• 약학회지
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.354-361
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• 2010

Glycosphingolipids are structural components of mammalian cell membranes and are involved in essential cellular physiology such as cell-cell interaction, recognition, transmembrane signaling, proliferation and cell death. In this study, the simple quantitative method of monoglycoceramides-containing glucosylceramide and galactosylceramide was developed. The glycosylceramides extracted from culture cells and rat plasma were resolved by TLC, deacylated by SCDase and analyzed by HPLC-fluorescence detector at an excitation wavelength of 340 nm and an emission wavelength of 455 nm. Limit of detection was approximately 0.1 pmol and limit of quantification was about 1 pmol for both monoglycoceramide standards. The recoveries of standard glucosylceramides from intra- and inter-day assays were 113.8 and 88.8% and those of galactosylceramides were 110.7 and 123.9%, respectively. The monoglycoceramide contents of SW-620 cells and rat plasma were $141.5{\pm}5$ pmol/$1{\times}10^6$ cells and $3.9{\pm}0.3{\mu}M$, respectively. The present analytical method provides a reproducible quantification and total content of monoglycoceramide which may be as a potential biomarker for lipid imbalance-related human diseases.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.2911-2916
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• 2014

Oxaliplatin is a first-line therapy for colorectal cancer, but cancer cell resistance to the drug compromises its efficacy. To explore mechanisms of drug resistance, we treated colorectal cancer cells (HCT116 and SW620) long-term with oxaliplatin and established stable oxaliplatin-resistant lines (HCT116-OX and SW620-OX). Compared with parental cell lines, $IC_{50}$s for various chemotherapeutic agents (oxaliplatin, cisplatin and doxorubicin) were increased in oxaliplatin-resistant cell lines and this was accompanied by activation of nuclear factor erythroid-2 p45-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and NADPH quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1). Furthermore, luteolin inhibited the Nrf2 pathway in oxaliplatin-resistant cell lines in a dose-dependent manner. Luteolin also inhibited Nrf2 target gene [NQO1, heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and $GST{\alpha}1/2$] expression and decreased reduced glutathione in wild type mouse small intestinal cells. There was no apparent effect in Nrf2-/- mice. Luteolin combined with other chemotherapeutics had greater anti-cancer activity in resistant cell lines (combined index values below 1), indicating a synergistic effect. Therefore, adaptive activation of Nrf2 may contribute to the development of acquired drug-resistance and luteolin could restore sensitivity of oxaliplatin-resistant cell lines to chemotherapeutic drugs. Inhibition of the Nrf2 pathway may be the mechanism for this restored therapeutic response.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2009

This study was performed to investigate the cell growth inhibitory effect of tissue cultured root of wild Panax ginseng C.A. Mayer (tcwPG). The human stomach carcinoma cell line, MKN 74, was incubated with 70% EtOH extract of tcwPG or Panax ginseng C.A. Mayer (PG) for 24 hrs. tcwPG inhibited cell growth at a concentration of $250{\mu}g/ml$. However, Panax ginseng extract did not inhibit cell growth at the same concentration. We also tested the ethyl acetate and $H_2O$ fractions of tcwPG. The inhibitory effect of the ethyl acetate fraction on cell proliferation in MKN 74 cells was more potent than that of the crude extract, and the inhibitory effect of the $H_2O$ fraction was less than that of the ethyl acetate fraction. When we separated tcwPG into polar and non-polar saponin fractions and then measured cell growth inhibition, the non-polar saponin in tcwPG exhibited cytotoxicity. To compare the effects of tcwPG on various cancer cell lines, we measured cytotoxicity in MKN 74 (stomach cancer cell line), SW 620 (colon cancer cell line) and PC 3 (prostate cancer cell line). All three cell lines showed cell growth inhibition, and the cell growth inhibitory effects were not quite different in the various cell lines. The non-polar saponins of tcwPG arrested PC 3 cells at G1-phase as did Panax ginseng.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.659-663
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• 2006

