• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.493-502
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• 2020

Apigenin, a naturally occurring flavonoid, is known to exhibit significant anticancer activity. This study was designed to determine the effects of apigenin on two malignant mesothelioma cell lines, MSTO-211H and H2452, and to explore the underlying mechanism(s). Apigenin significantly inhibited cell viability with a concomitant increase in intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and caused the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm), and ATP depletion, resulting in apoptosis and necroptosis in monolayer cell culture. Apigenin upregulated DNA damage response proteins, including the DNA double strand break marker phospho (p)-histone H2A.X. and caused a transition delay at the G₂/M phase of cell cycle. Western blot analysis showed that apigenin treatment upregulated protein levels of cleaved caspase-3, cleaved PARP, p-MLKL, and p-RIP3 along with an increased Bax/Bcl-2 ratio. ATP supplementation restored cell viability and levels of DNA damage-, apoptosisand necroptosis-related proteins that apigenin caused. In addition, N-acetylcysteine reduced ROS production and improved ΔΨm loss and cell death that were caused by apigenin. In a 3D spheroid culture model, ROS-dependent necroptosis was found to be a mechanism involved in the anti-cancer activity of apigenin against malignant mesothelioma cells. Taken together, our findings suggest that apigenin can induce ROS-dependent necroptotic cell death due to ATP depletion through mitochondrial dysfunction. This study provides us a possible mechanism underlying why apigenin could be used as a therapeutic candidate for treating malignant mesothelioma.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.127-136
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• 2013

Ionizing radiation, including that evoked by gamma (${\gamma}$)-rays, induces oxidative stress through the generation of reactive oxygen species, resulting in apoptosis, or programmed cell death. This study aimed to elucidate the radioprotective effects of hyperoside (quercetin-3-O-galactoside) against ${\gamma}$-ray radiation-induced apoptosis in Chinese hamster lung fibroblasts, V79-4 and demonstrated that the compound reduced levels of intracellular reactive oxygen species in ${\gamma}$-ray-irradiated cells. Hyperoside also protected irradiated cells against DNA damage (evidenced by pronounced DNA tails and elevated phospho-histone H2AX and 8-oxoguanine content) and membrane lipid peroxidation. Furthermore, hyperoside prevented the ${\gamma}$-ray-provoked reduction in cell viability via the inhibition of apoptosis through the increased levels of Bcl-2, the decreased levels of Bax and cytosolic cytochrome c, and the decrease of the active caspase 9 and caspase 3 expression. Taken together, these results suggest that hyperoside defend cells against ${\gamma}$-ray radiation-induced apoptosis by inhibiting oxidative stress.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.277-286
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• 1992

개구리의 난자로 부터 maturation promoting factor(MPF)를 추출, 부분 분리하여 이들의 활성을 조사하고 이 물질의 생성과 protein kinase C(반KC)와의 관계를 조사하SB다. 성숙된 난자를 분쇄한 후 초원심분리과정을 거쳐 MPF의 crude extract(CE)를 얻은 다음 ultrafiltration (UF)과 고속액체크로마토그라피를 거쳐서 3종류의 분획 (peak 1, 11, and 111)을 얻었다. 이들 분획을 in nitro assay와 autoradiDgraphy를 사용하여 확인한 결과 분획 11에서 MPF 활성이 있는 것을 알았다. 분리 단계에 따라 MPF의 정제도를 Hl histone kinase assay로 조사한 결깍 UF를 거친 것은 CE보다 약 3배로, 분획 11에서는 약 117배로 증가한 것을 확인하였다. 또한 MPF분획의 인산화를 autoradiography로 조사한 결과 45 KD 단백질을 포함한 수종의 난자 단백질이 강하게 인산화되었음을 알 수 있었다. PKC의 활성화가 난자내 MPF의 생성을 유도하는가를 보기 위하여 PKC의 활성제인 12-0-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13 acetate(TPA)를 처리한 난자의 세포질 추출물을 미세주입 법으로 조사한 결과 TPA 처리 후 6시간부터 난자내 MPF의 활성이 나타나는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 결과들은 PKC의 활성화가 MPF의 생성을 유도하고, MPF의 활성화와 함께 일부 단백질들의 인산화를 통하여 궁극적으로 난자 성숙을 촉진했음을 시사한다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제40권8호
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• pp.567-576
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• 2017

