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Low Microsomal Epoxide Hydrolase Expression is Associated with Bladder Carcinogenesis and Recurrence

  • Zhang, Zhe;Yu, Xiu-Yue;Zhang, Guo-Jun;Guo, Kun-Feng;Kong, Chui-Ze
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.521-525
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    • 2012
  • Microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) plays a significant role in the metabolism of numerous xenobiotics and is associated with several forms of cancer. Here, we investigated the role of mEH expression in bladder carcinogenesis, subsequent progression and recurrence. The expression of mEH was analyzed by Western blot in 50 bladder urothelial carcinoma and 20 normal epithelial tissues. There was a significantly higher mEH expression in the normal epithelium (P<0.05) and mEH expression was lower in high stage than in low stage tumors (P<0.05). Further, immunohistochmistry in 106 bladder urothelial carcinoma demonstrated mEH expression to be negatively correlated with histological grade, pT stage and recurrence (P<0.05). These findings suggest the important role of mEH in bladder carcinogenesis, cancer development and recurrence, providing support for efforts to develop mEH-based gene therapy.

Inhibitory Effects of Red Ginseng on Skin Tumor Formation Induced by Ethyl Carbamate Metabolites (에틸카바메이트 대사산물에 의해 유발된 마우스 피부 종양에 대한 홍삼의 억제효과)

  • 박광균;오상환;정원윤
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.9-16
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    • 2000
  • Ginseng (the root of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer, Araliaceae) has been used for traditional medicine in China, Korea, Japan and other Asian countries. It is most often used as a general tonic, and it involves a wide range of pharmacological actions, such as antiaging, adaptogen-like effect to foreign deleterious infringement, immunoenhancement, antistress, antitumor, and antioxidant actions. Red ginseng showed anticarcinogenic activity against various chemical carcinogens in mouse and cancer-preventive effect of human being as on mice in experimental and epidemiological studies. In the present study, we have found the protective properties of red ginseng against vinyl carbamate (VC) which is the proximate carcinogen of ethyl carbamate and its ultimate carcinogenic epoxides. Red ginseng exhibited dose-dependent inhibition on the mutagenci activities of boty VC in the presence of S9 mix and vinyl carbamate epoxide (VCO) without metabolic activation in Salmonella typhimurium TA1535. Formation of DNA adducts from VCO was also attenuated in the presence of red ginseng. Oral administration of red ginseng prior to the topical application of each of the above carcinogens and TPA treatment resulted in significant reduction in both incidence and multiplicity of skin tumors in mice. These results indicate that red ginseng possesses a strong chemopreventive effect against mouse skin carcinogenesis induced by VC or VCO.

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Half lives of Gaseous Organochlorine Pesticides in Atmosphere (대기 중에서 가스상 유기염소계 살충제의 반감기)

  • Choi, Min-Kyu;Chun, Man-Young
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • v.22 no.2 s.57
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    • pp.177-184
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    • 2007
  • Gaseous organochlorine pesticides (OCPs : heptachlor epoxide, p, p'-DDE, ${\gamma}-HCH,\;{\alpha}-chlordane,\;{\gamma}-chlordane$ and trans-nonachlor) concentration was measured using PUF high volume sampler from June, 2000 to June, 2002 in the semi-rural atmosphere. The OCPs concentration in atmosphere, which is estimated by the slope (m) of Clausius-Clapeyron equation and phase-transition energy $({\Delta}H)$, was influenced by revolatilization from environmental matrix (soil, water and tree leaves) and a long range transportation of air mass. But the former affected OCPs concentration more than the latter. The degradation rate constants (k) of OCPs calculated using multiple regression analysis and revised standard temperature method were in good agreement each other. The value of k of ${\gamma}-HCH$ was very low as -0.0007, but the range of k of other components were $-0.00l8{\sim}-0.0038$. The half-life $({\tau})$ which was calculated by k of ${\gamma}-HCH$ was 2.6 years-the longest one, but that of heptachlor epoxide was in 0.5 year-the shortest one. $({\tau})\;of\;{\alpha}-chlordane,\;{\gamma}-chlordane$ and trans-nonachlor in technical chlordane was 1.0, 1.1 and 0.7 year respectively.

A New Flavonol Glycoside from the Leaves of Boscia senegalensis

  • Morgan, Abubaker M.A.;Kim, Jang Hoon;Kim, Sang Kyum;Lim, Chi-Hwan;Kim, Young Ho
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.35 no.12
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    • pp.3447-3452
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    • 2014
  • Detailed chemical investigation of Boscia senegalensis (Per) Lam. ex Poir. led to the isolation of one new flavonol glycoside, rhamnocitrin-3-O-${\beta}$-$\small{D}$-(6"-O-E-feruloyl)-glucopyranoside named bosenegaloside A (1), with seven known compounds, rhamnocitrin-3-O-${\beta}$-$\small{D}$-(6"-O-E-p-coumaroyl)-glucopyranoside (2), rhamnocitrin-3-O-${\beta}$-$\small{D}$-glucopyranoside (3), 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenol-${\beta}$-$\small{D}$-glucopyrinoside (4), lasianthionoside A (5), 3,7-dimethyl-1-octene-3,6,7-triol-6-O-${\beta}$-$\small{D}$-glucopyranoside (6), syringin (7), and austroside B (8). The chemical structures of these compounds were elucidated from spectroscopic data and by comparison of these data with previously published results. The inhibitory activity of the isolated compounds on soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) was assessed. Compounds 1-3 potently inhibited sEH activity with $IC_{50}$ values of $12.8{\pm}0.5$, $18.4{\pm}0.2$, and $11.3{\pm}0.9{\mu}M$, respectively.

