• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제66권5호
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• pp.905-919
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• 2024

Porcine oocytes undergo in vitro maturation (IVM) for 42-44 h. During this period, most oocytes proceed to metaphase and then to pro-metaphase if the nucleus has sufficiently matured. Forty-four hours is sufficient for oocyte nuclear maturation but not for full maturation of the oocyte cytoplasm. This study investigated the influences of extension of the IVM duration with rapamycin treatment on molecular maturation factors. The phospho-p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) level was enhanced in comparison with the total p44/42 MAPK level after 52 h of IVM. Oocytes were treated with and without 10 µM rapamycin (10 R and 0 R, respectively) and examined after 52 h of IVM, whereas control oocytes were examined after 44 h of IVM. Phospho-p44/42 MAPK activity was upregulated the 10 R and 0 R oocytes than in control oocytes. The expression levels of maternal genes were highest in 10 R oocytes and were higher in 0 R oocytes than in control oocytes. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) activity was dramatically increased in 0 R oocytes but was similar in 10 R and control oocytes. The 10 R group exhibited an increased embryo development rate, a higher total cell number per blastocyst, and decreased DNA fragmentation. The mRNA level of development-related (POU5F1 and NANOG) mRNA, oocyte-apoptotic (BCL2L1) genes were highest in 10 R blastocysts. These results suggest that prolonged IVM duration with rapamycin treatment represses ROS production and increases expression of molecular maturation factors. Therefore, this is a good strategy to enhance the developmental capacity in porcine oocytes.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.225-230
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• 2014

상추재배시 문제가 되고 있는 균핵병과 시들음병에 대한 미생물 방제제 개발을 위하여 병해가 발생된 상추 포장에서 미생물을 분리하고, 길항미생물을 선발하여 균의 특성을 조사하고 균핵병에 대한 예방효과를 검정한 결과는 다음과 같다. 경기도 주요 상추 재배지에서 균핵병은 10월부터 발생하여 다음해 5월까지 발생하였으며, 12월에는 최대 40%까지 발생하여 피해를 주고 있었다. 균핵병과 시들음병에 모두 억제효과가 있는 균주를 대치배양을 통해 선발하였다. 선발됨 균주는 Vitek 2의 BCL카드를 이용한 생화학적반응과 형태적 확인, 16s rRNA 분석을 통해 동정한 결과 Bacillus subtilis로 동정되었고 B. subtilis GG95로 명명하였다. B. subtilis GG95의 배양특성을 조사한 결과 온도 $25{\sim}30^{\circ}C$, 산도 7의 배양조건에서 배양이 잘 되었으며, 배양에 적정한 영양원은 탄소원 전분, 질소원 tryptone과 yeast extract를 무기염류 $MgCl_2$를 사용하였을 때 가장 잘 되었다. 영양원에 따라 균핵병과 시들음병에 대한 길항효과가 좋은 탄소원은 fructose, maltose였고 질소원은 peptone였으며, 무기염류는 균핵병은 $CaCl_2$, $K_2HPO_4$, 시들음병은 $MgSO_47H_2O$로 병원균에 대한 길항효과가 차이가 있었다. 상추 균핵병에 대한 B. subtilis GG95의 포장검정 결과 $1{\times}10^8cfu/mL$ 농도의 길항미생물 배양액을 포기당 10 mL씩 3회 관주하고 균핵병원균을 접종한 후 균핵병의 발병정도를 조사한 결과 88% 방제효과가 나타났다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.1823-1828
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• 2016

