• 생태와환경
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.387-394
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• 2007

해양 같은 지리적 장벽에도 불구하고, 많은 담수조류는 세계의 다른 대륙에 서식하고 있다. 단세포 담수조류, Mallomonas caudata는 북반구의 미국, 유럽, 및 아시아에서 흔하며, 기후변화 감지나 수화현상 감시 같은 인간생활에 밀접하게 관련되어 있다. 본 종의 계통과 국내출현을 설명하기 위해 여섯 군데의 저수지에서 채집된 균주로부터 엽록체 rbcL과 핵 SSU유전자를 염기서열 분석하였다. 또한, 한국산 균주의 전자현미경적 구조를 조사하였다. 한국과 미국산 종의 SSU염기서열은 0.06%가, rbcL은 0.45%의 차이로 거의 동일하였다. 두 유전자를 이용한 계통수에서 본 종은 속의 다른 종들과 분명히 분리되지만, 단계통군은 아니었다. 근형질은 기저체의 다층판에 부착된 가로무늬의 microfibril들로 구성되어 있었으며, microfibril들의 끝은 핵의 표면 위에 배열되어 있었다. 이 근형질은 Synurophyceae에서 전형적으로 보이는 기저체-핵 연결자이다. Mallomonas가 SSU와 rbcL자료에 의해 지지되지 않는 결과는 분류군 추가와 함께 좀더 연구되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.133-136
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 소시지와 야채 샐러드에서 Y. enterocolitica의 검출을 위해 배지법과 real-time PCR법을 비교하였다. 소시지와 야채 샐러드에 Y. enterocolitica를 접종하고 PSBB에서 증균배양 하였으며, CIN agar에서 선택배양하였다. 동시에 증균배양액에서 1 mL을 채취하여 real-time PCR을 실시하였다. 실험결과, real-time PCR은 소시지에서 배지검출법과 비교하여 동일한 검출력을 보였으나 야채 샐러드에서는 훨씬 더 많은 양성을 검출하였다(p<0.05). 결론적으로 real-time PCR은 식품 시료와 관계 없이 표준 검출법인 배지검출법과 비교하여 동등하거나 우수한 민감도를 지닌 신속검출기법인 것으로 사료되며, 배지검출법에 앞서 선별검사로 사용할 경우 시간, 비용, 노동력 절감에 있어서 매우 유효한 방법이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2014

Biogenic amine은 주로 단백질이 풍부한 전통장류 중 된장과 간장에서 높게 발생하고 있다. 현재까지 국내외 식중독 사고를 보면 biogenic amine중 tyramine, histamine과 putrescine에 의한 보고가 있다. 전통장류의 biogenic amine에 대한 위생적인 문제를 해결하기 위해 전통장류 제조에 적합한 발효미생물 중에서 biogenic amine 비생성 및 분해하는 미생물을 선발하여 종균으로 적용한다면 biogenic amine에 대한 문제를 해결할 수 있을 것이다. 이러한 문제의 해결을 위해 본 연구에서는 우수한 발효능력과 함께 유해균에 대해 강한 길항 능력을 지니며, biogenic amine을 생산하지 않지만 높은 분해능력을 보이는 균주를 선발하여 장류제조 종균으로의 이용가능성을 실증하였다. 결론적으로 선발된 장류발효균주를 종균으로 이용하여 메주제조 및 청국장 제조 등에 이용한다면 biogenic amine과 Bacillus cereus를 안전한 수준으로 낮출 수 있을 것으로 사료되었고, 전통장류의 HACCP적용을 위한 HAZARD를 관리하는 우수한 수단으로 이용될 수 있을 것이다. 또한 향후에는 단일 균종만 종균으로 사용할 경우 전통장류의 우수한 풍미를 재현하는데 한계가 있기 때문에 종균들을 적절하게 조합한 혼합발효를 통해 제조한다면 풍미가 좋을 뿐만 아니라, 위생문제를 해결한 우수한 장류를 생산할 수 있을 것으로 판단되었다.

