• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.799-804
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• 2010

혈관 수축력 및 혈압 조절에 관여하는 것으로 알려진 아라키돈산을 물질 대사시키는 CYP2C19 유전자는 최근 심혈관 질환 관련 연구의 새로운 유전자로 제시되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 CYP2C19 유전자의 2 종류 다형성 ($CYP2C19^*2$와 $CYP2C19^*3$)과 고혈압 간의 연관성을 조사하고자 하였다. 연세대학교 의료원 심장혈관병원에서 수집한 1,241명(환자군: 537명, 대조군: 704명)을 대상으로 $SNaPShot^{TM}$ assay를 이용하여 유전자형을 결정하였다. 두 종류의 다형성 가운데 $CYP2C19^*3$의 대립인자형 및 유전자형의 빈도 분포가 환자군과 대조군 간에 유의한 차이를 나타냈다(p=0.019, p=0.023). 다중 로지스틱 회귀분석 결과, dominant model에서, CYP2C193 A 대립인자형은 본태성 고혈압과 매우 유의한 연관성을 나타냈다(OR, 0.723, p=0.032). 또한 CYP2C19 G-A haplotype은 고혈압 발생 위험을 매우 유의하게 감소시키는 것으로 조사되었다(OR, 0.714, p=0.015). 따라서 본 연구 결과는 $CYP2C19^*3$ 다형성이 본태성 고혈압 발생에 대한 보호 효과작용에 관여할 것이라는 증거를 제시하고자 한다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1529-1540
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• 2011

Silencing of a specific gene using RNAi (RNA interference) is a valuable tool for functional analysis of a target gene. However, information on RNAi for analysis of gene function in farm animals is relatively nil. In the present study, we have validated the interfering effects of siRNA (small interfering RNA) using both quantitative and qualitative gene silencing in buffalo granulosa cells. Qualitative gene knockdown was validated using a fluorescent vector, enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP) and fluorescently labeled siRNA (Cy3) duplex. While quantitatively, siRNA targeted against the luciferase and CYP19 mRNA was used to validate the technique. CYP19 gene, a candidate fertility gene, was selected as a model to demonstrate the technique optimization. However, to sustain the expression of CYP19 gene in culture conditions using serum is difficult because granulosa cells have the tendency to luteinize in presence of serum. Therefore, serum free culture conditions were optimized for transfection and were found to be more suitable for the maintenance of CYP19 gene transcripts in comparison to culture conditions with serum. Decline in fluorescence intensity of green fluorescent protein (EGFP) was observed following co-transfection with plasmid generating siRNA targeted against EGFP gene. Quantitative decrease in luminescence was seen when co-transfected with siRNA against the luciferase gene. A significant suppressive effect on the mRNA levels of CYP19 gene at 100 nM siRNA concentration was observed. Also, measurement of estradiol levels using ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) showed a significant decline in comparison to control. In conclusion, the present study validated gene silencing using RNAi in cultured buffalo granulosa cells which can be used as an effective tool for functional analysis of target genes.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.171-176
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• 2005

Objective: To investigate whether polymorphism of CYP19 gene is associated with the risk of advanced endometriosis in Korean women. Methods: Blood samples were collected from 202 endometriosis patients and 221 controls. The patients with endometriosis of stages III and IV diagnosed by both pathologic and laparoscopic findings to according modified AFS classification. The women undergoing laparoscopic surgery or laparotomy for non-malignant lesions were included in the control group. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of PCR products were done to determine all individuals' genotype. Results: The heterozygous allele in CYP19 gene was the most common genotypes in both endometriosis and healthy control groups (52.0% vs. 46.1%). CYP19 gene polymorphisms did not show the significant differences between the control group and endometriosis group. Conclusion: The results suggested that the CYP19 genetic polymorphism was not associated with a risk of advanced endometriosis in Korean women.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권sup3호
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• pp.23-26
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• 2016

Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer and the second cause of mortality in women all around the world. It is caused by several factors including genetic determinants, so that both genetic susceptibility factors and environmental factors are involved in the etiology. Significance of genes functioning in steroid hormone synthesis and metabolism are well established in breast cancer susceptibility. In this study, 134 women with BC and 135 normal controls were analyzed for their genotypes for the polymorphisms, rs743572, rs10046 and rs4646903, resided in CYP17, CYP19 and CYP1A1 genes, respectively. Significant differences in distributions of allele and genotype frequencies were found for the rs10046 polymorphism in CYP19 (p-value=0.01, OR (CI 95%) =1.59 (1.1-2.3), p-value=0.04, OR (CI 95%) =1.7 (1.1-2.5) respectively). For rs743,572 and rs 4646903 polymorphisms, no significant associations were observed. A significant association was observed between the rs10046 polymorphism of the CYP19gene and breast cancer in Iranian patients. Due to inconsistent previous results, more studies in different populations with larger sample sizes are indicated.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제17권
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• pp.145-155
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• 2001

