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Lin28a attenuates TGF-β-induced renal fibrosis

  • Jung, Gwon-Soo;Hwang, Yeo Jin;Choi, Jun-Hyuk;Lee, Kyeong-Min
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.53 no.11
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    • pp.594-599
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    • 2020
  • Lin28a has diverse functions including regulation of cancer, reprogramming and regeneration, but whether it promotes injury or is a protective reaction to renal injury is unknown. We studied how Lin28a acts in unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO)-induced renal fibrosis following unilateral ureteral obstruction, in a mouse model. We further defined the role of Lin28a in transforming growth factor (TGF)-signaling pathways in renal fibrosis through in vitro study using human tubular epithelium-like HK-2 cells. In the mouse unilateral ureteral obstruction model, obstruction markedly decreased the expression of Lin28a, increased the expression of renal fibrotic markers such as type I collagen, α-SMA, vimentin and fibronectin. In TGF-β-stimulated HK-2 cells, the expression of Lin28a was reduced and the expression of renal fibrotic markers such as type I collagen, α-SMA, vimentin and fibronectin was increased. Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of Lin28a inhibited the expression of TGF-β-stimulated type I collagen, α-SMA, vimentin and fibronectin. Lin28a inhibited TGF-β-stimulated SMAD3 activity, via inhibition of SMAD3 phosphorylation, but not the MAPK pathway ERK, JNK or p38. Lin28a attenuates renal fibrosis in obstructive nephropathy, making its mechanism a possible therapeutic target for chronic kidney disease.

Lin28 is Required for Single Niche Development in the Drosophila Male Gonad

  • Perinthottathil Sreejith;Changsoo Kim
    • Development and Reproduction
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.221-226
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    • 2023
  • A stem cell niche provides an environment that governs stem cell maintenance and division. Thus, the development of a proper niche is of prime importance to stem cell behaviors. Mechanisms of niche development are beginning to be revealed in the Drosophila male gonad. Niche cells are initially dispersed throughout the gonad, then assemble at its apical tip through the anterior migration of posteriorly located niche cells. The molecular mechanisms of this migration and assembly are still poorly understood. Here we show evidence suggesting that Lin28, an RNA-binding protein and regulator of let7 genesis, might be an intrinsic factor for the anterior migration of niche cells. We found that a dispersed, ectopic niche, a phenotype observed with anterior migration defects, occurs in lin28 mutant gonads. This phenotype is rescued by expression of lin28 in the niche cells. These findings suggest that Lin28 might be required for the anterior migration of niche cells.

LIN-23, an E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Component, Is Required for the Repression of CDC-25.2 Activity during Intestinal Development in Caenorhabditis elegans

  • Son, Miseol;Kawasaki, Ichiro;Oh, Bong-Kyeong;Shim, Yhong-Hee
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.39 no.11
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    • pp.834-840
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    • 2016
  • Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) utilizes two different cell-cycle modes, binucleations during the L1 larval stage and endoreduplications at four larval moltings, for its postembryonic intestinal development. Previous genetic studies indicated that CDC-25.2 is specifically required for binucleations at the L1 larval stage and is repressed before endoreduplications. Furthermore, LIN-23, the C. elegans ${\beta}$-TrCP ortholog, appears to function as a repressor of CDC-25.2 to prevent excess intestinal divisions. We previously reported that intestinal hyperplasia in lin-23(e1883) mutants was effectively suppressed by the RNAi depletion of cdc-25.2. Nevertheless, LIN-23 targeting CDC-25.2 for ubiquitination as a component of E3 ubiquitin ligase has not yet been tested. In this study, LIN-23 is shown to be the major E3 ubiquitin ligase component, recognizing CDC-25.2 to repress their activities for proper transition of cell-cycle modes during the C. elegans postembryonic intestinal development. In addition, for the first time that LIN-23 physically interacts with both CDC-25.1 and CDC-25.2 and facilitates ubiquitination for timely regulation of their activities during the intestinal development.

