• 대한화학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.257-264
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 외부온열 온도$(~40^{\circ}C)$에서 항암약물(doxorubicin)이 방출되는 온도민감성 리포좀에 대하여 연구하였다. 온도민감성 리포좀은 외부온열온도에서 하한임계용액온도의 성질을 나타내는 N-isopropylacrylamide (NIP-AAm)와 Acrylamide(AAm)의 합성고분자에 의하여 변형되었다. 변형된 리포좀으로부터 약물(doxorubicin)의 방출은 온도와 시간의 변화에 따라서 형광강도를 측정하여 결정하였다. Poly(NIPAAm-co-AAm) copolymer에 의하여 변형된 리포좀으로부터 약물(doxorubicin)의 방출은 Poly(NIPAAm-co-AAm) copolymer가 온열온도 범위$(~40{\pm}2^{\circ}C)$에서 적절한 전이를 나타내기 때문에 증가하였다. 또한, 리포좀으로부터 약물의 방출은 5분 이내에 완료되었고, 변형된 리포좀의 크기는 120~170 nm 이었다. 본 연구에서는 온도에 의하여 제어 할 수 있는 온도민감성 리포좀을 제조하였다. 이것은 온도 제어에 따른 종양 표적화에 대한 약물전달시스템에서 활용 될 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.131-148
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• 2004

In order to evaluate the anti-tumor and synergic effect of Bojungikkeehapdaechilkitang with doxorubicin, the inhibitory concentration(IC), $IC_{50}\;and\;IC_{90}$ of single use of doxorubicin and Bojungikkeehapdaechilkitang with their concomitant treatment against 3LL(Lewis lung carcinoma) was observed using MTT(Microculture Tetrazolium test) assay. In addition, their anti-tumor effects were also observed in the xenograft nude mice models agianst to 3LL cell lines. Bojungikkeehapdaechilkitang has only mimic direct anti-tumor effect against to 3LL cell lines but they were decreased general depressed signs induced by implantation of tumor cell lines and increased the total WBC and lymphocyte numbers. So, it is considered or expected that Bojungikkeehapdaechilkitang extracts were reduced the critical toxicity of doxorubicin and shows favorable synergic effect with doxorubicin and Bojungikkeehapdaechilkitang extracts.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.129-135
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• 2016

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha ($eIF2{\alpha}$), which is a component of the eukaryotic translation initiation complex, functions in cell death and survival under various stress conditions. In this study, we investigated the roles of $eIF2{\alpha}$ phosphorylation in cell death using the breast cancer cell lines MCF-7 and MCF-7/ADR. MCF-7/ADR cells are MCF-7-driven cells that have acquired resistance to doxorubicin (ADR). Treatment of doxorubicin reduced the viability and induced apoptosis in both cell lines, although susceptibility to the drug was very different. Treatment with doxorubicin induced phosphorylation of $eIF2{\alpha}$ in MCF-7 cells but not in MCF-7/ADR cells. Basal expression levels of Growth Arrest and DNA Damage 34 (GADD34), a regulator of $eIF2{\alpha}$, were higher in MCF-7/ADR cells compared to MCF-7 cells. Indeed, treatment with salubrinal, an inhibitor of GADD34, resulted in the upregulation of $eIF2{\alpha}$ phosphorylation and enhanced doxorubicin-mediated apoptosis in MCF-7/ADR cells. However, MCF-7 cells did not show such synergic effects. These results suggest that dephosphorylation of $eIF2{\alpha}$ by GADD34 plays an important role in doxorubicin resistance in MCF-7/ADR cells.

• Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.107-111
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• 2014

