• BMB Reports
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.535-540
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• 1999

Two types of the thioltransferase (also called glutaredoxin) have been previously detected in the cytosolic extract of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, a fission yeast. Previously, the one with a smaller molecular mass (14kDa) was purified and characterized. In the present study, the second thioltransferase was purified. The purification procedure included ammonium sulfate fractionation (40-80%), Sephadex G-200 gel filtration, DEAE-cellulose ion-exchange chromatography, Sephadex G-50 gel filtration, and glutathione-agarose affinity chromatography. The purified enzyme showed a single band on SDS-PAGE, and its molecular mass was determined to be 23 kDa. It utilizes various compounds as substrates, including 2-hydroxyethyl disulfide. Interestingly, we found that the purified thioltransferase also contains significant glutathione S-transferase activity.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.121-128
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• 1993

This study was intended to clarify the protective mechanism of diallyl disulfide on the carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity in mice. It was observed that a powerfully increment of serum alanine aminotransferase activity and hepatic lipid peroxide content after carbon tetrachloride injection were markedly inhibited by the pretreatment of diallyl disulfide (20mg/kg) for 5 days. It was also observed that hepatic aminopyrine demethylase and xanthine ocidase as free radical generating enzymes as well as superoxide dismutase and catalase activities as free frdical scavenging enzymes and hepatic glutathione content were not changed by the pretreatment with diallyl disulfide. But, treatment with diallyl disulfide did signifiantly increase cytosolic glutathione S-transferase activity. However, glutathione S-transferase activity in the presence of diallyl disulfide was not affected in vitro. Therefore, it is concluded that mechanism for the observed preventive effect ofdiallyl disulfide against the carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity can be due to the engancement of glutathione S-transferase activity.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.149-152
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• 1987

The present work was undertaken to investigate the effect of diallyl disulfide on ethacrynic acid toxicity. Ethacrynic acid-induced morality and formation of lipid peroxide were inhibited by diallyl disulfide. Furthermore, decreasing effect of glutathione S-transferase and glutathione level in the liver by ethacrynic acid were reduced by diallyl disulfide. These results suggested that the inducing effect of diallyl disulfide on the ethacrynic acid metabolizing enzyme, glutathione S-transferase, is believed to be a possible detoxication mechanism for the ethacrynic acid toxicity in mice.

• BMB Reports
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• 제56권8호
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• pp.457-462
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• 2023

Glutathione S-transferase omega 1 (GstO1) is closely associated with various human diseases, including obesity and diabetes, but its functional mechanism is not fully understood. In the present study, we found that the GstO1-specific inhibitor C1-27 effectively suppressed the adipocyte differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. GstO1 expression was immediately upregulated upon the induction of adipocyte differentiation, and barely altered by C1-27. However, C1-27 significantly decreased the stability of GstO1. Moreover, GstO1 catalyzed the deglutathionylation of cellular proteins during the early phase of adipocyte differentiation, and C1-27 inhibited this activity. These results demonstrate that GstO1 is involved in adipocyte differentiation by catalyzing the deglutathionylation of proteins critical for the early phase of adipocyte differentiation.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.134-138
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• 1999

The effects of dietary Coix(lacryma-jobi) water extract on the antioxidant enzyme activity in the liver and kidney of Sprague-Dawley rats were studied. Forty-five rats were fed for 3 weeks with either control diet or experimental diets that contain either Coix water extract or Coix water residue. Twenty percent of the carbohydrate was replaced with Coix water residue by dry weight in the water residue diet, while distilled water was replaced by Coix water extract to make a pellet-form diet in the Coix water extract diet. The levels of glutathione, glutathione-peroxidase, and glutathione-S-transferase activities in liver and kidney were measured . It has been found that glutathione, glutathione peroxidase, and glutathione-S-transferase enzyme activities from activities from liver and kidneyof the rats were enhanced in the group fed with Coix water extract.

