Fimasartan attenuates renal ischemia-reperfusion injury by modulating inflammation-related apoptosis

Jang-Hee Cho,Soon-Youn Choi,Hye-Myung Ryu,Eun-Joo Oh,Ju-Min Yook,Ji-Sun Ahn,Hee-Yeon Jung,Ji-Young Choi,Sun -Hee Park,Chan-Duck Kim,Yong-Lim Kim 대한생리학회-대한약리학회 2018 The Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology Vol.22 No.6

Fimasartan, a new angiotensin II receptor antagonist, reduces myocyte damage and stabilizes atherosclerotic plaque through its anti-inflammatory effect in animal studies. We investigated the protective effects of pretreatment with fimasartan on ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in a mouse model of ischemic renal damage. C57BL/6 mice were pretreated with or without 5 (IR-F5) or 10 (IR-F10) mg/kg/day fimasartan for 3 days. Renal ischemia was induced by clamping bilateral renal vascular pedicles for 30 min. Histology, pro-inflammatory cytokines, and apoptosis assays were evaluated 24 h after IRI. Compared to the untreated group, blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine levels were significantly lower in the IR-F10 group. IR-F10 kidneys showed less tubular necrosis and interstitial fibrosis than untreated kidneys. The expression of F4/80, a macrophage infiltration marker, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, decreased in the IR-F10 group. High-dose fimasartan treatment attenuated the upregulation of TNF-α, interleukin (IL)-1β, and IL-6 in ischemic kidneys. Fewer TUNEL positive cells were observed in IR-F10 compared to control mice. Fimasartan caused a significant decrease in caspase-3 activity and the level of Bax, and increased the Bcl-2 level. Fimasartan preserved renal function and tubular architecture from IRI in a mouse ischemic renal injury model. Fimasartan also attenuated upregulation of inflammatory cytokines and decreased apoptosis of renal tubular cells. Our results suggest that fimasartan inhibited the process of tubular injury by preventing apoptosis induced by the inflammatory pathway.

Fimasartan attenuates renal ischemia-reperfusion injury by modulating inflammation-related apoptosis

Cho, Jang-Hee,Choi, Soon-Youn,Ryu, Hye-Myung,Oh, Eun-Joo,Yook, Ju-Min,Ahn, Ji-Sun,Jung, Hee-Yeon,Choi, Ji-Young,Park, Sun-Hee,Kim, Chan-Duck,Kim, Yong-Lim The Korean Society of Pharmacology 2018 The Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology Vol.22 No.6

Fimasartan, a new angiotensin II receptor antagonist, reduces myocyte damage and stabilizes atherosclerotic plaque through its anti-inflammatory effect in animal studies. We investigated the protective effects of pretreatment with fimasartan on ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in a mouse model of ischemic renal damage. C57BL/6 mice were pretreated with or without 5 (IR-F5) or 10 (IR-F10) mg/kg/day fimasartan for 3 days. Renal ischemia was induced by clamping bilateral renal vascular pedicles for 30 min. Histology, pro-inflammatory cytokines, and apoptosis assays were evaluated 24 h after IRI. Compared to the untreated group, blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine levels were significantly lower in the IR-F10 group. IR-F10 kidneys showed less tubular necrosis and interstitial fibrosis than untreated kidneys. The expression of F4/80, a macrophage infiltration marker, and tumor necrosis factor $(TNF)-{\alpha}$, decreased in the IR-F10 group. High-dose fimasartan treatment attenuated the upregulation of $TNF-{\alpha}$, interleukin $(IL)-1{\beta}$, and IL-6 in ischemic kidneys. Fewer TUNEL positive cells were observed in IR-F10 compared to control mice. Fimasartan caused a significant decrease in caspase-3 activity and the level of Bax, and increased the Bcl-2 level. Fimasartan preserved renal function and tubular architecture from IRI in a mouse ischemic renal injury model. Fimasartan also attenuated upregulation of inflammatory cytokines and decreased apoptosis of renal tubular cells. Our results suggest that fimasartan inhibited the process of tubular injury by preventing apoptosis induced by the inflammatory pathway.

