• International Journal of Stem Cells
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.93-107
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• 2023

Background and Objectives: Chronic periodontitis can lead to alveolar bone resorption and eventually tooth loss. Stem cells from exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHED) are appropriate bone regeneration seed cells. To track the survival, migration, and differentiation of the transplanted SHED, we used super paramagnetic iron oxide particles (SPIO) Molday ION Rhodamine-B (MIRB) to label and monitor the transplanted cells while repairing periodontal bone defects. Methods and Results: We determined an appropriate dose of MIRB for labeling SHED by examining the growth and osteogenic differentiation of labeled SHED. Finally, SHED was labeled with 25 ㎍ Fe/ml MIRB before being transplanted into rats. Magnetic resonance imaging was used to track SHED survival and migration in vivo due to a low-intensity signal artifact caused by MIRB. HE and immunohistochemical analyses revealed that both MIRB-labeled and unlabeled SHED could promote periodontal bone regeneration. The colocalization of hNUC and MIRB demonstrated that SHED transplanted into rats could survive in vivo. Furthermore, some MIRB-positive cells expressed the osteoblast and osteocyte markers OCN and DMP1, respectively. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay revealed that SHED could secrete protein factors, such as IGF-1, OCN, ALP, IL-4, VEGF, and bFGF, which promote bone regeneration. Immunofluorescence staining revealed that the transplanted SHED was surrounded by a large number of host-derived Runx2- and Col II-positive cells that played important roles in the bone healing process. Conclusions: SHED could promote periodontal bone regeneration in rats, and the survival of SHED could be tracked in vivo by labeling them with MIRB. SHED are likely to promote bone healing through both direct differentiation and paracrine mechanisms.

• 생약학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.249-251
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• 1991

The cytotoxic and antibacterial activities of the leaf, the stem and the seed extracts of Luffa cylindrica were evaluated against L1210 cells and Streptococcus mutans OMZ176, respectively. Among hexane, ether, butanol and water fractions, the ether fraction demonstrated the most potent cytotoxic activity, and the $ED_{50}$ values of the ether extract from the leaf, the stem and the seed were 3.5, 3.7 and $13.7{\mu}g/ml$, respectively. Meanwhile, the other fractions showed negligible effect. Separately, it was found that the antibacterial activity of the respective fraction from three parts was insignificant.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.217-225
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• 2005

