• Molecules and Cells
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.265-271
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• 2008

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most common form of human genetic variation. Non-synonymous SNPs (nsSNPs) change an amino acid. Organic anion transporters (OATs) play an important role in eliminating or reabsorbing endogenous and exogenous organic anionic compounds. Among OATs, hOAT4 mediates high affinity transport of estrone sulfate and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate. The rapid bone loss that occurs in post-menopausal women is mainly due to a net decrease of estrogen. In the present study we searched for SNPs within the exon regions of hOAT4 in Korean women osteoporosis patients. Fifty healthy subjects and 50 subjects with osteoporosis were screened for genetic polymorphism in the coding region of SLC22A11 (hOAT4) using GC-clamp PCR and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). We found three SNPs in the hOAT4 gene. Two were in the osteoporosis group (C483A and G832A) and one in the normal group (C847T). One of the SNPs, G832A, is an nsSNP that changes the $278^{th}$ amino acid from glutamic acid to lysine (E278K). Uptake of [$3^H$] estrone sulfate by oocytes injected with the hOAT4 E278K mutant was reduced compared with wild-type hOAT4. Km values for wild type and E278K were $0.7{\mu}M$ and $1.2{\mu}M$, and Vmax values were 1.8 and 0.47 pmol/oocyte/h, respectively. The present study demonstrates that hOAT4 variants can causing inter-individual variation in anionic drug uptake and, therefore, could be used as markers for certain diseases including osteoporosis.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2022

Swine influenza (SI) is an important respiratory disease in pigs and epidemic worldwide, which is caused by influenza A virus (IAV) belonging to the family of Orthomyxoviridae. As seen again in the 2009 swine-origin influenza A H1N1 pandemic, pigs are known to be susceptible to swine, avian, and human IAVs, and can serve as a 'mixing vessel' for the generation of novel IAV variants. To this end, the emergence of swine influenza viruses must be kept under close surveillance. Herein, we report the isolation and phylogenetic study of a swine IAV, A/swine/Korea/21810/2021 (sw21810, H3N2 subtype). BLASTN sequence analysis of 8 gene segments of the isolated virus revealed a high degree of nucleotide similarity (94.76 to 100%) to porcine strains circulating in Korea and the United States. Out of 8 genome segments, the HA gene was closely related to that of isolates from cluster I. Additionally, the NA gene of the isolate belonged to a Korean Swine H1N1 origin, and the PB2, PB1, NP and NS genes of the isolate were grouped into that of the Triple reassortant swine H3N2 origin virus. The PA and M genes of the isolate belonged to 2009 Pandemic H1N1 lineage. Human infection with mutants was most common through contact with infected pigs. Our results suggest the need for periodic close monitoring of this novel swine H3N2 influenza virus from a public health perspective.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.480-485
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• 2018

본 연구는 Berkshire 간 조직을 이용하여 RNA-sequencing 분석을 통해 돼지 육질 연관 단일염기다형성을 발굴하기 위해 수행되었다. 그 결과, C9 유전자의 cDNA 942번 G 서열이 T 서열로 변환되어 라이신(lysin)이 아스파라진(asparagin)으로 변하는 non-synonymous SNP를 확인하였다. Berkshire 돼지 405두에서 C9 단일염기다형성의 유전자형을 분석한 결과 major allele는 G, minor allele은 T였다. Berkshire 돼지 405두의 육질 형질을 분석하여 C9 단일염기다형성의 유전자형과 육질 형질과의 연관성 분석한 결과 우성 모델의 경우 육색의 명도, 콜라겐, 수분, 도축 후 24시간 뒤 pH ($pH_{24h}$) 육질 형질에서 유의성이 확인되었고, 열성 모델의 콜라겐 함량, 공우성 모델의 육색의 명도(CIE L), 단백질, 콜라겐 함량에서 유의성을 가졌다. 성별에 따른 C9 유전자형과 육질 형질 간의 연관성을 분석한 결과 거세돈에서 도체중, 콜라겐에서 유의성이 있었으며, 암퇘지의 경우 육색의 명도, 단백질, $pH_{24h}$ 육질 형질에서 유의성이 있었다. 육질 형질 중 $pH_{24h}$ 형질은 육질을 결정하는 중요한 형질로 C9 유전자의 유전자형이 다른 유전자형들에 비해 $pH_{24h}$가 증가되고 육즙 손실이 감소되는 것으로 확인되어 C9 유전자의 TG 유전자를 가진 돼지가 더 좋은 육질을 가지는 것으로 판단된다. 본 결과를 바탕으로 C9 유전자의 단일염기다형성을 육질을 판단하는 생물마커(biomarker)로의 활용이 기대된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.4363-4368
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• 2012

