• KSBB Journal
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.428-433
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• 2000

희수 (Camptotheca acuminata) 현닥세포배양에서 최근 항암 제로서 관심을 팔고있는 camptothecin을 얻기 위하여 연구를 수행하였다. 현탁세포배양에서 exponential phase의 최고 생장 속도는 $0.269day^{-1}$이었으며 배가시간이 2.58일이었다. Camptothecin 은 배양초기에 생성되지 않고 exponential phase 말기부터 서서히 생성되어 stationary phase 초기에 최고를 나타내고 이후 급격히 감소하였다. Camptothecin의 생산을 촉진하기 위하여 elicitor를 사F용하였다. 여러 elicitor 중 jasmonic acid와 cellulase 가 camptothecin의 생성을 증가시켰다, Elicitor는 접종과 동시 에 투여 했을 때 가장 효과가 좋았으며, jasmonic acid와 cellulase 의 combination으로 효과가 더욱 증진했는데 대조구에 비하여 약 20배 정도 증가한 $20.42{\times}10^{-3}mg/\ell$ 의 camptothecin이 생 성되었다. 이것은 생산량을 증가시킨 것뿐만 아니라 생산기 간도 약 1/4로 단축시키는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.609-614
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• 2000

최근 항암제로서 관심을 끌고있는 camptothecin올 생산하기 위한 희수(Camptotheca acuminata) 현탁세포 배양과 cam­p ptothecin의 생산을 촉진하는 연구를 수행하였다. 장기간 배양 으로 발생되는 이차대사산물 생산능력의 변이가 관찰되어 이 를 극복하고자 세포의 응집을 통한 camptothecin의 생산을 촉진하고자 하였다. 세포의 응집은 hybrid 배지와 sucrose 4 %일 때에 가장 많이 유도되었고, 이때 camptothecin의 생산량도 $18.04{\times}10^{-4} mg/L$로 가장 높은 생산성을 가졌다. 또한, 세포의 응집을 유도하기 위한 일환으로 교반속도를 변화시켜 이에 대한 효과를 알아보았는데, 100rpm에서 가장 많은 세포응집이 유도되었으며, camptothecin의 생산 역시 $19.4{\times}10^{-4} mg/L$로 가장 높은 결과를 나타내었다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.115-121
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• 2009

Functional defects in mitochondria are involved in the induction of cell death in cancer cells. We assessed the toxic effect of camptothecin against the human cervical and uterine tumor cell line SiHa with respect to the mitochondria-mediated cell death process, and examined the combined effect of camptothecin and anticancer drugs. Camptothecin caused apoptosis in SiHa cells by inducing mitochondrial membrane permeability changes that lead to the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, decreased Bcl-2 levels, cytochrome c release, caspase-3 activation, formation of reactive oxygen species and depletion of GSH. Combination of camptothecin with other anticancer drugs (carboplatin, paclitaxel, doxorubicin and mitomycin c) or signaling inhibitors (farnesyltransferase inhibitor and ERK inhibitor) did not enhance the camptothecin-induced cell death and caspase-3 activation. These results suggest that camptothecin may cause cell death in SiHa cells by inducing changes in mitochondrial membrane permeability, which leads to cytochrome c release and activation of caspase-3. This effect is also associated with increased formation of reactive oxygen species and depletion of GSH. Combination with other anticancer drugs (or signaling inhibitors) does not appear to increase the anti-tumor effect of camptothecin against SiHa cells, but rather may reduce it. Combination of camptothecin with other anticancer drugs does not seem to provide a benefit in the treatment of cervical and uterine cancer compared with camptothecin monotherapy.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.631-638
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• 1998

