• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.37-40
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• 2012

The apidaecins are highly active against Gram-negative bacteria. Here, we show the expression and antibacterial activity of the bumblebee, Bombus ignitus, apidaecin. We PCR-amplified 51 bp of the active domain sequence of the B. ignitus apidaecin gene and expressed the recombinant B. ignitus apidaecin active domain in baculovirus-infected insect cells. The recombinant B. ignitus apidaecin active domain shows bactericidal activity against Gram-negative bacteria, including Pseudomonas tolaasii, a serious pathogen in cultivated mushrooms, but not Gram-positive bacteria. This result suggests that the active domain of the B. ignitus apidaecin is a potential antibacterial agent for the control of bacterial brown blotch diseases.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.317-322
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• 1995

유전자 재조합 단백질 생산을 위한 곤충세포- 배쿨로바이러스 시스템에 있어서, 바이러스에 감염시 키는 시기가 늦을수록 재조합 단백질의 발현이 낮게 나타났다. 이것은 높은 세포농도일수록 단위세포당 낮은 발현율을 의미하므로 재조합 단백질 생산을 위 해 감염시기에 대한 최적화의 필요성을 보여주며, 재조합 단백질의 최대 생산생을 위한 최적 감염시기 의 존재를 실험적으로 업증하였다. 또한 배지에 5% 누에 체액을 보강함으로써 발현율이 증가하였고, 이 것은 누에 체액 첨가로 인해 세포내 바이러스 숫자가 증가하고 감염 후 세포의 생존성이 오래 유지되 는 것에 기 인하는 것으로 생각된다. 고농도 세포배 양을 위해 yeastolate를 첨가하고, 재조합 단백질 발 헌을 위해 누에 체액을 첨가함으로써 ${\beta}$-galactosidase의 생산이 10배 정도 증가하였다.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1997년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.285.2-285
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• 1997

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• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.102-107
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• 1999

To analysis a promoter strength of Atographa californica nucler polyhedrosis virus (AcNPV) IE1 gene, an immediate viral gene, ${\beta}$-glactosidase gene as a reporter gene was introduced under the control of the IE1 promoter. The restriction fragment containing IE1 promoter and ${\beta}$-galctosidase gene from pAcIE1-gal were inserter into pBacPAK9 to yield transfer vector pAcNPV-IE1-gal. The pAcNPV-IE1-gal was cotransfected with AcNPV genomic DNA BacPAK6 into Sf9 cells to produce recombinant baculovirus AcNPV-IE1-gal. In addition, recombinant bacvulovirus AcNPV-gal, which express ${\beta}$-galac-tosidase under the control of the polyhedrin promoter, was constrer, was constructed to compared with AcNPV-IE1-gal. The recombinant viruses were respectively infected into Sf9 cells and characterized by the virus titer and expression of ${\beta}$-galactoxidase in Sf9 cells. The promoter strength of IE1 and polyhedrin promoters was determined by the amount of ${\beta}$-galactosidase secreted into medium by viral infection. The titer of AcNPV-IE1-Gal determined by plaque assays in Sf9 cells was similar to that of AcNPV-gal. However, expression level of ${\beta}$-galactosidase by AcNPV-IE1-gal was significantly lower than that by AcNPV-gal. In conclusion, promoter strength of IE1 was approximately 25-fold lower than that of polyhedrin.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.161-166
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• 2001

