• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.121-125
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• 2006

Mycothiol is a low molecular weight thiol compound produced by a number of actinomycetes, and has been suggested to serve both anti-oxidative and detoxifying roles. To investigate the metabolism and the role of mycothiol in Streptomyces coelicolor, the biosynthetic genes (mshA, B, C, and D) were predicted based on sequence homology with the mycobacterial genes and confirmed experimentally. Disruption of the mshA, C, and D genes by PCR targeting mutagenesis resulted in no synthesis of mycothiol, whereas the mshB mutation reduced its level to about $10\%$ of the wild type. The results indicate that the mshA, C, and D genes encode non-redundant biosynthetic enzymes, whereas the enzymatic activity of MshB (acetylase) is shared by at least one other gene product, most likely the mca gene product (amidase).

• 대한화학회지
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.372-376
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• 1994

Penicillin으로부터 유도된 4-mercaptoazetidin-2-one(2a)은 염기조건에서 불안정하지만 Et3N이나 pyridine 염기하에서 acetyl chloride, methyl chloroformate, ethyl iodoacetate, diethyl azodicarboxylate 등의 친전자체와 반응하여 sulfur에 acetyl, methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonylmethyl, diethoxycarbonylhydrazineo원자단이 부착된 화합물이 된다. 반면 thiol의 methylation은 methyl iodide와의 반응으로 얻을 수 없고 diazomethane을 사용해야 한다. 또한 화합물 2a의 이성질체인 화합물 3a의 반응성도 화합물 2a와 거의 비슷하다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.142-146
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• 1990

Reaction of ethyl 4-chloro-2-phenylpyrimidine-4-carboxylate (4) with 5-chloro-2-methylthiophenol or 3-aryl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 4-triazole-5 thiol yielded the corresponding thioethers (5) and (8a, b), respectively. Careful alkaline hydrolysis of (5) yielded the corresponding carboxylic acid (6). Reaction of (4) with p-aminoacetophenone yielded compound (10) which was reacted with certain aromatic aldehyde to afford the$\alpha,\beta$-unsaturated ketones (11a-d). Condensation of (11a-d) with malononitrile or phenylhydrazine yielded the 2-amino-3-cyanopyridines (12a-f) or the 2-pyrazolines (13a, b) respectively. Seven representative compounds were tested for their in vitro antimicrobial activity against some pathogenic micro-organisms, some of them were proved to be active.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권10호
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• pp.2381-2386
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• 2009

The tetrakis(thio)-substituted-1,4-benzoquinone products 4a-e, 6, 7, and the mono(alkoxy)-tris(thio)-substituted-1,4- benzoquinone products 5a-e and 8a-e were synthesized from the reactions of p-chloranil with some thiols and mixture of two different thiol compounds in alcohol in the presence of $Na_2CO_3$ at room temperature. The structures of the novel S,S,S,S- and S,S,S,O- substituted products, which were obtained by the reactions of p-chloranil as a starting compound with n-propanethiol, n-pentanethiol, n-decanethiol, n-dodecanethiol, 2-methyl-2-propanethiol, and mixture of n-decanethiol and n-cyclohexanethiol as S-nucleophiles, were characterized by spectroscopic methods.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.473-479
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• 2016

본 연구는 센서 표면에 고정된 티오에스터 분자와 금 나노입자를 이용하여 수용액 중의 시안화이온(cyanide)을 선택적이고, 고민감도로 검출할 수 있는 200 MHz 표면음향파(Surface Acoustic Wave, SAW) 센서의 개발에 관한 것이다. SAW 센서표면에 형성된 티오에스터 단분자막은 시안화이온의 친핵성 첨가반응에 의해 가수분해되어 티올(thiol)이 만들어지고, 티올 분자는 다시 금 나노입자와 반응에 의해 티올-금 나노입자 복합체를 형성한다. 이후 신호증폭을 위해, gold(III) chloride trihydrate와 hydroxylamine hydrochloride 조합에 의한 금 나노입자의 사이즈 확대반응을 수행하였다. SAW 센서는 수용액 중에서 시안화이온에 대한 검출 능력이 17.7 uM이었으며, 공진주파수 변화량은 시안화이온의 농도가 커지면서 포화되는 현상을 보여주었다. 한편, 제작된 SAW 센서는 시안화이온 이외의 플루오라이드(fluoride), 아세테이트(acetate), 그리고 설페이트(sulfate) 이온 등의 다른 음이온에는 전혀 반응성이 없었으며, 다른 음이온에 의한 간섭현상도 나타나지 않았다. 끝으로 모든 실험은 재현성 있는 실험 결과를 얻기 위해서 자체 제작한 유체제어 모듈과 센서를 이용하여 진행하였다.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.433-444
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• 1996

