• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.784-793
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• 2021

Previous studies have uncovered the role of circ_0000144 in various tumors. Here, we investigated the function and mechanism of circ_0000144 in gastric cancer (GC) progression. The expression of circ_0000144 in GC tissues and cells was detected through quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) method. Gain- and loss-of-function experiments including colony formation, wound healing and transwell assays were performed to examine the role of circ_0000144 in GC cells. Furthermore, western blot was conducted to determine the expressions of epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related proteins. The interaction between circ_0000144 and miR-217 was analyzed by bioinformatic analysis and luciferase reporter assays. The circ_0000144 expression was obviously upregulated in GC tissues and cells. Silencing of circ_0000144 inhibited cell proliferation, migration and invasion of GC cells, but ectopic expression of circ_0000144 showed the opposite results. Moreover, circ_0000144 sponged miR-217, and rescue assays revealed that silencing miR-217 expression reversed the inhibitory effect of circ_0000144 knockdown on the progress of GC. Our findings reveal that circ_0000144 inhibition suppresses GC cell proliferation, migration and invasion via absorbing miR-217, providing a new biomarker and potential therapeutic target for treatment of GC.

• BMB Reports
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• 제46권11호
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• pp.550-554
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• 2013

The platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) signaling pathway is essential for inducing a dedifferentiated state of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Activation of PDGF inhibits smooth muscle cell (SMC)-specific gene expression and increases the rate of proliferation and migration, leading to dedifferentiation of VSMCs. Recently, microRNAs have been shown to play a critical role in the modulation of the VSMC phenotype in response to extracellular signals. However, little is known about microRNAs regulated by PDGF in VSMCs. Herein, we identify microRNA- 15b (miR-15b) as a mediator of VSMC phenotype regulation upon PDGF signaling. We demonstrate that miR-15b is induced by PDGF in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells and is critical for PDGF-mediated repression of SMC-specific genes. In addition, we show that miR-15b promotes cell proliferation. These results indicate that PDGF signaling regulates SMC-specific gene expression and cell proliferation by modulating the expression of miR-15b to induce a dedifferentiated state in the VSMCs.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.137-143
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• 1994

본 연구는 7종의 비스테로이드성 항염증제가 FMLP에 의한 사람 중성구의 이동에 미치는 영향을 약물의 농도별로 관찰하고자, Hypaque-Ficoll step gradient centrifugation방법에 의하여 중성구를 분리하고, 48-well micro chemotaxis assembly를 이용하여 chemotactic assay를 시행하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. Oxyphenbutazone, phenylbutazone, zomepirac, ibuprofen은 약물의 치료 농도하에서 중성구의 이동에 대한 강력한 억제작용을 나타내었으며, indomethacin은 중성구의 이동을 오히려 증가시키는 작용을 나타내었다. 이 약제들은 모두 100uM미만의 약물 농도에서 각각 IC50를 나타내었으며, oxyphenbutazone, phenylbutazone은 10uM에서 최대 억제효과를 나타내었고, zomepirac, ibuprofen은 각각 0.luM과 100uM에서 가장 강한 억제 작용을 나타내었다. 또한 상기 약제를 FMLP와 함께 하단 구획에 첨가하였을 때에는 세포와 함께 상단구획에 첨가하였을 때와는 상이하게 세포의 이동에 전혀 영향을 미치지 못하였다. 이러한 결과는 이 약제가 FMLP와의 분자적 상호 작용을 통하여 FMLP의 작용을 저하시키는 것보다는 세포에 직접적인 영향을 미침으로서 세포의 이동을 억제하였음을 나타내어 준다. 이상의 연구 결과에서, oxyphenbutazone등의 약제가 100uM미만의 저농도에서 FMLP에 의한 중성구의 이동을 강력하게 억제하는 작용이 있음을 보고, 이 작용은 지금까지 비스테로이드성 함염증제의 작용 기전으로 말려진 cyclooxygenage 억제 작용과는 별개의 기전으로 사료되므로, 이를 상기 약제가 세포 수준에서 나타내는 제 2의 약리 기전으로 제시한다.denosine의 효과를 길항함을 볼 수 있었으나 $K{^+}$-통로 차단제인 glibenclamide는 adenosine의 효과에 영향을 미치지 못하였다. 8-Bromo-cAMP (100과 $300{\mu}M$) 그 자체로는 ACh 유리에 별다른 영향을 미치치 못하였으나 $300\;{\mu}M$ 8-bromo-cAMP 전처리에 의하여 $30\;{\mu}M\;adenosine$의 효과가 억제됨을 볼 수 있었다. 이상의 실험결과로 흰쥐 해마에서 $A_1-adenosine$ 수용체를 통한 adenosine의 ACh유리 감소는 G-단백에 의존적이며, 이러한 효과에 nifedipine에 예민한 $Ca^{++}$-통로와 adenylate cyclase계가 일부 관여함은 확실하나 proteinkinase C 및 glibenclamide에 예민한 $K{^+}$통로는 관여하지 않는 것으로 사료된다.(新稱), Phellinus pomaceus), 회주름구멍버섯(신칭(新稱), Antrodia crassa), 층주름구멍버섯(신칭(新稱), Antrodia serialis), 흰그물구멍버섯(신칭(新稱), Ceriporia reticulata), 겹친손등버섯(신칭(新稱), Oligoporus balsameus), 점박이손등버섯(신칭(新稱), Oligoporus guttulatus), 무른흰살버섯(신칭(新稱), Oxyporus cuneatus), 각목버섯(신칭(新稱), Rigidoporus microporus), 및 주름옷솔버섯(신칭(新稱), Trichaptum laricinum)으로서 우리말 이름과 영문 기재(記載)와 함께 우리나라의 균류목록(菌類目錄)에 새로이 추가되었다. 이였으며, White+NAA

