• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.121-130
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• 2019

Glutamate toxicity-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction and neuronal cell death are involved in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative diseases as well as acute brain ischemia/stroke. In this study, we investigated the neuroprotective mechanism of dieckol (DEK), one of the phlorotannins isolated from the marine brown alga Ecklonia cava, against glutamate toxicity. Primary cortical neurons ($100{\mu}M$, 24 h) and HT22 neurons (5 mM, 12 h) were stimulated with glutamate to induce glutamate toxic condition. The results demonstrated that DEK treatment significantly increased cell viability in a dose-dependent manner ($1-50{\mu}M$) and recovered morphological deterioration in glutamate-stimulated neurons. In addition, DEK strongly attenuated intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, mitochondrial overload of $Ca^{2+}$ and ROS, mitochondrial membrane potential (${\Delta}{\Psi}_m$) disruption, adenine triphosphate depletion. DEK showed free radical scavenging activity in the cell-free system. Furthermore, DEK enhanced protein expression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), an important anti-oxidant enzyme, via the nuclear translocation of nuclear factor-like 2 (Nrf2). Taken together, we conclude that DEK exerts neuroprotective activities against glutamate toxicity through its direct free radical scavenging property and the Nrf-2/HO-1 pathway activation.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.151-157
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• 2002

대두 배아로부터 saponin을 분리.정제하여 유리기 억제효과 및 동물의 암세포에 대한 세포 독성을 조사하였다. 유리기 억제활성에 대한결과를 보면 대두 배아 saponin을 0.5 및 1.0%씩 첨가한 급여 식에서 4주 동안 사육한 후 간장을 절취하여 간장 획분의 활성산소 및 항산화 관련 효소에 대하여 평가하였다. 간장의 mitochondria 및 microtome 획분의 hydroxy radical(.OH)의 생성에 미치는 영향에서 급여식에 사포닌을 첨가한 급여군에서 .OH기의 생성억제 효과를 나타내었다. 간장의 microsome 획 분에서도 0.5 및 1.0% 투여군에서 $H_2O$$_2$생성억제 효과가 인정되었다. 또한 간장의 cytosol획분에서 $O_2$.$^{-}$의 생성은 대조군에 비하여 현저한 억제 효과를 나타내었다. 대두 배아 사포닌의 세포독성을 P338 (mouse Iyoupoid neoplasm)과 L1210 (mouse leukemia) 세포주를 사용하여 실시한 결과 200 $\mu$g/mL 농도에서 높은 성장억제효과를 나타내었다. 그리고 처리 농도에 따른 대두배아 추출물이 P338과 L1210에 대한 성장 효과 실험에서도 200 $\mu$g/mL에서 은 성장억제 효과가 나타났으며 농도가 높을 수록 완전히 억제되는 것을 볼 수 있었다.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.923-934
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• 2001

In order to investigate a pathogenesis of liver damage induced by skin burn, thermal injury was induced by scald burn on entirely dorsal surface in rats (total body surface area 30%) except for inhalated injury. At 5 and 24 h after scald bum, biochemical assay and morphological changes in skin tissue, serum and liver tissue were examined. The effects of bum injury on the levels of glutathione, lipid peroxide and on the activities of oxygen free radical generating and scavenging enzymes have been determined in association with observing of histologic and ultrastructural changes, measuring the protein concentration in plasma, and counting the number of intravascular polymorphonuclear leukocytes. The activity of xanthine oxidase, an enzyme of oxygen free radical generating system. was elevated (p<0.01) in serum, but not in skin and in liver tissue. Futhermore, thermal injury decreased not only the protein concentration in plasma but also the number of leukocytes, that indicates induction of edema formation with protein exudation and inflammation by neutrophil infiltration into the internal organs. These data suggest that acute dermal scald burn injury leads to liver damage, that is related to elevation of xanthine oxidase activity in serum. Xanthine oxidase may be a key role in the pathogenesis of liver damage induced by skin burn.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.653-658
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• 2004

