• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2002

Quinacrine은 수소이온 농도변화에 민감한 형광 probe로서 양성자와 결합하지 않은 형광형이나, 양성자와 결합한 비형광형으로 존재한다. 따라서, quinacrine은 $H^+-ATPase$에 의한 수소이온이동 활성 측정에 이용된다. 본 연구에서는 토마조 뿌리조직에서 분리한 마이크로솜에서 quinacrine의 형광성을 이용한 $H^+-ATPase$ 활성측정의 최적 조건을 조사하였다. Quinacrine의 형광변화는 반응용액 중의 단백질 함량이 $0.43{\mu}g/{\mu}l$에서25-26% 감소하여 10%의 quinacrine 형광을 감소시키는 데 약 100nmo1/min의 $H^+-ATPase$ 활성이 필요함을 알 수 있었다. Quinacrine의 최대 형광변화는 pH 7.0-7.2 범위와 $2mM\;Mg^{2+}$ 조건에서 일어났다. 이것은 기존에 보고한 $H^+-ATPase$의 특성과 일치하여, quinacrine의 형광변화가 $H^+-ATPase$의 활성을 잘 반영하고 있음을 보인다. 원형질막 및 액포막 $H^+-ATPase$들의 선택적 저해제인 vanadate와 $NO_3-$는 각각의 효소에 의한 수소이온이동 활성을 저해하는데 성공적임을 확인하였다. 이상의 결과로 quinacrine이 토마토 뿌리조직에서 분리한 마이크로솜의 수소이온이동 활성측정에 유용하게 이용될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국식물병리학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.12-16
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• 1985

마이코플라스마에 감염된 대추나무, 뽕나무 및 일일초의 조직절편을 형광염색소인 DAPI(4'-6-diamidino-2-phenylindole$\cdot$2HCl), aniline blue 그리고 quinacrine(quinacrine mustard dihydrochloride)으로 염색하여 형광현미경하에서 관찰함으로서 이들 형광염색소의 마이코프라스마 감염진단에의 효용가치를 비교 조사하였다. 이병식물의 줄기절편의 절부에서 특이형광반응이 나타났으나 건전식물의 조직절편에서는 특이형광반응이 관찰되지 않음으로써, DAPI, anilinc blue 및 quinacrine 등의 형광염색소에 의한 조직염색법은 대추나무, 뽕나무 및 일일초의 마이코플라스마 감염을 식속 정확하게 진단하는 데 매우 유용한 방법임을 보여주었다. 한펀, 이들 형광염색소 중에서는 DAPI가 가장 효과적이었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.189-194
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• 1995

The focus of this study was to investigate the influences of enzymatic scavengers of active oxygen metabolites and phospholipase $A_2$ inhibitor on hepatic secretory and microsomal function during hepatic ischemia/reperfusion. Rats were pretreated with free radical scavengers such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, deferoxamine and phospholipase $A_2$ inhibitor such as quinacrine and then subjected to 60 min. no-flow hepatic ischemia in vivo. After 1, 5 hr of reperfusion, bile was collected, blood was obtained from the abdominal aorta, and liver microsomes were isolated. Serum aminotransferase (ALT) level was increased at 1 hr and peaked at 5 hr. The increase in ALT was significantly attenuated by SOD plus catalase, deferoxamine and quinacrine especially at 5 hr of reperfusion. The wet weight-to-dry weight ratio of the liver was significantly increased by ischemia/reperfusion. SOD and catalase treatment minimized the increase in this ratio. Hepatic lipid peroxidiltion was elevated by ischemia/reperfusion, and this elevation was inhibited by free radical scavengers and quina crine. Bile flow and cholate output, but not bilirubin output, were markedly decreased by ischemia/reperfusion and quinacrine restored the secretion. Cytochrome $P_{450}$ content was decreased by ischemia/reperfusion and restored by free radical scavengers and quinacrine to the level of that of the sham operated group. Aminopyrine N-demethylase activity was decreased and aniline p-hydroxylase was increased by ischemia/reperfusion. The changes in the activities of the two enzymes were prevented by free radical scavengers and quinacrine. Our findings suggest that ischemia/reperfusion diminishes hepatic secretory functions as well as microsomal drug metabolizing systems by increasing lipid peroxidation, and in addition to free radicals, other factors such as phospholipase $A_2$ are involved in pathogenes of hepatic dysfunction after ischemia/reperfusion.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.103-106
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• 2000

