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A Role of Fibronectin in the Extracellular Matrix during Chick Mvoblast Differentiation (계배 근원세포의 분화에서 Extracellular matrix내 fibronectin의 역할)

  • 문경엽;하두봉정진하강만식
    • The Korean Journal of Zoology
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.78-86
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    • 1995
  • Our previous report has suggested that the decrease of fibronectin level during mvogenesis is due to the decreased Bvailabilitv of receptor (matrix assembly receptor) for 29-kDa fragment of fibronectin. In the present study, we demonstrate that G protein and adenvlate cvclase system are involved in the regulation of fibronectin matrix assembly and that when fibronectin level in extracellular matrix decreases, the postmitotic fusion-capable cells emerge more frequently from the proliferative population. This proposal is based on the following observations. (1) Cholers toxin, which increases intracellular CAMP, caused a decrease in the ability of mvoblasts to incorporate fibronectin into extracellular matrix. (2) Cholera toxin decreased the proliferation of mvoblasts and Induced the precocious fusion. (3) decAMP, which was found to induce the precocious fusion and decrease the proliferation of myoblasts, decreased the fibronectin level in extracellular matrix and matrix assembly receptor for fibronectin- (4) RGOS, whlh inhibits the incorporation of fibronectin into extracellular matrix, induced the precocious fusion and reduced the proliferaton of mvoblasts. These results suggest that CAMP regulates the fibronectin levels in extracellular matrix and that the alteration of fibronectin level is involved in regulation of the proliferation and differentiation of chick embryonic mvoblasts.

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Proliferative and Synthetic Responses of Airway Smooth Muscle in Asthma (천식에서 기도평활근의 증식과 합성 반응에 대한 최신지견)

  • Shim, Jung Yeon
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • v.48 no.6
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    • pp.580-587
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    • 2005
  • New evidence is emerging that airway smooth muscle(ASM) may act as an immunomodulatory cell by providing pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, polypeptide growth factors, extracellular matrix proteins, cell adhesion receptors and co-stimulatory molecules. ASM can promote the formation of the interstitial extracellular matrix, and potentially contribute to the alterations within the extracellular matrix in asthma. In addition, extracellular matrix components can alter the proliferative, survival, and cytoskeletal synthetic function of ASM cells through integrin-directed signaling. Increased ASM mass is one of the most important features of the airway wall remodeling process in asthma. Three different mechanisms may contribute to the increased ASM mass : cell proliferation, increased migration and decreased rate of apoptosis. The major signaling pathways of cell proliferation activated by ASM mitogens are those dependent on extracellular signal-regulated kinase and phosphoinositide 3'-kinase. The key signaling mechanisms of cell migration have been identified as the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and the p21-activated kinase 1 pathways. ASM cells contain ${\beta}2$-adrenergic receptors and glucocorticoid receptors. They may represent a key target for ${\beta}2$-adrenergic receptor agonist/corticosteroid interactions which have antiproliferative activity against a broad spectrum of mitogens.

Effects of Extracellular Stimulation of Different Niche Condition on the Transcriptional Regulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase Genes in the Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

  • Yun, Jung Im;Kim, Min Seong;Lee, Seung Tae
    • Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.79-83
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    • 2013
  • Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been known to affect to cell migration, proliferation, morphogenesis and apoptosis by degrading the extracellular matrix. In the previous studies, undifferentiated mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) were successfully proliferated inside the extracellular matrix (ECM) analog-conjugated three-dimensional (3D) poly ethylene glycol (PEG)-based hydrogel. However, there is no report about MMP secretion in ESCs, which makes it difficult to understand and explain how ESCs enlarge space and proliferate inside 3D PEG-based hydrogel constructed by crosslinkers containing MMP-specific cleavage peptide sequence. Therefore, we investigated what types of MMPs are released from undifferentiated ESCs and how extracellular signals derived from various niche conditions affect MMP expression of ESCs at the transcriptional level. Results showed that undifferentiated ESCs expressed specifically MMP2 and MMP3 mRNAs. Transcriptional up-regulation of MMP2 was caused by the 3D scaffold, and activation of integrin inside the 3D scaffold upregulated MMP2 mRNAs synergistically. Moreover, mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) on 2D matrix and 3D scaffold induced upregulation of MMP3 mRNAs, and activation of integrins through conjugation of extracellular matrix (ECM) analogs with 3D scaffold upregulated MMP3 mRNAs synergistically. These results suggest that successful proliferation of ESCs inside the 3D PEG-based hydrogel may be caused by increase of MMP2 and MMP3 expression resulting from 3D scaffold itself as well as activation of integrins inside the 3D PEG-based scaffold.

