• BMB Reports
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.112-119
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• 2000

Three kinds of serine protease inhibitors, members of the Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor, were purified from Dolichos lablab seeds and named Dolichos protease inhibitor 1, 2 and 3 (DI-1, DI-2 and DI-3), respectively. Each inhibitor showed a single band with gel mobility at around 15.9, 12.1 and 14.6 kDa on 20% SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions. To characterize inhibitory specificity, the inhibition constant (Ki) for these inhibitors was measured against several known serine proteases. All three Dolichos protease inhibitors (DI-1, DI-2 and DI-3) inhibited the activity of trypsin and plasmin, but had no effect on thrombin and kallikrein (either for human plasma kallikrein or for porcine pancreas kallikrein). DI-1 inhibited chymotrypsin most effectively (Ki = $3.6{\times}10^{-9}\;M$), while DI-2 displayed inhibitory activity for porcine pancreatic elastase (Ki = $6.2{\times}10^{-8}\;M$). Pre-treatment of the 33 mg/kg of DI-mixture (active fractions from $C_{18}$ open column chromatography that included DI-1, DI-2 and DI-3) inhibited the induction of pseudomonal elastase-induced septic hypotension and prevented an increase in bradykinin generation in pseudomonal elastase-treated guinea pig plasma. Also, the increase of kallikrein activity, by injection of pseudomonal elastase, was inhibited by the pretreatment of the DI-mixture in a guinea pig. Since the DI-mixture had no inhibitory effect on kallikrein activity when Z-Phe-Arg-MCA was used as a substrate in vitro, its inhibitory activity in the pseudomonal elastase-induced septic hypotension model might not be due to a direct inhibition of plasma kallikrein in the activation cascade of the Hageman factor and prekallikrein system. These results suggest that the Dolichos DI-mixture might be used as an inhibitor in pathogenic bacterial protease-induced septic shock.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.161-166
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• 2004

We investigated the antiplatelet effect of a newly synthesized guanidine derivative KR-32558, a sodium-hydrogen exchanger-1 (NHE-1) inhibitor, together with the elucidation of the possible mechanisms of action. KR-32558 concentration -dependently inhibited the aggregation of washed rabbit platelets induced by collagen (10 ${\mu}g/ml$) with an $IC_{50}$ value of 85.9 ${\mu}M$, but with much weaker potency against aggregation induced by thapsigargin (0.5 ${\mu}M$) or A23187 (5 ${\mu}M$). And had no effect on platelet aggregation induced by arachidonic acid (100 ${\mu}M$), thrombin (0.05 U/ml) and U46619 (1 ${\mu}M$) up to 100 ${\mu}M$. KR-32558 completely inhibited the $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ mobilization induced by collagen at concentration of 100${\mu}iM$. Taken together, these observation suggest that KR-32558 selectively inhibited collagen-mediated platelet aggregation by blocking the cytoplasmic calcium mobilization in addition to NHE-1 inhibition.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.55-62
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• 1997

Hirudin is a potent thrombin inhibitor originally derived from the medicinal leech. Leeches were commonly used at the turn of the century for bloodletting and are still used today in some countries. So, hirudin is being developed as a alternative to heparin which has several shortcomings. This study is intended to analyze R&D trends, potential market for hirudin and existing anticoagulant drug market. Anticoagulant drug market in Korea is estimated by over 1,200 billion won in 2010 and revenues in the world market are forecasted to reach 1.62 billion dollar in 1999.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1994년도 춘계학술대회 and 제3회 신약개발 연구발표회
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• pp.279-279
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• 1994

Fibrinolytic proteases, piscivorase I (PI) and piscivorase II (PII), were isolated from Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus (eastern cotonmouth moccasin) venom using gel filtration on Bio-Gel P100 and ion-exchange chromatography on CM-Sepharose. The molecular welghts of two proteases were approximately 23400 and 29000. Their isoelectric points 6.6 and 8.5, respectively. The partial amino acid sequences of PI were characterized by tryptic digestion. PI readily cleaves the A${\alpha}$-and B${\beta}$-chaln of fibronogen, but PII rapidly cleaves A${\alpha}$-chain and more slowly the B${\beta}$-chain, They were activated by Ca$\^$2+/, Mg$\^$2+/ and Ba$\^$2+/, but inhibited by Zn$\^$2+/, Cu$\^$2+/ and Mn$\^$2+/. Two enzymes were also inhibited by cysten, ${\beta}$-mercapto -ethanol, and by metal chelators such as EDTA and EGTA, but not by benzamidine, PMSF, soybean trypsin inhibitor and aprotinin. They did not act like thrombin, plasmin and kallikrein, using specific chromogenllc substrates. Two protease did not induce platelet aggregation. PI showed low hemorrhagic activity at dosage of 50 $\mu\textrm{g}$.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.490-495
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• 2008

