• Toxicological Research
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.35-42
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• 2013

Quantum dots (QDs) have received considerable attention due to their potential role in photosensitization during photodynamic therapy. Although QDS are attractive nanomaterials due to their novel and unique physicochemical properties, concerns about their toxicity remain. We suggest a combination strategy, CdSe/ZnS QDs together with curcumin, a natural yellow pigment from turmeric, to reduce QD-induced cytotoxicity. The aim of this study was to explore a potentially effective cancer treatment: co-exposure of HL-60 cells and human normal lymphocytes to CdSe/ZnS QDs and curcumin. Cell viability, apoptosis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, and DNA damage induced by QDs and/or curcumin with or without ultraviolet A (UVA) irradiation were evaluated in both HL-60 cells and normal lymphocytes. In HL-60 cells, cell death, apoptosis, ROS generation, and single/double DNA strand breaks induced by QDs were enhanced by treatment with curcumin and UVA irradiation. The protective effects of curcumin on cell viability, apoptosis, and ROS generation were observed in normal lymphocytes, but not leukemia cells. These results demonstrated that treatment with QD combined with curcumin increased cell death in HL-60 cells, which was mediated by ROS generation. However, curcumin acted as an antioxidant in cultured human normal lymphocytes.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.83-92
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• 2019

Based on the reactive oxygen species (ROS) regulatory properties of diphenyleneiodonium (DPI), we investigated the effects of DPI on host-infected T. gondii proliferation and determined specific concentration that inhibit the intracellular parasite growth but without severe toxic effect on human retinal pigment epithelial (ARPE-19) cells. As a result, it is observed that host superoxide, mitochondria superoxide and $H_2O_2$ levels can be increased by DPI, significantly, followed by suppression of T. gondii infection and proliferation. The involvement of ROS in anti-parasitic effect of DPI was confirmed by finding that DPI effect on T. gondii can be reversed by ROS scavengers, N-acetyl-L-cysteine and ascorbic acid. These results suggest that, in ARPE-19 cell, DPI can enhance host ROS generation to prevent T. gondii growth. Our study showed DPI is capable of suppressing T. gondii growth in host cells while minimizing the un-favorite side-effect to host cell. These results imply that DPI as a promising candidate material for novel drug development that can ameliorate toxoplasmosis based on ROS regulation.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.128-134
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• 2004

본 시험은 천연 및 합성착색제와 해조부산물의 첨가가 육계의 육성 성적, 착색도, 항산화도 및 색택에 미치는 영향을 구명하기 위하여 실시하였다. 시험사료는 단백질과 에너지를 동일 수준으로 배합하였고, 사료내 xanthophylls 함량은 총 30 ppm이 되도록 하였다. 시험처리구로는 대조구(무첨가구, T1), Oro Glo 첨가구(천연황색소, T2), Kem Glo 첨가구 (천연적색소, T3), canthaxanthin 첨가구(합성적색소, T4), asthaxanthine 첨가구(천연적색소, T5)와 해조부산물 첨가구(T6)로 나누어 5주간 사양시험을 수행하였다. 증체량과 사료 섭취량은 대조구에 비해 T6구에서 유의적으로 낮았으나(p＜0.05), 착색제 종류에 따른 차이는 없는 것으로 나타났다. 폐사율은 대조구에 비해 T2, T3 및 T4에서 낮았고, T5 및 T6구에서는 현저하게 높게 나타났다.(p＜0.05). 도체율과 복강내지방은 처리구간 착색제에 따른 차이는 볼 수 없었으나, 근위무게는 T6구에서 가장 적은 것으로 나타났다.(p＜0.05). 다리 착색도는 대조구와 T6구에서 가장 낮았고(p＜0.05), 착색효과에 있어서는 황색 착색제보다 적색 착색제에서, 그리고 합성착색제보다는 천연착색제에 의한 효과가 우수한 것으로 나타났다.(p＜0.05). 닭고기의 POV, TBARS 및 pH는 저장 12일 이후 모든 처리구에서 증가하였고(p＜0.05), 처리 간 차이는 대조구보다 착색제 첨가구가 높게 나타났다(p＜0.05). 육색에서 CIE L$^{*}$ (명도)값과 b$^{*}$ (황색도)값은 저장기간 및 착색제 종류에 따른 차이는 없었다. a$^{*}$ (적색도)값은 저장 12일 후 모든 처리구가 감소(p＜0.05)하였으나. T4와 T5구의 a$^{*}$ 값이 다른 처리구에 비하여 높았다.(p＜0.05). 이상의 결과를 종합하여 볼 때 xanthophylls 종류에 따라 육색에 영향을 미치고, 저장 중 지방산화가 억제되었다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.977-983
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• 2002