Studies were made to elucidate the cell growth and the production of camptothecin and its derivatives in cell cultures of Camptotheca acuminata. High resolution HPLC chromatograms to analyze camptothecin and 10-hydroxycamptothecin in lactone and carboxylate forms were obtained with a fluorescence detector. Calli inductions were optimized with the young stem of explant on Schenk and Hildebrandt (SH) medium supplemented with 5 mg/l $\alpha$-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), 0.2 mg/l 6-benzylamino purine (BAP), 2.0% sucrose, and 0.5% agar. The hybrid medium, a mixture of SH and Murashige and Skoog (MS) salts, was developed for homogeneous suspension cultures without large cell aggregates. The optimum phytohormone concentrations for successful suspension cultures were 1.0mg/l of 2,4-D and 0.5 mg/l of kinetin. The highest growth in suspension cultures was observed when 49.7% (w/w) of the cells was composed of small aggregates which were below 0.1 mm in diameter. Time course changes of cell growth and camptothecin production showed that camptothecin accumulation was started at the end of the growth phase and the maximum content was obtained 10 days after inoculation. Yeast extract elicitor increased camptothecin accumulation 4 times. Methyl jasmonate and jasmonic acid also increased camptothecin production 6 and 11 times, respectively.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.91-95
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• 1998

Camptothecin productoin was increased with elicitors, methyl jasmonate, jasmonic acid, yeast extract elicitor, and ferulic acid in suspension cultures of Camptotheca acuminata. Jasmonic acid was found to be the most efficient elicitor. Camptothecin production increased 11 times by using the optimum dosing concentration of jasmonic acid which was 50 ${\mu}$M. The kinetics of camptothecin accumulation in response to the treatment with jasmocin acid showed that the comptothecin accumulation reached the maximum value at 4 days after jasmonic acid dosing and then a rapid decrease in camptothecin accumulation was observed.

• 약학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.385-390
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• 1999

Camptothecin (CPT) has been known to induce apoptosis in various cancer cell lines. To examine the intracellular apoptotic death signal initiated by CPT, we investigated the possible connection between caspase-3 activation and GSH depletion during CPT-induced apoptosis in HL-60 cells. Treatment of cells with $1{\;}{\mu}M$ CPT induced PARP cleavage accompanied by DNA fragmentation. z-VAD-fmk, a caspase-3 inhibitor, blocked the CPT-induced DNA fragmentation. Pretreatment of cells with N-acetylcysteine, a precursor of GSH biosynthesis, failed to inhibit CPT-induced PARP celavage and DNA gragmenatation. No significant changes in GSH depletion is not essential for caspase activation during CPT-induced apoptosis. We also investigated whether CPT-induced apoptosis is associated with changes of the levels of Bax and Bcl-2, two proteins involved in the control of apoptosis. Bcl-2 levels exhibited a late decrease compared with the kinetics of DNA fragmentation, whereas Bax levels increased more rapidly after CPT treatment. These results suggest that Bax plays more important role than Bcl-2 in inducing DNA fragmentation and may function upsteam of proteolytic activation of caspase-3 pathway in CPT-induced apoptosis.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.66-70
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• 2001

순수한 초임계 이산화탄소를 이용하여 camptothecin(CPT)와 10-hydroxy camptothecin(HCPT) 추출 시험을 결과, 이들은 각각 유기용매 메탄올 추출에 비교하여 3%와 2% 밖에 추출되지 않았다. 보조용매로 메탄올과 에탄올을 이용하여 CPT와 HCPT를 추출하면 추출 효율이 상승됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 특히 에탄올 보다 메탄올이 효율이 좋았다. 따라서 보조용매 적용에 관련된 여러 조건들을 최적화 하였다. 메탄올을 보조용매로 사용하는 경우에 보조용매의 농도가 증가할수록 추출 효율도 증가하였고 16% 이상에서는 추출 효율이 완만하게 증가하였다. 또한 추출은 온도에 따라 크게 영향을 받지 않아으나 온도에 따라 약간 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 초임계 추출에서 압력의 영향을 살펴본 결과 250 bar까지 압력이 증가할수록 추출 효율은 증가하였다. Acetate ion을 공급하여 추출 실험을 수행하였으나 CPT나 HCPT 모두 ion pairing agent의 영향은 없었다. 본 시스템과 같은 solid/fluid 추출 시스템에서 추출 효율에 영향을 크게 미치는 3가지 요소 (용해도, 확산, 및 matrix)중 확산의 영향을 살펴보았다. 여러 기하학적 모델 중 matrix가 구형인 hot-ball model로 확산게수를 계산하였다. 본 시스템에서 보조용매를 포함한 초임계 유체의 $D/r^2$ 값은 0.0072 $min^{-1}$로서 순수한 메탄올 유기용매 추출보다 큰 값을 보였다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.621-629
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• 2000

