• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제61권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 산양삼 지상부(줄기, 잎)의 동결건조물 함량을 달리하여 열수 추출물과 70% 에탄올 추출물을 제조하고, 항산화, 피부 미백 및 주름 개선 활성을 측정하여 미용 식품의 원료로 사용하기 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 산양삼 지상부열수, 에탄올 추출물은 $200{\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 DPPH radical 저해율은 각각 16.69, 2.18%를 나타내었고, ABTS radical 저해율은 각각 4.04, 3.25%를 나타내었다. $200{\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 열수 및 에탄올 추출물의 PF가 각각 1.06, 1.09 PF를 나타내었고, TBARs는 모두 96% 정도의 활성을 나타내었다. PF와 TBARs가 DPPH와 ABTS 보다 우수한 활성을 나타낸 것을 통하여 산양삼 지상부 추출물은 지용성 물질에 대한 항산화능이 더 뛰어나다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 열수 및 에탄올 추출물의 elastase와 collagenase 저해율은 $200{\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 각각 15.71, 32.26% 그리고 20.43, 86.74%를 나타내었다. Tyrosinase 저해율은 $200{\mu}g/mL$의 농도에서 각각 10.97, 52.39%를 나타내었다. 이러한 결과에 따라 산양삼 지상부 추출물의 주름 개선 효과가 특히나 우수한 것을 알 수 있었으며, 피부의 주름을 개선시키는 새로운 미용 식품의 원료로서 사용이 가능할 것으로 기대된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.622-632
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• 2022

본 연구는 많은 만병초의 종류 중 울릉도 만병초와 운금 만병초를 중심으로 주름개선 활성 검증을 통해 기능성 화장품 소재로서의 응용 가능성을 확인하고자 하였다. 울릉도와 운금 만병초 추출물의 tyrosinase 저해활성 측정 결과 1,000 ㎍/ml의 농도에서 울릉도 만병초 추출물은 32.6%의 저해능을, 운금 만병초 추출물은 39.3%의 억제활성을 나타내었다. 또한 두 가지 추출물의 elastase 저해활성을 알아본 결과, 농도 의존적으로 활성을 억제하였으며 1,000 ㎍/ml에서 28.3%, 36.2%의 억제활성을 확인할 수 있었다. Collagenase 저해활성을 측정한 결과, 울릉도 및 운금 만병초 추출물 1,000 ㎍/ml의 농도에서 각각 77.7%, 80.7%의 우수한 저해활성을 확인할 수 있었다. 만병초 추출물들의 주름개선 활성을 알아보기 위해, 섬유아세포인 CCD-986Sk의 세포 생존율을 MTT assay에 의해 확인한 결과 울릉도와 운금 만병초 추출물 모두 모든 농도구간에서 80% 이상의 생존율을 보였으며, 이하의 실험은 100%에 가까운 생존율을 나타낸 25, 50, 100 ㎍/ml의 농도구간으로 설정하여 진행하였다. Western blot을 통해 주름개선 관련 인자인 MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-3의 단백질 발현양을 측정한 결과 두 추출물 모두 농도가 증가함에 따라 발현양이 감소하였으며, 100 ㎍/ml의 농도에서 울릉도 만병초는 67.2%, 65.5%, 13.6%, 운금 만병초는 89.1%, 85.0%, 62.7%의 발현양을 나타내었다. Reverse transcription-PCR을 통해 동일한 인자의 mRNA 발현양을 측정한 결과, 울릉도와 운금 만병초 추출물 모두 농도 의존적으로 발현양이 감소되었으며, 100 ㎍/ml의 농도에서 울릉도 만병초는 70.1%, 9.1%, 37.9%, 운금 만병초는 38.2%, 8.3%, 57.3%의 발현양을 나타내었고 MMP-3 인자에서 대조군에 비해 우수한 mRNA 발현 억제율을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과로 울릉도 만병초와 운금 만병초의 주름개선 활성을 검증함으로써 기능성 화장품 소재로써의 이용 가치를 확인할 수 있었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.406-413
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 기능성 화장품 소재로써 오이풀 뿌리 추출물의 다양한 생리활성 및 항염증 활성을 연구하였다. 오이풀 뿌리 추출물의 항산화능을 알아보기 위해 전자공여능을 측정한 결과 농도가 증가함에 따라 활성이 증가하였으며 1,000 ㎍/ml의 농도에서 93.8%의 우수한 항산화능을 나타내었다. 또한, ABTS⁺radical scavenging activity 측정을 통해 알아본 오이풀 뿌리 추출물의 항산화력은 50 ㎍/ml 이상의 농도에서부터 99% 이상을 나타내었다. 미백활성 검증을 위해 tyrosinase 저해활성 측정을 시행하였으며 최고 농도인 1,000 ㎍/ml에서 37.7%의 저해율을 나타내었다. 오이풀 뿌리 추출물의 주름개선 활성을 알아보기 위해 elastase 및 collagenase 저해활성을 측정한 결과 농도 의존적으로 저해율이 증가하였으며 각각 1,000 ㎍/ml의 농도에서 84.9%, 90.3%의 저해율을 나타내었다. MTT assay에 따른 Raw 264.7 cell의 생존율을 확인한 결과 100 ㎍/ml 농도 이하에서 80% 이상의 세포 생존율을 보여 이하의 세포 관련 실험에서는 100 ㎍/ml 이하의 농도에서 세포 실험을 시행하였다. 오이풀 뿌리 추출물의 항염증 활성을 알아보기 위해 NO assay를 측정한 결과 500 ㎍/ml의 농도에서 50.8%의 저해율을 나타내었으며 오이풀 뿌리 추출물이 염증발현 억제에 뛰어난 효능이 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. Raw 264.7 cell에 오이풀 뿌리 추출물을 처리하여 단백질 발현저해를 확인한 결과 모든 인자에서 단백질 발현이 농도 의존적으로 저해됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 오이풀 뿌리가 항산화, 미백 및 주름개선의 생리활성과 항염 활성이 있는 기능성 화장품 소재로써 활용 가능이 적합하다고 판단된다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.246-255
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• 1996

