• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권7호
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• pp.3310-3316
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• 2011

Hematoxylin은 한국의 남부지방에서 당뇨합병증을 치료하기 위하여 사용해오던 민간약제인 Hematoxylon campechianum의 주성분이다. 본 논문에서는 hematoxylin의 혈당저하 메커니즘을 연구하기 위하여 3개 군의 흰쥐-정상군, 당뇨군, hematoxylin 처치군-에서 분리한 대퇴신경을 대상으로 2-deoxyglucose 수송능과 인지질 대사능을 조사였다. 실험결과 hematoxylin은 당뇨군에서 혈당치를 현저하게 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 무게단위의 기준으로 당뇨군의 신경조직의 경우, 총 인지질의 양은 20% 감소하였으나 상대적으로 phosphatidylinositide의 감소는 작은 것으로 나타났다. 이 경우, hematoxylin을 처치하면 2-[3H] myo-inositol이 총 phosphoinositids로 대사되는 비율이 증가하는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 이러한 효과는 낮은 농도의 hematoxylin 처치군보다 높은 농도의 처치군에서 훨씬 큰 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 실험결과는 hematoxylin의 당뇨개선 메커니즘이 myo-inositol 대사를 증가시킴으로써 체내 당 수송과 인지질 대사를 정상화시킨다는 점을 제시하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구결과를 토대로 저자들은 hematoxylin은 향후 당뇨 치료제로서 후보 물질이 될 수 있음을 제시하고자 한다.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2001

We have previously demonstrated that sodium molybdate(Mo) improved lead-intoxicated status by enhancing the metabolism of mao-inositol-related phospholipids in sciatic nerves isolated from rats. In this study, in order to address the reduction mechanism of Mo for lead toxicity, effects of Mo on cystidine-diglyceride transferase, phosphatidylinositol kinase, and phosphatidyl inositol-4-phosphate kinase, involved in mao-inositol metabolism of nerve, were investigated in vivo and in vitro. Mo significantly increased the activities of cystidine- diglyceride transferase and phosphatidylinositol kinase in lead-intoxicated rat, and the pattern of increase was dose-dependent manner. However, Mo did not affect the activity of phosp- hatidylinositiol-4-phosphate kinase in normal and lead-intoxicated rats. We also found that Mo affected the activities of phopholipid metabolism-related enzymes not by the indirect manner such as activation of another metabolic pathway but by the direct manner. These results suggest that the improvement mechanism of Mo for lead-intoxicated status might be a normalization of the activities of phospholipid metabolism-related enzymes in sciatic nerve.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.168-174
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• 2016

Anti-melanogenic effects of amaranth (AT), one of the key source of squalene, were investigated in melanocytes. Amaranth seed powder was extracted with water and melan-a cells were treated with various concentrations of AT. By using HPLC, content of myo-inositol, one of potential active components, was measured in the crude extract of AT.AT reduced the melanin content in melan-a melanocytes and down-regulated melanogenic enzyme activity such as tyrosinase, TRP-1 and TRP-2. By regulating melanogenic enzyme activity, AT may be a potential natural source for whitening agent. Myo-inositol was detected in AT by HPLC and may be one of the active compounds from AT involved in the regulation of anti-melanogenesis. In this study, we demonstrated that AT has anti-melanogenesis properties. This new function of amaranth may be useful in the development of new skin-whitening products and its value as food.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.300-304
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• 2011

Phytases are hydrolytic enzymes that catalyze the sequential hydrolysis of phytic acid (myo-inositol-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexakisphosphate) to myo-inositols with lower numbers of phosphate groups. Two types of phytases have been identified which initiate hydrolysis of the phytic acid at either the 3- or 6- position of the inositol ring. In the present investigation, a mathematical model was proposed and computed to estimate maximum enzyme reaction rate constants which fit the experimental data obtained by other authors. Although the data points were scattered to some extent, good agreement was found between the model and the experiment data. It appears that the maximum rate constants of removal of the first, second, and third phosphate groups were not equal. Also there was neither a steady trend upward or downward in the rate constants with the stepwise hydrolysis reactions.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2011

This study describes the effect of myo-inositol on sustained cell division and plant regeneration from cotyledon-derived protoplast of cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata). Freshly isolated protoplasts were cultured in modified Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium removed ammonia ions and containing $0.4\;mg\;l^{-1}$ thiamine HCl, $100\;mg\;l^{-1}$ myo-inositol, $2\;mgl^{-1}$ 2,4-D, $0.5\;mgl^{-1}$ BA, $30\;gl^{-1}$ sucrose and several concentrations of myo-inositol (2, 4, 6, 8, 10% (w/v)) as an osmotic stabilizer. After 3 weeks of culture in the dark at $25^{\circ}C$, the plating efficiency of cabbage protoplasts reached to $22.5{\pm}2.9%$ when cultured in modified MS medium supplemented with $2\;mgl^{-1}$ 2,4-D, $0.5\;mgl^{-1}$ BA, $30\;gl^{-1}$ sucrose and 8% (w/v) of myo-inositol at a density of $2{\times}10^5$ protoplasts/ml. Rapidly growing cell colonies after 3 weeks of culture were transferred to the same culture medium removed osmoticum. To induce shoot regeneration from calluses, calluses with about 2 mm in diameter were transferred to the MS medium containing $2\;mgl^{-1}$ BA and $0.5\;mgl^{-1}$ NAA. After further three weeks of incubation onto the medium in the light, green shoots were formed on the surface of calluses at a frequency of 30%. Upon transfer to half-strength MS basal medium, roots were formed onto the bottom of regenerated shoots without auxin treatments. These regenerated plantlets were successfully acclimatized to soil transfer, grown to normal mature plants. The cabbage protoplast culture system established in this study could be applied for production of somatic hybrids or cybrids by asymmetric protoplast fusion and mass proliferation of elite somatic clones of cabbage.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.127-133
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• 1997

