• 한국동물번식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물번식학회 2003년도 학술발표대회 발표논문초록집
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• pp.27-27
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• 2003

A diversified and concentrative approach of methylation player can be one of the most powerful studies in the understanding of global epigenetic modifications. Previous studies have suggested that DNA methylation contributes to transcriptional silencing through the several DNA methylation-mediated repression systems by hypermethylation, including methyltransferases (DNMTs), DNA methyltransferase association protein 1 (DMAPl), methyl-CpG binding domain (MBD), and histone deacetylases (HDACs). Assembly of these regulatory protein complexes act sequentially, reciprocally, and interdependently on the newly composed DNA strand through S phase. Therefore, these protein complexes have a role in coupling DNA replication to the designed turn-off system in genome. In this study, we attempted to address the role of DNA methylation by the functional analysis of the methyltransferase molecule, we described the involvement of DMAP1 and DNMTs in cell divistion and the effect of their loss. We also described distinct patterns that DMAP1 and DNMTs are spatially reorganized and displaced from condensing chromosomes as cells progress through mitosis in HeLa cell, COS7, and HIH3T3 cell cycle progressions. DNMT1, DNMT3b, and DMAP1 do not stably contact the genetic material during chromosome compaction and repressive expression. These finding show that the loss of activities of DNMTs and DMAP1 occure stage specifically during the cell cycle, may contribute to the integral balance of global DNA methylation. This is consistent with previous studies resulted in decreased histone acetyltransferases and HDACs, and differs from studies resulted in increased histone methyltransferases. Our results suggest that DNA methylation by DNMTs and DMAP1 during mitosis acts to antagonize hypermethylation by which this mark is epigenetical mitotic-specific methylation.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.197-202
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• 2006

어류의 체내에서 성분화를 유도하는 물질이 성스테로이드호르몬(sex steroid hormone)이라는 사실이 잘 밝혀져 있으며, 성스테로이드 생합성 효소의 하나인 aromatase도 성분화에 직접적인 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 유전적으로 암컷인 틸라피아 자어(larvae) 집단을 aromatase 저해제(aromatase inhibitor, AI)인 Fadrozole로 침지 처리하여 초기 발생단계 중 어느 시기에 aromatase가 성분화 유도 작용을 하는 지를 조사하였다. Fadrozole 처리 유무 및 처리 농도의 차이는 부화 자어의 생존율에 유의한 차이를 유발하지 않았다. 하지만, 부화후 11일과 13일째에 고농도의 Fadrozole로 처리한 실험군의 자어는 유전적인 성이 암컷임에도 불구하고 유의하게 높은 비율의 자어가 수컷으로 분화하였다. 이 결과는 틸라피아 부화 자어가 스테로이드 생합성 효소의 저해에 아주 민감하게 반응하며, 이 종에서 aromatase의 주된 작용시기가 예상보다 훨씬 빠른 부화 후 11일 전후라는 사실을 보여준다. 또한 이상의 결과는 단 3시간의 AI 침지 처리가 유전적으로 설정되어 있는 성과 반대방향으로의 성분화를 유도하기에 충분할 정도로 강력함을 의미한다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.1544-1550
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• 2008

The retinoids (vitamin A and its derivatives) play a critical role in vision, growth, reproduction, cell differentiation and embryonic development. Using the IMpRH panel, porcine cellular retinol binding protein genes 5 and 7 (RBP5 and RBP7) were assigned to porcine chromosomes 5 and 6, respectively. The complete coding sequences (CDS) of the RBP5 and RBP7 genes were amplified using the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method, and the deduced amino acid sequences of both genes were compared to human corresponding proteins. The mRNA distributions of the two genes in adult Wuzhishan pig tissues (lung, skeletal muscle, spleen, heart, stomach, large intestine, lymph node, small intestine, liver, brain, kidney and fat) were examined. A total of nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified in two genes. Three of these SNPs were analyzed using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction-fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method in Laiwu, Wuzhishan, Guizhou, Bama, Tongcheng, Yorkshire and Landrace pig breeds. Association analysis of genotypes of these SNP loci with economic traits was done in our experimental populations. Significant associations of different genotypes of $RBP5-A/G^{63}$, $RBP5-A/G^{517}$ and $RPB5-T/C^{intron1-90}$ loci with traits including maximum carcass length (LM), minimum carcass length (LN), marbling score (MS), back fat thickness at shoulder (SBF), meat color score (MCS) and hematocrit (HCT) were detected. These SNPs may be useful as genetic markers in genetic improvement for porcine production.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.76-82
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• 2006

