• Molecules and Cells
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• 제43권7호
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• pp.662-670
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• 2020

We have investigated the involvement of the pre-mRNA processing factor 4B (PRP4) kinase domain in mediating drug resistance. HCT116 cells were treated with curcumin, and apoptosis was assessed based on flow cytometry and the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Cells were then transfected with PRP4 or pre-mRNA-processing-splicing factor 8 (PRP8), and drug resistance was analyzed both in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, we deleted the kinase domain in PRP4 using Gateway™ technology. Curcumin induced cell death through the production of ROS and decreased the activation of survival signals, but PRP4 overexpression reversed the curcumin-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis. PRP8 failed to reverse the curcumin-induced apoptosis in the HCT116 colon cancer cell line. In xenograft mouse model experiments, curcumin effectively reduced tumour size whereas PRP4 conferred resistance to curcumin, which was evident from increasing tumour size, while PRP8 failed to regulate the curcumin action. PRP4 overexpression altered the morphology, rearranged the actin cytoskeleton, triggered epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), and decreased the invasiveness of HCT116 cells. The loss of E-cadherin, a hallmark of EMT, was observed in HCT116 cells overexpressing PRP4. Moreover, we observed that the EMT-inducing potential of PRP4 was aborted after the deletion of its kinase domain. Collectively, our investigations suggest that the PRP4 kinase domain is responsible for promoting drug resistance to curcumin by inducing EMT. Further evaluation of PRP4-induced inhibition of cell death and PRP4 kinase domain interactions with various other proteins might lead to the development of novel approaches for overcoming drug resistance in patients with colon cancer.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제25권B호
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• pp.241-251
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• 2005

Exopolysaccharide (CBP) from submerged culture broth of Ganoderma lucidum mycelium and the water soluble (BWS) and water insoluble (BWI) fractions of CBP were prepared by gel filtration. Antitumor activity and effects on proliferation and differenciation of human cancer cells and mouse NIH 3T3 cells were studied. Cytotoxicity test of CBP, BWS and BWI fractions on human cancer cell lines was performed by using sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay. A549 (lung carcinoma), Colo320 DM and HSR (colon carcinoma), and NIH 3T3 cells were used. BWI fraction showed the strongest cytotoxicity (maximum 20% survival) to all human cells tested. However it did not induced apoptosis. Interestingly BWI fraction did not exert cytotoxic effect on NIH 3T3 cells at low concentration of cells ($5{\times}10^4$) but strong toxic effect at high concentration of cells($5{\times}10^5$) which showed transformed morphology. These results suggest that BWI may have cancer cell specific anticancer activity. However, BWI fraction did not effect the amount of pRb and c-myc protein, which implied that BWI fraction did not act at the early stage of signal transduction pathway. CBP fraction induced differenciation of human leukemic cell line, HL-60 cells suggesting the carcinogenesis prevention of normal cell and possible induction of normalization for cancer cell.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.153-158
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• 2012

In order to develop as a natural source of anticancer materials of Cudrania tricuspidata, the cytotoxicity of methanol extracts by harvesting parts and times against 8 cell lines including 293 (normal kidney cells) and A-431 (epidermoid carcinoma cells) were investigated using MTT assay. All harvesting parts had hardly cytotoxicity against 293. And methanol extracts of stem bark and root bark showed very high cytotoxicities against 7 cancer cell lines. The cytotoxicity was the highest against HeLa (cervix adenocarcinoma cells) and followed by MCF-7 (breast adenocarcinoma cells), AGS (stomach adenocarcinoma cells), HT-29 (colon adenocarcinoma cells), HepG2 (hepatoblastoma cells), A549 (lung carcinoma cells) and A-431. By the way, leaf extract had a cytotoxicity against only AGS and ripe fruit extract had no cytotoxicity. Among harvesting times, the cytotoxicity of root bark were high from April to September but that of stem bark showed a little difference. These results showed that anticancer activities of Cudrania tricuspidata extracts were eventful changes by harvesting parts and times.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.369-377
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• 2014

