• 원예과학기술지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.665-676
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 기후변화로 인한 온도상승에 따른 과실 착색 불량 등의 문제를 해결하는데 필요한 기초자료를 제공하고자 고온에 의해 과피에서 발현되는 유전자들의 발현 양상 특성을 분석하였다. '하례조생'과 '부지화' 감귤 과실을 숙기 별로 수확하여 온도 조건(25, 30, $35^{\circ}C$)을 처리하고 당대사, 과피 착색, 세포벽 연화에 관련된 유전자들의 발현을 확인하였다. 유전자들은 '하례조생'과 '부지화'에서 각각 다른 양상으로 발현하였는데, beta-amylase(BMY), phenylalanine ammonia-lyase(PAL), chalcone synthase(CHS), flavanone 3-hydroxylase(F3H) 등의 유전자 발현은 대체적으로 유도되었고, polygalacturonase(PG) 유전자는 발현이 감소되는 경향이었다. '하례조생'은 과피 착색과 관련된 유전자인 CHS와 F3H는 성숙이 진행된 2-3단계에서 $25^{\circ}C$에 비해 고온에서 유전자 발현이 감소하였으며, PAL과 stilbene synthase(STS) 유전자는 $25^{\circ}C$에 비해 $30-35^{\circ}C$ 처리구에서 유전자 발현이 증가하였다. 2-3단계의 '부지화'에서는 BMY 유전자가 $25^{\circ}C$에 비해 $30-35^{\circ}C$에서 유전자 발현이 증가하였으며, F3H와 STS 유전자의 발현은 과실 성숙단계에서 모두 감소하는 경향이었고 온도의 영향은 크지 않았다. 성숙 1, 2단계에서 유전자의 발현 양상은 두 품종 모두에서 대체로 비슷한 경향이었는데, 3단계에서 '부지화' 과실의 유전자 발현은 '하례조생'과는 다르게 감소하는 경향이었다. 성숙이 진행되는 감귤류인 '하례조생'에서 '부지화'에 비해 7종류의 유전자의 발현이 많았으며, 고온에 따른 반응의 차이도 크게 나타났다. 본 연구에서 도출한 결과를 바탕으로 과실의 전사체를 분석함으로써 고온에 의한 감귤 과실의 성숙불량 문제를 이해하는 주요한 정보를 획득할 수 있을 것이다

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.483-489
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• 2005

To understand the molecular mechanisms that regulate intramuscular fat deposition and its release, cDNA clones expressed in adipose tissues of Korean cattle were identified by differential screening from adipose tissue cDNA library. By partial nucleotide sequencing of 486 clones and a search for sequence similarity in NCBI nucleotide databases, 245 clones revealed unique clones. By a functional grouping of the clones, 14% of the clones were categorized to metabolism and enzyme-related group (stearoyl CoA desaturase, lactate dehydrogenase, fatty acid synthase, ATP citrate lyase, lipoprotein lipase, acetyl CoA synthetase, etc), and 6% to signal transduction/cell cycle-related group (C/EBP, cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein, calmodulin, cyclin G1, cyclin H, etc), and 4% to cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix components (vimentin, ankyrin 2, gelosin, syntenin, talin, prefoldin 5). The obtained 245 clones will be useful to study lipid metabolism and signal transduction pathway in adipose tissues and to study obesity in human. Some clones were subjected to full-sequencing containing open reading frame. The cDNA clone of bovine homolog of human prefoldin 5 gene had a total length of 959 nucleotides coding for 139 amino acids. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequences of bovine prefoldin 5 with those of human and mouse showed over 95% identity. The cDNA clone of bovine homolog of human ubiquitin-like/S30 ribosomal fusion protein gene had a total length of 484 nucleotides coding for 133 amino acids. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequences of bovine ubiquitin-like/S30 ribosomal fusion protein gene with those of human, rat and mouse showed over 97% identity. The cDNA clone of bovine homolog of human proteolipid protein 2 mRNA had a total length of 928 nucleotides coding for 152 amino acids. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequences of bovine proteolipid protein 2 with those of human and mouse showed 87.5% similarity. The cDNA clone of bovine homolog of rat thymosin beta 4 had a total length of 602 nucleotides coding for 44 amino acids. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequences of bovine thymosin beta 4 gene with those of human, mouse and rat showed 93.1% similarity. The cDNA clone of bovine homolog of human myotrophin mRNA had a total length of 790 nucleotides coding for 118 amino acids. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequences of bovine myotrophin gene with those of human, mouse and rat showed 83.9% similarity. The functional role of these clones in adipose tissues needs to be established.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.664-672
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• 2012

