Heme oxygenase-1 induced by desoxo-narchinol-A attenuated the severity of acute pancreatitis via blockade of neutrophil infiltration

Bae, Gi-Sang,Kim, Dong-Goo,Jo, Il-Joo,Choi, Sun-Bok,Kim, Myoung-Jin,Shin, Joon Yeon,Kim, Dong-Uk,Song, Ho-Joon,Joo, Myungsoo,Park, Sung-Joo ELSEVIER 2019 INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY Vol.69 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) has an anti-inflammatory action in acute pancreatitis (AP). However, its mechanism of action and natural compounds/drugs to induce HO-1 in pancreas are not well understood. In this study, we investigated the regulatory mechanisms of HO-1 during AP using desoxo-narchinol-A (DN), the natural compound inducing HO-1 in the pancreas. Female C57/BL6 Mice were intraperitoneally injected with supramaximal concentrations of cerulein (50 μg/kg) hourly for 6 h to induce AP. DMSO or DN was administered intraperitoneally, then mice were sacrificed 6 h after the final cerulein injection. Administration of DN increased pancreatic HO-1 expression through activation of activating protein-1, mediated by mitogen-activated protein kinases. Furthermore, DN treatment reduced the pancreatic weight-to-body weight ratio as well as production of digestive enzymes and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Inhibition of HO-1 by tin protoporphyrin IX abolished the protective effects of DN on pancreatic damage. Additionally, DN treatment inhibited neutrophil infiltration into the pancreas via regulation of chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 2 (CXCL2) by HO-1. Our results suggest that DN is an effective inducer of HO-1 in the pancreas, and that HO-1 regulates neutrophil infiltration in AP via CXCL2 inhibition.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Desoxo-narchinol-A (DN) is a natural compound of HO-1 inducer in pancreas. </LI> <LI> Mechanism of DN-induced HO-1 is mediated by MAPK/Activator Protein-1/HO-1 signaling. </LI> <LI> DN-induced HO-1 blocks neutrophil infiltration into pancreas via inhibition of CXCL2. </LI> <LI> DN inhibits cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis (AP) and AP-associated lung injury. </LI> </UL> </P> <P><B>Graphical abstract</B></P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>

Evaluating the effects of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) venom on the expression of insulin sensitivity and inflammation-related genes in co-culture of adipocytes and macrophages

Kim Hee‐Yeon,Jo Min Jeong,Nam So Yung,Kim Kwang Min,Choi Moon Bo,Lee Yong‐Ho 한국곤충학회 2020 Entomological Research Vol.50 No.5

Obese adipose tissue is characterized by adipocyte hypertrophy and a massive macrophage infiltration. The interaction between macrophages with mature adipocytes releases pro-inflammatory cytokines. This chronic inflammatory state can contribute to obesity-related complications, such as insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Therefore, we can attempt to prevent and treat obesity-related diseases by inhibiting macrophage infiltration and blocking their interaction with adipocytes. Honey bee (Apis mellifera) venom (BV) has been reported to have anti-inflammatory effects. Although BV is used to treat chronic inflammatory diseases, few studies have addressed its use in obesity-associated inflammation. This study examines the inhibitory effects of BV on lipid accumulation in differentiating preadipocytes, inflammation, and insulin resistance in macrophages and adipocyte-macrophage co-culture system. We treated 3 T3-L1 preadipocytes with BV during differentiation. We later measured lipid accumulation and gene expression of master adipogenic transcription factors. After RAW264.7 and 3 T3-L1 cells were pretreated with BV, RAW264.7 cells were activated with LPS or co-cultured with pretreated 3 T3-L1 cells. Gene expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and insulin sensitizing genes was measured in these cells. BV inhibited lipid accumulation and C/EBPα and PPARγ gene expression during intermediate and late 3 T3-L1 cell differentiation. BV also suppressed gene expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (COX-2, iNOS, MCP-1, TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6) in LPS-stimulated macrophages, and in co-culture of 3 T3-L1 adipocytes and RAW264.7 macrophages. However, adiponectin and GLUT-4 expression were both significantly increased by BV in co-culture. These findings demonstrate that BV attenuates adipocyte hypertrophy and improves obesity-related inflammation and insulin resistance in obese adipose tissue.

