• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.5399-5403
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• 2012

Aims and Background: Human leukocyte antigen-G and interleukin-2 receptor play pivotal roles in the proliferation of lymphocytes, and thus generation of immune responses. Their overexpression has been evidenced in different malignant hematopoietic diseases. This study aimed to validate serum soluble human leukocyte antigen-G (sHLA-G) and serum soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) as an additional tool for the diagnosis and follow up of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Subjects and Methods: Both markers were determined by ELISA in the serum of 33 ALL pediatric patients before treatment and after intensification phase of chemotherapy as well as in the serum of 14 healthy donors that were selected as a control group. Results: ALL patients showed abnormal CBC and high serum lactate dehydrogenase, which were improved after chemotherapy. Also, there was a non-significant increase in serum sHLA-G in ALL patients compared with the control group. However, after chemotherapy, sHLA-G was increased significantly compared with before treatment. On the other hand, serum sIL-2R in ALL patients was increased significantly compared with the control group. After chemotherapy, sIL-2R decreased significantly compared with before treatment. Conclusions: From these results it could be suggested that measurement of serum sHLA-G might be helpful in diagnosis of ALL, while sIL-2R might be useful in diagnosis and follow-up of ALL in pediatric patients.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.135-143
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• 1994

연구목적 : 혈청 sIL-2R 농도는 T세포의 면역활성화가 관여되는 육아종성질환, 장기이식, 자가면역질환에서, 또한 혈액종양 및 림프세망내 피계종양등에서 증가 한다고 알려져있다. 최근 결핵환자에서도 질병의 활성화 정도에 따라 혈청 및 흉강 삼출액에서 sIL-2R 농도의 증가를 보고하고 있다. 임상에서 결핵성 흉강삼출과 악성 흉강삼출의 감별이 어려운 경우를 경험하게 되는데 흉강삼출액에서 sIL-2R 농도 측정이 이들 질환의 감별에 도움이 될수 있는지 알아보기 위해 늑막조직검사에서 결핵성으로 확인된 12명의 결핵성 흉강삼출액환자와 32명의 비결핵성 흉강 삼출액환자를 대상으로 혈청 및 흉강삼출액에서 sIL-2R 농도를 측정하였다. 방법 : 대상환자의 늑막삼출액을 원심분리하여 얻은 상층액과 동시에 채취한 혈청을 $-70^{\circ}C$에 보관한 후 검사를 시행하였다. 가용성 IL-2수용체 농도 측정은 Cellfree(r) IL-2R test kit(T-cell sciences Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA)를 이용하였다. 측정방법을 간단히 설명하면 IL-2R 분자의 두가지 항원 결정기(epitope)에 대한 단일 항체를 이용한 샌드위치 ELISA 검사로 측정하였다. 결과 : 1) 늑막삼출액의 sIL-2R 농도는 비결핵성 늑막삼출환자군보다 결핵성 늑막삼출환자군에서 높았다(p<0.005). 2) 늑막삼출액에서 감별진단 기준을 sIL-2R 농도 5,000u/ml로 할 경우 결핵성 늑막삼출환자군을 악성 늑막삼출환자군과 비교시 민감도는 84.6%, 특이도는 99.9%였다. 3) 혈청 sIL-2R 농도는 결핵성 늑막삼출환자군에서 세균성 늑막 삼출환자군보다 유의한 증가를 보였으나(p<0.05), 악성 늑막 삼출환자군 및 늑막여출액환자군과는 유의한 차이가 없었다(p>0.05). 4) 결핵성 늑막삼출환자군에서 sIL-2R 농도는 혈청에서보다 늑막삼출액에서 더 높았다(p<0.005). 결론 : 결핵성 늑막삼출에서 늑막삼출액내의 sIL-2R 농도는 감별기준 5,000 u/ml로 사용할 경우 결핵성 늑막삼출과 비결핵성 늑막삼출의 감별진단에 도움이 되리라 생각된다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.27-34
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• 1999

