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Ligand Based Pharmacophore Identification and Molecular Docking Studies for Grb2 Inhibitors

  • Arulalapperumal, Venkatesh;Sakkiah, Sugunadevi;Thangapandian, Sundarapandian;Lee, Yun-O;Meganathan, Chandrasekaran;Hwang, Swan;Lee, Keun-Woo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제33권5호
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    • pp.1707-1714
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    • 2012
  • Grb2 is an adapter protein involved in the signal transduction and cell communication. The Grb2 is responsible for initiation of kinase signaling by Ras activation which leads to the modification in transcription. Ligand based pharmacophore approach was applied to built the suitable pharmacophore model for Grb2. The best pharmacophore model was selected based on the statistical values and then validated by Fischer's randomization method and test set. Hypo1 was selected as a best pharmacophore model based on its statistical values like high cost difference (182.22), lowest RMSD (1.273), and total cost (80.68). It contains four chemical features, one hydrogen bond acceptor (HBA), two hydrophobic (HY), and one ring aromatic (RA). Fischer's randomization results also shows that Hypo1 have a 95% significant level. The correlation coefficient of test set was 0.97 which was close to the training set value (0.94). Thus Hypo1 was used for virtual screening to find the potent inhibitors from various chemical databases. The screened compounds were filtered by Lipinski's rule of five, ADMET and subjected to molecular docking studies. Totally, 11 compounds were selected as a best potent leads from docking studies based on the consensus scoring function and critical interactions with the amino acids in Grb2 active site.

Interaction Contents for Reconsidering Visually Disabled Parents

  • Hong, Joo-Bong;Lee, Chan-Kyu;Lim, Chan
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.54-62
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    • 2020
  • According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, "Status of Registered Persons with Disabilities", the number of people with disabilities is 2,494,460 as of 2015. The lowest rates of children with disabilities were intellectual disabilities (23%) and mental disorders (33.3%). The highest rates of screening were blindness (97%), heart failure (94.4%), and hearing impairment (92.7%). 65.2% of visually impaired people who have already had a disability at the time of marriage, and the remaining 34.8% can be thought to be the cause of high incidence of disability after marriage. 'SID (Seed in the Dark)' project was designed to recapture the visually impaired parent's desire for attachment and the space difficulties of the blind who want to be a normal parent to their children through a visual impairment of a father with 7-year-old daughter. Using Gear VR(Virtual Reality), the general public was able to feel the surroundings as if they had no vision and focused on the hearing. Especially, We expressed the sound wave visually and added the hilarious game element which grasps the terrain of the maze by sound wave like a 'blind person who perceives the surroundings by sound' and catches up with daughter. People with disabilities who are far from mental illness often have a form of family with children. The fact that the rate of childbirth is high means that there is relatively little problem in daily life. It is wondered that the rate of blindness among the visually impaired, which accounts for 10% of the total disabled, is the highest at 97%. This is because, in the case of the visually impaired, the obstacle is often caused by aging, accidents, or diseases due to inherited causes rather than the visual disorder. In particular, However, the fact that there is an obstacle in vision that accounts for 83% of the body's sensory organs causes other difficulties in the nursing process of children who are non-disabled. Parents do not know the face of child when their visual impairment is severe. Parents are extremely anxious about worry that they will be lost or abducted if their children are not by their side. And that the child recognizes the disability of his or her parents other than the other parents easily and takes it as a deficiency. Since visually impaired parents are mentally mature parents with non-disabled people, they may want their children not to feel deprived of their disability. The number of people with visual impairments has been increasing since 2001, and people with impairments often become disabled. In addition, there is much research on the problem of nondisabled parents who have children with disabilities, while there is relatively little interest and research on the problem of nondisabled child rearing of parents with disabilities.

뇌졸중 환자의 운전재활 시기 결정을 위한 K-MBI의 임상적 유용성: 예비 연구 (Clinical Usefulness on K-MBI for Decision of Driving Rehabilitation Period in Patients with Stroke: A pilot study)

