• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.2255-2258
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• 2013

The activity of Rb proteins is controlled by post-translational modifications, especially through phosphorylation. Acetylation of Rb2/p130 was reported recently in NIH3T3 cells but its physiological relevance in cell cycle control and tumorigenesis is still unknown. Efforts are underway to investigate possible interplay between Rb2/p130 phosphorylation and acetylation. Here we hypothesized that Rb2/p130 acetylation, like p53 acetylation, may play a role in development of the tumor phenotype. The proposed hypothesis regarding acetylation of Rb2/p130 in tumor VS normal cells was found to be true in our case study of 36 tumor samples. Statistical analysis of results suggest strong correlation among Rb2/p130 acetylation and cancer phenotype.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.871-877
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• 2009

대표적인 histone deacetylase inhibitor 저해제의 일종일 sodium butyrate에 의한 인체백혈병 U937세포의 증식 억제에 관한 기전 연구를 세포주기 조절 측면에서 조사하였다. MTT assay 및 flow cytometry 분석을 통하여 sodium butyrate의 처리 농도 증가에 따른 U937 세포의 증식억제는 세포주기 G1 arrest 및 apoptosis 유발에 의한 것임을 확인하였다. RT-PCR및 Western blotting 결과에서 sodium butrate에 의한 G1 arrest는 세포주기 G1기에서 S기로의 진입에 중요한 역할을 하는 cyclin D1, E, A, cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) 4 및 Cdk6발현의 저해와 p21 및 p27과 같은 Cdk inhibitor의 발현 증가와 연관성이 있었다. Sodium butyrate는 또한 retinoblastoma protein (pRB)및 p130 단백질의 인산화를 저해시켰으나, S기 진행에 중요한 전사조절인자인 E2F-1 및 E2F-4의 의 발현에는 큰 영향이 없었다. 그러나 sodium butyrate에 의한 pRB 및 p130단백질의 인산화 저해는 pRB와 E2F-1및 p130과 E2F-4와의 결합력을 증사시켰다. 본 연구의 결과는 U937세포의 증식억제에 pRB/p130 인산화 억제 및 Cdk inhibitors의 발현 증가가 중요한 역할을 하고있음을 보여주는 것으로, sodium butyrate의 항암기전 이해에 중요한 자료가 될 것이다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.213-219
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• 2003

We investigated the effects of Insamsapye-tang (ISSPT) water extract on the cell proliferation of human lung carcinoma A549 cells. ISSPT treatment resulted in the inhibition of cell proliferation in a concentration-dependent manner. This anti-proliferative effect of A549 cells by ISSSPT treatment was associated with morphological changes such as membrane shrinking and cell rounding up. DNA flow cytometric histograms showed that population of G1 phase of the cell cycle was increased by ISSPT treatment in a concentration-dependent manner. ISSPT treatment induced the levels of tumor suppressor p53 protein and cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) inhibitor p27 without significant alteration of cyclins and Cdks expression. In addition, ISSPT treatment resulted in down-regulation of phosphorylated retinoblastoma protein (pRB). However, the levels of p130, the pRB family protein, and transcription factors. E2F-1 and E2F-4. were remained unchanged. The present results indicated that ISSPT-induced inhibition of lung cancer cell proliferation is associated with the blockage of G1/S progression and the induction of apoptosis, and we suggest that ISSPT will be an effective therapeutic agent on human lung cancer.

• 청정기술
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.122-130
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• 2020