목 적 : 가능한 교란인자들, 즉 연령, 단백뇨, 스테로이드 사용 등의 영향이 배제된 조건에서 소아의 신증후군, 또는 그 중의 어떤 특성이 혈청이나 요의 용해성 인터루킨-2수용체 (sIL-2R)에 영향을 주는지를 알기 위해 이 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 소아의 일차성 신증후군 중 임상적 혹은 병리소견으로 미세변화형 신증후군으로 진단되거나 병리소견상 초점성 분절성 사구체경화증으로 진단된 환아를 대상으로 이들을 연령 (0-l세, 2-4세, 5세 이상), 단백뇨 및 스테로이드 사용 여부 (PU+Tx-, PU+Tx+, PU-Tx+, PU-Tx-)로 구분하였다. 이들과 대조군의 혈청, 요에서 ELISA법으로 각각 sIL-2R를 정량하고, 요에서는 크레아티닌치도 측정하였다. 각 군의 혈청 sIL-2R치와 요 sIL-2R/크레아티닌 비를 계산하여 비교하였다. 결 과 : 혈청 sIL-2R는 환자와 대조군에서 도두 연령이 어릴수록 높았고, 신증후군에서 대조군보다 높지 않았다. 환자군 중에서 재발한 경우에는 높고 스테로이드 투여 시에는 낮은 경향을 보였다. 요 sIL-2R/크레아티닌 비는 특히 단백뇨가 있을 때 연령이 어릴수록 높았고 (P=0.01), 혈청 치와 마찬가지로 재발과 스테로이드의 영향을 받았다. 혈청 sIL-2R치와 요 sIL-2R/크레아티닌 비는 신 병리소견, 스테로이드 반응도에 따른 차이를 보이지 않았다 (P>0.05). 결 론 : 혈청 sIL-2R치는 연령에 따른 차이가 크고, 신증후군에서 대조군에 비해 높지 않았으나, 재발상태의 환자는 완해 상태의 환자보다 높았고, 스테로이드를 투여할 때에 낮았다. 요 sIL-2R/크레아티닌 비는 특히 단백뇨가 있을 때 혈청 sIL-2R치를 잘 반영하였다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.568-575
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• 2000

연구배경 : Cytokine은 주요한 염증 매개 물질로서 질환에 따라 다른 양상을 보일 수 있어, 흉수를 일으키는 다양한 원인 질환의 감별에 이용되어 왔다. 이 중에서 악성 흉수, 결핵성 흉수, 부폐렴 삼출액 및 농흉에서 INF-${\gamma}$, IL-2R, IL-6, IL-1를 동사에 측정하여 비교한 연구는 많지 않아 본 연구를 시행하게 되었다. 방법 : 흉수를 주소로 내원한 환자 중에서 흉수 천자로 삼출액이 확인된 환자들을 대상으로 흉수를 채취하여, ELISA kit를 이용하여 INF-${\gamma}$, IL-2R, IL-6, IL-10 농도를 측정하였다. 결과 : 악성 흉수, 결핵성 흉수, 부폐렴 삼출액 및 농흉에서 흉수 내의 cytokine의 순서대로, INF-${\gamma}$는 $16.7{\pm}50$, $295.5{\pm}585.5$, $10.0{\pm}0$ pg/ml, IL-2R은 $3247.4{\pm}1713.3$, $7423.5{\pm}3752.8$, $3790.2{\pm}3201.1$ pg/ml, IL-6는 $600{\pm}12.8$, $556.4{\pm}161.7$, $514.4{\pm}224.8$ pg/ml, IL-10은 $28.2{\pm}55.5$, $11.3{\pm}11.7$, $98.4{\pm}141.7$ pg/ml로 각각 측정되어, 결핵성 흉수가 다른 원인의 흉수에 비해 IL-2R 농도가 의 있게 높았으며, IFN-${\gamma}$ 농도도 높은 경향을 나타내었으며, 부폐렴 삼출액에서는 IL-10농도가 다른 원인의 흉수에 비해 의미있게 높았다. 결론 : 결론적으로 흉수 내의 IL-2R농도 측정은 결핵성 흉수와 다른 원인의 흉수를 감별하는데 어느 정도 도움이 될 것으로 사료되며, IL-10 측정은 부폐렴 삼출액과 다른 원인의 흉수를 감별하는데 어느 정도 도움을 줄 것으로 생각된다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.336-341
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• 2014