The $Na^+/H^+$ exchanger is responsible for maintaining the acidic tumor microenvironment through its promotion of the reabsorption of extracellular $Na^+$ and the extrusion of intracellular $H^+$. The resultant increase in the extracellular acidity contributes to the chemoresistance of malignant tumors. In this study, the chemosensitizing effects of cariporide, a potent $Na^+/H^+-exchange$ inhibitor, were evaluated in human malignant mesothelioma H-2452 cells preadapted with lactic acid. A higher basal level of phosphorylated (p)-AKT protein was found in the acid-tolerable H-2452AcT cells compared with their parental acid-sensitive H-2452 cells. When introduced in H-2452AcT cells with a concentration that shows only a slight toxicity in H-2452 cells, cariporide exhibited growth-suppressive and apoptosis-promoting activities, as demonstrated by an increase in the cells with pyknotic and fragmented nuclei, annexin V-PE(+) staining, a $sub-G_0/G_1$ peak, and a $G_2/M$ phase-transition delay in the cell cycle. Preceding these changes, a cariporide-induced p-AKT down-regulation, a p53 up-regulation, an ROS accumulation, and the depolarization of the mitochondrial-membrane potential were observed. A pretreatment with the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor LY294002 markedly augmented the DNA damage caused by the cariporide, as indicated by a much greater extent of comet tails and a tail moment with increased levels of the p-histone H2A.X, $p-ATM^{Ser1981}$, $p-ATR^{Ser428}$, $p-CHK1^{Ser345}$, and $p-CHK2^{Thr68}$, as well as a series of pro-apoptotic events. The data suggest that an inhibition of the PI3K/AKT signaling is necessary to enhance the cytotoxicity toward the acidtolerable H-2452AcT cells, and it underlines the significance of proton-pump targeting as a potential therapeutic strategy to overcome the acidic-microenvironment-associated chemotherapeutic resistance.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권18호
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• pp.7849-7855
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• 2014

Purpose: To investigate the effect of deacetylase inhibitory trichostatin A (TSA) on anti HepG2 liver carcinoma cells and explore the underlying mechanisms. Materials and Methods: HepG2 cells exposed to different concentrations of TSA for 24, 48, or 72h were examined for cell growth inhibition using CCK8, changes in cell cycle distribution with flow cytometry, cell apoptosis with annexin V-FTIC/PI double staining, and cell morphology changes under an inverted microscope. Expression of ${\beta}$-catenin, HDAC1, HDAC3, H3K9, CyclinD1 and Bax proteins was tested by Western blotting. Gene expression for ${\beta}$-catenin, HDAC1and HDAC3 was tested by q-PCR. ${\beta}$-catenin and H3K9 proteins were also tested by immunofluorescence. Activity of Renilla luciferase (pTCF/LEF-luc) was assessed using the Luciferase Reporter Assay system reagent. The activity of total HDACs was detected with a HDACs colorimetric kit. Results: Exposure to TSA caused significant dose-and time-dependent inhibition of HepG2 cell proliferation (p<0.05) and resulted in increased cell percentages in G0/G1 and G2/M phases and decrease in the S phase. The apoptotic index in the control group was $6.22{\pm}0.25%$, which increased to $7.17{\pm}0.20%$ and $18.1{\pm}0.42%$ in the treatment group. Exposure to 250 and 500nmol/L TSA also caused cell morphology changes with numerous floating cells. Expression of ${\beta}$-catenin, H3K9and Bax proteins was significantly increased, expression levels of CyclinD1, HDAC1, HDAC3 were decreased. Expression of ${\beta}$-catenin at the genetic level was significantly increased, with no significant difference in HDAC1and HDAC3 genes. In the cytoplasm, expression of ${\beta}$-catenin fluorescence protein was not obvious changed and in the nucleus, small amounts of green fluorescence were observed. H3K9 fluorescence protein were increased. Expression levels of the transcription factor TCF werealso increased in HepG2 cells following induction by TSA, whikle the activity of total HDACs was decreased. Conclusions: TSA inhibits HDAC activity, promotes histone acetylation, and activates Wnt/${\beta}$-catenin signaling to inhibit proliferation of HepG2 cell, arrest cell cycling and induce apoptosis.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제43권11호
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• pp.945-952
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• 2020

