• Animal cells and systems
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.363-370
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• 1997

RNase MRP is a ribonucleoprotein complex with a site-specific endonuclease activity. Its original substrate for cleavage is the small mitochondrial RNA near the mitochondrial DNA replication origin, thus it was proposed to generate the primer for mtDNA replication. Recently, it has been shown to have another substrate in the nucleus, such as pre-S.8S ribosomal RNA in nucleolus. The gene for the RNA component of RNase MRP (MRP RNA) was found to be encoded by the nucleus genome, suggesting an interesting intracellular trafficking of MRP RNA to both mitochondria and nucleolus after transcription in nucleus. In this study, genomic DNA encoding MRP RNA was microinjected into the nucleus of Xenopus oocytes, to analyze promoter regions involved in the transcription. It showed that the proximal sequence element and TATA box are important for basal level transcription; octamer motif and Sp1 binding sites are for elevated level transcription. Most of Xenopus MRP RNA was exported out to the cytoplasm following transcription in the nucleus. Utilizing various hybrid constructs, export of MRP RNA was found to be regulated by the promoter and the 5' half of the coding region of the gene. Interestingly, the transcription in nucleus seems to be coupled to the export of MRP RNA to cytoplasm. Intracellular transport of injected MRP RNA can be easily visualized by whole-mount in situ hybridization following microinjection; it also shows possible intra-nuclear sites for transcription and export of MRP RNA.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.490-496
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• 2002

한국, 미국, 일본지역에 서식하는 연어에서 추출한 genomic DNA를 이용하여 연어의 mtDNA NDI 영역, D-loop 영역, growth hormone, IGF-I, MCH2, histone H3의 염기서열을 분석하여, 최적의 primer를 제작하여 PCR을 실시한 결과, mtDNA NDI 영역은 Ks12, Ks24, As11, As14, Js13, Js15에서 증폭된 DNA를 확인하였으며, D-loop 영역, growth hormone, IGF-I, histone H3, MCH2에서는 모든 시료에서 증폭된 DNA를 확인하였다. DGGE 분석의 결과, mtDNA NDI 영역 (AF133701, 449-880), D-loop 영역 (AF125518, 11-514)과 growth hormone (AFO05927, 181-530)에서는 이형다양성을 확인하였으며, IGF-I (AF063216, 962-1461)과 MCH2 (M27281, 70-593)는 모두 이형다양성이 나타났으나, histone H3 (AF017147, 7-487)는 모두 이형다양성이 관찰되지 않았다. 그리고 real time PCR 관찰 결과는 DGGE의 결과와 유사한 점을 찾을 수 없었지만, real time PCR도 각각의 유전자에 따라 서로 다른 DNA 생성 패턴을 보여 DNA 변이를 쉽게 구별하는데 보조적인 도움이 되었다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2006

Bioreporter 균주는 복잡한 환경매체의 특정 오염원 탐지를 위해 유용하게 사용되고 있다. 특히 발광 유전자 재조합 균주는 민감하고 배경에 의한 영향을 받지 않는 장점이 있다. 사용한 유전자 재조합 균주(Pseudomonas putida mt-2 KG1206)는 TOL 플라즈미드와 pUCD615 벡터에 $P_{m}\;promoter$가 삽입된 재조합 플라즈미드를 함유하고 있으며, 톨루엔 계열 및 중요 분해산물에 대해 분해와 함께 발광을 생산하는 특성을 갖고 있다. 본 연구에서는 균주 동결 및 동결건조 준비 및 적용과정에 필요한 다양한 조건들을 조사하여, 향후 환경매체에 적용하기 위한 최적 방법에 대한 프로토콜을 작성하였다. 조사한 최적 조건들은 다음과 같다. 동결보호시약(24% sucrose), 동결건조 시간(12시간), 균주 농도($OD_{600}=0.6$), 동결균주 활성회복($35^{\circ}C$에서 빠르게 해동), 동결건조 균주 활성회복(LB배지에 $3{\sim}6$시간 노출), 현장 운반 조건(활성 회복 후 $20^{\circ}C$ 정도의 실온). 본 연구 결과는 재조합 균주 환경 적용을 위해 필요한 균주 동결 및 동결 건조에 대한 중요한 자료들을 제시하고 있다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.55-60
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• 2000

Experiments initiated 30 years ago to obtain selectable markers have led to a series of studies of Trp biosynthesis and anthranilate synthase (AS) the control enzyme using largely plant tissue cultures since they have experimental properties that can be readily exploited. Enzymological and compound feeding studies provided evidence that AS is the control point in the Trp biosynthesis branch and that altering the AS feedback control by the selection of mutants resistant to the Trp analog 5-methyl-tryptophan (5MT) can lead to the overproduction of this important amino acid. Plants regenerated from these Trp overproducing lines of most species also had high free Trp levels but Nicotiana tabaum (tobacco) plants expressed the feedback altered AS only in cultured cells and not in the regenerated plants. further tests by transient and stable expression of the cloned promoter for the naturally occurring tobacco feedback-insensitive AS, denoted ASA2, confirmed the tissue culture specific nature of the expression control. The 5MT caused by the expression of a feedback-insensitive AS from tobacco has been used to select protoplast fusion hybrids with several species since the resistance is expressed dominantly. Recently the ASA2 gene has been used successfully as a selectable marker to select transformed Astragalus sinicus and Glycine max hairy roots induced by Agrobactetium rhizogenes. These results show that the ASA2y-subunit can interact with the y-subunit of another species to form active feedback-insensitive enzyme that may be useful for selecting transformed cells. Plastid DNA transformation of tobacco has also effectively expressed ASA2 in the compartment in which Trp biosynthesis is localized in the cell.

• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2021년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.60-60
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• 2021

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), especially including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is one of the common diseases with 25% of prevalence globally, but there is no thera-peutic access available. Amomum villosum var. xanthioides (Wall. ex Baker) T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen (AX), which is a medicinal herb and traditionally used for treating digestive tract disorders in Asia countries. We aimed to examine pharmacological effects of ethyl acetate fraction of AX (AXEF) against ER stress-induced NASH mice model using C57/BL6J male mice by tunicamycin (TM, 2 mg/kg) injection focusing on the oxidative stress. Mice were orally administrated AXEF (12.5, 25, or 50 mg/kg), silymarin (50 mg/kg) or distilled water daily for 5 days, and outcomes for fatty liver, inflammation, and oxidative stress were measured in serum or liver tissue levels. AXEF drastically attenuated hepatic ER stress-induced NASH which were evidenced by decreases of li-pid droplet accumulations, serum liver enzymes, hepatic inflammations, and cell death signals in the hepatic tissue or serum levels. Interestingly, AXEF showed potent antioxidant effects by quenching of reactive oxidative stress and its final product of lipid peroxide in the hepatic tissue, specifically increase of metallothionein (MT). To confirm underlying actions of AXEF, we ob-served that AXEF increase MT1gene promoter activities in the physiological levels. Collectively, AXEF showed antioxidant properties on TM-induced ER stress of NASH by enhancement of MTs.