• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제63권4호
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• pp.444-454
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• 2020

Objective : Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive for of brain tumor and treatment often fails due to the invasion of tumor cells into neighboring healthy brain tissues. Activation of the Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) signaling pathway is essential for normal cellular function including angiogenesis, and has been proposed to have a pivotal role in glioma invasion. This study aimed to determine the dose-dependent effects of ruxolitinib, an inhibitor of JAK, on the interferon (IFN)-I/IFN-α/IFN-β receptor/STAT and IFN-γ/IFN-γ receptor/STAT1 axes of the IFN-receptor-dependent JAK/STAT signaling pathway in glioblastoma invasion and tumorigenesis in U87 glioblastoma tumor spheroids. Methods : We administered three different doses of ruxolitinib (50, 100, and 200 nM) to human U87 glioblastoma spheroids and analyzed the gene expression profiles of IFNs receptors from the JAK/STAT pathway. To evaluate activation of this pathway, we quantified the phosphorylation of JAK and STAT proteins using Western blotting. Results : Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis demonstrated that ruxolitinib led to upregulated of the IFN-α and IFN-γ while no change on the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and vascular endothelial growth factor expression levels. Additionally, we showed that ruxolitinib inhibited phosphorylation of JAK/STAT proteins. The inhibition of IFNs dependent JAK/STAT signaling by ruxolitinib leads to decreases of the U87 cells invasiveness and tumorigenesis. We demonstrate that ruxolitinib may inhibit glioma invasion and tumorigenesis through inhibition of the IFN-induced JAK/STAT signaling pathway. Conclusion : Collectively, our results revealed that ruxolitinib may have therapeutic potential in glioblastomas, possibly by JAK/STAT signaling triggered by IFN-α and IFN-γ.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.294-308
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• 2002

연구배경 :결핵은 세포 매개성 면역반응이 병태생리에 중요한 역할을 하는 감염성 질환이다. 결핵균 항원으로 T 림프구가 활성화되면 여러 종류의 cytokine을 분비하며 T 림프구의 분화와 증식, 대식세포의 활성화를 촉진한다. 본 연구에서는 결핵의 중증도, 숙주의 면역상태 및 예후를 반영하는 지표로서 활성화된 T 림프구에서 만들어지는 IL-2의 수용성 수용체인 sIL-2R와 IFN-$\gamma$를 측정하였고 활성화된 대식세포에서 분비되는 neopterin을 측정하여 임상적 유용성을 판정하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 :활동성 폐결핵 환자 39명, 결핵성 림프절염 환자 6명의 치료전과 정상 대조군 10명에서 혈청 sIL-2R, neopterin, IFN-$\gamma$를 측정하였고, 결핵성 흉막염 환자 22명에서 치료전 혈청과 흉막액에서 각각 sIL-2R, ADA, neopterin을 측정하였다. 폐결핵 환자 39명을 ATS guidelines에 따라 중증도를 분류하였고, 사망한 1명과 결핵요양소로 전원된 2명을 제외한 36명에서 초치료 2개월 후 혈청 sIL-2R, neopterin과 IFN-$\gamma$를 측정하였다. 결 과 : 1) sIL-2R과 IFN-$\gamma$는 결핵환자에서 대조군에 비하여 증가된 경향을 보였다(p>0.05). Neopterin은 대조군 $4949{\pm}1242.l$ pg/ml, 폐결핵 $29.67{\pm}2132.8$ pg/ml, 결핵성 림프절엽 $3013{\pm}1877.3$ pg/ml, 결핵성 흉막염이 $2035{\pm}1216.4$ pg/ml로 결핵환자에서 대조군에 비하여 감소되는 경향을 보였으며, 폐결핵군과 결핵성 흉막염군에서는 통계적으로 유의하게 감소되어 있었다(p<0.05). 2) 폐결핵의 중증도가 심할수록 sIL-2R와 IFN-$\gamma$는 증가하였고, neopterin은 감소하였다(p<0.01). 3) 폐결핵 환자 36명에서 치료 후 측정한 sIL-2R는 $1071{\pm}l139.4$ U/ml에서 $1023{\pm}1920.9$ U/ml로(p>0.05), IFN-$\gamma$는 $41{\pm}52.8$ pg/ml에서 $22{\pm}23.9$ pg/ml로 각각 감소하였고 (p<0.05), neopterin은 $3158{\pm}2272.6$ pg/ml에서 $3737{\pm}2307.5$ pg/ml로 증가하였다(p>0.05). 이러한 결과는 경증군과 중등증군에 비해 중증군에서 현저한 변화를 보였고 임상적 경과와 상관성을 보였다. 4) 결핵성 흉막염 환자 22명에서 sIL-2R와 ADA는 혈청에 비하여 흉막액에서 유의하게 높은 값을 보였으나(p<0.01), neopterin은 차이가 없었다(p>0.05). 결 론 : 이상의 결과를 바탕으로 특히 중증군에서 치료 후에 sIL-2R, IFN-$\gamma$와 neopterin을 추적 관찰하면 숙주의 면역반응상태, 임상적 중증도 및 치료 반응성을 예측하는데 도움이 될 것으로 생각된다. 또한 결핵성 흉막염 환자에서는 국소적인 변역반웅의 활성화로 흉막액내의 면역학적 지표의 측정이 혈청 검사보다 특이적이며, 흉막액의 sIL-2R의 측정이 결핵성 흉막염의 진단에 유용할 것으로 생각된다.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.53-59
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• 2002

