• 농업과학연구
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.567-574
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• 2021

In this study, we evaluated the wound healing rate and, inflammatory cells effects of by Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai (ADN) extract in mice. We also assessed the stability of the ADN extract upon exposure to sunlight. Treatments were as follows: 1) CON (only saline solution), T1 (CON + 0.0125% ADN extract), T2 (CON + 0.05% ADN extract), and T3 (CON + 0.5% ADN extract). A 4 mm punch was used in the central part of the dorsal area to separate it from the subcutaneous tissue, causing a full-thickness skin wound. An amount of 1 mL of each sample was sprayed onto the treatment section of the wound with a pipette every day from the day of wound creation, with proper application ensured using brush. In the stability test, the pH was measured at 1, 4, and 8 weeks after exposing the samples of each treatment section to sunlight considering, the higher concentrations of the ADN extract. The results of this study indicate that the effectiveness of the wound contraction rate in the mice to which the ADN extract was applied was low. Moreover, the stability of the sample containing a high concentration of the ADN extract could not be verified. In addition, no significant results were obtained in the inflammatory reaction assessment. Therefore, additional research focusing on wound contraction, stability, and inflammatory cell outcomes of the ADN extract is needed.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2020

Purpose: Acute nicotine poisoning by liquid nicotine in electronic cigarettes is becoming an increasing problem worldwide. The current systematic review aimed to determine the harm of acute nicotine poisoning by reviewing published case reports. Methods: An online literature search with PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and KoreaMed database was performed to identify relevant studies addressing acute nicotine poisoning with electronic cigarettes. Two investigators searched the case reports written in English or Korean. Results: Twenty-six cases were included in this study. The routes of intoxication included ingestion in 18 cases, intravenous injection in three cases, subcutaneous injection in two cases, and ocular exposure in two cases. Ten cases had a cardiac arrest, and seven of them died. Seven out of 12 cases with intentional poisoning had a cardiac arrest. Nine children under 18 years were reported, and three of them had a cardiac arrest. Sixteen cases without a cardiac arrest recovered well, except for one case with sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Conclusion: The authors reviewed the risks of electronic cigarette liquid in terms of acute poisoning through a systematic review. The nicotine solution of an e-cigarette can be life-threatening in cases of acute poisoning. Therefore, active emergency treatment with early recognition is necessary. In addition, various management methods and regulations for preventing acute nicotine poisoning, such as restriction of distribution and nicotine concentration, should be considered.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.48.1-48.8
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• 2023

Liver cancer is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. Well-known risk factors include hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus, along with exposure to aflatoxins, excessive alcohol consumption, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. Genomic variants play a crucial role in mediating the associations between these risk factors and liver cancer. However, the specific variants involved in this process remain under-explored. This study utilized a bioinformatics approach to identify genetic variants associated with liver cancer from various continents. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with liver cancer were retrieved from the genome-wide association studies catalog. Prioritization was then performed using functional annotation with HaploReg v4.1 and the Ensembl database. The prevalence and allele frequencies of each variant were evaluated using Pearson correlation coefficients. Two variants, rs2294915 and rs2896019, encoded by the PNPLA3 gene, were found to be highly expressed in the liver tissue, as well as in the skin, cell-cultured fibroblasts, and adipose-subcutaneous tissue, all of which contribute to the risk of liver cancer. We further found that these two SNPs (rs2294915 and rs2896019) were positively correlated with the prevalence rate. Positive associations with the prevalence rate were more frequent in East Asian and African populations. We highlight the utility of this population-specific PNPLA3 genetic variant for genetic association studies and for the early prognosis and treatment of liver cancer. This study highlights the potential of integrating genomic databases with bioinformatic analysis to identify genetic variations involved in the pathogenesis of liver cancer. The genetic variants investigated in this study are likely to predispose to liver cancer and could affect its progression and aggressiveness. We recommend future research prioritizing the validation of these variations in clinical settings.

• 한국환경독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경독성학회 2003년도 추계국제학술대회
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• pp.57-69
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• 2003

