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p53 Expression in a Malignant Mesothelioma Patient during Seven-Year Follow-up

  • Koo, So-My;Uh, Soo-Taek;Kim, Dong Won;Kim, Ki-Up;Kim, Yang-Ki
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • v.76 no.6
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    • pp.284-288
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    • 2014
  • Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is the aggressive tumor of serosal surfaces. There are crude pathogenetic results regarding the biology of MM. Coordinated upregulations of p53 gene expression are shown in malignancies. We believed that there are changes in the p53 expression with transformation from reactive hyperplasia to MM. A 65-year-old male was admitted the hospital because of left pleuritic chest pains in 2004. Chest computed tomography (CT) results showed left pleural effusions with loculation and pleural thickening. Pathologic findings revealed reactive mesothelial hyperplasia. In 2008, the patient again felt left pleuritic chest pains. Chest CT showed progressive thickening of the left pleura. Pathologic diagnosis was atypical mesothelial hyperplasia. In 2011, chest CT showed progressive thickening of his left pleura. He was diagnosed with well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma. Serial change was analyzed by immunohistochemical staining for p53 of pleural tissues. There were no remarkable changes in p53 expressions during the transformation to MM.

Ubiquitination of p53 is Involved in Troglitazone Induced Apoptosis in Cervical Cancer Cells

  • Chen, Hui-Min;Zhang, Ding-Guo;Wu, Jin-Xiz;Pei, Dong-Sheng;Zheng, Jun-Nian
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.2313-2318
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    • 2014
  • Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-${\gamma}$), a ligand-dependent nuclear transcription factor, has been found to widely exist in tumor tissues and plays an important role in affecting tumor cell growth. In this study, we investigated the effect of PPAR-${\gamma}$ on aspects of the cervical cancer malignant phenotype, such as cell proliferation and apoptosis. Cell growth assay, Western blotting, Annexin V and flow cytometry analysis consistently showed that treatment with troglitazone (TGZ, a PPAR-${\gamma}$ agonist) led to dose-dependent inhibition of cervical cancer cell growth through apoptosis, whereas T0070907 (another PPAR-${\gamma}$ antagonist) had no effect on Hela cell proliferation and apoptosis. Furthermore, we also detected the protein expression of p53, p21 and Mdm2 to explain the underlying mechanism of PPAR-${\gamma}$ on cellular apoptosis. Our work, finally, demonstrated the existence of the TGZ-PPAR-${\gamma}$-p53 signaling pathway to be a critical regulator of cell apoptosis. These results suggested that PPAR-${\gamma}$ may be a potential therapeutic target for cervical cancer.

Gene Therapy for Bovine Fatty Liver : Possibilities and Problems - A Review

  • Chen, Daiwen;Grummer, Ric
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.14 no.9
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    • pp.1331-1341
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    • 2001
  • Dairy cows are prone to fatty liver during the time of periparturient. Despite of the extensive studies, etiology and solutions for fatty liver are still not well known.The liver synthesizes triglycerides (TG) using precursors from bloodstream and secretes TG in form of very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) into bloodstream for the utilization by peripheral tissues. When the amount of TG synthesis exceeds the amount of secretion in VLDL-TG, TG accumulation within the liver occurs. Hepatic VLDL assembly and secretion involve multi-biochemical events.The availabilities of apolipoprotein B (apoB), E (apoE), microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) and soluble low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor are now believed to be some of the main regulators for hepatic VLDL assembly and secretion. Studies in transgenic animals show that overexpression of these proteins stimulates VLDL production and secretion, which provides a possibility for alleviating bovine fatty liver by gene therapy. However, many problems remain to be solved to attain this goal. This review focuses on the molecular mechanisms of hepatic VLDL assembly and secretion, and the possibilities and problems of applying the knowledges to solve bovine fatty liver by gene therapy.

miR-181b as a Potential Molecular Target for Anticancer Therapy of Gastric Neoplasms

