• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.151-161
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• 2018

This study was designed to investigate the effects of multi-enzyme on diarrhea and immune responses of weaned pigs. A total 36 weaned pigs ($5.92{\pm}0.48kg\;BW$; 28 d old) were randomly allotted to 2 dietary treatments (3 pigs/pen, 6 replicates/treatment) in a randomized complete block design. The dietary treatments were a typical diet based on corn and soybean meal (CON) and CON with 0.1% multienzyme (Multi; mixture of ${\beta}-mannanase$, xylanase, ${\alpha}-amylase$, protease, ${\beta}-glucanase$, and pectinase). Pigs were fed their respective diets for 6 wk. Frequency of diarrhea, levels of packed cell volume (PCV), white blood cells (WBC), immunoglobulins, cortisol, tumor necrosis $factor-{\alpha}$ ($TNF-{\alpha}$), transforming growth $factor-{\beta}$ ($TGF-{\beta}$), and C-reactive protein (CRP) were measured. Multi group tended to decrease (p<0.1) diarrhea frequency than CON group during 2 wk after weaning. Lower values of PCV on d 3 (p<0.05) and d 7 (p<0.1) were found in Multi group compared with CON group. There were no significant differences on WBC number and immunoglobulin (Ig) M and A between Multi and CON groups. However, Multi group tended to increase (p<0.1) Ig G on d 7 than CON group. Moreover, Multi group showed modulated immune responses, indicated by decreased levels of cortisol (p<0.05) on d 7 and 14, $TNF-{\alpha}$ on d 3 (p<0.05) and d 7 (p<0.10), $TGF-{\beta}$ on d 2 (p<0.05) and d 7 (p<0.10), and CRP (p<0.10) on d 3 and 7 after weaning compared with CON group. Consequently, inclusion of multi-enzyme in diets for weaned pigs improved gut health and modulated immune responses of weaned pigs.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.530-536
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• 2019

교모세포종은 형질 전환된 신경 교세포로부터 유래한 악성 종양이다. 교모세포종의 치료는 외과적 수술을 포함한 약물 및 방사선 치료를 통해 진행된다. 그러나 이러한 치료 과정이 환자의 예후에 크게 기여하지 못하는 실정이다. 교모세포종 치료의 어려움 중 하나로 뇌종양줄기세포의 존재를 들 수 있다. 주요하게 proneural (PN) 아형과 mesenchymal (MES) 아형으로 나누어지는 뇌종양줄기세포는 교모세포종의 발달, 유지 및 항암 치료 후 재발의 원인이 되는 암세포로 이해되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 PN 아형 뇌종양줄기세포들이 특정 사이토카인에 선택적으로 MES 아형으로 전이가 될 수 있다는 것에 중점을 두고 실험을 진행하였다. PN 아형 뇌종양줄기세포 중 GSC11 세포는 $TNF-{\alpha}$ 사이토카인에 의해, 그리고 GSC23 세포는 $TGF-{\beta}1$ 사이토카인에 노출이 될 때 MES 아형 뇌종양줄기세포의 표지 인자인 CD44의 발현 증가가 관찰되었다. 또한, Ivy Glioblastoma Atlas Project (Ivy GAP) 데이터 베이스를 통해, $TNF-{\alpha}$와 $TGF-{\beta}1$은 종양미세환경을 구성하는 요소 중 각각 괴사 부위와 미세혈관 주위에서 높은 발현을 보임을 확인하였다. 따라서 본 연구 결과는 PN 아형의 뇌종양줄기세포가 특정 종양미세환경에서 조절되는 다양한 종류의 사이토카인 신호에 의해 MES 아형으로의 전이가 결정될 수 있다는 가능성을 시사한다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.29-42
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• 2023

