• 대한한의학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.149-159
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• 2004

Backgrounds & Objectives : The water extract of Gyungokgo (GOG) has traditionally been used for treatment of general weakness and hemoptysis in oriental medicine. However, little is known about the mechanism by which the water extract of GOG rescues cells from these damages. This study was designed to investigate the protective mechanisms of GOG on H2O2­induced cell death in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts. Methods : In this study, we used H9c2 cells. Cells were treated with oxidative stress in the absence and presence of 1000㎍/ml GOG for 12hrs. Cells were treated with various concentrations of GOG for 12hrs. Cell viability was measured by MTT assay. Oxidative stress, which markedly decreased the viability of H9c2 cells, was characterized by apparent apoptotic features such as chromatin condensation as well as fragmentation of genomic DNA and nuclei. Results : GOG significantly reduced H₂O₂-induced cell death and apoptotic characteristics. The cotreatment of GOG and H₂O₂ in H9c2 cells also induced the phosphorylation of ERKs in a time-dependent manner. Moreover, PD098059, a MEK1 (upstream activator of ERK) inhibitor attenuated the protective effect of GOG on H₂O₂-induced cytotoxicity in H9c2 cardiomyoblast cells. Conclusions : These results suggest that MEK/ERK pathways play important roles in the protective effects of GOG in H9c2 cells. Taken together, they suggest that the protective effects of the water extracts of GOG against oxidative damages may be mediated by the regulation of HO-1, Fas/FasL and Bcl-XS proteins.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.638-647
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• 1998

Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), bryostatin, dioctanoyl glycero1 (DiC8)과 같은 Protein Ki-nase C (PKC)의 활성제는 세포질로부터 막이나 핵으로 PKC 동위효소의 전위를 유도한다. 활성화된 PKC는 일반적으로 암을 유발시키는 역할을 하지만 그와 반대로 사람유방암세포의 성장을 약화시키는 기능을 가지고 있다. PKC의 항증식효과와 전위가 MCF-7 세포에서 조사되었다. PMA, bryostatin, DiC8로 활성화된 PKC 동위효소의 전위는 MCF-7 세포의 여러 장소에서 나타났다. PMA는 PKC $\alpha$ 와 $\beta$는 핵이나 핵막 그리고 PKC $\delta$와 $\varepsilon$은 세포막으로 일부 전위시켰고, 반면 DiC8과 bryostatin은 PKC $\alpha$와 $\beta$를 각각 핵과 핵막으로 전위를 유도하였다. PKC 활성제의 항증식 효과에 있어서 PMA ($IC_{50}$/ values of 1.2$\pm$0.3nM)와 DiC8 ($IC_{50}$/ values of 5.0$\pm$1.1$\mu$M)는 세포의 성장을 억제시켰다. Bryostatin 역시 세포의 성장을 억제시켰지만, PMA로 관찰된 것보다는 낮은 수준이었다. 즉 100nM bryostatin에 의해 16% 정도 성장이 감소되었다. 그러나 PMA는 bryo-stalin과 함께 처리하였을 때 PMA의 항증식 효과는 낮았으나, 10$\mu$M DiC8과 함께 처리하였을 때는 효과가 없었다. 이러한 결과들은 각 PKC 동위효소들이 다른 특이한 위치로 전위되었으며, 특히 PKC $\alpha$ 동위효소가 세포성장의 항증식 기능을 조절하는데 중요한 역할을 함을 시사한다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.275-279
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• 2006

It is demonstrated that cadmium has cytotoxic effect on glial cells, oxygen radicals are involved in cadmium-induced cytotoxicity. However, the toxic mechanism of cadmium is left unknown so far. The purpose of this study was to examine the cytotoxicity of $CdCl_2$ on $C_6$ glioma cells. The cytotoxicy was measured by cell viability via XTT assay in $C_6$ glioma cells. Colorimetric assay such as XTT assay is regarded as a very sensitive screening method for the determination of the cell viability on a lots of chemicals. In this study, $CdCl_2$ decreased cell viability according to the dose- and time dependent manners after $C_6$ glioma cells were treated with various concentrations of $CdCl_2$ for 48 hours. $IC_{90}\;and\;IC_{50}$ values for XTT assay was determined at $5{\mu}M\;and\;55{\mu}M$ of $CdCl_2$, respectively. These results suggest that $CdCl_2$ has highly cytotoxic effect on $C_6$glioma cells by the decrease of cell viability.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.90-99
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• 1995