Reconsideration of Classical Antibiotic Lincomycin: Anti-inflammatory Effect in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 Cells

  • Yang, Eun-Jin;Lee, Nari;Hyun, Chang-Gu
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.48 no.3
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    • pp.366-372
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    • 2020
  • Since, side effects of antibiotics are frequently emphasized these days, their use is gradually diminishing, and alternative drugs are being developed. We have sought to reintroduce them as raw materials for human health as conventional 'weapons' that have been retired after their historical duties. In this study, we investigated the anti-inflammatory effects of lincomycin (LIN), on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. Our findings show that LIN potently inhibited production of LPS-induced proinflammatory mediators, such as nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), without cytotoxicity. Consistent with these findings, LIN strongly decreased protein expression levels of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase (COX-2). Furthermore, LIN reduced pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-1β. To further elucidate the mechanisms of these inhibitory effects of LIN, we studied LPS-induced IκB-α degradation, and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphorylation. LIN suppressed downregulation of inhibitory κB (IκB-α) degradation, and the phosphorylation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway. Based on these results, we suggest that LIN may be considered a potential candidate as an anti-inflammatory cosmetic or a medicine for human health.

Growth and Pigment Formation of Genus Monascus on Medium Compositions (배지에 따른 Genus Monascus의 증식도와 색소함량)

  • 윤은경;김미정;김순동
    • Food Science and Preservation
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.425-428
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    • 2002
  • Growth and pigment formation in Genus Monascus(M. pilosus and M purpureus) related 15 kinds of culture media(Lin medium, SP medium, YM medium, YE medium, GMIN medium, SMO medium, MY medium, GY medium, Nishikawa medium, sucrose medium, stock culture, Mizutani medium, modified Lin medium, Toya medium and rice medium) were investigated. Mizutani medium and Lin medium among 15 kinds of the culture media showed good growth for M. pilosus, M purpureus, fresh mycelium weight cultivated for 10 days at 30$^{\circ}C$ was each 24.5∼26.9 or 15.9∼17.2 g/100 mL. The culture media which showed higher content of pigment production in two fungi were Lin medium(OD: 1.2 ∼ 1.6 and Mizutani medium(OD: 0.8 ∼ 1.0) that showed higher in M. pilosus.

UNIQUENESS OF HOMOGENEOUS DIFFERENTIAL POLYNOMIALS CONCERNING WEAKLY WEIGHTED-SHARING

  • Pramanik, Dilip Chandra;Roy, Jayanta
    • Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.439-449
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    • 2019
  • In 2006, S. Lin and W. Lin introduced the definition of weakly weighted-sharing of meromorphic functions which is between "CM" and "IM". In this paper, using the notion of weakly weighted-sharing, we study the uniqueness of nonconstant homogeneous differential polynomials P[f] and P[g] generated by meromorphic functions f and g, respectively. Our results generalize the results due to S. Lin and W. Lin, and H.-Y. Xu and Y. Hu.

The statical analysis of GuiLinGuBon prescriptoin ("계림고본(桂林古本)" 상한논판본(傷寒論板本)의 처방구성에 대한 분석연구)

  • Seo, Young-Bae;Kang, Han-Eun
    • Journal of Haehwa Medicine
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.65-78
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    • 2012
  • Found on the 19th century, GuiLinGuBon can have more several unique features than the other extinguish editions. GuiLinGuBon has been Receiving attention, because it contains both and 's contents, as well as it consistt of 16 books to the same as the preperce, and then it analyzed the chapter on Wending Disease(溫病) and Liuyin Disease(六淫病) in detail which is not written in current book, and gives several clues to solve many questions that caused the controversy. This thesis is the study the GuiLinGuBon on the overall composition and the prescriptions for the overall analysis to book configuration, herbs configuration, 8 method(八法) according to the prescribed frequency, SinNongBonChoGyong(神农本草经) according to the herbs of the SamPum(三品) classification and statistical processing GuiLinGuBon the specific features were analyzed.