Implication of necrosis-linked p53 aggregation in acquired apoptotic resistance to 5-FU in MCF-7 multicellular tumour spheroids

Lee, Su Yeon,Jeong, Eui-Kyong,Jeon, Hyun Min,Kim, Cho Hee,Kang, Ho Sung Spandidos Publications 2010 Oncology reports Vol.24 No.1

<P>Three-dimensional (3D) multicellular tumour spheroids (MTS) have been used as an in vitro model of solid tumours for drug resistance studies because they mimic the growth characteristics of in vivo tumours more closely than in vitro two-dimensional (2D) culture of cancer cell lines. As observed in solid tumours, MTS exhibits a proliferation gradient with outer regions consisting of proliferating cells that surround inner quiescent cells. The innermost cells in core regions undergo cell death mostly by necrosis to form necrotic core due to insufficient supply of oxygen and nutrient such as glucose with increasing size of spheroids. Tumour necrosis is thought to indicate a poor prognosis and to contribute to acquisition of chemoresistance in solid tumours; however, the mechanism underlying necrosis-mediated chemoresistance remains unclear. In this study, we examined the chemoresistance to 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) using MCF-7 breast cancer MTS. 5-FU (400 microM) induced apoptosis in MCF-7 cell monolayer as determined by HO/PI staining, PARP cleavage, p53 induction, Bax induction, and Bcl-2 down-regulation. When MCF-7 breast tumour spheroids were cultured on agarose for 8 days, they reached approximately 700 microm in diameter, with a necrotic core. We found that 5-FU-induced apoptosis is markedly reduced in spheroids that were cultured for 9 days and had necrotic core, compared with MCF-7 monolayer cells and spheroids that were cultured for 6 days and had no necrotic core, indicating that the formation of necrotic core may be linked to acquisition of chemoresistance to 5-FU. We also found that a specific set of cellular proteins including p53 was aggregated into a RIPA-insoluble form during MTS culture. Furthermore, most of p53 induced by 5-FU was aggregated in MTS with necrotic core. Our results suggest that necrosis-linked p53 aggregation may contribute to acquired apoptotic resistance to 5-FU in MTS model system.</P>

UV/Persulfate 산화 및 전기분해 방법을 이용한 TMAH 용액 및 부산물 처리 연구

최효연 ( Hyo-yeon Choi ),이용호 ( Yong-ho Lee ),이효주 ( Hyo-joo Lee ),이수민 ( Su-min Lee ),박대원 ( Dae-won Pak ) 한국폐기물자원순환학회(구 한국폐기물학회) 2019 한국폐기물자원순환학회 춘계학술발표논문집 Vol.2019 No.-

현재 TFT-LCD를 제조하는 과정에서 다양한 종류의 화학약품을 사용하며 이로 인해 다양한 종류의 폐수가 다량 발생되고 있다. 이 중 TMAH(Tetra methyl ammonium hydroxide)는 유입되는 질소의 주요 성분으로 TFT-LCD 제조 공정에 있어서 핵심 공정 중의 하나인 Photo 공정 중 포토 레지스트(photo resist)의 현상액으로 사용되는 강알칼리의 유기 아민계 용액으로, 무색, 투명의 강염기성 물질이고, 수용성, 가연성의 성질을 나타낸다. 또한 그 농도가 증가하면서 강한 독성을 배출하여 생물학적 분해가 어렵고, 분자 구조 속에 질소를 포함하고 있어, 분해 시 암모니아성 질소를 생성하는 특성을 가지고 있다. 이에 따라 자연 수중 생태계에 영향 등의 문제가 발생되기 때문에 TMAH 폐수의 효율적인 처리방법 도출이 필요한 사항이다. 현재 TMAH를 함유한 폐수는 호기성 생분해, 혐기성 생분해, 촉매 산화, 광촉매 분해(UV 조사) 또는 이온 교환 기술 등으로 처리되고 있습니다. 그 중 UV 조사는 과황산염 활성화를 위한 에너지의 한 형태로 적용되며 난분해성 분해에 많이 적용되고 있다. 과황산음이온(S₂O₈ ^2-)은 산화환원전위가 2.01 V인 강한 산화제이며 토양과 지하수에 존재하는 유기오염물질을 분해하는데 효과적이라고 한다. 과황산염 반응 메커니즘은 다양한 과황산염 활성화를 통한 강한 황산염 라디칼(SO₄^-·) 및 하이드록실 라디칼(HO^·)의 생성에 기반을 두고 있으며 1 mole의 황산염은 자외선 조사를 통해 2 mole의 황산염 라디칼을 생성하도록 활성화 될 수 있다고 보고되어 다양한 난분해성 유기 오염 물질을 분해에 적용되고 있다. 전기화학적 산화 처리공정은 고분자량을 가지는 화합물을 파괴하며 난분해성 유기물질의 독성을 감소시킬 수 있어 효과적인 것으로 제시되고 있으며, 고도처리공정들 가운데 오염물질 생분해성과 관계없이 높은 제거율과 처리시간이 짧은 운전특성을 나타내고 있어 유기화합물 또는 질소화합물의 제거에 있어서 응용가능성이 높은 것으로 평가되고 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 TMAH 모형폐수를 제조하여 먼저 과황산염(S₂O₈ ^2-)을 이용한 UV 산화방법으로 TMAH를 분해하고 그에 따른 부산물을 전기분해 방법으로 처리하고자 하였다.

