• KSBB Journal
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.579-591
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• 2001

The cell growth inhibitor effect of cervical cancer cells was investigated by liposome mediated transfection (pRcCMVp53/lipofectin) and by transfection using adenovirus (AdCMVp57). The papilloma virus cancer cell lines we used in this study were HPV16 positive, having inhibiter gene, wild p53 gene, CaSki, SiHa, HPV18 positive HeLa, HeLaS3 and HPV negative C33A, HT3. LacZ gene of E.coli was used as the marker gene for the transfection efficiency. The effect on the inhibition of tumor cell growth was measured by cell count and cell viability though ELISA analysis and MTT assay. The inhibition of tumor cell growth was confirmed by measuring each assay for six days, comparing with the normal control cell growth. The cell growth of cervical cancer calls by transfection was significantly reduced and showed tittle differences among the cell lines. To eliminate the potential problem of Ad(adenovirus) contamination during rAAV production, rAAV can be produced by a triple transfection of vector plasmic, packaging plasmid, and adenovirus helper plasmid. To examine the helper functions of Ad plasmids on the production of rAAV vector, we carried out cotransfection of three plasmids, AAV vector, packaging construct, and Ad helper plasmids. The optimized transfection condition for calcium phosphate method is 25ug of total DNA per 10-cm-diameter plate of 293 cell. We found that rAAV yields peaked at 48hr after Ad infection. The titer of rAAV was measured by the dot blot analysis to measure the number of particles/ml based on the quantification of viral DNA. Recent1y, Kombucha(fungi) was identified as a very potent antileukefic agent. In the present study, effect of natural toxin(plankton) and Kombucha is PSP(GTXI-3, neoSTX), on various MTT assay cervical cancer cell line. Toxin(GTX 1-3, neoSTX) also inhibited the proliferation in primary cervical cancer calls in a dose-dependent toxin concentration. These results showed that toxin was very potent in inhibiting the proliferation of cervical cancer calls in vitro. Toxins and Kombuoha exhibited a dose dependent inhibition of cellular proliferation in cancer cell line.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.61-65
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• 2003

This study was investigated to identify the regulatory mechanism of ACC gene expression by hormones and nutrition. The fragment of ACC promoter I (PI) -220 bp region was recombined to pGL3-Basic vector with luciferase as a reporter gene. The primary hepatocyte from the rat was used to investigate the regulation of ACC PI activity. ACC PI (-220 bp)/luciferase chimeric plasmid was transfected into primary rat hepatocyte by using lipofectin. ACC PI activity was shown by measuring luciferase activity. The addition of insulin, dexamethasone, and triiodothyronine to the culture medium increased the activity of ACC PI by 2.5-, 2.3- and 1.8-fold, respectively. In the presence of 1 $\mu$M dexamethasone, the effects of insulin was amplified about 1.2-fold showing the additional effects of dexamethasone. Moreover the activity of luciferase was increased by insulin, dexamethasone, and triiodothyronine treatment approximately 4-fold. These results indicated that insulin, dexamethasone and thyroid hormone coordinately regulate ACC gene expression via regulation of promoter I activity. On the -220 to ＋21 region of ACC PI, the addition of the glucose to the culture medium increased the activity of ACC PI. With 25 mM glucose, luciferase activity increased by 7-fold. On the other hand, on the -220 bp region, ACC PI activity was not changed by polyunsaturated fatty acids. Therefore, it can be postulated that there are response elements for insulin, triiodothyronine, dexamethasone, and glucose, but not PUFAs on the -220 bp region of ACC PI.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.235-239
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• 2004

Drosophila melanogaster heat shock protein 70 gene promoter (Dhsp70p) is widely used in transgenic insect to drive exogenous gene, and the homologous region 3 from Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPVhr3) functions as an enhancer for several promoters. To test whether BmNPVhr3 can enhance the Dhsp70ps transcriptional activity, the reporter plasmids, which contain the Dhsp70p, the reporter $\beta$-galactosidase gene with SV40 terminator and BmNPVhr3 fragment, are constructed and transfected into the insect cell lines (Bm-N cells and Sf-21 cells) by lipofectin-mediated method. The results from the transient expression assay show that BmNPVhr3 significantly increases transcriptional activity of Dhsp70p both under the normal condition and under the heat-shock treatment, although the effects are significantly different between in Bm-N cells and in sf-21 cells. The enhancing behavior of BmNPVhr3 on the Dhsp70p is in an orientation-independent manner. Meanwhile, the effects of heat-shock treatment on Dhsp70p alone or Dhsp70p/BmNPVhr3 combination present no significant difference, indicating that BmNPVhr3 only enhances the transcriptional activity of Dhsp70p, but cant alter its characteristic of the response to the heat-shock stress. The above results suggest that the Dhsp70p/BmNPVhr3 combination is more effective one to drive exogenous gene for transgene or stable cell expression system in insects.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.796-805
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• 1997

