Curcumin protects retinal pigment epithelial cells against oxidative stress via induction of heme oxygenase-1 expression and reduction of reactive oxygen

Woo, Je Moon,Shin, Da-Yong,Lee, Sung Ju,Joe, Yeonsoo,Zheng, Min,Yim, Jin Ho,Callaway, Zak,Chung, Hun Taeg Molecular Vision 2012 Molecular vision Vol.18 No.-

<P><B>Purpose</B></P><P>To determine whether curcumin induces expression of the defensive enzyme heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and protects cells against oxidative stress in cultured human retinal pigment epithelial cells.</P><P><B>Methods</B></P><P>Effective concentrations and toxicities of curcumin were determined after 3 h of curcumin treatment with the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay. Confluent human retinal pigment epithelium cell lines (ARPE-19) were preincubated with curcumin and oxidatively challenged with H<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>2</SUB>. HO-1 expression was determined with western blot analysis. To confirm the protective role of HO-1 in oxidative stress, small interfering RNA (siRNA) against HO-1 or inhibitor of HO-1 was treated with curcumin in retinal pigment epithelium cells. Intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were measured with flow cytometry and confocal microscopy. Apoptosis was evaluated with Annexin V-fluoroscein isothiocyanate staining.</P><P><B>Results</B></P><P>Curcumin had little cytotoxicity at concentrations less than 30 μM, and HO-1 expression was the highest at the 15 μM concentration. At this concentration, curcumin also increased the cytoprotective effect against the oxidative stress of H<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>2</SUB> through the reduction of ROS levels in human retinal pigment epithelial cells. Curcumin’s effect on the reduction of ROS was mediated by the increase in HO-1 expression.</P><P><B>Conclusions</B></P><P>Curcumin upregulated the oxidative stress defense enzyme HO-1 and may protect human retinal pigment epithelial cells against oxidative stress by reducing ROS levels.</P>

초기 자궁내막암 환자에서의 복강경유도하 질식 자궁절제술과 복식 자궁절제술에 대한 비교 연구

김민규 ( Min Kyu Kim ),최동석 ( Dong Seok Choi ),김우영 ( Woo Young Kim ),최철훈 ( Chel Hun Choi ),김태중 ( Tae Joong Kim ),이정원 ( Jeong Won Lee ),김병기 ( Byoung Gie Kim ),이제호 ( Je Ho Lee ),배덕수 ( Duk Soo Bae ) 대한산부인과학회 2006 Obstetrics & Gynecology Science Vol.49 No.12

목적: 초기 자궁내막암의 수술적치료 시 복강경유도하 질식 자궁절제술 및 골반림프절절제술군과 복식수술군의 수술결과 및 재발율에 대해 비교하고자하였다. 연구 방법: 2003년 3월부터 2005년 5월까지 초기 자궁내막암 환자를 인구학적 특성이 같은 63명을 선택하여 복강경유도하 질식 자궁절제술 및 골반림프절절제술군 26명, 복식수술군 37명으로 나누어 수술 전후 혈색소 차이, 평균수술시간, 취득한 골반림프절갯수, 평균재원일수, 추가치료율, 재발률을 비교하였다. 결과: 복강경유도하 질식 자궁절제술 및 골반림프절절제술을 시행한 군과 복식수술을 시행한 군과의 비교에서 수술 전후 혈색소 차이, 평균수술시간, 취득한 골반림프절 갯수, 평균재원일수, 재발률에 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 결론: 초기 자궁내막암의 수술 시 복강경유도하 질식자궁절제술 및 골반림프절절제술 방법이 복식방법에 비해 수술결과 및 재발률에 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없으며 그 대체 수술법으로 많은 활용이 기대되었다. Objective: To compare laparoscopic surgery with conventional abdominal surgery in patients with early stage endometrial cancer. Methods: A retrospective review of 63 patients with early stage endometrial cancer managed between March 2003 and May 2005. Two groups were defined whether they had been treated by laparoscopy (case group: n=26) or by laparotomy (control group: n=37). We compared age, body mass index (BMI), hemoglobin change, operation time, number of pelvic lymph nodes, hospital stay, case with adjuvant treatment and recurrence between two groups. Results: There was no statistical difference in characteristics (age, BMI, nulliparity, previous abdominal surgery, FIGO stage, histologic grade). between case and control group. In addition, there was no statistical difference in operation data and outcomes between two groups. Hemoglobin changes were 1.1 g/dL (case group) vs 1.7 g/dL (control group) (p=0.072). Operation time was 131 min vs. 115 min. The numbers of lymph nodes obtained were 8.7 vs 7.7 (right) 9.2 vs. 7.6 (left). Hospital stays were 8.4 vs. 9.2 days. Adjuvant treatment cases were 7 vs. 15. Recurrent case was one in each group. Two patients initially evaluated by laparoscopy were converted to laparotomy due to bleeding and adhesion. Conclusion: Laparoscopic surgery for treatment of early endometrial cancer is a safe and effective alternative to laparotomy . However, long-term survival and risk of recurrence have yet to be determined.

