Genetic effect of <i>CCR3</i> and <i>IL5RA</i> gene polymorphisms on eosinophilia in asthmatic patients

Lee, June-Hyuk,Chang, Hun Soo,Kim, Ji Hyun,Park, Se-Min,Lee, Yong Mok,Uh, Soo Taek,Rhim, Taiyoun,Chung, Il Yup,Kim, Yong-Hoon,Park, Byung Lae,Park, Choon-Sik,Shin, Hyoung Doo Elsevier 2007 The journal of allergy and clinical immunology Vol.120 No.5

<P><B>Background</B></P><P>Eosinophilic infiltration and peripheral blood eosinophilia in asthma require the cooperation of eosinophil-specific cytokines and chemokines and their receptors.</P><P><B>Objective</B></P><P>We investigated the association of polymorphisms in <I>CCR3</I> and <I>IL5RA</I> with asthma susceptibility or peripheral blood eosinophilia and the effects of the polymorphisms on receptor expression.</P><P><B>Methods</B></P><P>Polymorphisms in <I>CCR3</I> and <I>IL5RA</I> were identified and genotyped in 576 asthmatic patients and 180 healthy control subjects. CCR3 and IL-5 receptor α (IL-5Rα) protein expression on eosinophils was measured by means of flow cytometry.</P><P><B>Results</B></P><P>Although polymorphisms in <I>CCR3</I> were not associated with asthma susceptibility, the <I>CCR3</I> haplotype <I>ht2</I> showed a negative gene dose effect on the eosinophil count (<I>P</I> = .003–.009). <I>IL5RA c.−5091G>A</I> was weakly associated with eosinophil count. The effects of <I>ht2</I> were greater when paired with <I>IL5RA c.−5091A</I> (<I>P</I> = .001–.002). CCR3 protein expression was higher on eosinophils of asthmatic patients without <I>ht2</I> than in those with <I>ht2</I>. Asthmatic patients with the <I>IL5RA c.−5091A</I> allele showed higher IL-5Rα expression than those who were homozygous for the G allele.</P><P><B>Conclusion</B></P><P>The genetic association between <I>CCR3</I> polymorphisms and the number of circulating eosinophils was revealed as a novel finding. These associations were more pronounced when the <I>CCR3</I> polymorphisms were paired with polymorphisms in <I>IL5RA</I>. The protein expression levels of CCR3 and IL-5Rα on peripheral blood eosinophils are associated with the polymorphisms on their own genes.</P><P><B>Clinical implications</B></P><P>The identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes of <I>CCR3</I> and <I>IL5RA</I> might be useful in developing markers for intermediate phenotypes of eosinophil number and in designing strategies to control diseases related to hypereosinophilia.</P>

Structural analysis and bioactivities of a polysaccharide isolated from Capsosiphonfulvescence (Masaengi)

Doo Jin Choi,Ji Won Choi,Jisun Lee,Chang Won Lee,Seul Lee,Andriy Synytsya,Yong Il Park 한국당과학회 2013 한국당과학회 학술대회 Vol.2013 No.1

A water-soluble polysaccharide (SPS-CF) was isolated and purified from Korean green alga Maesaengi Capsosiphon fulvescens mainly by dilute acid extraction, ethanol precipitation, and DEAE-cellulose ion exchange chromatography. The results of present study performed for monosaccharide composition of this polysaccharide using HPLC of PMP labelled sugars, HPAEC-PAD, GC-FID and TLC, clearly demonstrated that the most prominent neutral monosaccharides of SPS-CF are xylose (44–52 mol %) and rhamnose (34–45 mol %), while mannose and galactose are present at much lesser extent or in negligible amount. These extensive monosaccharide analyses and correlation NMR measurements confirmed that it is a sulphated glucuronorhamnoxylan (ulvan) type polysaccharide, whose backbone is composed of alternating sequence of 4-linked L-rhamnose-3-sulphate and D-xylose residues (ulvobiose) carrying monomeric D-glucuronic acid or D-glucuronic acid-3-sulphate on O-2 of some L-rhamnose-3-sulphate units as the side chains. The SPS-CF exhibited significant invitro anticoagulant activity by which the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) and thrombin time (TT) were significantly prolonged. Also, Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay showed that the SPS-CF significantly stimulates the release of the pro-inflammatory cytokines, TNF-α and IL-6, in a dose-dependent manner. RT-PCR analysis demonstrated that the SPS-CF also induced a more than two-fold increase in the expression of iNOS and COX-2, responsible for the induction of NO and PGE2, respectively, at 5 μg/ml in RAW264.7 murine macrophages. The results of this study demonstrated that the SPS-CF isolated from Korean C. fulvescens Maesaengi is an ulvan type polysaccharide and can be considered as potential anticoagulant and immunostimulating agent.