Most mammalian cells take up glucose by passive transport proteins in the plasma membranes. The best known of these proteins is the human erythrocyte glucose transporter, GLUT1. High levels of heterologous expression far the transporter are necessary for the investigation of its three-dimensional structure by crystallization. To achieve this, the baculovirus expression system has become popular choice. However, Spodoptera frugiperda Clone 9 (Sf9) cells, which are commonly employed as the host permissive cell line to support baculovirus replication and protein synthesis, grow well on TC-100 medium that contains 0.1% D-glucose as the major carbon source, suggesting the presence of endogenous glucose transporters. Furthermore, very little is known of the endogenous transporters properties of Sf9 cells. Therefore, human GLUT1 antibodies would play an important role for characterization of the GLUT1 expressed in insect cell. However, the successful use of such antibodies for characterization of GLUT1 expression m insect cells relies upon their specificity for the human protein and lack of cross-reaction with endogenous transporters. It is therefore important to determine the potential cross-reactivity of the antibodies with the endogenous insect cell glucose transporters. In the present study, the potential cross-reactivity of the human GLUT1 antibodies with the endogenous insect cell glucose transporters was examined by Western blotting. Neither the antibodies against intact GLUT1 nor those against the C-terminus labelled any band migrating in the region expected fur a protein of M$_r$ comparable to GLUT1, whereas these antibodies specifically recognized the human GLUT1. Specificity of the human GLUT1 antibodies tested was also shown by cross-reaction with the GLUT1 expressed in insect cells. In addition, the insect cell glucose transporter was found to have very low affinity for cytochalasin B, a potent inhibitor of human erythrocyte glucose transporter.

• 대한바이러스학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.225-232
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• 1998

We have expressed GFP in Sf9 and Bm5 cells or Bombyx mori larvae by using Ac-Bm hybrid virus capable of replicating in both Bm5 and Sf9 cells. Genomic DNA of Ac-Bm hybrid virus expressing ${\beta}$-galactosidase was cotransfected with baculovirus transfer vector containing GFP gene, pBacPAK-GFP in Sf9 cells. The Ac-Bm hybrid virus harboring GFP was named as Ac-Bm hybrid virus-GFP. The Ac-Bm hybrid virus-GFP-infected insect cells were easily selected by detecting the emission of GFP from each well of cell culture dish on the UV illuminator. GFP produced by Ac-Bm hybrid virus-GFP in Sf9 and Bm5 cells or B. mori larvae was confirmed by SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis using GFP antibody. In addition, B. mori larvae infected with Ac-Bm hybrid virus-GFP was apparently appeared fluorescence from the whole body at S days postinoculation. The fluorescence of GFP from the hemolymph and fat body of B. mori larvae infected with Ac-Bm hybrid virus-GFP was also observed by fluorescence microscope. In conclusion, our results demonstrated that in baculovirus expression vector system, use of Ac-Bm hybrid virus have an additional advantage of expanded host range for producing recombinant proteins.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2019년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.533-536
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• 2019

재조합 배큘로 바이러스는 배양 된 곤충 세포에서 이종 유전자를 발현하는데 널리 사용된다. 재조합 배큘로 바이러스는 광범위한 포유류 세포 유형에서 재조합 단백질의 발현을위한 유전자 전달 벡터로서 작용할 수있다. 바큘로 바이러스 시스템은 안전성, 대규모 및 높은 수준의 유전자 발현 관점에서 중요한 이점을 갖는다. 본 연구에서는 pOPINEneo-3C-GFP 벡터로부터 재구성 된 바큘로 바이러스 벡터를 사이토 메갈로 바이러스 (CMV) 프로모터, 강화 된 녹색 형광 단백질 (EGFP) 및 p53과 NcoI 및 XhoI로 재조합시켰다. 이러한 재조합 벡터를 다양한 세포 및 세포주에 감염시켰다. 이와 같이 개발 된 바큘로 바이러스 벡터는 재조합 유전자의 전이 및 발현을 통상적 인 벡터와 비교하여 분석 하였다. 이러한 결과는 바큘로 바이러스 벡터가 대조군 벡터보다 전이 및 전이에서 더 높은 효율을 갖는다는 것을 시사한다. 본 연구는 과학 기술부, 한국 정보 기술 진흥 기금 (MSIP)이 후원하는 한국 연구 재단(NRF)을 통해 중견 연구원 프로그램 (NRF-2016R1A2B4016552)을 통해 지원되었다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2002