우리나라 고산 지역에 제한적으로 자생하는 희귀 유전자원인 눈향나무(Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii HENRY)의 설악산 및 한라산 집단을 대상으로 동위효소 분석에 의한 유전적 다양성을 조사하였다. 총 7개 동위효소에서 11개의 재현성 있는 유전자좌가 분석되었으며, 이중 Mdh-1, Mdh-2, Mdh-3 및 Pig-1 유전자좌를 제외한 7개 유전자좌에서 다형성이 관찰되었다. 분석된 두 집단의 유전변이량은 각각 A=2.2, $A_e=1.61,\;P_{95}=54.5,\;H_{o}=0.179,\;H_e=0.287$(설악산 집단)과 A=2.1, $A_e=1.48,\;P_{95}=63.6,\;H_{o}=0.270,\;H_e=0.250$(한라산 집단)으로 국내 타 침엽수종으로부터 동위효소 분석을 통해 추정된 유전변이량에 비해 다소 높은 경향을 보였으며, 분석 집단간 유전적 분화 정도는 그리 높지 않은 것으로 나타났다($F_{ST}=0.039$). 설악산 집단의 경우 이형접합도의 관찰치가 기대치에 비해 매우 낮았으며 근교계수 값이 매우 높게 나타나(F=0.376), 전반적으로 근친교배 또는 유전적 부동의 영향을 많이 받고 있는 것으로 추정되었다. 이는 설악산 눈향나무 집단의 분포 면적이나 개체수가 한라산 집단에 비해 매우 적기 때문인 것으로 추정되며, 향후 설악산 집단의 보존을 위한 보다 적극적인 노력이 필요한 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.619-627
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• 2013

꼬리말발도리(Deutzia paniculata Nakai)는 전 세계적으로 우리나라 경상남북도 일부지역에만 자생하는 매우 제한된 분포범위를 가지는 특산식물이다. 이러한 꼬리말발도리 집단의 유전적 다양성 및 구조를 조사하기 위해 5집단 155개체에 대한 ISSR(Inter Simple Sequence Repeat) 분석이 수행되었다. 총 6개의 ISSR 프라이머를 이용하여 31개의 증폭산물을 관찰하였으며, 집단 수준에서의 유전적 다양성의 평균은 SI(Shannon's information index)=0.429, h (Nei's genetic diversity)=0.271로, 매우 높은 수준으로 나타났다. 집단별로는 큰 차이는 없었지만 비교적 높은 개화율을 보이는 밀양, 양산 집단이 다른 집단에 비해 다소 높은 유전 다양성을 유지하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. AMOVA 분석 결과 전체 유전변이의 약 16%가 집단 간 차이에 기인하는 것으로 설명되었으며, 나머지 84%는 집단 내 개체간에 존재하는 것으로 나타났다. 이처럼 제한된 분포범위를 가지는 꼬리말발도리 집단에서 나타나는 높은 유전다양성과 집단간 낮은 유전적 분화율은 완전 타가수정하는 교배양식과 집단내 비교적 풍부한 개체수의 영향인 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 현재의 유전다양성을 유지할 수 있는 적절한 현지 내 보전대책 수립이 요구된다.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.90.01-90.13
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• 2022

Background: Insulin regulates glucose homeostasis and has important effects on metabolism, cell growth, and differentiation. Depending on the cell type and physiological context, insulin signal has specific pathways and biological outcomes in different tissues and cells. For studying the signal pathway of insulin on glycolipid metabolism in porcine embryonic fibroblast (PEF), we used high-throughput sequencing to monitor gene expression patterns regulated by insulin. Objectives: The goal of our research was to see how insulin affected glucose and lipid metabolism in PEFs. Methods: We cultured the PEFs with the addition of insulin and sampled them at 0, 48, and 72 h for RNA-Seq analysis in triplicate for each time point. Results: At 48 and 72 h, 801 and 1,176 genes were differentially expressed, respectively. Of these, 272 up-regulated genes and 264 down-regulated genes were common to both time points. Gene Ontology analysis was used to annotate the functions of the differentially expressed genes (DEGs), the biological processes related to lipid metabolism and cell cycle were dominant. And the DEGs were significantly enriched in interleukin-17 signaling pathway, phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase-protein kinase B signaling pathway, pyruvate metabolism, and others pathways related to lipid metabolism by Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes enrichment analysis. Conclusions: These results elucidate the transcriptomic response to insulin in PEF. The genes and pathways involved in the transcriptome mechanisms provide useful information for further research into the complicated molecular processes of insulin in PEF.

