• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1997년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.94-94
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• 1997

The objective of this study was to generate and characterize monoclonal antibodies against rat airway mucins, and therefore, should serve as a useful tool in studying the regulation of airway mucins using various in vivo rat models that are currently available. As an antigen, we used a high molecular mass mucin preparation purified from the spent media of rat tracheal surface epithelial cells in primary culture. Seven hybridomas were obtained which secrete monoclonal antibodies against the rat mucin among which mAbRT03 showed the highest immunoreactivity against the mucin based on ELISA. All of the antibodies secreted by these hybridomas recognized carbohydrate epitopes but not sialic acid residues since their immunoreactivity was completely abolished by treatment of the mucin with 20 mM periodate but not with neuraminidase. Further characterization of mAbRT03 showed that: (1) it belongs to the IgM type, (2) it binds to high molecular mass mucins based on both Western blot analysis and indirect immunoprecipitation, (3) it binds to the luminal side of tracheal epithelium as well as some goblet cells based on immunohistochemistry, and (4) it also recognizes in vive airway mucins from rats but not from human nor hamsters which have been purified from the airway lavage fluids. This is the first anti-rat airway mucin monoclonal antibody which has been developed against purified rat airway mucins. Therefore, mAbRT03 should be able to serve as an invaluable tool in studying the regulation of airway mucins using various intact rat models that are currently available.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.770-780
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• 2002

The airway surface liquid (ASL), often referred to as mucus, is a thin layer of fluid covering the luminal surface of the airway. The major function of mucus is to protect the lung through mucociliary clearance against foreign particles and chemicals entering the lung. The mucus is comprised of water, ions, and various kinds of macromolecules some of which possess the protective functions such as anti-microbial, anti-protease, and anti-oxidant activity. Mucus glycoproteins or mucins are mainly responsible for the viscoelastic property of mucus, which is crucial for the effective mucociliary clearance. There are at least eight mucin genes identified in the human airways, which will potentially generate various kinds of mucin molecules. At present, neither the exact structures of mucin proteins nor their regulation are understood although it seems likely that different types of mucins are involved in different functions and might also be associated with certain airway diseases. The fact that mucins are tightly associated with various macromolecules present in ASL seems to suggest that the defensive role of ASL is determined not only by these individual components but rather by a combination of these components. Collectively, mucins in ASL may be compared to aircraft carriers carrying various types of weapons in defense of airborne enemies.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.387-395
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• 1994

The effect of vitamin C on th egramoxone toxicity in the duodenal globlet cells of rats were investigated suing histochemical methods. Rats in control, gramoxone and gramoxone+vitmain C (Vt.C) group, aged 6 to 7 weeks, were fed 18% casein diet. In th egramoxone group, neutral and acid mucins of the globlet cells in villi and crypts of duodenum tended to decrease as compared with the control group. And the globle cells secreting nonsuphated mucins tended to increase in number, being usually accompanied by a decrease of the globlet cells secreting suphated mucins which are prominent in the duodenal mucosa of control group. However, the goblet cells secreting nonsuphated mucins tended to increase in the gramoxone + Vt.C group. Morphological changes of the globlet cells in the gramoxone group were noted vacuolation and demolition of globlet cells, while those changes were not significant in the gramoxone +Vt. C group. It seems to be that Vt. C has alleviating effects on the gramoxone toxicity in secretion and production of the duodenal goblet cells.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.43-50
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• 1974

1. 개구리 피부점액선의 점액질은 중성, 약산성 및 강산성황화점액질을 포함하되, 선경부 세포에는 중성점액질만이, 선체부 세포에는 3종류의 점액질 성분이 혼재한다. 2. 피부 점액선의 점액질은 건조상태에서 현저히 감소하며 성분별로 볼 때 산성점액질에 비하여 중성점액질이 더욱 심한 영향을 받는다. 3. 점액선 세포내 점액질은 건조상태에 노출된 시간에 따라 점액질 성분상의 변화는 없다. 4. 이상과 같은 현상은 몸의 항상성을 유지하기 위한 생체적응현상의 일단이라고 생각된다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제54권7호
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• pp.344-355
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• 2021

Mucins are high molecular-weight epithelial glycoproteins and are implicated in many physiological processes, including epithelial cell protection, signaling transduction, and tissue homeostasis. Abnormality of mucus expression and structure contributes to biological properties related to human cancer progression. Tumor growth sites induce inhospitable conditions. Many kinds of research suggest that mucins provide a microenvironment to avoid hypoxia, acidic, and other biological conditions that promote cancer progression. Given that the mucus layer captures growth factors or cytokines, we propose that mucin helps to ameliorate inhospitable conditions in tumor-growing sites. Additionally, the composition and structure of mucins enable them to mimic the surface of normal epithelial cells, allowing tumor cells to escape from immune surveillance. Indeed, human cancers such as mucinous carcinoma, show a higher incidence of invasion to adjacent organs and lymph node metastasis than do non-mucinous carcinoma. In this mini-review, we discuss how mucin provides a tumor-friendly environment and contributes to increased cancer malignancy in mucinous carcinoma.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.229-240
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• 2008

