DJ-1/park7 modulates vasorelaxation and blood pressure via epigenetic modification of endothelial nitric oxide synthase

Won, Kyung Jong,Jung, Seung Hyo,Jung, Soo Hyun,Lee, Kang Pa,Lee, Hwan Myung,Lee, Dong-Youb,Park, Eun-Seok,Kim, Junghwan,Kim, Bokyung Oxford University Press 2014 Cardiovascular research Vol.101 No.3

<P><B>Aims</B></P><P>DJ-1/park7, a multifunctional protein, may play essential roles in the vascular system. However, the function of DJ-1/park7 in vascular contractility has remained unclear. The present study was designed to investigate whether the DJ-1/park7 is involved in the regulation of vascular contractility and systolic blood pressure (SBP).</P><P><B>Methods and results</B></P><P>Norepinephrine (NE) elevated contraction in endothelium-intact vessels in a dose-dependent manner, to a greater extent in DJ-1/park7 knockout (DJ-1/park7<SUP>−/−</SUP>) mice than in wild-type (DJ-1/park7<SUP>+/+</SUP>) mice. Acetylcholine inhibited NE-evoked contraction in endothelium-intact vessels, and this was markedly impaired in DJ-1/park7<SUP>−/−</SUP> mice compared with DJ-1/park7<SUP>+/+</SUP>. Nitric oxide (NO) production (82.1 ± 2.8% of control) and endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) expression (61.7 ± 8.9%) were lower, but H<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>2</SUB> production (126.4 ± 8.6%) was higher, in endothelial cells from DJ-1/park7<SUP>−/−</SUP> mice than in those from DJ-1/park7<SUP>+/+</SUP> controls; these effects were reversed by DJ-1/park7-overexpressing endothelial cells from DJ-1/park7<SUP>−/−</SUP> mice. Histone deacetylase (HDAC)-1 recruitment and H3 histone acetylation at the eNOS promoter were elevated and diminished, respectively, in DJ-1/park7<SUP>−/−</SUP> mice compared with DJ-1/park7<SUP>+/+</SUP> controls. Moreover, SBP was significantly elevated in DJ-1/park7<SUP>−/−</SUP> mice compared with DJ-1/park7<SUP>+/+</SUP> controls, but this elevation was inhibited in mice treated with valproic acid, an inhibitor of Class I HDACs including HDAC-1.</P><P><B>Conclusion</B></P><P>These results demonstrate that DJ-1/park7 protein may be implicated in the regulation of vascular contractility and blood pressure, probably by the impairment of NO production through H<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>2</SUB>-mediated epigenetic inhibition of eNOS expression.</P>

Consumer Recognition Survey for Establishing the Reasonable Expiration Dates of Health Functional Foods

( Soo Jin Youn ),( Joo Youn Park ),( Hee Su Kim ),( Eun Jin Kang ),( Kil Jin Kang1 ),( Hye Kyung Park ),( Gun Hee Kim ) 한국식생활문화학회 2009 Food Quality and Culture Vol.3 No.2

This study investigated consumers` recognition on shelf life of health functional foods to set up their rational expiration date. For this study 107 male and female adults aged 20 to 59 years were randomly selected as major consumers of health functional foods. And their data were analyzed with SPSS 17.0. The questionnaire included questions asking a consumer`s recognition on the shelf life of health functional foods and how to treat health function food passing its shelf life. In this study, the consumers were found to pay attentions considerably to the shelf life. But most of them did not know an accurate meaning of the shelf life of health functional food and mistook it for expiry date. In addition, the consumers doubted safety of health functional foods passing the shelf life. Therefore, education for consumers about an accurate meaning of the shelf life was needed. The results of this study were considered to be helpful to set up a reasonable expiration date for health functional food.

