• 생명과학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.333-338
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• 2024

키네신-1은 모터 도메인이 있는 두 개의 중쇄(KHC 또는 KIF5)와 모터 도메인이 없는 두 개의 경쇄(KLC)로 구성된 이형사량체 단백질이다. KIF5에는 KIF5A, KIF5B 및 KIF5C의 세 가지 subtype이 있으며, 카르복실(C)-말단 영역을 제외하고는 아미노산 상동성이 높다. KIF5A는 세포 내에서 화물을 운반하며, KIF5A의 C-말단 영역에 결합하는 매개 단백질은 키네신-1과 화물 사이를 연결한다. 키네신-1의 세포내 수송을 조절하는 단백질은 아직 충분히 확인되지 않았다. 본 연구는 리소좀의 세포 내 수송에 관여하는 ADP-ribosylation GTPase-activating protein 1 (ArfGAP1)과 KIF5A와의 결합을 확인하였다. KIF5A는 ArfGAP1의 C-말단 영역에 결합하고, ArfGAP1은 KIF5A의 C-말단 영역에 결합하지만 KIF5B, KIF5C, 키네신 경쇄 1 (KLC1) 또는 KIF3A와는 결합하지 않았다. ArfGAP 도메인을 가진 다른 동질형인 SMAP1과는 결합하지 않았다. 세포에서 KIF5A는 ArfGAP1과 같은 위치에서 발현하며, KIF5A, KIF5B 및 KLC1와 같이 면역 침전하였다. 그러나, KIF3B와는 같이 면역 침전하지 않았다. 이러한 결과들은 키네신-1은 세포내 화물 수송에서 ArfGAP1에 의해 조절될 수 있음을 시사한다.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 2002년도 창립10주년기념 및 국립독성연구원 의약품동등성평가부서 신설기념 국재학술대회:생물학적 동등성과 의약품 개발 전략을 위한 국제심포지움
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• pp.113-113
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• 2002

Phylogenetically conserved Bcl-2 family proteins play a pivotal role in the regulation of apoptosis from virus to human. Members of the Bcl-2 family consist of antiapoptotic proteins such as Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, and Bcl-w, and proapoptotic proteins such as BAD, Bax, BOD, and Bok. It has been proposed that anti- and proapoptotic Bcl-2 proteins regulate cell death by binding to each other and forming heterodimers. A delicate balance between anti- and proapoptotic Bcl-2 family members exists in each cell and the relative concentration of these two groups of proteins determines whether the cell survives or undergoes apoptosis. Mcl-1 (Myeloid cell :leukemia-1) is a member of the Bcl-2 family proteins and was originally cloned as a differentiation-induced early gene that was activated in the human myeloblastic leukemia cell line, ML-1 . Mcl-1 is expressed in a wide variety of tissues and cells including neoplastic ones. We recently identified a short splicing variant of Mcl-1 short (Mcl-IS) and designated the known Mcl-1 as Mcl-1 long (Mcl-lL). Mcl-lL protein exhibits antiapoptotic activity and possesses the BH (Bcl-2 homology) 1, BH2, BH3, and transmembrane (TM) domains found in related Bcl-2 proteins. In contrast, Mcl-1 S is a BH3 domain-only proapoptotic protein that heterodimerizes with Mcl-lL. Although both Mc1-lL and Mcl-lS proteins contain BH domains fecund in other Bcl-2 family proteins, they are distinguished by their unusually long N-terminal sequences containing PEST (proline, glutamic acid, serine, and threonine) motifs, four pairs of arginine residues, and alanine- and glycine-rich regions. In addition, the expression pattern of Mcl-1 protein is different from that of Bcl-2 suggesting a unique role (or Mcl-1 in apoptosis regulation. Tankyrasel (TRF1-interacting, ankyrin-related ADP-related polymerasel) was originally isolated based on its binding to TRF 1 (telomeric repeat binding factor-1) and contains the sterile alpha motif (SAM) module, 24 ankyrin (ANK) repeats, and the catalytic domain of poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase (PARP). Previous studies showed that tankyrasel promotes telomere elongation in human cells presumably by inhibiting TRFI though its poly(ADP-ribosyl)action by tankyrasel . In addition, tankyrasel poly(ADP-ribosyl)ates Insulin-responsive amino peptidase (IRAP), a resident protein of GLUT4 vesicles, and insulin stimulates the PARP activity of tankyrase1 through its phosphorylation by mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). ADP-ribosylation is a posttranslational modification that usually results in a loss of protein activity presumably by enhancing protein turnover. However, little information is available regarding the physiological function(s) of tankyrase1 other than as a PARP enzyme. In the present study, we found tankyrasel as a specific-binding protein of Mcl-1 Overexpression of tankyrasel led to the inhibition of both the apoptotic activity of Mel-lS and the survival action of Mcl-lL in mammalian cells. Unlike other known tankyrasel-interacting proteins, tankyrasel did not poly(ADP-ribosyl)ate either of the Mcl-1 proteins despite its ability to decrease Mcl-1 proteins expression following coexpression. Therefore, this study provides a novel mechanism to regulate Mcl-1-modulated apoptosis in which tankyrasel downregulates the expression of Mcl-1 proteins without the involvement of its ADP-ribosylation activity.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제17권
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• pp.329-333
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• 2001

Apoptosis is the normal physiological process of cell death essential for the maintenance of homeostasis. The function of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and adenine diphosphate (ADP) ribosylation (transfer of ADP-ribose to proteins) reactions in modifying apoptosis have recently been of great interest. Recently. CD38. a type 2 transmembrane glycoprotein expressed in hematopoietic and non hematopoietic cell lines. has been reported to possess NAD glycohydrolase activity (Han. 1999) and PC-1 and CD38 NADase regulates T cells by inhibition of phosphodiesterase/pyrophosphatase activity of PC-1 by its association with glycosaminoglycan (Hozada et al., 1999). Sindhuphak et al. (2000) has reported that cervical cancer cells can be differentiated from normal cells by using FTIR (Fourier-Transformed Infrared) technique. which has characterized shifts to be due to the phosphodiester bond in nucleic acid. protein amide I&II. carbohydrate and glycogen bands. Mechanisms how phosphodiester bond shift in cervical cancer cells as compared to control cells remain to be elucidated. Suramana et al. (2000) as well as Lohitnavy and Sinhaseni (1998) have studied methomyl and colchicine effects in rat splenocytes. Lactate Dehydroge-nase Isozymes 3 (LDH3) and LDH4 were observed to increase transiently and subsided in plasma of rats exposed to 6~8 mg/kg methomyl after 48 hours. Phosphodiester bond shift of nucleic acid. detected by FTIR. was also reported (Suramana et al., 2000). We report here, after analysis of bond shift patterns. a similar bond shifts detected by FTIR spectrum observed in human cervical cells and splenocytes of rats exposed orally to 2~8 mg/kg methomyl as well as rats exposed to colchicine 2~6 mg/kg orally.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.1361-1365
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• 2001