Phytase(myo-inositol hexakisphosphate phosphohydro-lase;EC 3.1.38)활성은 소화기관인 소장 점막에서나 나타났고, 그 외 다른 장기에서는 alkaline phosphatase활성만을 측정할 수 있었다. 그리고 anti-90kDa phytase항혈청을 이용한 면역조직학적 조사 결과 소장 이외의 장기에서는 본 효소의 단백질 밴드가 검출되지 않았다. 이와 같은 결과 phytase는 소장에만 특이적으로 존재하며, 소장 특이적 효소의 생리적 역할로서 Phytic acid(inositol=hexakisphos-phate)를 가수분해한다. 흰쥐의 성장 발육과 더불어 phytase의 활성은 증가한다. 출생 후부터 이유기 전까지는 70kDa phytase외에도 90kDa phy-tase가 출현한다. 이 90kDa phy-tase는 이유기에 합성되는 것으로 추정된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.119-126
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• 1997

Phytase(myo-inositol hexakisphosphate phosphohydro-lase;EC 3.1.3.8)는 흰주 소장 점막으로 부터 분리${\cdot}$정제 하였다. 이 정제된 효소를 Sephacryl S-200 gel filtration방법으로 측정한 분자량으니 160kDa이고, 순도 및 이 효소의 서브유니트를 SDS-polycrylamide gel전기영동법(SDS-PAGE)으로 조사한 결과 서브유니트 구조는 분자량이 10kDa와 90kDa으로 구성된 hetrodimer(이종이량체)임을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 $ MgCl_{2}$ 존재 하에서는 효소 활성이 증가하나 $ZnCl_{2}$, $MnCl_{2}$, 및 EDTA존재 하에서는 효소 활성이 저해되었다. 기질 트이성과 pH범위에서 기질인 phytic acid(inositol-hexakispho-sphate)에 대해 높은 친화력을 보였다. Phytic acid에 대한 Km값은 pH 7.4에서 0.31mM이다. 따라서 흰쥐의 소장 점막 phytase는 주로 inositol의 대사계에서 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.53-59
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• 1987

Inosamine(deoxyaminoinositol) stereomers such as scyllo-inosamine, myo-inosamine-2, epi-inosamine-2 and myo-inesamine-4 have been synthesize from myo-inositol (1,2,3,5/4,6-hexahydroxycyclohexane) And sixteen of quaternary ammonium salt type deoxyaminoinositols such as dimethylalktl-deoxy-scyllo-inosityl-, dimethylalkyl-2deoxy-2myo-inosityl-, dimethylalkyl-2-deoxy-2-epi-inosityl and dimethylal inosityl-, dimethylalkyl-2-deoxy-2-myo-inosityl-, dimethylalkyl-2-deoxy-2-epi-inosityl and dimethylalkyl-4-deoxy-4-myo-imosityl ammonium chlorides with straight chain alkyl group having from eight to fourteen carton atoms have been synthesized from four kinds of the imosamine stereomers. The isolation and detection of dimethylalkyl-deoxy-inosityl ammonium chlorides have been investigated by column chromatography, paper chromatography, infrared absorption spectra and elementary analysis, respectively.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.3623-3631
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• 2010

We prepared several novel molecular transporters built on myo- and scyllo-inositol scaffolds with variations in the number of guanidine residues, linker chain lengths and patterns. Some of these transporters were found to localize in mitochondria, and the mitochondrial affinity seems to be substantially related to the scaffold stereochemistry.

• Mycobiology
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.119-122
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• 2000

Phytases (myo-inositol hexakisphosphate phosphohydrolase; EC 3.1.3.8) are enzymes which catalyze the hydrolisys of phytate into myo-inositol and inorganic phosphates. Phytases are found in plants and a variety of microorganisms. Aspergillus species were treated with 254 nm of UV irradiation for the screening of phytase overproducing mutant strains. At 15 minute irradiation, the survivals of population were less than 5%, and UV irradiation time was decided at 20 minute for the isolation of mutant strains. Four UV mutant strains in A. oryzae (YUV-47, -169, -341, -511) and six in A. ficuum (FUV-17, -36, -69, -193, -317, -419) were isolated on PSM media containing ammonium phosphate. The specific enzyme activities of A. ficuum mutants are 110 to 140% higher than that of wild type.