강원도 산지의 뽕나무의 잎, 줄기, 뿌리를 건조하여 100% EtOH와 물로 추출하여 얻은 추출물 및 EtOH추출물로부터 용매별 분획물들을 NIH/3T3에 대한 세포독성, comet assay를 이용한 DNA damage손상으로부터 유전 독성, in vitro micronucleus assay를 이용한 유전독성, Ames test를 이용한 돌연변이 유발을 조사하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1) 각 시료들의 NIH/3T3에 대한 세포독성은 0.5mg/ml 농도에서 약 80%의 생육활성을 나타냈다. 2)뽕나무 잎의 1차 추출물들은 comet assay에서 양성 대조구 대비 약 40% 정도의 유전독성을 보였다. 뽕잎의 EtOH 추출물에서 분획한 분획물 시료중 수용성 분획은 거의 독성이 나타나지 않았으나, hexan의 0.25mg/ml 농도의 분획물이 약 50%정도를 보였으며 다른 시료들은 이 보다 약한 독성을 보였다. 또한 뽕나무 줄기의 분획물 시료들 중에서 0.5mg/ml 농도의 chloroform 분획물이 양성 대조구 대비 가장 강한 50%의 유전독성을 보인것 외에 다른 시료들은 그보다 약한 독성을 보였다. 3) In vitro micronucleus assay를 이용한 유전독성은 재료의 1차 추출물은 거의 유전독성이 나타나지 않았고 EtOH 추출물의 재분획물인 시료중에서 0.5mg/ml의 농도의 hexan 및 chloroform 분획물은 MN의 발생 빈도가 음성대조구에 비하여 약 2배의 증가로 나타났다 또 뽕나무 줄기의 분획물 시료들에서 0.5mg/ml의 hekan, chloroform 및 EtOAc 분획물에서 MN이 관찰 되었으나 그중 chloroform 분획물 시료에서 더 많은 MN 발생을 보였다. 4) Ames test를 이용한 돌연변이 실험결과 뽕나무 잎 1차 추출물들은 0.25mg/ml의 농도에서 TA98에 대하여 거의 돌연변이 현상이 없었고, EtOH 추출물로부터 재 분획한 BuOH 및 chloroform분 획물에서는 강한 돌연변이 현상이, 또 5mg/ml의 hekan 분획물에서는 더욱 강한 돌연변이 현상이 관찰되었다. TA100 strain에 대하여는 각 재료의 1차 추출물이나 분획들의 낮은 농도 (1.25mg/ml)에서는 돌연변이 현상이 매우 약하거나 거의 없었고, 0.25mg/ml의 1차 추출물들에서는 매우 약한 돌연변이가 나타났으나 이들의 EtOAc 분획물은 다소 강한 돌연변이 유발성이 관찰 되었다. 그러나 수용성 분획물은 두 균주에 대하여 전혀 돌연변이 유발성을 보이지 않았다. 5) 뽕나무 줄기로부터 조제한 시료중 수용성 분획물과 EtOAc분획물은 IA98에서 전혀 돌연변이 유발성이 없었으나 0.25mg/ml 농도외 물 추출물, EtOH 춘출물, hexan 및 chloroffrm분획물들이 약 40%증가한 복귀변이 콜로니가 관찰되었고, 이보다 농도를 증가시킨 물 추출물 및 BuOH 분획물에서도 같은 수준의 복귀변이 콜로니가 관찰 된 결과로부터 돌연변이 유발성이 있음이 확인되었다 TA100에 대하여 뽕나무 줄기의 수용성 분획물은 전혀 돌연변이가 나타나지 않았고, 0.25mg/ml의 물 추출물, EtOH추출물, hexan 및 BuOH분획물들이 약 10%증가한 약한 돌연변이가 관찰되었다. 그러나 농도를 5 mg/ml로 한 EtOAc 분획물은 26의 돌연변이 유발성을 보였다. 이상의 결과로 부터 뽕나무를 이용한 식용 제품생산을 고려할 때 추출물들의 제조와 선택을 가름하는 자료로서의 활용이 기대되며 앞으로 in vivo test 등 더욱 연구할 필요가 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제38권3호통권150호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2007

Seven compounds were isolated from the n-BuOH soluble fraction of stem of Rhododendron mucronulatum as cytotoxic principles against brine shrimp lethality test. On the basis of spectral data, seven compounds were identified as (-)-catechin (1), (+)-epicatechin (2), taxifolin (3), scopoletin (4), quercetin (5), $taxifolin-3-O-{\alpha}-L- arabinopyranoside$ (6), and astragalin (7). Among tested compounds, $taxifolin-3-O-{\alpha}-L-arabinopyranoside$ (6) exhibited potent activity with $LC_{50}$ value at 4.6 ${\mu}g/ml$.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.126-134
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• 2015

LED 광원을 달리하여 재배한 감초지상부의 항산화, 항돌연변이원성을 평가하였다. BL-0에서 DPPH 라디칼 소거활성에서 $EC_{50}$이 $3.02{\pm}0.13{\mu}g/ml$와 ABTS 라디칼 소거활성은 $EC_{50}$이 $2.18{\pm}0.18{\mu}g/ml$와 환원력이 가장 높게 나타났다. 폴리페놀함량은 $2.93{\pm}0.11g/100g$으로 가장 높게 나타났으며, RL-0에서는 항산화 활성이 가장 낮게 나타났다. 항돌연변이원성 평가에서 직접변이원인 1-NP에 대해 모든 실험군에서 돌연변이 억제효과를 나타냈으며, 간접변이원인인 Trp-P-1, Trp-P-2, $AFB_1$에 대해서는 BL-0에서 가장 높은 돌연변이 억제효과를 나타냈고, 2-AA에서는 RL-1에서 돌연변이 억제가 높게 나타났다. 청색광 LED (650 nm)와 적색광 LED (450 nm)를 이용하여 재배한 감초지상부의 성분변화를 관찰하기 위해 GC/MS를 이용해 분석한 결과 25분에서 RL-1에서만 cytidine이 검출되었고, 37분에서 BL-0에서만 2-bromotrimethylene glycol이 특정적으로 검출되었다. 이는 LED광원 조건에 따라 감초 경엽의 성분이 차이가 있음을 보여준다. 이 성분들이 생리활성에 어떤 영향을 주는지는 더 검토해야할 부분이다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.1510-1516
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• 2007