Endothelial cell protein C receptor (EPCR) plays important roles in blood coagulation and inflammation. EPCR activity is markedly changed by ectodomain cleavage and release as the soluble EPCR. EPCR can be shed from the cell surface, which is mediated by tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$ converting enzyme (TACE). Oroxylin A (OroA), a major component of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, is known to exhibit anti-angiogenic, antiinflammation, and anti-invasive activities. However, little is known about the effects of OroA on EPCR shedding. Data showed that OroA induced potent inhibition of phorbol-12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$, interleukin (IL)-$1{\beta}$ and on cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)-induced EPCR shedding through suppression of TACE expression and activity. In addition, treatment with OroA resulted in reduced PMA-stimulated phosphorylation of p38, extracellular regulated kinases (ERK) 1/2, and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). These results demonstrate the potential of OroA as an anti-sEPCR shedding reagent against PMA and CLP-mediated EPCR shedding.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.81-89
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• 2004

Tumor necrosis factor-$\alpha$ (TNF-$\alpha$) and lymphotoxin-$\alpha$ (LT-$\alpha$, TNF-$\beta$) can initiate and perpetuate human diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). TNFs can be blocked by the use of soluble TNF receptors. However, since monomeric soluble receptors generally exhibit low affinity or function as agonists, the use of monomeric soluble receptors has been limited in the case of cytokines such as TNF-$\alpha$, TNF-$\alpha$, interleukin (IL)-1, IL-4, IL-6, and IL-13, which have adapted to a multi component receptor system. For these reasons, very high-affinity inhibitors were created for the purpose of a TNFs antagonist to bind the TNFR and trigger cellular signal by using the multistep polymerase chain reaction method. First, recombinant simple TNFR-Ig fusion proteins were constructed from the cDNA sequences encoding the extracellular domain of the human p55 TNFR (CD120a) and the human p75 TNFR (CD120b), which were linked to hinge and constant regions of human $IgG_1$ heavy chain, respectively using complementary primers (CP) encoding the complementary sequences. Then, concatameric TNFR-Ig fusion proteins were constructed using recombinant PCR and a complementary primer base of recombinant simple TNFR-Ig fusion proteins. For high level expression of recombinant fusion proteins, Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were used with a retroviral expression system. The transfected cells produced the simple concatameric TNFR-Ig fusion proteins capable of binding TNF and inactivating it. These soluble versions of simple concantameric TNFR-Ig fusion proteins gave rise to multiple forms such as simple dimers and concatameric homodimers. Simple TNFR-1g fusion proteins were shown to have much more reduced TNF inhibitory activity than concatameric TNFR-Ig fusion proteins. Concatameric TNFR-Ig fusion proteins showed higher affinity than simple TNFR-Ig fusion proteins in a receptor inhibitor binding assay (RIBA). Additionally, concatameric TNFR-Ig fusion proteins were shown to have a progressive effect as a TNF inhibitor compared to the simple TNFR-Ig fusion proteins and conventional TNFR-Fc in cytotoxicity assays, and showed the same results for collagen induced arthritis (CIA) in mice in vivo.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.4545-4548
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• 2014

Objective: To investigate the changes of serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), soluble interleukin-2 receptor (SIL-2R) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) contents in patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) before and after percutaneous microwave coagulation therapy (PMCT) and determine their clinical significance. Materials and Methods: Fasting venous blood (3 mL) from 81 patients with primary HCC diagnosed by pathology was collected in the mornings 1 day before PMCT, and 1 day, 7 days and 1 month after PMCT, and then the serum was separated and stored in $-70^{\circ}C$. The contents of VEGF, SIL-2R and HGF were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results: The serum VEGF, SIL-2R and HGF contents in 81 patients with primary HCC had obviously dynamic changes before and after PMCT. By comparison to 1 day after PMCT with pre-operation, there was no statistical significance regarding VEGF and SIL-2R contents (P>0.05), but HGF content showed significant difference (P<0.01). Compared with pre-operation, VEGF, SIL-2R and HGF contents 7 days and 1 month after PMCT all manifested significant differences (P<0.01). By comparison to 7 days with 1 month after PMCT, there was no statistical significance regarding the VEGF content (P>0.05), whereas SIL-2R and HGF contents showed significant change (P<0.01). Conclusions: The contents of serum VEGF, SIL-2R and HGF have obviously dynamic changes in primary HCC before and after PMCT, and their joint detection is expected to be an effective hematologic evaluation index of PMCT for primary HCC.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.346-358
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• 2023