Thrombophilia and hypofibrinolysis have been implicated in the pathogenesis of osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH). Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), a multivalent protease inhibitor, is an important regulator of the tissue factor-mediated blood coagulation pathway. Mutations of the TFPI gene can increase the risk of thrombin generation and venous thrombosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of TFPI gene polymorphisms with ONFH. All exons and their boundaries of the TFPI gene, including the -1,500 bp promoter region, were directly sequenced in 24 Korean individuals and four sequence variants were identified. These four polymorphisms [-51096 G > A (C-399T), -50984A > G (T-287C), + 24999A > G (Int7 -33T > C), + 37339T > A] were genotyped in 474 ONFH patients and 349 control subjects. The association of genotyped SNPs with ONFH was not found in the present study. The haplotype AAAT of TFPI was significantly associated with total, alcohol-induced, and idiopathic ONFH (p = 0.003, 0.021, and 0.007, respectively), and the haplotype GAAT was significantly associated with total and alcohol ONFH (p = 0.022 and 0.009, respectively). In addition, a new SNP + 37339 T > A in the 3'-UTR of the TFPI gene, was found in the Korean population. To date, this study is the first to show that haplotypes of the TFPI gene are associated with an increased susceptibility for ONFH. The results suggest that genetic variations in TFPI may play an important role in the pathogenesis and risk factors of ONFH.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.271-277
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• 1999

Safety evaluation of LB71350, a new HIV-1 protease inhibitor, was performed in mice, rats and dogs. For the general behavior of mice, LB71350 at an oral dose of 200 mg/kg did not show any significant effects on muscle tone and locomotor activity. In terms of central nervous system, at oral doses of 200 mg/kg and 1000 mg/kg, LB71350 inhibited acetic acid-induced pain response approximately 41% and 83% of control. respectively. At oral doses of 200 mg/kg and 500 mg/kg, it reduced the rectal body temperature in rats. Pentylenetetrazole-induced seizure in mice was slightly potentiated by oral administration of LB71350 at doses ranging from 200 mg/kg to 1000 mg/Ag. Single or five day treatment of LB71350 doubled the hexobarbital- induced sleeping time in mice at oral doses ranging from 50 mg/kg to 500 mg/kg. It did not cause any effects on gastric secretion and acidity in rat at oral doses of 200 mg/kg and 1000 mg/kg and also it did not change intestinal motility in mice up to 1000 mg/kg. Blood coagulation indices such as prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), and thrombin time (TT) in rats were not affected by the treatment of LB71350 up to 500 mg/kg. LB71350 caused no significant effects on the cardiac output, stroke volume, heart rate, and mean blood pressure when infused intravenously to the anesthetized rats and dogs. Taken together, LB71350 at high oral doses caused significant pharmacological effects on the central nervous system and the hexobarbital-induced sleeping time.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.165-170
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• 1995

The biochemical properties of the fibrinolytic protease of 50,800 Da isolated from the venom of Kgdistrodon blomhoffi brevicaudus were characterized. The enzyme hydrolyzed the carboxyl side of arginine in the synthetic chromogenic peptides, N-Benzoyl-Phe-Val-Arg-pNA and N-p-Tosyl-Gly-Pro-Arg-pNA, and the enzyme activity was inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride indicating that the enzyme belongs to the serine protease family. The pretense showed maximum activity at pH 7.5 and inhibited by ZnCl$_2$, CuSO$_4$, but not by soybean trypsin inhibitor, pepstatin A, 2-mercaptoethanol and EDTA. The fm value determined with N-p-Tosyl-Gly-Pro-Arg-pNA was 0.2 mM. The thrombolytic activity of the purified enzyme was evaluated by platelet aggregation test in rabbits. While the platelet count ratio in blood of the rabbits injected with thrombin alone declined from 1.0 to 0.6 within 7 min and maintained around 0.6 for 24 hours thereafter, the ratio rapidly recovered from around 0.6 to 0.8 in 1 hr, to 1.0 in 24 hrs when the rabbits were sequentially treated with thrombin and the purified enzyme. The result showed that the serine protease from A. blomhoffi brevicoudus of 50,800 Da had a thrombolytic activity in vivo and the enzyme might be developed as a therapuetic agent for the treatment of thrombic disease.

