• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.353-359
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• 1994

Pseudomonas sp. P20 was a bacterial isolate which has the ability to degrade 4-chlorobi- phenyl(4CB) to 4-chlorobenzoic acid via the process of meta-cleavage. The recombinant plasmid pCK1 was constructed by insetting the 14-kb EcoRI fragment of the chromosomal DNA containing the 4CB-degrading genes into the vector pBluescript SK(+). Subsequently, E. coli XL1-Blue was transformed with the hybrid plasmid producing the recombinant E. coli CK1. The recombinant cells degraded 4CB and 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl(2,3-DHBP) by the pcbAB and pcbCD gene products, respectively. The pcbC gene was expressed most abundantly at the late exponential phase in E. coli CK1 as well as in Pseudomonas sp. P20, and the level of the pcbC gene product, 2,3-DHBP dioxygenase, expressed in E. coli CK1 was about two-times higher than in Pseudomonas sp. P20. The activities of 2,3-DHBP dioxygenase on catechol and 3-methylcatechol were about 26 to 31% of its activity on 2,3-DHBP, but the enzyme did not reveal any activities on 4-methylcatechol and 4-chlorocatechol.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.152-157
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• 2003

Diesel-contaminated soils were ozonated for different times (0 - 900 min) and incubated for 9 wk to monitor petroleum hydrocarbons (PH)-degradative potential of indigenous microorganisms in the soils. Increased ozonation time decreased not only concentration of PH but also number of microorganisms in the soils. Microorganisms in the ozonated soils increased during 9-wk incubation as monitored by culture- and nonculture-based methods. Higher (1-2 orders of magnitude) cell number was observed by quantitative analysis of soil DNA using probes detecting genes encoding 165 rRNA(rrn), naphthalene dioxygenase (nahA), toluene dioxygenase (todC), and alkane hydroxylase (alkB) than microbial abundance estimated by culture-based methods. Such PH-degraders were relatively a few or under detection limit in 900-min ozonated soil. Further PH-removal observed during the incubation period supported the presence of PH-degraders in ozonated soils. Highest reduction (25.4%) of total PH (TPH) was observed in 180-min ozonated soil white negligible reduction was shown in 900-min ozonated soil during the period, resulting in lowest TPH-concentration in 180-min ozonated soil among the ozonated soils. Microbial community composition in 9-wk incubated soils revealed slight difference between 900-min ozonated and unozonated soils as analyzed by whole cell hybridization using group-specific rRNA-targeted oligonucleotides. Results of this study suggest that appropriate ozonation and subsequent biodegradation by indigenous microorganisms may be a cost-effective and successful remediation strategy for PH-contaminated soils.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2011

The aim of this study was to investigate whether matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitors attenuate neuroinflammation in an ischemic brain following photothrombotic cortical ischemia in mice. Male C57BL/6 mice were anesthetized, and Rose Bengal was systemically administered. Permanent focal ischemia was induced in the medial frontal and somatosensory cortices by irradiating the skull with cold white light. MMP inhibitors, such as doxycycline, minocycline, and batimastat, significantly reduced the cerebral infarct size, and the expressions of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$ (TNF-${\alpha}$), and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). However, they had no effect on the expressions of heme oxygenase-1 and neuroglobin in the ischemic cortex. These results suggest that MMP inhibitors attenuate ischemic brain injury by decreasing the expression levels of MCP-1, TNF-${\alpha}$, and IDO, thereby providing a therapeutic benefit against cerebral ischemia.

• 약학회지
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.314-320
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• 2009

We examined metabolic conversion of cysteine into glutathione (GSH) and taurine in rat liver under oxidative stress. Administration of tert-butylhydroperoxide (t-BHP) into the portal vein of male rats resulted in a rapid elevation of serum sorbitol dehydrogenase, alanine aminotransferase, and aspartate aminotransferase activities, which decreased gradually in 24 hr. Hepatic cysteine concentration was reduced in 3 hr, and recovered progressively, reaching a level greater than 200% of the normal value in 24 hr. GSH was increased both in liver and blood at 9 hr after t-BHP challenge, whereas hypotaurine or taurine was not altered. $\gamma$-Glutamylcysteine synthetase (GCS) activity was increased from 9 hr after t-BHP treatment, but protein expression of the GCS-heavy subunit was not changed in liver. Activity or expression of cysteine dioxygenase was not affected by t-BHP treatment. Taken together, these data show that an acute oxidant challenge to the rats may induce upregulation of cysteine availability and GCS activity, resulting in an enhancement of hepatic GSH synthesis, but the increased cysteine level does not stimulate taurine synthesis via cysteine sulfinate pathway. It is indicated that the regulation of GSH and taurine biosynthesis from cysteine is not solely dependent on the cysteine concentration in rat liver under oxidative stress.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.410-414
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• 1992

