• 약학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.319-323
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• 1989

Polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNL) was obtained from peritoneal cavity in rat treated with casein. Effects of divalent cations and drugs on leukotriene $B_4(LTB_4)$ formation from arachidonic acid in the PMNL were determined by HPLC assay. 5-Lipoxygenase, a key enzyme for $LTB_4$ formation from arachidonic acid, exhibited $V_{max}$ at $1\;{\times}\;10^{-5}M$, and $K_m$ at $9.89\;{\times}\;10^{-5}M$ of arachidonic acid. Optimal $Ca^{++}$ concentration for the enzyme activity was $1\;{\times}\;10^{-5}M$ but $Zn^{++}$ did not show any significant effects on the $LTB_4$ formation. Indomethacin and caffeic acid exhibited inhibitory effects on the $LTB_4$ formation at $1\;{\times}\;10^{-5}M$ and $4\;{\times}\;10^{-5}M$, respectively. However, 6-aminohexanoic acid did not show any significant effects on the $LTB_4$ formation.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.359-365
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• 2003

간 및 간에 함유된 불포화지방산인 arachidonic, linolenic, linoleic 및 oleic acid의 철 이온 존재하에서의 headspace 산화 반응생성물을 SPME법을 이용하여 포집, 분석하는 것에 의해 간에 함유된 불포화지방산의 산화생성물과 간의 비린내 불쾌취 형성과의 관련성을 검토하였다. SPME fiber중 불포화지방산의 headspace 산화생성물인 휘발성 알데히드류, 알코올류 및 지방산 등 대다수의 화합물을 검출에는 PDMS/DVB fiber가 적합하였다. 간의 headspace 산화생성물은 arachdonic acid을 비롯한 간에 함유된 각 불포화지방산의 head-space 산화생성물과 일치하였으며, 간의 불쾌취 형성은 간에 함유된 불포화지방산의 산화로 생성되는 산화 반응생성물에 의한 것이 시사되었다. 간의 불쾌취를 형성하는 주요성분으로는, arachidonic acid에서 생성되어 간의 금속취를 형성하는 화합물로 생각되어지는 1-octen-3-one 및 hexanol과 linolenic acid에서 형성되어 간의 비린내를 형성하는 (E,E)-2,4-heptadienal이 그 원인물질인 것으로 사료된다. 산화에 의해 생성된 각 불포화지방산의 산화 반응생성물은 간의 불쾌취인 비린내, 금속취 등을 생성하며, 주로 arachidonic acid 및 linolenic acid의 산화에 의해 생성된 산화 반응생성물에 의한 것으로 밝혀졌다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.60-65
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• 2005

본 연구의 목적은 최근 DHA와 더불어 분유첨가제 등 기능성 신소재로서 수요가 증가되고 있는 arachidonic acid (AA)를 곰팡이 Mortierella alpina ATCC 32222를 이용하여 실질적으로 값싸게 생산할 수 있는 고체발효공정을 개발하기 위한 것이다. 본 연구에서는 회분식 심부 및 고체발효연구를 통하여 균체성장과 AA 생성에 대한 패턴을 조사하였는데, 심부발효에서는 포도당과 효모추출물을 그리고 고체발효에서는 농산 부산물인 저렴한 쌀겨를 원료로 하여 실험하였다. 심부발효 및 고체발효의 속도론적 관점에서 두 공정 모두 균체성장과 AA 생성간에 전형적인 mixed-growth associated pattern이 얻어졌다. 고체발효 배지의 최적화를 위하여 carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio를 6.5-20 범위로 조절하여 실험해 본 결과 쌀겨에 탄소원인 포도당을 첨가해 주지 않은 경우 즉, 6.5에서 가장 좋은 결과가 얻어졌다. 또한 sodium glutamate를 쌀겨에 소량 $(0-4\%,\;w/w)$ 첨가했을 때 보고된 문헌과는 달리 균체성장은 오히려 감소되는 경향을 보였으며, 고온에서 볶은 참깨로부터 얻어진 sesame oil $(7.5\%,\;w/w)$을 첨가했을 경우 AA 생산성은 약 1.2배가 향상되었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.18-24
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• 1993