Purification and Characterization of Helicobacter pylori ${\gamma}$-Glutamyltranspeptidase

Song, Jae-Young,Choi, Yeo-Jeong,Kim, Jeong-Min,Kim, Yoo-Ree,Jo, Jin-Seong,Park, Jin-Sik,Park, Hee-Jin,Song, Yun-Gyu,Lee, Kon-Ho,Kang, Hyung-Lyun,Baik, Seung-Chul,Youn, Hee-Shang,Cho, Myung-Je,Rhee, Kw The Korean Society for Microbiology 2011 Journal of Bacteriology and Virology Vol.41 No.4

Gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity from the cell extract of H. pylori. The purified enzyme consisted of heavy and light subunits with molecular weights of 38 kDa and 21 kDa, respectively. N-terminal amino acid sequence of heavy and light subunits revealed that H. pylori GGT was processed into 3 parts for a signal peptide of 27 amino acid residues, a heavy subunit of 352 residues, and a light subunit of 188 residues during translation. The reaction rate for hydrolysis of ${\gamma}$-GpNA was 84.4 ${\mu}mol/min$ per milligram of protein, and that for the ${\gamma}$-glutamyl transfer from ${\gamma}$-GpNA to gly-gly was 23.8 ${\mu}mol/min$ per milligram of protein. The apparent Km values of H. pylori GGT for ${\gamma}$-glutamyl compounds were on the order of $10^{-3}$ to $10^{-4}$ M and those for acceptor peptides and amino acids were on the order of $10^{-1}$ to $10^{-2}$ M. The GGT protein kept approximately 80% of the initial enzymatic activity on incubation at $60^{\circ}C$ for 15 min. The optimum temperature and pH for reactions of both hydrolysis and transpeptidation were $40^{\circ}C$ and 9.0, respectively. The transpeptidation and hydrolysis reactions catalyzed by H. pylori GGT were strongly inhibited by L-Gln and moderately inhibited by L-Ala, L-Ser, ${\beta}$-chloro-L-Ala, and L-Glu. These results demonstrated that the biochemical properties of H. pylori GGT are different from those of other bacterial GGTs. Further, H. pylori GGT might degrade glutathione in the gastric mucous layer of humans if the enzyme could be secreted in the bacterial niches.

관상동맥내 스텐트 삽입후 발생한 관상동맥류 2례

제인수,허민영,문치숙,이재호,정수룡,조길현,이영민,김대경,김두일,김동수 인제대학교 백병원 2002 仁濟醫學 Vol.23 No.3

Coronary artery aneurysms are detected with increasing frequency because of the routine use of coronary angiography in the diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease. Although some coronary artery aneurysms are congenital or inflammatory, most are atherosclerotic. The prognosis of atherosclerotic coronary artery aneurysm may depend on the morphology of the aneurysm or the presence of coexisting obstructive disease. Coronary artery aneurysms have been also reported to occur after ballon angioplasty, directional athrectomy, laser angioplasty, and stent implantation with a frequency of 2% to 4%. The long-term outcome of post-intervention coronary artery aneurysm is unknown. We report two cases of the development of a coronary aneurysm 6 months after stent implantation as a treatment of severe obsructive coronary artery disease.

DOWN HOLE METHOD에서 CROSS-CORRELATION TECHNIQUE을 이용한 전단파의 속도 측정에 관한 연구

민덕기,노광호,김수일,우제윤 연세대학교 산업기술연구소 1984 논문집 Vol.16 No.1

In this study a method to obtain accurate shear wave velocities is studied using down-hole method for the evaluation of in situ dynamic shear modulus of soil. The application of cross-correlation technique for the measurement of shear wave travel time is suggested. The impact technique and the orientation of receivers to give more identifiable wave records are also studied in this paper. From the test results, it was found that the shear wave velocities evaluated by interval time using the cross-correlation technique and those by direct measurement of initial wave arrival time show approximately 5% deviation.