인공광원으로써, 단색 파장을 갖고 있는 발광다이오드(light-emitting diode; LED)는 밀폐형 식물생산시스템에서 사용될 수 있다. 가시광선의 다양한 파장범위 사이에서, 각각의 스펙트럼들은 식물의 생육과 발달에 특징적인 영향을 유도한다. 이번 연구는 단색 발광다이오드에 따른 적축면 상추('선망')와 청축면 상추('그랜드래피드 TBR')의 엽형, 생장 및 기능성 물질의 영향을 구명하고자 실시하였다. 정상적인 환경 조건($20^{\circ}C$, 형광등 + 고압나트륨등, $130{\pm}5{\mu}mmol{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}$, 광주기 12시간)에서 18일간 자란 상추 묘를 다양한 LED 광원(청색 LED, 456nm; 녹색 LED, 518nm; 적색 LED, 654nm; 백색 LED, 456nm + 558nm)이 설치된 같은 환경 조건($20^{\circ}C$, $130{\pm}7{\mu}mmol{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}$, 광주기 12시간)의 인큐베이터에 정식하였다. 엽장, 엽폭, 엽면적, 지상부 지하부의 생체중 및 건물중, 지상부/지하부 비율, 엽록소 함량, 총 페놀 농도, 항산화도, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase(PAL) 유전자의 발현 정도를 정식 후 9일과 23일째에 측정하였다. 두 상추 품종의 엽형지수는 청색 LED와 백색 LED 처리에서 모든 기간 동안 대조구와 비슷한 결과를 보였다. 그러나 적색 LED와 녹색 LED 처리는 다른 처리보다 엽형을 길게 유도하였다. 녹색 LED 처리는 상추 생육에 부정적인 영향을 보였다. 지상부 지하부의 생체중 및 건물중, 엽면적과 같은 생육 특성의 대부분은 두 축면 상추 모두 적색 LED 처리에서 가장 높았다. 적축면의 경우 정식 후 23일째에 적색 LED 처리의 지상부 생체중은 녹색 LED 처리보다 3.8배 높았다. 반면, 상추의 엽록소, 총 페놀 농도, 항산화도는 생육과 반대의 경향을 보였다. 청색 LED 처리에서 자란 상추의 엽록소 함량, 총 페놀 농도, 항산화도는 다른 LED 처리에 비해 유의적으로 높은 값을 보였으며, PAL 유전자 또한 정식 후 9일째 청색 LED에서 가장 높은 발현 정도를 나타냈다. 따라서 이 실험을 통해서 광질은 상추의 생육, 형태 및 기능성물질의 축적에 중요한 요소로 작용한다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.35-46
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• 2021

Background: The present investigation explored the therapeutic actions of oleuropein along with the possible signaling pathway involved in attenuating neuropathic pain in chronic constriction injury (CCI) and vincristine-induced neuropathic pain in male rats. Methods: Four loose ligatures were placed around the sciatic nerve to induce CCI, and vincristine (50 ㎍/kg) was injected for 10 days to develop neuropathic pain. The development of cold allodynia, mechanical allodynia, and mechanical hyperalgesia was assessed using different pain-related behavioral tests. The levels of H2S, cystathionine-γ-lyase (CSE), cystathionine-β-synthase (CBS), orexin, and nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) were measured in the sciatic nerve. Results: Treatment with oleuropein for 14 days led to significant amelioration of behavioral manifestations of neuropathic pain in two pain models. Moreover, oleuropein restored both CCI and vincristine-induced decreases in H2S, CSE, CBS, orexin, and Nrf2 levels. Co-administration of suvorexant, an orexin receptor antagonist, significantly counteracted the pain-attenuating actions of oleuropein and Nrf2 levels without modulating H2S, CSE and CBS. Conclusions: Oleuropein has therapeutic potential to attenuate the pain manifestations in CCI and vincristine-induced neuropathic pain, possibly by restoring the CSE, CBS, and H2S, which may subsequently increase the expression of orexin and Nrf2 to ameliorate behavioral manifestations of pain.