Cytochrome P4502C19 (CYP2C19) is one of human polymorphic xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes. The enzyme has been reported to catalyze more than 70 substrates, involving more than 100 reactions. These include several classes of therapeutic agents (e.g. anti-microbial. cardiovascular, psycho-active, etc.), sex hormones and insecticides. Associations of the CYP2C19 genotype/phenotype with individual differences in drug efficacy (e.g. diazepam, omeprazole, proguanil) and toxicity (e.g. mephenytoin, barbiturates) have been documented by many investigators. At least 11 allelic variants of CYP2C19 gene were reported to date. Most of the mutant alleles found in the poor metabolizer (PM) led to the production of truncated and/or inactive proteins. Except for the exon 6, single-nucleotide mutations were reported in all nine exons of the gene. Genetic polymorphism of CYP2C19 shows marked interethnic variation with the population frequencies of PM phenotype ranging from 1∼2% up to more than 50%. The prevalence of CYP2C19 PM tends to be higher in Asian and certain Pacific Islanders than other race or ethnic specificity. Genotyping results of CYP2C19 also revealed that there are different proportions of individual mutant alleles among ethnic populations. This may, in part, explains the interethnic difference in the metabolism of certain drugs (i.e. diazepam), though they were from the same CYP2C19 phenotype. Recently, our research group has studied the genotype and phenotype of CYP2C19 and found that the PM frequency (7∼8%) in Thais is lower than other Asian populations. Molecular and clinical impacts of this finding warrant to further investigation.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.195-203
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• 2005

Cytochrome P45O 17$\alpha$-hydroxylase (CYPI 7) and cytorhrome P45O aromata.ie (CYPI 9) are key steroidogenic enzymes in androgen and estrogen synthesis. ThiL study evaluated the effects of nonylphenol (NP) on CYP17 and CYP19 expression in the ovary of Sprague-Dawley rats. All female rats were administered orally with the vehicle (control, corn oil), diethylstilbestrol (DES, 5.0 $\mu$g/kg) and NP (50, 100, or 200 mg/kg/day), which was startinB when they were weaned at 21 days of age for 20 days. Twenty four hours after final dose, the animals were anelthetized with ether. Significant decreases in the uterus (wet weight) were observed with 5.0 $\mu$g/kg/day DES (78$\%$, of control) and 200 mg/kg/day NP (62$\%$ of control), respectively Additionally, ovarian weight was significantly decreased with 5.0 $\mu$g/kg/day DES (63$\%$ of control) and 200 mg/kg/day NP (72$\%$ of control). The serum estradiol levels were sligHtly lower in DES and high dose NP treatment groups, but the 74 levels were not affected by DES and NP. The expression of the ovarian CYP19 gene increased with low doses (50 and 100 mg/kg/day) of NP. while DES and high dose oi NP (200 mg/kg/day) did not affect on the CYP19 mRNA levels. In contrast to the CYP19 gene, the CYP17 gene expreLsion level was significantly down-regulated by the DES and 200 mg/ks/day NP. This result suggestE that NP inhibits ovarian estrogen synthelis by supprelsing CYP17 mRNA efprelsion, And different mechanisml might exist for the expression of Lteroidogenic CYP17 and CYP19 genes in the ovary of Sprague-Dawley rats in response to NP.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.14-19
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• 2011

A cyclic undecapeptide-family natural product, cyclosporin A (CyA), which is one of the most valuable immunosuppressive drugs, is produced nonribosomally by a multifunctional cyclosporin synthetase enzyme complex in a filamentous fungal strain named Tolypocladium niveum. Previously, structural modifications of cyclosporins such as a regionspecific hydroxylation at the $4^{th}$ N-methyl leucine in a rare actinomycetes called Sebekia benihana were reported to lead to dramatic changes in their bioactive spectra. However, the reason behind this change could not be determined since a system to genetically manipulate S. benihana has not yet been developed. To address this limitation, in this study, we utilized the most commonly practiced gene manipulation techniques including conjugation-based foreign gene transfer-and-expression as well as targeted gene disruption to genetically manipulate S. benihana. Using these optimized genetic manipulation systems, a putative cytochrome P450 hydroxylase (CYP) gene named CYP506, which is involved in CyA hydroxylation in S. benihana, was specifically disrupted and genetically complemented. The S. benihana${\Delta}$CYP506 exhibited a significantly reduced CyA hydroxylation yield as well as considerable yield restoration by functional complementation of the S. benihana CYP506 gene, suggesting that the genetically manipulated S. benihana CYP mutant strains may serve as a more efficient bioconversion host for various valuable metabolites including CyA.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.310-314
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• 2013

