• 약학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.343-347
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• 1986

Korean ginseng was purified to obtain radioprotective protein fractions by buffer extraction, ammonium sulfate fractionation, CM-cellulose column chromatography, heat inactivation and Sephadex G-75 column chromatography. The final three fractions, GI, GII and GIII were subjected to Disc-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and SDS-PAGE. The molecular weights(M.W.) of native and denatured proteins were estimated by using regression line equations obtained from the mobilities of standard proteins. As the results, in Disc-PAGE, the GI fraction showed two protein bands with M.W. of above 213, 000 and 55, 000, GII showed one band with M.W. of 44, 000 and GIII, also one band with M.W. of 19, 000. In SDS-PAGE, GI fraction gave four subunit bands with M.W. of above 114, 000, 27, 000, 24, 000 and 19, 000, GII gave two bands with M.W. of 46, 000 and 22, 000, and GIII, one band of 19, 000.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.5-9
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• 1986

Partialy purified ginseng proteins were either treated with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and .betha.-mercaptoethanol to denature the proteins or not, and subjected to Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) and High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) to compare the components of each fraction. Standard proteins of known molecular weights (MW) were also either treated with SDS and .betha.-mercaptoethanol or not, and subjected to HPLC to obtain regression lines for MW determination. From the retention times obtained from samples in eiether case by HPLC, the MW were estimated as following in SDS treated condition, Gl fraction showed three peaks each with MW of above 100, 000, 51, 000 and 19, 000. Gll showed one original peak with MW of 21, 000 and Gll, two peaks each with MW of 19, 000 and 14, 000. On the other hand, in non-SDS treated condition, GI fraction showed two peaks each with MW of above 200, 000 NA 52, 000. Gll showed one original peak with MW of 41, 000 and Gill, three peaks each with MW of 28, 000, 19, 000 and 14, 000.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.259-264
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• 1993

Three cell lines, CHO, L929 and B16 which are non-tumorigenic and cancer cells, respectively, were first tested for their survival in the presence of radioprotective ginseng protein fraction(GPF0. The influence of three radioprotectors-CPF, cysteamine, and 1-Methyl-2-bis[(2-methylthio)vinyl] quinolinium iodide (MVQI) on DNA repair capacity of UV damaged cells survival test, the GPF showed higher cytotoxicity in L929 and B16 than in CHO cells. However, the degree of cell killing was also investigated by measuring $^3H$-thymidine incorporation of PUVA treated cells. In cell survival test, the GPF showed higher cytotoxicity in L929 and B16 than in CHO cells. However, the degree of cell killing was not high enough to consider it as an antitumorigenic agent. Variable results were obtained in the effects on DNA repair capacity depending on the protectors and cell lines used. In pretreatment, the presence of GPF and MVOI brought about a sinificant increase in the capacity in both CHO and B16 cells. However, in L929, the enhancing effect was not shown. In all three cell lines, cysteamine showed lower repair capacity than control, suggesting the primary damage reduction in stronger enhancing effects in L929 and B16 cells, while it was weaker in CHO cells. Here also cystemine hsowed a very little or no increase in the capacity in all three cell lines. These results demonstrate that GPF has mild cytotoxicity in tumorignic cells and that GPF and MVQI enhance DNA repair capacity of UV damaged cells, whether they are tumorigenic or not. On the other hand, cysteamine shows only damage reduction effect. Celles of different genetic origin seem to give different responses to the modifier and different modifiers may possibly work by different mechanisms.