Paricalcitol attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation and apoptosis in proximal tubular cells through the prostaglandin E₂ receptor EP4

( Yu Ah Hong ),( Keum Jin Yang ),( So Young Jung ),( Yoon Kyung Chang ),( Cheol Whee Park ),( Chul Woo Yang ),( Suk Young Kim ),( Hyeon Seok Hwang ) 대한신장학회 2017 Kidney Research and Clinical Practice Vol.36 No.2

Background: Vitamin D is considered to exert a protective effect on various renal diseases but its underlying molecular mechanism remains poorly understood. This study aimed to determine whether paricalcitol attenuates inflammation and apoptosis during lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced renal proximal tubular cell injury through the prostaglandin E₂ (PGE₂) receptor EP4. Methods: Human renal tubular epithelial (HK-2) cells were pretreated with paricalcitol (2 ng/mL) for 1 hour and exposed to LPS (1 μg/mL). The effects of paricalcitol pretreatment in relation to an EP4 blockade using AH-23848 or EP4 small interfering RNA (siRNA) were investigated. Results: The expression of cyclooxygenase-2, PGE₂, and EP4 were significantly increased in LPS-exposed HK-2 cells treated with paricalcitol compared with cells exposed to LPS only. Paricalcitol prevented cell death induced by LPS exposure, and the cotreatment of AH-23848 or EP4 siRNA offset these cell-protective effects. The phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of p65 nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) were decreased and the phosphorylation of Akt was increased in LPS-exposed cells with paricalcitol treatment. AH-23848 or EP4 siRNA inhibited the suppressive effects of paricalcitol on p65 NF-κB nuclear translocation and the activation of Akt. The production of proinflammatory cytokines and the number of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling-positive cells were attenuated by paricalcitol in LPS exposed HK-2 cells. The cotreatment with an EP4 antagonist abolished these anti-inflammatory and antiapoptotic effects. Conclusion: EP4 plays a pivotal role in anti-inflammatory and antiapoptotic effects through Akt and NF-κB signaling after paricalcitol pretreatment in LPS-induced renal proximal tubule cell injury.

한국비서자격시험의 개선점과 비교연구

남자현,이미정,이미영,이아영,정해금,최유정,이미숙,전인선,정혜림 이화여자대학교 법정대학 비서학과 1997 비서학연구 Vol.- No.17

실험적 진폐증에서 투여약제에 따른 면역학적 병리학적 조직변화

윤임중,임현우,노영만,오상용,정장영,임영,김경아 가톨릭 대학 산업의학 쎈타 산업의학연구소 1993 韓國의 産業醫學 Vol.32 No.2

To access the effects of some drugs such as piperazine phosphare, azathioprine and allopurinol in the experimental pneumoconiosis, 263 rats weighted 240-320 gm was divided into the control and eight experimental groups. To each group, the turbid solution mixed free silica, talc and natural coal dust of 50 mg in 0.8 ml saline were instilled intratracheally. At the begining and 5th week of experiment, piperazine phosphate(8mg/week orally), aspirin(1.5mg/day intramuscularly), azathioprine(25mg/day orally) and allopurinol(1.5mg/day orally) were administered simultaneously, while the dust turbid solution was only given to the control group. For each group the change of body weight. dry right lung weight, cellularity including total cell, macrophage, lymphocyte and neurtrophil in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, superoxide ion, hydroxyproline, leukotriene B₄, tumor necrotsis factor, prostaglandin E₂were examined, and observed the pathological chages in lung tissue. The results were as follow : 1. The larger amount of their instilled dust and the longer observation period, the severer pathological findings were found in the lung tissue of each experimental group. 2. The body and dry right lung wight was not significantly changed in the experimental groups compared with the control group. 3. The number of total cell in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was markedly less in the experimental group than the control one, while no significant difference was found in the percent alveolar macrophages and lymphocytes in both groups. However, the percent of neutrophiles was usually lower than in the control group. 4. The amount of superoxide ion was frequently less in the experimental group compared with the control one. 5. The amount of hydroxyproline was significantly lower in the experimental group than in the control one. 6. The amount of leukotriene B₄was usually less in the drug administered group than in the control one. 7. The amount of tumor necrotic factor was also frequently lower in each experimental group than in the control one. 8. The amount of prostaglandin E₂was usually higher in each experimental group than in the control one.

In vivo study for the hemostatic efficacy and foreign body reaction of a new powder-type polysaccharide hemostatic agent

Yoonhyeong Byun,Eun Jin Kim,Areum Lee,Young-Ah Suh,Hee Ju Sohn,Jung Min Lee,Jae Seung Kang,Yoo Jin Choi,Youngmin Han,Hongbeom Kim,Wooil Kwon,Jin-Young Jang 대한외과학회 2022 Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research(ASRT) Vol.102 No.2