난분해계 물질을 분해할 수 있는 균주 개발에 유용한 클로닝백터를 개발하기 위하여, Pseudomonas putida 로부터 유래한 R 플라스미드 pKU10 을 HindIII 로부터 부분소화하여 약 8.5 kb 의 새로운 플라스미드 pKU11 을 조립하고, 여러 숙주세포에서의 안정성 및 catechol 2, 3-dioxygenase 유전자의 클로닝 을 통해 난분해계 유전자클로닝 백터로의 유용성을 조사하였다. pKU11 은 높은 농도의 ampicilin 과 tetracyclin 에 대해서 내성을 나타내었고, P. putida TN1307 에 도입되었을 때 수세대 동안 안정되게 발현되었지만, Pseudomonas 이외의 숙주세포로서 E. coli 와 Achromobacter gr. D. V. 에 도입되었을 낮은 형질전환빈도와 불안정성을 나타내었다. pKU11 의 copy 수는 8 개로 조사되었고, pKU11 에 xylene 분해에 관련된 catechol 2, 3-dioxygenase 유전자를 클로닝 하였을 때 P. putida TN 1307 에서 잘 발현하였다. 따라서 pkU11 은 난 분해계 유전자를 클로닝하는에 Pseudomonas 에서 유용한 벡터로서 쓰일 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Weed & Turfgrass Science
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.191-195
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• 2016

Tefuryltrione is a new hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor, which has been recently registered for the use for paddy rice, Korea. Dose-response studies were conducted to compare rice safety and weed control efficacy of tefuryltrione against Eleocharis kuroguwai. When rice and E. kuroguwai were applied at a range of doses of tefuryltrione, $GR_{90}$ values (the dose required to inhibit weed growth by 90%) of E. kuroguwai were $82.38-93.39g\;a.i.\;ha^{-1}$ in two independent experiments. The $GR_{10}$ values (the dose required to inhibit rice growth by 10%) of tefuryltrione for rice were $297.77-471.54g\;a.i.\;ha^{-1}$. As a result, the selectivity indices ($GR_{10}$ for $rice/GR_{90}$ for E. kuroguwai) of tefuryltrione were 3.19-5.72. Therefore, these results demonstrate that tefuryltrione has a relatively high selectivity between rice and E. kuroguwai with a high herbicidal activity against E. kuroguwai and a good rice safety.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.177-179
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• 2019

미국 뉴저지주 중위도 산림토양에서 부식산(천연 복합유기화합물인 부식질의 주요 구성성분) 분해능이 있는 세균 균주 Pseudomonas kribbensis CHA-19를 분리하였으며, 이후 또 다른 토양 유기물인 리그닌과 리그닌 유래의 페룰산(ferulic acid)과 바릴린산(vanillic acid)의 분해능을 확인하였다. 부식질 초기 저분자화 효소(예, dye-decolorizing peroxidase와 laccase-like multicopper oxidase)와 부식질 유래의 다양한 저분자 분해산물들을 분해하는 효소(예, vanillate O-demethylase와 biphenyl 2,3-dioxygenase)를 탐색하기 위해 CHA-19 게놈염기서열을 분석하였다. 최종 확보한 효소유전자 정보는 토양세균의 부식질 분해경로 제안에 사용되었다.

