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Materials (Basel) ; 14(21)2021 Oct 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34771837

RESUMO

The objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of deep-learning-based segmentation of the area covered by fresh and young concrete in the images of construction sites. The RGB images of construction sites under various actual situations were used as an input into several types of convolutional neural network (CNN)-based segmentation models, which were trained using training image sets. Various ranges of threshold values were applied for the classification, and their accuracy and recall capacity were quantified. The trained models could segment the concrete area overall although they were not able to judge the difference between concrete of different ages as professionals can. By increasing the threshold values for the softmax classifier, the cases of incorrect prediction as concrete became almost zero, while some areas of concrete became segmented as not concrete.

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Materials (Basel) ; 12(17)2019 Sep 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31480649

RESUMO

The effect of carbonation on the abrasion resistance of alkali-activated slag (AAS) was investigated. Various activator sets were selected for synthesizing AAS specimens, and the compressive strength was measured before and after carbonation. The abrasion resistance of the specimens was measured in accordance with the ASTM C944 test method. The relationship between the mass loss caused by abrasion and compressive strength was analyzed to understand the effect of matrix strength on abrasion resistance. Test results showed that the decrease in compressive strength of AAS specimens by carbonation reduced their abrasion resistance. In addition, the abrasion resistance of AAS before and after carbonation was sensitively influenced by activator type. It can be concluded that additional caution is required when using AAS where abrasion may have occurred.

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Dis Model Mech ; 9(8): 839-48, 2016 08 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27483355

RESUMO

DYRK1A is important in neuronal development and function, and its excessive activity is considered a significant pathogenic factor in Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease. Thus, inhibition of DYRK1A has been suggested to be a new strategy to modify the disease. Very few compounds, however, have been reported to act as inhibitors, and their potential clinical uses require further evaluation. Here, we newly identify CX-4945, the safety of which has been already proven in the clinical setting, as a potent inhibitor of DYRK1A that acts in an ATP-competitive manner. The inhibitory potency of CX-4945 on DYRK1A (IC50=6.8 nM) in vitro was higher than that of harmine, INDY or proINDY, which are well-known potent inhibitors of DYRK1A. CX-4945 effectively reverses the aberrant phosphorylation of Tau, amyloid precursor protein (APP) and presenilin 1 (PS1) in mammalian cells. To our surprise, feeding with CX-4945 significantly restored the neurological and phenotypic defects induced by the overexpression of minibrain, an ortholog of human DYRK1A, in the Drosophila model. Moreover, oral administration of CX-4945 acutely suppressed Tau hyperphosphorylation in the hippocampus of DYRK1A-overexpressing mice. Our research results demonstrate that CX-4945 is a potent DYRK1A inhibitor and also suggest that it has therapeutic potential for DYRK1A-associated diseases.


Assuntos
Síndrome de Down/tratamento farmacológico , Síndrome de Down/enzimologia , Naftiridinas/uso terapêutico , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/uso terapêutico , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/antagonistas & inibidores , Trifosfato de Adenosina/farmacologia , Administração Oral , Doença de Alzheimer/patologia , Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide/metabolismo , Animais , Calcineurina/metabolismo , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Síndrome de Down/patologia , Drosophila melanogaster/metabolismo , Células HEK293 , Hipocampo/patologia , Humanos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Modelos Moleculares , Fatores de Transcrição NFATC/metabolismo , Naftiridinas/administração & dosagem , Naftiridinas/química , Naftiridinas/farmacologia , Neurônios/efeitos dos fármacos , Neurônios/patologia , Fenazinas , Fenótipo , Fosforilação/efeitos dos fármacos , Presenilina-1 , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas tau/metabolismo
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Oncotarget ; 5(18): 8515-27, 2014 Sep 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25237786

RESUMO

Lytic induction of latent Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) has been considered as a therapeutic option for efficient treatment of several KSHV-associated malignancies. Here, we developed a robust high-throughput screening system that allows an easy and quantitative measurement of lytic induction of latent KSHV and discovered three anthracyclines as potent inducers from screen of FDA-approved drugs. Lytic induction of latent KSHV by three compounds was verified by the significant induction of lytic genes and subsequent production of infectious KSHV. Importantly, lytic induction by three compounds was much more efficient than that by sodium butyrate, a well-characterized inducer of KSHV lytic cycle. Mechanistically, the anthracyclines caused lytic induction of KSHV through apoptosis induced by their DNA intercalation rather than topoisomerase II inhibition. Consequently, our results clearly demonstrated a role of anthracyclines as effective lytic inducers of KSHV and also provided a molecular basis of their use for efficient treatment of diseases associated with KSHV infection.


Assuntos
Antraciclinas/farmacologia , Antibióticos Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Herpesvirus Humano 8/efeitos dos fármacos , Linfoma de Células B/tratamento farmacológico , Ativação Viral/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Chlorocebus aethiops , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Regulação Viral da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Genes Reporter , Células HEK293 , Herpesvirus Humano 8/genética , Herpesvirus Humano 8/patogenicidade , Ensaios de Triagem em Larga Escala , Humanos , Linfoma de Células B/patologia , Linfoma de Células B/virologia , Transfecção , Células Tumorais Cultivadas , Células Vero , Replicação Viral/efeitos dos fármacos
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Biol Pharm Bull ; 37(10): 1655-60, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25099343

RESUMO

Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2), which catalyzes the final step in triacylglycerol (TG) synthesis, is a key enzyme associated with hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance. Here, using an in vitro screen of 20000 molecules, we identified a class of compounds with a substituted 1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine core which proved to be potent and selective inhibitors of human DGAT2. Of these compounds, H2-003 and -005 exhibited a considerable reduction in TG biosynthesis in HepG2 hepatic cells and 3T3-L1 preadipose cells. These compounds exert DGAT2-specific-inhibitory activity, which was further confirmed in DGAT2- or DGAT1-overexpressing HEK293 cells. In addition, these compounds almost completely abolished lipid droplet formation in 3T3-L1 cells when co-treated with a DGAT1 inhibitor, which was not attained using either a DGAT2 or DGAT1 inhibitor alone. Collectively, we identified two DGAT2 inhibitors, H2-003 and -005. These compounds will aid in DGAT2-related lipid metabolism research as well as in therapeutic development for the treatment of metabolic diseases associated with excessive TG.


