 Shanm군에 비해 크게 증가하였으며, 이는 mepacrine 전처치한 경우에서 유의하게 둔화되었다. 폐세척액 내의 세포에서 ferritin과 HO-1의 발현량은 출혈군에서 가장 크게 나타났고, mepacrine을 전 처치한 출혈군에서 발현량이 줄어들었다. 이상의 결과로 살펴볼 때 혈장 ferritin및 HO-1은 출혈성 쇼크로 유발되는 급성 폐손상의 정도와 밀접한 상관관계를 가지고, 비록 정도의 차이는 있더라도 폐세척액 내의 염증성 세포에서도 발현량이 증가하는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 그러므로, 혈장의 ferritin 및 HO-1농도를 급성 폐손상 및 급성 호흡곤란 증후군의 조기진단을 위한 간접적인 생체지표로 사용할 수 있을 것으로 보이며, 이 실험 모델에서는 ferritin이 HO-1보다 더 예민한 인자로 평가된다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.450-457
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• 1991

본 연구는 생화학적 검사에 의한 철 영양상태의 판정시 검사항목에 따른 판정의 정확도를 보기 위하여 외견상 건강한 18~21세의 여대생 57명을 대상으로 혈액성분 중 Hb, Hct, serum ferritin을 측정하고 그 상관성을 분석하였다. 1) 조사대상자의 Hb는 평균이 $13.9\pm0.96g/dl,$ 중앙값이 14.1g/dl 였다. Hct의 평균은 $41.4\pm2.85%,$ 중앙값은 42.0%였고, ferritin은 평균 $20.7\pm15.5ng/ml,$ 중앙값 16.5ng/ml, 최빈값 3.40ng/ml 였다. Hb, Hct, ferritin값 모두 Kolmogorov-Smirnov test결과 정규분포 하는 것으로 나타났다. 2) Hb와 Hct간에는 r=0.9467(p<0.001)로 (Hct=2.28+2.81$\times$Hb)의 회귀관계를 보였다. Hb와 ferritin간에는 r=0.5396(p<0.001)로 $\times$Hb)를, Hct와 ferritin간에는 r=0.5591(p<0.001)로 (log(ferritin)=-1.73+0.07$\times$Hct>의 회귀식이 구해졌다. 3) 빈혈발현율은 Hb 12g/dl를 기준시 5.3%, Hct 36% 기준시 10.5%, ferritin 12ng/ml 기준시 36.8% 였다. 4) Ferritin 함량을 기준하여 Hb, Hct판정에 대한 신뢰도를 분석한 결과, 빈혈 판정시 많이 이용되는 Hb 12g/dl 미만이나 Hct 36% 이하를 기준했을 때 두 방법 모두 sensitivity가 매우 낮았으며 specificity는 매우 높은 값을 보여, 빈혈 발현율이 높은 우리나라의 경우 Hb나 Hct의 판정기준치를 높일 필요가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 5) 빈혈 판정을 위한 검사방법으로서의 Hb측정은 sensitivity, specificity 등을 고려할 때 판정 기준치를 14g/dl로 하는 것이 타당할 것으로 보인다. Hct의 경우 판정치를 40%로 높일 경우에 false-negative rate가 42.9%로 낮아졌다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.540-544
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• 1996

Ferritins from germinated pumpkin seeds were isolated by ammonium sulfate precipitation (0.55 saturation), ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, and gel filtration chromatographies on Sephacryl S-300 and Sephadex G-100. Pumpkin ferritin contains less iron than soybean ferritin. Pumpkin ferritin cross-reacted with anti-soybean ferritin antiserum made in rabbit, and showed two distinct antibody reactive bands, both of equal intensity. The pumpkin ferritins corresponding to the two bands were separable by centrifugation in a sucrose gradient (20~50%). The molecular weights of the native pumpkin ferritins based on the estimation of sucrose gradient centrifugation, gel filtration on Sephacryl S-300 and non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis appeared to be: 530~580 KD (the large molecular weight pumpkin ferritin) and 330-360 KD (the small molecular weight pumpkin ferritin) The large molecular weight pumpkin ferritin contains less iron. Both pumpkin ferritins cross-reacted with anti-soybean ferritin antibody with a spur formation suggesting partial antigenic recognition.

• BMB Reports
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.365-370
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• 2001

We constructed a comparative expression system in order to produce recombinant human ferritin homo- and heteropolymers in Escherichia coli. Human ferritin H-(hfH) and L-chain (hfL) genes were expressed without amino acid changes under the control of a tac promoter. Ferritin heteropolymers of varying subunit composition were also produced by combining two different expression systems, a bicistronic expression system and a coplasmid expression system. As a result, recombinant H-chain ferritin and ferritin heteropolymers were catalytically active in forming iron core in vivo. In particular, the ferritin heteropolymer that is composed of 7% H-subunit and 93% L-subunit was capable of forming an iron core of the protein, while the L-chain ferritin homopolymer was inactive in vivo. This result indicates that the two H-subunits (i.e., 7% H-subunit content) are important to keep ferritin active in the cells. In addition, human ferritins were identified as the major iron binding proteins in the transformed cells. Also, the amount of iron bound to the recombinant ferritins was proportional to the H-subunit content in ferritin heteropolymers in vivo.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.105-112
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• 2016

