• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.162-165
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• 2003

In order to study the secretion of the human urokinase-type plasminogen activator, u-PA, from the yeast yarrowia lipolytica, three kinds of integrative expression vector were constructed. These vectors differed only in their secretion control legions, pre-, pre-dip-(dipeptide Stretch) or pre-dip-pro sequences of the alkaline extracellular protease, which were joined inflame to the human u-PA cDNA. The recombinant Y. lipolytica Strains, transformed with the expression vectors, secreted the hyperglycosylated u-PA. A fibrin plate assay of the culture supernatants showed that the hyperglycosylated u-PA proteins could catalyze fibrinolysis, and that the pre-dip sequence was the most efficient secretory signal for the secretion of the u-PA from Y. lipolyica. This result suggests that Y. lipolytica can be developed as a potential host for the production of recombinant human u-PA.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.48-54
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• 1994

HEK 세포 배양액 중에 존재하는 scu-PA와 tc-PA의 보다 정확한 측정을 위해 fibrin plate법과 기존의 amidolytic 방법을 변형시킨 측정법을 이용했다. 1%의 저혈청 배지를 이용한 T-flask 배양에서 $1.65{\times}10^6$(viable cells/ml)의 최대 세포수에 도달하여 1670(IU/ml)의 scu-PA 생산량을 보였으며 평균 10% 미만이 변환율을 보였다. 또한 Spinner vessel에서의 회분배양시 최대 세포수가 $4.43{\times}10^6(total cells/ml)$ 와 1560(IU/ml)의 scu-PA 생산량을 나타냈으며 평균 11.4%의 변환율을 보였다. 연속배양에서는 0.449(1/day)의 비생육속도와 $3.13{\times}10^{-4}(IU/cell)$의 비생산속도를 보였으며 평균 10.18% 정도의 전환율을 보였다. 이는 회분식 및 유가식 배양 결과와 큰 차이가 없으며 배양공정에 관계없이 약 90% 이상의 회수율이 가능하다는 것을 의미한다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.260-265
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• 1998

Angiogenic activity of Aloe vera gel was investigated by in vitro assay. We obtained the most active fraction from dichloromethane extract of Aloe vera gel by partitioning between hexane and 90% aqueous methanol. The most active fraction (F3) increased the proliferation of calf pulmonary artery endothelial (CPAE) cells. In addition, F3 fraction induced CPAE cells to invade type I collagen gel and form capillary-like tube through in vitro angiogenesis assay, and increased the invasion of CPAE cells into matrigel through in vitro invasion assay. Furthermore, the effect on the MRNA expression of proteolytic enzymes which are key participants in the regulation of extracellular matrix degradation was investigated by northern blot analysis. F3 fraction enhanced mRNA expression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA), matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), and membrane-type MMP (MT-MMP) in CPAE cells whereas the expression of plasminogen activator inhibitory (PAl-1) mRNA was not changed.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.257-263
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• 2013

The endometrium undergoes a cyclic growth and tissue remodeling as changes of epithelial cells, and plasminogen activators (PAs) are related to endometrium tissue remodeling. This study was to evulate expression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) in porcine uterine epithelial cells. In results, the uPA and tPA were expressed in uterine tissue, epithelium and secretory glands in porcine endometrial cell. In addition, the uPA and tPA were expressed in cultured epithelial cells, and it were mainly expressed in cytoplasm. In porcine uterine tissue and epithelial cells, uPA activity was higher than activity in tPA. In PAs mRNA expression levels, uPA mRNA level was significantly higher than tPA mRNA level (P<0.05). The fluorescence intensity of uPA protein was also higher than fluorescence intensity of tPA protein, and uPA protein expression was significantly higher than in tPA protein expression (P<0.05). Therefore, we suggest that a physiological function in porcine uterine epithelial cells should be more influenced by uPA than in tPA during pre-ovulatory phase.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.463-477
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• 2020

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Many studies have suggested that Rhus verniciflua Stokes (RVS) and its extract are anticancer agents. However, RVS had limited use because it contains urushiol, an allergenic toxin. By improving an existing allergen-removal extraction method, we developed a new allergen-free Rhus verniciflua Stokes extract (RVSE) with higher flavonoid content. In this study, we examined whether RVSE inhibits the ability of AGS gastric cancer cells to migrate and invade. MATERIALS/METHODS: The flavonoids content of RVSE was analyzed by HPLC. The effects of RVSE on migration and invasion in AGS cells were analyzed by each assay kit. Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) protein expression was analyzed by protein antibody array. The Phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 3 were assayed by Western blot analysis. RESULTS: RVSE treatment with 0-100 ㎍/mL dose-dependently reduced the ability of AGS cells to migrate and invade. Notably, treatment with RVSE strongly inhibited the expression of MMP-9 and uPA and the phosphorylation of STAT3. In contrast, RVSE treatment dramatically increased the expression of PAI-1. These results indicate that the inhibition of MMP-9 and uPA expression and STAT3 phosphorylation and the stimulation of PAI-1 expression contributed to the decreased migration and invasion of AGS cells treated with RVSE. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that RVSE may be used as a natural herbal agent to reduce gastric cancer metastasis.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2005

