• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.3811-3816
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• 2015

Background: Hairy and enhancer of split 1 (Hes-1) protein is a downstream target of Notch signaling and is a basic helix-loop-helix transcriptional repressor. However, definitive evidence for a role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells has not been reported. Here, Hes-1 was revealed to an important component of the Notch signaling cascade in HCC cell lines possessing different potential for lung metastasis. Materials and Methods: RNAi mediated by plasmid constructs was used to analyze the role of Hes-1 in MHCC-97L HCC cells by assessing proliferation, apoptosis, cell migration and matrigel invasion following transfection. Hes-1 protein expression analysis in HCC tissue was also conducted by immunohistochemistry. Results: Our studies revealed that Hes-1 was decreased in HCC cell lines with higher lung metastasis potential at both the mRNA and protein levels. Down-regulation of the Hes-1 gene in MHCC-97L cells resulted in increased cell proliferation, reduced apoptosis and increased migration and invasion. Conclusions: Hes-1 has potential prognostic value in post-surgical HCC patients and may be an independent prognostic indicator for overall survival and tumor recurrence. These findings have important implications for understanding the mechanisms by which Hes-1 participates in tumor proliferation and invasion.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.43.1-43.11
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• 2020

Capicua (CIC) is a transcriptional repressor that regulates several developmental processes. CIC deficiency results in lymphoproliferative autoimmunity accompanied by expansion of CD44^hiCD62L^lo effector/memory and follicular Th cell populations. Deletion of Cic alleles in hematopoietic stem cells (Vav1-Cre-mediated knockout of Cic) causes more severe autoimmunity than that caused by the knockout of Cic in CD4⁺CD8⁺ double positive thymocytes (Cd4-Cre-mediated knockout of Cic). In this study, we compared splenic CD4⁺ T cell activation and proliferation between whole immune cell-specific Cic-null (Cic^f/f;Vav1-Cre) and T cell-specific Cic-null (Cic^f/f;Cd4-Cre) mice. Hyperactivation and hyperproliferation of CD4⁺ T cells were more apparent in Cic^f/f;Vav1-Cre mice than in Cic^f/f;Cd4-Cre mice. Cic^f/f;Vav1-Cre CD4⁺ T cells more rapidly proliferated and secreted larger amounts of IL-2 upon TCR stimulation than did Cic^f/f;Cd4-Cre CD4⁺ T cells, while the TCR stimulation-induced activation of the TCR signaling cascade and calcium flux were comparable between them. Mixed wild-type and Cic^f/f;Vav1-Cre bone marrow chimeras also exhibited more apparent hyperactivation and hyperproliferation of Cic-deficient CD4⁺ T cells than did mixed wild-type and Cic^f/f;Cd4-Cre bone marrow chimeras. Taken together, our data demonstrate that CIC deficiency at the beginning of T cell development endows peripheral CD4⁺ T cells with enhanced T cell activation and proliferative capability.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.256-262
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• 2015

본 연구는 희소방선균 Saccharopolyspora erythreae receptor gene (SeaR)의 기능을 연구하기 위해 다른 속의 균주인 Streptomyces virginiae에 SeaR 유전자를 도입하였다. S. virginiae의 형질전환은 oriT, attP, $ermEp^{\ast}$과 SeaR 유전자 단편을 가지고 있는 ${\varphi}C31$ 유래의 integration vector인 pEV615 (6.6 kb)를 이용하여 Escherichia coli ET12567/pUZ8002를 DNA 공여체(donor)로 이용한 접합전달법(conjugal transfer)을 사용하여 확립하였다. SeaR 유전자의 삽입 유무는 PCR방법으로 확인하였고, SeaR 유전자의 전사 발현은 RT-PCR방법으로 확인하였다. S. virginiae의 경우, virginiamycins 생산은 wild type (S. virginiae)와 transformants (C1, C3) 모두 최초생산시기가 14시간으로 같았다. $VB-C_6$ 첨가시기에 따른 항생물질 유도능 확인결과 본 배양 4시간에 $VB-C_6$ 첨가 시 wild type과 transformants (C1, C3) 모두 $VB-C_6$에 의한 virginiamycins 생성이 유도되지 않았다. 본배양 6시간, 8시간에 $VB-C_6$ 첨가하였을 시 $VB-C_6$에 의한 virginiamycins 생성이 유도되는 것을 확인하였다. 이 결과는 $VB-C_6$에 의한 유도의 경우 S. virginiae 내의 BarA에 의해 VMs 생산시기가 2-4시간 단축되었다고 사료되나, transformants C1, C3의 경우 $VB-C_6$ 첨가 시 virginiamycins 생산이 억제되는 것은 SeaR이 virginiamycins 생합성 유전자에 결합하여 억제자로 기능 한다고 추정 되었다. 이러한 결과로 인하여 외부에서 도입된 SeaR gene이 virginiamycins 생산에 영향을 주는 것으로 확인되었다.