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Tsai CH Stern A Chiou JF Chern CL Liu TZ 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2001,49(5):2137-2141
With the availability of an ultraweak chemiluminescence analyzer, it is possible to monitor the production of a specific oxygen-derived reactive species, such as hydroxyl radical ((*)OH), whenever a suitable chemiluminescent probe is obtainable. Reported herein is the development of a rapid and specific method for detecting (*)OH production using a specific probe, indoxyl-beta-glucuronide (IBG), a low-level chemiluminescence emitter. Using the Fenton reagent as a source of (*)OH, it was shown that IBG could elicit a very strong intensity of chemiluminescence (CL) (16200 +/- 200 photon counts/s). Conversely, IBG was shown to be insensitive to either superoxide radical or hydrogen peroxide with their CL intensities nearly close to the background values (25 +/- 5 and 180 +/- 20 photon counts/s, respectively). Furthermore, it was also shown that this IBG-based CL production could be effectively quenched by the addition of (*)OH scavengers such as sodium salicylate, dimethyl sulfoxide, and penicillamine to the assay system. Taken together, these data indicate that IBG is a specific CL probe suitable for monitoring the production of (*)OH. This system demonstrated inhibitory activities of various aqueous extracts of food constituents on the CL of hydroxyl radicals generated by Fenton's reagents with the order of scavenging efficiencies being Prunus mume > Cordyceps sinensin > Lilium lancifolium > Astragalus membranceus. 相似文献
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Chen CY Yiin SJ Hsu JL Wang WC Lin SC Chern CL 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2012,60(13):3533-3539
Hepatoma cells are relatively resistant to TRAIL. We have previously shown that isoobtusilactone A (IOA), a potent anticancer agent isolated from Cinnamomum kotoense, induced mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in hepatoma cells. Here, we report that IOA could potentiate TRAIL-induced apoptosis in Hep G2 cells. The combined treatment with IOA and TRAIL significantly induced caspase-dependent apoptosis. This correlated with the up-regulation of C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) and death receptor 5 (DR5) protein levels. Gene silencing of the DR5 by small interfering RNA abrogated the apoptosis induced by the combined regimen of IOA and TRAIL, suggesting that the sensitization to TRAIL was mediated through DR5. By analyzing the DR5 promoter, we found that IOA induced a CHOP-dependent DR5 transactivation. DR5 expression after IOA treatment was accompanied by provoking intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Pretreatment with N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) attenuated IOA-induced CHOP and DR5 expression and inhibited TRAIL-induced apoptosis. Taken together, our data suggested that ROS-dependent and CHOP-regulated DR5 expression played a pivotal role in the synergistic enhancement of TRAIL-induced apoptosis instigated by IOA in Hep G2 cells. 相似文献
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A novel system for gene silencing using siRNAs in rice leaf and stem-derived protoplasts 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Rebecca Bart Mawsheng Chern Chang-Jin Park Laura Bartley Pamela C Ronald 《Plant methods》2006,2(1):13-9
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Transient assays using protoplasts are ideal for processing large quantities of genetic data coming out of hi-throughput assays. Previously, protoplasts have routinely been prepared from dicot tissue or cell suspension cultures and yet a good system for rice protoplast isolation and manipulation is lacking. 相似文献5.
Peanut roots as a source of resveratrol 总被引:12,自引:0,他引:12
A potent antioxidant, resveratrol (3,4',5-trihydroxystilbene), was extracted using 80% methanol from peanut roots (Arachis hypogaea L.), isolated with a solid-phase extraction column, purified by a semipreparative HPLC, and identified with 1H NMR and MS. The highest and lowest resveratrol contents in the peanut roots of 2000 fall and 2001 spring crops were 1.330 and 0.130 mg/g and 0.063 and 0.015 mg/g, respectively. When the dehydrated peanut root powders of spring and fall crops were combined and cooked with pork-fat patties (1%, w/w) and the separated oils were stored at 60 degrees C for conjugated diene hydroperoxide (CDHP) determination, CDHP contents of the control oils increased after 3 days of storage, whereas the contents in the peanut root-treated oils of spring and fall crops did not increase after 9 and 15 days of storage, respectively. It is of merit to find that peanut roots, usually left in the field as agricultural waste, contain resveratrol and bear potent antioxidative activity. 相似文献
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NPR1(Non-expresser of pathogenesis related genes 1)是水杨酸(Salicilic acid,SA)介导的系统获得抗性(Systemic aquired resistance,SAR)的关键调控因子,在水稻中过量表达拟南芥NPR1和水稻NH1/OsNPR1(NPR1 ho... 相似文献
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A series of 1-substituted carbazolyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro- and carbazolyl-3,4-dihydro-β-carboline analogs have been synthesized and evaluated for antitumor activity against human tumor cells including KB, DLD, NCI-H661, Hepa, and HepG2/A2 cell lines. Among these, compounds 2, 6, 7, and 9 exhibited the most potent and selective activity against the tested tumor cells. As for inhibition of topoisomerase II, compounds 1-14 and 18 showed better activity than etoposide. Among them, compounds 3, 4, 7, 9, and 10 exhibited potent activity. The structure and activity relationship (SAR) study revealed correlation between carbon numbers of the side chain and biological activities. The molecular complex with DNA for compound 2 was proposed. 相似文献
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Chiang CJ Chern JT Wang JY Chao YP 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2008,56(15):6348-6354
Optically pure amino acids have been widely used as intermediates in the synthesis of antibiotics, antifungal agents, pesticides, and sweeteners. Of particular importance, d- p-hydroxyphenylglycine (D-HPG) can be produced from d, l-hydroxyphenly hydantoin (D,L-HPH) in a two-step reaction mediated by d-hydantoinase and N-carbamoyl- d-amino acid amidohydrolase (or carbamoylase). To make this production more industrially appealing, the carbamoylase gene from Agrobacterium radiobacter NRRL B11291 cloned in an Escherichia coli strain was intensively mutated to improve the thermal stability of carbamoylase by three rounds of DNA shuffling. After an extensive screening of the mutant library, the mutant E. coli strain M303 was obtained to produce variant carbamoylase, CBL303, with three critical mutated residues, including V40A, G75S, and V237A. Further characterization showed that in comparison with the wild-type counterpart the evolved carbamoylase exhibited more than 20-fold tolerance to heat and, in addition, hydrogen peroxide as a result of the synergistic effect caused by the three mutations. Moreover, with the fusion of the chitin-binding domain (ChBD) of Chitinase A1, the evolved carbamoylase CBL303 was specifically adsorbed on chitin beads. Subsequent analysis indicated that the linkage between the enzyme and the affinity matrix was substantially stable. The half-life of the immobilized carbamolyase CBL303 could reach 210 h at 45 degrees C, whereas its free form had that of 17 h. In particular, when applied to D-HPG production, the immobilized enzyme could be recycled 16 times with the achievement of 100% conversion yield. Along with the previous illustration of d-hydantoinase immobilization, the success achieved by immobilization of the evolved carbamoylase in this work apparently offers a promising way for the efficient production of D-HPG from D,L-HPH. 相似文献
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