• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.36-39
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• 2003

Many defined cell culture media were formulated over 3() years ago and may be deficient in certain micronutrients whose essentiality has only subsequently been recognised. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether alpha-minimal essential medium (MEM) supplemented with 10% foetal bovine serum contained sufficient selenium for optimal activity of the selenium containing enzymes cytosolic glutathione peroxidase (cGPx) and phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (PHGPx) in cultured Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Additionally, the effect of zinc deficiency and metallothionein (MT) overexpression on cGPx and PHGPx activity was studied. The addition of 100 nM of selenous acid to the culture medium increased cGPx expression by 10-fold and PHGPx by about 2-fold in both wild-type CHO-K1 cells and CHO-K1 cells overexpressing mouse MT-1. Zinc deficiency had no significant effect on enzyme activity, but cells overexpressing mouse MT-1 had higher levels of cGPx activity. Zinc deficiency decreased cell survival but overexpression of MT-1 was partially protective, probably because its presence in quantity favoured the uptake, sequestration and cellular retention of any remaining zinc. This study demonstrates that selenium in complete alpha-MEM is insufficient for optimal cGPx and PHGPx activity and may compromise the cellular response to oxidative stress.

• 환경생물
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.258-264
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• 2011

Glutathione (GSH)은 직접적으로 활성산소종을 제거하거나 GSH peroxidase와 같은 활성산소종 제거 효소의 조효소로써, 산화적 스트레스로부터 세포를 방어하는 데 중요한 역할을 한다. GSH peroxidase는 두 분자의 GSH을 이용해 세포 내 과산화수소를 물로 전환한다. $N$-acetyl-L cysteine (NAC)는 항산화제 중 하나로 세포 내 GSH의 전구물질로 이용된다. 본 연구는, 0mM에서 20mM의 NAC 단독 처리 또는 100 Gy 감마선과 복합 처리한 효모세포에서 GSH peroxidase를 코드화(encoding)하는 유전자인 $GPX1$과 $GPX2$의 전사적 발현을 통해 GSH, NAC와 GSH peroxidase의 연관성을 알아보았다. $GPX1$과 $GPX2$의 전사적 발현은 NAC와 100 Gy 감마선에 의해 유도되었다. 조사된 효모세포에서 NAC의 증가 농도에 따라 GSH peroxidase 두 유전자의 발현은 감소되었다. 이러한 결과로, NAC에 의해 증가된 세포 내 GSH는 GSH peroxidase 유전자의 전사적 발현을 유도하며, NAC는 감마선으로부터 생성된 활성산소종 직접적 제거와 GSH peroxidase 유전자의 전사적 발현을 유도함으로써 세포를 보호할 수 있다는 것이 밝혀졌다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.53-59
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• 2005

동진벼 유묘 뿌리에 환원제인 ascorbic acid, 신호전달물질인 salicylic acid와 methyl jasmonic acid, 중금속인 $NiCl_2$와 $CuSO_4$ 및 NaCl를 다양한 농도로 처리한 후 항산화효소인 glutathione peroxidase(GPX)의 활성과 동위효소의 패턴 변화를 살펴보았다. Ascorbic acid 처리에 의한 GPX의 총활성은 ascorbic acid 농도 증가에 의존적으로 증가하였으며 이러한 GPX활성 증가는 GPX1 동위효소의 현저한 활성증가에 기인하였다. GPX는 신호전달물질인 salicylic acid와 methyl jasmonic acid에 대하여 서로 다른 반응성을 보였다. GPX의 활성은 0.1 mM salicylic acid에 의해 증가하였다가 이후 감소하였다. 이에 비해 GPX는 methyl jasmonic acid의 농도증가에 의존하여 점진적으로 증가하여 1 mM methyl jasmonic acid에 의하여 약 3배의 활성증가를 보였다. 뿐만 아니라 GPX1 동위효소는 salicylic acid 농도가 증가할수록 활성이 감소한 반면 methyl jasmonic acid 농도가 증가할수록 현저하게 증가하였다. GPX의 총활성은 $NiCl_2$ 농도 증가에 따라 점진적으로 증가되었으나, $CuSO_4$ 처리군의 경우 GPX의 총비활성도는 0.5 mM $CuSO_4$에 의하여 약 2배 증가한 이후 점차 감소하였다. $NiCl_2$와 $CuSO_4$ 처리에 의한 GPX 활성증가도 주로 GPX1 동위효소의 활성증가에 기인하였다. NaCl 처리에 의한 GPX 총활성은 300 mM NaCl 처리군에서 약 1.7배 증가되었다가 이후 감소하였다. 특이하게도 NaCl 농도가 증가함에 따라 GPX2 동위효소 활성이 점차 증가하였다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.52-57
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• 2021

