• 대한치과보철학회지
• /
• 제37권6호
• /
• pp.741-755
• /
• 1999

As a material of metal-ceramic prosthesis, nickel as a form of Ni-Cr alloy has been used for many dental prostheses in many cases. However, several problems in use of the alloy have been revealed (ex : tissue stimulation, skin allergy, hypersensitivity, cytotoxicity and carcinogenecity). Little is known about nickel with respect to the relationship between Ni-prosthesis and gaining of Ni-resistance in oral microorganisms. The present study was undertaken to check wheather use of Ni-prosthesis leads to occurrence of Ni-resistant microorganisms. So this study may suggest the possible relationships between the oral microorganisms and nickel-resistance in oral environment. Bacteria were isolated from the gingival crevicular fluid on the pateints wearing Ni-Cr prosthesis. The isolated bacteria were tested for their Ni-resistance in nickel containing media at different concentration from 3mM to 110mM. E. coli HB101 was used as control. The Ni-resistant bacteria were isolated and biochemically identified. The Ni-resistant bacteria were tested several bio-chemical, molecular-biological tests. Performed tests were ; measuring the growth curve, antibiotic test, growth ability test in liquid media, isolation of the chromosome and plasmid, digestion of DNA by restriction enzyme, electrophoresis of chromosome and plasmid DNA, identification of Ni-resistant genes by the DNA hybridization. The results were as follows: 1) The bacteria isolated from gingival crevicular fluid on the patients wearing Ni-Cr alloy pros-thesis showed nickel-resistance. 2) The isolated microorganisms grew at nickel containing media of high concentrations (60mM-110mM). 3) Based on the biochemical tests, the isolated microorganisms were identified as Enterococcus faecalis(13 cases), Klebsiella pneumoniae(1 case) and Enterobacter gergeviae(1 case). 4) Enterococcus faecalis expressed not only nickel resistance but also the multi-drug resistance to several antibiotics ; chloramphenicol, kanamicin, streptomycin, lincomycin, clindamycin. However, all strain showed the sensitivity against the tetracycline. 5) DNA hybridization result suggest that there is no homology between the previousely known gene of nickel resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae and chromosomal DNA of Enterococcus faecalis.

• 대한치과보철학회지
• /
• 제41권2호
• /
• pp.207-222
• /
• 2003

As a material of metal-ceramic prosthesis, nickel as a form of Ni-Cr alloy has been used for many dental prostheses in many cases. However, several problems in use of the alloy have been revealed (ex ; tissue stimulation, skin allergy, hypersensitivity cytotoxicity and carcinogenecity). Little is known about nickel with respect to the relationship between Ni-prosthesis and gaining of Niresistance in oral microorganisms. The present study was undertaken to check whether use of Ni-prosthesis leads to occurrence of Ni-resistant microorganisms. So this study may suggest the possible relationships between the oral microorganisms and nickel-resistance in oral environment. Bacteria were isolated from the gingival crevicular fluid on the patients wearing Ni-Cr prosthesis. The isolated bacteria were tested fir their Ni-resistance in nickel containing media at different concentration from 3mM to 110mM. E. coli HB101 was used as control. The Ni-resistant bacteria were isolated and biochemically identified. The Ni-resistant bacteria were tested several biochemical, molecular-biological tests. Performed tests were : measuring the growth curve, antibiotic test, growth ability test in liquid media, isolation of the chromosome and plasmid, digestion of DNA by restriction enzyme, electrophoresis of chromosome and plasmid DNA, identification of Ni-resistant genes by the DNA hybridization. The results were as follows 1) The bacteria isolated from gingival crevicular fluid on the patients wearing Ni-Cr alloy prosthesis showed nickel-resistance. 2) The isolated microorganisms grew at nickel containing media of high concentrations (60mM-110mM). 3) Based on the biochemical tests, the isolated microorganisms were identified as Enterococcus faecalis(13 cases), Klebsiella pneumoniae(1 case) and Enterobacter gergoviae(1 case). 4) Enterococcus faecalis expressed not only nickel resistance but also the multi-drug resistance to several antibiotics ; chloramphenicol, kanamicin, streptomycin, lincomycin, clindamycin, However, all strain showed the sensitivity against the tetracycline. 5) DNA hybridization result suggests that there is no homology between the previously known gene of nickel resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae and chromosomal DNA of Enterococcus faecalis.

