• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.43-52
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• 2009

Fullerene의 유전독성을 평가하기 위하여 Chinese hamster유래의 난소유아세포(CHO-K1 cell)를 이용하여 직접법(-S9)과 대사활성화법(+S9 mix)의 염색체이상시험을 실시하였다. 시험물질은 1% CMC 나트륨염의 현탁액(1% CMC 용액)에 희석하여 조제하였다. 대사활성화를 시키지 않은 직접법의 염색체이상시험에서 24시간 투여군은 8단계의 농도(0.078, 0.156, 0.313, 0.625, 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10 mM)로 투여하여 실시하였다. 투여 농도 증가에 따른 염색체이상의 빈도가 증가하는 양상이 나타나지 않았다. 48시간의 투여군에서는 8단계의 농도(0.078, 0.156, 0.313, 0.625, 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10 mM)로 투여하여 실시하였는데 투여 농도 증가에 따른 염색체이상의 빈도가 증가하는 양상이 나타나지 않았다. 배수체의 염색체이상은 직접법에서 관찰되지 않았다. 대사활성화법을 이용하여 6시간 시험물질을 투여한 시험에 있어서는 8단계의 용량단계(0.078, 0.156, 0.313, 0.625, 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10mM)를 설정하였는데 투여 농도가 증가함에 따른 염색체이상빈도의 증가양상이 관찰되지 않았다. 이상의 결과를 종합할 때 본 시험물질은 본 시험 조건하에서 CHO-K1세포에서 대사활성화를 시켰을 때 염색체이상을 유발하지 않는 것으로 판단된다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.183-187
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• 2009

This study analyzed change of proteins in granulosa cells during the porcine follicuar development by proteomics techniques. Granulosa cells of the follicles, of which the diameter is $2{\sim}4\;mm$ and $6{\sim}10\;mm$, were collected from ovary of slaughtered pig that each follicle of diameter $1{\sim}4\;mm$ and $6{\sim}10\;mm$. We extracted glanulosa cell proteins by M-PER Mammalian Protein Extraction Reagent. Proteins were refined by clean-up kit and quantified by Bradford method until total protein was $200{\mu}l$. Immobilized pH gradient(IPG) strip used 18 cm, $3{\sim}10\;NL$. SDS-PAGE used 10% acrylamide gel. After silver staining, Melanie 7 and naked eye test were used for spot analyzation. Increasing proteins in glanulosa cell of $6{\sim}10\;mm$ follicle were 7 spots. This spots were analyzed by MALDI-TOF MS and searched on NCBInr. In results, 7 spots were similar to zinc/ling finger protein 3 precursor (RING finger protein 203), angiomotin, heat shock 60 kDa protein 1 (chaperonin) isoform 1 (HSP60), similar to transducin-like enhancer protein 1 (TLE 1), SH3 and PX domains 2A (SH3PXD2A). Those proteins were related with transfer between cells. Increase of proteins has an effect on follicular development.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2018

In this review, we have tried to summarize the evidence and molecular characterization indicating that $20{\alpha}$-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase ($20{\alpha}$-HSD) is a group of the aldo-keto reductase (AKR) family, and it plays roles in the modulation and regulation of steroid hormones. This enzyme plays a critical role in the regulation of luteal function in female mammals. We have studied the molecular expression and regulation of $20{\alpha}$-HSD in cows, pigs, deer, and monkeys. The specific antibody against bovine $20{\alpha}$-HSD was generated in a rabbit immunized with the purified recombinant protein. The mRNA expression levels increased gradually throughout the estrous cycle, the highest being in the corpus luteum (CL) 1 stage. The mRNA was also specifically detected in the placental and ovarian tissues during pregnancy. The $20{\alpha}$-HSD protein was intensively localized in the large luteal cells and placental cytotrophoblast villus, glandular epithelial cells of the endometrium, syncytiotrophoblast of the placenta, the isthmus cells of the oviduct, and the basal part of the primary chorionic villi and chorionic stem villus of the placenta and large luteal cells of the CL in many mammalian species. Further studies are needed to determine the functional significance of the $20{\alpha}$-HSD molecule during ovulation, pregnancy, and parturition. This article will review how fundamental information of these enzymes can be exploited for a better understanding of the reproductive organs during ovulation and pregnancy.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.189-225
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• 2021

