Anti-Inflammatory Effect for Atherosclerosis Progression by Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) Inhibitor in a Normoglycemic Rabbit Model

이슬기,Seung-Jun Lee,Jung-Jae Lee,Jung-SunKim,Oh-Hyun Lee,김충기,Darae Kim,Yong-Ho Lee,JaeWonOh,Se Il Park,전옥희,Sung-Jin Hong,Chul-Min Ahn,Byeong-Keuk Kim,Young-Guk Ko,Donghoon Choi,Myeong-Ki Hong,Yangsoo Ja 대한심장학회 2020 Korean Circulation Journal Vol.50 No.5

Background and Objectives: We sought to investigate an anti-atherosclerotic and anti-inflammatory effect of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors in normoglycemic atherosclerotic rabbit model. Methods: Male New Zealand white rabbits (n=26) were fed with a 1% high-cholesterol diet for 7 weeks followed by normal diet for 2 weeks. After balloon catheter injury, the rabbits were administered with the Dapagliflozin (1mg/kg/day) or control-medium for 8 weeks (n=13 for each group). All lesions were assessed with angiography, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and histological assessment. Results: Atheroma burden (38.51±3.16% vs. 21.91±1.22%, p<0.01) and lipid accumulation (18.90±3.63% vs. 10.20±2.03%, p=0.047) was significantly decreased by SGLT-2 inhibitor treatment. The SGLT-2 inhibitor group showed lower macrophage infiltration (20.23±1.89% vs. 12.72±1.95%, p=0.01) as well as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α expression (31.17±4.40% vs. 19.47±2.10%, p=0.025). Relative area of inducible nitric oxide synthase+ macrophages was tended to be lower in the SGLT-2 inhibitor-treated group (1.00±0.16% vs. 0.71±0.10%, p=0.13), while relative proportion of Arg1+ macrophage was markedly increased (1.00±0.27% vs. 2.43±0.64%, p=0.04). As a result, progression of atherosclerosis was markedly attenuated in SGLT-2 inhibitor treated group (OCT area stenosis, 32.13±1.20% vs. 22.77±0.88%, p<0.01). Mechanistically, SGLT-2 treatment mitigated the inflammatory responses in macrophage. Especially, Toll-like receptor 4/nuclear factor-kappa B signaling pathway, and their downstream effectors such as interleukin-6 and TNF-α were markedly suppressed by SGLT-2 inhibitor treatment. Conclusions: These results together suggest that SGLT-2 inhibitor exerts an anti-atherosclerotic effect through favorable modulation of inflammatory response as well as macrophage characteristics in non-diabetic situation.

Adaptive lasso를 이용한 희박벡터자기회귀모형에서의 변수 선택

이슬기,백창룡,Lee, Sl Gi,Baek, Changryong 한국통계학회 2016 응용통계연구 Vol.29 No.1

본 논문은 다차원의 시계열 자료 분석에서 효율적인 희박벡터자기회귀모형에서의 모수 추정에 대해서 연구한다. 희박벡터자기회귀모형은 영에 가까운 계수를 정확이 영으로 둠으로써 희박성을 확보한다. 따라서 변수 선택과 모수 추정을 한꺼번에 할 수 있는 lasso를 이용한 방법론을 희박벡터자기회귀모형의 추정에 쓸 수 있다. 하지만 Davis 등(2015)에서는 모의실험을 통해 일반적인 lasso의 경우 영이아닌 계수를 참값보다 훨씬 더 많이 찾아 희박성에 약점이 있음을 보고하였다. 이에 따라 본 연구는 희박벡터자기회귀모형에 adaptive lasso를 이용하면 일반 lasso보다 희박성을 비롯한 전반적인 모수의 추정이 매우 유의하게 개선됨을 보인다. 또한 adaptive lasso에서 쓰이는 튜닝 모수들에 대한 선택도 아울러 논의한다. This paper considers variable selection in the sparse vector autoregressive (sVAR) model where sparsity comes from setting small coefficients to exact zeros. In the estimation perspective, Davis et al. (2015) showed that the lasso type of regularization method is successful because it provides a simultaneous variable selection and parameter estimation even for time series data. However, their simulations study reports that the regular lasso overestimates the number of non-zero coefficients, hence its finite sample performance needs improvements. In this article, we show that the adaptive lasso significantly improves the performance where the adaptive lasso finds the sparsity patterns superior to the regular lasso. Some tuning parameter selections in the adaptive lasso are also discussed from the simulations study.