The effect of protein kinase C inhibitors, sturosporine and 1-(5-isoquinolinyl sulfonyl)-2-methyl piperazine(H7) on in vitro differentiation of erythroid progenitor cells which were isolated from spleens of mice infected with the anemia-inducing strain of Friend virus were examined. Erythropoietin-mediated differentitation of erythroid progenitor cells, as determined by the incorporation of $^{59}Fe$ into protoporphyrin, was inhibited by staurosporine and H7 in a concentration -dependent manner. Scatchard analysis of the $^3H-phorbol-12$, 13-dibutyrate binding to erythroid progenitor cells revealed that at the high affinity sites the dissociation constant was 22nM and the maximum number of $^3H-phorbol-12$, 13-dibutyrate binding to erythroid progenitor cells revealed that at the high affinity sites the dissociation constant was 22nM and the maximum number of $^3H-phorbol-12$, 13-dibutyrate binding sites per cell was approximately $3.7\times10^5$. Cytosonic protein kinase C was isolated from erthroid progenitor cells and then purified by sequential column chromatogrphy. Two isoforms of protein kinase C were found. Photoaffinity labeling of the purified protein kinase C samples with $^3H-phorbol-12$12-myristate 13-acetate followed by analysis of SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and autofluorography showed radiolabeled 82-KDa pepticles. Rediolabeling of the 82-KDa peptides with $^3H-phorbol-12$myristate 13-acete was almost completely blocked by excess unlabeled phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate was almost 12-muristate 13-acetate-promoted phosphorylation with the puyrified protein kinase C samples showed that the phosphorylation of 82-KDa peptides was increased as the concentration of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate was increased from $10^{-8}M{\;}to{\;}10^{-4}$M. In light of the findings that erythroid progenitor cells possessed an abundance of protein kinase C and that stauroporine and H7 inhibited erythroid differentiation, it seemed likely that protein kinase C would play a role in the erythroid progenitor cell development.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.16-20
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• 2004

플러렌 이온$(full^-)$으로 수식된 피를 고분자 피막을 전기화학법으로 중합하기 위하여 사용된 전지는 Au/5mM pyrrole, 1mM fullerene, 0.1M $TBABF_4,\; CH_2C1_2/Pt$이었으며 이 전지로 $electrode/ppy(full^-)ppy(full^-){\ldots}$와 같은 웨이퍼형의 전극을 제작하였다. 이 전극을 사용한 Au(quartz crystal analyzer; QCA)/ppy$(full^-)$, 0.01M metal ion(aq.)/Pt형의 전지로 알카리 금속이온을 포집하였다. $Li^+,\;Na^+,\;K^+,\;Rb^+$ 및 $Cs^+$이온의 포집에 대한 속도상수는 일차반응 속도식으로 계산한 결과 그 값이 각각 $1.60\times10^{-8},\;3.13\times10^{-11},\;1.38\times10^{-9},\;2.71\times10^{-11}$ 및 $2.98\times10^{-12}mo1.s^{-1}$이였다. 이 전극을 수정판 미량저울(QCM)을 적용하여 결정한 각 이온의 화학양론은 $Li_7C_{60},\;Na_4C_{60},\;K_3C_{60},\;Rb_1C_{60}$ 및 $Cs_1C_{60}$이었다.

• 태양에너지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.41-49
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• 1991

본 연구에서는 기판의 증착온도를 $200{\pm}5[5^{\circ}C]$로 유지하여 진공증착법으로 (P)SiC/(N)Si 태양전지를 제작하고 그의 특성을 조사하였다. SiC 박막의 최적 두께 $1.2[{\mu}m]$는 박막두께와 변환효율과의 관계로부터 정해졌고 태양전지의 특성은 열치리에 의하여 개선되었다. 최적조건의 열처리 온도와 시간은 $420[^{\circ}C]$에서 12분이고 분광응답의 피크값은 열처리 온도의 증가와 더블어 장파장 쪽으로 이동함을 알았다. X선 회절분석 및 SEM검사는 열처리 온도와 시간에 따라 SiC 박막내에서 결정성장을 보여주며 $2.5{\times}1[cm^2]$의 태양전지에서 최고 변환효율은 11.7[%]이다.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2016

