• 한국작물학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.69-76
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• 1995

포장상태에서의 케놀라의 저온반응성 유전자인 BN28 과 BNl15 의 발현정도와 그 유전자들의 내 동성에 대한 역할을 구명하기 위하여 6개 품종 （ WRG86, CDH3, Dusul Ceres, Accord, KWC-4113）을 파종기를 달리 하여 파종하고 파종후 15일 간격으로 Sample를 채취하여 RNA를 추출하고 northern blot analysis로써 두 유전자의 발현정도를 조사하였던바 그 결과를 요약하면 아래와 같다. 1. 두 유전자의 발현시 기는 내동성이 증가하는 시기보다 조금 앞서는 것으로 나타났으며 이는 식물체가 내동성을 얻기 위하여 이 유전자의 발현을 필요로 하거나 혹은 이 유전자 발현을 조절하는 요인중 온도 이외의 환경요인이 관여하는 것으로 나타났다 하지만 유전자 발현이 급격히 증가하는 시기가 세 파종시기 처리에 있어서 일치하는 점과 또한 내동성의 급격한 증가시기와 일치하는 점으로 미루어 보아 이 유전자 발현을 조절하는 가장 중요한 요인은 저온인 것으로 생각된다. 2. 발현양식에 있어서 두 유전자간의 차이가 관찰 되었는데 이는 두 유전자가 각각 다른 조절기작을 통하여 발현이 통제되는것으로 생각되며 이러한 포장에서의 발현양식은 실험실에서의 그것과 일치하는 것으로 나타났다. 3. 유전자가 발현되어 증가되는 시기는 식물체의 내동성이 증가되는 시기와 일치되었다. 하지만 특정한 시점에 있어서 각 품종간의 내동성의 정도와 유전자 발현정도는 일치하지 아니하였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.5663-5669
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• 2013

The histone methyltransferase EZH2 (enhancer of zeste homolog 2) plays critical roles in prostate cancer (PCa) development and is a potential target for PCa treatment. Triptolide possesses anti-tumor activity, but it is unknown whether its therapeutic effect relates with EZH2 in PCa. Here we described EZH2 as a target for Triptolide in PCa cells. Our data showed that Triptolide suppressed PCa cell growth and reduced the expression of EZH2. Overexpression of EZH2 attenuated the Triptolide induced cell growth inhibition. Moreover, Triptolide treatment of PC-3 cells resulted in elevated mRNA levels of target genes (ADRB2, CDH1, CDKN2A and DAB2IP) negatively regulated by EZH2 as well as reduced mRNA levelsan of EZH2 positively regulated gene (cyclin D1). Our findings suggest the PCa cell growth inhibition mediated by Triptolide might be associated with downregulation of EZH2 expression and the subsequent modulation of target genes.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.190-195
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• 2019

We aimed to identify genomic variations as well as the marker genes related with chronic mitral valve disease (CMVD) in Canis lupus familiaris using whole genome resequencing, which provides valuable resources for further study. Two ten-year old female Canis lupus familiaris English cocker spaniels were used for this study, one control and one who had been diagnosed as CMVD. For the whole genome resequencing, muscles from the left ventricular wall were collected from each dog. With the HiSeq DNA Shotgun library and $HiSeq^{TM}$ 2000 platform, whole genome resequencing was performed. From the results, we identified 5 million and 6 million variants in gene expression in the control and CMVD-diagnosed subject, respectively. We then selected the top 1,000 genes from the SNP, INS, and DEL mutation and 675 genes among them were overlapped for every mutation between the control and CMVD-diagnosed patient. Interestingly, in both groups, the intron variant (91.16 and 91.18%) and upstream variant (3.10 and 3.08%) are most highly related. Among the overlapped 675 genes, gene ontology for intracellular signal transduction is highly counted in INS, and DEL, and SNPs (35, 33, 31, respectively). In this study, we found that the COL and CDH gene families could be key molecules in identifying the difference in gene expression between control and CMVD-diagnosed dogs. We believe further studies will prove the importance of variants in key molecule expression and that these data will serve as a valuable foundation stone the study of canine CMVD.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.232-241
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• 2013

