• KIEE International Transactions on Electrophysics and Applications
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• 제4C권4호
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• pp.176-180
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• 2004

This paper presents the fabrication and test of a micro cell exciter actuated by an electromagnetic force for the study on the chondrogenic differentiation of rabbit mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). The micro cell exciter is designed to apply compressive loading to the alginate gel mixed with the MSCs. The magnetic cell exciter consists of an actuator component and a cartridge-type chamber component. An actuator is composed of a permanent magnet, a core and a coil. The chamber has seven PMMA wells and a cell culture Petri dish. Two types of alginate gels were stimulated by the cell exciters for 10 minutes every 12 hours for 7 days. In order to determine the expression of these matrix components during differentiation, RT-PCR analysis was performed. Collagen type II was expressed in the MSCs subjected to the compressive stimulation.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.39-46
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• 1999

As a preliminary study for the explanation of pathobiology of Neodiplostomum seoulense infection. a 54 kDa protease was purified from the crude extract of adult worms by sequential chromatographic methods. The crude extract was subjected to DEAE-Sepharose Fast Flow column, and protein was eluted using 25 mM Tris-HC1 (pH 7.4) containing 0.05. 0.1, 0.2 and 0.4 M NaC1 in stepwise elution. The 0.2 M NaCl fraction was further purified by Q-Sepharose chromatography and protein was eluted using 20 mM sodium acetate (pH 6.4) containing 0.05, 0.1. 0.2 and 0.3 M NaCl, respectively. The 0.1M NaCl fraction showed a single protein band on SDS-PAGE carried out on a 7.5-15% gradient gel. The proteolytic activities of the purified enzyme were specifically inhibited by L-trans-epoxy-succinylleucylamide (4-guanidino) butane (E-64) and iodoacetic acid. The enzyme, cysteine protease. showed the maximum proteolytic activity at pH 6.0 in 0.1 M buffer, and degraded extracellular matrix proteins such as collagen and fibronectin with different activities. It is suggested that the cysteine protease may playa role in the nutrient uptake of N. seoulense from the host intestine.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.269-274
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• 2002

A large number of factors such as osteotropic hormones, cytokines, or growth factors are related to the bone remodeling which is characterized by the coupling of osteoclast-mediated bone resorption and osteoblast-mediated bone formation. Recent investigations have indicated that cytokines such as $interleukin-1{\beta}\;(IL-1{\beta})$ and tumor necrosis $factor-{\alpha}\;(TNF-{\alpha})$ play a potential role in the bone resorption associated with a variety of pathological conditions such as inflammatory osteolytic disease. Collagen is the most abundant protein of the extracellular matrix of bone, and the participation of collagenase in bone resorption has been widely investigated. In this study, effects of $IL-1{\beta}$ and $TNF-{\alpha}$ on the release of collagenase from osteoblastic cells were measured. The gelatinase activity was also measured by gel substrate analysis (zymography) after electrophoresis of conditioned media of osteoblastic cell culture. $IL-1{\beta}$ increased the collagenase activity in ROS17/2.8 and HOS cell culture. $TNF-{\alpha}$ also increased the collagenase activity of osteoblastic cells. When two kinds of cytokines were treated simultaneously in the culture of osteoblastic cells, synergistic increase of collagenase activity was seen in ROS17/2.8 cells. $IL-1{\beta}$ and $TNF-{\alpha}$ significantly increased the collagenase activity after 6 hour treatment in the osteoblastic cell culture, and there was no additional increase according to the culture period. Osteoblastic cells released the gelatinase and molecular weight of this enzyme was measured about 70 KDa as assessed by zymogram. $IL-1{\beta}$ and $TNF-{\alpha}$ showed increase of the gelatinase activity produced by ROS17/2.8 and HOS cells. Taken together, this study suggested that $IL-1{\beta}$ and $TNF-{\alpha}$ can modulate bone metabolism, at least in part, by increased release of collagenase and gelatinase from osteoblasts.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.625-629
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• 2007

불가사리 골편의 콜라겐으로부터 활성 펩타이드를 분리하기 위하여 초음파를 처리하여 조직을 단편화 시키고 이후 collagnease를 처리하였다. 초음파를 처리할 경우 40kHz의 경우 38.89%의 수율을 나타내었다. 이후 펩타이드의 분자량을 측정하여 12, 20.6, 24, 43, 58a, 100, 116 kDa에서 특정 밴드를 보였다. 이후 Sephadex G-75 컬럼을 이용하여 fraction 별로 모아 사용하였다. 세포 독성을 측정하고 시료 처리 후 형태학적 관찰을 동반한 결과 24 kDa의 경우 최고 농도인 1.0 mg/mL에서 26.7%를 나타내었으며 4번의 계대 이후에도 형태학적 변화가 나타나지 않아 독성이 없다고 해석할 수 있다. 이후 UVA처리 후 MMP-1의 발현을 탐색한 결과 116 kDa부터 24 kDa까지 최고농도인 1.0 mg/mL에서 40, 46.3, 56.8, 57.9, 62.4%의 control 대비 저해율을 보였다. 외부적 스트레스인 UVA에 의한 AP-1의 활성도를 증가시키는 과정을 억제한 것으로 볼 수 있으며 결과적으로 MMP-1의 발현을 효과적으로 조절한 것이라 사료되어 향후 불가사리 콜라겐 유래 펩타이드의 향장소재 활용 가능성이 높다고 할 수 있겠다.