• 한국작물학회지
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2001

The induction of enzymes and the accumulation of their end products associated with self-defense mechanism in rice were investigated. When rice leaves were irradiated with UV light, activities of diterpene cyclase, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), and cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase (CA4H) were induced and rice phytoalexin, momilactone A was accumulated. The content of p-coumaric acid in rice leaves was closely correlated with self-defense or allelopathic potential against barnyardgrass. UV-challenged rice leaves gave rise to the inhibition of barnyardgrass growth.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.243-248
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• 1995

Seventeen transformation-deficient mutants of streptococcus pneumoniae, which are defective in competence induction (com), DNA uptake(ent) of recombination(rec), were investigated to determine sensitivity to ethylmethane sulfonate(EMS), methylmethane sulfonate(MMS), UV and mitomycin C. In ethylmethane sulfonate assay, the viability of most $com^-, \; rec^-\; and ent^-$ mutants was decreased about 2-10 times and the viability of ent-9 and ent-13 mutant was decreased about 33 and 25 times, respectively. On the other hand only half of the transformation-deficient mutants tested was sensitive to methylmethane sulfonate about 2 times and ent-12 mutant was sensitive to 2.0% MMS about 8 times. After UV and mitomycin C treatment, most of the mutants are not sensitive to UV and mitomycin C, although the viability of some transformation-deficient mutants was decreased slightly. Especially none of the com mutants were sensitive to DNA damage suggesting that competence is not involved in DNA repair. Also DNA uptake and recombination gane might be related to DNA repair function.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 2001년도 공동 춘계학술대회
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• pp.91.1-91
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• 2001

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• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2
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• pp.337.3-338
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• 2002

UV-B irradiation increases the synthesis of matrixmetalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) that degrades skin collagen in human skin. In this work, we investigated the photoprotective effect of decursinol angelate (DEA) extracted Irom Angelica gigas on human skin libroblasts. DEA inhibited UVB-induced MMP-1 induction, which was conlirmed by western blot and ELISA. We examined upstream signal transduction pathway and the action mechanism of DEA on UVB induction of MMp in human skin fibroblasts. (omitted)

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.511-518
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• 2017

Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation is a relevant environment factor to induce cellular senescence and photoaging. Both autophagy- and silent information regulator T1 (SIRT1)-dependent pathways are critical cellular processes of not only maintaining normal cellular functions, but also protecting cellular senescence in skin exposed to UV irradiation. In the present studies, we investigated whether modulation of autophagy induction using a novel synthetic SIRT1 activator, heptasodium hexacarboxymethyl dipeptide-12 (named as Aquatide), suppresses the UVB irradiation-induced skin aging. Treatment with Aquatide directly activates SIRT1 and stimulates autophagy induction in cultured human dermal fibroblasts. Next, we found that Aquatide-mediated activation of SIRT1 increases autophagy induction via deacetylation of forkhead box class O (FOXO) 1. Finally, UVB irradiation-induced cellular senescence measured by $SA-{\beta}-gal$ staining was significantly decreased in cells treated with Aquatide in parallel to occurring SIRT1 activation-dependent autophagy. Together, Aquatide modulates autophagy through SIRT1 activation, contributing to suppression of skin aging caused by UV irradiation.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2001

The present study was conducted to elucidate whether the expression level of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) is related to the ultraviolet radiation (UV)-induced apoptosis. After treatment of the mammalian cell lines HeLa S3 and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) with 50 J/m2 UV, induction of apoptosis was determined by several means during 24 h post-incubation. Incidence of apoptosis was much lower in CHO than HeLa S3 cells based on the percentage of apoptotic cells in terms of morphological changes in nucleus or direct counting of viable cells and qualitative or quantitative DNA fragmentation. Interestingly, when the expression level of PARP was measured by western blotting, the amounts of PARP that was retained at each time point inversely correlated with the incidences of apoptosis in these cells. Concomitant with generation of the 85 kDa fragment, 116 kDa PARP disappeared in HeLa S3 within 6 h after UV treatment, whereas a fair amounts of 116 kDa band was still retained in CHO cells at 36 h post-incubation. This inverse relationship was also observed in the adaptive response system, in which cells weve treated with a high dose of UV after pretreatment with a low dose. As expected, typical adaptive responses appeared in CHO cells but not in HeLa cells, showing greater cell viability and lesser DNA fragmentation. During the adaptive response in CHO cells, PARP was expressed at much higher level compared to the single, high dose-treated cells. Interestingly, even though PARP was induced at 6 h post-incubation In both cell types, its expression was more prominent in CHO cells. Thus, our data indicate that the retained level of intact PARP against UV damage inversely correlates with incidence of apoptosis in mammalian cells, and also suggest that a machinery to protect the PARP degradation against UV damage exists in CHO but not in HeLa S3 cells.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.186-189
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• 2002

