Abstract

Increased activities of phase 2 enzymes including quinone reductase(QR) have been reported to be associated with protection of animals from neoplastic, mutagenic, and other toxic effects of many carcinogens. In previous study, we found that methanol extract of roasted and defatted perilla meal induced the activity of quinone reductase, an anticarcinogenic marker enzyme, in murine hepalc1c7 cells. Current study showed that unroasted perilla had a limited QR-inducing activity, suggesting that roasting cause the generation of active component(s). Thus we hypothesized that QR inducer in perilla might be covalently linked to sugar moiety and released during roasting process. Methanol extract of defatted raw perilla was subject to acid treatment in order to hydrolyze the potential sugar moiety. Prolonged hydrolysis of methanol extract of defatted raw perilla at $98{\sim}100^{\circ}C$ increased the ability to induce cytosolic QR activity of hepalclc7 cells. Furthermore roasting at 180 and $200^{\circ}C$ resulted in significant induction of QR activity. The result strongly support the idea that QR inducer(s) is present in bound form in raw perilla and released during roasting. Cellular QR activity was induced proportionately with the increase of concentration of methanol extract of roasted perilla. The induction of QR by defatted perilla was also examined in the cytosols of liver, small intestine, stomach, lung and kidney of male ICR mice. Induction patterns showed specificity with respect to target tissue and roasting of perilla. Unroasted perilla meal (defatted) significantly induced QR in liver and lung, while roasted perilla meal induced QR in liver and stomach. The observation that raw perilla showed similar QR induction patterns to roasted perilla is consistent with our proposal that QR inducer(s) is present in bound form and released by physical and chemical treatments as digestive or microbial enzymes could release the inducers from inactive glycoside forms in gastrointestinal tract of mice. In conclusion, perilla could exert protective effect against chemically induced carcinogenesis by inducing phase 2 enzymes in biological systems regardless of chemical and physical process such as roasting.

발암물질의 해독에 관여하는 2상 효소계의 지표효소인 QR을 활성화시키는 암예방성분의 존재여부를 탐색한 이전의 연구에서 들깨박의 메탄올 추출물이 hepa1c1c7 cell에서 높은 QR 유도활성을 나타내었다. 본 연구에서는 탈지공정에 앞서 실시되는 볶음과정에서 비활성상태로 존재하던 QR inducer가 활성상태로 유리되는 것으로 가정하고 산가수분해와 볶음처리를 한 후, 각각의 메탄올 추출물에 대한 QR 유도활성을 측정하였다. $100^{\circ}C$에서 30, 60, 120분간 산가수분해시킨 날들깨박의 메탄올 추출액은 가수분해시간이 증가할수록 세포의 QR 활성유도능이 증가하는것으로 나타났다. $180^{\circ}C$와 $200^{\circ}C$에서 5, 10, 20분간 볶은 들깨박의 경우, QR유도 활성은 날들깨박에 비해 높았으며, 묶음시간이 걸어질수록 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 볶은 들깨박의 메탄올 추출액은 농도가 증가함에 따라 비례적으로 QR 효소 활성을 증가시켰다. 탈지들깨박이 동물조직의 QR 효소활성에 미치는 영향을 생쥐를 이용하여 확인한 결과, 볶은 들깨박의 메탄올 추출물은 QR 효소활성을 간과 위에서 유의적으로 증가시켰고, 날들깨박은 간과 폐에서 유의적으로 효소활성을 증가시켰다. 이렇듯 들깨박은 동물의 여러기관에서 암예방의 지표효소인 QR을 유도하는 것으로 나타나, 발암 물질로부터 생체를 보호하는 물질을 함유하고 있을 가능성이 높은 것으로 추정된다.

Keywords

• anticarcinogen;
• perilla;
• quinone reductase