Background: Biological and pharmacological activities of dryocrassin ABBA, a phloroglucinol derivative extracted from Dryopteris crassirhizoma, have attracted attention. In this study, the apoptotic effect of dryocrassin ABBA on human hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells was investigated. Materials and Methods: We tested the effects of dryocrassin ABBA on HepG2 in vitro by MTT, flow cytometry, real-time PCR, and Western blotting. KM male mice were used to detect the effect of dryocrassin ABBA on H22 cells in vivo. Results: Dryocrassin ABBA inhibited the growth of HepG2 cells in a concentration-dependent manner. After treatment with 25, 50, and $75{\mu}g/mL$ dryocrassin ABBA, the cell viability was 68%, 60% and 49%, respectively. Dryocrassin ABBA was able to induce apoptosis, measured by propidium iodide (PI)/annexin V-FITC double staining. The results of real-time PCR and Western ting showed that dryocrassin ABBA up-regulated p53 and Bax expression and inhibited Bcl-2 expression which led to an activation of caspase-3 and caspase-7 in the cytosol, and then induction of cell apoptosis. In vivo experiments also showed that dryocrassin ABBA treatment significantly suppressed tumor growth, without major side effects. Conclusions: Overall, these findings provide evidence that dryocrassin ABBA may induce apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells through a caspase-mediated mitochondrial pathway.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.720-726
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• 2000

The analytic gradient method for the equation-of-motion coupled-cluster singles and doubles (EOM-CCSD) energy has been extended to employ a reduced molecular orbital (MO) space. Not only the innermost core MOs but also some of the outermost virtua l MOs can be dropped in the reduced MO space, and a substantial amount of computation time can be reduced without deteriorating the results. In order to study the magnitudes and trends of the effects of the dropped MOs, the geometries and vibrational properties of the ground and excited states of BF, CO, CN, N2, AlCl, SiS, P2, BCl, AIF, CS, SiO, PN and GeSe are calculated with different sizes of molecular orbital space. The 6-31 G* and the aug-cc-pVTZ basis sets are employed for all molecules except GeSc for which the 6-311 G* and the TZV+f basis sets are used. It is shown that the magnitudes of the drop-MO effects are about $0.005\AA$ in bond lengths and about 1% on harmonic frequencies and IR intensities provided that the dropped MOs correspond to (1s), (1s,2s,2p), an (1s,2s,2p,3s,3p) atomic orbitals of the first, the second, and the third row atoms, respectively. The geometries and vibrational properties of the first and the second excited states of HCN and HNC are calculated by using a drastically reduced virtual MO space as well as with the well defined frozen core MO space. The results suggest the possibility of using a very smalI MO space for qualitative study of valence excited states.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1709-1716
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 몇 가지 암세포를 대상으로 마늘 열수추출물(WEAS)의 항암활성을 조사하였으며, 비교적 높은 감수성을 보인 백혈병세포를 대상으로 세포증식억제가 apoptosis 유도와 연관성이 있음을 제시하였다. WEAS에 의한 U937 세포의 apoptosis 유도는 세포주기 G2/M arrest와 연관성이 있었으며, 다양한 apoptosis조절 유전자들의 발현 변화를 동반하였음을 확인하였다. 이러한 apoptosis조절 인자들의 발현변화는 미토콘드리아 막 전위의 소실과 연관성이 있었으며, WEAS에 의한 암세포의 G2/M arrest에 의한 apoptosis 유발에 ROS가 중요한 조절자로 작용함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제42권12호
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• pp.1915-1923
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• 2013

