• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.162-168
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• 2015

Background: Although the aerial parts of hydroponic Panax ginseng are reported to contain higher contents of total ginsenosides than those of roots, the isolation and identification of active metabolites from the aerial parts of hydroponic P. ginseng have not been carried out so far. Methods: The aerial parts of hydroponic P. ginseng were applied on repeated silica gel and octadecylsilane columns to yield four glycosyl glycerides (Compounds 1-4), which were identified based on nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared, fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry, and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry data. Compounds 1-4 were evaluated for inhibition activity on NO production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW264.7 cells. Results and conclusion: The glycosyl glycerides were identified to be (2S)-1-O-7(Z),10(Z),13(Z)-hexadecatrienoyl-3-O-${\beta}$-$\small{D}$-galactopyranosyl-sn-glycerol (1), (2S)-1-O-linolenoyl-3-O-${\beta}$-$\small{D}$-galactopyranosyl-sn-glycerol (2), (2S)-1-O-linolenoyl-2-O-linolenoyl-3-O-${\beta}$-$\small{D}$-galactopyranosyl-sn-glycerol (3), and 2(S)-1-O-linoleoyl-2-O-linoleoyl-3-O-${\beta}$-$\small{D}$-galactopyranosyl-sn-glycerol (4). Compounds 1 and 2 showed moderate inhibition activity on NO production in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 cells [half maximal inhibitory concentration ($IC_{50}$): $63.8{\pm}6.4{\mu}M$ and $59.4{\pm}6.8{\mu}M$, respectively] without cytotoxicity at concentrations < $100{\mu}M$, whereas Compounds 3 and 4 showed good inhibition effect ($IC_{50}$: $7.7{\pm}0.6{\mu}M$ and $8.0{\pm}0.9{\mu}M$, respectively) without cytotoxicity at concentrations < $20{\mu}M$. All isolated compounds showed reduced messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of interleukin-$1{\beta}$ (IL-$1{\beta}$), IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$ in LPS-induced macrophage cells with strong inhibition of mRNA activity observed for Compounds 3 and 4.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.125-132
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• 2014

Objectives : Suryeon-hwan (SRH) exhibits potent anti-inflammatory activity with an unknown mechanism. However, there has been a lack of studies regarding the effects of SRH on the inflammatory activities and effector inflammatory disease mechanism about macrophage before is not known. So, the investigation focused on whether SRH inhibited nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin $E_2$ ($PGE_2$) productions, as well as the expressions of inducible NO synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. Methods : Cells were treated with 200 ng/mL of LPS 30 min prior to the addition of SRH. Cell viability was measured by MTS assay. The production of nitric oxide (NO) was determined by reacting cultured medium with Griess reagent. The content of level of cytokines (PGE, IL-6) in media from LPS-stimulated Raw 264.7 cells was analyed by ELISA kit. The expression of COX-2, iNOS and MAPKs was investigated by Western blot, RT-PCR. Results : We found that SRH inhibited LPS-induced NO, $PGE_2$ and IL-6 productions as well as the expressions of iNOS and COX-2. Furthermore, SRH suppressed the LPS-induced phosphorylation of MAPK and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK 1/2) activation. Conclusions : These results suggest that SRH has inhibitory effects on LPS-induced $PGE_2$, NO, and IL-6 production, as well as the expressions of iNOS and COX-2 in the murine macrophage. These inhibitory effects occur through blockades on the phosphorylation of MAPKs following activation.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.5071-5076
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• 2014