• 한국물환경학회지
• /
• 제28권6호
• /
• pp.911-916
• /
• 2012

Recently, antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) in the environment are emerging as pollutants, since these genetic contaminants can eventually be transferred to human pathogens. The aim of this study was to develop the experimental model of antibiotic resistant gene (ARG) plasmid transfer as a function of various environmental conditions. For this purpose, the multi drug resistant plasmid pB10, which is known to be originally isolated from a wastewater treatment plant, was selected as a model transfer plasmid and Escherichia coli $DH5{\alpha}$ containing pB10 was used as a model donor. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an opportunistic pathogen, was selected as the recipient for the conjugation experiment. When the donor and recipient were exposed to various stressors including antibiotics and heavy metal as a function of the concentrations (10, 100 and, 1000 ppb), statistically increased plasmid transfer rate was observed at a concentration of 10 ppb of tetracycline and sulfamethoxazole compared to control (no antibiotic exposure). Accordingly, the developed experimental ARG model by various stressor is a promising tool for evaluating the dissemination of ARGs by micro-contaminants in aquatic environment.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
• /
• 제34권2호
• /
• pp.95-99
• /
• 2004

One mechanism which plays a prominent role in development of multi-drug resistance seen in cancer cells is the over-expression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp). It is known that compounds found in vegetables and fruits not only have anticarcinogenic properties but may also modulate P-gp activity. The effect of some dietary components on efflux of daunomycin (DNM), a P-gp substrate, was examined in P-gp over-expressed human uterine sarcoma cell line, MES-SA/DX5. The efflux of DNM from the cells was significantly inhibited by quercetin and verapamil, but not by 1-naphtyl-isothiocyanate (NITC). The $IC_{50}$ values for DNM in MES-SA/DX5 cells were increased by flavonoids (quercetin and fisetin), but not by NITC after 72 hour incubation with dietary constituents. In conclusion, flavonoids may play a role in the modulation of P­-gp activity in human uterine sarcoma cells.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제31권9호
• /
• pp.1288-1294
• /
• 2021

There are a growing number of reports of hospital-acquired infections caused by pathogenic bacteria, especially methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Many plant products are now being used as a natural means of exploring antimicrobial agents against different types of human pathogenic bacteria. In this research, we sought to isolate and identify an active molecule from Sedum takesimense that has possible antibacterial activity against various clinical isolates of MRSA. NMR analysis revealed that the structure of the HPLC-purified compound was 1,2,4,6-tetra-O-galloyl-glucose. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of different extract fractions against numerous pathogenic bacteria was determined, and the actively purified compound has potent antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria, i.e., MRSA and its clinical isolates. In addition, the combination of the active compound and β-lactam antibiotics (e.g., oxacillin) demonstrated synergistic action against MRSA, with a fractional inhibitory concentration (FIC) index of 0.281. The current research revealed an alternative approach to combating pathogenesis caused by multi-drug resistant bacteria using plant materials. Furthermore, using a combination approach in which the active plant-derived compound is combined with antibiotics has proved to be a successful way of destroying pathogens synergistically.

