The novel herbal cocktail MA128 suppresses tumor growth and the metastatic potential of highly malignant tumor cells

KIM, AEYUNG,IM, MINJU,YIM, NAM-HIU,HWANG, YOUN-HWAN,YANG, HYE JIN,MA, JIN YEUL Spandidos Publications 2015 ONCOLOGY REPORTS Vol.34 No.2

<P>MA128, a novel herbal medicine, was previously identified and its effectiveness in the treatment of asthma and atopic dermatitis (AD) was demonstrated. In particular, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH) in AD mice was improved by treatment with MA128. In addition, MA128 exhibited anti-melanogenic activity by inhibiting tyrosinase activity via the p38 MAPK and protein kinase A signaling pathways in B16F10 cells. In the present study, we examined whether oral administration of MA128 suppressed the in vivo tumor growth of HT1080 cells in athymic nude mice. The results showed that the daily oral administration of 75 and 150 mg/kg MA128 suppressed the tumorigenic growth of HT1080 cells efficiently. Since metastasis is a major cause of cancer-associated mortality and the greatest challenge during cancer treatment, we investigated the effect of non-toxic concentrations of MA128 on the metastatic potential of HT1080 cells. MA128 inhibited anchorage-independent colony formation, migration and invasion. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) activity under resting and PMA-stimulated conditions was decreased in a dose-dependent manner by MA128 in HT1080 cells. In addition, the daily oral administration of MA128 at doses of 75 and 150 mg/kg efficiently blocked the lung metastasis of B16F10 cells that had been injected into the tail veins of C57BL/6 mice. In particular, none of the mice treated with MA128 exhibited systemic toxicity, such as body weight loss or liver and kidney dysfunction. MA128 also inhibited tumor-induced angiogenesis. Taken together, the results suggest that MA128 is a potential therapeutic agent and a safe herbal medicine for controlling malignant and metastatic cancer.</P>

Anti-melanogenic activity of the novel herbal medicine, MA128, through inhibition of tyrosinase activity mediated by the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases and protein kinase signaling pathway in B16F10 cells

Kim, Aeyung,Ma, Jin Yeul Medknow PublicationsMedia Pvt Ltd 2014 Pharmacognosy magazine Vol.10 No.39

<P><B>Background:</B></P><P>Recently, our research group developed MA128, a novel herbal medicine, and demonstrated that MA128 is effective for the treatment of asthma and atopic dermatitis (AD). In particular, postinflammatory hyper-pigmentation in AD mice was improved with MA128 treatment. Thus, in this study, we determined the effect of MA128 on melanogenesis and its underlying mechanism in murine B16F10 melanoma cells.</P><P><B>Materials and Methods:</B></P><P>After treatment with MA128 at 100 and 250 μg/mL and/or alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) (1 μM), cellular melanin content and tyrosinase activity in B16F10 cells were measured. Using western blotting, expression levels of tyrosinase, tyrosinase-related protein-1 (TRP-1), TRP-2, microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF), and activation of c-AMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), c-AMP-related element binding protein (CREB) and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) were examined.</P><P><B>Results:</B></P><P>MA128 significantly inhibited melanin synthesis and tyrosinase activity in a resting state as well as α-MSH-stimulating condition, and significantly decreased the expression of tyrosinase, TRP-1, TRP-2 and MITF. In addition, phosphorylation of PKA and CREB by α-MSH stimulation was efficiently blocked by MA128 pretreatment. Moreover, MA128 as an herbal mixture showed synergistic anti-melanogenic effects compared with each single constituent herb.</P><P><B>Conclusion:</B></P><P>MA128 showed anti-melanogenic activity through inhibition of tyrosinase activity mediated by p38 MAPK and PKA signaling pathways in B16F10 cells. These results suggest that MA128 may be useful as an herbal medicine for controlling hyper-pigmentation and as a skin-whitening agent.</P>

Oral Administration of Novel Oriental Medicine, KIOM-C, Protect against Influenza Virus

Jin Yeul Ma, Eun Ha Kim, Jun Han Lee, Min-Suk Song, Yun Hee Baek, Young Ki Choi 충북대학교 동물의학연구소 2012 Journal of Biomedical and Translational Research Vol.13 No.2

The influenza virus is an important respiratory risk affecting humans, and effective treatments are needed. Some oriental medicines are currently applied for treatment of common colds as well as influenza infection. Previous studies have reported that the therapeutic properties of MA-128 are effective for treatment of psoriasis antiasthmatic and atopic dermatitis. In this study, we investigated the therapeutic properties of the novel herbal medicine, MA-128, for treatment of influenza virus infection by oral administration. MA-128 is an active natural biological compound from herbal-marine origin. The results showed that oral administration of MA-128 in mice could confer a survival benefit against Type A influenza virus infection. Daily oral administration of MA- 128 resulted in delayed death in infected mice for three days against mouse adapted H3N2 (A/Philippines/2/82). However, it protected more than 60% of mice from lethal infection of 2009 pandemic H1N1 (A/Korea/CJ01/2009) influenza virus. In addition, lung viral titers were significantly reduced at seven days post infection (~100 times) compared with mock-treated mice and viruses were cleared at 9 dpi only in the MA-128 treated groups. This study demonstrated the potential of the novel herbal medicine, MA-128, as an herbal remedy against influenza A viruses.

