• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제40권
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• pp.16.1-16.5
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• 2018

Background: Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL) is an oral potentially malignant disorder, characterized by multifocal expression, progressive clinical evolution, and a high rate of malignant transformation. Evidence-based information regarding optimal PVL management is lacking, due to the paucity of data. The present report describes a case of PVL associated with HPV-16 infection and epithelial dysplasia treated by diode laser surgery, and the outcome of disease clinical remission over a 2-year follow-up period. Case report: A 61-year-old Caucasian male with oral verrucous hyperkeratosis presented for diagnosis. The lesions were localized on the maxillary gingiva and palatal alveolar ridge. Multiple biopsy specimens have been taken by mapping the keratotic lesion area. Microscopic examination was compatible with a diagnosis of PVL with focal mild dysplasia, localized in the right maxillary gingiva. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was done for human papillomavirus (HPV) detection which revealed presence of HPV DNA, and the genotype revealed HPV 16 in the sample. The PVL in the right gingival area was treated on an outpatient basis by excision with a diode laser. This approach resulted in good clinical response and decreased morbidity over a 2-year follow-up period. Conclusions: This case illustrates the benefit of a conservative approach by diode laser treatment than wide surgical excision for management of the PVL lesions associated with mild dysplasia and HPV-16 infection.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.405-411
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• 2008

Purpose : Cyclosporine A (CsA) is a versatile immunosuppresive agent used to prevent graft rejection syndrome and treat autoimmune disease. One of the major side effects associated with CsA is the abnormal gingival hyperplasia. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the mRNA expression of the MMP-1, TIMP-1, and $TGF-{\beta}_1$ and the concentration of CsA in cultured human gingival keratinocytes. Materials & Methods : Gingival keratocytes were obtained from gingival tissues of 4 healthy donors. The cultured gingival keratocytes were incubated with increasing concentrations of CsA (0-2000 ng/ml) for 24 hours and the expression of MMP-1, TIMP-1, and $TGF-{\beta}_1$ were determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Results : The expressions of MMP-1 and $TGF-{\beta}_1$ were not significantly different according to the concentrations of CsA. The expression of TIMP-1 was significantly increased at the CsA concentration of 500 ng/ml. Conclusion : We concluded that the gingival hyperplasia induced by CsA was more related with TIMP-1 than MMP-1 or $TGF-{\beta}_1$ on gingival collagen metabolism in patients treated with CsA.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.419-427
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• 2008

The present study aimed to investigate the osteogenic potentials of differentiated osteoblast-like cells (DOCs) induced from bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on ${\beta}-tricalcium$ phosphate (${\beta}-TCP$) with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP-2) in vitro. Osteoblast differentiation was induced in confluent cultures by adding 100 nM dexamethasone, 10 mM ${\beta}$-glycerophosphate, 50 mM L-ascorbic acid. The Alizarin red S staining and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were perfomed to examine the mRNA expression of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), bone sialoprotein (BSP), osteocalcin (OCN), receptor activator for nuclear factor ${\kappa}B$ ligand (RANKL), runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2), collagen-Ⅰ (COL-Ⅰ). There were no significant differences in the osteogenic potentials of DOCs induced from MSCs on ${\beta}-TCP(+/-)$. According to the incubation period, there were significant increasing of Alizadin red S staining in the induction 3 weeks. The mRNA expression of ALP, RUNX2, and RANKL were higher in DOCs/${\beta}-TCP(-)$ than DOCs/${\beta}-TCP(+)$. According to rhBMP-2 concentrations, the mRNA expression of BSP was significantly increased in DOCs/${\beta}-TCP(+)$ compared to that of DOCs/${\beta}-TCP(-)$ on rhBMP 10 ng/ml. Our study presented the ${\beta}-TCP$ will have the possibility that calcium phosphate directly affect the osteoblastic differentiation of the bone marrowderived MSCs.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.563-575
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• 2005