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.5915-5920
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• 2013

Aim: Although aberrant miRNA expression has been documented, altered miR-101 expression in cervical cancer and its carcinogenic effects and mechanisms remain unexplored. The aim of our study was to investigate the role of miR-101 alteration in cervical carcinogenesis. Methods: Expression of miR-101 was examined by quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (qRT-PCR) in Hela cells. After modulating miR-101 expression using miR-101 mimics, cell growth, apoptosis and proliferation, and migration were tested separately by MTT or flow cytometry and cell wound healing assay and protein expression was detected by qRT-PCR. The expression of COX-2 in Hela cell was also examined by immunohistochemical staining and the correlation with miR-101 expression was analysed. Results: The miR-101 demonstrated significantly low expression in Hela cell. When we transfected miR-101 mimics into Hela cells, the modulation of miR-101 expression remarkably influenced cell proliferation, cycling and apoptosis: 1) The expression of microRNA-101 tended to increase after transfection; 2) Overexpression of miR-101 was able to promote cell apoptosis, the apoptosis rate being markedly higher (97.6%) than that seen pre-transfection (12.2%) (P<0.05); 3) The miR-101 negatively regulates cell migration and invasion, scratch results being lower ($42.7um{\pm}2um$) than that observed pre-transfection ($181.4um{\pm}2um$); 4) miRNA-101 inhibits the proliferation of Hela cells as well as the level of COX-2 protein, which was negatively correlated with miR-101 expression. Conclusions: Overexpression of miR-101 has obvious inhibitory effects on cell proliferation, migration and invasion. Thus reduced miR-101 expression could participate in the development of cervical cancer at least partly through loss of inhibition of target gene COX-2, which probably occurs in a relative late phase of carcinogenesis. Our data suggest an important role of miR-101 in the molecular etiology of cancer and indicate potential application of miR-101 in cancer therapy.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.43-48
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• 2015

Collective cell migration is a fundamental phenomenon observed in various biological processes such as development, wound healing, and cancer metastasis. During the collective migration, cells undergo changes in their phenotypes from those of stable to the migratory state via the process called epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Recent findings in biology and biochemistry have shown that EMT is closely related to the cancer invasion or metastasis, but not much of the correlations in kinematics and physical forces between the neighboring cells are known yet. In this study, we aim to understand the cell migration and stress distribution within the expanding cell cluster. We constructed the in vitro cell cluster on the hydrogel, employed traction force microscopy (TFM) and monolayer stress microscopy (MSM) to visualize the physical forces within the expanding cell monolayer. During the expansion, cells at the cluster edge exhibited enhanced motility and developed focal adhesions that are the essential features of EMT while cells at the core of the cluster maintained the epithelial characteristics. In the aspect of mechanical stress, the cluster edge had the highest traction force of ~90 Pa directed toward the cluster core, which means that cells at the edge actively pull the substrate to make the cluster expansion. The cluster core of the tightly confined cells by neighboring cells had a lower traction force value (~60 Pa) but the highest intercellular normal stress of ~800 Pa because of the accumulation of traction from the edge of the monolayer.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.345-351
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• 2016

Wound healing is a complex physiological process necessitating the coordinated action of various cell types, signals and microRNAs (miRNAs). However, little is known regarding the role of miRNAs in mediating this process. In the present study, we show that let-7c miRNA is decreased in heat-denatured fibroblasts and that inhibiting let-7c expression leads to the increased proliferation and migration of dermal fibroblasts, whereas the overexpression of let-7c exerts an opposite effect. Further investigation has identified heat shock protein 70 as a direct target of let-7c and has demonstrated that the expression of HSP70 in fibroblasts is negatively correlated with let-7c levels. Moreover, down-regulation of let-7c expression is accompanied by up-regulation of Bcl-2 expression and down-regulation of Bax expression, both of which are the downstream genes of HSP70. Notably, the knockdown of HSP70 by HSP70 siRNA apparently abrogates the stimulatory effect of let-7c inhibitor on heat-denatured fibroblasts proliferation and migration. Overall, we have identified let-7c as a key regulator that inhibits fibroblasts proliferation and migration during wound healing.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권7호
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• pp.938-948
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• 2022

