• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.450-457
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• 1991

본 연구는 생화학적 검사에 의한 철 영양상태의 판정시 검사항목에 따른 판정의 정확도를 보기 위하여 외견상 건강한 18~21세의 여대생 57명을 대상으로 혈액성분 중 Hb, Hct, serum ferritin을 측정하고 그 상관성을 분석하였다. 1) 조사대상자의 Hb는 평균이 $13.9\pm0.96g/dl,$ 중앙값이 14.1g/dl 였다. Hct의 평균은 $41.4\pm2.85%,$ 중앙값은 42.0%였고, ferritin은 평균 $20.7\pm15.5ng/ml,$ 중앙값 16.5ng/ml, 최빈값 3.40ng/ml 였다. Hb, Hct, ferritin값 모두 Kolmogorov-Smirnov test결과 정규분포 하는 것으로 나타났다. 2) Hb와 Hct간에는 r=0.9467(p<0.001)로 (Hct=2.28+2.81$\times$Hb)의 회귀관계를 보였다. Hb와 ferritin간에는 r=0.5396(p<0.001)로 $\times$Hb)를, Hct와 ferritin간에는 r=0.5591(p<0.001)로 (log(ferritin)=-1.73+0.07$\times$Hct>의 회귀식이 구해졌다. 3) 빈혈발현율은 Hb 12g/dl를 기준시 5.3%, Hct 36% 기준시 10.5%, ferritin 12ng/ml 기준시 36.8% 였다. 4) Ferritin 함량을 기준하여 Hb, Hct판정에 대한 신뢰도를 분석한 결과, 빈혈 판정시 많이 이용되는 Hb 12g/dl 미만이나 Hct 36% 이하를 기준했을 때 두 방법 모두 sensitivity가 매우 낮았으며 specificity는 매우 높은 값을 보여, 빈혈 발현율이 높은 우리나라의 경우 Hb나 Hct의 판정기준치를 높일 필요가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 5) 빈혈 판정을 위한 검사방법으로서의 Hb측정은 sensitivity, specificity 등을 고려할 때 판정 기준치를 14g/dl로 하는 것이 타당할 것으로 보인다. Hct의 경우 판정치를 40%로 높일 경우에 false-negative rate가 42.9%로 낮아졌다.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.178-189
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• 2003

목적: 다약제내성이 유발된 암세포에서 $^{99m}Tc-sestamibi$와 $^{99m}Tc-tetrofosmin$의 암세포 내 섭취정도를 비교하고 다약제내성 극복제로 잘 알려진 verapamil 과 cyclosporin A 처리에 의한 두 방사성 의약품의 암세포 내 섭취정도를 비교해 보았다. 재료 및 방법: Doxorubicin으로 다약제내성이 유발된 HCT15/CL02 대장암 세포와 doxorubicin과 vincristine으로 다약제내성을 유발시킨 K562(Adr)과 K562(Vcr) 백혈병 세포를 사용하였다. 다약제내성의 발현은 RT-PCR로 증명하였으며, verapamil은 1, 10, 50, 100, 200 ${\mu}M$의 농도로, cyclosporin A는 0.1, 10, 50, 100 ${\mu}M$의 농도로 각각 사용하였다. MIBI와 tetrofosmin의 암세포내 섭취는 $37^{\circ}C$에서 $1{\times}10^{6}cells/ml$ 농도의 단일세포 부유상태에서 1, 15, 30, 45, 60분 간격으로 배양하여 각 시간대별로 상층액과 침전물을 분리하여 각각의 방사능을 감마 계수기로 측정하였다. 결과: 다약제내성이 발현된 암세포에서는 모세포에 비하여 MIBI와 tetrofosmin의 섭취가 감소되었다. 두 방사성약품의 섭취정도는 HCT15/CL02세포와 K562(Adr)세포에서는 유의한 차이가 없었으나, K562(Vcr)세포에서는 MIBI가 tetrofosmin보다 다소 높았다. Verapamil과 cyclosporin A를 처리하였을 때 MIBI와 tetrofosmin의 섭취율은 기저치보다 모두 증가하였고, verapamil 에 의한 MIBI와 tetrofosmin의 섭취율(30분)을 기저치(30분)와 비교해 본 결과 HCT15/CL02 세포에서($100{\mu}M$)는 각각 11.9배와 6.8배, K562(Adr) 세포에서($50{\mu}M$)는 각각 14.3배와 8배, K562(Vcr) 세포에서($10{\mu}M$)는 각각 7배와 5.7배 증가하였다. Cyclosporin A에 의한 MIBI와 tetrofosmin의 섭취율(30분)을 기저치(30분)와 비교해 본 결과 HCT15/CL02세포에서($50{\mu}M$)는 각각 10배와 2.4배, K562(Adr)세포에서($50{\mu}M$)는 각각 44배와 13배, K562(Vcr)세포에서($10{\mu}M$)는 각각 18.8배와 11.8배 증가하여, MIBI의 섭취율이 tetrofosmin보다 1.2배에서 4배정도 높게 나타났다. 결론: 이러한 결과로 보아 MIBI와 tetrofosmin은 다약제내성의 발현을 평가할 수 있는 방사성의약품으로 판단되며, 다약제내성 극복제의 효능평가에는 MIBI가 tetrofosmin보다 더 우수할 것으로 사료되나, 세포추에 따른 차이가 있을 수 있으므로 보다 많은 세포주에서의 추가적인 연구가 필요할 것이다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.1151-1157
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is to investigate the iron nutritional status and anemia of university female students. Seventy female subjects in Ulsan city were evaluated with questionnaire, measurement of hematological indices. The mean height and weight of 70 subjects were 160.76±0.48cm, 52.80±0.72kg and BMI(body mass index: kg/m2), %IBW(ideal body weight) were 21.0±0.29, 100.2±12.41. The mean values of hemoglobin(Hgb), hematocrit(Hct), serum iron(S Fe), serum ferritin(SF), TIBC(total iron binding capacity), transferrin saturation(TS(%)) and RBC were 12.7±11.10g/dl, 39.0± 2.61%, 96.9±41.98 g/dl, 28.9±24.78 g/dl, 369.6±54.36 g/dl, 27.1±12.40% and 4.4± 0.27(106/mm3), respectively. Iron deficiency anemia among the subjects was estimated as 15.7% by using Hgb(<12g/dl), 11.4% by Hct(<36%), 22.9% by S Fe(<60 g/dl), 34.3% by SF(<15 g/dl), 48.6% by TIBC(>360 g/dl) and 20.0% by TS(%)(<15%). 15 subjective symptoms were measured and the high prevalence symptoms were 'cold hands and feet' and 'tired out easily'. The correlation between hemotological indices and subjective symptoms was evaluated. The hemoglobin level was negatively correlated with 'cold hands and feet', 'short breath when climbing', 'fragile nail', 'inflammed inner mouth', 'pale face' and 'scaly tetter'.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.133-142
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• 2018