  • Guo, Jian-Xin;Tao, Qing-Song;Lou, Peng-Rong;Chen, Xiao-Chun;Chen, Jun;Yuan, Guang-Bo
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.2263-2267
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    • 2012
  • Objective: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in carcinogenesis. The aim of the present study was to explore the effects of miR-181b on gastric cancer. Methods: The expression level of miR-181b was quantified by qRT-PCR. MTT, flow cytometry and matrigel invasion assays were used to test proliferation, apoptosis and invasion of miR-181b stable transfected gastric cancer cells. Results: miR-181b was aberrantly overexpressed in gastric cancer cells and primary gastric cancer tissues. Further experiments demonstrated inducible expression of miR-181b by Helicobacter pylori treatment. Cell proliferation, migration and invasion in the gastric cancer cells were significantly increased after miR-181b transfection and apoptotic cells were also increased. Furthermore, overexpression of miR-181b downregulated the protein level of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 3 (TIMP3). Conclusion: The upregulation of miR-181b may play an important role in the progress of gastric cancer and miR-181b maybe a potential molecular target for anticancer therapeutics of gastric cancer.

Tudor Domain Containing Protein TDRD12 Expresses at the Acrosome of Spermatids in Mouse Testis

  • Kim, Min;Ki, Byeong Seong;Hong, Kwonho;Park, Se-pill;Ko, Jung-Jae;Choi, Youngsok
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.29 no.7
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    • pp.944-951
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    • 2016
  • Tdrd12 is one of tudor domain containing (Tdrd) family members. However, the expression pattern of Tdrd12 has not been well studied. To compare the expression levels of Tdrd12 in various tissues, real time-polymerase chain reaction was performed using total RNAs from liver, small intestine, heart, brain, kidney, lung, spleen, stomach, uterus, ovary, and testis. Tdrd12 mRNA was highly expressed in testis. Antibody against mouse TDRD12 were generated using amino acid residues SQRPNEKPLRLTEKKDC of TDRD12 to investigate TDRD12 localization in testis. Immunostaining assay shows that TDRD12 is mainly localized at the spermatid in the seminiferous tubules of adult testes. During postnatal development, TDRD12 is differentially expressed. TDRD12 was detected in early spermatocytes at 2 weeks and TDRD12 was localized at acrosome of the round spermatids. TDRD12 expression was not co-localized with TDRD1 which is an important component of piRNA pathway in germ cells. Our results indicate that TDRD12 may play an important role in spermatids and function as a regulator of spermatogenesis in dependent of TDRD1.

Glucosamine Inhibits Lipopolysaccharide-induced Inflammatory Responses in Human Periodontal Ligament Fibroblasts

  • Kim, Eun Dam;Park, Hyun-Jung;Baek, Jeong-Hwa
    • International Journal of Oral Biology
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.221-228
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    • 2014
  • Glucosamine is commonly taken by the elderly without prescription as a nutritional supplement to attenuate the progression or symptoms of osteoarthritis. Previous studies demonstrated that glucosamine shows anti-inflammatory effects in tissues such as blood vessels and the heart. However, there have been few reports about the effects of glucosamine on oral inflammatory diseases. Therefore, in this study, the effects of glucosamine on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory responses were investigated using human periodontal ligament fibroblasts (HPDLFs). HPDLFs were incubated in the presence and absence of glucosamine (10 mM) for 24 h, followed by treatment with E. coli LPS (100 ng/ml) or vehicle. Quantitative RT-PCR and ELISA results showed that LPS exposure significantly increased the levels of IL-6 and IL-8 mRNA and protein, while the effect was significantly suppressed by glucosamine treatment. Glucosamine did not attenuate, but slightly increased, the LPS-induced activation of mitogen activated kinases (ERK, p38, JNK). However, it suppressed the LPS-induced increase in the DNA binding affinity and transcriptional activity of NF-${\kappa}B$. These results suggest that glucosamine exerts anti-inflammatory effects on HPDLFs exposed to LPS via inhibition of NF-${\kappa}B$ activity, necessitating further studies using animal periodontitis models.

Tunicamycin negatively regulates BMP2-induced osteoblast differentiation through CREBH expression in MC3T3E1 cells

  • Jang, Won-Gu;Kim, Eun-Jung;Koh, Jeong-Tae
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.44 no.11
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    • pp.735-740
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    • 2011
  • Tunicamycin, an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress inducer, specifically inhibits N-glycosylation. The cyclic AMP (cAMP) response element-binding protein H (CREBH) was previously shown to be regulated by UPR-dependent proteolytic cleavage in the liver. On the other hand, the role of CREBH in other tissues is unknown. In the present study, tunicamycin increased the level of CREBH activation (cleavage) as well as mRNA expression in osteoblast cells. Adenoviral (Ad) overexpression of CREBH suppressed BMP2-induced expression of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and osteocalcin (OC). Interestingly, the BMP2-induced OASIS (structurally similar to CREBH, a positive regulator of osteoblast differentiation) expression was also inhibited by CREBH overexpression. In addition, inhibition of CREBH expression using siRNA reversed the tunicamycin-suppressed ALP and OC expression. These results suggest that CREBH inhibited osteoblast differentiation via suppressing BMP2-induced ALP, OC and OASIS expression in mouse calvarial derived osteoblasts.