  • 박명옥
    • 재활복지공학회논문지
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.91-98
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    • 2017
  • 연구배경 및 목적: 수정된 바델지수(MBI)는 지역사회 재활세팅 및 재활 병원에서 흔히 사용되어지는 기본적인 일상생활 평가 도구이다. 선행 연구들에 의하면 노인 혹은 뇌졸중 환자들의 운전 능력과 일상생활활동의 수준은 유의미한 상관성이 있음을 보고된 바 있다. 그러나, 뇌졸중 환자의 운전능력을 예측함에 있어 임상에서 흔히 사용되는 일상생활 활동 기본 평가인 수정된 바델지수의 유용성을 밝힌 연구는 미비하다. 본 연구에서는 한국형 수정된 바델 지수(K-MBI)룰 활용하여 뇌졸중 환자의 운전 가능성을 알아봄으로서 운전 수행 능력을 예측함에 있어 한국형 수정된 바델 지수의 임상적 유용성을 알아보고자 하였다. 연구방법: 서울 소재 재활병원에서 재활치료를 받고 있는 뇌졸중 환자 48명이 연구에 참여하였다. 모든 연구 대상자에게 K-MBI 검사를 통해 기본적인 일상생활 활동 수준을 측정하였고 가상현실 운전시뮬레이터를 이용하여 운전 수행능력을 측정하였다. 운전 시뮬레이터상의 운전 수행 검사의 합격/불합격에 따른 K-MBI 점수의 예측 타당도를 ROC curve를 이용하여 검증하였다. 결과: 뇌졸중 이후 운전재활을 권고할 만한 기본적인 일상생활 활동 수준은 K-MBI 점수가 최소 86.5점인 경우가 적절한 것으로 나타났다. 결론: 본 연구는 뇌졸중 환자의 운전 재활을 권고하는 시기를 예측함에 있어 유용한 기초 자료가 될 것으로 판단된다.

A Novel Pyruvate Kinase M2 Activator Compound that Suppresses Lung Cancer Cell Viability under Hypoxia

  • Kim, Dong Joon;Park, Young Soo;Kim, Nam Doo;Min, Sang Hyun;You, Yeon-Mi;Jung, Yuri;Koo, Han;Noh, Hanmi;Kim, Jung-Ae;Park, Kyung Chan;Yeom, Young Il
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • 제38권4호
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    • pp.373-379
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    • 2015
  • Pyruvate kinase M2 isoform (PKM2), a rate-limiting enzyme in the final step of glycolysis, is known to be associated with the metabolic rewiring of cancer cells, and considered an important cancer therapeutic target. Herein, we report a novel PKM2 activator, PA-12, which was identified via the molecular docking-based virtual screening. We demonstrate that PA-12 stimulates the pyruvate kinase activity of recombinant PKM2 in vitro, with a half-maximal activity concentration of $4.92{\mu}M$, and effectively suppresses both anchorage-dependent and -independent growth of lung cancer cells in non-essential amino acid-depleted medium. In addition, PA-12 blocked the nuclear translocalization of PKM2 in lung cancer cells, resulting in the inhibition of hypoxia response element (HRE)-mediated reporter activity as well as hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) target gene expression, eventually leading to the suppression of cell viability under hypoxia. We also verified that the effects of PA-12 were dependent on PKM2 expression in cancer cells, demonstrating the specificity of PA-12 for PKM2 protein. Taken together, our data suggest that PA-12 is a novel and potent PKM2 activator that has therapeutic implications for lung cancer.

T-세포 항원 수용체 매개 신호전달 조절자로서 돼지 CD45RO 구조특성 (Key Structural Features of PigCD45RO as an Essential Regulator of T-cell Antigen Receptor Signaling)

  • 채한화;임다정
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제20권9호
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    • pp.211-226
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    • 2019
  • 백혈구 공통 항원인 돼지 CD45는 PTPRC 유전자에 암호화 되어 있으며, CD45엑손의 선택적 스플라이싱에 따라 다른 T-세포에서 발현되는 티로신 인산분해효소이다. CD45는 기질인 TCR의 $CD3{\zeta}$ 사슬, Lck, Fyn, Zap-70 kinase의 인산화된 티로신에서 인산을 분해하여 T-세포 항원 수용체(TCR) 매개 신호전달을 조절한다. CD45의 조절이상은 많은 면역 질환과 관련이 있어서, CD45는 면역약물 개발에 표적이 되어왔다. TCR 신호전달의 조절효과를 가진 주요 구조적 특징을 특성화하기 위해, 사람의 알려진 CD45 구조를 템플릿으로 적용하여 돼지 CD45RO(가장 작은 CD45 isoform)의 단백질 구조와 예측된 돼지 CD45RO 모델구조에 $CD3{\zeta}$ 사슬의 ITAM(REEpYDV)를 도킹하여 CD45RO/ITAM 펩타이드 결합구조를 예측하였다. 돼지 CD45RO의 구조적 특징은 세포외영역의 구조견고성과 세포질 내 티로신 인산분해효소 도메인의 KNRY와 PTP signature 기능모티프(두 기능 모티프는 ITAM 펩타이드 결합부위의 좁은 입구로 역할)에 있었다. 주요 구조특성은 돼지 CD45RO-ITAM 펩타이드 결합구조 안정성과 결합친화력을 조절하면서 기질 선택성에 영향을 준다. 돼지 CD45RO의 구조적 특성은 T-세포에 특이적인 면역 조절제를 탐색하는 데에 적용될 것이다.