This study were examined whether plasminogen activators (PAs) are produced by porcine fresh or frozen-thawed cumulus-oocytes complexes (COCs) and cumulus cell free-oocytes. In fresh or frozen-thawed COCs and oocytes for 0 hour cultured, no activity of PAs was detected. However, at 24 hours of culture urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) was detected in COCs and denuded oocytes. In the frozen-thawed COCs and cumulus cell free-oocytes cultured for 24 hours, no PAs were observed. After COCs were cultured for 48 hours, tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) and tPA-PAI were observed in COCs only. In the frozen-thawed COCs and cumulus cell free-oocytes cultured for 48 hours, no PAs were observed. These results suggest that uPA, tPA and tPA-PAI are produced by porcine COCs, but only uPA by oocytes during maturation for 24 hours. Only tPA, and tPA-PAI are produced by COCs cultured for 48 hours, and no PAs are produced by denuded-oocytes cultured for 48 hours. In all of the frozen-thawed groups, no PAs are observed by COCs and denuded-oocytes.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.165-168
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• 2017

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in children, which is a kind of nephrotic syndrome showing steroid resistance, usually progresses to a substantial number of end stage renal disease (ESRD). Although the pathogenesis of primary FSGS is unclear, several recent studies have reported that FSGS is associated with circulating immune factors such as soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) or anti-CD40 autoantibody. We report a successfully treated case of a 19-year-old female patient who experienced a recurrence of primary FSGS. After the diagnosis of FSGS, the patient progressed to ESRD and received a kidney transplantation (KT). Three days later, recurrence was suspected through proteinuria and hypoalbuminemia. She has been performed plasmapheresis and high dose methylprednisolone pulse therapy and shown remission status without increasing proteinuria for four years after KT. In conclusion, strong immunosuppressive therapy may be helpful for a good prognosis of recurrent FSGS, suppressing several immunologic circulating factors related disease pathogenesis.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.117-127
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• 2001

The high-level expression of a human single chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator (scu-PA) was achieved by employing a methotrexate (MTX)-dependent gene amplification system in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. By cotransfecting and coamplifying a scu-PA expression plasmid and dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) minigene, several scu-PA expressing CHO cell lines were selected and gene-amplified. These recombinant cell lines, NGpUKs, secreted a completely processed scu-PA of 54 kD and up to 60mg/L was accumulated in the culture medium when they were adapted to an optimal MTX concentration. Over 95% of the scu-PA expressed was secreted in the culture medium and identified having the proper function of a plasminogen activator when activated by plasmin. Based on a genomic Southern analysis, a representative subclone, MGpUK-5, exhibited MTX-dependent scu-PA gene amplification, plus the initial single-copy gene of scu-PA eventually turned into about 150 copies of the amplified gene of scu-PA after gradual adaptation to 2.0$\mu$M of MTX. Meanwhile, the transcripts kof the scu-PA gene increased, although -early saturation of transcription was identified at 0.1$\mu$M of MTX. The scu-PA production by the MGpUK-5 subclone also increased relative to the gene amplification and increased transcripts, however, the relationship was not linearly proportional. Accordingly, since the MGpUK cell lines expressed elevated levels of enzymatically active scu-PA, these cell lines could be applied to the largescale production of scu-PA.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.516-524
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• 1997

