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Effect of Cacao Extract on Hydrolysis of Oil vs. Emulsion in pH-Stat Digestion Model (pH-Stat Digestion Model에서 카카오 추출물이 Oil과 Emulsion의 가수분해에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Ji-Hyun;Shin, Jung-Ah;Lee, Ki-Teak
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.533-541
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    • 2016
  • Effect of polyphenols-rich cacao extract (CE) on lipid hydrolysis by pancreatic lipase was investigated by pH-stat digestion. Two types of substrate (oil vs. emulsion) prepared from soybean oil and CE were studied as types I and II. In the case of type I, addition of CE did not show retardation of lipid hydrolysis, showing that pancreatic lipase was not inhibited. Final digestibility rate (${\Phi}$ max, %) and initial rate (mM/s) of the 24-h aged control (52.31%, 0.03 mM/s) were similar to those of the CE-added sample (58.88%, 0.03 mM/s). However, in the case of typeII, the hydrolysis rates of the control and CE-added emulsion showed distinct differences as aging time increased to 43 days, showing lower digestion in the CE-added emulsion than the control. After 43 days, ${\Phi}$ max values of the control and CE-added emulsion were 92.13% and 77.68%, respectively.

SRC-Stat Package for Fitting Double Hierarchical Generalized Linear Models (이중 다단계 일반화 선형모형 적합을 위한 SRC-stat의 사용)

  • Noh, Maengseok;Ha, Il Do;Lee, Youngjo;Lim, Johan;Lee, Jaeyong;Oh, Heeseok;Shin, Dongwan;Lee, Sanggoo;Seo, Jinuk;Park, Yonhtae;Cho, Sungzoon;Park, Jonghun;Kim, Youkyung;You, Kyungsang
    • The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.343-351
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    • 2015
  • We introduce how to fit random effects models via a SRC-Stat statistical package. This package has been developed to fit double hierarchical generalized linear models where mean and dispersion parameters for the variance of random effects and residual variance (overdispersion) can be modeled as random-effect models. The estimates of fixed effects, random effects and variances are calculated by a hierarchical likelihood method. We illustrate the use of our package with practical data-sets.

Cryptotanshinone Induces Inhibition of Breast Tumor Growth by Cytotoxic CD4+ T Cells through the JAK2/STAT4/ Perforin Pathway

  • Zhou, Jun;Xu, Xiao-Zhen;Hu, Yao-Ren;Hu, Ai-Rong;Zhu, Cheng-Liang;Gao, Guo-Sheng
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.2439-2445
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    • 2014
  • Cryptotanshinone (CPT), is a quinoid diterpene isolated from the root of the Asian medicinal plant, Salvia miotiorrhiza bunge. Numerous researchers have found that it could work as a potent antitumor agent to inhibit tumor growth in vitro, buith there has been much less emphasis on its in vivo role against breast tumors. Using a mouse tumor model of MCF7 cells, we showed that CPT strongly inhibited MCF7 cell growth in vivo with polarization of immune reactions toward Th1-type responses, stimulation of naive CD4+ T cell proliferation, and also increased IFN-${\gamma}$ and perforin production of CD4+ T cells in response to tumor-activated splenocytes. Furthermore, data revealed that the cytotoxic activity of CD4+ T cells induced by CPT was markedly abrogated by concanamycin A(CMA), a perforin inhibitor, but not IFN-${\gamma}$ Ab. On the other hand, after depletion of CD4+ T cells or blocked perforin with CMA in a tumor-bearing model, CPT could not effectively suppress tumor growth, but this phenomenon could be reversed by injecting naive CD4+ T cells. Thus, our results suggested that CPT mainly inhibited breast tumor growth through inducing cytotoxic CD4+ T cells to secrete perforin. We further found that CPT enhanced perforin production of CD4+ T cells by up-regulating JAK2 and STAT4 phosphorylation. These findings suggest a novel potential therapeutic role for CPT in tumor therapy, and demonstrate that CPT performs its antitumor functions through cytotoxic CD4+ T cells.

