• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.1549-1556
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• 2008

The objective of this study were to evaluate the antioxidant activity and the anti-inflammatory effects of Angelica tenuissima (AT) which has been used widely as a traditional medicine. The antioxidant activities of AT was tested by DPPH radical scavenging, superoxide anion scavenging and nitric oxide scavenging. AT showed strong antioxidant activity in all experiment. In macrophages nitric oxide (NO) is released as an inflammatory mediator and has been proposed to be an important modulator of many pathophysiological conditions and high concentratin of NO is produced by inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). In this study we have examined the inhibition effects of NO by 85% methanol extracts of AT in mouse (C57BL/6) peritoneal macrophage. AT (100, 1000 ${\mu}g/m{\ell}$) suppressed nitric oxide production and iNOS expression without any notable cytotoxicity and it also inhibited the expression of inflammatoryenzymes like cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). These data suggest that 85% methanol extracts of AT may possibly be used as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.771-776
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• 2003

The present study was conducted to evaluate the regulation mechanism of nitric oxide(NO) by water-extracted Cyperus rotundus (WCR) in RAW 264.7 macrophages. We investigated the effects of cell proliferation in mouse spleen cell and RAW 264.7 macrophages cells. WCR enhanced mitogenic activity in the dose-response manner in mouse spleen cells and RAW 264.7 macrophages cells. In nitric oxide (NO) synthesis by WCR, WCR alone had an effect on NO synthesis. It was found that the production of NO of RAW 264.7 cells stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) could be markedly inhibited by WCR. Inhibition of NO production was achieved by reducing inducible nitric oxide syntheses(iNOS) mRNA expression. The expression of IL-I gene by WCR was investigated using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). In RT-PCR, IL-1 family(IL-1 α, IL-1β) expressions were induced by WCR. These finding suggested that regulation of NO production by WCR may be, at least in part, associated with the regulation of iNOS mRNA expression and IL-1 family gene expression.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.211-217
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• 2012

Recent studies have demonstrated that nitric oxide (NO) activates transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1) via S-nitrosylation of the channel protein. NO also modulates various cellular functions via activation of the soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC)/protein kinase G (PKG) pathway and the direct modification of proteins. Thus, in the present study, we investigated whether NO could indirectly modulate the activity of TRPV1 via a cGMP/PKG-dependent pathway in cultured rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. NO donors, sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and S-nitro-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP), decreased capsaicin-evoked currents ($I_{cap}$). NO scavengers, hemoglobin and 2-(4-carboxyphenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (CPTIO), prevented the inhibitory effect of SNP on $I_{cap}$. Membrane-permeable cGMP analogs, 8-bromoguanosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate (8bromo-cGMP) and 8-(4chlorophenylthio)-guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-pCPT-cGMP), and the guanylyl cyclase stimulator YC-1 mimicked the effect of SNP on $I_{cap}$. The PKG inhibitor KT5823 prevented the inhibition of $I_{cap}$ by SNP. These results suggest that NO can downregulate the function of TRPV1 through activation of the cGMP/PKG pathway in peripheral sensory neurons.

• 약학회지
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• 제57권6호
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• pp.388-393
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• 2013

Previously, we have reported that lovastatin, an inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, increased melanin synthesis through intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ release in B16 cells. In this study we investigated the possible involvement of nitric oxide (NO) in the mechanism of lovastatin-induced melanogenesis. Lovastatin elevated NO formation in a dose-dependent manner. Treatment with mevalonate, farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP), precursors of cholesterol, did not significantly alter the lovastatin-induced NO production, suggesting that inhibition of cholesterol metabolism may not be involved in the mechanism of this action of lovastatin. Both NO formation and melanogenesis induced by lovastatin was significantly suppressed by treatment with $N^G$-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) and 2-(4-carboxy-2-phenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethylinidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (cPTIO), an inhibitor of NO synthase and a NO scavenger, respectively. The lovastatin-induced NO production was significantly affected not by EGTA, an extracellular $Ca^{2+}$ chelator, but by an intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ chelator (BAPTA/AM) and intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ release blockers (dantrolene and TMB-8). Taken together, these results suggest that lovastatin may induce melanogenesis through NO formation mediated by intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ release in B16 cells. These results further suggest that lovastatin may be a good candidate for the therapeutic application of various hypopigmentation disorders.

