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Papers by Min Seon Gi

ISIE 2001. 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics Proceedings (Cat. No.01TH8570)

The authors have developed a PCM signal acquisition (PCMA) system in TDX-families signaling servi... more The authors have developed a PCM signal acquisition (PCMA) system in TDX-families signaling service equipment. They develop the quick Fourier transform (QFT) for length 2/sup M/ data to analyze the power spectrum of the PCMA System. This algorithm can reduce the number of floating-point operations necessary to compute the DFT by a factor of two or four over direct methods or Goertzel's method for prime lengths. In the experimental results, the system classifies the type of signals and finally discriminates the digits.

Toxicological research, 2018

Chemical carcinogenesis is a multistep process. Genotoxic carcinogens, which are DNA-reactive, in... more Chemical carcinogenesis is a multistep process. Genotoxic carcinogens, which are DNA-reactive, induce DNA adduct formation and genetic alterations in target cells, thereby generating mutated cells (initiation). Subsequently, preneoplastic lesions appear through clonal proliferation of the mutated cells and transform into tumors (promotion and progression). Many factors may influence these processes in a dose-dependent manner. Therefore, quantitative analysis plays an important role in studies on the carcinogenic threshold of genotoxic carcinogens. Herein, we present data on the relationship between key carcinogenic events and their deriving point of departure (PoD). Their PoDs were also compared to those of the carcinogenesis pathway. In an experiment, the liver of rats exposed to 2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo-(4,5-)quinoxaline (MeIQx) was examined to determine the formation of MeIQx-DNA adducts, generation of mutations at transgene, and induction of preneoplastic glutathione -transfe...

Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2018

Androgen signal has been recently suggested to be associated with the progression of bladder canc... more Androgen signal has been recently suggested to be associated with the progression of bladder cancer. Steroid sulfatase (STS) is a steroid sulfate activation enzyme, considered to be one of the key enzymes in the androgen signaling pathway. However, the role of STS in bladder cancer has not been elucidated. The purpose of the present study was to determine the clinical and functional significance of STS in bladder cancer. Immunohistochemical analysis of surgical specimens obtained by radical cystectomy (n=114) demonstrated that overexpression of STS was associated with the invasion of bladder cancer, as evidenced by the incidence of STS-positive cancers (11.5 and 37.1% in non-muscle invasive and muscle invasive bladder cancers, respectively; P=0.003). STS-positive cancer demonstrated shorter recurrence-free survival and cancer-specific survival (P=0.0027 and 0.0030, respectively). Furthermore, knockdown of STS significantly reduced cell migration and invasion capacities of bladder ca...

Archives of Toxicology, 2018

1,4-Dioxane is a widely used synthetic industrial chemical and its contamination of drinking wate... more 1,4-Dioxane is a widely used synthetic industrial chemical and its contamination of drinking water and food is a potential health concern. It induces liver tumors when administered in the drinking water to rats and mice. However, the mode of action (MOA) of the hepatocarcinogenicity of 1,4-dioxane remains unclear. Importantly, it is unknown if 1,4-dioxane is genotoxic, a key consideration for risk assessment. To determine the in vivo mutagenicity of 1,4-dioxane, gpt delta transgenic F344 rats were administered 1,4-dioxane at various doses in the drinking water for 16 weeks. The overall mutation frequency (MF)

Journal of environmental sciences (China), 2016

Arsenic is a well-known human bladder and liver carcinogen, but its exact mechanism of carcinogen... more Arsenic is a well-known human bladder and liver carcinogen, but its exact mechanism of carcinogenicity is not fully understood. Dimethylarsinic acid (DMA(V)) is a major urinary metabolite of sodium arsenite (iAs(III)) and induces urinary bladder cancers in rats. DMA(V) and iAs(III) are negative in in vitro mutagenicity tests. However, their in vivo mutagenicities have not been determined. The purpose of present study is to evaluate the in vivo mutagenicities of DMA(V) and iAs(III) in rat urinary bladder epithelium and liver using gpt delta F344 rats. Ten-week old male gpt delta F344 rats were randomized into 3 groups and administered 0, 92mg/L DMA(V), or 87mg/L iAs(III) (each 50mg/L As) for 13weeks in the drinking water. In the mutation assay, point mutations are detected in the gpt gene by 6-thioguanine selection (gpt assay) and deletion mutations are identified in the red/gam genes by Spi(-) selection (Spi(-) assay). Results of the gpt and Spi(-) assays showed that DMA(V) and iAs(...