이동형 스크러버를 이용한 암모니아 및 톨루엔의 제거 효율

김재영 ( Jae-young Kim ),김장윤 ( Jang-yoon Kim ),이연희 ( Yeon Hee Lee ),김민선 ( Min Sun Kim ),김민수 ( Min-su Kim ),김현지 ( Hyun Ji Kim ),류태인 ( Tae In Ryu ),정재형 ( Jae Hyeong Jeong ),황승율 ( Seung-ryul Hwang ),김균 ( Ky 한국환경농학회 2018 한국환경농학회지 Vol.37 No.1

BACKGROUND: The mobile vortex wet scrubber was developed to remove the harmful chemicals from accidental releases. However, there was a disadvantage that it was limitedly used for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as toluene according to the physicochemical properties. This study compared the removal efficiencies of an improved mobile scrubber on toluene and ammonia by applying diverse adsorption and absorption methods. METHODS AND RESULTS: The removal efficiencies on harmful chemicals were examined using various adsorption and absorption methods of water vortex process (C), phosphoric acid-impregnated activated carbon adsorption (PCA), pH-controlled water (pH 2.5) vortex process absorption with sulfuric acid (SWA) after ammonia exposure, granular activated carbon adsorption (GCA), and activated carbon mat adsorption (CMA) after toluene exposure. As a result, the best removal efficiency was shown in the SWA for ammonia and GCA for toluene. Also, the SWA and GCA methods were compared with different concentration levels. In the case of ammonia exposure (5, 10 and 25%), there was no difference by concentration levels, and the concentration in the outlet gradually increased, with pH change from acid to base. In the case of toluene exposure (50, 75 and 100%), the outlet concentration was higher relative to the exposure concentration in the initial 10 min, but the outlet concentration was remained steady after 10 min. CONCLUSION: The newly improved mobile scrubber was also effective in removing VOCs through adsorption techniques (activated carbon, activated carbon fiber, carbon mat filter etc.), as well as removing acid-base harmful chemicals by neutralization reaction.

청소년의 문제행동에 대한 인지행동 집단치료의 효과 : 폭력 행동을 중심으로 Focuced on Violent Behaviors

민성길,이호분,육기환,남궁희승,류경희 大韓神經精神醫學會 1999 신경정신의학 Vol.38 No.4

연구목적 : 본 연구는 인지행동적 집단치료를 문제행동을 보이는 청소년에 시행하여 청소년 문제행동과 폭력행동의 감소에 미치는 효과를 평가하고 효과에 영향을 주는 요인을 찾아 청소년 문제행동과 폭력행동에 대한 개입의 모델을 제시하려하였다. 방 법 : 교사들에 의해 문제행동을 보이는 학생으로 의뢰된 27명의 중학교 2학년 남녀학생들에게 15 회기에 걸친 인지행동적 집단치료를 시행하였다. 대조군은 같은 중학교 2학년 남녀 학생 20명으로 이들에게는 치료를 실시하지 않았다. 대상군과 대조군을 치료 전후에 자기기술형 비행척도, 폭력행동척도를 작성하게 하였으며, 담임 교사로 하여금 대상군에게 치료전후에 교사용 문제행동 척도, 문제행동 적발빈도 조사를 실시하였다. 결 과 : 1) 자기기술형 비행 척도, 폭력행동 척도로 평가한 결과 대상군에서는 치료 후에 비행이 유의하게 감소하였으며, 대조군과 비교하였을 때 양군간의 유의한 차이가 있었다. 2) 대상군에 대한 교사용 문제행동 척도, 문제행동 적발 빈도조사에서 치료 전후에 문제행동이 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 3) 치료효과를 조별로 비교하면 자기 기술형 비행척도는 조별로 유의하게 차이를 보였고. 2조는 교사용 문제행동 적발 빈도 조사를 제외한 모든 척도에서 유의한 호전을 보였다. 4) 문제행동의 호전에 영향을 주는 요인은 대상군의 성별, 문제행동정도와 치료자였으며, 폭력 행동의 호전에 영향을 주는 요인은 대상군의 문제행동정도였다. 결 론 : 문제행동을 보이는 청소년을 대상으로 한 인지행동적 집단치료는 그들 스스로 평가한 문제 행동 감소의 효과는 있었으나, 교사가 평가하기에는 유의한 차이가 없었으며, 폭력행동에 대해서 특이한 효과는 보여 주지 못하였다. 하지만 대상군의 성별, 문제행동의 정도, 치료자에 따라서는 문제행동의 감소, 폭력행동의 감소 모두에 효과가 있었다. 이러한 결과는 대상군의 선정과 치료자의 숙련도에 따라서는 인지-행동치료가 청소년 문제행동과 폭력행동에 대한 적절한 치료 모델이 될 수 있음을 시사한다. Objectives : The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on improving adolescents' behavioral problems, especially violent behavior. Method : The subjects were 27 middle school students referred by their teachers for behavioral problems. We devided them into 4 teams and treated them for 15 sessions of cognitive-behavioral group therapy. The control group were 20 middle school students who had no cognitive-behavioral therapy. We assessed their behaviors pre-and post intervention by two series of scale, ie. self ratings and teacher ratings. Self ratings included 'misbehavior scales' and 'violent behavior subscale' ; teacher ratings included 'teacher-children rating scale' and 'detection of misbehavior scale'. Result : 1) In self-rating scales, the misbehavior of the subject group decreased more than the coltrol group, but not the violent scale. There were statistically significant group differences of improving effect in misbehavior scales. 2) In teacher rating scales, there was no significant decrease in the behavioral problems of the subject group. 3) By teams there were significant different intervention effects among 4 teams in self rating misbehavior scale. Team 2 improved on all scales except teacher-rating detection of misbehavior scale. 4) Determinant factors of intervention effect on behavioral problems were the degree of baseline behavioral problems, sex of subjects and therapist. Conclusion : The results from this study suggest that cognitive-behavioral group therapy was effective in decreasing the behavioral problems of adolescents. But the effect of therapy depends on sex, the degree of behavioral problems of subjects and the therapist.