Gastric cancers (GC) are generally malignant tumors, occurring with high incidence and threatening public health around the world. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) play crucial roles in modulating various cancers, including GC. However, the functions of circRNAs and their regulatory mechanism in colorectal cancer (CRC) remain largely unknown. This study focuses on both the role of circCOL1A2 in CRC progression as well as its downstream molecular mechanism. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and western blot were adopted for gene expression analysis. Functional experiments were performed to study the biological functions. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and subcellular fraction assays were employed to detect the subcellular distribution. Luciferase reporter, RNA-binding protein immunoprecipitation (RIP), co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP), RNA pull-down, and immunofluorescence (IF) and immunoprecipitation (IP) assays were used to explore the underlying mechanisms. Our results found circCOL1A2 to be not only upregulated in GC cells, but that it also propels the migration and invasion of GC cells. CircCOL1A2 functions as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) by sequestering microRNA-1286 (miR-1286) to modulate ubiquitin-specific peptidase 10 (USP10), which in turn spurs the migration and invasion of GC cells by regulating RFC2. In sum, CircCOL1A2 sponges miR-1286 to promote cell invasion and migration of GC by elevating the expression of USP10 to downregulate the level of RFC2 ubiquitination. Our study offers a potential novel target for the early diagnosis and treatment of GC.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.651-673
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 이동 유형을 지역 내 이동과 지역 간 이동으로 구분하여 각각의 원인을 고찰하는 한편 두 가지 유형의 상호 연계성을 이동 후 관찰되는 자가소유에 기초하여 분석하였다. 본 연구에서는 통계청에서 제공하는 1980년부터 2000년까지의 인구주택총조사(Census)를 활용해 우리나라 인구이동의 일반적 특성을 고찰하고 기존의 이동거리에 관한 가설을 검증하는 한편, 이동형태에 따른 자가소유의 결정요인을 분석하였다. 분석 결과 지역 간 이동과 지역 내 이동의 연계를 밝혀주는 Goodman의 세 가지 가설과 Roseman의 조정이동 가설은 우리나라에서 대부분 성립하지만 이러한 경향은 감소하는 추세인 것으로 나타났다. 이동거리에 따른 이주경력 결정요인을 살펴보면 연령이 낮을수록, 차가 거주자일수록, 교육수준이 높을수록, 가구원수가 적을수록 이동성향이 증가했다. 시간이 경과함에 따라 여성의 반복이동 성향이 증가하며 유배우자의 이동성향은 감소하였다. 단거리 이동의 경우여성의 이동성향이 남성에 비해 우세했다. 지역적 특성을 고려하기 위해 통제된 변인 중 보다 앞선 시기에 실업률이 부(-)인 지역으로 향하던 이주가 조사시점과 가까운 시기에는 정(+)인 지역으로 변화한 점과, 교원수 변인이 동일시기 정(+)인 지역에서 부(-)인 지역으로 변화한 점은 주목할 만하다. 이주 후 자가를 소유할 확률은 지역 간 이동에서 여성이 더 높았으며 연령이 증가할수록 확률이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 직업유형별로 살펴보면 판매직과 기능적의 경우 이동 후 자가를 소유할 확률이 가장 낮았으며 전문직 종사자는 가장 높은 확률을 보였다. 제주지역으로 이주한 가구가 타지역 이주가구에 비해 자가소유확률이 낮았으며 지가가 높은 지역을 목적지로 택한 가구일수록 자가소유 경향은 낮아졌다. 이동성향이 높은 가구는 자가소유 가능성이 낮은 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.479-482
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• 2003

In this study, the solubilization of dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) using oil-based emulsion was investigated for aquifer remediation. The micro-sized oil emulsion has large surface areas and buoyancy force, therefore it can be effective in treating DNAPL pool of the aquifer without downward migration of DNAPLs. The emulsion was prepared using silicone oil and mechanical homogenization. And the prepared emulsion had micro-sized similar distribution: 99 % in number and 80 % in volume were less than 10${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$. As target pollutants, trichloroethylene and 1, 2 dichlorobenzene were selected. All of used DNAPLs were solubilized successfully in oil-based emulsion. Even at low oil percentage, emulsion showed good solubility against pollutants. Therefore, the remediation using oil-based emulsion was considered as an effective alternative in dealing with DNAPLs of the aquifer.

• 생체재료학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.279-289
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• 2018

Background: Cell behavior is the key to tissue regeneration. Given the fact that most of the cells used in tissue engineering are anchorage-dependent, their behavior including adhesion, growth, migration, matrix synthesis, and differentiation is related to the design of the scaffolds. Thus, characterization of the scaffolds is highly required. Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) provides a powerful platform to analyze, visualize, and explore any portion of interest in the scaffold in a 3D fashion without cutting or destroying it with the benefit of almost no sample preparation need. Main body: This review highlights the relationship between the scaffold microstructure and cell behavior, and provides the basics of the micro-CT method. In this work, we also analyzed the original papers that were published in 2016 through a systematic search to address the need for specific improvements in the methods section of the papers including the amount of provided information from the obtained results. Conclusion: Micro-CT offers a unique microstructural analysis of biomaterials, notwithstanding the associated challenges and limitations. Future studies that will include micro-CT characterization of scaffolds should report the important details of the method, and the derived quantitative and qualitative information can be maximized.