• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.147-153
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• 2007

In this study, we investigated the anticancer activity of the fin of Thunnus Thynnus (TT). TT was extracted with methanol (TTM), and then further fractionated into four subfractions by using solvent partition method, affording hexane (TTMH), methanol (TTMM), butanol (TTMB) and aquous (TTMA) soluble fractions. We determined the cytotoxicity of these four fractions in four kind of cancer cell lines, such as HepG2, MCF-7, B16-F10 and HT29 by MTT assay. The TTMM showed the strongest cytotoxic effect at the concentration of 150 ${\mu}g/mL$, displaying 95% on the HepG2 cell lines and 82% on MCF-7 cell line. The morphological changes such as membrane shirinking and blebbing of cells were also observed by TTMM treatment in HT29 cell. In addition, we observed that quinone reductase (QR) activity was elevated by only TTMM and TTMH treatments in HepG2 cell. QR activity was increased to around 2.0 and 1.8 times in TTMM and TTMH treated HepG2 cell at 100 ${\mu}g/mL$, respectively, compared to that in control. Although further studies are needed, the present work could suggest that the fin of TT has a potential to be usable as a chemopreventive agent against cancer.

• 생약학회지
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• 제34권2호통권133호
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• pp.161-165
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• 2003

Ethanol extract from Thesium chinense Tunczaninov (TCTE) was tested for breast cancer chemopreventive activity by measuring 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) - induced cytochrome P450 1A1 activity, induction of quinone reductase and glutathione S-transferase, and glutathione level. TCTE significantly inhibited cytochrome P45O 1A1 activity at the concentration of 90 and 150 mg/ml. TCTE induced quinone reductase activity in a dose-dependent manner in a concentration range of 3-150 mg/ml. In addition glutathione S-transferase activity and glutathione level were increased with TCTE in cultured murine hepatoma Hepa1c1c7 cells. These results suggest that TCTE has breast cancer chemopreventive potential by inhibiting cytochrome P45O 1A1 activity, inducing quinone reductase and glutathione S-transferase activities, and increasing GSH level.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.80-85
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• 2001

Various lines of evidence suggest that dietary components protect the initiation step of carcinogenesis. In this study, the ethylacetate (PGMEA), ethylether (PGMEE), butanol (PGMB) and aqueous (PGMA) soluble fractions of Punica granatum L. (PG) were screened for their growth inhibition using the MTT assay on HepG2, HeLa, C6, MCF-7 and HT-29 cells and for their activity to induce quinone reductase (QR) in HepG2 cells. Among various fractions of Punica granatum L., the PGMEE showed the strongest growth inhibition at 500 $\mu\textrm{g}$/mL which resulted 92.5% on Hela cell lines and 97.8% on C6 cell lines. The PGMEA and PGMB also showed significant growth inhibition. The assay of QR induction on HepG2 cells, grown in the presence of PGMEE at the concentration of 50$\mu\textrm{g}$/mL, was 1.4 times more effective compared with the control value of1.0. These results suggested that useful cancer chemoprevention materials could be isolated from PGMEE fraction of Punica granatum L.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.86-91
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• 2001

The anticarcinogenic effects of various food components on human cancer cells have received much attention in recent years. The precise effect and mechanisms of anticarcinogens in food materials on cancer cells have rarely been investigated. This study was carried out to determine the effects of Daucus carota L. leaf (DCL) extracts on cytotoxic and chemopreventive effect on human cancer cells. The experiment was conducted to determine cytotoxicity of Daucus carota L. leaf extracts on HepG2, Hela and MCF-7 cells by MTT assay. Among various partition layers of Daucus carota L. leaf, the ethylacetate partition layer (DCLMEA) at 500 $\mu\textrm{g}$/mL was shown to be most effective on MCF-7 cell lines. The four partition layers which are DCLM, DCLMH, DCLMB and DCLMH were less effecitve in inducing cytotoxicity than DCLMEA was. We also determined the induction of intracellular quinone reductase (QR) activity by adding DCL extracts on HepG2 cells. Among various partition layers of DCL extracts, DCLMH and DCLM were tested to be most effective with results such as 4.9 and 4.73 with a control value of 1.0.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.549-554
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• 2002

포공영약침액의 암억제 효과를 살펴보기 위하여 quinone reductase (QR) 생성유도를 생쥐의 간암세포인 Hepa Iclc7를 이용하여 측정한 결과, 포공영약침액을 처리한 Hepa Iclc7에서 QR생성이 유도되었다. 또한 포공영약침액은 phase II detoxification 효소인 glutathione S-transfer-ase (CST) 활성을 증가시키고 glutathione 생성도 증가시켰다 QR과 CST는 간세포에서 주로 생성되는 phase II효소로 발암물질에 의해 일어나는 돌연변이와 종양화 효과를 막아주고 발암물질을 무독화 시키는 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서 본 실험에서 포공영약침액은 QR 효소 생성 유도, glutathione 함량 증가 및 CST 효소활성 증대등 phase II detoxification의 기작을 통한 발암과정의 blocking agent로서 효과가 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.206-213
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• 1996

