• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.405-414
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• 2015

This study examines the effects of purple Kohlrabi fresh and peel ethanol extracts on the antioxidative activity and antiproliferation of human cancer cells (Hep G2 human liver, HCT-116 human colon, and A549 human lung cancer cells.) The total flavonoid and anthocyanin content of purple Kohlrabi ethanol extracts were much greater in the peel than in the flesh. The DPPH radical scavenging activity and antioxidative index of purple Kohlrabi peel extracts were similar to those of the BHA and the BHT. Antiproliferation effects of purple Kohlrabi peel extracts on human cancer cells (Hep G2, HCT-116, and A549) strengthened in a dose-dependent manner. In particular, the antiproliferation activity of purple Kohlrabi peel extracts exceeded 40% in colon cancer cells. These results indicate that the purple Kohlrabi peel may contain bioactive compounds such as flavonoids as well as anthocyanin and that these compounds may facilitate cancer prevention.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.103-113
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• 2015

This study examines the effects of Korean Crataegi fructrus(KCF) and Chinese Crataegi fructrus(CCF) on the antioxidative activity and antiproliferation of human cancer cells(HCT-116 human colon, Hep G2 human liver, and A549 human lung cancer cells). The total polyphenol and flavonoid contents, and antioxidative index of the Crataegi fructrus ethanol extracts were significantly higher in KCF than in CCF. The DPPH radical-scavenging activity of the KCF ethanol extract was 82.26%(1000 ppm), and that of the CCF ethanol extract was 77.64%. Antiproliferation effects of 80% ethanol extracts of KCF and CCF on human cancer cells(HCT-116, Hep G2 and A549) increased in a dose-dependent manner. Inhibitory effects of KFC on HCT-116 and A549 cells were greater than those of CCF. The results suggest that ethanol extracts of Crataegi fructrus have antioxidative and hyperplasia inhibition effects on human cancer cells.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제38권12호
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• pp.1672-1678
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• 2009

유자씨 종피와 배유부분에 대한 n-hexane 및 ethanol 추출물에 대한 항산화활성, ACE 저해활성, $\alpha$-glucosidase 억제활성 및 항암활성을 살펴보았다. 항산화활성은 종피 nhexane 추출물(CSH1), 배유 n-hexane 추출물(CSH2), 종피 70% ethanol 추출물(CSE1) 및 배유 70% ethanol 추출물(CSE2) 가운데 CSE1이 가장 높은 활성을 나타내었으며, CSE1의 용매분획물 가운데 ethylacetate 층이 2 mg/mL의 농도에서 라디칼소거능이 73.81% 그리고 총항산화력이 56.64 mg AA eq/g으로 우수한 항산화활성을 나타내었다. 또한 ACE 저해활성과 $\alpha$-glucosidase 억제활성도 CSE1이 각각 31.63% 및 45.17%로 가장 높은 활성을 나타내었다. 각각의 추출물에 대한 유방암, 간암, 폐암, 대장암 및 전립선암 세포에 대한 증식억제효과는 모든 암세포에 대하여 5mg/mL의 농도에서 종피 ethanol 추출물(CSE1)이 가장 높은 암세포 증식억제효과를 보였다.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.857-863
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• 2010

기생초 꽃의 생리활성을 평가하여 천연물 유래 기능성 소재를 개발하기 위하여 에탄올 추출물 및 용매분획물의 항산화활성, ACE 저해활성, ${\alpha}$-glucosidase 억제능, 항염활성 및 항암활성을 측정하였다. 에탄올 추출물의 DPPH radical 소거 활성($IC_{50}$)과 ABTS radical 소거활성은 각각 $0.100mg{\cdot}mL^{-1}$ 및 3.427 AEAC였으며, 용매분획물 중 ethyl acetate 분획물이 각각 $0.034mg{\cdot}mL^{-1}$ 및 15.785AEAC으로 가장 높았으며, ACE 저해활성 및 ${\alpha}$-glucosidase 억제활성도 각각 40.96% 및 $0.125mg{\cdot}mL^{-1}$로 ethyl acetate 분획물이 우수하였다. 또한 에탄올 추출물, chloroform 및 ethyl acetate 분획물에서 세포독성 없이 효과적으로 NO의 생성을 억제하였고, 대장암 세포주에 대한 에탄올 추출물, n-hexane, chloroform 및 ethyl acetate 분획물의 $IC_{50}$값은 각각 0.208, 0.041, 0.142 및 $0.107mg{\cdot}mL^{-1}$으로 우수한 증식억제효과를 보였다. 이러한 결과를 종합하여 볼 때, 기생초 꽃의 우수한 생리활성을 이용한 기능성 소재로의 활용이 가능 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.354-362
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• 2006

