• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2020

Bilobalide isolated from the leaves of Ginkgo biloba has several pharmacological activities such as neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, and anticonvulsant. However, the effect of bilobalide on cancer has not been clearly established. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of bilobalide on cell growth and apoptosis induction in FaDu human pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. This was examined by 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay, nuclear 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole dihydrochloride staining, DNA fragmentation analysis, and immunoblotting. Bilobalide inhibited the growth of FaDu cells in dose- and time-dependent manners. Treatment with bilobalide resulted in nuclear condensation and DNA fragmentation in FaDu cells. Furthermore, it promoted the proteolytic cleavage of procaspase-3/-7/-8/-9 with increase in the amount of cleaved caspase-3/-7/-8/-9. Bilobalide-induced apoptosis in FaDu cells was mediated by the expression of Fas and the activation of caspase-8, caspase-3, and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase. Immunoblotting revealed that the antiapoptotic mitochondrial protein Bcl-2 was downregulated, but the proapoptotic protein Bax was upregulated by bilobalide in FaDu cells. Bilobalide significantly increased Bax/Bcl-2 ratio. These results suggest that bilobalide inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in FaDu human pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma via both the death receptor-mediated extrinsic apoptotic pathway and the mitochondrial-mediated intrinsic apoptotic pathway.

• Experimental and Molecular Medicine
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• 제50권11호
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• pp.1.1-1.10
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• 2018

Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) are used extensively for cardiac repair and interact with immune cells in the damaged heart. Macrophages are known to be modulated by stem cells, and we hypothesized that priming macrophages with BMMSCs would enhance their therapeutic efficacy. Rat bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) were stimulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) with or without coculture with rat BMCs. In the LPS-stimulated BMDMs, induction of the inflammatory marker iNOS was attenuated, and the anti-inflammatory marker Arg1 was markedly upregulated by coculture with BMMSCs. Myocardial infarction (MI) was induced in rats. One group was injected with BMMSCs, and a second group was injected with MIX (a mixture of BMMSCs and BMDMs after coculture). The reduction in cardiac fibrosis was greater in the MIX group than in the BMC group. Cardiac function was improved in the BMMSC group and was substantially improved in the MIX group. Angiogenesis was better in the MIX group, and anti-inflammatory macrophages were more abundant in the MIX group than in the BMMSC group. In the BMMSCs, interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) was exclusively induced by coculture with macrophages. IRF5 knockdown in BMMSCs failed to suppress inflammatory marker induction in the macrophages. In this study, we demonstrated the successful application of BMDMs primed with BMMSCs as an adjuvant to cell therapy for cardiac repair.

• BMB Reports
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• 제52권11호
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• pp.647-652
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• 2019

G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) is known to play an important role in hormone-associated cancers. G-1, a novel synthetic GPER agonist, has been reported to exhibit anti-carcinogenic properties. However, the chemotherapeutic mechanism of GPER is yet unclear. Here, we evaluated GPER expression in human gastric cancer tissues and cells. We found that G-1 treatment attenuates GPER expression in gastric cancer. GPER expression increased G-1-induced antitumor effects in mouse xenograft model. We analyzed the effects of knockdown/overexpression of GPER on G-1-induced cell death in cancer cells. Increased GPER expression in human gastric cancer cells increased G-1-induced cell death via increased levels of cleaved caspase-3, -9, and cleaved poly ADP-ribose polymerase. Interestingly, during G-1-induced cell death, GPER mRNA and protein expression was attenuated and associated with ER stress-induced expression of PERK, ATF-4, GRP-78, and CHOP. Furthermore, PERK-dependent induction of ER stress activation increased G-1-induced cell death, whereas PERK silencing decreased cell death and increased drug sensitivity. Taken together, the data suggest that the induction of ER stress via GPER expression may increase G-1-induced cell death in gastric cancer cells. These results may contribute to a new paradigm shift in gastric cancer therapy.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.59-63
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• 1991

1983년에서 1989년까지 가톨릭의대 부속 성모병원 방사선치료실에서 비인강종양으로 확진되어 치료를 시행한 환자 31명중 치료가 불완전했던 환자 8명을 제외한 23명의 치료성적으로 후향조사 하였다. 이들 중 11명의 환자에 있어서는 방사선 단독요법을 시행하였으며, 12명의 환자에소는 cispiatin+5-fluorouracil 혹은 cisplatin-bleomycin-vincristine을 이용하여 1회 내지 3회에 걸친 유도 화학요법후 방사선치료를 시행하였다. 방사선 단독요법으로 치료된 11명의 환자에서 완전 관해율은 55%(6/11), 부분관해율은 45%(5/11)였다. 유도화학요법을 시행한 12명의 환자중 약물 치료후 완전관해율은 25%(3/12)였으며, 부분관해율은 75%(9/12)였고, 연속적으로 시행된 방사선 치료후에는 완전 관해율이 83%(10/12)로 증가되었으며, 부분 관해율은 17%(2/12)였다. 유도 항암요법에 부분관해를 보였던 환자중 stage 111 환자 1명과 stage IV 환자 6명이 추가 방사선 치료후 완전 관해를 보였다. 방사선 단독요법군에서는 4명에 국소재발이 발생했으며,-약물요법과 방사선치료를 병행했던 군에서는 국소재발 3명과 폐로의 원격전이가 1명에서 발생되었다. 방사선단독으로 치료한 환자군과 유도화학요법과 방사선 치료를 병행한 환자군에서의 생존율의 차이가 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. $28.55{\pm}15$ and $M{\pm}SD=28.588{\pm}25.39$, p>0.05) 치료환자군의 수가 적은 이유로 통계분석 결과 큰 의의를 발견할 수 없었다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.306-311
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• 2005

