• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.610-615
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• 2010

Alcohol is the most widely psychoactive drug and has known in almost all civilization since ancient time. Recently increase consuming alcoholic beverages, alcohol is on of the major public health problems in the world. Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) play important roles in the metabolism of alcohols and aldehydes. The drink consists of medicinal herbs, Puerariae Radix, Phyllostachyos Folium, Citri Pericarpium, Polygonati Rhizoma, Rehmanniae Rhizoma (Vinegar), which have been widely used in oriental medicine. This study was designed to investigate effects of medicinal herbal drink (MHD) on alcohol metabolism in drunken SD rats subjects. In experiment, rats were treated to ethanol (EtOH, 3 g/kg, PO) at 60 min. after saline (CON) or MHD (1 ml/kg, PO) administration. The blood alcohol concentration (BAC), blood acetaldehyde concentration (BALC) activities of ADH, ALDH, AST and ALT were significantly decreased in MHD group than in control group as a time-dependent manner. And drinking water volume in MHD group with duplicate treatment, were significantly decreased than in CON group. These results suggested that MHD intake could give an influence upon the reduction in BAC and BALC may alleviate acute ethanol-induced hepatotoxicity by altering alcohol metabolic enzyme activities.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.2973-2978
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• 2012

Background: Cancer stem cells (CSC) have been described in a variety of malignancies, including breast carcinomas. Among several markers, aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1) has been identified as reliable for breast cancer stem cells. Knockdown of BRCA1 in primary breast epithelial cells leads to an increase in cells expressing ALDH1. Methods: We examined 127 breast carcinomas for expression of ALDH1, using immunohistochemistry and correlated with clinicopathological parameters as well as the BRAC1 status. Results: Comparing the results for both ALDH1 and BRCA1 expression showed a significant inverse association between the two, indicating that reduced BRCA1 was more often seen in breast cancer cells expressing ALDH1 (p-value = 0.044). A total of 24/110 (22%) of tumours displayed the ALDH1 + / BRCA1 -/low phenotype, which showed a trend for a relation with a high grade (p-value= 0.056). Cytoplasmic expression of ALDH1 was not correlated with tumour characteristics. Conclusion: Taken together, our findings suggest that increased ALDH1 is inversely correlated with decreased BRCA1 in a series of unselected breast carcinomas. Therefore, ALDH1 positive (cancer stem) cells with reduced BRCA1 phenotype may indicate a subset of patients for whom specific targeting of the CSC marker ALDH1 and more aggressive adjuvant treatment is appropriate.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.1636-1640
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• 2011

알츠하이머 질환은 인지능력과 행동능력 두 가지에 모두 영향을 미치는 진행적 노인성 치매증의 일종으로 정확한 발병기전은 아직 알려져 있지 않으나 환경적 요인 및 유전적 요인이 모두 중요한 위험인자로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 8주간 에탄올에 노출된 Aldh2 knockout mouse 뇌조직을 분리하여 알츠하이머 질환의 지표로 잘 알려진 아밀로이드 베타와 NF-kB 발현을 평가하고 이러한 변화가 ALDH2 효소의 활성에 따라 어떻게 달라지는 지 비교하였다. 그 결과, 8주간 에탄올을 경구 투여한 마우스에서 ALDH2 효소의 활성에 따른 NF-kB 농도의 차이는 확인할 수 없었으나, ALDH2 효소 활성은 알코올 노출에 의한 해마조직의 아밀로이드 베타 축적에서 중요한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 이러한 결과는 ALDH2 효소가 결핍된 사람이 결핍되지 않은 사람에 비해 알코올에 의한 알츠하이머 질환의 발생에 보다 민감할 수 있음을 시사한다.

