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Clinical Case Studies on Hepatoma Patients with Dietary Therapy (식이요법에 의한 간암환자의 일부증상의 호전)

  • Koh, Kyung;Lee, Hee-Sook;Park, Won-Bong
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.174-181
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    • 1993
  • This study was performed to evaluate the effects of high supplementary diet of vitamins, minerals, and polysaccharides on enhancing immunity and preventing from cancer in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma(hepatoma). Dietary therapy for patients was performed with dried yeast, wheat germ. Gonoderma extract, and vegetable juice. The vegetable juice was made of fresh green edible vegetables. Ten patients of total 30 patients were considered as improved state in tumor sizes, AFP, or symptoms. Most of patients complained of weight loss, fatigue, indigestion, anorexia before dietary therapy, but most of symptoms disappeared after dietary therapy. There was no significant side effects because of dietary therapy except for occasional slight diarrhea.

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Mixed-type Inhibition of Human Hepatic Cytochrome P450 1-Catalyzed Ethoxyresorufin O-deethylation by Volatile Allyl Sulfides

  • Kim, Hyun-Jung;Chun, Hyang-Sook
    • Food Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.297-300
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    • 2005
  • Effects of allyl sulfides on kinetic behavior of cytochrome P450 1 (CYP1)-catalyzed ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity were studied using microsomes from benzo[a]pyrene-treated human hepatoma cells. Apparent $K_m$ and $V_{max}$ values were calculated as $2.8\;{\mu}M$ and $3.0\;{\mu}mol$ resorufin/min/mg protein based on Lineweaver-Burk plot of microsomal EROD activity, respectively. Diallyl disulfide (DADS) and diallyl trisulfide (DATS) affected $K_m$ and $V_{max}$ values of EROD activity and acted as mixed-type inhibitors for CYP1 isozymes. Apparent Ki values of DADS and DATS were calculated as 1.07 and 0.88 mM, respectively, by re-plotting slopes of Lineweaver-Burk plot and inhibitor concentrations.

p53 is not necessary for nuclear translocation of GAPDH during NO-induced apoptosis

  • Kim, Jum-Ji;Lee, Mi-Young
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.44 no.12
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    • pp.782-786
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    • 2011
  • Aberrant GAPDH expression following S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) treatment was compared in HepG2 cells, which express functional p53, and Hep3B cells, which lack functional p53. The results of Western blotting and fluorescent immunocytochemistry revealed that nuclear translocation and accumulation of GAPDH occur in both HepG2 and Hep3B cells. This finding suggests that p53 may not be necessary for the GSNO-induced translocation of GAPDH to the nucleus during apoptotic cell death in hepatoma cells.

Studies on the Biological Activities of the Constituents of Ailanthi Cortex Radicis III - Antitumor activities of dichloromethane fration - (저근백피성분의 생리활성에 관한 연구(III) - 디클로드메탄분획의 항암작용 -)

  • Kim, Jong;Lee, Chung-Kyu
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.54-58
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    • 1997
  • The cytotoxic activities of methanolic extract and its fractions of Ailanthi Cortex Radicis and column chromatographic eluates of its dichloromethane fraction (DCM fr.) were investigated. DCM fr. Showed the strongest cytotoxicity against hepatoma cells. Furthermore, the active equates 1-3, 8 and 9 were obtained. Effects on free radical generation and the growth of vascular endothelial cells were tested to elucidate the action mechanism of anticancer activity. Eluates 1-3 stimulated free radical generation, while eluates 8 and 9 showed no changes. Especially, eluates 8 and 9 efffectively inhibited the proliferation of vascular endothelial cells in a dose- dependant manner. It is speculated that the anticancer effects of eluates 1-3, 8 and 9 might be due to free radical generation and inhibition of endothelial cell growth, respectively.

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Role of NADPH Oxidase-Mediated Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species in the Mechanism of Apoptosis Induced by Phenolic Acids in HePG2 Human Hepatoma Cells

  • Lee, Yong-Soo
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.28 no.10
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    • pp.1183-1189
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    • 2005
  • Although plant-derived phenolic acids have been reported to have anti-cancer activity, the exact mechanism is not completely understood. In this study, we investigated the role for reactive oxygen species (ROS) as a mediator of the apoptosis induced by caffeic acid (CA) and ferulic acid (FA), common phenolic acids in plants in HepG2 human hepatoma cells. CA and FA reduced cell viability, and induced apoptotic cell death in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, they evoked a dose-related elevation of intracellular ROS. Treatment with various inhibitors of NADPH oxidase (diphenylene iodonium, apocynin, neopterine) significantly blunted both the generation of ROS and the induction of apoptosis induced CA and FA. These results suggest that ROS generated through activation of NADPH oxidase may play an essential role in the apoptosis induced by CA and FA in HepG2 cells. These results further suggest that CA and FA may be valuable for the therapeutic management of human hepatomas.

EFFECTS OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA ON CYTOCHROME P-450-DEPENDENT DRUG METABOLISM IN PRIMARY MOUSE HEPATOCYTES CULTURES AND MOUSE HEPATOMA CELLS

  • Jung, Hyun-Ho;Jeong, Hye-Gwang;Lee, Michael
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.177-186
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    • 1993
  • Previous results from several laboratories have demonstrated that tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) depressed cytochrome P-450 (P-450)-dependent drug metabolism in vivo. However, there is some debate whether the action of TNFalpha is mediated by its direct effects on hepatocytes, or is indirectly mediated through the release of other mediators like IL-1 from macrophages. In the present studies, we investigated the effects of TNFalpha on P-450-dependent drug metabolizing enzyme as measured by 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity.

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