The use of albendazole and mebendazole, i.e., benzimidazole broad-spectrum anthelmintics, in treatment of parasitic infections, as well as cancers, is briefly reviewed. These drugs are known to block the microtubule systems of parasites and mammalian cells leading to inhibition of glucose uptake and transport and finally cell death. Eventually they exhibit ovicidal, larvicidal, and vermicidal effects on parasites, and tumoricidal effects on hosts. Albendazole and mebendazole are most frequently prescribed for treatment of intestinal nematode infections (ascariasis, hookworm infections, trichuriasis, strongyloidiasis, and enterobiasis) and can also be used for intestinal tapeworm infections (taeniases and hymenolepiasis). However, these drugs also exhibit considerable therapeutic effects against tissue nematode/cestode infections (visceral, ocular, neural, and cutaneous larva migrans, anisakiasis, trichinosis, hepatic and intestinal capillariasis, angiostrongyliasis, gnathostomiasis, gongylonemiasis, thelaziasis, dracunculiasis, cerebral and subcutaneous cysticercosis, and echinococcosis). Albendazole is also used for treatment of filarial infections (lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, loiasis, mansonellosis, and dirofilariasis) alone or in combination with other drugs, such as ivermectin or diethylcarbamazine. Albendazole was tried even for treatment of trematode (fascioliasis, clonorchiasis, opisthorchiasis, and intestinal fluke infections) and protozoan infections (giardiasis, vaginal trichomoniasis, cryptosporidiosis, and microsporidiosis). These drugs are generally safe with few side effects; however, when they are used for prolonged time (>14-28 days) or even only 1 time, liver toxicity and other side reactions may occur. In hookworms, Trichuris trichiura, possibly Ascaris lumbricoides, Wuchereria bancrofti, and Giardia sp., there are emerging issues of drug resistance. It is of particular note that albendazole and mebendazole have been repositioned as promising anti-cancer drugs. These drugs have been shown to be active in vitro and in vivo (animals) against liver, lung, ovary, prostate, colorectal, breast, head and neck cancers, and melanoma. Two clinical reports for albendazole and 2 case reports for mebendazole have revealed promising effects of these drugs in human patients having variable types of cancers. However, because of the toxicity of albendazole, for example, neutropenia due to myelosuppression, if high doses are used for a prolonged time, mebendazole is currently more popularly used than albendazole in anti-cancer clinical trials.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.133-143
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• 2021

In contrast to the human lutropin receptor (hLHR) and rat LHR (rLHR), very few naturally occurring mutants in other mammalian species have been identified. The present study aimed to delineate the mechanism of signal transduction by three constitutively activating mutants (designated M410T, L469R, and D590Y) and two inactivating mutants (D383N and Y546F) of the eel LHR, known to be naturally occurring in human LHR transmembrane domains. The mutants were constructed and measured cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) accumulation via homogeneous time-resolved fluorescence assays in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO)-K1 cells. The activating mutant cells expressing eel LHR-M410T, L469R, and D590Y exhibited a 4.0-, 19.1-, and 7.8-fold increase in basal cAMP response without agonist treatment, respectively. However, inactivating mutant cells expressing D417N and Y558F did not completely impaired signal transduction. Specifically, signal transduction in the cells expressing activating mutant L469R was not occurred with a further ligand stimulation, showing that the maximal response exhibited approximately 53% of those of wild type receptor. Our results suggested that the constitutively activating mutants of the eel LHR consistently occurred without agonist treatment. These results provide important information of LHR function in fish and regulation with regard to mutations of highly conserved amino acids in glycoprotein hormone receptors.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.339-347
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• 2012

