Methylation Status and Expression of E-cadherin in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinomas Compared to Benign Oral Epithelial Lesions

Son, Hyun-Jin,Chu, Jung-Youb,Cho, Eui-Sic,Lee, Dong-Geun,Min, Myung-Gee,Lee, Suk-Keun,Cho, Nam-Pyo The Korean Academy of Oral Biology 2006 International Journal of Oral Biology Vol.31 No.2

Expression of invasion/metastasis suppressor, E-cadherin, is reduced in many types of human carcinomas. Although somatic and germline utations in the CDH1, which encodes the human E-cadherin, have frequently been reported in cases with diffuse gastric and lobular breast ancers, irreversible genetic inactivations are rare in other human carcinomas. Recently, it has been well documented that some genes in human cancers may be inactivated by altered CpG methylation. Herein, we determined the expression and methylation status of E-cadherin in oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) by immunohistochemistry and methylation-specific PCR. The expression of E-cadherin was significantly higher in the well-differentiated oral SCCs than the moderately or poorly differentiated ones. None of eight tested benign pithelial hyperplasias showed aberrant methylation, whereas five of 12 oral squamous cell carcinomas showed aberrant methylation. When we compared E-cadherin expression with methylation status, oral SCCs with normal methylation showed a higher expression of E-cadherin than those with methylation. These findings suggest that aberrant CpG methylation of CDH1 promoter region is closely associated with transcriptional inactivation and might be involved in tumor progression of the oral mucosa.

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.

뇌동맥류파열에 의한 뇌지주막하출혈 환자의 수술시기에 따른 예후 분석

손진열,박인성,황수현,백선하,김은상,정진명,김재형,한종우 대한신경외과학회 1999 Journal of Korean neurosurgical society Vol.28 No.3

요부 외측구역 협착증에서 단순감압술과 기구고정술을 병행한 요추체간 골유합술과의 임상적 비교

손병길,최은석,정을수,신종현,김명진,지용철 대한척추신경외과학회 2004 Neurospine Vol.1 No.1

Objective: The lumbar spinal canal can be devided into the central zone and the lateral zone. The divisions of the lateral zone are the subarticular, the foraminal, and the extraforaminal zone. A common causes of the operation for the spinal stenosis are related to the association with the spondylolisthesis and the central stenosis. There is a paucity of data, however, regarding the operative intervention in the lateral zone stenosis(LZS). Our aim was to analyze the surgical result by the anatomical type and the operative method. Methods: 72 patients of LZS excepting the association with the spondyolisthesis have been operated by six neurosurgeons of our hospital from 30th April, 1994 through 30th September, 2002. The patients had been interviewed about surgical result through telephone by third party persons. The surgical results were analyzed by the four score rating system: ① medication, ② ADL(Ability of daily living), ③ the degree of improvement, ④ the degree of satisfaction. Results: Among 72 patients, there were 25 males and 47 females. The age group of the patients were in their thirties(1), forties(9), fifties(21), sixties(36) and seventies(5). Surgical methods were used on decompression(22), posterior lumbar interbody fusion(PLIF) with cage(1) and PLIF with transpedicular screw fixation system(49). The types of stenosis were subarticular(24), foraminal(16) and extraforaminal(30) and double crush(2). The overall surgical results were Excellent(18), Good(34), Fair(19), and Poor(1). The Non-success rate according to the methods of surgery were decompression(34.8%), PLIF with transpedicular fixation system(24.4%). The overall success rate was(53/72: 73.6%). The success rate according to the types were subarticular(17/24: 70.8%), extraforaminal(21/30: 70%), and foraminal(12/16: 75%). Conclusion: It is suggested that the result was more favorable on the cases of lateral zone stenosis operated with PLIF and transpedicular fixation system. According to the method used, the success rate of decompression was worse than PLIF with transpedicular fixation system.