해조류로부터 항암활성을 가지는 생리활성물질을 탐색하기 위하여 홍조해조류의 하나인 참곱슬이를 용매별 추출한 후, 분획하여 암세포 성장 억제효과를 연구하였다. 참곱슬이를 이용하여 대장암 세포주 HT-29에 대해 methanol, ethanol 및 acetone 추출물을 처리했을 때 모두 농도에 의존적으로 성장저해 효과가 나타났고, 그 중에서도 methanol 추출물에서는 50 mg/ml 농도 처리 시 12% 이하의 생존률을 보이는 가장 강한 암세포 성장 억제효과를 보였다. 또한 HT-29 암세포 성장에 대한 현미경 관찰 결과 methanol 추출물은 대조구에 비하여 암세포 성장 억제 정도와 세포의 수축등 형태변화가 두드러지게 나타났다. 그리고 가장 활성이 좋은 methanol 추출물을 용매 분획하여 얻은 분획물 중 n-hexane과 diethyl ether 분획물에서 암세포 성장 억제효과를 보였으며, n-hexane 분획물이 HT-29 세포주에 대하여 가장 높은 항암활성을 나타내었다. 따라서 n-hexane 분획물에 대한 여러 인체 암세포주에 대해 항암활성을 확인하기 위하여 HT-29와 같은 대장암 유래의 세포주 SW620, 자궁경부암 세포 HeLa 및 유방암세포 MCF-7에 대한 암세포 성장 억제효과를 확인한 결과, 3종의 암세포주에서 모두 농도 의존적으로 높은 항암활성을 보임에 따라 참곱슬이에 여러 인체 암세포 성장 억제효과를 가지는 생리활성 물질이 함유되어 있음을 알 수 있다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.200-205
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• 2022

Established cancer cell lines are widely used for developing biomarkers for the patient-specific treatment of colorectal cancer and predicting prognoses. However, cancer cell lines may exhibit different drug responses depending upon the characteristics of the cell line. Therefore, it is necessary to select a tumor cell line suitable for the purpose of the study by considering the cell characteristics. This study investigated the levels of CXCL10, which were recently been reported to play an important role in the outcome of tumor treatment, secreted by colon cancer cells. 2 × 10⁵ cells/mL of each colorectal cancer cell was seeded into a 35 mm cell culture dish. After 24 h incubation, culture supernatant was used to determine the secreted CXCL10 levels. Among six colorectal cancer cell lines (HT-29, HCT116, CaCo-2, SW620, SW480, and CT26), Caco-2 cells showed the highest level of CXCL10 secretion. HT-29 cells showed the second-highest level of CXCL10 secretion. No significantly measurable level of CXCL10 secretion was detected in HCT116 cells. These results will be helpful in investigating the molecular basis of colorectal cancer.

• 생약학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.130-135
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• 2006

The present study describes the preliminary evaluation of the cytotoxic activity of the extracts from Inula japonica. I. japonica was extracted with methanol, ethanol, acetone, and water, and then cytotoxic activity of these extracts were evaluated. The cytotoxic activity of each extract was assessed by the MTT-dye reduction assay. Both ethanol and acetone extracts from I. japonica showed the cytotoxic activity against the HT-29 human colon cancer cells. Furthermore, the ethanol extract was fractionated with n-hexane, diethyl ether, ethyl acetate, and water according to degree of Polarity, The diethyl ether fraction showed the highest cytotoxic activity against HT-29 cells, but the other fractions showed low cytotokic activity. In addition, diethyl ether layer also showed the cytotoxic activity against various tumor cells, such as human colon carcinoma SW620, human cervix adenocarcinoma HeLa, and human breast adenocarcinoma MCF-7 cells as well as HT-29 cells. These studies support that extracts of I. japonica may be a potential candidate as possible chemotherapeutic agent against human cancer.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제35권7호
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• pp.823-827
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• 2006

신선한 미더덕을 동결건조하여 분말로 만들어 water, MeOH, EtOH 및 acetone의 용매로 추출하여 항암활성을 조사하였다. 대장암 세포주 HT-29에 대한 미더덕 추출물의 암세포증식 억제효과는 ethanol 추출물이 $500\;{\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 45.0%로 가장 높은 활성을 보였으며, 대조구와 다른 추출물에 비교하여 크게 세포의 응축과 세포수의 감소를 형태학적으로 관찰할 수 있다. 용매별 추출물 중 가장 강력한 항암활성을 가지는 ethanol 추출물을 이용하여 정제수율을 높여 암세포 성장억제효과를 확인하기 위하여 n-hexane, diethyl ether, ethyl acetate 및 water 순으로 극성을 높여 분획한 결과 diethyl ether 분획물에서 가장 높은 항암활성을 나타내었다. 그리고 diethyl ether 분획물을 인간대장암 유래의 세포주 SW620, 자궁경부암 세포 HeLa 및 유방암 세포 MCF-7에 처리하였을 때 농도 의존적으로 높은 항암활성이 나타났으며, 가장 높은 농도 $500\;{\mu}g/mL$ 처리 시 모두 10%이하의 세포 생존율을 나타내었다. 지금까지는 한약재를 비롯한 농산물 유래의 추출물이 항암효과를 보이는 연구가 보고된바 있으나 해양생물 유래의 추출물에서 항암효과를 보이는 결과에 대하여 구체적으로 보고된 바가 없는 실정이다. 따라서 이번 연구결과는 생리활성 물질을 탐색함에 있어서 해양생물이 중요한 천연자원이 될 수 있다는 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제36권9호
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• pp.1099-1105
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• 2007