동물세포배양 유래 생물의약품 생산 공정에서 다양한 외래성 바이러스가 오염된 사례가 있기 때문에 바이러스 안전성 보증을 위한 바이러스 검출시험이 필수적이다. Reovirus (Reo), bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), bovine parainfluenza virus (BPIV)는 동물 세포주와 동물 세포 배양 공정에 오염되는 대표적인 RNA 바이러스이다. 세포배양 유래 생물의약품의 안전성을 확보하기 위해, 세포주, 원료물질, 제조공정, 완제품에서 Reo, BVDV, BPIV를 동시에 검출할 수 있는 Multiplex Reverse Transcription (RT)-PCR 시험법을 확립하였다. Reo, BVDV, BPIV에 특이적인 primer를 선별하였으며, multiplex RT-PCR 시험법을 최적화하였다. Reo, BVDV, BPIV를 동시에 검출할 수 있는 multiplex RT-PCR 시험법의 민감도는 각각 $7.76{\times}10^2\;TCID_{50}/ml$, $7.44{\times}10^1\;TCID_{50}/ml$, $6.75{\times}10^1\;TCID_{50}/ml$이었다. 확립된 multiplex RT-PCR을 생물의약품 제조공정 검증에 적용할 수 있는지 확인하기 위하여 인위적으로 각 바이러스를 오염시킨 CHO 세포에서 검출 시험을 실시한 결과 각 바이러스를 감염시킨 CHO 세포와 세포배양 상청액에서 각 바이러스를 검출할 수 있었다. 위와 같은 결과에서 확립된 multiplex RT-PCR시험법은 세포주, 원료물질, 제조공정, 완제품에서 Reo, BVDV, BPIV를 동시에 검출할 수 있는 특이성과 민감성이 우수한 시험법임을 확인하였다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.1652-1657
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• 2011

혈액세포의 분화와 성장은 20 여종 이상의 성장인자에 의해 조절된다. 혈액세포 생산에 관여하는 인자를 조혈 성장인자(hematopoitic growth factor)라고 한다. 조혈성장인자를 임상적으로 사용하기 위해 원핵생물 또는 진핵 생물 생산 시스템에서 재조합 단백질로 생산되고 있다. 그 중에서 Glranulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor(G-CSF)는 호중구 세포 수가 감소된 암환자와 선천성 질병을 가진 환자에게 임상적 치료제로 아주 중요한 역할을 한다. 이 환자들은 충분하지 못한 호중구 세포로 말미암아 감염에 대한 위험이 아주 높으며 치사율 또한 높다. 두 종류의 재조합 G-CSF가 항암치료 후 발생하는 부작용으로 나타나는 호중구 세포 감소증 치료에 사용되고 있다. G-CSF의 중요성에 맞추어 G-CSF의 물리적 및 생물학적 기능에 대한 특성을 설명하였으며, 또한 항암치료와 G-CSF의 임상적 사용에 대한 연관성을 토론하였다. 마지막으로 두 종류의 재조합 G-CSF인 non-glycosylated G-CSF, filgrastim과 glycosylated G-CSF를 비교 설명하였으며, 이들 기존의 G-CSF에 비교되는 바이오시밀러에 대한 전망을 제시하였다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.343-352
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• 2006

Sialic acid is a sugar typically found at the N-glycan termini of glycoproteins in mammalian cells. Lec3 CHO cell mutants are deficient in epimerase activity, due to a defect in the gene that encodes a bifunctional UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase/ManNAc kinase (GNE). Sialic acid modification on the cell surface is partially affected in these cells. We have mutagenized Lec3 CHO cells and isolated six mutants (termed C2m) deficient in the cell surface expression of polysialic acid (PSA). Mutant C2m9 was partially defective in expression of cell-surface PSA and wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) binding, while in the other five mutants, both cell-surface PSA and WGA binding were undetectable. PSA expression was restored by complementation with the gene encoding the CMP-sialic acid transporter (CST), indicating that CST mutations were responsible for the phenotypes of the C2m cells. We characterized the CST mutations in these cells by Northern blotting and RT-PCR. C2m9 and C2m45 carried missense mutations resulting in glycine to glutamate substitutions at amino acids 217 (G217E) and 256 (G256E), respectively. C2m13, C2m39 and C2m31 had nonsense mutations that resulted in decreased CST mRNA stability, and C2m34 carried a putative splice site mutation. PSA and CD15s expression in CST-deficient Lec2 cells were partially rescued by G217E CST, but not by G256E CST, although both proteins were expressed at similar levels, and localized to the Golgi. These results indicate that the novel missense mutations isolated in this study affect CST activity.