Ferritin is known to regulate iron metabolism and maintain iron in a variety of the eukaryotic organisms. The region encoding the mature ferritin (0.47 kb, H-type) of Periserrula leucophryna was amplified using the designed primers including restriction enzyme site and termination codon and subcloned in frame to the pRBAS secretion vector containing the signal sequence, RBS, and promoter of amylase gene (E. coli-Bacillus shuttle vector), resulting in recombinant pRBAS-PLF vector. Recombinant ferritin (18 kDa) was correctly processed and secreted from Bacillus subtilis LKS strain harboring the pRBAS-PLF vector and quantitatively analyzed by SDS-PAGE and western blot, respectively. Secretion of the ferritin was optimized by culture conditions (host, medium, temperature, nitrogen source) in 3 L batch culture and 5 L jar fermenter. Finally. the ferritin was largely produced using 50 L fermenter as the following conditions; at $30^{\circ}C$, 150 rpm, 1 vvm in Bacillus subtilis LKS using PY medium. The secreted ferritin was maximally measured (approximately 177.6 ug/ml) when the cell density reached to 14.4 at $OD_{600}$ (20 h incubation). The iron binding activity was confirmed by Perls' staining in 7.5% non-denaturing gel, indicating that the multimeric ferritin (composed of 24 subunits) was formed in the culture broth after secretion. Biologically, the culture broth and powder type containing ferritin were tested for possibility as feed additive in chicken broiler. As a result, the ferritin stimulated the growth of chick broil and improved feed efficiency and production index.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권10호
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• pp.2873-2876
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• 2010

Excess free iron generates oxidative stress that may contribute to the pathogenesis of various causes of neurodegenerative diseases. Previous studies have shown that one of the primary causes of increased brain iron may be the release of excess iron from intracellular iron storage molecules. In this study, we attempted to characterize the oxidative damage of DNA induced by the reaction of ferritin with $H_2O_2$. When DNA was incubated with ferritin and $H_2O_2$, DNA strand breakage increased in a time-dependent manner. Hydroxyl radical scavengers strongly inhibited the ferritin/$H_2O_2$ system-induced DNA cleavage. We investigated the generation of hydroxyl radical in the reaction of ferritin with $H_2O_2$ using a chromogen, 2,2'-azinobis-(2-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonate) (ABTS), which reacted with ${\cdot}OH$ to form $ABTS^{+\cdot}$. The initial rate of $ABTS^{+\cdot}$ formation increased as a function of incubation time. These results suggest that DNA strand breakage is mediated in the reaction of ferritin with $H_2O_2$ via the generation of hydroxyl radicals. The iron-specific chelator, deferoxamine, also inhibited DNA cleavage. Spectrophotometric study using a color reagent showed that the release of iron from $H_2O_2$-treated ferritin increased in a time-dependent manner. Ferritin enhanced mutation of the lacZ' gene in the presence of $H_2O_2$ when measured as a loss of $\alpha$-complementation. These results indicate that ferritin/$H_2O_2$ system-mediated DNA cleavage and mutation may be attributable to hydroxyl radical generation via a Fenton-like reaction of free iron ions released from oxidatively damaged ferritin.

• BMB Reports
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• 제43권10호
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• pp.683-687
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• 2010

Previous studies have shown that one of the primary causes of increased iron content in the brain may be the release of excess iron from intracellular iron storage molecules such as ferritin. Free iron generates ROS that cause oxidative cell damage. Carnosine and related compounds such as endogenous histidine dipetides have antioxidant activities. We have investigated the protective effects of carnosine and homocarnosine against oxidative damage of DNA induced by reaction of ferritin with $H_2O_2$. The results show that carnosine and homocarnosine prevented ferritin/$H_2O_2$-mediated DNA strand breakage. These compounds effectively inhibited ferritin/$H_2O_2$-mediated hydroxyl radical generation and decreased the mutagenicity of DNA induced by the ferritin/$H_2O_2$ reaction. Our results suggest that carnosine and related compounds might have antioxidant effects on DNA under pathophysiological conditions leading to degenerative damage such as neurodegenerative disorders.

• 생약학회지
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• 제33권3호통권130호
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• pp.257-261
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• 2002

Each ferritin molecule consists of light subunit 19,000 dalton and heavy subunit 22,000 dalton. Twenty-four protein subunit about $440,000{\sim}500,000$ dalton apoferritin which contained $20{\sim}30%$ Fe as ferric hydroxyphosphate polymer form. Horse spleen-derived ferritin consists of 90% light subunit. These genetic characteristics of ferritin preparations were able to determine by cellulose acetate electrophoresis, but these ferritin preparations contained other components to be disturbed during refining, extraction and making finish products and have difficulties in deciding to be just. So, this study was performed to establish the scientific method for determine the quality of ferritin preparations with immunodiffusion methods which has high specificity between heterogeneous proteins.