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Lee, Hye-Rim,Hwang, Kyung-A,Park, Min-Ah,Yi, Bo-Rim,Jeung, Eui-Bae,Choi, Kyung-Chul UNKNOWN 2012 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE Vol.29 No.5
<P>Various endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are exogenous compounds found in the environment and have the potential to interfere with the endocrine system and hormonal regulation. Among EDCs, bisphenol?A (BPA) and 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-methoxyphenol)-ethane [methoxychlor (MXC)] have estrogenic activity resulting in a variety of dysfunctions in the E2-mediated response by binding to estrogen receptors (ERs), causing human health problems such as abnormal reproduction and carcinogenesis. In this study, we investigated the effects of BPA and MXC on cell proliferation facilitated by ER signaling in human breast cancer cells. MCF-7 cells are known to be ERα-positive and to be a highly E2-responsive cancer cell line; these cells are, therefore, a useful in?vitro model for detecting estrogenic activity in response to EDCs. We evaluated cancer cell proliferation following BPA and MXC treatment using an MTT assay. We analyzed alterations in the expression of genes associated with the cell cycle in MCF-7 cells by semi-quantitative reverse-transcription PCR following treatment with BPA or MXC compared to EtOH. To determine whether BPA and MXC stimulate cancer cell growth though ER signaling, we co-treated the cells with agonists (propyl pyrazoletriol, PPT; and diarylpropionitrile, DPN) or an antagonist (ICI 182,780) of ER signaling and reduced ERα gene expression via siRNA in MCF-7 cells before treatment with EDCs. These studies confirmed the carcinogenicity of EDCs in?vitro. As a result, BPA and MXC induced the cancer cell proliferation by the upregulation of genes that promote the cell cycle and the downregulation of anti-proliferative genes, especially ones affecting the G1/S transition via ERα signaling. These collective results confirm the carcinogenicity of these EDCs in?vitro. Further studies are required to determine whether EDCs promote carcinogenesis in?vivo.</P>
Lee, Seul Ah,You, Ga Rim,Choi, Ye Won,Jo, Hyun Yong,Kim, Ah Ram,Noh, Insup,Kim, Sung-Jin,Kim, Youngmee,Kim, Cheal The Royal Society of Chemistry 2014 Dalton Transactions Vol.43 No.18
<P>A multifunctional fluorescent and colorimetric receptor <B>1</B> ((<I>E</I>)-<I>N</I>′-((8-hydroxy-1,2,3,5,6,7-hexahydropyrido[3,2,1-<I>ij</I>]quinolin-9-yl)methylene)benzohydrazide) for the detection of both Al<SUP>3+</SUP> and CN<SUP>−</SUP> in aqueous solution has been developed. Receptor <B>1</B> exhibited an excellent selective fluorescence response toward Al<SUP>3+</SUP>. The sensitivity of the fluorescent based assay (0.193 μM) for Al<SUP>3+</SUP> is far below the limit in the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for drinking water (7.41 μM). In addition, receptor <B>1</B> showed an excellent detection ability in a wide pH range of 4–10 and also in living cells. Moreover, receptor <B>1</B> showed a highly selective colorimetric response to CN<SUP>−</SUP> by changing its color from colorless to yellow immediately without any interference from other anions.</P> <P>Graphic Abstract</P><P>A new multifunctional Schiff-base receptor <B>1</B> which exhibits an excellent cell-permeable fluorescence for Al<SUP>3+</SUP> and a color change for CN<SUP>−</SUP> in aqueous media has been prepared. <IMG SRC='http://pubs.rsc.org/services/images/RSCpubs.ePlatform.Service.FreeContent.ImageService.svc/ImageService/image/GA?id=c4dt00361f'> </P>
Lee, Eun-Ah,Lee, Dong-In,Kim, Hee-Yoen,Ahn, Sung-Hoon,Seong, Hye-Rim,Jung, Won Hoon,Kim, Ki Young,Kim, Sungsub,Rhee, Sang Dal Elsevier 2018 Biochimica et biophysica acta, Molecular and cell Vol.1863 No.1