In this inverstigation, the various flavonoid aglycones were evaluated for their inhibitory activities against croton-oil or arachidonic acid induced mouse ear edema by oral or topical administration. The compounds tested were thirteen derivatives of flavan-3-ol(catechin and epicatechin), flavanone (flavanone and naringenin), flavone (flavone, chrysin and apigenin), flavonol(favonol, galangin, quercetin and morin) and isoflavone (biochanin A and 2-carbethoxy-5,7-dihydroxy-4'-methoxyisoflavone), along with hydrocortisone, indomethacin, 4-bormophenacyl bromide, nordihydroguaiaretic acid and phenidone as positive controls. A(isoflavone) were found to show broad inhibitoty activities (14-52%) against croton-oil or arachidonic acid induced ear edema by oral or topical application at the dose of 2 mg/mouse, although they showed less activity than hydrocortisone (26-88%) or indomethacin (36-80%). Flavonoid agtlycones tested showed higher activity when aplied topically than by the oral administration. It was also found that they inhibited arachidonic acid induced edema more profoundly than croton-oil induced edema by topical application. In arachidonic acid induced edema when applied topically, flavone derivatives such as flavone, chrysin and apigenin were revealed to be the good inhibitory agents in addition to flavonols and isoflavones. When quercetin and biochanin. A were selected for evaluating in carrageenan induced rat pleurisy and biochanin both flavonoids showed antiinflammatory activity at the dose of 70 mg/kg by the oral adminis-tration. All of these results revealed that flavonoid aglycones, especially 5,7-dihydroxy-flavonols having hydroxyl group(s) in B-ring and biochanin A (isoflavone) possessed in vivo antiinflammatory activity.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.552-556
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• 2001

Histamine and arachidonic acid (AA) release was measured using the P2-purinoceptor antaongists, phospholipase $A_2{\;}(PLA_2)$ and cyclooxygenase (COX)/lipoxygenase (LOX) inhibitors to determine whether or not ATP-induced histamine release is associated with arachidonic acid (AA) release in rat peritoneal mast cells. ATP increased histamine release in a dose dependent manner, whereas adenosine did not. PPADS (a selective P2X-purinoceptor antagonist) and suramin (a nonselective P2X,2Y-purinoceptor antagonist) inhibited ATP-induced histamine release in a dose dependent manner. However, RB-2 (a P2Y-purinoceptor antagonist) did not block ATP-induced histamine release. Manoalide and oleyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (OPC), secretory PLA$_2$ inhibitors, also inhibited ATP-induced histamine release dose-dependently. Both COX inhibitors (ibuprofen and indomethacin) and LOX inhibitors (baicalein and caffeic acid) inhibited ATP-induced histamine in a dose dependent manner. ATP significantly increased [$^3H$]AA release by 54%. PPADS and suramin significantly inhibited ATP-induced [3H]Ph release by 81% and 39%, respectively. ATP-induced histamine release was significantly inhibited by a variety of protein kinase inhibitors, such as bisindolmaleimide, genistein, methyl 2,5-dihydroxycinnamate, W-7 and trifluoperazine. Overall, the results suggest that ATP-induced histamine release is in part related to the PLA2-mediated AA metabolism and P2X-purinoceptors.

• 고려인삼학회:학술대회논문집
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• 고려인삼학회 1988년도 학술대회지
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• pp.77-80
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• 1988

인삼의 효과는 인삼칠효설로 요약되듯이 각종 장기에 대하여 다양한 약리작용을 나타낸다. 이는 인삼의 약리작용을 중개하는 생체내 생리활성물질의 존재를 생각하게 되며 이같이 생리활성물질을 하나로 prostaglandin을 들 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 인삼성분이 prostaglandin 등 arachidonic acid 대사산물 생성에 미치는 영향을 실험함으로써 인삼의 약리학적 작용과 그 기전을 간접적으로 구명하고자 하였다. 즉 $[^{3}H]$-arachidonic acid를 기질로 넣어주고 토끼 신장 microsome, 소 대동맥 microsome, 사람 혈소판 homogenate 등을 효소원으로 한 in vitro 생합성과정에 변화를 주는 수종 인삼 saponin 및 phenolic acid 성분의 효과를 검정하였다. 실험에 사용한 인삼 saponin 성분은 panaxadiol, panaxatriol 및 protopanaxadio 계 saponin 류인 ginsenoside $Rb_{2}(G-Rb_{2})$, ginsenoside Rc(G-Rc) 및 protopanaxatriol 계 saponin류인 ginsenoside Re(G-Re) 이었고 이들 성분이 arachidonic acid로부터 cyclooxygenase를 통해 최종 대사산물인 prostaglandin 류를 생성하는 과정에 미치는 영향을 관찰하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. Arachidonic acid 로부터 생성된 총 cyclooxygenase 반응생성물 및 malondialdehyde의 양은 실험에 사용한 인삼 saponin 성분의 전 농도 범위에서 유의적인 변화를 보이지 않았는데 이는 인삼 saponin 성분들은 cyclooxygenase에 직접 작용하지 않는다는 것을 설명해 준다. 2. Panaxadiol (500 ${\mu}g/ml$은 $PGE_{2}$ 생성에는 영향이 없으나 $PGF_{2}{\alpha}$생성에 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않으나 농도의존적으로 $TxB_{2}$의 생성을 감소시켰고 6-keto-$PGF_{1}{\alpha}$의 생성을 증가시켰는데 이는 $TxA_{2}$ synthetase 억제제인 imidazole의 효과와 유사하였다. 4. G-Re는 $1{\times}10^{-5}g/ml$ 이하의 농도에서는 효과가 없으나 $1{\times}10^{-4}g/ml$ 이상의 농도에서 농도의존적으로 유의성 있는 $PGE_{2},\;PGF_{2}{\alpha},\;TXB_{2}$의 생성억제와 함께 6-keto-$PGF_{1}{\alpha}$ 증가를 보였다. 이는 prostacyclin synthetase를 자극하는 serotonin의 효과와 같은 작용으로서 prostacyclin synthetase 억제제인 tranylcypromine에 대하여 길항효과를 보였다. 5. $TxB_{2}$생성억제 작용을 나타내는 ginsenoside들의 효과를 뒷받침하기 위하여 인삼 saponin 성분을 전처치한 patelet rich plasma에서 혈소판 응집시험 결과, ADP로 유도된 혈소판 응집반응에는 모든 인삼 saponin 성분들이 효과가 없었으나 arachidonic acid로 유도된 혈소판 응집반응에는 $G-Rb_{2}$, G-Rc, G-Re의 순으로 농도 의존적인 억제현상을 보였다. 이상의 결과와 같이 인삼 saponin 성분들은 arachidonic acid로부터 cyclooxygenase를 통해 일단 생성된 endoperoxide에서 각각의 prostaglandin을 생성하는 효소, 특히 $G-Rb_{2}$는 $TxA_{2}$ sysnthetase에 강력한 억제제로, G-Re는 prostacyclin 생합성의 촉진제로 심혈관계 균형에 기여하리라 생각된다.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.21-29
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• 1996