입상 활성탄에 대한 reactive blue 4 (RB 4) 의 등온흡착과 동력학적, 열역학적 파라미터에 대해 활성탄의 양, pH, 초기농도, 접촉시간, 온도를 흡착변수로 하여 조사하였다. 활성탄에 의한 RB 4 염료의 흡착은 pH 7을 기점으로 양쪽으로 흡착 백분율이 증가하는 concave 모양을 나타내었다. 등온흡착자료는 Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin 등온흡착식에 적용하였다. Freundlich과 Langmuir 등온흡착식이 모두 잘 맞았다. 계산된 Freundlich 분리계수(1/n = 0.125 ~ 0.232)과 Langmuir 분리계수(R_L = 1.53 ~ 1.59) 으로부터 활성탄이 RB 4를 효과적으로 처리할 수 있다는 것을 알 수 있었다. Temkin의 흡착열관련상수(B_T = 17.611 ~ 29.010 J mol^-1)는 이 공정이 물리흡착임을 나타냈다. 동력학적 실험으로부터 흡착공정은 유사 이차 반응속도식에 잘 맞았다. 입자 내 확산식에 대한 결과는 표면확산을 나타내는 두 번째 직선의 기울기보다 입자내 세공확산을 나타내는 첫 번째 직선의 기울기가 작게 나타나서 입자내 세공확산이 속도지배단계인 것을 확인하였다. Gibbs 자유에너지 변화(ΔG = -3.262 ~ -7.581 kJ mol^-1)와 엔탈피 변화(ΔH = 61.08 kJ mol^-1)은 각각 흡착공정이 자발적 공정 및 흡열과정임을 나타내었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.977-982
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 오미자에서 분리된 dibenzocyclooctadiene lignan의 일종인 gomisin A와 gomisin N에 대한 항암효능을 U937 인체혈구암세포를 대상으로 조사하였다. Gomisin N은 처리농도의 증가에 따라 U937 세포의 증식을 억제하였으나 동일조건에서 gomisin A는 세포독성 효과를 나타내지 못하였으며, gomisin N에 의한 U937 세포의 증식억제는 세포주기 G1 arrest 유발에 의한 것이었다. Gomisin N에 의한 G1 arrest는 cyclin E, cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) 2 및 Cdk4의 발현 억제와 Cdk inhibitor인 p16 (INK4A) 및 p21 (WAF1/CIP1)의 발현 증가와 연관성이 있었으나, gomisin A는 세포주기 인자들의 발현에 유의적인 변화를 유발하지 않았다. 또한 gomisin N은 retinoblastoma 단백질군인 pRB 및 p130의 인산화를 억제하였으며, 전사조절인자인 E2F 단백질들의 발현을 억제하였다. 본 연구의 결과에서 gomisin N에 의한 U937 세포의 증식억제는 세포주기 조절인자들의 발현 변화를 통한 G1 arrest 유발에 의한 것임을 알 수 있었으며, gomisin N은 암예방 및 항암활성 후보불질로서의 개발 가능성이 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.61-67
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• 1979

Two pure saponin components, Panax saponin C (protopanaxatriol derivative, ginsenoside Re) and Panax saponin E (protopanaxadiol derivative, ginsenoside $Rb_l$) were isolated from Panax ginseng root and their acute toxicities in mice and antistress effects in rats were investigated. Average lethal doses $(LD_{50})$ of ginsenoside Re were 130mg/kg (i.v.), more than 1,000mg/kg (i.p.) and more than 1,500mg/kg (s.c.), respectively. Average lethal dose of ginsenoside $Rb_{1}$ was 243mg/kg intravenously. Adrenal ascorbic acid and cholesterol contents were significantly decreased when normal rats were exposed to heat $(40^{\circ}C)$ for 30 min. The reduction of the adrenal ascorbic acid and cholesterol contents in rats was partially prevented when the rats received the ginseng saponins prior to exposure to heat stress and most pronounced effects were observed in rats received ginsenoside Re. However, it was found that administration of ginseng alone, without stress, did not significantly change the ascorbic acid and cholesterol contents in adrenal glands. Eosinophil counts in the blood of the rats were elevated when the rats were exposed to the heat stress, and the elevation of the eosinophil counts were prevented with the ginseng saponins under the stress, but the changes were all insignificant statistically.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.123-130
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• 2024