양전자방출단층촬영을 이용한 초점주의와 작동기억의 뇌 활성화 양상 비교

김재진,조상수,김명선,손정우,이재성,이동수,이명철,권준수 大韓神經精神醫學會 2001 신경정신의학 Vol.40 No.2

연구목적: 단순 초점주의 과제와 보다 고도의 집중을 요하는 작동기억 과제를 수행하는 동안의 뇌 활성화 양상을 비교하여, 두 인지기능 과정을 매개하는 정상적 신경회로의 특성과 차이를 알아보는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 방법: 정상인 14명을 대상으로 시각처리 대조 과제, 단순 초점주의 과제, 작동기억 과제 등 세 가지 인지과제를 주고, 과제 수행 동안 [□O]H₂O를 추적자로 한 양전자방출단층활영을 실시한 후 감산분석을 통해 초점주의와 작동기억의 신경회로 지도를 작성하여 비교분석하였다. 결과: 초점주의 동안 활성화되는 부위는 좌측으로 편측화되고 산발적으로 분포하는 양상이었고, 특히 전대상이랑과 운동영역을 포함한 전두엽, 일차 및 이차 시각피질 등의 활성화가 특징적이었다. 작동기억 동안의 뇌 활성화 역시 산발적 분포와 좌측 편측화 양상이 관찰되었으나, 시각피질보다는 전두엽의 활성화가 우세하였고, 특히 우측 전대상이랑의 현저한 활성화가 특징적이었다. 결론: 초점주의와 작동기억은 개념적으로 공통점과 차이점을 내포하고 있는 것처럼 매개 신경회로에서도 공통 혹은 특이한 영역을 각각 가지며, 전대상이랑의 역할이 두 기능에 공통적으로 중요하고, 이차 시각피질과 전전두피질이 두 기능 각각에 더 중요하게 작용하는 것 같다. Objectives:This study was undertaken to identify neural substrates for simple focused attention and more highly-focused working memory i normal people and investigate their characteristics and differences. Method: Fourteen normal subjects were studied with [□O]H₂O positron emission tomography during a visual processing baseline task, simple focused attention task and working memory task. Results were analyzed with the subtraction analysis to map the neural correlates of focused attention and working memory. Results: Activated areas during focused attention tended to be lateralized to the left and scattered over various regions including the anterior cingulate, motor area, and primary and secondary visual cortices. While the areas activated during working memory also show the left lateralization and scattered distribution, activation prevailed more in the frontal lobe than in the visual cortex, and was particularly remarkable in the right anterior cingulate. Conclusions: Focused attention and working memory do not have only conceptually commonalities and differences but also have common and specific areas in their neural substrates. The anterior cingulate may commonly play an important role in both cognitive functions, whereas secondary visual cortex and prefrontal cortex seem to be predominantly implicated in each function, respectively.

새조개 가공부산물을 이용한 속성 액젓의 제조 및 저장안정성

김명희,조영철,배태진,손정호,김귀식 여수대학교 1997 論文集 Vol.11 No.2

A rapid processing for fermented fish sauce from cockle shell by-product and their quality and storage stability was investigated. The weight ratio of cockle shell by-product about the whole cockle shell was 32.7%, and contents of moisture, portein, lipid, carbohydrate and ash were 83.1%, 10.7%, 2.4%, 1.0% and 2.9%, respetively. The cockle shell by-product was homogenized with addition of water and hydrolyzed at 50℃ for 8 hours added 4% Protease N.P.(3.14ㆍ10⁴U/g). The hydrolysate was thermally treated at 100℃ for 60 minutes with 4% invert sugar and 20% table salt was finally added to the product. The chemical compositon of moisture, carbohydrate, ash, salinity, total nitrogen and amino type nitrogen of fermented sauce from cockle shell by-product were 65.4%, 3.9%, 20.8%, 18.9%, 1,683 mg% and 1,426 mg%, respectively. The major nucleotides and their relative compounds in the product were AMP and hypoxanthine and their contents were 3.36μ mole/g and 1.95μ mole/g. And major free amino acid were glutamic acid, lysine, leucine, valine and aspatic acid.

