• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.310-314
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• 2011

Nonstructural protein 3 (NS3) encoded by RNA3 of Rice stripe virus (RSV), known to be a suppressor of gene silencing, was cloned and sequenced. The cloned NS3 gene is composed of 636 nucleotides encoding 211 deduced amino acids, and showed a high degree of similarity with the equivalent genes isolated from Korea, Japan and China. The NS3 gene promoted the enhancement of transient gene expression and suppressed transgene co-silencing. In the transient GFP expression via agroinfiltration, GFP expression was dramatically enhanced in terms of both protein yield and expression period in the presence of NS3. The highest accumulation of GFP protein reached to 6.8% of total soluble proteins, which corresponded to a two-fold increase compared to that obtained in the absence of NS3. In addition, NS3 significantly suppressed the initiation of GFP co-silencing induced by the additive GFP infiltration in GFP-transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana. The NS3 gene was also found to be a stronger suppressor than Cucumber mosaic virus 2b. These observations are believed to be derived from the strong suppressive effect of NS3 on gene silencing, and indicate that NS3 could be used as an effective enhancer for the rapid production of foreign proteins in plants.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.96-100
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 저온에서의 재조합 단백질 생산성 향상을 위하여 저온에서 RNA 샤페론 활성을 지닌다고 알려진 CspA 단백질의 발현이 서로 다른 온도에서 대장균의 성장 및 GFP의 발현 속도에 어떻게 영향을 미치는지를 살펴보았다. $20^{\circ}C$, $25^{\circ}C$, $37^{\circ}C$에서는 세포 성장 및 GFP의 생산이 CspA의 발현에 영향을 받지 않았으나, $15^{\circ}C$에서는 GFP의 총 생산성이 CspA의 동시 발현에 의해 향상되었으며 이는 세포 성장 속도의 향상에 기인함을 확인하였다. 결론적으로 CspA의 발현은 $15^{\circ}C$에서 세포 당 재조합 단백질 생산량의 증가에는 영향을 미치지 않으나, 즉 재조합 단백질의 번역 효율에는 큰 영향을 미치지 않으나, 대장균 성장 속도에 영향을 미치며, 이를 통해 재조합 단백질의 총 생산량 향상을 유도 할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.183-193
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• 2015

Several transgenic marine medaka Oryzias dancena strains harboring a green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter construct regulated by an endogenous ${\beta}$-actin promoter were established and their expression characteristics in relation to transgene copy numbers were examined in 21 transgene genotypes. Most of the transgenic strains displayed transgene insertion patterns typical of microinjection-mediated introduction of foreign DNA into fish embryos, characterized by the random integration of multiple transgene copies (ranging from 1 - 282 copies per cell), often accompanied by the formation of concatemer(s), as assessed by genomic Southern blot hybridization analysis and qPCR. Transgenic strains showed ubiquitous and continued temporal and spatial expression patterns of the transgenic GFP during most of their life cycle, from the embryonic stage to adulthood, enabling assessment of the expression pattern of the endogenous ${\beta}$-actin gene. However, a comparative evaluation of transgene copy numbers and expression levels showed that copy number-dependent expression, the stability of the ubiquitous distribution and expression efficiency per transgene copy varied among the transgenic strains. Fluorescence expression levels were positively correlated with absolute transgene copy numbers, whereas the expression efficiency per transgene copy was inversely related to the number of transgene integrant copies. Data from this study will guide the selection of potentially desirable transgenic strains with ubiquitous expression of a fluorescent transgene, not only in this marine medaka species but also in other related model fish species.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.358-363
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• 2008

The intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) procedure has recently been utilized to produce transgenic animals and may serve as an alternative to the conventional pronuclear microinjection in species such as pigs whose ooplasm is opaque and pronuclei are often invisible. In this study, the effects of sperm membrane disruption and electrical activation of oocytes on in vitro development and expression of transgene green fluorescent protein (GFP) in ICSI embryos were tested to refine this recently developed procedure. Prior to ICSI, sperm heads were treated with Triton X-100+NaCl or Triton X-100+NaCl+NaOH, to disrupt membrane to be permeable to exogenous DNA, and incubated with linearized pEGFP-N1 vector. To induce activation of oocytes, a single DC pulse of 1.3 kV/cm was applied to oocytes for $30{\mu}sec$. After ICSI was performed with the aid of a micromanipulator, in vitro development of embryos and GFP expression were monitored. The chemical treatment to disrupt sperm membrane did not affect the developmental competence of embryos. 40 to 60% of oocytes were cleaved after injection of sperm heads with disrupted membrane, whereas 48.6% (34/70) were cleaved without chemical treatment. Regardless of electrical stimulation to induce activation, oocytes were cleaved after ICSI, reflecting that, despite sperm membrane disruption, the perinuclear soluble sperm factor known to mediate oocyte activation remained intact. After development to the 4-cell stage, 11.8 (2/17, Triton X-100+NaCl+NaOH) to 58.8% (10/17, Triton X-100+NaCl) of embryos expressed GFP. The expression of GFP beyond the stage of embryonic genome activation (4-cell stage in the pig) indicates that the exogenous DNA might have been integrated into the porcine genome. When sperm heads were co-incubated with exogenous DNA following the treatment of Triton X-100+NaCl, GFP expression was observed in high percentage (58.8%) of embryos, suggesting that transgenic pigs may efficiently be produced using ICSI.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2007

수박은 형질전환이 매우 어렵고 직접적인 신초 유도방법으로는 안정된 형질전환을 기대할 수 없어서, 다른 여러 작물에서 높은 효율을 보였던 캘러스 유래 신초 유도 방법을 도입하고자 하였다. 수박의 최적 캘러스 유도조건은 자엽 절편체의 경우 2.0 mg/L zeatin과 0.1 mg/L IAA이었으며 뿌리 절편체의 경우 2.0 mg/L BA와 0.1 mg/L 2,4-D이었다. NptII 유전자의 선발 항생제는 kanamycin보다는 paromomycin 빠르고 효과적이었으며, 수박의 절편체에 Agrobacterium을 접종 한 후 paromomycin을 125 mg/L 첨가한 배지에서 선발하였다. pmGFP5-ER vector로 형질전환한 후 캘러스 상태에서 형광현미경을 통해 GFP 유전자의 도입을 확인하였으며, 딱딱한 초록색의 캘러스에서 강한 GFP 발현을 관찰하였고, 자엽유래 캘러스의 경우 WM8에서 9.0%, 뿌리유래 캘러스의 경우 WM6에서 8.3%의 가장 높은 GFP 발현 효율을 보였다. GFP 유전자 도입과 같은 방법으로 WMV-CP 유전자가 있는 pWMV2300 vector로 형질전환한 후 캘러스 상태에서 PCR 및 Southern blot 분석을 한 결과, 두 점의 캘러스에서 WMV-CP 유전자가 도입되었음을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 확립된 수박의 캘러스 유도 시스템은 안정된 수박 형질전환 방법에 기초 자료로서 이용될 것이다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2005

This study was carried out to obtain basic information for gene manipulation in potent edible tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv. TI 516). N. tabacum cv. TI 516 is a plant for a possible candidate to use as an edible vaccine, since it contains a low level of nicotine. The effective plant regeneration system through leaf disc culture was achieved using a MS basal medium supplemented with 0.1 mg $1^{-1}$ NAA and 0.5 mg $1^{-1}$ BA. In order to transform the N. tabacum cv. TI 516 with the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene, Agrobacterium tumefaciens LBA 4404 containing the GFP gene was used. Genomic PCR confirmed the integration of the GFP gene into nuclear genome of transgenic plants. Expression of the GFP gene was identified in callus, apical meristem and root tissue of transgenic N. tabacum cv. TI 516 plants using fluorescence microscopy. Western blot analysis revealed the expression of GFP protein in the transgenic edible tobacco plants. The amount of GFP protein detected in the transgenic tobacco plants was approximately 0.16% of the total soluble plant protein (TSP), which was determined by ELISA.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.109-114
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• 2008

