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Implants placed with high insertion torque (IT) typically exhibit primary stability, which enables early loading. Whether high IT has a negative impact on peri-implant bone health, however, remains to be determined. The purpose of this study was to ascertain how peri-implant bone responds to strains and stresses created when implants are placed with low and high IT. Titanium micro-implants were inserted into murine femurs with low and high IT using torque values that were scaled to approximate those used to place clinically sized implants. Torque created in peri-implant tissues a distribution and magnitude of strains, which were calculated through finite element modeling. Stiffness tests quantified primary and secondary implant stability. At multiple time points, molecular, cellular, and histomorphometric analyses were performed to quantitatively determine the effect of high and low strains on apoptosis, mineralization, resorption, and collagen matrix deposition in peri-implant bone. Preparation of an osteotomy results in a narrow zone of dead and dying osteocytes in peri-implant bone that is not significantly enlarged in response to implants placed with low IT. Placing implants with high IT more than doubles this zone of dead and dying osteocytes. As a result, peri-implant bone develops micro-fractures, bone resorption is increased, and bone formation is decreased. Using high IT to place an implant creates high interfacial stress and strain that are associated with damage to peri-implant bone and therefore should be avoided to best preserve the viability of this tissue.
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- J Y Cha
- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA Orthodontic Department, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA State Key Laboratory of Oral Disease, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Ahn SO, Horiba N, Ohtomo S, Lee KJ, Kim KH, Kim BH, Kiyokawa J, Yamane M, Ikegami H, Nakagawa T, Hwang HH, Park JH, Cha JY, Tanaka J, Kake T. SAT0356 The Therapeutic Efficacy of the Novel Uricosuric Agent UR-1102 for Hyperuricemia and Gout. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-eular.2081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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FoxC1 is an important transcription factor in vertebrate development since its mutation in humans results in Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome. In the mouse, disturbance of its function causes congenital hydrocephalus and abnormalities in the development of various mesodermal derivatives. In this report, we provide one mechanistic basis for the requirement for FoxC1 in vertebrate development. We find that, in Xenopus laevis embryos, FoxC1 expression is regulated by the maternal T-box transcription factor VegT, via the nodal sub-family of TGFbeta signaling transducers. We show that at the late neurula to early tailbud stage, FoxC1 depletion causes the down-regulation of adhesion molecules, EP and E cadherin, as well as members of the Ephrin/EphR signaling families in the mesoderm germ layer resulting in the loss of adhesion and apoptosis of mesodermal cells.
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- J Y Cha
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Jeon BS, Park JW, Kim BK, Kim HK, Jung TS, Hahm JR, Kim DR, Cho YS, Cha JY. Fermented mushroom milk-supplemented dietary fibre prevents the onset of obesity and hypertriglyceridaemia in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima fatty rats. Diabetes Obes Metab 2005; 7:709-15. [PMID: 16219014 DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2005.00456.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIM Fermented milk product containing edible mushroom water extracts (mushroom yogurt; MY) has been reported to have glycaemic control and triglyceride-lowering effects in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats and Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats. Here, we investigated how MY-supplemented dietary fibre (10 and 20%, v/w) influences the onset of obesity and hypertriglyceridaemia in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima fatty (OLETF) rats. METHODS The OLETF rats were fed a powdered chow diet supplemented with MY at the levels of 10 (v/w) and 20% for 6 weeks from 10 weeks of age, but the OLETF control rats were not supplemented. Their weight, fat distribution and lipid profile have been determined. RESULTS The body weights in MY-fed rats were reduced compared with the control rats. The perirenal fat was decreased in both MY groups, but the visceral and epididymal fats reduced only in the MY 20% group. The concentrations of serum triglyceride and non-esterified fatty acid in MY-fed rats were decreased in a dose-dependent manner. However, the levels of other serum lipid profiles [total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol] were comparable among all rats. CONCLUSION Anti-obesity and triglyceride lowering by MY-supplemented dietary fibre in OLETF rats might have resulted from the synergistic effect of components in the fermented mushroom-milk product.
