• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.671-676
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• 2005

In this study, we investigated the antioxidant effect of extract from Monascus pillosus, on the human wild-type p53 and p21 expressing A549 lung epithelial cell line and MCF-7 mammary adenocarcinoma cell line stimulated by NO. $P21^{waf/cip1}$ was identified as a gene induced in senescent cells. It is a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor and has been shown to cause cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. While p53-regulated stimulation of p21 appears to be central for the permanent growth-arrest, the role of p21 in p53-triggered cell death is unclear. Low dose of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) induced the development of senescence associated with increased expression of p53 and p21 in A549 cells. Inhibition of p21 transactivating activity requires high level correlates with the amount of p53 necessary to cause cell death. Association of p21 and p53 results in inhibition of p21-stimulated transcription. This requires a higher p53 level than is necessary for transcriptional activation of endogenous p53-responsive gene but correlates well with the level of p53 necessary to cause cell death. Exposure to W-1 inhibited oxidative stresses-induced senescence-like arrest, resulting in a significant reduction in p53 and p21 steady state levels. These results suggest that p53 and p21 play a central role in the onset of senescence. Thus, it is important to emphasize control of oxidative balance in tumor prevention and aging.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.3-10
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• 2016

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Oligonol, mainly found in lychee fruit, is an antioxidant polyphenolic compound which has been shown to have anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. The detailed mechanisms by which oligonol may act as an anti-aging molecule have not been determined. MATERIALS/METHODS: In this study, we evaluated the ability of oligonol to modulate sirtuin (SIRT) expression in human lung epithelial (A549) cells. Oligonol was added to A549 cells and reactive oxygen species production, mitochondrial superoxide formation, and p21 protein levels were measured. Signaling pathways activated upon oligonol treatment were also determined by western blotting. Furthermore, the anti-aging effect of oligonol was evaluated ex vivo in mouse splenocytes and in vivo in Caenorhabditis elegans. RESULTS: Oligonol specifically induced the expression of SIRT1, whose activity is linked to gene expression, metabolic control, and healthy aging. In response to influenza virus infection of A549 cells, oligonol treatment significantly up-regulated SIRT1 expression and down-regulated viral hemagglutinin expression. Oligonol treatment also resulted in the activation of autophagy pathways and the phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). Furthermore, oligonol-treated spleen lymphocytes from old mice showed increased cell proliferation, and mRNA levels of SIRT1 in the lungs of old mice were significantly lower than those in the lungs of young mice. Additionally, in vivo lethality assay revealed that oligonol extended the lifespan of C. elegans infected with lethal Vibrio cholerae. CONCLUSIONS: These data demonstrated that oligonol may act as an anti-aging molecule by modulating SIRT1/autophagy/AMPK pathways.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.46-53
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• 1996

