• 생명과학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.331-338
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• 2018

멜라닌은 생체 내에서 발모 및 피부색을 결정하는데 중요한 역할을 하는 고분자 물질이다. 하지만 활성산소에 의해 과도하게 생성된 멜라닌은 노화와 관련된 기미, 주근깨와 과색소 침착증 등을 야기한다고 알려져 있다. 이와 관련된 천연물 중 서목태 성분의 하나인 polyphosphate는 자외선에 의해 손상되는 피부 노화를 억제한다고 보고되고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 멜라닌 합성에 대한 RNEE의 직접적인 효과를 조사한 것이다. 본 연구에서 RNEE는 DPPH radical의 소거효과 및 환원력과 같은 항산화 효과는 없는 것으로 나타났다. MTT 실험을 수행한 결과, RNEE는 농도 의존적으로 세포독성을 증가시켰다. 또한, RNEE는 tyrosinase 활성과 DOPA-oxidation 실험 결과에서 멜라닌 합성을 증가시켰다. RNEE는 살아있는 세포에서 L-DOPA에 의한 유발되는 melanin생성 촉진 효과는 없는 것으로 나타났으나, 과산화수소를 처리하여 melanin 생성을 감소시킨 대조군과 비교시 과산화수소 전처리 후 RNEE를 처리한 군에서는 melanin 생성 촉진 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 뿐만 아니라 RNEE는 tyrosinase related protein-2 (TRP-2)의 발현을 증가시키는 것으로 나타났으며, tyrosinase related protein-1 (TRP-1)의 단백질발현도 대조군과 비교시 $16{\mu}g/ml$의 농도에서 증가되는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 superoxide anion을 과산화수소로 변환시키는 SOD-3의 발현을 조사한 결과 $16{\mu}g/ml$ 이상의 농도에서 대조군과 양성 대조군인 ${\alpha}$-MSH보다 단백질 발현이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로, 이상의 결과는 서목태가 흑모와 관련 있는 멜라닌 생성을 촉진하는 기능적인 잠재성을 가지고 있다는 것을 암시한다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.488-494
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• 1993

본 연구에서는 캘리포니아 양귀비(Eschscholtzia californica) 현탁배양세포의 주요 이차대사산물인 benzophenanthridine alkaloid의 생성을 증가시키기 위해 생합성 전구체인 tyrosine, tyramine, dopamine 그리고 L-dopa를 exponential phase 말기에 투여하였다. 그리고 이때 yeast elicitor와 전구체를 동시에 투여한 것과 비교하여 보았다. 그 결과 적당량의 전구체 투여시 benzophenanthridine alkaloid의 생성은 대조구(무처리)에 비해 증가하였다. 그리고 elicitor와 전구체를 동시에 투여해 주었을 때 대조구(elicitor만 처리)에 비해 상당히 증가하였는데, 이것은 elicitor에 의해 유도된 이차대사 관련 효소에 의해 전구체의 biotransformation이 촉진된 것이라 생각된다. 이와 같이 전구체 투여에 의해 이차대사산물의 생성을 증가시키려 할 때 전구체만 투여하는 것보다는 촉진제를 동시에 투여함으로써 최종산물의 생성을 극대화시킬 수 있으리라 생각되며, 식물세포배양의 산업화에 유용하게 이용되리라 생각된다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.528-532
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• 2011

This study was designed to investigate the collagen metabolism and tyrosinase activity of Meretrix extracts (ME). The effect of ME on type I procollagen production and collagenase activity in human normal fibroblasts HS68 after UVB (312 nm) irradiation was measured by ELISA method. The tyrosinase activity after treatment of ME was measured as well. Type I procollagen production was recovered by ME in UVB damaged HS68 cells. The increased collagenase activity after UVB damage was significantly recovered by ME. The tyrosinase activity and L-DOPA oxidation were significantly reduced as well. However, the effects on tyrosinase activity and L-DOPA oxidation were not powerful enough to be used as whitening agents. ME showed the anti-wrinkle effects and some whitening effects in vitro. These results suggest that ME may be a useful drug as an anti-wrinkle treatments.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권8호
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• pp.1255-1259
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• 2005

Lewy bodies (LBs) are neuronal inclusions that are closely related to Parkinson's disease (PD). The filamentous component of LB from patients with PD contains biochemically altered $\alpha$-synuclein. We have investigated the effect of the oxidized products of catecholamines on the modification of $\alpha$-synuclein. When $\alpha$-synuclein was incubated with the oxidized 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) or dopamine, the protein was induced to be aggregated. The oxidized catecholamine-mediated $\alpha$-synuclein aggregation was enhanced by copper ion. Radical scavengers, azide and N-acetyl cysteine significantly prevented the oxidized catecholamine-mediated $\alpha$-synuclein aggregation. The results suggest that free radical may play a role in $\alpha$-synuclein aggregation. Exposure of $\alpha$-synuclein to the oxidized products of catecholamines led to the formation of dityrosine. Antioxidant dipeptides carnosine, homocarnosine and anserine significantly protected $\alpha$-synuclein from the aggregation induced by the oxidized products of catecholamines.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.1
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• pp.139.1-139.1
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• 2003