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- B S Jeon
- BioHub Co., Ltd, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea
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Lam C, Cha JY, Altaye M, Manning P, Eghtesady P. 23 PERICARDIUM: RISK FACTOR FOR POST-PERICARDIOTOMY SYNDROME? J Investig Med 2005. [DOI: 10.2310/6650.2005.00205.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Walsh MD, Barsness KA, Cha JY, Clarke JH, Banerjee A, McIntyre RC. INHIBITION OF EXPORTIN-1 DISRUPTS MYD88 DEPENDENT SIGNALING. Shock 2004. [DOI: 10.1097/00024382-200406002-00034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Most orthodontic appliances and archwires are stainless steel or nickel-titanium (NiTi) alloys that can release metal ions, with saliva as the medium. To measure metal released from the fixed orthodontic appliances currently in use, we fabricated simulated fixed orthodontic appliances that corresponded to half of the maxillary arch and soaked them in 50 mL of artificial saliva (pH 6.75 +/- 0.15, 37 degrees C) for 3 months. We used brackets, tubes, and bands made by Tomy (Tokyo, Japan). Four groups were established according to the appliance manufacturer and the type of metal in the .016 x .022-in archwires. Groups A and B were stainless steel archwires from Ormco (Glendora, Calif) and Dentaurum (Ispringen, Germany), respectively, and groups C and D were both NiTi archwires with Ormco's copper NiTi and Tomy's Bioforce sentalloy, respectively. Stainless steel archwires were heat treated in an electric furnace at 500 degrees C for 1 minute and quenched in water. We measured the amount of metal released from each group by immersion time. Our conclusions were as follows: (1) there was no increase in the amount of chromium released after 4 weeks in group A, 2 weeks in group B, 3 weeks in group C, and 8 weeks in group D; (2) there was no increase in the amount of nickel released after 2 weeks in group A, 3 days in group B, 7 days in group C, and 3 weeks in group D; and (3) there was no increase in the amount of iron released after 2 weeks in group A, 3 days in group B, and 1 day in groups C and D. In our 3-month-long investigation, we saw a decrease in metal released as immersion time increased.
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- C J Hwang
- Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
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A possible role of hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 (HNF1) or HNF3, a predominant trans-acting factors of hepatic or pancreatic beta-cells, was examined on the tissue specific interdependent expression of glucokinase (GK) in liver, H4IIE, HepG2, HIT-T15 and MIN6 cell line. The tissues or cell lines known to express GK showed abundant levels of HNF1 and HNF3 mRNA as observed in liver, H4IIE, HepG2, HIT-T15 and MIN6 cells, whereas they were not detected in brain, heart, NIH 3T3, HeLa cells. The promoter of glucokinase contains several HNF3 consensus sequences and are well conserved in human, mouse and rat. Transfection of the glucokinase promotor linked with luciferase reporter to liver or pancreatic beta cell lines showed high interacting activities with HNF1 and HNF3, whereas minimal activities were detected in the cells expressing very low levels of HNFs. The binding of HNF1 or HNF3 to the GK promoter genes was confirmed by electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA). From these data, we propose that the expression of HNF1 and/or HNF3 may, in part, contribute to the tissue specific expression of GK
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- J Y Cha
- Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Institute of Genetic Science, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Cha JY, Cho YS, Kim I, Anno T, Rahman SM, Yanagita T. Effect of hesperetin, a citrus flavonoid, on the liver triacylglycerol content and phosphatidate phosphohydrolase activity in orotic acid-fed rats. Plant Foods Hum Nutr 2001; 56:349-358. [PMID: 11678440 DOI: 10.1023/a:1011884200848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The effect of dietary hesperetin on the hepatic lipid content and the enzyme activities involved in triacylglycerol (TG) synthesis in rats fed diets with or without 1% orotic acid (OA) was studied. Hepatic TG content was raised by approximately 5-fold after administration of OA for 10 days. The OA-feeding significantly increased the activity of hepatic microsomal phosphatidate phosphohydrolase (PAP), which is the rate-limiting enzyme for TG synthesis. Hepatic glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) and malic enzyme activities were also increased. An addition of 1% hesperetin to the OA-supplemented diet resulted in the decrease of the hepatic TG content by 44% and of microsomal PAP activity. Dietary hesperetin alone neither affected liver TG content nor PAP activity significantly. OA-feeding caused an increased liver cholesterol level, whereas simultaneous addition of hesperetin and OA reduced its content to the control level. A slight reduction of hepatic cholesterol by hesperetin was also observed in the OA-free dietary group. The present study demonstrated that dietary hesperetin can reduce the hepatic TG accumulation induced by OA, and this was associated with the reduced activity of TG synthetic enzyme, PAP.