연구배경: 폐포대식세포가 내독소에 노출되면 이 후 자극에 의해 종양괴사인자, 활성산소 등 독성이 강한 분비물 방출이 더욱 촉진되어 성인성호흡곤란증후군과 같은 각종 폐질환이 초래되는 중요한 기전으로 이해되고 있다. 그러나 문헌에 보고된 내독소에 의한 이런 priming효과는 다형핵백혈구, 단핵세포나 동물의 폐포대식세포를 대상으로 한 결과로서, 인체 폐포내에서의 폐포대식세포, 폐포상피세포 및 내독소의 상호작용을 밝히는 면에서는 한계가 있었다. 방법: 폐포상피세포에서 기원한 폐암세포주인 A549 24-well Linbro plate에 배양하여 세포단층을 형성한 후 기관지폐포세척술로 얻은 사람의 폐포대식세포($10^6/ml$)를 A549세포에 부착시켜 생체내와 유사한 환경을 만들어 실험을 시행하였다. 방법은 A549세포 부착 전후에 내독소(500 ng/ml)로 전처치한 다음 PMA, fMLP로 자극하여 방출된 과산화수소를 nM/well/2hrs 단위로 측정하여 대조군과 비교하였고 아울러 A549세포만종 없이 각 well에 직접 폐포대식세포단층을 형성한 후 동일하게 처치하였으며 결과는 다음과 같았다. 결과: 1) 24-well의 표면에 폐포대식세포단층을 형성한 후 내독소로 처치(n=7)한 경우, 대조군은 무자극군, PMA 자극군, fMLP자극군에서 각각 $9.48{\pm}2.44$, $10.38{\pm}2.34$, $10.28{\pm}2.33$ nM/well/2hrs의 과산화수소 분비능을 보였고 내독소 전처치군은 각각 $9.56{\pm}2.15$, $9.82{\pm}1.80$, $11.31{\pm}2.48$ nM/well/2hrs을 보여 내독소에 의한 priming효과는 없었다. 2) 폐포대식세포를 미리 내독소로 처치한 후 A549세포단층에 부착(n=7)시킨 경우에는 대조군의 과산화수소 분비능은 무자극군 $4.82{\pm}1.59$, PMA자극군 $8.31{\pm}1.67$, fMLP자극군 $7.06{\pm}1.82$ nM/well/2hrs이고 내독소 전처치군은 각각 $4.44{\pm}1.41$, $7.05{\pm}1.64$, $6.32{\pm}1.69$ nM/well/2hrs로서 내독소에 의한 priming 효과는 없었다. 3) 폐포대식세포를 A549세포단층에 부착시킨 후 내 독소로 처치(n=11)하면 대조군은 무자극군, PMA자극군, fMLP자극군에서 각각 $4.33{\pm}1.04$, $7.94{\pm}1.42$, $6.00{\pm}1.22$ nM/well/2hrs의 과산화수소를 분비하였고 내독소 전처치군은 각각 $5.43{\pm}1.19$, $7.56{\pm}1.31$, $6.38{\pm}1.19$ nM/well/2hrs를 보여 A549세포 부착후에도 내독소의 priming 효과는 관찰되지 않았으나 PMA나 fMLP로 자극하지 않은 무자극군에서 내독소 전처치군이 대조군에 비해 과산화수소 분비능의 유의한 증가를 보였다(p<0.05). 결론: 이상의 결과는 사람 폐포대식세포에서 내독소에 의한 priming효과는 없으나 폐포상피세포와의 상호작용에 의해 내독소가 폐포대식세포를 직접 자극함을 시사하는 소견이며 향후 추시가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제75권4호
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• pp.140-149
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• 2013

Background: Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1), an important regulator of plasminogen activator system which controls degradation of extracellular membrane and progression of tumor cells, and PAI-1 gene polymorphic variants have been known as the prognostic biomarkers of non-small cell lung cancer patients. Recently, experimental in vitro study revealed that transforming growth factor-${\beta}1$ initiated PAI-1 transcription through epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling pathway. However, there is little clinical evidence on the association between PAI-1 A15T gene polymorphism and prognosis of Korean population with pulmonary adenocarcinoma and the influence of activating mutation of EGFR kinase domain. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 171 patients who were diagnosed with pulmonary adenocarcinoma and undergone EGFR mutation analysis from 1995 through 2009. Results: In all patients with pulmonary adenocarcinoma, there was no significant association between PAI-1 A15T polymorphic variants and prognosis for overall survival. However, further subgroup analysis showed that the group with AG/AA genotype had a shorter 3-year survival time than the group with GG genotype in patients with EGFR mutant-type pulmonary adenocarcinoma (mean survival time, 24.9 months vs. 32.5 months, respectively; p=0.015). In multivariate analysis of 3-year survival for patients with pulmonary adenocarcinoma harboring mutant-type EGFR, the AG/AA genotype carriers had poorer prognosis than the GG genotype carriers (hazard ratio, 7.729; 95% confidence interval, 1.414-42.250; p=0.018). Conclusion: According to our study of Korean population with pulmonary adenocarcinoma, AG/AA genotype of PAI-1 A15T would be a significant predictor of poor short-term survival in patients with pulmonary adenocarcinoma harboring mutant-type EGFR.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.65-72
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• 1982

