by Lam Mei Ling. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-137). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Acknowledgment --- p.I / Table of content --- p.II / List of figures --- p.VII / List of tables --- p.IX / Abbreviation --- p.X / Abstract --- p.XII / 論文摘要 --- p.XIII / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Discovery of AIDS --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Definition and symptoms of AIDS --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.3 --- AIDS transmission --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.4 --- AIDS epidemic --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- Human immunodeficiency virus --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Discovery of HIV --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- The structure of HIV --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Genomic structure of HIV --- p.5 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- Life cycle of HIV --- p.5 / Chapter 1.2.5 --- How HIV is involved in different stages of AIDS --- p.7 / Chapter 1.3 --- Therapeutic targets for treatment of AIDS --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- HIV reverse transcriptase (HIV RT) --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- HIV integrase (HIV IN) --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3.3 --- HIV protease (HIV PR) --- p.12 / Chapter 1.3.4 --- Chemokine receptors --- p.14 / Chapter 1.3.5 --- Vaccine development --- p.16 / Chapter 1.4 --- AIDS therapy --- p.17 / Chapter 1.4.1 --- Current status of AIDS therapy --- p.17 / Chapter 1.4.1.1 --- Drugs approved by US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) --- p.17 / Chapter 1.4.1.2 --- Combination therapy --- p.19 / Chapter 1.4.1.3 --- Vaccine development --- p.19 / Chapter 1.4.2 --- Alternative treatment --- p.20 / Chapter 1.5 --- Objective of my project --- p.21 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Screening of traditional Chinese medicinal (TCM) plants for HIV reverse transcriptase inhibition --- p.22 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.22 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- HIV RT structure and function --- p.22 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Natural product against HIV RT --- p.25 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Inhibitory activities from plant extracts --- p.27 / Chapter 2.2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.28 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Materials --- p.28 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Extraction methods --- p.30 / Chapter 2.2.2.1 --- Methanol extraction --- p.30 / Chapter 2.2.2.2 --- Hot water extraction --- p.30 / Chapter 2.2.2.3 --- Preparation of Prunella vulgaris extract --- p.30 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Reverse transcriptase assay --- p.31 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Characterization of active component in extract of Prunella vulgaris --- p.32 / Chapter 2.2.4.1 --- Protease digestion --- p.32 / Chapter 2.2.4.2 --- Glucosidase digestion --- p.32 / Chapter 2.2.4.3 --- Ethanol precipitation --- p.33 / Chapter 2.2.4.4 --- Sodium periodiate oxidization --- p.33 / Chapter 2.2.4.5 --- Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) Precipitation --- p.34 / Chapter 2.2.4.6 --- Polyamide resin binding --- p.34 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Purification of Prunella vulgaris extract --- p.34 / Chapter 2.2.5.1 --- Polyamide resin column chromatography --- p.34 / Chapter 2.2.5.2 --- Sephadex LH-20 chromatography --- p.35 / Chapter 2.2.5.3 --- Reverse phase HPLC chromatography --- p.36 / Chapter 2.2.6 --- Characterization of purified Prunella vulgaris extract --- p.37 / Chapter 2.2.6.1 --- Paper chromatography --- p.37 / Chapter 2.2.6.2 --- Acid hydrolysis of extract --- p.37 / Chapter 2.2.6.3 --- Thin layer chromatography --- p.38 / Chapter 2.2.6.4 --- Other assays --- p.39 / Chapter 2.2.7 --- Calculation --- p.40 / Chapter 2.3 --- Results --- p.41 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Screening of Herbs --- p.41 / Chapter 2.3.1.1 --- Screening of methanol extracts --- p.41 / Chapter 2.3.1.2 --- Screening of hot water extracts --- p.41 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Characterization of active components in Prunella vulgaris crude extracts --- p.44 / Chapter 2.3.2.1 --- Protease digestion --- p.44 / Chapter 2.3.2.2 --- Glucosidase digestion --- p.44 / Chapter 2.3.2.3 --- Ethanol precipitation --- p.44 / Chapter 2.3.2.4 --- Sodium periodate