본 연구에서는 열충격에 의한 세포내 단백질 변성을 정량하는 방법을 소개하고 있다. Thiol compound인 diamide [azodicarboxylic acid bis (dimethylamide)]는 단백질변성시 노출된 sulfyhydryl기를 cross-link 시킨다. 정상 상태에서는 노출되지 않는 sulfyhydryl group이 변성된 단백질에서는 노출되기 때문에 diamide에 의한 cross-linking이 선택적으로 일어날 것이다. 그러므로 diamide는 변성된 단백질을 "trap"하는 작용을 할 수 있다. 본 연구진은 세포내 열충격후 고분자 단백질 응집물 (high molecular weight protein aggregate, HAA)이 나타남을 비환원 (non reducing) SDS-PAGE에서 관찰하였고 이를 gas flow counter로 scanning하여 정량하였다. 실험 결과 세포에 열충격을 가한후 diamide를 처리하면 HMA가 열충격 용량의존적으로 증가함을 관찰하였다. 이는 HMA의 양을 측정함으로써 열충격에 의하여 변성된 단백질을 정량할 수 있음을 반증한다. 열내성이 유도된 세포와 그렇지 않은 세포를 비교하였을 때 열내성이 유도된 세포에서는 열충격에 의한 HMA의 형성이 억제됨을 관찰하였다. 열충격후 정상온도에서 회복기를 주면서 시간대별로 diamide를 첨가하고 이때 형성된 HMA양을 측정하여, 단백질 원형복구의 역동성을 실험하였다. 그 결과, HMA는 열내성의 유도 여부와 상관없이 빠르게 없어짐을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 열내성이 유도된 세포에서 HSP70 단항체를 electroporation에 의하여 투여하였을 때 HMA가 현저히 증가하였고, 이는 열내성이 유도된 세포에서는 HSP70의 증가에 의하여 HMA생성이 억제되었음을 나타낸다. HSP70 항체를 이용하여 면역침전을 시행한 결과 변성된 세포내 단백질이 HSP70과 같이 침전됨이 관찰되었다. 이 결과는 HSP70 단백질이 변성된 단백질과 일시적으로 결합하여 정상 상태로 돌아가거나 복구될 수 있도록 도와줄 수 있음을 시사한다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.801-806
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• 2002

Cyclicpeptides are important targets in peptide synthesis because of their interesting biological properties. Constraining highly flexible linear peptides by cyclization is one of the mostly widely used approaches to define the bioactive conformation of peptides. Cyclic peptides often have increased receptor affinity and metabolic stability over their linear counterparts. We carried out virtual screening experiment via docking in order to understand the interaction between HLE-Human Leukocyte Elastase and ligand peptide and to identify the sequence that can be a target in various ligand peptides. We made cyclic peptides as a target base on Metlle-Phe sequence having affinity for ligand and receptor active site docking. There are three ways to cyclize certain sequences of amino acids such as Met-lie-Phe-Gly-Ile. First is head-to-tail cyclization method, linking between N-terminal and C-terminal. Second method utilizes amino acid side chain such as thiol functional group in Cys, making a thioether bond. The last one includes an application of resin-substituted amino acids in solid phase reaction. Among the three methods, solid phase reaction showed the greatest yield. Macrocyclization of Fmoc-Met-Ile-Phe-Gly-Ile-OBn after cleavage of Fmoc protection in solution phase was carried out to give macrocyclic compound 5 in about 7% yield. In the contrast with solution phase reaction, solid phase reaction for macrocyclization of Met-Ile-Phe-Gly-Ile-Asp-Tentagel in normal concentrated condition gave macrocyclic compound 7 in more than 35% yield.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.4267-4273
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• 2016