Journal of toxicologic pathology, 2017

We have previously demonstrated that diphenylarsinic acid (DPAA) promotes liver carcinogenesis in... more We have previously demonstrated that diphenylarsinic acid (DPAA) promotes liver carcinogenesis in rats in a medium-term liver carcinogenicity bioassay. However, the effects of DPAA on other organs have not been determined. In the present study, the effects of DPAA on carcinogenesis were investigated using a rat multiorgan carcinogenicity bioassay. A total of 60 six-week-old male F344 rats were treated with the carcinogens diethylnitrosamine, N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl) nitrosamine, N-methyl-N-nitrosourea, N-bis (2-hydroxypropyl) nitrosamine, and 1,2-dimethylhydrazine dihydrochloride to initiate carcinogenesis in multiple organs. After initiation, DPAA was given at a dose of 0, 5, or 20 ppm in drinking water for 27 weeks. The incidences of moderate and severe bile duct hyperplasia were significantly increased in the 20 ppm DPAA group (29.4%, 70.6%, respectively) compared with the 0 ppm DPAA group (0%, 0%, respectively), and the incidence and multiplicity of cholangioma were significan...

In vivo (Athens, Greece)

Propolis has since long been utilized in numerous folk medicines with a variety of medicinal prop... more Propolis has since long been utilized in numerous folk medicines with a variety of medicinal properties. In this study, the effects of ethanol-extracted (EEP) and water-extracted (WEP) Brazilian green propolis on the post-initiation phase of inflammation-associated rat colon tumorigenesis were directly compared. Male F344 rats at 6 weeks of age were subcutaneously injected with 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) at 40 mg/kg body weight twice during the first week, followed by 1% dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) in drinking water for one week. After a 1-week no-treatment period, animals were administered either basal Oriental MF powdered diet, or 1% EEP or 1% WEP in the basal diet until week 32. Post-initiation treatment with EEP significantly reduced the multiplicity of colorectal carcinomas compared to the control (0.40±0.13/rat vs. 2.29±0.84/rat, respectively, p<0.05), and EEP also reduced the tumor volume. Immunohistochemically, expression of inflammation-associated proteins inducible ni...

The Journal of toxicological sciences, 2017

Diphenylarsinic acid (DPAA), a neurotoxic organic arsenical used as a chemical warfare agent, is ... more Diphenylarsinic acid (DPAA), a neurotoxic organic arsenical used as a chemical warfare agent, is present in the groundwater and soil in some regions of Japan due to illegal dumping after World War II. We previously demonstrated that DPAA promotes diethylnitrosamine-induced liver carcinogenesis in a medium-term rat liver bioassay. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the potential carcinogenicity of DPAA, including investigation of whether the bile duct hyperplasia in the liver that was observed in a previous 52 week rat chronic study develops into a tumor, when administered to rats in their drinking water for 104 weeks. DPAA was administered to groups 1-4 at concentrations of 0, 5, 10, and 20 ppm in their drinking water for 104 weeks. A significant decrease in survival rate was found for females in the 20 ppm DPAA group. Body weights of males in the 20 ppm and females in the 10 and 20 ppm DPAA groups were significantly decreased compared to the controls. Overall histopat...