Development and Characterization of a Novel Anti-idiotypic Monoclonal Antibody to Growth Hormone, Which Can Mimic Physiological Functions of Growth Hormone in Primary Porcine Hepatocytes

  • Lan, Hai-Nan;Jiang, Hai-Long;Li, Wei;Wu, Tian-Cheng;Hong, Pan;Li, Yu Meng;Zhang, Hui;Cui, Huan-Zhong;Zheng, Xin
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.573-583
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    • 2015
  • B-32 is one of a panel of monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies to growth hormone (GH) that we developed. To characterize and identify its potential role as a novel growth hormone receptor (GHR) agonist, we determined that B-32 behaved as a typical $Ab2{\beta}$ based on a series of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay assays. The results of fluorescence-activated cell sorting, indirect immunofluorescence and competitive receptor binding assays demonstrated that B-32 specifically binds to the GHR expressed on target cells. Next, we examined the resulting signal transduction pathways triggered by this antibody in primary porcine hepatocytes. We found that B-32 can activate the GHR and Janus kinase (2)/signal transducers and activators of transcription (JAK2/STAT5) signalling pathways. The phosphorylation kinetics of JAK2/STAT5 induced by either GH or B-32 were analysed in dose-response and time course experiments. In addition, B32 could also stimulate porcine hepatocytes to secrete insulin-like growth factors-1. Our work indicates that a monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibody to GH (B-32) can serve as a GHR agonist or GH mimic and has application potential in domestic animal (pig) production.

Simultaneous Detection of Seven Phosphoproteins in a Single Lysate Sample during Oocyte Maturation Process (난자성숙 과정의 단일 시료에서 일곱 가지 인산화 단백질의 동시 분석 방법)

  • Yoon, Se-Jin;Kim, Yun-Sun;Kim, Kyeoung-Hwa;Yoon, Tae-Ki;Lee, Woo-Sik;Lee, Kyung-Ah
    • Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.187-197
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    • 2009
  • Objective: Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of proteins are important in regulating cellular signaling pathways. Bead-based multiplex phosphorylation assay was conducted to detect the phosphorylation of seven proteins to maximize the information obtained from a single lysate of stage-specific mouse oocytes at a time. Methods: Cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) were cultured for 2 h, 8 h, and 16 h, respectively to address phosphorylation status of seven target proteins during oocyte maturation process. We analyzed the changes in phosphorylation at germinal vesicle (GV, 0 h), germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD, 2 h), metaphase I (MI, 8 h), and metaphase II (MII, 16 h in vitro or in vivo) mouse oocytes by using Bio-Plex phosphoprotein assay system. We chose seven target proteins, namely, three mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), ERK1/2, JNK, and p38 MAPK, and other 4 well known signaling molecules, Akt, GSK-$3{\alpha}/{\beta}$, $I{\kappa}B{\alpha}$, and STAT3 to measure their phosphorylation status. Western blot analysis and kinase inhibitor treatment for ERK1/2, JNK, and Akt during in vitro maturation of oocytes were conducted for the confirmation. Results: Phosphorylation of ERK1/2, JNK, p38 MAPK and STAT3 was increased over 3 folds up to 20 folds, while phosphorylation of the other three signal molecules, Akt, GSK-$3{\alpha}/{\beta}$, and $I{\kapa}B{\alpha}$ was less than 3 folds. All of these results except for Akt were statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: This is the first report on the new and valuable method measuring many phosphoproteins simultaneously in one minute sample such as oocyte lysates. All of the three MAPKs, ERK1/2, JNK, and p38 MAPK are involved in the process of mouse oocyte maturation. In addition, STAT3 might be important regulator of oocyte maturation, while Akt phosphorylation at Serine 473 may not be involved in the regulation of oocyte maturation.