연속식 3단계 막반응기로부터 각 단계별로 분리한 가자미피 젤라틴 가수분해물의 항산화성을 측정한 결과, 2단계 가수분해물의 항산화력이 가장 뛰어날 뿐만 아니라, 천연항산화제인 $\alpha-tocopherol$보다 $10\%$ 정도의 높은 항산화력을 나타낸 반면, 1단계 및 3단계 가수분해물은 $\alpha-tocopherol$보다 오히려 $10\~15\%$ 정도 낮은 항산화력을 보였다. 가수분해물의 첨가한 농도에 따른 항산화성은 유지중량에 대해 $1.0\%(w/w)$로 첨가한 농도에서 최대 항산화력을 나타내었다. 한편, 천연항산화제인 $\alpha-tocopherol$과 합성항산화제인 BHT와의 상승효과를 검토한 결과, 각 단계별 가수분해물은 $\alpha-tocopherol$과 우수한 상승효과를 관찰할 수 있었으며, 그 중 2단계 가수분해물의 상승효과가 가장 강하였다. 또한 항산화성이 가장 뛰어난 2단계 가수분해물로부터 gel column, ion exchange column 및 ODS column을 사용하여 항산화력이 특히 우수한 부분만을 분리한 단일 펩티드를 간세포에 첨가하여 세포생존율에 미치는 효과를 관찰한 결과, TBHP의 독성에 대해 펩티드 첨가구가 무첨가구에 비해 세포생존을 연장시켰으며, lipid peroxidation측정에서도 세포의 산화를 억제함으로써 세포의 생존율을 높였다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.73-77
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• 2008