Dietary flavonoids have attracted a great deal of attention as agents for preventing estrogen-related diseases, such as postmenopausal symptoms, and for reducing the risk of estrogen-dependent cancer. Kaempferol is one of the most commonly found dietary phytoestrogen. The aim of this study was to investigate the estrogenic and/or antiestrogenic effect of kaempferol, which can confirm its potency as a preventive agent against estrogen-related diseases. Kaempferol has both estrogenic and antiestrogenic activity, which are biphasic response on estrogen receptor. The estrogenic activity of kaempferol induced via ER-mediated pathway depending on $E_2$ concentration $(\leq\;10^{-12}M)$. Kaempferol $(10^{-5}\;M)$ also caused antiproliferative effect on MCF-7 cell in the presence of $E_2\;(10^{-11}\;M)$ and restored to the addition of excess $E_2\;(10^{-7}\;M)$, which confirms that antiproliferation of kaempferol was induced via ER-dependent pathway. However, at $10^{-4}\;M$, concentration higher than the concentrations at which the estrogenic effects of kaempferol are detected $(10^{-5}\;M)$, kaempferol induced strong antiproliferative effect, but were unaffected by the addition of excess $E_2\;(10^{-7}\;M)$ indicating that kaempferol exerts antiproliferation via ER-independent pathway. In particular, kaempferol blocked the focus formation induced by $E_2$, which confirms that kaempferol might inhibit the malignant transformation caused by estrogens. Therefore, we suggested that kaempferol might regulate a suitable level of estrogenic activity in the body and is expected to have potential beneficial effects in preventing estrogen imbalance diseases (breast cancer, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease and etc.).

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.682-689
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• 2014

본 연구는 모시잎의 건조방법에 따른 항산화 및 암세포 증식억제효과를 비교 분석하였다. 80% 에탄올로 추출한 열풍건조 및 동결건조 모시잎의 총 폴리페놀 함량은 건조방법에 따른 유의적 차이를 보이지 않았다. 반면 총 플라보노이드 함량은 열풍건조 모시잎이 동결건조 모시잎에 비하여 유의하게 높게 나타났다. 1,000 ppm에서 열풍건조 및 동결건조 모시잎의 DPPH 라디칼 소거능은 각각 77.74%와 77.29%의 비슷한 라디칼 소거능을 보였으며, Rancimat으로 측정한 열풍건조 및 동결건조 모시잎의 항산화지수는 각각 1.38과 1.32로 BHT, BHA 및 비타민 C에 비해서는 낮았으나 시료를 미첨가한 음성대조군보다는 높은 항산화력을 보였다. 위암(AGS), 간암(Hep G2) 및 폐암(A549) 세포에 대한 모시잎 에탄올 추출물의 암세포 증식 억제효과를 알아본 결과, 열풍건조 및 동결건조 모시잎 에탄올 추출물의 농도가 증가할수록 암세포의 증식 억제 활성은 농도 의존적으로 증가되었다. 건조방법에 따른 항암활성은 비슷한 경향이었으며 가장 높은 농도인 $800{\mu}g/mL$에서 80% 이상의 간암 및 폐암세포의 증식 억제 활성을 보였고, 위암세포에서는 75%이상의 증식 억제 활성을 보였다. 이상의 결과 열풍건조 및 동결건조 모시잎 에탄올 추출물은 in vitro에서 항산화효과와 암세포의 증식 억제효과를 보였고, 건조방법에 따른 모시잎 에탄올 추출물의 항산화 활성 및 암세포 증식 억제 활성은 비슷한 경향으로 나타났다.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2016