• 한국발생생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국발생생물학회 2003년도 제3회 국제심포지움 및 학술대회
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• pp.67-67
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• 2003

Tributyltin chloride (TBTCI) is an organotin compounds that have been widely used as antifouling agents and bioaccumulated in the food chain. TBTCI has been known to induce imposex in female gastropods. There are several reports that TBTCI increased testosterone level and inhibited the conversion of testosterone to estradiol by the aromatase cytochrome P450 enzyme. In this studies, we investigated the effects of TBTCI on steroidogenesis in testes, We dosed to 4-week-old Spragus-Dawleys (SD) male rats with TSTCI (0, 1, 5, 10, and 20mg/kg/day) daily by gavage for 14 days. TBTCI significantly decreased the weights of seminal vesicle, prostate, cowper's gland and LABC at 10 and 20mg/kg/day but significantly Increased the weights of liver at 10 and 20mg/kg/day and adrenals at 20mg/kg/day. mRNA levels of steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) and P450 aromatase were decreased and mRNA levels of cytochrome P450 17$\alpha$-hydroxylase/$C_{17-20}$ lyase (P450c17) were increased by TBTCI. TBTCI significantly increased serum testosterone level in dose-dependent manner. From above results, we found that TBTCI altered mRNA levels of enzymes related steroidogenesis, weights of organs and serum testosterone levels. This suggests that change of hormone levels may be due to alteration of mRNA levels of steroidogenic enzyme in testes, but further studies are necessary to investigate hormone levels in testis organ in order to find a relation of enzyme related to steroidogenesis with hormone levels. This work was supported by the Korea FDA Grant KFDA-03131-EDS-010.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.275-281
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• 2013

Low temperature is one of the major environmental factors that affect productivity including reduced growth and budding of vines, and changes of metabolic processes in grape (Vitis spp.). To screen the specific expression of abiotic stress-related genes against cold treatment in 'Kyoho' and 'Campbell Early' grapevines, expression of various defense-related genes was investigated by RT-PCR and real-time PCR. Among the 67 genes analyzed by RT-PCR and real-time PCR, 17 and 16 types of cDNA were up-regulated, while 5 and 6 types were down-regulated in cold-treated 'Kyoho' and 'Campbell Early' grapevines, respectively. Genes encoding carotene (Cart3564 and Cart4472), chalcone isomerase (CHI), cytochrome P450 (CYP), flavonol synthase (FLS), endo-${\beta}$-glucanase precursor (Glu), glutathione peroxidase (GPX), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), leucine-rich repeats (LRR), manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD), phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP), proline rich protein 2 (PRP2), small heat shock protein (sHSP), temperature induced lipocalin (TIL), and thaumatin-like protein (TLP) were up-regulated, while those encoding CBF like transcription factor (CBF1), chitinase-like protein (CLP), cold induced protein (CIP), glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT), and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) were down-regulated by low temperature treatment in both in 'Kyoho' and 'Campbell Early'.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1868-1873
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• 2006

A novel microorganism that could degrade high molecular weight gellan was screened and isolated from soil. On gellan plate, the microorganism grew well and completely liquefied the plate. The gellan-degrading microorganism was isolated by pure culture on glucose and nutrient agar medium afterwards. The 16S rDNA sequence analysis and biochemical tests using an API 50CHB/20E kit revealed that the strain belonged to Bacillus sp. The isolate, named as Bacillus sp. YJ-1, showed optimum gellan-degrading activity in 0.5% gellan medium at pH 7.5 and 37$^{\circ}C$. The activity was measured and evaluated by the thiobarbituric acid and thin-layer chromatography method. Mass spectrometry revealed that the major gellan.. depolymerized product was an unsaturated tetrasaccharide consisting of $\Delta$4,5-glucuronic acid-(1$\rightarrow$4 )-$\beta$-D-glucose-(1$\rightarrow$4)- $\alpha$-L-rhamnose-(1$\rightarrow$3)-$\beta$-D-glucose, which is a dehydrated repeating unit of gellan, thus the enzyme was identified as gellan lyase. When the gellan was present in the medium, the gellan-degrading activity was much higher than that in glucose-grown cells. These results indicate that in the presence of gellan, Bacillus sp. YJ-1 is able to metabolize the gellan by inducing gellan-degrading enzymes that can degrade gellan into small molecular weight oligosaccharides, and then the gellan. depolymerized products are taken up by the cells and utilized by intracellular enzymes.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.379-386
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• 2011