The aim of present study is to evaluate the influence of adjacent tooth to the microbiology of clinically healthy implant. Control group included patients who had clinically healthy implant and tooth with healthy $periodontium(PD{\leq}3mm)$, test group was composed of patients who had clinically healthy implant and tooth with periodontal pocket(PD>3mm). The criteria of clinically health implant are no pain or discomfort, the restorative suprastructure provide satisfactory fit and function, and the tissue around the fixtures were firm and probing with standard periodontal probe with a rounded tip 0.5mm in diameter resulted in penetration of no more than 5mm when using a force of 0.5N at any location. 38 patients, partially edentulous subjects with endosseous root-form implants were selected. All subjects were medically healthy and had not taken systemic antibiotics and professional plaque control 3 months before sampling. Number of control group is 25(mean age $52{\pm}13$, 26 teeth, 34 implants) and test group is 13(mean age $60{\pm}13$, 13 teeth, 17 implants). All teeth and implants of each patient were examined probing depth(PD), bleeding on probing(BOP), and plaque index(PI), and samples of subgingival plaque were obtained at each site with sterile curet or fine paper points, then the plaque transferred to PBS. Obtained samples were examined for the presence of P. gingivalis, T. forsythensis, and T. denticola by the polymerase chain reaction(PCR). The relationship among clinical parameters and the colonizations by the 3 bacterial species from natural teeth and implants region were analyzed by student t-test. The results of this study were as follows: 1. PD was different in teeth between 2 groups(p<0.05), but the other parameters were not. 2. Statistically significant difference was not found in clinical parameters of implants between 2 groups. 3. All bacterial prevalences of teeth were higher in test group than in control group, and prevalence of T. forsythensis had statistically significant difference between 2 groups(p<0.05). 4. Prevalences of P. gingivalis and T. forsythensis are higher in test group than control group, and that of T. denticola is higher in control group than in test group. But there were no statistically significant differences between 2 groups. In conclusion, there is no statistically significant difference in prevalence of implant microbiology between 2 groups. But if the number of samples increased, it will be possible to find out statistical significance in prevalence of P. gingivalis. It seems that pocket of adjacent tooth influences prevalence of P. gingivalis. These results mean that improvement of the periodontal condition before implantation is very important.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.46-61
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• 2009

Background and Objectives : Allergic Contact Dermatitis is the disease affected by industrialization. The more industrialization advanced, the more materials that could induce the allergic contact dermatitis have been increased. Therefore in oriental medicine, various studies have been performed. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of Naetakchunkeum-san on the Allergic Contact Dermatitis induced by 2,4-dinitro-chlorobezene(DNCB). Meterial and Methods : Twenty eight mice were divided into four groups ; normal, control, experimental group A and B. Control and experimental group were induced allergic contact dermatitis by DNCB. Experimental group A was orally administered the Naetakchunkeum-san and experimental group B was orally administered the prednisolone. In this study, ear thickness measurement, observation auricle microphotograph, Myeloperoxidase(MPO) activity measurement, Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) analysis of the mRNA level of $TNF-\alpha$, $IL-1\beta$, $INF-\gamma$ were performed on these four groups. In addition, the effect of Naetakchunkeum-san on cell viability and the effect of Naetakchunkeum-san on the compound 48/80-induced histamine release from HMC and RPMC were measured, Results : 1. In contact hypersensitivity assay, experimental group A and B showed decreased ear thickness compared with control group, 2. In experimental group A, pathological lesion of dermatitis were alleviated. In addition, the numbers of infiltrated cells were reduced, and cleft was not shown compared with control group, In experimental group B, similar results were shown. 3. There was a significant increase in MPO activity in control group compared with normal group, Experimental group A and B significantly inhibited the increase in MPO activity compared with control group. 4, The level of expression of $TNF-\alpha$, $IL-1\beta$, $INF-\gamma$ in experimental group A and B were significantly lower than those in control group. As the internal control, cyclophilin mRNA was also reverse-transcribed and amplified. 5, In MTT assay, there were no statistically significant differences in 100 ${\mu}g/ml$, 200 ${\mu}g/ml$, 500 ${\mu}g/ml$, 1000 ${\mu}g/ml$ Naetakchunkeum-san treated group from 0 ${\mu}g/ml$ Naetakchunkeum-san treated group as determined by the Tukey test. 6. Naetakchunkeum-san dose-dependently inhibited the compound 48/80-induced histamine release from both HMC and RPMC. Conclusions : According to above experiments, Naetakchunkeum-san may be applied to allergic contact dermatitis.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.1426-1433
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• 2007