식용색소 및 공업용 염료의 인공적 착색여부를 조사한 결과, 심황색소, 식용희석황색소, 마리골드색소, 식용황색 4호, 안나토색소, 카로틴색소는 유사한 색으로 착색되었으며 다른 색소는 착색되지 않았다. 물에 의한 추출시험에서는 참조기 색소와 식용색소황색 제4호는 물에서 용출되지 않았다. 착색 후 색소의 물성실험을 한 결과 물 젖은 가제수건이나 휴지로 색소부위 표피를 문지를 경우 참조기 색소는 표면에 전혀 묻어 나오지 않으나 인공적으로 착색된 색소의 경우에는 물에 의해 색이 뚜렷하게 묻어 나왔으며 참조기의 착색 부위 표피를 아세톤으로 추출할 경우 참조기 색소는 아세톤에 옅은 황색용액으로 추출되었다. 또한, 참조기의 색소처럼 물에 용출되지 않도록 염착이 가능한 공업적 합성염료인 반응성 염료와 분산염료의 착색거동에 대해 실험한 결과, 반응성 염료는 조기에 착색되지만 물 젖은 휴지로 착색부위를 문지를 경우 색소가 용출되었고, 아세톤에는 추출되지 않아 참조기 색소와는 쉽게 판별되었으며 분산염료는 염료가 고르게 착색되지 않고 염료가 입자를 형성하며, 물 적신 휴지로 색소부위를 문지를 경우 색소가 용출됨을 알 수 있었다. 카로틴색소(참조기 색소와 구조가 유사한 색소)와 azo염료의 산화 환원 반응에 따른 소색 반응에서는 산화반응에서 azo염료는 sodium percarbonate와 peracetic acid에서는 소색이 되지 않았으나, fenton시약에서는 1시간 후 소색되었고, sodium hypochlorite에서는 바로 소색되었다. 이에 비하여 카로틴색소는 sodium percarbonate 및 fenton시약에서는 소색되지 않았으나, sodium hypochlorite에서는 2시간 후 소색되었고, peracetic acid에서는 바로 소색되었다. 또한, sodium hydrosulfite, sodium carbonate를 사용한 환원반응시험에서는 azo염료는 소색되었으나, 카로틴색소는 소색되지 않았다. 이러한 결과를 통해 두 색소의 특징적 group을 제거할 때 나타나는 소색 결과를 토대로 진품참조기와 모조참조기의 판별에 이용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2003년도 생물공학의 동향(XIII)
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• pp.794-798
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• 2003

천연추출물로서 미백 재료로 널리 쓰이고 있는 옥용산에 대해서 in vitro 미백활성을 UV 흡수능, tyrosinase 저해활성 그리고 free radical 소거활성을 측정함으로서 검정해 보았다. 옥용산 UV-B와 C 영역에 걸쳐서 높은 자외선 흡수능을 보이는 것으로 관찰이 되었으며 0.8 % 이상의 농도에서 80% 이상의 tyrosinase 저해활성을 가지는 것을 관찰하였다. 또한 조협, 승마, 감송, 정향, 찹쌀분과 옥용산의 추출물은 높은 free radical 소거능을 가지는 것으로 확인되었다.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.14-28
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• 2017

This purpose of this study to analyze effect material properties have on change in QR code recognition rate according to change of materials by comparing recognition rate of color QR code. QR code applied to textile materials has the advantage of being washable and being applicable to lost child prevention goods or clothes or a person with dementia through record of information relating to the material or input of additional information, differently from QR code printed on the conventional paper. An effective method of entering QR code in textile materials is Digital Textile Printing(DTP), that facilitates printing by rapidly applying diverse information, and small quantity production. It is possible to tailor various QR codes according to use. Regarding samples to use, cotton material used in clothing products and Tyvek material recently applied to clothing and related products were selected. Reactive dyes were used for cotton, pigment was used for Tyvek, and QR code was printed with an inkjet printer by direct printing method. Printing methods and surface textures are different between cotton and Tyvek. It was revealed that consequent print results and results of recognition rate were different. Regarding color to be printed, 2015 S/S - 2017 S/S color presented by Pantone was used. Color combination affected recognition rate of color QR code. Understanding color combination, material properties and print characteristics may be helpful in increasing recognition rate of color QR code, and may contribute to usability of color QR code applied to textile materials in the future.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.175-192
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• 2006