Fumonisin B1 (FB1) structurally resembles sphingolipids and interferes with their metabolism leading to sphingolipid dysregulation. We questioned if FB1 could exacerbate liver or kidney toxicities in glutathione peroxidase 1 (Gpx1) and catalase (Cat) knockout mice. While higher serum levels of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and sphinganine (Sa) were measured in Gpx1/Cat knockout mice (Gpx1/Cat KO) than wild type mice after 5 days of FB1 treatment, serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), sphingosine-1 phosphate (So-1-P), and sphinganine-1 phosphate (Sa-1-P) were found to be relatively low. Although Sa was highly elevated in Gpx1/Cat KO mice and wild mice, lower levels of So and Sa were found in both the kidney and liver tissues of Gpx/Cat KO mice than wild type mice after FB1 treatment. Paradoxically, FB1-induced cellular apoptosis and necrosis were hastened under oxidative stress in Gpx1/Cat KO mice.

• BMB Reports
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.204-209
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• 2008

The cDNAs encoding glutathione peroxidase (GPx) were cloned and sequenced from the liver of three Chinese carps with different tolerance to hepatotoxic microcystins, phyto-planktivorous silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) and bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis), and herbivorous grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus). Using genome walker method, a 750 bp 5'-flanking region of the silver carp GPx gene was obtained, and several potential regulatory elements were identified in the promoter region of the GPx gene. The silver carp GPx gene was widely expressed in all tissues examined. Despite phylogenetic analysis, assigning this newly described carp GPx to the group of mammalian GPx2, the carp GPx seems more similar to GPx1 from a physiological point of view. The constitutive expression pattern of the three carp liver GPx gene, shows a positive relationship with their tolerance to microcystins.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.31-37
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• 2012

우리나라의 주요 해산양식어종인 돌돔, Oplegnathus fasciatus을 대상으로 30, 60, 120 및 240 mg/kg의 아연을 40일 동안 경구 투여에 따른 아가미와 간의 항산화효소 활성의 변화를 검토하였다. 돌돔 간의 superoxide dismutase(SOD) 활성은 30~240 mg/kg 아연농도, glutathione peroxidase (GPx) 활성은 30~120 mg/kg의 아연농도에서 유의적으로 증가하였다. 돌돔 아가미의 SOD 및 Glutathione(GSH) 활성은 120 및 240 mg/kg 아연농도, GPx활성은 60~240 mg/kg의 아연농도에서 유의한 증가가 관찰되었다.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.73-77
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• 2004

셀레늄을 함유하는 펩타이드(셀레늄 펩타이드)는 셀레늄을 함유하는 배지에서 효모를 배양함으로써 생산 하였다. 효모 단백질의 GPC 분석을 통해서 다양한 크기의 단백질 내 셀레늄 분포를 조사한 결과 셀레늄이 효모 내 단백질에 균일하게 분포하는 것을 확인하였다. 단백질당 셀레늄 양은 배지에 첨가한 셀레늄 양이 증가함에 따라 증가하였고 펩타이드 내의 셀레늄 함량이 높아질수측 항산화 효과 (glutathione peroxidase 유사 활성)가 증가하였다. 단백질 가수분해효소 XIV를 이용하여 여러 분자량의 펩타이드를 생산하였으며 평균 분자량을 GPC로 분석하였다 셀레늄 펩타이드의 glutathione peroxidase (GPx) 활성은 펩타이드의 분자량이 감소할수록 증가하였다. Sodium selenate은 sodium selenite에 비해 효모의 성장 저해를 적게 받았고 단백질 내 셀레늄 함량이 sodium selenite보다 높았다. 이 결과는 효모 배양에 의한 셀레늄 펩타이드의 생산의 가능성과 이를 이용한 항산화 제로서의 응용가능성을 보여주었다.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제50권spc1호
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• pp.4-7
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• 2005