• BMB Reports
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.303-304
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• 2016

Myoblast fusion is important for skeletal muscle formation. Even though the knowledge of myoblast fusion mechanism has accumulated over the years, the initial signal of fusion is yet to be elucidated. Our study reveals the novel function of a phosphatidylserine (PS) receptor, stabilin-2 (Stab2), in the modulation of myoblast fusion, through the recognition of PS exposed on myoblasts. During differentiation of myoblasts, Stab2 expression is higher than other PS receptors and is controlled by calcineurin/NFAT signaling on myoblasts. The forced expression of Stab2 results in an increase in myoblast fusion; genetic ablation of Stab2 in mice causes a reduction in muscle size, as a result of impaired myoblast fusion. After muscle injury, muscle regeneration is impaired in Stab2-deficient mice, resulting in small myofibers with fewer nuclei, which is due to reduction of fusion rather than defection of myoblast differentiation. The fusion-promoting role of Stab2 is dependent on its PS-binding motif, and the blocking of PS-Stab2 binding impairs cell-cell fusion on myoblasts. Given our previous finding that Stab2 recognizes PS exposed on apoptotic cells for sensing as an "eat-me" signal, we propose that PS-Stab2 binding is required for sensing of a "fuse-me" signal as the initial signal of myoblast fusion.

• Mycobiology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.85-89
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• 2001

URP primers of 20 mer derived from repetitive sequence of rice were used to assess genetic variation of oyster mushroom consisting of 10 cultivars of Pleurotus ostreatus, two cultivars of P. florida and two cultivars of P. sajor-caju which were registered in Korea. URP2F and URP38F primers produced cultivar-specific PCR polymorphic bands in the Pleurotus species. UPGMA cluster analysis using the URP-PCR data showed that 14 Pleurotus cultivars are genetically clustered into large three groups. The URP-PCR data provided important information for more efficient breeding strategies of Pleurotus cultivars.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2007

본 논문은 도시환경의 공공사인시스템의 효율극대화를 위하여 안구운동을 측정하는 공학 심리적 또는 인지 과학적 실험을 통하여 안구운동과 가로세로의 시각흐름 그리고 유전된 문화적. 선험적 도식 그리고 대뇌의 시각 시스템의 차별을 탐색하였다. 따라서 EMR 관측실험과 bitmap counting 방법을 대입함으로서 가장 효율적인 시각디자인 측정을 구할 수 있는 algorithm을 도출하였다. 본 논문에서는 과학적인 실험 Data가 인간의 $\ulcorner$Schema$\lrcorner$ 와 $\ulcorner$Sensory Qualia$\lrcorner$ 에 의해, 차별화와 시각표집(Visual Sampling)의 가변성(Momentum)이 상존함을 알게 되었다.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.561-571
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• 1999

Diagnosis of mycobacterial infection is dependent upon the isolation and identification of causative agents. The procedures involved are time consuming and technically demanding. To improve the laborious identification process mycobacterial systematics supported by gene analysis is feasible, being particularly useful for slowly growing or uncultivable mycobacteria. To complement genetic analysis for the differentiation and identification of mycobacterial species, an alternative marker gene, rpoB encoding the ${\beta}$ subunit of RNA polymerase, was investigated. rpoB DNAs (342 bp) were amplified from 52 reference strains of mycobacteria including Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (ATCC 27294) and clinical isolates by the PCR. The nucleotide sequences were directly determined (306 bp) and aligned using the multiple alignment algorithm in the MegAlign package (DNASTAR) and MEGA program. A phylogenetic tree was constructed with a neighborhood joining method. Comparative sequence analysis of rpoB DNA provided the basis for species differentiation. By being grouped into species-specific clusters with low sequence divergence among strains belonging to same species, all the clinical isolates could be easily identified. Furthermore RFLP analysis enabled rapid identification of clinical isolates.