It is well known that many pesticides possess hormonal activity, and affect the developments of wildlife and mammals including human. Currently, pyrethroid insecticides are in worldwide use to control in and outdoor pests, providing potential far environmental exposure. Hormonal activities of these pyrethroid insecticides, however, have been little studied, and the developmental effects of them were no reported. Therefore, we firstly examined the potential estrogenic activities of some pyrethroid insecticides (permethrin, cypermethrin, tetramethrin, deltamethrin, sumithrin, fenvalerate and bioallethrin) by immature rat uterotrophic assay, luciferase reporter gene assay and Calbindin-D$\sub$9k/ (CaBP-9k) gene expression assay. Uterine wet weights were increased by permethrin and the permethrin-induced weights were inhibited by ICI 182780 in the uterolrophic assay. On the other hand tetramethrin significantly reduced uterine and vaginal wet weights, and also inhibited the E2-induced weight increases at all doses tested. Cypermethrin and sumithrin had a tendency to increase uterine weights, although not statistically significant. Permethrin and cypermethrin dose-dependently increased the luciferase activity in reporter gene assay. Northern blot analysis showed that permethrin induced CaBP-9k mRNA expression whereas tetramethrin inhibted. Subsequent studies were conducted to investigate the possible developmental effects of four pyrethroid insecricides (permethrin, cypermethrin, sumithrin and teramethrin). Either diethlbestrol (DES) or 17${\beta}$ -estradiol (E2) was used as a reference control in this study. Pyrethroid insecticides were administered to Sprague Dawley rats via subcutaneous injection at 6 to 18 days of gestation or 1 to 5 days after birth. In utero treatment of permethrin (10mg/kg/day) in female rat resulted in significant increases in uterine and ovarian weights while significant decreases in serum E2 concentration, uterine and ovarian ER${\alpha}$ mRNA levels. Sumithrin and permethrin led to acceleration in vaginal opening of female rat, while delay in preputial separation of male after neonatal treatment. Anogenital distances of PND 18 were significantly reduced in sumthrin-treated, and permerhrin-treated male rats after neonatal treatment. All the pyrethroid insecticides tested caused significant increases in uterine weights on PND 18, while significant reductions in the first diestrus phase when neonataly treated. In addition, exposure to pyrethroids in neonatal period led to significant reduction in relative brain weight in female rat on PND 18, but its weight was recovered in diestrus phase. In summary, Our experimental data demonstrate the possibilities of developmental effects of pyrethroid insecticides via estrogenic or antiestrogenic activity.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2001

Antidotal efficacy of combinational prophylactics composed of physostigmine plus procyclidine, alone or in combination with antidotes such as atropine plus 2-pralidoxime or atropine plus HI-6, was evaluated in rats. Physostigmine (0.1 mg/kg) plus procyclidine (3 mg/kg), pretreated subcutaneously 30 min prior to subcutaneous exposure to organophosphates of militarily importance, exerted protection ratios of 7.2, 6.5, 4.0, 2.9 and 8.0 fold for tabun, saris, soman, cyclosarin and V-agent, respectively. In comparison, low effects (1.7 fold for soman and 1.3 fold for cyclosarin) were achieved with the traditional antidotes atropine (17.4 mg/kg) plus 2-pralidoxime (30 mg/kg) administered intramuscularly immediately after organophosphate, in contrast to high effects (5.5 fold for soman and 160.0 fold for cyclosarin) with atropine (17.4 mg/kg) plus HI-6 (125 mg/kg), although the protection ratio markedly decreased when treatment of antidotes was delayed. Note- worthy, the combinational prophylactics markedly potentiated the effects of antidotes to higher than 5.0 fold in all cases. In addition, the combinational prophylactics fully prevented the seizures and excitotoxic brain injuries induced by a high dose (100 mg/kg, 1.3 LD$_{50}$) of soman. Taken together, it is suggested that the prophylactics composed of physostigmine and procyclidine, in combination with posttreatment antidotes, could be a promising regimen for the prevention of lethality, seizures and brain injuries induced by organophosphates possessing diverse properties.s.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.265-270
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• 2011

Procymidone is a fungicide with anti-androgenic properties widely used to protect fruits from fungal infection, which induces an excessive reactive oxygen species production in male reproductive organs. In this study, to clarify whether procymidone affect the cellular antioxidant system of prostate at onset of puberty, gene expression patterns of the representative antioxidant enzymes such as cytoplasmic glutathione peroxidase (GPx1), phospholipid hydroperoxide GPx (PHGPx), selenoprotein P (SePP), cytoplasmic copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1), and manganese SOD (SOD2) were investigated in the rat ventral prostates exposed to procymidone using real-time RT-PCR analyses. Seven-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats castrated at 6 weeks old were treated with procymidone (25, 50, or 100 mg/kg per day) orally for 7 consecutive days after testosterone propionate (0.4 mg/kg per day) administration by subcutaneous injection. As compared to normal control animals, GPx1 mRNA expression in prostates significantly increased by the administration with TP and/or procymidone. However, PHGPx and SOD1 mRNA levels significanatly decreased by over 25 mg/kg of procymidone treatment and SePP and SOD2 mRNA levels was significanatly reduced by over 50 mg/kg of procymidone treatment. These findings indicate that procymidone may affect the antioxidant system of prostatic cells in up-regulation mode of GPx1, but in down-regulation modes of PHGPx, SePP, SOD1, and SOD2, suggesting that procymidone may affect differently the cellular antioxidant system of prostate according to the exposure doses.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.263-271
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• 2008