Chinese hamster 난소세포에서 수용성 니켈에 의해 특징적으로 발현되는 유전인자들의 빠른 분석에 관한 연구

성근제,이상한,우기민,송호연,조만희 순천향의학연구소 2001 Journal of Soonchunhyang Medical Science Vol.7 No.2

니켈에 의한 암 발생기전 및 세포 독성기전을 이해하고 니켈에 의해 발현에 변화를 보이는 유전자들을 검출하기 위하여 니켈이 포함된 배지에서 배양된 Chinese hamster난소 세포부터 mRNA differential display 분석을 시행하였다. 본 연구에서는 동위원소나 DNA염기서열 분석용 젤을 사용하는 기존의 방법 대신에 훨씬 빠르고, 다루기 쉽고 안전성을 지닌 변형된 기법을 개발하여 적용하였다. 니켈에 의해 발현에 변화를 보이는 cDNA fragments들을 10% polyacrylamide mini젤상에서 분리 및 클로닝한 다음, DNA염기 서열 분석과 GenBank Blast search 프로그램을 이용하여 상동성 조사를 하였다. Reverse Northern blot을 이용하여 발현에 변화가 있는 cDNA들을 재확인한 결과, 검사된 19 cDNAs 들중 총 9종에서 발현의 변화를 보였으며, 이 중 3종은 니켈에 반응하여 발현에 증가를 보였고, 반면에 6종은 발현이 감소하였다.

심부 매복 정중 과잉치 수술 시 마취방법 선택

민수영,송제선,이제호,최형준,손흥규,김성오 大韓小兒齒科學會 2012 大韓小兒齒科學會誌 Vol.39 No.1

Supernumerary tooth occurs most frequently at premaxilla area. Followed by mandibular premolar area, mandibular fourth molar area, maxillary paramolar area. Mesiodens are mainly impacted in the palatal area and surgical approach is made at palatal side. The time of surgery remains controversial. In case of inverted or horizontal impacted supernumerary tooth, intraosseous tooth movement and vertical growth of premaxilla makes surgical extraction more difficult. And also the more quantity of removed bone is, the higher degree of difficulty is. Inverted mesiodens of these cases were impacted superior to apex level of adjacent permanent incisor. Although CT examination revealed exact location of impacted tooth, surgical procedure including ostectomy may take a long time more than expected. So, before surgical extraction, it’s need to be considered several factors such as necessity of CT taking, degree of difficulty, direction of surgical approach, necessity of general anesthesia etc. 정중 과잉치(mesiodens)는 대개 상악 절치부에서 발견되며, 주로 구개측에 위치하는 경향이 있다. 정중 과잉치의 자연맹 출 가능성이 관찰되면, 주기적으로 검사하여 구강내로 충분히 맹출한 후에 단순발치를 시행한다. 주기적 검사에서 자연맹출 소견이 보이지 않거나, 형태이상 혹은 맹출방향의 이상으로 구강 내로 자연맹출 할 가능성이 없으면, 수술적 제거방법을 고려 해야 할 것이다. 특히, 인접한 중절치나 측절치의 맹출을 방해하고 있는 상황이 관찰된다면, 빠른 시일 내에 과잉치 제거를 위 한 수술적 방법을 시도하는 것이 타당하다. 한편, 외과적 수술의 시기를 늦추는 것을 고려해야 하는 경우도 있다. 정중과잉치가 인접하여 발육중인 정상 치아의 맹출을 방해하지 않는 경우이다. 이때, 삼차원 CT사진을 촬영하여보면, 과잉치 주변으로 영구절치의 치배가 근접하여 성곽처럼 둘러 싸고 있는 것을 볼 수 있다. 미성숙한 치배가 둘러 싸고 있는 상황에서, 무리하게 과잉치를 제거하려고 시도할 경우 인접 치배 를 손상시킬 가능성을 배제하기 어렵다. 이 점을 고려 한다면, 가급적 인접한 치아의 치근이 보다 발육한 후에 수술을 시도하 는 것이 바람직할 것이다. 초등학교 2학년 이상의 어린이들은 외래에서 국소마취하 제거하는 수술방법에 대개 잘 적응하며 고학년이 될수록 보다 수월해진다. 수술시기를 너무 늦추거나, 과잉치가 너무 늦게 발견된 경우 구개측 심부로 깊이 이동한 것을 볼 수 있다. 때로는 과잉치의 위치가 처음부터 심부에 매복되어 있을 수 있다. 이와 같은 경우, 전신마취방법을 생각해 볼 수 있을 것이다. 본 증례는 상악 정중부의 깊은 부위에 역위 매복된 과잉치를 외래에서 국소마취하에 치료를 시도할 때 관찰되는 문제점을 고찰하였고, 전신마취방법을 결정하기 위한 기준을 제시하였다. 심부 매복된 치아의 외과적 발거시 어린이의 행동조절이 가장 큰 문제였으며, 방사선 소견상 과잉치 치관의 위치가 절치의 치근단보다 상방에 위치할 경우 전신마취로 전환 하는 것이 바람직 할 것으로 사료된다.

