• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.380-387
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• 2004

The preparation of $CaSO_4$ nanoparticle by vesicles formed spontaneously in cationic OTAC and anionic ADS mixed surfactant solution whose ratio is 0.3/0.7 is investigated. Added electrolytes for preparing nanoparticles reduce vesicle size about 200-300 nm comparing with that of pure vesicle whose size is 700-800 nm by DLS. The core of vesicles has 200 nm size and acts as nanoreactors which same size of monodisperse $CaSO_4$ nanopaticles are formed. Although $CaSO_4$ particles are formed at the outer of vesicles, they are very large and amorphous. The formed particles are identified with XRD analysis after separation due to coinciding with $CaSO_4$ particles.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.231-236
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• 2013

Some cytotoxicity studies for the interpretation of the interaction between nanoparticles and cells are non-mechanistic and time-consuming. Therefore, non-biological screening methods, which are faster and simpler than in-vivo and in-vitro methods, are required as alternatives to current cytotoxicity tests. Here, we proposed a simple screening method for the analysis of the interaction between several AgNPs (bare-, citrate-, and polyvinylpyrrolidone-coating) and dye-containing vesicles acting as a biomimetic cell-membrane. The interaction between AgNPs and vesicles could be evaluated readily by UV-vis spectra. Absorbance deviation in UV-vis spectra revealed a large attraction between neighboring particles and vesicles. This was confirmed by (Derjagin, Landau, Verwey, and Overbeek) theory and DMF (dark-field microscopy) analysis. This proposed method might be useful for analyzing the cytotoxicity of nanoparticles with cell-membranes instead of in vitro or in vivo cytotoxicity tests.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.154-158
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• 1984

In order to characterize the permeability of small unilamellar vesicles (SUV), efflux of 6-carboxyfluorescein (6-CF) from the vesicles was monitored spectrophotofluorometrically. Since the entrapped highly quenched 6-CF (200 mM) became fluorescent upon release from the vesicles, the 6-CF could be used as an efflux probe. SUV containing entrapped 6-CF was prepared from egg phosphatidylcholine and separated by gel filtration on Sepharose 4B. Observed change of relative fluorescent intensity with time was sigmoidal. From this curve, the parameter of permeability was determined either by half-time or a released amount per unit time from the initial slope. Half-time of efflux of prepared SUV having 302 ng phospholipid/ml in 10 mM Tris-HCl buffer pH 7.4 was 21.0 min at $37{\circ}C$. Various factors which could affect the half-time were examined including temperature, pH, salt, and vesicle concentration. In particular the effect of vesicle concentration on the efflux revealed that the permeability can be a function of the concentration.

• BMB Reports
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.335-340
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• 2023

During normal physiological and abnormal pathophysiological conditions, all cells release membrane vesicles, termed extracellular vesicles (EVs). Growing evidence has revealed that EVs act as important messengers in intercellular communication. EVs play emerging roles in cellular responses and the modulation of immune responses during virus infection. EVs contribute to triggering antiviral responses to restrict virus infection and replication. Conversely, the role of EVs in the facilitation of virus spread and pathogenesis has been widely documented. Depending on the cell of origin, EVs carry effector functions from one cell to the other by horizontal transfer of their bioactive cargoes, including DNA, RNA, proteins, lipids, and metabolites. The diverse constituents of EVs can reflect the altered states of cells or tissues during virus infection, thereby offering a diagnostic readout. The exchanges of cellular and/or viral components by EVs can inform the therapeutic potential of EVs for infectious diseases. This review discusses recent advances of EVs to explore the complex roles of EVs during virus infection and their therapeutic potential, focusing on HIV-1.