• Experimental and Molecular Medicine
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• 제50권12호
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• pp.1.1-1.14
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• 2018

DNA methylation is a regulatory mechanism in epigenetics that is frequently altered during human carcinogenesis. To detect critical methylation events associated with gastric cancer (GC), we compared three DNA methylomes from gastric mucosa (GM), intestinal metaplasia (IM), and gastric tumor (GT) cells that were microscopically dissected from an intestinal-type early gastric cancer (EGC) using methylated DNA binding domain sequencing (MBD-seq) and reduced representation bisulfite sequencing (RRBS) analysis. In this study, we focused on differentially methylated promoters (DMPs) that could be directly associated with gene expression. We detected 2,761 and 677 DMPs between the GT and GM by MBD-seq and RRBS, respectively, and for a total of 3,035 DMPs. Then, 514 (17%) of all DMPs were detected in the IM genome, which is a precancer of GC, supporting that some DMPs might represent an early event in gastric carcinogenesis. A pathway analysis of all DMPs demonstrated that 59 G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) genes linked to the hypermethylated DMPs were significantly enriched in a neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction pathway. Furthermore, among the 59 GPCRs, six GI hormone receptor genes (NPY1R, PPYR1, PTGDR, PTGER2, PTGER3, and SSTR2) that play an inhibitory role in the secretion of gastrin or gastric acid were selected and validated as potential biomarkers for the diagnosis or prognosis of GC patients in two cohorts. These data suggest that the loss of function of gastrointestinal (GI) hormone receptors by promoter methylation may lead to gastric carcinogenesis because gastrin and gastric acid have been known to play a role in cell differentiation and carcinogenesis in the GI tract.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권10호
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• pp.1644-1655
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• 2019

Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S. cerevisiae) and glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) have been employed to improve the intestinal development of weaned animals. The goal of this study was to determine whether either exogenous S. cerevisiae or GLP-2 elicits major effects on fecal microbiotas and cytokine responses in weaned piglets. Ninety-six piglets weaned at 26 days were assigned to one of four groups: 1) Basal diet (Control), 2) empty vector-harboring S. cerevisiae (EV-SC), 3) GLP-2-expressing S. cerevisiae (GLP2-SC), and 4) recombinant human GLP-2 (rh-GLP2). At the start of the post-weaning period (day 0), and at day 28, fecal samples were collected to assess the bacterial communities via sequencing the V1-V2 region of the 16S-rRNA gene, and piglets' blood was also sampled to measure cytokine responses (i.e., IL-$1{\beta}$, TNF-${\alpha}$, and IFN-${\gamma}$). This study revealed that, on the one hand, although S. cerevisiae supplementation did not significantly alter the growth of weaned piglets, it induced increases in the relative abundances of two core genera (Ruminococcaceae_norank and Erysipelotrichaceae_norank) and decreases in the relative abundances of two other core genera (Lachnospiraceae_norank and Clostridiale_norank) and cytokine levels (IL-$1{\beta}$ and TNF-${\alpha}$) (p < 0.05, Control vs EV-SC; p < 0.05, rh-GLP2 vs GLP2-SC). On the other hand, GLP-2 supplementation had no significant influence on fecal bacterial communities and cytokine levels, but it produced better body weight and average daily gain (p < 0.05, Control vs EV-SC; p < 0.05, rh-GLP2 vs GLP2-SC). Therefore, altered fecal microbiotas and cytokine response effects in weaned piglets were due to S. cerevisiae rather than GLP-2.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.973-979
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• 2011