• 약학회지
• /
• 제57권2호
• /
• pp.132-138
• /
• 2013

Acinetobacter baumannii is gram-negative bacilli that can be widely found in environments. Recently, A. baumannii emerged as a serious nosocomial infection. A total of 92 A. baumannii were isolated from hospitalized patients in Seoul, Korea, between December 2010 and April 2011. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was investigated using CLSI agar dilution methods. Tigecycline non-susceptible A. baumannii isolates were investigated by repetitive extragenic palindromic sequence-based PCR (rep-PCR). Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was performed to determine the epidemiological relationships. All clinical isolates showed high-level resistance to the most commonly used antibiotics: Ciprofloxacin (87.0%), Ampicillin/sulbactam (82.6%), Cefotaxime (81.5%), Ceftazidime (80.4%). Moreover, 50.0% of these isolates were non-susceptible to tigecycline. When evaluated by RAPD analysis, generated distinct band ranging in size from 1kb to 8k band varying from 4 to 10 bands. Stricter surveillance and more rapid detection are essential to prevent the spread of multi drug resistant A. baumannii.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제31권4호
• /
• pp.559-569
• /
• 2021

As one of the major types of lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for the majority of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Treatments for NSCLC includes surgery, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy. Among the targeted therapies, resistance to inhibitors of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is common and remains a problem to be solved. MET (hepatocyte growth factor receptor) amplification is one of the major causes of EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) resistance. Therefore, there exists a need to find new and more efficacious therapies. Deoxypodophyllotoxin (DPT) extracted from Anthriscus sylvestris roots exhibits various pharmacological activities including anti-inflammation and anti-cancer effects. In this study we sought to determine the anti-cancer effects of DPT on HCC827GR cells, which are resistant to gefitinib (EGFR-TKI) due to regulation of EGFR and MET and their related signaling pathways. To identify the direct binding of DPT to EGFR and MET, we performed pull-down, ATP-binding, and kinase assays. DPT exhibited competitive binding with ATP against the network kinases EGFR and MET and reduced their activities. Also, DPT suppressed the expression of p-EGFR and p-MET as well as their downstreat proteins p-ErbB3, p-AKT, and p-ERK. The treatment of HCC827GR cells with DPT induced high ROS generation that led to endoplasmic-reticulum stress. Accordingly, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and apoptosis by multi-caspase activation were observed. In conclusion, these results demonstrate the apoptotic effects of DPT on HCC827GR cells and signify the potential of DPT to serve as an adjuvant anti-cancer drug by simultaneously inhibiting EGFR and MET.

• Journal of Digestive Cancer Research
• /
• 제4권1호
• /
• pp.1-9
• /
• 2016

The abundance of multi-drug resistance ATPase binding cassette and deranged self-renewal pathways shown in cancer stem cells (CSCs) played a crucial role in tumorigenesis, tumor resistance, tumor recurrence, and tumor metastasis. Therefore, elucidation of CSCs biology can improve diagnosis, enable targeted treatment, and guide the follow up of GI cancer patients. In order to achieve chemoquiescence, seizing cancer through complete ablation of CSCs, CSCs are rational targets for the design of interventions that will enhance responsiveness to traditional therapeutic strategies and contribute in the prevention of local recurrence as well as metastasis. However, current cancer treatment strategies fail to either detect or differentiate the CSCs from their non-tumorigenic progenies mostly due to the absence of specific biomarkers and potent agents to kill CSCs. Recent advances in knowledge of CSCs enable to produce several candidates to ablate CSCs in gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, especially cancers originated from inflammation-driven mutagenesis such as Barrett's esophagus (BE), Helicobacter pylori-associated gastric cancer, and colitis-associated cancer (CAC). Our research teams elucidated through revisiting old drugs that proton pump inhibitor (PPI) and potassium competitive acid blocker (p-CAB) beyond authentic acid suppression, chloroquine for autophage inhibition, sonic hedgehog (SHH) inhibitors, and Wnt/β-catenin/NOTCH inhibitor can ablate CSCs specifically and efficiently. Furthermore, nanoformulations of these molecules could provide an additional advantage for more selective targeting of the pathways existing in CSCs just like current molecular targeted therapeutics and sustained action, while normal stem cells intact. In this review article, the novel approach specifically to ablate CSCs existing in GI cancers will be introduced with the introduction of explored mode of action.

