• 분석과학
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.75-79
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• 1999

봄무우 유식물의 자엽과 하배축에서 저온처리동안 변화하는 polyamine(PA)의 농도를 분석하고, PA이 저온 스트레스와 관련이 있는지를 분석하였다. 자엽에서 저온 스트레스동안 putrescine(PUT)의 농도가 증가되었고, 전반적으로 PUT와 spermidine(SPD) 농도의 변화가 심하였다. 따라서 PUT와 SPD는 저온 스트레스의 조건하에서 합성되거나 또는 유리된 것이다. 그러나 spermine(SPM)의 농도에는 거의 변화가 없었다. 하배축의 대조구에는 SPD만이 존재하고, 저온 스트레스를 주면, 유리된 PA의 농다가 증가되었고, 지속된 저온 스트레스동안 PA의 농도가 급속히 감소되었다. 하배축은 일반적으로 저온처리에 매우 예민성을 나타내는 것으로보아, 자엽과 비교해서 세포내에 PA의 농도가 낮기 때문인 것으로 판단된다. 자엽에서 PUT과 SPD가 저온 스트레스의 저항력에 관여하고, 하배축에서는 PA이 저온 스트레스에 대한 저항력의 증대와 아무 관련이 없는 것으로 사료된다. 이상의 결과로 PUT와 SPD는 저온 스트레스에 대항하여 저항력을 증대시키는 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.635-642
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• 1996

UV-B증가가 지질과산화에 미치는 영향과 UV-B조사에 대한 carotenoid 및 polyamine의 지질과산화 방어반응을 조사하기 위해 자연광 이용의 인공기상실내에서 12일간 벼 (Oryza sativa L., cv. Koshihikari) 유식물에 2단계의 UV-B조사 실험을 수행했다. UV-B처리에 의한 건물량의 감소는 조사시간의 경과와 함께 증가하였다. 지질과산화산물인 malondialdehyde (MDA)의 함량은 6일간의 UV-B처리에 의해 약 30 %의 증가를 보였다. Carotenoid의 함량은 UV-B처리에 의해 약 10% 감소하는 경향을 보였으나 통계학적 유의성은 없었다. 한편, 벼에는 크게 3종류의 polyamines (putrescine, spermidine, spermine)이 존재하였으며, 이들 모두 UV-B처리에 의해 상당히 증가되었다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때, UV-B조사에 의해 생성된 활성산소가 생체막지질의 산화에 관여하는 것으로 사료되며, polyamine의 증가는 UV-B조사에 의한 세포막 파괴를 막기 위한 생화학적 방어반응으로 사료된다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.575-581
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• 2009

Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) is a rate-limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis of polyamines, which are essential for cell growth, differentiation, and proliferation. This report presents the characterization of an ODC-encoding cDNA (SlitODC) isolated from a moth species, the tobacco cutworm, Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera); its expression in a polyamine-deficient strain of yeast, S. cerevisiae; and the recovery in polyamine levels and proliferation rate with the introduction of the insect enzyme. SlitODC encodes 448 amino acid residues, 4 amino acids longer than B. mori ODC that has 71% identity, and has a longer C-terminus, consistent with B. mori ODC, than the reported dipteran enzymes. The null mutant yeast strain in the ODC gene, SPE1, showed remarkably depleted polyamine levels; in putrescine, spermidine, and spermine, the levels were > 7, > 1, and > 4%, respectively, of the levels in the wild-type strain. This consequently caused a significant arrest in cell proliferation of > 4% of the wild-type strain in polyamine-free media. The transformed strain, with the substituted SlitODC for the deleted endogenous ODC, grew and proliferated rapidly at even a higher rate than the wild-type strain. Furthermore, its polyamine content was significantly higher than even that in the wild-type strain as well as the spe1-null mutant, particularly with a very continuously enhanced putrescine level, reflecting no inhibition mechanism operating in the putrescine synthesis step by any corresponding insect ODC antizymes to SlitODC in this yeast system.

• 분석과학
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.325-330
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• 1996

몸무우의 자엽에 저온과 polyamine(PA)을 처리하면 세포내의 환원당과 설탕의 농도가 증가되었고, 가을무우의 자엽에 저온처리를 하면 환원당과 설탕의 농도가 증가되나, 저온과 PA를 동시에 처리하면 세포내에 당류의 농도가 증가되지 않았다. 몸무우 자엽에서는 저온처리에 의해 총 아미노산의 농도는 증가되나, 가을무우에서는 증가되지 않았다. 이 결과는 저온에 예민한 봄무우는 세포내의 삼투조절에 의하여 적응하며, 봄무우와 가을무우 사이에 생리 및 생화학적인 대사가 다름을 보여 주었다. 저온에 예민한 봄무우에서 PA는 저온처리와 함께 상승효과를 보이나, 저온 스트레스에 강한 가을무우에서는 PA 처리로 상승효과를 나타내지 못함은 처음 보고 하는 결과이다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.143-149
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• 2007

