• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.28-34
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• 2015

We examined cell regeneration efficiency of brown marine algae living in Jeju coast for search of a novel therapeutic device with cutaneous wound healing materials. The five algae were collected and compared with epidermal growth factor (EGF) as a positive control in the assays of cell proliferation and cell migration of NIH3T3 fibroblast cells. Among the 80% methanol extracts of these brown algae, the two algal extracts from Ishige foliacea and Colpomenia bullosa showed the proliferative effects of the cells similar to the effect of EGF. Besides it was found that Colpomenia bullosa extract significantly enhanced cell migration of NIH3T3 cell. In the study, therefore, we confirmed that the Colpomenia bullosa extract improved proliferation of NIH3T3 cell and a potential candidate for cultaneous wound healing.

• BMB Reports
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.452-458
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• 2002

Exposure to ultraviolet light (UV) induces apoptosis in mammalian cells, The caspase group of proteases is required for the appotosis. This pathway is initiated by a release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria into the cytosol. Several Bcl-2 family proteins can regulate the release of cytochrome c by stabilizing the mitochondrial membrane. Here we show that expression of the endogenous bcl-xL was strongly downregulated in NIH3T3 cells within 2 h after UV-C irradiation, and that of bax was upregulated from 8 h after irradiation. Apoptosis was induced in more than 50% of the NIH3T3 cells 48 h after irradiation. Constitutive overexpression of bcl-xL in NIH3T3 cells protected the UV-induced apoptosis by preventing the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and the activation of caspase 9. There results suggest that downregulation of Bcl-xL is relevant to UV-induced apoptosis of tibroblasts.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.141-146
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• 2005

For a long time Rhus vemiciflua Stokes (RVS) has been traditionally used as a herbal plant in Asia. In this study, we have investigated the effect of acetone extract of Rhus verniciflua Stokes (RVSE) and fisetin, a component of RVSE, on DNA damage response in NIH3T3 cells. Exposure of cells to DVB light $(200 J/m^2)$ and postincubation in growth medium for 48 hr resulted in a decrease of cell viability to about $10-20\%$ of nontreated control. Addition of various concentrations of RVSE in the postincubation medium, however, significantly increased the cell viability as compared with the values expected. The genotoxicity-decreasing effect was also demonstrated in cells exposed to UVB light and incubated in medium containing fisetin. The genotoxicity-decreasing effect of RVSE and fisetin was further demonstrated by various analyses including cell morphology studies, trypan blue exclusion assay and DAPI staining. By Annexin V binding analysis, RVSE and fisetin were shown to decrease the early apoptosis induced by UVB exposure. These results suggest the RVSE contain components that either increase the DNA repair or decrease the apoptosis in UVB-exposed cells.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.1163-1167
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• 2008

In this study, cytotoxicity of cadmium on NIH 3T fibroblasts was utilized in order to discover antitoxic compound in methanol extract of Sophora fIavascens Ait. There were treatment groups; control (medium only), $MTT_{50}$ group and five experimental groups. MTT {3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H- tetrazoliumbromide} assay was performed to evaluate the cytotoxicity of cell organelles and $IC_{50}$ was also measured. Accordingly we have examined the detoxification effects of methanol extract of S. flavescens Ait. and leachianone A (LA) on cadmium-treated NIH 3T3 fibroblasts ($IC_{50}=\;12.5{\mu}M$) to observe morphological changes by the light microscopy. Both S. flavescens Ait. methanol extract and LA showed inhibitory effects on cadmium-induced cytotoxicity. Furthermore, LA showed dose-dependency in detoxication. From these results, it is conceivable to suggest that LA from S. flavescens Ait. methanol extract is a potential antitoxic agent.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.1165-1169
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• 2013