치아 우식증 수복용 복합레진의 개발과 치아 적합성에 관한 연구 제 2 편 : 치아와의 결합양상 및 적합성에 관한 연구

임호남,민병순,신제원 大韓齒科器材學會 1992 대한치과재료학회지 Vol.19 No.2

The purpose of this study was the evaluations of bonding behavior of experimental resins (KM-22) to acid etched enamel and surface treated dentin using shear bond strength and microleakage test. Enamel surfaces etched with various concentrated phosphoric acid and dentin surface treated with ferric compound were bonded with resin materials and used to measure the shear bond strength between them. To test the microleakage, tooth etched and filled with resins were cross cut and observed the degree of penetration of dye into interfaces. Following conclusions were drawn : 1. All of phosphoric diluted with various concentrations etching the enamel surfaces increased the shear bond strength of experimental resins to enamel, and acid concentrations over 30% did not make the significant higher bond strength of resins to etched enamel with it. 2. Some pretreatment of dentin smear layers increased the shear bond strength between dentin and resins. 3. Substantial leakage occurs around unetched composite restorations, and the filler added experimental resins showed the decresed penetration of the dye. 4. From dentin surfaces treated with EDTA, removal of smear layers and exposure of dentinal tubules were confirmed, but dentinal tubules of ferric oxalate treated dentin were occluded with some crystals regarded as precipitates.

골다공증 진단에 피부 두께의 임상적 유용성 평가

박원근,최민주,김호찬,조성제,박전홍 제주대학교 공과대학 첨단기술연구소 2001 尖端技術硏究所論文集 Vol.12 No.2

The study was carried out to examine how much clinically useful was the skin thickness in diagnosis of osteoporosis. The project was to look into not only the presumption that patients with osteoporosis have the skin loss at the similar rate of the reduction in the collagen content of the bone but also the correlation between the collagen content and the skin thickness. The skin thickness was measured on the dorsal hand(right) of the patients using an ultrasonic technique with a 20 MHz focused ultrasonic transducer. Measurements of the bone density of the patients were made on both the lumbar spine (L2-4) and the femoral neck using Dual­Energy X­ray Absorptionmeter(DEXA, Norland). An ultrasonic bone densitometer(Mark 6000, Medison Co. Korea) was taken to measure the speed of sound (SOS) on the calcaneus. It was observed that there were some degrees of correlation between the bone density obtained by the DEXA and the SOS of the calcaneous (P<0.01). There was no evidence that the skin thickness was correlated with the DEXA produced bone density and ultrasonically measured SOS.

찬물 강제수영이 남성화된 암컷 생쥐의 통각예민도에 미치는 영향

이국희,박제민,김명정,양구범,전명호 대한생물치료정신의학회 2001 생물치료정신의학 Vol.7 No.1

The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that the mice androgenized in their perinatal period show in their later life heightened basal pain sensitivity and lowered analgesic effect induced by cold water swim. Entered into the experiment were 29 female mice androgenized by intraperitoneal injection of 100㎍ testoste-rone propionate within 24 hours after birth and 30 female mice given with intraperitoneal injection of the same amount of normal saline as the control group. On 160th day after birth, the pain sensitivity was measured in terms of the tail flick latency using 52±1℃ water before and after forced swim in cold water(15±1℃) for six minutes to see the change of the pain sensitivity. The results were as follows 1) The androgenized mice revealed significantly heightened basal pain sensitivity as compared to the control mice. 2) The lowering effect of the pain sensitivity by cold water forced swim was significant in both the androgenized and the control groups, but the effect was significantly less in the androgenized mice than in the control group. From these results, the author suggests that the androgenized female mice exposed to the testosterone in the neonatal period have heightened basal pain sensitivity and lowered cold water swim-induced analgesia than the normal female mice in their later lives.