• BLOOD RESEARCH
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.294-298
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• 2018

Background Production of immunosuppressive enzymes such as indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is one of the strategies employed by hematologic malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML), to circumvent immune surveillance. Moreover, IDO has the ability to convert $CD4^+CD25^-$ conventional T cells into regulatory T cells (Tregs). In this study, we evaluated the expression of IDO in cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia (CN-AML) patients and its correlation with the Treg marker, FOXP3, as well as clinical and laboratory parameters. Methods Thirty-seven newly diagnosed CN-AML patients were enrolled in our study along with 22 healthy individuals. The expression of the IDO and FOXP3 genes was analyzed by SYBR Green real-time PCR. Results Both IDO and FOXP3 were highly upregulated in CN-AML patients compared to control groups (P=0.004 and P=0.031, respectively). A positive correlation was observed between IDO and FOXP3 expression among AML patients (r=0.512, P=0.001). Expression of IDO and FOXP3 showed no significant correlation with laboratory parameters such as white blood cell and platelet counts, hemoglobin levels, bone marrow blast percentage, gender, and FLT3 mutation status (P>0.05). Conclusion Higher IDO expression in CN-AML patients may be associated with an increased Treg phenotype which may promote disease progression and lead to poor prognosis of CN-AML patients.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.275-281
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• 2004

Quinoline (2,3-benzopyridine)을 유일한 탄소원과 질소원, 그리고 에너지원으로 이용하는Pseudomonas sp. NEQ-1을 실험 균주로 사용하였으며, 균주로부터 catechol 1,2-dioxygenase (C1,2O)를 유도하기 위하여 탄소원으로 benzoate를사 용하였다. C1,2O의 효소학적 특징을 조사하기 위하여 benzoate에서 배양한 Pseudomonas sp. NFQ-1을 초음파 분쇄기로 파쇄하고, ammonium sulfate침전과 gel permeation chromatography및 Source 15Q의 과정을 실시하여 C1,2O를 분리 및 정제하였다. 정제된 C1,2O의 특이활성(specific activity)은 14.21 unit/mg으로 나타났으며, SDS-PAGE에 의해 조사된 C1,2O의 분자량은 약 33 kDa이었다. Cl,2O는 catechol과 4-methylcatechol 및 3-methylcatechol에 대해서 효소활성을 나타내는 것으로 확인되었다. C1,2O의 Km은 38.54 ${\mu}M$로 측정되었고, Vmax는 $25.10\;{\mu}mol{\cdot}min^{-1}{\cdot}mg^{-1}$으로 나타났다. C1,2O는 $30^{\circ}C$와 pH 8.5에서 최적활성을 나타내는 것으로 조사되었으며, $Ag^+,\;Hg^+,\;Ca^{2+}$,그리고 $Cu^{2+}$는 C1,2O의 활성을 억제하였다. 분석되어진 N-말단 아미노산 서열은 ^1TVKISQSASIQKFFEEA^{17}$이었으며, Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01과 $82\%$로 가장 높은 유사성을 보였고 Pseudomonas arvilla C-1와는 $71\%,$ Pseudomonas putida KT2440과는 $59\%,$ 그리고 Pseudomonas sp. CA10과는 $53\%$의 상동성이 각각 존재하는 것으로 확인하였다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1168-1173
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• 2014

HGD (homogentisate1,2-dioxygenase)유전자는 소의 1번 염색체에 존재하며, tyrosine과 phenylalanine의 이화 작용을 돕는 효소 중 하나로 알려져 있다. 또한 소에서 도체중과 등심단면적에 영향을 주는 유전자로 보고된 바 있다. 본 연구는 한우 집단을 대상으로 HGD유전자내 변이지역을 탐색하고, 경제형질과의 연관성을 분석하기 위하여 실시하였다. 총 14개의 Exon지역을 바탕으로 변이지역을 탐색한 결과, 10개의 SNPs를 확인하였고, 이 중 genotype의 Frequency (MAF>0.1)를 고려하여 6개의 SNPs (G34256T, G34257C, T34284C, T42333G, T42348C, T42468C)를 발굴하여 경제형질과의 연관성을 분석하였다. 그 결과 G34256T에서 근내지방도와 유의적인 연관성이 확인되었고, G34257C에서 등심단면적과 근내지방도에서 유의적인 연관성이 확인되었다. 따라서 본 연구 결과에서 확인된 HGD 유전자의 SNP유전자형은 한우선발 및 개량을 위한 분자육종의 기초 자료로 이용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.