Recombinant immunotoxins are hybrid cytotoxic proteins designed to selectively kill cancer cells. A divalent immunotoxins, [B3(FabH1)-PE38]2, was constructed by recombining Fab domain of B3 antibody as a cell-targeting domain and Pseudo monas exotoxin A (PE) as a cytotoxic domain. Monoclonal antibody, B3, is the murine antibody (IgG1k) directed against Lewis Y-related carbohydrate antigens, which are abundant on the surface of many carcinomas. Fab fragment of this antibody was used in this study with the modified hinge sequence where last two cysteines out of three were mutated to serine. PE is a 66 kDa bacterial toxin that kills eukaryotic cells by inhibiting protein synthesis with ADP ribosylation of ribosomal elongation factor 2 (EF2). Fc region of B3 antibody was substituted with the truncated form of PE (38 kDa, PE38) on DNA level. [B3(FabH1)-PE38]2 was formed by disulfide bond between cysteines in the modified hinge region of B3(FabH1)-PE38. Each polypeptide for recombinant immunotoxins was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and collected as inclusion bodies. Each inclusion body was solubilized and refolded, and cytotoxic effects were measured. Divalent immunotoxins, [B3(FabH1)-PE38]2, had ID50 values of about 10 ng/mL on A431 cell lines and about 4 ng/mL on CRL1739 cell lines. Control immunotoxins, B3(scFv)-PE40, had ID50 values of about 28 ng/mL on A431 cell lines and about 41 ng/mL on CRL1739 cell lines. Divalent immunotoxins, [B3(FabH1)-PE38]2, had higher cytotoxic effects than B3(scFv)-PE40 control immunotoxins.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.370-377
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 넙치, Pafalichthys olivaceus 뇌 조직에서 인지질가수분해효소 D (phospholipase D, PLD) 활성의 특성 규명 및 이 활성을 억제하는 단백질을 분리 정제하여 그 특성을 규명하였다. 넙치 뇌 조직에서 PLD 활성이 관찰되었으며, 이 활성은 포스파티딜 이노시톨 비스인산염 (phosphatidyl-inositol 4,5-bisphos-phate, $PIP_2$)에 대해서 의존성을 나타내었으나, ADP-rebosylation factor (ARF)에 의해서는 영향을 받지 않았다. PLD 억제물은 넙치 뇌 조직의 세포질 분획물을 사용하여 여러 종류의 칼럼을 통하여 분리 정제하였고, 그 억제물의 분자크기 및 기작의 특성을 규명하였다. 마지막 chromatography을 통하여 여섯 개의 억제를 나타내는 분획물을 얻었으며, 이 중 두 개의 분획물인 IIA IIB는 $PIP_2$-phosphatase activities를 나타내었다. 이 중 IIA 분획물은 면역화학적 분석을 통하여 inositolpolyphosphate 5-phosphatase family로 알려져 있는 신경말단 단백질인 synaptojanin으로 동정되었다. 그리고 IIB fraction은 Superose 12 gel filtration chromatography을 통하여 158-kDa의 크기로 확인되었으며, 이것은 면역화학적 분석을 통하여 synaptojanin과는 별개의 단백질로 판명되었다. 또한, IIB 분획물은 $PIP_2$ phosphatase activity 확인 실험에서 대사산물로서 phosphatidylinositol phosphate (PIP)만을 생성하였다. 이 결과는 IIB 분획물이 $PIP_2$의 4혹은 5 위치의 인산 (phosphate) 중 어느 하나만을 선택적으로 가수분해시킨다는 것을 암시한다. 이상의 연구 결과들을 종합하여 보면, 넙치 뇌 조직에는 다양한 형태의 $PIP_2$-phosphatases가 존재하며, 이들은 $PIP_2$-의존적인 PLD 활성의 억제조절과정에서 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.36-42
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• 2016

Milk-related traits (milk yield, fat and protein) have been crucial to selection of Holstein. It is essential to find the current selection trends of Holstein. Despite this, uncovering the current trends of selection have been ignored in previous studies. We suggest a new formula to detect the current selection trends based on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP). This suggestion is based on the best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) and the Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection both of which are trait-dependent. Fisher's theorem links the additive genetic variance to the selection coefficient. For Holstein milk production traits, we estimated the additive genetic variance using SNP effect from BLUP and selection coefficients based on genetic variance to search highly selective SNPs. Through these processes, we identified significantly selective SNPs. The number of genes containing highly selective SNPs with p-value <0.01 (nearly top 1% SNPs) in all traits and p-value <0.001 (nearly top 0.1%) in any traits was 14. They are phosphodiesterase 4B (PDE4B), serine/threonine kinase 40 (STK40), collagen, type XI, alpha 1 (COL11A1), ephrin-A1 (EFNA1), netrin 4 (NTN4), neuron specific gene family member 1 (NSG1), estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1), neurexin 3 (NRXN3), spectrin, beta, non-erythrocytic 1 (SPTBN1), ADP-ribosylation factor interacting protein 1 (ARFIP1), mutL homolog 1 (MLH1), transmembrane channel-like 7 (TMC7), carboxypeptidase X, member 2 (CPXM2) and ADAM metallopeptidase domain 12 (ADAM12). These genes may be important for future artificial selection trends. Also, we found that the SNP effect predicted from BLUP was the key factor to determine the expected current selection coefficient of SNP. Under Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium of SNP markers in current generation, the selection coefficient is equivalent to $2^*SNP$ effect.