Antitumor Activity of $\alpha$-Lactalbumin on the Tumor Cells

$\alpha$-Lactalbumin의 암세포 증식 저해효과에 관한 연구

  • 이수원 (성균관대학교 생명공학부) ;
  • 신영하 (성균관대학교 생명공학부) ;
  • 황보식 (성균관대학교 생명공학부)
  • Published : 2002.03.01

Abstract

Bovine serum albumin(BSA), $\alpha$-lactalbumin($\alpha$-LA), $\beta$-lactoglobulin($\beta$-LG) and bovine immunoglobulin G (IgG) were investigated the cytotoxicity on tumor cell lines. $\alpha$-LA was showned a tendency of dose dependaent on cytotoxicity using WiDr. The growth of WiDr was inhibited 82% by 1mg/ml of $\alpha$-LA. However, IgG, BSA and $\beta$-LG were not shown the cytotoxicity on WiDr. When $\alpha$-LA was purified by using high pressure liquid chromatography(HPLC), the main component($\alpha$-LA) was eluted at 33.057 min and extremely small quantities eluted at 32.310 min. The cytotoxicity of main component (eluted at 33.057 min peak) was lower than commercial $\alpha$-LA. And the cytotoxic activity of hydrolyzed $\alpha$-LA and $\alpha$-LA treated with EDTA were lower than commercial $\alpha$-LA on tumor cells.

상업적으로 생산 판매되고 있는 여러 가지 유청 단백질을 이용하여 각종 암세포에 대한 세포독성을 조사한 결과, IgG, BSA, $\beta$-LG는 세포독성이 거의 없었으나, $\alpha$-LA가 강한 세포독성을 갖고 있음이 확인되었다. MKN45, HeLa, WiDr, 그리고 A498의 경우, $\alpha$-LA(1mg/ml)에 의해 세포성장이 95% 이상 억제되는 것으로 나타났다. HPLC를 이용하여 $\alpha$-LA에 혼입되어 있는 미량성분을 제거한 후, 세포독성을 조사한 결과, $\alpha$-LA이 나타내었던 세포독성이 대부분 없어지는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 $\alpha$-LA을 trypsin으로 부분 가수분해한 후, 각종 암세포에 대한 성장 억제효과를 검토한 결과, 암세포에 대한 독성을 상실하는 것으로 나타났으며, $\alpha$-LA를 EDTA로 처리할 경우, $\alpha$-LA의 세포독성이 대부분 상실되는 것으로 나타났다.

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