목 적 : 악성 종양에 있어서 단백질 분해 효소에 의한 세포외기질의 분해는 종양 침습 및 전이에 있어서 중요한 역할을 한다. Urokinase-type plasminogen activator(u-PA)는 이러한 단백질 분해효소 중 하나이며, u-PA의 길항제인 plasminogen activator inhibitor(PAI-1, PAI-2)도 u-PA에 의한 종양조직 자체의 분해를 방어하여 종양의 성장, 침습 및 혈관신생을 촉진하는 역할을 한다. u-PA와 PAI-1은 폐암 등의 종양 조직내의 양이 증가하며, 침습도 및 예후 둥과 유의하게 상관되는 것으로 보고되고 있다. 저자 등은 폐암환자의 혈장 u-PA와 PAI-1의 농도를 측정하여 조직형 및 병기와의 관련성을 조사해 보고자 한다. 방 법 : 폐암 환자 37예, 여러 가지 양성 폐질환 환자 21예 및 유사연령의 정상 대조군 24예에서 혈장 u-PA 및 PAI-1 항원의 농도를 ELISA법으로 측정하였다. 결 과 : 혈장 u-PA 항원 농도는 정상 대조군에서 $1.0{\pm}0.3ng/mL$, 양성 폐질환군에서 $1.0{\pm}0.3ng/mL$, 폐암환자군에서 $0.9{\pm}0.3ng/mL$로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 혈장 PAI-1 항원 농도는 정상 대조군에서 $14.2{\pm}6.7ng/mL$, 양성 폐질환군에서 $14.9{\pm}6.3ng/mL$, 폐암 환자군에서 $22.1{\pm}9.8ng/mL$로 폐암 환자에서 정상 대조군 및 양성 폐질환군에 비하여 유의하게 높았다. 혈장 u-PA 항원 농도는 편평상피암에서 $0.7{\pm}0.4ng/mL$, 선암에서 $0.8{\pm}0.3ng/mL$, 대세포암에서 0.9ng/mL, 소세포암에서 $1.1{\pm}0.7ng/mL$로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 혈장 PAI-1 항원 농도는 편평상피암에서 $22.3{\pm}7.2ng/mL$, 선암에서 $22.6{\pm}9.9ng/mL$, 대세포암에서 42ng/mL, 소세포암에서 $16.0{\pm}14.2ng/mL$로 유의한 차이가 없었다. u-PA 항원 농도는 stage I에서 0.74ng/mL, stage II에서 $1.2{\pm}0.6ng/mL$, stage IIIA에서 $0.7{\pm}0.4ng/mL$, stage IIIB에서 $0.7{\pm}0.4ng/mL$, stage IV에서 $0.7{\pm}0.3ng/mL$였고, 혈장 PAI-1 항원 농도는 stage I에서 21.8ng/mL, stage II에서 $22.7{\pm}8.7ng/mL$, stage IIIA에서 $18.4{\pm}4.9ng/mL$, stage IIIB에서 $25.3{\pm}9.0ng/mL$, stage IV에서 $21.5{\pm}10.8ng/mL$로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 폐암 환자에서 T기를 T1-3 와 T4로 나누어서 비교를 한 결과, 혈장 u-PA 항원 농도는 T1-3에서 $0.8{\pm}0.4ng/mL$였고 T4에서 $0.7{\pm}0.4ng/mL$로 차이가 없었으나, 혈장 PAI-1 항원 농도는 T1-3에서 $17.9{\pm}5.6ng/mL$였고 T4에서 $26.1{\pm}9.1ng/mL$로 T4에서 유의하게 높았다. 혈장 u-PA 항원 농도는 M0에서 $0.8{\pm}0.4ng/mL$, M1에서 $0.7{\pm}0.3ng/mL$였고, 혈장 PAI-1 항원 농도는 M0에서 $23.6{\pm}8.3ng/mL$, M1에서 $21.5{\pm}10.8ng/mL$로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 결 론 : 이상의 결과에서 폐암 환자에서 혈장 PAI-1은 정상대조군 및 양성 폐질환에 비하여 특이적으로 증가하였고, 또한 폐암의 국소적 침습 정도와의 관련성을 보여 주었다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2014

Plasminogen activators (PAs) are serine proteases that convert plasminogen to plasmin. Two type of PAs are urokinase-type PA (uPA) and tissue-type PA (tPA). Plasminogen is present in most extracellular fluids. PAs play in various reproductive processes including implantation, ovulation and fertilization. In the spermatozoa, PAs and PAIs play a role in sperm motility and fertilization. PAs in the sertoli cell are stimulated spermatozoa maturation and sperm activation through the phospholipase A2. The oocyte maturation is the process for fertilization and implantation. PAs in cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) are related to oocyte maturation by protein kinase A and C. In the ovulatory process, PAs activity are changed and it are related to reducing the tensile strength of ovarian follicle wall. The uterine environment is important for reproduction and the uterus undergo tissue remodeling. In the uterus and oviduct of mammals, expression and activity of PAs are changed during estrous cycle. Thus, expression and activity of PAs are concerned to many reproductive functions. Therefore, PAs seem to important factor of regulator in reproductive events.