미강으로부터 정제된 tocotrienol은 DPPH를 기질로 확인한 결과 매우 뛰어난 항산화력을 가지는 것으로 판명되었다. 또한 정상세포와 암세포를 배양하면서 tocotrienol을 처리하고 세포내의 항산화에 가장 큰 역할을 하는 superoxide dismutase와 glutathione peroxidase 활성을 측정한 결과 두 효소 모두 tocotrienol에 의하여 활성이 증가되는 것을 볼 수 있었으며, 전체적으로 암세포에서 GPX가 SOD보다 더 민감하게 증가함을 알 수 있었다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.114-120
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• 2010

The effects of grape seeds extract and grape peels extract prepared from grape pomace on the activity of antioxidant enzymes, degree of lipid peroxidation in serum and liver tissue were investigated in rabbits fed on high cholesterol diet. New Zealand white rabbits were divided as follows ; 1) NOR (normal group); 2) CHOL (cholesterol group); 3) GSH (cholesterol + grape seed extract group); 4) GPE (cholesterol + grape peel extract); 5) GSP (cholesterol + grape seed powder); 6) GPP (cholesterol + grape peel powder); 7) GE (cholesterol + grape seed and peel extract); 8) GP (cholesterol + grape seed and peel powder). Eight groups of rabbits were studied for 8 weeks. At the end of the experimental period, rabbits were sacrificed and the liver tissue were removed. Then, GSH, GPx, GST, CAT and MDA in the liver were measured. In liver tissues, total glutathione contents (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and catalase (CAT) activity, which was significantly higher by grape seed extract supplementation. The level of malondialdehyde (MDA) was lower in the serum of rabbits fed grape seed extract or grape peel powder plus cholesterol than in the serum of rabbits fed cholesterol alone. It is therefore likely that grape seed extract prepared from grape pomace functioned as antioxidants in vivo, negating the effects of the oxidative stress induced by 1% cholesterol diet. The grape seed extract was found effective in converting the oxidized glutathione into reduced glutathione, and in removing $H_2O_2$ that is created by oxidative stress. The grape peel powder was found to have small influence on reduced glutathione content, CAT and GPX activity, but it increased GST activity in liver tissues, resulting in promoting the combination of lipid peroxide and glutathione (GSH), and further, lowering the formation of lipid peroxide in the serum. Therefore, grape pomace (grape seed extract and grape peel powder) supplementation is considered to activate the antioxidant enzyme system and prevent damage with hypercholesterolemia.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2008

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the cerebral infarction size, antioxidant enzyme activities and lipid peroxidation changes after 6 weeks of dietary soybean protein intake in a rat focal brain ischemia model. Method: Weaning Sprague-Dawley rats were fed with either modified AIN-93G diet containing casein 20% (control), 20% soybean protein isolate-based diet (S20), or 40% of soybean protein isolate-based diet (S40) for 6 weeks. The animals were subject to right middle cerebral artery occlusion for 2 hr. After 24 hr of recirculation, the rats were sacrificed. Antioxidant enzymes activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) level in the right brain were also measured. Result: There were no significant differences in the right cortical infarction volume, TBARS level, SOD and CAT activities among the three groups whereas the GPx activities of the S20 group were significantly higher than those of the control group (p=.02). Conclusion: Our results suggest that 20% of soybean protein may have a modulating effect on GPx and possibly have some protective effect against oxidative stress although it may enough to decrease cerebral infarction volume in rat focal brain ischemia model.