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PHOTOLYSIS OF [1.1.1]PROPELLANE : SYNTHESIS OF NEW COMPOUNDS AND MECHANISTIC STUDY

  • Lee, Woo-Bung;Oh, Dong-Won;Park, Mi-Sook;Hwang, Dug-Hea;Cheong, Chae-Joon;Moon, Hong-Young
    • Journal of Photoscience
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.57-60
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    • 1999
  • The reaction of [1.1.1]propellane with singlet methylene afforded 1,3-dimethylenecyclobutane and [l.1.1.1]paddlane (3). Various minor products were also produced. The reaction of [1.1.1]propellane with triplet methylene afforded 1,3-dimethylenecyclobutane (2) and various minor products. But even trace of [1.1.1.1]paddlane was not detected. The mechanism for the addition of singlet methylene involved [1.1.1.1]paddlane intermediate The addition of triplet methylene led to diradical intermediate. In order to reveal the reaction pathway for generation of various ruiner products, various studies were carried out under the same condition.

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Toxicogenomics and Cell-based Assays for Toxicology

  • Tong, Weida;Fang, Hong;Mendrick, Donna
    • Interdisciplinary Bio Central
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.10.1-10.5
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    • 2009
  • Toxicity is usually investigated using a set of standardized animal-based studies which, unfortunately, fail to detect all compounds that induce human adverse events and do not provide detailed mechanistic information of observed toxicity. As an alternative to conventional toxicology, toxicogenomics takes advantage of currently advanced technologies in genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and bioinformatics to gain a molecular level understanding of toxicity and to enhance the predictive power of toxicity testing in drug development and risk/safety assessment. In addition, there has been a renewed interest, particularly in various government agencies, to prioritize and/or supplement animal testing with a battery of mechanistically informative in vitro assays. This article provides a brief summary of the issues, challenges and lessons learned in these fields and discuss the ways forward to further advance toxicology using these technologies.

Analysis of ERP System Success Factors Depending on Organizational Culture and Size (기업의 조직문화와 기업의 규모에 따른 ERP 시스템 도입의 성공요인 분석)

  • Jung, Chang-Wook;Kim, Il-Kyoung
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.35-47
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the success factors of ERP system in corporations and to know what is different in the factors depending on organizational culture and size. Considering there are various results from introduction of the same information technology(IT), it is implied that organizational characteristics make a difference. In this thesis we did factor analysis and multiple regression about the factors based on the previous studies and analyzed the priorities depending on organizational culture and size. The results show that mechanistic organization has key success factors of work process change, project team abilities, and determination of CEO while organic organization has those of work process change and project team abilities. Plus bigger sized organization has success factors of work process change, project team abilities, and determination of CEO while small sized organization has those of work process change and project team abilities.

IN VITRO INHIBITION BY TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS OF PHENYTOIN p-HYDROXYLATION: MECHANISTIC APPROACH

  • Park, Ji-Young;Kim, Min-Jung;Shon, Ji-Hong;Shin, Jae-Gook
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.195-195
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    • 2001
  • The inhibitory potentials of TCAs (imipramine, desipramine, amitriptyline, and nortriptyline) on phenytoin p-hydroxylation and probe metabolic pathways of each CYP isoforms were evaluated from incubation studies of human liver microsomes and cDNA-expressed cytochrome P450s in vitro in order to understand the mechanism of drug interaction between TCAs and phenytoin, a substrate of CYP2C9 and CYP2C19. (omitted)

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Advancing Risk Assessment through the Application of Systems Toxicology

  • Sauer, John Michael;Kleensang, Andre;Peitsch, Manuel C.;Hayes, A. Wallace
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.5-8
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    • 2016
  • Risk assessment is the process of quantifying the probability of a harmful effect to individuals or populations from human activities. Mechanistic approaches to risk assessment have been generally referred to as systems toxicology. Systems toxicology makes use of advanced analytical and computational tools to integrate classical toxicology and quantitative analysis of large networks of molecular and functional changes occurring across multiple levels of biological organization. Three presentations including two case studies involving both in vitro and in vivo approaches described the current state of systems toxicology and the potential for its future application in chemical risk assessment.

Jab1 as a Mediator of Nuclear Export and Cytoplasmic Degradation of p53

  • Lee, Eun-Woo;Oh, Wonkyung;Song, Jaewhan
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.133-140
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    • 2006
  • Jun activation domain-binding protein 1 (Jab1) is involved in various cellular mechanisms including development in Drosophila and mouse, cell cycle control and signal transduction pathways. Recent studies also determined that Jab1 functions as a nuclear exporter and inducer of cytoplasmic degradation for several proteins including p53, p27, capsid of West Nile virus, and Smad4/7 proteins. In particular, p53 is shown to bind to and to be exported into the cytoplasm by Jab1, which helps to maintain low levels of p53 under normal conditions. This review was undertaken in an effort to understand the biological significance of the homeostasis of p53 as maintained in the presence of Jab1. Based on our observations, we have provided potential mechanistic hypotheses for the nuclear export of p53 in coordination with Jab1 and the role of other factors in these processes.

