Heme oxygenase-1 induced by desoxo-narchinol-A attenuated the severity of acute pancreatitis via blockade of neutrophil infiltration

Bae, Gi-Sang,Kim, Dong-Goo,Jo, Il-Joo,Choi, Sun-Bok,Kim, Myoung-Jin,Shin, Joon Yeon,Kim, Dong-Uk,Song, Ho-Joon,Joo, Myungsoo,Park, Sung-Joo ELSEVIER 2019 INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY Vol.69 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) has an anti-inflammatory action in acute pancreatitis (AP). However, its mechanism of action and natural compounds/drugs to induce HO-1 in pancreas are not well understood. In this study, we investigated the regulatory mechanisms of HO-1 during AP using desoxo-narchinol-A (DN), the natural compound inducing HO-1 in the pancreas. Female C57/BL6 Mice were intraperitoneally injected with supramaximal concentrations of cerulein (50 μg/kg) hourly for 6 h to induce AP. DMSO or DN was administered intraperitoneally, then mice were sacrificed 6 h after the final cerulein injection. Administration of DN increased pancreatic HO-1 expression through activation of activating protein-1, mediated by mitogen-activated protein kinases. Furthermore, DN treatment reduced the pancreatic weight-to-body weight ratio as well as production of digestive enzymes and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Inhibition of HO-1 by tin protoporphyrin IX abolished the protective effects of DN on pancreatic damage. Additionally, DN treatment inhibited neutrophil infiltration into the pancreas via regulation of chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 2 (CXCL2) by HO-1. Our results suggest that DN is an effective inducer of HO-1 in the pancreas, and that HO-1 regulates neutrophil infiltration in AP via CXCL2 inhibition.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Desoxo-narchinol-A (DN) is a natural compound of HO-1 inducer in pancreas. </LI> <LI> Mechanism of DN-induced HO-1 is mediated by MAPK/Activator Protein-1/HO-1 signaling. </LI> <LI> DN-induced HO-1 blocks neutrophil infiltration into pancreas via inhibition of CXCL2. </LI> <LI> DN inhibits cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis (AP) and AP-associated lung injury. </LI> </UL> </P> <P><B>Graphical abstract</B></P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>

Induction of heme oxygenase-1 protects against podocyte apoptosis under diabetic conditions

Lee, Sang Choel,Han, Seung Hyeok,Li, Jin Ji,Lee, Sun Ha,Jung, Dong-Sub,Kwak, Seung-Jae,Kim, Seung Hye,Kim, Dong Ki,Yoo, Tae-Hyun,Kim, Jin Hyun,Chang, Se-Ho,Han, Dae Suk,Kang, Shin-Wook International Society of Nephrology 2009 Kidney international Vol.76 No.8

Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is an anti-oxidant enzyme normally upregulated in response to oxidant injury. Here we determined the role of HO-1 in podocyte apoptosis in glomeruli of streptozotocin-treated rats and in immortalized mouse podocytes cultured in media containing normal or high glucose. HO-1 expression, its activity, the ratio of Bax/Bcl-2 protein, and active caspase-3 fragments were all significantly higher in isolated glomeruli of diabetic rats and in high glucose–treated podocytes. These increases were inhibited by zinc protoporphyrin treatment of the rats or by HO-1 siRNA treatment of the podocytes in culture. The number of apoptotic cells was also significantly increased in the glomeruli of diabetic rats and in high glucose–treated podocytes. Inhibition of HO-1 accentuated the increase in apoptotic cells both in vivo and in vitro. Our findings suggest that HO-1 expression protects against podocyte apoptosis under diabetic conditions.

혈관질환 정보관리 시스템

김동익,김덕경,허세호,이병붕,김용신,김은숙,문지영,도영수,신성욱,김동수,김만태,진재욱,김용신 대한혈관외과학회 2002 Vascular Specialist International Vol.18 No.1

As medical technology progresses rapidly, there is a rise in the average age along with the Korean dietary lifestyle becoming more westernized, which leads to an increase in the number of vascular disease patients in Korea. Thus, we need to manage the medical information of a disease systematically in order to diagnose and treat constructively. However, since there has been no standardized method of man agement to date, a great deal of information could not be properly utilized nor studied. Therefore, the departments of Cardiology, Radiology and Neurology of Samsung Seoul Hospital recently got together to develop an information management system called the Vascular Data System. This program was developed to be run on win98 O/S, upper Pentium Ⅲ, and upper 128 MB Memory, and its source code is Dephi 4.0. It was configured for the user to set the configurations as well as do a variety of search and analysis. If this program were to be updated continuously, it may be used extensively as well as in various parts of clinical research activities.