Recent studies have documented that testosterone relaxes several smooth muscles by modulating $K^+$ channel activities. Smooth muscles of seminal vesicles playa fundamental role in ejaculation, which might involve testosterone. This study was aimed to assess the role of testosterone in seminal vesicular motility by studying its effects on contractile agents and on the ion channels of single vesicular myocytes in a rabbit model. The contractile responses of circular smooth muscle strips of rabbit seminal vesicles to norepinephrine ($10{\mu}M$), a high concentration of KCI (70 mM), and testosterone ($10{\mu}M$) were observed. Single vesicular myocytes of rabbit were isolated using proteolytic enzymes including collagenase and papain. Inside-out, attached, and whole-cell configurations were examined using the patch clamp technique. The applications of $10{\mu}M$ norepinephrine or 70 mM KCl induced tonic contractions, and $10{\mu}M$ testosterone (pharmacological concentration) evoked dose-dependent relaxations of these precontracted strips. Various $K^+$ channel blockers, such as tetraethylammonium (TEA; $10{\mu}M$), iberiotoxin ($0.1{\mu}M$), 4-aminopyridine (4-AP, $10{\mu}M$), or glibenclamide ($10{\mu}M$) rarely affected these relaxations. Single channel data (of inside-out and attached configurations) of BK channel activity were also hardly affected by testosterone ($10{\mu}M$). On the other hand, however, testosterone reduced L-type $Ca^{2+}$ currents significantly, and found to induce acute relaxation of seminal vesicular smooth muscle and this was mediated, at least in part, by $Ca^{2+}$ current inhibition in rabbit.

• Nutritional Sciences
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.144-150
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• 2004

We have investigated the effect of calcium spirulan(Ca-SP) isolated from a blue-green alga Spirulina platensis, which is a sulfated polysaccharide chelating calcium and mainly composed of rhamnose and fructose, on invasion of both B16- BL6 melanoma cells, Colon 26 carcinoma and HT-1080 fibrosarcoma cells through reconstituted basement membrane (Matrigel). Ca-SP significantly inhibited the invasion of these tumor cells through Matrigel/fibronectin-coated filters in a concentration-dependent manner. Ca-SP also inhibited the haptotactic migration of tumor cells to laminin, but it had no inhibitory effect on tumor cell migration to fibronectin-coated filters. Ca-SP prevented the adhesion of B16-BL6 cells to Matrigel- and laminin-substrates but did not affect the adhesion to fibronectin. The pretreatment of tumor cells with Ca-SP inhibited the adhesion to laminin in a concentration-dependent fashion, while the pretreatment of laminin-substrates did not. Ca-SP had no effect on the production and activation of type IV collagenase in gelatin zymography. In contraset, Ca-SP significantly inhibited degradation of heparan sulfate by purified heparanase. The experimental lung metastasis was significantly reduced by co-injection of B16-BL6 cells with Ca-SP in a dose-dependent manner. Seven intermittent ⅰ.ⅴ. injection of 100$\mu\textrm{g}$ of Ca-SP caused a marked decrease of lung tumor colonization of B16-BL6 cells in a spontaneous lung metastasis model. These results suggest that Ca-SP, a novel sulfated polysaccharide, could reduce the lung colonization of B16-BL6 melanoma cells in experimental metastasis model, by inhibiting the tumor invasion of basement membrane Matrigel, probably through the prevention of the adhesion and migration of tumor cells to laminin-substrate and of the heparanase activity.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.933-943
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• 1994

The present study was undertaken to determine the effect of tensile force on DNA and protein biosynthesis in bone cells, and to identify the cell type(s) which primarily respond to external physical force among the heterogenous bone cell populations. As a prerequisite for this study, two bone cell populations which retain fibroblastic and osteoblastic feature were isolated from fetal rat calvaria with sequential enzyme digestion scheme. Tensile force was delivered to each bone cell population by two acrylic resin plates connected with a orthodontic expansion screw during culture period. Rate of DNA and protein synthesis in each bone cell population were assessed by the incorporated radioactivity of $[^3H]-thymidine$ into DNA and $[^3H]-proline$ into fraction of collagenase-digestible protein and noncollagenous protein, respectively. DNA synthesis of osteoblast-like calvarial cell populations was increased significantly by the application of tensile force for 24 hours. In contrast, no alteration in DNA synthesis of fibroblast-like populations could be observed in response to applied force. Tensile force induced the change in protein synthesis of bone cell populations with the same pattern. Total protein and collagen synthesis were increased whithin 24 hours in osteoblast-like populations, but not in fibroblast-like populations by tensile force application. These findings indicate that physical force can affect cellullar activity of the particular cell population, not all cell Populations residing in bone and osteoblasts respond more sensitively than fibroblasts. So osteoblasts can modulate the behavior of other bone cells including osteoclasts by producing several local regulating factors of bone metabolism. In this context, preferential responsiveness of osteoblasts to applied tensile force observed in this study suggests that osteoblasts may play an important role in regulation of physical force-induced remodelling process.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.386-396
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• 1995