Emerging Roles of RNA-Binding Proteins in Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses

  • Lee, Kwanuk;Kang, Hunseung
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.179-185
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    • 2016
  • Posttranscriptional regulation of RNA metabolism, including RNA processing, intron splicing, editing, RNA export, and decay, is increasingly regarded as an essential step for fine-tuning the regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes. RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are central regulatory factors controlling posttranscriptional RNA metabolism during plant growth, development, and stress responses. Although functional roles of diverse RBPs in living organisms have been determined during the last decades, our understanding of the functional roles of RBPs in plants is lagging far behind our understanding of those in other organisms, including animals, bacteria, and viruses. However, recent functional analysis of multiple RBP family members involved in plant RNA metabolism and elucidation of the mechanistic roles of RBPs shed light on the cellular roles of diverse RBPs in growth, development, and stress responses of plants. In this review, we will discuss recent studies demonstrating the emerging roles of multiple RBP family members that play essential roles in RNA metabolism during plant growth, development, and stress responses.

Kinetics and Mechanism of the Aminolysis of O-Methyl-S-Phenylthiocarbonates in Methanol

  • Song, Ho-Bong;Choi, Moon-Ho;Koo, In-Sun;Oh, Hyuck-Keun;Lee, Ik-choon
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.91-94
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    • 2003
  • Kinetic studies of the reaction of O-methyl-S-phenylthiocarbonates with benzylamines in methanol at 45.0 ℃ have been carried out. The reaction proceeds by a stepwise mechanism in which the rate-determining step is the breakdown of the zwitterionic tetrahedral intermediate, $T^{\pm}$, with a hydrogen-bonded four-center type transition state (TS). These mechanistic conclusions are drawn based on (ⅰ) the large magnitude of ${\rho}_X\;and\;{\rho}_Z$, (ⅱ) the normal kinetic isotope effects $(k_H/k_D\;>\;1.0)$ involving deuterated benzylamine nucleophiles, (ⅲ) the positive sign of ${\rho}_{XZ}$ and the larger magnitude of ${\rho}_{XZ}$ than that for normal $S_N2$ processes, and lastly (ⅳ) adherence to the reactivity-selectivity principle (RSP) in all cases.

Kinetics and Mechanism of the Pyridinolysis of Aryl Cyclopropanecarboxylates in Acetonitrile

  • Koh, Han-Joong;Kang, Suk-Jin;Kim, Cheol-Ju;Lee, Hai-Whang;Lee, Ik-Choon
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.24 no.7
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    • pp.925-930
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    • 2003
  • Kinetic studies of the reaction of Z-aryl cyclopropanecarboxylates with X-pyridines in acetonitrile at 55.0 ℃ have been carried out. The reaction proceeds by a stepwise mechanism in which the rate-determining step is the breakdown of the zwitterionic tetrahedral intermediate, $T^{\pm}$. These mechanistic conclusions are drawn base on (i) the large magnitude of ρx and ρz, (ii) the positive sign of ρxz and the larger magnitude of ρxz than normal $S_N2$ processes, (iii) a small positive enthalpy of activation, Δ$H^≠$, and a large negative, Δ$S^≠$, and lastly (iv) adherence to the reactivity-selectivity principle (RSP) in all cases.

Simple Analysis for Interaction between Nanoparticles and Dye-Containing Vesicles as a Biomimetic Cell-Membrane

  • Shin, Sohyang;Umh, Ha Nee;Kim, Younghun
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.231-236
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    • 2013
  • Some cytotoxicity studies for the interpretation of the interaction between nanoparticles and cells are non-mechanistic and time-consuming. Therefore, non-biological screening methods, which are faster and simpler than in-vivo and in-vitro methods, are required as alternatives to current cytotoxicity tests. Here, we proposed a simple screening method for the analysis of the interaction between several AgNPs (bare-, citrate-, and polyvinylpyrrolidone-coating) and dye-containing vesicles acting as a biomimetic cell-membrane. The interaction between AgNPs and vesicles could be evaluated readily by UV-vis spectra. Absorbance deviation in UV-vis spectra revealed a large attraction between neighboring particles and vesicles. This was confirmed by (Derjagin, Landau, Verwey, and Overbeek) theory and DMF (dark-field microscopy) analysis. This proposed method might be useful for analyzing the cytotoxicity of nanoparticles with cell-membranes instead of in vitro or in vivo cytotoxicity tests.