• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.1190-1195
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• 2007

This study was conducted to improve efficiency of a follicle culture system without reducing developmental competence of intrafollicular oocytes. Preantral follicles (100 to $125{\mu}m$ in diameter) of F1 hybrid (B6CBAF1) mice were cultured singly for 216 h in modified ${\alpha}$-MEM-glutamax medium, to which 2.5 IU/ml hCG and epidermal growth factor was added 16 h prior to the end of culture. Medium change was either performed three times (54 h interval), twice (72 h interval), once (108 h interval), or not at all (216 h interval). Maturation (progression to the metaphase II stage) of intrafollicular oocytes was detected from 4 days after culture in the three-times change treatment, while all treatments yielded mature oocytes from day 5 of culture. Compared with the three-times change, decreasing the change frequency to once did not reduce the capacity to begin maturation (germinal vesicle breakdown of 82 to 86%), to mature (78 to 79%) and to develop into blastocysts after parthenogenetic activation (29 to 32%). Morphological parameters were similar among these treatments. Except for the no medium change treatment, similar colony-forming activity of inner cell mass cells after culturing of blastocysts in leukemia inhibitory factor-containing medium was detected, while the morphology of the colony-forming cells deteriorated in the change-once treatment compared with the change twice or three-times. In conclusion, the efficiency of the preantral follicle culture system could be improved by reducing frequency of medium change up to a 72 h interval (three times in total 216 h culture) without decreasing developmental competence of oocytes.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2003

A Pseudomonas sp. strain NGK1 (NCIM 5120) capable of utilizing salicylate was immobilized in alginate and polyurethane foam (PUF). The degradation rate of salicylate by freely suspended cells was compared with the degradation rate by immobilized cells. In an initial 20 and 40 mM salicylate, free cells ($2{\times}10^{11}\;cfu\;ml^{-1}$) degraded to 16 and 14 mM, alginate-entrapped cells degraded to 18 and 26 mM, and PUF-entrapped cells degraded to 20 and 32 mM salicylate, respectively, in batch cultures. The alginate-and PUF-entrapped cells were used in repeated batch and continuous culture systems. The efficiency of both the immobilized systems f3r the degradation of salicylate was compared. It has been observed that the PUF-entrapped cells could be reused for more than 20 cycles whereas alginate-entrapped cells could be reused for a maximum of only 12 cycles, after which a decrease in degradation rat was observed with the initial 20 and 40 mM salicylate. The continuous degradation of sallcylate by freely suspended cells showed a negligible degradation rate of salicylate when compared with immobilized cells. With the immobilized cells in both alginate and polyurethane foam, the degradation rate increased with an increase in the dilution rate up to $2\;h^{-1}$ for 20 mM, and $1.5\;h^{-1}$ for 40 mM salicylate. The results revealed that PUF-entrapped cells were more efficient for the degradation of salicylate than alginate-entrapped cells and freely suspended cells.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.264-271
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• 2006

Two fibrinolytic enzymes were purified from the culture supernatant of Fomitella fraxinea mycelia by ion-exchange and gel filtration chromatographies, and were designated as F. fraxenia proteases 1 and 2 (FFP1 and FFP2). The apparent molecular masses of the enzymes were estimated to be 32 kDa and 42 kDa, respectively, by SDS-PAGE and gel filtration chromatography. Both enzymes had the same optimal temperature ($40^{\circ}C$), but different pH optima (10.0 and 5.0 for FFP1 and FFP2, respectively). FFP1 was relatively stable at pH 7.0-9.0 and temperature below $30^{\circ}C$, whereas FFP2 was very stable in the pH range of 4-11 and temperature below $40^{\circ}C$. FFPI activity was completely inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) and aprotinin, indicating that this enzyme is a serine protease. The activity of FFP2 was enhanced by the addition of $CO^{2+}$ and $Zn^{2+}$ and inhibited by $Cu^{2+},\;Ni^{2+}$, and $Hg^{2+}$. Furthermore, FFP2 activity was strongly inhibited by EDTA and 1,10-phenanthroline, implying that the enzyme is a metalloprotease. Both enzymes readily hydrolyzed fibrinogen, preferentially digesting the $A{\alpha}$- and $B{\beta}$-chains of fibrinogen over ${\gamma}$-chain. FFP1 showed broad substrate specificity for synthetic substrates, but FFP2 did not. $K_{m}$ and $V_{max}$ values of FFP1 for a synthetic substrate, N-succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-pNA, were 0.213 mM and 39.68 units/ml, respectively. The first 15 amino acids of the N-terminal sequences of both enzymes were APXXPXGPWGPQRIS and ARPP(G)VDGQ(R,I)SK(L)ETLPE, respectively.

