• 한국동물학회지
• /
• 제39권1호
• /
• pp.65-74
• /
• 1996

재생중인 양서류의 다리에 레티노익산을 처리하면 패턴 복제가 유발되며 이러한 현상은 탈분화 정도와 깊이 연관이 있다. 본 연구에서는 한국산 도롱뇽(Hynobius leechii)과 멕시코산 도롱뇽의 일종인 엑소로틀(Ambystoma mexicanum)의 다리 재생 과정에서 탈분화 과정에 관여할 것으로 추정되는 트립신 및 키모트립신과 유사한 단백질 분해 효소의 활성도를 재생 단계에 따라 조사해 봄으로써 이들 단백질 분해효소의 활성도와 레티노익산에 의해 증가되는 탈분화 상태의 정도사이에 상관 관계가 있는지를 알아 보고자 하였으며 다리 생산 기간중 상기 효소의 활성도 변화에 종 특이적 차이가 존재하는 지를 알아보고자 하였다. 연구 결과, 이들 효소의 활성도는 탈분화시기에서 최대에 도달함을 알수 있었고 레티노익산 처리는 트립신 유사 단백질 분해 효소의 활성도를 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 효과는 한국산 도롱뇽에서 두드러졌고 이는 레티노익산 처리에 의한 반응에 종 특이적 차이가 있음을 반영하는 것으로 해석 되었다. 본 연구 결과는 트립신 및 키모트립신 유사 단백질 분해 효소가 재생중인 다리의 탈분화 과정에 중요한 작용을 하고 있으며, 이들 단백질 분해 효소가 레티노익산 처리에 의한 탈분화 과정의 강화에 관여하리라는 것을 암시한다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
• /
• 제5권4호
• /
• pp.234-238
• /
• 2000

The cleavage products formed by autoxidation of phytofluene were evaluated in order to elucidate possible oxidation products of phytofluene under oxidative conditions. Phytofluene solubilized at 50$\mu$M in liposomal suspension was oxidized by incubating at 37$^{\circ}C$ for 72 h. Among a number of oxidation products formed, five products in the carbonyl compound fraction were identified as 6, 10, 14-trimethylpentadeca-3,5,9,13-tetraen-2-one, phytapentaenal, 5,9,13,17-tetramethyloctadeca-2,4,6,8,12,16-hexaenal, 5,9,13,17-tetramethyloctadeca-2,4,8,12,16-pentaenal, 2,7,11,15,19-pentamethylicosa-2,4,6,10,14,18-hexaenal and 4,9,13,17,21-pentamethyldocosa-2,4,6,8,12,16,20-heptaenal. These correspond to a series of products formed by cleavage in the respective eight conjugated double bonds of phytofluene. Also, 4,5-didehydorgeranyl geranoic acid was formed by autoxidation of phytofluene in liposomal suspension. The pig liver homogenate had the ability to convert phytapentaenal to 4,5-didehydrogeranyl geranoic acid, comparable to the conversion of all-trans-retinal to all-trans-retinoic acid. These results suggest that phytofluene is cleaved to a series of long-chain and short-chain carbonyl compounds under the oxidative condition in vitro and that phytapentaenal is further enzymatically converted to 4,5-didehydrogeranyl geranoic acid.

• 한국동물번식학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국동물번식학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표대회
• /
• pp.272-272
• /
• 2004

The objective of this study is to test whether human embryonic stem cells expressing Nurr1 (Nurr1-transfected hES cells) could be expressed TH according to neuronal differentiation. As an effort to direct differentiation of hES (MB03 registered in NIH) cells to dopamine-producing neuronal cells, Nurr1 was transfected using conventional transfection protocol into MB03 cell and examined the expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) after differentiation induced by retinoic acid (RA) and ascorbic acid (AA). (omitted)

• 한국동물학회지
• /
• 제37권1호
• /
• pp.40-48
• /
• 1994

세포분화에 따른 Small GTP-binding protein의 역할을 밝히기 위하여 Retinoic acid(RA)와 dibutyryl cyclic AMP(dbcAMP)로 분화를 유도한 F9 기형암종세포의 형태적인 변화와 함께 Small GTP-binding protein의 분포를 조사하였다. RA와 dbcAMP를 처리한 세포는 분화유도 5일경(초기 분화 단계)에 분명한 세포의 경계를 보이기 시작하여 7일경(분화 후기 단계)에는 거의 모든 세포가 등근 분화된 형태로 전환되었다. 이 분화과정 동안 세포막에는 많은 microvilli와 lamellopodia 같은 구조물이 나타났다. 아울러 초기 분화 단계에 많은 량의 laminin이 발현되었으며 분화 후기에 microtubule의 재분포가 관찰되었다. 세종류의 Small GTP-binding protein(25 23, 21 KD)이 F9 세포의 막성분과 세포질에서 관찰되었으며 분화가 진행됨에 따라서 세단백질 모두 증가되는 양상을 보였다 이러한 결과는 Small GTP-binding protein이 F9 세포의 분화에 특별한 기능을 가지고 있음을 시사해 주고 있다.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
• /
• 제24권2호
• /
• pp.238-254
• /
• 1994