• BMB Reports
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.77-82
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• 1998

To purify the geranylgeranyl protein transferase type I (GGPT-I) efficiently, a gene expression system using the pGEX-4T-1 vector was constructed. The cal1 gene, encoding the ${\beta}$ subunit of GGPT-I, was subcloned into the pGEX-4T-1 vector and co-transformed into E. coli cells harboring the ram2 gene, the ${\alpha}$ subunit gene of GGPT-I. GGPT-I was highly expressed as a fusion protein with glutathione S-transferase (GST) in E. coli, purified to homogeneity by glutathione-agarose affinity chromatography, and the GST moiety was excised by thrombin treatment. The purified yeast GGPT-I showed a dose-dependent increase in the transferase activity, and its apparent $K_m$ value for an undecapeptide fused with GST (GST-PEP) was $0.66\;{\mu}M$ and the apparent value for geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) was $0.071\;{\mu}M$.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.3756-3759
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• 2011

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.938-943
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• 2004

A gene responsible for the chlorothalonil-biotransformation was cloned from the chromosomal DNA of Ochrobactrum anthropi SH35B, an isolated bacterium strain from soil. We determined the nucleotide sequences and found an open reading frame for glutathione S-transferase (GST). The drug-hypersensitive Escherichia coli KAM3 cells transformed with a plasmid carrying the GST gene can grow in the presence of chlorothalonil. The GST of O. anthropi SH35B was expressed in E. coli and purified by affinity chromatography. The fungicide chlorothalonil was rapidly transformed by the purified GST in the presence of glutathione. No significant difference in the chlorothalonil-biotransformation effect was observed among the thiol compounds (cysteine, reduced glutathione, and $\beta$-mercaptoethanol). Thus, the result reported here is the first evidence on the chlorothalonil-biotransformation by conjugation with the cellular free thiol groups, especially glutathione, catalyzed by the bacterial GST.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.81-91
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• 2004

Objectives : The aim of this study is to investigate the inhibitory effect of Chungganhaeju-Tang on alcohol induced human hepatic cell apoptosis by synthesis of glutathione. Methods : The amount of glutathione in HepG2 cell was measured with colorimetric glutathione assay kit and glutathione-conjugated CDNB(1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene) at $37^{\circ}C$ and then measured by spectrometry to assess the activity of glutathione S-transferase. Results : The synthesis of glutathione and the activity of glutathione S-transferase in HepG2 cell were promoted by Chungganhaeju-Tang and increased in dose/time-dependent manner. Chungganhaeju-Tang inhibited apoptosis induced by ethanol and acetaldehyde dependent to treatment dosage. In Buthione sulfoximine, a glutathione synthesis inhibitor, treated case, the synthesis of glutathione was inhibited and in Chungganhaeju-Tang treated case, the synthesis of glutathione is promoted with or without Buthione sulfoximine. The present findings suggest that Chungganhaeju-Tang inhibits alcohol induced apoptosis by synthesis of glutathione in HepG2 cell. Conclusions : The result indicates that Chungganhaeju-Tang protects human hepatic cell by glutathione synthesis and made the liver recover from alcohol induced damage.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.341-347
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 한약재의 활용도를 높이기 위한 연구로 추출물 농도에 따른 생리활성물질의 용출량을 측정하기 위해 한방약술의 품질 특성과 Glutathione S-transferase의 활성 저해능을 측정한 결과는 다음과 같다. 한방약술의 pH결과는 4.4로 발효 전의 대조구 3.9보다 증가하였다. 이러한 변화는 알코올 발효과정 중 발효부산물 및 유기산 때문으로 사료된다. 한방약술의 산도는 0.55%로 발효 전의 대조구 0.09%보다 약 6배 증가하였다. 이런 결과는 유기산이 알코올 등과 결합하여 ester와 같은 향미 형성 등에 이용되는 것을 알 수 있다. 한방약술 15%의 glutathione S-transferase의 활성 저해능 $5.1{\pm}0.3$, 한방약술 20%는 저해능 $6.5{\pm}0.5$, 한방약술 25%는 $7.6{\pm}0.6$, 한방약술 30%는 $8.4{\pm}0.2$, 최대 농도인 35%에서의 저해능은 $9.7{\pm}0.7$로 나타내었다. 추출 농도별로 glutathione S-transferase의 활성 저해능은 통계학적으로 유의한 차이가 있음을 보였다 (p<0.05).