오만둥이의 세포독성 효과를 알아보기 위해 신선한 오만둥이를 분쇄하고 동결건조하여 분말 형태로 제조한 후 시료 5 g당 메탄올, 에탄올, 아세톤, 물을 각각 100 mL씩 첨가하여 용매별 추출물을 제조하였다. 이 용매별 추출물을 대장암 세포주인 HT-29 cell에 250 ${\mu}g/mL$ 농도로 각각 처리하여 형태학적인 변화를 관찰한 결과 대조군에 비해 아세톤 추출물에서 세포의 수가 감소하고 그 형태가 응축되는 현상을 관찰할 수 있었고, 이 결과를 바탕으로 100, 250, 500 ${\mu}g/mL$ 농도로 MTT reduction assay를 실시한 결과 아세톤 추출물을 500 ${\mu}g/mL$ 농도로 처리했을 때 6%의 암세포만이 생존하는 것으로 나타나 형태학적인 실험결과와 동일한 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 아세톤 추출물을 헥산, 디에틸 에테르, 에틸 아세테이트 그리고 물로 분획물을 조제하여 대장암 세포주인 HT-29 cell에 250 ${\mu}g/mL$ 농도로 각각 처리하여 형태학적인 변화를 관찰한 결과 헥산 분획물에서 세포의 형태변화가 가장 크게 나타났으며 250 ${\mu}g/mL$ 농도로 MTT reduction assay를 실시한 결과에서도 5.1%의 암세포만이 존재하는 것으로 나타나 헥산 분획물이 가장 높은 세포독성 효과를 보이는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 다른 암세포주에 대한 영향을 알아보기 위해 헥산 분획물을 SW620, HeLa 및 MCF-7 세포주에 농도별로 처리한 결과, 250 ${\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 10% 내외의 암세포 생존율을 보여 높은 세포독성 효과를 나타내었으며 특히, HeLa 세포주에서는 생존율이 5.8%로 나타나 매우 높은 활성을 보였다. 이상의 결과를 종합하여 미루어 짐작해 볼 때 오만둥이에 함유된 불포화 지방산 등의 지용성 물질이 암세포주의 성장 억제에 중요한 역할을 하리라 생각된다. 따라서 오만둥이 추출물은 다양한 암세포주에 대해 활성을 가지는 해양생물로서의 잠재적인 가능성을 가진다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.214-216
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• 2006

Isorhamnetin from the aerial parts of Persicaria thunbergii has been reported to have anti-tumor activity mediated by the inhibition of farnesyl protein transferase. In this study, we investigated the anti-proliferation effects of isorhamnetin on NIH3T3, K-RAS, H-RAS and SW620 cells, and it showed anti-proliferative effects in a dose-dependent manner with $IC_{50}$ value 4.1, 7.9, 20.2, and $22.4{\mu}g/ml$, repectively.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.324-333
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• 2015

Lepisorus thunbergianus (Kaulf.) Ching has been used in folk medicine in Korea. In this study, a L. thunbergianus methanol extract and its fractions were investigated for their antioxidant properties. The results showed that the ethyl acetate and butanol fractions of L. thunbergianus possess potent DPPH radical scavenging activities. Both fractions also possessed reducing power and inhibited reactive oxygen species formation. In addition, the cytotoxic activity of the L. thunbergianus n-hexane fraction (HF) was investigated. The results suggested that the HF remarkably suppressed proliferation of human breast, liver and colon cancer cells. These results demonstrate, for the first time, that L. thunbergianus extract induces apoptosis in SW620 cells, suggesting that L. thunbergianus may have potential as a therapeutic agent for colon cancer.