고온 환경에서의 운동 시 서로 다른 수분 보충이 엘리트 운동선수들의 염증성 사이토카인 반응 및 면역 기능에 미치는 영향

백일영 ( Il Young Paik ),윤두상 ( Doo Sang Yun ),서상훈 ( Sang Hoon Suh ),노희태 ( Hee Tae Roh ) 한국스포츠정책과학원(구 한국스포츠개발원) 2011 체육과학연구 Vol.22 No.3

이 연구의 목적은 고온 환경에서의 운동 시 단순 수분 및 스포츠 음료를 통한 수분 보충이 엘리트 운동선수들의 호르몬 변화, 염증성 사이토카인 반응 및 면역 기능에 미치는 영향을 규명하는데 있다. 연구의 대상은 엘리트 운동선수 10명으로 하였으며, 4가지 실험 처치 조건에서 75%HRR 운동 강도로 60분간 트레드밀 달리기를 실시하였다: 1) 적정 환경에서 운동 처치 조건(TE), 2) 고온 환경에서 운동 처치 조건(HE), 3) 고온환경에서 운동 시 물 섭취 처치 조건(HW), 4) 고온 환경에서 운동 시 스포츠음료 섭취 처치 조건(HS). 기후조건은 인공기후실을 이용하여 적정 환경은 온도 18℃, 상대습도 50%로 설정하였으며, 고온 환경은 온도 32℃, 상대습도 50%로 설정하였다. 수분 보충은 물 또는 스포츠음료를 이용하여 고온 환경에서 운동 처치 조건(HE)의 운동 전, 후 체중 차와 동일한 양을 구강 투여하였다. 채혈은 안정 시, 운동 직후, 회복 60분 시점에서 실시하였다. 연구결과, 운동 직후 시점에서 epinephrine은 HE 처치가 다른 세 처치(TE, HW, HS)보다 유의하게 높았으며(p<.05), norepinephrine은 HE 처치가 TE 처치보다 유의하게 높았다(p<.05). IL-6는 운동 직후 시점에서 HE 처치가 TE 처치보다 유의하게 높았다(p<.05). TNF-α는 TE 처치를 제외한 세 처치(HE, HW, HS)에서 운동 직후 유의하게 증가하였다(p<.05). T-cell은 TE 처치를 제외한 세 처치(HE, HW, HS)에서 운동 직후 유의하게 증가하였으며(p<.05), HE 처치가 TE 처치보다 유의하게 높았다(p<.05). NK-cell은 운동 직후 시점에서 HE 처치가 TE 처치보다 유의하게 높았다(p<.05). Neutrophil은 HE 처치의 경우 운동 직후 시점에서 유의하게 증가하였다(p<.05). Lymphocyte는 TE와 HE 처치에서 운동 직후 유의하게 증가하였다(p<.05). Monocyte는 운동 직후 시점에서 HE 처치가 TE 처치보다 유의하게 높았다(p<.05). 이상의 결과를 종합하면, 고온 환경에서의 운동은 적정 환경에서의 운동 시보다 카테콜아민과 염증성 사이토카인의 분비를 증가시켜 면역기능에 부정적인 영향을 미칠 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 반면에 고온 환경에서의 운동 시 수분 보충은 탈수와 열적 스트레스를 경감시켜 면역기능의 부정적 영향을 완화시킬 수 있음을 시사한다. The purpose of the current research was to investigate the effects of body fluid replacement by water or sport drinks on the hormonal, inflammatory cytokine and immune responses during exercise in high ambient temperature. The subjects of the current research were 10 elite athletes. The subjects were asked to perform treadmill running at 75%HRR for 60 minutes in four different conditions, controlled by the environmental chamber: 1) thermoneutral environment (TE), 2) high ambient temperature environment (HE), 3) high ambient temperature environment and body fluid replacement by water (HW), and 4) high ambient temperature environment and body fluid replacement by sport drink(HS). Ambient temperature and relative humidity were set at 18℃ and 50%, respectively, for the theromoneutral environment, and 32℃ and 50% for the high ambient temperature environment. The amount of fluid replaced during two different fluid replacing conditions (HW and HS) were equivalent to the difference in body weight between pre and post completion of the running in HE. The defined amounts of the fluids were administered orally with separations during the exercise trials. Blood samples were taken at rest, at immediately after exercise, and at 60-minute of recovery. For catecholamine responses, the level of epinephrine immediately after exercise appeared to be significantly higher in HE compared to the other treatment conditions (p<.05), while the level of norepinephrine appeared to be significantly higher in HE compared to TE (p<.05). For cytokine responses, the level of IL-6 immediately after exercise appeared to be significantly higher in HE compared to TE (p<.05) while the levels of TNF-α were shown to significantly increase at immediately after exercise in all treatment conditions except TE (p<.05). For immune responses, the levels of T-cell were shown to significantly increase at immediately after exercise in all treatment conditions except TE (p<.05), and the level appeared to be significantly higher in HE compared to TE (p<.05); the level of NK-cell appeared to be higher at immediately after exercise in HE compare to TE (p<.05); the level of neutrophil was shown to significantly increase at immediately after exercise in HE (p<.05); the levels of lymphocyte were shown to significantly increase in TE and HE at immediately after exercise (p<.05); and the level of monocyte appeared to be significantly higher in HE compared to TE at immediately after exercise (p<.05). On the base of the results of the current study, it is suggested that exercise in high ambient temperature can induce increase responses of catecholamines and cytokines which may negatively influence on immune functions. Body fluid replacements during exercise in high ambient temperature, however, can attenuate the negative consequences of thermal stress on immune functions by preventing dehydration and reducing thermal stress.

