• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.429-434
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• 2004

The effects of intravenous administration of high concentration of taurocholic acid (TCA) on cathepsin B and D, and acid phosphatase activities in rat liver lysosome were studied. These liver lysosomal enzymes were determined from the experimental rats with choledocho-caval shunt (CCS). The activities of liver lysosomal cathepsin B and D, and acid phosphatase were found to be significantly increased in the CCS plus TCA injection group than in control group, such as group of CCS alone group. However, these hepatic enzyme activities did not change in the CCS plus tauroursodeoxycholic acid injection group. The above results suggest that TCA stimulates the biosynthesis of the lysosomal cathepsin B and D, and acid phosphatase in the liver.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2005

유근피의 ethanol 추출 약침액 (EE-UD)과 수욕 약침액 (WE-UD)은 cathepsin K 와 L의 우수한 억제물로 밝혀졌다. WE-UD는 IC50 수치가 5.32 ${\square}g$/ml일때 cathepsin K를 억제하였고 6.34 ${\square}g$/ml일때 cathepsin L을 억제하였다. 그러나 EE-UD는 cathepsin K와 L을 1.45 ${\square}g$/ml와 2.43 ${\square}g$/ml 수준에서 억제 활동을 보여 WE-UD보다 많은 유의성을 보였다. EE-VD는 0.8 ${\square}g$/ml의 Ki 수치로 cathepsin K에 대하여 우수한 억제물임을 관찰할 수 있었다. 이러한 활동은 분석실험에서도 pH 7.0의 glutathione와 같이 작용하였을때 10배로 늘어났다. 또한 이는 GSH thiolate 음이온의 조합을 지원하므로서 이러한 유효성의 증가는 아마도 효소의 활동 장소로 향한 약침액 배합들의 향상된 화학 작용으로 인한 것으로 사료되었다. WE-UD는 시간 의존적 억제 성을 보임으로서 실험과정 중에 불변의 cathepsin K의 분열과 합성 속도를 알 수 있게 해주었다. 마지막으로 EE-UD는 실험용 쥐의 파골세포와 설치류의 골이 관련된 실험에서 골 재흡수성을 억제함이 입증되었다. WE-UD는 cathepsin K 와 L, 그리고 골의 collagen에서의 단백질 분해를 억제하는 작용이 있음을 증명하였다. 이와 같은 결과들은 cathepsin K로 인하여 유발된 골 손상의 진행을 예방해주는데 효과적인 것임을 강력히 시사하였으며 또한 골수세포들의 골 재흡수 활동에 효과적인 것이라는 결론을 얻었다.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.221-229
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• 2013

Cathepsins are members of the multigene family of lysosomal cysteine proteinases and have regulated function in several life processes. The potential role of cathepsin F cysteine gene was expected as protease in the yolk processing mechanism during early developmental stage, but expression analysis was unknown after fertilization. The alignment analysis showed that amino acid sequence of cathepsin F from olive flounder liver expressed sequence tag (EST) homologous to cathepsin F of other known cathepsin F sequences with 87-98% identity. In this study, we examined the gene expression analysis of cathepsin F in various tissues at variety age flounder. Tissue distribution of the cathepsin F mRNA has been shown to be ubiquitous and constitutive pattern regardless of age in each group, although derived from cDNA library using liver sample. The mRNA level of cathepsin F more increased as developmental proceed during embryogenesis and early developmental stage, especially increased in the blastula, hatching stage and 3 days post hatching (dph). As a result, it may suggest that the proteolysis of yolk proteins (YPs) has been implicated as a mechanism for nutrient supply during early larval stages in olive flounder.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.415-425
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• 2020