된장 발효 시에 정제염, 천일염 및 죽염을 사용하여 된장을 8주간 $37^{\circ}C$에서 발효시키면서 발효의 특성 및 관능평가, 항산화, HT-29 암세포의 성장 억제효과와 apoptosis 및 염증관련 유전자 발현 정도를 측정하였다. 발효가 진행되면서 소금의 종류에 관계없이 pH는 전체적으로 감소하는 경향을 나타내었으며, 아미노태 질소는 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. Protease와 ${\alpha}$-amylase 활성은 발효의 진행에 따라 증가하였다. 정제염으로 사용한 된장에서는 천일염과 죽염으로 제조한 된장보다 아미노태 질소 함량과 효소 활성에서 낮은 결과를 나타내었다. 관능평가를 실시한 결과 정제염 된장이 맛, 기호도에서 그 선호도가 가장 낮았으며, 죽염 된장 중에서 9회 죽염 된장의 관능평가가 맛, 기호성 등에서 가장 높은 점수를 획득하였다. DPPH radical 소거효과와 hydroxy radical 소거효과는 1.0 mg/mL에서 정제염 된장에서는 40%, 49%, 천일염 된장에서는 42%, 57%, 1회 죽염 된장은 42%, 64%, 3회 죽염 된장은 45%, 65%, 9회 죽염 된장이 47%, 69%의 소거효과를 나타내었다. HT-29 암세포 성장 억제효과는 모든 된장 처리군에서 암세포 성장 억제효과가 나타났으며, apoptosis 및 염증 관련 유전자의 발현정도를 분석 결과에서도 모든 된장군에서 iNOS, COX-2, Bcl-2 유전자 발현이 현저히 감소하고, Bax 유전자의 발현은 증가하여서 암 세포의 apoptosis 유도 활성 및 염증 억제를 시키는 것으로 나타났다. 정제염으로 제조한 된장, 천일염으로 제조한 된장, 죽염으로 제조한 된장의 순으로 apoptosis 유도 활성 및 염증 억제 효과가 높았다. 이상의 결과로 된장 제조 시에 정제염보다는 천일염이나 죽염을 이용하고, 특히 굽는 횟수가 증가한 죽염을 사용하여 된장을 발효시킨다면, 된장의 발효 우수성 및 기능성 증가를 갖는 된장 제조가 가능할 것으로 나타났다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권21호
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• pp.9445-9451
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• 2014

Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children. Approximately half of the affected patients are diagnosed with high-risk poor prognosis disease, and novel therapies are needed. Sanguinarine is a benzophenanthridine alkaloid which has anti-microbial, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. The aim of this study is whether sanguinarine has in vitro apoptotic effects and which apoptotic genes might be affected in the human neuroblastoma cell lines SH-SY5Y (N-myc negative), Kelly (N-myc positive, ALK positive), and SK-N-BE(2). Cell viability was analysed with WST-1 and apoptotic cell death rates were determined using TUNEL. After RNA isolation and cDNA conversion, expression of 84 custom array genes of apoptosis was determined. Sanguinarine caused cell death in a dose dependent manner in all neuroblastoma cell lines except SK-N-BE(2) with rates of 18% in SH-SY5Y and 21% in Kelly human neuroblastoma cells. Cisplatin caused similar apoptotic cell death rates of 16% in SH-SY5Y and 23% in Kelly cells and sanguinarine-cisplatin combinations caused the same rates (18% and 20%). Sanguinarine treatment did not affect apoptototic gene expression but decreased levels of anti-apoptotic genes NOL3 and BCL2L2 in SH-SY5Y cells. Caspase and TNF related gene expression was affected by the sanguinarine-cisplatin combination in SH-SY5Y cells. The expression of regulation of apoptotic genes were increased with sanguinarine treatment in Kelly cells. From these results, we conclude that sanguinarine is a candidate agent against neuroblastoma.

• 대한한방부인과학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.26-39
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• 2015

Objectives : Dendropanax morbifera is known as a tree that has been used in traditional medicine for various diseases. However, its biological activities in cancer have not yet been clearly elucidated. In this study, we investigated the anti-cancer effects of water extract of Dendropanax morbifera (DP) on 2 human breast cancer cell lines (estrogen dependent MCF-7 and estrogen independent MDA-MB-231). Methods : The MTT assay and flow cytometry were used to assess cell proliferation, along with cell cycle analysis. Nitric oxide production was detected by Griess assay. The expression of apoptosis related gene was assessed by quantitative real-time PCR. Results : Our data revealed that DP inhibits the cell growth in a dose dependent manner (0, 50, 100, 250, and 500 μg/ml) of both estrogen independent MDA-MB-231 and estrogen dependent MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Also, LPS induced nitric oxide production was significantly reduced by DP. Cell cycle analysis showed an increased G1 phase in the MCF-7 cell and G2/M phase in the MDA-MB-231 cell. DP decreased mRNA expression of apoptotic suppressor gene Bcl-xL, and increased mRNA expression of pro-apoptotic genes. DP increased mRNA expression of p21, and Rip1 in both cell. And DP decreased mRNA expression of survivin in the MCF-7 cell. Conclusions : Taken together, these results indicate that DP extract are source of anti-cancer potential and could be developed botanical drug.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.2325-2331
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• 2013