A soft biomolecule actuator based on a highly functionalized bacterial cellulose nano-fiber network with carboxylic acid groups

Wang, Fan,Jeon, Jin-Han,Park, Sukho,Kee, Chang-Doo,Kim, Seong-Jun,Oh, Il-Kwon The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016 SOFT MATTER Vol.12 No.1

<P>Upcoming human-related applications such as soft wearable electronics, flexible haptic systems, and active bio-medical devices will require bio-friendly actuating materials. Here, we report a soft biomolecule actuator based on carboxylated bacterial cellulose (CBC), ionic liquid (IL), and poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) electrodes. Soft and biocompatible polymer-IL composites were prepared via doping of CBC with ILs. The highly conductive PEDOT: PSS layers were deposited on both sides of the CBC-IL membranes by a dip-coating technique to yield a sandwiched actuator system. Ionic conductivity and ionic exchange capacity of the CBC membrane can be increased up to 22.8 times and 1.5 times compared with pristine bacterial cellulose (BC), respectively, resulting in 8 times large bending deformation than the pure BC actuators with metallic electrodes in an open air environment. The developed CBC-IL actuators show significant progress in the development of biocompatible and soft actuating materials with quick response, low operating voltage and comparatively large bending deformation.</P>

Suppressive Effects of Anthocyanins on Athma-specific T-helper 2 Cytokine Expression and β-Hexosaminidase Release in IgE-Antigen Complex-Stimulated RBL-2H3 Cells

Mi Ja Chung,Woo Jung Kim,Seong Jae Jang,Ju Hee Ko,Doo Jin Choi,Ha Na Choi,Ji Sun Lee,Yong Il Park 한국당과학회 2011 한국당과학회 학술대회 Vol.2011 No.1

