• 한국식물병리학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.345-349
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• 1998

Fifty isolates of myxobacteria were isolated from soils from several areas in Korea during 1996-1997 and bioactivity against plant pathogenic fungi of these isolates was examined. A myxobacterial isolate KR025 showed good antifungal activities against Pyricularia oryzae, Cryphonectria parasitica, Colletotrichum lagenarium, and C. gloeosporioides but did not against Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium oxysporum and Pythium ultimum. The bacterium was identified as Myxococcus fulvus based on morphological and physiological characteristics. Antifungal substances were extracted from culture broth and bacterial cell of Myxococcus fulvus KR025 by ethyl acetate. Antifungal substance of Myxothiazole (100 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$/ml) produced by Myxococcus fulvus KR 025 controlled 97.0% rice blast, tomato late blight, wheat leaf rust, and barley powdery mildew and showed 45.0 and 82.6% disease control of rice sheath blight and cucumber gray model, respectively.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.765-775
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• 2018

Using MCF7 breast cancer cells, we tested the anticancer activity of metabolites from 130 strains of myxobacteria newly isolated in South Korea. Of these, three strains whose metabolites had high anticancer activity and low cell toxicity were selected and identified by their fruiting body morphology, cell morphology, and 16S rRNA sequence. Strains KYC4030 and KYC4048 were determined to be Myxococcus fulvus, whereas strain KYC4081 was identified as Corallococcus coralloides. We found that metabolites of M. fulvus KYC4048 demonstrated no toxicity in normal cells but specifically induced cancer cell death by suppressing the expression of WNT2B. This discovery highlights the value of assessing the metabolic and biomedical potential of myxobacteria, even those that are already known but were isolated from new areas, and the possible use of metabolites from M. fulvus KYC4048 in cancer treatment.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.540-549
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• 2021

The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is involved in breast cancer and Myxococcus fulvus KYC4048 is a myxobacterial strain that can produce a variety of bioactive secondary metabolites. Although a previous study revealed that KYC4048 metabolites exhibit anti-proliferative effects on breast cancer, the biochemical mechanism involved in their effects remains unclear. In the present study, KYC4048 metabolites were separated into polar and non-polar (ethyl acetate and n-hexane) fractions via liquid-liquid extraction. The effects of these polar and non-polar KYC4048 metabolites on the viability of breast cancer cells were then determined by MTT assay. Expression levels of Wnt/β-catenin pathway proteins were determined by Western blot analysis. Cell cycle and apoptosis were measured via fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). The results revealed that non-polar KYC4048 metabolites induced cell death of breast cancer cells and decreased expression levels of WNT2B, β-catenin, and Wnt target genes (c-Myc and cyclin D1). Moreover, the n-hexane fraction of non-polar KYC4048 metabolites was found most effective in inducing apoptosis, necrosis, and cell cycle arrest, leading us to conclude that it can induce apoptosis of breast cancer cells through the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. These findings provide evidence that the n-hexane fraction of non-polar KYC4048 metabolites can be developed as a potential therapeutic agent for breast cancer via inhibition of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.183-188
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• 2009

Proteolytic 활성을 나타내는 균주 KYC 1028, 1100, 1134, 1139, 1151, 1159, 1182등 7개 균주를 선발하였고, 이중 KYC 1134와 KYC 1139이 azocazein을 이용한 proteolytic 활성 조사에서 높은 활성을 나타내었다. 선발된 7개 균주의 동정은 16S rDNA 염기서열를 조사하였으며, NCBI에서 myxobacteria의 16S rDNA와 비교분석 하여 Myxococcus속 M. macrospores와 M. Fulvus에 높은 상동성을 나타내었다. 활성이 가장 높은 KYC 1134배양액의 생화학적 특성은 배양 7일까지 활성이 10배 증가하고, 단백질 생산도 함께 증가하였다. 배양액의 적정 proteolytic활성 온도는$60^{\circ}C$이고, pH 5에서 10까지 활성이 안정적이었다. 배양액의 proteases의 종류를 확인하기 위하여 11개의 inhibitors를 조사하여 bestatin만이 억제효과를 나타내어 amino peptidases와 exopeptidases와 종류가 배양액에 존재하는 것으로 보인다.