• 한국감성과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국감성과학회 2009년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.190-192
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• 2009

Kainic acid (KA), an agonist for kainate and AMPA receptors, is an excitatory neurotoxic substance. Vitamin E such as alpha-tocopherol and alpha-tocotrienol is a chain-breaking antioxidant, preventing the chain propagation step during lipid peroxidation. In the present study, we have investigated the neuroprotective effects of alphatocopherol and alpha-tocotrienol on KA-induced neuronal death using organotypic hippocampal slice culture (OHSC). After 15h KA treatment, delayed neuronal death was detected in CA3 region. Alpha-tocopherol and alpha-tocotrienol increased cell survival and reduced the number of TUNEL-positive cells in CA3 region. These data suggest that alpha-tocopherol and alpha-tocotrienol treatment have protective effects on KA-induced cell death

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.461-472
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• 2004

Objectives : For the screening of neuroprotective effects of medicinal herbs, the complex system of animal models suffer some disadvantages in controlling critical parameters such as blood pressure and body temperature. Additionally, application of drugs to the appropriate brain area sometimes is difficult, due to poor permeability though the blood brain barrier, and so potential protective effects might be masked. Methods : Organotypic hippocampal slice culture (OHSC) method has the advantages of being relatively easy to prepare and of maintaining the general structure, including tissue integrity and the connections between cells. Drugs can easily be applied and neuronal damage can easily be quantified by using tissues and culture media. This study demonstrates neuroprotective effects of Puerariae radix (葛根, PR), Salviae miltiorrhizae radix (丹蔘, SR), Rhei rhizoma (大黃, RR), and Bupleuri radix (柴胡, BR). These were screenedand compared to MK-801, antagonist of NMDA receptors, by using OHSC of 1 week-old Sprague-Dawley rats. Oxygen/glucose deprivation (OGD) were conducted in an anaerobic chamber $(85%\;N_2,\;10%\;CO_2\;and\;5%\;H_2)$ in a deoxygenated glucose-free medium for 60 minutes. Water extracts of each herbs were treated to culture media with $5\;{\mu}g/ml$ for 48 hours. Results : Neuronal cell death in the cultures was monitored by densitometric measurements of the cellular uptake of propidium iodide (PI). PI fluorescence images were obtained at 48 hours after the OGD and medicinal herb treatment. Also TUNEL-positive cells in the CAI and DG regions and LDH concentrations in culture media were measured at 48 hours after the OGD. According to measured data, MK-801, PR, SR and BR demonstrated significant neuroprotective effect against excessive neuronal cell death and apoptosis induced by the OGD insult. Especially, PR revealed similar neuroprotective effect to MK-801 and RR demonstrated weak neuroprotective effect. Conclusions : These results suggest that OHSC can be a suitable method for screening of neuroprotective effects of medicinal herbs. (This work was supported by the research program of Dongguk University and Grant 01-PJ9-PG1-01CO03-0003 from Ministry of Health & Welfare.)

• 한국감성과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국감성과학회 2008년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.147-150
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• 2008

Vitamin C ascorbic acid (AA) and dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) as an antioxidant have been shown to have protective effects in experimental neurological disorder models such as stroke, ischemia, and epileptic seizures. The present study was conducted to examine the protective effect of AA and DHA on Kainic acid (KA) neurotoxicity using organotypic hippocampal slice cultures (OHSC). After 12h KA treatment, significant delayed neuronal death was detected in CA3 region, but not in CA1. Intermediate dose of AA and DHA pretreatment significantly prevented cell death and inhibit ROS level, mitochondrial dysfunction and capase-3 activation in CA3 region. In the case of low or high dose, however, AA or DHA pretreatment were not effective. These data suggest that both AA and DHA pretreatment have neuroprotective effects on KA-induced neuronal injury depending on the concentration, by means of inhibition of ROS generation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and caspase-dependent apoptotic pathway.

• 한국감성과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국감성과학회 2011년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.76-77
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• 2011

• 한국발생생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국발생생물학회 2005년도 제5회 발생공학 국제심포지엄 및 학술대회
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• pp.62-63
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• 2005

• 한국수정란이식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수정란이식학회 2005년도 제5회 발생공학 국제심포지엄 및 학술대회
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• pp.62-63
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• 2005

• 대한생식의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한불임학회 2005년도 제49차 추계학술대회
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• pp.139-139
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• 2005

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제59권2호
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• pp.106-116
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• 2016

Objective : Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) acts as a chaperone on the cell surface, and it has been reported that PDI is associated with the tumor cell migration and invasion. The aims of this study are to investigate the anti-migration effect of bacitracin, which is an inhibitor of PDI, and the associated factor in this process. Methods : U87-MG glioma cells were treated with bacitracin in 1.25, 2.5, 3.75, and 5.0 mM concentrations. Western blot with caspase-3 was applied to evaluate the cytotoxicity of bacitracin. Adhesion, morphology, migration assays, and organotypic brain-slice culture were performed to evaluate the effect of bacitracin to the tumor cell. Western blot, PCR, and gelatin zymography were performed to investigate the associated factors. Thirty glioma tissues were collected following immunohistochemistry and Western blot. Results : Bacitracin showed a cytotoxicity in 3rd (p<0.05) and 4th (p<0.001) days, in 5.0 Mm concentration. The cell adhesion significantly decreased and the cells became a round shape after treated with bacitracin. The migration ability, the expression of phosphorylated focal adhesion kinase (p-FAK) and matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) decreased in a bacitracin dose- and time-dependent manner. The U87-MG cells exhibited low-invasiveness in the 2.5 mM, compared with the untreated in organotypic brain-slice culture. PDI was expressed in the tumor margin, and significantly increased with histological glioma grades (p<0.001). Conclusion : Bacitracin, as a functional inhibitor of PDI, decreased the phosphorylated FAK and the secreted MMP-2, which are the downstream of integrin and play a major role in cell migration and invasion, might become one of the feasible therapeutic strategies for glioblastoma.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.227-241
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• 2004