연구배경 : 세포주기의 활성화, 그 중에서도 특히 $G_1$/S 이행에 관여하는 세포주기관련 단백질들은 암발생에 있어서 매우 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. $G_1$ 세포주기 관련 단백질 중의 하나인 cdk4 (cyclin dependent kinase 4)의 억제제로 알려져 있는 p16 유전자는 최근에 밝혀진 종양억제유전자중의 하나로서 MTS1 (multiple tumor suppressor 1)이라고도 불린다. p16 유전자는 지금까지 알려진 어느 종양관련 유전자보다도 유전자변이의 빈도가 높은 암억제유전자인데, 특히 비소세포폐암인 경우는 70% 이상의 세포주에서 p16 단백질의 발현이 없는 것으로 밝혀져 있어 p16 유전자는 비소세포폐암 발생에 매우 중요한 역할을 할 것이라고 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 비소세포폐암에서 p16을 이용한 유전자치료의 타당성을 입증하기 위하여 다음과 같은 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : p16이 결여된 비소세포폐암 세포주 (NCI-H441)에, 정상섬유아세포에서 총 RNA를 추출하여 역전사효소 및 DNA 중합효소반응으로 증폭된 p16 cDNA를 유핵세포 발현 vector인 pRC-CMV plasmid에 subcloning하여 구축된 pRC-CMV-p16 plasmid vector를 lipofectin을 이용하여 유전자 이입한 후, 단백질을 추출하여 Western blot 분석과 면역침전법으로 $G_1$ 세포주기관련 단백질의 변동을 관찰하고, colony 형성능을 비교함으로써 암억제효과를 확인하였다. 결 과 : p16이 유전자주입된 NCI-H441 세포주에서 p16과 cdk4가 복합체를 형성하고 있고 인산화 Rb가 대조 세포주에 비해 감소되어 있음을 확인할 수 있어, p16이 cdk4와 결합함으로써 cdk4에 의한 Rb의 인산화를 방해하고 이에 따른 $G_1$ 세포주기 정체에 의해 종양억제효과가 나타난다는 설명을 뒷받침할 수 있었다. Clonogenic assay 결과는 p16 유전자주입된 NCI-H441 세포주의 colony 형성능이 대조 세포주에 비하여 현격히 감소함을 관찰하였다. 결 론 : 이상의 결과로 p16(MTS1) 유전자를 p16 단백질을 발현하지 못하는 비소세포폐암 세포주에 주입할 경우, 주입한 유전자에서 생성되는 p16 단백질이 cdk와 결합하여 Rb 단백질의 인산화를 저하시켜 궁극적으로 암억제 효과를 일으킬 수 있음이 확인되었고, 이는 향후 비소세포폐암의 유전자치료에 있어서 p16 유전자의 이용 가능성을 확인한 기초자료가 된다고 생각된다.

• 대한바이러스학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.239-255
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• 1997

전염성 췌장괴저바이러스 (Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus) DRT 주의 VP1유전자를 대 장균 발현운반체와 Baculovirus에 삽입하여 대장균과 진핵세로에서 VP1단백질의 발현을 연구하였다. 재조합체 pMal-pol 클론 [7]에서 2.7 Kb 단편인 VP1 유전자를 제한효소 XbaI으로 절단하여 Baculovirus 운반체인 pBacPAK9에 클로닝하여 pBacVP1이라 명명하였다. 이 pBacVP1에 클로닝된 VP1유전자를 제한효소 SacI과 PstI으로 절단하여 대장균 발현 운반체인 pQE-30에 클로닝하여 pQEVP1이라 명명하였다. 또한 VP1 단백질의 C-말단에 6개의 히스티딘 $6{\times}His$이 붙어 있는 단백질을 만들기 위하여, pQEVP1 클론의 His부위를 EcoRI으로 절단하고, 또한 pBacVP1을 EcoRI으로 절단하여 생긴 부위에His-EcoRI DNA 단편을 교체시켜 재클로닝하여 pBacHis-VP1을 만들었다. pBacHis-VP1 DNA와 Bsu36I로 처리된 LacZ-Hyphantria cunea nuclear polyhedrosis virus (LacZ-HcNPV)를 함께 lipofectin을 이용하여 곤충세포 (Spodoptera frugiperda cell)에 동시 감염을 시켜서 재조합 바이러스를 선발하여, VP1-HcNPV-1이라 명명하였다. pQEVP1 클론은 6개의 히스티딘 단편이 부착된 VP1단백질을 Ni-NTA resin 크로마토그래피법으로 정제하여 SDS-PAGE와 Western blot으로 확인하였고, 단백질의 활성과 구조에 영향을 주지 않는 6개의 히스티딘 단편 ($6\;{\times}\;His$)이 부착된 94 kDa의 VP1단백질을 정제할 수 있었다. 또한 재조합 바이러스에 감염된 곤충세포에서 VP1 단백질이 발현된 것을 전기영동과 Western blot으로 검색을 한 결과 95 kDa VP1 단백질이 발현이 되었음을 확인하였다.