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- J Y Cha
- Faculty of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University, Pusan, Korea
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We identified the peroxisomal proliferator response element (PPRE) in the +68/+89 region of the rat GLUT2 gene. To identify whether the putative PPRE in the GLUT2 gene (GLUT2-PPRE) is functional, GLUT2 promoter-luciferase reporter constructs were transfected into CV-1 cells. Promoter activities were increased by coexpression of peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma, retinoid X receptor (RXR)-alpha, and treatment of their ligands; troglitazone and 9-cis retinoic acid potentiated the transactivational effects. Introduction of mutations in GLUT2-PPRE resulted in loss of transactivational effects of the PPAR-gamma/RXR-alpha heterodimer. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay using nuclear extracts of CV-1 cells, which were transfected with various combinations of PPARs or RXR-alpha expression plasmids, revealed that heterodimers of PPAR-gamma and RXR-alpha preferentially bound to GLUT2-PPRE. In HIT-T15 cells, promoter activity of the rat GLUT2 gene was increased by troglitazone and 9-cis retinoic acid, and mutations of GLUT2-PPRE resulted in reduction of promoter activity. In addition, we observed increased GLUT2 transcription by troglitazone and 9-cis retinoic acid in isolated rat primary islets. These results suggested that the GLUT2-PPRE is functional and plays a significant role in gene expression of GLUT2 in pancreatic beta-cells. This is the first report identifying PPRE in a gene involved in glucose homeostasis, linking the effect of troglitazone on the regulation of insulin secretion.
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- H I Kim
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetic Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Cha JY, Kim H, Kim KS, Hur MW, Ahn Y. Identification of transacting factors responsible for the tissue-specific expression of human glucose transporter type 2 isoform gene. Cooperative role of hepatocyte nuclear factors 1alpha and 3beta. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:18358-65. [PMID: 10748140 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m909536199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We investigated transacting factors binding to the cis-element important in tissue-specific expression of the human glucose transporter type 2 isoform (GLUT2) gene. By transient transfection assay, we determined that the 227-base pair fragment upstream of the ATG start site contained promoter activity and that the region from +87 to +132 (site C) was responsible for tissue-specific expression. DNase I footprinting and electrophoretic mobility shift assay indicated that site C contained one binding site for hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 (HNF1) and two binding sites for HNF3. The mutations at positions +101 and +103, which are considered to be critical in binding HNF1 and HNF3, resulted in a 53% decrease in promoter activity, whereas the mutation of the proximal HNF3 binding site (+115 and +117) reduced promoter activity by 28%. The mutations of these four sites resulted in marked decrease (70%) in promoter activity as well as diminished bindings of HNF1 and HNF3. A to G mutation, which causes conversion of the HNF1 and HNF3 binding sequence to the NF-Y binding site, resulted in a 22% decrease in promoter activity. We identified that both HNF1 and HNF3 function as transcriptional activators in GLUT2 gene expression. Coexpression of the pGL+74 (+74 to +301) construct with the HNF1alpha and HNF3beta expression vectors in NIH 3T3 cells showed the synergistic effect on GLUT2 promoter activity compared with the expression of HNF1alpha, HNF3beta, or a combination of HNF1beta and HNF3beta. These data suggest that HNF1alpha and HNF3beta may be the most important players in the tissue-specific expression of the human GLUT2 gene.
