• Development and Reproduction
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.113-120
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• 2012

We examined the distribution of uterine mast cells in cycling mice of different ages between 7 weeks and 38 weeks by toluidine blue staining. Mast cell density increased gradually depending on the age and culminated at 30 weeks after birth. Of the estrous stages, uteruses at metestrus showed markedly higher density of mast cells than those at the other stages in cycling mice of all ages analysed in this study and the majority of the mast cells were found in myometrium. We also discriminated types of the uterine mast cells in cycling mice at 10 weeks old by Alcian blue-safranin double staining. Mucosal type was most abundant among three types, including connective-tissue types and mixed types, through the entire estrous cycles. The portion of mixed types increased slightly after estrous. The abundance of uterine collagen protein determined by Masson trichrome staining was exactly consistent with the density distribution of the uterine mast cells during estrous cycles. Taken together, these results may imply that uterine mucosal mast cells, together with collagen proteins, are heavily involved in tissue remodeling of cycling mouse uterus.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.183-187
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• 2000

The present study was performed to evaluate the cytotoxicity of white and red ginseng extracts against cancer cells in vitro. We also examined the effects of those ginseng extracts on the cell cycle by using flow cytometry. We divided each white and red ginseng into two parts, main body and rhizome, and tested the cytotoxicity of each fraction against various mouse-originated cancer cells and mouse peritoneal macrophages. The red ginseng was more cytotoxic to the cancer cells in comparison with white ginseng, and the rhizome fractions were more cytotoxic than the mainbody fractions in the both of white and red ginseng. Among the cells tested, RAW264.7 cancer cells were most sensitive to all the ginseng fractions. In cell cycle analysis, all the fractions of white and red ginseng arrested the cell cycle at G$_2$/M phase.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.223-229
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• 1999

Purpose : The expression pattern of c-jun by ionizing radiation according to cell growth state (exponential growth vs. stationary phase) and its relationship with cell cycle redistribution were investigated. Materials and Methods : The exponential growth phase (day 4) and stationary phase (day 9) cells were determined from cell growth curve according to the elapse of days in CaSki. The cells were irradiated using 6 MV X-ray with a dose of 2 Gy at a fixed dose rate of 3 Gy/min. Northern blot analysis was peformed with total cellular RNA and cell cycle distribution was analyzed using flow cytometry according to time-course after irradiation. Results : The maximum expression of c-jun occurred 1 hour after irradiation in both exponential growth and stationary phase cells. After then c-jun expression was elevated upto 6 hours in exponential growth phase cells, but the level decreased in stationary phase cells. Movements of cells from G0-G1 to S, G2-M phase after irradiation were higher in exponential growth phase than stationary phase. Conclusion : c-jun may be involved in the regulation of cellular proliferation according to the growth states after irradiation.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.317-324
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• 2002

We investigated the compositional changes of glycoconjugates (GCs) and expression of estrogen receptor (ER)-$\alpha$, c-fos and c-jun in the vagina of normal and ovariectomized rats by histochemical and immunohistochemical methods. The mucinous transformation of the superficial layer that occurred from late diestrus to proestrus was accompanied with extensive enrichment of GCs. According to the cyclic changes of the vagina, distinct reactivity patterns such as SBA affinity in the diestrus and Con A affinity in the diestrus and estrus phase was observed. However, weak staining for GCs was detected in the atrophied vaginal epithelium of ovariectomized rats. ER-$\alpha$ immunoreaction was mainly demonstrated in the basal layer of epithelium and estrus cycle-related variation in the number of ER-$\alpha$ immunoreaction were not pronounced. But the stromal cells showing ER-$\alpha$ immunoreaction were abundantly observed from diestrus to estrus phase. The most numerous c-fos immunoreactive cells were observed in the basal and intermediate layer of epithelium and stromal fells from the proestrus to estrus phase and c-jun in the basal layer of epithelium during estrus phase. The c-jun immunoreaction of stromal cells expressed only in the estrus phase. In the ovariectomized rats, a few of ER-$\alpha$, c-fos and c-jun immunoreactive cells were observed in the vaginal epithelium and no immunoreaction were found in the stromal cells. ER-$\alpha$ and c-fos immunoreaction fully expressed in the proestrus coincident with the cell proliferation, mutinous transformation and cornification of vaginal epithelium. These data indicate that vagina epithelium and stromal reals express multiple protein such as ER-$\alpha$, c-fos and c-iun by estrogen that may function in process of cells proliferation and differentiation of vagina epithelium.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.241-247
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• 2003

While the DNA-protein kinase (DNA-PK) complex, comprised of DNA-PKcs and Ku80, is primary involved in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks, it is also believed to participate in additional cellular processes. Here, treatment of embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) derived from either wild-type (Wt) or DNA-PKcs-null (DNA-$PKcs^{-/-}$) mice with various stress inducing agents revealed that adriamycin was markedly more cytotoxic for $Ku80^{-/-}MEFs$ and led to their long-term accumulation in the $G_2$/M phase. This differential response was not due to differences in DNA repair, since adrimycin-triggered DNA damage was repaired with comparable efficiency in both Wt and $Ku80^{-/-}MEFs$, but was associated with differences in the expression of important cell cycle regulatory genes. Our results support the notion that Ku80-mediated cytoprotection and $G_2$/M-progression are not only dependent on the cell's DNA repair but also may reflect Ku80's influence on additional cellular processes such as gene expression.