Sesquicillin, an Extracellular Matrix Adhesion Inhibitor, Inhibits the Invasion of B16 Melanoma Cells In vitro

  • Lee, Ho-Jae;Chun, Hyo-Kon;Chung, Myung-Chul;Lee, Choong-Hwan;Kho, Yung-Hee
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.119-121
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    • 1999
  • Tumor cell interaction with the extracellular matrix is defined as the critical event of tumor invasion that signals the initiation of a metastatic cascade. Sesquicillin has been identified as an inhibitor of melanoma cell adhesion to the components of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in cultured broth of fungal strain F60063. Sesquicillin strongly inhibited the adhesion of B16 melanoma cells to laminin, fibronectin, and typeIV collagen. It also inhibited B16 melanoma cell invasion of reconstituted basement membrane Matrigel in vitro in a dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that sesquicillin is a new class of nonpeptidic ECM adhesion inhibitor having anti-invasive activity.

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The Anticancer Role of Capsaicin in Experimentally-induced Lung Carcinogenesis

  • Anandakumar, Pandi;Kamaraj, Sattu;Jagan, Sundaram;Ramakrishnan, Gopalakrishnan;Asokkumar, Selvamani;Naveenkumar, Chandrashekar;Raghunandhakumar, Subramanian;Vanitha, Manickam Kalappan;Devaki, Thiruvengadam
    • Journal of Pharmacopuncture
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 2015
  • Objectives: Capsaicin (CAP) is the chief pungent principle found in the hot red peppers and the chili peppers that have long been used as spices, food additives and drugs. This study investigated the anticancer potential of CAP through its ability to modify extracellular matrix components and proteases during mice lung carcinogenesis. Methods: Swiss albino mice were treated with benzo(a) pyrene (50 mg/kg body weight dissolved in olive oil) orally twice a week for four successive weeks to induce lung cancer at the end of $14^{th}$ week. CAP was administrated (10 mg/kg body weight dissolved in olive oil) intraperitoneally. Extracellular matrix components were assayed; Masson's trichome staining of lung tissues was performed. Western blot analyses of matrix metalloproteases 2 and 9 were also carried out. Results: In comparison with the control animals, animals in which benzo(a)pyrene had induced lung cancer showed significant increases in extracellular matrix components such as collagen (hydroxy proline), elastin, uronic acid and hexosamine and in glycosaminoglycans such as hyaluronate, chondroitin sulfate, keratan sulfate and dermatan sulfate. The above alterations in extracellular matrix components were effectively counteracted in benzo(a)pyrene along with CAP supplemented animals when compared to benzo(a) pyrene alone supplemented animals. The results of Masson's trichome staining for collagen and of, immunoblotting analyses of matrix metalloproteases 2 and 9 further supported the biochemical findings. Conclusion: The apparent potential of CAP in modulating extracellular matrix components and proteases suggests that CAP plays a chemomodulatory and anti-cancer role working against experimentally induced lung carcinogenesis.

Targeting Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions and Its Therapeutic Applications

  • Kim, In-San
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.100-101
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    • 2003
  • Cell-cell and cell-matrix interaction is clearly required for metazoans not only to hold their cells together but also to conduct more sophisticated biological processes. Each cell has adhesion molecules on its cell membrane to link extracellular matrix and adjacent cells to the intracellular cytoskeleton, and also to transduce signals. In complex metazoans, information is transmitted from one cell to another by mechanisms such as direct intercellular communication, soluble signal molecules among distant cells, and local cellular environments formed by highly specialized extracellular matrix. (omitted)

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Biomimetics of the extracellular matrix: an integrated three-dimensional fiber-hydrogel composite for cartilage tissue engineering

  • Coburn, Jeannine;Gibson, Matt;Bandalini, Pierre Alain;Laird, Christopher;Mao, Hai-Quan;Moroni, Lorenzo;Seliktar, Dror;Elisseeff, Jennifer
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.213-222
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    • 2011
  • The native extracellular matrix (ECM) consists of an integrated fibrous protein network and proteoglycan-based ground (hydrogel) substance. We designed a novel electrospinning technique to engineer a three dimensional fiber-hydrogel composite that mimics the native ECM structure, is injectable, and has practical macroscale dimensions for clinically relevant tissue defects. In a model system of articular cartilage tissue engineering, the fiber-hydrogel composites enhanced the biological response of adult stem cells, with dynamic mechanical stimulation resulting in near native levels of extracellular matrix. This technology platform was expanded through structural and biochemical modification of the fibers including hydrophilic fibers containing chondroitin sulfate, a significant component of endogenous tissues, and hydrophobic fibers containing ECM microparticles.