Hypoxia induces the expression of several genes through the activation of a master transcription factor, hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α. This study shows that hypoxia strongly induced the expression of two carboxypeptidases (CP), CPA4 and CPE, in an HIF-1α-dependent manner. The hypoxic induction of CPA4 and CPE gene was accompanied by the recruitment of HIF-1α and upregulation in the active histone modification, H3K4me3, at their promoter regions. The hypoxic responsiveness of CPA4 and CPE genes was observed in human adipocytes, human adipose-derived stem cells, and human primary fibroblasts but not mouse primary adipocyte progenitor cells. CPA4 and CPE have been identified as secreted exopeptidases that degrade and process other secreted proteins and matrix proteins. This finding suggests that hypoxia changes the microenvironment of the obese hypoxic adipose tissue by inducing the expression of not only adipokines but also peptidases such as CPA4 and CPE.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.610-615
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• 2017

When Shigella infect host cells, various effecter molecules are delivered into the cytoplasm of the host cell through the type III secretion system (TTSS) to facilitate their invasion process and control the host immune responses. Among these effectors, the S. flexneri effector OspF dephosphorylates mitogen-activated protein kinases and translocates itself to the nucleus, thus preventing histone H3 modification to regulate expression of proinflammatory cytokines. Despite the critical role of OspF, the mechanism by which it localizes in the nucleus has remained to be elucidated. In the present study, we identified a potential small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) modification site within OspF and we demonstrated that Shigella TTSS effector OspF is conjugated with SUMO in the host cell and this modification mediates the nuclear translocation of OspF. Our results show a bacterial virulence factor can exploit host post-translational machinery to execute its intracellular trafficking.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.381-389
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• 2009

Using the DDRT-PCR, a series of differentially expressed genes in human primary cervical cancer was isolated. Among the 250 PCR amplimers, 88 gene fragments were confirmed by reverse Northern hybridization. Homology searches indicated that 26 out of 88 were previously known genes including calmodulin, human BBC1, histone H3.3, a series of ribosomal proteins (RPL19, RPS19, and RPS12), translation initiation factor (eIF-4AI), lactoferrin, integrin ${\alpha}6$, cell-surface antigens (CD9 and CD59), transcription factor (mbp-1), and mitochondrial proteins. Several unknown clones showed sequence homology with known genes. Furthermore, six of the unknown genes showed identical sequence with expressed sequence tags (EST) of unknown function. Differential expression patterns of identified genes were further examined and confirmed with multiple pairs of cervical cancer samples using Northern hybridization. Our profiling of differentially expressed genes may provide useful information about the underlying genetic alterations in human cervical carcinoma and diagnostic markers for this disease. The precise roles of these genes in cancer development remain to be elucidated.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.1393-1402
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• 2017