• The Korean Journal of Malacology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.55-64
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• 1997

꼬막, Tegillarca granosa은 우리나라 남해 및 서해안 일대에서 서식하는 중요한 수산자원 중의 하나이지만, 이에 대한 생물학적 기초연구는 거의 없는 실정이다. 따라서 1995년 2월부터 1996년 1월까지 전남 벌교연안에서 채집한 꼬막의 생식소발달, 생식세포형성과정 및 생식주기를 조사하였다. 1. 꼬막은 자웅이체이면서 난생이고, 생식소는 내장낭의 간중장선을 싸고 있는 결합조직으로부터 족부의 근육층까지 분포한다.2. 미분화간층직과 호산성 과립세포들이 초기 활성기의 소낭에 풍부하게 나타나기 시작하여 완숙기에는 거의 없어지는 것으로 보아, 이들은 생식소 및 생식세포형성과 발달에 영향을 공급하는 영향세포로 생각된다.3. 생식소발달, 생식세포형성과정, 조직분화과정 및 세포학적 특성에 따라, 이들의 생식주기를 초기 활성기, 완숙기, 부분 방출기, 방출 및 비활성기 등으로 구분할 수 있다. 4. 방란 및 방정은 수온 2$0^{\circ}C$정도되는 6월하순부터 시작되고, 주산란시기는 수온이 23-24$^{\circ}C$정도 되는 7-8월이며, 완숙란의 크기는 50-60$\mu\textrm{m}$이다.5. 비활성기는 9월에서 이듬해 4월까지 지속되는 비교적 긴 기간이며, 초기 활성기도 비교적 길어 1월에서 5월까지 지속되는 반면, 후기활성, 완숙 및 방출기는 비교적 짧아, 5월에서 8월까지 모두 완료된다.6. 비만도의 월별 변화는 생식소의 발달, 생식주기 및 수온과 밀접한 관계가 있다.7. 사용된 재료 433개체 중 1개체가 자웅동체현상을 나타내었다.

• The Korean Journal of Malacology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.131-141
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• 1997

전북 김제시 심포에서 1994년 1월부터 12월까지 월별로 채집된 백합 Meretrix lusoria의 생식세포형성과정 및 생식주기를 , 조직학적으로 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 백합은 자웅이체이고 난생을 하며, 생식소는 내장낭의 간중장선의 하부로부터 족부의 근육부근까지 분포하며, 성숙되면 팽대되지만 방란, 방정 후에는 위축된다. 생식소는 많은 난자형성여포들과 정자형셩여포들로 구성되어 있다. 여포에는 호산성 세포와 미분화간충직들이 들어 있는데, 이들은 초기 생식세포의 영양물질로 제공되고 있으며, 생식소가 발달함에 따라 점차 소실된다. 초기활성기의 난원세포는 직경 10$\mu\textrm{m}$ 내외이며, 초기 난모세포는 난병을 여포벽에 부착한 채 성장을 하여 70$\mu\textrm{m}$ 내외의 완숙란으로 된다. 정원세포가 성장을 하여 정보세포, 정세포를 거쳐 변태를 마친 정자는, 정자형성소낭의 중앙 내강에 정자속을 형성한다. 방란, 방정을 마친 생식소는, 일부 미방출된 생식세포가 퇴화 흡수되면서 비활성기를 지나 이듬해 수온상승과 더불어 새로운 발달을 시작한다. 생식주기는 연속적인 5단계로 구분할 수 있는데, 초기 활성기(1-3월), 후기 활성디 (2-5월), 완숙기(4-8월), 부분 방출기(6-9월), 퇴화 및 비활성기(9-2월)로 구분할 수 있다. 산란은 6월 (22$^{\circ}C$)부터 9월 ($25^{\circ}C$)까지 지속되지만, 산란성기는 7월(27$^{\circ}C$)-8월(28$^{\circ}C$)이다. 생식소지수는 1월에 0.58을 나타내며 5월에 4.60으로 최대값을 나타낸 후, 6월부터 점차 감소하기 시작하여 12월과 1월에는 1.0미만에 머무른다.

