• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.253-258
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• 2002

Androgenic gland는 대부분의 수컷 연갑류의 제1, 2차 성징의 분화와 성적행동을 유발시키는 호르몬을 분비하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 생식소지수와 정소 및 AC의 조직학적 조사결과, 본 종에서 정자형성이 활발히 일어나는 시기는 5$\~$7월이며 8월부터는 대부분의 개체에서 정자형성은 관찰되지 않았다. 따라서 본 종의 수컷은 5월에서 7월이 성적으로 가장 활발하며 이 시기에 AG는 increased secretory activity를 나타내는 여러 징후를 보인다.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.190-196
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• 2020

Several factors, including genetic and environmental insults, impede protein folding and secretion in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Accumulation of unfolded or mis-folded protein in the ER manifests as ER stress. To cope with this morbid condition of the ER, recent data has suggested that the intracellular event of an unfolded protein response plays a critical role in managing the secretory load and maintaining proteostasis in the ER. Tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) is a chemical chaperone and hydrophilic bile acid that is known to inhibit apoptosis by attenuating ER stress. Numerous studies have revealed that TUDCA affects hepatic diseases, obesity, and inflammatory illnesses. Recently, molecular regulation of ER stress in tooth development, especially during the secretory stage, has been studied. Therefore, in this study, we examined the developmental role of ER stress regulation in tooth morphogenesis using in vitro organ cultivation methods with a chemical chaperone treatment, TUDCA. Altered cellular events including proliferation, apoptosis, and dentinogenesis were examined using immunostaining and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling assay. In addition, altered localization patterns of the formation of hard tissue matrices related to molecules, including amelogenin and nestin, were examined to assess their morphological changes. Based on our findings, modulating the role of the chemical chaperone TUDCA in tooth morphogenesis, especially through the modulation of cellular proliferation and apoptosis, could be applied as a supporting data for tooth regeneration for future studies.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.282-295
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• 2023

Background: Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) protects tissues from proteases and promotes cell proliferation and healing. SLPI also reduces periodontal inflammation and alveolar bone resorption by inhibiting proinflammatory cytokine expression in rat periodontal tissues and osteoblasts. However, little is known of the role of SLPI in the expression of osteoclast regulatory factors from osteoblasts, which are crucial for the interaction between osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Therefore, we aimed to determine the effects of SLPI on the regulation of osteoclasts and osteoblasts in LPS-treated alveolar bone and osteoblasts. Methods: Periodontitis was induced in rats using LPS. After each LPS injection, SLPI was injected into the same area. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed with antibodies against SLPI, RANKL, OPG, and Runx2 in the periodontal tissue. RT-PCR and western blotting were performed to determine the expression levels of SLPI, RANKL, OPG, and Runx2 in LPS- and SLPI/LPS-treated MC3T3-E1 cells. SLPI/LPS-treated MC3T3-E1 cells were also stained with Alizarin Red S. Results: Immunohistochemical analysis showed that the expression levels of SLPI, OPG, and Runx2 were higher while that of RANKL was lower in the LPS/SLPI group relative to those in the LPS group. The mRNA and protein expression of SLPI, OPG, and Runx2 was higher in SLPI/LPS/MC3T3-E1 cells than in LPS/MC3T3-E1 cells, and RANKL expression was lower. During differentiation, OPG and Runx2 protein levels were higher whereas RANKL levels were lower in SLPI/LPS/MC3T3-E1 than in LPS/MC3T3-E1 cells on days 0, 4, 7, and 10. In addition, mineralization and matrix deposition were higher in SLPI/LPS/MC3T3-E1 than in LPS/MC3T3-E1 on days 7 and 10. SLPI decreased RANKL expression in LPS-treated alveolar bone and osteoblasts but increased the expression of OPG and Runx2. Conclusion: SLPI can be considered as a regulatory molecule that indirectly regulates osteoclast activation via osteoblasts and promotes osteoblast differentiation.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.147-160
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• 2022

