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Differential expression patterns of gangliosides in the tissues and cells of NIH-mini pig kidneys

  • Cho, Jin-Hyoung;Kim, Ji-Su;Lee, Young-Choon;Oh, Keon-Bong;Kwak, Dong-Hoon;Kim, Won-Sin;Hwang, Seong-Soo;Ko, Ki-Sung;Chang, Kyu-Tae;Choo, Young-Kug
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • 제14권2호
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    • pp.83-89
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    • 2010
  • Gangliosides are a ubiquitous component of the membranes of mammalian cells that have been suggested to play important roles in various cell functions such as cell-cell interaction, adhesion, cell differentiation, growth control and signaling. However, the role that gangliosides play in the immune rejection response in xenotransplantation is not yet clearly understood. In this study, differential expression patterns of gangliosides in HEK293 (human embryonic kidney cells), PK15 (porcine kidney cells), NIH-kd (NIH-mini pig kidney cells, primary cultured) and the cortex, medulla and calyx of the NIH-mini pig kidney were investigated by high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC). The results revealed that HEK293, PK15 and NIH-kd contained GM3, GM2 and GD3 as major gangliosides. Moreover, GM3, which are the gangliosides of NIH-kd, were expressed at higher levels than HEK293 and PK15. Especially, GT1b were expressed in HEK293 and NIH-kd but not in PK15. Finally, GM1 and GD1a were expressed in NIH-kd, but not in HEK293 or PK15. These results suggest that differential expression patterns of gangliosides from HEK293, PK15 and NIH-kd are related to the immune rejection response in xenotransplantation.

Effect of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid on the Gustatory Nucleus Tractus Solitarius in Rats

  • Kim, Mi-Won;Park, Ha-Ok;Pahng, Mong-Sook;Park, Sang-Won;Kim, Sun-Hun;Jung, Ji-Yeon;Jeong, Yeon-Jin;Kim, Won-Jae
    • International Journal of Oral Biology
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    • 제30권3호
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    • pp.91-98
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    • 2005
  • Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is known as an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the neurons of the central nervous system. However, its detailed action mechanisms in the rostral gustatory zone of the nucleus tractus solitarius (rNTS) have not been established. The present study was aimed to investigate the distribution, role and action mechanisms of GABA in rNTS. Membrane potentials were recorded by whole cell recordings in isolated brain slices of the rat medulla. Superfusion of GABA resulted in a concentration-dependent reduction in input resistance in the neurons in rNTS. The change in input resistance ws accompanied by response to a depolarizing pulse were diminished by GABA. Superfusion of the slices with either $GABA_A$ agonist, muscimol, $GABA_B$ agonist, baclofen or $GABA_C$ agonist, TACA, decreased input resistance and reduced the nerve activity in association with membrane hyperpolarization. It is suggested that inhibitory signals playa role in sensory processing by the rNTS, in that GABA actions occur through activation of $GABA_A,\;GABA_B\;and\;GABA_C$ receptor. These results suggest that GABA has an inhibitory effect on the rNTS through an activation of $GABA_A,\;GABA_B\;and\;GABA_C$ receptors and that the GABAergic inhibition probably plays an important role in sensory processing by the rNTS.

마우스(mouse)를 이용한 건축물 마감재료 연소가스 SO2의 독성생체지표 연구 (A Study on Toxicity Bio-markers of a Mouse using Combustion Gas SO2 generated from Fire)