Anthocyanins belong to a group of flavonoid compounds and are well known for their various health beneficial effects including antioxidative activities. Among them, the major anthocyanins isolated from the seed coat of black soybean (Glycine max L.) were previously characterized as glycosides having glucopyranose. Asthma is an allergic disease that is strongly associated with various immune cells including basophils and mast cells. Eosinophils, basophils and mast cells play important roles in asthma through the release of inflammatory mediators such as athma-specific T-helper (Th)2 cytokines and subsequent amplification of asthma symptoms by their degranulation. Rat basophilic leukemia RBL-2H3 cells was the most common in vitro models used for evaluating asthmatic reactions. We examined the effects of anthocyanin from the seed coat of black soybean (Glycine max L.) on the antigen-stimulated degranulation and Th2 cytokines production in RBL-2H3. Cell degranulation was evaluated by detecting the release of β -hexosaminidase. The β-hexosaminidase release and Th2 cytokine production in RBL-2H3 cells upon stimulation with IgE-antigen complex was much higher those that in untreated control cells. Anthocyanins significantly suppressed the IgE-antigen complex-induced degranulation of RBL-2H3 and inhibited IgE-antigen complex-mediated interleukin (IL)-4, IL-13 and TNF-α production in RBL-2H3 cells. These findings suggest that anthocyanins from the seed coat of black soybean (Glycine max L.) effectively inhibit asthmatic reactions and may have beneficial effects against allergic asthma.

Pulmonary inflammation caused by silica dioxide nanoparticles in mice via TXNIP/NLRP3 signaling pathway

Je‑Oh Lim,Je‑Won Ko,Tae‑Yang Jung,Woong‑Il Kim,So‑Won Pak,In‑Sik Shin,Won‑Kee Yun,Hyoung‑Chin Kim,Jeong‑Doo Heo,Jong‑Choon Kim 대한독성 유전단백체 학회 2020 Molecular & cellular toxicology Vol.16 No.3

Background Silica dioxide nanoparticles (SiONPs) have been used for various medical applications, including therapeutics and imaging, and the use of SiONPs has increased gradually over the years. However, despite an increase in the use of SiONPs, not much is known about mechanism of action of SiONPs and their pulmonary toxicity. Objective The present study investigated the pulmonary toxicity of SiONPs and explored the underlying mechanism of action, primarily focusing on thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP)/NOD-like receptor pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) in SiONPs-treated mice. We investigated the toxic effects of SiONPs in the lung of BALB/c mice administered 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg SiONPs for 3 days. Results Exposure to SiONPs markedly increased inflammatory cell counts, including those of neutrophils and macrophages, and levels of inflammatory mediators, such as interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α in a dose-dependent manner in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Moreover, the inflammation was verified upon histopathological analysis. In addition, exposure to SiONPs increased the expression of TXNIP in a dose-dependent manner and, in turn, upregulated NLRP3 inflammasome proteins, which subsequently induced IL-1β production. Conclusion Collectively, exposure to SiONPs induced inflammation in the lungs of mice, which resulted in the activation of IL-1β production via the TXNIP-NLRP3 axis. Our results provide useful information on the pulmonary toxicity induced by SiONPs and provide insights into the underlying mechanism of action.

Solar Cells: Amorphous Zinc Stannate (Zn₂SnO₄) Nanofibers Networks as Photoelectrodes for Organic Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells (Adv. Funct. Mater. 25/2013)

Choi, Seung‐,Hoon,Hwang, Daesub,Kim, Dong‐,Young,Kervella, Yann,Maldivi, Pascale,Jang, Sung‐,Yeon,Demadrille, Renaud,Kim, Il‐,Doo WILEY‐VCH Verlag 2013 Advanced Functional Materials Vol.23 No.25

<P>Highly porous amorphous Zn<SUB>2</SUB>SnO<SUB>4</SUB> electrodes are prepared using electrospinning techniques and combined with organic or ruthenium dyes to fabricate dye‐sensitized solar cells. As reported by Sung‐Yeon Jang, Renaud Demadrille, Il‐Doo Kim, and co‐workers on page 3146, the devices based on 3‐μm‐thick electrodes and the organic dyes demonstrate significantly improved performances compared to those using the ruthenium complex. Using this approach, solar cells with power conversion efficiencies up to 3.7% are obtained. </P>