Carbonic maceration 처리는 포도주 제조 시 사과산을 감소시키는 방법으로 사과산 감소의 원인 중 미생물의 영향을 알아보고자 사과산을 감소시키고 젖산을 생성시키는 미생물을 분리, 동정한 결과Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus plantarum 및 Streptococcus thermophilus의 젖산균이 존재하는 것으로 나타났다. 분리된 균들은 대부분 당에서 젖산을 생성하는 균으로 알려져 있으며 사과산을 함유한 배지에서 균의 배양 중 사과산을 이용하지 않고 젖산을 생성하는 것으로 보아 주로 당을 이용하여 젖산을 생성하는 것으로 보인다. 사과산을 이용해 젖산을 생성시키는 대표적인 malo-lactic bacteria인 Oenococcus oeni 균은 본 실험에서는 동정되지 않았다. 따라서 carbonic maceration 처리 시 사과산의 감소는 포도에 자연적으로 생육한다는 malo-lactic bacteria나 감산 관련 미생물의 영향은 크게 받지 않는 것으로 판단되며, 젖산 함량의 증가는 당을 이용하는 다양한 젖산균에 의해 생성되는 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.1169-1175
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• 2011

시설재배지의 토양미생물 분포 특성을 밝히고 토양의 건전성을 평가하고자, 전국 주요 시설재배 8개 주산단지에서 각각 5포장을 선정하여 토양화학성, 미생물분포 및 생화학적 특성을 조사하였다. 토양화학성은 가용성인산, 칼륨, 칼슘의 함량이 적정범위보다 크게 상회하여 상당량의 염류 집적을 확인하였다. 토양미생물의 배양적 방법을 통해 조사한 시설재배지의 주요 우점 박테리아는 Bacillus 속, Microbacterium 속, Arthrobacter 속, Lysobacter 속 등이었으며, 형광성 Pseudomonas 속의 밀도는 상추와 오이 재배지에서 각각 $0.018-7.3{\times}10^4\;cfu\;g^{-1}$, $0.0013-9.6{\times}10^4\;cfu\;g^{-1}$으로 시료에 따라 큰 변이를 보였다. 비배양학적 방법을 통한 토양미생물 분포 조사를 위해 수행한 인지질지방산 (PLFA)의 주성분 분석 결과, 작물 및 지역별 군집구조의 큰 차이는 없었다. 따라서 토양화학성 및 미생물군집구조 측면에서 시설재배지 조사지역의 토양은 대체로 건전한 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.1083-1095
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• 2019

Butyrate is known to play a significant role in energy metabolism and regulating genomic activities that influence rumen nutrition utilization and function. Thus, this study investigated the effects of an isolated butyrate-producing bacteria, Clostridium saccharobutylicum, in rumen butyrate production, fermentation parameters and microbial population in Holstein-Friesian cow. An isolated butyrate-producing bacterium from the ruminal fluid of a Holstein-Friesian cow was identified and characterized as Clostridium saccharobutylicum RNAL841125 using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and phylogenetic analyses. The bacterium was evaluated on its effects as supplement on in vitro rumen fermentation and microbial population. Supplementation with $10^6CFU/ml$ Clostridium saccharobutylicum increased (p < 0.05) microbial crude protein, butyrate and total volatile fatty acids concentration but had no significant effect on $NH_3-N$ at 24 h incubation. Butyrate and total VFA concentrations were higher (p < 0.05) in supplementation with $10^6CFU/ml$ Clostridium saccharobutylicum compared with control, with no differences observed for total gas production, $NH_3-N$ and propionate concentration. However, as the inclusion rate (CFU/ml) of C. saccharobutylicum was increased, reduction of rumen fermentation values was observed. Furthermore, butyrate-producing bacteria and Fibrobacter succinogenes population in the rumen increased in response with supplementation of C. saccharobutylicum, while no differences in the population in total bacteria, protozoa and fungi were observed among treatments. Overall, our study suggests that supplementation with $10^6CFU/ml$ C. saccharobutylicum has the potential to improve ruminal fermentation through increased concentrations of butyrate and total volatile fatty acid, and enhanced population of butyrate-producing bacteria and cellulolytic bacteria F. succinogenes.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.58-63
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• 2019