동의보감 탕액편에 기재된 식이본초의 독성유무에 대한 분류 연구

신호동(Ho-Dong Shin),정종운(Jong-Un Jeong) 대한한의학회 2011 대한한의학회지 Vol.32 No.1

만성 견비통에 대한 동씨침 치료의 무작위 대조군의 임상 연구

김찬영,권나현,신예지,남동우,김건형,김종인,최도영,이윤호,이재동 WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR TRADITIONAL MEDICINE 2007 東西醫學硏究所 論文集 Vol.2007 No.-

Objectives : To observe the effect of acupuncture treatment in chronic shoulder pain patients. Methods : 36 voluntary patients were randomly assigned to an acupuncture treatment group(E GrouP, n=18) and a control group(C GrouP, n=18). The E Group patients received acupuncture treatment on LI_(15), TE_(14), GB_(21) and Master Dong's acupuncture points, Shin-gwan and Gyun-joong, twice a week for four weeks. The C Group patients received no treatment. All patients in both groups were instructed to practise self exercise in their daily lives. Evaluations were made at baseline and after four weeks of study. The Constant Shoulder Assessment(CSA), Shoulder Pain and Disability Index(SPADI) and the patient's subjective pain was measured by Visual Analogue Scale(VAS). The obtained data was analyzed. Results '. The E Group showed significant(p<0.05) improvement in CSA, SPADI and VAS after four weeks of treatment. The C Group showed significant(p<0.05) improvement in CSA, but the change of SPADI and VAS was insignificant(P>0.05). CSA and SPADI of E Group significantly(p<0.05) improved compared to the C GrouP, but the difference of VAS change in the two groups was insignificant(p>0.05). Conclusions : Four weeks of acupuncture treatment significantly improved CSA, SPADI and VAS. The improvement of CSA and SPADI was significant(p<0.05) compared to untreated patients.

Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior in Ultrafine Grained Low Carbon Steel

Ho,Kyung Kim,Myung-Il Choi,Chin-Sung Chung Dong-Hyuk Shin 대한기계학회 2002 JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Vol.16 No.10

Ultrafine grained (UFG) low carbon (0.15 wt.% C) steel produced by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) was tested for investigating the effect of load ratio on the fatigue crack growth rate. Fatigue crack growth resistance and threshold of UFG steel were lower than that of as-received coarse grained steel. It was attributed to the less tortuous crack path. The UFG steel exhibited slightly higher crack growth rates and a lower △K_th with an increase of R ratio. The R ratio effect on crack growth rates and △K_th was basically indistinguishable at lower load ratio (R>0.3), compared to other alloys, which indicates that contribution of the crack closure vanishes. The crack growth rate curve for UFG steel exhibited a longer linear extension to the lower growth rate regime than that for the coarse grained as-received steel.<br/>