Assuntos
Acetatos/química , Acetatos/farmacologia , Diacilglicerol O-Aciltransferase/antagonistas & inibidores , Descoberta de Drogas/métodos , Piridinas/química , Piridinas/farmacologia , Células 3T3-L1 , Animais , Diacilglicerol O-Aciltransferase/metabolismo , Células HEK293 , Células Hep G2 , Humanos , Camundongos
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FEBS J ; 281(13): 3048-60, 2014 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24820123

RESUMO

Triacylglycerol (TG) is the major form of stored energy in eukaryotic organisms and is synthesized by diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). DGAT2, one of the two DGAT enzymes, is barely detectable in cells, even though its mRNA transcripts are maintained at considerable levels. However, little is known about how DGAT2 expression is altered by protein stability. DGAT2 was highly unstable in cells and was rapidly degraded by proteasomes in an ubiquitin-dependent manner. Deletion mutation analysis identified transmembrane domain 1 (TMD1) as a protein degradation signal. TMD1 is also important for ER localization of DGAT2. Moreover, DGAT2 interacted with p97/VCP, a crucial component of the ER-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway, and polyubiquitinated DGAT2 accumulated following treatment with an ERAD inhibitor. Furthermore, gp78, an E3 ligase involved in ERAD, regulates the degradation of DGAT2 through direct interactions and ubiquitination. Consequently, the stabilization of DGAT2 increased the number of lipid droplets in hepatic cells. Therefore, DGAT2 is regulated by gp78-associated ERAD at the post-translational level.


Assuntos
Diacilglicerol O-Aciltransferase/metabolismo , Degradação Associada com o Retículo Endoplasmático , Receptores do Fator Autócrino de Motilidade/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Estabilidade Enzimática , Células HEK293 , Hepatócitos/enzimologia , Humanos , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos , Complexo de Endopeptidases do Proteassoma/metabolismo , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Proteólise , Ubiquitinação
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PLoS One ; 9(4): e94978, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24743259

RESUMO

Alternative splicing is a nearly ubiquitous versatile process that controls gene expression and creates numerous protein isoforms with different functions from a single gene. The significance of alternative splicing has been confirmed by the increasing number of human diseases that are caused by misregulation of splicing events. Very few compounds, however, have been reported to act as inhibitors of alternative splicing, and their potential clinical use needs to be evaluated. Here, we report that CX-4945, a previously well-characterized inhibitor of casein kinase 2 (CK2) and a molecule currently in clinical trials (Phase II) for cancer treatment, regulates splicing in mammalian cells in a CK2-independent manner. Transcriptome-wide analysis using exon array also showed a widespread alteration in alternative splicing of numerous genes. We found that CX-4945 potently inhibits the Cdc2-like kinases (Clks) in vitro and in turn, leads to suppression of the phosphorylation of serine/arginine-rich (SR) proteins in mammalian cells. Surprisingly, the overall efficacy of CX-4945 on Clks (IC50 = 3-90 nM) was stronger than that of TG-003, the strongest inhibitor reported to date. Of the Clks, Clk2 was most strongly inhibited by CX-4945 in an ATP-competitive manner. Our research revealed an unexpected activity of the drug candidate CX-4945 as a potent splicing modulator and also suggested a potential application for therapy of diseases caused by abnormal splicing.


Assuntos
Processamento Alternativo/efeitos dos fármacos , Naftiridinas/farmacologia , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Proteína Quinase CDC2 , Caseína Quinase II/antagonistas & inibidores , Caseína Quinase II/metabolismo , Quinases Ciclina-Dependentes/metabolismo , Células Hep G2 , Humanos , Fenazinas
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Biol Pharm Bull ; 36(7): 1167-73, 2013.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23585481

RESUMO

Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2) is one of two distinct DGAT enzymes that catalyze the last step in triacylglycerol (TG) synthesis. Findings from previous studies suggest that inhibition of DGAT2 is a promising strategy for the treatment of hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance. Here, we identified compound 122 as a potent and selective inhibitor of human DGAT2, which appeared to act competitively against oleoyl-CoA in vitro. The selective inhibition of DGAT2 was also confirmed by the reductions in enzymatic activity and de novo TG synthesis in DGAT2-overexpressing HEK293 cells and hepatic cells HepG2. Compound 122, as a newly identified inhibitor of DGAT2, will be useful for the research on DGAT2-related lipid metabolism as well as the development of therapeutic drug for several metabolic diseases.


Assuntos
Diacilglicerol O-Aciltransferase/antagonistas & inibidores , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/farmacologia , Animais , Diacilglicerol O-Aciltransferase/genética , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Células HEK293 , Ensaios de Triagem em Larga Escala , Humanos , Estrutura Molecular , Células Sf9 , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/química , Spodoptera , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Transfecção
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