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Mechanism of Phenoxy Compounds as Androgenic Endocrine Disruptors

  • Kim, Hyun-Jung;Park, Yong-In;Dong, Mi-Sook
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.165-165
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    • 2003
  • Phenxoy compounds, 2,4-dichlorophenol acetoxyacid (2,4-D) and 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP), are widely used as a hormonal herbicide and intermediate for pesticide manufacturing, respectively. We have previously reported the potential of these compounds as androgenic endocrine disruptors using in vivo Hershberger assay and in vitro reporter gene assay.(omitted)

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Caspase-11 Promoter-GFP Construct as a Dual Reporter of Cytotoxicity and Inflammation

  • Shin, Ki-Soon;Kang, Shin-Jung
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.73-77
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    • 2006
  • Caspase-11 has been known as a dual regulator of apoptosis and inflammatory response. An unusual feature of caspase-11 is that its expression is induced by apoptotic or proinflammatory stimuli. Utilizing these unusual features of caspase-11, we have developed a simple and sensitive assay method to screen pro- or anti-apoptotic/inflammatory molecules. To develop this assay method, we generated a reporter construct where GFP expression is regulated by caspase-11 promoter. When several types of cultured cells were transfected with this reporter construct and subsequently treated with various apoptotic or proinflammatory molecules, expression of GFP by the activation of caspase-11 promoter was easily detected by fluorescence microscopy or spectrofluorometry. In addition, a reduction of the GFP fluorescence was detected when an agent reported to suppress caspase-11 induction was applied. These results suggest that our reporter system can be used to screen pro- or anti-apoptotic/inflammatory molecules.

INVESTIGATION OF IN VITRO AND IN VIVO ESTROGENIC OR ANTIESTROGENIC ACTIVITY OF CYPERMETHRIN

  • Kim, Soon-Sun;Rhee, Gyu-Seek;Kwack, Seung-Jun;Sohn, Kyung-Hee;Kim, So-Hee;Lee, Rhee-Da;An, Sang-Mi;Ki-Eun. Jeong;Sheen, Yhun-Yhong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference
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    • 2002.11b
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    • pp.166-166
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    • 2002
  • In the present study, estrogenic or antiestrogenic activity of cypermethrin, a pyrethroid insecticide was investigated. We used immature rat uterotrophic assay, estrogen-responsive calbindin-D9k (CaBP-9k) gene expression assay and luciferase reporter gene assay for measure of estrogenic potential of cypermethrin.(omitted)

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Versatile Luciferase Reporter Plasmids for Transcription Studies in Diverse Eukaryotic Cells (다양한 진핵생물 세포에서 전사 연구에 사용될 수 있는 Luciferase Reporter Plasmid의 개발)

  • 조영석;한동욱;백금희;박승필;윤상순;임운기;김정락;김한도;강호성
    • The Korean Journal of Zoology
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.378-386
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    • 1996
  • We have developed a couple of new luciferase reporter plasmida with very low background reporter actlvltlea. One can be used to measure the promoter strength, after insertion of some promoter fragment into the reporter plasmid, and the other, with very low basal promoter actlvltlea, allis In studying eukaryotic transcriptional regulators. The latter reporter plasmid contains such cli elements as a 17 nucleotide long inftlator, Spl.blndIng sftes, GAL4 binding sltea, and bInding sitea for a certain Drosophila homeodomain proteins. In an attempt to construct an improved reporter plaimid by fadlltating transcriptional termination and minimizing any interference by cryptic promoters which may be preaent in the reporter pleamld DNA, we have inserted transsrlptional termination-related signals, a three tandem repeat of SV4O polyadenylatlon signal (AAA) and the putative transcrtptional termination signal (UMS) of the mouse c-mos gene, Into just upstream of the initIator, and the promoter actlvitiea were measured by a transIent expression assay employing the Drosophila Schneider line 2 cells. As expected, the basal promoter activitIes decreased maximally when both transcription termination related elements were inserted. Moreover, the reporter plasmld with the two elements allowed more sensitive measurement of transcriptional activation than the reporter piasmid without them. Theae reporter plasmids can be used for studying transcriptional regulators of higher organisms Including mammals as well as Droiophlla melanogaiter.

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A Novel Rapid Fungal Promoter Analysis System Using the Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase Gene, npgA, in Aspergillus nidulans

  • Song, Ha-Yeon;Choi, Dahye;Han, Dong-Min;Kim, Dae-Hyuk;Kim, Jung-Mi
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.46 no.4
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    • pp.429-439
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    • 2018
  • To develop a convenient promoter analysis system for fungi, a null-pigment mutant (NPG) of Aspergillus nidulans was used with the 4'-phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PPTase) gene, npgA, which restores the normal pigmentation in A. nidulans, as a new reporter gene. The functional organization of serially deleted promoter regions of the A. nidulans trpC gene and the Cryphonectria parasitica crp gene in filamentous fungi was representatively investigated to establish a novel fungal promoter assay system that depends on color complementation of the NPG mutant with the PPTase npgA gene. Several promoter regions of the trpC and crp genes were fused to the npgA gene containing the 1,034-bp open reading frame and the 966-bp 3' downstream region from the TAA, and the constructed fusions were introduced into the NPG mutant in A. nidulans to evaluate color recovery due to the transcriptional activity of the sequence elements. Serial deletion of the trpC and crp promoter regions in this PPTase reporter assay system reaffirmed results in previous reports by using the fungal transformation step without a laborious verification process. This approach suggests a more rapid and convenient system than conventional analyses for fungal gene expression studies.