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is one of the aggressive cancers with a very poor prognosis. Several efforts have been made to identify and develop new agents for prevention and treatment of this deadly disease. In the present study, we examined the anticancer effect of luteolin on human CCA, KKU-M156 cells. Sulforhodamine B assays showed that luteolin had potent cytotoxicity on CCA cells with IC50 values of $10.5{\pm}5.0$ and $8.7{\pm}3.5{\mu}M$ at 24 and 48 h, respectively. Treatment with luteolin also caused a concentration-dependent decline in colony forming ability. Consistent with growth inhibitory effects, luteolin arrested cell cycle progression at the G2/M phase in a dose-dependent manner as assessed by flow cytometry analysis. Protein expression of cyclin A and Cdc25A was down-regulated after luteolin treatment, supporting the arrest of cells at the G2/M boundary. Besides evident G2/M arrest, luteolin induced apoptosis of KKU-M156 cells, demonstrated by a distinct sub-G1 apoptotic peak and fluorescent dye staining. A decrease in the level of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein was implicated in luteolin-induced apoptosis. We further investigated the effect of luteolin on JAK/STAT3, which is an important pathway involved in the development of CCA. The results showed that interleukin-6 (IL-6)-induced JAK/STAT3 activation in KKU-M156 cells was suppressed by treatment with luteolin. Treatment with a specific JAK inhibitor, AG490, and luteolin diminished IL-6-stimulated CCA cell migration as assessed by wound healing assay. These data revealed anticancer activity of luteolin against CCA so the agent might have potential for CCA prevention and therapy.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제38권8호
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• pp.989-995
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• 2009

쓴 메밀의 용매에 따른 추출수율은 물 추출물이 39.0%, 70% 에탄올 추출물이 7.0%, 100% 메탄올 추출물이 6.6%로 물 추출 시 수율이 가장 높았으며 효소처리에 의해 추출수율이 크게 향상되어 $\alpha$-amylase 처리 시 95.1%로 가장 높아 가용성 고형분의 함량이 증가하였다. DPPH radical 소거 활성 측정 결과 메탄올과 에탄올 추출물의 $RC_{50}$ 값이 각각 34.0 $\mu g$/mL, 40.5 $\mu g$/mL로 높은 활성을 지닌 것으로 나타났으며, 효소 처리에 의해 활성이 증가되어 $\beta$-glucosidase 처리구와 cellulase 처리구의 $RC_{50}$ 값이 각각 32.3 $\mu g$/mL, 33.0 $\mu g$/mL 으로 나타났다. ABTS radical 소거 활성 측정 결과 100 $\mu g$/mL의 농도에서 메탄올, 70% 에탄올 추출물이 30%가 넘는 활성을 보였으며, 물 추출물의 소거 활성은 낮았고 효소 처리에 의해 활성이 증가하여 $\alpha$-amylase 처리구를 제외한 모든 효소 처리구의 활성이 대조구인 70% 에탄올 추출구보다 활성이 우수하였다. Hydrogen peroxide 소거 활성 측정 결과 $RC_{50}$ 값이 메탄올 추출물이 32.3 $\mu g$/mL, 70% 에탄올 추출물이 35.9 $\mu g$/mL로 높은 소거 활성을 가지는 것으로 나타났으며 효소처리에 의해 소거 활성이 증가하는 것으로 나타났으나 효소 종류에 따른 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 쓴 메밀 추출물의 $\alpha$-glucosidase 저해 활성은 에탄올 추출물의 $RC_{50}$ 값이 59.9 $\mu g$/mL로 가장 높은 저해 활성을 보였으며 $\alpha$-amylase 처리구가 저해 활성이 가장 높았다. HPLC 분석 결과 메탄올 추출물의 rutin 함량이 4,400.3 mg/100 g, quercetin 함량이 71.9 mg/100 g으로 가장 많은 양의 rutin과 quercetin을 함유하고 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 에탄올 추출물 또한 rutin과 quercetin의 함량이 각각 3,459.8 mg/100 g과 56.9 mg/100 g으로 메탄올 추출물과 비슷한 양을 함유하고 있었으며 물 추출물은 상대적으로 적은 양을 함유하고 있었다. 가수분해 효소 처리 시 $\beta$-glucanase 처리구의 rutin의 함량이 5,057.4 mg/100 g으로 가장 높았다. 결과적으로 쓴 메밀의 메탄올과 에탄올 추출물은 항산화 활성이 뛰어나며 항 당뇨에도 효과가 있으며, 효소 처리에 의해 쓴 메밀에서의 수용성 고형분 함량이 크게 증가하며 항산화 활성과 $\alpha$-glucosidase 저해 활성이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.285-290
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• 1997