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) hold great promise as a source of stem cells for therapy, but several limitations remain. We previously proposed that human embryonic stem cell-derived MSCs (hE-MSCs) expressing higher hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) levels were better alternatives, exhibiting greater expandability in vitro and greater therapeutic capacity in vivo. In this study, we aimed to examine the regulation of OCT4 expression in stem cells and to elucidate its underlying mechanism of transcriptional regulation of OCT4. We detected higher expression of OCT4, a stemness-associated gene in hE-MSCs than in human bone marrow-derived MSCs (hBM-MSCs). To determine the underlying regulatory mechanism of OCT4 expression in human MSCs (hMSCs), ELISA was performed using cell culture supernatants of hMSCs. Unlike fibroblast growth factor 2 or vascular endothelial growth factor, HGF was strongly expressed in hE-MSCs, also HGF treatment significantly increased OCT4 expression in hBM-MSC. Moreover, senescence-associated heterochromatin foci were decreased in HGF-treated hBM-MSCs compared with those in the HGF non-treated group. HGF increased Rb phosphorylation, and we confirmed the increased binding of E2F1 to the OCT4 promoter region at -233 from the transcription start point in the presence of HGF. Taken together, these results suggest that HGF-mediated regulation of OCT4 via E2F1 can help enhance the lifespan of hBM-MSCs during in vitro expansion.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.126-130
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• 1989

인삼 saponin 중에서 조성 비율이 가장 큰 ginsenoside R $b_1$을 약효면에서 훨씬 우수한 ginsenoside-Rd로 선택적 전환할 수 있는 전환효소를 Rhizopus japonicus 배양물로부터 순수하게 정제한 후 그 효소학적 특성을 조사하였다. 본 효소는 pH 4.8~5.0, 45$^{\circ}C$에서 그 활성도가 가장 높았으며 pH4~9의 범위에서 안정하였고, pH5.0에서 6$0^{\circ}C$ 열처리할 경우 50% 실활하는데 2시간이 소요되었다. M $n^{++}$, F $e^{++}$에 의해 효소활성이 촉진되었으며 C $u^{++}$, A $g^+$에 의해서는 저해되었다. 효소 저해제중에는 EDTA, o-phenanthroline 등에 의해 저해되기도 했다. 본 효소는 당류중에는 gentiobiose, cellulose만을, glycoside 중에서는 amygdalin, purnasin, salicin 등을 분해할 수 있었으며 ginsenoside R $b_1$, 이외의 다른 ginsenoside는 전혀 분해할 수 없었다. 본 효소의 Km치는 total saponin 기질 및 ginsenoside Rb group saponin 기질은 ginsenoside R $b_1$으로서 5.0mM 이었으며, gentiobiose는 4.8mM, amygdalin은 3.7mM 이었다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.180-187
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• 2017

Background: The incidence of halitosis has a prevalence of 22-50% throughout the world and is generally caused by anaerobic oral microorganisms, such as Fusobacterium nucleatum, Clostridium perfringens, and Porphyromonas gingivalis. Previous investigations on the structure-activity relationships of ginsenosides have led to contrasting results. Particularly, the antibacterial activity of less polar ginsenosides against halitosis-related bacteria has not been reported. Methods: Crude saponins extracted from the Panax quinquefolius leaf-stem (AGS) were treated at $130^{\circ}C$ for 3 h to obtain heat-transformed saponins (HTS). Five ginsenoside-enriched fractions (HTS-1, HTS-2, HTS-3, HTS-4, and HTS-5) and less polar ginsenosides were separated by HP-20 resin absorption and HPLC, and the antimicrobial activity and mechanism were investigated. Results: HPLC with diode-array detection analysis revealed that heat treatment induced an extensive conversion of polar ginsenosides (-Rg1/Re, -Rc, -Rb2, and -Rd) to less polar compounds (-Rg2, -Rg3, -Rg6, -F4, -Rg5, and -Rk1). The antimicrobial assays showed that HTS, HTS-3, and HTS-4 were effective at inhibiting the growth of F. nucleatum, C. perfringens, and P. gingivalis. Ginsenosides-Rg5 showed the best antimicrobial activity against the three bacteria, with the lowest values of minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration. One major reason for this result is that less polar ginsenosides can more easily damage membrane integrity. Conclusion: The results indicated that the less polar ginsenoside-enriched fraction from heat transformation can be used as an antibacterial agent to control halitosis.