• BMB Reports
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.119-124
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• 2007

Adenoviral vectors are among the most promising vectors available for human gene therapy. However, the use of recombinant adenoviral vectors, including replicationcompetent adenovirus (RCA), raises a variety of safety concerns in relation to the development of new therapies based on gene therapy. To examine how organic compounds change in rat plasma following the injection of adenovirus, $\beta$-galactosidase expressing recombinant adenovirus (designated rAdLacZ) or RCA, we investigated the content of fatty acids (FAs), which are important biochemical indicators in pathological conditions. Pattern recognition analysis on the level of FAs in rat plasma is described for the visual discrimination of adenovirus infection groups from normal controls. Plasma FAs from four control rats (normal group), and from four rats with rAdLacZ infection and six rats with RCA infection (the two abnormal groups), were examined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in selected ion monitoring modes as their tert-butyldimethylsilyl derivatives. In total, 20 FAs were positively detected and quantified. The results of the Student's t-test on the normal mean of two abnormal groups, the levels of three FAs (p<0.05) from rAdLacZ group and eleven FAs (p<0.05) from RCA group were significantly different. When star symbol plotting was applied to the group mean values of 20 FAs after normalization to the corresponding normal mean values, the resulting eicosagonal star patterns of the two infected groups were distorted into similar shapes, but were distinguishable from each other. Thus, these approaches will be useful for screening and monitoring of diagnostic markers for the effects of infection following the use of adenoviral vectors in gene therapy.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제30권
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• pp.9.1-9.5
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• 2015

Objectives Pyrethroid pesticides are among the most commonly using insecticides in South Korean households and have been the subject of considerable interest among public health professionals for their potential health effects. The objective of this study is to examine the level of urinary 3-phenoxybenzoic acid (3-PBA) among elementary students in South Korea. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study to evaluate pyrethroid pesticide exposure levels by measuring the urinary metabolites of 3-PBA using a gas chromatographymass spectrometry method in March 2011. Study participants were 70 Asan-area and Incheon-area elementary students. Results All respondents had values above the detection limit, and the geometric means of 3-PBA in all children were $1.85{\mu}g/L$ and $1.46{\mu}g/g$ creatinine. Children with the top 10% urinary levels of 3-PBA were more likely to be girls, under nine years of age, living in a rural area, and living in a residential type apartment. Conclusions South Korean children have a higher concentration of urinary 3-PBA compared with those of other countries. Further research identifying exposure pathways and intervention efforts to reduce environmental pesticide use are needed in South Korea.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.421-426
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• 2013

In this study, oocyte steroidogenesis are investigated in relation to oocyte development in the starry flounder, Platichthys stellatus, a marine multiple spawner. Vitellogenic (0.52 and 0.55 mm oocyte diameter) and mature oocytes (0.63, 0.66 and 0.71 mm oocyte diameter) were incubated in vitro in the presence of $[^3H]17{\alpha}$-hydroxyprogesterone ($[^3H]17{\alpha}$-OHP) as a precursor. Steroid metabolites were extracted from the incubated media and oocytes, the extracts were separated and identified by thin-layer chromatography (TLC), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatographymass spectrometry (GC-MS). The major metabolites produced from $[^3H]17{\alpha}$-OHP were androgens [androstenedione ($A_4$) and testosterone (T)] and estrogens [$17{\beta}$-estradiol ($E_2$) and estrone ($E_1$)] and progestins [$17{\alpha},20{\alpha}$-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one ($17{\alpha}20{\alpha}P$) and $17{\alpha},20{\beta}$-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one ($17{\alpha}20{\beta}P$)] in vitellogenic and mature oocytes. The results from this study suggest the potential roles of $E_1$ in the oocytes with diameter 0.52-0.71 mm, $17{\alpha}20{\alpha}P$ and $17{\alpha}20{\beta}P$ at the oocytes of 0.63, 0.66 and 0.71 mm.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.483-488
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• 2015

We studied oocyte steroidogenesis in the blackfin flounder Glyptocephalus stelleri as a region-specific species, in the East Sea of Korea during the spawning season. Maturing oocytes (0.76, 0.82, 0.88, and 0.91 mm in oocyte diameter) were incubated in vitro in the presence of [$^3H$] $17{\alpha}$-hydroxyprogesterone ($[^3H]17{\alpha}$-OHP) as a precursor. Steroid metabolites were extracted from the incubated medium and oocytes, and the extracts were separated and identified by thin-layer chromatography (TLC), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatographymass spectrometry (GC/MS). The major metabolites produced from $[^3H]17{\alpha}$-OHP were androgens [androstenedione (A4) and testosterone (T)] and estrogens [$17{\beta}$-estradiol (E2) and estrone (E1)] and progestins [$17{\alpha},20{\alpha}$-dihydroxy-4-pregen-3-one ($17{\alpha}20{\alpha}P$) and $17{\alpha}20{\beta}$-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one ($17{\alpha}20{\beta}P$)] in maturing oocytes. The metabolic rate of $17{\alpha}20{\beta}$ was elevated (29.04%) in oocytes measuring 0.88 mm (nucleus migration stage following the induction of germinal vesicle breakdown), but was very low in oocytes measuring 0.76, 0.82, and 0.91 mm (0.42, 0.67, and 2.62%, respectively). From these results, we suggest that $17{\alpha}20{\beta}P$ acts as a maturation-inducing steroid in the blackfin flounder.