The effect of precoating of silica with polyamine surfactants on the adsorption of five model compounds containing asphalt-like functionalities was studied. Hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride (HDTMA) and 1-hexadecylamine were used for silica precoating. The model compounds representing five asphalt functionalities were benzoic acid, phenol, benzylbenzoate, benzophenone, and quinoline. All the adsorption isotherms conformed well to the Langmuir adsorption model. All the model compounds showed decreased adsorption with the HDTMA precoating. However, two acidic compounds, benzoic acid and phenol, showed enhanced adsorption on the silica precoated with 1-hexadecylamine. In aqueous solutions, the adsorption of the acidic compounds were in the following order: silica precoated with 1-hexadecylamine > silica precoated with HDTMA > uncoated silica.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.307-312
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• 1993

In germinating pea, contents of enodgenous polyamine in the leaf and stem were determined, and protein content, peroxidase activity and pattern of isozymes were examined in the leaf treated with polyamines. During growth of the pea for 14 days in light condition, the polyamines in leaf and stem showed the highest level at the 5th day, and were decreased rapidly at the 7th day, kept almost constant level since then. The putrescine level was relatively higher than those of spermidine and spermine, and cadaverine was also detected. On the other hand, in the leaf treated with spermine (0.01 mM) protein content increased about 250% than that of the control, the peroxidase activity increased ore than 100% in spermine of 0.01 mM and 0.1 mM. In treating with putrescine of 0.1 mM the pattern of peroxidase isozyme appeared 4 new cathodic bands (pI 4.8, 5.6, 5.9 and 6.8) compared with the control, the clear cathodic bands (pI 5.6, 5.9, 6.4 and 6.6) were also observed in spermine of 0.1 mM. These results suggest that polyamines were important factor in the differentiation of pea at the early stage of germination.

• BMB Reports
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.173-180
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• 1999

The effects of agmatine on the enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of polyamines, the resultant levels of polyamines, and their effect on the growth of DU145 human prostate tumor cells were investigated. When agmatine was added to the medium, ornithine decarboxylase (ODC, EC 4.1.1.17) activity was substantially reduced, but S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (SAMDC, EC 4.1.1.50) activity increased markedly. These changes in ODC and SAMDC activities were the result of an induction of ODC-antizyme and a decreased turnover rate of SAMDC in the presence of agmatine. Accordingly, there was a decrease in the intracellular levels of putrescine and spermidine but an increase in the intracellular level of spermine. Cell growth was markedly inhibited by agmatine treatment and this inhibition was not recovered by the addition of putrescine or spermidine. Our results suggest that agmatine alters the intracellular amounts of polyamine in the cells, closely related to the inhibition of cell growth.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.1071-1076
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• 2001

Chemopreventive activities of polysaccharides from soybeans fermented with either Phellinus igniarius or Agrocybe cylindracea were investigated by measuring the induction of quinone reductase (QR), glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities, and glutathione (GSH) levels in the cell culture along with inhibition of polyamine biosynthesis. The polysaccharides from soybeans fermented with P. igniarius strongly (p<0.005) induced QR activity at all concentrations tested. The extract not only induced GST activity in a dose-dependent manner in the concentration range of 0.1-1.0 mg, but significantly induced GSH revels in cultured Hepa 1c1c7 cells with a maximal 1.4-fold increase at 0.1 mg. The polysaccharides from soybeans fermented with A. cylindracea were effective in inhibiting polyamine metabolism. These results suggest that polysaccharides from soybeans fermented with P. igniarius or A. cylindracea have cancer chemopreventive activities in in vitro models and, therefore, could be considered as potential agents for cancer chemoprevention.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.267-273
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• 1991

Polyamine levels in the male and female cells as well as DNA methyltransferase activity in the female cells during gametogenesis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii indicated that both spermidine and spermine levels were decreased while DNA methyltransferase activity was markedly increased about 12 hours after the onset of gametogenesis. In vitro, putrescine and spermine at 1 mM inhibited methylation of chloroplasts DNA isolated from vegetative female cells by 35% and 65%, respectively. Spermine was found to be more inhibitory than putrescine at all concentrations tested. The pattern of the inhibition by polyamines appeared different from that caused by cations. The results obtained in this work suggest that the polyamine inhibition of DNA methylation is due to an action of polyamines on the enzyme involved instead of on the DNA itself.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2
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• pp.346.3-346.3
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• 2002

The polyamine pathway represents a logical target for chemotherapeutic intervention, since depletion of polyamines results in the disruption of a variety of cellular functions, and may in specific cases result in cytotoxicity. Polyamine interaction with DNA has also long been thought to be an important function of the natural polyamines and as more is learned about the specific interactions and the resultant conformational changes which can be influenced by the polyamine binding to DNA the potential for regional and gene-specific changes are becoming more evident. We have prepraed the elaborate polyamines by the reaction of simpler polyamines with polyalkyating agents. Synthesized polyamines were separated and purified by metal complex formation and ion-exchange chromatography. They were characterized by X-ray crystal structure determinations of their metal complexes.