12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-Acetate에 의한 HL-60 세포 분화유도중 Vimentin 유전자 전사조절에 대한 AP-1의 역할

임규,김진희,권도원,김승민,이명선,윤경아,손미영,박종일,윤완희,황병두 충남대학교 생물공학연구소 1999 생물공학연구지 Vol.7 No.-

Purpose: To gain insight on the role of AP-1 in transcriptional regulation of vimentin gene during differentiation of HL-60 cells by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), the levels of vimentin mRNA and AP-1 have been investigated with Northern blot hybridization and DNA mobility shift assay. Materials and Methods: HL-60 cells were grown in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated fetal calf serum and antibiotics in a humidified 5% CO_2 at 37℃. Total RNA was prepared by a modification of the method of Karlinsey et al. Northern blot hybridization was performed by the method of Virca et al. EcoRI fragment of pVIM-GEM was used as probe for vimentin mRNA. DNA mobility shift assay was performed by the method of Lim et al. End labeled DNA probe(Upper strand, 5'-CGCTTGATGAGTCAGCCG- 3') for AP-1 binding activity was mixed with nuclear extracts in a 20 μl reaction volume containing 300 mM KCI, 60 mM HEPES, pH 7.9, 25 mM MgCI_2, 1 mM EDTA, 1 mM DTT, 60% glycerol, and 2 ㎍ of poly[dI-dC]. Results: TPA increased vimentin mRNA levels, with maximal stimulation reached at 24 hr. The level of vimentin mRNA was induced in proportion to the concentration of TPA. TPA-induced vimentin mRNA was almost reduced by actinomycin-D pretreatment. TPA-induced stimulation of vimentin gene was completely reduced by staurosporin pretreatment. In DNA mobility shift assay, AP-1 newly appeared at 24 hr during TPA-induced differentiation and was almost not detected after the pretreatment of staurosporin. Conclusions: These results suggest that the induction of vimentin mRNA during TPA-dependent differentiation in HL-60 cells may be mediated by protein kinases C signal transduction and AP-1 is important to transcriptional regulation.

12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-Acetate에 의한 HL-60 세포 분화유도중 Vimentin 유전자 전사조절에 대한 AP-1의 역할

임규,김진희,권도원,김승민,이명선,윤경아,손미영,박종일,윤완희,황병두 忠南大學校 癌共同硏究所 1998 癌共同硏究所 硏究誌 Vol.2 No.1

Purpose: To gain insight on the role of AP-1 in transcriptional regulation of vimentin gene during differentiation of HL-60 cells by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), the levels of vimentin mRNA and AP-1 have been investigated with Northern blot hybridization and DNA mobility shift assay. Materials and Methods: HL-60 cells were grown in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated fetal calf serum and antibiotics in a humidified 5% CO_(2) at 37°C. Total RNA was prepared by a modification of the method of Karlinsey et al. Northern blot hybridization was performed by the method of Virca et al. EcoRI fragment of pVIM-GEM was used as probe for vimentin mRNA. DNA mobility shift assay was performed by the method of Lim et al. End labeled DNA probe(Upper strand, 5'-CGCTTGATGAGTCAGCCG- 3') for AP-1 binding activity was mixed with nuclear extracts in a 20 μl reaction volume containing 300 mM KC1, 60 mM HEPES, pH 7.9, 25 mM MgCl_(2), 1 mM EDTA, 1 mM DTT, 60% glycerol, and 2μg of poly[dI-dC]. Results: TPA increased vimentin mRNA levels, with maximal stimulation reached at 24 hr. The level of vimentin mRNA was induced in proportion to the concentration of TPA. TPA-induced vimentin mRNA was almost reduced by actinomycin-D pretreatment. TPA-induced stimulation of vimentin gene was completely reduced by staurosporin pretreatment. In DNA mobility shift assay, AP-1 newly appeared at 24 hr during TPA-induced differentiation and was almost not detected after the pretreatment of staurosporin. Conclusions: These results suggest that the induction of vimentin mRNA during TPA-dependent differentiation in HL-60 cells may be mediated by protein kinases C signal transduction and AP-1 is important to transcriptional regulation.