Previously, a 50% aqueous methanol extract of Galla rhois was shown to be the most potent tyrosinase inhibition activity with an {TEX}$IC_{50}${/TEX}(the concentration causing 50% inhibition of tyrosinase activity) of 0.2mg/ml of 205 crude drug extracts. To isolate tyrosinase inhibitors, the methanol extract was evaporated to a small volume in vacuo, and then partitioned stepwise with benzene and ethyl acetate(EtOAc). the EtOAc fraction was solubilized in 10% MeOH solution, and then fractionated successively by Diaion HP-20 and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, and preparative HPLC. Three phenolic compounds were isolated, and characterized as gallic acid(GA), methyl gallate(MG) and 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-$\beta$-D-glucose(PGG) by UV, IR, {TEX}${1}^H${/TEX}-&{TEX}${13}^C${/TEX}-NMR, and FAB-MS spectroscopy, PGG({TEX}$IC_{50}${/TEX}=50$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml) showed a considerable inhibitory effect against mushroom tyrosinase, while GA({TEX}$IC_{50}${/TEX}=1.6mg/ml) and MG({TEX}$IC_{50}${/TEX}=234$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml) did not show an appreciable effect. Meanwhile, MG inhibited greatly melanogenesis in a murine melanocyte cell line, Mel-Ab. MG and PGG showed typical noncompetitive inhibition patterns against mushroom tyrosinase. These results suggest that PGG and MG may be potentially useful as either anti-browning or anti-melanogenic agents in foods and cosmetics.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.402-408
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• 2008

This study was performed to investigate improving immune activities of natural water-soluble sulforaphane extracted from Brassica oleracea var. italica by nano encapsulation process. The nanoparticles of the sulforaphane extracted with ultrasonification process at $60^{\circ}C$ promoted human B and T cell growth, about $7{\sim}35%$ compared to the control. The secretion of IL-6 and TNF-${\alpha}$ from T cells were also enhanced as $2.6{\times}10^{-4}pg/cell$ and $2.1{\times}10^{-4} pg/cell$, respectively, by the adding nano samples. NK cell activation was improved about 8%, compare to the control in adding cultured medium of T cell added nano samples. It was also found that sulforaphane extracted from B. oleracea var. italica had highly inhibitory activity on hyaluronidase as $IC_{50}$ about $200\;{\mu}g/m{\ell}$. It can be concluded that natural water-soluble sulforaphane samples by nano-encapsulation, each size is 200 nm, extracted from B. oleracea var. italica has high immune activities through higher efficiency of bio-activation than conventional extracts.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.228-236
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• 2016

Background: Sedum takesimense Nakai has been used as folk medicine in Korea. The present study aimed to determine the biological activity of S. takesimense by investigating the anti-inflammatory effects of S. takesimense water extract (SKLC) on the lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response in RAW 264.7 cells. Methods and Results: Cytotoxicity of SKLC on RAW 264.7 cells was determinded by performing MTS assay was found to have no cytotoxic effect on RAW 264.7 cells at a concentration range of $62-500{\mu}g/m{\ell}$. Further, pretreatment of SKLC inhibited lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide (NO) production in a dose-dependent manner. To determined the inhibitory mechanisms of SKLC on inflammatory mediators, we assessed the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygnease-2 (COX-2) pathways. The activities of these pathways were decreased in a dose-dependent manner by SKLC. The production of tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$ (TNF-${\alpha}$), interleukin $(IL)-1{\beta}$, and IL-6 were also reduced. Conclusions: These results suggest that the down regulation of iNOS, COX-2, TNF-${\alpha}$, IL-$1{\beta}$, and IL-6 expression by SKLC are mediated by the down regulation of nuclear factor-${\kappa}B$ (NF-${\kappa}B$) activity, a transcription factor necessary for pro-inflammatory mediators. This might be the mechanism underlying the anti-inflammatory effects of SKLC.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.213-219
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• 2019

