• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.64-73
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• 2013

Korean red ginseng water extract (KG-WE) has known beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system via inducting nitric oxide (NO) production in endothelium. Endothelial arginase inhibits the activity of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) by substrate depletion, thereby reducing NO bioavailability and contributing to vascular diseases including hypertension, aging, and atherosclerosis. In the present study, we demonstrate that KG-WE inhibits arginase activity and negatively regulates NO production and reactive oxygen species generation in endothelium. This is associated with increased dimerization of eNOS without affecting the protein expression levels of either arginase or eNOS. In a vascular tension assay, when aortas isolated from wild type mice were incubated with KG-WE, NO-dependent enhanced vasorelaxation was observed. Furthermore, KG-WE administered via by drinking water to atherogenic model mice being fed high cholesterol diet improved impaired vascular function. Taken together, these results suggest that KG-WE may exert vasoprotective effects through augmentation of NO signaling by inhibiting arginase. Therefore, KG-WE may be useful in the treatment of vascular diseases derived from endothelial dysfunction, such as atherosclerosis.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1998년도 Proceedings of UNESCO-internetwork Cooperative Regional Seminar and Workshop on Bioassay Guided Isolation of Bioactive Substances from Natural Products and Microbial Products
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• pp.176-176
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• 1998

An enhanced formation of nitric oxide (NO) is an important mediator of hypotention, peripheral vasodilation and vascular hyporeactivity to vasoconstrictor agents in endotoxaemia. And tumor necrosis factor (TNF${\alpha}$), as a primary mediator of circulatory shock has been known to induce inducible nitric oxide synthase (i-NOS), leading to excessive production of NO. We isolated two sesquiterpene lactone compounds from Saussurea lappa and their structures were elucidated as dehydrocostus lactone and costunolide. These compounds inhibit the production of both NO and TNF${\alpha}$ by LPS (1 $\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$)-activated Raw 264.7 cells. NO was measured spectropho-tometrically as nitrite by the Griess reagent and TNF${\alpha}$ by ELISA. Dehydrocostus lactone (IC$\sub$50/ : 3.0 ${\mu}$M) and costunolide (IC$\sub$50/ : 4.5 ${\mu}$M) inhibited the production of NO in LPS-activated Raw 264.7 cells by suppressing inducible nitric oxide synthase enzyme expression. These compounds also decreased the TNF${\alpha}$ levels in LPS-activated system in vitro and in vivo.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.32-40
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• 1991

느타리버섯을 사용하여, 빛이 버섯의 체내 대사에 영향을 미치는지, 영향을 미친다면 어떤 영역의 빛이 작용하는 지를 연구하였다. 이들 결과를 비교 검토하기 위해 재배 지역이 다른 느타리버섯 중의 mitochondria를 설탕 밀도 단계 기울기 원심분리법에 의하여 설탕 농도 44%층에서 분리 정제하여 실험한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 파장 변화에 따른 mitochondrial ATP synthase의 활성도는 490nm에서 가장 크게 활성화되었다. 2. 최적 파장 490nm에서 빛 조사 시간 변화에 따른 ATP synthase의 활성도는 15초 동안 조사하였을 때 가장 활성화 되었다. 3. 최적 조건에서 ATP synthase는 phenazine methosulfate(PMS)에 의해 224% 활성화 되었으며, 2,6-dichlorophenol indophenol(DCPIP)에 의하여 168% 활성화 되었다. 한편, oligomycin에 의해서는 90% 효소 활성이 억제 되었으며, 2,4-dinitrophenol(DNP)에 의해서 75%, 2-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide(HQNO)에 의해 15% 효소활성이 억제되었다. 4. 최적 조건에서 ATP synthase는 $Mn^{2+}$에 의해 73%의 효소 활성 억제를 보였고, $Ca^{2+}$에 의해 35%, $Co^{2+}$에 의해 14%의 효소 활성 억제를 보였다. 5. 최적조건에서 ATP synthase는 $CN^{-}$과 $SO_{4}\;^{2-}$에 의하여 각각 80%, 46% 효소활성이 억제되었고, $NO_{3}\;^{-}$과 $CO_{3}\;^{2-}$에 의해서는 28%의 효소 활성 억제를 보였다. 이상과 같은 결과를 통해 버섯의 종류에 관계없이 청색광 영역의 빛에 의해 활성화 된다는 것과 그 광수용체도 유사한 형태일 것이라 예측할 수 있다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.1048-1053
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• 2009

The present study was conducted to determine the effects of chitosan on nitric oxide (NO) content and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity in serum, and relative expression of iNOS mRNA in the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum of broiler chickens. A total of 240 one-day-old Arbor Acre mixed-sex broiler chickens were randomly allotted to six dietary treatments with five replicates in each treatment and eight chickens in each replicate. The broiler chickens in the six treatments were fed the basal diet supplemented with 0 (control), 0.05, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0 or 2.0 g/kg chitosan. The trial lasted for 42 days. The results showed that dietary chitosan enhanced NO content and iNOS activity in serum as well as iNOS mRNA expression in the duodenum and ileum of broiler chickens in a quadratic dose-dependent manner (p<0.05), and improved jejunum iNOS mRNA expression in a quadratic dose-dependent manner (p<0.10) with increasing addition of chitosan. Chicks fed a diet containing 0.5-1.0 g/kg chitosan had higher NO content and iNOS activity in serum as well as small-intestinal iNOS mRNA expression compared with birds given the control diet, but positive effects of chitosan tended to be suppressed when addition of chitosan in the diet was increased to 2.0 g/kg. These results implied that there was a threshold level of chitosan inclusion beyond which progressive reductions in serum NO content and small intestinal iNOS expression occured, and the regulation of chitosan on immune functions in chickens is probably associated with activated expression of iNOS and NO secretion.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.441-447
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• 2016

