P. thunbergiana 잎으로부터 SK-HEP-1세포에 대한 apoptosis를 유도하는 광과민성물질의 분리 및 구조동정

Abstract

국내에서 자생하는 P. thunbergiana 잎의 메탄올 추출물로부터 사람의 간암세포주, SK-HEP-1에 apoptosis를 유도하는 광과민성물질을 찾기 위해 연구를 시작하였다. Apoptosis를 유도하는 광과민성물질을 순수분리하기 위해 column chromatography법과 TLC법을 이용하였으며, 순수분리한 물질의 구조동정을 위하여 1D-NMR과 2D-NMR 및 FAB-MS분석을 실시하였다. P. thunbergiana 잎으로부터 크로마토그래피법을 이용해 순수분리한 M4-3 화합물의 흡광도를 측정한 결과 410 nm에서 최대 흡수를 보였고, 668, 502, 533, 607 nm에서 흡수 peak가 나타나는 녹색의 물질로 chlorophyll a, b와는 다른 물질이었다. FAB-MS 분석결과와 NMR 분석결과, 분자량 622의 132-hydroxy pheophorbide a methyl ester(<TEX>$C_{36}H_{28}N_2O_6$</TEX>) 화합물로 porphyrin 환으로부터 Mg이온이 떨어져나간 pheophorbide a유도체화합물로 동정되었다. M4-3화합물을 SK-HEP-1세포에 대한 세포독성을 조사한 결과, 0.04 <TEX>${\mu}M$</TEX> 농도로 처리한 곳에서는 40% 세포증식 억제효과가 나타났고, 0.08 <TEX>${\mu}M$</TEX> 농도로 처리한 곳에서는 80% 세포증식 억제효과가 나타나 농도의존적이었다. 그리고 M4-3화합물을 동일한 농도로 처리하고, 광의 조사 유무에 따른 활성차이를 조사한 결과, 광을 조사한 곳에서만 세포독성이 나타났기 때문에 M4-3화합물은 광과민성물질이라는 것을 알 수 있었다. M4-3화합물을 처리하고 세포의 형태학적 변화를 관찰한 결과, 핵이 응축되었고, 소낭이 형성되었으며, DNA 단편화가 일어나는 등 apoptosis의 대표적인 현상들이 일어났기 때문에 M4-3화합물의 세포사멸은 광역학활성에 의한 apoptosis유도로 확인하였다. The objective of this study was to isolate a photosensitizer from Pueraria thunbergiana leaves that induces apoptosis in SK-HEP-1 cells. Column chromatography and thin layer chromatography were used to isolate active compounds from extracts of P. thunbergiana leaves. The structures of the isolated compounds were determined by 1D-NMR, 2D-NMR, and FAB-mass spectroscopy. A substance, named M4-3, was purified from the leaves of P. thunbergiana using various chromatography methods, and the absorbance of the substance was measured. The absorbance was highest at 410 nm, suggesting that the M4-3 substance was a different compound from chlorophyll a and b, which absorb at 410, 502, 533, and 607 nm. Further analyses revealed that the M4-3 compound was a <TEX>$13^2$</TEX>-hydoxy pheophorbide, a methyl ester with a molecular weight of 662. M4-3 was identified as a derivative compound of pheophorbide, with a structure that magnesium comes away from the porphyrin ring. The results of the analysis of the cytotoxicity of the M4-3 substance against the SK-HEP-1 cells revealed that it inhibited rates of cell growth by 40% and 80% at a concentration of 0.04 <TEX>${\mu}M$</TEX> and 0.08 <TEX>${\mu}M$</TEX>, respectively. The M4-3 compound was found to be a photosensitizer for cytotoxicity because it was appeared only in light condition as examining activity in different irradiation conditions (light condition and nonlight condition) under the same concentration. Analysis of morphological changes in the cells following cell death induced by exposure to the M4-3 substance reveled representative phenomena of apoptosis (nuclear condensation, vesicle formation, and fragmentation of DNA). The induction of apoptosis was attributed to the compound's photodynamic activity.