Streptomyces 속 균주 HA-40이 생산하는 내열성 α-Amylase의 효소학적 성질

신운섭,이동희,이현우,권태종,정호권 建國大學校 附設 産業技術硏究所 1988 논문집 Vol.13 No.-

토양으로부터 분리한 Streptomyces 속 균주 HA-40이 생산하는 내열성 α-amylase의 효소학적 성질을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 효소의 작용 최적 온도는 65℃였으며 activation energy 는 16.9Kcal/mole이었고 60℃에서는 안정하였으나 70℃에서는 30분 처리로 약 50%, 1시간 처리로 약 75%가 실활하였다. 그러나 ??를 0.1mM농도로 첨가한 경우엔 70℃ 에서 1시간 처리하여도 잔존활성도가 55%이상으로 열변성에 대한 ??의 보호효과가 있었다. 본 효소는 pH7에서 활성이 가장 강하였으며 안정성도 가장 높았다. 그리고 금속이온 중에서 ??의 첨가로 효소활성이 증대되었으며 ??, ??, ??등에 의해서 활성이 저해되었다. 각종 효소저해제는 대부분 영향을 미치지 못하였으나 EDTA가 반응액 중에 공존하면 효소활성이 강하게 저해되었다 본 효소는 maltotriose이하의 당류에 대해서는 분해력이 없었으며 amylose에 대한 환원당 생성력을 100으로 하였을때 soluble starch 108, amylopectin 94, glycogen 87, dextrin 48, potato starch 25, corn starch 18로 생전분에 대한 분해력은 soluble starch에 비해서 1/4∼1/5 정도밖에 되지 않았다. 그리고 soluble starch에 대한 Km 치는 1.9㎎/㎖였다. The properties of a thermostale α-amylase produced from Streptomyces sp. strain HA-40, isolated from soil, were investigated. The optimal temperature of the enzyme was 65℃ and the enzyme was stable below 60℃. However, at 70℃ about 75% of the activity was lost after 1hr treatment, but by the addition of ?? in the concentration of 0.1mM only 45% of the activity was lost. The enzyme was most active and stable at around pH 7. The activity of the enzyme was increased by the addition of ??, but depressed by ??, ??, and EDTA. The enzyme could be hydrolyze soluble starch, amylose, amylopectin and glycogen well, and could also digest dextrin and raw starch. The Km value for soluble starch was 1.9㎎/㎖.

MgCdSe 단결정에서의 Co²이온의 광흡수 특성

신동호,정해문,김창대 木浦大學校基礎科學硏究所 1999 基礎科學硏究誌 Vol.17 No.-

The experimental electronic states of ?? ions in ?? single crystals grown by the chemical transport reaction method were investigated from the optical absorption measurement. The fine structures observed from the absorption spectra of ?? are ascertained to be due to the electronic transitions between the energy levels of ?? ions located at ?? symmetry sites. In particular, it was observed that the Racah parameter B and the crystal field parameter Dq increase with increasing the Mg concentration on the ?? single crystals, which is related to the effects of the covalency on the interaction parameters. The values of these parameters were shown to be resonable comparing to those of other Se compounds.

퍼지 k-最長工程技法을 利用한 工程管理模型 開發에 關한 硏究

신동호,김충영 한국경영과학회 1993 韓國經營科學會誌 Vol.18 No.2

This paper employs fuzzy variables instead of deterministic variables for job times in a project network. A fuzzy variable has its value restricted by a possibility distribution. This paper utilizes the triangular possibility distribution which has three estimated times. That is normal, reasonable, and crash job times. This paper develops a fuzzy k-longest path algorithm, by utilizing the k-longest path algorithm. This algorithm will be useful to control the project network by considering the project completion possibility.

지역복지 정보네트워크의 구축에 관한 연구

신동면,한상연,김종호,이호창,김민용 한국정책학회 2004 韓國政策學會報 Vol.13 No.1

이 논문에서는 정보기술이 지역복지 전달체계의 개편에 기여할 수 있다는 인식을 바탕으로 지역복지 정보네트워크를 구축하기 위한 모델과 지역복지 정보네트워크를 위한 컨텐츠 구성 방안 등에 대하여 논의하고 있다. 정보의 공유와 상호협력 관계를 충실하게 구혈할 수 있는 정보네트워크 구축방식은 지역복지 전달과정에 관련된 공급자, 수혜자, 후원자, 그리고 정부를 포함한 모든 당사자들을 상호 연결하는 e-허브 모델이 바람직하다. 지역복지 네트워크 허브는 지역복지 전달과정에서 각 주체들이 정보네트워크에 올린 원시정보를 분류?축적?갱신함으로써 사회복지서비스의 수급을 연결시키는 역할을 담당하기 때문에 지방자치단체가 운영의 책임을 져야 한다. 지역복지 정보네트워크는 지역복지 전달과정에서 5C 활동-컨텐츠(Contents), 의사소통(Communication), 커뮤너티(Community), 협업(Collaboration), 기여(Contribution) -을 촉진할 것이다. 이중에서 특히 컨텐츠의 수준은 지역복지 정보네트워크가 효과적으로 운영되기 위한 관건이 된다. 이에 본 논문에서는 공급자, 수혜자, 후원자, 그리고 정부가 지역복지 정보네트워크의 운영을 위하여 제공해야 할 컨텐츠를 구체적으로 예시하고 있다. 지역복지 정보네트워크는 5C 활동을 통하여 지역복지 전달과정에서 관련 당사자들 간의 상호, 협력적 관계를 지속시킴으로써 지역복지 전달체계의 효율성, 적절성, 통합성, 전문성, 접근성을 제고하는 데 기여할 것이다.