• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.48-52
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• 2004

DA-11004 is a synthetic, potent NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDPc) inhibitor where $IC_{50}$ for IDPc is 1.49 $\mu$M. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of DA-11004 on the high fat high sucrose (HF)-induced obesity in male C57BL/6J mice. After completing a 8-week period of experimentation, the mice were sacrificed 1hr after the last DA-11004 treatment and their blood, liver, and adipose tissues (epididymal and retroperitoneal fat)were collected. There was a significant difference in the pattern of increasing body weight between the HF control and the DA-11004 group. In the DA-11004 (100 mg/kg) treated group the increase in body weight significantly declined and a content of epididymal fat and retroperitoneal fat was also significantly decreased as opposed to the HF control. DA-11004 (100 mg/kg) inhibited the IDPc activity, and thus, NADPH levels in plasma and the levels of free fatty acid (FFA) or glucose in plasma were less than the levels of the HF control group. In conclusion, DA-11004 inhibited the fatty acid synthesis in adipose tissues via IDPc inhibition, and it decreased the plasma glucose levels and FFA in HF diet-induced obesity of C57BL/6J mice.

• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.130.3-131
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• 2003

The biological effects of NADPH-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDPc) inhibitor. DA-11004, was examined in obese zucker rats or streptozotocin-induced diabetic SD rats. Diabetes was induced by injection of streptozotocin (50mg/kg) dissolved in citrate buffer (pH 4.8) into the tail vein and induction of diabetes was confirmed by the measurement of the tail blood glucose level at 48h. DA-11004 (30mg/kg, po) was injected for successive 7days and significantly reduced the plasma glucose in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats (P<0.05). (omitted)

• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.132.2-133
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• 2003

The biological effects of NADPH-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDPc) inhibitor, DA-11004, was investigated in obese diabetic (ob/ ob) mice. DA-11004, metformin, and oxalomalate were daily injected (ip) for 8 weeks and after completing an 8-week period of experiment, mice were sacrificed at 1 hr after the last drugs treatment to collect their blood, liver, and adipose tissues(epididymal and retroperitoneal fat). (omitted)

• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.129.2-130
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• 2003

Recently. it has been known that NADPH-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDPc) involves in the obesity through production of NADPH, an important cofactor. DA-11004 is a synthetic potent IDPc inhibitor that $IC_{50}$ for IDPc is 1.49$\mu\textrm{M}$ (0.9$\mu$g/ml). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of DA-11004 on the high fat high sucrose (HF)-induced obesity in C57BL/6 mice. (omitted)

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.838-843
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• 2017

Sepsis is a major health problem worldwide, with an extremely high rate of morbidity and mortality, partly due to delayed diagnosis during early disease. Currently, sepsis diagnosis requires bacterial culturing of blood samples over several days, whereas PCR-based molecular diagnosis methods are faster but lack sensitivity. The use of biosensors containing nucleic acid aptamers that bind targets with high affinity and specificity could accelerate sepsis diagnosis. Previously, we used the systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment technique to develop the aptamers Antibac1 and Antibac2, targeting the ubiquitous bacterial peptidoglycan. Here, we show that these aptamers bind to four gram-positive and seven gram-negative bacterial sepsis agents with high binding efficiency. Thus, these aptamers could be used in combination as biological recognition elements in the development of biosensors that are an alternative to rapid bacteria detection, since they could provide culture and amplification-free tests for rapid clinical sepsis diagnosis.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.133-142
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• 2017

Two hundred bacilli were isolated from rice straw, and 3 strains showing strong inhibitory activities against Bacillus cereus ATCC14579 were selected for further analyses. RSC15 was identified as B. licheniforms, and RSC26 and RSC42 were identified as B. amyloliquefaciens by molecular identification methods. The inhibitory activities were heat stable, and half of the activity was retained for 20 min at $100^{\circ}C$. SDS-PAGE analyses of the culture supernatant indicated that 2 different kinds of antibacterial substances were present with sizes below 3.5 kDa. Antibacterial substances produced by B. licheniformis RSC15 were partially purified by column chromatography, and the specific activity increased from 955.0 AU/mg to 6,400 AU/mg.