Gliotoxin ameliorates TNBS-induced colitis through regulation of NF-kB, and up-regulation of HO-1

김상욱 ( Kim Sang Ug ),( Jay Min Oh ),( Yeon Hwa Kim ),( Jung Moo Hur ),( Kyo Sang Yoo ),( Yong Sung Kim ),( Joo Jin Yeom ),( Tae Hyeon Kim ),( Suck Chei Choi ),( Chang Duk Jun ),( Yong Ho Nah ) 대한소화기학회 2003 대한소화기학회 추계학술대회 Vol.2003 No.-

<Background & aims> During inflammation in colon, cells of the gut mucosa produce or express various inflammatory mediators, including IL-8, TNF-a and IL-1b, and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1). These cytokines and chemokines have recently been

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.

8년간(1992~1999) 산업안전보건연구원에 의뢰된 직업병 심의 사례 분석

강성규,김규상,김양호,최정근,안연순,진영우,최병순,양정선,김은아,채창호,최용휴,김대성,박정선,정호근 대한산업의학회 2000 대한직업환경의학회지 Vol.12 No.2

Objectives : Pneumoconisis and noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) have been reported as main occupational diseases by the Special Health Examination. The Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance has reported various work-related diseases, however, these two diseases occupied almost a half of compensated cases. Therefore, it was not well known about the status of occupational diseases other than pneumoconiosis, NIHL, and cardio-cerebrovascular accident (CVA). This study was conducted to analyze claimed cases as an occupational disease, that was requested to the Korea Industrial Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA). Methods : The local office of the Korea Labor Welfare Corporation (KLWC) has asked the KOSHA for confirmation of claimed cases as an occupational disease. We analyzed 379 cases requested from KLWC, the Ministry of Labor, employers, unions and occupational health agencies from 1992 to 1999. Results : Male was 80.7 % of the requested cases. Their mean age was 42 years old and 75.5 % of them were more than 35 years old. The requested cases were increased rapidly from 25 cases in 1992 to 108 cases in 1999 and the accept rate was 50.7 %. The majority of requested cases were respiratory diseases(22.4%), cancers(18.5%), Neuropsychiatric problems(14.5%), and musculoskeletal problems(13.5%). The accept rate was high in reproductive, respiratory, musculoskeletal and digestive disorders and low in neuropsychiatric, renal and otologic problems and occupational cancers. 73.6% of them were caused by chemical agents, especially 28.5 % were by organic solvents. 67% of them were clinically confirmed at university hospitals. A half of the cases were from KyongIn area, even the request came from the whole country. Conclusions : A claim was common in workers whose age was over 35 years old and exposure history was over 10 years. The respiratory diseases and neuropsychiatric disorders were still main problems in occupational health and occupational cancers was increasing even though its accept rate was not high yet.