농업인 교육 프로그램 분석

김진모,김진군,마상진,전영욱,이진화,주현미 한국농업교육학회 2007 농업교육과 인적자원개발 Vol.39 No.1

이 연구는 농업인을 대상으로 한 교육 프로그램의 내용 및 방법을 살펴봄으로써 향후 농업인 교육을 위한 기초자료를 제공하는 데 목적이 있었다. 농업인 교육프로그램 분석을 위한 개념적 틀은 관련문헌에 대한 고찰과 수집 자료에 대한 귀납적 분석을 통해 개발되었다. 그 결과, 8가지의 기관 유형, 17가지의 프로그램 내용 영역, 5가지의 교육방법, 3가지의 교육인원, 3가지의 교육기간이 도출되었다. 분석대상은 총 173개 기관의 2,483개 프로그램이었다. 이 연구의 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 우리나라의 농업인 교육은 국가기관 및 기술센터 등의 정부기관 주도로 이루어지고 있었다. 둘째, 재배/사육기술, 생활개선 및 농촌건강관리, 정보획득 등의 내용이 주요 교육내용으로 다루어지고 있었다. 셋째, 각 기관 유형별로 비중 있게 다루는 주요 교육내용에 있어서 다소 차이가 있었다. 넷째, 농업인 교육프로그램에서 활용되는 교육방법은 대체적으로 강의에 편중되어 있었다. 다섯째, 교육인원에 있어 중규모와 대규모 인원의 비중이 상대적으로 높았으며, 1 대 1 개별 교육은 전혀 없는 것으로 나타났다. 여섯째, 1일 혹은 3일 이상 이루어지는 교육의 비중이 상대적으로 높았으며, 2일 동안 이루어지는 교육의 비중은 비교적 낮은 편이었다. The purposes of this study were to analyze the farmer education programs in Korea, and to get implications for further program development. The framework for the analysis was developed through extensive literature review and an inductive method. As a result, eight types of organizations for farmer education, seventeen content domains of programs, five instructional methods, three categories of program participant size, and three categories of program period were derived. The subjects of analysis were 2,483 programs of 173 farmer education organizations. The major findings were as follows: 1) Farmer education programs of Korea were led by government agencies such as national organizations and extension agencies. 2) The content domains of cultivating/raising techniques, improvement of life quality and farmer health care, and information acquisition were relatively highly dealt with. 3) Main contents which were dealt with by each type of farmer education organization were differentiated. 4) In terms of instructional method, a lecture had the highest portion in most contents domains. 5) The portion of the middle size and large size of participants was relatively higher than others. And there are no programs which used one by one teaching method. 6) The portion of programs for 1 day or 3days was relatively higher, and the portion of programs for 2 days was lower.

EC地域에 대한 投資家能性과 展望

馬鎭浩,崔炳龍,孫炳海,李東萬 慶北大學校 經商大學 經濟學科 1979 慶商大學論集 Vol.7 No.-

貿易摩擦의 深化와 NICs의 對應

馬鎭浩 慶北大學校 經商大學 經濟學科 1985 慶商大學論集 Vol.13 No.-

變動換率制가 低開發國에 미치는 效果

馬鎭浩 慶北大學校 1977 論文集 Vol.24 No.-

The successive international currency turmoil which was drastically provoked since Vietnamese war escalation has broken down the Bretton Woods system, and the new international monetary regime, the Kingstone system, has come out. Since Kingstone regime differs from the Bretton Woods in allowing to float exchange rate, it should be expected that the system would bring about some different effects on the world economy and trade. However, as Robinson pointed out, it could not be assured how the flexibity of exchange rate would work for the world economy and international balances of a country, because the effects are variable according to the structure of industry, the structure of trade, and the elasticity of demand and supply of each conntry. Therefore, we can suppose that the effects of flexibile exchange rate system would be different between developed countries and less developed countries. Generally, it has been suggested that since the dollar devaluations after the Smithonian agreement did not deteriorate the economic welfare of less developed countries, the new international monetay realignment also would not damage the interests of less developed conutries seriously. However, I suspec tthat the new system shall give some serious negative effects on less developed countries, which might greatly deteriorate the economic welfare on these countries. This paper attempts to survey both the positive and negative effects on less developed countries that were brought about by the introduction of the flexible exchange rate system, and then how the over-all effects would be. The conclusion of this survey is that the overall effects of introduction of flexible exchange rate on less developed countries will be negative. So, we expect that realigning of the international monetay order under Kingstone regime had rather restrict its function within patching up the currency upheaval which was presented by the contradictions of Bretton Woods regime. And, there should be a permanent and rational international monetary regime rearranged, which could contribute to raise the income level of LDC and to prevent dividing the world economy into two groups, rich and poor.

貿易構造 決定原理에 관한 硏究

馬鎭浩 慶北大學校 經商大學 經濟學科 1973 慶商大學論集 Vol.1 No.-

美國의 學問硏究動向 調査硏究 : 經濟學과 Artaud 의 演劇을 中心으로 In the Fields of Economics and Artaud's Theatre

馬鎭浩,朴奉斗,許榮 경북대학교 1981 새마을 硏究論叢 Vol.1 No.-

中進工業國의 技術開發戰略

馬鎭浩 慶北大學校 經商大學 經濟學科 1984 慶商大學論集 Vol.12 No.-