  • 이동호;조남욱;최순영
    • 대한안전경영과학회지
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    • 제14권1호
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    • pp.43-51
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    • 2012
  • This study was carried out to observe the impacts of a mouse's inhalation of toxic gas SO2 generated from combustion on its organs by different concentrations. As for research methods: First, after concentrations of SO2 generation from combustion had been set to three: low (10.4 ppm), middle (24.9 ppm) and high (122 ppm) through Gas Toxicity Testing Method (KS F 2271) and SO2 combustion gas was exposed to eight mice in each concentration. Five mice that were able to move based on LD50, a criterion, which sets the down time of a mouse's average behaviors to over 9 minutes, were randomly selected in each concentration, and they were set up as the subjects of the study on toxicity bio-markers. Second, tissues were taken from heart, liver, lungs, spleen and the thymus gland of the mice selected in each concentration and a pathological examination of them was carried out. As a result, microvascular congestion appeared in the heart, and cell necrosis, cortex congestion and tubule medulla congestion, etc. in each concentration were observed in addition to vascular congestion in liver, lungs, spleen and the thymus gland. Also, it was found that the higher the concentrations of SO2 exposure is, the greater, the changes in the organs get. Through this study, SO2 of various toxic gases generated from fire turned out to affect the tissues of each organ of a mouse, it is expected that the toxic gases may greatly affect human body in case of actual fire, and this study is evaluated as having a significance as a basic data on inhalation toxicity assessment of toxic substances generated in combustion.

탈색된 머리카락의 미세구조적 변화 (Ultrastructural Changes of Hair Treated with Bleaching Agent)

  • 장병수;이귀영
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • 제36권1호
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    • pp.25-33
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    • 2006
  • 정상성인 여성의 머리카락에 미용실에서 일반적으로 시술하는 탈색제를 사용한 다음 탈색직후, 탈색 후 10일, 20일이 경과한 머리카락을 채취하여 머리카락의 손상정도를 고배율의 투과 및 주사전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 탈색직후 머리카락의 표면은 정상 머리카락과 비슷한 상태로 관찰되었으며 비늘이 분리되거나 손상됨 없이 나타났다. 탈색 후 10일 경과된 머리카락은 비늘이 분리되어 있고 일부 큐티클세포의 세포질은 조각이 나 있거나 떨어져 나갔다. 이 시기에 머리카락은 비늘이 떨어져 나가면서 표면에 세포부스러기들이 그대로 부착되어 있고, 비늘의 모양은 끝 쪽이 날카로운 모양을 하고 있었다. 탈색 후 20일이 경과된 머리카락은 표면 전체가 비늘의 분리에 의해서 거칠게 나타났다.

Dual Effect of Dynorphin A on Single-Unit Spike Potentials in Rat Trigeminal Nucleus

  • Lee, Keun-Mi;Han, Hee-Seok;Jang, Jae-Hee;Ahn, Doug-Kuk;Park, Jae-Sik
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • 제5권3호
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    • pp.213-221
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    • 2001
  • The amygdala is known as a site for inducing analgesia, but its action on the trigeminal nucleus has not been known well. Little information is available on the effect of dynorphin on NMDA receptor-mediated electrophysiological events in the trigeminal nucleus. The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in the single neuron spikes at the trigeminal nucleus caused by the amygdala and the action of dynorphin on the trigeminal nucleus. In the present study, extracellular single unit recordings were made in the dorsal horn of the medulla (trigeminal nucleus caudalis) and the effects of microiontophoretically applied compounds were examined. When [D-Ala2, N-Me-Phe4, Glys5-ol]enkephalin (DAMGO, 10-25 mM), a ${\mu}-opioid$ receptor agonist, was infused into the amygdala, the number of NMDA-evoked spikes at the trigeminal nucleus decreased. However, the application of naloxone into the trigeminal nucleus while DAMGO being infused into the amygdala increased the number of spikes. Low dose (1 mM) of dynorphin in the trigeminal nucleus produced a significant decrease in NMDA-evoked spikes of the trigeminal nucleus but the NMDA-evoked responses were facilitated by a high dose (5 mM) of dynorphin. After the ${\kappa}$ receptors were blocked with naloxone, dynorphin induced hyperalgesia. After the NMDA receptors were blocked with AP5, dynorphin induced analgesia. In conclusion, dynorphin A exerted dose-dependent dual effects (increased & decreased spike activity) on NMDA-evoked spikes in the trigeminal nucleus. The inhibitory effect of the dynorphin at a low concentration was due to the activation of ${\kappa}$ receptors and the excitatory effect at a high concentration was due to activation of NMDA receptors in the trigeminal neurons.