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a high concentration of uremic toxins in their blood and often experience muscle atrophy. Indoxyl sulfate (IS) is a uremic toxin produced by tryptophan metabolism. Although an elevated IS level may induce muscle dysfunction, the effect of IS on physiological concentration has not been elucidated. Additionally, the effects of ursolic acid (UA) on muscle hypertrophy have been reported in healthy models; however, it is unclear whether UA ameliorates muscle dysfunction associated with chronic diseases, such as CKD. Thus, this study aimed to investigate whether UA can improve the IS-induced impairment of mitochondrial biogenesis. MATERIALS/METHODS: C2C12 cells were incubated with or without IS (0.1 mM) and UA (1 or 2 μM) to elucidate the physiological effect of UA on CKD-related mitochondrial dysfunction and its related mechanisms using real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, western blotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS: IS suppressed the expression of differentiation marker genes without decreasing cell viability. IS decreased the mitochondrial DNA copy number and ATP levels by downregulating the genes pertaining to mitochondrial biogenesis (Ppargc1a, Nrf1, Tfam, Sirt1, and Mef2c), fusion (Mfn1 and Mfn2), oxidative phosphorylation (Cycs and Atp5b), and fatty acid oxidation (Pdk4, Acadm, Cpt1b, and Cd36). Furthermore, IS increased the intracellular mRNA and secretory protein levels of interleukin (IL)-6. Finally, UA ameliorated the IS-induced impairment in C2C12 cells. CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicated that UA improves the IS-induced impairment of mitochondrial biogenesis by affecting differentiation, ATP levels, and IL-6 secretion in C2C12 cells. Therefore, UA could be a novel therapeutic agent for CKD-induced muscle dysfunction.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.157-163
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• 2000

Yeast pheromone a-factor is a 13-amino acid peptide hormone that is synthesized as a part of a larger precursor, prepro-$\alpha$-factor, consisting of a signal peptide and a proregion of 64 amino acids. The carboxy-terminal half of the precursor contains four tandem copies of mature $\alpha$-factor. To investigate the molecular basis of intracellular sorting, proteolytic processing, and storage of the peptide hormone, yeast prepro-$\alpha$-factor precursors were heterologously expressed in rat pituitary $GH_3 cells. When cells harboring the precursor were metabolically labeled, a species of approximately 27 kD appeared inside the cells. Digestion with peptide: N-glycosidase F (PNG-F) shifted the molecular mass to a 19 kD, suggesting that the 27 kD protein was the glycosylated form as in yeast cells. The nascent polypeptide is efficiently targeted to the ER in the $GH_3 cells, where it undergoes cleavage of its signal peptide and core glycosylation to generate glycosylated pro-a-factor. To look at the post ER intracellular processing, the pulse-labelled cells were chased up to 2 hrs. The nascent propeptides disappeared from the cells at a half life of 30 min and only 10-25% of the newly synthesized, unprocessed precursors were stored intracellularly after the 2 h chase. However, about 20% of the pulse-labeled pro-$\alpha$-factor precursors were secreted into the medium in the pro-hormone form. With increasing chase time, the intracellular level of propeptide decreased, but the amount of secreted propeptide could not account for the disappearance of intracellular propeptide completely. This disappearance was insensitive to lysosomotropic agents, but was inhibited at $16^{circ}C or 20^{\circ}C$, suggesting that the turnover of the precursors was not occurring in the secretory pathway to trans Golgi network (TGN) or dependent on acidic compartments. From these results, it is concluded that a pan of these heterologous precursors may be processed at its paired dibasic sites by prohormone processing enzymes located in TGN/secretpry vesicles producing small peptides, and that the residual unprocessed precursors may be secreted into the medium rather than degraded intracellularly.

• 한국발생생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국발생생물학회 2003년도 제3회 국제심포지움 및 학술대회
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• pp.70-70
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• 2003

The uterus undergoes dynamic changes during the cycle and displays many features typical of developmental process. In order to be prepared for implantation, endometrium undergoes predictable, sequential phases of proliferation and secretory changes. The uterus during estrus cycle synthesize a complex of signaling molecules with specific spatial and temporal modes of expression and which are critical for cell proliferation and differentiation. The purpose of this investigation was to use cDNA microarrays to evaluate the expression of genes of rat uterus in estrus cycle. Animals were sacrificed on proestrus, estrus, metestrus, diestrus. Differential gene expression profiles were revealed(growth-related c-myc reponsive protein RCL, heat shock 47-kDa protein (HSP47), cytochrome c oxidase polypeptide Vlc2 (COX6C2), calreticulin (CALR)). Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to validate the relative expression pattern. Using this approach, we found several genes whose expression in rat uterus was altered with estrus cycle. Our long-term goal is to determine the role of these differentially expressed genes during estrus cycle. This study was supported by through the Biohealth Products Research Center(BPRC), Inje University.