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- J Y Cha
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Institute of Genetic Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, South Korea
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Ikeda I, Cha JY, Yanagita T, Nakatani N, Oogami K, Imaizumi K, Yazawa K. Effects of dietary alpha-linolenic, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids on hepatic lipogenesis and beta-oxidation in rats. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1998; 62:675-80. [PMID: 9614698 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The effects of dietary alpha-linolenic, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids on the enzyme activities related to hepatic lipogenesis and beta-oxidation were compared under constant polyunsaturated/monounsaturated/saturated fatty acids and n-6/n-3 ratios of dietary fats in rats. Dietary fat containing linoleic acid as the sole polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) was also given as a control. The concentration of serum triglyceride and phospholipid in the three n-3 PUFA groups was lower than in the linoleic acid group. The hepatic triglyceride concentration was lower and the phospholipid concentration was higher in the three n-3 PUFA groups than in the linoleic acid group. Cytosolic fatty acid synthase (FAS) activity was lower in the n-3 PUFA groups than in the linoleic acid group, the reduction being more predominant in the eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid groups than in the alpha-linolenic acid group. The cytosolic activities of the NADPH-generating enzymes, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) and the malic enzyme, were lower in the three n-3 PUFA groups. The activity of carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) in mitochondria was higher only in the eicosapentaenoic acid group than in the other groups. The activity of Mg(2+)-dependent phosphatidate phosphohydrolase (PAP) in microsomes and cytosol was lower in the eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid groups than in the linoleic acid group, while there was no effect of dietary fats on the activities of diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) and glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (G3PAT) in microsomes. The CTP: phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CT) activity in the homogenate was lower in the n-3 PUFA groups, the reduction being more prominent in the eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid groups than in the alpha-linolenic acid group. The choline kinase (CK) activity in cytosol was lower in the eicosapentaenoic acid group than in the linoleic acid group. These results showed that dietary alpha-linolenic, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids differently influenced hepatic lipogenesis and the partition of fatty acid into oxidation or glycerolipid synthesis.
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- I Ikeda
- Laboratory of Nutrition Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Cha JY, Mameda Y, Yamamoto K, Oogami K, Yanagita T. Association between hepatic triacylglycerol accumulation induced by administering orotic acid and enhanced phosphatidate phosphohydrolase activity in rats. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1998; 62:508-13. [PMID: 9571780 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Orotic acid is known to cause fatty liver, but it is unclear whether this is caused partly by stimulation of the enzymes for triacylglycerol (TG) synthesis. To understand the change of hepatic TG metabolism in fatty liver induced by orotic acid, we determined the liver tissue TG level and phosphatidate phosphohydrolase (PAP) activity over time in rats fed on a diet containing orotic acid (OA). A dietary lipid content of 10% was achieved by using n-6 fatty acid-rich corn oil in experiment 1, and n-6 fatty acid-rich safflower oil (SO) and n-3 fatty acid-rich fish oil (FO) with the same polyunsaturated fatty acid/monounsaturated fatty acid/saturated fatty acid (P/M/S) ratio in experiment 2. In experiment 1, an increase in the hepatic TG level due to OA intake was observed from day 5 onwards, the level rising approximately 6-fold by day 10. The activity of hepatic microsomal PAP, the rate-limiting enzyme in TG synthesis, increased markedly from day 5 onwards, concurrent with the liver diacylglycerol concentration. A strong correlation (r = 0.974) was observed between the hepatic TG level and microsome-bound PAP activity. In experiment 2, we investigated the effects of dietary fatty acid on OA-induced fatty liver. Compared with the n-6 fatty acid-rich vegetable oil diet, the relative increase in hepatic TG was smaller with the n-3 fatty acid-rich FO diet, and hepatic PAP activity fell markedly to the level for an OA-free diet. In addition, the hepatic TG accumulation and serum TG concentration were lower in the FO group than in the SO group. Nevertheless, because the hepatic TG level was low, it seems that the inhibition of liver PAP activity by FO possibly had a strong influence on the accumulation of TG in the liver. In conclusion, enhanced TG synthesis mediated by changes in liver PAP activity was involved in the hepatic TG accumulation induced by OA administration, this change being markedly suppressed by dietary n-3 fatty acids.