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Methanol Extract of Goat's-beard (Aruncus dioicus) Reduces Renal Injury by Inhibiting Apoptosis in a Rat Model of Ischemia-Reperfusion

  • Baek, Hae-Sook;Lim, Sun-Ha;Ahn, Ki-Sung;Lee, Jong-Won
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.101-108
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    • 2012
  • Interruption or prolonged reduction and subsequent restoration of blood flow into the kidney triggers the generation of a burst of reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to injury in the tubular epithelial cells. In this study, we determined whether methanol extract of goat's-beard (Aruncus dioicus) (extract) could prevent this ischemia/reperfusion injury. When in vitro radical scavenging activity of the extract was measured using a DPPH radical quenching assay, the extract displayed slightly lower activity than ascorbic acid. One hour after administration of the extract (400 mg/kg) by intraperitoneal injection in rats, renal ischemia/reperfusion injury was generated by clamping the left renal artery for forty minutes, followed by 24 hr restoration of blood circulation. Prior to clamping the left renal artery, the right renal artery was removed. Compared with the vehicle-treated group, pretreatment with the extract significantly reduced the tubular epithelial cell injury by 37% in the outer medulla region, and consequently reduced serum creatinine concentration by 39%. Reduction in the cell injury was mediated by attenuation of Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, inhibition of caspase-3 activation from procaspase-3, and subsequent reduction in the number of apoptotic cells. Thus, goat's-beard (Aruncus dioicus) might be developed as a prophylactic agent to prevent acute kidney injury.

Modulation of Sarcodon Aspratus on lon Currents-induced by Excitatory Neurotransmitters in Rat Periaqueductal Gray Neurons

  • Kim, Sung-Tae;Sung, Yun-Hee;Kim, Chang-Ju;Joo, Kwan-Joong;Han, Seung-Ho;Lee, Choong-Yeol;Kim, Youn-Sub
    • 동의생리병리학회지
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    • 제20권6호
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    • pp.1672-1677
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    • 2006
  • Sarcodon aspratus is the mushroom of Telephoracea which was been classified into Alphllophorales. The aqueous extract of Sarcodon aspratus in known to have anti-tumor activity, immune modulatory effect, and anti-oxidative action. The descending pain control system consists of three major components: the periaqueductal gray (PAG) of the midbrain, the rostroventral medulla including the nucleus raphe magnus, and the spinal dorsal horn. Glutamate is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain. Glutamate ionotropic receptors are classified as N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, ${\alpha}$-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA) receptor, and kainate receptor. In the present study, the modulation of Sarcodon aspratus on the ion currents activated by glutamate, NMDA, AMPA, and kainate in the acutely dissociated PAG neurons was investigated by nystatin-perforated patch-clamp technique under boltage-clamp condition. Sarcodon aspratus increased glutamate- and NMDA-induced ion currents were not increased by Sarcodon aspratus. The present results show that Sarcodon aspratus may activate the descending pain control system in rat PAG neurons through NMDA receptor.

Neural-Cadherin Influences the Homing of Terminally Differentiated Memory CD8 T Cells to the Lymph Nodes and Bone Marrow