Background: Clinical observations and laboratory studies have supported an immune basis for most acquired aplastic anemias, with the majority of patients responding to immunosuppressive therapy. Fas, a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor superfamily is a critical downregulator of cellular immune responses. Proinflammatory cytokines like interferon gamma (IFN-${\gamma}$) and TNF-${\alpha}$ can induce Fas expression and render hematopoietic progenitor cells susceptible to Fas-induced growth suppression and apoptosis. Methods: In order to investigate the involvement of apoptosis in the pathogenesis of aplastic anemia (AA), we measured the expression of Fas antigen and caspase-3 on bone marrow (BM) mononuclear cells (MNCs) of AA in the presence or absence of IFN-${\gamma}$, TNF-${\alpha}$, or macrophage inflammatory protein 1-${\alpha}$ (MIP-$1{\alpha}$). Results: We confirmed that AA BM MNCs were more apoptotic and highly expressed Fas antigen than normal donors. Stimulation by IFN-${\gamma}$, TNF-${\alpha}$, or MIP-$1{\alpha}$ increased Fas antigen and caspase-3 expression in AA BM MNCs than BM MNCs of normal donors. Anti-Fas monoclonal antibody enhanced IFN-${\gamma}$, TNF-${\alpha}$, or MIP$1{\alpha}$ mediated caspase-3 expression in BM MNCs of normal donors. Among these three cytokines, IFN-${\gamma}$ enhanced apoptosis most strongly via Fas-caspase-3 pathway. Conclusion: These results suggest that Fas signal pathway may play a role in the pathophysiology of aplastic anemia and negative hematopoietic regulators like IFN-${\gamma}$ can induce apoptosis of bone marrow progenitors in part by Fas induction.

• 한국미생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물학회 2004년도 International Meeting of the Microbiological Society of Korea
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• pp.97-97
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• 2004

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.1605-1612
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• 2006

Interleukin (IL)-18, a member of the family of IL-l cytokine, is one of the principal inducers of $interferon-{\gamma}(IFN-{\gamma})$ in T lymphocytes and natural killer cells. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of IL-18 on the expression of chemokine IP-10 (CXCL-10) mRNA in mouse peritoneal macrophages. IL-18 had very weak direct effect or synergistic effect with IL-12 on the expression of IP-10 mRNA in C57BL/6 mouse peritoneal macrophages. However, IL-18 pretreatment was found to playa cooperative role in the expression of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced IP-10 mRNA. For the expression of LPS-induced IP-10 mRNA, the synergistic effect was detected after 16 h of IL-18 pretreatment prior to LPS stimulation. The expression level of CD14 in cells stimulated with LPS was not changed by IL-18 pretreatment, and the level of $IFN-{\gamma}$ production during IL-18 pretreatment plus LPS stimulation was barely discernible ($0.36{\pm}0.31pg/ml$). Namely, the synergistic effect of IL-18 pretreatment was not related to a change of LPS receptor, CD14 expression, and the production of $IFN-{\gamma}$ by the interaction between IL-18 and LPS. The synergistic effect of IL-18 pretreatment on the expression of LPS-induced IP-10 was related to not NF-kB but AP-1 activation, and associated with the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway, one of the mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways. These results provide useful information that may elucidate the mechanisms underlying the effect of IL-18 on the expression of IP-10 mRNA.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.1862-1867
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• 2007

An individual's immune response is critical for host protection from many different pathogens, and the responsiveness can be assessed by the amount of cytokine production upon stimulating bacterial components such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The difference between individuals in their peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) responsiveness to LPS, a Gram-negative endotoxin, was investigated from 27 healthy individuals. We observed a large variation in $IFN{\gamma}$ production among different individuals. The PBMC of the consistently three highest and three lowest $IFN{\gamma}$ producers were investigated. Since previous studies described that a single point mutation in the coding region of TLR2 and TLR4 is linked to the individual responsiveness to pathogenic bacterial infections, we first examined the known point mutations in the coding region of $TLR2^{Pro681His}$, $TLR4^{Pro714His}$ located in the cytoplasmic regions of the Toll-like domain as well as $TLR4^{Asp299Gly}$ located in the extracellular region. None of these mutations were associated with an individual's responsiveness to LPS, despite the presence of $TLR4^{Asp299Gly}$ mutation. Further investigation revealed that the variation of PBMC responsiveness to LPS among healthy individuals was due to constitutive expression levels of TLR4 and TLR2. This result is consistent with an aging-related low expression of Toll-like receptors in the mouse model of LPS responsiveness. The present study therefore suggests that the constitutive expression levels of TLR2 and TLR4 may contribute to the individual response to LPS.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.46-52
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• 2007

