• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.631-646
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• 2011

중간엽 줄기 세포는 다분화능을 가지고 있으며 골수, 지방, 태반, 치아속질, 윤활막, 편도 및 가슴샘 등 인체의 다양한 조직에서 분리된다. 중간엽 줄기세포는 조직의 항상성을 조절하며 다분화능, 분리와 조작의 용이함, 암세포로의 화학주성 및 면역 반응 조절 등의 특징을 가지고 있어서 재생 의학, 암 치료 및 식대주 질환(GVHD) 등에 이용할 수 있는 세포치료제로 주목 받고 있다. 하지만 주위 세포와 조직을 지지하고 조절하는 특징과 관련하여 중간엽 줄기세포가 혈관 생성을 촉진하고 성장인자를 분비하며 암세포를 공격하는 면역 반응을 억제함으로써 암의 진행을 촉진시킨다는 사실 또한 보고 되고 있다. 이러한 사실들로 인해 중간엽 줄기세포의 임상 적용이 제한되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 어떠한 기전을 통해서 중간엽 줄기세포가 암의 진행을 촉진하는 지지 세포로 기능하는지를 밝히기 위해서 인체 지방 조직에서 유래한 중간엽 줄기세포를 두 개의 암세포주(H460, U87MG)와 각각 공동 배양하고 microarray를 이용해서 암세포와 공동 배양되지 않은 중간엽 줄기세포와 유전자의 발현을 비교하였다. 두 암세포주와 공동배양에서 공통적으로 2배 이상 차이 나는 유전자를 DAVID (Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery)와 PANTHER (Protein ANalysis THrough Evolutionary Relationships)를 이용해 분석하였으며 생물학적 과정, 분자적 기능, 세포의 구성 성분, 단백질의 종류, 질병과 인체 조직 그리고 신호전달에 관련된 정보를 획득하였다. 이를 통해서 암세포는 중간엽 줄기세의 분화, 증식, 에너지 대사, 세포의 구조 및 분비기능을 조절하여 유전자의 발현 양상을 암 연관 섬유모세포(cancer associated fibroblast)와 유사한 세포로 변형 시킨다는 사실을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과는 중간엽 줄기세포를 이용한 임상 치료제의 효과와 안정성을 개선하는데 응용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.83-88
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• 2020

Purpose: Growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) and myostatin (MSTN) are closely-related transforming growth factor β family members reported to play crucial roles in bone formation. We previously reported that, in contrast to MSTN, GDF11 promotes osteogenesis of vertebrae and limbs. GDF11 has been also reported as an important regulator in tooth development by inducing differentiation of pulp stem cells into odontoblasts for reparative dentin formation. The goal of this study was to investigate the differential roles of GDF11 and MSTN in dental and cranial bone formation. Methods: Micro-computed tomography analysis was performed on cranial bones, including frontal, parietal, and interparietal bones, and lower incisors of wild-type, Gdf11 knockout (Gdf11-/-), and Mstn knockout (Mstn-/-) mice. Tissue volume, thickness, and mineral density were evaluated for both cranial bone and lower incisors. Lower incisor lengths were also measured. Because Gdf11-/- mice die shortly after birth, analysis was performed on newborn (P0) mice. Results: Compared to those of Mstn-/- mice, cranial bone volume, thickness, and mineral density levels were all significantly diminished in Gdf11-/- mice. Tissue mineral density of Gdf11-/- mice were also significantly decreased compared to wild-type mice. Likewise, lower incisor length, tissue volume, thickness, and mineral density levels were all significantly reduced in Gdf11-/- mice compared to Mstn-/- mice. Incisor length was also significantly decreased in Gdf11-/- mice compared to wild-type mice. Mstn-/- mice exhibited mildly increased levels of tissue volume, thickness, and density in cranial bone and lower incisor compared to wild-type mice although statistically not significant. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that GDF11, unlike MSTN, endogenously promotes cranial bone and tooth development.

• 한국동물생명공학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.239-245
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• 2022

Protein and peptide candidates are screened to apply therapeutic application as a drug. Ensuring that these candidates are delivered and maximized effectiveness is still challenging and a variety of studies are ongoing. As drug delivery system vehicles, cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) can deliver various kinds of cargo into the cell cytosol. In a previous study, we developed Ara27 CPP, which are a zinc knuckle family protein of Arabidopsis, and confirmed internalization in human dermal fibroblasts and human dental pulp stem cells at low concentration with short time treatment condition without any toxicity. Ara27, an amphipathic CPP, could be modified and utilized in the biomedical field excluding the risk of toxicity. Therefore, we would like to confirm the non-toxic induced penetrating ability of Ara27 in various cell lines. The purpose of this study was to screen the cell internalization ability of Ara27 in various cell lines and to confirm Ara27 as a promising core CPP structure. First, Ara27 was screened to confirm non-toxicity concentration. Then, fluorescence-labeled Ara27 was treated on human normal cell lines, cancer cell lines and animal cell lines to identify the cellular internalization of Ara27. Ara27 was well intracellular localized in all cell lines and the intensity of fluorescence was remarkably increased in time pass manner. These results indicate that Ara27 has the potential as a core structure for applications in various drug delivery systems.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.279-288
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• 2007

In the present study, we focused on stem cells in the dental papilla of the tooth germ. The tooth germ, sometimes called the tooth bud, is the primordial structure from which a tooth is formed. The tooth germ consists of the enamel organ, the dental papilla, and the dental follicle. The dental papilla lies below a cellular aggregation of the enamel organ. Mesenchymal cells within the dental papilla are responsible for formation of dentin and pulp of a tooth. Tooth germ disappears as a tooth is formed, but that of a third molar stays in the jawbone of a human until the age of 10 to 16, because third molars grow slowly. Impacted third molar tooth germs from young adults are sometimes extracted for orthodontic treatment. In the present study, we evaluated the osteogenic activity and mineralization of cultured human dental papilla-derived cells. Dental papillas were harvested from mandible during surgical extraction of lower impacted third molar from 3 patients aged 13-15 years. After passage 3, the dental papilla-derived cells were trypsinized and subsequently suspended in the osteogenic induction DMEM medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, 50 g/ml L-ascorbic acid 2-phosphate, 10 nM dexamethasone and 10 mM -glycerophosphate at a density of $1\;{\times}10^6\;cells/dish$ in a 100-mm culture dish. The dental papilla-derived cells were then cultured for 6 weeks and the medium was changes every 3 days during the incubation period. Dental papilla-derived cells showed positive alkaline phosphatase (ALP) staining during 42 days of culture period. The formation of ALP stain showed its maximal manifestation at day 7 of culture period, then decreased in intensity during the culture period. ALP mRNA level was largely elevated at 1 weeks and gradually decreased with culture time. Osteocalcin mRNA expression appeared at day 14 in culture, after that its expression continuously increased in a time-dependent manner up to day 28. The expression remained constant thereafter. Runx2 expression appeared at day 7 with no detection thereafter. Von Kossa-positive mineralization nodules were first present at day 14 in culture followed by an increased number of positive nodules during the entire duration of the culture period. Osteocalcin secretion was detectable in the culture medium from 1 week. The secretion of osteocalcin from dental papilla-derived cells into the medium greatly increased after 3 weeks although it showed a shallow increase by then. In conclusion, our study showed that cultured human dental papilla-derived cells differentiated into active osteoblastic cells that were involved in synthesis of bone matrix and the subsequent mineralization of the matrix.