Inhibitory Effect of Snake Venom on Colon Cancer Cell Growth Through Induction of Death Receptor Dependent Apoptosis (사독(蛇毒)이 세포자멸사와 관계있는 Death Receptor를 통한 인간 대장암 세포 성장억제에 미치는 영향)

  • Oh, Myung-Jin;Song, Ho-Sueb
    • Journal of Acupuncture Research
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.25-35
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    • 2012
  • 목적 : 이 연구는 $Vipera$ $lebetina$ $turanica$ 사독(蛇毒)이 인간 대장암 세포주인 HCT116 세포에서 세포주기진행, death receptor 의존적 세포자멸사 경로 관련단백질 발현 및 NK-${\kappa}B$와 STAT3 활성에 미치는 영향을 규명함으로써 대장암 세포 성장에 대한 억제와 그 기전에 대하여 살펴보고자 하였다. 방법 : 사독을 처리한 후 HCT116의 세포주기를 분석하기 위해서 FACS analysis를 시행하였고, apoptosis 평가에는 TUNEL assay를 시행하였으며 death receptor 의존적 세포자멸사 경로 관련단백질 및 NF-${\kappa}B$와 STAT3 활성 변동 관찰에는 RT-PCR 및 western blot analysis를 시행하였다. 결과 : 1. 0.1, 0.5 및 $1{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ 등의 사독을 처리한 결과 농도 의존적으로 HCT116 대장암 세포활성의 억제가 나타났다. 2. 0.1, 0.5 및 $1{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ 등의 사독을 처리한 결과 농도의존적으로 세포자멸사 활성세포의 증가가 나타났고, SVT $1{\mu}g/m{\ell}$에서는 60-70%의 대장암세포 억제 효과가 나타났다. 3. 0.1, 0.5 및 $1{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ 등의 사독을 처리한 결과 약한 G1 arrest와 강한 G2/M arrest가 나타났고, G0/G1 또는 G2/M 관련 cyclin D, E 및 B1의 증가가 나타났다. 4. 0.1, 0.5 및 $1{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ 등의 사독을 처리한 결과 death receptor4, 5의 발현증가와 그에 따른 세포자멸사 촉진 Bax, PARP, caspase-3, -8, -9 발현 증가 및 세포자멸사 억제의 Bcl-2의 발현 감소 등이 나타났다. 6. 0.1, 0.5 및 $1{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ 등의 사독을 처리한 결과 NF-${\kappa}B$와 STAT3의 활성변동은 관찰되지 않았다. 결론 : 이상의 연구에서 사독은 death receptor 의존적인 세포자멸사를 촉진하여 대장암의 화학치료 내성을 극복할 수 있는 하나의 대안이 될 것으로 생각되지만 보다 심화된 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

Increase of Cell Concentration by the Automatic Addition of Glucose and Ammonium to an Alcohol distillery Wastewater Reutilized for Cultivating a Baker's Yeast : Automatic Addition of Ammonium with pH-stat (알콜증류폐액을 이용한 빵효모배양에서 Glucose와 Ammonium의 자동첨가에 의한 종균 : pH-stat 방법에 의한 Ammonium의 자동첨가)

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    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.134-138
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    • 2000
  • Addition of carbon and nitrogen source to an alcohol distillery wastewater was tried to increase the cell concentration of a b baker's yeast cultivated in that wastewater. Carbon was found to be primary limiting nutrient and nitrogen secondary limiting o one. Glucose addition increased the cell concentration 1.3 times higher than no addition, and both glucose and $(NH_4)_2S0_4$ a addition did 5.8 times. A fed-batch cultivation by the automatic addition of glucose and ammonium was executed. Added g glu$\infty$se was automatically controlled to low concentration by a method using DO as control parameter. Ammonium was a automatically added as NH40H used as pH $\infty$ntrol agent after initiating glucose addition. By this simple cultivation method t the cell concentration $\infty$내d be efficiently increased from 2.6g/L to 12.0g/L, and maximum specific growth rate and biomass y yield to glu$\infty$se were $0.18hr^{-1}$ and about 0.54g/g respectively. By increasing cell concentration, COD of the wastewater m media could be additionally reduced by about 22%.