Direct Regeneration of Transgenic Buckwheat from Hypocotyl Segment by Agrobacterium-mediated Transformation

  • Kim, Hyun-Soon;Kang, Hyeon-Jung;Lee, Young-Tae;Lee, Seung-Yeob;Ko, Jeong-Ae;Rha, Eui-Shik
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.46 no.5
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    • pp.375-379
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    • 2001
  • Transgenic plants from hypocotyl segments of buckwheat were produced with the Agrobacterium strain LBA4404 harboring the binary vector pBI121 containing chimeric genes of neomycin phosphotransferase II (npt II) and $\beta$-glucuronidase (gus). Two weeks after co-cultivation with Agrobacterium, most of the hypocotyl segments gradually became brown and died on the selection medium containing 100mg/$\ell$ of kanamycin. Plants regenerated from the hypocotyl explants grown on selection medium were GUS-positive in the leaf, stem and vascular tissues by histochemical assay, and varied in gus activity (440-2568 pmol, 4-MU/mg protein) by fluorimetry. The plants showing GUS activity were confirmed of containing GUS and NPT-II genes by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Within 3 months, transgenic buckwheat plants were able to obtained from the hypocotyl segments.

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Molecular Characterization of Seaweeds Using RAPD and Differential Display

  • HONG Yong-Ki;KIM Yong-Tae;KIM Se-Kwon
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.770-778
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    • 1996
  • A rapid and economical method of simultaneous extraction of DNA and RNA from seaweeds has been developed by the use of lithium chloride. Lithium chloride facilitates the softening of cell walls resulting in a decrease in both compressive and tensile modulus of elasticity. The DNA was characterized by high molecular weight larger than 27 kb and a relative lack of carbohydrate and protein contamination. The DNA and RNA extracted by the method from many seaweeds were of sufficient quality to be used as a template for per amplification with a plant intergenic gene primer set, for RAPD analysis with arbitrary primers, and for differential display with arbitrary primers in the morphologically distinct regions of the matured Porphyra thallus. The cDNA polymorphism indicated that the reproductive tissue types (male, female, patch) had a relatively high degree of similarity; the vegetative tissue types (dividing, non-dividing) also showed a similar pattern with respect to each other. Holdfast tissue had very low similarity with the other tissues, but appeared most similar to vegetative non-dividing tissue type.

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Experimental Studies on the Cadium and Metallothioneien in Molluscs Collected from Mangyeong River, Korea (만경강 유역 연체동물 내 Cadmium 및 Cadmium-Methallothionein 함량의 실험적 조사)

  • 소진탁;유일수;김숙향;김재진
    • The Korean Journal of Malacology
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.16-22
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    • 1993
  • Contamination of heavy metals in water and sediments along Mangyeong Gang(river) has reached up to critical level The object of the study is to elucidate somed molluscs which inhabit along the river on respect to the modulatory role in reducing the pollution. For the purpose, molluscs which are common in numbers and biomass in the area were collected, and Cadmim(Cd) was subjected as a reference metal in the experiment. The corresponding species were; Cipango;aludina chinensis (muddy snail) and Scapharca subcrenata (seashell). As methods, sample species were kept in laboratory under the natural condition as possible. Soil were brought from the site of the collection, dried autoclaved and wetted with ordinary water. It wad utilized as media to maintain the collected species in vitro all the way of the experiment. CdCI$^{2}$ was mixe in the medium according to experimental design. On the result obtained in the study, it is summarized that molluscs which inhabit along Mangyeong Gang(river)consume heavy mital-containing matters, so far Cd is concerned in the study. The amout of Cd concentration in tissues of the benthic natured invertebrates were dose and time related, and MT-Cd was also similar trend. Thus, Cd may eventually combine with low molecular protein forming metalloprotein, then reduce the toxicity of the heavy metal.

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