Glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor–related protein co-stimulation facilitates tumor regression by inducing IL-9–producing helper T cells

Kim, Il-Kyu,Kim, Byung-Seok,Koh, Choong-Hyun,Seok, Jae-Won,Park, Jun-Seok,Shin, Kwang-Soo,Bae, Eun-Ah,Lee, Ga-Eun,Jeon, Hyewon,Cho, Jaebeom,Jung, Yujin,Han, Daehee,Kwon, Byoung S,Lee, Ho-Young,Chung, Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan P 2015 Nature medicine Vol.21 No.9

<P>T cell stimulation via glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR)-related protein (GITR) elicits antitumor activity in various tumor models; however, the underlying mechanism of action remains unclear. Here we demonstrate a crucial role for interleukin (IL)-9 in antitumor immunity generated by the GITR agonistic antibody DTA-1. IL-4 receptor knockout (Il4ra(-/-)) mice, which have reduced expression of IL-9, were resistant to tumor growth inhibition by DTA-1. Notably, neutralization of IL-9 considerably impaired tumor rejection induced by DTA-1. In particular, DTA-1-induced IL-9 promoted tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses by enhancing the function of dendritic cells in vivo. Furthermore, GITR signaling enhanced the differentiation of IL-9-producing CD4(+) T-helper (T(H)9) cells in a TNFR-associated factor 6 (TRAF6)- and NF-kappa B-dependent manner and inhibited the generation of induced regulatory T cells in vitro. Our findings demonstrate that GITR co-stimulation mediates antitumor immunity by promoting T(H)9 cell differentiation and enhancing CTL responses and thus provide a mechanism of action for GITR agonist-mediated cancer immunotherapies.</P>

금은화(金銀花) 및 금은화전초(金銀花全草)가 Raw 264.7 cell에서 LPS로 유도된 NO의 생성, iNOS, COX-2 및 cytokine에 미치는 영향

이동언,이재령,김영우,권영규,변성희,신상우,서성일,권택규,변준석,김상찬,Lee, Dong-Eun,Lee, Jae-Ryung,Kim, Young-Woo,Kwon, Young-Kyu,Byun, Sung-Hui,Shin, Sang-Woo,Suh, Seong-Il,Kwon, Taeg-Kyu,Byun, Joon-Seok,Kim, Sang-Chan 대한동의생리학회 2005 동의생리병리학회지 Vol.19 No.2

Lonicerae Flos has antibacterial effects against Staphylococcus aureus, streptococci, pneumococci, Bacillus dysenterii, Salmonella typhi, and paratyphoid. It is an antiviral agent. The herb has a cytoprotective effect against $CCl_{4}-induced$ hepatic injury. It has antilipemic action, interfering with lipid absorption from the gut. Nowadays this herb is used mainly in the treatment of upper respiratory infections, such as tonsillitis and acute laryngitis. It is also used in the treatment of skin suppurations, such as carbuncles, and to treat viral conjunctivitis, influenza, pneumonia, and mastitis. Lonicerae Flos is dried flower buds of Lonicera japonica, L. hypoglauca, L. confusa, or L. dasystyla. But, for the most part, we use whole plant of Lonicera japonica, as a flower bud of it. And, little is known of the original copy of effects of whole plant, except for the 'Bon-Cho-Gang-Mok', which is written the effects of flower of Lonicera japonica are equal to effects of leaves and branch of it. The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of flower and whole plant of Lonicera japonica on the regulatory mechanism of cytokines, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase (COX-2) for the immunological activities in Raw 264.7 cells. In Raw 264.7 cells stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to mimic inflammation, flower and whole plant of Lonicera japonica water extracts inhibited nitric oxide production in a dose-dependent manner and abrogated iNOS and COX-2. Flower and whole plant of Lonicera japonica water extract did not affect on cell viability. To investigate the mechanism by which flower and whole plant of Lonicera japonica water extract inhibits iNOS and COX-2 gene expression, we examined the on phosphorylation of inhibitor ${\kappa}B{\alpha}$ and assessed production of $TNF-{\alpha}$, $interleukin-1{\beta}$ $(IL-1{\beta})$ and interleukin-6 (IL-6). Results provided evidence that flower and whole plant of Lonicera japonica inhibited the production of $IL-1{\beta}$, IL-6 and activated the phosphorylation of inhibitor ${\kappa}B{\alpha}$ in Raw 264.7 cells activated with LPS. These findings suggest that flower and whole plant of Lonicera japonica can produce anti-inflammatory effect, which may play a role in adjunctive therapy in Gram-negative bacterial infections, respectively.

