Bucillamine prevents cisplatin-induced ototoxicity through induction of glutathione and antioxidant genes

Kim, Se-Jin,Ho Hur, Joon,Park, Channy,Kim, Hyung-Jin,Oh, Gi-Su,Lee, Joon No,Yoo, Su-Jin,Choe, Seong-Kyu,So, Hong-Seob,Lim, David J,Moon, Sung K,Park, Raekil Nature Publishing Group 2015 Experimental and molecular medicine Vol.47 No.2

<P>Bucillamine is used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. This study investigated the protective effects of bucillamine against cisplatin-induced damage in auditory cells, the organ of Corti from postnatal rats (P2) and adult Balb/C mice. Cisplatin increases the catalytic activity of caspase-3 and caspase-8 proteases and the production of free radicals, which were significantly suppressed by pretreatment with bucillamine. Bucillamine induces the intranuclear translocation of Nrf2 and thereby increases the expression of γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase (γ-GCS) and glutathione synthetase (GSS), which further induces intracellular antioxidant glutathione (GSH), heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) and superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2). However, knockdown studies of HO-1 and SOD2 suggest that the protective effect of bucillamine against cisplatin is independent of the enzymatic activity of HO-1 and SOD. Furthermore, pretreatment with bucillamine protects sensory hair cells on organ of Corti explants from cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity concomitantly with inhibition of caspase-3 activation. The auditory-brainstem-evoked response of cisplatin-injected mice shows marked increases in hearing threshold shifts, which was markedly suppressed by pretreatment with bucillamine <I>in vivo</I>. Taken together, bucillamine protects sensory hair cells from cisplatin through a scavenging effect on itself, as well as the induction of intracellular GSH.</P>

裡里近郊 보리圃場에 棲息하는 土壤微小動物에 關한 硏究

蘇仁永,金俊範,朴建鎬 全北大學校 1989 論文集 Vol.31 No.-

The soil nematodes' and microarthropods' fauna, population density, seasonal fluctuation, vertical distribution, and the relationship between the number of soil ingabiting animals and environmental factors were studied. Samples were taken from December, 1986 to April, 1987, and from December, 1987 to April, 1988 from barley fields near Iri in Chon Buk province, Korea. The results were summarized as follows ; 1. The fauna of soil inhabiting nematodes was composed of free living type(93.5%), plant parasites(3.6%), and predators(2.9%). The population density of nematodes peaked in February and dropped low in April. The plant parasitic nematodes present in barley fields were Tylenchus sp., Psilenchus sp., Aphelenchoides sp., Pratylenchus sp., Meloidogyne sp., Aphelenchus sp., Tylenchorhynchus sp., Hirschmanniella sp., and others. Mites consisted of Cryptosigmata(84.4%), Prostigmata(13.1%), and Mesostigmata(2.5%). The population density of mites peaked in April and dropped low in March. Among twenty species of mites form Cryptostigmata collected, Scheloribates rigidsetosus was dominant(28.9%). 2. Nematodes (66.6%) and mites (66.4%) were found most abundant in the first layer subsoil (0-10cm). 3. The correlation equations between the soil inhabiting animals and some edaphic factors were as follows ; 1) Nematode ; Themperature Y^ = -22.562X+1844.857 (r=-0.226) Moisture Y^ = 44.753X-22.07 (r=0.735) pH Y^ = -516.5X+2071.32 (r=-0.452) 2) Mite ; Temperature Y^ = -1.417X+69.829 (r=-0.348) Moisture Y^ = -1.085X+98.162 (r=-0.233) pH Y^ = -39.5X+88.86 (r=-0.131)

크론병에 대한 CoPPLX의 방어효과에 대한 연구

이호학,김유림,문창기,이재일,양병윤,김종수,이정민,정재혁,안석진,박상준,김윤권,김소연,김영중,조민구,최영자,장성조 圓光大學校 醫科學硏究所 2005 圓光醫科學 Vol.20 No.1

관상동맥내 스텐트 시술시 Aspirin과 Cilostazol 2개월 병합요법

윤명호,탁승제,염철훈,장혁재,최소연,유상용,안성균,고종훈,신준한,김한수,최병일 대한순환기학회 2000 Korean Circulation Journal Vol.30 No.8

충남대학교 학술림 산책로 훼손실태 및 관리방안에 관한 연구

이준우,김명준,최윤호,전용준,오도교,김민호,이소연,이경형 충남대학교 농업과학연구소 2004 농업과학연구 Vol.31 No.2

This study concentrates an the trail of the CNU(Chungnam National University) forest. The amount of use and the pattern of damage are considered, as well as the extent of environmental damage. Finally, some managerial strategies are proposed in connection with sustainable maintenance. The trail of the university forest is composed of three sections; one is the neighborhood park and the Institute of Information Technology/Communications, the second is the Institute of Information Technology/Communications and the Dormitory, and the third section is the Dormitory and the Foreign prof's Apt. The total length of the trail is 2.6km. The daily amount of use is 1,269 visitors per day. The amount of using increased three times the amount of that in 1998. This study shows the pattern of damage of the trail in the order of root-exposure, widening, rock-exposure, deepening and the divergence in the frequency of occurrence of all these factors. Environmental damage is also graded thus: grade 3 is 27.4m, grade 4 is 0.8m, grade 5 is 1.5m, and grade 6 is 0.2m. Accordingly, some managerial strategies were proposed in connection with the sustainable trail maintenance.

