• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1302-1310
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• 2005

Glucosylated polyethylenimine (GPEI) was synthesized as a tumor-targeting gene carrier through facilitative glucose metabolism by tumor glucose transporter. Particle sizes of GPEI/DNA complex increased in proportion to glucose content of GPEI, whereas surface charge of the complex was not dependent on glucosylation, partially due to inefficient shielding of the short hydrophilic group introduced. GPEI with higher glucosylation (36 mol-$\%$) had no cytotoxic effect on cells even at polymer concentrations higher than 200 $\mu$g/mL. Compared to unglucosylated PEl. glucosylation induced less than one-order decrease of transfection efficiency. Transfection of GPEI/DNA complex into tumor cells possibly occurred through specific interaction between glucose-related cell receptors and glucose moiety of GPEI. Gamma imaging technique revealed GPEI/DNA complex was distributed in liver. spleen. and tumors.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.71-74
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• 1997

Cell suspension cultures of Solanum mammosum transformed inoculated salicyl alcohol into salicin $(salicyl\;alcohol\;2-0-{\beta}-D-glucopyranoside)$. The highest level of salicin (59.3 mg/flask) in the cells was formed within 3 days after inoculating with salicyl alcohol (50 mg /flask containing 50 ml medium). The glucosylation capability of salicyl alcohol by cell suspension cultures of S. mammosum was relatively higher than that reported previously.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.1154-1163
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• 2024

Glucosylation is a well-known approach to improve the solubility, pharmacological, and biological properties of flavonoids, making flavonoid glucosides a target for large-scale biosynthesis. However, the low yield of products coupled with the requirement of expensive UDP-sugars limits the application of enzymatic systems for large-scale. C. glutamicum is a Gram-positive and generally regarded as safe (GRAS) bacteria frequently employed for the large-scale production of amino acids and biofuels. Due to the versatility of its cell factory system and its non-endotoxin producing properties, it has become an attractive system for the industrial-scale biosynthesis of alternate products. Here, we explored the cell factory of C. glutamicum for efficient glucosylation of flavonoids using apigenin as a model flavonoid, with the heterologous expression of a promiscuous glycosyltransferase, YdhE from Bacillus licheniformis and the endogenous overexpression of C. glutamicum genes galU1 encoding UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase and pgm encoding phosphoglucomutase involved in the synthesis of UDP-glucose to create a C. glutamicum cell factory system capable of efficiently glucosylation apigenin with a high yield of glucosides production. Consequently, the production of various apigenin glucosides was controlled under different temperatures yielding almost 4.2 mM of APG1(apigenin-4'-O-β-glucoside) at 25℃, and 0.6 mM of APG2 (apigenin-7-O-β-glucoside), 1.7 mM of APG3 (apigenin-4',7-O-β-diglucoside) and 2.1 mM of APG4 (apigenin- 4',5-O-β-diglucoside) after 40 h of incubation with the supplementation of 5 mM of apigenin and 37℃. The cost-effective developed system could be used to modify a wide range of plant secondary metabolites with increased pharmacokinetic activities on a large scale without the use of expensive UDP-sugars.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.703-706
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• 1998

The anticomplementary activity of stilbenes from medicinal plants in Korea was investigated in vitro. 3,5-Dihydroxy-4'-methoxystilbene (3) was most potent with $IC_{50}$ value of $1.5{\times}10^{-4}M$ followed by rhapontigenin (4), oxyresverastrol (2), 2,3,4',5-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-beta-glucoside (9), rhaponticin (8), resverastrol (1), and piceid (7). The activity was found to be increased by a methylation on a hydroxy group of C-4' of 1, but decreased by further methylation on hydroxy groups of C-3 and C-5 and glucosylation on any hydroxy group of 1. Addition of hydroxy group on C-2' of 1 or C-3' of 3 was little affected on the anticomplementary activity but the activity was increased by O-glucosylation on C-2 of 1.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.239-244
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 느티나무 심재부에서 단리한 7-hydroxy-3-methoxycadalene이 나타내는 세포독성을 경감시키고 물에 대한 낮은 용해도를 향상시킬 목적으로 반응물의 7번 위치에 존재하는 수산기를 친수성이 강하고 세포 독성이 없는 글루코오스로 치환시켜 7-O-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranosyl -3-methoxycadalene을 합성하였으며, 수율은 약 55%에 이르렀다. 7-O-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranosyl -3-methoxycadalene은 반응 전 7-hydroxy-3-methoxycadalene에 비해 물에 대한 수용성이 크게 증가하였다. 카달렌-글루코오스 유도체는 정상 폐조직 세포(WI-38 cell line)와 폐암 세포주(A-549 cell line)에 대한 세포생존율, 즉 반수치사율(IC50)이 각각 $298.2{\mu}m$과 $88.6{\mu}m$로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 7-hydroxy-3-methoxycadalene에 글루코오스 한 분자를 치환함으로써 폐암세포의 증식억제에 미치는 약리적 효과가 3배 이상으로 향상되었음을 의미한다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.298-304
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• 2018