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- J Y Cha
- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Saga University, Japan
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Kim MS, Lee YT, Kim JM, Cha JY, Bae YS. Characterization of protein interaction among subunits of protein kinase CKII in vivo and in vitro. Mol Cells 1998; 8:43-8. [PMID: 9571630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Protein kinase CKII (CKII) is a ubiquitous protein serine/threonine kinase. CKII usually exists in tetrameric complexes composed of two catalytic (CKII alpha and/or CKII alpha') and two regulatory (CKII beta) subunits. In the present study, using a combined in vivo and in vitro approach, we have investigated the role of CKII subunits in the formation of the tetrameric structure of CKII and the formation of the polymeric structure of CKII holoenzyme. Our in vivo experiments show that CKII beta interacts with either another CKII beta or CKII alpha and that CKII alpha does not interact with another CKII alpha (or CKII alpha'). Our in vitro experiments also show that CKII beta is able to associate with both CKII alpha and another CKII beta and that CKII alpha exists as a monomeric form in solution. These data indicate that CKII beta mediates the formation of a tetramer by both the dimerization of CKII beta and the interaction of CKII beta with CKII alpha. The results of this study also suggest that CKII beta may be involved in the formation of the polymeric structure of the CKII holoenzyme.
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- M S Kim
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea
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Yotsumoto H, Yanagita T, Yamamoto K, Ogawa Y, Cha JY, Mori Y. Inhibitory effects of oren-gedoku-to and its components on cholesteryl ester synthesis in cultured human hepatocyte HepG2 cells: evidence from the cultured HepG2 cells and in vitro assay of ACAT. Planta Med 1997; 63:141-145. [PMID: 9140228 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The pharmacological effects of Oren-gedoku-to (OGT), a Japanese-Chinese traditional herbal medicinal mixture on lipid biosynthesis were investigated in cultured human hepatocyte HepG2 cells. The addition of OGT (0.5 and 4.2 mg/ml), which had no effect on cell proliferation and cellular protein content, caused a marked decrease in the cellular cholesterol content, particularly cholesteryl ester content following 24 h incubation. The incorporation of 14C-oleate into cellular cholesteryl ester fraction was also reduced remarkably during incubation for 6 and 24 h. The effects of OGT, its components and its main active chemicals on acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) activity were studied in vitro to explore the mechanism by which OGT inhibits cholesteryl ester formation. The data confirmed that OGT, in a dose-dependent manner, and its components (Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis japonica, Gardenia jasminoides and Phellodendron amurense) remarkably inhibit ACAT activity. Among the main active chemicals of OGT, baicalein, a kind of flavonoid, decreased ACAT activity in a dose-dependent fashion from the level of 10(-6)M. These results strongly suggest that OGT reduces the cholesteryl ester formation in human hepatocytes by inhibiting ACAT, and that baicalein may, in part, be responsible for ACAT inhibition.
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- H Yotsumoto
- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Saga University, Japan
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Casein kinase II (CKII) usually exists as a heterotetramer with alpha 2 beta 2, alpha alpha'beta 2, or alpha'2 beta 2. The alpha or alpha' subunits catalyze protein phosphorylation, whereas the function of the beta subunit remains unclear. One of the possible functions of the beta subunit may be to mediate the interaction of the catalytic subunit with target proteins. To identify proteins capable of associating with the beta subunit in vivo, we have used a two-hybrid system. One protein identified is human ribosomal protein L5. The protein L5 does not interact with the alpha or alpha' subunits of CKII, supporting the idea that the beta subunit can determine a substrate specificity of CKII. These results furthermore suggest a novel role for CKII in ribosomal L5 phosphorylation, in ribosomal assembly, or ribosomal transport in the intact cells. The protein L5 may act as a regulator of the activity or subcellular localization of CKII.
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- J M Kim
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea
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Cha JY, Releford BJ, Marcarelli P. Necrotizing fasciitis: a classification of necrotizing soft tissue infections. J Foot Ankle Surg 1994; 33:148-55. [PMID: 8019537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, often fatal soft tissue infection. It still remains a confusing entity because of the nomenclature and multiple subtypes described in the past. An interesting case study of a patient with necrotizing fasciitis secondary to nonclostridial gas gangrene is presented. A comprehensive review of necrotizing fasciitis, its disease process and treatment modalities will be discussed.
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- J Y Cha
- Wound Care Center, Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital, Inglewood, California
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