• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.171-177
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• 2022

The precise homeostatic regulation of local auxin accumulation in xylem precursors of cambium stem cell tissues is one of the most important mechanisms for plant vascular patterning and radial secondary growth. Walls are thin (WAT1), a novel intracellular auxin transporter, contributes directly to the auxin accumulation maxima in xylem precursors. According to recent research, the auxin signaling activated pathway-related gene network was significantly enriched during the secondary growth of Panax ginseng storage roots. These imply that during P. ginseng root secondary growth, specific signaling mechanisms for local auxin maxima in the vascular cambial cells are probably triggered. This study identified four WAT1-like genes, PgWAT1-1/-2 and PgWAT2-1/-2, in the P. ginseng genome. Their expression levels were greatly increased in nitratetreated storage roots stimulated for secondary root growth. PgWAT1-1 and PgWAT2-1 were similar to WAT1 from Arabidopsis and tomato plants in terms of their subcellular localization at a tonoplast and predicted transmembrane topology. We discovered that overexpression of PgWAT1-1 and PgWAT2-1 was sufficient to compensate for the secondary growth defects observed in slwat1-copi loss of function tomato mutants. This critical information from the PgWAT1-1 and PgWAT2-1 genes can potentially be used in future P. ginseng genetic engineering and breeding for increased crop yield.

• 식품과학과 산업
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.26-35
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• 2017

Obesity is a worldwide problem that is associated with metabolic disorders. