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Cytosolic prion protein induces apoptosis in human neuronal cell SH-SY5Y via mitochondrial disruption pathway

  • Wang, Xin;Dong, Chen-Fang;Shi, Qi;Shi, Song;Wang, Gui-Rong;Lei, Yan-Jun;Xu, Kun;An, Run;Chen, Jian-Ming;Jiang, Hui-Ying;Tian, Chan;Gao, Chen;Zhao, Yu-Jun;Han, Jun;Dong, Xiao-Ping
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.42 no.7
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    • pp.444-449
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    • 2009
  • Different neurodegenerative disorders like prion disease, is caused by protein misfolding conformers. Reverse-transfected cytosolic prion protein (PrP) and PrP expressed in the cytosol have been shown to be neurotoxic. To investigate the possible mechanism of neurotoxicity due to accumulation of PrP in cytosol, a PrP mutant lacking the signal and GPI (CytoPrP) was introduced into the SH-SY5Y cell. MTT and trypan blue assays indicated that the viability of cells expressing CytoPrP was remarkably reduced after treatment of MG-132. Obvious apoptosis phenomena were detected in the cells accumulated with CytoPrP, including loss of mitochondrial transmembrane potential, increase of caspase-3 activity, more annexin V/PI-double positive-stained cells and reduced Bcl-2 level. Moreover, DNA fragmentation and TUNEL assays also revealed clear evidences of late apoptosis in the cells accumulated CytoPrP. These data suggest that the accumulation of CytoPrP in cytoplasm may trigger cell apoptosis, in which mitochondrial relative apoptosis pathway seems to play critical role.

Analysis of information encoding in a chaotic neural network (카오스 신경회로망에서의 정보의 인코딩 해석)

  • 여진경
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society for Industrial Systems Conference
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    • 2002.06a
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    • pp.367-371
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    • 2002
  • I construct a chaotically driven contraction system having some analogy with the information transfer mechanism in the brain system especially from CA1 cell to CA3 cell known from the empirical result. And I consider the properties of the response system on a state space according to the external input into the drive neuron by observing the fractal hierarchical structure. Then I induce the relation between the information about state transition of the chaotic time series and the spatial information on a fractal attractor to confirm the possibility of encoding of time series data to spatial information.

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Dopaminergic influences on prolactin synthesis and release from rat anterior pituitary cultures

  • Kim, Kwang-Chul;Burkman, Allan
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.85-86
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    • 1980
  • Dopaminergic influences on prolactin release from lactotrophs have been studied using the rat anterior pituitary cell culture. The prolactin inhibiting activity of hypothalamic extracts was examined in relation to dopamine. Dopamine inhibited prolactin secretion from the rat anterior pituitary cell culture in a dose dependent fashion. The median effective dose was $2{\times}10^{-7}$ / M and the maximal inhibition (70-90 % of the control value) was shown by 10$^{-5}$ / M dopamine. Further increase in dopamine concentration did not result in any further inhibition of prolactin secretion.nhibition of prolactin secretion.

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Identification of Amino Acid Residues Involved in the Interaction between Measles Virus Haemagglutin (MVH) and Its Human Cell Receptor(Signaling Lymphocyte Activation Molecule, SLAM)

  • Xu, Qin;Zhang, Peng;Hu, Chunling;Liu, Xin;Qi, Yipeng;Liu, Yingle
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.406-411
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    • 2006
  • Signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM; also known as CD150) is a newly identified cellular receptor for measles virus (MV). The interaction between MV Haemagglutin (MVH) and SLAM is an initial step for MV entry. We have identified several novel SLAM binding sites at residues S429, T436 and H437 of MVH protein and MVH mutants in these residues dramatically decrease the ability to interaction with the cell surface SLAM and fail to co-precipitation with SLAM in vivo as well as malfunction in syncytium formation. At the same time, K58, S59 and H61 of SLAM was also identified to be critical for MVH and SLAM binding. Further, these residues may be useful targets for the development of measles therapy.

Solid-state Supramolecular polymer electrolytes containing double hydrogen bonding sites for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells(DSSCs) (초분자 고체전해질을 이용한 고효율 염료감응형 태양전지)

  • Kim, Sun-Young;Jeon, La-Sun;Lee, Yong-Gun;Kang, Yong-Soo
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.309-311
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    • 2007
  • Supramolecules containing double hydrogen bonding sites at their both chain ends were self-polymerized to become solid state polymer and were utilized to improve the efficiency of solid state DSSCs. Hydrogen bonding sites were attached at the chain ends of PEG of Mw=2000, such as pyrimethamine and glutaric acid. The solar cell with the solid state supramolecular polymer electrolyte resulted in the overall energy conversion efficiency of 4.63 % with a short circuit current density $(J_{sc})$ of 10.41 $mAcm^{-2}$, an open circuit voltage $V_{oc}$, of 0.71 V and a fill factor (FF) of 0.62 at one sun condition ([oligomer]:[1-methyl-3-propyl imidazolium iodide (MPII)]:$[I_2]$ = 20 : 1 : 0.19, active area = 0.16 $cm^2$, $TiO_2$ layer thickness = 10 ${\mu}m$). The ionic conductivity of the sol id state electrolyte was $5.11{\times}10^{-4}$ (S/cm). The cell performance was characterized by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and ionic conductivity.

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Enhanced Cathode/Sulfide Electrolyte Interface Stability Using an Li2ZrO3 Coating for All-Solid-State Batteries

  • Lee, Jun Won;Park, Yong Joon
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.176-183
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    • 2018
  • In this study, a $Li_2ZrO_3$ coated $Li[Ni_{0.8}Co_{0.15}Al_{0.05}]O_2$ (NCA) cathode was applied to an all-solid-state cell employing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte. Sulfide-based solid electrolytes are preferable for all-solid-state cells because of their high ionic conductivity and good softness and elasticity. However, sulfides are very reactive with oxide cathodes, and this reduces the stability of the cathode/electrolyte interface of all-solid-state cells. $Li_2ZrO_3$ is expected to be a suitable coating material for the cathode because it can suppress the undesirable reactions at the cathode/sulfide electrolyte interface because of its good stability and high ionic conductivity. Cells employing $Li_2ZrO_3$ coated NCA showed superior capacity to those employing pristine NCA. Analysis by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy confirmed that the $Li_2ZrO_3$ coating layer suppresses the propagation of S and P into the cathode and the reaction between the cathode and the sulfide solid electrolyte. These results show that $Li_2ZrO_3$ coating is promising for reducing undesirable side reactions at the cathode/electrolyte interface of all-solid-state-cells.