당뇨병 환자에서 발생한 대장 가성폐색증 1예

이재형,강준구,박준성,이창범,박용수,김동선,함준수,김태화,안유헌,박충기 대한당뇨병학회 2002 임상당뇨병 Vol.3 No.2

가성 장폐색은 기계적인 폐색부위가 없이 복부팽만과 구토 등 장폐색의 증상과 징후가 나타나는 질환을 말하며, 선행원인을 찾을 수 없는 원발성 가성 장폐색과 다른 질환에 이차적으로 발생하는 속발성 가성 장폐색으로 나눌 수 있다. 당뇨병은 잘 알려진 속발성 가성 장폐색의 원인이지만 실제로 당뇨병에 의한 가상 장폐색의 발생 빈도는 매우 드문 것으로 보이며, 가성 장폐색의 적절한 치료에 대해서는 아직 논란이 있다. 저자들은 2형 당뇨병 환자에게 대장에 국한된 급성 가성 장폐색을 진단하고 보존적 치료를 시행하여 호전된 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다. Colonic pseudo-obstruction is a disorder characterized by gross dilatation of the colon in the absence of any anatomic lesions, which obstructs the flow of the intestinal contents. Diabetes is a well known cause of secondary pseudo-obstruction but its prevalence in rare and not well understood. A 59-year-old woman patient was admitted due to abdominal distension and nausea of a day's duration. She was diagnosed with diabetes 15 years ago, but the condition had been poorly controoled. On the abdominal radiographs, there were marked small and large bowel dilatation with the, exception of the descending colon. Our initial diagnosis was mechanical obstruction, but the possible causes were not found. Also, we could not find another cause of the secondary pseudo-obstruction, with the exception of diabetes mellitus. Thus, she was diagnosed with a diabetes induced intestinal pseudo-obstruction. The colonic dilatation was resolved by conservative management and she became comfortable in 10 hospital days, and was subsequently discharged.

태안해안국립공원 학암포 지역의 조류 현황

강화연(Hwa-Yeon Kang),서슬기(Seul-Gi Seo),박세영(Se-Yeong Park),이지용(Ji-Yong Lee),권영수(Young-Soo Kwon) 국립공원연구원 2015 국립공원연구지 Vol.6 No.4

서해안 육상지역을 통과하는 조류의 이동생태를 파악하기 위해, 2014년 7월부터 2015년 6월까지 태안해안국립공원 학암포 지역의 조류상을 조사하였다. 조사 결과 관찰된 조류는 총 14목 30과 88종 23,230개체이며, 평균 조사일당 159.7개체가 관찰되었다. 전체 우점종은 괭이갈매기 Larus crassirostris 21.1%, 되새 Fringilla montifringilla 18.5%, 박새 Parus major 12.7%, 붉은머리오목눈이 Paradoxornis webbianus 8.2%, 노랑턱멧새 Emberiza elegans 5.8% 순이었다. 이동시기인 5월과 10월에는 각각 56종, 조사일당 평균 310.5개체로 가장 많은 종과 개체수가 기록되었다. 종과 개체수가 가장 적은 시기는 여름철인 8월로, 기록된 종 수는 24종이며 조사일당 평균 95개체가 관찰되었다. 종풍부도(R ) 지수는 가장 많은 종이 관찰된 5월에 가장 높았으나, 종다양도(H )와 종균등도(E )는 오히려 이동시기에 낮은 편으로 나타났으며, 이는 일부 상위 우점종의 개체수가 월등히 증가했기 때문인 것으로 판단된다. 환경부, 문화재청, IUCN 등이 지정한 멸종위기 및 법정보호종은 총 9종이 관찰되었다. From July 2014 to Jun 2015, bird survey was conducted in Hakampo, Taeanhaean National Park. A total of 23,230 and 159.7 per day of birds representing 14 orders, 30 families, 88 species were observed. The most abundant species were the Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris (21.1%), the Brambling Fringilla montifringilla (18.5%), the Great Tit Parus major (12.7%), the Vinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus (8.2%), Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans (5.8%). The number of species and individual was the highest in May and October, respectively, as 56 species and 310.5 individual per day were recorded. According to Korean Ministry of Environment, Cultural Herigage Adinistration of Korea and IUCN Red List, a total of 9 protected species were recorded during the survey.

한국인 직무 스트레스 측정도구의 개발 및 표준화

장세진,고상백,강동묵,김성아,강명근,이철갑,정진주,조정진,손미아,채창호,김정원,김정일,김형수,노상철,박재범,우종민,김수영,김정연,하미나,박정선,이경용,김형렬,공정옥,김인아,김정수,박준호,현숙정,손동국 大韓産業醫學會 2005 대한직업환경의학회지 Vol.17 No.4