Cross-linkable and water-soluble phospholipid polymer as artificial extracellular matrix

  • Maeta, Eri;Ishihara, Kazuhiko
    • Biomaterials and Biomechanics in Bioengineering
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.163-174
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    • 2014
  • The objective of this study is to prepare an artificial extracellular matrix (ECM) for cell culture by using polymer hydrogels. The polymer used is a cytocompatible water-soluble phospholipid polymer: poly[2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC)-n-butyl methacrylate-p-nitrophenyloxycarbonyl poly(ethylene oxide) methacrylate (MEONP)] (PMBN). The hydrogels are prepared using a cross-linking reaction between PMBN and diamine compounds, which can easily react to the MEONP moiety under mild conditions. The most favorable diamine is the bis(3-aminopropyl) poly(ethylene oxide) (APEO). The effects of cross-linking density and the chemical structure of cross-linking molecules on the mechanical properties of the hydrogel are evaluated. The storage modulus of the hydrogel is tailored by tuning the PMBN concentration and the MEONP/amino group ratio. The porous structure of the hydrogel networks depends not only on these parameters but also on the reaction temperature. We prepare a hydrogel with $40-50{\mu}m$ diameter pores and more than 90 wt% swelling. The permeation of proteins through the hydrogel increases dramatically with an increase in pore size. To induce cell adhesion, the cell-attaching oligopeptide, RGDS, is immobilized onto the hydrogel using MEONP residue. Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (BPAECs) are cultured on the hydrogel matrix and are able to migrate into the artificial matrix. Hence, the RGDS-modified PMBN hydrogel matrix with cross-linked APEO functions as an artificial ECM for growing cells for applications in tissue engineering.

Matrix Metalloproteinase: Inhibitory Effect of Marine Substances on MMP-2 and MMP-9

  • Nguyen, Van-Tinh;Qian, Zhong-Ji;Jung, Won-Kyo
    • Journal of the Chosun Natural Science
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.255-265
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    • 2011
  • Marine ecosystems are often characterized by a high biological diversity, and it corresponds to a high chemical diversity. Up to present, more than 20,000 new bioactive substances have been isolated from marine organisms, where considerable numbers of these naturally occurring derivatives are developed as potential candidates for pharmaceutical application. In this process, screening of natural products from marine organisms that could potentially inhibit the expression of metalloproteinases has gained a huge popularity. Cancer is considered as one of the deadliest diseases in the medical field. Matrix metalloproteinase (MMPs) can degrade extracellular matrix (ECM) components and play important roles in a variety of biological and pathological processes. Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors (MMPIs) have been identified as potential therapeutic candidates for metastasis, arthritis, chronic inflammation and wrinkle formation.

Retention of Endothelial Cells adhered on Polyurethane Surface under Flow Condition

  • Chang, Jun-Keun;Chang, Hyun-A;Kim, Jin-Hee;Kim, Jong-Won;Han, Dong-Chul;Min, Byoung-Goo
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.355-364
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    • 1996
  • Construction of the stable monolayer of endothelial cells onto physicochemically modified polymeric surFace is one of the appropriate method to develop the small caliber vascular graft with the long-term patency. In this study, we constructed the monolayer of endothelial cells on the fibronectin rind the extracellular matrix-coated polyurethane surface derived from human fibroblast cells. To elucidate the adhesion strength of endothelial cells on the extracellular matrix-coated polyurethane, a laminar flow chamber apparatus was developed to exposure the shear stress on the apical membrane of ondothelial cells. Endothelial cells show the strongest adhesion after two days of seeding onto the fibronectin-coated polyurethane surface, whereas endothelial cells on the extracellular matrix derived from the human flbroblast cells show the minimal doubling time of cellular growth.

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