• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.431-436
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• 2020

In this study, diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, was investigated for its potential effect on the gene expression and production of airway MUC5AC mucin. The human respiratory epithelial NCI-H292 cells were pretreated with diclofenac for 30 min and stimulated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), for the following 24 h. The effect of diclofenac on PMA-induced nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) signaling pathway was also investigated. Diclofenac suppressed the production and gene expression of MUC5AC mucins, induced by PMA through the inhibition of degradation of inhibitory kappa Bα (IkBα) and NF-kB p65 nuclear translocation. These results suggest diclofenac regulates the gene expression and production of mucin through regulation of NF-kB signaling pathway, in human airway epithelial cells.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.248-254
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• 2019

In the present study, we investigated whether quercitrin, quercetin and afzelin derived from Houttuynia cordata affect the production and gene expression of MUC5AC mucin from airway epithelial cells. Confluent NCI-H292 cells were pretreated with quercitrin, quercetin or afzelin for 30 min and then stimulated with epidermal growth factor (EGF) or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) for 24 h. The MUC5AC mucin gene expression and production were measured by RT-PCR and ELISA, respectively. The results were as follows: (1) Quercitrin, quercetin and afzelin inhibited EGF- and PMA-induced MUC5AC mucin production from NCI-H292 cells; (2) The three natural products also decreased EGF- and PMA-induced MUC5AC mucin gene expression in NCI-H292 cells. These results suggest that quercitrin, quercetin and afzelin showed the regulatory effect on the steps of gene expression and production of mucin, by directly acting on airway epithelial cells.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.69-80
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• 2000

ADP-rubosylation may be involved in the process of macrophage activation. Nitric oxide (NO) has emerged as an important intracellular and interacellular regulatory molecule with function as diverse as vasodilation, neural communication or host defense. NO is derived from the oxidation of the terminal guanidino nitrogen atom of L-arginine by the NADPH -dependent enzyme, nitric oxide synthase (NOS) which is one of the three different isomers in mammalian tissues. Since NO can exert protective or regulatory functions in the cell at a low concentration while toxic effects at higher concentrations, its role may be tightly regulated in the cell. Therefore, this paper was focused on signal transduction pathway of NO synthesis, role of endogenous TGF-$\beta$ in NO production. effect of NO on superoxide formation. Costimulation of murine peritoneal macrophages with interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) increased both NO secretion and mRNA expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) when PMA abolished costimulation. Pretreatmnet of the cells with PMA abolished costimuation effects due to the depletion of protein kinase C (PKC) activities . The involvement of PKC in NO secretion could be further confirmed by PKC inhibitor, stauroprine, and phorbol ester derivative, phorbol 12,13-didecanoate. Addition of actinomycine D in IFN-γ plus PMA stimulated cells inhibited both NO secretion and mRNA expression of iNOS indication that PMA stabilizes mRNA of iNOS . Exogenous TGF-$\beta$ reduced NO secretion in IFN -γ stimulated murine macrophages. However addition of antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) to TGF-$\beta$ to this system recovered the ability of NO production and inhibited mRNA expression of TGF-$\beta$. ACAS interactive laser cytometry analysis showed that transportation of FITC -labeled antisense ODN complementary to TGF-$\beta$ mRNA could be observed within 5 min and reached maximal intensity in 30 min in the murine macrophage cells. NO released by activated macrophages inhibits superoxide formation in the same cells . This inhibition nay be related on NO-induced auto -adenosine diphosphate (ADP) -ribosylation . In addition, ADP-ribosylation may be involved in the process of macrophage activation .

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.185-193
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• 1997

The characteristics of $Na^+$-dependent cycloleucine uptake was investigated in OK cells with regard to substrate specificity and regulation by protein kinase C (PKC). Inhibition studies with different synthetic and natural amino acids showed a broad spectrum affinity to neutral amino acids regardless of their different side chains including branched or aromatic, indicating that the $Na^+$-dependent cycloleucine uptake in OK cells is mediated by System $B^o$ or System $B^o$-like transporter rather than the classical System A or ASC. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate, but not $4{\alpha}-PMA$ elicited a time-dependent biphasic stimulation of $Na^+$-dependent cycloleucine uptake, which produced early transient peak at 30 min and late sustained peak at 180min. Both the early and late stimulations by PMA were due to an increase in Vmax and not due to a change in Km. PKC inhibitors blocked both the early and late stimulation by PMA, while protein synthesis inhibitors blocked the late stimulation only. These results suggest the existence and regulation by PKC of System $B^o$ or System $B^o$-like broad spectrum transport system for neutral amino acids in OK cells.