The aim of this study was to evaluate efficacies of selected lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in inducing immunoglobulin A (IgA) secretion. Twenty-five different LAB isolated from traditional fermented Korean foods were characterized for their probiotic properties and screened to identify those that could stimulate lamina propria cells (LPCs) from Peyer's patch to secret IgA in vitro. Among them, four strains (Lactiplantibacillus plantarum CJW55-10, Lactiplantibacillus pentosus CJW18-6, L. pentosus CJW56-11, and Pediococcus acidilactici CJN2696) were found to be strong IgA inducers. The number of IgA positive B cells and soluble IgA level were increased when LPCs were co-cultured with these LAB. Expression levels of toll-like receptor (TLR) such as TLR2 and TLR4 and secretion of interleuckin-6 were augmented in LPCs treated with these LAB. Further, we determined whether oral intake of these LAB enhanced IgA production in vivo. After one-week of daily oral administration, these LAB feed mice increased mucosal IgA and serum IgA. In conclusion, selected strains of LAB could induce systemic IgA secretion by activating lamina propria B cells in Peyer's patch and oral intake of selected strains of LAB can enhance systemic immunity by inducing mucosal IgA secretion.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.650-656
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• 2013

내피세포 단백질 C 수용체(EPCR)가 트롬빈-트롬보모듈린 복합체에 의한 단백질 C (PC) 활성 증가에 중요한 역할을 한다. EPCR의 활성은 ecodomain의 분열과 수용성 단백질(sEPCR)로 분비함으로써 현저하게 변화한다. EPCR의 탈락은 tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$ converting enzyme (TACE)에 의해 매개된다. 토마토에서 발견된 라이코펜은 항산화 효과, 항암 효과, 항염증 효과를 가지고 있다. 그러나 EPCR 탈락에서의 라이코펜의 효과는 알려지지 않았다. 우리는 라이코펜이 PMA, TNF-${\alpha}$, IL-$1{\beta}$와 CLP에 의해 유도된 EPCR 탈락에 미치는 영향을 연구했다. 그 결과, 라이코펜은 TACE의 발현을 억제시켜 PMA, TNF-${\alpha}$, IL-$1{\beta}$와 CLP에 의해 매개된 EPCR 탈락을 저해함을 보여준다. 또한 라이코펜은 PMA가 유발한 p38, ERK1/2, JNK의 인산화를 감소시켰다. 이러한 결과를 토대로, 라이코펜은 EPCR 탈락의 저해를 통해 다양한 중증 혈관 염증 질병 치료를 위한 후보 물질이 될 수 있을 것이다.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2022

Inflammation is a protective mechanism against pathogens, but if maintained continuously, it destroys tissue structures. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is a gram-negative, facultative anaerobic bacterium often found in severe periodontitis. A. actinomycetemcomitans invades epithelial cells and triggers inflammatory response in the immune cells. In this study, we investigated the effect of water-soluble rosehip extract on A. actinomycetemcomitans-induced inflammatory responses. A human monocytic cell line (THP-1) was differentiated to macrophages by phorbol 12-mystristate 13-acetate treatment. The cytotoxic effect of extract was determined using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay. The effects of extract on bacterial growth were examined by measuring the optical densities using a spectrophotometer. THP-1-derived macrophages were infected A. actinomycetemcomitans after extract treatment, and culture supernatants were analyzed for cytokine production using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Protein expression was measured by western blotting. Extract was not toxic to THP-1-derived macrophages. A. actinomycetemcomitans growth was inhibited by 1% extract. The extract suppressed A. actinomycetemcomitans-induced tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin (IL)-1β, and IL-8 production. It also decreased mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP kinase) and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) phosphorylation. Moreover, the extract inhibited the expression of inflammasome components, including nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor pyrin domain-containing protein 3, Absent in Melanoma 2, and apoptosis associated speck-like protein containing a CARD. And cysteine-aspartic proteases-1 and IL-1β expression were decreased by the extract. In summary, extract suppressed A. actinomycetemcomitans growth and decreased inflammatory cytokine production by inhibiting activation of MAP kinase, NF-κB, and inflammasome signaling. Rosehip extract could be effective in the treatment of periodontal inflammation induced by A. actinomycetemcomitans infection.