티타늄의 산화 조건에 따른 산화막의 특성 및 인산칼슘 생성에 미치는 영향

김인,양홍서,박연준,송호준,이용렬 전남대학교 치의학연구소 2003 구강과학 Vol.15 No.3

The objective of this study was to evaluate the changes of micro morphology, roughness and crystalline structure of titanium surface after various oxidation treatments. Moreover, the effect of titanium surface oxide characteristics on the formation of calcium phosphate in Eagle's MEM. Commercially pure Ti disks were treated at various thermal conditions of 530℃ (Ti-530), 600℃(Ti-600), 700℃(Ti-700), 800℃(Ti-800), 900℃(Ti-900), and 1000℃(Ti-1000), respectively, and as received cp Ti (AS-R) and passivated cp Ti (PAS) were used as comparison groups. Surface characteristics were investigated using FE-SEM, profilometer and XRD. After immersing each sample in MEM for 7days, calcium phosphate (Ca-P) formation was evaluated using FE-SEM and EDS. Crystallites of 10~30nm-size were observed on the surface of Ti-530 and Ti-600 samples. Needle-like crystals were formed on Ti-700 samples, and the crystal grain size was increased dramatically as the temperature increased higher than 800℃. The roughness of Ti-530 was higher comparing to AS-R and PAS, and the roughness decreased in the treatment range of 530-700 with dense crystalline oxide formation. However, at treatment temperatures higher than 800℃, the roughness increased and its degree was depended to the size of the crystals. The anatase structures were observed in Ti-530 and Ti-600, and anatase and rutile structures were co-existed in Ti-700 specimen. Only rutile TiO_(2) were observed in Ti-800, Ti-900 and Ti-1000 specimens. The Ca-P formation on AS-R and PAS specimens was low in MEM solution. However, the Ca-P formation was well observed on heat-treatedgroups, and its degree of formation and micro-morphology was different by the specimen groups. The crystalline and chemical structure, micro-morphology, and surface roughness of titanium were various by the conditions of heat treatments, and the grain size and crystal structure of titanium oxide affected on the degree of Ca-P formation on Ti samples in MEM solution

관동맥질환에서 관동맥 재형성과 관련되는 환자의 임상상 및 죽상반의 특성

염철훈,탁승제,윤명호,최소연,신준한,심한수,최병일,고종훈 대한순환기학회 2000 Korean Circulation Journal Vol.30 No.8

타타늄의 열처리 조건에 따른 동전위 양극분극특성 및 표면 미세구조 변화

주동현,이용렬,정영화,양홍서,박상원,이도재,송호준,박영준 大韓齒科器材學會 2002 대한치과재료학회지 Vol.29 No.2

The corrosion resistance of metallic implants is essential for successful implant osseointegration. Moreover, the implant surface should have appropriate surface roughness for the attachment of the osteoblast and collagen fibrils. When titanium is exposed to air a thermodynamically very stable oxide film is formed at once. This oxide is very thin and yet it protects the metal from corrosion instantaneously. However, the oxide would not be ideal, and it would be supposed that the state of oxide film would be various by the different conditions when it is formed. The objective of this study was to evaluate the electrochemical properties and surface microstructural changes of titanium after passivation treatment or exposure to high heat (in vacuum or in air). ASTM grade 2 commercially pure titanium (Ti) disks of 10㎜ diameter were wet ground and polished with 240 and 600 grit SiC, and then ultrasonically cleaned with distilled water and ethanol. Cleansed as-received samples (As-R group) were passivated with 30% nitric acid solution at 50℃ for 15 minutes to make the Pas group. The Std-V samples were made by treating the Ti disks in vacuum quartz tube (10^-8 Torr) at 530℃ for 40 min for stress relieving, followed by annealing at 700℃ for 90 min, and then slow cooling to room temperature. The Std-A samples undergo identical procedure as the Std-V group except that it is done in air. For 530℃-V samples, Ti disks were heated at 530℃ for 40 minutes and slow cooled to room temperature. The 1000℃-V samples were produced by heating Std-V specimens again at 1000℃ for 2 hr, followed by cooling to room temperature. 530℃-A and 1000℃-A samples were also prepared. Potentiodynamic anodic polarization measurement, SEM, AFM and XRD analysis were performed to evaluate the effects of the various treatments. The difference in the mean values of E_corr between groups showed statistically significant difference (P<0.05), but that of I_corr did not show significance (P>0.05). When Ti surface was passivated there was a shift of corrosion potential (E_corr) in the noble direction and a lower corrosion current density (I_corr) value. Std-A samples showed most noble E_corr value among the tested groups. 530℃-V samples showed more noble E-corr than other tested groups except Std-A group. 1000℃-V samples showed more noble E-corr than those of Std-V sample. In the case of Std-, 530℃- and 1000℃-groups, -A sub-groups showed better corrosion resistant characteristics than -V sub-groups in regard to E-corr and I_corr values. In the SEM observations, the surfaces of the As-R samples showed only scratch line on smooth surface. In Pas samples, thick oxide layer covered the surface under high magnification observation. 530℃-A samples were covered by oxide granules, and Std-A samples had 25~50 nm-thick acicular oxides. The 1000℃-A samples were covered by coarse oxide crystals with a granule diameter of 0.1~0.6 μm having a gross appearance of milky white color, which was identified by XRD as a rutile. On the other hand, 1000℃-V samples showed an Widmansta¨tten structrue of which the orientation of the lattice is formed along crystallographic planes of the parent crystals. On the AFM observation, 530℃-A samples showed RMS roughness of 79.38 nm which is 5 times rougher than those of the As-R samples. Std-A sample had a roughness of 330.47 nm which is about 20-times rougher than that of the As-R sample. 1000℃-A samples were covered by coarse granular oxides and the roughness were about 0.56 μm. Vacuum sub-group samples showed a more smooth surface than air sub-group samples, and the oxide film was more dense. Due to variability of the surface treatment and heat treatment conditions, the process of the oxide formation seems to be affected thereby making the corrosion properties and surface micro-morphology different. However, more various electrochemical analysis together with surface analysis, and an investigation for the effects of those on the osteoblast cell adhesion and calcium phosphate apposition are needed for the improvement of the osseointegration rates of the titanium implants.