CYP2E1 in the liver has been studied intensively because it is involved in the metabolic activation of xenobiotics. It is inducible by alcohol, so it has been suspected as the cause of cancer in the stomach and lung. The possible role of CYP2E1 has been suggested strongly as causing tissue damage in mice with renal failure. It was also suspected that 5'-flanking region of CYP2E1 gene might be involved with renal failure. So, we investigated polymorphism of restriction enzyme sites within CYP2E1 gene using the PCR-RFLP analysis. PstI and RsaI sites were located at 5'-flanking region and DraI site was located at intron 6. All three types (W/W, W/S, S/S) were observed for these enzymes although each incidence was somewhat different depending the enzyme sites. W/W was prominent for PstI whereas W/S was markedly high for RsaI. Overall, polymorphic incidence in patients was somewhat higher than normal population. This research should facilitate further investigation of CYP2E1 at genetic level as the direct cause of tissue damage in various organs.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.380-386
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• 2005

목 적 : 신생아 황달은 백인에 비해 중국, 일본, 한국 등 동아시아인에서 2배 이상 많이 발생하는 것으로 보아 유전적 연관성이 있을 것으로 생각되어 왔고, 최근 일본인, 타이완 중국인, 한국인에서 UGT1A1 유전자의 Gly71Arg 다형성이 신생아 황달과 연관성이 있다고 보고되었다. 선천적으로 UDP-glucuronosyltransferase(UDPGT)에 결함이 있는 경우에는 부경로(alternative pathway)로 CYP1A2 효소를 자극하여 빌리루빈 대사가 이루어진다. 출생 후 6-14주가 되어야 성인 UDPGT 정상치에 도달하기 때문에 신생아 황달에서 빌리루빈 대사에 CYP1A2 부경로가 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 생각된다. 이에 저자들은 UGT1A1과 CYP1A2 유전자의 다형성이 한국인 신생아 황달의 발생과 어떤 연관성이 있는지 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 혈중 빌리루빈 수치가 12 mg/dL 이상의 건강하고, 황달의 다른 위험인자가 없는 만삭아 79명과 대조군 68명으로부터 혈액 0.5 cc를 채취하여 DNA을 분리하였다. UGT1A1 유전자는 Polymerase chain reaction(PCR) 후에 염기서열 분석을 통해서 Gly71Arg 유전자 다형성을 확인하였으며, CYP1A2는 제한효소인 MboII를 이용하여 PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism 방법과 염기서열 분석을 통해서 T2698G 유전자 다형성을 확인하였다. 결 과 : UGT1A1 유전자의 Gly71Arg 다형성은 변이형 대립 유전자 분포가 환자군에서 32%로 대조군 11%보다 높았다(P<0.0001). CYP1A2 유전자의 다형성은 변이형 유전형 분포가 환자군에서는 41.8%, 대조군에서 32.3%로 환자군이 높았으며 통계학적으로 유의하였다(P=0.015). 변이형 대립유전자의 빈도는 환자군에서 21%로 대조군 19%보다 높았으나 통계학적 유의성은 없었다(P=0.706). Gly71Arg와 T2698G의 변이형 발생의 연관성은 없었다(P=0.635). 결 론 : 한국인의 신생아 황달에서 체내의 빌리루빈 대사의 주경로와 부경로에 작용하는 효소의 유전자인 UGT1A1과 CYP1A2의 다형성이 확인되었고, UGT1A1 유전자의 Gly71Arg 다형성은 신생아 황달과 연관이 있었으나 CYP1A2 유전자의 T2698G 다형성은 신생아의 황달과 연관이 없었다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.783-792
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• 2008

본 연구는 생후 발달과정에서 숫 흰쥐의 생식기인 Efferent ductules(EDs)과 부정소에서 cytochrome P450 aromatase(Cyp19) 유전자의 발현과 연령별 발현 양상을 알아보는데 목적이 있다. 조직으로부터 추출된 total RNA는 역 전사 반응을 통해 cDNA로 바뀌어진 후 real-time PCR 기법을 사용하여 부위별 그리고 연령별로 Cyp19 유전자 발현을 알아보았다. Cyp19 유전자의 발현은 EDs에서 90일령을 제외한 7일, 14일, 그리고 30일령 등 성숙기 이전의 모든 연령에서 나타났으며, 부정소에서는 7일령을 제외한 모든 연령에서 보여졌다. 특히 부정소에서 Cyp19의 발현은 부정소의 각 부위별로 특이한 양상을 보였다. 본 연구 결과를 통해 남성 생식기의 EDs와 부정소의 각 부분에서 Cyp19 유전자 발현은 연령과 부위에 따라 차별적으로 조절되는 것을 알 수 있었다.