These experiments were carried out to optimize the parameters of electrical activation, methods of parthenogenetic activation and embryo culture in vitro and meanwhile to isolate embryonic stem cells-like (ESCs) derived from porcine parthenogenetic blastocysts (pPBs). These results showed that, as the electric field strength increased from 1.0 to 2.7 kV/cm, the cleavage rate of parthenogenetic embryos increased gradually but the rate of oocyte lysis was significantly increased when using 2.7 kV/cm field strength. The rate of cleavage in 2.2 and 2.7 kV/cm groups was significantly increased in comparison with that of the 1.0 kV/cm group. A voltage field strength of 2.2 kV/cm DC was used to investigate blastocyst development following activation with a single pulse of 30 or $60-{\mu}sec$ pulse duration. The optimum pulse duration was 30-${\mu}sec$, with a blastocyst rate of 20.7%. Multiple pulses were inferior to a single pulse for blastocyst yield (8.0% vs. 29.9) (p<0.05). For porcine oocyte parthenogenetic activation methods, the rates of cleavage (79.0% vs. 59.8%) and blastocysts (19.4% vs. 3.4%) were significantly increased in electrical activation in contrast to chemical activation with ionomycin/6-DMAP (p<0.05). Rates of cleavage and blastocyst formation in NCSU-23 and PZM-3 embryo media were higher than those of G1.3/G2.3 serial culture media, but there was no significant difference among the three groups. The total cell number of blastocysts in PZM-3 embryo culture media containing $5{\mu}g/ml$ insulin was significantly higher than that of the control (no insulin) ($44.3{\pm}9.1$ vs. $33.9{\pm}11.7$). For isolation of PESCs-like, the rates of porcine blastocysts attached to feeder layers and ICM colony formation in Method B (nude embryo culture) were better than those in Method A (intact embryo culture).

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.437-442
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• 2015

Aim: To establish a pancreatic cancer stem cell model using human pancreatic cancer cells in nude mice to provide a platform for pancreatic cancer stem cell research. Materials and Methods: To establish pancreatic cancer xenografts using human pancreatic cancer cell line SW1990, nude mice were randomly divided into control and gemcitabine groups. When the tumor grew to a volume of $125mm^3$, they treated with gemcitabine at a dose of 50mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection of 0.2ml in the gemcitabine group, while the mice in control group were treated with the same volume of normal saline. Gemcitabine was given 2 times a week for 3 times. When the model was established, the proliferation of pancreatic cancer stem cells was observed by clone formation assay, and the protein and/or mRNA expression of pancreatic stem cell surface markers including CD24, CD44, CD133, ALDH, transcription factors containing Oct-4, Sox-2, Nanog and Gli, the key nuclear transcription factor in Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway was detected by Western blot and/or RT-PCR to verify the reliability of this model. Results: This model is feasible and safe. During the establishment, no mice died and the weight of nude mice maintained above 16.5g. The clone forming ability in gemcitabine group was stronger than that of the control group (p<0.01). In gemcitabine group, the protein expression of pancreatic cancer stem cell surface markers including CD44, and ALDH was up-regulated, the protein and mRNA expression of nuclear transcription factor including Oct-4, Sox-2 and Nanog was also significantly increased (P<0.01). In addition, the protein expression of key nuclear transcription factor in Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway, Gli-1, was significantly enhanced (p<0.01). Conclusions: The pancreatic cancer stem cell model was successfully established using human pancreatic cancer cell line SW1990 in nude mice. Gemcitabine could enrich pancreatic cancer stem cells, simultaneously accompanied by the activation of Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.19-27
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• 2004

