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Studies on the Venom Inhibtor (Part Ⅵ) Reaction of the sample in vivo

  • 서정훈
    • 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국미생물생명공학회 1978년도 추계학술대회
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    • pp.209.4-209
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    • 1978
  • Previously, we reported the inhibitory substane which reacts on venoms proteinases and haemorrha-ghagic factors. The active substsnce was originated from soil fungi. This report describes the results of molecular weight determination, the activity by the derivatives, and also the reaction in vivo by the administration of sample L175-68-B.

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꿀벌의 독에 의한 생쥐 피부의 조직병리학적 및 미세구조적 변화 (Histopathological and Fine Structural Changes in Mouse Skin after Injection of Honeybee Venom)

  • 신상희;정문진;문명진
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • 제27권2호
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    • pp.145-153
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    • 1997
  • 꿀벌(Apis mellifera)의 독에 의해 야기되는 포유동물 피부의 조직병리학적 및 미세구조적 변화와 그 수복과정을 확인하기 위하여 실험용 생쥐의 피부에 직침법으로 꿀벌의 독을 주입한 후, 회복된 시점까지 일정시간 간격으로 조직의 표본을 제작하여 광학 및 전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 독 주입 직후의 표본에서는 표피의 상피세포와 진피의 결합조직에서 현저한 염증반응이 유도되었고, 일부세포의 괴사가 관찰되었다. 고배율의 전자현미경상에서 교원섬유의 직경이 크게 증가되었으며, 면역 단백물질로 추정되는 전자밀도가 높은 grain의 침착이 확인되었다. 이러한 조직병리현상은 독 주입 후 12시간이 경과된 조직의 표본에서 서서히 회복되는 것으로 관찰되었다. 봉침 주위 피부조직의 조직학적 및 미세구조적 변화는 수 일간 지속되었으나, 병리학적 반응은 3일 이내에 거의 거의 소멸되는 것으로 관찰되었다. 또한 생쥐 피부에 대한 꿀벌 독의 병리반응은 다른 절지동물의 독에 비하여 비교적 경미한 것으로 확인되었다.

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The venom of jellyfish, Chrysaora pacifica, induces neurotoxicity via activating Ca2+-mediated ROS signaling in HT-22 cells

  • Yang, Yoon-Sil;Kang, Young-Joon;Kim, Hye-Ji;Kim, Min-Soo;Jung, Sung-Cherl
    • Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • 제62권4호
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    • pp.347-353
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    • 2019
  • Stings of jellyfish, which frequently occur in a warm season, cause severe pain, inflammation and sometimes irreversible results such as the death. Harmful venoms from jellyfish, therefore, have been studied for finding the therapeutic agents to relieve pain or to neutralize toxic components. However, it is still unclear if and how jellyfish venom reveal neuronal toxicity even though pain induction seems to result from the activation of nociceptors such as nerve endings. In this study, using HT-22 cell line, we investigated neurotoxic effects of the venom of Chrysaora pacifica (CpV) which appears in South-East ocean of Korea. In 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide assay, CpV significantly reduced the viability of HT-22 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Additionally, in 2',7'-Dichlorofluorescin diacetate fluorescence test under the culture condition lacking dominant inflammatory factors, CpV remarkably increased the production of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). Reduced responsive fluorescence to Rhodamine123 and increased expression of intracellular cytochrome c were also observed in HT-22 cells treated with CpV. These indicate that CpV-reduced viability of HT-22 cells may be due to the activation of apoptotic signalings mediated with oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. Furthermore, removing Ca2+ ion or adding N-acetyl-Lcystein remarkably blocked the CpV effect to reduce the viability of HT-22 cells. The findings in this study clearly demonstrate that CpV may activate Ca2+-mediated ROS signalings and mitochondrial dysfunction resulting in neuronal damage or death, and suggest that blocking Ca2+ pathway is a therapeutic approach to possibly block toxic effects of jellyfish venoms.

사독의 조해물질에 관한 연구 (Inhibitory Substance on the Snake Venoms Produced by Penicillium sp.)