Patients with type II diabetes mellitus are more susceptible to colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence than non-diabetics. The anti-diabetic drug metformin is most commonly prescribed for the treatment of this disease and has recently shown antitumor effect in preclinical studies. The aberrant mutational activation in the components of RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway is very frequently observed in CRC. We previously reported that metformin inhibits the phosphorylation of ERK and BEZ235, a dual inhibitor of PI3K and mTOR, has anti-tumor activity against HCT15 CRC cells harboring mutations of KRAS and PIK3CA. Therefore, we hypothesized that simultaneous inhibition of two pathways by combining metformin with BEZ235 could be more effective in the suppression of proliferation than single agent treatment in HCT15 CRC cells. Here, we investigated the combinatory effect of metformin and BEZ235 on the cell survival in HCT15 CRC cells. Our study shows that both of the two signaling pathways can be blocked by this combinational strategy: metformin suppressed both pathways by inhibiting the phosphorylation of ERK, 4E-BP1 and S6, and BEZ235 suppressed PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway by reducing the phosphorylation of 4E-BP1 and S6. This combination treatment synergistically reduced cell viability. The combination index (CI) values ranged from 0.44 to 0.88, indicating synergism for the combination. These results offer a preclinical rationale for the potential therapeutic option for the treatment of CRC.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2011

Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in Western countries. Chemotherapeutic agents with different mechanisms of action have shown an increase in cure rates. In the present study, we investigated the effect of a combination of low concentration of paclitaxel (taxol, 5 nM) and topoisomerase 1 inhibitor camptothecin (CPT) on HCT116 colon cancer cells. Although the viability of cells treated with taxol alone was similar to that of control cells, sequential treatment with taxol and CPT exhibited high cytotoxicity. However, the opposite sequence of treatment did not exert cytotoxic effects on HCT116 cells. This enhanced cytotoxicity of the sequential combination therapy was the result of mitotic arrest, which increased the level of $p21^{Cip1/WAF1}$ through the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. Knockdown by $p21^{Cip1/WAF1}$ siRNA or treatment with a p38 inhibitor reduced the viability of cells sequentially exposed to taxol and CPT. Taken together, a low taxol concentration in combination with CPT induced mitotic arrest in HCT116 cells, leading to synergistic cell death through enhanced expression of $p21^{Cip1/WAF1}$ and p38 MAPK pathway. Therefore, taxol could playa role as a sensitizer of CPT in colon cancer cells.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권13호
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• pp.5201-5205
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• 2014