  • Kim, Kyong Hoon;Choi, Aryeong;Kim, Sang Hoon;Song, Heonju;Jin, Seohoon;Kim, Kyungim;Jang, Jaebong;Choi, Hanbyeul;Jung, Yong Woo
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • 제44권11호
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    • pp.795-804
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    • 2021
  • Memory T (TM) cells play an important role in the long-term defense against pathogen reinvasion. However, it is still unclear how these cells receive the crucial signals necessary for their longevity and homeostatic turnover. To understand how TM cells receive these signals, we infected mice with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) and examined the expression sites of neural cadherin (N-cadherin) by immunofluorescence microscopy. We found that N-cadherin was expressed in the surroundings of the white pulps of the spleen and medulla of lymph nodes (LNs). Moreover, TM cells expressing high levels of killer cell lectin-like receptor G1 (KLRG1), a ligand of N-cadherin, were co-localized with N-cadherin+ cells in the spleen but not in LNs. We then blocked N-cadherin in vivo to investigate whether it regulates the formation or function of TM cells. The numbers of CD127hiCD62Lhi TM cells in the spleen of memory P14 chimeric mice declined when N-cadherin was blocked during the contraction phase, without functional impairment of these cells. In addition, when CD127loKLRG1hi TM cells were adoptively transferred into anti-N-cadherin-treated mice compared with control mice, the number of these cells was reduced in the bone marrow and LNs, without functional loss. Taken together, our results suggest that N-cadherin participates in the development of CD127hiCD62Lhi TM cells and homing of CD127loKLRG1hi TM cells to lymphoid organs.

Effect of Methanol Extract from Cassia mimosoides var. nomame on Ischemia/Reperfusion-induced Renal Injury in Rats

  • Baek, Hae Sook;Lim, Sun Ha;Ahn, Ki Sung;Lee, Jong Won
    • 대한본초학회지
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    • 제28권6호
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    • pp.135-143
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    • 2013
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study was to determine whether the methanol extract of Cassia mimosoides var. nomame Makino, a naturally growing plant in Korea, could prevent the renal-ischemia/reperfusion injury in a rat model or not. Methods : The radical scavenging activities of the extracts, and ascorbic acid as a positive control, were measured in vitro. At one hour after an intraperitoneal injection of the extract (400 mg/kg), renal ischemia/reperfusion injury was generated by 40 min clamping of the left renal artery in rats. After renal ischemia/reperfusion and 24 hr restoration of blood circulation, the serum creatinine concentration was measured. And the extent of epithelial cell injury and apoptosis was assessed by various staining technologies. The Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and activated caspase-3 were assessed by immunohistochemistry. Results : The extract showed a slightly lower level of radical scavenging activity than that of ascorbic acid. Compared to those of the vehicle-treated group, the extract-treated group displayed a significantly smaller tubular epithelial cell injury of 54% reduction in the outer medulla region and a lower serum creatinine concentration of 50% reduction. It seems that the reduction in cellular injury is due to the attenuation of the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, and the inhibition of caspase-3 activation by the extract of Cassia mimosoides. Conclusions : Cassia mimosoides var. nomame Makino could be a good candidate for a prophylactic agent against the ischemia/reperfusion/induced kidney injury.

광학 현미경을 이용한 모발 내부 다공성 평가 및 모발 내부 밀도 증가를 통한 윤기 증가 연구 (Study on Evaluation of Internal Hair Porosity using Optical Microscopy and Improvement of Hair Luster through Internal Hair Density)

  • 박현섭;손성길;강내규;이익현
    • 대한화장품학회지
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    • 제49권3호
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    • pp.225-230
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    • 2023
  • 본 연구에서는 모발 내부의 다공성 구조를 광학 현미경을 이용하여 모발의 손상 없이 관찰하였으며, 해당 결과를 이용하여 모발 내부 다공성을 정량적으로 표현하고자 하였다. 모발 내부 밀도 저하가 모발의 굽힘 및 인장 특성에 미치는 영향에 대한 실험을 진행하였으며, 모발 내부의 밀도 저하를 발생시키는 원인에 대하여 알아보고자 내인적 요인과 외인적 요인에 대한 실험을 실시하였다. 내인적 요인으로는 노화의 대표 증상의 하나인 흰머리의 다공성을 평가 정상 모발과 비교하였다. 외인적 요인으로는 일상생활에서 대표적으로 모발의 손상을 유발할 수 있는 요인인 계면활성제와 열에 의하여 모발 내부 밀도가 감소 하는 것을 관찰하였다. 또한, 아미노산과 모발 지질 소질을 방지할 수 있는 소재를 이용하여 모발 내부 밀도를 증가시키고 윤기를 증가시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.