Bacillus cereus KCTC 3674 excretes at least two kinds of extracellular proteases into the growth medium. Two major bands of the protease activity with molecular weights of approximately 100 and 38 kDa were obtained after gelatin-SDS-PAGE. The protease with a molecular weight of 38kDa was identified as an extracellular neutral (metallo-) protease. The neutral protease was quite thermostabile but labile to alkaline pH. On the contrary, the 100-kDa protease was thermolabile but stable to alkaline pH. The production of 38-kDa neutral protease was strongly affected by temperature, oxygen, carbonylcyanied m-chlorophenylhydrazone(CCCP) that was defined as a protonophofre, and cerulenin which inhibited lipid synthesis and caused changes in the membrane composition. On the other hand, the production of the 100-kDa protease was strongly affected by only temperature and cerulenin. Quinacrine (0.2 mM), which inhibits the penicillinase-releasing proteases of Bacillus licheniformis, had no effect, whatsoever, on the production of extracellular proteases in B.cereus KCTC 3674.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.98-101
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• 1976

Clinical observations were made on a total 104 cases of spontaneous pneumothorax during the period of 5 years from MAR. 1971 to MAR. 1976 at the Dept. of Chest Surgery, Korea University Medical College. The ratio of male to female cases was 7.4 : 1 in male predominance, and age distribution was 73% of the total cases within the 15-40 age range. There were 56 patients (53.8%) of right sided pneumothorax and 44 patients (42.3%) of left sided pneumothorax, 8 patients presented bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax. The etiologic factors were tuberculous origin in 42.3%, rupture of bullae or blebs in 15.4%, acute pulmonary infection in 3.8%, pulmonary paragonimiasis in 2.9%, cysticercosis 1%, Marfan's syndrome in 1.9%, unknown causes in 32.7%. In all 104 cases, closed chest tube thoracostomy were performed for reexpansion of collapsed lung. In 50 cases of 104 cases, intrapleural instillation of Quinacrine HCl (Atabrine, Winthrop Laboratories, New York, N.Y.) thru the chest tube was used to control of recurrent pneumothorax, and compared observation with 54 cases control group of closed chest tube thoracostomy only. In both groups, 1) cure rates were 63% in control group and 88% in Atabrine group. 2) average duration of inserted chest tube were 5.6 days in control group and 5.7 days in Atabrine group.

• 약학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 1989

We have recently reported that $Mg^{++}-deficiency$ showed endothelium dependent relaxation in isolated canine coronary arteries precontracted with $PGF_{2{\alpha}}$. To differentiate the release of EDRF or $PGI_2$ from the endothelium cells as the cause of vasorelaxation by $Mg^{++}-deficiency$, effects of several inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism on the relaxation by $Mg^{++}-deficiency$ were evaluated and also compared with that of acetylcholine. Ibuprofen and tranylcypromine ($10{\mu}M$), an inhibitor of cyclo-oxygenase and $PGI_2$ synthetase, respectively, did not effect on $Mg^{++}-free$ induced vasorelaxation. Pretreatment of quinacrine ($10{\mu}M$), an inhibitor of phospholipase $A_2$ and also $Ca^{++}$ uptake, blocked vasorelaxation by $Mg^{++}-free$. But trifluoperazine ($10{\mu}M$), which is about as potent as quinacrine in the inhibition of $Ca^{++}$ uptake, did not effect on $Mg^{++}-deficiency$ induced vasorelaxation. NDGA ($10{\mu}M$), an inhibitor of lipoxygenase, completely restored $Mg^{++}-free$ induced vasorelaxation, even though pretreatment of that was not blocked which might be due to the characteristics of vasorelaxation of NDGA itself. Pretreatment of methylene blue ($10{\mu}M$), which is known as a inhibitor of EDRF through the blocking effect of guanylate cyclase, completely blocked vasorelaxation by $Mg^{++}-free$ as well as acetylcholine ($0.1{\mu}M$). Acetylcholine-induced dose response curve was also antagonized by pretreatment of quinacrine ($10{\mu}M$), but not by ibuprofen, tranylcypromine and NDGA. These results appear to suggest that $Mg^{++}-free$ induced vasorelaxation was mediated by the release of EDRF through the activation of phospholipase $A_2$ and noncyclo-oxygenase on arachidonate metabolism.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.41-47
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• 1979

