• Molecules and Cells
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.457-466
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• 2014

Proteomic analysis is helpful in identifying cancerassociated proteins that are differentially expressed and fragmented that can be annotated as dysregulated networks and pathways during metastasis. To examine metastatic process in lung cancer, we performed a proteomics study by label-free quantitative analysis and N-terminal analysis in 2 human non-small-cell lung cancer cell lines with disparate metastatic potentials - NCI-H1703 (primary cell, stage I) and NCI-H1755 (metastatic cell, stage IV). We identified 2130 proteins, 1355 of which were common to both cell lines. In the label-free quantitative analysis, we used the NSAF normalization method, resulting in 242 differential expressed proteins. For the N-terminal proteome analysis, 325 N-terminal peptides, including 45 novel fragments, were identified in the 2 cell lines. Based on two proteomic analysis, 11 quantitatively expressed proteins and 8 N-terminal peptides were enriched for the focal adhesion pathway. Most proteins from the quantitative analysis were upregulated in metastatic cancer cells, whereas novel fragment of CRKL was detected only in primary cancer cells. This study increases our understanding of the NSCLC metastasis proteome.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.984-991
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• 1998

연구배경: 폐암을 포함한 여러 종양에서 3p의 allelic loss가 매우 흔하게 관찰된다는 것은 널리 알려진 사실이다. 따라서 이 구역에 암억제유전자가 존재할 가능성이 높다고 생각되어 과거부터 이에 대한 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 하지만 현재까지는 몇몇 후보 유전자들이 밝혀져 있을 뿐, 확실한 암억제유전자를 규명해내지는 못하고 있는 실정이다. FHIT(Fragile Histidine Triad) 유전자는 최근 주목을 받고 있는 후보 암억제유전자로서 3p14.2에 위치하고 있으며 식도, 위, 두경부암 등의 여러 종양에서 이 위치의 homozygous deletion이 보고된 바 있다. 서열 분석상 이 유전자는 human genome 중 손상에 가장 취약한 곳중 하나인 FRA3B fragile site와 신세포암에서 잘 발견되는 t(3;8) chromosomal translocation의 breakpoint를 포함하고 있다. 이러한 구조적 특정과 함께 폐암에서 3p의 allelic loss가 특히 높은 빈도로 나타난다는 점에 주목하여, 연자들은 폐암 세포주를 대상으로 FHIT 유전자의 발현 이상을 살펴봄으로써 암억제유전자로서의 가능성을 평가하고자 하였다. 방 법: 총 21개 세포주(비소세포폐암 : 16, 소세포폐암 : 5)를 배양하여 RNA를 분리하였고 reverse transcription을 시행하여 single-strand cDNA를 합성하였다. 이후 FHIT 유전자의 exon 5에서 exon 9에 해당하는 coding region을 PCR로 증폭하였다. 이 PCR product를 ethidium bromide로 염색된 1.5 % agarose gel에서 전기영동시킨 후 band를 관찰하였다. 결 과: 총 21개 폐암 세포주중 12개(57%) 세포주에서 비정상적인 band가 관찰되거나(3개), band가 관찰되지 않았다(9개). 16개의 비소세포폐암 세포주중 7개 (44%)에서 비정상적인 band가 관찰되거나(2개), band가 관찰되지 않았다(5개). 5개의 소세포폐암 세포주에서는 5개(100%) 모두에서 비정상적인 band가 관찰되거나(1개), band가 관찰되지 않았다 (4개). 결 론: 이러한 결과를 살펴볼 때, FHIT 유전자의 발현 이상은 폐암, 특히 소세포폐암에서 높은 빈도로 관찰되었으며, 이는 FHIT 유전자가 폐암 발생에 있어서 중요한 암억제유전자일 것이라는 가설을 뒷받침하는 소견이라 생각된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.6533-6535
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• 2013

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new type of tumor biomarker, eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2), in serum for the early diagnosis, confirmative diagnosis as well as assessment of treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: 130 patients with NSCLC and 50 healthy individuals undergoing physical examination in our hospital provided the observation and healthy control groups. An enzyme linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA) method was applied to determine serum eEF2 levels. Serum neuron specific enolase (NSE) and squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC) levels in the observation group were assessed with an automatic biochemical analyzer. Results: The median levels of eEF2 in the serum of NSCLC patients was found to be significantly higher than the healthy control group (p < 0.01) and it was markedly higher in stages III, IV than stages I, II (p < 0.05). eEF2 was higher with tumor size ${\geq}2$ cm than <2 cm (P< 0.01). Furthermore, two weeks after surgery patients showed a significant trend for eEF2 decrease (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2) has certain clinical values for early diagnosis, verification, and prognosis as well as classification of lung cancer patients.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.473-491
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• 2007