The epidermal differentiation complex (EDC) contains a large number of gene products which are crucial for the maturation of the human epidermis and can contribute to skin diseases, even carcinogenesis. It is generally accepted that activation of oncogenes and/or inactivation of tumor suppressor genes play pivotal roles in the process of carcinogenesis. Here, NICE-3, a novel EDC gene, was found to be up-regulated in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by quantitative real-time RT-PCR. Furthermore, overexpression of exogenous NICE-3 by recombinant plasmids could significantly promote cell proliferation, colony formation and soft agar colony formation in Focus and WRL-68 HCC cell lines. Reversely, NICE-3 silencing by RNA interference could markedly inhibit these malignant phenotypes in YY-8103 and MHCC-97H cells. Moreover, cell cycle analysis of MHCC-97H transfected with siRNA by flow cytometry showed that NICE-3 knockdown may inhibit cell growth via arrest in G0/G1 phase and hindering entry of cells into S phase. All data of our findings indicate that NICE-3 may contribute to human hepatocellular carcinoma by promoting cell proliferation.

• 한국국제농업개발학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.277-284
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• 2018

본 연구는 돼지 농가의 생산성 향상 및 수익성 증대를 위한 분자 육종 기술에 적용할 유전자 마커를 개발하기 위해 수행되었다. 분석 결과에 따르면, 돼지의 간 조직을 이용하여 RNA-Sequencing을 수행한 결과 ECI2 유전자의 SNP를 발견하였고 발견된 SNP chr 7:g.2302809는 c.608로 608번째 C가 G로 변환되어 Threonine에서 Serine으로 아미노산이 치환되는 단일염기다형성임을 확인하였다. Berkshire 돼지 430으로 ECI2 유전자형과 육질 형질과의 연관성 분석 결과 도 체중, 적색도, 육즙 손실, 수분 함량 및 $pH_{24hr}$에서 유의성을 확인할 수 있었다. 그중 GG 유전자형은 $pH_{24hr}$에서 다른 유전자형에 비해 수치가 증가시키는 경향을 확인하였다. 성별에 따른 유전자형과 육질 형질과의 연관성은 거세돈에서 GG 유전자형이 육즙 손실의 감소와 $pH_{24hr}$에서 유의성이 확인되었고, 암퇘지의 GG 유전자형도 수분함량이 증가되었다. 따라서 ECI2 유전자의 GG 유전자형을 가진 돼지가 육질이 더 좋은 것으로 판단된다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 ECI2의 GG 유전자형을 고정시킨다면 육질이 우수한 돼지고기 생산이 가능할 것이다. 또한 ECI2 유전자를 이용하여 품종개량 및 조기 선발 기술에 바이오마커로 활용한다면 농가의 경쟁력 강화 효과에 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물생명공학회 1986년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.514.3-515
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• 1986

λP$_{L}$ promoter와 Infiuenza virus의 NS1 Structural gene이 있는 pASl EH801 plasmid를 E. coli host N5' 과 AR120에 각각 transformation하여 온도와 nalidixic acid로 각각 induction 하여 보았다 N5151의 경우, O.D.600 1.2에서 42$^{\circ}C$로 induction하였을 때 maximum productivity를 보였으며 AR120의 경우는 O. D. 600 1.2, 37$^{\circ}C$, 40$\mu\textrm{g}$ nalidixic acid/$m\ell$ induction 하였을 때 maximum yield를 보여주었다. 이때 pH, DO, temperature, $O_2$%, $CO_2$%를 A/D converter통해 computer에 연결시켜 data acquision을 한 결과, 접종 후 ON-line induction이 가능함을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.598-606
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• 2003

Salmonella encodes an enterotoxin (Stn) which possesses biological activity similar to the cholera toxin. Stn contributes significantly to the overall virulence of S. typhimurium in a murine model. The production of Stn is enhanced in a high-osmolarity medium and by contact with epithelial cells. In the present study, the in vitro and in vivo transcriptional regulations of the sin promoter revealed two promoters, P1 and P2. The P1 promoter identified by a primer extension analysis of stn mRNA exhibited a switching mechanism in vivo. Depending on the growth stage, transcription was initiated from different start sites termed $P1_S\;and\;P1_E$. $P1_S$, recognized by RNA polymerase containing ${\sigma}^S(E{\sigma}^S),\;and\;P1_E$, recognized by $E{\sigma}^70$, were activated during the stationary and exponential phases, respectively, while $P1_S\;and\;P1_E$ were both negatively regulated by CRPㆍcAMP and H-NS. Results revealed that $P1_S$ was the responsible promoter activated under a high osmolarity and low pH. The P2 promoter was identified 45 nucleotides downstream from $P1_E$ and negatively controlled by CRPㆍcAMP in vitro. No P2 activity was detected in vivo. The regulation of stn expression monitored using a Pstn::egfp fusion indicated that $E{\sigma}^S$ was required for the induction of stn and various factors were involved in stn regulation inside animal cells.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.997-1006
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• 2018