밭 비점오염저감을 위한 잔디초생대 적용 비용 및 활용성 평가

이슬기,장정렬,최경숙,Lee, Seul-Gi,Jang, Jeong-Ryeol,Choi, Kyung-Sook 한국농공학회 2015 한국농공학회논문집 Vol.57 No.2

This study was aimed to estimate the total application cost and utilization of Turf grass VFS application through the field experiment. The experimental plots were constructed in an upland field of Iksan city within the Saemangeum watershed. Turf grass was transplanted at the down-slope edge of the pollution source area in each of the treated plots. Three rainfall events were monitored during the experiment period, and the rainfall-runoff relationships and NPS pollution reduction effects of the VFS systems were assessed. As results, the reduction ratio of runoff volume ranged 14.1~64.0 %, while the NPS pollution reduction ratio ranged 9.8~73.9 % for SS, 24.0~84.2 % for T-N, 31.6~80.9 % for T-P respectively. The total cost of VFS application was estimated by considering purchase cost of Turf grass sods and construction and maintenance costs of VFS system as well as the loss caused by giving up crop cultivation for the area needed to construct the VFS. The total cost of the VFS was estimated to be approximately \3,379,000/ha/year for the first year of application, and this cost could be decreased to \1,899,000/ha/year from the second year as the construction cost of VFS could no longer need to be counted afterwards. Apart from the NPS pollution reduction effects, the possible utilization of VFS was examined by detaching Turf grass within 40 % of VFS area for sale during spring time when the VFS systems fully covered. The benefit of selling the detached Turf grass sods was estimated as \1,260,000/ha/year, and also found that the VFS area successfully recovered by the time of the summer period. This benefit could attract farmers to adopt the VFS technique to manage agricultural NPS pollution.

익산 밭경지 특성을 고려한 초생대 유출 및 유사 저감효과 모의

이슬기,장정렬,최경숙,Lee, Seul Gi,Jang, Jeong Ryeol,Choi, Kyung Sook 한국농공학회 2014 한국농공학회논문집 Vol.56 No.5

The goal of this study was to evaluate sediment reduction effects of VFS (vegetative filter strip) applied for Iksan area in Saemangeum watershed. This study simulated runoff and sediment load from different types of uplands using VFSMOD-W. The general upland characteristics of the study area was investigated to build reasonable scenarios of the simulation. The simulation scenarios were designed by various areas, shapes, and slopes of uplands. Grass mixture was selected as VFS vegetation and the size of VFS was fixed as 10 % of uplands area. Additionally 50mm, 100mm, 150mm of daily rainfall were applied for the runoff and sediment simulation. As results, the calculated runoff and sediment loads were obtained $20.7{\sim}1,030.6m^3$ and 568.4~675,731.4 kg for the range of 0.1~1.0 ha of uplands with 7 % and 15 % slopes. The reduction effects on runoff and sediment were obtained 5~10 % and 21.0~47.7 % respectively from VFS applications. The VFSMOD-W simulations showed that runoff tended to increase as upland area and amount of rainfall increased while sediment increased when slope, length and area of uplands and amount of rainfall increased. These results indicated that rainfall amount and upland size are the critical factors for the generation of runoff and sediment load. In order to support this conclusion, further studies such as, long term monitoring, field experiments, and to calibrate and evaluate the model are necessary.

Genome-Wide Screen of Human Bromodomain-Containing Proteins Identifies Cecr2 as a Novel DNA Damage Response Protein