The objective of this work was to investigate the ability of the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Pseudomonas aureofaciens 63-28 to induce plant defense systems, including defense-related enzyme levels and expression of defense-related isoenzymes, and isoflavone production, leading to improved resistance to the phytopathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG-4 in soybean seedlings. Seven-day-old soybean seedlings were inoculated with P. aureofaciens 63-28, R. solani AG-4, or P. aureofaciens 63-28 plus R. solani AG-4 (P+R), or not inoculated (control). After 7 days of incubation, roots treated with R. solani AG-4 had obvious damping-off symptoms, but P+R-treated soybean plants had less disease development, indicating suppression of R. solani AG-4 in soybean seedlings. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities of R. solani AG-4-treated roots increased by 24.6% and 54.0%, respectively, compared with control roots. Ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) activities of R. solani AG-4-treated roots were increased by 75.1% and 23.6%, respectively. Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity in soybean roots challenged with P. aureofaciens 63-28 and P+R increased by 25.0% and 11.6%, respectively. Mn-SOD (S1 band on gel) and Fe-SOD (S2) were strongly induced in P+R-treated roots, whereas one CAT (C1) and one APX (A3) were strongly induced in R. solani AG-4- treated roots. The total isoflavone concentration in P+Rtreated shoots was 27.2% greater than the control treatment. The isoflavone yield of R. solani AG-4-treated shoots was 60.9% less than the control.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.169-176
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 쓴메밀 새싹 추출물(TBS)을 대상으로 histone acetyltransferase(HAT) 활성 저해능을 평가하고 oleic acid와 palmitic acid(OPA)를 이용하여 HepG2 세포에서 비알코올성 지방간을 유도하여 그 효과를 검토하였다. HeLa 세포의 nuclear extract(NE)를 HAT의 source로 하여 in vitro에서 TBS에 의한 HAT 활성 저해능을 평가한 결과 추출물의 처리에 의하여 HAT 활성이 억제됨을 관찰할 수 있었다. 또한, 대표적인 HAT 단백질인 p300과 CBP를 이용하여 동일한 방식으로 HAT 억제능을 평가한 결과 TBS 처리에 의하여 두 단백질 모두 활성이 감소하였으며, 특히 TBS는 p300의 활성을 특이적으로 저해함을 확인할 수 있었다. 그뿐만 아니라 HepG2 세포에 $400{\mu}M$의 oleic acid 및 $100{\mu}M$의 palmitic acid와 함께 $200{\mu}g/mL$, $500{\mu}g/mL$의 TBS를 처리한 후 NE를 이용하여 세포 내 HAT 활성을 측정한 결과 역시 추출물 처리에 의하여 세포 내 HAT 활성이 저해되어 있음이 관찰되었다. TBS에 의한 HAT 활성의 억제는 세포 내 다양한 단백질들의 아세틸화 저해와 지질축적에 의하여 아세틸화 변형을 일으키는 것으로 알려진 histone H3K9, H4K8의 아세틸화 및 H3K36의 아세틸화를 감소시켰으며, 세포 내 지질합성과 관련된 대표적 유전자인 SREBP1c, ACLY, FAS의 전사 활성 역시 저해함을 관찰하였다. 이와 같은 변화를 통하여 OPA에 의하여 HepG2 세포 내에 축적되었던 지질은 TBS의 처리에 의하여 효과적으로 감소하였으며 이때 처리된 OPA와 소재에 의한 세포 내 독성은 관찰되지 않았다. 그러므로 이러한 결과는 TBS에 의한 HAT 활성의 저해가 히스톤 단백질의 아세틸활 변형을 억제하고 이를 통하여 지방 합성 관련 유전자들의 전사 활성을 감소시켜 결과적으로 세포 내 지질축적을 방지하는 것으로 생각되며, TBS은 비알코올성 지방간질환의 예방에 좋은 천연물 소재로 활용될 수 있을 것이라 여겨진다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.315-321
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• 1994

Pleurotus ostreatus로부터 glyoxalase I(S-lactoyl-glutathione methylglyoxal lyase, EC 4.4.1.5)이 S-hexylglutathione affinity chromatography, Sephadex G-150 gel permeation chromatography, DEA-sepharose A-50 CL-6B ion exchange chromatography를 통해 순수 분리되었다. 이 결과, 전체 활성도의 21.7% fmf 수확하였으며, 분리 배수는 2,294 배 이었다. Gel filtration chromatography로 측정한 효소의 분자량은 34 kDa이며, SDS-PAGE 결과 본 효소는 분자량 17 kDa인 동일한 소단위체 두 개로 구성된 이합체라고 생각된다. Methylglyoxal과 phenylglyoxal에 대한 $K_m$ 값은 각각 0.39 mM 과 0.22 mM 이며 L-xylosone과 hydroxypyruvaldehyde에 대해서도 강한 친화력을 보여주었고, pH 6.5~7.5, $35~45^{\circ}C$에서 활성도가 가장 높았다. 이 효소의 반응 과정을 핵자기공 명분광법으로 분석한 결과, 분자내의 양성자 전달과정이 뚜렷이 관찰되었다.