• 치위생과학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.67-70
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• 2003

뉴질랜드의 자생식물인 Brachyglottis monroi와 Trichocolea hatcheri의 에탄올추출물에 대한 생리활성을 조사한 결과, 그람음성균인 Bacillus subtilis (ATCC 19659, 1 mm inhibition zone at $150{\mu}g/disc$)와 피부곰팡이균인 Trichophyton mentagrophytes (ATCC 28185, 6 mm inhibition zone at $150{\mu}g/disc$)에 대한 억제효과가 관찰되었으며, 이들 추출물은 P388 murine leukaemia cells ($IC_{50}$ $23.96{\mu}g/mL$)에서도 세포독성이 나타났다. B. monroi의 에탄올추출물의 항바이러스효과는 T. hatcheri의 에탄올추출물보다 강한 활성이 관찰되었으며, T. hatcheri의 에탄올추출물의 항균효과는 B. monroi의 에탄올추출물보다 강한 활성을 나타났다. 그렇지만 P388 murine leukaemia cells ($IC_{50}>12,500{\mu}g/mL$)에 대한 세포독성은 아주 미미한 것으로 나타났다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제42권11호
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• pp.783-793
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• 2019

When endoplasmic reticulum (ER) functions are perturbed, the ER induces several signaling pathways called unfolded protein response to reestablish ER homeostasis through three ER transmembrane proteins: inositol-requiring enzyme 1 (IRE1), PKR-like ER kinase (PERK), and activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6). Although it is important to measure the activity of ATF6 that can indicate the status of the ER, no specific cell-based reporter assay is currently available. Here, we report a new cell-based method for monitoring ER stress based on the cleavage of $ATF6{\alpha}$ by sequential actions of proteases at the Golgi apparatus during ER stress. A new expressing vector was constructed by using fusion gene of GAL4 DNA binding domain (GAL4DBD) and activation domain derived from herpes simplex virus VP16 protein (VP16AD) followed by a human $ATF6{\alpha}$ N-terminal deletion variant. During ER stress, the GAL4DBD-VP16AD(GV)-$hATF6{\alpha}$ deletion variant was cleaved to liberate active transcription activator encompassing GV-$hATF6{\alpha}$ fragment which could translocate into the nucleus. The translocated GV-$hATF6{\alpha}$ fragment strongly induced the expression of firefly luciferase in HeLa Luciferase Reporter cell line containing a stably integrated 5X GAL4 site-luciferase gene. The established double stable reporter cell line HLR-GV-$hATF6{\alpha}$(333) represents an innovative tool to investigate regulated intramembrane proteolysis of $ATF6{\alpha}$. It can substitute active pATF6(N) binding motif-based reporter cell lines.