ZNF509S1 downregulates PUMA by inhibiting p53K382 acetylation and p53-DNA binding

Jeon, B.N.,Yoon, J.H.,Han, D.,Kim, M.K.,Kim, Y.,Choi, S.H.,Song, J.,Kim, K.S.,Kim, K.,Hur, M.W. Elsevier Science 2017 Biochimica et biophysica acta. Gene regulatory mec Vol.1860 No.9

Expression of the POK family protein ZNF509L, and -its S1 isoform, is induced by p53 upon exposure to genotoxic stress. Due to alternative splicing of the ZNF509 primary transcript, ZNF509S1 lacks the 6 zinc-fingers and C-terminus of ZNF509L, resulting in only one zinc-finger. ZNF509L and -S1 inhibit cell proliferation by activating p21/CDKN1A and RB transcription, respectively. When cells are exposed to severe DNA damage, p53 activates PUMA (p53-upregulated modulator of apoptosis) transcription. Interestingly, apoptosis due to transcriptional activation of PUMA by p53 is attenuated by ZNF509S1. Thus we investigated the molecular mechanism(s) underlying the transcriptional attenuation and anti-apoptotic effects of ZNF509S1. We show that ZNF509S1 modulation of p53 activity is important in PUMA gene transcription by modulating post-translational modification of p53 by p300. ZNF509S1 directly interacts with p53 and inhibits p300-mediated acetylation of p53 lysine K382, with deacetylation of p53 K382 leading to decreased DNA binding at the p53 response element 1 of the PUMA promoter. ZNF509S1 may play a role not only in cell cycle arrest, by activating RB expression, but also in rescuing cells from apoptotic death by repressing PUMA expression in cells exposed to severe DNA damage.

Application of genetically engineered Salmonella typhimurium for interferon-gamma-induced therapy against melanoma

Yoon, W.,Park, Y.C.,Kim, J.,Chae, Y.S.,Byeon, J.H.,Min, S.H.,Park, S.,Yoo, Y.,Park, Y.K.,Kim, B.M. Pergamon Press 2017 European journal of cancer Vol.70 No.-

Salmonella have been experimentally used as anti-cancer agents, because they show selective growth in tumours. In this study, we genetically modified attenuated Salmonella typhimurium to express and secrete interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) as a tumouricidal agent to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of Salmonella. IFN-γ was fused to the N-terminal region (residues 1-160) of SipB (SipB160) for secretion from bacterial cells. Attenuated S. typhimurium expressing recombinant IFN-γ (S. typhimurium (IFN-γ)) invaded the melanoma cells and induced cytotoxicity. Subcutaneous administration of S. typhimurium (IFN-γ) also efficiently inhibited tumour growth and prolonged the survival of C57BL/6 mice bearing B16F10 melanoma compared with administration of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), unmodified S. typhimurium or S. typhimurium expressing empty vector (S. typhimurium [Vec]) in a natural killer (NK) cell-dependent manner. Moreover, genetically modified Salmonella, including S. typhimurium (IFN-γ), showed little toxicity to normal tissues with no observable adverse effects. However, S. typhimurium (IFN-γ)-mediated tumour suppression was attributed to direct killing of tumour cells rather than to stable anti-tumour immunity. Collectively, these results suggest that tumour-targeted therapy using S. typhimurium (IFN-γ) has potential for melanoma treatment.

