Inhibitory Effects of Fractions from Glycine soja Siebold et Zucc.
본 연구에서는 약콩(Glycine soja Siebold et Zucc.) 분획 추출물의 미백효능을 관찰하기 위해 B16F10 멜라노마 세포에서 TRP-1 (tyrosinase related protein-1), TRP-2 (tyrosinase related protein-2), 티로 시나제 발현을 평가하였다. 그 결과 약콩 분획 추출물 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 2.0 mg/mL 농도에서 82% 이상의 높 은 세포생존율을 나타내었다. α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH)을 처리한 B16F10 멜라노마 세포에 약콩의 EtOAc 분획 추출물을 처리한 결과 티로시나제 발현이 감소되었으며 TRP-1, TRP-2 단백질 발현이 감소하였다. 이러한 결과는 약콩 분획 추출물이 멜라닌생합성과 관련되는 단백질의 발현을 감소시켜 피 부 미백효능을 나타내는 것으로 기대할 수 있다.
This study was performed to cytotoxicity, tyrosinase inhibition activity, intracellular melanin contents to verify the whitening effect of fraction from Glycine soja Siebold et Zucc. (G. soja). Using western blotting, tyrosinase expression in B16F10 melanoma cells and expression levels of tyrosinase related protein-1 (TRP-1) and protein-2 (TRP-2) were examined. As a result, all of the fractions showed a high cell viability over 82% at the concentrations of 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 2.0 mg/mL. When the whitening effects of fractions from G. soja were tested using B16F10 melanoma cells treated with the α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH), the EtOAc fractions inhibited tyrosinase and melanogenesis effectively. The result of protein expression measurement using western blot showed that TRP-1, TRP-2 and tyrosinase protein expression in B16F10 melanoma cells treated with extracts decreased. Therefore, it is concluded that the fractions from G. soja have whitening effect by inhibiting protein related melanogenesis.