김치의 숙성중 Coliform Bacteria의 변화

김일두,박미자,김순동 대구효성가톨릭대학교 식품과학연구소 1997 식품과학지 Vol.9 No.-

김치 담금재료의 청정화에 대한 기초적 자료를 얻을 목적으로 김치의 숙성중 대장균 등 미생물의 변화를 조사하였다. 김치는 10℃에서 숙성시켰으며, 제조법은 일반법에 준하였다. 그 결과 총균수는 담금일에는 김치즙액 ㎖당 4.30 log CFU를 나타내었으나 숙성 10일째는 8.53 log CFU를 숙성 20일째는 9.30 log CFU를 나타내었다. 또 이시기에 효모수는 각각 2.18, 4.93, 8.81 log CFU를, 젖산균수는 이시기 총균수의 2%, 83%, 67%를 각각 나타내었다. Coliform bacteria의 수는 담금 6일까지는 김치즙액 ㎖당 1.31~2.79 log CFU를 보였다가 8~14일사이에는 나타나지 않았다. 그러나 산미가 강한 숙성말기, 즉 숙성 16~20일 사이에 다시 검출되었다. To improve the clarification of making materials of kimchi, this study was conducted to investigated the changes in the number of microorganisms during fermentation at 10℃ for 20 days. The number of total cell counts of the kimchi juice at 0 day, 10 days and 20 days of fermentation were log count of 4.3, 8.53 and 9.25 per ㎖, respectively, and that of yeasts were log count of 2.18, 4.93 and 8.81 per ㎖. The number of lactic acid bacteria for total cell count at 0 day 10 days and 20 days were 2, 83 and 63%. The number coliforms up to 6 days of fermentation were the log count of 1.31~2.79 per ㎖. And those at 8~14 days was not detected but those of 16~20 days was detected.

Thioamide와 Benzothiazole 유도체의 합성

정대일,신규하,김인식,김윤영,정두희,이용균 東亞大學校 1998 東亞論叢 Vol.35 No.-

The thioamides; {N-(6-methyl-2-pyridinecarbothionyl)-3-methoxyaminobenzene (27), N-(6-methyl-2-pyridinecarbothionyl)-4-methoxyaminobenzene (29), N-(6-methyl-2-pyridine-carbothionyl)-3-ethoxyaminobenzene (31), N-(6-methyl-2-pyridinecarbothionyl)-4-ethoxyamion-benzene (33), N-(6-methyl-2-pyridinecarbothionyl)-3-bromoaminobenzene (35), N-(6-methyl-2-pyridinecarbothionyl)4-bromoaminobenzene (37), N-(6-methyl-2-pyridinecarbothionyl)-3-chloroaminobenzene (39), N-(6-methyl-2-pyridinecarbothionyl)-4-chloroaminobenzene (41)} were synthesized by the treatment of 2,6-lutidine(22) with sulfur in aniline derivatives (23). The benzothiazole derivatives; {5-methoxy-2-(6-methylpyridy)benzothiazole (46) and 6-ethoxy-2-(6-methylpyridyl)benzothiazole (47)} were respecively synthesized by the treatment of synthesized thioamides; N-(6-methyl-2-pyridinecarbothionyl)-3-methoxy-aminobenzene (27) and N-(6-methyl-2-pyridinecarbothionyl)-4-ethoxyaminobenzene (33) with zirconium (Ⅳ) oxide catalyst in sodium carbonate solution.

Polya 枚據理論의 擴張

朴斗一 명지대학교 1983 明大論文集 Vol.14 No.-

If we have one or more permutation groups, operating on sets of objects, then we can often consider new sets of objects that are, in natural way, subject to permutations induced by the original permutations. For this new situation, we can try to find the number of equivalence classes, and we can ask for the cycle index. In this paper, the Polya's enumeration theory is presented in detail. We have finite sets D and R, and permutation groups G and H of D and R, respectively. These groups define an equivalence notion in the set R^D of all mappings of into R. And we ask for the total number of equivalence classes of mappings of D into R.