서울의 Penicillinase Producing Neisseria Gonorrhoeae 발생빈도(1996)

김재홍,황동규,전재홍,김윤석,김중환,김용준,이창균,임동진,김현수,조창근,김경문,박상훈,전우형,김희성,이호정,차명수,김갑형,김형석,김석우,황지환,박병순,권오상,이민수,송기훈,성소영,이인섭,부태성 대한화학요법학회 1999 대한화학요법학회지 Vol.17 No.2

Background : In recent years, gonorrhea has been panedemic and remains one of the most commom STDs in the world, especially in developing countries. Objective & Methods: For the detection of a more effective therapeutic regimen and assessing the prevalence of PPNG, we have been trying to study the patients who have visited the VD Clinic of Choong-Ku Public Health Center in Seoul since 1980 by means of the chromogenic cephalosporin method. Results: In 1996, 139 strains of N. gonorrhoeae were isolated, among which 53(39.0%) were PPNG. Conclusion: Our results suggests that after a peak of 74.3% in 1993, the prevalence of PPNG in Seoul is gradually declining.

Effects of 17β-estradiol on colorectal cancer development after azoxymethane/dextran sulfate sodium treatment of ovariectomized mice

Song, Chin-Hee,Kim, Nayoung,Lee, Sun Min,Nam, Ryoung Hee,Choi, Soo In,Kang, So Ra,Shin, Eun,Lee, Dong Ho,Lee, Ha-Na,Surh, Young-Joon Elsevier 2019 Biochemical pharmacology Vol.164 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>Estrogen is known to have a protective effect in colorectal cancer (CRC) development. Previously, we reported the anti-inflammatory and antitumorigenic effects of 17β-estradiol (E2) in azoxymethane (AOM)/dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-treated male mice. The aim of this study was to investigate whether ovariectomy in a female AOM/DSS mouse model increases colorectal tumorigenesis and whether tumorigenesis is reduced by estrogen supplementation after ovariectomy. Clinical symptoms and histological severity of colitis and the levels of inflammatory mediators were evaluated in the colon of AOM/DSS-treated ovariectomized (OVX) mice. The levels of E2, myeloperoxidase (MPO), and NF-κB-dependent cytokines (interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-6) were measured by ELISA. Furthermore, quantitative real-time (qRT) PCR and Western blot analysis were performed. Ovariectomy did not aggravate AOM/DSS-induced colitis at 2 weeks. At weeks 10 and 16, ovariectomy significantly increased tumor number and incidence rate in only the proximal colon after AOM/DSS treatment (F_AOM/DSS vs OVX_AOM/DSS), and these increases were significantly reduced by E2 supplementation (OVX_AOM/DSS vs OVX_AOM/DSS/E2). However, ovariectomy did not affect CRC development in the distal colon (F_AOM/DSS vs OVX_AOM/DSS). At week 2, E2 administration to AOM/DSS-treated OVX mice attenuated the histological severity of colitis by decreasing the protein and/or mRNA levels of estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) and NF-κB-related mediators (i.e., COX-2, TNF-α, and IL-6) and by enhancing estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) and nuclear Nrf2 protein expression and the mRNA expression of related antioxidant enzyme genes (i.e., HO-1, GCLC, GCLM, and NQO1). Endogenous estrogen in females protects against the development of proximal colon cancer, and exogenous E2 replacement in OVX female mice showed protective effects against AOM/DSS-induced colitis and carcinogenesis. The mechanism could involve modulating ERs-, NF-κB- and Nrf2-mediated pathways.</P> <P><B>Graphical abstract</B></P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>