Experimental and toxicologic pathology : official journal of the Gesellschaft fur Toxikologische Pathologie, 2017

Diphenylarsinic acid (DPAA), a chemical warfare-related neurotoxic organic arsenical, is present ... more Diphenylarsinic acid (DPAA), a chemical warfare-related neurotoxic organic arsenical, is present in the groundwater and soil in some regions of Japan due to illegal dumping after World War II. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the potential toxicity of DPAA when administered to rats in their drinking water for 52 weeks. DPAA was administered to groups 1-4 at concentrations of 0, 5, 10, and 20ppm in their drinking water for 52 weeks. There were no significant differences in the final body weights between the control groups and the treatment groups in male or female rats. In serum biochemistry, in females 20ppm DPAA significantly increased alkaline phosphatase and γ-glitamyl transferase compared to controls, and 10 and 20ppm DPAA significantly increased total cholesterol compared to controls. Absolute and relative liver weights were significantly increased in females treated with 20ppm DPAA compared to the control group. Dilation of the common bile duct outside the papi...

Cancer Science, 2017

Rat bladder cancer is nearly always papillary non-invasive urothelial carcinoma (UC). To establis... more Rat bladder cancer is nearly always papillary non-invasive urothelial carcinoma (UC). To establish an animal model mimicking invasive UC that arises from papillary non-invasive UC in the bladder, male human c-Ha-ras proto-oncogene transgenic rats (Hras128) were treated with 0.05% N-butyl-N-(hydroxybutyl) nitrosameine (BBN) in their drinking water and/or 0.1% phenylethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) in their diet as follows: BBN (8 weeks)?PEITC (8 weeks); PEITC (8 weeks)?BBN (8 weeks); BBN alone (16 weeks); PEITC alone (16 weeks); and no treatment. At the end of week 16, the highest incidence of invasive UC was observed in the BBN?PEITC group. Therefore, we used Hras128 rats treated with BBN followed by PEITC as a model of invasive bladder cancer to identify invasion-associated proteins. Proteome analysis was performed to compare the protein profiles of invasive and non-invasive UC in Hras128 rats. We identified 49 proteins that were either overexpressed or underexpressed in invasive UC but not in non-invasive UC. Immunohistochemical analysis of carbonic anhydrase 2 (CA2), an overexpressed protein, showed that the relative number of CA2-positive UC was significantly higher for invasive UC compared to non-invasive UC in rats. Moreover, the incidence of CA2-positive cancers was also significantly higher for human muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) compared to non-MIBC (NMIBC) and was positively associated with the progression of NMIBC. Our findings indicate that CA2 is an invasion-associated factor and suggest that it could serve as a potential therapeutic molecular target for bladder cancers.

PLOS ONE, 2016

The present study was conducted over a course of 104 weeks to estimate the carcinogenicity of eth... more The present study was conducted over a course of 104 weeks to estimate the carcinogenicity of ethanol-extracted Brazilian green propolis (EEP). Groups of 50 male and 50 female Wistar Hannover rats, 6-week-old at commencement were exposed to EEP at doses of 0, 0.5 or 2.5% in the diet. Survival rates of 0.5% and 2.5% EEP-treated male and female rats, respectively, were significantly higher than those of respective control groups. Overall histopathological evaluation of neoplasms in rat tissues after 2 years showed no significant increase of tumors or preneoplastic lesions in any organ of animals administered EEP. Significantly lower incidences of pituitary tumors in 0.5% EEP male and 2.5% EEP female groups, malignant lymphoma/leukemia in both 2.5% EEP-treated males and females and total thyroid tumors in 0.5% EEP male group were found. Administration of EEP caused significant decreases of lymphoid hyperplasia of the thymus and lymph nodes in 2.5% EEPtreated rats, tubular cell hyperplasia of kidneys in all EEP groups, and cortical hyperplasia of adrenals in EEP-treated females. In the blood, significant reduction of neutrophils in all EEP-treated males and band neutrophils in 2.5% EEP-treated females was found indicating lower levels of inflammation. Total cholesterol and triglicerides levels were significantly lower in the blood of 2.5% EEP-treated female rats. In conclusion, under the conditions of the 2-year feeding experiment, EEP was not carcinogenic, did not induce significant histopathological changes in any organ, and further exerted anti-inflammatory and antitumorigenic effects resulting in increase of survival of Wistar Hannover rats.