Purpose: Gastrokine 1 plays an important role in gastric mucosal defense. Additionally, the Gastrokine 1-miR-185-DNMT1 axis has been shown to suppress gastric carcinogenesis through regulation of epigenetic alteration. Here, we investigated the effects of Gastrokine 1 on DNA methylation and gastritis. Materials and Methods: Expression of Gastrokine 1, DNMT1, EZH2, and c-Myc proteins, and the presence of Helicobacter pylori CagA protein were determined in 55 non-neoplastic gastric mucosal tissue samples by western blot analysis. The CpG island methylation phenotype was also examined using six markers (p16, hMLH1, CDH1, MINT1, MINT2 and MINT31) by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction. Histological gastritis was assessed according to the updated Sydney classification system. Results: Reduced Gastrokine 1 expression was found in 20 of the 55 (36.4%) gastric mucosal tissue samples and was closely associated with miR-185 expression. The Gastrokine 1 expression level was inversely correlated with that of DNMT1, EZH2, and c-Myc, and closely associated with the degree of gastritis. The H. pylori CagA protein was detected in 26 of the 55 (47.3%) gastric mucosal tissues and was positively associated with the expression of DNMT1, EZH2, and c-Myc. In addition, 30 (54.5%) and 23 (41.9%) of the gastric mucosal tissues could be classified as CpG island methylation phenotype-low and CpG island methylation phenotype-high, respectively. Reduced expression of Gastrokine 1 and miR-185, and increased expression of DNMT1, EZH2, and c-Myc were detected in the CpG island methylation phenotype-high gastric mucosa. Conclusions: Gastrokine 1 has a crucial role in gastric inflammation and DNA methylation in gastric mucosa.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.85-91
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• 2014

Background: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified various genetic susceptibility loci for breast cancer based mainly on European-ancestry populations. Differing linkage disequilibrium patterns exist between European and Asian populations. Methods: Ten SNPs (rs2075555 in COL1A1, rs12652447 in FBXL17, rs10941679 in 5p12/MRPS30, rs11878583 in ZNF577, rs7166081 in SMAD3, rs16917302 in ZNF365, rs311499 in 20q13.3, rs1045485 in CASP8, rs12964873 in CDH1 and rs8170 in 19p13.1) were here genotyped in 1009 Chinese females (487 patients with breast cancer and 522 control subjects) using the Sequenom MassARRAY iPLEX platform. Association analysis based on unconditional logistic regression was carried out to determine the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) for each SNP. Stratification analyses were carried out based on the estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) status. Results: Among the 10 SNPs, rs10941679 showed significant association with breast cancer when differences between the case and control groups in this Han Chinese population were compared (30.09% GG, 45.4% GA and 23.7% AA; P = 0.012). Four SNPs (rs311499, rs1045485, rs12964873 and rs8170) showed no polymorphisms in our study. The remaining five SNPs showed no association with breast cancer in the present population. Immunohistochemical tests showed that rs2075555 was associated with ER status; the AA genotype showed greater association with ER negative than ER positive (OR = 0.54, 95% CI, 0.29-0.99; P = 0.046). AA of rs7166081 was also associated with ER status, but showed a greater association with ER positive than negative (OR = 1.59, 95% CI = 1.04-2.44; P = 0.031). However, no significant associations were found among the SNPs and PR status. Conclusion: In this study using a Han Chinese population, rs10941679 was the only SNP associated with breast cancer risk, indicating a difference between European and Chinese populations in susceptibility loci. Therefore, confirmation studies are necessary before utilization of these loci in Chinese.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2005

염류내성 식물은 염류농도의 변화에 따라 세포내의 삼투압을 유지하기 위한 화합물을 합성하는 기작을 가지고 있는데 이런 화합물은 주로 proline, glycine, betaine, polyols, sugar등으로 체내에 축적함으로서 고농도의 염류에 견디는 것으로 알려져 있다. Betaine은 미생물에서 2단계 반응을 통해 choline에서 합성되는데, 첫단계는 choline dehydrogenase (CDH)에 의해서 촉매되고(Bet A gene), bet B 유전자의 산물인 betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase(BADH)에 의해 수행된다. 본 실험에서는 Bet A, Bet B 유전자를 아그로박테리움에 도입하여 새로운 conjugants 2 종을 획득하였으며 (Agrobacterium tumefaciens MP90/pBet A, Agrobacterium tumefaciens MP90/pBet B), 먼저 재조합된 binary vector가 식물에서 발현 및 형질 전환되는지 여부를 조사하기 위해서 이미 담배에 형질전환을 시켰으며, 형질전환된 담배에서는 ,고농도의 kanamycin배지에서 생장이 가능하였고, PCR에 의하여 NPT II, Bet A, Bet B gene를 조사한 결과 담배 유식물체 모두 band가 형성되어 형질전환체임을 확인할 수 있었다. 인삼에 Beth, BetB gene의 도입은 1M의 mannitol이 함유된 식물호르몬 무첨가 MS 배지에서 단일배 발생방법에 형질전환체를 획득하였으나, 형질전환체의 발생빈도$(12\%)$가 매우 낮았다.