This experiment was carried out to clarify the methods of the F-body test in human and the B-body test in buil and hog. The effect of pH and albumin concentration on the migration of X- and Y- sperm was also investigated. The results obtained were summarized as follows: 1. In the human semen, the frequency of sperm in which an F-body is visible was different by the fluorochrome. Namely, in case of quinacrine mustard, the F-body frequency was 48.8∼43.4 percent (average 49.6%), and in case of quinacrine dihydrochloride, that was 40.7∼50.8 percent (average 42.0%). 2. The frequency of a, pp.rance of B-body was 43.4${\pm}$1.3 percent in bull semen, and 45.5${\pm}$0.7 percent in hog semen. 3. A, pp.arance of B-body in bovine semen was increased due to duration of time after washing till 12 hours. 4. Separation of X- and Y- spermatozoa using diluents with different hydrogen ion concentration was impossible. 5. A, pp.arance of B-body separated in medium with 6, 10 and 20% ovalbumin was 51.1${\pm}$2.4, 50.6${\pm}$2.5 and 58.2${\pm}$3.0 percent, respectively, and those values were significiantly higher (p<0.01) than corresponding control values.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.224-230
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• 1987

표고버섯의 미토콘드리아는 설탕밀도 선형기울기 원심분리법으로 정제하여, 광감응성 mitochondrial ATPase의 유기물 효과, 광증감제 효과 및 파장 변화에 따른 $K^+$ 이온의 유입 효과를 실험하였다. 1. 이 효소는 10m mol dithiothreitol 및 0.1m mol quinacrine에 의하여 각각 139% 및 128%의 활성도를 증가시켰다. 2. $100\;{\mu}g$의 oligomycin과 1m mol phlorizin은 이 효소의 활성을 각각 48% 및 45% 억제시켰다. 3. 광증감제인 0.1m mol phenazine methosulfate는 이 효소의 활성도를 36% 촉진시켰다. 4. $K^+$ 이온 유입 효과의 최적 파장은 690nm였고, 이때의 최적 pH 및 최적 온도는 각각 7.2 및 $55^{\circ}C$였다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.69-76
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• 1984

In order to obtain high proportion of Y sperm the semen was laid over 6%,10% and 20% bovine serum albumin. Separated sperm were stained with quinacrine mustard in order to see F - body which could be seen in human Y sperm. But we could'nt find F-body in the bull sperm. So sperm were compared with size of sperm head. As a result of observation separated sperm was small in size of length and width of sperm head as compared with control sperm. So it was found that the proportion of Y sperm showed a marked increase in separated layer. Then the higher albumin density was, the higher the proportion of Y sperm which had smaller head and faster motility was. But the higher albumin density was, the lower the recovery rate of sperm was. So it was hard to separate Y sperm in oligospermia.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.579-584
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• 1996

The molecular weight of the purified nucleoside oxidase estimated by gel filtration column chromatography was 480,000 and the enzyme protein was composed of four nonidentical subunits (81,000, 69,000, 32,000 and 16,000). On the basis of the visible absorption spectra and the enzymatic determination of the purified enzyme, the enzyme was supposed as a hemoprotein and also a flavoprotein containing 3 moles of FAD per I mole of enzyme. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was pH 5.1. Addition of metal salts such as 1 mM SnCl$_{2}$ and PbCl$_{2}$ into an enzyme reaction solution inhibited the enzyme activity by 94 and 90%, respectively. The enzyme activity was also lost significantly by hemoenzyme inhibitors such as NaCN and NaN$_{3}$ and flavoenzyme inhibitor, acriflavine and quinacrine. The maximal nucleoside oxidase activity was observed at pH 7.0 and 55$\circ$C. The nucleoside oxidase was relatively stable in the range of pH 5.5-9.0 and below 55$\circ$C.