To elucidate the role of PKG isoforms in transcriptional control of cyclin D1, we employed a series of expression vectors of PKG $1{\alpha}$ and PKG $1{\beta}$ which encode HA-tagged wild type and constitutively active (SD and ${\Delta}N$) mutants. Our present study demonstrates that both the constitutively active mutants of PKG $1{\beta}$ downregulate the transcription of cyclin D1 when transiently transfected in NIH3T3 cells, whereas PKG $1{\alpha}$ mutants show weak inhibition. We further studied the transcriptional regulators of cyclin D1, such as, c-fos, NF-${\kappa}B$, and CRE by using the luciferase reporter assay. Constitutively active mutants of PKG $1{\beta}$ showed marked transcriptional downregulation of c-fos in NIH3T3 cells, whereas PKG $1{\alpha}$ downregulated c-fos to a lesser extent. We also found that the constitutively active mutants of PKG negatively regulated the activation of NF-${\kappa}B$ and CRE, suggesting their involvement in the regulation of cyclin D1.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.463-468
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• 2002

We have previously reported on the identification of the endogenous transmethylation inhibitor oligosaccharide-linked acyl carrier protein (O-ACP), In this study, the role of the transmethylation reaction on cell cycle progression was evaluated using various transmethylase inhibitors, including O-ACP. O-ACP significantly inhibited the growth of various cancer cell lines, including NIH3T3, ras-transformed NIH3T3, MDA-MB-231, HT-1376, and AGS. In addition, exposure of ras-transformed NIH3T3 to O-ACP caused cell cycle arrest at the $G_0/G_1$ phase, which led to a decrease in cells at the S phase, as determined by flow cytometry. In contrast, transmethylase inhibitors did not affect the expression of $p21^{WAF1/Cip1}$, a well known inhibitor of cyclin dependent kinase, indicating that the cell cycle arrest by transmethylase inhibitors might be mediated by a $p21^{WAF1/Cip1}$-independent mechanism. Therefore, O-ACP, a novel transmethylase inhibitor, could be a useful tool for elucidating the novel role of methylation in cell proliferation and cell cycle progression.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.521-526
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• 1997

We isolated a mouse nck cDNA from the thymus cDNA expression library. The cDNA encodes a 377 amino acid protein and displays 97% amino acid sequence identity to human oncogenic protein nck, which is composed almost exclusivelv of three src homology 3 (SH3) domains and one SH2 domain. The sequence analysis also showed that the isolated cDNA is the mouse counterpart of the human nck and different from the mouse grb4, which has been reported to be highly similar to the human nck and, therefore considered as a mouse nck, Northern blot analysis showed that the transcript of the gene was 1.8 kb and was highly expressed in the testis, thymus, and brain but moderately in the liver and lymph node. Western blot analysis showed that the size of the protein was about 47 kDa. Overexpression of the mouse Nck transformed a mouse fibroblast cell line, NIH3T3. The results clearly indicate that normal nck gene has transforming ability and provide an argument against a suggested possibility that the transforming ability of the human nck gene is due to a mutation(s) in the gene.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2016