Recently we reported that 2-bromopropane (2-BP) has maternal toxicity, embryotoxicity, and teratogenicity in Sprague-Dawley rats. The aims of this study are to examine the potential effects of 2-BP administration on pregnant dams and embryo-fetal development, and to investigate the effects of metabolic activation induced by phenobarbital (PB) on developmental toxicities of 2-BP. Pregnant rats received 1000 mg/kg/day subcutaneous 2-BP injections on gestational days (GD) 6 through 10 (Group II and Group IIII) or 11 through 15 (Group IV). Pregnant rats in Group III received an intraperitoneal PB injection once daily at 80 mg/kg/day on GD 3 through 5 for induction of the liver metabolic enzyme system. Control rats received vehicle injections only on GD 6 through 15. All dams underwent caesarean sections on GD 20 and their fetuses were examined for external, visceral, and skeletal abnormalities. Significant adverse effects on pregnant dams and embryo-fetal development were observed in all the treatment groups, and the maternal and embryo-fetal effects of 2-BP observed in Group II were higher than those seen in Group IV. Conversely, maternal and embryo-fetal developmental toxicities observed in Group III were comparable to those seen in Group II. These results suggest that the potential effects of 2-BP on pregnant dams and embryo-fetal development are more likely in the first half of organogenesis (days $6{\sim}10$ of pregnancy) than in the second half and that the metabolic activation induced by PB pre-treatment did not modify the developmental toxic effects of 2-BP in rats.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.819-826
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• 2018

와송(둥근바위솔, Orostachys japonicus, OJ)은 면역조절, 항노화, 항산화, 독성제거 등의 치료적 효과를 가진 약용식물로 알려져 있는데, 본 연구에서는 인체대장암세포에 대한 재배 와송의 항암효과를 규명하고자 하였다. 인체대장암세포주 SW480에 와송열수추출물을 72시간 동안 처리한 결과, 대장암세포의 생존율은 농도-의존적으로 유의하게 감소하였다. 또한, 와송은 SW480 세포의 증식과 이주를 억제하는 것으로 나타났는데, 대조군의 스크래치 gap은 24시간부터 유의하게 감소하는 반면, 와송열수추출물을 처리한 실험군 I과 II의 스크래치 gap은 48시간부터 감소하기 시작하였다. 특히 실험군 I의 스크래치 gap은 72시간까지 유의하게 유지되었다. 와송이 생체 내에서 종양의 형성에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 알아보기 위하여 대장암세포 주사 전, 31일 동안 수컷 C57BL/6 마우스(4주령)에게 와송열수추출물을 경구로 자유 섭취하게 하였다. 이후 SW480 세포($1{\times}10^7cells/100{\mu}l$)를 피하로 주입한 후 7일, 14일 그리고 28일에서 종양의 형성을 관찰하였고, 각 실험동물을 희생하여 종양의 무게와 부피($mm^3$)를 측정하여 비교 분석하였다. 와송열수추출물을 섭취하는 동안 실험군 I, II의 체중은 대조군에 비해 지속적으로 유의하게 증가하였다. SW480 세포 주입 이후 모든 실험군의 체중은 감소하였으나, 세포 주입 후 14일부터 와송 섭취 실험군의 체중은 유의하게 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 대장암세포 주입 후 7일과 14일에서 와송을 섭취한 실험군의 종양 무게와 부피는 대조군보다 높았으나, 28일에서는 대조군보다 낮게 나타났고, 특히 실험군 II에서 종양 무게와 부피는 유의하게 감소하는 것으로 확인되었다. 이상의 결과를 통해 와송이 인체 대장암세포의 성장, 증식 및 이주를 억제하며, 생체 내 종양형성(tumorigenesis)을 예방적으로 억제함을 알 수 있었다. 따라서, 재배 와송은 천연 항암제 소재로서 활용될 가능성을 가지는 것으로 보이며, 이에 대한 심층적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.329-335
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• 2002