Objectives : This study was designed to investigate the antiproliferative activity of the water extract of Samgibopae-tang (SGBPT) in NCI-H460 and A549 non-small-cell lung cancer cell lines Methods : In this study, we measured the subsistence, form of NCI-H460 and A549 non-small-cell lung cancer cell by hemocytometer and DAPI staining. In each cell, we analyzed DNA fragmentation. reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and measured activity of caspase-3, caspase-8 and caspase-9. Results and Conclusions : We found that exposure of A549 cells to SGBPT resulted in growth inhibition in a dose-dependent manner. butSGBPT did not affect the growth of NCI-H460 cells. The antiproliferative effect by SGBPT treatment in A549 cells was associated with morphological changes. SGBPT treatment partially induced the expression of DR5 cells and the expression of Faswas markedly increased in both transcriptional and translational levels in A549 cells. SGBPT treatment partially induced the expression of Bcl-2, Bcl-XL and the expression of Bid was markedly decreased in translational levels in A549 cells. However, SGBPT treatment did not affect the expression of IAP family in A549 orNCI-H460 cells. SGBPT treatment partially induced the expression of caspase-3, caspase-8, caspase-9 activity which markedly increased in a dose-dependent manners in A549 cells. The fragmental development of PARP and ${\beta}$-catenin protein was observed in A549 cells by SGBPT treatment. SGBPT treatment induced the expression of PLC-${\gamma}1$ protein which decreased in A549 cells. SGBPT treatment partially induced the expression of DFF45/ICAD which markedly increased in a dose-dependent manner in A549 cells. Taken together. these findings suggested that SGBPT-induced inhibition of human lung carcinoma did not affect NCI-H460 cell growth. However, SGBPT-induced inhibition of human lung carcinoma A549 cell growth was associated with the induction of death receptor and mitochondrial pathway. The results provided important new insights into the possible molecular mechanisms of the anti-cancer activity of SGBPT.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제33권9호
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• pp.713-723
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• 2023

폐암은 전 세계적으로 사망률이 높은 암으로서 소세포성 폐암(small cell lung cancer, SCLC)과 비소세포성 폐암(non-small cell lung cancer, NSCLC)으로 분류된다. 오늘날까지 폐암 치료를 위해 많은 화학요법이 사용되어 왔으나 장기간 화학요법에 의한 부작용 및 항암제 내성 유발로 인해 항암 치료에 한계가 있으므로, 이와 같은 문제점을 해결하기 위해 현재는 천연물로부터 유래한 항암물질을 탐색하는 추세이다. Curcumin은 강황의 뿌리에서 추출된 polyphenol 화합물로서 항균, 항암, 항산화 및 항염증 작용이 보고되어 현재까지 꾸준히 항암 연구가 진행되어 왔으나 인간 폐암 세포주의 종류에 따른 항암 효과는 거의 연구되지 않았다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 여러 종류의 인간 폐암 세포주에 대한 curcumin의 항암 효과를 조사하고자 하였다. 그 결과, 10, 30, 50 μM 농도의 curcumin은 폐암 세포주에 따라 경미한 차이가 나타내면서 농도 의존적으로 세포 생존을 저해하였다. 또한 A549 (NSCLC) 및 DMS53 (SCLC) 세포주를 대상으로 apoptosis, autophagy, reactive oxygen species (ROS)를 flow cytometry로 측정한 결과, 농도 의존적으로 이러한 현상들이 증가되었으며 각각의 저해제를 처리했을 때 이러한 현상들이 회복되는 것이 관찰되었다. Apoptosis와 관련된 단백질인 Bax, PARP, pro-caspase-3 및 Bcl-2의 발현이 curcumin 농도 의존적으로 조절되었으며, 특히 DMS53에서 Bax/Bcl-2 비율이 더 높았다. 또한, autophagy 단백질인 p-AKT, p62 및 LC3B도 curcumin 농도 의존적으로 조절되었다. 한편, ROS 저해제인 diphenyleneiodonium 처리 시, curcumin에 의해 유도된 apoptosis와 autophagy 수준이 저해되었으며 관련 단백질의 발현도 조절되었다. 이를 통해 curcumin의 항암 작용은 curcumin에 의해 생산된 ROS를 매개로 하여 폐암 세포주의 apoptosis 및 autophagy의 유도를 통해 나타나는 것으로 확인되었다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제76권1호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2014