Digestive diseases and sciences, Nov 26, 2016

Recent studies suggest that chronic inflammation-associated cancer is relevant to microbiome. Eso... more Recent studies suggest that chronic inflammation-associated cancer is relevant to microbiome. Esophageal adenocarcinoma arises from an inflammatory condition called Barrett's esophagus, which is caused by gastroesophageal reflux. We hypothesized that esophageal microbiome plays a role in carcinogenesis of esophageal adenocarcinoma. We investigated whether alteration of microbiome using antibiotics affects the development of esophageal adenocarcinoma in a rat model. Seven-week-old male Wistar rats which had undergone esophagojejunostomy were divided into control (n = 21) and antibiotic groups (n = 22) at 21 weeks after surgery. Control animals were given drinking water, while the other group was given penicillin G and streptomycin in drinking water until rats were killed at 40 weeks after operation. Incidence rates of Barrett's esophagus and adenocarcinoma in each group were evaluated by histological analysis. DNA was extracted from a portion of the distal esophagus, and the ...

Cancer science, Jan 16, 2016

The present study investigated whether the expression of CD44 variant 9 (CD44v9) might be a funct... more The present study investigated whether the expression of CD44 variant 9 (CD44v9) might be a functional tumor-initiating stem-like cells (TISCs) marker in primary hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) of HCV-positive (HCV(+) ) patients and provide an indicator of patient survival, as well as associated mechanisms. A total of 90 HCV(+) HCC patients who underwent surgery from 2006 to 2011 were enrolled and monitored for 2-8 years. Expression of CD44v9 was validated immunohistochemically in all HCCs, followed by comparative proteome, survival and clinicopathological analyses. CD44v8-10 was further evaluated in diethylnitrosamine-induced HCCs of C57Bl/6J mice. Focally localized CD44v(+) cells with a membranous staining pattern were detected in human HCV(+) and mouse HCCs. CD44v9(+) cells of HCCs were predominantly negative for Ki67 and P-p38, indicating decrease of cell proliferation in the CD44v9(+) tumor cell population, likely to be related to suppression of intracellular oxidative stress ...

Journal of proteomics, Jan 15, 2016

Heat shock protein 72 (HSP72) is an intracellular molecular chaperone that is overexpressed in tu... more Heat shock protein 72 (HSP72) is an intracellular molecular chaperone that is overexpressed in tumor cells, and has also been detected in extracellular regions such as the blood. HSP72 forms complexes with peptides and proteins that are released from tumors. Accordingly, certain HSP72-binding proteins/peptides present in the blood of cancer patients may be derived from tumor cells. In this study, to effectively identify low-abundance proteins/peptides in the blood as tumor markers, we established a method for isolating HSP72-binding proteins/peptides from serum. Nine HSP72-specific monoclonal antibodies were conjugated to N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide-activated Sepharose beads (NHq) and used to isolate HSP72 complexes from serum samples. Precipitated proteins were then identified by LC-MS/MS analysis. Notably, this approach enabled the isolation of low-abundance proteins from serum without albumin removal. Moreover, by subjecting the serum samples of ten patients with multiple myeloma (...