탐구형 기하 소프트웨어 환경에서 피드백을 활용한 증명학습에 관한 연구

류희영,조민식 한국교원대학교교육연구원 2006 敎員敎育 Vol.22 No.3

탐구형 기하 소프트웨어의 환경에서 기하교육이 유용하다는 많은 연구 결과가 있었다. 본 연구에서는 소프트웨어의 환경에서 교사가 적절한 피드백을 주었을 때 작도문제를 통한 증명학습에 어떠한 영향을 주는지에 대하여 분석하였다. 그 결과 교사는 학생들의 수준을 적절히 판단하여 적합한 피드백을 줄 수 있고 학생들의 사고력의 향상과 지속성을 관찰할 수 있었고 학습태도에 긍정적인 영향을 끼치는 것으로 나타났다. The purpose of this study is to investigate, through case study, how the feedback with dynamic geometry software has influence on the improvement of proof learning and student's attitude. Analysis of data including worksheets, computer activities, and interviews revealed that collaborative learning is enhanced and student's attitudes could be changed positively.

형광검출 역상 액체크로마토그래피에 의한 Histamine의 정량

유희춘,김형룡,김상현,김대기,이영미,김형민,안년형,신태용 우석대학교 의약품개발연구소 1996 藥學硏究誌 Vol.1 No.-

Histamine을 정확하고 신속하게 정량하기 위해 9.Fiuorenylmethyl chloroformate를 형광유도체화제로 하여 역상 HPLC법으로 정량하였다. 히스타민을 형광유도체화할 때 반응액의 pH, 반응시간, 형광유도체화제의 농도 등 최적 반응 조건을 검토하였다. 이 방법으로 히스타민을 분석한 결과 0.1~0.5ug/ml의 농도범위에서 상관계수가 0.922인 양호한 직선성을 나타내었으며 검출한계는 0.01??/ml였다. A rapid and simple method for the determination of histamine by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection was established. 9-Fluorenylmethyl chloroformate(FMOC) was used as fluorescent derivative reagent. The optimum conditions for the derivatiation such as pH, reaction time and he concentration of FMOC were investigated. Linearity of calibration curve was obtained between 0.1ug/ml/and 0.5ug/ml(r=0.922) and the limit of detection was 0.01ug/ml.

