Involvement of Nrf2-Mediated Upregulation of Heme Oxygenase-1 in Mollugin-Induced Growth Inhibition and Apoptosis in Human Oral Cancer Cells

Lee, Young-Man,Auh, Q-Schick,Lee, Deok-Won,Kim, Jun-Yeol,Jung, Ha-Jin,Lee, Seung-Ho,Kim, Eun-Cheol Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 BioMed research international Vol.2013 No.-

<P>Although previous studies have shown that mollugin, a bioactive phytochemical isolated from <I>Rubia cordifolia</I> L. (Rubiaceae), exhibits antitumor effects, its biological activity in oral cancer has not been reported. We thus investigated the effects and putative mechanism of apoptosis induced by mollugin in human oral squamous cell carcinoma cells (OSCCs). Results show that mollugin induces cell death in a dose-dependent manner in primary and metastatic OSCCs. Mollugin-induced cell death involved apoptosis, characterized by the appearance of nuclear shrinkage, flow cytometric analysis of sub-G<SUB>1</SUB> phase arrest, and annexin V-FITC and propidium iodide staining. Western blot analysis and RT-PCR revealed that mollugin suppressed activation of NF-<I><I>κ</I></I>B and NF-<I><I>κ</I></I>B-dependent gene products involved in antiapoptosis (Bcl-2 and Bcl-xl), invasion (MMP-9 and ICAM-1), and angiogenesis (FGF-2 and VEGF). Furthermore, mollugin induced the activation of p38, ERK, and JNK and the expression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and nuclear factor E2–related factor 2 (Nrf2). Mollugin-induced growth inhibition and apoptosis of HO-1 were reversed by an HO-1 inhibitor and Nrf2 siRNA. Collectively, this is the first report to demonstrate the effectiveness of mollugin as a candidate for a chemotherapeutic agent in OSCCs via the upregulation of the HO-1 and Nrf2 pathways and the downregulation of NF-<I><I>κ</I></I>B.</P>

중국 길림성 조선족의 민족 정체감에 관한 연구

이호영,이동근,신승철,김만권 大韓神經精神醫學會 1992 신경정신의학 Vol.31 No.2

The present study examined the structure and patterns of ethnic identity in a sample of Korean-Chinese parents and their adolescents residing in the Jilin Province in China. The ethnic identity of these participants(total :148 parents:100 adolesents:48) includes two major components : Korean identity and Chinese identity. Each of these components was measured in three different modalities : behavioral, affective and cognitive. The results are summarized as follow ; 1) Generational comparisons between Korean identity scores of parents and adolescents indicated similarities in the modalities of cognitive and behavioral identities. Both groups shared a Korean orientation manifested in their high level of Korean behavior and cognition. However, both groups also shared a relatively high level of Chinese identity. In summary, dual identity appeared to be preserved over time. The parents scored higher than the adolescents in their affective modality of Korean identity. Chinese identity was scored higher in the adolescents than korean identity in their affective modality. The generational comparisons indicated that the adolescents were acculturated in their affect than their parents. 2) Comparison of men and women in the strength of identity' component showed higher cognitive scores among the men. in Korean identity, compared with Chinese identity. Men were more identified with "Chinese" and "Korean" in the affective component of their identity.

1-Chloro-1-phenyl-2-carboethoxy-2-cyanoethene 유도체에 대한 thioglycolic acid 치환제의 합성

이영행,이채호,이갑상,이만구 圓光大學校 1984 論文集 Vol.18 No.2

The substitution products of thioglycolic acid to the derivatives of 1-chloro-1-phenyl-2-carboethoxy-e-cyano ethene synthesized 1-Chloro-1-phenyl-2-carboethoxy-2-cyanoethene [Ⅴ], 1-chloro-10(4-chlorophenyl)-2-carboethoxy-2-cyanoethene[Ⅳ] and 1-chloro-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-carboethoxy-2-cyanoethene[Ⅶ] undergo substitution reactions with thioglycolic acid to form s-[(1-phenyl-2-carboethoxy-2-cyano) ethenyl]-thioglycolic acid s-[(1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-carboethoxy-e-cyano] ethenyl]-thioglycolic acid and s-[1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-carboethoxy-2-cyano] ethenyl]-thioglycolic acid, respectively. The structure of products were identified by elemental analysis, potentiometric titration, infrared and nmr spectra.