• Development and Reproduction
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.243-250
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• 2008

Mast cells containing a variety of mediators in their cytoplasmic granules are widely distributed in connective tissues and mucosal surfaces of skin, airways, and guts. Within these tissues, mast cells are involved in the pathophysiological conditions such as inflammation, self-defense, tissue-remodeling, and autoimmunity. In order to understand the functional roles of master cells in the uterus, we histologically examined the distribution and density of uterine mast cells in the different aged mice. Until 6 weeks mast cells were sparsely detected in the uterus. But at 7 weeks after birth, when estrous cycle begins, the number of mast cells within uterine tissues increased dramatically and the increment of mast cell density continued up to 32 weeks-age. After then, uterine glandular tissue degenerated gradually and density of uterine mast cell decreased. Uterine mast cells were mainly found in the myometrium and they were closely associated with smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts, and collagens, which contents were changed according to the uterine development in the myometrium. These results suggest that uterine mast cells could be involved in myometrial contractions mediated by smooth muscle cells and tissue reconstitution or remodeling during estrous cycle and parturition including the various immunological functions.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.473-478
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• 2002

근관내 spirochetes의 존재유무가 명확하게 밝혀져 있지 않았으나 최근 PCR을 사용한 연구에서 Treponema denticola균주가 감염근관의 50% 이상의 경우에서 발견됨에 따라 이 세균이 치수 및 치근단 질환에 관여하는지에 대한 관심 이 높아졌다. 하지만 그 정확한 기전은 아직 밝혀져 있지 않다. 이와 관련하여 Shenker등이 T. denticola의 sonicated extract에서 순수분리된 단백질 (SIP)이 임파구 proliferation을 방해함을 보고한바 있다. 따라서 본 연구의 목적은 면역억제단백질 SIP이 어떤 기전에 의해서 임파구증식을 억제하는지를 밝히는 데 있다. 건강한 혈액 공여자로부터 추출해낸 T세포에 PHA (phytohemagglutinin)로 증식자극을 주게되는데 이 과정에서 SIP을 처리하거나 처리하지 않은 경우를 비교하여 세포주기 진행과정을 유세포분석기 (Becton-Dickinson FACS$^{tarplus}$) 를 통하여 평가하였다. 실험결과 세단계의 chromatography과정을 통해 순수정제된 SIP은 50kDa와 56kDa의 두가지 polypeptide로 구성되어 있고 0.25$\mu\textrm{g}$으로 처리된 T 임파구는 42.5%의 [$^3$H]thymidine incorporation 억제가 그리고, 0.5$\mu\textrm{g}$으로 처리한 경우는 75.1%의 억제가 일어나 dose-dependent한 양상이 나타났다. Propidium iodide와 유세포 분석기를 사용하여 세포주기를 분석한 결과 medium으로만 처리한 경우 97%이상의 임파구는 G$_0$/G$_1$ phase에 머물러 있었으나 PHA자극을 받은 경우 G$_0$/G$_1$ phase에서 58%, S phase에서 34.6%, G$_2$/M phase에서 7.4%로 분포되어 나타났다. SIP으로 전처리한 경우 세포 증식이 감소하여 0.25$\mu\textrm{g}$을 첨가한 경우 75.1%가 G$_0$/G$_1$ phase에 머물러 있었고 더 강한 농도의 0.5$\mu\textrm{g}$을 첨가한 경우는 87.7%가 G$_0$/G$_1$ phase에서 S phase로 진행되지 않고 머물러있었다. 따라서 SIP으로 전처리된 T 임파구는 그 증식이 G$_0$/G$_1$ phase에서 차단된 것으로 보인다. 이러한 면역억제현상이 in vitro 상태뿐 아니라 in vivo에서도 진행된다면 spirochete가 치수 및 치근단 질환의 병인론에 연관된 면역반응저하기전에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 추론할 수 있다.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.184-191
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• 2000

Gametogenesis and the reproductive cycle of the marsh clam, Corbicula leana(Prime} were investigated monthly Hyongsan estuary, Korea from January to December 1998 by histological observation. C. leana had separate sexes, and oviparous. The gonads were located between the sub-region of mid-intestinal gland in visceral cavity and reticular cennective tissue. The ovary and testis were composed of a number of ovarian and testicular tubules, respectively, Mature oocytes were characterized by germinal vesicles with nucleoli and their sizes ranged $70\;to\;80{\mu}m$ in diameter. A number of mesenchymal tissues and pigment granular cells were distributed in the growing oocytes and spermatocytes during early developmental stages. With the further development of gonad, these tissuse and cells gradually disappeared. The monthly changes in the fatness index were closely related to reproductive cycle. Minimun size for sexual maturity was reached over 10.0 mm in shell length. The reproductive cycle could be classified into 6 stages : multiplicative (March to April): early growing and growing (May to June), mature (July to August), spent (September), degenerative (October) and recovery (November to February).