• BMB Reports
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.527-532
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• 1995

Human taurine transporter has 12 transmembrane domains and its molecular weight is 69.6 kDa. The long cytoplasmic carboxy and amino termini might function as regulatory attachment sites for other proteins. Six potential protein kinase C phosphorylation sites have been reported in human taurine transporter. In this report, we studied the effects of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and glucocorticoid hormone on taurine transportation in the RAW 264.7, mouse macrophage cell line. When the cells were incubated with $[^{3}H]taurine$ in the presence or absence of $Na^+$ ion for 40 min at $37^{\circ}C$, the [$[^{3}H]taurine$ uptake rate was 780-times higher in the $Na^{+}-containing$ buffer than in the $Na^{+}-deficient$ buffer, indicating that this cell line expresses taurine transporter protein on the cell surface. THP1, a human promonocyte cell line, also showed a similar property. The $[^{3}H]taurine$ uptake rate was not influenced by the inflammatory inducing cytokines such as interleukin-1, gamma-interferon or interleukin-1+gamma-interferon, but was decreased by the PMA in the RAW 264.7 cell line. This suggests that activation of protein kinase C inhibits taurine transporter activity directly or indirectly. The inhibition of $[^{3}H]taurine$ uptake by PMA was time-dependent. Maximal inhibition occurred in one hr stimulation with PMA Increasing the treatment time beyond one h reduced the $[^{3}H]taurine$ uptake inhibition due to the depletion or inactivation of protein kinase C. The cell line also showed concentration-dependent $[^{3}H]taurine$ uptake under PMA stimulation. The phorbol-ester caused 23% inhibition at the concentration of 1 ${\mu}m$ PMA. The inhibition was significant even at a concentration as low as 10 nM PMA The reduced $[^{3}H]taurine$ uptake could be recovered by treatment with glucocorticosteroid hormone. Dexamethasone led to recover of the reduced taurine uptake induced by phorbol-ester, recovering maximally after one hr. This may suggest that macrophage cells require higher taurine concentration in a stressed state, for the secretion of glucocorticoid hormone is increased by hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis activation in the blood stream.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.903-910
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• 2003

Phosphipase D(PLD)는 호중구의 활성에서 중요한 신호전달 인자로 작용한다. 본 연구에서는 호중구에서 PLD의 활성화에 대한 nitric oxide(NO)와 cGMP의 영향을 조사하였다. 세포 내 NO의 생성을 증가시키는 물질인 sodium nitroprusside (SNP)를 단독으로 처리하였을 때 SNP를 처리하지 않은 세포에 비교하여 PLD 활성은 0.5 mM 농도에서 2배 이상 증가하였다. 세포 내 cAMP의 농도를 증가시키는 물질인 dibutyryl-cAMP를 처리하였을 때 formyl-Met-Leu-Phe(fMLP)에 의한 PLD활성은 억제되었으나 cGMP를 증가시키는 물질인 8-bromo-cGMP(300 $\mu$M)를 단독으로나 fMLP와 같이 처리하였을 때 PLD의 활성은 큰 영향이 없었다. NO에 의한 PLD의 활성은 cGMP-의존형 인산화 효소인 protein kinase G(PKG)의 억제제인 KT 5823에 의하여 억제되지 않았는데 이러한 결과는 PKG 이외의 경로를 통하여 일어남을 제시한다. NO를 처리한 호중구에서 p38 mitogen activated protein kinase(MAPK)가 활성화되어 인산화된 p38 MAPK가 Western blot에서 증가되었다. NO에 의한 p38 MAPK의 인산화는 KT 5823에 의하여 억제되지 않았고 PLD 억제제인 n-butanol에 의하여도 영향을 받지 않았다. PLD 활성의 인자인 RhoA는 fMLP나 phorbol myristate acetate(PMA)의 자극에 의하여 세포질로부터 세포막으로 전이가 되었으나 cGMP의 전처리에 의하여 fMLP에 의한 RhoA의 전이는 억제되었으나 PMA에 의한 전이는 영향을 받지 않았다. 이들 결과들은 호중구 내 증가된 cGMP가 RhoA를 억제하였으나 세포 내 증가된 NO는 cGMP 이외의 인자를 통하여 PLD의 활성화를 일으킨다는 것을 제시하고 있다.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.171-181
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• 1995