Batch Production of Chiral Epichlorohydrin by Enantioselective Hydrolysis Reaction using Rhodosporidium toruloides (Phodosporidium toruloides의 광학선택적 가수분해활성을 이용한 Chiral Epichlorohydrin의 회분식 생산)

  • 이은열;이재화
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.38-41
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    • 2004
  • Enantioselective hydrolysis for the producing chiral epichlorohydrin from its racemic substrate was investigated using epoxide hydrolase activity of Rhodosporidium toruloides SJ-4. The effects of reaction parameters including pH, temperature, initial substrate concentration on initial hydrolysis rate and enantioselectivity were analyzed and optimized. The addition of detergent, Tween 20, enhanced the hydrolysis rate and enantioselectivity. Chiral (R)-epichlorohydrin with high optical purity (>99% ee) and yield of 25% (theoretically 50% maximum yield) was obtained from its racemate of 20 mM.

Occurrence of Organochlorine Insecticides in Vegetable Oils Produced in Korea (한국산 식물성(植物性) 기름 중 유기염소계(有機墮素系) 살충제(殺童劑)의 잔류량(殘留量))

  • Lee, Su-Rae;Kang, Soon-Young;Kim, Yong-Hwa
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.216-218
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    • 1980
  • The appearance of organochlorine insecticides in 43 samples of refined vegetable oils including rapeseed, rice bran, sesame, perilla and corn oils produced in Korea in 1976 was investigated. Residue levels varied depending on the pesticide, oil source and production area. Gas-liquid chromatographic techniques were used to detect and quantify the presence of heptachlor, its epoxide, BHC, aldrin, endrin and DDT residues.

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Cure Kinetics of DGEBA/MBA/MN and DGEBA/MDA/MN/HQ Systems by Kissinger Equation and Fractional Life Method (Kissinger Equation과 Fractional Life법에 의한 DGEBA/MDA/MN계와 DGEBA/MDA/MN/HQ계의 경화반응 속도론)

  • Lee, Jae-Young;Shim, Mi-Ja;Kim, Sang-Wook
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.731-736
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    • 1994
  • Cure kinetics of DGEBA/MDA/MN system with and without HQ were studied by Fractional life method and Kissinger equation. And the effect of HQ as a catalyst was studied. As cure temperature increased, the reaction rate increased and reaction order was almost constant. The activation energy of the system with HQ was lower about 13% and the reaction rate was higher than that of the system without HQ. It was because hydroxyl group of HQ formed a transition state with epoxide group and amine group and opened the epoxide ring easily and rapidly.

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Curing Reaction of Noble Liquid Crystalline Epoxy (LCE) with Azomethine/Aliphatic Amine (Azomethine 기를 가지는 신소재 액정 에폭시 (LCE)와 지방족 아민의 경화반응)

  • Kim, Sang-Uk
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.11 no.9
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    • pp.786-791
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    • 2001
  • $\alpha$,$\omega$-Bis(4-glycidyloxybenzylidene-4-aminophenyl)methane (BGBAM) was synthesized from the initial materials, 4-hydroxylbenzaldehyde (HBA), 4,4'-methylenedianiline (MDA) and epichlorohydrin. The DSC trace for BGBAM shows two endotherms associated with the liquid crystalline phase transition around $104.2^{\circ}C$ and the isotropic transition around $171.2^{\circ}C$, and it also has a broad exotherm in the range of $178~300^{\circ}C$ due to the anionic homopolymerization of BGBAM. DSC curve for the curing of BGBAM with hexamethylene diamine (HMD) shows an endothermic peak around $93^{\circ}C$ attributed to the melting of BGBAM. It also has three exothermic peaks around $128.4^{\circ}C$ and $180.2^{\circ}C$ associated with the epoxide-amine reaction and weak peak in the range of $200~263^{\circ}C$ related to the anionic homopolymerization between the unreacted epoxide groups. The activation energy values of cure reaction by Kissinger method are 66.5, 67.3 and 90.6 kJ/mol for $T_{pl},\; T_{p2}\; and \;T_{p3},\; respectively$. The kinetic parameters by isoconverional method are similar value to those from Kissinger method.

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Characteristics of Medical Polymer Based on Epoxy Resin System -Cure Characteristics for DGEBA/MDA/PGE- DMU System by Kissinger and Ozawa Equations- (에폭시 수지계 의료용 고분자 재료의 특성 연구 - Kissinger 식과 Ozawa 식에 의한 DGEBA/MDA/PGE-DMU 계의 경화특성 -)

  • Kim, Jang-Hoon;Lee, Jae-Young;Kim, Sang-Wook;Sim, Mi-Ja
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.11 no.9
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    • pp.727-732
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    • 2001
  • The cure kinetics of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA)/4,4'- methylene dianiline (MDA) system with synthesized phenyl glycidyl ether-dimethylurea (PGE-DMU) was studied by Kissinger and Ozawa equations with DSC analysis in the temperature range of $20~300^{\circ}C$ To investigate the reaction mechanism between epoxy group of PGE and urea group of DMU, FT-lR spectroscopy analysis was used. The epoxide group of PGE reacted with the urea group of DMU and formed a hydroxyl group which acted as a catalyst on the cure reaction of other epoxide and amine groups. The activation energy of DGEBA/MDA system without PGE-DMU was 46.5 kJ/mol and those of the system with 5 and 10 phr of PGE- DMU were 43.4 and 37.0 kJ/mol, respectively. Ozawa method also showed the same tendency.

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