Objective: To detect effects of plumbagin on proliferation and apoptosis in non-small cell lung cancer cell lines, and investigate the underlying mechanisms. Materials and Methods: Human non-small cell lung cancer cell lines A549, H292 and H460 were treated with various concentrations of plumbagin. Cell proliferation rates was determined using both cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) and clonogenic assays. Apoptosis was detected by annexin V/propidium iodide double-labeled flow cytometry and TUNEL assay. The levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were detected by flow cytometry. Activity of NF-${\kappa}B$ was examined by electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) and luciferase reporter assay. Western blotting was used to assess the expression of both NF-${\kappa}B$ regulated apoptotic-related gene and activation of p65 and $I{\kappa}B{\kappa}$. Results: Plumbagin dose-dependently inhibited proliferation of the lung cancer cells. The IC50 values of plumbagin in A549, H292, and H460 cells were 10.3 ${\mu}mol/L$, 7.3 ${\mu}mol/L$, and 6.1 ${\mu}mol/L$ for 12 hours, respectively. The compound concentration-dependently induced apoptosis of the three cell lines. Treatment with plumbagin increased the intracellular level of ROS, and inhibited the activation of NK-${\kappa}B$. In addition to inhibition of NF-${\kappa}B$/p65 nuclear translocation, the compound also suppressed the degradation of $I{\kappa}B{\kappa}$. ROS scavenger NAC highly reversed the effect of plumbagin on apoptosis and inactivation of NK-${\kappa}B$ in H460 cell line. Treatment with plumbagin also increased the activity of caspase-9 and caspase-3, downregulated the expression of Bcl-2, upregulated the expression of Bax, Bak, and CytC. Conclusions: Plumbagin inhibits cell growth and induces apoptosis in human lung cancer cells through an NF-${\kappa}B$-regulated mitochondrial-mediated pathway, involving activation of ROS.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.1431-1437
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 수수 에탄올 추출물(ethanol extract of Sorghum bicolor L., SE)을 이용하여 RC-58T/h/SA#4 primary 인체 전립선 암세포에 대한 apoptosis 유도효과 및 RAW 264.7 마우스 대식세포에 대한 면역활성 증진효능에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. SE의 처리는 RC-58T/h/SA#4 세포의 증식을 억제하였으며 세포수축을 통한 형태학적 변화를 유발하였다. 또한 apoptosis 관련 지표현상인 apoptotic body 및 핵의 형태변화를 관찰할 수 있었다. RC-58T/h/SA#4 세포에 SE를 처리하였을 때 caspase-8, -9, -3 단백질 활성을 증가시켰으며 pro-apoptotic 단백질인 Bax, p53, 분절된 PARP 및 세포질의 cytochrome c 단백질은 증가시킨 반면, anti-apoptotic 단백질인 Bcl-2 단백질은 감소시켰다. 이는 z-VAD-fmk로 caspase 활성을 억제시켰을 때 SE에 의한 세포증식 억제효과가 감소되었으며 이를 통해 SE에 의한 세포증식 억제효과는 caspase 의존적임을 확인할 수 있었다. 면역반응에서 nitric oxide(NO)의 증가는 면역활성 지표로 여겨지며, 본 연구에서 SE를 처리하였을 때 RAW 264.7 세포에서 NO 생성능이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과들은 SE가 primary 전립선 암세포에서 caspase 의존형 apoptosis를 유도하며 대식세포의 면역활성을 증가시킨다는 것을 나타낸다. 따라서 수수를 전립선 암 예방 및 면역활성을 증진효능이 있는 기능성 식품 소재로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.