여드름은 일반적인 피부 염증성 질환으로 알려져 있다. 여드름은 모낭 내 피지선에서 나타나는 만성 염증 질환이다. Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes)의 증식은 대식세포가 염증성 사이토카인을 분비하도록 자극한다. 최근 연구에서 여러 천연 추출물이 P. acnes에 의해 매개되는 염증반응을 감소시키는 것을 확인하였다. 그러나 P. acnes에 의한 염증반응에서 E. persicifolia Gagnep. (E. persicifolia) 추출물의 억제효과에 관한 연구는 수행되지 않았다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 P. acnes에 의해 유도된 염증 반응에서 E. persicifolia 추출물의 항 염증효과를 조사하였다. P. persicifolia 추출물은 마우스 대식세포주인 RAW 264.7에서 P. acnes에 의해 유도된 IL-$1{\beta}$, IL-6, TNF-${\alpha}$ 및 iNOS와 같은 염증 매개체의 발현 수준을 억제하였다. 또한 E. persicifolia 추출물이 염증성 사이토카인 발현의 주요 조절인자인 NF-${\kappa}B$ 전사 활성화를 억제한다는 것을 발견했다. 본 연구 결과는 P. acnes의 치료를 위한 잠재적인 치료물질로서 E. persicifolia 추출물을 제안한다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.217-227
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• 2021

본 연구는 국내에서 재배한 어성초를 각기 다른 조건에서 저장한 후 어성초의 추출액을 이용한 천연 화장품 소재로서의 타당성을 분석하였다. quercetin 의 함량은 건 어성초보다 생 어성초에서 더 높았으며, 총 폴리페놀 함량과 총 플라보노이드 함량을 측정한 결과 건 어성초가 생 어성초에 비해 상대적으로 높은 함량으로 분석되었으나 DPPH 및 ABTS 라디칼 소거 활성은 생 어성초가 상대적으로 높은 결과를 보였다. ROS 소거능과 산화질소 생성 억제율은 생 어성초에서 높은 억제율을 보였으나 100 ㎍/mL의 농도에서 건 어성초가 산화질소를 더 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다. 염증성 사이토카인의 감소를 측정한 결과 IL-1β는 건 어성초가 비교적 높은 감소 효과가 나타났고, IL-6와 TNF-α는 생 어성초에서 높은 감소 효과를 나타냈다. 이상의 결과로부터 생 어성초는 초기 염증 반응에 효과적이며 건 어성초는 염증이 만성 단계로 악화하는 것을 예방하는데 효과적인 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제43권10호
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• pp.1527-1534
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• 2014

Lactobacillus rhamnosus로 발효시킨 흑마늘 발효물의 항염증 효능을 검증하기 위해 LPS로 염증 유도된 RAW 264.7 cells를 이용하여 관련 인자들을 분석하였다. 100, 200, 400 및 $800{\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 세포독성은 유발되지 않았으며, 오히려 농도 의존적으로 세포 생존율은 증가하였다. LPS에 의해 염증 유도된 RAW 264.7 cells에서 흑마늘 발효물은 농도 의존적으로 NO와 $PGE_2$의 생성 감소와 염증성 사이토카인인 TNF-${\alpha}$, IL-$1{\beta}$ 및 IL-6의 단백질 생성을 감소시켰다. 또한 iNOS, COX-2, NF-${\kappa}B$ 및 $I{\kappa}B$ 단백질의 발현을 감소시키고 HO-1의 단백질의 발현을 증가시켰다. 이상의 연구 결과를 통해 흑마늘 발효물은 염증에 의한 NF-${\kappa}B$의 활성과 TNF-${\alpha}$, IL-$1{\beta}$와 IL-6의 생성을 억제시키고, iNOS 및 COX-2의 발현을 억제시키는 메커니즘을 통해 염증성 질환의 예방 및 개선 효능을 나타내는 것으로 판단된다.