The effects of BRL-50481 on ovalbumin-induced asthmatic lung infl ammation exacerbated by co-exposure to Asian sand dust in the murine model

Hong Jo Kim,Jin Yong Song,Tae Il Park,Won Seok Choi,Jong Heon Kim,Oh Seong Kwon,Ji-Yun Lee 대한약학회 2022 Archives of Pharmacal Research Vol.45 No.1

Asian sand dust (ASD), which mainly originatesin China and Mongolia in the spring and blows into Korea,can exacerbate respiratory and immunological diseases. This study aims to observe eff ects of co-exposure to ASD onovalbumin (OVA)-induced asthmatic lung infl ammation andof treatment with a phosphodiesterase 7 (PDE7) inhibitor ina mouse model. The challenge with OVA increased airwayhyperresponsiveness (AHR) and infl ammatory cell infi ltrationinto the lung tissue. Interleukin (IL)-13, tumor necrosisfactor-alpha, monocyte-protein-1, mucin, and antigen-specific IgE and IgG1 production increased in mouse serum. The co-exposure of ASD signifi cantly exacerbated theseeff ects in this asthma model. Notably, the administration ofa PDE7 inhibitor, BRL-50481 (BRL), signifi cantly reducedAHR, infi ltration of infl ammatory cells into the lungs, andthe levels of type 2 T helper cell-related cytokines, antigenspecific immunoglobulins, and mucin. Thus, the administrationof BRL ameliorated OVA-induced allergic asthmaticresponses exacerbated by co-exposure to ASD. This studysuggests that PDE7 inhibition can be a therapeutic strategyfor infl ammatory lung diseases and asthma via the regulation of T lymphocytes and reduction of IL-13, and, consequently,mucin production.

A genome-wide by PM₁₀ interaction study identifies novel loci for lung function near <i>BICD1</i> and <i>IL1RN-IL1F10</i> genes in Korean adults

Kim, Hyun-Jin,Seo, Yong-Seok,Sung, Joohon,Chae, Jeesoo,Yun, Jae Moon,Kwon, Hyuktae,Cho, Belong,Kim, Jong-Il,Park, Jin-Ho Elsevier 2020 CHEMOSPHERE - Vol.245 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>Although several genome-wide interaction studies (GWIS) have been performed in specific European populations to understand the missing link between genetic and environmental factors for lung function, GWIS of Asian samples remain rare. Therefore, we performed a GWIS of exposure to air pollution to identify loci for lung function in Korean adult men. A total of 1826 adult men recruited from two health check-up centers were included in the analysis and the annual mean concentrations of ambient particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤10 μm (PM<SUB>10</SUB>) were used. In case of forced vital capacity (FVC), one SNP (rs12312730) that passed our genome-wide threshold of <I>p</I>int < 1 × 10–5 was detected in the intronic region of the <I>BICD1</I> gene on chromosome 12. In addition, we found two variants (rs6743376 and rs17042888) located near the <I>IL1RN-IL1F10</I> gene that were involved in the inflammatory response and associated with decreased FVC via interaction with PM<SUB>10</SUB> exposure. A stratified association analysis according to these SNP genotypes showed that PM<SUB>10</SUB> concentrations in subjects with one or two of the risk alleles, compared with those with the non-risk allele, were significantly correlated with a reduction in FVC. This pattern was replicated in another 892 Korean adult samples. The current study reports the first GWIS discovery in an Asian population: the <I>BICD1</I> and <I>IL1RN-IL1F10</I> genes may contribute to the decrease in FVC levels by interacting with PM<SUB>10</SUB> exposure.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Significant interactions between <I>BICD1 or IL1RN-IL1F10</I> and PM<SUB>10</SUB> for FVC were found. </LI> <LI> The several SNPs in these genes were more susceptible to FVC decline by PM<SUB>10</SUB>. </LI> <LI> For FVC, these interaction effects were reproducible in another sample. </LI> </UL> </P>

Aberrant expression of interleukin-10 and activation-induced cytidine deaminase in B cells from patients with Behçet's disease

Yoon, Jeong-Yun,Lee, Yeojin,Yu, Seong-Lan,Yoon, Hee-Kyung,Park, Ha-Yan,Joung, Chung-Il,Park, Seok-Rae,Kwon, Mihye,Kang, Jaeku D.A. Spandidos 2017 Biomedical reports Vol.7 No.6