We have cloned cDNAs encoding toxin from the spider, Araneus ventricosus, and constructed a recombinant baculovirus expressing the insecticidal toxin. The cDNAs encoding toxin were cloned from the cDNA library of A. ventricosus. Sequence analysis of the cDNAs encoding the toxin of A. ventricosus revealed that the 240 bp cDNA for AvTox-1 and 192 bp cDNA for AvTox-2 have an open reading frame of 80 and 64 amino acid residues, respectively. The deduced protein sequence of the toxin genes of AvTox-1 and AvTox-2 was aligned to that of the snack Anemonia sulcata and scorpion Centruroides limpidus limpidus, respectively. Northern blot analysis indicated that AvTox-2 toxin gene showed a fat body-spe-cific expression pattern at the transcriptional level. Furthermore, we have explored the possibility of improving baculovirus by incorporating the A. vontricosus toxin gene into Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis virus genome under the control of polyhedrin promoter, The AvTox-2 toxin gene was expressed as approximately 5.8 kDa band in the recombinant baculovirus-injected silkworm larvae. Bioassays with the recombinant virus expressing AvTox-2 on 5th instar silkworm larvae demonstrated a decrease in the time to kill $(LT_{50} days)$ compared to wild-type BmNPV-Kl $(LT_{50} 6.72 days)$ in the injection of 10 viruses. These results indicate that A. ventricosus toxin is a novel member of the spider toxin family, suggesting that the toxin gene can be used in recombinant baculoviruses to reduce insect feeding damage and increase the speed of insect kill.

• BMB Reports
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.717-724
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• 2005

The nontoxic B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB) can significantly increase the ability of proteins to induce immunological tolerance after oral administration, when it was conjugated to various proteins. Recombinant CTB offers great potential for treatment of autoimmune disease. Here we firstly investigated the feasibility of silkworm baculovirus expression vector system for the cost-effective production of CTB under the control of a strong polyhedrin promoter. Higher expression was achieved via introducing the partial non-coding and coding sequences (ATAAAT and ATGCCGAAT) of polyhedrin to the 5' end of the native CTB gene, with the maximal accumulation being approximately 54.4 mg/L of hemolymph. The silkworm bioreactor produced this protein vaccine as the glycoslated pentameric form, which retained the GM1-ganglioside binding affinity and the native antigenicity of CTB. Further studies revealed that mixing with silkworm-derived CTB increases the tolerogenic potential of insulin. In the nonconjugated form, an insulin : CTB ratio of 100 : 1 was optimal for the prominent reduction in pancreatic islet inflammation. The data presented here demonstrate that the silkworm bioreactor is an ideal production and delivery system for an oral protein vaccine designed to develop immunological tolerance against autoimmune diabetes and CTB functions as an effective mucosal adjuvant for oral tolerance induction.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2002

A TGF-${\beta}1$/GFP monomeric fusion protein was cloned from pPK9A and pGFP-Cl plasmid by PCR amplification. The fusion protein was expressed in a $Bac-To-Bac^{TM}$ baculovirus expression system. A 45 kDa fusion protein was purified using an Ni-NTA column with 300 mM imidazol from a cell lysate infected with recombinant viruses for 72 h post-infection. The fusion protein cross-reacted with the commercial $TGF-{\beta}1$ polyclonal Ab as well as Ab raised against a precursor, monomeric $TGF-{\beta}1$, and GFP. The binding activity of the fusion protein with a $TGF-{\beta}1$ receptor was examined. Fluorescence was observed in Mv1Lu cells, yet not in insect cells treated with the fusion protein. No fluorescence was detected in Mv1Lu cells incubated with the fusion protein treated with Ab prior to the binding reaction, or with GFP alone, thereby indicating that the binding of the fusion protein was specific to $TGF-{\beta}1$ with a receptor.