이슬기,권종범,박은정,이한새,Ye Seul Lee 한국분자세포생물학회 2012 Molecules and cells Vol.34 No.1

The formation of -H2AX foci after DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) is crucial for the cellular response to this lethal DNA damage. We previously have shown that BRG1, a chromatin remodeling enzyme, facilitates DSB repair by stimulating -H2AX formation, and this function of BRG1 requires the binding of BRGI to acetylated histone H3 on -H2AX-containing nucleosomes using its bromodomain (BRD), a protein module that specifically recognizes acetyl-Lys moieties. We also have shown that the BRD of BRG1, when ectopically expressed in cells, functions as a dominant negative inhibitor of the BRG1 activity to stimulate -H2AX and DSB repair. Here, we found that BRDs from a select group of proteins have no such activity, suggesting that the -H2AX inhibition activity of BRG1 BRD is specific. This finding led us to search for more BRDs that exhibit -H2AX inhibition activity in the hope of finding additional BRD-containing proteins involved in DNA damage responses. We screened a total of 52 individual BRDs present in 38 human BRD-containing proteins, comprising 93% of all human BRDs. We identified the BRD of cat eye syndrome chromosome region candidate 2 (Cecr2), which recently was shown to form a novel chromatin remodeling complex with unknown cellular functions, as having a strong -H2AX inhibition activity. This activity of Cecr2 BRD is specific because it depends on the chromatin binding affinity of Cecr2 BRD. Small interfering RNA knockdown experiments showed that Cecr2 is important for -H2AX formation and DSB repair. Therefore, our genome-wide screen identifies Cecr2 as a novel DNA damage response protein.

유전체 시대에 반수체 육종의 재발견

이슬기,김정선,강상호,손성한,원소윤,Lee, Seulki,Kim, Jung Sun,Kang, Sang-Ho,Sohn, Seong-Han,Won, So Youn 한국식물생명공학회 2016 식물생명공학회지 Vol.43 No.1

DNA 염기서열 분석기술의 진보는 많은 근본적인 생명현상을 이해하는데 기여해왔다. 유례없는 저비용에 염기서열을 대량으로 분석을 할 수 있게 되어 단일 규모의 실험실에서도 관심이 있는 종의 신규유전체를 해독할 수 있다. 게다가 유전집단의 전체 염기서열을 편향되지 않은 채 분석하여 무수한 분자마커를 발굴할 수 있게 됨에 따라 집단유전학 연구도 두드러지게 가속화되어 왔다. 그러나 식물의 유전체가 이형접합성, 반복염기서열, 배수성과 같은 복잡한 특성이 있다는 것을 고려해 볼 때 기술이 매우 빠르게 진화함에 따라 적절한 개체 혹은 집단을 확보하는 것이 식물 연구에서 주요한 문제가 되었다. 이러한 난제는 오래되었지만 매우 효율적인 기술인 반수체 육성을 통하여 극복될 수 있을 것이다. 정상적인 개체가 갖는 염색체의 절반을 보유하는 반수체 식물은 주로 자방이나 화분과 같은 배우체 세포를 배양함으로써 빠르게 구축될 수 있다. 뒤이은 반수체 식물의 염색체 배수화는 완벽한 동형접합성을 보이는 안정된 배가반수체를 만든다. 본 논문에서는 반수체 식물을 육성하고 판별하기 위한 고전적인 방법론을 요약할 것이다. 게다가 동원체의 히스톤을 후성적으로 조절함으로써 반수체를 유도하는 방법을 설명할 것이다. 마지막으로, 유전체 시대에 반수체 식물의 활용 방안을 유전체 해독과 집단 유전학의 측면에서 논의할 것이다. Advances in DNA sequencing technologies have contributed to revolutionary understanding of many fundamental biological processes. With unprecedented cost-effective and high-throughput sequencing, a single laboratory can afford to de novo sequence the whole genome for species of interest. In addition, population genetic studies have been remarkably accelerated by numerous molecular markers identified from unbiased genome-wide sequences of population samples. As sequencing technologies have evolved very rapidly, acquiring appropriate individual plants or populations is a major bottleneck in plant research considering the complex nature of plant genome, such as heterozygosity, repetitiveness, and polyploidy. This challenge could be overcome by the old but effective method known as haploid induction. Haploid plants containing half of their sporophytic chromosomes can be rapidly generated mainly by culturing gametophytic cells such as ovules or pollens. Subsequent chromosome doubling in haploid plants can generate stable doubled haploid (DH) with perfect homozygosity. Here, classical methodology to generate and identify haploid plants or DH are summarized. In addition, haploid induction by epigenetic regulation of centromeric histone is explained. Furthermore, the utilization of haploid plant in the genomics era is discussed in the aspect of genome sequencing project and population genetic studies.

