• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.447-448
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• 2001

• 대한화학회지
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.362-368
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• 2006

포스포리파아제 D(PLD)의 8개의 시스테인 잔기들의 특성을 파악하기 위해 설프히드릴(SH)기와 반응하는 각종 화학물질들을 동원하였다. 5,5-다이티오비스(2-니트로벤조산) (DTNB)는 시스테인 잔기의 SH기를 적정하기 위해 이용하였으며, 412nm에서의 환원된 DTNB의 값으로부터 자연 상태의 PLD는 1몰 당 4개의 SH기가 있는 것으로 나타났으나, 8 M의 요소 등으로 3차원 구조를 교란 시킨 변성된 PLD는 8개의 SH기가 적정되었다. 이 결과로 시스테인 잔기의 반(4개)은 외부에 노출되어 있고 그 나머지 반은 내부에 가려져 있다고 추정할 수 있다. SH기 변형 시약인 p-클로로머큐리벤조산(PCMB), 요오드아세트산, 요오드아세트아미드, 그리고 N-에칠마레이미드 등은 모두 PLD를 비활성화 시켰다. 이들 중 다이티오스라이톨(DTT)로 처리했을 때 유일하게 PCMB에 의해 비활성화 된 PLD는 가역적으로 그 활성이 회복되었다. 다양한 작용기를 갖는 다이설파이드들을 이용한 노출된 SH기의 주위 환경을 검토한 결과 음전하나 전하를 띄지 않은 다이설파이드들이 양전하를 띈 시스타민 보다 더 효과적으로 PLD를 비활성화 시키는 것으로 나타났다. 그 이외 시스테인 잔기의 산화-환원 전환이 PLD 활성에 미치는 영향을 과산화수소를 이용하여 검토하였다. 과산화수소 산화에 의해 70% 이상 잃은 PLD 활성은 대부분 DTT에 의해 복원되었다. 이들 결과로부터 양배추 PLD의 시스테인 잔기들이 모두 SH기로 존재한다는 것을 반응을 통해 확인 할 수 있었으며, 또한 외부에 노출된 4개의SH기는 PLD 활성 조절에 지대한 영향을 미치고 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.298-308
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• 2014

Objectives: In this study we made an effort to investigate the protective effect of SSMT on the N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) -induced cytotoxicity of SH-SY5Y cells. Methods: The cell viability was assessed by 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MMT) assay. The fluorescence intensity was measured by using a dye and then with propidium iodide (PI) DNA flow cytometry analysis of the effects on the cell cycle of the SH-SY5Y cells and were used to measure the fluorescence of intracellular reactive oxygen species generation by MPTP. Results: Pretreatment of SSMT significantly suppressed MPTP-induced cytotoxicity, which was revealed as apoptosis characterized by the reduction of cell viability, the increase of ROS production, and the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential in SH-SY5Y cells. Conclusions: These findings suggest that SSMT exerts neuroprotective effects on human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells by MPTP-induced dopaminergic neurodegeneration.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.281-287
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• 2007

Microorganisms were isolated from earthworm intestine and examined for their ability to degrade 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol (MNP), a main degradation product of the insecticide fenitrothion. An isolate that showed the best degradation of MNP was selected for further study. The 16S rRNA analysis showed that the isolate belongs to the genus of Burkholderia, close to phenanthrene-degrading Burkholderia sp. S4.9, and is named Burkholderia sp. SH-1. When time-course degradation of MNP by SH-1 was examined by high performance liquid chromatographic analysis, almost complete degradation of MNP was observed within 26 h. Colony forming unit value assays indicated that the isolate SH-1 was capable of utilizing MNP as a sole carbon source. SH-1 could also degrade p-nitrophenol (PNP) but could not degrade ortho-substituted nitroaromatics such as 2,4-, 2,6- and 2,5-dinitrophenol. Catechol was detected as the main degration product of MNP and PNP. SH-1 was also found in the soil from which earthworms were obtained. These results suggest that the dispersal of Burkholderia sp. SH-1 into different environment with the aid of earthworms is likely to play a role in bioremediation of the soil contaminated with MNP.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2004

금낭화 (Dicentra spectabilis L.)는 개발가치가 있는 국내 자생화 중의 하나로서 우수한 품종의 대량생산이 절실히 요구되는 실정이다. 본 연구는 현탁배양을 통한 배발생세포의 대량증식과 체세포배 발생 및 식물체재생의 적정조건을 구명하여 효율적인 기내묘목의 대량생산 체계를 확립하고자 시도되었다. 1.0mg/L 2,4-D SH고체배지에서 유도된 배발생캘러스를 현탁배지에서 증식시킨 결과, 1.0mg/L 2,4-D를 포함한 SH배지에서 MS배지에 비해 증식율이 높게 나타났으며, 체세포배 발생율은 1/2배 SH기본배지에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 250$m\ell$ 삼각플라스크에서 5,000개 이상의 고빈도로 체세포배가 생산되었다. 체세포배로부터 발아유도시에 GA$_3$는 정상적인 식물체로의 재생을 억제하는 효과를 나타내었으며, 정상적인 식물체 재생은 1/2희석 SH배지에서 양호하였다, 신초와 뿌리를 갖는 유식물체를 모래와 원예용상토(5:1, vol)가 혼합된 토양이 함유된 포트에 이식하여 1개월 후 58%의 생존율을 나타내었다. 이상의 결과를 활용하면 체세포배로부터 금낭화의 묘목을 대량생산 할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제63권3호
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• pp.110-114
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• 2020