In order to find out anticancer activity of Korean pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), the cytotoxicity against 8 cell lines including 293 (normal kidney cells) and A-431 (epidermoid carcinoma cells) of extracts by extraction solvents and plant parts were investigated using MTT assay. Also the correlation between content of capsaicin known as anticancer ingredient and cytotoxicity of extracts from pepper were analyzed. The distilled water extracts from seed and germinated seed showed very high cytotoxicity against 6 cancer cell lines including A549 (lung carcinoma cells), AGS (stomach adenocarcinoma cells), HeLa (cervix adenocarcinoma cells), HepG2 (hepatoblastoma cells), HT-29 (colon adenocarcinoma cells), and MCF-7 (breast adenocarcinoma cells). But 80% ethanol and methanol extracts showed cytotoxicity against 293 and AGS. The $RC_{50}$, that was, the concentration of sample required for 50% reduction of cell viability, of seed and germinated seed extracts against AGS were $33.4{\sim}389.1{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ and $63.9{\sim}1,316.7{\mu}g/m{\ell}$, respectively, so anticancer activity was higher in seed than in germinated seed. In capsaicin contents, seed with high cytotoxicity and pericarp with a little cytotoxicity contained $47.4{\sim}1,260.0{\mu}g/g$ and $58.3{\sim}1,498.0{\mu}g/g$, respectively. As these results, the correlation was not between cytotoxicity and capsaicin content.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.263-264
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• 2007

Splenic metastasis from colon carcinoma are rare and usually occur in the presence of disseminated visceral metastasis. The liver is the most common site of metastatic spread from colon cancer. Several hypotheses have attempted to explain the low incidence of splenic metastasis. It should be difficult for colorectal cancer cells to reach the spleen through the portal venous system, in which the blood flow is usually from the spleen to the liver. Reticuloendothelial system or rhythmic contraction of the spleen may squeeze out the tumor in the spleen. The absence of afferent lymphatic to the spleen, phagocytic activity and humoral anticancer substances are considered to be other reason for low incidence of splenic metastasis. We report the case of $^{18}F-FDG$ PET/CT finding in a 70-year-old woman who develop isolated splenic metastasis of sigmoid colon cancer.

• 한국엔터테인먼트산업학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.217-223
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• 2019

본 연구는 사람의 대장암에 천연물인 과라나와 그라비올라가 어떤 효능을 나타내는지를 확인하고자 항산화 활성과 항암활성을 분석하였다. 각각 에탄올로 추출하여 control, 25.0, 50.0, 75, 100.0mg/ml의 농도에서 DPPH분석한 결과 과라나는 50mg/ml에서 80.9%, 그라비올라는 71.4%의 소거율을 보여 유의적인 항산화 활성이 있음을 확인하였다. 인체 대장암 세포주인 HCT-116에서 MTT assay와 FACS에 의한 apoptotic rate로 항암효과를 조사한 결과, 과라나와 그라비올라 모두 세포증식을 강하게 억제하였으며, 특히 10mg/ml의 농도에서 과라나는 96.65±3.71, 그라비올라는 76.58±2.87%의 높은 apoptotic rate를 나타냄으로써 뚜렷한 항암 효과가 있음을 확인하였다. 이와 같은 결과는 천연 식물성 성분인 과라나와 그라비올라가 대장암의 예방과 치료에 새로운 항암제로서의 기초자료를 제공하는 것이며, 향후 국민건강 및 의료비 절감에도 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.1209-1217
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• 2009

많은 암세포에 선택적 세포독성을 나타내는 TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)는 유효한 항암제로서 사용될 수 있지만, TRAIL에 내성을 나타내는 암세포에는 TRAIL-sensitization의 방법이 필요하다. 사람 대장암 세포인 KMl2 세포도 TRAIL에 내성을 나타낸다. 본 연구에서는 KMl2세포의 TRAIL 내성에 대한 새로운 표적 분자의 발굴과 이를 토대로 한 새로운 내성극복 방법을 연구하였다. 새로운 TRAIL sensitizer로서 quercetin을 발굴하고, 이를 KMl2세포에 TRAIL과 병용 처리하여 TRAIL의 효과증강을 시도하였다. KMl2세포에서 quercetin은 c-FLTP의 발현을 감소시키고, DNA-PK/Akt 신호전달경로를 억제하므로서, death receptors (DR4/DR5) 발현을 증강시켰다. 또한 caspases (caspase 3, -8 및 -9)활성 증강과 PARP cleavage, 이에 따른 Bax의 발현을 증강시키는 기전으로 TRAIL에 의한 apoptosis를 증대시키는 활성이 있음을 밝혔다. 즉 quercetin이 KMl2세포의 TRAIL-sensitization에 사용될 수 있음을 제시하였다. 이러한 연구 결과는 대장암의 치료 시 TRAIL과 quercetin병용하므로서 치료 효과를 높일 수 있는 새로운 약제 병용 방법을 제시하였고, 다른 TRAIL 내성 종양에 응용 될 수 있음을 시사하였다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.194-201
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• 2011