<P>Despite extensive studies, the pathogenesis of Behçet's disease (BD) remains unclear. In particular, the roles of B cells in patients with BD have not been elucidated. Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) is a critical enzyme for immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy chain class switching and somatic hypermutation in B cells and the abnormal expression of AID in various immune conditions has previously been studied. B10 cells, an interleukin (IL)-10-secreting subset of regulatory B cells, function to downregulate inflammation and autoimmunity. Thus, in the present study, the relevance of B cells in patients with BD was investigated. The plasma levels of IL-10 and IgA and the proportions of cluster of differentiation (CD)43<SUP>+</SUP> B cells, excluding naïve B cells, were measured in 16 patients with BD and 16 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs). Additionally, the mRNA levels of IL-10 and AID were assessed in B cells from fresh peripheral blood samples of the BD patients and HCs. The plasma level of IL-10 in patients with BD did not differ significantly from that in HCs. Similarly, there was no significant difference in the plasma level of IgA, although a slight increase was observed in patients with BD compared with that in HCs. There were no differences in CD43<SUP>+</SUP>CD19<SUP>+</SUP> B cell numbers between patients with BD and HCs. However, IL-10 mRNA levels were significantly reduced (P<0.05), while AID mRNA levels were significantly increased (P<0.01) in the B cells of patients with BD compared with those in HCs. These results provide insight into the role of B cells in patients with BD.</P>

큰느타리버섯 균사체로 제조한 발효두부 추출물의 면역 활성

이상원(Sang-Won Lee),강종우(Jong-Woo Kang),김재용(Jae-Yong Kim),박경욱(Kyung-Wuk Park),박석규(Seok-Kyu Park),주옥수(Ok-Soo Joo),이성태(Sung-Tae Yee),서권일(Kwon-Il Seo) 한국식품영양과학회 2010 한국식품영양과학회지 Vol.39 No.1

두부의 기능성 및 저장성을 향상시킬 목적으로 큰느타리버섯 균사체를 이용한 발효두부를 제조하여 물과 메탄올로 추출하여 면역세포 활성에 미치는 효과를 조사하였다. 큰느타리버섯 균사체를 배양하기 위한 최적 배지는 PD broth 배지인 것을 확인하였으며, 큰타리버섯 균사체를 이용한 두부의 최적 발효기간은 7일 정도가 적당하였다. 큰느타리버섯 균사체를 이용하여 발효한 두부의 물 및 메탄올추출물은 0.01 ㎍/mL 농도 이상에서 비장세포의 증식을 유도하였으며, 이들 추출물은 IL-6, IFN-γ 분비를 유도하는 것으로 나타났다. 발효두부 물 추출물은 대조군에 비해 대식세포의 일산화질소 생산을 1 ㎍/mL 농도 이상에서 유의적으로 증가시키는 것을 알 수 있었으며, 메탄올 추출물은 10 ㎍/mL 농도 이상에서 그 생산을 증가시켰다. 발효두부 추출물들은 대식세포가 분비하는 IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1β 및 GM-CSF 분비량을 유의하게 증가시켰다. 따라서 큰느타리버섯 균사체로 발효한 두부는 기능성 두부로 개발이 가능하리라 생각된다. In order to improve the functional benefits and storage properties of soybean tofu, fermented tofu was developed using Pleurotus eryngii mycelia. The immune activities of water and methanol extracts of the tofu were investigated. The optimal medium for the growth of Pleurotus eryngii mycelia was PD broth medium and the optimal fermentation period for the tofu was 7 days. The water and methanol extracts of the fermented tofu induced the proliferation of spleen cells at above 0.01 ㎍/mL. The water extract increased IL-2, IFN-γ production, while the methanol extract increased IFN-γ synthesis. The water and methanol extracts of the fermented tofu induced the NO production in RAW264.7 macrophage cells at above 1 ㎍/mL and above 10 ㎍/mL concentration, respectively. The extracts also significantly increased the production of IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1β and GM-CSF in the cells. These results suggest that the tofu fermented with Pleurotus eryngii mycelia could be developed as a functional tofu.