• 한국키틴키토산학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.267-276
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 숙취해소에 좋은 것으로 알려진 식품 소재와 황칠나무 추출물을 복합하여 in vitro 및 in vivo에서 알코올 유도된 간 손상에 대한 보호효과를 검토하였다. HepG2세포에서 300 mM 알코올과 SBJ 혼합물을 처리하였을 때 농도 의존적으로 LDH 수치가 감소하였으나 황칠나무 추출물을 제외한 복합물인 SBJ-복합물에서는 그 효과가 유의적으로 낮아지는 것을 관찰하였다. In vivo에서 SBJ 혼합물의 보호효과를 확인하고자 흰쥐에 알코올과 SBJ 혼합물을 투여한 결과, 알코올 투여 후 1시간까지 급격하게 혈중 알코올 수치가 EtOH군에서 증가하는 것이 관찰되었으며, SBJ 혼합물 투여군은 유의적인 차이로 감소되었음이 관찰되었으며 또한 농도의존적인 경향을 확인하였다. ADH 및 ALDH 활성의 증가는 SBJ 혼합물의 알코올 분해 및 대사산물의 제거 활성에 기여할 것으로 예상된다. 뿐만 아니라, 알코올에 의하여 증가한 LDH의 농도가 대조군과 유사한 수준으로 유지하는 것을 확인하였으며, GST, SOD, GPx 및 reduced glutathione와 같은 항산화 인자 및 효소의 활성은 대조군보다 EtOH군이 유의적으로 감소했으며, SBJ 혼합물에 의해 개선되는 경향을 관찰하였다. 이를 통해 SBJ 혼합물은 ADH, ALDH 활성 증가 및 항산화 방어계를 향상시킴으로써 산화적 스트레스 감소를 통한 간보호 효과가 있는 것으로 생각되며, 이러한 간보호에 미치는 주요한 추출물은 황칠나무 추출물임을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 향후 숙취해소 작용을 갖는 신규 식품소재로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.157-161
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• 1998

The mechanism of active aldehyde-induced liver disease and the enzymatic basis of detoxification were investigated using normal rat liver cell, Ac2F. Aliphatic alcohols including l-decyl alcohol, l-nonanol, l-heptanol, l-hexanol, l-propanol and allyl alcohol exerted a dose- and time-de-pendent toxicity to Ac2F cells. The extent of their toxicities in buthionine sulfoximine (inhibitor of glutathione synthesis) pretreated cells was greater than in pargyline (inhibitor of aldehyde dehydrogenase, ALDH). On the other hand, the toxicity of these alcohols were not affected by 4-methylpyrazole (inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase, ADH). These results suggest that the contents of glutathione (GSH) seems to be very important in protecting the cells from toxicants such as aliphatic alcohols.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.141-145
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 알코올 분해능이 높은 기능성 치즈를 제조하기 위하여 L. kitasatonis, L. amylophillus, L. mesenteroides sub. 및 무화과 효소를 이용하였다. 각각 균주의 에탄올, 내산 및 내담즙에 내성이 우수함을 확인하였고, ADH 및 ALDH 활성도를 측정한 결과 10%의 무화과 효소를 첨가하였을 때의 ADH 활성도는 각각 $688.39{\pm}51.63$, $1054.98{\pm}79.12$, $825.28{\pm}61.89{\mu}mol$로 나타났으며 ALDH는 각각 $751.91{\pm}54.14$, $1209.93{\pm}87.11$, $891.09{\pm}64.16{\mu}mol$로 무화과를 첨가하지 않았을 때보다 각각 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 L. amylophillus 균주를 이용하여 치즈를 제조한 뒤, 10%의 무화과 효소를 첨가하였을 때 ADH 및 ALDH 분해능이 무화과효소를 첨가하지 않았을 때 보다 각각 252, 246% 증가함을 확인하였다. 결론적으로 무화과 효소를 첨가하였을 때, L. amylophillus을 이용한 치즈의 제품이 높은 알코올 분해능을 가지는 것으로 확인되었고, 이를 통해 기능성 식품의 제조로써 무화과 효소의 적용 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 약학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.78-83
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• 1996

An ethanol administration causes hepatic triglyceride accumulation in rats. To assess whether the herbal extract containing Phaseoli radiati semen(herbal extract) inhibit s the triglyceride accumulation in the liver, we determined the hepatic triglyceiide levels in rats fed ethanol and the herbal extract. In addition, the blood ethanol concentrations and the activities of hepatic alcohol dehydrogenase(ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase(ALDH) were measured to determine the effects of the herbal extract on alcohol metabolism in rats. The administration of the herbal extract markedly reduced the triglyceride levels elevated by ethanol in the liver as well as in the serum. The herbal extract remarkably lowered blood ethanol concentrations in a dose-dependent manner. The ADH activities decreased by ethanol were recovered to the normal level by the herbal extract treatment. Moreover, the ALDH activities slightly decreased by ethanol increased beyond the normal level by the herbal extract treatment. We conclude that the herbal extract inhibits the hepatic triglyceride accumulation and stimulates alcohol metabolism by preventing ADH and ALDH from inhbition by the ethanol administration in the rat liver.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.10-16
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• 1994