중고령자에 있어서 적절한 운동처방의 연구

이배익,정일호,권만근 한국스포츠리서치 2003 한국 스포츠 리서치 Vol.14 No.4

Recently, the diet of middle aged Korean men is changing. Instead of eating Korean foods exclusively, they are consuming more Western foods which are often unhealthy. In addition, they are exercising less. These factors are leading to a rise in lifestyle related disease, such as diabetes, and dangerous medical conditions like hypertension. As a result, some middle aged men have taken up light exercise, such as hiking, walking, swimming etc. However, they don't know how to set up an exercise program, i.e. frequency of exercise, intensity, duration, etc. A 15 week exercise class was set up 36 middle aged men. Before the class began, a physical fitness and blood test were administered to each subject. The same tests were repeated after the 15th week. Based on the initial results, individual programs were prepared for each participant. A step calorie counter was supplied to measure their exercise activity. The step count results were checked everday, and based on the results, the subjects were divided into three groups for analytical purposes. The firts group, sixteen subjects(44%), averaged a little over 8,000 steps per day. The second group, eight subjects(22%), averaged between 8-10,000 steps per day. The third group, twelve subjects(33%), averaged a little over 10,000 steps per day. After fifteen weeks, the total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and LDL cholesterol of all subjects showed no significant change. The second and third group showing an especially marked decrease in blood sugar. Also, physical fitness improved for the second and third groups. In conclusion, both groups doing the most exercise showed improvement in their TG and blood sugar results. Blood pressure also decreased for these two groups, which was not true for the first group, also, physical fitness improved in the second and third groups, while the first group showed no significant change. It appears that exceeding a certain minimum level of exercise is required to achieve good results. What would happen if group 1 did the same exercise for longer than is weeks.

전격성 경과를 취한 만성 호산구성 폐렴 환자 1예

윤호상,진춘조,유광하,이상엽,이수인,정상만,김선두,이순제,이길도,전혜정 건국대학교 의과학연구소 2000 건국의과학학술지 Vol.10 No.-

Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia(CEP) is a rare disease of unknown etiology characterized by chronic infiltration of the lung with eosinophils. It presents with profound systemic symptoms comprising fever, night sweats, weight loss, dyspnea and blood eosinophilia with nonsegmental air-space consolidation confined to the outer third of the lung, the "photographic negative of pulmonary edema". Histopathologic features of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia are intraalveolar and interstitial infiltrations with eosinophils, histiocytes, giant cells, scattered lymphocytes and plasma cells. Glucocorticoid therapy cause prompt resolution of symptoms as well as disappearans of blood eosinophils, elevated serum Ig E levels and the roentgenographic lesions. Infrequent radiographic findings include nodular infiltrates, consolidations, cavitations, atelectasis and pleural effusions. Deaths from CEP although rare, have been reported, but the majorities of CEP have benign courses and do not need a therapy with ventilator. We report a case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, which had a sudden course associated with diffuse pneumonic consolidations on the both lung and bilateral pleural effusion.

Safety Critical 시스템의 센서 결함 허용을 위한 Kalman Hybrid Redundancy 개발

김만호(Man Ho Kim),이석(Suk Lee),이경창(Kyung Chang Lee) 제어로봇시스템학회 2008 제어·로봇·시스템학회 논문지 Vol.14 No.11

As many systems depend on electronics, concern for fault tolerance is growing rapidly in the safety critical system such as intelligent vehicle. Tn order to make system fault tolerant, there has been a body of research mainly from aerospace field including predictive hybrid redundancy by Lee. Although the predictive hybrid redundancy has the fault tolerant mechanism to satisfy the fault tolerant requirement of safety crucial system such as x-by-wire system, it suffers form the variability of prediction performance according to the input feature of system. As an alternative to the prediction method of predictive hybrid redundancy for robust fault tolerant, Kalman prediction has attracted some attention because of its well-known and often-used with its structure called Kalman hybrid redundancy. In addition, several numerical simulation results are given where the Kalman hybrid redundancy outperforms with predictive smoothing voter.

폐경후 여성에서 내피세포 의존성 혈관이완 반응에 에스트로겐의 급성효과 및 엔도쎌린(Endothelin)-1과의 연관성

강진호,김범수,이영욱,금동극,정현욱,이혜숙,이만호,박정로 대한순환기학회 1998 Korean Circulation Journal Vol.28 No.7

초음파 기관지 내시경으로 진단한 기관기관지 골연골형성증 1예

이천우,옥철호,정만홍,장태원,임성경,조은주,이신준,이혜원,구상건,천봉권 고신대학교 의과대학 2011 고신대학교 의과대학 학술지 Vol.26 No.2

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TO) is a rare benign disease of unknown etiology characterized by accumulation of calcium phosphate in the submucosa of large airways and benign proliferation of bone and cartilage resulting in nodular formation. We report a case of tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica diagnosed by Endobronchial ultrasonography in a 56-year-old man. Chest Computed Tomography revealed thickening of tracheal and bronchial wall, and multiple nodules through whole trachea. Endobronchial ultrasonography showed numerous submucosal nodules with hetero-echogenecity in the third and fourth layers. Histopathological examination revealed nonspecific bronchitis with squamous metaplasia and metaplastic ossification. We confirmed tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica. The patient's symptoms were successfully treated with antibiotics and oxygen supplyment. endobronchial ultrasonography can helpful diagnosis in tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica.

