• KSBB Journal
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.223-229
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• 2015

In this study, extract from Artemisia annua in L. (AAE) is known as a medicinal herb that is effective against cancer. The cell cycle is regulated by the activation of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)/cyclin complex. We will focus on regulation of CDK2 by cyclin E. cyclin E is associated with CDK2 to regulate progression from G1 into S phase. Akt is known to play an important role in cell proliferation and cell survival. Activation of Akt increases mTOR activity that promotes cell proliferation and cancer growth. In this study, we investigated that AAE-induced cell cycle arrest at G1/S phase in HCT116 colon cancer. Treatment of AAE shows that reduced activation of Akt decreases mTOR/Mdm2 activity and then leads to increase the activation of p53. The active p53 promotes activation of p21. p21 induces inactivation of CDK2/cyclin E complex and occurs cell cycle arrest at G1/S phase. We treated LY294002 (Akt inhibitor) and Rapamycin (mTOR inhibitor) to know the relationship between the signal transduction of proteins associated with cell cycle arrest. These results suggest that AAE induces cell cycle arrest at G1/S phase by Akt/mTOR pathway in HCT116 colon cancer cell.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.175-181
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• 2015

Cells proliferate via repeating process that growth and division. This process is G1, S, G2 and M four phases consists. Monitoring the progression of the cell cycle is a specific step that to be a continuous process is repeated to adjust the start of the next step. At this time, this process is called a Checkpoint. Currently, there are three known checkpoints that G1-S phase, G2-M phase, and the M phase. In this study, we confirmed that cell cycle arrest effects by ethanol extracts of Artemisia annua Linne (AAE) in Hep3B liver cancer cells. AAE was regulated proteins which involved in cell cycle such as pAkt, pMDM2, p53, p21, pCDK2 (T14/Y15). AAE induced cell cycle arrest in G1 checkpoint through phosphorylation of CDK2. Akt and p53 upstream is inhibited by AAE and p53 activated by non-activated pMDM2, p53 inhibitor. Thereby, activated p53 is transcript to p21 and activated p21 protein is combined with Cyclin E-pCDK2 complex. Therefore, we confirmed that AAE-induced cell cycle arrest was occurred by p21-Cyclin E-pCDK2 complex by inhibition of pAkt signal. Because of this cell cycle can't pass to S phase from G1 phase.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.540-551
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• 1999

This study was performed to investigate the effects of dried leaf powders and ethanol extracts of Perilla frutescens(perilla leaf), Artemisia princeps var. orientalis(mugwort) and Aster scaber(chamchui) on lipid metabolism and antioxidative capacity in rats. Forty-nine male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 105.9$\pm$1.7g were blocked into seven groups according to body weigth and raised for four weeks with diets containing 5% dried powders of perilla leaf, mugwort and chamchui, or ethanol extracts from the same amount of each dried leaf powder. Food intake was higher in the control and chamchui powder groups than the other remaining groups. Weight gain was not significantly different among all experimental groups. Food efficiency ratio was highest in the perilla leaf powder group. Plasma total lipid and cholesterol, liver total lipid and triglyceride levels were highest in the perilla leaf powder group. In contrast, dried powders of mugwort and chamchui showed hypolipidemic effects in plasma and liver. Plasma and liver TBARS levels in both dried powder and ethanol extract groups of the three plants were lower than control. There was also no significant difference between corresponding dried powder and ethanol extract groups. Catalas and GSH-Px activities in erythrocyte and liver were not different among all the experimental groups. However, SOD activities were significantly different among the esperimental groups. In erythrocyte. SOD activiteis of all dried powder and ethanol extract groups except the perilla leaf powder group were higher than control, and the chamchui power group showed the highest activity among them. In liver, all the plant groups showed higher SOD activities than control. There was no significant difference between corresponding dried powder and ethanol extract groups. In conclusion, the dried chamchui powder and liver. All the dried plant powder and ethanol extract were effective in decreasing the TBARS levels of liver and particularly plasma. Among the antiocidative enzymes, SOD activity was most responsive to the experimental diets. All the plant groups showed increases in liver SOD activities and there were more increments in dried powder groups. Since the effects of dried powder groups on lipid metabolism were better than those of extract groups, it is plausible that the high dietary fiber level in dried powders was effective. Antioxidative effects were not significantly different between corresponding dried power and extract groups, and it was thought that ethanol extracts from three plants also had similar antioxidative effects as dried powderers.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.246-251
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• 2003