Background and Purposes: Over the past three decades, numerous studies performed in Korea have reported that job stress is a determinant risk factor for chronic diseases and work disability. Every society has its own culture and occupational climate particular to their organizations, and hence experiences different occupational stress. An occupational stress measurement tool therefore needs to be developed to estimate it objectively. The purpose of this study is to develop and standardize the Korean Occupational Stress Scale (KOSS) which is considered to be unique and specific occupational stressors in Korean employees. Subjects and Methods: Data were obtained from the National Study for Development and Standardization of Occupational Stress (NSDSOS Project: 2002-2004). A total of 12,631 employees from a nationwide sample proportional to the Korean Standard Industrial Classification and the Korean Standard Occupational Classification were administered. The KOSS was developed for 2 years (2002-2004). In the first year, we collected 255 items from the most popular job stress measurement tools such as JCQ, ERI, NIOSH and OSI, and 44 items derived from the a qualitative study (depth interview). Forty-three items of KOSS, in the second year, were retained for use in the final version of the KOSS by using Delphi and factor analysis. Items were scored using conventional 1-2-3-4 Likert scores for the response categories. Results: We developed eight subscales by using factor analysis and validation process: physical environment (3 items), job demand (8 items), insufficient job control (5 items), interpersonal conflict (4 items), job insecurity (6 items), organizational system (7 items), lack of reward (6 items), and occupational climate (4 items). Together they explained 50.0% of total variance. Internal consistency alpha scores were ranged from 0.51 to 0.82. Twenty-four items of the short form of the KOSS (KOSS-SF) were also developed to estimate job stress in the work setting. Because the levels of the subscales of occupational stress were gender dependent, gender-specific standard norms for both the 43-item full version and the 24-item short form using a quartile for the subscales of KOSS were presented. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that KOSS might be an appropriate measurement scale to estimate occupational stress of Korean employees. Further and more detailed study needs to be conducted to improve the validity of this scale.

대전시 도시숲의 식생 및 토양특성에 관한 연구

김동일 ( Dong Il Kim ),박관수 ( Gwan Soo Park ),김길남 ( Gil Nam Kim ),김현숙 ( Hyoun Sook Kim ),이항구 ( Hang Goo Lee ),박범환 ( Beom Hwan Park ),이상진 ( Sang Jin Lee ),강길남 ( Kil Nam Kang ) 한국환경복원기술학회(구 한국환경복원녹화기술학회) 2011 한국환경복원기술학회지 Vol.14 No.2

This study was conducted to suggest appropriate methods for management of urban forest after investigating the present condition and problems of urban forests by analyzing vegetation and soil properties in urban forests in the Daejeon. On the basis of our research, Pinus rigida dominate Gyejoksan and Bomunsan. Pinus densiflora dominate Wolpyeong park and Quercus acutissima dominate Namsun park. On the basis of our result of analysis of soil chemical properties, all investigated areas have low pHs, available phosphates and exchangeable cations. They indicate that the soil of those areas have been acidifying progressively. Soil hardness measurements were conducted to know the conditions of trampled soils and the results of them show that soil hardness in Namsun park was higher than the others. This indicates that human interference affect the health of the urban forest.

관동맥질환에서 저밀도 지단백 입자 크기의 분포

임효영,김인숙,승기배,강동헌,전두수,장기육,박준철,이수영,홍순조,최규보 대한순환기학회 1998 Korean Circulation Journal Vol.28 No.8

Protein kinase A-induced phosphorylation at the Thr154 affects stability of DJ-1

Ko, Yeon Uk,Kim, Su-Jeong,Lee, Juhyung,Song, Min-Young,Park, Kang-Sik,Park, Jun Bae,Cho, Hyun-Soo,Oh, Young J. Elsevier 2019 Parkinsonism & related disorders Vol.66 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P><B>Introduction</B></P> <P>Most cases of Parkinson's disease (PD) are sporadic, but genetic variations have been discovered in PD patients. PARK7/DJ-1 is a known cause of early-onset autosomal-recessive PD and is implicated in neuroprotection against oxidative stress. Although several post-translational modifications of DJ-1 have been proposed, phospho-modification of DJ-1 and its functional consequences have been less studied.</P> <P><B>Methods</B></P> <P>Putative phosphorylation sites of DJ-1 were determined by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS analysis). Subsequently, phosphorylation site of DJ-1 was confirmed by <I>in vitro</I> kinase assay and cell-based pull-down assay. Impaired dimer formation of phospho-null mutant was measured using DSS crosslinking assay and immunoprecipitation assay. To evaluate physiological consequences of this event, protein stability of DJ-1 WT and DJ-1 phospho-null mutant were compared using cycloheximide chase assay and ubiquitination assay.</P> <P><B>Results</B></P> <P>Here, we showed that DJ-1 directly bound to the catalytic subunit of protein kinase A (PKAcα). We found that PKAcα is responsible for phosphorylation of DJ-1 at the T154 residue. Interestingly, dimerization of DJ-1 was not detected in a DJ-1 T154A mutant. Furthermore, stability of the DJ-1 T154A mutant was dramatically reduced compared with that of wild-type DJ-1. We found that DJ-1 T154A was prone to degradation by the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS).</P> <P><B>Conclusion</B></P> <P>We identified a novel phosphorylation site of DJ-1. Furthermore, we determined protein kinase A that is responsible for this posttranslational modification. Finally, we demonstrated physiological consequences of this event focusing on dimerization and protein stability of DJ-1.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> PKAcα phosphorylates PARK7/DJ1 at the Thr154 residue. </LI> <LI> Disruption of Thr154 phosphorylation is linked to a lower stability. </LI> </UL> </P>