붕어의 년 생식주기를 밝히기 위해 1993년 2월부터 1994년 10월까지 gonadosomatic index (GSI)를 조사하였다. GSI는 4월부터 7월까지는 높은 수준을 나타내며 개체간에 편차가 큰 것으로 보아 이 기간이 산란기임을 보여준다. 8월부터 9월까지는 년중에서 가장 낮은 수준이며 이때 난소내 여포는 퇴화가 진행 중이었다 10월부터 GSI 값은 증가하여 이듬해 3월에 최대치를 보였다. Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG 10 lU), $17\alpha$, 20\beta-dihydroxyprogesterone\;(1-100{\mu}g/ml)$ 및 phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (TPA, protein kinase C activator, 0.1-10${\mu}M$)는 인공배양 시 난모세포의 성숙을 유도하였으나 $4\alpha-phorbol$ 12, 13-didicanoate ($4\alpha-PDD$, phorbol ester analogue, $(25{\mu}M$)는 성숙을 일으키지 않았다. 또한, HCG (10 IU), prostaglandin $F_{2\alpha}$ (0.1-10${\mu}g/ml$) 및 TPA (0.1-10${\mu}M$)는 난모세포의 배란을 유도하였으나 $4\alpha-PDD$$(25\;{\mu}M)$에 의해서는 배란이 일어나지 않았다. 여포세포의 $17\alpha-hydroxyprogesterone$은 HCG (1 IU, 10 IU) 및 forskolin (adenylate cyclase activator, 0.1-10 ${\mu}M$)에 의해 생성이 촉진되었으며 HCG (10 IU) 및 forskolin $(10 {\mu}M)$에 의한 time course 는 3시간 내에 생성량이 증가하여 시간경과에 따른 유의한 차이는 보이지 않았다. 이러한 결과를 종합하면 cyclic AMP와 protein kinase C 는 어류의 난모세포의 성숙과 배란과정에 매우 중요한 역할을 담당하는 것으로 생각된다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.265-268
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• 2003

Retinoic acid (RA) can transform the Golgi apparatus (GA) into a diffuse vacuolar aggregate and increase the toxicity of some immunotoxins that enter into cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis. An ultramorphological study of the RA-induced GA disruption was performed on F2000 fibroblasts. Cultures were treated with 0.11 to $30\;{\mu}M$ RA for 7 - 180 min. The endocytosis of Limax flavus agglutinin-peroxidase conjugate (LFA), and the interactions between a phorbol ester (PMA) and RA concerning GA disruption, were examined. Exposure to $0.33\;{\mu}M$ RA for 20 min transformed the GA into vacuolar aggregate. These vacuoles were not involved in endocytosis since they remained unstained after endocytosis of LFA. However, the lysosomes were involved in endocytosis, as they were strongly stained. Therefore, a RA-induced shift towards lysosomal routing of the entered LFA was presumed. Exposure to PMA made cells resistant to the Golgi-disturbing effects of RA, indicating that protein kinase C plays an important role in this process.

• 한국독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국독성학회 2001년도 International Symposium on Signal transduction in Toxicology
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• pp.153-153
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• 2001

Nitric oxide (NO) has multifaceted roles in carcinogenesis. Besides acting as an initiator, NO may also playa role in the promotional stage of tumorigenesis or neoplastic transformation. In line with this notion, our previous studies have revealed that the tumor promotor phorbol ester induces expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and NO production in mouse skin.(omitted)

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.105-109
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• 1995

Anticancer activity of a fraction of the ethanol extract from the root of Korean angelica (Angelica gigas Nakai) was recognized in human cancer cell lines HeLa $S_3$, K-562, and Hep $G_2$. The extract blocked the phorbol ester-inducing megakaryocytic differentiation of K-562 cells, which indicated the modification of protein kinase C (PKC) activity. In vitro assay showed the activation of PKC by the extract. An effective fraction of the Angelica gigas extract, of which $R_f$ value was 0.64 in a thin layer chromatography, was a different component from those of European angelicas. The $ED_50$ value of the fraction was 8, 9, and $16\;\mu\textrm{m}/ml$ against HeLa $S_3\;Hep\;G_2$, and K-562 cells, respectively, while the fraction showed higher $ED_50$ values against normal cell lines.