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Telomeres are located at the chromosomal ends and progressively shortened during each cell cycle. Telomerase, which is regulated by hTERT and c-MYC, maintains telomeric DNA sequences. Especially, telomerase is active in cancer and stem cells to maintain telomere length for replicative immortality. Recently we reported that walnut phenolic extract (WPE) can reduce cell viability in a colon cancer stem cell (CSC) model. We, therefore, investigated the effect of WPE on telomere maintenance in the same model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: $CD133^+CD44^+$ cells from HCT116, a human colon cancer cell line, were sorted by Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and treated with WPE at the concentrations of 0, 10, 20, and $40{\mu}g/mL$ for 6 days. Telomere lengths were assessed by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) using telomere specific primers and DNA extracted from the cells, which was further adjusted with single-copy gene and reference DNA ($ddC_t$). Telomerase activity was also measured by qRT-PCR after incubating the PCR mixture with cell protein extracts, which was adjusted with reference DNA ($dC_t$). Transcriptions of hTERT and c-MYC were determined using conventional RT-PCR. RESULTS: Telomere length of WPE-treated cells was significantly decreased in a dose-dependent manner ($5.16{\pm}0.13$ at $0{\mu}g/mL$, $4.79{\pm}0.12$ at $10{\mu}g/mL$, $3.24{\pm}0.08$ at $20{\mu}g/mL$ and $3.99{\pm}0.09$ at $40{\mu}g/mL$; P = 0.0276). Telomerase activities concurrently decreased with telomere length ($1.47{\pm}0.04$, $1.09{\pm}0.01$, $0.76{\pm}0.08$, and $0.88{\pm}0.06$; P = 0.0067). There was a positive correlation between telomere length and telomerase activity (r = 0.9090; P < 0.0001). Transcriptions of both hTERT and c-MYC were also significantly decreased in the same manner. CONCLUSION: In the present cell culture model, WPE reduced telomere maintenance, which may provide a mechanistic link to the effect of walnuts on the viability of colon CSCs.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제82권3호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2019

Background: Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), a transmembrane protein, binds to the programmed death-1 (PD-1) receptor, and anti-PD-1 therapy enables immune responses against tumors. This study aimed to assess clinical characteristics of PD-L1 expression using immunohistochemistry among Korean patients with lung cancer. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the data of patients with pathologically proven lung cancer from a single institution. PD-L1 expression determined by Tumor Proportion Score (TPS) was detected using 22C3 pharmDx (Agilent Technologies) and SP263 (Ventana Medical Systems) assays. Results: From July 2016 to July 2017, 267 patients were enrolled. The main histologic type was adenocarcinoma (69.3%). Most participants were smokers (67.4%) and had clinical stage IV disease (60.7%). In total, 116 (42%) and 58 (21%) patients had TPS ${\geq}1%$ and ${\geq}50%$, respectively. The patients were significantly older in TPS ${\geq}1%$ group than in TPS <1% group ($64.83{\pm}9.38years$ vs. $61.73{\pm}10.78years$, p=0.014), not in TPS ${\geq}50%$ cutoff value ($64.69{\pm}9.39$ vs. $62.36{\pm}10.51$, p=0.178). Regarding histologic grade, higher proportions of poorly differentiated tumor were observed in the TPS ${\geq}1%$ (40.8% vs. 25.8%, p=0.020) and TPS ${\geq}50%$ groups (53.2% vs. 27.2%, p=0.004). Among 34 patients examined with 22C3 and SP263 assays, 27 had positive results in both assays, with a cutoff of TPS ${\geq}1%$ (r=0.826; 95% confidence interval, 0.736-0.916). Conclusion: PD-L1 expression, defined as TPS ${\geq}1%$, was related to older age and poorly differentiated histology. There was a similar distribution of PD-L1 expression in both 22C3 and SP263 results.