도금슬러지 시멘트고형화에서의 강도 및 안정화 증진

윤현식,강민성,이두진,신응배,배우근,유도윤 漢陽大學校 環境工學硏究所 1997 環境科學論文集 Vol.18 No.-

본 연구에서는 도금폐수처리공정에서 발생하는 실 슬러지를 대상으로 현장에서 적용이 가능한 시멘트고형화 및 안정화효율 증진방안을 찾기 위하여 실내 실험을 통해 1) 슬러지내의 수분이 시멘트의 수화반응에 미치는 영향, 2) 교반시간증가에 의한 고화체의 강도향상 및 용출억제효과, 그리고 3) 첨가제를 이용한 고형화효율 증대를 중점적으로 살펴 보았다. 실슬러지의(습윤슬러지) 자체가 함유한 수분이 시멘트수화반응에 미치는 영향을 살펴보기 위하여 슬러지를 건조시킨 후 물을 첨가하여 시멘트모르터내에 자유수를 증가시킨 결과 습윤슬러지를 그대로 고형화 한 경우보다 동일한 수분에서 2배정도의 높은강도를 얻을 수 있었다. 교반시간을 증가시킬수록 강도와 용출성이 점차 향상되어 10분정도의 교반시간에서 우수한 결과를 얻었으며, 특히 습윤슬러지의 경우 그 효과가 두드러지게 나타났다. 첨가제사용에 따른 효율평가 실험은 Silica fume, 황산반토, Zeolite, EDTA를 대상으로 실시하였으며 이중 Silica fume이 강도와 용출억제면에서 가장 효과가 좋았다. 최적배합비는 습윤슬러지의 경우 첨가비(첨가제/시멘트)0.25∼0.5에서 가장 우수하였고, 0.05∼0.1에서 가장 좋은 용출효과를 나타내었다. 이는 Silica fume이 중금속에 의한 시멘트수화 방해작용을 억제하고 중금속이온을 불용성의 화합물로 고정하기 때문으로 사료된다. The Solidification /Stabilization (S/S) using the cement as a binder is widely used because of its stability and low cost. For cement-based S/S, however, the S/S efficiency in terms of strength and contaminant immobilization varies significantly according to the treated waste types and operational conditions. In this research real planting sludges were choosen for the S/S experiments in order to increase the applicability of the results in the actual site. Especially, the study focused on the effects of 1) the moisture of sludge on the hydration-reaction of cements, 2) the increased mixing time on the enhancement of the strength and immobilization, and 3) using the binder additives on the S/S efficiency. The compressive strength and leachability of the heavy metals (CU, Cd, Pb, Cr, and Zn) from the solidified materials were measured for evaluating the S/S efficiency. Drying the sludge and putting water, keeping the moisture content the same as the original sludge, into the cement mortar for supplying free-water increased the compressive strength of the solidified material by appoximately two times. Prolonged mixing of the sludge-cement mixture increased, particually in the wet sludges, the strength of the solidified material and retarded the mobility of heavy metals from the sludge. Good results obtained at ten minutes of mixing. In the experiments using the additives, silica fume gave superior results with the strength and immobilization to other additives (Al₂(SO₄)₃Zeolite, EDTA) tested. In the wet sludges, the optimum additive/cement ratio was 0.25-0.5 for strength and 0.05-0.1 for immobilization. It was suspected that the silica fume prevented the interference of heavy metals on the hydration reaction of cement and fixed the heavy metal ions into insoluble complexes.

간염 및 소아설사 바이러스질환에 대한 특이진단법 개발

윤재득,지영미,김기순,천두성,정윤석,박정구,황응수,김동수,정용석 국립보건연구원 1999 국립보건원보 Vol.36 No.-

Crystal structures of LacD from Staphylococcus aureus and LacD.1 from Streptococcus pyogenes: Insights into substrate specificity and virulence gene regulation

Lee, S.J.,Kim, H.S.,Kim, D.J.,Yoon, H.J.,Kim, K.H.,Yoon, J.Y.,Suh, S.W. North-Holland Pub ; Elsevier Science Ltd 2011 FEBS letters Vol.585 No.2

Staphylococcus aureus LacD, a Class I tagatose-1,6-bisphosphate (TBP) aldolase, shows broadened substrate specificity by catalyzing the cleavage of 1,6-bisphosphate derivatives of d-tagatose, d-fructose, d-sorbose, and d-psicose. LacD.1 and LacD.2 are two closely-related Class I TBP aldolases in Streptococcus pyogenes. Here we have determined the crystal structures of S. aureus LacD and S. pyogenes LacD.1. Monomers of both enzymes are folded into a (β/α)<SUB>8</SUB> barrel and two monomers associate tightly to form a dimer in the crystals. The structures suggest that the residues E189 and S300 of rabbit muscle Class I fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (FBP) aldolase are important for substrate specificity. When we mutated the corresponding residues of S. aureus LacD, the mutants (L165E, L275S, and L165E/L275S) showed enhanced substrate specificity toward FBP. Structured summary: lacDbinds to lacD by X-ray crystallography(View interaction) lacD1binds to lacD1 by X-ray crystallography(View interaction)

Arbitrarily Primed PCR을 이용한 한국에서 유행하는 황색포도상구균의 분자유전형에 대한 연구

황선철,이창규,이승관,이동호,정수경,최현일,윤건석,정운원,윤효숙 高麗大學校 倂設 保健大學 保健科學硏究所 1998 保健科學論集 Vol.24 No.1