A New Reporter Vector System Based on Flow-Cytometry to Detect Promoter Activity

  • Jung, Sun-Do;Choi, Ji-Hye;Hong, Chang-Wan;Lee, Hyun-Ji;Park, Yoon-Kyung;Shin, Jung-Hoon;Park, Jae-Won;Park, Se-Ho
    • IMMUNE NETWORK
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.243-247
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    • 2009
  • In this study, we report the development of a new dual reporter vector system for the analysis of promoter activity. This system employs green fluorescence emitting protein, EGFP, as a reporter, and uses red fluorescence emitting protein, DsRed, as a transfection control in a single vector. The expression of those two proteins can be readily detected via flow cytometry in a single analysis, with no need for any further manipulation after transfection. As this system allows for the simultaneous detection of both the control and reporter proteins in the same cells, only transfected cells which express the control protein, DsRed, can be subjected to promoter activity analysis, via the gating out of all un-transfected cells. This results in a dramatic increase in the promoter activity detection sensitivity. This novel reporter vector system should prove to be a simple and efficient method for the analysis of promoter activity.

Detection of Antistaphylococcal and Toxic Compounds by Biological Assay Systems Developed with a Reporter Staphylococcus aureus Strain Harboring a Heat Inducible Promoter - lacZ Transcriptional Fusion

  • Chanda, Palas Kumar;Ganguly, Tridib;Das, Malabika;Lee, Chia Yen;Luong, Thanh T.;Sau, Subrata
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.936-943
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    • 2007
  • Previously it was reported that promoter of groES-groEL operon of Staphylococcus aureus is induced by various cellwall active antibiotics. In order to exploit the above promoter for identifying novel antistaphylococcal drugs, we have cloned the promoter containing region ($P_g$) of groES-groEL operon of S. aureus Newman and found that the above promoter is induced by sublethal concentrations of many antibiotics including cell-wall active antibiotics. A reporter S. aureus RN4220 strain (designated SAU006) was constructed by inserting the $P_g$-lacZ transcriptional fusion into its chromosome. Agarose-based assay developed with SAU006 shows that $P_g$ in single-copy is also induced distinctly by different classes of antibiotics. Data indicate that ciprofloxacin, rifampicin, ampicillin, and cephalothin are strong inducers, whereas, tetracycline, streptomycin and vancomycin induce the above promoter weakly. Sublethal concentrations of ciprofloxacin and ampicilin even have induced $P_g$ efficiently in microtiter plate grown SAU006. Additional studies show for the first time that above promoter is also induced weakly by arsenate salt and hydrogen peroxide. Taken together, we suggest that our simple and sensitive assay systems with SAU006 could be utilized for screening and detecting not only novel antistaphylococcal compounds but also different toxic chemicals.

In Vitro Study of Anti-inflammatory and Analgesic Effects of Salvia Miltiorrhiza (SM) Extracts Using Luciferase Reporter Gene Assay (Luciferase reporter gene assay를 이용한 단삼(丹蔘)추출물의 소염, 진통작용에 대한 in vitro 연구)

  • Kim, Hee-Eun;Min, Sang-Yeon;Kim, Jang-Hyun
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.88-99
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    • 2008
  • Objectives: In order to identify the anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties of Salvia miltiorrhiza (Dan-Sam), widely used in Korean traditional medicine, an in vitro screening system was designed using pGL3, a luciferase reporter vector, and the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$ and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 as target genes. Methods: The promoter regions of each gene were generated by PCR using the human chromosome as template DNA, and inserted into pGL3 vector with Kpn I and Hind III. The final construct was transfected into human myelomonocytic leukemia cells (U-937) that could be differentiated and activated by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) or lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Using this system, the anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of several herbal extracts regarded to have the medicinal effects of diminishing body heat and complementing Qi were tested. The chemicals PD98059 and berberine chloride were used as controls of the transcriptional inhibitors of TNF-${\alpha}$ and COX-2, respectively. Results: Salvia miltiorrhiza (Dan-Sam) demonstrated significant decrease of TNF-${\alpha}$ and COX-2 mRNA in the in vitro assay system. In MTT assay, Salvia miltiorrhiza (Dan-Sam) did not significantly inhibit the survival and proliferation of human myelomonocytic leukemia cells (U-937). Conclusions: Salvia miltiorrhiza (Dan-Sam) was found to exhibit the significant medicinal properties of anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.

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