• BMB Reports
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.127-132
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• 1999

The NAD(P)H-quinone oxidoreductase (EC 1. 6. 99. 2) was purified from S. cerevisiae. The native molecular weight of the enzyme is approximately 111 kDa and is composed of five identical subunits with molecular weights of 22 kDa each. The optimum pH of the enzyme is pH 6.0 with 1,4-benzoquinone as a substrate. The apparent $k_m$ for 1,4-benzoquinone and 1,4- naphthoquinone are 1.3 mM and $14.3\;{\mu}M$, respectively. Its activity is greatly inhibited by $Cu^{2+}$ and $Hg^{2+}$ ions, nitrofurantoin, dicumarol, and Cibacron blue 3GA. The purified NAD(P)H-quinone oxidoreductase was found capable of reducing aromatic nitroso compounds as well as a variety of quinones, and can utilize either NADH or NADPH as a source of reducing equivalents. The nitroso reductase activity of the purified NAD(P)H-quinone oxidoreductase is strongly inhibited by dicumarol.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.256-261
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• 1995

The elevation of intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ in various tissue through oxidative stress induced by menadione has been well documented. Increase of $Ca^{2+}$ level inplatelets results in aggreaction of patelets. To test the hypothesis that menadione-induced $Ca^{2+}$ elevations can play a role in platelet aggregation, we have studied the effect of menadione on aggragation of platelets isolated from female rats. Treatment with menadione to platelet rich plasma (PRP), which proved to be 60% as determined by aggregometry. however, exposure of PRP to menadione leads to a loss of cell viability, as measured by lactae dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage, suggesting that menadione might induce cell lysis rather than aggregation of platelets. Turbidty changes induced by menadione were unaffected by addition ofl dicoumarol, which is a quinone reducellular factions of patelets. These data, which indicate an absence of the QR detoxifying pathway, suggest that platelets may be more susceptible to menadione-induced cytotoxicity than certain other cell, as hepatocytes.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.1071-1076
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• 2001

Chemopreventive activities of polysaccharides from soybeans fermented with either Phellinus igniarius or Agrocybe cylindracea were investigated by measuring the induction of quinone reductase (QR), glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities, and glutathione (GSH) levels in the cell culture along with inhibition of polyamine biosynthesis. The polysaccharides from soybeans fermented with P. igniarius strongly (p<0.005) induced QR activity at all concentrations tested. The extract not only induced GST activity in a dose-dependent manner in the concentration range of 0.1-1.0 mg, but significantly induced GSH revels in cultured Hepa 1c1c7 cells with a maximal 1.4-fold increase at 0.1 mg. The polysaccharides from soybeans fermented with A. cylindracea were effective in inhibiting polyamine metabolism. These results suggest that polysaccharides from soybeans fermented with P. igniarius or A. cylindracea have cancer chemopreventive activities in in vitro models and, therefore, could be considered as potential agents for cancer chemoprevention.

• 한국영양학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국영양학회 2001년도 춘계연합학술대회 초록
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• pp.314.2-314
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• 2001

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.641-645
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• 2007

Delphinidin, an aglycone form of anthocyanins, was demonstrated to have anti-carcinogenic potential. The compound at $50\;{\mu}g/mL$ caused a significant increase of quinone reductase activity, an anti-carcinogenic marker enzyme, in mouse hepatoma cell lines (Hepa1c1c7 and BPRc1). Delphinidin enhanced the expression of other detoxifying or antioxidant enzymes including glutathione s-transferase, gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase, heme oxygenase 1, and glutathione reductase. It suppressed the proliferation of murine hepatoma cells in a dose-dependent manner, with approximately $IC_{50}$ of $70\;{\mu}g/mL$. These results suggest that delphinidin might be useful for cancer prevention.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.193-197
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• 1997

볶은 들깨박에 존재하는 항암효소계 유도물질을 분리하기 위해 용매분획과 preparative TLC를 실시하여 이들에 대한 암예방지표효소인 quinone reductase와 AHH 유도활성을 조사하였다. 볶은 들깨박의 메탄올 추출물을 용매분획하여 QR을 측정한 결과 chloroform층에서 가장 높은 활성이 나타났다. 들깨박 메탄올 추출물을 TLC로 분리한 분획가운데 QR과 AHH유도활성은 F1$(R_{f}=0.8)$에서 가장 높았으며, 항산화능은 F1$(R_{f}=0.8)$과 F2$(R_{f}=0.7)$에서 가장 강한 것으로 나타나 QR유도성분과 항산화성분이 동일성분일 가능성이 높은 것으로 사료 된다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.358-366
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• 2002

