• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.457-463
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• 2008

The sex steroid hormone estradiol-$17{\beta}(E_2)$ mediate their biological effects on development, differentiation and maintenance of reproductive tract and other target tissue through gene regulation by nuclear steroid receptors. Although the importance of $E_2$ in many physiological process has been reported, but little is known about the effects of $E_2$ on primary cultured chicken hepatocyte. therefore, in the present study, we have examined the effect of $E_2$ on cell proliferation and it's related signal cascades. $E_2$ increase $[^3H]$-thymidine incorporation in time-(${\leq}8hr$) and dose-($10^{-10}M$)dependent manner and treatment of $E_2$ increased the phosphorylation of p44/43 MAPKs(p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinase) and JNK(c-Jun N-terminal kinase) in a time dependent manner. In addition, PD98059(p44/42 blocker, $10^{-5}M$), SP600125(JNK blocker, $10^{-6}M$) blocked the estrogen-induced increase in $[^3H]$-thymidine incorporation. In conclusion, $E_2$ stimulates the proliferation of primary cultured chicken hepatocytes and this action is mediated by p44/42 MAPKs and JNK signal transduction pathway.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.172-184
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• 2021

Objective: Vanin1 (VNN1) is a pantetheinase that can catalyze the hydrolysis of pantetheine to produce pantothenic acid and cysteamine. Our previous studies showed that VNN1 is specifically expressed in chicken liver. In this study, we aimed to investigate the roles of peroxisome proliferators activated receptor α (PPARα) and miRNA-181a-5p in regulating VNN1 gene expression in chicken liver. Methods: 5'-RACE was performed to identify the transcription start site of chicken VNN1. JASPAR and TFSEARCH were used to analyze the potential transcription factor binding sites in the promoter region of chicken VNN1 and miRanda was used to search miRNA binding sites in 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) of chicken VNN1. We used a knock-down strategy to manipulate PPARα (or miRNA-181a-5p) expression levels in vitro to further investigate its effect on VNN1 gene transcription. Luciferase reporter assays were used to explore the specific regions of VNN1 targeted by PPARα and miRNA-181a-5p. Results: Sequence analysis of the VNN1 promoter region revealed several transcription factor-binding sites, including hepatocyte nuclear factor 1α (HNF1α), PPARα, and CCAAT/enhancer binding protein α. GW7647 (a specific agonist of PPARα) increased the expression level of VNN1 mRNA in chicken primary hepatocytes, whereas knockdown of PPARα with siRNA increased VNN1 mRNA expression. Moreover, the predicted PPARα-binding site was confirmed to be necessary for PPARα regulation of VNN1 gene expression. In addition, the VNN1 3'UTR contains a sequence that is completely complementary to nucleotides 1 to 7 of miRNA-181a-5p. Overexpression of miR-181a-5p significantly decreased the expression level of VNN1 mRNA. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that PPARα is an important transcriptional activator of VNN1 gene expression and that miRNA-181a-5p acts as a negative regulator of VNN1 expression in chicken hepatocytes.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.60-66
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• 1999

Diethylnitrosamine (DEN) is known as a potential hepatic carcinogen by single administration. This study was designed to measure the effects of DEN-induced cell damage on the triglyceride and cholesterol concentration in the liver, excluding dietary effects. Fertilized chicken eggs, 10 days before hatching, were randomly divided into three groups (n=20) and each egg was injected 10 ${mu}ell$ of corn oil (vehicle control), 5 $\mu\textrm{g}$ of DEN/10 ${mu}ell$ of DEN/10 ${mu}ell$ into yolk via air sac. After 48 hr and 96 hr incubation, the damage of the chick-embryo liver cell was investigated by electron microscopy and by measuring the concentration of lipid components (total cholesterol, free cholesterol, phospholipid and triglyceride). For eggs administered 10 $\mu\textrm{g}$ of DEN and incuvated 96 hr, in hepatocyte, the nucleus membrane was roughed, the size of nucleolus was apparently increased and euchromatin was accumulated. Mitochondria were condensed and cristae, located mitochondiral inner membrane, were obscured. Additionally, the leaves of triglyceride and cholesterol classes were significantly increased depend on the amount treated with 10 $\mu\textrm{g}$ DEN at 96 hr, but phospholipids component of cell membrane, were decreased with significance. As a conclusion, carcinogen induced hepatic lesion was correlated with the changes in lipid component of liver.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.253-260
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• 2018

$HNF4{\alpha}$ 유전자는 인간의 지질 수송 및 대사에 관여하는 간 전사인자로써, 닭의 지방 축적에 관련된 잠재적 후보유전자로 선정하였다. 선행연구에서 보고된 $HNF4{\alpha}$ 유전자 내 A543G SNP은 외래 육계뿐만 아니라, 외래 육계와 유전적 차이를 가지는 한국 재래계의 생시체중과 생체중에 유의적 연관성을 보인 바 있으나, 해당 SNP의 정확한 위치는 보고된 바 없다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 sequencing을 통하여 A543G SNP의 정확한 위치를 파악하고, A543G SNP의 주변 부위의 한국 재래계의 산육형질에 유의적 연관성이 있는 SNP을 파악하고자 하였다. Genomic DNA는 128수의 한국재래계의 혈액을 이용하여 추출하였으며, PCR 뒤 sequencing에 사용되었다. Sequencing 결과, 증폭범위 내에서 총 14개의 SNP가 탐색되었으며, 이 중 $HNF4{\alpha}$ 유전자의 intron 4 상에서 기존에 보고되지 않은 1개의 새로운 SNP를 발견하였다. 확인된 14개의 SNP 중 rs731246957과 rs736159604가 재래계의 생시체중 및 생체중에 유의적 연관성(P<0.001)을 보였다. rs731246957은 닭의 20번 염색체의 5,566,970번째에 위치하며, 선행논문에서 체중과의 연관성이 보고된 A543G SNP인 것으로 확인되었으며, 기존의 연구결과와 유사한 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 반면에 선행논문에서 닭의 성장형질과의 연관성이 보고된 적 없는 rs736159604 SNP는 GG 유전자형 그룹이 GA, AA 유전자형 그룹에 비해 꾸준히 높은 체중 관측치를 보였으며, 특히 40주령의 체중은 다른 유전자형 그룹에 비해 약 1.8배 높게 관측되었다. 뿐만 아니라 신규 발견한 SNP의 T allele을 가지는 계군이 G allele을 가지는 계군보다 성장면에서 고능력을 보이는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 본 연구결과는 한국재래계의 산육형질과 연관된 후보유전자로써 $HNF4{\alpha}$ 유전자의 기초정보를 제공하며, 해당 유전자내 특정 단일염기의 변이가 재래계의 체중 관련 유전자 마커로 유용하게 활용 가능할 것을 시사한다.