Wistar계 흰쥐에게 두릅열수추출물을 7주간 급여하였으며 당뇨유발은 희생 2주전 streptozotocin을 투여하여 혈당이 300 mg/dL 이상인 흰쥐를 대상으로 유해 활성 산소 대사계에 미치는 영향을 구명하였다. 간조직 중의 유해 활성산소 생성계인 P-450 함량과 XO 및 AD 활성은 정상군에 비하여 당뇨대조군에서 유의적으로 감소된 반면, AH 활성은 증가 되었다. 두릅열수추출물 급여로 이들 유해 활성 생성계 효소 활성 변화가 완화되는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 SOD, CAT, GSH-Px 및 GST, GR과 같은 유해 활성산소 제거계와 G6PD 효소들은 당뇨유발로 유의적인 증가를 보였으나, 두릅열수추출물 급여군에서는 이들 효소 활성이 낮았다. 당뇨유발로 항산화물질인 글루타티온 함량은 유의적으로 감소된 반면 지질과산화물 생성은 유의적으로 증가되었다. 그러나 두릅열수추출물 급여는 당뇨대조군의 이들 함량 변화를 유의적으로 억제하는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과에서 두릅열수추출물 급여는 STZ 투여로 인한 유해 활성산소 대사계 변화를 완화시킬 뿐만 아니라 지질과산화물 생성을 억제함으로써 산화적 스트레스로 인한 당뇨합병을 예방할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2003

한국전통차로 알려진 녹차, 감잎, 홍화 및 두충 열수추출물이 납투여된 흰쥐의 유해 활성산소 대사에 미치는 영향을 구명하기 위하여 체중 kg당 25 mg의 납을 매주 1회 경구 투여 하였다. 녹차, 감잎, 홍화 및 두충 열수추출물은 매일 일정시간에 체중 kg당 1.26 g 수준이 되도록 4주간 경구 투여 하여 사육한 결과 간조직 중 과산화지질 함량은 납 단독투여군이 정상군에 비하여 유의적으로 증가되었으며 한국전통차 급여시 과산화지질 생성을 현저하게 억제하는 것으로 나타났다. 간조직 중의 CYP 함량과 AD 활성은 납 투여시 유의적으로 감소되었으나 각각의 열수추출물 급여시 납투여로 억제된 활성이 회복됨으로써 한국전통차 급여가 CYP 함량과 산화적 디메틸화율을 증가시키는 것으로 관찰되었다. 또한 납투여로 증가된 간조직의 XO와 SOD의 활성은 녹차, 감잎, 홍화 및 두충 열수추출물 급여시 활성이 유의적으로 억제되었다. MAO 활성은 납 투여시 정상군에 비하여 유의적이지는 않으나 증가되었으며 녹차와 감잎 열수추출물 급여로 활성 증가가 현저하게 억제되었다. 간조직 중 CAT 활성은 납투여시 약 3.3배 증가되었는데 감잎군 37%, 녹차군 34%, 두충군 30%, 홍화군 28%, 순으로 억제되는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 또한 GSH-Px와 GST 활성 및 글루타티온 함량은 정상군에 비하여 납 단독투여시 유의적인 감소를 보였으나 한국전통차 급여로 회복되었다. GR 활성은 실험군간에 변화가 관찰되지 않았으나 G6PD 활성은 납투여로 증가된 활성이 실험식이 급여시 유의적으로 감소되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.1319-1327
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• 2009

Marine red algae of genus Laurencia are becoming the most important resources to produce unique natural metabolites with wide bioactivities. However, reports related to Laurencia undulata, an edible species used as folk herb, are rarely found to date. In this research, 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (5-HMF) was isolated and characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) from Laurencia undulata as well as other marine algae. The following characteristics of 5-HMF were systematically evaluated: its antioxidant activities, such as typical free-radicals scavenging in vitro by electron spin resonance spectrometry (ESR) and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging; membrane protein oxidation; oxidative enzyme myeloperoxidase (MPO) inhibition; as well as expressions of antioxidative enzymes glutathione (GSH) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) on the gene level using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. The results demonstrated that 5-HMF could be developed as a novel marine natural antioxidant or potential precursor for practical applications in the food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical fields.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.235-240
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• 2003

Tectorigenin has an apoptosis-inducing ability and immunosuppressive activity. We investigated the effect of tectorigenin on Phase I and II enzyme activities to elucidate the pharmacological action of the immunosuppressive tectorigenin in the diabetic rat. This compound was obtained from the hydrolysis of tetoridin isolated from the flower of Pueraria thumbergiana (Leguminosae). This crude drug (Puerariae Flos) has been used as a therapeutic for diabetes mellitus in traditional Korean medicine. Tecotrigenin inhibited the formation of malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydroxy radicals in serum and liver but promoted superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. Low MDA contents and low xanthine oxidase and aldehyde oxidase activities were observed in the tectorigenin-treated rats, suggesting that such Phase I enzyme activities are the major source of lipid peroxidation. However, tectorigenin increased Phase II enzyme activities such as SOD, glutathione peroxidase and catalase, suggesting the activation of free radical-scavenging enzymes. The activities of tectorigenin were comparable to those of glibenclamide, which was employed as a positive control. These results suggest that tectorigenin may share some biological properties with glibenclamide in insulin-dependent-diabetes mellitus (IDDM).