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Immunological benefits by ginseng through reciprocal regulation of Th17 and Treg cells during cyclosporine-induced immunosuppression

  • Heo, Seong Beom;Lim, Sun Woo;Jhun, Joo Yeon;Cho, Mi La;Chung, Byung Ha;Yang, Chul Woo
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.18-27
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    • 2016
  • Background: It is not clear whether ginseng affects cyclosporine A (CsA)-induced desirable immunosuppressive action. In this study, we evaluated the immunological influence of combined treatment of ginseng with CsA. Methods: Using CD4+ T cells from mouse spleens stimulated with the T cell receptor (TCR) or allogeneic antigen-presenting cells (APCs), we examined the differentiation of naïve T cells into T helper 1 (Th1), Th2, Th17, and regulatory T cells (Tregs), and their cytokine production during treatment by Korean Red Ginseng extract (KRGE) and/or CsA. The influence of KRGE on the allogeneic T cell response was evaluated by mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR). We also evaluated whether signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) and STAT5 are implicated in this regulation. Results: Under TCR stimulation, KRGE treatment did not affect the population of CD4+interferon gamma ($IFN{\gamma}$)+ and CD4+interleukin (IL)-4+ cells and their cytokine production compared with CsA alone. Under the Th17-polarizing condition, KRGE significantly reduced the number of CD4+IL-17+ cells and CD4+/phosphorylated STAT3 (p-STAT3)+ cells, but increased the number of CD4+CD25+forkhead box P3 (Foxp3)+ cells and CD4+/p-STAT5+ cells compared with CsA alone. In allogeneic APCs-stimulated CD4+ T cells, KRGE significantly decreased total allogeneic T cell proliferation. Consistent with the effects of TCR stimulation, KRGE reduced the number of CD4+IL-17+ cells and increased the number of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ cells under the Th17-polarizing condition. Conclusion: KRGE has immunological benefits through the reciprocal regulation of Th17 and Treg cells during CsA-induced immunosuppression.

Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Prunus mume Mixture in Colitis Induced by Dextran Sodium Sulfate (매실 혼합물이 DSS로 유도된 염증성 장질환 동물모델의 면역조절에 미치는 활성)

  • Jin, Hai-Lan;Lee, Bo-Ram;Lim, Kyung-Jik;Debnath, Trishna;Shin, Heung-Mook;Lim, Beong-Ou
    • Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.16-23
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    • 2011
  • This study was conducted to investigate the anti-inflammatory effects of Pruns mume, Schisandra chinensis, Chaenomeles sinensis-- Prunus mume mixtrue (PM) treatment on colitis induced in mice by dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) treatment. A total of 25 male BALB/c mice (average weight $20.7\;{\pm}\; 1.6 \;g$) were divided into 5 treatment groups and fed a commercial diet (A), PM administration (B), commercial diet + induced colitis by DSS (C), PM administration + induced colitis by DSS (D) and sulfasalazine + induced colitis by DSS (E). We found that PM treatment (D) and sulfasalazine (E) decreased the expression of $TNF-{\alpha}$ and COX-2 compared to the DSS-induced colitis group (C). The expression of IL-4, STAT6, $IFN-{\gamma}$, STAT1 was decreased in group D and group E compared to the colitis group (C), COX-2 and STAT1 were more decreased in group D. The serum IgE levels decreased in the PM treatment groups (C and D) compared to the non-PM treatment groups (A and B) although there was no significant difference between the PM treatment groups. It is notable that a therapeutic application of the PM extracts ameliorated DSS-induced colitis in mice.

MUC1-C influences cell survival in lung adenocarcinoma Calu-3 cells after SARS-CoV-2 infection

  • Kim, Dongbum;Maharjan, Sony;Kim, Jinsoo;Park, Sangkyu;Park, Jeong-A;Park, Byoung Kwon;Lee, Younghee;Kwon, Hyung-Joo
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.54 no.8
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    • pp.425-430
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    • 2021
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) induces coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and may increase the risk of adverse outcomes in lung cancer patients. In this study, we investigated the expression and function of mucin 1 (MUC1) after SARS-CoV-2 infection in the lung epithelial cancer cell line Calu-3. MUC1 is a major constituent of the mucus layer in the respiratory tract and contributes to pathogen defense. SARS-CoV-2 infection induced MUC1 C-terminal subunit (MUC1-C) expression in a STAT3 activation-dependent manner. Inhibition of MUC1-C signaling increased apoptosis-related protein levels and reduced proliferation-related protein levels; however, SARS-CoV-2 replication was not affected. Together, these results suggest that increased MUC1-C expression in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection may trigger the growth of lung cancer cells, and COVID-19 may be a risk factor for lung cancer patients.