판막 질환에서의 심근 섬유화 : 심근 조직을 이용한 형태학적 연구 및 혈청 생화학적 지표의 분석

강수진,박덕우,송재관,박경민,송종민,강덕현,한기훈,송현,이재원,주석중,송명근,김정선 대한순환기학회 2004 Korean Circulation Journal Vol.34 No.2

Pocine Adenovirus-3의 E1B Region의 鹽基序列 分析

朴鍾賢,宋載永,李重馥,玄芳勳,安東濬,車相昊,裵用泰,姜永源,Reddy, P S,全茂炯,安壽煥 충남대학교 생물공학연구소 1999 생물공학연구지 Vol.7 No.-

돼지 아데노바이러스(PAV-3). 6618주의 EIB region이 包含되어 있는 map unit 4.0에서 9.7까지의 유전자에 대한 1,984 bp의 염기서열을 決定하였으며, 이 結果를 알려진 여러 아데노바이러스 유전자와 비교하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. PAV-3의 EIB유전자는 10개의 ORF로 구성되어 있으며, 그 중 아데노바이러스의 단백질과 유사성이 있는 것은 ORF1, ORF2 및 ORF3이었다. ORF1은 Ad41의 19kd 와 BAV-2에서의 EIB ORF2에서의 아미노산의 一致率은 각각 32%와 31%이었다. 2. ORF2는 Ad2 55kd protein과 tupaia adenovirus 44kd protein가 각각 34%로 아미노산 一致率이 가장 높았으며, Ad41의 52kd protein. BAV-3의 EIB ORF3에서도 33%의 一致率을 보였다. 3. ORF1은 61-666 uncleotide (606 bp), ORF 2에서는 429-1,850 uncleotide (1,422 bp)의 부위로 각각 202, 474 a.a로 構成되었으며, 예상되는 분자량은 20 kd와 52 kd이었다. 4. ORF3는 hexon-associated pIX유전자로 추정되며 내부에 1개의 polyadenylation signal(ATAAA)이 1938-1942 uncleotide에 위치하였으며, 이 부위는 TATA box (1937-1942 uncleotide)와 중복되어 존재하였다. Porcine adenovirus type 3 (PAV-3) does not cause severe infection in pigs. Adenovirus has been suggestive of live vaccine vector carrying foreign gene. One of insertion regions is delayed early (EIB) region. However, EIB region of PAV-3 has not been molecularly characterized to date. Nucleotide sequence of EIB of PAV-3 was determined. The EIB region was composed of 1,984 bp and located between 4.0 and 9.7 map units. Three potential open reading frames(ORFs) with low level of homology to other adenoviruses and a polyadenylation signal were identified in the rightward direction of genome. The nucleotide and the predicted amino acid sequences of EIB were compared to those of human and animal adenoviruses. One of the three potential ORFs. ORF1 encoded a polypeptide homologous to bovine adenovirus type 2(BAV-2) ORF2 and human adenovirus type 41(Ad41) 19 kd protein. ORF2 encoded a polypeptide homologous to human adenovirus type 2(Ad2) 55 kd protein, bovine adenovirus type 3(BAV-3) ORF3 and porcine adenovirus type 4(PAV-4) ORF2. The predicted protein of ORF1 had homology to those of Ad41 and BAV-2 with 32 and 31% respectively, whereas the deduced protein of ORF2 had homology to those of Ad2. BAV-3 and PAV-4 with 34, 33 and 29%, respectively.