• 공업화학
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.679-684
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• 2017

베시클 막을 유연하게 만드는 edge activator를 혼합하여 수화 액정형 베시클을 제조하고 niacinamide를 베시클 안에 포집시켰다. 제조 과정 중 액정 상 형성 및 액정의 열적 상전이 현상을 편광현미경과 시차주사 열량계(DSC)를 통해 살펴보았다. Sodium deoxycholate, lysolecithin, polysorbate 80 등의 edge activator를 첨가하면 수화 액정형 베시클 입자가 수십 나노 사이즈로 줄어들었다. 수화 액정형 베시클을 활용하여 niacinamide를 피부 침투시키면 수용액 상태로 도포했을 때보다 피부 침투된 niacinamide의 양이 크게 증가하는데, 10% sodium deoxycholate를 혼합한 베시클에서는 niacinamide 침투량이 4배 가까이 증가하였다. 이러한 결과로부터 edge activator를 베시클에 혼합하면 베시클의 피부 침투력이 향상됨을 알 수 있었다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.377-384
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• 1997

To investigate the properties of ryanodine binding sites of the bird skeletal SR vesicles, SDS PAGE, purification of RyR, and $[^3H]ryanodine$ binding study were carried out in the SR vesicles prepared from the chicken pectoral muscle. The chicken SR vesicles have two high molecular weight (HMW) protein bands as in eel SR vesicles on SDS PAGE. The HMW bands on SDS PAGE were found in the $[^3H]ryanodine$ peak fraction $(Fr_{3-5})$ obtained from the purification step of the ryanodine receptor protein. Bmax and KD of the chicken $[^3H]ryanodine$ binding sites were 12.52 pmol/mg protein and 14.53 nM, respectively. Specific $[^3H]ryanodine$ binding was almost maximal at $50{\sim}100$ ${\mu}M$ $Ca^{2+}$, but was not increased by 5 mM AMP and not inhibited by high $Ca^{2+}$. Binding was significantly inhibited by $20{\sim}100$ ${\mu}M$ ruthenium red and 1 mM tetracaine, but slightly inhibited by $Mg^{2+}$. From the above results, it is suggested that chicken SR vesicles have the ryanodine binding sites to which the binding of ryanodine is almost maximal at $50{\sim}10$ ${\mu}M$ $Ca^{2+}$, is significantly inhibited by ruthenium red and tetracaine, slightly inhibited by $Mg^{2+}$, but not affected by AMP and not inhibited by high $Ca^{2+}$.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제4권6호
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• pp.487-496
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• 2000

Insulin stimulates glucose transport in muscle and fat cells by promoting the translocation of glucose transporter (GLUT4) to the cell surface. Phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) has been implicated in this process. However, the involvement of protein kinase B (PKB)/Akt and $PKC-{\zeta}$, those are known as the downstream target of PI3-kinase in regulation of GLUT4 translocation, is not known yet. An interesting possibility is that these protein kinases phosphorylate GLUT4 directly in this process. In the present study, $PKB-{\alpha}$ and $PKC-{\zeta}$ were added exogenously to GLUT4-containing vesicles purified from low density microsome (LDM) of the rat adipocytes by immunoadsorption and immunoprecipitation for direct phosphorylation of GLUT4. Interestingly GLUT4 was phosphorylated by $PKC-{\zeta}$ and its phosphorylation was increased in insulin stimulated state but GLUT4 was not phosphorylated by $PKB-{\alpha}.$ However, the GST-fusion proteins, GLUT4 C-terminal cytoplasmic domain (GLUT4C) and the entire major GLUT4 cytoplasmic domain corresponding to N-terminus, central loop and C-terminus in tandem (GLUT4NLC) were phosphorylated by both $PKB-{\alpha}$ and $PKC-{\zeta}.$ The immunoblots of $PKC-{\zeta}$ and $PKB-{\alpha}$ antibodies with GLUT4-containing vesicles preparation showed that $PKC-{\zeta}$ was co-localized with the vesicles but not $PKB-{\alpha}.$ From the above results, it is clear that $PKC-{\zeta}$ interacts with GLUT4-containing vesicles and it phosphorylates GLUT4 protein directly but $PKB-{\alpha}$ does not interact with GLUT4, suggesting that insulin-elicited signals that pass through PI3-kinase subsequently diverge into two independent pathways, an Akt pathway and a $PKC-{\zeta}$ pathway, and that later pathway contributes, at least in part, insulin stimulation of GLUT4 translocation in adipocytes via a direct GLUT4 phosphorylation.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2011