• 생약학회지
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.70-78
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• 2022

The objective of this study was to assess the effect of preventing pigmentation caused by external stimuli, promoting skin regeneration and whitening of the skin composition containing complex extract of Dendrobii Caulis and Centella asiatica (CE). We evaluated cell viability, tyrosinase and melanin inhibition activity, skin irritation test, and skin moisturizing and regenerative effects using CE. As a result of the tyrosinase inhibitory activity, 100 ㎍/mL CE (35.31%) showed higher value than kojic acid (21.32%). The results of melanin synthesis inhibition in B16F10 melanoma cells after treatment with α-melanocyte stimulating hormone showed a similar level of activity to that of arbutin, indicating an excellent whitening effect. In clinical test of the skin composition containing CE, we confirmed that CE is non-irritated in human skin primary irritation test as well as have a high skin moisturizing and regenerative effect. From these results, we suggested the CE not only prevents skin damage and pigmentation caused by external stimuli but has remarkable skin brightening activity and skin regeneration effect.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.301-307
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• 2012

정치배양 현미식초(A)와 시판 국내산 현미식초 3종(B, C, D) 및 일본산 현미식초 3종(E, F, G)의 품질특성을 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과, 적정산도는 (A)가 6.39%로 가장 높게 나타났고 시판 국내산 현미식초가 4.52~6.32%, 일본산 현미식초가 4.51~4.89%로 나타났다. pH는 (A)가 3.28로 가장 높게 나타났고 시판 국내산 현미식초가 2.58~2.97, 일본산 현미식초가 3.03~3.27로 나타나 (A)의 pH는 일본산 현미식초와 비슷한 수치를 나타내었다. TN값을 측정한 결과, (A)는 0.24로 가장 높았고 시판 국내산 현미식초는 0.03~0.16로 나타나 제품간의 함량차이가 많았으나, 일본산 현미식초는 0.12~0.17로 비슷한 함량을 나타내었다. 유리당은 (A) 및 일본산 현미식초에서는 glucose만 소량 검출되었거나 불검출 되어 완전발효 되었고 시판 국내산 현미식초에서는 glucose 및 maltose 등 잔당함량이 높았다. 유기산 함량에서도 (A)와 일본산 현미식초가 유사한 경향으로 검출되었다. 따라서 정치배양 현미식초(A)는 총산함량, TN값 및 관능적 특성이 우수하며 시판 국내산 및 일본산 현미식초들과 비교하였을 때도 품질면에서 우수한 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2005

고추의 나출 소포자로부터 배를 유기하는데 최적인 조건을 확립하기 위하여 micro-blender를 사용하여 소포자들을 나출한 후 NLN 배지에 배양하였으며 $32^{\circ}C$의 고온처리 기간, 전처리 배지내 2-hydroxynicotinic acid의 첨가, 그리고 약과 소포자의 공동전처리가 소포자배의 발생에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 나출 소포자들을 기아배지에서 고온처리 한 후 NLN 배지에 배양하였을 때 다수의 배가 발생하였다. 배양 3주 후부터 구형 및 어뢰형배가 관찰되었는데 이때 배의 발생은 비동조적으로 일어났다. 배양4주가 되면 구형과 어뢰형배 이외에 자엽배들이 발생하였다. 발생한 배들 중자엽배늘은 $2\%$ sucrose가 첨가되고 생장조절물질은 첨가되지 않은 B5 고체배지로 옮겼을 때 정상인 유식물들로 발달하였다. 고온처리 기간이 $1\~2$일로 짧은 경우 소포자배의 발생은 높았으나 대부분이 발달초기의 구형 또는 심장형배이었으며 자엽배의 발생은 매우 드물었다. 고온처리 3일 이상에서는 배의 발생은 크게 감소하였으나 자엽배가 다수 발생하였다. Inducer chemical로 알려진 2-hydroxynicotinic acid를 약전처리배지에 첨가하였을 때 배의 발생은 다소 높았으나 발달은 오히려 억제되어 대부분이 구형 또는 심장형이었다. 소포자 전처리시 약을 첨가한 경우 배의 발생이나 발달 모두 억제되었다. 본 연구결과 고추의 나출 소포자로부터 다수의 배를 획득하였고 식물체를 재분화 시키는데 처음으로 성공하였다. 이와 같은 소포자 배양시스템은 앞으로 더 많은 배를 생산할 수 있는 배양조건이 확립되어야 하지만 homozygous한 배가 반수체의 생산 뿐만아니라 형질 전환과 열성 또는 우성의 돌연변이체 선발에 매우 유용하게 이용될 수 있을 것이다. 비해 $ 0.27\~0.79\;\cal{mg/g}$ F.W.가 높았으며 환기횟수 $0.1 h^{-1}$ 처리구는 광도의 증가에 따른 효과가 나타나지 않았으나 환기횟수 $0.1 h^{-1}$ 처리구는 높은 광도에서 감소하였다. 환기횟수 $4.9 h^{-1}$는 $0.1 h^{-1}$에 비해 잎의 공변세포가 크고 주변 부세포가 잘 발달되어 있었다. 특히 PPF $99\;{\mu}mol\;m^{-2}s^{-1}$에서 환기횟수 $0.1 h^{-1}$는 부세포의 발달이 미흡하고 기공이 많이 열려 있는 상태인 반면 환기횟수 $4.9 h^{-1}$는 부세포가 잘 발달된 잎을 지니고 있었다.:PR30, KB50:PR50, PR100:KB0 처리구의 $1m^2$ 당 개체 수는 각각 16,600개, 6,700개, 4,900개, 3,300개, 12,400개였으며 총직립경 수는 각각 33,200개, 22,800개, 18,000개, 15,000개, 62,000개였다. 개체 수는 KB100:PR0처리구가 가장 높았고, 다음은 PR100:KB0처리구였으며 혼합처리구의 경우는 Kentucky bluegrass 혼합비 율이 높을수록 높았다. 총직립경 수는 PR100:KB0 처리구가 KB100:PR0 처리구보다 오히려 높았으며 혼합 처리구의 경우는 개체수와 비슷한 경향을 보였다. 혼합처리구의 경우 초종별 개체수의 비율은 KB80:PR20는 87:13, KB70:PR30는 78:22, KB50:PR50은 48:52의 비율로 나타났다. 조성시기의 기상과 피복율과의 상관관계 2001년 가을과 2002년 봄의 일일평균기온을 비교하여 보면 가을(9월, 10월, 11월) 3개월간의 일일평균기온은