• 한국발생생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국발생생물학회 2003년도 제3회 국제심포지움 및 학술대회
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• pp.84-84
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• 2003

DNA methylation is involved in epigenetic processes such as X-chromosome inactivation, imprinting and silencing of transposons. DNA methylation is a highly plastic and critical component of mammalian development The DNA methyltransferases (Dnmts) are responsible for the generation of genomic methylation patterns, which lead to transcriptional silencing. The maintenance DNA methyltransferase enzyme, Dnmt 1, and the de novo methyltransferase, Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b, are indispensable for development because mice homozygous for the targeted disruption of any of these genes are not viable. The occurrence of DNA methylation is not random, and it can result in gene silencing The mechanisms underlying these processes are poorly understood. It is well established that DNA methylation and histone deacetylation operate along a common mechanistic pathway to repress transcription through the action of methyl-binding domain proteins (MBDs), which are components of, or recruit, histone deacetylase (HDAC) complexes to methylated DNA. As a basis for future studies on the role of the DNA-methyl-transferase in porcine development, we have isolated and characterized a partial cDNA coding for the porcine Dnmt1. Total RNA of testis, lung and ovary was isolated with TRlzol according to the manufacture's specifications. 5 ug of total RNA was reverse transcribed with Super Script II in the presence of porcine Dnmt 1 specific primers. Standard PCRs were performed in a total volume of 50 ul with cDNA as template. Two DNA fragmenets in different position were produced about 700bp, 1500bp and were cloned into pCR II-TOPO according to the manufacture's specification. Assembly of all sequences resulted in a cDNA from 158bp of 5'to 4861bp of 3'compare with the known human maintenance methyltransferase. Now, we are cloning the unknown Dnmt 1 region by 5'-RACE method and expression of Dnmt 1 in tissues from adult porcine animals.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.248-254
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 CHO 세포를 이용해 세포를 별도의 적응기간 없이 무혈청 배지에서 배양했을 때 세포의 증식이 중단되는 원인을 찾고 배지 첨가 성분을 통해 이를 개선하고자 했다. 현재 개발된 무혈청 배지는 아직까지 혈청을 대체할 만한 성분을 포함하고 있지 않다. 때문에 무혈청 배지에 적응되지 않은 비적응 세포의 경우 계대 배양에 한계가 있다. 이런 한계가 나타나는 원인은 다양할 것으로 생각이 되지만 혈청의 부재로 인해 세포가 받게 되는 스트레스와 그로 인한 세포주기의 정지가 가장 근본적인 원인으로 생각된다. 무혈청 배지에서 세포가 받는 스트레스의 정도를 알아보고 배양 환경과 첨가물에 따른 ROS 농도의 변화를 측정하기 위해 배지와 세포의 ROS 농도를 측정하였다. ROS 농도를 측정한 결과 무혈청 상태에서 세포내 ROS가 엄청난 양으로 증가하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이것은 혈청이 항산화능력을 갖고 있어서가 아니라 세포가 무혈청 환경에서 극심한 스트레스상태에 놓이기 때문인 것으로 생각된다. 이렇듯 증가한 ROS가 세포의 증식이 멈추게 되는 원인 중 하나로 생각되고, 항산화제를 첨가한 경우에도 증식력이나 ROS의 농도에 큰 차이가 없었던 것으로 미루어 보아 근본적으로 혈청과 같은 강력하게 증식을 촉진하는 성분을 배지에 첨가해야 할 것으로 여겨진다. ROS 이외에 세포의 증식이 멈추는 또 다른 원인으로 세포사멸의 여부를 확인했다. 무혈청 배지에서 배양한 적응세포와 비적응 세포 모두 특별한 세포사멸의 징후가 나타나지 않았다. 또한 무혈청 배지에서 증식이 멈춘 세포를 회수해 다시 혈청배지에서 배양한 경우 곧바로 증식력이 회복되기 때문에 대규모의 세포사멸은 발생하지 않는 것으로 생각된다. 위와 같은 현상들은 모두 혈청이 없기 때문에 발생하는 것으로 혈청을 대체할 수 있는 첨가물을 배지에 더해주면 세포의 증식이 개선될 것이다. 그래서 몇 가지 첨가물을 이용해 세포의 증식력에 변화가 나타나는지 알아보았다. 첨가물을 이용한 실험에서 IGF-I의 경우 장기간 배양에서 세포의 수를 안정적으로 유지하고 계대 횟수를 증가시키는 효과를 보였다. 이는 IGF-I이 어느정도 세포의 증식을 유지시켜주는 역할을 하기 때문인 것으로 생각된다. 무혈청 배지에서 비적응 CHO 세포의 계대 배양에 한계가 있는 것은 세포주기가 멈추기 때문인 것으로 생각된다. 세포주기가 멈추는 growth factor와 같이 세포의 증식을 지속적으로 유도할 수 있는 물질이 무혈청 배지에서는 부족하기 때문인 것으로 생각되고, IGF-I과 같은 첨가물을 통해 극복할 수 있는 문제라고 여겨진다.