• 생명과학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.498-504
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• 2014

HAase는 신체의 연골, 피부, 눈의 초자체 등에 포함된 고분자 다당류의 HA를 분해하는 효소로서 상처나 염증질환 시 활성화되어 염증, 알레르기 유발과 관련된 효소이다. 본 연구는 500종 식물에서 각 종당 한 식물체로부터 한 천연물의 메탄올 추출물(500추출물)을 이용하여 생물학적으로 기능이 다양하고 산업적으로 활용 가능성이 많은 HAase 저해제를 검색하였다. 그 결과 HAase 저해효과가 가장 우수한 천연물 추출물은 때죽나무 줄기 추출물 57.28%, 매화말발도리 줄기 추출물 53.50%의 저해효과를 나타내었다. 이 같은 추출물들의 농도 별 저해효과를 확인한 결과 농도 의존적으로 저해율이 증가하였다. 이 같은 결과로 볼 때 때죽나무, 매화말발도리 추출물은 HAase 효소의 저해효과가 우수하여 향후 HA 분해와 관련된 항염증 및 항 알레르기 연구에 이용될 수 있다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.472-478
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• 2009

Objective : Hyaluronidase (HAse), a degrading enzyme of hyaluronic acid (HA), is highly expressed in patients with malignant glioma. The purpose of this study was to verify whether HAse is related to the invasion of glioma cells. We also investigated if glioma cells with higher mobility in 2-dimensioal (2-D) method have also higher mobility at 3-dimensional (3-D) environment. Methods : Malignant glioma cell lines (U87MG, U251MG, U343MG-A, and U373MG) were used, and their HAse expressions were evaluated by HA zymography. The migration ability was evaluated by simple scratch technique. The invasiveness of each cell lines was evaluated by Matrigel invasion assay and HA hydrogel invasion assay. In HA hydrogel invasion assay, colonies larger than $150\;{\mu}m$ were regarded as positive ones and counted. Statistical analysis of migration ability and invasion properties of each cell lines was performed using t-test. Results : In scratch test to examine migration ability of each cell lines, U87MG cells were most motile than others, and U343MG-A least motile. The HAse was expressed in U251MG and U343MG-A cell lines. However, U87MG and U373MG cell lines did not express HAse activity. In Matrigel invasion assay, the cell lines expressing HAse (U251MG and U343MG-A) were more invasive in the presence of HA than HAse deficient cell lines (U87MG and U373MG). In HA hydrogel invasion assay, the HAse-expressing cell lines formed colonies more invasively than HAse-deficient ones. Conclusion : Malignant Glioma cells expressing HAse were more invasive than HAse-deficient ones in 3-dimensional environment. Therefore, it might be suggested that invasion of malignant gliomas is suppressed by inhibition of HAse expression or HA secretion. Additionally, the ability of 2-D migration and 3-D invasion might not be always coincident to each other in malignant glioma cells.