우리는 ESBL 유전자를 포함하는 세균의 항생제 내성 패턴을 조사하기 위해서 부산에 있는 임상실험실로부터 Klebsiella pneumoniae 한 균주를 수집하였다. 그 세균은 이중 디스크 확산법에 의해 ESBL을 생성하는 Klebsiella pneumoniae라는 것이 밝혀졌고 PCR과 DNA 염기서열분석을 통하여 세 가지의 ESBL gene (TEM-1, SHV-12, CTX-M-15)이 포함되어 있다는 것이 확인되었다. 그리고 그 세 가지 유전자의 특징을 알아내기 위해서 우리는 이 균주로부터 교차접합시험, 형질전환시험, 클로닝(SHV-12 gene)등을 이용하여 재조합균주를 배양하였다. 이렇게 각기 재조합된 균주들을 한천평판희석법을 이용하여 3세대 cephalosporin 항생제 (ceftazidime, cefotaxime, ceftriaxone)에 대한 최소억제농도의 측정하고 비교 분석하였다. Klebsiella pneumoniae (NO. 60031)의 MIC는 ceftazidime ($30\;{\mu}g/ml)$, cefotaxime ($30\;{\mu}g/ml$), ceftriaxone ($30\;{\mu}g/ml$)이 각각 ${\geq}256\;{\mu}g/ml,\;128\;{\mu}g/ml,\;128\;{\mu}g/ml$이었고, E. coli $RG176^{Na(r)}$에 교차접합 시킨 conjugant 균주의 MIC는 ceftazidime, cefotaxime, ceftriaxone이 각각 ${\geq}256\;{\mu}g/ml,\;64\;{\mu}g/ml,\;128\;{\mu}g/ml$이었다. E. coli $DH5{\alpha}$에 형질전환 시킨 transformant 균주의 MIC는 ceftazidime, cefotaxime, ceftriaxone이 각각 $128\;{\mu}g/ml,\;32\;{\mu}g/ml,\;32\;{\mu}g/ml$를 나타내었고, SHV-12 gene 만을 분리하여 E. coli $DH5{\alpha}$에 클로닝 시킨 균주는 ceftazidime, cefotaxime, ceftriaxone이 각각 $128\;{\mu}g/ml,\;8\;{\mu}g/ml,\;32\;{\mu}g/ml$을 나타내었다. 결국 conjugant 균주와 transformant 균주는 세 가지의 내성유전자를 가졌다는 공통점은 있으나 conjugant 균주의 MIC가 transformant 균주의 MIC보다 높게 나타나는 차이점을 보였다. 또한 SHV-12 gene 만을 분리하여 E. coli $DH5{\alpha}$에 클로닝 시킨 균주는 ceftazidime, ceftriaxone에 내성을 발현하였지만 cefotaxime에 대해서는 내성을 발현하지 않았다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제24권9호
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• pp.1012-1018
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• 2014

제주조릿대(Sasa quelpaertensis Nakai)는 한라산에 넓게 분포되어 자생하는 식물로 최근 연구에서 항염증, 항당뇨, 항산화, 항암 효능을 가지는 것으로 알려져 있으나 대장암에서의 항암 효능 및 그에 따른 mechanism에 대해서는 명확히 밝혀지지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 인간 대장암 HT-29 세포를 대상으로 제주조릿대에 의한 항암작용과 기전에 대해 조사하였다. 제주조릿대에 의한 HT-29 세포의 증식 억제가 apoptosis 유도와 연관성이 있음을 DNA fragmentation와 flow cytometry 분석에 의한 sub-G1기의 세포빈도의 증가로 확인하였다. 제주조릿대에 의한 apoptosis 유발은 HT-29 세포의 S arrest 현상을 동반하였을 뿐만 아니라 발생한 산화질소의 증가와 anti-apoptotic factor인 IAP family (survivin, XIAP, cIAP-1, cIAP-2) 발현이 감소함으로써 촉진되었음을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 결과들은 제주조릿대가 대장암에 대한 치료제로서의 사용 가능성을 확인할 수 있었지만 이를 입증하기 위해서는 더 자세한 항암기전에 관한 연구가 진행되어야 한다고 사료된다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.222-229
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• 2017

Adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) were previously considered to have an anti-inflammatory effect, and Interleukin-$1{\beta}$ ($IL-1{\beta}$) was found to be a pro-inflammatory factor in chondrocytes, but the mechanism underlying ADSCs and $IL-1{\beta}$ is unclear. In this study, we investigate whether P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) signalling, regulated by microRNA 373 (miR-373), was involved in the ADSCs and $IL-1{\beta}$ mediated inflammation in osteoarthritis (OA). Chondrocytes were collected from 20 OA patients and 20 control participants, and ADSCs were collected from patients who had undergone abdominal surgery. The typical surface molecules of ASDCs were detected by flow cytometry. The level of nitric oxide (NO) was determined by Griess reagent. Concentrations of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), interleukin 6 (IL-6), matrix metallopeptidase 3 (MMP-3) were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The expressions of IL-6, MMP-3, miR-373 and P2X7R were determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and Western blot was used to detect the protein expression of P2X7R. The typical potential characters of ADSCs were verified. In chondrocytes or OA tissues, the miR-373 expression level was decreased, but the P2X7R expression was increased. $IL-1{\beta}$ stimulation increased the level of inflammatory factors in OA chondrocytes, and ADSCs co-cultured with $IL-1{\beta}$-stimulated chondrocytes decreased the inflammation. OA chondrocytes transfected with the miR-373 inhibitor increased the inflammation level. The miR-373 mimic suppressed the inflammation by targeting P2X7R and regulated its expression, while its effect was reversed by overexpression of P2X7R. $IL-1{\beta}$ induced inflammation in OA chondrocytes, while ADSCs seemed to inhibit the expression of P2X7R that was regulated by miR-373 and involved in the anti-inflammatory process in OA.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.246-255
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• 2007

Mutans streptococci have been implicated as cariogenic bacteria in dental caries because they can produce high levels of dental caries-causing lactic acid and extracellular polysaccharide. The aim of this study was to isolate and characterize the mutans streptococci from the dental plaque obtained from Koreans. The dental plaque samples were collected from the anterior and molar teeth of both jaws in 155 subjects (aged 2 to 33.2 years, average age $13.7{\pm}4.7\;years$). The samples were diluted by 100-fold in $1{\times}\;PBS$ and plated on mitis-salivarius bacitracin (MSB) agar plates. The mutans streptococci grown on MSB plates were screened by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) targeting dextranase gene (dex). The mutans streptococci were identified at the species level using a 16S rDNA sequencing comparison method. The biochemical tests were carried out to biotype the mutans streptococci. Ninety-five strains of the mutans streptococci out of 358 colonies, which were derived from 141 subjects, were isolated. Of them, 77 strains and 18 strains were Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus, respectively. The biotyping data showed that 62, 1, 20, 10, and 2 strains were biotypes I, II, IV, V and variant, respectively. Of the two strains of variant biotype, one strains was similar to biotype IV except that it was positive to the arginine hydrolysis test. We considered this one strain a new biotype, and classified it as biotype VII. In conclusion, S. mutans and its biotype I was most frequently isolated in Korean dental plaque. The mutans streptococci strains isolated in this study might be useful for the study of the pathogenesis and the prevention of dental caries.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.499-509
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• 1995

PU.1은 6개의 특이적인 purine-rich 염기서열 (5' -GAGGAA-3 )로 구성된 PU box에 결합하는 transcription activator이다. 이 PUol은 macro phage와 B-cell에서만 발현되어 이들 세포를 활성 화시키므로, 포유통물의 연역계를 연구하는 데 중요 한 위치를 차지하고 있다. Full length PUol cDNA 는 open reading frame 816개의 DNA 염기로 구성 되어 있으므로, 아미노산 2727~의 합성을 지령한다. PUol의 활성화는 이를 구성하고 있는 polypeptide 중 세린 잔기가 인산화되어 전사인자로서 작용한다 고 추측된다. PU.1은 22개의 세린을 함유하고 있으 며, 정확한 인산화 위치 빛 수량은 알 수 없으나, casein kinase II 에 의하여 인산화된다고 추측되는 제41,45,132'133,148번째 아미노산 세린들이 제1 차 target sites이다. 본 연구에서는 이상의 제41, 45, 132,133, 148번 아미노산 세린 codon(AGC, AGC, AGC.TCA, TCT)이 알라닌 codon(GCC, GCC, GCC.GCA, G GCT)으로 치환된 4가지의 점돌연변이체 클론 (pKKS41A, pRKS45A, pMKS132$.$133A, pMKS­1 148A)을 다음과 같이 제조하였다. Wild type PUol cDNA(template)를 해당되는 mutant DNA primers로 증폭(PCRjSOE)하여 mutant cDNA 단편을 얻었다. 이를 Hind III와 Xba I 으로 절단된 pBlu­e escript KS +에 접합시킨 후, 대장균(E. coli XLI ~ Blue)에 형질전환시켰다. 이 점돌연변이체들은 인산화 부위 및 수량은 물론 PU.1의 구조 및 기능 (Structure and Function) 연구에 기여할 것이다.