• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 2007년도 Proceedings of The Convention
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• pp.79-92
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• 2007

Oxidative stress have known to be a risk factor for the degenerative processes and closely related to a lot of diseases. It is well established that antioxidants are good in protection and therapeutic means against oxidative damage. There is increasing interest in natural antioxidants and many natural antioxidants have been found and utilized as the possible protection for various diseases and skin aging. We have screened natural antioxidant agents for cosmeceuticals, nutraceuticals, and drugs as therapeutic and preventive means against oxidative stress, and have developed a number of novel antioxidants from various natural sources. A novel melanin synthesis inhibitor, Melanocin A, isolated from the metabolite of a fungal strain Eupenicillium shearii F80695 inhibited mushroom tyrosinase and melanin biosynthesis of B16 melanoma cells with $IC_{50}$ value of 9.0 nM and MIC value of $0.9\;{\mu}M$, respectively. Melanocin A also exhibited potent antioxidant activity by scavenging of DPPH and superoxide anion radicals. UV was found to increase the level of hydrogen peroxides and other reactive oxygen species (ROS) in skin tissues. This increase in ROS may not only alter the structure and function of many genes and proteins directly but may also modulate their expressions through signal transduction pathways and, ultimately, lead to skin damage. We investigated the effect of Melanocin A on UV-induced premature skin aging. Firstly, the effect of Melanocin A on UV-induced matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 expression in an immortalized human keratinocyte cell line, HaCaT in vitro was investigated. Acute UV irradiation induced MMP-9 expression at both the mRNA and protein levels and Melanocin A suppressed this expression in a dose-dependent manner. We then investigated UV-induced skin changes in hairless mice in vivo by Melanocin A. Chronic exposure of hairless mouse dorsal skin to UV increased skin thickness and induced wrinkle formation and the gelatinase activities of MMP-2 and MMP-9. Moreover, Melanocin A significantly suppressed UV-induced morphologic skin changes and MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression. These results show that Melanocin A can prevent the harmful effects of UV that lead to skin aging. Therefore, we suggest that Melanocin A should be viewed as a potential therapeutic agent for preventing and/or treating premature skin aging. Terrein is a bioactive fungal metabolite isolated from Penicillium species. Terrein has a relatively simple structure and can be easily synthesized. However, the biologic effects of terrein are comparatively unknown. We found for the first time that terrein potently inhibit melanin production in melanocytes and has a strong hypopigmentary effect in a spontaneously immortalized mouse melanocyte cell line, Mel-Ab. Treatment of Mel-Ab cells with terrein (10-100 mM) for 4 days significantly reduced melanin levels in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, terrein at the same concentration also reduced tyrosinase activity. We then investigated whether terrein influences the extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) pathway and the expression of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF), which is required for tyrosinase expression. Terrein was found to induce sustained ERK activation and MITF down-regulation, and luciferase assays showed that terrein inhibits MITF promoter activity in a dose-dependent manner. To elucidate the correlation between ERK pathway activation and a decreased MITF transcriptional level, PD98059, a specific inhibitor of the ERK pathway, was applied before terrain treatment and found to abrogate the terrein-induced MITF attenuation. Terrein also reduced the tyrosinase protein level for at least 72 h. These results suggest that terrain reduces melanin synthesis by reducing tyrosinase production via ERK activation, and that this is followed by MITF down-regulation.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.17-25
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• 2003

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.349-357
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• 2005

미생물, 버섯류, 약용식물 등 천연물 대사산물로부터 미백, 주름개선용 화장품 신소재로 활용 가능한 항산화 신소재를 탐색하였다. 그 결과 Eupenicillium shearii 균주 배양액으로부터 4개의 phenol계 항산화 활성물질을 순수하게 분리하고 화학구조를 결정하여 melanocin A-D로 명명하였다. Melanocin $A{\sim}D$ 화합물의 DPPH 라디칼 소거활성은 $EC_{50}21{\sim}94{\mu}M$, superoxide 소거활성은 $EC_{50}\;7{\sim}84{\mu}M$로 arbutin 및 BHA보다 우수한 활성을 나타냈으며, 주름개선 효과도 매우 우수하였다. 기와층버섯(Inonotus xeranticus) 자실체 추출물로부터 강력한 항산화 활성물질인 히스피딘계 신물질을 얻어 inoscavin A로 명명하였다. Inoscavin A 화합물의 항산화 활성을 측정한 결과, superoxide radical 소거활성은 $EC_{50}\;0.03{\mu}g/mL$, rat의 간 microsome의 지질과산화 억제활성 $EC_{50}$은 $0.3{\mu}g/mL$로서 ${\alpha}-tocopherol$의 $1.5{\mu}g/mL$, BHA의 $4.9{\mu}g/mL$ 보다 우수하였다. Streptomyces nitrosporeus 균주 배양액으로부터 신규 지질과산화 억제 활성물질을 benzastatin $A{\sim}G$를 분리하였다. Benzastatin $A{\sim}G$의 지질과산화 억제활성 $EC_{50}$는 $3{\sim}30{\mu}M$로 매우 우수하였다. Penicillium sp. 균주로부터 미백활성물질을 탐색하여 cyclopentene계 화합물인 terrein을 얻었다. Terrein은 kojic acid 보다 약 10배 이상 강력한 미백활성을 나타낸 반면, $100{\mu}M$ 농도에서도 비교적 안전한 화합물로 확인되었으며, 작용기전은 MITF 단백질을 조절함으로 활성을 나타내는 것으로 확인되었다.