• 제목/요약/키워드: mviN

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Vibrio alginolyticus MviN is a LuxO-regulated Protein and Affects Cytotoxicity Towards Epithelioma Papulosum Cyprini (EPC) Cells

  • Cao, Xiaodan;Wang, Qiyao;Liu, Qin;Liu, Huan;He, Honghong;Zhang, Yuanxing
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제20권2호
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    • pp.271-280
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    • 2010
  • Vibrio alginolyticus, a Gram-negative marine bacterium, is one of the causative agents of fish vibriosis. Its virulence factors and pathogenesis mechanism are barely known, except for some extracellular products (ECPs) that are known to be regulated by quorum sensing system. Therefore, the present study used a microarray to analyze the transcription profiles of the wild-type V. alginolyticus and a deletion mutant of luxO, the pivotal regulator in Vibrio quorum sensing systems, which resulted in the identification of a putative virulence factor, MviN. Quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR confirmed that the transcription of mviN was upregulated in the luxO mutant when compared with wild-type, and down regulated in a luxO-con complemented strain. Furthermore, Western blotting indicated that MviN was greatly induced during the late-exponential and stationary phases of growth, indicating that the expression of MviN was cell-density dependent and quorum sensing regulated in V. alginolyticus. Meanwhile, the mviN null mutant displayed a much slower growth rate than the wild type, signifying the essential role of MviN in V. alginolyticus. Western blotting also revealed that MviN was present as an extracellular protein in V. alginolyticus. When epithelioma papulosum cyprini (EPC) cells were treated with the ECPs of the mviN mutant, no cytotoxicity was observed, whereas EPC cells treated with the wild type exhibited pathological changes, which increased with the ECPs concentration and treatment time. Therefore, the results demonstrated that MviN is a LuxO-regulated ECPs component and involved in the pathogenicity of V. alginolyticus.

독활(Aralia cordata Thunb) 추출물의 Nitric Oxide Synthesis 저해효과 (Inhibitory Effects of Aralia cordata Thunb Extracts on Nitric Oxide Synthesis in RAW 264.7 Macrophage Cells)

  • 강창호;구자룡;소재성
    • 한국식품과학회지
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    • 제44권5호
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    • pp.621-627
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    • 2012
  • 항염증효과가 있는 기능성 식품 및 의약품 소재의 개발을 위하여 천연 식물 자원으로부터 NOS 저해 활성 물질을 분리하고 그 이화학적인 특성에 대해 알아보기 위해 항염증 효과가 있다고 알려져 있는 58가지의 생약재에서 NO 저해효과를 확인해 본 결과 독활에서 80% 이상의 높은 저해활성을 가진 것을 알 수 있었다. 독활 생약재 에탄올 추출물에서 n-hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, n-butanol, water 순으로 용매 분획을 실시한 후 NO 생성 저해 활성을 측정한 결과, chloroform 분획에서 가장 높은 저해 활성을 보여 최종 분리 시료로 선정하였으며, open column chromatography(silica gel, $C_{18}$)를 이용하여 최종적인 활성 물질(AC8-MV)을 분리할 수 있었다. 분리한 활성 물질(AC8-MV)의 순도를 확인하기 위하여 analytical HPLC와 LC-ESI-mass spectrum를 분석한 결과 순수한 단일 물질로 분리 되었음을 확인할 수 있었으며, 차후 nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer(NMR)를 통해 구조분석을 실시할 것이다. 또한 AC8-MV와 NO저해효과가 유의적으로 차이가 없던 AC8-MVI 활성물질에 대한 순도 및 구조분석을 연구할 것이다. 이를 통해 독활로부터 분리한 활성물질(AC8-MV)이 NO inhibitor 로서 일반 항염증 약물 및 기능성 식품 소재로 실용화될 수 있는 가능성을 시사하였다.