• 분석과학
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.526-534
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• 2008

가축의 생산성 향상을 위해 투여될 수 있는 천연호르몬과 합성 호르몬제 등의 내분비계장애물질에 대하여 기존의 분석 방법을 개선 및 확립하고, 이를 토대로 국내에 유통 중인 육류 및 내장부위 중소간에 대해 호르몬 성분의 분포정도를 확인하였다. Estrogens ($17{\beta}$-estradiol, $17{\alpha}$-estradiol, estrone), androgens ($17{\beta}$-testosterone, $17{\alpha}$-testosterone), gestagens (progesterone)의 천연호르몬 6종과 합성호르몬 3종 DES, RALs (zeranol, taleranol)을 모니터링 대상 호르몬으로 GC-MS로 분석하였으며, 이로부터 호르몬의 background level을 측정하고, 상대적으로 호르몬제 등이 잔류될 수 있는 간 등의 장기에 대한 분포조사를 실시하였다. 전체 150건의 시료 중 합성 호르몬제는 검출되지 않았으며, 천연호르몬제는 내인성으로 존재하는 progesterone이 일반적인 농도 범위를 보였다.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.88-103
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• 2009

국내 육성향미자원과 도입 향미 유전자원의 2AP 함량을 비교분석하여, 2AP 함량이 높고 농업적 형질이 우수한 자원을 30품종의 향미 유전자원에서 방향성 화합물을 SPME 추출법으로 추출하고 GC-MS로 각 자원이 가지는 방향성 화합물을 비교분석 및 동정하였다. 1. 3종류의 유기용매의 2AP 추출효율은 ethanol > acetonitl > methanol 순으로 확인되었으며, ethnaol의 경우 $30{\sim}90^{\circ}C$의 온도범위에서 3가지 유기용매 중 ethanol이 2AP 추출효과가 가장 뛰어났고, 특히 $90^{\circ}C$에서 30분간 추출하였을 때 2AP 추출함량이 가장 높았고 추출 시간이 경과할수록 2AP의 함량이 감소하였다. 현미의 분쇄정도에 따른 2AP 추출함량은 5초간 분쇄하였을 경우 가장 높았으며 분쇄 시간이 길어질수록 낮아지는 경향이었다. 2. 선발자원의 향에 대한 관능검사는 국내 향미자원 5품종 중 Hyangmibyeo1ho, Arnaghyangchalbyeo가 중간 정도의 향을 띄었고 인디카형 도입자원 19품종 중에서 11품종과 자포니카형 도입자원 6품종 중 2품종이 중간 이상의 향을 나타났다. 3. 30품종의 평균 2AP함량은 국내 육성 향미자원이 도입 향미자원에 비해 낮았으며 도입자원에서는 인디카형이 자포니카형 보다 높은 2AP 함량을 나타내었다. 4. 156종의 방향성 화합물 기능기별로 분류하면 alcohol류 33종, acid류 23종, ketone류 24종, hydrocarbon류 20종, ester류 16종, aldehyde류 16종, ether류 4종, amine류 5종 phenol류 3종, base류 2종, 및 기타 10종으로 분류되었다. 5. 156종의 방향성 화합물 중 생태형별 출현빈도가 50% 이상인 방향성 화합물을 살펴보면, 국내육성 향미자원에서는 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline 외 28종, Japonica type 도입 향미자원에서는 9,12-octadecadienoic acid 외 31종, Indica type 도입 향미자원에서는 naphthalene 외 23종이었다. 6. GC-MS 분석결과 검출된 국내 육성 향미자원의 방향성 화합물의 수는 평균 38개($36{\sim}41$개), 평균 total peak area는 61.1%($51.6{\sim}79.3%$)이었다. 도입 자포니카형 향미자원의 방향성 화합물의 수는 평균 39개($26{\sim}45$개), 평균 total peak area는 63.2%($40.9{\sim}81.9%$)이었다. 도입 인디카형 향미자원의 방향성 화합물의 수는 평균 39.6개($26{\sim}53$개), 평균 total peak area는 72.8%($33.8{\sim}98.8%$)이었다. 7. 30 품종으로부터 검출된 156종의 방향성 화합물의 출현 유무(0/1)를 기본 matrix로 하여, UPGMA/Neighbor-join tree 분석을 통해 분류한 결과, 7개의 그룹(Group $I{\sim}VII$)으로 나눠어졌다. 각 그룹의 66% 이상의 자원에서 나타난 향(aroma/odor)성분을 살펴보면, alcohol, aldehyde, acid, ether류 등의 휘발성 성분들의 비율이 품종별로 높았다. 따라서 본 실험의 결과는 대량의 향미 유전자원의 방향성 화합물에 대한 GC/GC-MS분석결과로, 향후 우수한 향미 품종 육성에 필요한 자료로 활용될 수 있다고 사료된다.