Screening for the cytotoxicity from plant origin is the first stage for anti-cancer drug development. A variety of terpenoids with exomethylene, epoxide, allyl, $\alpha,\beta-unsaturated$ carbonyl, acetylenes, and $\alpha-methylene-\gamma-lactone$ induces apoptosis and/or differentiation as well as cytotoxicity through the ROS signal transduction pathways. These are found among monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, triterpenes, flavonoids, coumarins, diarylheptanoids, and even organosulfuric compounds. The most essential characteristics of natural cytotoxic substances is to possess the strong electrophilicity that is susceptible to nucleophilic biomolecules in the cell. Thiol-reductants and superoxide dismutase can block or delay apoptosis. Thus, ROS and the resulting cellular redox-potential changes can be parts of the signal transduction pathway during apoptosis. Disturbance of the balance of oxireduction by the pigment of natural quinones also caused the induction of the differentiation and apoptosis. Saponins with the cytotoxicity are restricted to their monodesmosides, rather than to bisdesmosides. Those saponins exhibited calcium ion-mediated apoptosis in addition to cytotoxicity whereas they showed also differentiation without extracellular calcium ion. The properties on cytotoxicity, apoptosis, and differentiation were assumed to depend on resultant oxidative stress to the cells. In this review, we describe a spectrum of cytotoxic compounds with various action mechanisms.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 1997

Dorsal and ventral epithelium of leech, Whitemenia edentula, were observed, using both light and electron-microscope. Results are as follows. Epithelia are composed of simple columnar or irregularly-shaped epithelium, the transveral folds were seen in the cross-sectioned dorsal and ventral epithelia, but only longitudinal folds(depth $500{\mu}m$, width $350{\mu}m$) were discovered in the ventral epithelium. As to muscular tissue under the dorsal epithelium of Whitemenia edentula, that of longitudinal muscle layer is thicker and more developed than that of circular muscle layer. Seven gland cells (type-A, B, C, D, E, F and H cells) and one pigment cell (type-G cell) were discovered in the whitemenia edentula. Those were identified as three kinds of the neutral mucopolysaccharide granoles (type-A, B and F cells), two kinds of acidic mucopolysaccharide granules (type-C and D cells), and two kinds of non-reactive granules respectively (type-E and F cells). The glanules of the type-A and type-B gland cells ae electronly high-dense, and surrounded by the muscular tissue. As to the distribution of gland cells, the type-A, type-B, type-C, type-D, type-I and type-H gland cells were discovered only between the connective tissue and the circular muscle layer, while type-F gland cells were discovered only between tile circular muscle layer and the longitudinal muscle layer.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.357-363
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• 2006

Chromium compounds are widely used in diverse industries including pigment manufacturing, painting, metal plating and leather tanning. With the wide uses of chromium, various adverse effects of the compounds on the environment and human health have been reported. Among them, hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)], which is a carcinogenic heavy metal, has been widely studies. Epidemiological investigations have shown that respiratory cancers had been found in workers who had been occupationally exposed to Cr (VI). In this study, cell toxicity and induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by Cr (VI) (1, 2, 4, $8{\mu}M$) in cultured human bronchial epithelial cells were investigated. Exposure of the cells to Cr (VI) led to cell death, ROS increase, and cytosolic caspase-3 activation. The ROS increase was related with the decreased level of GSH. Chromatin condensation and fragmentation were occurred by Cr (VI) when evaluated by DAPI staining or agarose gel electrophoresis of the extracted DNA. Expression of ROS related genes including glutathione S-transferase, heme oxygenase-1, metallothionein were significantly induced in Cr (VI) treated cells. This result suggests the toxicity in cultured cells by Cr (VI) was expressed through the apoptotic process with ROS induction.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.349-354
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• 2001

Curcumin, a dietary pigment in turmeric, posseses anti-carcinogenic and anti-metastatic properties. The present study was conducted to study in vitro chemopreventive effects of curcumin in transformed breast cells. Here, we show that curcumin inhibits H-ras-induced invasive phenotype in MCF10A human breast epithelial cells (H-ras MCF10A) and downregulates matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 dose-dependently. Curcumin exerted cytotoxic effect on H-ras MCF10A cells in a concentration-dependent manner. Curcumin-induced cell death was mainly due to apoptosis in which a prominent downregulation of Bcl-2 and upregulation of Bax were involved. We also suggest a possible involvement of caspase-3 in curcumin-induced apoptosis. Curcumin treatment resulted in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in H-ras MCF10A cells. Apoptotic event by curcumin was significantly inhibited by pretreatment of an antioxidant N-acetyl-$_L$-cysteine (NAC), suggesting redox signaling as a mechanism responsible for curcumin-induced apoptosis in H-ras MCF10A cells. Taken together, our results demonstrate that curcumin inhibits invasion and induces apoptosis, proving the chemopreventive potential of curcumin .