Background: Subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) is a common condition in obese children. However, its effect on glucose and lipid metabolism in obese children remains controversial. Purpose: The present study aimed to investigate the association between SH and metabolic parameters. Methods: A total of 215 obese children and adolescents aged 6-18 years were included in this retrospective cross-sectional study. The patients' anthropometric measurements such as thyrotropin (TSH), free thyroxine (fT4), fasting plasma glucose, and insulin levels, as well as homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) index, and lipid profiles were evaluated. The patients were allocated to the SH group (fT4 normal, TSH 5-10 mIU/L) (n=77) or the control group (fT4 normal, TSH<5 mIU/L) (n=138). The glucose and lipid metabolisms of the 2 groups were compared. Results: SH was identified in 77 of 215 patients (36%). Mean body mass index was similar in both groups. The mean serum insulin, HOMA-IR, and triglyceride (TG) levels were higher and the mean high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level was lower in the SH group than in the control group (P=0.007, P=0.004, P=0.01, and P=0.02, respectively). A positive correlation was observed between TSH level and insulin level, HOMA-IR, and TG level. Conclusion: SH was identified in some of the obese children and adolescents. A clear association was observed between SH, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia in obese children.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.544-546
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• 2000

Grb2 is an important adaptor protein in the mitogenic Ras signaling pathway of receptor tyrosine kinases, and contains one SH2 domain and two SH3 domains. The SH2 domain binds to specific phosphotyrosine motifs on receptors or adaptor proteins such as Shc. The SH2 domain antagonists may lead to blocking of the oncogenic Ras signals and to developing new antitumor agents. In the course of screening SH2 antagonists from natural sources, cslerotiorin (1) and isochromophilone IV (2) were isolated from a strain, Penicillium multicolor F1753, and their structures were established by NMR spectral data. The metabolites significantly inhibited the binding between the Grb2-SH2 domain and phosphopeptide derived from the Shc protein, with $IC_{50}$ values of $22{\;}\mu\textrm{M}{\;}and{\;}48{\;}\mu\textrm{M}$ for (1) and (2), respectively. The compounds are the first nonpeptidic inhibitors of the SH2 domain from a natural source.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.363-369
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• 1996

As basic study to evaluate the treatability of oil-contaminated environment with bacteria, isolation and characterization of crude oil-degrading bacterium were carried out. A bacterial strain SH-14 capable of degrading crude oil was isolated from contaminated soils by enrichment culture technique and identified as Acinetobacter sp. by morphological, cultural and biochemical characteristics, and so named Acinetobacter sp. SH-14. The optimal medium composition and cultural conditions for the growth and emulsification of crude oil by Acinetobacter sp. SH-14 used were crude oil of 2.0%, $KNO_3$ of 0.2%, $K_2HPO_4$ of 0.05%, and $MgSO_4\;{\cdot}\;7H_2O$ of 1.0%, along with initial pH 7.0 at $30^{\circ}C$. Acinetobacter sp. SH-14 showed to be resistant to chloramphenicol and utilized various hydrocarbons such as dodecane, hexadecane, isooctane, cyclo-hexane etc., as a sole carbon source. Acinetobacter sp. SH-14 harbored a single plasmid. By agarose gel electrophoresis and curing experiment it was found that the genes for crude oil components degradation were encoded on the plasmid.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.1047-1054
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• 2001

Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) was used to study cross sectional profiles and dimensions of fatigue striations in 2017-T351 aluminum alloy. Their widths(SW) and heights (SH, SH(sub)h, SH(sub)ι) were measured from the cross sectional profiles of three-dimension AFM images. The following results that will be helpful to understand the fatigue crack growth mechanism were obtained. (1) The relation of SH=$\alpha$(SW)(sup)1.2 was obtained. (2) The ratio of the striation height to its width SH/SW, SH(sub)h/SW and SH(sub)ι/SW did not depend on the stress intensity factor range ΔK and the stress ratio R( =P(sub)min/P(sub)max = K(sub)min/K(sub)max). (3) Effect of precipitate on the morphology of striation was changed by the relative dimensional difference between the striation width SW and the precipitates. From these results, the applicability of the AFM to nano-fractography is discussed.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.705-708
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• 2007

The objective of the study was to observe the anti-diabetic effect of Solani nigri Herba(SH). The following experimental results were derived from the measurement of the levels of glucose, GOT and GPT in the serum and weight from a group of experimental rats by way of the injection of streptozotocin as well as the oral administration of Solani nigri Herba water extracts. The glucose level in the serum significantly decreased in the Solani nigri Herba-dosed group(SH2,12.6 mg/100 g rat weight) on the 10th day. The GOT level of SHI(4.2 mg/100 g Solani nigri Herba) and SH2 in the serum slightly decreased, but no significance to compare with control group. The GPT level of SH1 and SH2 in the serum slightly decreased, but no significance to compare with control group. The weight of rat of SH1 and SH2 in the serum slightly increased, but no significance to compare with control group. In conclusion, Solani nigri Herba appeared to have significance inhibitory effects on the rise of blood sugar level in the experimentally induced diabetics.