Biomedical subjects

Tuoya

Publications and source records attributed to Tuoya.

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PubMed2006

Engineered bio-nanocapsules, the selective vector for drug delivery system.

The bio-nanocapsule (BNC) is our concept of artificial hollow nanoparticles that have been designed and produced through biotechnological procedures. We proposed an empty virus-like particle, which consists of a recombinant L envelope protein of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and a lipid derived from the host cell, as an engineered BNC. Although this BNC was first developed as an immunogen of hepatitis B vaccine, the pre-S1 region in N-terminus of L envelope protein confers hepatocyte specific infectivity of HBV on the BNC. This recombinant BNC is now being developed as a novel platform of drug delivery system (DDS) vector for selective delivery.

Biomedical Engineering↗

PubMed2005

Apoptosis induction by dohevanil, a DHA substitutive analog of capsaicin, in MCF-7 cells.

Capsaicin (8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide), a major pungent ingredient in a variety of red peppers of the genus Capsicum, is a type of vanilloid. It has been shown to induce apoptosis in many cell types. The effects of vanilloids on apoptosis induction are thought to be correlated with the length and degree of the unsaturation of the fatty acyl chains. In this study, we compared the effect of capsaicin and its docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6) analog (we named as dohevanil) on human breast cancer MCF-7 cells, which do not express caspase-3. Dohevanil, which was synthesized from DHA and vanillylamine, has longer and highly unsaturated fatty acyl chain than capsaicin. We showed that both vanilloids exhibit effects of growth inhibition and DNA fragmentation induction in MCF-7 cells. These effects of dohevanil were more potent than capsaicin. Because these effects were inhibited by z-VAD-fmk, a broad-spectrum caspase inhibitor, the vanilloids induced the apoptosis via caspase-dependent pathway not involving caspase-3. In conclusion, dohevanil has a more potent effect on apoptosis induction in MCF-7 cells than capsaicin.

Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones↗

PubMed2005

Identification of cell surface marker candidates on SV-T2 cells using DNA microarray on DLC-coated glass.

We analyzed gene expression profiles of normal mouse fibroblast BALB/c 3T3 cells and its SV40 transformant SV-T2 cells using our originally developed cell surface marker DNA microarray, which is prepared on a diamond-like carbon-coated glass. As a result, CD62L and IL-6 receptor alpha gene expressions were upregulated in SV-T2 and were thought to be candidates for call surface markers of the cells. The result of microarray analysis was validated by real-time quantitative PCR immunohistochemistry and biological assays. These data show that our cell surface marker DNA microarray should be useful in finding the candidates of cell type-specific surface markers.

Animals↗