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.141-148
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• 2001

Postharvest decay of onion bulbs was examined by inspecting the commercial packages in the market or in storage. Bulb rot incidence was unexpectedly high, and onion bulbs with 1st quality grade were rotten most severely by 51%, followed by 32% for 2nd and 21% for 3rd grades. This indicates that larger bulbs had higher incidences of bulb rots. Major pathogens associated with basal and neck rots were Fusarium oxysporum and Aspergillus sp. or Botrytis allii, respectively, of which basal rot was most prevalent and damaging during storage. Among the epiphytic microorgani는 from onion plants, several Bacillus and Paenibacillus spp. and previously selected Pseudomonas putida and Trichoderma harzianum had inhibitory efficacy against bulb rot pathogens. Among these B. amyloliquefaciens BL-3, Paenibacillus polymyxa BL-4, and P. putida Cha 94 were highly inhibitory to conidial germination of F. oxysporum and B. allii. P. putida Cha 94, B. amyloliquefaciens BL-3, P. polymyxa BL-4, and T. harzianum TM were applied in the rhizoplane of onion at transplanting. Initially antagonist populations decreased rapidly during the first one month. However, among these antagonists, rhizoplane population densities of BL-3, Cha 94, and TM were consistently high thereafter, maintaining about 10$^4$-10$^{5}$ cells or spores per gram of onion root up to harvest time. The other bacterial antagonist BL-4 survived only for two months. TM was the most effective biocontrol agent against basal rot, with the number of rotten bulbs recorded at 4%, while that of the control was 16%. Cha 94 was effective for the first 20 days, but basal rot increased thereafter and had about the same control efficacy as that of BL-3 and BL-4. When the antagonists were applied to the topping areas of onion bulbs at harvest, TM was the most effective in protecting the stored onion bulbs from neck rotting. The second effective antagonist was BL-3. TM and BL-3 completely suppressed the neck rot in another test, suggesting that biocontrol of postharvest decay of onion using these microorganisms either at the time of transplanting or at harvesting may be promising.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.1286-1298
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• 2005