• Nutritional Sciences
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.31-34
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• 2004

This paper reviews the effects of Spirulina platensis and its extracts and phycocyanin, a blue photosynthetic pigment protein in Spirulina on the mucosal immune functions in humans and animals as follows: TEX>$\bullet$ IgA antibody response and other classes in mucosal immunity of mice treated with Spirulina platensis and its extract. $\bullet$ Effect of Spirulina phycocyanin ingestion on the mucosal antibody responses in mice. - Distinct effects of phycocyanin on secretory IgA and allergic IgE antibody responses in mice following oral immunization with antigen-entrapped biodegradable microparticles. $\bullet$ Influence of dietary Spirulina platensis on IgA level in human saliva. $\bullet$ A study on enhancement of bone-marrow cell-proliferation and differentiation by Spirulina platensis in mice: in vivo and in vitro study

• International Journal of Stem Cells
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.425-437
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• 2023

Obesity, which continues to increase worldwide, was shown to irreversibly impair the differentiation potential and angiogenic properties of adipose tissue mesenchymal stromal cells (ADSCs). Because these cells are intended for regenerative medicine, especially for the treatment of inflammatory conditions, and the effects of obesity on the immunomodulatory properties of ADSCs are not yet clear, here we investigated how ADSCs isolated from former obese subjects (Ex-Ob) would influence macrophage differentiation and polarization, since these cells are the main instructors of inflammatory responses. Analysis of the subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) of overweight (OW) and Ex-Ob subjects showed the maintenance of approximately twice as many macrophages in Ex-Ob SAT, contained within the CD68⁺/FXIII-A^- inflammatory pool. Despite it, in vitro, coculture experiments revealed that Ex-Ob ADSCs instructed monocyte differentiation into a M2-like profile, and under inflammatory conditions induced by LPS treatment, inhibited HLA-DR upregulation by resting M0 macrophages, originated a similar percentage of TNF-α⁺ cells, and inhibited IL-10 secretion, similar to OW-ADSCs and BMSCs, which were used for comparison, as these are the main alternative cell types available for therapeutic purposes. Our results showed that Ex-Ob ADSCs mirrored OW-ADSCs in macrophage education, favoring the M2 immunophenotype and a mixed (M1/M2) secretory response. These results have translational potential, since they provide evidence that ADSCs from both Ex-Ob and OW subjects can be used in regenerative medicine in eligible therapies. Further in vivo studies will be fundamental to validate these observations.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2009