삼각퍼지수를 활용한 학교숲 만족도 분석

이슬기,장정선,정성관,유주한,Lee, Seul-Gi,Jang, Jung-Sun,Jung, Sung-Gwan,You, Ju-Han 한국조경학회 2009 韓國造景學會誌 Vol.37 No.3

학교숲은 도시숲의 유형중 하나이다. 도시학교는 적당한 거리에 적당한 면적을 유지하고 있어 학교숲의 조성은 도시에 많은 숲이 조성되는 효과를 준다. 또한, 학교는 학생들이 오랜 시간 머무르는 장소로 학생들의 환경교육의 장으로써의 역할을 수행할 수 있다. 그러나 현재 조성된 학교숲은 학생들의 요구나 참여가 배제된 채 결과 중심의 사업이 되고 있어 학생들의 환경교육에 큰 영향을 미치고 있지 못한 실정이다. 또한 설문조사를 바탕으로 분석하는 기존연구의 경우, 리커트척도를 활용하여 주관적 판단인 정성적 자료를 정량화 하였다는데 의의가 있으나, 인간의 주관적 판단은 모호한 경우가 많아 일반적으로 정량화하는데 문제가 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 경상북도에 위치한 초등학교 학생들을 대상으로 학교숲에 대한 객관적인 만족도 평가를 위해 퍼지이론을 활용하여, 학교숲 만족도에 미치는 항목들을 알아보고자 하였다. 연구 결과, '학교 특색'과 '정서 함양' 항목의 산술평균값의 순위와 퍼지이론을 도입한 무게중심값의 순위가 변화됨을 알 수 있었다. 이는 퍼지이론이 인간의 사고와 같은 정성적 자료를 합리적으로 객관화 할 수 있다는 증거가 된다. 또한 학교숲 전체 만족도에 영향을 주는 요인은 '학교 특색' 항목의 회귀계수값이 0.159로 가장 높았으며, 다음으로 '수량 많음(0.142)', '자연 소중(0.136)', '정서 함양(0.120)'순으로 나타났다. 이 연구는 설문의 객관적 분석방법과 학교숲 조성을 위한 기초자료로 활용이 가능하리라 판단된다. Wooded areas that are a part of school campuses are one type of urban forest. Most schools located in an urban environment make an excellent setting for a forest in terms of location and area. These kinds of wooded spaces also make the city greener and healthier. As a place where students spend a great deal of time, schools can also be a venue for environmental education. The creation of wooded areas in schools currently has focused on the end result only; by ignoring student needs and participation, these areas have not had a significant influence on student environmental education. Previous studies based on questionnaire survey are significant in that they have quantified subjective qualitative data via Likert Scale. There has been, however, a problem in quantifying the more ambiguous subjective data. Therefore, this paper has attempted to investigate those factors that have an influence on student satisfaction with the wooded areas of their school campus using Fuzzy Theory with elementary school students in Gyeongsangbuk-do. A change was observed in terms of the ranking of arithmetic mean values of 'school peculiarity' and 'emotion evolution' and center of gravity, which has adopted Fuzzy Theory, proving that Fuzzy Theory could rationally objectify qualitative data such as human thoughts. In terms of the influential factors on the satisfaction with school forests(regression coefficient), 'school uniqueness(0.159)' was the highest, followed by 'many trees(0.142),' 'importance of nature(0.136)' and 'emotion evolution(0.130).' This paper may therefore be useful as basic data for objective questionnaire surveys and the development of school forests.

"황토를 이용한 건축재분야" 특허동향보고서

이슬기,Lee, Seul-Gi 한국특허정보원 2007 Patent 21 Vol.74 No.-

새만금유역 밭경지 초생대 유사저감효과 모의

이슬기,장정렬,최경숙,Lee, Seul Gi,Jang, Jeong Ryeol,Choi, Kyung Sook 한국수자원학회 2018 한국수자원학회논문집 Vol.51 No.6