  • Seu, Jung-Hwn;Yi, Dong-Heui
    • 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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    • 제7권2호
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    • pp.75-89
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    • 1979
  • 사독은 단백성물질이며 그 작용은 효소적이다. 동물에 대한 강력한 작용은 독사교상의 치료에 있어서 중요한 문제점을 가지고 있다. 독사에 대한 항혈청의 개발은 오래 전부터 이루어 졌으며 근년에 와서는 거의 완성된 상태라고 생각한다. 그러나 이러한 형편에서도 항혈청에 지니고 있는 몇가지의 결점으로 인하여 유효한 화학치료제의 개발이 요구되고 있다. 그러나 사독의 다양성을 고려할 때 획일적인 치료제를 얻기란 매우 곤란할 것으로 생각된다. 사독을 화학물질로써 불활성화 시키려는 시도는 많아서 chelate 성 물질 thio 화합물, 혹종의 Amino acid, Tannic acid 등 단백질 응고제 등 시험관내에서는 강력히 작용하는 물질이 많이 발견되었으나 이들의 작용은 사독에 대해서 비특이적이며 또한 생체내에서의 작용이 강하여 그의 이용에 많은 제한이 있다. 저자들은 미생물로부터 사독에 대한 조해물질의 검색을 시도했던바 Penicillium 속의 한균주로 부터 유효한 물질을 얻을 수 있었으며 이것을 ISV-33이라 명명하였다. 이 물질은Agkistro-don 및 Trimeresurus 류 사독의 Proteinase와 출혈인자 및 치사인자에 잘 작용하여 이것들을 불활성화시키나 일반효소에는 거의 작용하지 않았다. 이 물질은 사독에 대해서 $\frac{1}{4}$~$\frac{1}{8}$ 량으로서 충분히 작용하나 그 자체의 독성은 위를 대상으로 실험했을 때 거의 나타나지 않는다. 또 이 물질은 사독에 대해서 특이성이 강하며 in vivo에서도 작용한다. 이 물질은 결정성이며 열수에는 용이하게 용해하나 명수나 명종 유기용매에는 거의 용해하지 않으며 단지 Ethylacetate에는 약간 용해한다. mp는 222$^{\circ}C$에서 승화하며 분자량 약 392인 Tetra carboxylic acid로 동정되었다 분자식은(C$_{8}$ $H_{6}$N $O_{5}$)$_2$라고 인정되며 이 물질은 Polycarboxylic acid 이므로 chelate 작용이 있을 가능성이 있으나 금속효소에 대해서는 일률적으로 작용하지 않음으로 사독의 불활성화에 있어서 chelate 작용에 인한 것은 아니라고 생각된다. 그 구조식은 아직 확정하지는 못하였으나 지금까지의 실험결과로서 cyclo hexane을 골격으로 하고 여기에 Epoxy group와 caborxyl 기가 있는 것으로 추정된다. 또 이 물질은 산, Alkali, 가열등에 대해서 매우 안정한 것으로 나타났다. 이 연구의 일부는 문교부 연구조성비(1978년도)에 의해서 수행되었다.

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Development of Fibrinolytic Agents from Snake Venoms

  • 김영식;한범수;장일무
    • 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국응용약물학회 1994년도 춘계학술대회 and 제3회 신약개발 연구발표회
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    • pp.279-279
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    • 1994
  • Fibrinolytic proteases, piscivorase I (PI) and piscivorase II (PII), were isolated from Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus (eastern cotonmouth moccasin) venom using gel filtration on Bio-Gel P100 and ion-exchange chromatography on CM-Sepharose. The molecular welghts of two proteases were approximately 23400 and 29000. Their isoelectric points 6.6 and 8.5, respectively. The partial amino acid sequences of PI were characterized by tryptic digestion. PI readily cleaves the A${\alpha}$-and B${\beta}$-chaln of fibronogen, but PII rapidly cleaves A${\alpha}$-chain and more slowly the B${\beta}$-chain, They were activated by Ca$\^$2+/, Mg$\^$2+/ and Ba$\^$2+/, but inhibited by Zn$\^$2+/, Cu$\^$2+/ and Mn$\^$2+/. Two enzymes were also inhibited by cysten, ${\beta}$-mercapto -ethanol, and by metal chelators such as EDTA and EGTA, but not by benzamidine, PMSF, soybean trypsin inhibitor and aprotinin. They did not act like thrombin, plasmin and kallikrein, using specific chromogenllc substrates. Two protease did not induce platelet aggregation. PI showed low hemorrhagic activity at dosage of 50 $\mu\textrm{g}$.