94종 식물자원을 대상으로 혈압상승을 주도하는 효소인 angiotensin converting enzyme의 저해활성을 검색하였다. 그 결과 추출물의 농도가 1mg에서 60%이상의 높은 ACE 억제활성을 보인 식물은 털여뀌 (81.6%), 결명자 (64.2%) 등의 2종이었으며, 40%이상의 ACE 억제 활성을 보인 식물은 금불초(49.7%), 골담초(49.4%), 황금(48.1%), 회향(45.2%)등 4종으로 ACE 억제활성이 비교적 높게 나타났다. 또한 $30{\sim}40%$의 ACE 억제활성을 보인 식물은 까마귀머루(35.5%), 부용(32.3%), 삼립국화(32.6%), 산비장이(33.2%), 산사나무(33.9%), 율무(34.8%), 제비꽃(37.1%), 진득찰(37.1%), 짚신나무(36.1%), 참죽나무(39.7%), 창질경이(33.5%), 컴프리(33.9%), 털냉초(39.7%), 하눌타리(39.4%), 해바라기(34.2%), 호두나무(39.4%), 회양목(30.6%), 희수(35.8%), 금불초(36.8%), 도꼬마리(34.8%), 두충나무(30.3%), 둥글레(35.2%), 방풍(33.5%), 산옥잠화(34.8%), 살구나무(39%), 섬오갈피(38.4%), 원추리(39.7%), 지모(31.9%)등 28종이었다. 그 외 흰제비꽃, 황해쑥, 쥐방울덩굴, 자귀나무, 일당귀, 오크라, 애기기린초, 순비기나무, 쇠뜨기 , 석창포, 석결명, 사위질방, 산수유나무, 부추, 뽕나무, 봉선화, 보리수나무, 큰꽃삽주, 범부채, 벌등골나무, 모감주, 동과, 도라지, 땃두릅, 도꼬마리, 산옥잠화, 방풍, 둥글레, 닭의장풀, 닥나무, 노루오줌, 가시오갈피, 개오동, 귀릉나무, 꽈리, 까실쑥부쟁, 골담초, 고삼, 고비고사리, 개발나물, 결명자, 형개, 향유, 한련초, 파고지, 초과, 지골피, 마두령, 금앵자, 곽향 등 50여 종의 추출물은 $10{\sim}30%$의 낮은 ACE 억제활성을 보였다. 앞으로 ACE 억제활성이 높은 식물자원의 유효성분에 대한 물질 확인과 동물모델을 이용한 효능검증에 대하여 더 많은 연구가 있어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.154-160
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• 2005

자연산 인진호와 조직 배양체의 유용 생리활성을 살펴 보았다. 우선, 항암 효과를 살펴보기 위하여 인간 폐암세포(A549)와 위암세포(AGS), 인간 간암세포(Hep3B)와 유방암 세포(MCF7) 4가지 암세포주를 이용하여 세포 생육 저해능을 측정하였다. MTT assay의 경우 1.0g/l 의 농도에서 캘러스가 A549와 ACS에 대해 각각 약 45%와 42%로 모상근과 기내배양에 비해 높은 세포 생육 저해능을 나타내었고, 자연산 인진호는 약 45%와 38%로 캘러스와 비슷한 항암 활성을 나타내었다. SRB assay의 경우도 캘러스가 가장 높은 항암 효과를 나타내었는데 대체적으로 약 55% 이상의 암세포 저해율을 나타내었으며, 자연산 인진호의 항암 활성에 비해서도 높은 수치를 나타내었다. 면역세포를 이용한 생육도와 cytokine의 분비량을 측정한 결과 B 세포의 생육도는 6일째까지 계속적인 증가를 가져왔고, 이에 따라 cytokine의 분비량 또한 $TNF-{\alpha}$와 IL-6 모두 6일째까지 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 면역세포의 생육도의 경우는 자연산 인진호가 가장 높은 생육도를 나타내었고, 인진호의 기내배양, 모상근, 캘러스 중에서는 모상근에서 가장 높은 생육도를 나타내었다. Ctyokine의 경우도 $TNF-{\alpha}$에서 자연산 인진호의 분비량이 가장 많았고, 배양 방법에 따른 인진호의 경우 캘러스가 가장 많은 분비량을 나타내었다. IL-6의 경우는 모든 sample에서 control에 비해 높은 분비량을 나타내었고, 자연산 인진호와 기내배양, 모상근, 캘러스와 비교했을 때 큰 차이를 나타내지 않았다. HPLC 분석을 통한 추출물의 물질 비교 분석 결과 기내배양과 모상근에서는 자연산 인진호에 비해 주요 성분 peak인 artemisidin 면적이 모두 낮은 경향을 나타내었고, 캘러스의 경우는 일반 인진호에 비해 peak의 면적이 비슷한 경향을 나타법으로서, 캘러스가 다른 조직 배양체보다 인진호의 주요 성분인 artemisidin 성분의 함량이 더 높은 것으로 나타나 캘러스가 기내배양이나 모상근 보다 높은 항암 효과를 나타낸 것으로 사료되어진다. 이와 같이 자연산 인진호와 조직 배양체의 항암 효과나 면역활성에서 큰 차이를 나타내지 않았기 때문에, 이러한 조직배양체가 자연산 인진호를 대체 할 수 있는 하나의 방법으로서 환경적인 측면과 자원 보존적인 측면에서 볼 때 가치있는 결과라고 사료된다.