Previous studies suggested that dithio-carbamates are potent apoptosis and anti-apoptosis inducing agents in various cancer cells. Here, the anti-proliferative and apoptosis inducing effects of a new derivative (2-NDC) from the dithio-carbamate family was examined in human leukemia K562 cells. We use thiazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide (MTT) to measure viability and cell growth inhibition. The 2-NDC showed effects on viability in a dose and time-dependent manner, inhibiting proliferation at concentrations of $10-30{\mu}M$ after 24-48 hours of treatment and increasing values after 72 hours at $40-120{\mu}M$. The cytotoxic effect of the compound was calculated with an $IC_{50}$ of $30{\mu}M$ after 24-hour. Apoptosis induction was confirmed by acridine orange-ethidium bromide (AO/EtBr) staining, DNA fragmentation assay, flow cytometric assessment and also caspase-3 activation assay. Furthermore, enzymes level such as superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) involved in oxidative stress were evaluated. The results of this study demonstrated insignificant increase of intracellular ROS levels for 24 hours and reduction after 48-72 hours. In addition to reduction of intracellular thiol, caspase-3 like activity was also decreased in a time-dependent manner in cells treated with 2-NDC. Thus 2-NDC can be considered as a good candidate for further pharmaceutical evaluations.

• BMB Reports
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• 제50권8호
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• pp.391-392
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• 2017

Overexpression of mammalian 2-Cys peroxiredoxin (Prx) enzymes is observed in most cancer tissues. Nevertheless, their specific roles in colorectal cancer (CRC) progression has yet to be fully elucidated. Here, a novel molecular mechanism by which PrxII/Tankyrase (TNKS) interaction mediates survival of adenomatous polyposis coli (APC)-mutant CRC cells was explored. In mice with an inactivating APC mutation, a model of spontaneous intestinal tumorigenesis, deletion of PrxII reduced intestinal adenomatous polyposis and thereby increased survival. In APC-mutant human CRC cells, PrxII depletion hindered PARP-dependent Axin1 degradation through TNKS inactivation. $H_2O_2-sensitive$ Cys residues in the zinc-binding domain of TNKS1 was found to be crucial for PARsylation activity. Mechanistically, direct binding of PrxII to ARC4/5 domains of TNKS conferred vital redox protection against oxidative inactivation. As a proof-of-concept experiment, a chemical compound targeting PrxII inhibited the growth of tumors xenografted with APC-mutation-positive CRC cells. Collectively, the results provide evidence revealing a novel redox mechanism for regulating TNKS activity such that physical interaction between PrxII and TNKS promoted survival of APC-mutant colorectal cancer cells by PrxII-dependent antioxidant shielding.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.92-100
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• 2004

Effect of the depletion or oxidation of GSH on mitomycin c (MMC)-induced mitochondrial damage and cell death was assessed in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cells. MMC induced cell death and the decrease in the GSH contents in SCLC cells, which were inhibited by z-LEHD.fmk (a cell permeable inhibitor of caspase-9), z-DQMD.fmk (a cell permeable inhibitor of caspase-3) and thiol compound, N-acetylcysteine. MMC caused nuclear damage, release of cytochrome c and activation of caspase-3, which were reduced by N-acetylcysteine. The depletion of GSH due to L-butionine-sulfoximine enhanced the MMC-induced cell death and formation of reactive oxygen species in SCLC cells, whereas the oxidation of GSH due to diamide or $NH_2Cl$ did not affect cytotoxicity of MMC. The results show that MMC may cause cell death in SCLC cells by inducing mitochondrial dysfunction, leading to activation of caspase-9 and -3. The MMC-induced change in the mitochondrial membrane permeability, followed by cell death, in SCLC cells may be significantly enhanced by the depletion of GSH. In contrast, the oxidation of GSH may not affect cytotoxicity of MMC.