• 약학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.247-254
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• 1997

The proteinase-activated receptor (PAR-2) belongs to the family of seven transmembrane region receptors, like the thrombin receptor, it is activated by specific proteolytic clea vage of its extracellular amino terminus and a synthetic peptide (SLIGRL). The earthworm protein fraction (EPF) extracted from Lumbricus rubellus elicted dose- and endothelium-dependent relaxations in phenylephrine-contracted rat thoracic aorta, whereas heat inactivated EPF (0.5 ${\mu}g$ /ml) had no effect. In the presence of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor NG-methyl-L-arginine (1.8 micro M), EPF (0.5 ${\mu}g$ /ml)-induced relaxations were partially inhibited. Furthermore, EPF (0.5 ${\mu}g$ /ml) dramatically caused relaxation of thrombin-desenstized rat thoracic aorta. These results indicate that EPF activates PAR-2 in vascular endothelial cell. Intravenous injection of EPF (20 mg/kg, bolus) into anesthetized rats produced a marked depressor response. EPF (0 ~ 80 ${\mu}g$ /ml, gradient) was very effective on increasing of perfusion volume in rabbit ear vessel preparations. These results imply the usefulness of EPF as a vascular smooth muscle relaxant and indicate that the activation of PAR-2 may be a mechanism of EPF on hemokinetic improvement.

• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.124-128
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• 2017

국내 상황버섯 재배 종인 Phellinus baumii (PB, Jangsu sanghwang), P. linteus (PLK, Korea Sangwhang), 그리고 P. linteus HN00k9 (PLH) 자실체의 methanol 추출물의 혈소판 응집 억제와 ATP release 감소효과를 조사하였다. PB, PLK, PLH methanol 추출물을 전 처리하고 혈소판 응집촉진물인 collagen (2.5 ug/ml), ADP (10 uM), thrombin (0.1 U/ml) 처리에 50ug/ml에서 200 ug/ml 농도에서 50%에서 95%의 혈소판응집억제 효과가 나타났으며 ATP release 감소효과는 200 ug/ml 농도에서 ADP(10 uM) 처리 혈소판에서 60%에서 50%로 나타났으며 이는 Phospholipase C의 inhibitor인 U73122 (4 uM)과 calcium chelator인 EDTA (1 mM)에 비하여 20%이상 높게 나타났다. 본 결과로부터 상황버섯 PB, PLK, PLH 메탄올 추출물은 심혈관계질병을 예방 하는 유용한 소재로 활용 가능 할 것으로 사료 된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제60권6호
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• pp.625-630
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• 2006

배 경: COPD 환자에서 흡연은 폐혈관에 직접 작용하여 혈관 수축, 확장 및 혈관세포 증식을 조절하는 매개물질을 분비하여 혈관의 부적절한 개형 및 생리 현상을 초래하여 폐성고혈압을 유발한다. COPD 환자에서는 종종 급성 및 만성 폐혈전증이 일어나고 혈장내 응고전구물질 및 섬유소용해계의 표지자들이 증가되어 있다. 그러나 COPD 환자에서 혈액 응고계 및 섬유소용해계가 우심실 기능 장애에 어떤 기여를 하는지는 잘 알려져 있지 않다. 본 연구에서는 진행된 COPD 환자에서 multidetector CT scan (MDCT)을 이용하여 측정한 우심실 기능에 따른 혈액내 응고계 및 섬유소용해 계의 변화를 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법: GOLD 지침에 따라 COPD로 진단한 26명에서 심장 MDCT scan을 이용하여 우심실 박출계수를 구하였다. 혈액내 thrombin antithrombin (TAT) 및 plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)-1은 enzyme linked immunoassay 방법으로 측정하였다. 결 과: COPD 환자의 혈중 TAT는 $10.5{\pm}19.8{\mu}g/L$으로 정상인의 혈중 TAT $3.4{\pm}2.5{\mu}g/L$보다 의미 있게 증가되었으나 (p<0.01) COPD 환자의 혈중 PAI-1는 $29.6{\pm}20.7ng/mL$으로 정상인의 혈중 PAI-1 $25.9{\pm}17.9ng/mL$와 비교하여 의미 있는 변화가 없었다. COPD 환자에서 혈중 TAT는 MDCT scan으로 측정한 우심실 박출계수와 의미 있는 역 상관관계를 보였으나 (r=-0.645, p<0.01) 혈중 PAI-1은 우심실 박출계수와 상관관계를 보이지 않았다 (r=0.022, p=0.92). 결 론: COPD 환자에서 혈중내 응고계는 활성화되어 있으며 혈중 TAT는 우심실 기능 장애의 의미있는 표지자로 사료된다.