Eighty methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) isolates were typed by applying arbitrarily primed-PCR(AP-PCR) method to clarify their distribution of molecular genetical characteristics. Among 40 gentamicin resistant strains of MRSA(GR-MRSA), 33 isolates drawn on the dendrogram fell into a single cluster at the similarity level of 90% when primer S₁ was used. However, with the primer S₂, 24 out of 40 strains fell into a single cluster at the similiarity 90%. In the meantime, 22 out of 40 strains amplified fell into a single cluster at the similarity of 90% when the primer E₂ was used. From the combined data obtained, it can be statistically said that 65.8% of GR-MRSA isolates are related with genetical characteristics. In 40 gentamycin susceptible MRSA(GS-MRSA) strains, 18, 19 and 13 strains drawn on the dendrogram fell into a single cluster at a similiarity level of 90% with the primers S₁, S₂ and E₂, respectively. From the combined data obtained by the three above AP-PCR profiles, it can be concluded that 41.7% of GS-MRSA isolates showed high relatedness genetically.

MSP430 기반 뇌신경자극기 S/W 설계 및 구현

홍상표(S. P. Hong),권성호(C. H. Quan),심현민(H. M. Shim),김규태(K. T. Kim),김규성(K. S. Kim),윤광섭(K. S. Yoon),이상민(S. M. Lee) 한국재활복지공학회 2015 한국재활복지공학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.2015 No.11

This paper presents the results of the neuromodulation S/W Design and Implementation based on MSP430. The MSP430 operating with ultra power is used actively in the development of human implantable devices. In this paper, The neuromodulation S/W that was designed based on MSP430 has a simple architecture. Also, this neuromodulation S/W provides the reliability and scalability of generating neuro signals simultaneously. In order to verify the operation of the neuromodulation S/W, A separate external control device(PC) test program developed. By using the program, The experiments on generating and controling a brain stimulation signals corresponding to the parameter was conducted and shows the results.

유전자 알고리즘을 이용한 InGaP/GaAs HBT 소신호 등가회로 파라미터 추출

장덕성(D.S. Chang),문종섭(J.S. Moon),박철순(C.S. Park),윤경식(K.S. Yoon) 한국지능시스템학회 2001 한국지능시스템학회논문지 Vol.11 No.6

에미터 크기가 2×10 μm²인 InGaP/GaAs 이종접합 바이폴라 트랜지스터의 T자 모양으로 연결된 등가회로 요소를 추출하기 위하여, 경계 구간 설정이 개선된 유전자 알고리즘을 채택하였다. 이 소신호 모델 파라미터를 유전자 알고리즘을 사용하여, 다양한 순방향 바이어스에서 측정한 S-파라미터들로부터 추출하였다. 추출된 값들은 물리적인 의미와 일관성을 보여준다. 모델 S-파라미터는 측정 S-파라미터와 2GHz- 26.5GHz의 주파수 범위에서 잘 일치한다. The present approach based on the genetic algorithm with improved selections of bounds was adopted to extract a bridged T equivalent circuit elements of a 2×10 μm² InGaP/GaAs HBT. The small-signal model parameters were extracted using the genetic algorithm from S-parameters measured at different frequencies under multiple forward-active biases, which demonstrate physically meaningful values and consistency. The agreement between the measured and modeled S-parameters is excellent over the frequency range of 2 to 26.5GHz.

Overview of KSTAR research progress and future plans toward ITER and K-DEMO

Park, H.K.,Choi, M.J.,Hong, S.H.,In, Y.,Jeon, Y.M.,Ko, J.S.,Ko, W.H.,Kwak, J.G.,Kwon, J.M.,Lee, J.,Lee, J.H.,Lee, W.,Nam, Y.B.,Oh, Y.K.,Park, B.H.,Park, J.K.,Park, Y.S.,Wang, S.J.,Yoo, M.,Yoon, S.W.,B IOP 2019 Nuclear fusion Vol.59 No.11