• 생명과학회지
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• 제17권2호통권82호
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• pp.230-234
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• 2007

생체는 산소를 소비하는 대사 과정 중에 초산화물(superoxide, $O_{2}$), 과산화수소($H_2O_2$), 수산 라디칼(OH)과 같은 다양한 활성산소(reactive oxygen)들을 생성하게 되며, 그 중에서도 hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$)는 biological membrane을 자유롭게 통과하며, 세포내에서 hydroxyl radical 등의 반응성이 큰 활성 산소종(reactive oxygen species, ROS)을 발생시키는 작용을 하는 강력한 산화제이다. 세포를 계대 배양 (5, 15, 25, 35 passage)하여 $H_2O_2$를 농도별(100 ${\mu}M$, 500 ${\mu}M$, 1 mM, 5 mM)로 처리하고, 또한 $H_2O_2$의 처리 시간(30 분, 1 시간)을 변화시킴으로써, Hepatoma 세포주에서 $H_2O_2$ 처리에 의한 Cu/Zn SOD의 발현을 Northern blot을 통하여 다음과 같이 분석하였다. 1)Hepatoma 세포주에서 시간별, 농도별로 산화제를 처리 했을 때 각각의 경우에서 발현양의 차이는 적었지만, 오랜 시간동안 고농도의 산화제에 노출시켰을 때 항산화 능력이 증가한다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 2)계대배양을 증가시키는 것은 노화가 진행된다는 것을 의미하므로, 산화제를 처리했을 때 25 passage에서 35 passage 단계에서 항산화 효소의 발현 정도가 급격히 감소되는 것으로 미루어 보아 이 단계에서 노화가 진행되었음을 추측할 수 있었다. 3)동일한 시간과 농도로 처리했을 때 각각의 passage의 발현 level에서 보이는 양상과는 다르게 35 passage에서는 500${\mu}M$이상의 농도를 1 시간동안 노출시켰을 경우에 Cu/Zn SOD가 거의 발현되지 않았으며, 30 분 동안 노출시켰을 때에는 500 ${\mu}M$의 농도까지 방어할 수 있는 능력을 가진 것으로 보인다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2014

The present study was aimed to evaluate the antioxidant defense system of cinnamaldehyde in normal, diabetic rats and its possible protection of pancreatic ${\beta}$-cells against its gradual loss under diabetic conditions. In vitro free radical scavenging effect of cinnamaldehyde was determined using DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-dipicrylhydrazyl), superoxide radical, and nitric oxide radical. Streptozotocin (STZ) diabetic rats were orally administered with cinnamaldehyde at concentrations of 5, 10 and 20 mg/kg body weight for 45 days. At the end of the experiment, the levels of plasma lipid peroxides and antioxidants such as vitamin C, vitamin E, ceruloplasmin, catalase, superoxide dismutase, reduced glutathione and glutathione peroxidase were determined. A significant increase in the levels of plasma glucose, vitamin E, ceruloplasmin, and lipid peroxides and significant decrease in the levels of plasma insulin and reduced glutathione were observed in the diabetic rats. Also the activities of pancreatic antioxidant enzymes were altered in the STZ-induced diabetic rats. The altered enzyme activities were reverted to near-normal levels after treatment with cinnamaldehyde and glibenclamide. Histopathological studies also revealed a protective effect of cinnamaldehyde on pancreatic ${\beta}$-cells. Cinnamaldehyde enhances the antioxidant defense against reactive oxygen species produced under hyperglycemic conditions and thus protects pancreatic ${\beta}$-cells against their loss and exhibits antidiabetic properties.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.289-294
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• 1995

This study was designed to observe the effect of tohiene pretreatment on leukocyte variation in whole blood and the oxygen free radical generating, scavenging enzyme activities in neutrophil of bacteria infected rats. Toluene was administered 7 times intraperitoneally at levels of 9.45 mM/kg body weight to the rats and then infected with S. aureus $2\times10^7$ cfu/ml. The toluene treated-rats showed the significantly decreased numbers of lymphocyte and monocytes, but the similiar numbers of neutrophils with the control. Furthermore the increased neutrophils in blood of bacteria infected rats were reduced by the toluene pretreatment. Concomitantly the increased activities of xanthine oxidase and superoxide dismutase in neutrophil of bacteria infected rats were also decreased by the toluene pretreatment. On the other hand, injection of benzaldehyde to rats also led to similiar results in the count of leukocytes, xanthine oxidase and superoxide dismutase activities of neutrophil with those of toluene treated rats. These data suggest that toluene and its intermediate metabolite, benzaldehyde influence on the phagocytosis and defence mechanism of neutrophil.