• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.486-492
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• 2015

Drug metabolism mostly occurs in the liver. Cytochrome P450 (CYP) is a drug-metabolizing enzyme that is responsible for many important drug metabolism reactions. Recently, the US FDA and EU EMA have suggested that CYP enzyme induction can be measured by both enzymatic activity and mRNA expression. However, these experiments are time-consuming and their interassay variability can lead to misinterpretations of the results. To resolve these problems and establish a more powerful method to measure CYP induction, we determined CYP induction by using luminescent assay. Luminescent CYP assays link CYP enzyme activity to firefly luciferase luminescence technology. In this study, we measured the induction of CYP isozymes (1A2, 2B6, 2C9, and 3A4) in cryopreserved human hepatocytes (HMC424, 478, and 493) using a luminometer. We then examined the potential induction abilities (unknown so far) of mesalazine, a drug for colitis, and mosapride citrate, which is used as an antispasmodic drug. The results showed that mesalazine promotes CYP2B6 and 3A4 activities, while mosapride citrate promotes CYP1A2, 2B6, and 3A4 activities. Luminescent CYP assays offer rapid and safe advantages over LC-MS/MS and qRT-PCR methods. Furthermore, luminescent CYP assays decrease the interference between the optical properties of the test compound and the CYP substrates. Therefore, luminescent CYP assays are less labor intensive, rapid, and can be used as robust tools for high-throughput CYP screening during early drug discovery.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.721-727
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• 2007

Stability-enhanced mutants, H44, 11-94, 5A2-84, and F8, of L-threonine aldolase(L-TA) from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)(SCO1085) were isolated by an error-prone PCR followed by a high-throughput screening. Each of these mutant, had a single amino acid substitution: H177Y in the H44 mutant, A169T in the 11-94 mutant, D104N in the 5A2-84 mutant and F18I in the F8 mutant. The residual L-TA activity of the wild-type L-TA after a heat treatment for 20 min at $60^{\circ}C$ was only 10.6%. However, those in the stability-enhanced mutants were 85.7% for the H44 mutant, 58.6% for the F8 mutant, 62.1% for the 5A2-84 mutant, and 67.6% for the 11-94 mutant. Although the half-life of the wild-type L-TA at $63^{\circ}C$ was 1.3 min, those of the mutant L-TAs were longer: 14.6 min for the H44 mutant, 3.7 min for the 11-94 mutant, 5.8 min for the 5A2-84 mutant, and 5.0 min for the F8 mutant. The specific activity did not change in most of the mutants, but it was decreased by 45% in the case of mutant F8. When the aldol condensation of glycine and 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde was studied by using whole cells of Escherichia coli containing the wild-type L-TA gene, L-threo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine(L-threo-DOPS) was successfully synthesized with a yield of 2.0 mg/ml after 20 repeated batch reactions for 100 h. However, the L-threo-DOPS synthesizing activity of the enzyme decreased with increased cycles of the batch reactions. Compared with the wild-type L-TA, H44 L-TA kept its L-threo-DOPS synthesizing activity almost constant during the 20 repeated batch reactions for 100 h, yielding 4.0 mg/ml of L-threo-DOPS. This result showed that H44 L-TA is more effective than the wild-type L-TA for the mass production of L-threo-DOPS.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.105-114
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 UV-VIS spectrophotometer를 이용한 total carotenoids, flavonoids, phenolics 함량 데이터와 FT-IR 스펙트럼 데이터를 다변량통계분석법을 통하여 기능성 성분 함량이 높은 아프리칸 얌 고속 선발 시스템을 구축하였다. 62개 아프리칸 얌의 total carotenoids 함량은 $0.01-0.91{\mu}g{\cdot}g^{-1}$ dry wt 나타냈다. Total flavonoids와 phenolics 함량은 $12.9-229.0{\mu}g{\cdot}g^{-1}$ dry wt와 $0.29-5.2mg{\cdot}g^{-1}$ dry wt로 각각 나타났다. 아프리칸 얌은 FT-IR 스펙트럼상의 1700-1500, 1500-1300, $1,100-950cm^{-1}$, 부위에서 중요한 스펙트럼 변화가 나타났다. 이 부위는 각각 amide I과 II을 포함하는 아미노산 및 단백질계열의 화합물, phosphodiester group을 포함한 핵산 및 인지질 그리고 단당류나 복합 다당류를 포함하는 carbohydrates 계열의 화합물들의 질적, 양적 정보를 반영하는 부위이다. PCA 분석과 PLS-DA 분석에서 62개 아프리칸 얌은 유연성이 높은 종으로 3개의 그룹을 형성하였다. 아프리칸 얌의 FT-IR 스펙트럼 데이터와 UV-VIS spectrophotometer을 이용한 total carotenoids, flavonoids, phenolics 함량 데이터 간에 PLS regression 분석하였다. Total carotenoids, flavonoids, phenolics 함량 성분의 실측 값과 예측 값간에 상관계수($R^2$)가 각각 0.83, 0.86, 0.72로 나타났다. 이 결과, 아프리칸 얌으로부터 FT-IR 스펙트럼을 이용한 total carotenoids, flavonoids, phenolics 함량 예측이 가능하였다. 본 연구에서 확립된 대사체 수준에서 아프리칸 얌의 유용 기능성 성분 함량 예측 모델링을 통해 품종, 계통의 신속한 선발 수단으로 활용이 가능할 것으로 예상된다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.60-70
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• 2015