oxidation --- p.48 / Chapter 2.3.2.5 --- Effect of naturally occurring chemicals on inhibition of HIV RT --- p.48 / Chapter 2.3.2.6 --- Effect of removal of polyphenolic components of aqueous extract on inhibition of HTV RT --- p.51 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Further purification of active components in aqueous extract of Prunella vulgaris --- p.53 / Chapter 2.3.3.1 --- Absorption chromatography by polyamide resin --- p.53 / Chapter 2.3.3.2 --- The Sephadex LH-20 chromatography --- p.53 / Chapter 2.3.3.3 --- Reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography --- p.56 / Chapter 2.3.3.4 --- Recovery of extract --- p.59 / Chapter 2.3.3.5 --- Inhibition from extract of various steps of purification --- p.59 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Characterization of purified aqueous extract of Prunella vulgaris --- p.62 / Chapter 2.3.4.1 --- Paper chromatography --- p.62 / Chapter 2.3.4.2 --- Dose response curve --- p.62 / Chapter 2.3.4.3 --- Acid hydrolysis of purified extract --- p.68 / Chapter 2.3.4.4 --- Identification of monosaccharide in purified extract by Thin layer chromatography (TLC) --- p.71 / Chapter 2.3.5 --- Specificity of the purified extract on polymerase inhibition --- p.75 / Chapter 2.3.5.1 --- Inhibition of purified Prunella vulgaris extract on Taq polymerase --- p.75 / Chapter 2.3.5.2 --- Inhibition of purified Prunella vulgaris extract on Superscript II --- p.75 / Chapter 2.4 --- Discussion --- p.79 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Screening of inhibitory activities from traditional Chinese medicinal (TCM) plants extracts to HIV protease --- p.86 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.86 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- HIV Protease structure and function --- p.86 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Natural products against HIV Protease --- p.87 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Plant extracts against HIV Protease --- p.89 / Chapter 3.2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.91 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Materials --- p.91 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Expression of HIV protease --- p.92 / Chapter 3.2.2.1 --- Expression and purification of HIV protease --- p.92 / Chapter 3.2.2.2. --- Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) --- p.94 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Characterization of HIV protease --- p.95 / Chapter 3.2.3.1 --- HIV protease assay by fluorometric measurement --- p.95 / Chapter 3.2.3.2 --- HIV protease assay by using reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography --- p.96 / Chapter 3.3 --- Results --- p.98 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Expression of HIV protease --- p.98 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- HIV protease assay --- p.98 / Chapter 3.3.2.1 --- Protease assay by using reverse phase HPLC --- p.98 / Chapter 3.3.2.2 --- Protease assay by fluorometric measurement --- p.98 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Screening of crude Chinese medicinal extracts on inhibition of HIV protease --- p.104 / Chapter 3.3.3.1 --- Methanol extracts --- p.104 / Chapter 3.3.3.2 --- Water extracts --- p.105 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Characterization of herbal extracts on inhibition of HIV protease --- p.110 / Chapter 3.3.4.1 --- Dose response curve of methanol extract of Woodwardia unigemmata --- p.110 / Chapter 3.3.4.2 --- Dose response curve of hot water extract of Prunella vulgaris --- p.110 / Chapter 3.3.4.3 --- Inhibition mode of methanol extract of Woodwardia unigemmata --- p.113 / Chapter 3.3.4.4 --- Inhibition mode of hot water extract of Prunella vulgaris --- p.113 / Chapter 3.3.4.5 --- Effect of partially purified extracts on HIV protease inhibition --- p.116 / Chapter 3.4 --- Discussion --- p.119 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- General discussion --- p.124 / References --- p.127 / Appendix / Appendix 1 Pictures of herbs used in this study --- p.i / Appendix 2 Mass spectrometry of purified Prunella vulgaris extract --- p.vi / Appendix 3 Calibration curve for determination of HIV PR concentration --- p.viii
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322176 |
| Date | January 1998 |
| Contributors | Lam, Mei Ling., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Biochemistry. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xiii, 137, viii leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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