식물에서, 칼슘-의존적 단백질 카이네즈(CDPKs)는 $Ca^{2+}$ 신호전달에서 중요한 $Ca^{2+}$ 수용체이다. 벼(Oryza sativa L.)의 CDPKs인 3개의 OsCPKs는 생물정보에 대한 분석이 이루어졌으나, OsCPK11 유전자는 연구가 완전히 수행되지 않았다. 다양한 조직에서 OsCPK11 유전자가 전사수준에서 발현한다는 것은 알려져 있으나, 단백질 수준에서 발현과 생화학적인 특징은 잘 알려져 있지 않다. 이 연구는 OsCPK11의 몇 가지 생화학적 특징을 알아보기 위해 이루어졌다. 먼저 in vitro에서 E. coli를 이용하여 GST-OsCPK11를 발현시키고, 카이네즈 활성 측정과 칼슘-의존적 단백질 카이네즈로서 OsCPK11의 생화학적 분석도 수행하였다. OsCPK11은 스스로 자가인산화하며, $Ca^{2+}$의 존재 하에서 기질로서 histone III-s와 MBP로 인산기 전달 작용을 수행한다. 재조합 OsCPK11의 활성은 $Mg^{2+}$에 의해 영향을 받으며, pH 7.0-7.5에서 최적의 활성을 보인다. 또한 OsCPK11의 활성은 높은 수준의 $Ca^{2+}$가 존재하는 조건에서는 $Mg^{2+}$, $Mn^{2+}$, $Na^+$의 영향을 받지 않는다. 또한 OsCPK11의 자가인산화는 OsCPK11의 $Ca^{2+}$ 민감도를 감소시키는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 마지막으로, OsCPK11의 N-말단 다양화 지역으로 토끼 항체를 만들었고, immunoblot을 기초로 polyclonal antibody는 95.5 kD의 GST-OsCPK11를 인식하는 것으로 나타났다. 이 결과는 벼의 $Ca^{2+}$ 매개 신호전달에서 OsCPK11의 기능을 더 잘 이해하는데 도움을 줄 것이며, 심화 연구를 위해 다양한 OsCPKs의 단백질 정보를 결정하는 것이 필요할 것이다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.173-180
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• 1979

쥐를 48시간 굶긴 뒤에 위에 탄수화물 농도가 높은 먹이를 주거나 streptozotocin을 이용하여 당뇨병을 가지게 만든 쥐에 인슈린 주사를 주었을 때 쥐 간계포의 핵단백질중 가장 주요한 0.14M NaCl에 녹는 핵단백질, histones 그리고 페놀에 녹는 핵단백질의 분포 변화를 조사하고자 SDS gel 전기영동법을 이용하였다. 각 핵단백질 분획을 전기영동법으로 분리시킨 단백질의 상대량을 비교하였을 때 0.14M NaCl 추출물은 현저한 변화를 나타내었으나 histones과 페놀로 추출된 핵단백질 분획들은 분리된 단백질 상대량에 큰 변화가 없었다. 48시간 굶긴 쥐와 정상적으로 먹이를 준 쥐의 0.14M MaCl 추출 핵단백질 분획을 비교하였을때 분자량이 50,000 과 180,000 daltons 사이에 있는 적어도 5개의 핵단백질의 농도가 다른 핵단백질에 비교하여 크게 감소되었다. 반면 분자량이 36,000 daltons 단백질의 농도는 48시간 굶긴 쥐에게 다시 탄수화물 농도가 높은 먹이를 주었을 때 24시간 동안에 정상적으로 먹이를 준 쥐에서 관찰한 핵단백질 분포 양상과 비슷한 결과를 얻었다. 당뇨병을 가진 쥐에게 인슈린 주사를 준 쥐와 인슈린주사를 주지 않은 당뇨병 쥐의 0.14M NaCl추출 핵단백질 분획을 비교 조사한 결과는 굶은 쥐에게 탄수화물 농도가 높은 먹이를 준 다음에 얻은 뒤의 결과와 정상적으로 유사하였다. 여기서 얻은 실험결과들은 0.14M NaCl 추출 핵단백질 중에 있는 어떤 핵단백질의 분포 변화가 이미 알려진 인슈린 신호에 따라 조정되고 cytosol에 있는 지방합성에 관하는 효소(lipogenic enzymes)들의 유도에 관련된 세포핵 활성 조절에 영향을 끼치고 있음을 시사해 준다.