Objective: Pigs, an ideal biomedical model for human diseases, suffer from about 50% early embryonic and fetal death, a major cause of fertility loss worldwide. However, identifying the causal variant remains a huge challenge. This study aimed to detect single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and candidate genes for the number of mummified (NM) piglets using the imputed whole-genome sequence (WGS) and validate the potential candidate genes. Methods: The imputed WGS was introduced from genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) using a multi-breed reference population. We performed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for NM piglets at birth from a Landrace pig populatiGWAS peak located on SSC11: 0.10 to 7.11 Mbp (Top SNP, SSC11:1,889,658 bp; p = 9.98E-13) was identified in cyclin dependent kinase on. A total of 300 Landrace pigs were genotyped by GBS. The whole-genome variants were imputed, and 4,252,858 SNPs were obtained. Various molecular experiments were conducted to determine how the genes affected NM in pigs. Results: A strong GWAS peak located on SSC11: 0.10 to 7.11 Mbp (Top SNP, SSC11:1,889,658 bp; p = 9.98E-13) was identified in cyclin dependent kinase 8 (CDK8) gene, which plays a crucial role in embryonic retardation and lethality. Based on the molecular experiments, we found that Y-box binding protein 1 (YBX1) was a crucial transcription factor for CDK8, which mediated the effect of CDK8 in the proliferation of porcine ovarian granulosa cells via transforming growth factor beta/small mother against decapentaplegic signaling pathway, and, as a consequence, affected embryo quality, indicating that this pathway may be contributing to mummified fetal in pigs. Conclusion: A powerful imputation-based association study was performed to identify genes associated with NM in pigs. CDK8 was suggested as a functional gene for the proliferation of porcine ovarian granulosa cells, but further studies are required to determine causative mutations and the effect of loci on NM in pigs.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.425-434
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• 2013

UV irradiation is the main factor contributing to skin damages that are associated with an excessive production of matrix-degrading metalloproteinase (MMP)-1 and a deficient expression of collagens. To date, red ginseng has been revealed to possess many biomedical effects, such as anti-aging, anti-oxidation, and anti-inflammatory. In this study, we prepared the Korean Red Ginseng extracts treated with enzyme (KRGE) and investigated the effects of dietary KRGE on the formation of wrinkles generated by UVB irradiation in hairless mice. It was found that KRGE inhibited the UVB-induced formation of wrinkles, epidermal thickness, and skin dryness in hairless mice. Further results also showed that KRGE attenuated UVB-induced MMP-${\beta}$1 level, while accelerated procollagen type I, transforming growth factor-${\beta}$1 secretion. Interestingly, the expression of profilaggrin and filaggrin in both the epidermis and dermis were decreased due to UVB exposure and reversed by KRGE. The KRGE 0.06% was prior to KRGE 0.24%. In view of these results, which indicated that KRGE protected skin from UVB-induced photodamages, which may not only mediated by regulating of MMP-1 and procollagen type I, but also by increasing the production of profilaggrin and filaggrin. In conclusion, our results suggest that KRGE may be a promising agent for the treatment of skin photodamages. The challenge of KRGE will be expected as cosmeceuticals and nutraceuticals in order to intervene in aging-related degenerative skin changes.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.460-465
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• 2010

Introduction: A cleft palate is a common birth defect in humans with an incidence of 1/500 to 1/1,000 births. It appears to be caused by multiple genetic and environmental factors during palatogenesis. Many molecules are involved in palate formation but the biological mechanisms underlying the normal palate formation and cleft palate are unclear. Accumulating evidence suggests that transforming growth factor $\beta$/bone morphogenetic proteins (TGF-$\beta$/BMP) family members mediate the epithelial-mesenchymal interactions during palate formation. However, their roles in palatal morphogenesis are not completely understood. Materials and Methods: To understand the roles of TGF-$\beta$/BMP signaling in vivo during palatogenesis, mice with a palatal mesenchyme- specific deletion of Smad4, a key intracellular mediator of TGF-$\beta$/BMP signaling, were generated and analyzed using the Osr2Ires-Cre mice. Results: The mutant mice were alive at the time of birth with open eyelids and complete cleft palate but died within 24 hours after birth. In skeletal preparation, the horizontal processes of the palatine bones in mutants were not formed and resulted in a complete cleft palate. At E13.5, the palatal shelves of the mutants were growing as normally as those of theirwild type littermates. However, the palatal shelves of the mutants were not elevated at E14.5 in contrast to the elevated palatal shelves of the wild type mice. At E15.5, the palatal shelves of the mutants were elevated over the tongue but did not come in contact with each other, resulting in a cleft palate. Conclusion: These results suggest that mesenchymal Smad4 mediated signaling is essential for the growth of palatal processes and suggests that TGF-$\beta$/BMP family members are essential regulators during palate development.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.24-40
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• 2007

