• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.283-288
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• 1998

YH 1885 (5,6-dimethyl -2-(4-fluorophenylamino)-4-(1-methyl -1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin -2- yl) pyrimidine hydrochloride) was developed as an antiulcer drug. The objective of this study was to examine a comparative metabolism of YH1885 in rat, dog, monkey and human liver tissues and to determine the metabolite profiles produced by the four species. YH1885 was metabolized by liver 59 fractions from all four species. Control incubations containing 59 fraction but no cofactors, contained essentially no metabolites. Metabolism of YH1885 apparently became saturated in the concentration range studied because the % of YH 1885 metabolized decreased with increasing drug concentration for all four species. Six to nine metabolite peaks were detected in the incubations and the particular profile of metabolites varied with species. The total amount of metabolites formed by liver microsomes from human and monkey were less than microsomes from rat or dog. The major metabolite peak formed by rat liver 597actions fluted near the solvent front on the HPLC or remained at the origin in TLC, indicating that it contained one or more polar metabolites. Dog liver 59 fractions incubations contained four major metabolites that each accounted for about 15 to 20 % of the total radioactivity at the low concentration of YH1885. The metabolite profiles of YH1885 appeared to be similar in incubations with rhesus monkey and human liver 59 fraction. The amount of metabolites formed by rhesus monkey liver preparations was greater than that of human liver that contained prominent metabolite peaks with approximate relative retention time of 0.14 and 0.43.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제41권10호
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• pp.909-916
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• 2018

In pancreatic ${\beta}$ cells, glucose stimulates the biosynthesis of insulin at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. The RNA-binding protein, polypyrimidine tract-binding protein 1 (PTBP1), also named hnRNP I, acts as a critical mediator of insulin biosynthesis through binding to the pyrimidine-rich region in the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) of insulin mRNA. However, the underlying mechanism that regulates its expression in ${\beta}$ cells is unclear. Here, we report that glucose induces the expression of PTBP1 via the insulin receptor (IR) signaling pathway in ${\beta}$ cells. PTBP1 is present in ${\beta}$ cells of both mouse and monkey, where its levels are increased by glucose and insulin, but not by insulin-like growth factor 1. PTBP1 levels in immortalized ${\beta}$ cells established from wild-type (${\beta}IRWT$) mice are higher than levels in ${\beta}$ cells established from IR-null (${\beta}IRKO$) mice, and ectopic re-expression of IR-WT in ${\beta}IRKO$ cells restored PTBP1 levels. However, PTBP1 levels were not altered in ${\beta}IRKO$ cells transfected with IR-3YA, in which the Tyr1158/1162/1163 residues are substituted with Ala. Consistently, treatment with glucose or insulin elevated PTBP1 levels in ${\beta}IRWT$ cells, but not in ${\beta}IRKO$ cells. In addition, silencing Akt significantly lowered PTBP1 levels. Thus, our results identify insulin as a pivotal mediator of glucose-induced PTBP1 expression in pancreatic ${\beta}$ cells.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.13-30
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• 1983

[ $1-{\beta}-D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine$ ](ara-C), which is a pyrimidine nucleoside analog is cytotonic to mammalian cells in culture and is active in vitro and in vivo against a variety of DNA viruses. The precise mechanism of action of ara-C has not been determined, although ara-C is thought to act as an antimetabolite, interfering with the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid(DNA). Cytosine arabinoside originally seemed to act principally by inhibiting the conversion of cytidine to deoxytidine, thus inhibiting DNA synthesis. But recent data suggest that effects upon DNA polymerase and effects via incorporation into DNA and RNA may well be of equal importance. The author have demonstrated the effect of cytosine arabinoside on the hepatocytes of albino mice treated with ara-C, observing changes in the cytoplasmic organelles of the hepatocytes. A total of 120 healthy male albino mice were divided into the control and ara-C treated groups. The animals of the ara-C group were given 10mg. per kg of body weight of mouse ara-C in physiological saline solution and the animals of control group were given physiological saline solution, intraperitoneally. After an administration of ara-C or physiological saline solution, the animal were killed at. interval of 6, 12, and 24 hours. The specimens, which were obtained from the left anterier lobe of the liver, were stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate and observed with JEM 100B electron microscope. The results were obtained as follow: A pronounced dilatation, sacculation and fragmentation of the cisterane of rough endoplasmic reticulum with dissociation of membrane bound-ribosomes, disaggregation of free ribosomes in the cytoplasm, proliferation of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum associated with depletion of glycogen paracles, atrophies of Golgi complex, production of numerous lipid droplets, and formation of antophagic vacuoles, multivesicular bodies and residual bodies are recognized in the hepatocytes of ara-C treated mice. Consequently it is suggested that cytosine arabinoside would induce a changes of the cytoplasmic organelles of the hepatocytes in albino mice.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2007