본 연구에서는 VFSMOD-W 모형을 활용하여 새만금 유역의 초생대 기법 적용에 따른 유사저감효과를 예측하고자 하였다. 먼저 모형의 신뢰도 확보를 위해 새만금 유역 내 초생대 실측치를 활용하여 매개변수를 보정하였으며, 새만금 유역 내 밭경지 특성을 파악하여 이를 토대로 모의 시나리오를 개발하였다. 다양한 밭경지 특성을 반영하기 위해 개발된 모의시나리오는 밭경지 규모 1 ha, 5 ha, 10 ha로 밭의 폭과 길이 비는 1 : 1를 적용하였으며, 밭의 경사는 7%, 15%를 고려하였다. 또한 강우조건은 50 mm, 100 mm, 150 mm, 200 mm 일강우량을 적용하였다. 그 결과, 초생대의 유출저감효과는 밭경사 7%와 15%에 대해 2.9~13.5%, 2.9~12.1%로 각각 나타났으며, 유사저감효과는 33.8~97.0%, 27.1~85.9%로 각각 나타나 유출저감효과에 비해 상대적으로 높은 저감효과를 나타내었다. 유출 및 유사 발생에 영향을 미치는 밭규모, 경사 및 강우량 인자에 따라 초생대 효과는 큰 차이를 나타내었다. 본 모의 결과를 바탕으로 새만금 유역내 밭경지 규모 10 ha 미만, 경사 15% 이내의 조건에서 밭면적 10% 규모로 초생대를 조성할 경우 유사저감 효과를 기대할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다. The study was intended to simulate the sediment reduction effects of the Vegetative Filter Strip (VFS) in uplands of Saemangeum watershed through VFSMOD-W model application. The model was calibrated by using the field data and the simulation scenarios were designed based on the investigation of uplands characteristics in Saemangeum watershed. The simulation scenarios were considered various size and slope of uplands including 1 ha, 5 ha, 10 ha of field size with width-length ratio of 1 : 1 having 7% and 15% of slopes under the daily rainfall of 50 mm, 100 mm, 150 mm, and 200 mm in order to mimic the different fields conditions. The effluent reduction ranged from 2.9~13.5% and 2.9~12.1% for runoff, and 33.8~97.0% and 27.1~85.9% for sediment under the field's slope of 7% and 15%, respectively. The VFS reduction effects showed different degree of influence from field size, slope, rainfall amounts. Based on the simulated results, the sediment contributing non-point source pollution expected to be reduced in the condition of VFS constructed 10% of fields in outlet of less than 10 ha of uplands having less than 15% of the slope.

Chitosan-HNT 복합막을 이용한 기체 투과특성에 관한 연구

이슬기,홍세령,Lee, Seul Ki,Hong, Se Ryeong 한국막학회 2014 멤브레인 Vol.24 No.5

Chitosan에 HNT (halloysite nanotube)의 함량을 0, 3, 5, 10 wt%로 가하여 chitosan-HNT 복합막을 제조하였다. 복합막의 구조는 FT-IR, XRD, TGA, SEM으로 알아보았다. 기체투과 실험은 $30^{\circ}C$, $4kg/cm^2$ 조건에서 수행하였고, chitosan-HNT 복합막의 HNT 함량 변화에 따른 $CO_2$와 $CH_4$의 기체투과도와 선택도를 조사하였다. Chitosan-HNT 복합막의 기체 투과도는 HNT 함량이 3 wt%에서 가장 큰 값을 보였고, 그 이상의 함량에서는 감소하였다. 선택도($CO_2/N_2$)는 0~10 wt% 범위에서 HNT 내의 OH기와 $CO_2$ 간의 친화력으로 인하여 증가하였고, 약 1.3~3.8의 값을 보였다. Chitosan-HNT (halloysite nanotube) composite membranes were prepared by the addition of HNT 0, 3, 5, and 10 wt%. The structure of composite membranes were studied by FT-IR, XRD, TGA, and SEM. Gas permeation experiment were performed under condition of $30^{\circ}C$ and $4kgf/cm^2$. Gas permeability and selectivity were investigated by increasing the amount of HNT contents in the chitosan. Chitosan-HNT composite membrane for $CO_2$ and $CH_4$ showed the maximum value at 3 wt% of HNT content and decreased thereafter. The selectivity of ($CO_2/CH_4$) was increased due to its affinity with the OH groups on the HNT, was shown in the range of 1.3 to 3.8 at 0~10 wt%.