본 연구의 목적은 적외선 분광스펙트럼 데이터를 이용하여 대두 종자내의 지방산 함량을 동시에 예측할 수 있는지 여부를 조사하기 위한 것이다. 총 153종의 대두(Glycine max Merrill) 종자로부터 적외선 분광스펙트럼 및 지방산의 함량을 기체크로마토그라피 분석을 통하여 확인하였다. 적외선 분광스펙트럼 조사결과 대두는 단백질이나 아미노산의 amide bond region ($1,700{\sim}1,500cm^{-1}$), 핵산이나 인지질의 phosphodiester groups ($1,500{\sim}1,300cm^{-1}$) 그리고 탄수화물 등 다당류의 sugar region ($1,200{\sim}1,000cm^{-1}$)에서 계통별로 큰 차이가 이루어짐을 알 수 있었다. 총 29라인의 대두 계통별 시료로부터 지방산 함량을 조사한 결과 총 지방산의 함량은 건조 시료 0.1 g 당 $185.57{\mu}g$에서 $325.9{\mu}g$으로 계통간에 차이가 있었음을 알 수 있었으며 평균 함량은 $244.48{\mu}g$이었다. PLS regression 분석을 이용하여 총 5개 지방산(팔미틱산, 스테아릭산, 올레익산, 리노레익산 그리고 리노레닉산) 함량 예측 calibration models의 실측 검증 결과, 팔미틱산($R^2=0.8002$), 올레익산($R^2=0.8909$) 그리고 리노레익산($R^2=0.815$)은 회귀분석 상관계수가 0.8 이상으로 정확도 높음을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 스테아릭산($R^2=0.4598$)과 리노레닉산($R^2=0.6868$)의 경우 상관계수가 0.7 이하로 상대적으로 예측정확도가 낮음을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 확립된 기술은 지방산의 조성 변환을 통하여 새로운 대두 품종 개발을 위한 계통선발 과정에서 매우 효율적인 수단으로 활용이 가능할 것으로 사료된다. 더 나아가 본 기술은 대두는 물론 대두 유래 농산물이나 식품의 품질 검증 수단으로 활용이 가능할 것으로 기대된다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.202-212
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• 2006

It is well-known that paclitaxel($Taxol^{(R)}$), which is extracted from the pacific and English yew, has been used as a chemotherapeutic agent for ovarian carcinoma and advanced breast carcinoma and Cyclosporin A, which is highly lipophilic cyclic peptide and isolated from a fungus, has been also used as an useful immunosuppressive drug after transplantation and is associated with cellular apoptosis. Since 1953, in which James Watson, Rosalind Franklin and Francis Crick discovered the double helical structure of DNA, a few kinds of techniques for identifying gene expression have been developed. In postgenomic period, many of researchers have used the DNA microarray which is high throughput screening technique to screen large numbers of gene expression simultaneously. In this study, we searched and screened the gene expression in the oral squamous cell carcinoma cell lines treated with $Taxol^{(R)}$, cyclosporin or cyclosporin combined with $Taxol^{(R)}$ using cDNA microarray. The results were as following; 1. It was useful that the appropriate concentration of Cyclosporin A and $Taxol^{(R)}$ used in oral squamous cell carcinoma cell line was under 1${\mu}g/ml$ and 3${\mu}g/ml$. 2. In the experimental group in which $Taxol^{(R)}$ and $Taxol^{(R)}$ + Cyclosporin A were used, the cell growth was extremely decreased. 3. In the group in which Cyclosporin A was used, the MTT assay was rarely decreased which means the activity of succinyl dehydrogenase is remained in mitochondria but in the group in which the mixture of Cyclosporin A and $Taxol^{(R)}$ were used, the MTT assay was extremely decreased. 4. In the each group in which Cyclosporin A(3 ${\mu}g/ml$) and $Taxol^{(R)}$(1 ${\mu}g/ml$) were used, the cell arrest was appeared in $G_2/M$ phase and in the group in which $Taxol^{(R)}$(3 ${\mu}g/ml$) was used, the cell arrest was appeared in both S phase and $G_2/M$ phase. 5. In the oral squamous cell carcinoma cell line treated with $Taxol^{(R)}$, several genes including ANGPTL4, RALBP1 and TXNRD1, associated with apoptosis, SUI1, MAC30, RRAGA and CTGF, related with cell growth, HUS1 and DUSP5, related with cell cycle and proliferation, ATF4 and CEBPG, associated with transcription factor, BTG1 and VEGF, associated with angiogenesis, FDPS, FCER1G, GPA33 and EPHA4 associated with signal transduction and receptor activity and AKR1C2 and UGTA10 related with carcinogenesis were detected in increased levels. The genes that showed increaced expression in the oral squamous cell carcinoma cell line treated with Cyclosporin A were CYR61, SERPINB2, SSR3 and UPA3A which are known as genes associated with cell growth, carcinogenesis, receptor activity and transcription factor. The genes expressed in the HN22 cell line treated with cyclosporin combined with $taxol^{(R)}$ were ALCAM and GTSE1 associated with cancer invasiveness and cell cycle regulation.