Despite the complex vascular effects of dexmedetomidine (DEX), its actions on human pulmonary resistance arteries remain unknown. The present study tested the hypothesis that DEX inhibits vascular tension in human pulmonary arteries through the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) mediated production of nitric oxide (NO). Pulmonary artery segments were obtained from 62 patients who underwent lung resection. The direct effects of DEX on human pulmonary artery tension and changes in vascular tension were determined by isometric force measurements recorded on a myograph. Arterial contractions caused by increasing concentrations of serotonin with DEX in the presence or absence of L-NAME (endothelial nitric oxide synthase inhibitor), yohimbine (${\alpha}_2$-adrenoceptor antagonist) and indomethacin (cyclooxygenase inhibitor) as antagonists were also measured. DEX had no effect on endothelium-intact pulmonary arteries, whereas at concentrations of $10^{-8}{\sim}10^{-6}mol/L$, it elicited contractions in endothelium-denuded pulmonary arteries. DEX (0.3, 1, or $3{\times}10^{-9}mmol/L$) inhibited serotonin-induced contraction in arteries with intact endothelium in a dose-dependent manner. L-NAME and yohimbine abolished DEX-induced inhibition, whereas indomethacin had no effect. No inhibitory effect was observed in endothelium-denuded pulmonary arteries. DEX-induced inhibition of vasoconstriction in human pulmonary arteries is mediated by NO production induced by the activation of endothelial ${\alpha}_2$-adrenoceptor and nitric oxide synthase.

• 한국독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국독성학회 2002년도 Molecular and Cellular Response to Toxic Substances
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• pp.188-189
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• 2002

This work aimed to identify neuronal cell toxicity induced by decrease of physiological NO production by differential phosphorylation of constitutive neuronal NO synthase (nNOS), which can be mediated by Ca2+-dependent PKC and/or CaM-KII activities activated by metals.(omitted)

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2
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• pp.293.2-293.2
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• 2002

Bisphenol A ［BPA. 2.2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane］ is reported to have estrogenic activity: however. its influence on cytokine production or immune system function remains unclear. In this study. we investigated the effects of BPA on the production of nitric oxide (NO) and tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a), and on the level of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and TNF-a gene expression in mouse macrophages. BPA alone did not affect NO or TNF-a production. (omitted)

• BMB Reports
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2008

The source of nitric oxide (NO) in plants is unclear and it has been reported NO can be produced by nitric oxide synthase (NOS) like enzymes and by nitrate reductase (NR). Here we used wild-type, Atnos1 mutant and nia1, nia2 NR-deficient mutant plants of Arabidopsis thaliana to investigate the potential source of NO production in response to Verticillium dahliae toxins (VD-toxins). The results revealed that NO production is much higher in wild-type and Atnos1 mutant than in nia1, nia2 NR-deficient mutants. The NR inhibitor had a significant effect on VD-toxins-induced NO production; whereas NOS inhibitor had a slight effect. NR activity was significantly implicated in NO production. The results indicated that as NO was induced in response to VD-toxins in Arabidopsis, the major source was the NR pathway. The production of NOS-system appeared to be secondary.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.210-215
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• 1999

Nitric oxide (NO) can mediate numerous physiological processes, including vasodilation, neurotransmission, cytotoxicity, secretion and inflammatory response. The regulation of NO production by inducible NO synthase (iNOS) is considered to be the possible target of the development of anti-inflammatory agent, based on the observation that NO can activate cyclooxygenase, which results in the synthesis of prostaglandins. In an effort to screen new inhibitor of NO production from about 352 species of herbal extracts, we found 9 species with 50% or more inhibitory effect on NO production. Especially, the dose-dependent inhibition of NO production in lipopolysaccharide-treated macrophages by two of the herbal extracts (Artemisiae asiaticae Herba and Saussureae Radix) was due to the decrease in the expression of iNOS.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.63-70
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• 1994

최근 포유동물에서 nitric oxide(NO)는 중추신경계(CNS)의 기능에 있어서 매우 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져왔다. NO는 NO synthase(NOS)에 의해 L-arginine으로부터 합성된다. 본 연구에서 저자 등은 무지개송어(Oncorhynchus mykiss)의 CNS에서 NOS활성을 측정했고, 소교세포와 신경교성상 세포 및 회돌기교세포의 특징을 기술하였다. CNS에서 세교세포는 포유동물에서와 유사한 큰 소교세포(large microglia : LM)와 세포질이 매우 적은 소형 소교세포(small microglia : SM)등 2가지 형태적 특징이 관찰되었다. CNS에서 신경교성상 세포는 모세섬유가 연결되지 않은 망상 구조의 형태를 보였고, 희돌기교세포는 신경교성상세포보다 더 세포질이 밀집되어 있었다. 저자등은 무지개송어의 CNS에서 NOS의 활성을 측정하였는데, 그 양은 $1.04{\pm}0.12\;pg/min/mg$이었고, $N^{G}MMA$와 EGTA에 의해 가역적 또는 비가역적으로 억제되었다. 이들의 결과는 CNS에서 L-argine으로부터 NO형성이 calcium에 의존적이고, 초기 진화 기원의 경로를 시사해 주었다.