Cyclosporine A is an immunosuppressant commonly used for patients receiving organ transplants. Gingival overgrowth is an adverse side-effect seen in about 8-26% of patients taking cyclosporine A which have been shown to increase the DNA synthesis of gingival fibroblast at the concentration of $10^{-9}g/ml$ in vitro. Glycyrrhetinic acid is the active pharmacological ingredients of licorice which exerts steroid-like action and anti-viral activity. Oleanolic acid, which were isolated from Glechoma hederacea, has been shown to act as inhibitors of tumor promotion in vivo and to be less cytotoxic retinoic acid. This study has been performed to evaluate the effects of glycyrrhetinic acid and oleanolic acid on cyclosporine A induced cell activity in vitro. Human gingival fibroblasts were isolated from explant cultures of healthy gingiva of orthodontic patients. Gingival fibroblasts were trypsinized and transferred to the walls of microtest plates. Fibroblasts were cultured in growth medium added $10^{-9}g/ml$ cyclosporineA and $50{\mu}l/ml$ lipopolysaccharides. Cells between the 4th and 6th transfer in culture were used for this study. The morphology of gingival fibroblst were examined by inverted microscope. The effects of cyclosporine A on the time course of DNA sythesis by human gingival fibroblasts were assessed by $[^3H]-thymidine$ uptake assays. Cyclosporine A was found to stimulate DNA synthesis of human gingival fibroblast at a concentration of $10^{-9}g/ml$. In the presence of lipopolysaccharide derived from Fusobacterium nucleatum, addition of cyclosporine A results in reversal of inhibition at the concentration which normally inhibits gingival fibroblast proliferation. The cell acitivities in the presence of glycyrrhetinic acid and oleanolic acid were decreased, and increased cell acitivities by cyclosporine A were decreased by glycyrrhetinic acid and oleanolic acid at the concentration of $200{\mu}g/ml$. These results suggested that the increased cell activities by cyclosporine A modulated by glycyrrhetinic acid and oleanolic acid.

• Animal cells and systems
• /
• 제14권2호
• /
• pp.73-81
• /
• 2010

In this study, monoclonal antibodies against lysosomal acid phosphatase (LAP) of a salamander, Hynobius leechii, were used to determine the spatial and temporal expression of the LAP in the regenerating limbs. The Western blot and immunohistochemical analysis in the limb regeneration revealed that LAP was highly expressed at the dedifferentiation stage, especially in the wound epidermis and dedifferentiating limb tissues such as muscle and cartilage. With RA treatment, the LAP expression became upregulated in terms of both level and duration in the wound epidermis, blastemal cell and dedifferentiating limb tissues. In addition, in situ activity staining of LAP showed a similar result to that of immunohistochemistry. Thus, the activity profile of LAP activity coincides well with the expression profile of LAP during the dedifferentiation period. Furthermore, to examine the effects of lysosomal enzymes including LAP on salamander limb regeneration, lysosome extract was microinjected into limb regenerates. Interestingly, when the lysosome extract was microinjected into limb regenerates with a low dose of RA($50\;{\mu}g/g$ body wt.), skeletal pattern duplication occurred frequently in the proximodistal and transverse axes. Therefore, lysosomal enzymes might cause the regenerative environment and RA plays dual roles in the modification of positional value as well as evocation of extensive dedifferentiation for pattern duplication. In conclusion, these results support the hypothesis that dedifferentiation is a crucial event in the process of limb regeneration and RA-evoked pattern duplication, and lysosomal enzymes may play important role(s) in this process.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
• /
• 제14권3호
• /
• pp.424-427
• /
• 2005

The cleavage products formed by the autoxidation of phytofluene were evaluated in order to elucidate possible oxidation products of phytofluene in the oxidative condition. Among a number of oxidation products formed, the following five in the carbonyl compound fraction were identified: 6, 10, 14-trimethylpentadeca-3,5,9,13-tetraen-2-one, phytapentaenal, 5,9,13,17-tetramethyloctadeca-2,4,6,8,12,16-hexaenal, 5,9,13,17-tetramethyloctadeca-2,4,8,12, 16-pentaenal, 2,7,11,15,19-pentamethylicosa-2,4,6,10,14,18-hexaenal and 4,9,13,17,21-pentamethyldocosa-2,4,6,8,12,16,20-heptaenal. In addition, 4,5-didehydrogeranyl geranoic acid was formed by the autoxidation of phytofluene in liposomal suspension. The pig liver homogenate was able to convert phytapentaenal to 4,5-didehydrogeranyl geranoic acid, in a manner comparable to the conversion of all-trans-retinal to all-trans-retinoic acid. These results suggest firstly that phytofluene is cleaved into a series of long-chain and short-chain carbonyl compounds under the oxidative condition in vitro and secondly that phytapentaenal is further enzymatically converted to 4,5-didehydrogeranyl geranoic acid.