As shown during the 2009 pandemic H1N1 (A(H1N1)pdm09) outbreak, egg-based influenza vaccine production technology is insufficient to meet global demands during an influenza pandemic. Therefore, there is a need to adapt cell culture-derived vaccine technology using suspended cell lines for more rapid and larger-scale vaccine production. In this study, we attempted to generate a high-growth influenza vaccine strain in MDCK cells using an A/Puerto/8/1934 (H1N1) vaccine seed strain. Following 48 serial passages with four rounds of virus plaque purification in MDCK cells, we were able to select several MDCK-adapted plaques that could grow over $10^8PFU/ml$. Genetic characterization revealed that these viruses mainly had amino acid substitutions in internal genes and exhibited higher polymerase activities. By using a series of Rg viruses, we demonstrated the essential residues of each gene and identified a set of high-growth strains in MDCK cells ($PB1_{D153N}$, $M1_{A137T}$, and $NS1_{N176S}$). In addition, we confirmed that in the context of the high-growth A/PR/8/34 backbone, A/California/7/2009 (H1N1), A/Perth/16/2009 (H3N2), and A/environment/Korea/deltaW150/2006 (H5N1) also showed significantly enhanced growth properties (more than $10^7PFU/ml$) in both attached- and suspended-MDCK cells compared with each representative virus and the original PR8 vaccine strain. Taken together, this study demonstrates the feasibility of a cell culture-derived approach to produce seed viruses for influenza vaccines that are cheap and can be grown promptly and vigorously as a substitute for egg-based vaccines. Thus, our results suggest that MDCK cell-based vaccine production is a feasible option for producing large-scale vaccines in case of pandemic outbreaks.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1024-1032
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• 2008

Efficient expression of the Salmonella Typhimurium tdc ABCDEG operon involved in the degradation of L-serine and L-threonine requires TdcA, the transcriptional activator of the tdc operon. We found that the tdcA gene was transiently activated when the bacterial growth condition was changed from aerobic to anaerobic, but this was not observed if Salmonella was grown anaerobically from the beginning of the culture. Expression kinetics of six tdc genes after anaerobic shock demonstrated by a real-time PCR assay showed that the tdc CDEG genes were not induced in the tdcA mutant but tdcB maintained its inducibility by anaerobic shock even in the absence of tdcA, suggesting that an additional unknown transcriptional regulation may be working for the tdcB expression. We also investigated the effects of nucleoid-associated proteins by primer extension analysis and found that H-NS repressed tdcA under anaerobic shock conditions, and fis mutation delayed the peak expression time of the tdc operon. DNA microarray analysis of genes regulated by TdcA revealed that the genes involved in N-acetylmannosamine, maltose, and propanediol utilization were significantly induced in a tdcA mutant. These findings suggest that Tdc enzymes may playa pivotal role in energy metabolism under a sudden change of oxygen tension.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.879-886
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• 2014

가축분뇨액비의 토양전염성 잔디병해들의 억제능력을 알아보고자 군위, 논산, 무안, 여주, 이천, 익산, 합천, 횡성 등 8개 지역의 가축분뇨액비생산시설에서 생산된 액비를 이용하여 기내에서 수행하였다. 가축분뇨액비와 병원균주들과의 대치배양을 통해 총 110종의 길항미생물을 선발하였으며, 각 병원균주별로 길항능력이 우수한 한 종씩을 선발하였다. 선발된 각각의 미생물은 16s rRNA 서열분석을 통해 brown patch에 길항력을 보인 ICIIIB60은 Alcaligenes sp., large patch에 길항력을 나타낸 GWIV70은 Bacillus licheniformis Ab2, dollar spot에 길항력을 보인 ISSH20은 B. subtilis C7-3으로 동정되었다. 이들의 최적배양조건은 NB 배지(ICIIIB60)와 TSB 배지(GWIV70, ISSH20)에서 온도는 $29.5^{\circ}C-31.4^{\circ}C$의 범위에서, pH는 6.5-7.3의 범위에서 잘 자라는 것으로 확인되었다. 또한 각 균주를 5종의 살균제와 혼용한 결과, ICIIIB60 균주는 테부코나졸 제제, GWIV70와 ISSH20 균주는 토클로포스메틸 제제에서 생존율이 높아 혼용처리가 가능할 것으로 판단되었다. 이러한 결과를 통해 가축분뇨액비는 비료로서의 역할뿐만이 아니라 잔디 병해를 줄일 수 있는 친환경적인 소재로 이용이 가능함을 확인하였다.