주의력결핍 과잉행동장애 아동에서 틱 장애 동반 여부에 따른 확산 텐서 영상 비교 연구

최지욱,임명호,이창화,박진균,손정우,심세훈,유인규,강현수,정범석 大韓神經精神醫學會 2008 신경정신의학 Vol.47 No.5

Objectives : Diffuse tensor imaging (DTI) was applied to explore the difference in regional distribution and extent of white matter (WM) abnormalities in boys with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) versus boys with comorbid ADHD and tic disorders. Methods : Fifteen boys with ADHD (mean age 9.3 +1.8), 24 ADHD boys with chronic tic disorder or Tourette's disorder(9.9 =b 1.2) and 9 age-, gender-matched controls (9.2 d= 1.8) received DTI assessments. Fractional Anisotropy (FA) maps of WM were compared between groups with a voxel-wise analysis after intersubject registration to MNI space. Results : Bo groups, ADHD group and ADHD with tic disorder group, commonly showed decreased FA than healthy control group in left cerebellar middle peduncle and right frontal lobe, increased FA in right middle occipital WM. In the common areas of left cerebellar middle peduncle and right middle occipital WM, comorbid group showed broader areas of significant FA. The comorbid group also showed increased FA in right cerebellar peduncle, additionally. Conclusion : The findings in ADHD group support previous ADHD hypothesis of the functional abnormalities in corticocerebellar circuit, and suggest that ADHD might have more complicated pathology of neuronal circuit including occipital visual system. The comorbid group showed common areas of overlapping but more extensive abnormalities and also had additional WM abnormalities. ADHD with chronic tic disorders may represent a severe form of ADHD with additional regions of abnormal connectivity.

수입 외국산 모발세정용 화장품의 중금속 농도에 관한 연구

문정아,문덕환,박명희,안진홍,김종은,손병철,김대환,이창희,김휘동,이채언 인제대학교 백병원 2002 仁濟醫學 Vol.23 No.5

Objective : For the purpose of preparing the fundamental data and preventing the health impairment due yo heavy metals in hair cleaner. Methods and Material : The author determined the concentration of heavy metals(Fb, fn, Cr, Ni and Cu) in hair cleaner with flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Results : The results were as follows : 1. The mean concentration of heavy metals in total hair cleaner were 0.046㎍/g for Pt, 0.O67㎍/g for Mn, 0.069㎍/g for Cr, 0.046㎍/g for Ni, and 0.022㎍/g for Cu, respectively. 2. There was not statistically significant difference to mean concentrations of each heavy metal in hair cleaner by producing nation. 3. The highest mean concentration of each heavy metal in hair cleaner by type of use were 0.140㎍/g for Mn in sensitive hair cleaner(p<0.05), 0.053㎍/g for Cu in others products(p<0.01). 4. The mean concentration of heavy metals in hair cleaner by type of hair cleaner were high at 0.O54㎍/g for Pb in shampoo products(p<0.O5), 0.120㎍/g for Cr and 0.06㎍/g for Cu in combination products(p<0.01). 5. The mean concentration of heavy metals in hair cleaner by acidity were high at 0.056㎍/g for Pb, 0.124㎍/g for Cr, and 0.032㎍/g for Cu in alkali products (p<0.05). 6. Correlation coefficient of heavy metal concentration in hair cleaner were 0.175 for Pb and Cr, 0.165 for Pb and Mn, 0.824 for Cr, and Mn, 0.189 for Cr, and Ni, 0.406 for Cr, and Cu, 0.197 for Mn and Ni, and 0.375 for Mn and Cu(p<0.05). 7. Exposure amount of heavy metals per when we used lOg of hair cleaner (onetime using amount) were 0.46㎍ for Pb, 0.67㎍ for Mn, 0.69㎍ for Cr, 0.46㎍ for Ni, and 0.22㎍ for Cu, respectively. Conclusion : As above results, there was very low level concentration of heavy metal in hair cleaner but we are using the hair cleaner everyday, therefore we can exposed to heavy metals as cronic exposure so the author suggest to prepare the program of preventing the health impairment due to heavy metals.