간흡충(Clonorchis sinensis)은 우리나라에서 높은 감염률(2.9%)을 나타내는 기생충으로(KAHP, 2004), 간흡충에 감염된 담관은 간흡충의 흡반에 의한 물리적 자극과 대사산물 및 분비물 등의 화학적 자극에 의해 담관염이 일어나고, 간흡충이 성장할 때 충체 주위의 담관 상피세포의 증식, 탈락, 담관 주위의 염증 및 섬유화가 일어난다. 담관 점막에 분포하는 섬유모세포는 결합조직을 구성하는 세포의 한 종류로서 세포질돌기들이 잘 발달된 형태적 특징이 있으며, 세포질 내에 세포의 형태 유지, 신호전달, 인접세포와의 연접 등에 관여한다. 또한 조직을 발달시키고, 조직이 손상된 부위에서 콜라겐 층을 형성하여 손상된 조직이 복구되도록 하기도 한다. 상처의 반흔(scar) 형성과 지방축적, 염증(inflammation) 발생 과정에서 섬유모세포의 작용이 제대로 조절되지 못하면 섬유증(fibrosis)이 발달하게 된다는 연구 보고도 있다. 본 연구에서는 정상 흰쥐에서 분리된 담관 섬유모세포와 간흡충 감염 흰쥐에서 분리된 담관 섬유모세포를 배양하고, 각각의 실험군에 간흡충 분비배설 물질(Cs excretory-secretory product, ESP)을 첨가하여 배양하였다. 배양된 섬유모세포의 미세구조 변화와 세포 표면에 존재하는 sialic acid 및 actin의 분포를 전자현미경으로 관찰하여, 간흡충 감염에 따른 섬유모세포의 변화 및 간흡충 분비배설 물질의 자극에 따른 섬유모세포의 변화를 관찰하여 흰쥐의 담관 섬유모세포와 간흡충 감염과의 연관성을 알아보고자 하였다. 정상 흰쥐 담관에서 분리한 섬유모세포(G1)에 비하여 간흡충에 감염된 흰쥐 담관에서 분리한 섬유모세포(G2)와 간흡충 분비배설 물질을 첨가하여 배양한 섬유모세포(G1-1, G2-1)의 증식속도가 느린 것이 확인되었다. 세포질돌기의 수는 간흡충에 감염된 흰쥐의 담관으로부터 분리된 섬유모세포(G2)에서 가장 많은 수가 관찰되었고, 배양배지에 분비배설 물질을 첨가하면 정상 담관의 섬유모세포에서도 세포질돌기가 증가하였다. 따라서 간흡충 대사물질은 섬유모세포의 세포질돌기형성을 촉진시키는 것으로 생각된다. 간흡충에 감염된 흰쥐 담관에서 분리한 섬유모세포(G2)의 소포체는 정상 담관에서 분리된 섬유모세포(G1)의 것에 비하여 감소하는 양상을 나타내었고, 여기에 분비배설 물질을 첨가하면 섬유모세포의 소포체가 증가하는 것이 관찰되었다. 그리고 세포표면에 분비되는 sialic acid는 주로 세포질의 소포낭 주변에서 관찰되었으며, 정상 섬유모세포(G1, G1-1)보다 감염된 섬유모세포(G2, G2-1)에서 증가하였다. Actin은 세포표면과 세포질돌기에서 주로 관찰되었으며, 정상 섬유모세포(G1, G1-1)보다 감염된 섬유모세포(G2, G2-1)에서 반응이 증가하였고, 간흡충 분비배설 물질을 첨가하면 G1-1은 반응이 증가하고, G2-1은 반응이 감소하는 것이 관찰되었다. 이상의 결과로 간흡충에 감염된 흰쥐 담관의 섬유모세포는 세포질돌기들이 매우 발달하며, actin단백과 sialic acid가 증가하여 세포변형을 초래하게 된다. 또한 간흡충 감염으로 손상된 담관의 섬유모세포로 구성된 결합조직은 정상으로 회복되지 않으며, 세포질 부피 및 세포질돌기의 증가는 이루어지지만 간흡충 대사물질의 영향으로 섬유모세포의 분열 및 성장 속도가 억제되는 것으로 확인되었다. 이 결과 간흡충 감염으로 손상된 숙주의 담관 결합조직과 섬유모세포들은 간흡충 대사물질에 의하여 변형을 일으키고, 세포 활성 및 증식이 저하되므로 팽대된 담관은 간흡충이 사멸된다 하더라도 원상회복이 불가능할 것으로 생각된다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.185-190
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• 2005

The chicken oviduct is a dynamic organ that produces secretory proteins such as ovalbumin and its cells undergo cell proliferation and differentiation. There has been no study of the cellular mechanism involved in cell death in the chicken oviduct. Therefore, this study has focused on the study of apoptosis in primary oviduct cells. Because ceramide is known to activate apoptosis in tumor cells and is produced in the oviduct, we used an exogenous ceramide analog to induce cell death. The viability of ceramide-treated chicken oviduct cells decreased in a dose-dependent manner and apoptotic cells were detected by staining with annexin V. The expression of apoptosis-related genes was assessed by RT-PCR and bcl-2 mRNA was found to decrease after exposure to ceramide while Bcl-x mRNA increased 12 h post-treatment. In addition, caspase-3 was expressed strongly in the early stages of apoptosis, while caspase-1 and -9 transcripts increased at later times. We conclude that ceramide induces apoptosis in oviduct-derived primary cells via a caspase- and bcl-2-dependent pathway.