Interieukin 1${\beta}$ is a potent bone resorptive cytokine which mediates soft tissue destruction through the stimulatidn of prostaglandin production and the induction of collagenase. This constellation of activities suggests a role of IL-1${\beta}$ in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of herbal extracts on production and activity of IL-1${\beta}$. When LPS was added to cultured human blood monocytes, the effects of herbal extracts on the production of IL-1${\beta}$ was evaluate by thymocyte stimulation assay. When rHuIL-1${\beta}$ was added to cultured human gingival fibroblasts, the effects of herbal extracts on production of $PGE_2$ was evaluated by ELISA and when it was added to cultured mouse calvaria, the effects on bone resorption was estimated by .$^{45}Ca$-release bone resorption assay. The herbal extracts that had been used in this study were as follows; Asparagi Radix, Schzandrae Fractus, Zizyphi Fractus and Rhois Galla. The following results were obtained from this study. 1. All these extracts effectively inhibited the production of IL-1${\beta}$ on cultured human blood monocytes. 2. All these extracts effectively inibited the production of $PGE_2$ on cultured human gingival fibroblasts. 3. All these extracts did not effectively inhibit the bone resorption induced by rHulL-1${\beta}$ on cultured mouse calvaria.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.17-26
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• 1991

Single smooth muscle cells of the rabbit pulmonary artery were isolated by treatment with collagenase and elastase. Using the patch clamp technique, potassium channel activity was recorded from the inside-out membrane patch. The channel had a sin히e channel conductance of about 360 pS in symmetrical concentration of K on both sides of the patch, 150 mM, and had a linear current-voltage relationship. During the application of 10 mM tetraethylammonium (TEA) to the intracellular membrane surface, the amplitude of single channel current was reduced and very rapid flickering appeared. The open probability $(P_0)$ of this channel was increased by increasing positivity of the potential across the patch membrane, with e-fold increase by 20 mV depolarization, and by increasing the internal $Ca^{2+}$ concentration. These findings are consistent with those of large conductance Ca-activated K channels reported in other tissues. But the shortening of the mean open time by increasing $[Ca^{2+}]_i$, was an unexpected result and one additional closed state which might be arisen from a block of the open channel by Ca binding was suggested. The $P_0-membrane$ potential relationship was modulated by internal pH. Decreasing pH reduced $P_0$. Increasing pH not only increased $P_0$ but also weakened the voltage dependency of the channel opening. The modulation of Ca-activated K channel by pH was thought to be related to the mechanism of regulation of vascular tone by the pH change.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.357-363
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to compare the inhibitory effect of bevacizumab on human Tenon's fibroblasts (HTFs) cultured from primary and recurrent pterygium. Cultured HTFs were exposed to 2.0, 5.0, 7.5, and 15.0 mg/mL concentration of bevacizumab for 24 hours. The 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol- 2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide and lactate dehydrogenase leakage assays were then performed to assess fibroblast metabolism and viability. The matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), procollagen type I C terminal propeptide (PIP), and laminin immunoassays were performed to examine extracellular matrix production. Changes in cellular morphology were examined by phase-contrast and transmission electron microscopy. Both metabolic activity and viability of primary and recurrent pterygium HTFs were inhibited by bevacizumab in a dose-dependent manner, especially at concentrations greater than 7.5 mg/mL. Both types of HTFs had significant decreases in MMP-1, PIP, and laminin levels. Distinctly, the inhibitory effect of bevacizumab on MMP-1 level related with collagenase in primary pterygium HTFs was significantly higher than that of recurrent pterygium. Significant changes in cellular density and morphology both occurred at bevacizumab concentrations greater than 7.5 mg/mL. Only primary pterygium HTFs had a reduction in cellular density at a bevacizumab concentration of 5.0 mg/mL. Bevacizumab inhibits primary and recurrent pterygium HTFs in a dose-dependent manner, especially at concentrations greater than 7.5 mg/mL. As the primary HTFs produces larger amounts of MMP-1 compared to recurrent HTFs, significant reduction in MMP-1 level in primary pterygium HTFs after exposure to bevacizumab is likely to be related to the faster cellular density changes in primary pterygium HTFs.