Agrobacterium 공동배양을 적용하여 소포자에 Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation이 가능한지를 조사하기 위하여 소포자 형질전환에 대한 조건을 구축하고자 하였다. 선발 배지에서 Kanamycin에 대한 소포자의 배발생율을 조사하였는데 Kanamycin 농도 10 mg/L, 50 mg/L, 100 mg/L를 처리하였을 때 배발생율이 각각 4배, 8배, 10배 이하로 감소하였고 Kanamycin이 형질전환 선발마커로 사용할 경우 형질 전환율이 매우 낮아질 것으로 사려 된다. GFP 유전자 발현을 이용하여 visual reporter로서 활용하고자 Agrobacterium과 공동배양 후 배발생 유도 배지에 치상하고 소포자가 배로 발생하는 과정을 현미경으로 조사하면서 GFP 발현을 관찰하였다. 소포자는 배양 12일째서부터 소포자 분열로 cluster를 형성하였으며 24일째에는 반복되는 분열을 통하여 큰 mass의 배로 발달된 모습을 각각 GFP 발현을 통해 볼 수 있었다. 배양48일째도 GFP발현이 계속 보이며 총 8 개의 배에서 GFP 발현 재현성을 보임으로서 형질전환은 된 것으로 보이지만 더 이상 성숙된 배로 자라지 않아 소포자를 이용한 Agrobacterium 형질전환 조건을 더 개선할 필요가 있다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.241-244
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• 2012

본 연구는 형질전환 닭에서 주입한 외래 유전자의 세대간 전이와 발현 양상을 조사하고자 하였다. 외래 유전자 전이 양상 조사는 제3세대(G2) GFP 형질전환 수탉을 최초 부계로 사용하여 최종적으로 제9세대(G8) 형질전환 닭을 연속적으로 생산하면서 GFP 유전자 전이 양상을 조사하였다. 형질전환 병아리 유전 분석은 자외선 램프 아래에서 부화한 병아리들의 날개, 부리와 다리에서 녹색형광단백질을 발현하는 병아리들만을 형질전환으로 선발하였다. 형질전환 닭에서 외래 유전자 전이율은 대략 38~58%이었다. 이는 유전자 전이가 멘델의 유전 법칙을 따르고 있음을 보여주고 있다. 연구 결과는 GFP 유전자가 유전자 침묵 없이 멘델의 유전 법칙에 따라 다음 세대로 계속 전이와 발현된다는 것을 보여 주고 있다.

• 약학회지
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.265-271
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• 2013

Treatments of vascular disease via modulating the expression of specific proteins by gene transfer have been attempted in various studies over the past few years. Among several methods to deliver genes, adenovirus currently has been used because of a number of positive aspects. In this study, we test adenoviral vector as a potential mediator in the treatment of vascular disease by using freshly isolated vascular tissues not cultured vascular cells. Freshly isolated vascular tissues were directly exposed to adenoviral vector pAd5CMVmcsIRESeGFPpA to check the possibility of GFP expression in different layer of vascular tissues. We found that the GFP expression by using adenoviral vector experiments is mainly focused on the adventitia and failed to detect GFP expression at endothelial layer or vascular smooth muscle layer in vascular tissues. However, we also found that several integrin receptors are robustly expressed in vascular smooth muscle, thus the limited expression of protein in vascular smooth muscle are not likely the lack of integrin receptors. In conclusion, adenovirus could not be a good tool for a specific protein expression in vascular smooth muscle cell. Thus, the application of adenovirus as a tool for gene therapy of vascular smooth muscle cells in clinical therapeutic trial need to be optimized further.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2017년도 9th Asian Crop Science Association conference
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• pp.134-134
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• 2017

Recently, host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) system has been successfully applied into development of resistant crops against insects, fungal and viral pathogens. To test HIGS-mediated resistance in rice against rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, we first tested possibility of movement of small non-coding RNA from rice cells to rice blast fungus. The rice blast fungus expressing GFP transgene were inoculated to transgenic rice plants ectopically expressing dsRNAi construct targeting fungal GFP gene. Expression of dsRNAi construct for GFP gene in transgenic plants significantly suppressed GFP expression in infected fungal cells indicating that small RNAs generated in plant cells can move into infected fungal cells and efficiently suppress the expression of fungal GFP gene. Consistent with these results, expression of dsRNAi constructs against 3 fungal pathogenic genes of M. oryzae in transgenic rice specifically and efficiently suppressed not only the expression of fungal pathogenic genes, but also fungal infection. The conidia of M. oryzae applied on leaf sheath of transgenic rice expressing dsRNAs against 3 fungal pathogenic genes showed abnormal development of primary hyphae and malfunction of appressorium, which is consistent with the phenotypes of corresponding fungal knock-out mutants. Taken these results together, here, we suggest a novel strategy for development of antifungal crops by means of HIGS system.