Objective: In the present study, we investigated the protective effects of low-intensity treadmill training in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity rat models. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Methods: In this study, we randomly divided them into four groups. The normal group included non-cardiotoxicity normal control (n=10), the control group included non-treadmill training after doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity (n=10), the experimental group I included low-intensity treadmill training (3 m/min) after doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity (n=10), and the experimental group II included low-intensity treadmill training (8 m/min) after doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity (n=10). Rats in the treadmill training group underwent treadmill training, which began at 2 weeks after first intraperitoneal injection. We determined the body weight change for each rat on days 1 and 21. Biochemical markers (lactate dehydrogenase [LDH], creatine kinase [CK], glutathion, aspartate transaminase [AST], and alanine transaminase [ALT]) concentration in the serum change of rats from all four groups was examined at the end of the experiment. Results: The results showed that the experimental group I and II showed a significant increase in body weight as compared with that of the control group (p<0.05). We observed that the biochemical markers (LDH, CK, glutathion, AST, and ALT) were improved in the experimental group I than the experimental group II (p<0.05). There was no difference between the experimental groups. Conclusions: In conclusion, our data suggest that low-intensity treadmill training applied after doxorubicin treatment protects against cardiotoxicity following treatment, possibly by enhancing antioxidant defenses and inhibiting cardiac muscle cell apoptosis.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.86-94
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• 2019

Background: Ginseng is believed to have antitumor activity. Autophagy is largely a prosurvival cellular process that is activated in response to cellular stressors, including cytotoxic chemotherapy; therefore, agents that inhibit autophagy can be used as chemosensitizers in cancer treatment. We examined the ability of Korean Red Ginseng extract (RGE) to prevent autophagic flux and to make hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells become more sensitive to doxorubicin. Methods: The cytotoxic effects of total RGE or its saponin fraction (RGS) on HCC cells were examined by the lactate dehydrogenase assay in a dose- or time-dependent manner. The effect of RGE or RGS on autophagy was measured by analyzing microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain (LC)3-II expression and LC3 puncta formation in HCC cells. Late-stage autophagy suppression was tested using tandem-labeled green fluorescent protein (GFP)-monomeric red fluorescent protein (mRFP)-LC3. Results: RGE markedly increased the amount of LC3-II, but green and red puncta in tandem-labeled GFP-mRFP-LC3 remained colocalized over time, indicating that RGE inhibited autophagy at a late stage. Suppression of autophagy through knockdown of key ATG genes increased doxorubicin-induced cell death, suggesting that autophagy induced by doxorubicin has a protective function in HCC. Finally, RGE and RGS markedly sensitized HCC cells, (but not normal liver cells), to doxorubicin-induced cell death. Conclusion: Our data suggest that inhibition of late-stage autophagic flux by RGE is important for its potentiation of doxorubicin-induced cancer cell death. Therapy combining RGE with doxorubicin could serve as an effective strategy in the treatment of HCC.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.389-397
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• 2020

Microglial cells function as major immune cells in the brain, playing an important role in the protection and damage of neurons. BV2 microglia, activated by drug stimulation, secrete inflammatory cytokines by activating the nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of the activated B cells pathway and are involved in neuroinflammatory and immune responses. The overactivation of microglia by stimuli can cause neuronal damage, leading to brain disease. Noni, a natural product, reduces the activity of microglia to prevent neuronal damage and is a potential natural medicine because it exerts excellent regeneration and anti-inflammatory effects on damaged cells. In this study, when noni was used to treat BV2 cells stimulated by the anti-cancer drug doxorubicin, it reduced the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from BV2. On the other hand, neuronal damage is a side effect of doxorubicin. Therefore, the cytokines released from doxorubicin-stimulated BV2 cells treated with noni had a positive effect on the neuronal viability compared to those released from doxorubicin-stimulated BV2 cells not treated with Noni. Thus, Noni increases neuronal viability. These results suggest that noni inhibits the release of cytokines by regulating the nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of the activated B cells pathway of BV2, thereby inhibiting neuronal damage.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권9호
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• pp.1238-1244
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• 2014

Dephosphocoenzyme A (CoaE) catalyzes the last step in the biosynthesis of the cofactor coenzyme A. In this study, we report the identification and application of CoaE from Stretomyces peucetius ATCC27952. After expression of coaE, the protein was found to have a molecular mass of 28.6 kDa. Purification of the His-tagged fused CoaE protein was done by immobilized metal-affinity chromatography, and then in vitro enzymatic coupling assay was performed. The increasing NADH consumption with time shed light on the phosphorylating activity of CoaE. Furthermore, the overexpression of coaA and coaE independently under the $ermE^*$ promoter in the doxorubicin -producing wild type strain, resulted in 1.4- and 1.5-fold enhancements in doxorubicin production, respectively. In addition, the overexpression of both genes together showed a 2.1-fold increase in doxorubicin production. These results established a positive role for secondary metabolite production from Streptomyces peucetius.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.153-160
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• 1992