포식성 무당벌레(Harmonia axyridis)의 난(卵)을 대상으로 저독성 약제를 선발하기 위해 농약 처리 후 esterase 활성에 대해 조사하였다. 무당벌레의 난에는 3개의 esterase bands가 존재하였고 esterase의 활성에 영향을 주는 살충제(Methidation, Chlorpyrifos, Phenthoate)는 유기인계인 것으로 나타났다. 살균제로는 트리아졸계 계통의 Hexaconazole과 Triflumizole 그리고 피리미딘계의 Nuarimol에서 esterase의 활성 저해가 관찰되었다. 선발된 농약을 바탕으로 무당벌레의 산란율과 부화율을 조사하였다. Esterase에 강한 활성저해를 보였던 농약에서는 산란율과 부화율도 낮게 나타났으며, esterase에 약하게 혹은 전혀 영향을 주지 않았던 농약에서도 정도 차이는 있으나 산란율과 부화율에 영향을 주는 것으로 관찰되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.1345-1358
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• 2017

The impact of overproduction of a heterologous protein on the metabolic system of host Lactococcus lactis was investigated. The protein expression profiles of L. lactis IL1403 containing two near-identical plasmids that expressed high- and low-level of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) were examined via shotgun proteomics. Analysis of the two strains via high-throughput LC-MS/MS proteomics identified the expression of 294 proteins. The relative amount of each protein in the proteome of both strains was determined by label-free quantification using the spectral counting method. Although expression level of most proteins were similar, several significant alterations in metabolic network were identified in the high GFP-producing strain. These changes include alterations in the pyruvate fermentation pathway, oxidative pentose phosphate pathway, and de novo synthesis pathway for pyrimidine RNA. Expression of enzymes for the synthesis of dTDP-rhamnose and N-acetylglucosamine from glucose was suppressed in the high GFP strain. In addition, enzymes involved in the amino acid synthesis or interconversion pathway were downregulated. The most noticeable changes in the high GFP-producing strain were a 3.4-fold increase in the expression of stress response and chaperone proteins and increase of caseinolytic peptidase family proteins. Characterization of these host expression changes witnessed during overexpression of GFP was might suggested the metabolic requirements and networks that may limit protein expression, and will aid in the future development of lactococcal hosts to produce more heterologous protein.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.308-324
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• 2009

현재 수행하는 작업은 피페리딘 또는 암모늄 아세테이트 존재하에서 malononitrile와 $\beta$- aroylacrylic acid 유도체의 DMF 용매조건에서 상호작용에 대한 연구이며, 형성된 화합물을 이용한 퓨즈 되고 단리된 이중고리화 시스템의 합성에 관한 것이다. $\beta$-aroylacrylic acid (3)이 DMF 용매와 피페리딘 촉매조건에malononitrile와 반응하여 4H-피란유도체(4)를 형성한다. 촉매를 암모늄아세테이트로 바꿈으로서 피리딘 유도체를 얻었다. 또한 N-말레암산 유도체 (19)와 (27)은 말레 무수물과 함께 (4)와 (5)의 반응을 경유하여 합성되었다. 마이클 첨가 반응에서 이용되는 메틸렌화합물에 관한 이 연구는 B-aroylacrylic acid의 경우와 유사하게 형성된 말레암산 유도체의 반응성에 대한 것이다.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.262-265
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• 2006

피리미딘기가 치환된 3,4,5,6-tetrahydrophthalimide 유도체를 합성하였고, 밭 조건에서 토양 및 경엽처리 제초 활성을 온실에서 조사하였다. 이 화합물들의 제초효과는 화본과 잡초에 비해 광엽 잡초에서 상대적으로 우수하였으며 피리미딘 치환체의 영향을 크게 받았다. N-[4-chloro-2-fluoro-5-(2-pyrimidinyloxy)-phenyl]-3,4,5,6-tetrahydrophthalimide가 가장 강한 제초활성을 나타내었을 뿐만 아니라, 60 g $ha^{-1}$ 약량의 토양처리에서 옥수수에 비교적 안전하였다.

