• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.469-480
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 Ceriporia sp. ZLY-2010을 이용하여 폴리염화비페닐류의 생분해와 효소 시스템간의 상관관계에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 폴리염화비페닐 동족체 첨가에 따라 단백질 정량 및 manganese peroxidase (MnP)와 laccase의 활성을 비교하였으며, cytochrome P450 monooxygenase의 저해 정도를 평가함으로써 균체 내 효소가 폴리염화비페닐의 생분해에 끼치는 영향을 구명하였다. 단백질 정량 및 균체 외 효소 활성을 측정해 본 결과, 대조구에 비해 폴리염화비페닐 동족체를 첨가한 실험구에서 단백질 농도 및 효소활성이 더 높게 측정되었다. 단백질 농도의 경우, 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl을 첨가했을 때, 가장 높은 단백질 농도가 측정되었다. 하지만 MnP와 laccase 활성에서는 상대적으로 염소원자가 적게 치환된 2,3',4',5-tetrachlorobiphenyl을 첨가한 실험구에서 높게 나타나는 경향을 보였다. Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase의 저해 정도를 평가한 결과, 2,3',4',5-tetrachlorobiphenyl을 첨가한 실험구의 경우, 배양 1일째, 저해제 1-aminobenzotriazole 0.1 mM에서 2.73%의 분해율을 나타냈으며, 저해제 첨가 시 생분해율이 크게 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl 역시, 저해제의 존재 하에 20% 내외의 분해율을 보였으며, 이는 대조구에 비해 약 40% 감소한 비율이다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.185-195
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• 2006

산업발달과 인구증가로 인하여 석유계 탄화수소의 사용량이 점차 증가함에 따라 많은 양의 석유계 탄화수소가 환경에 잔류하여 토양과 지하수에 심각한 오염을 야기시키고 있으며, 인체에도 피해를 주게 된다. 유류오염토양을 복원하는 방법 중 생물을 이용한 복원기술은 경제적이고 환경친화적인 기술로서, phytoremediation 방법은 유류오염물질을 분해할 수 있는 미생물과 토양 내의 미생물량을 증가시킬 수 있는 고등식물을 함께 이용함으로써 생물복원기술의 효율을 극대화할 수 있는 방법이다. 토양 내 유류오염물질은 중금속, polychlorinated biphenyl, trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene 등의 오염물질과 달리 식물에 의해 분해 될 수 있기 때문에 유류오염물질 정화효율이 높은 식물종을 선택하는 것이 무엇보다 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 phytoremediation 기법을 이용하여 유류오염토양을 정화하는 과정에서 식물과 근권 미생물을 역할을 밝히고, 이전에 보고된 연구결과를 바탕으로 유류오염토양복원에 효과적인 식물종과 근권미생물을 알아보았다. 토양 내의 유류오염물질은 식물과 근권 미생물에 의해 분해제거되는데, 식물과 근권 미생물은 유류오염물질을 직접 분해하기도 하며 서로의 분해작용을 촉진하는 간접적 역할을 하기도 한다. 유류오염 토양의 정화에 선호되는 식물종은 alfalfa, ryegrass, tall fescue, poplar, corn 등이었으며, 탄화수소를 분해할 수 있는 것으로 밝혀진 미생물종은 주로 Pseudomonas spp., Bacillus spp., Alcaligenes spp. 등이었다. Phytoremediation 방법을 통해 토양 내 유류오염물질의 정화효율을 높일 수 있다는 연구결과가 보고되고 있다. 따라서 phytoremediation 과정에서 식물과 근권 미생물의 역할과 상호작용을 정확히 이해한다면 보다 효과적인 토양복원을 기대할 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.385-391
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• 2008

This study was performed to examine the effect of 2,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB#118) on testis of male rats. PCB#118 (20 mg/kg/week) in corn oil was intraperitoneally injected to adult male rats for 2, 5, 8 weeks. The body and testicular weights were measured at 3, 6, 9 weeks of PCB treatment. The morphological changes in the rat testes were then analyzed by light microscopy (LM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results showed that PCB#118 caused significant change in the body weights and testicular weights. Moreover, the morphological studies that were conducted on the PCB-treated rats revealed that the number of spermatocytes and spermatids in their seminiferous tubules decreased than control group (LM). The nuclear membrane was damaged when PCB was administered to them for 9 weeks (TEM). These results suggest that the reproductive function of the adult male rats is sensitive to PCB#118, and that may affect the testicular morphology of adult male rats.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.258-263
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• 2000