다중화된 광섬유 BG 센서에 의한 변형률의 측정

권일범,김치엽,윤동진,이승석 한국비파괴검사학회 2003 학술대회 논문집 Vol.- No.1

FBG(Fiber Bragg grating) sensor, which is one of the fiber optic sensors for the application of smart structures, can not only measure one specific point but also multiple points by multiplexing techniques. We have proposed a novel multiplexing technique of FBG sensor by the intensity modulation of light source. This technique is applicable to WDM(Wavelength Division Multiplexing) technique and number of sensors in this system can be increased by using this technique with WDM technique

이동 로봇을 위한 초음파 센서 기반의 주면 환경 지도 작성에 관한 연구

권석근,서남일,노영식 울산대학교 2000 공학연구논문집 Vol.31 No.1

본 논문에서는 미지의 환경에서 작업하는 이동 로봇의 경로 계획과 위치 인식에 필요한 주변 환경에 대한 지도작성 방법에 대하여 다루었다. 주변환경에 대한 정보를 보다 간략하게 나타내기 위하여, 이동로봇의 실내주행 중에 초음파 센서로부터 얻어진 일반적인 격자지도를 호프 변환을 이용하여 몇개의 직선 선분으로 단순화시키는 방법을 제안하였다. 여기서 기본이 되는 실내 환경에 대한 격자 지도 표현은 이동 로봇 상부에 장착한 15개의 초음파 센서를 이용하여 실시간으로 얻었고, 생성된 격자 지도 정보를 Off-Line상에서 호프 변환을 사용하여 간단한 직선 선분으로 변환한 후, 직선 선분을 합성하여 주변 환경 정보 표현의 간략화를 구현하였다. 실제 실험한 결과, 이동 로봇의 주변 환경을 간략하게 표현할 수 있는, 적은 수의 직선 성분으로 구성된 지도를 얻을 수 있다. In this paper, we presents how to simply build a grid map, which forms with line segments through in indoor environment. The description of the grid map for indoor environment is acquired in real time from 15 Ultrasonic sensors on a upper frame of mobile robot. To transform the grid map intothe line segment map, the Hough transformation method is applied. In result, we could obtain the line segment map which will be able to describe a indoor environment with a small number of line segments.

돌산갓 전처리 중의 산도, 항균선 및 색도 변화

박석규,서권일,이상원,조영수,손미혜 동아시아식생활학회 1997 동아시아식생활학회지 Vol.7 No.1

In order to use leaf mustard Dolsan food preservative ingradient, acidity, antimicrobial activity and colors were investigated during pretreatment of leaf mustard Dolsan. pH was remarkably decreased after 8 hours to pretreatment(extracted on shaking) of leaf mustard Dolsan, and no changes were observed after that time. pH of leaf part was higher than stalk after 8 hours storage. Titratable acidity was opposite tendency to the pH, pH was gradually decreased than initial stage during pretreatment: of leaf mustard Dolsan at 30, 40 and 50℃. After 16 hours pretreatment, the higher pretreatment temperature was, the higher pH was, but after pretreatment for 48 hours, pH of sample pretreated at 50℃ was lower than that of sample pretreated at 40℃. Antimicrobial activity of leaf mustard Dolsan extract pretreated at 30℃ was the strongest of the samples pretreated at 30, 40 and 50℃, and that of stalk part was stronger than that of leaf part. L and b value in colors was gradually decreased, and a value was increased with the passage of pretreatment time. L and b value was higher in the order of samples pretreated at 40, 50 and 30℃, and the lower pretreatment temperature was, the higher a value was. L value of stalk part was higher than that of leaf part, but a and b value of of leaf part was higher than that of stalk part.

전처리 돌산갓 추출물의 첨가에 따른 김치의 보존효과

박석규,서권일,이상원,강갑석,손미혜 동아시아식생활학회 1997 동아시아식생활학회지 Vol.7 No.1

To investigate the food preservative effects of leaf mustard Dolsan(Brassica juncea), the pretreated extract of leaf mustard Dolsan were added to Kimchi and the results are as following, pH of Kimchi added leaf mustard Dolsan extracts were lower than that of control at initial stage, but after 6 days of fermentation, pH was higher in order of Kimchi added the pretreated extract of leaf mustard Dolsan(hydrolyzed at 30℃ for 24 hours, PEM), the unpretreated extract of leaf mustard Dolsan(UEM) and control. The total number of bacteria and lactic acid bacteria increased rapidly at the initial stage of fermentation and reached plateau at 2 days of fermentation. The number of bacteria and lactic acid bacteria, of Kimchi added leaf mustard Dolsan extracts were lower than that of control, and antimicrobial activity of PEM in Kimchi was higher than that of UEM. After 2 days fermentation, sensery value of Kimchi added PEM was more excellent than that of control.