It has been known that retinoids are intrinsically of critical importance for control of premalignant epithelial cell differentiation. In the absence of retinoids, normal cellular differentiation and growth does not occur in epithelia such as those of trachea and bronchi. Furthermore, it was also reported that retinoid deficiency enhanced susceptibility to chemical carcinogenesis in the respiratory system, in the bladder, and in the colon of the experimental animal. In 1974, Bollag examined the effects of synthetic retinoids in prevention of development of cancer and demonstrated synthetic retinoids to have more favorable therapeutic index than retinoic acid for causing regression of skin papilloma in mice. Therefore, it was assumed that this anticarcinogenic effect of vitamin A derivatives could be due to modification of the metabolism of the carcinogenic polycyclic hydrocarbon, which must first be activated to exert their effect. Hill and Shih reported that vitamin A compounds and analogs had inhibitory effect on drug metabolizing enzyme from liver and lung tissue of mouse and hamster. Lucy suggested that the chemoprevention effect of vitamin A derivatives is due to reaction with molecular oxygen, and it is possible that inhibition of hydroxybenzpyrene formation is a result of this property. On the other hand, butylated hydroxytoluene which is a potent antioxidant strongly inhibited the formation of mammary tumor induced by dimethylbenranthracene. Also, it was observed that this antioxidant inhibited cancer induction in rats by N-2-fluo-renylacetamide. The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the effect of vitamin A derivatives such as retinoic acid and retinoid on drug-metabolizing enzyme and to determine whether riboflavin tetrabutylate or vitamin E could prevent of modify any changes induced by vitamin A delivatives in the rats. The results obtained were as followings. 1) Body weight was significantly reduced by retinoic acid, but not by retinoid. 2) Retinoic acid markedly increased liver weight while retincid showed no effect on liver weight. Treatment of riboflavin tetrabutylate did not affect retinoic acid-induced change in both body weight and liver weight. 3) Both retinoic acid and retinoid remarkably decreased the activity of aminopyrine demethylase. Pretreatment of riboflavin tetrabutylate, however, prevented inhibitory effect of retinoic acid on the enzyme activity. 4) No significant effect of vitamin E on aminopyrine demethylase was observed in both groups treated with retinoic acid and retinoid.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제66권
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• pp.272-281
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• 2023

작약 뿌리는 monoterpene glycoside계 물질을 함유하고 있으며, 이들 화합물은 항경련, 항염증, 항바이러스, 신경보호 및 진정효과를 나타내는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이번 연구에서는 작약 뿌리의 dichloromethane (CH₂Cl₂) 및 ethyl acetate (EtOAc) 가용성 분획으로부터 세포독성 물질을 탐색하고자 하였다. 그 결과, 총 13종의 화합물을 분리할 수 있었으며, 이들의 세포독성 평가를 위해 사람 유래 폐암 선암 세포주인 A549에 처리하여 세포생존율 변화를 관찰하였다. A549에 대한 세포독성은 gallic acid (8) > (2S)-naringenin (9) > methyl gallate (10) > 6'-Obenzoylpaeoniflorin (7) > palmitic acid (3) 순으로 나타났다. 특히, 7은 normal cell인 MRC-5에 대한 독성은 없는 것으로 확인되었으며, 7의 A549 및 MRC-5 세포생존율에 미치는 영향에 대한 보고는 이번이 처음이다. 향후 7에 대한 세포독성 메커니즘 및 선택성과 관련된 추가연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.90-98
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• 2012

동과착즙액에 에탄올을 가해 초산발효시켜서 산도 5.0%의 식초를 만들고, 여기에 구절초 추출액(농도 10%)을 10%를 가한 다음, 조개껍질을 녹여서 식초를 제조하였다. 동과 식초에 대하여 꼬막껍질, 굴껍질, 전복껍질을 1% 가하면 97.2~98.4% 녹고, 2% 가하면 95.8~95.6% 녹았다. 조개껍질을 1% 녹인 식초의 산도는 3.00~3.17, 2% 녹인 것은 1.11~1.20였고, 조개껍질을 1% 녹인 식초의 pH는 4.54~4.55, 2% 녹인 식초는 4.86~4.95로 조개껍질 1%짜리의 경우 시판 식초보다 산도가 높으면서도 pH 수치가 높아서 유리산이 적었다. 초산발효시 구절초를 가하면 1%일 경우 저해율 44.4%, 0.12%일 경우 저해율 22.2%을 나타내므로 구절초는 초산발효 후 첨가해야 한다. 조개껍질 1% 식초의 칼슘함량은 0.4%, 2% 식초는 0.78%였다. 열처리하지 않은 동과는 angiotensin 전환효소 저해활성 21.7%, 항산화효소 활성 5.23%, 티로시나제 저해활성 5.5%를 나타냈고, 열처리 추출 동과는 angiotensin 전환효소 저해활성 16.1%, superoxide dismutase 활성 20.5%, 항산화 활성 23.2%, 티로시나제 저해활성 7.1%를 나타냈다. 구절초는 angiotensin 전환효소 저해활성 28.8%, xanthine oxidase 저해활성 28.2%, speroxide dismutase 활성 14.5%, 항산화 활성 3.2%, 티로시나제 저해활성 9.2%로 나타났다. 10% 시료를 인간폐암상피세포주 A549 세포에 가한 결과, 세포는 동과가열추출액의 경우, 72시간에 80%, 생동과는 48시간 뒤에 74%, 구절초 가열 추출액은 72시간 뒤에 100% 암세포를 감소시켜 항암작용을 나타냈다.