Antioxidant activity in vitro and mucosal protective effect of Rhei Rhizoma on reflux esophagitis induced in rats

Ah Reum Lee,Yu Ock Shin,Joo Young Lee,Min Yeong Kim,Sung Ho Shin,Bu-Il Seo,Young-Bae Seo,Man Hee Rhee,TakakoYokozawa,Chan Hum Park,Seong-SooRoh 한국약용작물학회 2015 한국약용작물학술대회 발표집 Vol.2015 No.05

Purpose Rhei Rhizoma (RR) is one of the herbal medicines traditionally used to treat diverse inflammatory diseases. The present study was undertaken to elucidate the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of Rhei Rhizoma on experimental reflux esophagitis (RE) in rats. Methods The antioxidant activity of RR in vitro was measured in terms of radical scavenging capacity such as DPPH and ABTS. RE was produced by ligating both the pylorus and the transitional junction between the forestomach and the corpus. Rhei Rhizoma (125 and 250 mg/kg) were administered every day for 7 days, and its effect was estimated on comparison with RE control and normal rats. Results RR scavenged DPPH and ABTS effectively and IC50ofDPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activity of RR were 4.8 μg/ml and 15.75 μg/ml. The administration of RR decreased the elevated serum ROS in RE control rats. The RE control rats exhibited the down-regulation of antioxidant-related proteins such as Nrf2 and HO-1expression levels in the esophagitis; however, the level in the RR-treated RE rats was significantly higher than that in the RE control rats. Moreover, RE control rats exhibited the up-regulation of the protein expression related to oxidative stress at the esophagitis, but RR administration significantly reduced the expression of inflammatory proteins through the MAPK-independent signaling pathways. The expression of inflammatory mediators and cytokines by NF-κB activation was modulated through blocking the degradation of IκBα. In addition, the oral administration of RR regulated the gastric mucosal damage in RE rats. Conclusion The administration of Rhei Rhizoma effectively ameliorates the inflammatory damage of esophageal mucosa through radical scavenging activity and the activation of the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway.

Mirizzi 증후군의 변형된 분류와 치료

김형철,강길호,채만규,김성용,백무준,이문수,박상흠,이문호,김창호,송옥평,조무식,박희주 순천향의학연구소;Soonchunhyang Medical Research Institute 2000 Journal of Soonchunhyang Medical Science Vol.6 No.1

Purpose : The Mirizzi syndrome is relatively rare and preoperative diagnosis of this disease is difficult. In 1978, Morelli suggested the subclassification of the Mirizzi syndrome into acute or chronic form. We experienced 5 cases of acute form. We analysed clinical features, preoperative radiologic findings and operative findings of 18 cases including acute forms which were diagnosed as Mirizzi syndrome and should suggest the modified classification of Mirizzi syndrome for choice of appropriate treatment. Method : From January 1995 to December 1998, 18 cases, of which 8 cases were diagnosed at Soonchunhyang University Chunan Hospital, and 10 cases were reported in the Korean Journal were retrospectively analysed with regard to clinical features, preoperative radiologic findings and operative findings. According to the clinical features, whole cases were divided into type Ⅰ(acute form) and type Ⅱ(chronic form) and then each type of cases were subclassified according to preoperative radiologic findings and operative findings. Results : Of 18 cases there were 5 cases in type Ⅰ(27.8%), 13 cases in type Ⅱ(72.2%). Type Ⅱb was most common. Type Ⅰa cases were treated only with cholecystectomy. We applied cholecystectomy, T-tube choledochostomy and patch technique in type Ⅰb and thpe Ⅰc cases. Cholectystectomies including removal of gallstones and internal drainage procedures were done in type Ⅱ chronic forms. Conclusion : The acute form(Type Ⅰ) of Mirizzi syndrome was suggested by Morelli might be subclassified into typeⅠa,Ⅰb and Ⅰc following the presence of the necrotic defect in common hepatic duct. Through the modified classification of Mirizzi syndrome based on clinical feature, preoperative radiologic findings and operative findings, we can choice appropriate treatment.