Purpose: Various hemostatic agents have been introduced in therapy as postoperative bleeding is a poor prognostic factor for postoperative outcomes. These products can be divided into those that directly promote the hemostatic cascade and those that physically form a barrier by absorbing blood. The latter, powder-type hemostatic agents have the advantages of being inexpensive and more absorbable with less foreign body reactions (FBRs) and are applicable to a relatively wide area. This study was conducted to verify the safety and efficacy of a newly invented polysaccharide product (OOZFIX, Theracion Biomedical), which improves blood absorption and hemostatic effects. Methods: Two separate animal experiments were performed. The first evaluated FBRs histologically at 3 days, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks, after implantation of OOZFIX in rats, and the second compared hemostatic performance of OOZFIX and Arista AH (Bard) in the porcine liver punch biopsy model. Results: We found minimal FBRs in the 3-day group and no reactions in both the 2-week and 4-week groups after implantation of hemostatic agents. The time to hemostasis of OOZFIX was not significantly different from that of Arista AH (median [interquartile range]: 9 [6–10] minutes vs. 8 [6–10] minutes, respectively; P = 0.522). When comparing the serial bleeding grade tendency, there was no statistical difference between OOZFIX and Arista AH (P = 0.656). Conclusion: OOZFIX caused a minimal FBR that disappeared within 2 weeks in vivo, and its hemostatic performance was comparable with that of an existing agent, Arista AH. Further clinical studies are required in the future.

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.

영어와 한국어의 부정극어 결합구조에 관한 연구

정영아 동아대학교 2000 동아영어영문학 Vol.16 No.-

The purpose of this study is to show that based on an autonomous functional category, NegP which is composed of a Neg head with negative marker not, the licensing of negative polarity items in English cannot be accounted for unless the role of pragmatic inferences as well as semantic entailment is taken into account. I have argued that based on the observation that all the non-head terms in the LNC(-ci and Neg-ha) do not project at all, NegP cannot be postulated in Korean. Negative Polarity item, amwu-to and Neg should be within the same clause according to clause-mate requirement.

고삼 추출물을 이용한 해독물질의 개발

양희태,정승일,이영철,윤경아,백승화 한국식품영양학회 2002 韓國食品營養學會誌 Vol.15 No.1

고삼 메탄올 추출물로부터 분리한 flavonoids를 IR, NMR등의 분광학적인 방법으로 Leachianone A(LA)과 Sophoraflavanone G(SFG)로 동정하였고, 카드뮴의 세포독성효과를 고삼 및 고삼추출물이 방어할 수 있는 지를 검색하기 위하여 NIG 3T3 세포에 고삼 및 LA와 SFG, LA+SFG를 처리하고 MTT assay 및 광학현미경으로 세포의 생존률을 검색하여 다음과 같은 결론은 얻었다. MIT의 흡광도는 카드뮴의 농도에 의존하여 감소하였으며, IC_50인 MTT50은 12.5??이었으며 카드뮴을 IC_50농도로 처리하고 고삼 및 LA, SFG, LA+SFG를 각 화합물의 자체 세포독성을 갖지 않는 농도로 처리한 후 MTT assay로 세포 생존율을 측정한 결과 LA, SFG, LA+SFG 처리군들은 카드뮴 처리군(MTT_50)에 비해 세포생존률이 증가되었으며 이들은 고삼 및 고삼추출물의 농도에 의존적으로 증가되었고 각각의 단일 화합물보다 두 화합물 LA+SFG 병용처리군에서 수복 효과가 더 좋은 것으로 나타났으며 광학현미경적 소견에서도 세포재생이 뚜렷하게 보였다. 이상과 같이 고삼에서 분리한 flavonoids가 카드뮴 독성에 의하여 손상된 NIH 3T3 섬유아세포의 재생효과에 영향이 있는 것으로 판단된다. The aim of this study was to assess the antitoxic compounds, flavanones (Leachinanone A=LA and Sophora flavanone G=SFG), from Sophora flavescents (S. Flavescens). We investigated the possibility of antitoxicity of LA and SFG against NIH 3T3 fibroblasts cell lines using colorimetric MTT[3-(4-5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2-5diphenyl-2H-tetra-azolium bromide] assay. The results were as follows : After cadmium was treated against NIH 3T3 cell lines, we determined IC_50. Accordingly we have examined the detoxification effects of S. flavescens, LA and SFG under cadmium IC_50=12.5?? and was carried out to observe morphological changes by the light microscopic study. In NIH 3T3 cells, Sophora flavescens, LA, SFG and LA+ SFG showed inhibitory effects on the cytotoxicity of cadmium and these detoxication effects increased in proportion to the concentration of these drugs. These results suggest that LA and SFG from S. flavescens retain a potential antitoxic activity.

영어 부정극어의 허가와 다양성 : revolving around <JOSINJEON> and <CHIMJUNGGI>

정영아 동아대학교 어학연구소 2001 언어와 언어교육 Vol.16 No.-

The purpose of this study is to show that based on an autonomous functional category, NegP which is composed of a Neg head with negative marker not, the licensing of negative polarity items in English cannot be accounted for unless the role of pragmatic inferences as well as semantic entailment is taken into account. Syntactic approaches of NPIs licensing by Klima(1964), Baker(1970), Linebarger(1981), and Progovac(1994) were examined. NPIs are licensed by overt negation, which is c-commanding them, and NPIs are subject to Principle A of Binding Theory. In the negative polarity phenomena, there are three problems to be resolved: licensing problem, sensitivity problem, and diversity problem. Based on the semantic analysis of the large class of NPIs, this study shows two lexical semantic features, quantitative and informative values, and accounts for the peculiar distribution of NPIs.