The effects of liriodenine, an aporphine isoquinoline alkaloid, on dopamine biosynthesis and L-DOPA-induced neurotoxicity in PC12 cells were investigated. Treatment of PC12 cells with liriodenine at 10 $\mu\textrm{M}$ showed 33.6％ inhibition of dopamine content decreased at 3 h and reached a minimal level at 12 h after the exposure to liriodenine at 10 $\mu\textrm{M}$. (omitted)

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2-2
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• pp.85.2-85.2
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• 2003

In vivo aromatic ${\beta}$-carbolines, such as harman and norharman, may easily be formed by cyclization of indoleamines with e.g. aldehydes. Because of the structural similarity to MPTP, ${\beta}$-carbolines have been proposed as endogenous toxins. In this study, we have investigated the effects of harman and norharman on dopamine biosynthesis and L-DOPA-induced cytotoxicity in PC12 cells. Treatment of PC12 cells with harman and norharman showed 48.8% and 49.5% inhibition of dopamine content at a concentration of 20 ${\mu}$M and 100 ${\mu}$M for 48h. (omitted)

• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회 2001년도 Korean Environmental Mutagen Society
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• pp.113-113
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• 2001

• BMB Reports
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.480-485
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• 1999

Tyrosine phenol-lyase of thermophilic Symbiobacterium sp. SC-1, which is obligately and symbiotically dependent on thermophilic Bacillus sp. SK-1, was purified and characterized. The enzyme is composed of four identical subunits and contains approximately 1 mol of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) per mol subunit as a cofactor. The enzyme showed absorption maxima at 330 and 420 nm, and lost this absorption profile by treatment with phenylhydrazine. The apparent dissociation constsnt, $K'_D$, for PLP was determined with the apoenzyme to be about $1.2\;{\mu}M$. The isoelectric point was 4.9. The optimal temperature and pH for the $\alpha,\beta$-elimination of L-tyrosine were found to be $80^{\circ}C$ and pH 8.0, respectively. The substrate specificity of the enzyme was very broad: L-amino acids including L-tyrosine, 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine (L-DOPA), L-cysteine, L-serine, S-methyl-L-cysteine, $\beta$-chloro-L-alanine, and S-(o-nitrophenyl)-L-cysteine all served as substrates. D-Tyrosine and D-serine were also decomposed into pyruvic acid and ammonia at rates of 7% and 31% relative to their corresponding L-enantiomers, respectively. D-Alanine, which was inert as a substrate in a, $\beta$-elimination, was the only D-amino acid racemized by the enzyme. The $K_m$ values for L-tyrosine, L-DOPA, S-(o-nitrophenyl)-L-cysteine, $\beta$-chloro-L-alanine, and S-methyl-L-cysteine were 0.19, 9.9, 0.36, 12, and 5.5 mM, respectively.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.283-289
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• 2015

The half-dried leaves of Stewartia. pseudocamellia were extracted with hot water (SPE) and partitioned with n-hexane (SPEH), dichloromethane (SPED), and ethyl acetate (SPEE) successively. SPE and SPEE showed significant inhibitory effects against melanogenesis and tyrosinase activities. By bioassay-guided isolation, ten phenolic compounds were isolated by column chromatography from SPEE. The whitening effect of the isolated compounds from SPEE were tested for the inhibitory activities against melanogenesis using B16 melanoma cells, in vitro inhibition of tyrosinase, and L-3,4-dihydorxy-indole-2-carboxylic acid (L-DOPA) auto-oxidation assay. A cytotoxic activity assay was done to examine the cellular toxicity in Raw 264.7 macrophage cells. Of the compounds isolated, gallic acid and quercetin revealed significant inhibitory activities against melanogenesis compared to arbutin. In particular, quercetin exhibited similar inhibitory activities against tyrosinase and L-DOPA oxidation without cytotoxicity. These results suggested that SPE could be used as a potential source of natural skin-whitening material in cosmetics as well as in food products.

• BMB Reports
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.150-156
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• 1997

Tyrosinase was purified from Solanum melongena by ammonium sulfate precipitation, Sephadex G-150 and DEAE-Sephacel column chromatography. The molecular weight of the purified tyrosinase was approximately 88,600 daltons with 805 amino acid residues. The amino acid composition showed the characteristic high contents of glycine, glutamic acid and serine residues. The enzyme had high substrate specificity towards (+)-catechin. The $K_m$, value for L-DOPA was 20.8 mM. L-ascorbic acid, ${\beta}-mercapto-ethanol$, sodium diethyldithiocabamate, KCN and $NaN_3$ had strong inhibitory effects on enzyme activity. Sodium diethyldithiocabamate was a competitive inhibitor of the enzyme with a $K_i$ value of $5.2{\times}10^{-2}\;mM$. The optimum pH of the enzyme was 9.0 and the optimum temperature was $65^{\circ}C$ with L-DOPA as a substrate. In addition, the activity was enhanced by addition of $Ca^{+2}$ or $Cu^{+2}$, but decreased in the presence of $Fe^{2+},Fe^{3+}$ and $Zn^{2+}$ ions.