Objective : This study was performed to investigate neuroprotective effects of Bupleuri Radix against oxidative and ischemic damages. Method : To observe the neuroprotective effects against ischemic damage, ischemic insult was induced by oxygen/glucose deprivation (OGD) on organotypic hippocampal slice cultures (OHSC) from 1 week-old Sprague-Dawley rats. Propidium iodide (PI) fluorescence-stained neuronal dead-cell areas, area percentages and TUNEL-positive apoptotic cells in CA1 and dentate gyrus, and LDH levels in culture media of the OHSC were measured following Bupleuri Radix extract treatment. Result : The following results were obtained: (1) The $5\;{\mu}g/ml$ of Bupleuri Radix treatment demonstrated a significant decrease in PI fluorescence-stained neuronal dead-cell areas and area percentage in CA1 region of the OHSC from 18 hrs to 48 hrs following the OGD. The $50\;{\mu}g/ml$ of Bupleuri Radix treatment was also significant from 6 hrs to 48 hrs following the OGD and was more effective. (2) The 5 and $50\;{\mu}g/ml$ of Bupleuri Radix treatment demonstrated a significant decrease in PI fluorescence-stained neuronal dead-cell areas and area percentage in DG region of the OHSC from 6 hrs to 48 hrs following the OGD. The $50\;{\mu}g/ml$ treatment was more effective than the $5\;{\mu}g/ml$ treatment. (3) Bupleuri Radix treatment demonstrated a significant decrease in TUNEL-positive apoptotic cells in CA1 region (with 5 and $50\;{\mu}g/ml$) and in DG region (with $50\;{\mu}g/ml$) of the OHSC damaged by the OGD. (4) Bupleuri Radix treatment demonstrated a significant decrease in LDH concentrations in culture media of the OHSC damaged by the OGD. Conclusion : These results suggest that Bupleuri Radix has neuroprotective and control effects on inflammatory and immune responses where there has been ischemic damage to the central nervous system.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제51권10호
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• pp.1112-1117
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• 2008

목 적: 해마 절편 배양에서 산소-포도당 박탈(oxygen-glucose deprivation, OGD)에 의한 세포 사망과 신경 세포 사멸을 propidium iodide(PI) 섭취, Fluoro-Jade(FJ) 염색, TUNEL 염색, caspase-3 면역형광염색 방법으로 관찰하고자 하였다. 방 법: 생후 7일된 Sprague-Dawley 흰쥐의 해마를 MacIlwain chopper로 $350{\mu}m$ 두께의 절편으로 절단하였다. 해마 절편을 6-well plate의 insert 내의 반 유공(sem-porous) 막 위에서 membrane-interface technique으로 10일 동안 배양하였다. 배양된 해마 절편에 산소-포도당 박탈을 60분 동안 가한 후 재산소-재관류하에 기초 배양액에서 48시간 배양하였다. 재산소-재관류 동안 PI 섭취 형광 정도를 시간에 따라 형광 현미경으로 관찰하고 세포사망 백분율(percent cell death)을 측정하였다. 산소-포도당 박탈 직전과 24 시간 후에 해마 절편을 $15{\mu}m$ 두께로 냉동 절단 후 FJ 염색, TUNEL 염색, caspase-3 면역형광염색을 시행하여 세포 사망을 관찰하였다. 결과: OGD 후 PI 섭취 는 해마 절편의 CA1과 DG에 한정되어있었다. OGD 후 재산소-재관류 동안 6시간에서 48시간까지 PI 섭취 형광 강도는 시간이 증가함에 따라 증가하였다. 세포 사망 백분율은 CA1과 DG에서 모두 OGD 후 재산소-재관류 시간이 증가함에 따라 의미 있게 증가하였다(P<0.05). OGD 후 24시간에 세포 변성을 의미하는 많은 FJ 염색 양성 신경 세포 들이 CA1과 DG에서 관찰되었다. 고배율 confocal laser 현미경으로 관찰한 CA1에서의 신경 세포들 중 일부는 명확한 핵과 돌기를 가지고 있는 것을 보여 주었으며, 다른 신경 세포들은 핵의 분절화, 돌기의 손실 등을 보여 주었다. TUNEL 염색과 caspase-3 염색은 OGD 후 24시간에 CA1과 DA에서 TUNEL 양성 발현을 증가시키고 caspase-3 발현을 증가시켰다. 결 론: 해마 절편 배양에서 산소-포도당 박탈 에 의한 다수의 세포 사망을 관찰할 수 있었다. 사망한 세포 들은 주로 신경 세포의 caspase-3 활성화에 의해 매개된 사멸을 보였다.