본 연구는 배양 NIH3T3 섬유모세포를 재료로 독성물질인 염화카드뮴($CdCl_2$)의 세포독성과 이에 대한 애기똥풀(Chelidonium majus, CM) 추출물의 방어효과를 조사하기 위하여 세포생존율(cell viability)을 비롯한 $CdCl_2$에 대한 BHT의 영향 및 DPPH-자유라디칼 소거능, superoxide anion-radical scavenging activity (SSA), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) 활성과 같은 항산화 효과를 분석하였다. 그 결과 $CdCl_2$는 농도 의존적으로 배양 NIH3T3 섬유모세포의 생존율을 유의하게 감소하였으며, $XTT_{50}$값이 38.7uM로 나타나 Borenfreund와 Puerner의 독성판정기준에 따라 고독성(highly-toxic)인 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 항산화제인 BHT는 $CdCl_2$의 독성으로 인하여 심하게 손상된 세포생존율을 유의하게 증가시켰다. 한편, $CdCl_2$의 세포독성에 대한 CM 추출물의 방어효과에서, CM 추출물은 $CdCl_2$에 의하여 감소된 세포생존율을 유의하게 증가시켰으며, 또한 DPPH-자유라디칼 소거능을 비롯한 SSA 및 LDH 활성 억제와 같은 항산화능을 나타냈다. 이상의 결과에서 $CdCl_2$의 독성에 산화적 손상이 관여하고 있으며, CM 추출물은 항산화 효과에 의하여 $CdCl_2$의 세포독성에 대한 방어효과를 나타냈다. 결론적으로, CM 추출물과 같은 천연소재는 산화적 손상과 관련된 독성의 제독 내지는 저감을 위한 항산화물질로서의 개발적 가치가 있다고 사료된다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.397-402
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 몇 가지 생물공학 기반 기술로서 이미 한방 화장품의 소재로 사용되고 있는 쇠비름 에탄올 추출액의 tyrosinase 저해, collagen 합성, 항염증 기대 효과, 항노화 대한 효능을 알아보기 위하여 B16F10 mouse melanoma cell, NIH3T3 mouse embryonic fibroblast, MCF-7 human breast adenocarcinoma cell에 쇠비름 추출액을 처리하여 실험하였다. 실험 결과, 쇠비름 에탄을 추출액 (0.5mg/mL)은 tyrosinase 발현을 억제하여 멜라닌 합성을 억제하며, 농도 의존적으로 NIH3T3 mouse fibroblast 세포의 collagen 합성을 촉진시켰다. 또한 2.0 mg/mL 농도의 쇠비름 추출액은 목단피보다 더욱 효과적으로 cytokine (TNF-$\alpha$)에 의한 NF-${\kappa}B$ 활성을 억제시켰다. Doxorubicin에 의한 과노화에서도 효과적인 항노화 작용을 하는 것으로 나타났다. Tyrosinase 합성을 억제하므로 미백에 대한 효과와 세포의 생장을 도와 collagen 합성을 촉진함으로서 노화방지에 효과적인 것으로 사료되며, TNF-$\alpha$에 의한 NF-${\kappa}B$의 활성화를 저해함으로서 염증반응 억제 효과도 기대 할 수 있다.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.205-213
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• 2019

크롬염의 일종인 중크롬산칼륨($K_2Cr_2O_7$)의 세포독성을 배양 NIH3T3 섬유모세포를 재료로 산화적 손상측면에서 조사하였으며, 또한 $K_2Cr_2O_7$의 세포독성에 대한 짚신나물(Agrimonia pilosa var., AP) 추출물의 영향을 세포생존율을 비롯한 LDH 억제능 및 superoxide anion-radical (SAR) 소거능과 같은 항산화 측면에서 분석하였다. 본 실험에서 배양 NIH3T3 섬유모세포에 $25{\sim}35{\mu}M$의 $K_2Cr_2O_7$을 각각 처리한 결과, 처리 농도에 따라 대조군에 비하여 세포생존율이 유의하게 감소되었으며, 이 때 $XTT_{50}$값은 $37.5{\mu}M$에서 나타나 고독성(highly-toxic)인 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 항산화제인 BHT는 $K_2Cr_2O_7$의 세포독성을 유효하게 방어하였다. AP 추출물은 $K_2Cr_2O_7$의 세포독성에 의하여 감소된 세포생존율을 유의하게 증가시킴으로서 세포독성을 방어하였다. 이와 동시에, AP 추출물은 LDH 활성 저해능을 비롯하여 SAR 소거능을 보임으로서 항산화 효과를 나타냈다. 위의 결과로부터 $K_2Cr_2O_7$의 세포독성에 산화적 손상이 관여하고 있는 것을 확인하였고, AP 추출물은 $K_2Cr_2O_7$의 독성을 항산화능에 의하여 효과적으로 방어하였다. 따라서, AP 추출물과 같은 천연성분은 크롬과 같은 산화적 손상과 관련된 독성을 방어할 수 있으므로 산화적 손상에 의한 질환 치료를 위한 물질로 활용적 가치가 크다고 사료된다.