• 약학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.370-380
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• 1997

The role of nitric oxide (NO) on the non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC) relaxations induced by the short and prolonged electrical field stimulation (EFS) has been studied in the rabbit corpus cavernosum. In the presence of atropine and guanethidine the prolonged EFS (2-16 Hz) of corpus cavernosal strips precontracted with phenylephrine produced frequency-dependent relaxations, which were abolished by tetrodotoxin as shown in the relaxations induced gy the short EFS, indicating that their orgin is NANC nerve stimulation. $N^G$-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA), inhibitor of nitirc oxide synthase, caused a concentration-dependent inhibition to the NANC relaxation, and at 100 M L-NNA the relaxation were virtually abolished. The inhibitory effect of L-NNA was reversed by L-arginine. Hemoglobin abolished the relaxations to NO and also caused a concentration-dependent inhibition of the NANC relaxation. The hemoglobin-resistant relaxation induced by EFS was eliminated by L-NNA. Methylene blue significantly reduced the NANC relaxation in a conentration-dependent manner. The NANC relaxation was not affected by a VIP-inactivating pepridase, alpha0chymotrypsin, whereas VIP-induced relaxation was completely abolished. NO- and VIP-induced relaxation were not affected by L-NNA. These results indicate that the NANC relaxation induced by prolonged EFS of the rabbit corpus cavernosum is mediated by NO-guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate pathway as shown in the relaxation induced by the short EFS, and that VIP release is not essential for the NANC relaxation of the rabbit corpus cavernosum and VIP is not involved the generation fo NO.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제38권12호
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• pp.1685-1690
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 구절초의 항염증 효과를 탐색하기 위해 NO의 함량과 iNOS의 발현 및 PGE2와 COX-2의 발현을 LPS로 염증을 유도한 RAW 264.7 macrophage cell을 이용하여 실험하였다. 연구 결과 구절초 꽃 추출물은 NO 함량을 농도 의존적으로 감소시키는 경향을 나타냈으며 유의한 차이를 보였다. 또한 세포독성은 꽃 추출물(5～50 μg/mL)은 최고 농도인 50 μg/mL에서 약 20%의 독성을 나타냈으며 그 이하의 농도에서는 독성을 나타내지 않았다. NO 생성의 억제는 iNOS의 단백질과 mRNA의 발현을 농도 의존적으로 저해하였으며 유의성 있는 차이를 나타내었다. 이 결과로 구절초 꽃 추출물이 전사단계에서 저해 활성을 나타낸다는 것을 보여주었다. 그러나 PGE2와 COX-2의 발현 억제 효과는 나타나지 않았으며, 이 결과 구절초 꽃 추출물에 의한 COX-2 단백질의 발현 억제와 PGE2 생성 억제는 유의성이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구 결과, 구절초 추출물은 염증을 일으키는 중요 인자인 NO를 저해하였고, iNOS의 발현, iNOS의 mRNA 발현 등 항염증에 우수한 효과를 보였으며, 항염증 연구의 기초 자료로 활용될 것으로 예상된다. 또한 추후 산업적 응용도 가능하므로 지속적인 연구가 진행되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.369-380
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• 1997

Balb/c 마우스의 복강대식세포와 동종 마우스의 유선암에서 기원한 EMT-6 세포를 배양하는 조건에 여러 농도의 수은을 첨가하여 nitrite와 nitrite 생성의 변화를 관찰한 결과는 다음과 같다. 복강대식세포 및 EMT-6 세포가 생성하는 nitrite와 nitrate 양은 공히 배양시작 12시간 후에 생성량에 비해 24 시간 후에는 2배, 36시간 후에는 3배의 농도로 측정되었다. 이때 nitrite와 nitrate 농도 사이에 매우 밀접한 상관관계가 관찰되었다. 수음첨가에 따라 nitrite 및 nitrate 생성량은 용량 의존적 관계로 현저한 감소를 보이며, 24 시간 또는 36시간 후의 세포생존률도 역시 수은농도에 비례하여 감소되는데, 복강대식세포의 생존률 감소가 EMT-6 세포의 것에 비해 더욱 현저하였다. 이들 세포내에서 생성되는 ATP의 양은 복강세포의 경우 그 생존률과 비례하는 경향이었으나, EMT-6세포의 경우는 비교적 높은 생존률에도 불구하교 배양액내에 수은농도를 증가시킴에 따라 ATP생산은 현저히 감소하였다. 이상의 결과는 면역세포인 복강대식세포 뿐아니라 암세포인 EMT-6 세포에서도, L-arginine으로부터 nitric oxide를 생성하는 생화학적 반응이 수은에 의해 공히 억제될 수 있음을 보여준다. 한편 수은의 세포성 면역에 미치는 독성은 수은이 면역세포의 ATP생성과 관련한 에너지 대사과정의 장애을 초래하여 nitric oxide 생성에 필요한 반응에너지의 공급을 억제시키기 때문에 나타나는 현상으로 사료된다.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제28권2호통권70호
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• pp.155-165
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• 2007