동물성 mucin은 인체 타액 mucin과 유사한 구조적 특성을 가지고 있으므로 효과적인 타액대체제의 개발에 적합한 성분으로 여겨져 왔다. 구강건조증 환자가 동물성 mucin 함유 타액대체제를 사용할 경우, 동물성 mucin과 인체 타액에 존재하는 항균 단백질이 용액상태인 전타액과 구강표면에 형성된 pellicle에 동시에 존재할 수 있으므로 이들 물질사이에 상호작용이 일어 날 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구의 목적은 용액과 hydroxyapatite(HA) 표면에서 동물성 mucin이 peroxidase 활성에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위하여 시행되었다. 동물성 mucin이 peroxidase 활성에 미치는 영향은 돼지의 위장 mucin(porcine gastric mucin, PGM) 이나 소의 악하선 mucin(bovine submaxillary mucin, BSM)을 소의 lactoperoxidase(bovine lactoperoxidase, bLPO)나 타액검체와 incubation하는 방법을 사용하여 분석하였고, 표면상태에서의 연구를 위해 HA beads, HA disc, 소의 치아와 같은 3가지 종류의 HA 표면을 활용하였다. Peroxidase 활성은 NbsSCN 법을 이용하여 분석하였다. 1. 돼지위장 mucin은 용액상태에서 bLPO 활성을 증가시켰으나 타액검체의 peroxidase(peroxidase in saliva sample, POS) 활성에는 영향을 미치지 않았다. 2. 소 악하선 mucin은 용액상태에서 bLPO와 POS 활성에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 3. HA 표면에 부착된 돼지위장 mucin은 peroxidase의 부착과 활성을 증가시켰고 이러한 효과는 세 종류의 HA 표면 모두에서 일어났으며, POS의 활성증가는 HA beads와 소 치아 표면에서만 나타났다. 4. bLPO와 돼지위장 mucin의 혼합물을 HA 표면에 부착시킬 경우, HA beads와 HA disc 표면에서의 peroxidase 활성은 증가하였다. 5. bLPO의 돼지위장 mucin에 대한 부착친화도는 소 악하선 mucin에 비해 컸다. 이상의 결과를 종합해 볼 때 동물성 mucin은 용액상태와 HA 표면에서 peroxidase 활성에 영향을 미침을 알 수 있으며, 동물성 mucin을 포함하고 있는 타액대체제는 인체타액 및 타액대체제에 있는 peroxidase 활성에 영향을 미칠 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.261-267
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• 1999

The present investigation was carried out to identify salivary components of mucosal pellicle and to explore the difference of mucosal pellicle components according to the location of oral mucosa. By using antisera and immunoblotting, high-(MG1) and low-(MG2) molecular-mass salivary mucins, amylase, IgA, proline-rich proteins(PRPs) were detected in mucosal pellicle in vivo. In addition, the data indicated that mucins, IgA and proline-rich proteins could be cleaved into lower-molecular-mass products, whereas the IgA, proline-rich proteins could also be cross-linked into higher-molecular-mass complexes. Mucosal pellicles from buccal, labial and palatal mucosa showed similar pattern in immunoblotting experiments using anti-MG2 and anti-PRPs antisera. The data from this study suggest that during mucosal pellicle formation multiple components of saliva adsorb to oral mucosal epithelial cell surfaces, and selected components can be proteolytically cleaved into smaller fragments and/or cross-linked into higher-molecular products.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2023

Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune progressive disease characterized by dysfunction and inflammation of the salivary glands. The underlying mechanisms of salivary gland involvement in pSS remain unclear, and researchers have primarily focused on immunological phenomena, making it difficult to distinguish between the cause and effect of the disease. Consequently, our research aims to directly investigate changes in homeostasis occurring in acinar cells, specifically in the context of muscarinic signaling, mucins, aquaporins, and forkhead box protein O1, to elucidate the initial step of pSS. We compare the disease-related phenomena observed in salivary gland acinar cells in pSS with the overall process of salivary secretion.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.254-260
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• 2001

좀구굴치 성숙란의 난여포층은 외층인 theca cell과 내층인 granulosa cell로 구분되며 특히 원주형인 granulosa cell은 분비활동으로 인하여 세포질에 분비물이 축적되면서 난모세포를 둘러싸게 된다. 이러한 granulosa cell은 난황형성 초기인 난황포 시기에 입방형태를 보이지만 난황구시기에는 원주상세포로 바뀌면서 점액을 분비하는 특징을 보여 주고 있다. 이러한 부착물질은 형태가 없으며 전자밀도가 높다. 또한 이러한 분비물을 가지는 난막은 난황형성이 더욱 진행됨에 따라 동물극 부근이 식물극보다 더욱 두꺼워지고 커지게 된다. 이러한 점막여포층 아래에는 약 $7.8{\sim}11.5\;{\mu}m$ 두께의 방사대가 존재한다. 방사대는 전자밀도가 낮은 외층과 3~5층의 여러 전자밀도층을 가지는 내층으로 구성되어 있다. 한편 점막여포층은 방사대에 존재하지 않고 있기 때문에 이 물질은 난세포질이 여포상피로부터 기원된 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.83-86
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• 1997

Signet ring cell carcinoma is a variant of adenocarcinoma and has been rarely reported in the lung as a primary site. Recently, we experienced two cases of primary signet ring cell carcinoma in the lung without any other extrapulmonary lesion. Sputum cytology was performed and the tumor cells which have eccentrically located nuclei and abundnat mucinous cytoplasm were dispersed in diffuse sheets. On resected specimen, the signet ring cells occupied about $50{\sim}80%$ of all tumor cell nests. Histochemical staining revealed that the mucin produced by tumor cells was mostly carboxylated acid mucins. Ultrastructurally, the tumor cells contained variable sized membrane-bound mucin granules with weak central osmilophilic density and showed numerous surface microvilli, which represented that tumor cells arose from bronchial epithelial cells. In general, this tumor has diffusely infiltrative nature and the prognosis is fatal due to widespread metastasis before clinical discovery.