Caudal homeodomain 단백질은 초파리에서 사람에 이르기까지 보존되어 있으며, 장조직의 발생과 유지에 필수적인 역할을 한다. CDX1과 CDX2의 발현 감소 혹은 소실이 대장암과 연관되어 있음이 잘 알려져 있다. 대장암 발생은 산화성 스트레스와 밀접한 관련이 있으며, 대장암 조직에서 항산화효소인 catalase의 발현이 감소되어 있다. 하지만 그 분자적 기전은 잘 밝혀져 있지 않다. 본 연구에서는 초파리와 사람의 caudal homeodomain 단백질들이 catalase의 발현을 조절하는 것을 보여준다. 초파리 caudal heterozygous 돌연변이체의 대장조직에서 catalase의 발현이 감소되어 있고 ROS 생성이 증가되어 있음을 관찰하였다. 그리고 caudal 유전자의 과발현에 의해 catalase promoter의 활성과 mRNA 수준이 각각 증가함을 확인하였다. 또한 사람의 대장암 세포주인 HCT116 세포에서 CDX1과 CDX2가 catalase promoter의 활성과 단백질 수준에서 catalase를 상향 조절함을 관찰하였다. 이러한 결과들은 CDX1과 CDX2가 catalase 발현 조절을 통하여 장의 항상성 유지와 암발생 과정에 관여함을 시사한다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제42권12호
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• pp.869-883
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• 2019

Interleukin (IL)-15 is an essential immune-modulator with high potential for use in cancer treatment. Natural IL-15 has a low biological potency because of its short half-life and difficulties in mass-production. IL-15Rα, a member of the IL-15 receptor complex, is famous for its high affinity to IL-15 and its ability to lengthen the half-life of IL-15. We have double-transfected IL-15 and its truncated receptor IL-15Rα into CT26 colon cancer cells to target them for intracellular assembly. The secreted IL-15:IL-15Rα complexes were confirmed in ELISA and Co-IP experiments. IL-15:IL-15Rα secreting clones showed a higher anti-tumor effect than IL-15 secreting clones. Furthermore, we also evaluated the vaccine and therapeutic efficacy of the whole cancer-cell vaccine using mitomycin C (MMC)-treated IL-15:IL-15Rα secreting CT26 clones. Three sets of experiments were evaluated; (1) therapeutics, (2) vaccination, and (3) long-term protection. Wild-type CT26-bearing mice treated with a single dose of MMC-inactivated secreted IL-15:IL-15Rα clones prolonged survival compared to the control group. Survival of MMC-inactivated IL-15:IL-15Rα clone-vaccinated mice (without any further adjuvant) exceeded up to 100%. This protection effect even lasted for at least three months after the immunization. Secreted IL-15:IL-15Rα clones challenging trigger anti-tumor response via CD4⁺ T, CD8⁺ T, and natural killer (NK) cell-dependent cytotoxicity. Our result suggested that cell-based vaccine secreting IL-15:IL-15Rα, may offer the new tools for immunotherapy to treat cancer.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.1
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• pp.148.2-149
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• 2003

The inhibitory effect of the lectins (KML-C) isolated from Korean mistletoe (KM; Viscum album coloratum), on tumor metastases produced by highly metastatic murine tumor cells, B 16-BL6 melanoma, colon 26-M3.1 carcinoma and L5178Y-ML25 lymphoma cells, was investigated in syngeneic mice. (omitted)