Degree of unsaturation in fatty acid molecules plays an important role in the formation of vesicles. Vesicle formation from C18 fatty acids with different amount of double bonds such as oleic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid with the incorporation of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[methoxy(polyethylene glycol)-2000] (DPPE-PEG2000) have been examined by TEM. Critical vesicular concentrations (CVC) of the vesicle suspension are determined by turbidity and surface tension methods. The CVC of fatty acids increases when the amount of unsaturation in the alkyl chain increases. On the other hand, stability of vesicle suspension has been examined by using particle size and zeta potential at $30^{\circ}C$. There was a dramatic decrease in particle size measurement from mono-unsaturation to tri-unsaturation which could be due to the effect of fluidity in the membrane bilayer caused by different degree of unsaturation. The values of zeta potential for vesicles that were formed without the incorporation of DPPE-PEG2000 were in the range of -70 mV to -100 mV. It has been observed that the incorporation of DPPEPEG2000 to the vesicle reduces the magnitude of zeta potential. However, this phenomenon does not obviously seen in fatty acid vesicles formed by linoleate-linoleic acid and linolenate-linolenic acid. We therefore conclude that the addition of DPPE-PEG2000 does not effectively improve the stability of the linoleate-linoleic acid and linolenatelinolenic acid vesicle at pH 9.0 after the evaluation of their particle size and zeta potential over a period of 30 days. Although the vesicles formed were not stable for more than 10 days, they have displayed the potential in encapsulating the active ingredients such as vitamin E and calcein. The results show that the loading efficiencies of vitamin E are of encouraging value.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.720-726
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• 2022

형광 강도 변화를 이용하여 세포막의 위상에 따른 하이드록시부티르산 혼입이 생체막에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 구형 인지질 이중층인 소포(vesicle)가 이중 에멀젼 기술을 통해 각 층 단위로 제조되었다. 소포 내부의 수성에는 아미노나프탈렌트리술폰산디소듐(ANTS)이 캡슐화되었으며, 소광제(quencher)로 자일렌비스피리디늄브로마이드(DPX)를 소포가 분산된 버퍼에 포함시켰다. 형광 등급은 100% 형광으로서 DPX가 포함된 완충액의 소포와 0% 형광으로서 ANTS와 DPX의 혼합물이 포함된 완충액의 소포를 고려하여 조정되었다. 소포 용액에 하이드록시부티르산 혼입은 막 구조의 변화를 유도하였으며, 이러한 변화는 하이드록시부티르산 대 지질의 비율에서 소포의 각 층의 상과 관련이 있는 것으로 관찰된다. 관찰된 결과는 머리 그룹과 꼬리 그룹 모두의 패킹 붕괴에 대한 삼투압 및 체적 효과로 인해 소포의 안정성에 의존하는 것으로 보인다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.225-235
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• 1986

가토 근위세뇨관에서 Percoll gradient에 의해 분리한 기저막소포(basolateral membrane vesicle)에서 PAH 이동에 미치는 여러 음이온들의 영향을 rapid filtration technique을 이용하여 관찰하였다. NA-dependent PAH 축적은 용액내 $SO_4$와 $SSO_3$에 의하여 유의하게 억제되었으나 $Cl,\;SCN,\;HPO_4,\;acetate$ 및 oxalate에 의해서는 영향을 받지 않았다. 용액내의 $SO_4$는 상경적으로 PHA 이동을 억제하였다. 소포내 음이온을 부하시킨 후 PAH 이동을 측정했을 때 $acetate,\;SO_4$ 및 PAH의 부하에 의해 PAH 이동은 유의하게 증가되었으며, 소포내 부하되는 $SO_4$농도가 증가함에 따라 PAH 축적은 증가되었다. $SO_4$에 의한 PAH의 trans-stimulation은 Na 농도 경사 존재시 더욱 증가되었으며 이들은 2 mM probenecid 및 1mM SITS에 의해 억제되었다. 이들 결과들은 신피질세뇨관 세포의 기저막에 PAH/음이온 교환에 의해 PAH가 이동되는 기전이 존재한다는 것을 가르킨다. 그러나 PAH 이동에 영향이 없는 음이온들은 PAH/음이온 교환에 기질로써 작용하지 않기 때문인지 아니면 이들 음이온들의 높은 투과성에 인해 나타난 결과인지는 더욱 추구해 보아야 확인될 것으로 생각된다.