Objectives: The mushroom Ganoderma lucidum has been widely used as a traditional herbal medicine for many years. Although several studies have focused on the anti-oxidative activity of this mushroom, the molecular mechanisms underlying its activity have not yet been clearly established. The present study investigated the cytoprotective effect of ethanol extract of Ganoderma lucidum (EGL) against oxidative stress (hydrogen peroxide, $H_2O_2$) and elucidated the underlying mechanisms in a C2C12 myoblast cell line. Methods: Oxidative stress markers were determined by using the comet assay to measure reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage. Cell viability and Western blotting analyses were employed to evaluate the cellular response to EGL and $H_2O_2$ in C2C12 cells. Transfection with nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)-specific small interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) was conducted to understand the relationship between Nrf2 expression and $H_2O_2$-induced growth inhibition. Results: The results showed that EGL effectively inhibited $H_2O_2$-induced growth and the generation of ROS. EGL markedly suppressed $H_2O_2$-induced comet-like DNA formation and phosphorylation of histone H2AX at serine 139 ($p-{\gamma}H2AX$), a widely used marker of DNA damage, suggesting that EGL prevented $H_2O_2$-induced DNA damage. Furthermore, the EGL treatment effectively induced the expression of Nrf2, as well as heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), with parallel phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of Nrf2 in the C2C12 myoblasts. However, zinc protoporphyrin IX, a HO-1 inhibitor, significantly abolished the protective effects of EGL against $H_2O_2$-induced accumulation of ROS and reduced cell growth. Notably, transient transfection with Nrf2-specific siRNA attenuated the cytoprotective effects and HO-1 induction by EGL, indicating that EGL induced the expression of HO-1 in an Nrf2-dependent manner. Conclusion: Collectively, these results demonstrate that EGL augments the cellular anti-oxidant defense capacity through activation of Nrf2/HO-1, thereby protecting C2C12 myoblasts from $H_2O_2$-induced oxidative cytotoxicity.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권7호
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• pp.1598-1602
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• 2009

The particle size of Li[$Ni_{0.2}Li_{0.2}Mn_{0.6}]O_2$ cathode powder was controlled effectively by dispersion using lauric acid as a surfactant. The samples treated by lauric acid showed smaller particles of approximately half the original size compared to the particles of a pristine sample. A structural change due to the dispersion of Li[$Ni_{0.2}Li_{0.2}Mn_{0.6}]O_2$ powder was not detected. The rate performance of the Li[$Ni_{0.2}Li_{0.2}Mn_{0.6}]O_2$ cathode was improved by dispersion using lauric acid, which was likely due to the decrease of the particle size. In particular, a sample dispersed pristine powder using lauric acid (L2) presented a greatly enhanced discharge capacity and capacity retention at a high C rate. The discharge capacity of a pristine sample was only 133 m$Ahg^{-1}$ (3C rate) and 96 m$Ahg^{-1}$ (12C rate) at the tenth cycle. In contrast, the L2 electrode delivered higher discharge capacities of 160 m$Ahg^{-1}$ (3C rate) and 129 m$Ahg^{-1}$ (12C rate) at the tenth cycle. The capacity retention at a rate of 12C/2C was also enhanced from ~ 45% (pristine sample) to 57% (L2) by treatment with lauric acid.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.904-910
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• 2002

Surface alloying using TiC, $TiB_2$ and VC ceramic particles on carbon steel has been performed using high voltage electron beam. Each type of ceramic particles was mixed with flux of Al and $MgF_2$ in 1 to 4 ratio. The microstructures of the surface alloyed layers consisted of melted region, interface region. heat affected region and the unaffected matrix. The surface layer of the TiC surface alloyed had a cubed primary and a eutectic type of TiC. $TiB_2$ in surface layer of $TiB_2$ surface alloyed were incompletely melted with$ TiB_2$ particles as observed before the alloying. On the surface layer of the VC surface alloyed, very well defined cell structure was observed with VC on the cell boundary. In addition, ~50 nm in diameter VC particles in high density were ubiquitous in the matrix. Those fine VC particles prominently improved the hardness and wear resistance of the surface layer of the VC surface alloyed.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.49-55
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• 1988

SV80와 같은 SV40로 형질전환된 사람세포는 종양을 일으킬 수 있는 능력을 가지고 있으나 면역기구인 흉선이 없는 누드마우스에서는 거부반응을 일으켜 종양을 일으키지 않는다. 그러나, 예외적으로 WI18/VA-2세포는 누드마우스에서 종양을 일으키며 이에서 얻는 두클론중 NW18C11은 종양을 일으키나 NW18C12는 종양을 일으키지 않는다. 본 실험에서는 이들 두 클론의 차이점들을 조사하였다. 실험결과, NW18C11은 NW18C12보다 더 많은수의 SV40 sequence를 포함하고 있음을 southern blot방법을 통해 확인하였으며 또한 immunofluoresce와 immunoprecipitation방법을 사용하여 두 클론 모두 정상크기의 SV40유전자산물인 large T와 small t 단백질을 생성함을 확인하였다. 한편 두 클론내에 포함되어 있는 바이러스유전자가 비형질전환새포로 하여금 생체내에서 악성종양 형성능력을 획득하도록 형질전환시킬수 있는지 확인하기 위해 두 클론의 DNA를 추출하여 마우스 NIH3T3세포에 주입시켜 형질전환된 세포를 선별하였다. 이 세포들은 모두 large T단백질을 생성하였으며 누드마우스에서 종양을 일으켰다. 이들 결과로써 NW18C12세포의 형질전환능은 완전하며, 이 세포가 누드마우스에서 거부반응에 기인하는 것으로 생각된다.