Despite advances in surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, the survival of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma has not significantly improved over the past several decades. Gene therapy is currently under investigation and shows us new possibility of cancer curing method. This experiment was undergone to find out the cell growth inhibition effect and evidence of apoptosis by HCCS-1(human cervical cancer suppressor-1), one of the candidates of tumor suppressor gene, transducted to human oral cancer cell line. To determine the efficiency of the adenovirus as a gene delivery vector cell line was transducted with LacZ gene and analysed with X-gal staining. Northern blot was performed to confirm the transfection with HSCC-1 gene and cell viability was assessed by cell cytotoxicity assay using cell count kit(CCK). To show the evidence of apoptosis, DNA fragmentation assay and flow cytometry(FACS) were performed. We had successfully construct the recombinant HSCC-1 adenovirus(Ad5CMV-HCCS-1), and importation efficiency was 20% at 2 MOI(multiplicity of infection), 80% at 20 MOI. Northern blot analysis showed that a single 0.6kb mRNA transcript was expressed in Ad5CMV-HCCS-1 transducted cell lines. As a result of CCK, when comparing to control subjects, transducted group showed 50% growth inhibition. In DNA fragmentation assay, according to increasing of MOI, DNA volume was diminished. In FACS analysis, DNA distribution showed fragmentation. This results imply that HCCS-1gene has growth inhibition effect in human oral cancer cell lines through apoptosis induction.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.527-535
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• 2021

라이소좀은 산성가수분해 효소를 가진 세포 내 소기관으로 단백질 및 고분자를 분해한다. 영양분 상태에 따라 세포 내 다양한 신호 전달 경로를 조절하는 신호 경로 중추로, 세포 항상성 조절에 중요한 역할을 한다. 따라서 이러한 라이소좀의 기능 이상은 라이소좀 저장질환, 퇴행성 신경질환 및 암을 발생시킬 수 있다. 암세포에서는 다양한 자극에 의한 lysosomal membrane permeabilization (LMP)가 일어날 수 있으며, 카텝신과 같은 라이소좀 내 효소 및 내용물이 세포질로 유출되어 다양한 형태의 라이소좀 의존적인 암세포사멸을 유도한다. 본 보고에서는 LMP 증가를 통한 다양한 형태의 세포사멸 유도 기전 및 항암제 민감성 증진에 대해 서술하였다. 미미한 LMP 유도는 일부 카텝신이 세포질로 유출되어 전형적인 세포사멸(apoptosis)을 일으키는 반면 강력한 LMP 유도는 라이소좀의 파열로 많은 카텝신 및 활성산소의 유출로 non-apoptotic 세포사멸을 일으킨다. 이러한 LMP 유도는 라이조솜 내에 포획된 항암제가 세포질로 유출되어 다른 타겟 소기관으로 작용하여 항암제에 대한 내성을 극복하고 민감성을 증진시킬 수 있다. 따라서, LMP 유도제 및 라이소좀 항성 작용제(lysosomotropic agent)에 의한 라이소좀 막 분열은 종양치료에 있어 새로운 전략이 될 수 있다.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.1005-1013
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• 2001

The present study was designed to investigate the effect of low power GaAlAs laser on spinal Fos expression related to the anti-nociceptive effect of laser stimulation. Low power GaAlAs laser was applied to either acupoint or non-acupoint for 2 hour under light inhalation anesthesia. Spinal Fos expression in the dorsal horn was compared to that obtained in inhalation anesthesia control group. Furthermore, we analyzed the effect of the local treatment of lidocaine on the spinal Fos expression evoked by low power GaAlAs laser stimulation. The results were summarized as follows: 1. In the normal animals, only a few Fos like immunoreactive(Fos-IR) neurons were evident in the lumbar spinal cord dorsal horn. Similarly, following prolonged inhalation anesthesia, Fos-IR neurons were absent in the dorsal horn of the lumbar spinal cord. In animals treated with laser stimulation, Fos immunoreactive neurons were increased mainly in the medial half of ipsilateral laminae I-III at lumbar segments L3-5. These findings directly indicated that prolonged anesthesia used in this study did not affect the Fos expression in the spinal cord dorsal horn of intact animals and low power laser stimulation dramatically produced Fos expression in the spinal cord laminae that are related to the anti-nociceptive effect of laser stimulation. 2. In acupoint stimulated animals, 10mW of laser stimulation, not 3mW and 6mW intensity, significantly increased the number of Fos immunoreactive neurons in the spinal dorsal horn(p<0.05). However, laser stimulation on acupoint more dramatically increased the number of Fos immunoreactive neurons in the spinal cord rather than laser stimulatin on non acupoint. These result suggested that laser stimulatin on acupoint was more effective treatment to activate the spinal neuron than non acupoint stimulation. 3. The local treatment of lidocaine totally suppressed the activity of spinal neurons that were induced by lower power 1aser stimulation. These data indicated that the anti-nociceptive effect of laser stimulation was absolutely dependent upon the peripheral nerve activity in the stimulated location. In conclusion, these data indicate that 10mW of low power laser stimulation into acupoint is capable of inducing the spinal Fos expression in the dorsal horn related to the anti-nociceptive effect of laser stimulation, Furthermore, the induction of spinal Fos expression was totally related to the peripheral nerve activity in the laser stimulated area.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.745-758
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• 2001