The genus Paenibacillus is a new group of bacilli separated from the genus Bacillus, and most of species have been isolated from soil. In the present study, we collected 450 spore-forming bacilli from the roots of winter crops, such as barley, wheat, onion, green onion, and Chinese cabbage, which were cultivated in the southern part of Korea. Among these 450 isolates, 104 Paenibacillus-like isolates were selected, based on their colony shape, odor, color, and endospore morphology, and 41 isolates were then finally identified as Paenibacillus spp. by 16S rDNA sequencing. Among the 41 Paenibacillus isolates, 23 were classified as P. polymyxa, a type species of the genus Paenibacillus, based on comparison of the 16S rDNA sequences with those of 32 type strains of the genus Paenibacillus from the GenBank database. Thirty-five isolates among the 41 Paenibacillus isolates exhibited antagonistic activity towards plant fungal and bacterial pathogens, whereas 24 isolates had a significant growth-enhancing effect on cucumber seedlings, when applied to the seeds. An assessment of the root-colonization capacity under gnotobiotic conditions revealed that all 41 isolates were able to colonize cucumber roots without any significant difference. Twenty-one of the Paenibacillus isolates were shown to contain the nifH gene, which is an indicator of $N_{2}$ fixation. However, the other 20 isolates, including the reference strain E681, did not incorporate the nifH gene. To investigate the diversity of the isolates, a BOX-PCR was performed, and the resulting electrophoresis patterns allowed the 41 Paenibacillus isolates to be divided into three groups (Groups A, B, and C). One group included Paenibacillus strains isolated mainly from barley or wheat, whereas the other two groups contained strains isolated from diverse plant samples. Accordingly, the present results showed that the Paenibacillus isolates collected from the rhizosphere of winter crops were diverse in their biological and genetic characteristics, and they are good candidates for further application studies.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.605-612
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• 2000

Four young swamp buffalo cows of similar age ranging in weight between 280 to 380 kg and trained to do physical work were used in a study to determine energy and protein requirements for draught using a $4{\times}4$ Latin square designed experiment. The experiment consisted of field trials employing 4 levels of work load, e.g. no work as control, and loads amounting 450 to 500 Newton (N) pulled continuously for 1, 2 and 3 h daily for 14 consecutive days. Cows were fed king grass (Penisetum purpuroides) ad libitum and were subjected to materials balance trials. Body composition was estimated in vivo by the body density method and daily energy expenditure (EE) was calculated from ME minus retained energy (RE). The results show that EE while not working ($EE_{resting}$) was $0.42kgW^{0.75}MJ/d$ and maintenance ME ($ME_m$) was $0.37kgW^{0.75}MJ/d$. ME requirement increased to 1.65 times maintenance for the work of 3 hours. The energy expended for doing exercise ($E_{exercise}$) was 9.56, 20.0 and 25.86 MJ/cow for treatments 1, 2 and 3 II, respectively. Fat retention was absent in all groups of working cows, but protein retention was only negative for cows undertaking 3 h work. The relationship between $E_{exercise}$ (MJ), work load (F, kN), work duration (t, h) and body mass (W, kg) was found to be: $E_{exercise}=(0.003F^{1.43}t^{0.93})/W^{0.09}MJ$. The maintenance requirement for digestible protein was $2.51kgW^{0.75}g/d$, whereas digestible protein for growth ($DP_{growth}$) and for work ($DP_{work}$) followed the equations: $DP_{growth}=[(258+1.25W^{0.75}){\Delta}Wkg/d]g$ and $DP_{work}=[12.59e^{0.95t}]g$, respectively The coefficients a, b and c for the calculation of $E_{exercise}$ components according to the Lawrence equation were found to be 2.56 J/kgW.m, 5.2 J/kg load carried.m and 0.29, respectively, thus efficiencies to convert ME into work were 0, 16.09, 27.3 and 32.44% for control, 1, 2 and 3 h/d work, respectively. ME and DP requirements for a 250 to 400 kg working buffalo cow allowing to growth up to 0.5 kg/d are presented.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.260-274
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• 2015

본 논문은 한국과 중국에서는 전통 한방약재로 오랫동안 사용된 꾸지뽕나무(Cudrania tricuspidata)의 잎, 줄기, 뿌리부분의 에탄올추출물의 물, 에탄올, 에칠아세테이트 용해성 분획물에 대한 피부 생리활성에 관한 실험결과이다. 대식세포인 macrophage(RAW 264.7 cell)에 대하여 이들 분획물들의 nitric oxide 및 염증성 사이토카인 분비 억제효과를 검토한 결과, nitric oxide 생성 억제에는 잎부위의 에칠아세테이트 분획물과 에탄올분획물이, 염증성 사이토카인인 $IL-1{\beta}$ 생성 억제에는 모든 분획물들이 효과가 있고, 염증성 사이토카인인 IL-6 생성 억제에는 잎, 줄기, 뿌리부위의 에칠아세테이트 분획물들이 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 흑색종세포인 melanoma cell(B16-F10 cell)에서 멜라닌 생성억제효과를 측정한 결과, 잎의 에틸아세테이트 분획물 처리에서만 유의성 있는 억제효과를 나타내었다. 주름 개선 효과를 확인하기 위해 인체 정상 피부 섬유아세포( CCD986sk cell)에 대하여 콜라겐의 합성 촉진 효과를 측정한 결과. 잎, 줄기, 뿌리부위의 물 분획물과 잎, 줄기의 에탄올 분획물에서 콜라겐 합성 촉진 효과를 보였다.