It is believed that two main proteolytic systems are involved in the tenderization of meat: the cathepsins and the calpains. Many researchers consider the calpain system to be the major contributor to meat tenderness during post-mortem storage. However, the role and activity of cathepsins during post-mortem storage or low temperature meat processing is unclear, particularly for the tough meat cuts like brisket. Thus, the study was designed to investigate the effects of cold (refrigerated and frozen) storage and sous vide processing on the activities of cathepsin B, H, and L in beef brisket. There were no significant changes in pH and cathepsin H activity throughout the 18 d of storage at both temperatures. However, an increase in cathepsin B activity was observed during the first 4 d at both storage temperatures, but subsequently the activity remained unchanged. Cathepsins B and L were found to be more heat stable at sous vide temperatures (50℃ for 24 h, 55℃ for 5 h and at 60℃ and 70℃ for 1 h) compared to cathepsin H. Cathepsin B+L activity was found to increase after sous vide cooking at 50℃ for 1 h but decreased to about 47% relative to the uncooked control after 24 h of cooking. These results suggest that cathepsins B and L may contribute to the improved meat tenderness usually seen in sous vide cooked brisket meat.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.275-281
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• 2005

우슬이 민간요법으로 관절염 치료에 우수한 한약재로 알려진 바 우슬 추출물이 cathepsin B 에 대한 저해력을 검토하기 위하여 각종 용매로 우슬 추출물을 순차 분획하고 분획 추출물에 대하여 cathepsin B에 대한 저해활성을 검토하였으며 우슬의 지표물질인 20-hydroxy ecdysone이 추출분획에 검출되는지 TLC 및 HPLC를 이용하여 분석하였으며 우슬의 지표물질이 cathepsin B에 대한 저해활성여부를 확인한바 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 우슬 뿌리에 대해 methanol/water(4:1, v/v) 추출물을 ethyl acetate, chloroform, chloroform/methanol(3:1, v/v), methanol의 각 용매로 분획한 결과, 분획 F4(methanol 분획)에서 수율이 가장 높아 $8.27\%$를 나타내었다. 각 분획별에 따라 cathepsin B에 대한 저해활성을 측정한 결과 F4분획물에서 가장 저해활성이 높았으며 F1분획에서도 높은 저해활성을 나타내었다. F4분획물 중 우슬의 지표물질인 20-hydroxy ecdysone이 검출되었으며 우슬에 함유되어있는 함량은 $0.33\%$이었다. 20-hydroxy ecdysone에 대하여 cathepsin B저해활성을 보기 위하여 cathepsin B저해활성제로 알려진 leupeptin과 활성을 비교해본 결과 기질을 BANA로 사용하였을 경우 leupeptin은 저해율이 $92\%$인데 비하여 20- hydroxy ecdysone은 $88\%$이었으며 F4분획물은 $97\%$를 나타내었고 기질을 CLN으로 사용하였을 경우 leupeptin은 저해율이 $62\%$인데 비하여 20-hydroxy ecdysone은 $36\%$이었으며 F4추출물은 $67\%$를 나타내었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권21호
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• pp.9511-9515
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• 2014

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a cancer of the bile duct epithelial cells. The highest incidence rate of CCA with a poor prognosis and poor response to chemotherapy is found in Southeast Asian countries, especially in northeastern Thailand and Lao PDR. Cathepsin B is a lysosomal cysteine protease which is regulated by cysteine proteinase inhibitors such as cystatin C. Elevation of cathepsin B levels in biological fluid has been observed in patients with inflammatory diseases and many cancers. We aimed to investigate the serum cathepsin B and cystatin C levels of CCA patients to evaluate the feasibility of using cathepsin B and cystatin C as markers for the diagnosis of CCA. Fifty-six sera from CCA patients, 17 with benign biliary diseases (BBD) and 13 from controls were collected and the cathepsin B and cystatin C levels were determined. In addition, cathepsin B expression was investigated immunohistochemically for 9 matched-pairs of cancerous and adjacent tissues of CCA patients. Serum cathepsin B, but not cystatin C, was significantly higher in CCA and BBD patient groups compared to that in the control group. Consistently, all cancerous tissues strongly expressed cathepsin B while adjacent tissues were negative in 7 out of 9 cases. In contrast, serum cystatin C levels were comparable between CCA and control groups, although serum cystatin C levels in the BBD group was higher than that in the control or CCA groups. When the serum cathepsin B to cystatin C ratio was calculated, that of the CCA group was significantly higher than that of the control group, and, although statistically not significant, the ratio of CCA group showed a trend to be higher than that of the BBD group. Thus, the cathepsin B to cystatin C ratio might be used as an alternative marker for aiding diagnosis of CCA.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.35-40
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• 2008

