• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2000

To separate ACE inhibitors from edible plants, spices, and herbs, 285 extracts of 95 sources were screened for ACE inhibitory activity. The extract of Sinapis alba L. had the most potent ACE inhibitory activity. Mustard seeds were crushed homogeneously and extracted with hexane and water successively. Lyophilized water extract was fractionated with $H_2O$:butanol(1:1). The ACE inhibitor was purified from butanol fraction by methanol precipi-tation, gel filtration, HPLC, and FPLC with Superdex peptide HQ 10/30 column. The active fraction has been purified to homogeneity, which was proven by gel filtration using FPLC system. The yield was 0.02%. The com-pound has a molecular weight of about 640. The compound competitively inhibited ACE activity and the $IC_{50}$ value was 79$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml. The purified compound showed uterus contraction activity in isolated rat uterus.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.39-42
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• 1997

돼지혈액의 혈장으로부터 ACE 저해제들을 분리 정제하였다. 돼지 도축혈액을 먼저 혈액응고방지제를 첨가한후 원심분리에 의해 혈장과 혈구로 분리한 다음 혈장단백질을 최종농도 4% TCA로 침전시켰다. ACE 저해제들은 TCA 상등액과 혈장단백질 가수분해물로부터 한외여과, 겔여과크로마토그라피, 역상고속액체크로마토그라피 방법으로 분리되었는데 $IC_{50}4값들이 각각 $2\;{\mu}M,\;23\;{\mu}M$로 측정되었다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.34-38
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• 1994

In order to investigate the structure-activity relationships of the stereoisomers of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, captopril and its derivatives were selected as model compounds. In vitro enzymatic activities of them depend on the symmetry at the asymmetric carbons. Especially, the alanyl carbon should have the S configuration to be biologically active. But the demethylated captopril having the achiral carbon also shows the activity although it is less active than captopril. Seven stereoisomers of captopril and its derivatives were chosen and their acidic and ionic forms were used for molecular dynamics simulations. Four computer simulations were practiced for each model compound in order to obtain the good condition for simulation to explain the experimental structure-activity relationships. From the computer simulation results, relativistic movements of three well-known pharmacophoric sites, carboxylate carbon, carbonyl oxygen, and sulfur atoms, were analyzed. Good results were obtained from the aqueous solution molecular dynamics simulation with ionic forms of model compounds. Active model compounds have the pharmacophoric areas of 6.08 to 6.38 $\AA$$^2$and the similarity in the geometrical data. But inactive ones have the largely deviated values of 4.51 to 4.87 $\AA$$^2$from those of active ones.

• 한국생물정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물정보시스템생물학회 2005년도 BIOINFO 2005
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• pp.249-255
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• 2005

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) is primarily responsible for human hypertension. Current ACE drugs show serious cough and angiodema health problems due to the un-specific activity of the drug to ACE protein. The availability of ACE crystal structure (1UZF) provided the plausible biological orientation of inhibitors to ACE active site (C-domain). Three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (3D-QSAR) models have been constructed using the comparative molecula. field analysis (CoMFA) and comparative molecular similarity indices analysis (CoMSIA) for a series of 28 ACE inhibitors. Alignment for CoMFA obtained by docking ligands to 1UZF protein using FlexX program showed better statistical model as compared to superposition of corresponding atoms. The statistical parameters indicate reasonable models for both CoMFA (q$^2$ = 0.530, r$^2$ = 0.998) and CoMSIA (q$^2$= 0.518, r$^2$ = 0.990). The 3D-QSAR analyses provide valuable information for the design of ACE inhibitors with potent activity towards C-domain of ACE. The group substitutions involving the phenyl ring and carbon chain at the propionyl and sulfonyl moieties of captopril are essential for specific activity to ACE.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.157-161
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• 2002

Thirty plants of the Compositae family were screened for inhibitory activity of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE). Among them, Chrysanthemum boreale Makino and Ixeris dentate Nakai were selected for further investigation since they had the highest inhibitory activity. Crude water extracts of the flowers of Chrysanthemum boreale Makino and the roots of Ixeris dentate Nakai were prepared by heating at 95$^{\circ}C$ and 6$0^{\circ}C$ for 2 hr, respectively, followed by centrifugation at 8000$\times$ g far 30 min. Crude extracts were then filtered using YM-3 and YM-1 membranes. The ACE inhibitors were isolated using consecutive chromatographic methods including: Sephadex G-15, ion exchange, FPLC, and reverse phase HPLC. The inhibitors were identified to have molecular masses of 204 and 283 daltons, respectively, by mass spectrometry. These results demonstrate that crude extracts of Compositae plants may be useful as functional food ingredients with anti-hypertensive properties.

• BMB Reports
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.459-467
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• 1998

A new set of functional group interaction energy descriptors relevant to the ACE (Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme) inhibitory peptide, QSAR (Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships), is presented. The functional group interaction energies approximate the charged interactions and distances between functional groups in molecules. The effective energies of the computationally derived geometries are useful parameters for deriving 3D-QSAR models, especially in the absence of experimentally known active site conformation. ACE is a regulatory zinc protease in the renin-angiotensin system. Therapeutic inhibition of this enzyme has proven to be a very effective treatment for the management of hypertension. The non bond interaction energy values among functional groups of six-feature of ACE inhibitory peptides were used as descriptor terms and analyzed for multivariate correlation with ACE inhibition activity. The functional group interaction energy descriptors used in the regression analysis were obtained by a series of inhibitor structures derived from molecular mechanics and semi-empirical calculations. The descriptors calculated using electrostatic and steric fields from the precisely defined functional group were sufficient to explain the biological activity of inhibitor. Application of the descriptors to the inhibition of ACE indicates that the derived QSAR has good predicting ability and provides insight into the mechanism of enzyme inhibition. The method, functional group interaction energy analysis, is expected to be applicable to predict enzyme inhibitory activity of the rationally designed inhibitors.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.757-763
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• 2006

Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have generally been very useful to remedy or prevent hypertension. This study describes the extraction and characterization of an ACE inhibitor from the fruiting body of Pholiota adiposa ASI 24012, which can be used as an antihypertensive drug. The maximal ACE inhibitory activity $(IC_{50};0.25mg)$ was obtained when the fruiting body of Pholiota adiposa ASI 24012 was extracted with distilled water at $30^{\circ}C$ for 12 h. After the purification of ACE inhibitor with ultrafiltration, Sephadex G-25 column chromatography, and reverse-phase HPLC, an active fraction with an $IC_{50}$ of 0.044 mg was obtained. The purified ACE inhibitory peptide was a novel pentapeptide, showing very little similarity to other ACE inhibitory peptide sequences. The molecular mass of the purified ACE inhibitor was estimated to be 414 daltons with a sequence of Gly-Glu-Gly-Gly-Pro, and showed a clear antihypertensive effect on spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) at a dosage of 1 mg/kg.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.321-329
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• 1993

수산자원의 기능특성 해명을 위한 연구의 일환으로 전통수산발효식품으로 널리 이용되고 있는 멸치젓갈에 함유되어 있는 angiotensin-I 전환효소저해물질을 추출하여 gel 여과에 의하여 분리된 획분들의 작용 및 특성에 대해서 살펴보았다. 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. ACE 저해물질의 추출 조건을 검토하기 위하여 가장 높은 ACE 저해효과를 나타내는 숙성 60일차의 멸치젓갈을 ethanol 및 acetone의 농도를 각각 10, 25, 50 및 $80\%$로 하여 추출하였을 때 ethanol 농도가 $50\%$인 획분이 가장 우수한 저해효과를 나타내었다. 2. 멸치젓갈 숙성중 시료액의 $50\%$ ethanol 가용성 peptide-nitrogen 함량 및 ACE 저해효과는 아미노 질소 함량이 최고치에 달하는 숙성 60일차에 최대값을 나타내다가 그 후 다소 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다. 3. Gel 여과에 의한 멸치젓갈의 획분별 ACE 저해효과를 검토한 결과, 획분 C 및 D가 가장 높은 ACE 저해작용을 나타내어 이들을 rechromatography하여 분리한 단일 획분인 C'와 D'획분의 $IC_{50}$은 각각 97, $65{\mu}g$로 나타났다. 4. 분리한 단일 획분인 C'와 D'획분의 아미노산 조성은 다소 차이가 있었으며, C'획분은 threonine, glutamic acid 및 lysine의 함량이 많은 것으로 나타났으며, D'획분은 serine과 proline의 함량이 많은 것으로 나타났다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1505-1511
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• 2004

Inhibition of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity is one of the common antihypertensive methods functioned by drugs such as captopril, lisinopril and enalapril to serve as inhibitors of ACE. This study was designed to compare the effects of enalapril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and GLM002, an oriental medicine, on tail systolic pressure, aorta and plasma properties in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) after 4 weeks of treatment. During the treatment, blood pressure was depressed to normal in GLM002 and enalapril groups. The treatments of enalapril and GLM002 were discontinued in 4 weeks. One week after the treatment stop, systolic blood pressure was smoothly increased in both groups; the increment of blood pressure was slightly greater in GLM002-SHR, but the increment of plasma ACE activity was proportionately similar in each group. In the aspects of the triglyceride, HDL and total cholesterol level, those levels were slightly different among each group. We also conducted clinical dosage of GLM002 to the patients who have mild and severe hypertension for approximately 7 weeks. Clinical treatments also showed remarkable efficiencies on blood pressure (systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure), complete blood count (CBC) routine, differ count (NEUTRO, LYM, MONO, EOS and BASO) and R-chemistry. We conclude that GLM002, like already proven enalapril, plays a role as an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, and can be suggested as a drug candidate for curing hypertension.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.737-742
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• 2000

대두발효식품의 기능성 탐색 연구의 일환으로 Bacillus natto 를 접종한 납두의 발효과정 중 고혈압을 유발하는 angiotension converting enzyme의 저해 peptide를 분리하고 저해효과를 검토함으로서 대두발효식품의 우수성을 입증하기 위한 과학 적 접근을 시도하고자 하였다. 납두는 Bacillus natto균을 이용하여 제조하였고, 2$0^{\circ}C$, 3$0^{\circ}C$, 4$0^{\circ}C$, 5$0^{\circ}C$, 6$0^{\circ}C$에서 0~72시간 동안 배양하면서 protein량, protease activity, ACE 저해율 을 측정하고 저해활성을 가지는 peptide를 정제 후 아미노산 조상을 분석하였다. Bacillus natto에 의한 납두의 발효시간이 경과함에 따라 protein 함량이 증가하여 4$0^{\circ}C$, 60시간에서 최대를 나타낸 후 감소하였다. 발효시간에 따른 protease activity는 4$0^{\circ}C$, 60 시간 배양이 최적의 조건이었으며, 최적 발효조건에 따라 납두를 제조한 후 20 mM sodium phosphate buffer(pH 7.0)를 가해 추출한 추출물을 Amicon membrane YM-3 filtration 과 Sephadex G-10, G-25를 이용한 gel filtration으로 부분정제하였다. 또한 정제한 peptide는 첨가함량이 높아질수록 저해활성은 높게 나타났으며, 1 mg 정도의 peptide 함량으로 74.74%의 저해율 을 나타내었다. 정제한 peptide의 아미노산 조성은 alanine(30.84%), phenylalanine(30.03%), histidine(20.24%) 순서로 그 함량이 높게 나타났다.