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소아청소년에서 아나필락시스의 역학 (Epidemiology of anaphylaxis in Korean children)

  • 임대현
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • 제51권4호
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    • pp.351-354
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    • 2008
  • Anaphylaxis is an acute systemic reaction caused by IgE-mediated immunological release of mediators from mast cells and basophils to allergenic triggers, such as food, insect venoms, and medications. An alternative definition was recently proposed as follows: anaphylaxis is a "condition caused by an IgE mediated reaction" that is "often life threatening and almost always unanticipated." The reaction can be severe enough to lead to the rapid onset of symptoms, including dizziness, upper airway occlusion, bronchial constriction, hypotension, urticaria, cardiovascular arrhythmias and possible cardiac arrest. The incidence or prevalence of anaphylaxis in Korean pediatrics has not known. Thus, Epidemiology of Anaphylaxis in Pediatrics based on the data from Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (KHIRA) from 2001 to 2007 and questionnaire to the member of Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease (KAPARD) who are working at the training hospitals was studied. The incidence of anaphylaxis under age 19 is 0.7-1.0 per 100,000 year-person. The causes of anaphylaxis based on data from KHIRA were unknown (61.7%), food (24.9%), medications (12.4%), and serum (1.0%).

Purification and characterization of the low molecular weight collagenase from pyloric caeca of tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Lee, Sang-Hoon;Park, Pyo-Jam;Kim, Se-Kwon
    • 한국어업기술학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국어업기술학회 2001년도 추계 수산관련학회 공동학술대회발표요지집
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    • pp.239-240
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    • 2001
  • Collagenases are generally defined as enzymes capable of degrading the polypeptide backbone of native collagen under conditions which do not denature the protein. Two types of proteases with collagenolytic activity have been reported and thought to play different physiological functions. Metallo-collagenases, firstly discovered in tadpole tissue explants are zinc-containing enzymes requiring calcium for optimum activity and stability, and These enzymes have been widely studied from various mammalian tissues as well as from bacteria, such as Bacillus cereus, Clostridium histolyticum, Achromobacter, Vibrio alginolyticus and Clostridium perfringens and snake venoms. (omitted)

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Bee venoms downregulate $TNF-{\alpha}$ in macrophage cell line

  • Han, Sang-Mi;Lee, Kwang-Gill;Yeo, Joo-Hong;Kweon, Haw-Yong;Woo, Soon-Ok;Lee, Man-Young;Chang, Young-Duck;Park, Kwan-Kyu
    • 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회
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    • pp.112-112
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    • 2004
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Inhibitory Activity of Bumblebee Worker (Bombus terrestris L.) Venoms on Nitric Oxide, TNF-${\alpha}$ and IL-6 Production in Lipopolysaccharide-Activated Macrophages

  • Han Sang-Mi;Lee Kwang-Gill;Yeo Joo-Hong;Kweon Hae-Yong;Woo Soon-Ok;Yoon Hyung-Joo;Baek Ha-Ju;Park Kwan-Kyu
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.69-73
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    • 2006
  • To elucidate the composition of bumblebee (Bomb us terrestris) venom (BBV) and the anti-inflammatory effect of BBV. The major components of BBV by LC chromatography and SDS-PAGE were identified. The production of nitric oxide (NO) and proinflammatory cytokines was examined by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in a macrophage cell line, RAW 264.7 cells, with BBV. BBV inhibits LPS-induced NO in a dose dependent manner. We also found that BBV inhibits proinflammatory cytokine, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$ and interleukin (IL)-6 production. These findings mean that BBV can be used in controlling macrophages mediated inflammation related disease. Additional studies on the pharmacological aspects of the individual components of BBV are recommended for future trials.