Non-small cell lung cancer harboring epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) sensitizing mutations has a distinct disease entity. Patients with this cancer have better prognosis, and frequently achieve long-term survival. EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) is the drug of choice for this cancer; but the disease inevitably progresses, after durable response. The tumor is a mixture of EGFR-TKI sensitive clones and resistant clones, regardless of their molecular mechanisms. EGFR-TKI sensitive clones are very susceptible to this drug, but rarely eradicated; so, withdrawal of the drug permits rapid regrowth of drug sensitive clones, possibly causing "disease flare." Re-administration or continuation of EGFR-TKI can effectively suppress the expansion of drug sensitive clones, even when the total tumor volume continuously increases. Chemotherapy can definitely prolong the survival of patients experiencing EGFR-TKI failure. Prospective clinical trials are warranted to compare efficacies of chemotherapeutic agents. A few retrospective studies suggested that a taxanebased regimen may be superior to others. Here, we reviewed therapeutic options and clinical evidence about this unique disease entity.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.633-639
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• 2002

저자들은 소세포폐암과 막성신증이 동시에 발견된 60세 남자 환자에서 수술 및 전신항암치료 후 폐암의 완전관해와 더불어 단백뇨가 소실되었던 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.3057-3060
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• 2015

Background: Cytological examination of pleural effusions is very important in the diagnosis of malignant lesions. Thoracentesis is the first investigation to be performed in a patient with pleural effusion. In this study, we aimed to compare traditional with cell block methods for diagnosis of lung disease accompanied by pleural effusion. Materials and Methods: A total of 194 patients with exudative pleural effusions were included. Ten mililiters of fresh pleural fluid were obtained by thoracentesis from all patients in the initial evaluation. The samples gathered were divided to two equal parts, one for conventional cytological analysis and the other for analysis with the cell block technique. In cytology, using conventional diagnostic criteria cases were divided into 3 categories, benign, malignant and undetermined. The cell block sections were evaluated for the presence of single tumor cells, papillary or acinar patterns and staining with mucicarmine. In the cell block examination, in cases with sufficient cell counts histopathological diagnosis was performed. Results: Of the total undergoing conventional cytological analyses, 154 (79.4%)were reported as benign, 33 (17%) as malignant and 7 (3.6%) as suspicious of malignancy. With the cell block method the results were 147 (75.8%) benign, 12 (6.2%) metastatic, 4 (2.1%) squamous cell carcinoma, 18 (9.3%) adenocarcinoma, 5 (2.6%) large cell carcinoma, 2 (1%) mesothelioma, 3 (1.5%) small cell carcinoma, and 3 (1.5%) lymphoma. Conclusions: Our study confirmed that the cell block method increases the diagnostic yield with exudative pleural effusions accompanying lung cancer.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.3447-3450
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• 2014

Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of bevacizumab concomitant with pemetrexed in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Materials and Methods: A total of 72 patients were randomly divided into a combination group (pemetrexed+bevacizumab, n=36) and a pemetrexed group (n=36) and assessed for disease control (CR+PR+SD) after 4-cycles of first-line GP chemotherapy (gemcitabine+cisplatin). Clinical efficacy, progression-free survival time (PFS), overall survival time (OS), overall response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR) and rate of adverse responses between two groups were observed and compared. Results: ORR and DCR were 27.8% and 83.4% in combination group, and 16.7% and 69.5% in the pemetrexed group, respectively, but there were no significant differences (P>0.05). PFS in combination group and pemetrexed group were 4.6 months and 3.9 months respectively (P=0.09), whereas OS in the combination group was 14 months, evidently higher than in the pemetrexed group (11 months, P=0.004). Adverse responses in both groups included high blood pressure, bleeding, thrombocytopenia, anemia, elevated transaminase, diarrhea, vomiting and proteinuria, but there were no significant differences (P>0.05). Conclusions: Bevacizumab concomitant with pemetrexed has better clinical efficacy and safety, giving rise to prolonged survival time in patients with advanced NSCLC.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.4661-4666
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• 2013

Background: The wide spectrum of clinical features in advanced stages of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) probably contributes to disparities in outcomes because of different prognostic variables significant for stage IIIB/IV patients. Hence the aim of this study was to check for favorable response of patients to various chemotherapeutic combinations with respect to patient survival in stage IIIB and stage IV NSCLC disease. We selected those patients for our study who were receiving treatment with paclitaxel, gemcitabine or etoposide in combination with platinum based drugs. Materials and Methods: Seventy-two patients who visited the hospital from June 2009 to November 2012 with confirmed diagnosis of lung cancer were included, and data were collected for follow up and classified according to treatment received with respect to patients' regimen and response, and overall survival. This study analyzed tumor variables that were associated with clinical outcome in advanced NSCLC patients who were undergoing first-line chemotherapy for stage IIIB/IV NSCLC. Results: Comparative data on various parameters like age, gender, stage, histology, site of disease, metastatic site and chemo-regimens was analyzed; these parameters predicted variable significant improvement for overall survival ($p{\geq}0.05$). One and two year survival rates were 20.8% and 15.3%. Conclusions: In this study we found slight improvement in survival rates in NSCLC and clinical outcomes with one combination (carboplatin+paclitaxel). Overall there were only marginal differences in survival rates for other chemo-regimens evaluated in this study.