The Antioxidant Effect of the Rhaponticum uniflorum Extracts on the Oxidative Stress in H₂O₂ induced Human Keratinocytes

So Hee Ahn,Won Yeoung Choi,Ji Won Jeong,Geon Woo Park,Su Yeon Kang,Eun Jeong Kim,Su Rim Sin,Eun Seo Jang,Gye Won Lee,Young Ho Cho 한국식품영양과학회 2021 한국식품영양과학회 학술대회발표집 Vol.2021 No.10

In this study, To investigate the antioxidant activities of Rhaponticum uniflorum extracts (RUE), we assessed scavenging activities on DPPH, ABTS radicals, and reducing power. The DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activities (SC50) of RUE were 96.97±1.19 μg/mL and 31.26±0.13 μ g/mL, respectively, and the reducing power significantly increased dose-dependent manner. To study the antioxidant effecters of RUE in H₂O₂ induced human keratinocytes, expression of Nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) were determined by Western blot and qRT-PCR. RUE induced the expression of HO-1, a critical target enzyme of Nrf2, in a concentration-dependent manner. The expression of HO- 1 mRNA was also induced in H₂O₂-treated HaCaT cells but no significant difference in the level of HO-1 mRNA was observed. Taken together, these results suggest that RUE may be useful as a potential ingredient for anti-aging products.

Stain improvement in the white button mushroom ‘Seolgang’ and its varietal characteristics in Agaricus bisporus

Byung-Joo Lee,Mi-Ae Lee,Yong-Gyun Kim,Kwang-Won Lee,Yong-Pyo Lim,Byung-Eui Lee,Ho-Yeon Song 한국버섯학회 2012 한국버섯학회지 Vol.10 No.4

The button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) is one of the most widely cultivated important edible mushroom species. In the breeding of new button mushroom, ‘Seolgang’ was developed by crossing two monokaryons ‘CM020913-27’ and ‘SSU423-31’. Because of the secondarily homothallism, only a small percentage of the basidia produce 3 or 4 spores, which are mostly haploid (n) and do not fruit. Single spore cultures derived from these types of spores produce a vegetative mycelium that also contain a variable number of genetically identical nuclei per cell called monokaryon. The lack of clamp connections between monokaryon and dikaryon required a series of mycelial culture and fruiting test. After crossing, hybrids were cultivated on a small scale and on a commercial scale at a farm. For this, the spawn was made by a commercial spawn producer and the spawned compost by a commercial compost producer. Mycelial growth of ‘Seolgang’ on CDA was better at 20℃ and 25℃ when it was compared with that of ‘505 Ho’. The mature cap shape of new strain ‘Seolgang’ is oblate spheroid and the immature cap shape is round to oblate spheroid. The cap diameter was 41.2 mm on average. In comparison with white strain ‘505 Ho’, the strain had a yield that was 9% higher. It produced fruiting bodies which had a higher weight on average per fruiting body and were 19% firmer with a good shelf life. Days of fruiting body were 3-4 days later than those of ‘505 Ho’. The physical characteristics such as elasticity, chewiness, adhesiveness were better than that of ‘505 Ho’. Genetic analysis of the new strain ‘Seolgang’ showed different profiles compared to ‘505 Ho’, CM02913-27, SSU413-31, when RAPD primers A02 and O04 were used.

태권도 옆차기 동작의 우수자와 비우수자간의 운동학적 비교 분석

이호진,한재희,김륜건,홍예은,우상연 순천향대학교 기초과학연구소 2022 순천향자연과학연구 논문집 Vol.28 No.1,2

The purposes of this study were to analyze the kinematic variations between skilled and unskilled individuals and obtain the data needed to improve effective side kick skill in Teakwondo. We used a video analysis program to collect performance time, changes in movement of the center of the body, angle, and angular velocity. The results were as follows : 1) in unskilled cases, side kick motion occurred for more time than in unskilled cases, 2) to make a stronger kick, the skilled group increased the joint speed of the legs and unskilled athletes have smaller angles than experienced athletes. As a result, the total performance time of side kicks was shorter for skilled people and was consistent with other previous studies. The angle of the knee joint and hip joint had a great influence on the side kick.The range of motion of the hip and knee joints should be increased so that the desired hitting point can be quickly reached.