배경 : 골관절염은 단순 노화로 인한 질병이 아니라 연골대사의 이상으로 인한 기계적 그리고 생화학적 불안정성이 나타나는 질환이다. Transforming growth factor-${\beta}$와 같이 연골세포의 기능을 향상시키는 촉진인자가 있는 반면 Interleukin(IL)-1이나 Tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$는 염증반응을 증가시킨다. 이중 IL-1은 골관절염의 병인에서 가장 중요한 염증 유발 인자로 알려져 있으며 이에 대한 자료도 축적되고 있다. 이 논문의 목적은 IL-$1{\beta}$에 대한 human chondrosarcoma cell (SW1353)의 유전자 발현 양상을 파악하여 골관절염 병인의 이해를 증대시키는데 있다. 재료 및 방법 : Chondrosarcoma cell line (SW 1353)은 연골세포의 IL-$1{\beta}$를 통한 세포노화에 대한 유전자 조절을 실험실에서 연구하는데 유용한 것으로 알려져 있다. 골관절염에서 IL-1에 의한 전체적인 유전자 발현의 변화를 연구하고 분석하기 위해 SW1353을 각각 1시간, 6시간, 24시간동안 IL-1에 노출시킨후 각각 총 RNA를 정제하였다. 유전자 발현의 변화는 17k human cDNA microarray로 분석하였고 semiquantitative RT-PCR로 확인하였다. 결과 : Metallothioneins, matrix metalloproteinases, extracellular proteins, antioxidant protein, cytoskeletal proteins, cell cycle regulatory proteins, 세포성장과 세포 자멸사에 대한 단백질, signal protein, transcriptional factor를 포함한 1,200개 유전자에서 2배 이상의 변화가 관찰되었다. 이러한 변화는 초기 관절염에서 보이는 병리생리학적 변화와 상관관계가 있는 것으로 생각된다. 결론 : cDNA microarray 분석으로 유전자 발현의 의미있는 변화를 관찰하였으며 골관절염 발병기전에서 분자생물학적 변화에 대한 인식과 치료 목표를 정립하는데 대한 새로운 자료로서 가치가 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.63-73
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• 2006