Integration of virtual screening and proteomics reveals potential targets and pathways for ginsenoside Rg1 against myocardial ischemia

  • Rongfang Xie;Chenlu Li;Chenhui Zhong;Zuan Lin;Shaoguang Li;Bing Chen;Youjia Wu;Fen Hu;Peiying Shi;Hong Yao
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • 제48권4호
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    • pp.395-404
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    • 2024
  • Background: Ginsenoside Rg1 (Rg1) is one of the main active components in Chinese medicines, Panax ginseng and Panax notoginseng. Research has shown that Rg1 has a protective effect on the cardiovascular system, including anti-myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, anti-apoptosis, and promotion of myocardial angiogenesis, suggesting it a potential cardiovascular agent. However, the protective mechanism involved is still not fully understood. Methods: Based on network pharmacology, ligand-based protein docking, proteomics, Western blot, protein recombination and spectroscopic analysis (UV-Vis and fluorescence spectra) techniques, potential targets and pathways for Rg1 against myocardial ischemia (MI) were screened and explored. Results: An important target set containing 19 proteins was constructed. Two target proteins with more favorable binding activity for Rg1 against MI were further identified by molecular docking, including mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 (MAPK1) and adenosine kinase (ADK). Meanwhile, Rg1 intervention on H9c2 cells injured by H2O2 showed an inhibitory oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) pathway. The inhibition of Rg1 on MAPK1 and OXPHOS pathway was confirmed by Western blot assay. By protein recombination and spectroscopic analysis, the binding reaction between ADK and Rg1 was also evaluated. Conclusion: Rg1 can effectively alleviate cardiomyocytes oxidative stress injury via targeting MAPK1 and ADK, and inhibiting oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) pathway. The present study provides scientific basis for the clinical application of the natural active ingredient, Rg1, and also gives rise to a methodological reference to the searching of action targets and pathways of other natural active ingredients.

멀티에이전트시스템(MAS)을 이용한 G2B 조달 프로세스 혁신의 효과평가에 관한 연구 : 나라장터 G2B사례 (A Study on the Performance Evaluation of G2B Procurement Process Innovation by Using MAS: Korea G2B KONEPS Case)

  • 서원준;이대철;임규건
    • 지능정보연구
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    • 제18권2호
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    • pp.157-175
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    • 2012
  • 방대한 규모와 복잡한 프로세스로 구성된 공공조달의 혁신성과를 평가하기란 매우 어려운 문제이다. 기존의 프로세스 혁신 평가는 주로 설문 및 인터뷰, 그리고 운영데이터를 분석한 정성적, 또는 통계적인 정량적 방법들이었다. 이에 본 연구에서는 공공조달 프로세스를 복잡계로 보고 이에 대한 시뮬레이션 방법으로 멀티에이전트시스템(MAS)을 이용하여 공공조달 프로세스 혁신효과 평가모델을 개발하였다. 그리고, 개발된 MAS 기반의 공공조달 혁신평가 모델을 우리나라 조달청의 G2B(나라장터, KONEPS) 시스템에 적용하여 혁신효과를 평가하였다. MAS 시뮬레이션 도구는 Northwestern University에서 개발된 Netlogo Version 4.1.3을 사용하였고, 모델링에서는 에이전트 정의, 에이전트 행동특성 정의, 에이전트 관계 정의의 세단계로 진행하였다. 첫째, 에이전트 정의에서는 에이전트가 될 대상을 선정하고, 에이전트가 가진 속성과 변수들을 정의하였다. 둘째, 행동특성 정의에서는 각 에이전트의 행동계획 및 자원할당을 설정하였고, 셋째, 관계정의 단계에서는 상태변화에 따른 행동 규칙을 설정하였다. 또한 프로세스 혁신의 목적에 맞는 성과를 측정하기 위하여 혁신 효과평가항목을 선정하였고, 데이터는 조달청의 협조를 통해 DB 데이터와 설문데이터를 활용하였다. 이를 통해 프로세스 전체 및 프로세스별 절감시간과 업무량의 절감율을 측정하였다. 실험결과 전체 프로세스의 효율성이 증대되었으며 '평균 업무처리 건수'의 절감율이 92.7%, '평균 업무처리 시간'의 절감율이 95.4%로 나타났다. 즉 공공조달분야는 G2B 시스템 도입을 통해 프로세스 혁신을 추진한 결과 매우 높은 효율성이 제고된 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 본 연구를 통해 '계약'과 관련한 업무프로세스에서 추가적인 개선이 이루어질 경우 프로세스 혁신효과가 더욱 향상될 수 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구는 MAS를 이용하여 프로세스 개선효과에 대한 평가모델을 제시하고 분석했다는데 의의가 있다.