Effects of ginsenosides on the activities of bovine liver mitochondrial matrix ALDH and membrane bound ALDH were observed in vitro and it was found that both matrix and membrane bound ALDH were stimulated appreciably. The maximum activity for the matrix AkDH was found at the concentration of ginsenoside mixture being $10^{-7}$~$10^5$% and that for the membrane bound ALDH was at $10^{-6}$~$10^{-4}$%. It was also found that Km values of both ALDHS were lowered and their maximum velocity was increased. It was realized that the bovine liver mitochondrial matrix AkDH is Quite specific for the oxidation of low aliphatic aldehydes such as acetaldehyde and propionaldehyde. Therefore the increase of Vmax/Km value of the matrix ALDH in the presence of ginsenosides suggest that ginsenosides might stimulate the ALDH activity thereby resulting in the quick removal of harmful acetaldehyde from the liver to protect its toxicity.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.42-49
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• 2002

Objective:This study was to explore the relation of genetic polymorphisms of ALDH2 and CYP2E1 to clinical characteristics of alcoholic patients and alcohol induced liver damage. Methods:The genotype and allele frequencies of 128 male hospitalized patients who met DSM-IV criteria for alcohol dependence were compared with 128 healthy male control subjects. The genetic informations of ALDH2 and CYP2E1 were identified with the technique of polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism. The clinical characteristics of the alcoholic patients were assessed and analyzed in relation to the family history of alcoholism. For the relation of CYP2E1 genetic polymorphism to the liver damage, the blood levels of various liver function indicators such as ALT, AST, and protein were checked out. Results:1) The alcoholic patients with the family history of alcoholism had the earlier onset of age (p=0.001), the longer duration of illness(p=0.045), and higher NCA scores(p=0.018) than those without the family history of alcoholism. 2) Most alcoholic patients were homozygous for $ALDH2^*1$, compared to control subjects.(p=0.000) 3) There was no difference of CYP2E1 distribution between alcoholic patients and control subjects. However, alcoholic patients having mutant c2 allele showed higher alcoholism severity scores(p=0.004) and more hospitalizations(p=0.014) than those having c1 allele. 4) There was no relationship between CYP2E1 genotype and the functional abnormalities of the liver. Conclusion:This study suggests that $ALDH2^*1$ is highly related with alcohol dependence. Also mutant c2 allele of CYP2E1 is correlated with the severity of alcoholism and the number of hospitalization. But genetic polymorphim of CYP2E1 seems to have no relation to liver damages.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.79-86
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• 2015

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: It is well-known that alcohol consumption is associated with stroke risk as well as with aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 gene (ALDH2) polymorphisms. However, it is unclear whether ALDH2 polymorphisms are associated with stroke risk independent of alcohol consumption and whether such association is modified by sex. We evaluated sex-specific associations of a common ALDH2 polymorphism and alcohol consumption with stroke risk in a Korean population. SUBJECTS/METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort study involving 8,465 men and women, aged 40-69 years and free of stroke between June, 2001 and January, 2003, and followed for the development of stroke. We identified new cases of stroke, which were self-reported or ascertained from vital registration data. Based on genome-wide association data, we selected a single-nucleotide polymorphism (rs2074356), which shows high linkage disequilibrium with the functional polymorphism of ALDH2. We conducted Cox proportional hazards regression analysis considering potential risk factors collected from a baseline questionnaire. RESULTS: Over the median follow-up of 8 years, 121 cases of stroke were identified. Carrying the wild-type allele of the ALDH2 polymorphism increased stroke risk among men. The multivariate hazard ratio [95% confidence interval] of stroke was 2.02 [1.03-3.99] for the wild-type allele compared with the mutant alleles, but the association was attenuated after controlling for alcohol consumption. Combinations of the wild-type allele and other risk factors of stroke, such as old age, diabetes mellitus, and habitual snoring, synergistically increased the risk among men. Among women, however, the ALDH2 polymorphism was not associated with stroke risk. CONCLUSIONS: The prospective cohort study showed a significant association between a common ALDH2 polymorphism and stroke risk in Korean men, but not in Korean women, and also demonstrated that men with genetic disadvantages gain more risk when having risk factors of stroke. Thus, these men may need to make more concerted efforts to control modifiable risk factors of stroke.