• 대한화장품학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 대한화장품학회 2003년도 IFSCC Conference Proceeding Book I
• /
• pp.440-447
• /
• 2003

Up until today, the key to contouring has been resumed in these two alternatives, either limiting the adipocyte storing capacity by modulating lipogenesis, or by stimulating lipolysis to eliminate adipocyte lipid content. Another interesting way could be the regulation of adipocyte differentiation. In this work, we have evaluated the effect of a brown algal extract of Sphacelaria scoparia (SSE) on the differentiation of pre-adipocytes into adipocytes. A pre-adipocyte line (3T3-L 1) was used. The differentiation was evaluated by the measure of produced lipids thanks to red oil coloration and spectrophotometry, and also by the expression of adipocyte differentiation markers: enzymes such as fatty acid synthase (FAS) and stearoyl CoA desaturase (SCD), or membrane proteins such as glucose transporters (GLUT -4) and fatty acid transporters (FAT) expressed on the surface of human adipocytes. These genes are under control of two transcription factors: CAAT-enhancer binding protein (c/EBP alpha) and sterol response element binding protein (SREBP1). All these markers were analysed at different stages of differentiation by RT -PCR. Sphacelaria extract (SSE) inhibits pre-adipocytes differentiating into adipocytes following a dose-dependant relation, using a kinetics similar to retinoic acid. It decreases the expression of mRNA specific to FAS, FAT, GLUT -4, SCD1, c/EBP alpha and SREBP1. Moreover, SSE regulated on collagen 1 and collagen 4 expression. A stimulation of collagen 1 was also measured in human skin fibroblasts. Thus, SSE performs as a genuine differentiation inhibitor and not only as a lipogenesis inhibitor, and could be used in slimming products.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제28권11호
• /
• pp.1908-1915
• /
• 2018

Upon viral infection, the host cell recognizes the invasion through a number of pattern recognition receptors. Melanoma differentiation associated gene 5 (MDA5) and retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I) recognize RNA molecules derived from invading viruses, activating down-stream signaling cascades, culminating in the induction of the type I interferon. On the other hand, viruses have evolved to evade type I interferon-mediated inhibition. Hepatitis E virus has been shown to encode a few antagonists of type I interferon and it is not surprising that viruses encode multiple mechanisms of viral evasion. In the present study, we demonstrated that HEV PCP strongly down-regulates MDA5-mediated activation of interferon ${\beta}$ induction in a dose-dependent manner. Interestingly, MDA5 protein expression was almost completely abolished. In addition, polyinosinic polycytidylic acid (poly(I:C))- and Sendai virus-mediated activation of type I interferon responses were similarly abrogated in the presence of HEV PCP. Furthermore, HEV PCP down-regulates several molecules that play critical roles in the induction of type I IFN expression. Taken together, these data collectively suggest that HEV-encoded PCP is a strong antagonist of type I interferon.

• 셀메드
• /
• 제12권2호
• /
• pp.9.1-9.5
• /
• 2022

Acne vulgaris is a common dermatological condition affecting the pilosebaceous units and having a multifactorial etiology. In Unani terminology, acne vulgaris is referred as Busoor Labaniya, characterized by white lesions on the face, nose, and cheeks; on squeezing, release cheesy material. In conventional medicine, mild cases are best addressed with topical regimens, but more severe cases require systemic medications. Retinoids (retinoic acid, adapalene, isotretinoin, tazarotene), benzoyl peroxide, clindamycin, erythromycin, and azelaic acid are a few examples of topical medications, whereas systemic drugs include antibiotics (Doxycycline, minocycline, erythromycin, azithromycin). In the Unani System of Medicine, numerous single and compound drugs have been used to treat Busoor Labaniya. These drugs are considered harmless and do not have any major side effects. In Unani system of medicine, acne vulgaris is effectively managed with natural medicines as well as therapeutic regimens with minimal side effects even after long-term usage. Acne vulgaris is usually treated with systemic blood purifiers along with topical Unani drugs. Hence, clinical studies with proper scientific parameters are needed to be conducted to establish and validate their efficacy in the prevention and control of acne vulgaris.