간질환 환자의 대부분은 간 조직 손상으로 인해 간세포의 재생 능력이 감소한다. 간세포 이식은 이러한 간질환을 치료하는데 있어 혁신적인 방법으로 대두되고 있으나, 여전히 많은 의문과 문제점이 제기되고 있다. 사람의 양막으로부터 얻은 줄기 세포를 이용하여 간세포 분화를 위한 최적의 조건을 알아 보고자 하였다. 세포내 알부민에 대한 면역 화학적 방법, 세포내 글리코겐의 특이 염색법, 세포의 형태적 변화 연구 방법 등을 이용하여 여러가지 배양 조건을 조사한 결과, 배양 접시를 fibronectin으로 coating하고 배양액내에 insulin/transferrin/selenium(ITS)을 첨가하는 것이 양막 줄기세포의 간세포로의 분화에 효과적이었다. 또한 배양액내에 fibroblast growth factor(FGF)-1과 FGF-2를 함께 첨가하는 것이 둘 중 하나만 첨가하거나 첨가하지 않는 것보다 효과적이었다. 한편 분화 배양은 한가지 배양액을 사용한 지속적인 배양법(continuous culture method)보다 배양 조건을 달리하여 두 단계로 배양하는 2단계 배양법(two-step culture method)가 훨씬 효과적이었다. 마지막으로, 기본 배양액에 FGF-2와 FGF-4를 첨가한 조건과 FGF-4와 $TGF-{\alpha}$를 첨가한 조건이 다른 조건 보다 알부민 분비를 많이 하는 것으로 보아 FGF-4가 간세포 분화 과정에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 여겨지며 FGF-2 및 $TGF-{\alpha}$ 첨가는 더욱 효과적인 배양 조건으로 관찰되었다. 따라서, 양막에서 유래한 성체 줄기 세포는 적절한 배양 조건이 주어질 때, 간세포로 분화가 가능하며, 분화 과정에서 FGF-4가 주도적인 역할을 하며 FGF-2와 $TGF-{\alpha}$는 상승 효과를 갖는 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.382-392
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• 2012

This study evaluated the effects of dietary anticoccidial drugs plus antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) on parameters of immunity in commercial broiler chickens. Day-old chicks were raised on used litter from a farm with endemic gangrenous dermatitis to simulate natural pathogen exposure and provided with diets containing decoquinate (DECX) or monensin (COBN) as anticoccidials plus bacitracin methylene disalicylate and roxarsone as AGPs. As a negative control, the chickens were fed with a non-supplemented diet. Immune parameters examined were concanavalin A (ConA)-stimulated spleen cell proliferation, intestine intraepithelial lymphocyte (IEL) and spleen cell subpopulations, and cytokine/chemokine mRNA levels in IELs and spleen cells. ConA-induced proliferation was decreased at 14 d post-hatch in DECX-treated chickens, and increased at 25 and 43 d in COBN-treated animals, compared with untreated controls. In DECX-treated birds, increased percentages of $MHC2^+$ and $CD4^+$ IELS were detected at 14 d, but decreased percentages of these cells were seen at 43 d, compared with untreated controls, while increased $TCR2^+$ IELs were evident at the latter time. Dietary COBN was associated with decreased fractions of $MHC2^+$ and $CD4^+$ IELs and reduced percentages of $MHC2^+$, $BU1^+$, and $TCR1^+$ spleen cells compared with controls. The levels of transcripts for interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-6, IL-17F, IL-13, CXCLi2, interferon-${\gamma}$ (IFN-${\gamma}$), and transforming growth factor${\beta}$4 were elevated in IELs, and those for IL-13, IL-17D, CXCLi2, and IFN-${\gamma}$ were increased in spleen cells, of DECX- and/or COBN-treated chickens compared with untreated controls. By contrast, IL-2 and IL-12 mRNAs in IELs, and IL-4, IL-12, and IL-17F transcripts in spleen cells, were decreased in DECX- and/or COBN-treated chickens compared with controls. These results suggest that DECX or COBN, in combination with bacitracin and roxarsone, modulate the development of the chicken post-hatch immune system.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.499-510
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• 2006