Many of the adverse effects of solar UV exposure appear to be directly attributable to damage to epidermal DNA. In particular, cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPD) may initiate mutagenic changes as well as induce signal transduction responses that lead to a loss of skin immune surveillance and micro-destruction of skin structure. Our approach is to reverse the DNA damage using prokaryotic DNA repair enzymes delivered into skin using specially engineered liposomes. T4 endonuclease V encapsulated in liposomes (T4N5 liposome lotion) enhanced DNA repair by shifting repair of CPD from the nucleotide excision to the base excision repair pathway. Following topical application to humans, increased repair limited UV-induction of cytokines, many of which are immunosuppressive. In a recent clinical study, topical treatment of UV-irradiated human skin with T4N5 liposome lotion reduced the suppression of the nickel sulfate contact hypersensitivity response. Similarly, the photoreactivating enzyme enhances repair by directly reversing CPDs after absorbing activating light. Here also treatment of UV-irradiated human skin with photoreactivating enzyme in liposomes and photoreactivating light restored the response to the contact allergen nickel sulfate. These findings confirm in humans the observation in mice that UV induced suppression of contact hypersensitivity is caused in part by CPDs. We have tested the ability of T4N5 liposome lotion to prevent UV-induced skin cancer in patients with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), who have an elevated incidence of skin cancer resulting from a genetic defect in DNA repair. Daily use of the lotion for one year in a group of 20 XP patients reduced the average number of actinic keratoses by 68% and basal cell cancers by 30% compared to 9 patients in the placebo control group. Delivery of DNA repair enzymes to skin is a promising new approach to photoprotection.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.38-43
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• 2008

고추 유묘기에 탄수화물 합성, 페놀화합물 및 폴리아민에 대한 자외선의 영향을 알아보기 위하여 수행하였다. 고추 유묘는 $1.2W\;m^{-2}$ 강도의 자외선 하에서 0부터 9시간까지 조사되었다. 수용성 당과 전분은 자외선 처리에 의해 크게 영향을 받았다. 수용성 당은 처리 전 ($6.7mg\;g^{-1}\;fw$)에서 자외선 9시간 처리 후에 $5.2mg\;g^{-1}\;fw$으로 약 22% 감소하였다. 전분은 자외선 처리 후 3시간 만에 30%까지 급격히 감소한 후 처리기간에 상관없이 변화가 없었다. 자외선 흡수물질에 대한 흡광도 분석을 한 결과, 처리 3시간 이후에 최고 흡광도를 나타내었으며 이를 토대로 하여 페놀화합물과 안토시아닌을 조사하였다. 흡광도 분석결과와는 다르게 안토시아닌 함량은 자외선 처리가 증가함에 따라 감소하였으며, 총 페놀화합물 함량은 자외선에 영향을 받지 않았다. 그러나 주요 단순 페놀산 함량은 크게 영향을 받았는데, cinnamic acid, ferulic acid, sinapic acid 및 syringic acid는 자외선 처리 후 2~8배 증가하였다. 식물체내 주요 항산화물질의 하나인 폴리아민도 자외선에 의해 70~15% 증가하였다. 위의 결과로 볼 때, 자외선은 식물체의 탄수화물의 합성을 억제하며, 식물체는 스트레스에 저항하기 위하여 방어물질인 페놀화합물 및 폴리아민의 합성을 촉진하였다.

• 폴리머
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.5-14
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 UVB-313(자외선 파장 290-315 nm) 노출 하에 smooth HDPE 지오멤브레인과 flexible PP 지오멤브레인에 대한 자외선 노출의 영향을 평가하였다. 인장특성, 용융지수, 표준 및 고압 산화유도시간 및 FTIR/ATR 결과들을 고찰하였다. 노출된 지오멤브레인 시료의 인장특성은 변하지 않았지만, HDPE 지오멤브레인보다 flexible PP 지오멤브레인의 경우 산화방지제의 감소가 더 큼을 알 수 있었다. 대표적인 현장온도 $20^{\circ}C$에서의 산화방지제의 수명을 예측하기 위하여 외삽에 의한 Arrhenius 모델을 적용하였다. 자외선 노출 전후의 HDPE 지오멤브레인 시료는 용융지수의 큰 차이는 없었지만 flexible PP 지오멤브레인은 가교발생으로 인한 용융지수 감소가 발생하였다. FTIR 스펙트럼으로부터 자외선에 노출된 시료의 경우 카르보닐기와 관련된 $1750\;cm^{-1}$ 부근에서 작은 피크가 발견되었으며, 이는 산화가 진행되었음을 예시하고 flexible PP 지오멤브레인의 경우 $3100{\sim}3500\;cm^{-1}$에서 하이드록시기 또는 하이드로퍼옥사이드기에 의한 새로운 피크를 확인할 수 있었다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.271-275
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• 2001

Phytoalexin scoparone (6,7-dimethoxycoumarin) was induced in flavedo tissue of lemon fruit inoculated with Penicillium digitatum during heat treatment for 3 days at $36^{\circ}$. The compound was also induced in the flavedo tissue after UV illuminatiion. Induction of scoparone was deteected in the flavedo tissue by histological analysis. This fluorescent scoparone accumulated only on the 4-5 layers of cells adjacent to the inoculation site. Preinoculation with P. digitatum and subsequent heat-treatment induced resistance in the lemon fruit tissues after challenge-inoculation at the site of the first infection. the data obtained in the study suggest that lemon fruit acquired resistance against P. digitatum parallel with the scoparone production at the infection site.