2-Hydroxy-6-oxo-6phenylhexa-2,4-dienoate (HOPDA) hydrolase catalyzes the hydrolytic cleavage of HOPDA to bemzpate and 2-hydroxypenta-2, 4-dienoate (HPD) during microbial catabolism of biphenyl and polychlorinated biphenyls. A HOPDA hydrolase gene (pcbD) was isolated from the genomic library of Pseudomonas sp. P20 and designated as pCNUO1201; a 7.5-kb XbaI DNA fragment from Pseudomonas sp. P20 was inserted into the pBluescript SK(+) XbaI site. E. coli HB101 harboring pCNU1201 exhibited HOPDA hydrolase activity. The open reading frame (ORF) corresponding to the pcbD gene consisted of 855 base pairs with an ATG initiation codon and a TGA termination codon. The ORF was preceded by a rebosome-binding sequence of 5'-TGGAGC-3' and its G+C content was 55 mol%. The pcbD gene of Pseudomonas sp. P20 was located immedeately downstream of the pcbC gene encoding 2,3- dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-dioxygenase, and approximately 4-kb upstream of the pcbE gene encoding HPD hydratase. The pcbK gene was able to encode a polypeptide with a molecular weight of 31,732 containing 284 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence of the HOPDA hydrolase of Pseudomonas sp. P20 exhibited high identity (62%) with those of the HOPDA hydrolases of P. putida KF715, P. pseudoalcaligenes KF707, and Burkholderia cepacia LB400, and also significant homology with those of other hydrolytic enzymes including esterase, transferase, and peptidase.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.529-536
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• 2005

Measurement of toxicologically relevant polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners such as non-ortho(IUPAC#) 77, 81, 126, 169 and mono-ortho 105, 114, 118, 123, 156, 157, 189 and di-ortho 170, 180 and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) such as 47, 66, 85, 99, 100, 138, 153, 154 in environmental samples become almost mandatory in several countries now. However, most of the available methods involve expensive instrumentations such as HRGC-HRMS or ECNI-LRMS, apart from expensive extraction and clean-up (with large volume of solvents) steps. A method has been devised combining the analytical separation power of PYE [2-(1-pyrenyl)ethyldimethysilylated silica] column HPLC and high-resolution gas chromatographic techniques including micro-electron capture detection (ECD) and two dimensional gas chromatograpy-ECD techniques to determine these eco-toxic substances at parts-per-trillion (ppt) levels. This combination resolves co-elution of congeners that occur in disproportionate ratios (e.g. CB-110 and -77) and allows accurate congener-specific determination of target compounds. This method is cost effective as it requires only hexane, that in small quantities (10 mL) and GC-ECD. The elution and analysis time are optimized to less man hours. This method is effectively utilized in the analysis of co-planar PCBs and PBDEs from archived solvent extracts of samples previously analyzed for pesticides and PCBs. Structure based separation of contaminant classes improves GCECD determination at ppt levels.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.520-528
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• 2007

A practical and efficient disposal of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in waste transformer oil by a chemical dechlorination process has been reported. The transformer oil containing commercial PCB mixtures (Aroclor 1242, 1254 and 1260) was treated by the required amounts of PEG 600 (polyethylene glycol 600), potassium hydroxide (KOH) and aluminum (Al), along with different reaction temperatures and times. The reaction of PEG with PCBs under basic condition produces arylpolyglycols, the products of nucleophilic aromatic substitution. The relative efficiencies of PCB treatment process were assessed in terms of destruction and removal efficiency (DRE, %). Under the experimental conditions of PEG600/KOH/Al/100 oC/2hr, average DRE of PCBs was approximately 78%, showing completely removal of PCBs containing 7-9 chlorines on two rings of biphenyl which appear later than PCB no. 183 (2,2',3,4,4',5',6-heptaCB) in retention time of GC/ECD. However, when increasing the reaction temperature and time to 150 oC and 240 min, average DRE of PCBs including the most toxic PCBs (PCB no. 77, 105, 118, 123 and 169) in PCB family reached 99.99% or better, with the exception of PCB no. 5 and 8 (2,3-diCB and 2,4'-diCB). In studying the reaction of PEG with PCBs, it confirmed that the process led to less chlorinated PCBs through a stepwise process with the successive elimination of chlorines. The process also permits complete recovery of treated transformer oil through simple segregating procedures.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.202-206
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• 1983