인간 타액선 선양낭성암종 조직 18례에 대한 면역조직화학적 염색을 시행하여 종물 주변의 정상 타액선 조직과 비교, 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 도출하였다. 1) EGF는 타액선 도관세포와 암종 조직의 50%에서 발현 되었으며, 정상 타액선 조직과 비교하여 암종 조직에서 발현이 증가되어 있지 않았다. 2) $TGF-{\alpha}$는 타액선 도관세포와 선포세포, 그리고 거의 모든 암종 조직에서 발현되었으며, 정상 타액선 조직과 비교하여 암종 조직에서 그 발현이 유의하게 증가되었다(P<0.05). 3) EGFR은 타액선 도관세포와 대부분의 암종 조직에서 발현되었으나, 발현의 강도에서 정상 타액선 조직과 암종 조직간의 차이는 없었다. 4) pEGFR은 정상 타액선 조직에서는 발현되지 않았으며, 암종 조직의 종양세포에서 그 발현이 증가되었다(P<0.05). 5) ErbB2/HER2는 타액선 도관세포와 거의 모든 암종 조직에서 발현되었으며, 정상 타액선 조직과 비교하여 암종 조직에서 그 발현이 유의하게 증가되었다 (P<0.05). 6) 검색된 인자들 중 $TGF-{\alpha}$와 ErbB2/HER2는 관사상체형 암종 조직에서와는 달리 충실형 암종 조직에서 100% 발현되어, 충실형 선양낭성암종의 증가된 악성도에 중요한 역할을 함을 암시하였다. 7) 종물 내의 종양관련 혈관내피세포에서도 위의 인자들이 모두 발현되어 종양관련 혈관내피세포는 선양낭성암종의 증식과 전이에 중요한 역할을 함을 알 수 있었다. 8) 종양 기질 내의 면역관련 세포들에서도 역시 위의 인자들이 발현되어 이들 세포들이 종양의 증식과 생존에 영향을 미칠 것이라는 추론을 가능하게 하였다. 위의 연구결과들을 종합하면 상피성장인자 신호전달계에 관여하는 인자들 중 $TGF-{\alpha}$, pEGFR, 그리고 ErbB2/HER2가 타액선 선양낭성암종에서 과발현 되었다. 따라서 이들 인자들이 타액선 선양낭성암종의 증식과 생존, 그리고 전이 과정에서 중요한 역할을 할 것이라는 추론을 가능하게 하였다. 추후 면역조직화학적 연구의 한계와 오류를 극복할 수 있는 기법으로 이들 인자들에 대한 재검색이 필요하리라 생각된다. 또한 과연 이들 인자들이 암생물학적으로 뿐만 아니라 임상적으로도 전이 및 환자 생존율과 관계된 인자로서의 가치가 있는지 평가해 보아야 할 것이다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제70권3호
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• pp.206-217
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• 2011

Background: Transcription factor FOXP3 characterizes the thymically derived regulatory T cells. FOXP3 is expressed by cancer cell itself and FOXP3 expression was induced by TGF-${\beta}$ treatment in pancreatic cancer cell line. However, the expression of FOXP3 expression is not well known in patients with lung cancer. This study was conducted to investigate the expression of FOXP3 in patients with lung cancer and to investigate the regulation of FOXP3 expression by the treatment of TGF-${\beta}$ and DNA methyltransferase inhibitor in lung cancer cell lines. Methods: FOXP3 expression in the tissue of patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was evaluated by immunohistochemistry. The regulation of FOXP3 expression was investigated by Western blot and RT-PCR after lung cancer cell lines were stimulated with TGF-${\beta}1$ and TGF-${\beta}2$. The regulation of FOXP3 expression was also investigated by RT-PCR and flow cytometry after lung cancer cell lines were treated with DNA methyltransferase inhibitor (5-AZA-dC). Results: FOXP3 expression was confirmed in 27% of patients with NSCLC. In NCI-H460 cell line, TGF-${\beta}2$ decreased FOXP3 mRNA and protein expressions. In A549 cell line, both TGF-${\beta}1$ and TGF-${\beta}2$ decreased FOXP3 mRNA and protein expressions. 5-AZA-dC increased FOXP3 mRNA expression in NCI-H460 and A549 cell lines. Moreover, 5-AZA-dC increased intracellular FOXP3 protein expression in A549 cell lines. Conclusion: It was shown that FOXP3 is expressed by cancer cell itself in patients with NSCLC. Treatment of TGF-${\beta}2$ and DNA methyltransferase inhibitor seems to be associated with the regulation of FOXP3 expression in lung cancer cell lines.