Emodin, a natural anthraquinone isolated from the traditional Chinese medicine Radix rhizoma Rhei, can induce apoptosis in many kinds of cancer cells. This study demonstrated that emodin induces apoptosis in human colon cancer HCT116 cells by provoking oxidative stress, which subsequently triggers a p53-mitochondrial apoptotic pathway. Emodin induced mitochondrial transmembrane potential loss, increase in Bax and decrease in Bcl-2 expression and mitochondrial translocation and release of cytochrome c to cytosol in HCT116 cells. In response to emodin-treatment, ROS increased rapidly, and subsequently p53 was overexpressed. Pretreatment with the antioxidant NAC diminished apoptosis and p53 overexpression induced by emodin. Transfecting p53 siRNA also attenuated apoptosis induced by emodin, Bax expression and mitochondrial translocation being reduced compared to treatment with emodin alone. Taken together, these results indicate that ROS is a trigger of emodin-induced apoptosis in HCT116 cells, and p53 expression increases under oxidative stress, leading to Bax-mediated mitochondrial apoptosis.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.312-316
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• 2009

In the present study, the anti-cancer activity of 80% ethanol extracts from 120 kinds of medicinal herbs and native plants were investigated. Among them, the barks of Melia azedarach L. var. japonica Makino showed the highest cytotoxicity in HCT-15 human colon cancer cell. With this result, we carried out hollow fiber (HF) assay and anti-metastasis study to confirm the anti-cancer effects of M. azedarach var. japonica. In MTT assay, M. azedarach var. japonica.inhibited the proliferation of HCT-15 cells in dose-dependent manner. HF assay was carried out using A549 human adenocarcinoma cell, HCT-15 and SK-Hep1 human liver cancer cell via intraperitoneal (IP) and subcutaneous (SC) site. As a results, SK-Hep1 implanted in IP site showed the highest cytotoxicity. The result from metastatic model using B16/BL6 mouse corresponded to that of HF assay. These results suggest that the ethanol extract from M. azedarach var. japonica. might have a potent anti-cancer activity and advanced study is needed for the development of novel natural anti-cancer drug.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.1176-1181
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• 2004

The cytotoxic activities of Cinnamomum cassia (Blume) bark-derived materials toward six human HeLa epithelioid cervix, A549 lung, SK-OV-3 ovarian, SK-MEL-2 melanoma, XF-498 central nerve system, and HCT-15 colon tumor cell lines were evaluated by using sulforhodamine B assay and compared to those of the anticancer agents, cisplatin and mitomycin C. The biologically active constituent of the Cinnamomum bark was characterized as trans­cinnamaldehyde by spectroscopic analysis. The cytotoxic activity of cinnamaldehyde against HeLa, SK-MEL-2, and HCT -15 cell lines was comparable to that of cisplatin and mitomycin C. The compound showed lower activity against A549, SK-OV-3, and XF-498 cell lines than the anticancer agents. Eugenol exhibited moderate activity against SK-OV­3, XF-498, and HCT-15 tumor cells, and trans-cinnamic acid, cinnamyl alcohol, $\alpha-pinene,\;and\;\beta-pinene$ showed little or no activity against model tumor cells. Cinnamaldehyde was not mutagenic against four strains (TA 98, TA 100, TA 1535, and TA 1537) of Salmonella typhimurium (Castel and Chalm). These results indicate at least one pharmacological action of C. cassia.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.139-150
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• 2017

Metformin is the most commonly prescribed anti-diabetic drug with relatively minor side effect. Substantial evidence has suggested that metformin is associated with decreased cancer risk and anticancer activity against diverse cancer cells. The tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib has shown powerful activity for treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia and also induces growth arrest and apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells. In this study, we tested the combination of imatinib and metformin against HCT15 colorectal cancer cells for effects on cell viability, cell cycle and autophagy. Our data show that metformin synergistically enhances the imatinib cytotoxicity in HCT15 cells as indicated by combination and drug reduction indices. We also demonstrate that the combination causes synergistic down-regulation of pERK, cell cycle arrest in S and $G_2/M$ phases via reduction of cyclin B1 level. Moreover, the combination resulted in autophagy induction as revealed by increased acidic vesicular organelles and cleaved form of LC3-II. Inhibition of autophagic process by chloroquine led to decreased cell viability, suggesting that induction of autophagy seems to play a cell protective role that may act against anticancer effects. In conclusion, our present data suggest that metformin in combination with imatinib might be a promising therapeutic option in colorectal cancer.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권20호
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• pp.8685-8688
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• 2014

The objective of the present study was to investigate cloning, expression, and functions of the recombinant protein, Siva1. Siva1 gene was synthesized by RT-PCR from HCT116 cells. Plasmids were cleaved with the restriction endonuclease, BamH1/Sal1 and products were connected to pQE30, which underwent cleavage by BamH1/Sal1. The recombinant plasmid, pQE30-Siva1, was identified after digestion with restriction endonucleases followed by transformation into E. coli M15. Expression of Siva1 was induced by IPTG and identified by SDS-PAGE following purification with affinity chromatography. The results showed that size of Siva1 was 12 kDa, consistent with the molecular weight of the His-Siva1 fusion protein. Functional test demonstrated that Siva1 significantly inhibited the invasion and migration of HCT116 cells. It may thus find clinical application for control of cancers.