• 한국잡초학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.179-185
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• 1987

벼의 보온절충(保溫折衷)못자리와 담수직파재배(湛水直播栽培)에서 문제가 되고 있는 제초제에 대하여 약해경감(藥害輕減) 가능성을 검토하기 위한 실험(實驗)의 일환으로 실내에서 벼의 발아과정 중 benthiocarb, butachlor 및 pretilachlor에 대한 해독제(解毒劑) CGA 123'407의 약해경감효과(藥害輕減效果)와 '강피'에 대한 살초력(殺草力)을 조사하였다. 1. Benthiocarb와 butachlor는 50 ppm 이상에서 생장이 현저하게 억제되기 시작하였으며, pretilachlor는 0.5 ppm 부터 생장이 점차적으로 억제되는 경향이었다. 2. CGA 123'407과 제초제를 혼합처리(混合處理)한 결과 benthiocarb와 butachlor 10 ppm에서는 CGA 123'407 0.1 ppm에서부터, pretilachlor 10 ppm에서는 CGA 123'407 0.25 ppm 이상에서 약해경감효과(藥害輕減效果)가 크게 증대되었다. 3. Benthiocarb, butachlor, pretilachlor 1, 5, 10, 20 ppm에 해독제(解毒劑) CGA 123'407을 20 : 1(0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 1 ppm)과 50 : 1 (0.02, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4 ppm) 비율로 혼합처리(混合處理)하였을때 각각 제초제의 살초율(殺草率)에는 영향을 미치지 않았다. 4. 벼에서 benthiocarb, butachlor, pretilachlor에 대한 CGA 123'407의 약해경감효과(藥害輕減效果)가 인정됨에 따라 앞으로 벼의 보온절충(保溫折衷)못자리와 직파재배(直播栽培) 조건에서도 적용실험을 실시하여 제초제의 선택성(選擇性)을 높이는 방법을 강구하는 것은 바람직스럽다고 사료된다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.393-398
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• 2012

Recently, we reported that defective autophagy may contribute to the inhibition of the growth in response to PP2 (4-amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine), a selective SFK inhibitor, in multidrug-resistant v-Ha-ras-transformed NIH 3T3 cells (Ras-NIH 3T3/Mdr). In this study, we demonstrated that PP2 induces LC3 conversion via a mechanism that is uncoupled from autophagy and increases apoptosis in Ras-NIH 3T3/Mdr cells. PP2 preferentially induced autophagy in Ras-NIH 3T3 cells rather than in Ras-NIH 3T3/Mdr cells as determined by LC3-I to LC3-II conversion and GFP-LC3 fluorescence microscopy. Beclin 1 knockdown experiments showed that, regardless of drug resistance, PP2 induces autophagy via a Beclin 1-dependent mechanism. PP2 induced a conformational change in Beclin 1, resulting in the enhancement of the pro-autophagic activity of Beclin 1, in Ras-NIH 3T3 cells. Further, PI3K inhibition induced by wortmannin caused a significant increase in apoptosis in Ras-NIH 3T3 cells, as demonstrated by flow cytometric analysis of Annexin V staining, implying that autophagy inhibition through PI3K increases apoptosis in response to PP2 in Ras-NIH 3T3 cells. However, despite the fact that wortmannin abrogates PP2-induced GFP-LC3 punctae formation, some LC3 conversion remains in Ras-NIH 3T3/Mdr cells, suggesting that LC3 conversion may occur in an autophagy-independent manner. Taken together, these results suggest that PP2 induces LC3 conversion independent of PI3K, concomitant with the uncoupling of LC3 conversion from autophagy, in multidrug-resistant cells.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.127-133
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• 1995

The complete open reading frame (ORF) of o-subunit of the $F_1$ ATP synthase (atPA) in Korean ginseng mitochondria was identified by the sequence similarity with atPA genes in other plant mitochondria. The sequence alignment showed that the common translation initiation codon, ATG, in plant genes was replaced with GTG valid codon in Korean ginseng. The atPA gene from GTG to TGA termination codon was 1524 nucleotides long, and the sequence homology of nucleotides and deduced amino acids revealed high values of 92~97%. A deletion event of 6 nucleotides was observed at the 1468th nucleotide from the GTG in Korean ginseng, in contrast to that at the 1450th in other plants such as pea, common bean, soybean, sugar beet, and radish. An unidentified open reading frame (on7) was observed upstream of atmA ORF. No other ATG as an initiation codon was detected in the region between off and atmA ORF in Korean ginseng, although a pyrimidine cluster "TTTTCTTTT" was located in this region as in Oenothera and maize genes. It could be supposed that GTG codon in atpA gene of Korean ginseng mitochondria would act as an initiation codon as in microbial genes.ial genes.