산업폐수처리장 방류수의 내분비계 장애작용 평가

오승민,김기서,유병택,장형석,이희성,정규혁 한국환경독성학회 2004 환경독성보건학회지 Vol.19 No.4

This study was designed to investigate potential endocrine disrupting effects of several industrial wastewater effluents discharged from cosmetic, plaiting, paint, textile industry using EROD bioassay and E-Screen assay The results of E-screen assay showed that textile industrial wastewater could act as a full agonist and cosmetics and plaiting industrial wastewater could act as a partial agonist On the contrary, the wastewater discharged from paint industry did not show any estrogenic effect Estrogenic activity in the effluents of cosmetic and paint industrial wastewater was lower than that in the influents indicating that the wastewater treatment process minimized the effects of discharges on water quality Despite of these results, it was recognized that wastewater treatment was not always minimize toxic impact In this study, increased estrogenic effect was observed in the effluents of plating and textile wastewater, and EROD activity was increased in the effluents of cosmetic and plating wastewater.

익산시 수질오염지역 주민 모발내의 중금속 함량에 관한 연구

유일수,류문희,최민규 원광대학교 환경과학연구소 2000 環境科學硏究誌 Vol.9 No.1

Soft-type trap-induced degradation of MoS₂ field effect transistors

Cho, Young-Hoon,Ryu, Min-Yeul,Lee, Kook Jin,Park, So Jeong,Choi, Jun Hee,Lee, Byung-Chul,Kim, Wungyeon,Kim, Gyu-Tae IOP 2018 Nanotechnology Vol.29 No.22

<P>The practical applicability of electronic devices is largely determined by the reliability of field effect transistors (FETs), necessitating constant searches for new and better-performing semiconductors. We investigated the stress-induced degradation of MoS<SUB>2</SUB> multilayer FETs, revealing a steady decrease of drain current by 56% from the initial value after 30 min. The drain current recovers to the initial state when the transistor is completely turned off, indicating the roles of soft-traps in the apparent degradation. The noise current power spectrum follows the model of carrier number fluctuation–correlated mobility fluctuation (CNF–CMF) regardless of stress time. However, the reduction of the drain current was well fitted to the increase of the trap density based on the CNF–CMF model, attributing the presence of the soft-type traps of dielectric oxides to the degradation of the MoS<SUB>2</SUB> FETs.</P>

주물공장 근로자에서 발생한 국한성 석면폐증 1예

김태우,고동희,김민기,유승원,류향우,한정희,정순희 大韓産業醫學會 2009 대한직업환경의학회지 Vol.21 No.2

배경: 주물공장 근로자에서 발생한 석면폐증의 작업 관련성을 평가하고 그 증례를 보고하고자 한다. 증례: 30년간 주물공장에서 근무한 환자로 인후통, 기침, 노란 가래가 있어 검사한 결과 결핵이 의심되어 치료 하였으며, 치료 중 석면폐증으로 진단되었다. 작업 관련성 평가를 위해 실시한 폐 조직의 조직학적 검사에서 1 cm^(2)당 3개의 석면소체가 발견되었고, 투과전자현미경으로 분석한 석면 함유량은 23.26x10^(6) fibers/g이었다. 결론: 작업환경조사, 폐 조직의 석면 분석 등을 통해 작업 관련성이 높다고 판단하였다. Background: Foundry workers are known to be exposed to silica and have an increased risk of Silicosis. There are also reports that state these foundry workers were associated with asbestos-related change in the X-ray results of the lungs. This report discusses a case of localized asbestosis developed in a foundry worker who worked in 12 Korean foundries. Case report: A 49-year-o1d man who worked at molding and melting for 30 years, Presented with sore throat, cough and yellow sputum for 1 month. From physical and clinical examination, Pulmonary tuberculosis was highly suspicious; therefore, he was medicated for 6 months. After tuberculosis medication, the radiological finding was reactivation of tuberculosis, and an asbestos body was detected at a trans-bronchial lung biopsy. During an operation, operators found multiple palpable masses and bullae 10calized in the right upper lobe (RUL) and performed right upper lobectomy and right middle lobe wedge resection. Using hematoxylin-eosin stain and iron stain, we could detect asbestos bodies by light microscopy. We analyzed the asbestos fiber burden in dry lung tissue by transmission electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (TEM-EDX). The fiber type was chrysotile and the fiber burden was 23.26 x 10^(6) fiber/g dry lung. Discussion: This case study of a foundry worker with localized asbestosis is uncommon in Korea. We found an occupational relationship between the foundry worker and localized asbestosis through various investigative techniques such as measurements taken at his working environment, clinical, radiological and pathological examination of the foundry worker and mineralogical examination of the asbestos fiber.