<P>A decade-long operation of the Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) has contributed significantly to the operation of superconducting tokamak devices and the advancement of tokamak physics which will be beneficial for the ITER and K-DEMO programs. Even with limited heating capability, various conventional as well as new operating regimes have been explored and have achieved improved performance. As examples, a long pulse high-confinement mode operation with and without an edge-localized mode (ELM) crash was well over 70 and 30 s, respectively. The unique capabilities of KSTAR allowed it to improve the capability of controlling harmful instabilities, and they have been instrumental in uncovering much new physics. The highlights are that the L/H transition threshold power is sensitive to the resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) and insensitive to non-resonant magnetic perturbation. Co-<I>I</I> <SUB>p</SUB> offset rotation dominated by an electron channel predicted by general neoclassical toroidal viscosity theory was confirmed. Improved heat dispersal in a divertor system using three rows of rotating RMP was demonstrated and predictive control of the ELM-crash with <I>a priori</I> modeling was successfully tested. In magnetohydrodynamic physics, validation of the full reconnection model (i.e. <I>q</I> <SUB>0</SUB>  >  1 right after the sawtooth crash) and self-consistent validation of the anisotropic distribution of turbulence amplitude and flow in the presence of the 2/1 island with theoretical models were achieved. The turbulence amplitude induced by RMP was linearly increased with the slow RMP coil current ramp-up time (i.e. the magnetic diffusion time scale). The <I>D</I> <SUB> <I>α</I> </SUB> spikes (i.e. ELM-crash amplitude) was linearly decreased with the turbulence amplitude and not correlated with the perpendicular electron flow. In the turbulence area, a non-diffusive ‘avalanche’ transport event and the role of a quiescent coherent mode in confinement were studied. To accommodate the anticipation of a higher performance of the KSTAR plasmas with the increased heating powers, a new divertor/internal interface with a full active cooling system will be implemented after a full test of the new heating (neutral beam injection II and electron cyclotron heating) and current drive (CD) (Helicon and lower hybrid CD) systems. An upgrade plan for the internal hardware, heating systems and efficient CD system may allow for a long pulse operation of higher performance plasmas at <I>β</I> <SUB>N</SUB>  >  3.0 with <I>f</I> <SUB>bs</SUB> ~ 0.5 and <I>T</I> <SUB>i</SUB>  >  10 keV.</P>

Bifidobacterium bifidum ATCC 11863 에 의한 우유의 발효에 관한 연구 - 발효에 의한 유성분의 변화 -

고준수(J . S . Goh),권일경(I . K . Kwon),안종건(J . K . Ahn),윤영호(Y . H . Yoon) 한국축산학회 1988 한국축산학회지 Vol.30 No.10

This research was performed to get the informations needed to manufacture fermented milk products using bifidobacteria as starter culture. The conversion of constituents in the whole milk fermented by Bifidobacterium bifidum ATCC 11863 was investigated, and the results were compared with those by several lactic acid bacteria generally used for the fermented milk products. 1. The use of lactose varied according to the kinds of bacteria, such as B. bifidum, L. acidophilus, L. casei and S. thermophilus. When the whole milk was fermented by B. bifidum, the glucose reached 480 mg per 100 ml; while galactose reached 661 mg per 100 ml when S. thermophilus was grown in whole milk. 2. B. bifidum and L. acidophilus raised the, soluble nitrogenous compounds in whole milk after 24 hours at 37℃, however, there was little change soluble nitrogenous compounds content of whole milk by L. casei and S. thermophilus. 3. The content of free amino acids was increased by B. bifidum and L. acidophilus after 24 hours at 37℃; whereas decreased when L. casei and S. thermophilus were grown. 4. The polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis evidenced no significant change of casein but distinct changes of whey protein were observed by B. bifidum, L. acidophilus, L. casei and S. thermophilus at 37℃ after 24 hours. The change of whey protein was more noticeable when whole milk was fermented by L. acidophilus and L. casei than by B. bifidum and S. thermophilus. 5. The pyruvic acid content was decreased in whole milk after 24 hours at 37℃ by B. bifidum, L. acidophilus, L. casei and S. thermophilus. Lactic and succinic acid were produced during the fermentation of whole milk by B. bifidum, L. acidophilus and L. casei but B. bifidum produced less lactic acid than other bacteria. 6. Acetic acid was increased in the whole milk by B. bifidum, L. acidophilus and L. casei after 24 hours at 37℃. It was increased more rapidly by B. bifidum than by other bacteria; however, it was decreased during the fermentation by S. thermophilus. When B. bifidum was grown in whole milk, volatile organic acids such as propionic, isobutyric, butyric, isovaleric, valeric and caproic acids were decreased.