• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.19-29
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• 1993

Plasminogen activator (PA)-plasmin system in follicular fluid is involved in the process leading to follicular rupture at ovulation. It is well known that PA is closely associated with cellular differentiation and tissue remodeling on evidences from the study of normal and malignant tissues. This study was designed to ascertain a potential role of PA in the ovarian folliculogenesis. Immature Sprague-Dawley rats were injected with pregnant mare serum gonadotropin, followed by injection of serine protease inhibitor (SPI; mixture of 1 mol/L benzamidine and 1 mol/L amino-caproic acid) into the unilateral ovarian bursa. In the control study, mechanical effect of bursal injection and contralateral ovarian effect SPI were ruled out. Total antral follicular areas relative to total ovarian cross-sectional areas was siginificantly lower in SPI-injected ovary than in saline-injected ovary. SPI injection decreased the relative antral follicular area by 33 % respectively. Electron microscopic finding of granulosa cell in the atretic follicle showed the presence of pyknotic nucleus, blurring of neucleolemma, degeneration of mitochondria and dilation of endoplasmic reticulum. After induction of ovulation with hCG, the number of oocytes released was significantly decreased in SPI-injected oviduct than in saline-injected oviduct. From above results, author discussed that PA may play a role not only in ovulation but also in some processes of folliculogenesis.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.119-125
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• 1990

Trypsin을 비롯한 여러 serine protease를 저해하는 단백질을 계골격근으로부터 여러 chromatography 방법을 이용하여 순수하게 분리하였다. 이 저해제의 분자량은 젤 여과법을 이용하여 측정한 결과 66,000 달톤이었으며 sodium dodecyl sulfate 존지하에서 전기영동하였을 때 66,000과 64,000 달톤의 두 단백질로서 나타났다. 이 중 64,000 달톤의 단백질은 순수분리과정 혹은 생체 내에서 일어난 부분 절제현상에 기인한 66,000 달톤 단백질의 부산물인 것으로 사료된다. 이 저해제는 약 7.4의 등전점을 가진 당 단백질임을 알 수 있었으며, 다량의 cysteine잔기를 포함하고 있다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.107-114
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• 1985

우리나라 자연환경으로부터 분리한 Rhizob ium 32권주로부터 카나마이신, 세트라싸이클린 등에는 예민하고, 클로람페니콜, 젠타마이신 등에는 강한 내성을 나타내는 5 균주를 선별하고, 이를 수용세포로하여 RP4::Mu cts를 접함에 의해 E. coli로부터 Rhizobium leguminosarum으로 전달 시켰다. 그 전달빈도는 $5.8{\times}10^{-7}$의 빈도를 나타내었다. 접합체에서의 RP4::Mu cts플라스미드의 존재는 암피실린과 카나마이신, 테트라싸이클린에 대한 내정과 $42^{\circ}C$에서의 플라크 형성으로 확인하였다. 접합체들은 $10^2~10^3$단위로 플라크를 형성하였고, 안정성를 조사한 신파 4주 후에도 대부분이 RP4: :Mu cts의 성질을 유지하고 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.183-189
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• 1990

1,000l 규모의 인뇨로부터 순수한 urokinase를 정제하는 새로운 공정이 고안되었다. 2가 금속이온인 아연을 첨가하여 선택적으로 urokinase를 침전시켰으며, 이 방법은 뇨 중에 포함된 다른 단백질을 100~1,000배 농축할때도 사용할 수 있으며 10~20배의 경제효과를 얻었다. 침전물 속에 포함된 urokinate를 경제적으로 용출할기 위하여 0.1M EDTA/0.5M glycine, pH 9.0용액이 조성되었고, 용출액속에 포함된 높은 농도의 salt와 ion,뇨색소 등이 CM-Toyopeal column에 의해 신속하고 효과적으로 제거되었다. 최종적으로 사용된 benzamidine-Sepharose chromatog-raphy는 urokinase 정졔에 매우 효과적이었다. 이상의 공정을 통해, 1,000liter의 인뇨로부터 3$\times$$O^6IO$의 urokinase가 순수 정제 되었으며, 수욜은 약 50%, 정제도는 1,300배이었다. 또한 urokinase중에 12~14%의 pro-urokinase가 함유되어 있음이 확인되었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제47권12호
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• pp.691-696
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• 2014

${\alpha}$-Enolase is a glycolytic enzyme and a surface receptor for plasminogen. ${\alpha}$-Enolase-bound plasminogen promotes tumor cell invasion and cancer metastasis by activating plasmin and consequently degrading the extracellular matrix degradation. Therefore, ${\alpha}$-enolase and plasminogen are novel targets for cancer therapy. We found that the amino acid sequence of a peptide purified from enzymatic hydrolysates of seahorse has striking similarities to that of ${\alpha}$-enolase. In this study, we report that this peptide competes with cellular ${\alpha}$-enolase for plasminogen binding and suppresses urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA)-mediated activation of plasminogen, which results in decreased invasive migration of HT1080 fibrosarcoma cells. In addition, the peptide treatment decreased the expression levels of uPA compared to that of untreated controls. These results provide new insight into the mechanism by which the seahorse-derived peptide suppresses invasive properties of human cancer cells. Our findings suggest that this peptide could emerge as a potential therapeutic agent for cancer.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2009

Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) also known as plasma procarboxypeptidase B or U is a 60 kD glycoprotein, which is the major modulator of fibrinolysis in plasma. TAFI is a proenzyme, which is activated by proteolytic cleavage to an active carboxypeptidase B-like enzyme (TAFIa, 35.8 kD) by thrombin/thrombomodulin and plasmin. Modulation of fibrinolysis occurs when TAFIa enzymatically removes C-terminal lysine residues of partially degraded fibrin, thereby inhibiting the stimulation of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) modulated plasminogen activation. TAFIa undergoes a rapid conformational change at $37{^{\circ}C}$ to an inactive isoform called TAFIai. Potato tuber carboxypetidase inhibitor (PTCI) was shown to specifically bind to TAFIa as well as TAFIai. In this study, a novel immunoassay TAFIa/ai ELISA was used for quantitation of the two TAFI activation isoforms TAFIa and TAFIai. The ELISA utilizes PTCI as the capture agent and a double antibody sandwich technique for the detection. Low levels of TAFIa/ai antigen levels were detected in normal plasma and elevated levels were found in hemophilia A plasmas. TAFIa/ai antigen represents a novel marker to monitor fibrinolysis and TAFIa/ai ELISA may be a valuable assay for studying the role of TAFI in normal hemostasis and in pathological conditions.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.374-377
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• 1998

The freeze-dried powder of Lumbricus rubellus earthworm was administered orally to rats and its fibrinolytic and antithrombotic effects were investigated. The fibrinolytic activity of plasma was determined by measuring the plasmin activity of the euglobulin fraction and was increased to two-folds of the control at a dose of 0.5 g/kg/day and five times with 1 g/kg/day after 4-day administration. The antithrombotic effect was studied in an arterio-venous shunt model of rats. The thrombus weight decreased significantly from 43.2 mg to 32.4 mg at a dose of 0.5 g/kg/day after 8-day treatment. The level of fibrinogen/fibrin degradation product (FDP) in serum was elevated in a dose-dependent manner during the treatment period. On the 8th day after administration, the FDP value was increased to 7.7 $\mu\textrm{g}$g/ml compared with the control value of 3.3 $\mu\textrm{g}$g/ml. These results support that earthworm powder is valuable for the prevention and/or treatment of thrombotic conditions.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.167-173
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• 2023

Proteolytic enzymes secreted by Aspergillus, as pathogenicity factors, affect blood coagulation and fibrinolysis, and therefore the target proteins of their action in the bloodstream are of significant interest. In the present study, the action of the isolated protease of A. terreus 2 on different human plasma proteins was shown. The protease of A. terreus 2 exhibited the highest proteolytic activity against hemoglobin, which was 2.5 times higher than the albuminolytic activity shown in both of the protein substrates used. In addition, the protease has significant ability to hydrolyze both fibrin and fibrinogen. However, the inability of the A. terreus 2 protease to coagulate rabbit blood plasma and coagulate human and bovine fibrinogen indicates the severity of the enzyme's action on human blood coagulation factors. It should be considered as a potential indicator of this isolated protease's participation in fungal pathogenesis. The protease shows no hemolytic activity. Furthermore, its activity is insignificantly inhibited by thrombin inhibitors, and is not inhibited by plasmin inhibitors.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.1708-1714
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• 2005

Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) functions in epithelial growth and differentiation in many tissues and organs. KGF is expressed in the uterine endometrial epithelial cells during the estrous cycle and pregnancy in pigs, and receptors for KGF (KGFR) are expressed by conceptus trophectoderm and endometrial epithelia. KGF has been shown to stimulate the proliferation and differentiation of conceptus trophectoderm. However, the role of KGF on the endometrial epithelial cells has not been determined. Therefore, this study determined the effect of KGF on proliferation and differentiation of endometrial epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo using an immortalized porcine luminal epithelial (pLE) cell line and KGF infusion into the uterine lumen of pigs between Days 9 and 12 of estrous cycle. Results showed that KGF did not stimulate proliferation of uterine endometrial epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo determined by the $^3$H]thymidine incorporation assay and the proliferating cell nuclear antigen staining, respectively. Effects of KGF on expression of several markers for epithelial cell differentiation, including integrin receptor subunits $\alpha$4, $\alpha$5 and $\beta$1, plasmin/trypsin inhibitor, uteroferrin and retinol-binding protein were determined by RT-PCR, Northern and slot blot analyses, and immunohistochemisty, and KGF did not affect epithelial cell differentiation in vitro and in vivo. These results show that KGF does not induce epithelial cell proliferation and differentiation, suggesting that KGF produced by endometrial epithelial cells acts on conceptus trophectoderm in a paracrine manner rather than on endometrial epithelial cells in an autocrine manner.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.251-256
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• 2008

이 연구의 목적은 자연 천연한 청국장에서 분비되는 혈전용해효소를 생산하는 Bacillus Iicheniformis HK-12의 혈전용해활성과 특성을 조사하기 위하여 실시한 것이다. 먼저 균주 HK-12의 생리생화학적 특성에 대하여 조사하였다. BIOLOG GP2 MicroPlate system과 16S rRNA 염기서열 분석을 통하여 균주를 동정하였고, 그 결과 Bacillus licheniformis로 확인되었고, B. licheniformis HK-12로 명명하였으며, 이 균주는 GenBank에 [Eu288193]로 등재하였다. 16S rRNA 염기서열 분석에 근거하여, B. licheniformis HK-12의 계통수를 작성하였다. B. licheniformis HK-12의 배양기간동안 세균의 생장, 혈전용해활성, pH의 변화를 모니터링하였다. 36시간배양 후, 배양의 최대 혈전용해활성은 대조군으로서 플라스민과 비교하여 약 2.25배로 나타났다. 혈전용해활성과 관련하여, B. licheniformis HK-12의 생장에서 최적 pH와 온도는 각각 초기 pH 7.0과 40$^{\circ}C$로 나타났다.