The single-vessel multienzyme UDP-${\alpha}$-$\text\tiny{D}$-glucose recycling system was coupled with a forward glucosylation reaction to produce novel glucose moiety-conjugated derivatives of different tetracycline antibiotic analogs. Among five tetracycline analogs used for the reaction, four molecules (chlorotetracycline, doxytetracycline, meclotetracycline, and minotetracycline) were accepted by a glycosyltransferase enzyme, YjiC, from Bacillus licheniformis to produce glucoside derivatives. However, the enzyme was unable to conjugate sugar units to rolitetracycline. All glucosides of tetracycline derivatives were characterized by ultraviolet absorbance maxima, ultra-pressure liquid chromatography coupled with photodiode array, and high-resolution quadruple time-of-flight electrospray mass spectrometry analyses. These synthesized glucosides are novel tetracycline derivatives.

• BMB Reports
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.870-874
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• 2007

We cloned a uridine-diphosphate dependent glycosyl-transferase RUGT-10 from Oryza sativa. The recombinant enzyme was expressed by glutathione-S transferase gene fusion system in Escherichia coli. RUGT10 showed different regioselectivity depending on the structures of substrates (e.g. flavanone, flavonol, and flavone). Apparently, flavanone such as naringenin and eriodictyol gave one 7-O-glucoside while flavone and flavonol gave more than two products with preferential glucosylation position of hydroxyl group at C-3 position.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.651-658
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• 1994

For the production of digoxin by using biotransformation in suspension-cultured Digita- lis lanata cells, a two-stage culture process was optimized. Modified Murashige and Skoog medium was used for growth in the first stage and the cells were transferred to glucose solution for the production of digoxin from digitoxin via biotransformation in the second stage. When the cells were cultivated for 10 days in the growth period, 12$\beta$-hydroxylation capacity was the best. It was found that the optimum amount of digitoxin as substrate was 400 mg/l with initial cell density of 21%. Maximum productivity was achieved 5 days after transfer of cells to production medium. Sucrose and fructose provided similar digoxin yield as that in glucose, and 6% was proved to be the best glucose solution. Most of the components of modified MS medium except phosphate reduced the efficiency of digoxin formation. Besides, peptone and beef extracts inhibited 12$\beta$-hydroxylation, while promoting glucosylation. Finally, it was apparent that light enhanced the formation of digoxin significantly.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2017

레스베라트롤의 면역제어 성질과 대식세포의 생존능력과 관련하여 당화된 레스베라트롤의 효과를 확인하기 위해 대식세포 RAW 264.7에서 연구하였다. 인비토로에서 대식세포에서 총 4개의 레스베라트롤 및 당화된 유도체 (E)-resveratrol, (E)-resveratrol 3-O-${\beta}$-${\small{D}}$-glucoside (R-3-G), 및 (E)-resveratrol 4'-O-${\beta}$-${\small{D}}$-glucoside (R-4'-G)를 여러 가지 농도로 처리한 후 일산화질소 (NO)와 인터루킨 6 (IL-6) 발현을 연구하였다. 앞서 언급한 물질로 처리한 후 인비토로에서 RAW 264.7 세포의 생존능력도 연구하였다. 대식세포 생존능력 평가분석 결과를 보면, 두 개의 레스베라트롤 모노글루코사이드인 R-3-G와 R-4'-G은 (E)-resveratrol와 비교하여 A549 and HepG2 세포에서 50-80% 감소된 독성을 보여준다. 당이 없는 레스베라트롤과 비교하면, 당화된 레스베라트 유도체는 긍정적으로 전사적으로 IL-6 및 iNOS 발현이 높아지는 방향으로 NO 및 대식세포에서 IL-6의 생산이 조절된다. 레스베라트롤의 당의 역할은 RAW 264.7 세포의 생존능력과 레스베라트롤의 면역제어 활성을 증가시켜 주는 것으로 보여주고 있다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.604-614
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• 2020

The application of steroids has steadily increased thanks to their therapeutic effects. However, alternatives are required due their severe side effects; thus, studies on the activities of steroid derivatives are underway. Sugar derivatives of nandrolone, which is used to treat breast cancer, as well as cortisone and prednisone, which reduce inflammation, pain, and edema, are unknown. We linked O-glucose to nandrolone and testosterone using UDP-glucosyltransferase (UGT-1) and, then, tested their bioactivities in vitro. Analysis by NMR showed that the derivatives were 17β-nandrolone β-ᴅ-glucose and 17β-testosterone β-ᴅ-glucose, respectively. The viability was higher and cytotoxicity was evident in PC12 cells incubated with rotenone and, testosterone derivatives, compared to the controls. SH-SY5Y cells incubated with H₂O₂ and nandrolone derivatives remained viable and cytotoxicity was attenuated. Both derivatives enhanced neuronal protective effects and increased the amounts of cellular ATP.