고농도 세포외 포도당이 치주인대세포의 integrin 발현과 cathepsin-B 및 -L의 발현에 미치는 영향을 살펴보기 위하여 사람 치주인대로부터 일차배양을 통해 얻은 치주인대세포를 1,000 mg/L 농도의 포도당이 포함된 배양액(대조군)과 4,500mg/L 농도의 포도당이 포함된 배양액(실험군)으로 나누어 24시간과 48시간 배양하였다. 그 후, RT-PCR을 통하여 integrin, cathepsin-B 및 -L의 발현을 평가하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 대조군에 비해 실험군에서 ${\alpha}5$ intergrin 발현이 증가하였다. 2. Cathepsin-B는 24시간 배양 실험군에서 발현이 증가하였으나, 48시간 배양후에는 발현이 감소하였다. 3. Cathepsin-L은 24시간과 48시간 배양군 모두에서 대조군에 비해 실험군에서 발현이 감소하였다. 이상의 결과로 보아, 고농도 포도당 조건은 치주인대세포의 integrin 발현을 증가시키며, 이는 세포활성에 영향을 미쳐 치주조직의 재생을 지연시킬 것으로 추측된다. 또한, 이 과정은 cathepsin 발현의 감소로 인해 촉진될 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.333-340
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• 1997

An actinomycetes, KT-10 isolated from ginseng field in Kyongpook, Korea was selected based on its ability to produce a lysosomal cathepsin B inhibitor. The inhibitor purified from the culture supernatant of the isolate KT-10 showed strong inhibitory effects against cathepsin B as well as against papain when the activities were measured using synthetic substrate, ${\alpha}$-N-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-Iysine p-nitrophenyl ester (CLN) or ${\alpha}$-N-benzoyl-D,L-arginine 2-naphthylamide (BANA). The isolate KT-10 was identified as a species of Streptomyces based on its morphological characteristics and chemotaxonomic data. The TAXON program of Ward was used to identify Streptomyces sp. KT-10 as a strain of Streptomyces luteogriseus belong to cluster 18 of the genus Streptomyces with a Willcox probability 0.999388. The cathepsin B inhibitor was presumed to a novel material composed of a polyhydroxylamine.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2001

A strain of Actinomycetes producing cathepis B inhibitor was isolated from soil and identified as Streptomyces misakiensis. The product of S. misakiensis inhibited effectively cathepsis B proteinases as well as trypsin and papain. The cathepsin B inhibitor were largely produced with incubation for 4 days. The S. misakiensis was the most growth with incubation for 5 days. The cathepsin B inhibitor was isolated from the extraction of both with ethanol, ethanol and chlorofrom, and following several column chromatography such as sephadex G-15, silica gel 60 and sephadex LH-20 chromatography. The moleculer weight of purfied inhibitor was 138 dalton.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.565-572
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• 1995

The aim of the present research program was to develop a strain of actinomycetes producing extracellular cathepsin B inhibitor. Soil samples were collected from various sites in Korea and a number of actinomycetes were isolated from the soil samples by applying various physical and chemical pretreatments. An economical and effective method was developed for the screening of strains producing low molecular weight cathepsin B inhibitor, and consequently a strain (SMF28) among over 700 isolates was selected. Chemotaxonomic and numerical identification were carried out for the isolate. Fifty taxonomic unit characters were tested and the data were analyzed numerically using TAXON program. The isolate was identified as a strain of Streptomyces chromofuscus.