The purpose of study to phenomenological examine and the mechanism regarding the gene(DNA, RNA, Protein) and sports to studied, analyzed. and evaluated. This review considers the evidence for genetic effects in several determinants of endurance performance and resistance performance, namely: body measurements and physique, body fat pulmonary functions, cardiac and circulatory functions, muscle characteristics. substrate utilization, maximal aerobic power and other. Moreover, the response to aerobic training of indicators aerobic work metabolism and endurance performance is reviewed, with emphasis on the specificity of the response and the individual differences observed in training ability. This study indicate that improvement of 'Enhancer Action' in RNA genes changed by exercise or sports. Moreover exercise was effect on Central Dogma with DNA makes RNA makes Protein. and think that occurred with exercise influence on skeletal muscle into cell have to Myosin Heavy Chain (MHC) changed was after exercise performance, which accompanied into skeletal muscle that were exercise-induces gene-modulation that is, take gene mutations. This study known that existed hormone(epinephrine)-immune system with interaction. Exercise were altered insulin binding and MAP Kinase signaling increased into immune cells. This review suggested that the high rate of glutamine utilization by cells of the immune system serves to maintain a high intra cellular concentration of the intermediates of biosynthetic pathways such that optimal rates of DNA, RNA and protein synthesis can be maintained. In the absence of glutamine, lymphocytes do not proliferate in vitro: proliferation increase greatly as the glutamine concentration increase. Glutamine is synthesized in skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscle and plasma glutamine levels are lowered by sepsis, injury, bums, surgery and endurance exercise and in the overtrained athlete. The study of result show that production of ET-1 is markedly increased tissue specifically in the heart by exercise without appreciable changes in endothelin-converting enzyme and endothelial receptor expressions, suggest that myocardial ET-1 may participate in modulation of cardiac function during exercise. Conclusionally, this study indicate that improvement of 'Enhancer Action' in RNA genes changed by exercise or sports. Moreover exercise was effect on Central Dogma with DNA makes RNA makes Protein. This study is expected to contribute the area of sports science, medicine, hereafter more effort is required to establish the relation between gene alters and exercise amount.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.262-274
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• 2007

AdBMP-2와 AdBMP-7을 형질도입 시킨 사람 섬유아세포와 사람 골수기질세포를 면역결핍 생쥐의 척추 옆 근육으로 주입하여 척추 유합을 유도한 결과, AdBMP-7/BMSC가 AdBMP-2/BMSC 또는 AdBMP-7/HuFb와 AdBMP-2/HuFb 보다 골 형성능이 우수하였으며, 척추 유합을 잘 유도하였음을 확인하였다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.30-36
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• 2006

호중구의 세포사멸은 자연적으로 일어나지만 여러 외부자극에 의한 신호의 전달에 의하여 증가하거나 지연된다. 본 연구에서는 항암, 항생제로 개발된 프레닐 페놀계인 ascochlorin의 유도체 중에서 백혈구 암의 세포사멸을 유도하는 4-O-methyl-ascochlorin (MAC)이 호중구의 자연 세포사멸 및 지연되는 세포사멸에 어떠한 영향을 미치는가와 그 작용기작을 연구하였다. 호중구의 세포사멸은 사람 말초 혈액으로부터 분리하여 세포 배양 시간에 따라 형태 변화, annexin-V/propidium iodide의 염색, 및 DNA 전기영동 등으로 조사하였다. MAC는 농도 및 시간 의존 형으로 호중구의 세포사멸을 증가시켰다. 그러나 granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor나 lipopolysaccharide 등에 의한 세포사멸의 지연은 MAC에 의하여 부분적으로 억제되었다. MAC에 의한 세포사멸의 유도는 pancaspase, caspase-8 및 caspase-3 억제제인 zVAD-fmk. zIETD-fmk, 및 zDEVD-fmk에 의하여 억제되었으며 procaspase-8과 procaspase-3의 단백질 양도 MAC로 처리한 호중구에서 현저히 감소하였다. 미토콘드리아 막 투과성은 MAC에 의하여 현저히 감소하였으나 zVAD-fmk에 의하여 완전히 봉쇄되지 못하였다. 이들 결과 들은 MAC에 의한 호중구 세포사멸의 증가는 caspase-8 및 caspase-3의 활성을 통하여 일어나지만 미토콘드리아의 막성분에는 영향이 없다는 것을 제시하고 있다.