Objective: This study was to examine the in vitro neural cell differentiation patterns of human embryonic stem (hES) cells following treatment of various neurotrophic factors [basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), retinoic acid (RA), brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and transforming growth factor (TGF)-$\alpha$], particulary in dopaminergic neuron formation. Methods: The hES cells were induced to differentiate by bFGF and RA. Group I) In bFGF induction method, embryoid bodies (EBs, for 4 days) derived from hES were plated onto gelatin dish, selected for 8 days in ITSFn medium and expanded at the presence of bFGF (10 ng/ml) for another 6 days followed by a final differentiation in N2 medium for 7, 14 and 21 days. Group II) For RA induction, EBs were exposed of RA ($10^{-6}M$) for 4 days and allowed to differentiate in N2 medium for 7, 14 and 21 days. Group III) To examine the effects of additional neurotrophic factors, bFGF or RA induced cells were exposed to either BDNF (10 ng/ml) or TGF-$\alpha$ (10 ng/ml) during the 21 days of final differentiation. Neuron differentiation and dopamine secretion were examined by indirect immunocytochemistry and HPLC, respectively. Results: The bFGF or RA treated hES cells were resulted in similar neural cell differentiation patterns at the terminal differentiation stage, specifically, 75% neurons and 11% glial cells. Additionally, treatment of hES cells with BDNF or TGF-$\alpha$ during the terminal differentiation stage led to significantly increased tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) expression of a dopaminergic neuron marker, compared to control (p<0.05). In contrast, no effect was observed on the rate of mature neuron (NF-200) or glutamic acid decarboxylase-positive neurons. Immunocytochemistry and HPLC analyses revealed the higher levels of TH expression (20.3%) and dopamine secretion (265.5 $\pm$ 62.8 pmol/mg) in bFGF and TGF-sequentially treated hES cells than those in $\alpha$ RA or BDNF treated hES cells. Conclusion: These results indicate that the generation of dopamine secretory neurons from in vitro differentiated hES cells can be improved by TGF-$\alpha$ addition in the bFGF induction protocol.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.117-127
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• 2002

Objective: This study was to investigate the generation of the functional neuron derived from human embryonic stem (hES, MB03) cells on in vitro neural cell differentiation system. Methods: For neural progenitor cell formation derived from hES cells, we produced embryoid bodies (EB: for 5 days, without mitogen) from hES cells and then neurospheres (for $7{\sim}10$ days, 20 ng/ml of bFGF added N2 medium) from EB. And then finally for the differentiation into mature neuron, neural progenitor cells were cultured in i) N2 medium only (without bFGF), ii) N2 supplemented with 20 ng/ml platelet derived growth factor-bb (PDGF-bb) or iii) N2 supplemented with 5 ng/ml brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) for 2 weeks. Identification of neural cell differentiation was carried out by immunocytochemistry using $\beta_{III}$-tubulin (1:250), MAP-2 (1:100) and GFAP (1:500). Also, generation of functional neuron was identified using anti-glutamate (Sigma, 1:1000), anti-GABA (Sigma, 1:1000), anti-serotonin (Sigma, 1:1000) and anti-tyrosine hydroxylase (Sigma, 1:1000). Results: In vitro neural cell differentiation, neurotrophic factors (PDGF and BDNF) treated cell groups were high expressed MAP-2 and GFAP than non-treated cell group. The highest expression pattern of MAP-2 and $\beta_{III}$-tubulin was indicated in BDNF treated group. Also, in the presence of PDGF-bb or BDNF, most of the neural cells derived from hES cells were differentiated into glutamate and GABA neuron in vitro. Furthermore, we confirmed that there were a few serotonin and tyrosine hydroxylase positive neuron in the same culture environment. Conclusion: This results suggested that the generation of functional neuron derived from hES cells was increased by addition of neurotrophic factors such as PDGF-bb or BDNF in b-FGF induced neural cell differentiation system and especially glutamate and GABA neurons were mainly produced in the system.

• 약학회지
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.355-360
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• 2008

In this study we investigated antioxidant activity of against several free radicals and skin whitening effect of 70% ethanol extract (leaf extracts and branch/stem mixed) of Lindera obtusiloba BL. Antioxidant activity was assessed by DPPH, superoxide radical and hydroxyl radical assays. The Lindera obtusiloba BL. extract had antioxidant activity dose dependently with an ${IC}_{50}$ value of 243.14 and 181.10 ${\mu}g$/ml for DPPH, 165.77 and >1500 ${\mu}g$/ml for non-enzymatic system of superoxide radical assay, 35.47 and >100 ${\mu}g$/ml for enzymatic system of superoxide radical assay, 1.21 mg/ml for hydroxyl radical assay. In addition we tested tyrosinase inhibition activity and melanin contents on B16 melanoma F10. B16 melanoma cell was treated by such sample as 1, 5, 10 and 50 ${\mu}g$/ml for 72 hr and tyrosinase inhibition was tested. Melanogenesis was inhibited to 22% at the dose of 50 ${\mu}g$/ml and tyrosinase was inhibited to 45.2% at the same dose. In conclusion Lindera obtusiloba BL had potent antioxidant activity and inhibitory activity of tyrosinase and melanin formation. It could be developed as the health functional food and functional cosmetic resources.