Variation in triacylglycerols(TGs) and fatty acids in Fucus serratus was analyzed for a period of one year. TGs were more concentrated during the summer(2.8mg/g dw)and autumn(2.6mg/g dw) than during the spring (0,7mg/g dw)and winter (0.5mg/g dw). The dominant fatty acides in total liqid were palmitic acid ($C_{16:0}$, 24.1%), oleic acid (($C_{18:1}$, 22.4%) and arachidonic acid (($C_{20:4}$, 14.4%) but the dominant ones in TG were $C_{16:0}$(22.8%), $C_{18:1}$(36.4%) and $C_{18:2}$(linoleic acid, 16.4%). The levels of $C_16$ fatty acids were high in winter while $C_18$ in summer and autumn. The polyunsaturated fatty acids (UFAs) were more abundant in the $C_20$ series, while the UFAs of the $C_16$ were low. Especially, the amount of arachidonic acid ($C_{20:4}$, 14.4% of total fatty acids (TFA) was more abundant than that of eicosapentaenoic acid ($C_{20:5}$, 10.4% of TFA). The amount of $C_{20:4}$ and $C_{20:5}$,in TG was 9.2% and 4.8%, respectively. These UFAs in total lipid were thus higher than TG. Therefore, the synthesis of TG and fatty acid was stimulated by the alternation of emersion and submersion of thalli from sea water and eco-physiological conditions during summer: high temperature and light, and low concentration of nitrogen.

• 약학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.233-236
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• 1999

In order to clarify the anti-Ohyul activity of rhubarb, we investigated the effects of water extract from rhizomes of four different rhubarb on blood platelet aggregation induced by arachidonic acid, ADP, collagen and PAF in vitro. The cultivated Korean rhubarb rhizomes (Rheum undulatum) exhibited the most potent inhibitory action on the aggregation induced by arachidonic acid and also among the four fractions, stilbene components containing part showed strong inhibitory action. These inhibitory effect may partially contributed to anti-Ohyul activity of rhubarb.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2
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• pp.242.2-243
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• 2002

We have previously reported that activation of $K^{+}$-$Cl^{-}$-cotransport (KCC) by N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) induces apoptosis through generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in HepG2 human hepatoblastoma cells. In this study we investigated the possible role of phospholipase $A_2$($PLA_2$)-arachidonic acid (AA) signals in the mechanism of the NEM actions. (omitted)

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.350-355
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• 2009

Arachidonic acid (AA) is a polyunsaturated fatty acid that is a normal constituent of membrane lipids in animal cells. In addition to its role as a precursor of prostaglandins, AA itself may play an important role in the regulation of cell function. The effect of AA on functions of granulosa cells was investigated in pre-hierarchical small yellow follicles of laying hens. Immuno-cytochemical staining showed that AA ($10^{-7}-10^{-5}$ M) increased the expression of the extracellular matrix glycoprotein laminin, gap junction connexin 43 and protein kinase C (PKC). Therefore, mediated by the PKC signal pathway, AA may regulate the intercellular communication of granulosa cells and follicular development by increasing the expression of laminin and connexin.