To search for novel cancer preventive agents, we assessed the quinone reductase (QR)-inducing activities of medicinal herb extracts in cultured murine hepatoma cells (hepalclc7 cells). Among 216 herb extracts tested in this study, 8 kinds of herbal extracts were found to induce QR activity in hepalclc7 cells by more than 2-fold when used at the concentration of 25 $\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$. The methanol extracts of Aster koraiensis NK and Pulsatilla koreana Nakai induced QR by 252 and 223 % , respectively, at the concentration of 25 $\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$. Most of the herbal extracts with QR inducing-activity increased the enzyme activity in a typical dose-dependent manner. The QR activity in BP$^{r}$ cl cells was induced move than 50 % by the extracts of Pulsatilla koreana Nakai, Inula helenium, Physalis alkekengi var, francheti (Masters) Makino, Chrysanthemum zawadskii var. latilobum Kitamuva, Auemisia keiskeana Miquel, Chfsanthemum boreale Makino. In conclusion, hlsatilla koreana Nakai, Aster koraiensis N.K, and Chfsanthemum zawadskii var. iatilobum Kitamura, which showed relatively high QR induction, merit further animal study to evaluate their potential as cancer preventive agents.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2013

To assess the feasibility of phlorotannins from Eisenia bicyclis as cancer chemopreventative agents, we tested whether they induced quinone reductase (QR) in Hepa1c1c7 cells. The ethyl acetate (EtOAc) soluble fraction obtained from E. bicyclis exhibited a QR induction activity in Hepa1c1c7 cells. Successive column chromatography of the active EtOAc fraction resulted in the isolation of four phlorotannins. Their structures were elucidated using one- and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic techniques and characterized as phloroglucinol (1), dioxinodehydroeckol (2), dieckol (3), and fucofuroeckol-A (4). Among these compounds, fucofuroeckol-A (4) showed moderate QR induction activity, and dioxinodehydroeckol (2) exhibited potent QR induction potency with $2.05{\pm}0.04$ fold induction at a concentration of $50{\mu}M$ compared to the dimethyl sulfoxide solvent-treated control cells. However, phloroglucinol (1) and dieckol (3) exerted no detectable QR induction activity in Hepa1c1c7 cells. These results suggest that dioxinodehydroeckol could serve as a useful cancer chemopreventive chemical.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.880-885
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• 2002

중국에서 약용 및 음용식물로 사용되고 있는 여주 (Mo-mordica charantia L.)를 이용하여 추출, 분획한 후 항균, 항암 및 암예방 효과를 살펴보았다 여주의 MCU층을 제외한 모든 층에서 항균력을 보였으며 특히 Staphylococru aureus의 MCMEE층에서 가장 높은 항균활성을 나타내었다 실험에 사용한 각균에 대한 여주 분획물의 암세포 증식 억제 효과를 MTT assay로 실험한 결과, 3종의 인체 암세포 HepG2, HeLa 및 MCF극에서 모두 여주의 ethyleth-er 분획층인 MCMEE와 ethylacetate 분획층인 MCMEA 층에서 아주 높은 암세포 증식억제 효과를 나타내었다. HepG2세포를 이용하여 암예방 QR 유도 활성을 측정한 결과, 다른 분회층에 비해 비극성 용매층인 hexane 분획층 MCMH에서 아주 높은 QR 유도를 활성시키는 것으로 나타났다. 본 실험 결과, 여주에는 식품 보존과 항균제로서의 개발가능성이 보이며. 항발암 효과를 보기위한 암세포 증식 억제 효과는 ethylether층 MCMEE과 ethylacetate층 MCMEA층에서 월등하였고, 비극성 용매층인 hexane 분획층에는 암발생을 예방하는 quinone reductase inducer가 있는 것으로 사료되며. 나아가 단계적인 생리활성 연구의 분리 동정이 계속 이루어져야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.567-572
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• 2004

노화억제, 항균, cholesterol 저하작용 등 다양한 생리활성을 가지고, 기관지염, 천식 등 호흡기 질환에도 옛부터 효과가 있는 것으로 알려져 있으며 식품으로 애용되고 있는 적채를 metanol (BOM)로 먼저 추출하고 이를 hexane 분획물(BOMH), ethyl ether 분획물(BOMEE), ethyl acetate 분획물(BOMEA), butanol 분획물(BOMB) 및 물 분획물(BOMA) 등 다섯가지의 각 용매별로 분획하여 적채의 항균, 암세포 증식 억제 및 QR유도 효과를 연구하였다. 먼저 적채의 각 분획물을 Streptococcus mutans, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli. Pseudomonas aeruginosa 및 Aspergil-lus oryzae의 5가지 균주에 첨가시료농도를 증가시키면서 첨가하였다. 즉, 각 분획 별 시료를 500, 1000, 1500 및 2000 $\mu{g}$/ml의 농도로 사용균주에 각각 처리하였을때 BOMEA에서 비교적 높은 항균 활성 효과를 나타내었고, 그 다음으로는 BOMEE이었다. 적채의 암세포 증식억제 효과(cytotoxicity)를 MTT assay 로 실험한 결과, 3종의 암세포주 HepG2, HeLa 및 MCF-7은 모두 BOMEE에서 높은 암세포 증식억제 효과를 보였으며, HepG2 세포주를 이용한 암예방 QR 유도 활성은 다른 분획층에 비해 비극성 용매층인 BOMH과 BOMEE에서 유의적으로 QR유도 활성을 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다. 이 결과를 기초로 독특한 보라색을 띄며 식탁에서 널리 애용되고 있는 자주색 대표식품인 적채의 항균 및 암세포 성장저지 및 QR 유도 효과를 일으키는 생리활성 물질의 존재와 기전 규명에 유익한 자료가 될 것으로 사료된다.