The doxorubicin resistance locus from Streptomyces peucetius subsp. caesius (the doxorubicin producer, ATCC 27952) has been cloned. The sequence data over 4.4 kb regions reveals the presence of four possible open reading frames (ORFs). ORF2 and ORF3 would encode proteins containing 329 and 283 amino acids, respectively. The protein encoded by ORF2 has two almost identical ATP binding domains with p-glycoprotein, the product of a multidrug resistance gene from tumor cells, and that encoded by ORF3 has several hydrophobic domains suggesting that it is located in the bacterial membrane. These two remarkable similarities of the gene product to p-glycoprotein of mammalian tumor cells suggest that the two proteins may enable bacteria to extrude a variety of toxic agents, including daunorubicin and doxorubicin, by an ATP dependent efflux mechanism analogous to the multidurg resistance protein of cancer cells.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.209-217
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• 2007

목적: mdr1유전자를 표적으로 한 short hairpin RNA (shMDR)는 다약재내성을 나타내는 암세포에서 효과적으로 mdr1 유전자의 발현을 억제 할 수 있고 sodium iodide symporter (NIS)는 유전자 치료와 리포터로의 기능을 동시에 나타낼 수 있다. 이 연구에서는 사람 대장암세포(HCT15)에 shMDR과 NIS를 동시에 이입하고 Tc-99m sestamibi와 I-125 섭취를 측정하였고 doxorubicin과 I-131 치료효과도 관찰하였다. 대상 및 방법: 사람 태아 신장 세포주(Human Embryonic Kidney cells; HEK293)에 liposome 시약으로 shMDR을 이입하고 RT-PCR과 western blot으로 분석하였다. shMDR와 NIS 유전자가 발현하는 adenovirus를 만들고 HCT15 세포에 이입 후 48시간에 shMDR에 의한 Pgp의 기능 억제를 확인하기위해 Tc-99m sestamibi 섭취와 doxorubicin 세포독성을 측정하였다. 또한 NIS유전자의 기능을 확인 하기위해 I-125 섭취와 I-131 세포독성도 확인하였다. 결과: shMDR이 이입 된 HEK293 세포에서 mdr1의 mRNA와 Pgp의 발현이 각각 75%, 80% 감소하였다. NIS 유전자가 발현하는 adenovirus를 HCT15 세포에 이입하고 NIS 유전자 발현을 확인 한 결과 대조군에 비해 월등히 높게 발현하였다. Ad-shMDR 300 MOI, Ad-shMDR 300 MOI 와 Ad-NIS 10 MOI를 처리한 경우 Tc-99m sestamibi의 섭취가 대조군보다 1.5배 정도 증가하였다. HCT15 세포에 Ad-NIS 10 MOI를 감염시킨 경우 I-125 섭취가 대조군에 비해 25배 이상 증가였다. 또한 Ad-shMDR와 Ad-NIS를 동시 감염 시켰을 경우 doxorubicin의 세포 독성이 증가하여 나타났고 Ad-NIS 20 MOI를 감염시켰을 때 I-131에 의한 세포독성이 대조군보다 증가하였다. 결론: 세포에 shMDR의 이입으로 mdr1 유전자의 발현이 억제되고 Tc-99m sestamibi의 섭취와 doxorubicin의 세포독성이 증가하였으며 NIS 유전자의 이입으로 I-125의 섭취와 I-131의 세포독성이 증가하였다. 다약제내성세포에 shMDR와 NIS 유전자의 동시 이입은 doxorubicin과 방사성 옥소의 이중치료 효과를 높일 수 있을 것으로 본다.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2-2
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• pp.167.2-168
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• 2003

Anticancer drug resistance occasionally occurs in malignant hematologic diseases such as acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) treated with chemotherapy and is a major problem to complete remission. Malignant cells primarily induce intrinsic resistance to treatment of anticancer drug, but gradually obtain acquired resistance to cytotoxic activities of chemotherapy. In this study, we monitored the expression profiles of doxorubicin resistance-related genes in AML-2/DX100, a doxorubicin-resistant human acute myelocytic leukemia cell line. (omitted)