• 미생물학회지
• /
• 제46권4호
• /
• pp.326-333
• /
• 2010

2003년부터 2009년까지 서울지역 소아에서 분리된 nontyphoid Salmonella 105주에 대해서 혈청형, 항생제 내성양상, integron의 특징과 PFGE를 수행하였다. 혈청형은 총 18종으로 S.Enteritidis가 가장 많이 분리되었고, 그 다음은 Montevide였다. 항균제 내성은 혈청형별로 차이가 있었으나 전체 살모넬라에 대해서 10종의 항균제에 대한 내성률은 ampicillin이 60%로 가장 높았으며, tetracycline 46.7%, streptomycin 35.2%, nalidixic acid 28.6% 순이었다. 다재내성 유형을 알아본 결과 nalidixic acid 단독 내성이 15.7%로 가장 많았고, ampicillinampicillin/sulbactam-tetracycline형이 14.5%, ampicillin-streptomycin-chloramphenicol-tetracycline형이 10.8%였다. Integron에 대한 연구 결과 integron 보유율은 19%로 20주에서 class 1 integron을 가지고 있었고 gene cassette는 20%만 확인이 되었다. 확인된 gene cassette는 aadA2, blaP1과 dfrA12-aadA2, dfr17-aadA5, aadA7이였다. 연도별 분리균의 유연관계를 확인 하고자 가장 분리율이 높은 S. Enteritidis 50주에 대해서 PFGE를 수행한 결과 3가지 Pulsotype으로 나눠어졌다. 3주를 제외한 모든 균주는 similarity 89.8%의 비교적 유연관계가 높은 균임을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
• /
• 제35권1호
• /
• pp.17-25
• /
• 2007

국내 지역을 경기도, 강원도, 충청도, 전라도, 경상도로 크게 5그룹으로 구분한 후 각각을 2곳의 군단위로 나누어 총 10곳의 지역으로 구분한 뒤, 국내 축산의 주요 축종인 소, 돼지, 닭 축사를 중심으로 분변, 퇴비, 축산인의 손, 지하수, 토양, 하천에서 E. coli 197균주, S. aureus 42균주, C. jejuni/coli 13균주, E. faecium/faecalis 223균주를 분리하여 항생제 감수성 시험을 실시하였다. 모니터링 결과 축산환경에서 분리된 균 중 한 가지 이상의 항생제에 대한 내성율은 E. coli 69.4%(137균주), S. aureus 78.6%(33균주), C. jejuni/coli 100%(13균주), E. faecium/faecalis 82.1%(183균주)를 나타내었다. 또한 4계열 이상의 항생제 내성이 있는 다제 내성율은 각각 19.2%(38균주), 11.9%(5균주), 15.4%(2균주), 6.2%(14균주)였다. 그리고 환경 중에서 VREF 2개 균주를 분리하였다. 축종별 항생제 사용추이를 살펴보면, 소, 돼지, 닭 및 수산용 등 주요 사육가축에 한정하여 판매량을 조사한 결과 소의 경우 01년부터 연도별로 6%, 9%, 8% 판매, 돼지 경우 01년부터 연도별로 57%, 56%, 55% 판매, 닭의 경우 01년부터 연도별로 23%, 23%, 26% 판매, 수산용의 경우 01년부터 연도별로 14%, 12%, 11%판매된 것으로 조사되었다[18]. 이는 소축사 환경에서 분리한 균이 돼지나 닭 축사 환경에서 분리한 균보다 내성율이 낮게 나타나 항생제 사용량과 관계가 있는 것을 추측할 수 있었다. 전체적으로 분리된 균의 내성율이 임상에서 분리되는 균의 항생제 내성율에 비해서는 낮게 검출되었다. 그러나 하천, 토양, 축산인의 손, 지하수 등에서 분리된 균의 항생제 내성회득 결과는 동물의 분변 등 환경관리에 대한 좀 더 많은 관심과 정책이 필요할 것으로 사료되었다 또한 축산 환경에서 분리된 내성균이 많지 않은 국내 현실을 감안할 때 본 연구에서 분리된 균주들은 향후 항생제 내성균 전파 경로를 추적하는 좋은 연구 자료가 될 것으로 사료되었다.