Molecular targeting for the altered signaling pathways has been proven to be effective for the treatment of many types of human cancer, including colorectal cancer (CRC). The dual phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor BEZ235 has shown to exhibit potent antitumor activity against solid tumors. Autophagy is a cellular lysosomal catabolic process to maintain metabolic homeostasis, which has been known to be induced in response to many therapeutic agents in cancer cells. This process is negatively regulated by mTOR and often acts as prosurvival or prodeath mechanism following cancer therapeutics. The current study was designed to investigate the antiproliferation activity of BEZ235 and to evaluate the role of autophagy induced by BEZ235 using HCT15 CRC cells bearing ras oncogene mutation. We found that BEZ235 decreases cell viability, which was mostly dependent on $G_1$ arrest of cell cycle via suppression of cyclin A expression. BEZ235 affects PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway by increasing the phosphorylation of AKT at $Ser^{473}$ and RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK pathway by decreasing the phosphorylation of ERK at $Tyr^{204}$. BEZ235 also stimulated autophagy induction as evidenced by the increased expression of LC3-II and abundant acidic vesicular organelles (AVOs) in the cytoplasm. In addition, the combination of BEZ235 with autophagy inhibitor chloroquine, a known antagonist of autophagy, counteracted the antiproliferation effect of BEZ235. Thus, our study indicates that autophagy induced in response to BEZ235 treatment appears to act as cell death mechanism in HCT15 CRC cells.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.802-806
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• 2007

There has been growing interest in the antioxidative and anticarcinogenic effects of vegetables. This study was aimed at evaluating the antioxidative and antiproliferative activities of 13 leafy vegetables consumed in Korea. New-beet and ornamental kale contained >1,000 mg of polyphenolics/100g fresh weight (FW), which was the greatest amount among the test vegetable extracts. Ornamental kale also contained the greatest amount (232.84 mg/100g FW) of flavonoids. With the exception of chicory, values of 1.1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2'-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS) radical scavenging activities showed similar trends. New-beet was found to be the greatest antioxidant among the test vegetable extracts. New-beet exhibited the highest antiproliferative activity (>60%) against all tumor cells. No relationship was found between antiproliferative activity and antioxidant contents or antioxidant activities among samples.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.274-278
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• 2015

Background: Steaming of ginseng is known to change its chemical composition and biological activity. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of different steaming time-scales on chemical constituents and antiproliferative activity of Vietnamese ginseng (VG). Methods: VG was steamed at $105^{\circ}C$ for 2-20 h. Its saponin constituents and antiproliferative activity were studied. The similarity of chemical compositions between steamed samples at $105^{\circ}C$ and $120^{\circ}C$ were compared. Results: Most protopanaxadiol and protopanaxatriol ginsenosides lost the sugar moiety at the C-20 position with 10-14 h steaming at $105^{\circ}C$ and changed to their less polar analogues. However, ocotillol (OCT) ginsenosides were reasonably stable to steaming process. Antiproliferative activity against A549 lung cancer cells was increased on steaming and reached its plateau after 12 h steaming. Conclusion: Steaming VG at $105^{\circ}C$ showed a similar tendency of chemical degradation to the steaming VG at $120^{\circ}C$ except the slower rate of reaction. Its rate was about one-third of the steaming at $120^{\circ}C$.

• BMB Reports
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2013

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) and telomerase are considered attractive targets for anticancer therapy. The in vitro anticancer activity of the gold(I) compound auranofin was investigated using MDA-MB 231 human breast cancer cells, in which STAT3 is constitutively active. In cell culture, auranofin inhibited growth in a dose-dependent manner, and N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), a scavenger of reactive oxygen species (ROS), markedly blocked the effect of auranofin. Incorporation of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine into DNA and anchorage-independent cell growth on soft agar were decreased by auranofin treatment. STAT3 phosphorylation and telomerase activity were also attenuated in cells exposed to auranofin, but NAC pretreatment restored STAT3 phosphorylation and telomerase activity in these cells. These findings indicate that auranofin exerts in vitro antitumor effects in MDA-MB 231 cells and its activity involves inhibition of STAT3 and telomerase. Thus, auranofin shows potential as a novel anticancer drug that targets STAT3 and telomerase.