Objective : The Angelica gigas Nakai ethanol extract (AGE) was investigated to compare nitric oxide (NO) production and $NF-{\kappa}B$ activity from RAW 264.7 cells, since NO and nuclear $factor-{\kappa}B$ $(NF-{\kappa}B)$ have been shown to be factors implicated in inflammatory disease. Method : AGE was prepared by extracting medicinal herb with 70% (v/v) ethanol solution. We investigated production of nitric oxide (NO) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene expression by ARE in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophage cells. We also investigated inhibition of LPS-induced activation of $NF-{\kappa}B$ on western blot. Result : LPS-induced RAW 264.7 cells increased NO production and iNOS expression. Upon treatment with AGE, nitrite production was significantly inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner compared to the untreated control. AGE inhibited this LPS-induced iNOS mRNA and protein in a dose-dependent manner. AGE markedly inhibited the expression of iNOS mRNA and protein at a concentration of 100 ${\mu}g/ml$. LPS-induced RAW 264.7 cells with AGE blocked inhibitory $factor-{\kappa}B{\alpha}$ degradation. Conclusion :This study shows that AGE seems to attenuate inflammation through inhibition of NO production and iNOS expression by blockade of $NF-{\kappa}B$ activation in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.1120-1126
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• 2011

찔레나무뿌리를 열수, 에탄올, 메탄올, 아세톤에서 추출하여 항산화 및 항염증 효능효과를 확인하였다. 그 결과 아세톤추출물에서 가장 많은 67.05${\pm}$0.56 mg/g의 폴리페놀 함량을 확인하였으며, SOD 유사활성능을 제외한 DPPH, ABTS, superoxide anion 라디컬소거능 확인 결과 우수한 항산화 효과를 확인하였다. 찔레나무뿌리 추출물의 HAase 저해능을 측정한 결과 에탄올, 메탄올, 아세톤 추출물 500 ${\mu}g/ml$ 에서 60% 이상의 높은 HAase 저해 효과를 확인할 수 있었다. NO 생성량을 확인한 결과, RAW 264.7 cell에서 LPS에 의해 유도된 NO 생성을 농도의존적으로 뚜렷하게 감소시키는 것을 확인하였으며, 에탄올 추출물에서 NO 생성억제 효과가 가장 우수한 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 위의 사실에 기초하여 NO 생성저해의 기전을 알아보기 위하여 iNOS의 발현을 분석한 결과, 에탄올추출물 100 ${\mu}g/ml$에서 40%의 iNOS protein 발현 감소를 확인하였으며, iNOS의 발현억제가 NO생성억제와 유사한 경향을 나타냄으로 NO생성억제는 iNOS의 발현저해를 경유한 것임을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 결과들은 찔레나무뿌리 추출물이 항산화 및 항염증 연구의 기초 자료로 활용될 것으로 예상된다. 또한 추후 산업적 응용도 가능함으로 기능성화장품의 가능성을 제시하고 있다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.509-516
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• 2018

노각나무(Stewartia koreana) 잎 에틸아세테이트 분획으로부터 quercetin (1), quercitrin (2), hyperin (3), quercetin-3-O-(6"-O-galloyl)-${\beta}$-D-galactopyranoside (4), kaempferol-3-o-[2",6"-di-o-(trans-p-coumaroyl)]-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside (5)의 5종의 플라보노이드를 분리하였으며, 이들 5종 성분의 염증 반응에 대한 활성을 분석하기 위하여 LPS를 처리한 대식세포에서 산화질소(NO) 생성 억제활성을 측정하였다. 이들 5종 성분 중 compound 4, 5는 노각나무에서 처음으로 분리된 것으로 항염증 활성에 대한 보고도 없다. 분광분석법으로 확인된 노각나무 잎 유래 성분들은 LPS 처리한 대식세포의 NO 생성을 유의적으로 저해하였으며, 특히 kaempferol-3-o-[2",6"-di-o-(transp-coumaroyl)]-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside (5)는 가장 강한 억제효과(17.17%, 5.0%, 3.92%, 6.32% and 63.35% inhibition of compound 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 at $10{\mu}g/ml$)를 나타냈다. 또한, 이러한 NO 생성 억제효과는 inducible nitric oxide synthase(iNOS) 단백질 발현 억제를 통한 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 본 연구에서 새로 분리된 플라보놀인 kaempferol-3-o-[2",6"-di-o-(trans-p-coumaroyl)]-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside (5)는 노각나무 잎의 항염증 활성을 나타내는 주요 물질로 사료된다.