Malic Acid를 사용한 탈지 대두박 기반 항균 가식성 필름 개발

김정은,이한나,송아영,민세철 서울여자대학교 자연과학연구소 2013 자연과학연구논문집 Vol.25 No.-

Formation of edible films from food-process by-products, defatted soy bean meal (DSM), soybean meal-extracted soy protein, and persimmon peel and whey protein, has been investigated. The DSM-based film had a higher tensile strength (TS) (4-12 MPa) and percentage elongation at break (%E) (2.5-16.0%) than the films made of soybean meal-extracted soy protein or persimmon peel and whey protein, and the DSM-based film was selected as the base film material for developing an antimicrobial edible film incorporating malic acid. The malic acid-incorporating DSM-based film (MA-DSM film) inhibited Salmonella Typhimurium (2.2, 3.2, and 4.2 log CFU/cm2). The inhibition increased with the increase of the concentration of malic acid in the film from 10 to 30% (w/w, dry basis). The addition of malic acid increased lightness and %E (stretchability) and decreased TS (strongness) and Young’s modulus (stiffness) of the MA-DSM film. However, the water vapor permeability did not change after the addition of malic acid, indicating the moisture barrier property of the DSM-based film was not affected by the incorporation of malic acid in the film matrix. The results demonstrated the potential of applying MA-DSM films to food products and control surface contamination of the products with respect to Salmonella.

Helicobacter pyloir 양성 소화성 궤양에서 lansoprazole 포함 삼제요법의 제균율 및 제균판정에 있어서 요소호기검사의 유용성

정혜경,곽재진,유민아,배기선,권정미,이종수,김도영,문일환 대한감염학회 2003 감염과 화학요법 Vol.35 No.3

목적 : 본 연구는 Helicobacter pylori (이하 H. polyri) 양성인 소화성 궤양 환자에서 lansoprazole 포함 삼제요법의 제균율을 알아보고, 제균 치료 후 제균 판정에 있어서 요소 호기 검사(Urea breath test, 이하 UBT) 및 신속요소분해(rapid urease test, 이하 RUT test)와의 일치율에 대하여 알아보고자 하였다. 방법 : 상부위장관내시경 검사에서 H. polyri 양성인 소화성 궤양환자에서 lansoprazole 60㎎+amoxicillin 2g+clarithromycin 1g의 약제를 2회 분복하여 1주간 복용하는 삼제요법을 실시하였다. 최소 4주후 추적 상부위장관내시경을 실시하였고, 전정부와 체부에서 각각 RUT를 실시하였으며 UBT(5분, 20분)를 시행하였다. 결과 : 대상환자는 총 46명으로 남자 34명(48±13세), 여자 12명(53±14세)이었다. LAC 삼제요법의 제균율은 40/46명(87.0%)이었고, 궤양의 치유율도 42/46명(91.3%)이었다. RUT와 20분 UBT 결과가 모두 음성이었던 경우는 41예, 모두 양성이었던 경우는 4예로 RUT와 UBT는 97.8% (45/46)의 일치율을 보였고, 1예는 UBT는 음성이었으나 체부에서 시행한 RUT가 양성이었다. 5분 UBT 검사가 양성이었던 예는 14/34 (41.2%) 이었고, 이 14예 중 12예(85.7%)는 20분 UBT 검사 음성, RUT 음성이었다. 결론 : Lansoprazole과 amoxicillin, clarithromycin 1주일 병합요법은 H. polyri 양성인 소화성 궤양 환자에서 87.0%의 제균율을 나타내어 우수한 효과를 보였고, 요소호기검사는 제균 치료 후 제균 판정에 유용한 비침습적인 방법임을 확인할 수 있었다. Background : There are only a few studies on Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) for its eradication rates of lansoprazole-based triple therapy in Korea, and the results are controversial. Therefore, we undertook to investigate the eradication rate of lansoprazole-based triple therapy, and compare the concordance rate of urea breath test (UBT) and rapid urease test (RUT) in evaluating H. pylori eradication. Methods : Patients with acute peptic ulcer who were H. pylori-positive were recruited by prospective, consecutive manner. They received lansoprazole 30 ㎎ b.d., amoxicillin 1 g b.d. and clarithromycin 500 ㎎ b.d. for 1 week. Upper endoscopy was performed after 4 weeks to check for ulcer healing, and UBT and RUT were performed to evaluate H. pylori eradication status. Results : A total of 46 patients were recruited, and they were all compliant. H. pylori eradication rate was 87.0% (40/46) and ulcer healing rate was 91.3% (42/46). Forty one patients showed negative in both UBT and RUT, and 4 patients revealed positive in both tests, therefore, the concordance rate of UBT and RUT was 97.8% (45/46). Conclusion : Our study showed that 1-week lansoprazole-based triple therapy was effective in H. pylori eradication and ulcer healing. UBT can be an effective, noninvasive method for evaluating H. pylori status after H. pylori eradication.