Camptothecin (CPT) is an antitumor alkaloid that has been isolated from the Chinese tree, Camptotheca acuminata. The cytotoxicity of CPT has been correlated to its inhibition of DNA topoisomerase (Topo) I by stabilizing drug-enzyme-DNA “cleavable complex" resulting in DNA single-strand breaks and DNA-protein crosslinks. This studies were designed to elucidate whether CPT regulates Topo I mediated by CPT in DNAs containing c-myc protooncogene. We have conducted experiments on Topo I purification, pUC-MYC I cloning and Topo I assay using electrophoresis, quantitative RT-PCR and Northern blotting techniques. CPT ingibited the relaxation activity of Topo I in pUC19 DNA at various concentrations (1-1000 $\mu$M), while it enhanced the cleavage of Topo I in the pUC-MYC I by forming a cleavable complex at relatively high concentrations (100-1000 $\mu$M). In HL-60 cells treated with CPT, the expression of c-myc gene was decreased over that in the control group with no changes in the expression of Topo I mRNA. Our results suggest that Topo I is the target of CPT cytotoxicity but it does not affect Topo I extression, and the suppression of c-myc mRNA expression by CPT is due to c-myc damage resulted from formation of a cleavable complex with CPT. CPT.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.113-117
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• 2001

CKD602, a camptothecin derivative, is a synthetic and water-soluble anticancer agent possessing of topoisomerase I inhibiting activity. DPPC and DSPE-PEG liposomal formulations entrapped with CKD602 were developed. DSPE-PEG liposome, or PEGylated liposome, encapsulating CKD602 composed of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), cholesterol and distearoyl-N-monoethoxy poly (ethyleneglycol) succinylphosphatidylethanolamine $(DSPE-PEG_{2000})$ (22:11:2) was prepared by reverse-phase evaporation method. Formed liposomes were characterized in terms of the morphology, size and encapsulation efficiency. To elucidate the in vitro stability, PEGylated liposome was incubated in human plasma, and the adsorbed proteins onto the surface of liposomes were applied to the SDS-PAGE. In vitro cytotoxicity of CKD602 encapsulated in PEGylated liposome was studied in human cervical cancer cell line (HeLa). CKD602 in PEGylated liposome was found to be 40-fold more effective $(IC_{50}=1\;nM)$ than free CKD602 $(IC_{50}=40\;nM)$ in inhibiting the growth of HeLa cells in vitro.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.81-85
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• 2002

Three polymorphic modifications of CKD-602, water soluble derivative of camptothecin, were obtained by the recrystallization from different organic solvents and characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD). The major endothermic peaks of the DSC curve of Form 1, Form 2 and Form 3 was shown at $268.71^{\circ}C$, $247.83^{\circ}C$, $244.76^{\circ}C$, respectively. Form 2 was elucidated to be an acetic acid solvate and Form 3 was elucidated to be a methanol solvate. The dissolution patterns of these three modifications were also checked in distilled water at $37{\pm}0.5^{\circ}C$, for 30 minutes. The polymorphic modifications showed differences in the dissolution rate. The dissolution rate of Form 1 was faster than that of other polymorphic modifications. When stored at different relative humidity over the period of 3 months, all of the polymorphic modifications did not undergo transformation.