In the course of novel TLR (Toll like receptor) 9 ligand, we found novel CpG ODN (Oligodeoxynucleotide) was active in augmenting antibody in mice. However, immune mechanism of new CpG ODNs is unclear. To clarify this, we examined immunoadjuvanticity by employing in vitro and in vivo immune profiles. In brief, in vitro treatment of novel CpG ODN upregulated the expression of TNF-$\alpha$, IL-6, and IL-12 mRNA in macrophages as well as that of IFN-$gamma$ mPNA in mouse splenocytes. In parallel, in vivo injection of novel CpG ODN directly activates macrophages and splenocytess, consequently upregulating MHC class II and CD86. Finally, we demonstrated anti-HBs antibody augmentation of novel CpG ODN. Collectively, this data indicates that novel CpG ODN is immunoadjuvant armed with Th1 typed immune machinery.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.47-55
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• 2007

Objectives : This study was carried out to know the effect of Cordyceps sinensis(CS) on the immune inflammatory responses of spleen cells and function or immunocytes of the normal mouse. Methodes: We investigated effects of Cordyceps sinensis(CS) on normal immunocytes, gene expression of IL-12, IFN-$\gamma$ and surface-receptor expression of $CD3_{\epsilon}+$, CD4+, CD8+ and CD19+ cells were measured by PCR and FACS. Results : CS activated adhisive splenic cells morphologically as compared with the control group in the normal spleen cells of BALB/C mice. CS enhanced gene expression of interleukin-12 and interferon-gamma in a dose-dependent manner in the normal spleen cells of BALB/C mice. CS reduced the number of activating cells and surface-receptor expression of CD4+, CD8+ and CD19+. Conclusion : Cordyceps sinensis will be used as a stable remedium in the auto-immune diseases.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.192-202
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• 2009

Background: Little information is available the role of Nitric Oxide (NO) in host defenses during human tuberculosis (TB) infection. We investigated the modulating factor(s) affecting NO synthase (iNOS) induction in human macrophages. Methods: Both iNOS mRNA and protein that regulate the growth of mycobacteria were determined using reverase transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and western blot analysis. The upstream signaling pathways were further investigated using iNOS specific inhibitors. Results: Here we show that combined treatment with 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-D3) and Interferon (IFN)-${\gamma}$ synergistically enhanced NO synthesis and iNOS expression induced by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) or by its purified protein derivatives in human monocyte-derived macrophages. Both the nuclear factor-${\kappa}B$ and MEK1-ERK1/2 pathways were indispensable in the induction of iNOS expression, as shown in toll like receptor 2 stimulation. Further, the combined treatment with 1,25-D3 and IFN-${\gamma}$ was more potent than either agent alone in the inhibition of intracellular MTB growth. Notably, this enhanced effect was not explained by increased expression of cathelicidin, a known antimycobacterial effector of 1,25-D3. Conclusion: These data support a key role of NO in host defenses against TB and identify novel modulating factors for iNOS induction in human macrophages.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.568-575
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• 2000

연구배경 : Cytokine은 주요한 염증 매개 물질로서 질환에 따라 다른 양상을 보일 수 있어, 흉수를 일으키는 다양한 원인 질환의 감별에 이용되어 왔다. 이 중에서 악성 흉수, 결핵성 흉수, 부폐렴 삼출액 및 농흉에서 INF-${\gamma}$, IL-2R, IL-6, IL-1를 동사에 측정하여 비교한 연구는 많지 않아 본 연구를 시행하게 되었다. 방법 : 흉수를 주소로 내원한 환자 중에서 흉수 천자로 삼출액이 확인된 환자들을 대상으로 흉수를 채취하여, ELISA kit를 이용하여 INF-${\gamma}$, IL-2R, IL-6, IL-10 농도를 측정하였다. 결과 : 악성 흉수, 결핵성 흉수, 부폐렴 삼출액 및 농흉에서 흉수 내의 cytokine의 순서대로, INF-${\gamma}$는 $16.7{\pm}50$, $295.5{\pm}585.5$, $10.0{\pm}0$ pg/ml, IL-2R은 $3247.4{\pm}1713.3$, $7423.5{\pm}3752.8$, $3790.2{\pm}3201.1$ pg/ml, IL-6는 $600{\pm}12.8$, $556.4{\pm}161.7$, $514.4{\pm}224.8$ pg/ml, IL-10은 $28.2{\pm}55.5$, $11.3{\pm}11.7$, $98.4{\pm}141.7$ pg/ml로 각각 측정되어, 결핵성 흉수가 다른 원인의 흉수에 비해 IL-2R 농도가 의 있게 높았으며, IFN-${\gamma}$ 농도도 높은 경향을 나타내었으며, 부폐렴 삼출액에서는 IL-10농도가 다른 원인의 흉수에 비해 의미있게 높았다. 결론 : 결론적으로 흉수 내의 IL-2R농도 측정은 결핵성 흉수와 다른 원인의 흉수를 감별하는데 어느 정도 도움이 될 것으로 사료되며, IL-10 측정은 부폐렴 삼출액과 다른 원인의 흉수를 감별하는데 어느 정도 도움을 줄 것으로 생각된다.