NADH-quinone reductase was purified 22-fold from the cytosolic fraction of Streptomyces sp. Imsnu-1 to apparent hemogenity, with an overall yield of 9%, by the purification procedure consisting of ammonium, sulfate precipitation and DEAE Sephacryl S-200 and DEAE 5 PW chromatographies. Thes molecular mass of the enzyme determined by gel filtration chromatography was found to be 110 kDa. SDS-PAGE revealed that the enzyme consists of two sugunits with a molecular mass of 54 kDa. The enzyme contained 1 mol of FMN per subunit as a cofactor. The $A_{272}$ A$_{457}$ ratio was 6.14 and the molar extinction coefficients were calculated to be 20, 800 and 25, 400M$^{-1}$ $cm^{-1}$ / AT 349 AND 457 nm, respectively. The N-terminal sequence of the enzyme contained the highly conserved fingerprint of ADP-binding domain. The enzyme used NADH as an electron donor and various quinones as electron acceptors. Cytochrome c was practically inactive. Air-stable flavin semiquinone was produced by the addition of NADH to the enzyme. Also, naphthosemiquinone was detected in the reaction mixture containing the enzyme.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.365-371
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• 2003

The potential of seven flavonoid glycosides to induce quinone reductase (QR), an anticarcinogenic marker enzyme, in murine hepatoma cells (hepalc1c7) and its mutant cells (BPRc1) was evaluated. Among test compounds, kaempferol-3-O-glucoside, luteolin-6-c-glucoside, and quercetin-3-O-glucoside (Q-3-G) induced QR in hepalc1c7 cells in a dose-dependent manner. However, in BPRc1 cells lacking arylhydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT), only Q-3-G caused a significant induction of quinone reductase at the concentration range of 0.5 to 8 ug/mL, suggesting that it is a monofunctional inducer. Q-3-G induced not only phase 2 enzymes, including QR and glutathione-S-transferase, but also nitroblue tetrazolium reduction activity in HL-60 cells, a biochemical marker for cell differentiation promoting agents. In conclusion, Q-3-G merits further study to evaluate its cancer chemopreventive potential.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.968-972
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• 1998

Allium tuberosum Rotter(Liliaceae) is a perennial herb of which leaves are used for food. Leek has been reported to have pharmacological effects including alleviations of abdominal pain, diarrhea, hematemesis, snakebite, and asthma. To investigate the effect of dietary leek supplementation on the drug-metaboizing enzymes, quinone reductase(QR) and arylhydrocarbon hydroxylase(AHH) activities in the liver, stomach, small intestine and lung, and on the plasma testosterone and dihydrosterone hormone levels, mice were fed 2% and 5% leek diets for 8 weeks. Quinone reductase, an anticarcinogenic enzyme, was significantly induced in stomach, small intestine, and lung but slightly lowered in hepatic tissue in the experimental groups compared to control group. Arylhydrocarbon hydroxylase activity, involved in bioactivation of procarcinogens, was significantly decreased in liver and lung. Leek feeding led to the reduction in the plasma level of dihydrotestosterone which is associated with the incidence of prostate cancer. These findings support the potential chemopreventive activity of leek supplementation.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.8-12
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• 2005

본 연구는 약용 및 식용 식물로 사용되고 있는 쑥부쟁이 추출물과 분획물의 암세포 증식 억제 효과와 QR유도 효과를 실험하였다. 쑥부쟁이의 metanol 추출 및 용매 분획물의 암세포 증식억제 효과를 MTT assay로 실험한 결과, 3종의 인체 암세포주, 간암세포주인 HepG2, 자궁경부암 세포주인 HeLa 및 유방암 세포주인 MCF-7에서 모두 쑥부쟁이의 ethyl ether 분획층인 AYMEE층과 ethyl acetate 분획층인 AVMEA층에서 암세포 성장 저지 효과가 제일 컸다. 특히 HepG2 세포주에서 는 AYMEE를 200 $\mu$g/mL 첨가시켰을 때 94.5%의 암세포 증식 억제 효과가 나타났으며, 농도를 증가시킬수록 그 효과가 커져 500 $\mu$g/mL에서는 97.7%의 저지 효과를 보였다. MCF-7 세포주와 HeLa 세포주에서도 이와 비슷한 경향이었다. Butanol층인 AYMB와 메탄올층인 AYM에서는 대체적으로 낮은 농도에서는 효과가 약하였으나 300 $\mu$g/mL 이상에서는 높은 암세포 성장저지 효과를 보였다. HepG2 세포를 이용하여 암예방 지수인 QR 유도 활성을 측정한 결과, 다른 분획층에 비해 비극성 용매층인 hexane 분획층, AYMH에서 QR 유도 활성을 증가시키는 경향이었다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2010

고추 부산물의 활용을 위해 고추의 각 기관별 추출물에 대한 항산화와 QR 유도 활성을 측정하였다. 고추의 과실, 뿌리, 줄기, 잎을 각각 메탄올로 추출하여 분석한 결과, 고춧잎이 다른 기관에 비해 플라보노이드와 페놀성분이 높은 것으로 나타났다. DPPH 항산화 실험에서는 기관별로 큰 차이가 없었던 반면, ABTS 항산화 실험에서는 고춧잎이 다른 기관에 비해 유의적으로 높은 항산화능을 보였다. FTC와 TBA 실험에서 줄기와 고춧잎이 다른 기관에 비해 유의하게 높은 지질과산화 억제능을 나타냈다. QR 유도활성에서는 고춧잎, 뿌리, 줄기, 과실순으로 높았다. 고춧잎의 경우 $50-200\;{\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서는 다른 기관에 비해 높은 세포 성장 억제능을 보였다. 결론적으로 고춧잎은 다른 기관에 비해 항산화 활성과 QR 유도 활성이 높아 기능성소재로서의 활용가치가 높다.