Cancer science, Jan 10, 2015

The role of cells expressing stem cell markers deltaNp63 and CD44v has not yet been elucidated in... more The role of cells expressing stem cell markers deltaNp63 and CD44v has not yet been elucidated in peripheral type lung squamous cell carcinoma (pLSCC) carcinogenesis. Female A/J mice were painted topically with N-nitroso-tris-chloroethylurea (NTCU) for induction of pLSCC, and the histopathological and molecular characteristics of NTCU-induced lung lesions were examined. Histopathologically, we found atypical bronchiolar hyperplasia, squamous metaplasia, squamous dysplasia, and pLSCCs in the treated mice. Furthermore, we identified deltaNp63(pos) CD44v(pos) CK5/6(pos) CC10(pos) clara cells as key constituents of early pre-cancerous atypical bronchiolar hyperplasias. In addition, deltaNp63(pos) CD44v(pos) cells existed throughout the atypical bronchiolar hyperplasias, squamous metaplasias, squamous dysplasias, and pLSCCs. Overall, our findings suggest that NTCU induces pLSCC through an atypical bronchiolar hyperplasia-metaplasia-dysplasia-SCC sequence in mouse lung bronchioles. Notabl...

The Journal of Toxicological Sciences, 2015

Based on the findings of epidemiological studies in Japan that occupational exposure to 1,2-dichl... more Based on the findings of epidemiological studies in Japan that occupational exposure to 1,2-dichloropropane (1,2-DCP) was associated with increased cholangiocarcinomas, 1,2-DCP has recently been classified as being carcinogenic to humans (Group 1). However, the cholangiocarcinogenicity of 1,2-DCP has not been demonstrated experimentally, and it was negative for cholangiocarcinogenicity in rats and mice. The present study determined the effects of 1,2-DCP on N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine (BOP)-induced cholangiocarcinogenesis in male hamsters. We found that 1,2-DCP did not enhance the development of BOP-induced atypical biliary hyperplasia and did not induce any lesions in liver bile duct when administered alone. Notably, 1,2-DCP had no effect on the proliferative activity of bile duct epithelial cells regardless of BOP-initiation. These results demonstrate that 1,2-DCP lacks promoting effects on BOP-induced cholangiocarcinogenesis and suggest the possibility that 1,2-DCP is not cholangiocarcinogenic to the hamster in the present model. In addition, 1,2-DCP also lacks promoting effects on pancreatic, lung, and renal carcinogenesis. As the occurrence of occupational cholangiocarcinomas in Japan might be attributed to exposure to multiple chemicals, the results of the present study indicate that it will be necessary to determine the cholangiocarcinogenic effects of concurrent exposure of 1,2-DCP and the other halogen solvents to which workers with cholangiocarcinomas were exposed.

Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2015

Ethanol-extracted propolis (EEP) is used for medical, dietetic and cosmetic purposes. In this stu... more Ethanol-extracted propolis (EEP) is used for medical, dietetic and cosmetic purposes. In this study, the effects of EEP on urinary bladder carcinogenesis, its underlying mechanism and in vivo genotoxicity were investigated. In experiment 1, rats were treated with N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN) for 2 or 4 weeks followed by dietary administration of 0.125, 0.25, 0.5 or 1% EEP for 4 or 32 weeks, respectively. At week 6, the mRNA levels of top2a, cyclin D1 and survivin were significantly elevated in the 0.5 and 1% EEP groups. At week 36, the incidence and multiplicity of urothelial carcinomas and total tumors were markedly elevated in all EEP groups. In experiment 2, rats were fed basal diet or the 1% EEP diet for 13 weeks without carcinogen initiation. Increases in urinary precipitate, cell proliferation and incidence of simple hyperplasia were observed in the 1% EEP group. In experiment 3, dietary administration of 2.5% EEP to gpt delta rats for 13 weeks did not induce any obvious mutagenicity in the urinary bladder urothelium. Taken together, EEP enhanced BBN-initiated rat urinary bladder carcinogenesis in a nongenotoxic manner through increasing formation of urinary precipitate, enhancing cell proliferation and inhibiting apoptosis during the early stages of carcinogenesis.

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 2015

Calibration of oxygen-dependent quenching of the phosphorescence of pd-meso-tetra (4-carboxypheny... more Calibration of oxygen-dependent quenching of the phosphorescence of pd-meso-tetra (4-carboxyphenyl) porphine: a phosphor with general application for measuring oxygen concentration in biological systems.