<P>TALLYHO/Jng (TH) mice reveal hypercholesterolemia at an early age before their plasma glucose levels have increased. The increased plasma cholesterol should be related to bile acids (BAs) metabolism, because cholesterol is the precursor of BAs and BAs change cholesterol metabolism in a feedback manner. We analyzed the BAs pool size, BAs composition, and expression levels of several proteins that have key roles in BAs synthesis, excretion, and reabsorption and compared them to those of C57BL/6 (B6) mice to study BAs metabolism in TH mice. TH mice exhibited an increased total BAs pool size, increased BAs content in the cecum feces, and an increased ratio of muricholic acid (MCA)/cholic acid (CA). The mRNA and protein levels of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase (Cyp7a1) and the ATP-binding cassette sub-family G member 5 (Abcg5) were elevated in the liver but not in the apical sodium bile acid transporter (Asbt) and organic solute transporters (Osts) in the ileum. These results indicate that synthesis and the excretion of BAs from the liver to the gallbladder might be elevated, but the reabsorption rate of BAs in the ileum might be reduced. The declined expression of fibroblast growth factor 15 (Fgf15) and fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 (Fgfr4) was respectively identified in the ileum and the liver, indicating the disrupted feedback inhibition of Cyp7al. Consequently, hypercholesterolemia in TH mice might increase the BAs amounts via the interrupted Fxr/Fgf15/Fgfr4-mediated feedback regulation of Cyp7a1.</P>
이아림(Ah-Rim Lee),장성규(Seong-Gyu Jang),임다은(Da-Eun Im),박소연(So-Yeon Park),전태환(Tae-Hwan Jun),윤민영(Min-Young Yoon),라원희(Won-Hee Ra),박용진(Yong-Jin Park),조유현(Yoo-Hyun Cho),권순욱(Soon-Wook Kwon) 한국육종학회 2016 한국육종학회지 Vol.48 No.3
Hyowon 2’, a new medium-late maturing glutinous rice variety with short clum and lodging tolerance was developed by the rice breeding team of Pusan National University in 2013. This cultivar was derived from a cross between Junam’ as a short clum source and ‘Donna’ with a good glutinous properties. During selected by the pedigree breeding method, until F8 generation. As a result, a promising line, JS22-3-24-1-6-2-1-1-1, was advanced and designated as the name of ‘SP 105’ in 2012. This variety headed on Aug. 22 is 9 days later than ‘Dongjinchal’ in middle plane. The Culm length and panicle length of this variety was 65.6 cm and 22.5 cm, respectively. This variety has about 14.4 tillers per hill and 113 spikelet numbers per panicle. The ratio of ripened grain is about 93.0% and 1000-grain weight was 18.4 g in brown rice. This variety has higher α-tocotrienol content compared to that of ‘Hwasunchal’. The yield performance of brown rice was 4.81 MT/ha in local adaptability test.
Widdrol induces apoptosis via activation of AMP-activated protein kinase in colon cancer cells.
Kang, Moo Rim,Park, Song-Kyu,Lee, Chang Woo,Cho, Ig Jun,Jo, Yeong Nang,Yang, Jeong Wook,Kim, Jin-Ah,Yun, Jieun,Lee, Ki Hoon,Kwon, Hyun Ju,Kim, Byung Woo,Lee, Kiho,Kang, Jong Soon,Kim, Hwan Mook National Hellenic Research Foundation 2012 Oncology Reports Vol.27 No.5
<P>Widdrol, a natural sesquiterpene present in Juniperus sp., has been shown to exert anticancer and antifungal effects. Emerging evidence has suggested that AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), which functions as a cellular energy sensor, is a potential therapeutic target for human cancers. In this study, we found that AMPK mediates the anticancer effects of widdrol through induction of apoptosis in HT-29 colon cancer cells. We showed that widdrol induced the phosphorylation of AMPK in a dose- and time-dependent manner. The selective AMPK inhibitor compound C abrogated the inhibitory effect of widdrol on HT-29 cell growth. In addition, we demonstrated that widdrol induced apoptosis and this was associated with the activation of caspases, including caspase?3/7 and caspase-9, in HT-29 cells. We also demonstrated that transfection of HT-29 cells with AMPK siRNAs significantly suppressed the widdrol-mediated apoptosis and the activation of caspases. However, cell cycle arrest induced by widdrol was not affected by transfection of HT-29 cells with AMPK siRNAs. Furthermore, widdrol inhibited HT-29 tumor growth in a human tumor xenograft model. Taken together, our results suggest that the anticancer effect of widdrol may be mediated, at least in part, by induction of apoptosis via AMPK activation.</P>