PCB의 투여량(投與量) 및 투여기명(投與期明)에 따른 흰쥐의 간(肝), 뇌(腦) 및 신장조직(腎臟組織)의 LDH생활(生活) 변화(變化)를 연구(硏究)한 결과(結果) 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 1. 간(肝), 뇌(腦) 및 신장조직(腎臟組織)의 LDH활성(活性)은 PCB 투여량(投與量)에 비례(比例)하여 점차(漸次) 증가(增加)함이 나타났다. 2. 간(肝)의 LDH생활(生活)은 PCB 투여(投與)에 의해 현저(顯著)히 증가(增加)하였으며, 50ppm, 100 ppm 투여군(投與群)에서는 투여(投與) 후(後) 처음 5일(日)사이에, 10ppm 투여군(投與群)에서는 투여(投與) 후(後) 5일(日)에서 10일(日)사이에 최대증가율(最大增加率)을 나타냈다. 3. 뇌(腦)의 LDH활성(活性)은 50ppm, 100ppm 투여군(投與群)에서 투여후(投與後) 처음 5일(日) 사이에 최대증가율(最大增加率)을 나타내었으며, 그 후(後) 계속 현저(顯著)한 증가(增加)를 나타낸 반면(反面), 10ppm 투여군(投與群)은 투여(投與) 후(後) 10일까지 거의 변화(變化)가 없었다. 4. 신장(腎臟)의 LDH 생활(生活)은 투여(投與) 후(後) 10일에서 15일 사이에 최대(最大)의 증가(增加)를 보였다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.1499-1507
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• 2011

Practical disposal of transformer insulation oil laden with PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) by a chemical treatment has been studied in field work. The transformer insulation oil containing PCBs was treated by the required amounts of PEG (polyethylene glycol) and KOH, along with different reaction conditions such as temperatures and times. The reaction of PEG with PCBs under basic condition produces arylpolyglycols, the products of nucleophilic aromatic substitution. Removal efficiencies of PCBs in insulation oil before and after chemical treatment were examined. The removal efficiency of PCBs was very low at lower temperatures of 25 and $50^{\circ}C$. Under the reaction condition of PEG 600/KOH/$100^{\circ}C$/2hr, removal efficiency of PCBs was approximately 70%, showing completely removal of PCBs containing 7~9 chlorines on biphenyl frame which appear later than PCB IUPAC Number 183 (2,2',3,4,4',5',6-heptaCB) in retention time of GC/ECD. However, when increasing the reaction temperature and time to $150^{\circ}C$ and 4 hours, removal efficiency of PCBs reached 99.99% without any formation of PCDDS/PCDFs during the process. Such reaction conditions were verified by several official analytical institutions. In studying the reaction of PEG with PCBs, it confirmed that the process of chemical treatment led to less chlorinated PCBs through a stepwise process with the successive elimination of chlorines.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.115-123
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• 2019

Among the environmental chemicals that may be able to disrupt the endocrine systems of animals and humans are polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a chemical class of considerable concern. PCB consists of two six-carbon rings linked by a single carbon bond, and theoretically, 209 congeners can form, depending on the number of chlorines and their location on the biphenyl rings. Furthermore, 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB126) exposure also increases nitric oxide production and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells binding activity in chondrocytes, thus contributing as an initiator of chondrocyte apoptosis and resulting in thymic atrophy and immunosuppression. This study identified whether cardiac and immune abnormalities from PCB126 were caused by the Kv1.3 and Kv1.5 channels. PCB126 did not affect either the steady-state current or peak current of the Kv1.3 and Kv1.5 channels. However, PCB126 right-shifted the steady-state activation curves of human Kv1.3 channels. These results suggest that PCBs can affect the heart in a way that does not block voltage-dependent potassium channels including Kv1.3 and Kv1.5 directly.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.170-176
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• 2005

한국과 일본의 환경대기 시료를 대상으로 PCB 전이성질체 분석을 통하여, 오염정도 및 이성질체 분포 특성을 파악하고 통계적 처리기법을 통하여 발생원을 추정하였다. 환경대기 중 PCB 농도는 한국이 $0.003{\sim}1.01\;pgTEQ/m^3$ (평균 $0.22\;pgTEQ/m^3$), 일본이 $0.002{\sim}0.014\;pgTEQ/m^3$(평균 $0.007\;pgTEQ/m^3$)으로 나타났다. 한국의 환경대기 중 PCB 농도는 공단지역이 도시지역간의 농도 변화폭이 매우 크게 나타났다. 이성질체 분포에 있어서는 대체로 유사한 경향을 나타내었으나 한국의 공단 지역에서는 $7{\sim}10CB$의 고염소화 동족체가 검출되어 특정한 오염원이 존재할 가능성이 시사되었다. 주성분 분석을 통하여 한국과 일본의 환경대기 중 PCB 오염원을 추정한 결과 한국 환경대기 시료가 일본 환경대기 시료에 비하여 소각로 영향을 많이 받고 있으며 PCB 제품 영향은 일본에 비해 상대적으로 적은 것으로 판단된다.