배경: 한국형 인공심장(AnyHeartTM)은 단심보조장치, 체네 이식형 양심보조장치, 인공심장, 그리고 생명 유지를 위한 체외순환 장치 등 다양한 형태로 사용이 가능한 장치이다. 그 중에서도 체내 이식형 양심보조장치는 가장 독특한 형태이다. 양심보초장치 이식의 외과적 술기는 주로 삽관으로 구성되어 있고, 흉골 정중절개는 외과의사가 심장의 노출을 충분히 할 수 있어서 가장 선호되어 온 방법이다. 그러나 환자가 흉골 정중절개를 이미 시행 받은 경우나, 또는 차후에 환자 대부분이 흉골 정중절개가 필요한 것을 감안하면 재개흉에 따른 합병증은 양심보조장치 이식에 있어서 중요하게 고려해야 할 부분이다. 일반적인 심장 수술의 임상경험에 근거하여, 저자들은 양심보조장치 이식에 있어서, 도관의 상관을 위한 접근이 심장의 우측에서도 가능할 것이라고 가정하였다. 이번 연구의 목적은 동물실험에서 양심보조장치의 이식을 위한 우측 개흉술의 수술 기법을 개발하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 지난 2년 동안, 30차례의 AnyHeart$^{TM}$ 이식실험 중 16례가(11 calves, 3 canines, and 2 sheep) 우측 개흉술로 이루어졌다. 기계장치는 14례의 동물에서 체내 이식형 양심보조장치로 시술 되었으며, 체외형 양심보조장치와 체내 이식형 좌심실보조장치로 시술된 경우가 각각 1례씩이었다. 수술은 4번째 늑간를 통하여 우측 흉강으로 진입하였고, 양심보조장치의 경우에 우측 유입 도관은 우심방의 free wall에 삽관 하였고, 유춘도관은 인조혈관을 이용하여 주폐동맥애 측단 문합하였다. 좌측 유입도관은 심방격을 통하여 좌심방에 삽관하였고, 유출도관을 무명동맥에 인조현관을 이장하여 측단 문한하였다. 각각의 도관은 피하터널을 통해 우측 옆구리에 위치한 펌프와 연결하였다. 결과: Fitting test와 초기 실험의 5례를 제외하고 모든 실험 동물은 수술 후 회복되었다. 펌프의 유출량은 최고 6.5L/min였고, 평균 3~3.5L/min로 측정되었다. 수술과 관련된 사망이나 이환율은 없었다. 모든 실험 도물은 부검을 하였으며, 부검 결과 도관이 위치는 모두 각각의 심방내에 적절하게 위치하고 있었다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.99-106
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• 1998

연구배경: 기관지 천식은 다양한 원인에 대한 기도 협착과 과민 반응을 특정으로 하는 기도 질환으로, 그 병인에 대한 연구를 임상적으로 시행하는 데에는 한계가 있어, 동물 천식 모형을 이용한 연구가 필요하다. 동물에서의 기도 저항의 측정은 주로 마취나 삽관 상태에서 침습적으로 측정되었으나, 최근 비침습적으로 의식이 있는 상태에서 일상호흡 중의 specific 기도 저항을 측정하는 방법들이 고안되었다. 이에 저자들은 기니픽에 allergen인 ovalbumin을 피하 주사하여 감작시킨 후, 의식이 있는 상태에서 ovalbumin과 methacholine을 각각 흡입시켜, 비침습적인 방법으로 specific 기도 저항을 측정함으로써 즉시형 기관지 수축 정도와 methacholine에 대한 기도 과민성의 변화를 연구하여 동물 천식 모형을 만들고자 하였다. 연구방법: 기니픽 30마리를 천식군 20마리, 대조군 10마리로 나누어, 천식군에서는 ovalbumin을 피하 주사하여 감작시킨 후, ovalbumin을 흡입(1% wt/vo1)으로 노출시켰고, 대조군은 생리 식염수를 동일한 방법으로 감작, 노출시켰다. specific 기도 저항(airway resistance $\times$ thoracic gas volume)은 의식이 있는 상태에서 비침습적으로 동물 body plethysmography를 사용하여, Pennock법으로 allergen 노출 3분전부터, 노출후 27분까지 3분 간격으로 30분간 측정하였다. Methacholine은 지속적으로 2배씩 농도를 증가하여, 각 농도에 대하여 3분 간격으로 흡입시킨 후, 통일한 방법으로 specific 기도 저항을 측정하여 기도 저항이 200% 이상 증가될 때의 methacholine 농도 ($EC_{200}R_L$)를 구하였다. 결 과: 천식군 20마리 중 65%인 13마리에서 ovalbumin 흡입에 대한 specific 기도 저항이 3분부터 증가하여 6분에 231.5%로 최고를 보이고 실험 측정 종료까지인 30분까지 대조군에 비하여 유의하게 증가된 상태로 지속되어 (p<0.001), 천식 모형이 형성되었다. Methacholine에 대한 기관지 과민 반응은 $EC_{200}R_L$가 대조군에서 평균 $0.446{\pm}0.287mg/ml$, 기하평균 $-1.429{\pm}0.976$였고, 천식군에서 형성된 천식 모형에서의 평균은 $0.149{\pm}0.075mg/ml$, 기하평균 $-2.923{\pm}0.760$으로 천식 모형에 있어서 methacholine에 대한 기관지 과민 반응이 대조군에서보다 2 배 높았다(p<0.0013).