• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Embryo Transfer Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.69-69
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 1995.06a
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• pp.159-164
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• 1995

• Journal of fish pathology
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.95-103
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• 1994

We have prepared cDNA libray of loach. M. mizolepis in order to isolate cDNA clone of growth hormone gene. Total RNA was isolated from pituitary of loach, and then mRNA was further purified from total RNA by oligo (dT)-coupled magnetic beads. The purified mRNA was used as substrates to prepare cDNA. The resulting cDNA was ligated into the EcoRV/Smal site of pBlueKS+. The ligation mixture have transformed E. coli JM109 strain with electroporator to obtain high yield of transformation efficiency. All the transformants was screened with DIG-labeled Tilapia growth hormone gene by high density colony hybridization. After isolating 10 putative colonies showing the positive signals, secondary colony hybridization and southern hybridization could confirm it as true clones. The nucleotide sequence of one candidate, pCGHI, was compared with 312 bp DNA fragment used as DNA probe and show 52% relative homology to Tilapia growth hormone gene.

• The Monthly Diabetes
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• s.220
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• pp.12-13
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• 2008

간은 체내에서 영양소의 합성, 분해, 저장, 운반, 대사산물의 처리 능력을 가지고 있어 '인체 내의 거대한 화학공장'이라고도 한다. 인슐린과 글루카곤은 에너지 대사 조절에 관여하는 호르몬으로 간 내에서 당의 대사에 도움을 준다. 하지만 이 호르몬들의 정상적인 대사는 인슐린저항성과 제 2형 당뇨병에 의해 방해를 받게 된다. 따라서 간수치가 높아 간질환이 동반되는 당뇨병의 경우에는 혈당조절에 더욱 어려움이 있다. 간기능 향상에 도움을 주며 혈당도 조절을 잘 하기 위해 어떻게 식사를 해야 하는지 알아보자.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.218-219
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• 2002

어류의 성 성숙중의 암컷 혈액에는 수컷에서는 출현하지 않는 암컷 특이 난황 단백질, 즉 난황 전구 물질 (vitellogenin, VTG)이 출현한다. 이 물질은 자성호르몬 (17$\beta$-estradiol, E2)의 영향에 의해 간에서 합성되며 발달중인 난소에 들어간 후 난모세포의 난황물질을 구축하고, 수정 후 배 발생 중에 영양물질로써 이용된다(Wallace and Selman,1981). 또한, VTG는 미성숙한 암컷 및 수컷에 E2처리에 의해 합성되어지기도 한다(Mommsen and Walsh, 1988). (중략)

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.329-337
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• 1992

Studies were carried out to investigate changes of lipid and carbohydrate contents in the hemolymph of the Oriental tobacco budworm(Helicoverpa assulta (Guenee» adults during flight and hormonal effects on mobilization of energy sources in the hemolymph. During a few minutes after flight, both sexes showed a rapid increase in lipid content and the high level was maintained for about 2 hours. But carbohydrate content in the hemolymph during flight showed almost no change but a slight increase seen during the first 10 min of flight in males only. Synthetic adipokinetic(Lom-AKH- n), hypertrehalosemic(Bld-HrTH) hormones and brain/ corpora cardiaca extract of H. assulta adult elevated lipid and carbohydrate contents in hemolymph and the effect was much more pronounced for lipid. These results suggested that lipid is a main fuel for flight activity and lipid mobilization is under the hormonal control. And this study showed that both adipokinetic and hypertrehalosemic factors may exist in H. assulta and these factors may have similar structures to those of Mas-AKH, Hez-HrTH, Lom-AKH- n or Pea-HrTH.

• 대한생식의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1994.10a
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• pp.40-40
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• 1994

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.282-290
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• 1997

Hepatocytes of Anguilla japonica have been prepared using a collagenase perfusion technique. The isolated cells attached efficiently to fibronectin-coated culture dishes and subsequently formed monolayers in serum-free medium. These cultures maintained in appropriate medium at least for 10 days with minimal cell loss. The effects of estradiol and pituitary hormones on vitellogenin (Vg) synthesis were examined in primary hepatocyte culture of the immature eels. In fish, as in other oviparous vertebrates, estrogen is a major inducer of Vg synthesis. However, $estradiol-17\beta(E_2)$ alone was insufficient to induce Vg synthesis in cultures of eel hepatocytes. Combination of $E_2$ with growth hormone (GH) and/or prolactin (PRL) markedly stimulated Vg synthesis. Even in cultures exposed to $E_2$ or precultured without hormones for 8 days, $E_2$ alone could not fully induce Vg synthesis. The synthesis of Vg was dramatically increased when hepatocytes were cultured in medium supplemented with $E_{2}+GH+PRL$ for 6 days. At this point, even though GH and/or PRL were eliminated from the medium, Vg synthesis was not influenced by these factors during culture of further 3 days. These results indicate that pituitary hormones, in particular GH and PRL, play important roles in the regulation of Vg synthesis in primary cultures of eel hepatocytes.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.9-15
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• 2010

Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is detected at a rate of 1 in 3,000 to 4,000 live births, making it the most common congenital endocrine disorder worldwide. CH is most commonly caused by defects in thyroid development leading to thyroid dysgenesis or dyshormonogenesis. Congenital hypothyroidism is usually sporadic, but up to 2% of cases of thyroid dysgenesis are familial, and CH caused by organification defects is often inherited in a recessive manner. The candidate genes associated with this genetically heterogeneous disorder fall into two main groups: those causing thyroid gland dysgenesis and those causing dyshormonogenesis. Genes associated with thyroid gland dysgenesis include the TSHR gene in nonsyndromic CH, and Gsa and the thyroid transcription factor (TTF-1, TTF-2, and Pax-8) genes, which are associated with different complex syndromes that include CH. Among genes associated with dyshormonogenesis, the TPO and TG genes were initially described, and more recently PDS, NIS, and THOX2 gene defects. There is some evidence for a third group of CH conditions associated with iodothyronine transporter defects that are, in turn, associated with severe neurological sequelae.

• Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.7-39
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• 2002

The extensive variation in human cutaneous pigmentation is mainly due to differences in the rate of melanin synthesis by epidermal melanocytes, the relative amounts of eumelanin and pheomelanin synthesized, and the manner and rate of transfer of melanosomes from melanocytes to keratinocytes. Pigmentation is a complex trait that is regulated genetically and environmentally. One gene that has been receiving a lot of attention is the gene for the melanocortin 1 receptor The extensive polymorphism of this gene in human populations suggests its significance in the diversity of pigmentation. Exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UV) results in increased synthesis of a variety of growth factors, cytokines and hormones, and in modulation of their receptors in the epidermis. Knowledge about the regulation of pigmentation has led to strategies for clinical treatment of hyperpigmented skin lesions. Three main strategies are: 1) the use of chemicals that interfere with the melanin synthetic pathway, 2) the design of peptides or peptide-mimetics based on the structure of hormones that regulate eumelanin synthesis, and 3) the use of agents that reduce melanosome transfer from melanocytes to keratinocytes. All three strategies are expected to induce hypopigmentation, by inhibiting total melanin synthesis, eumelanin production, or the epidermal melanin unit, respectively.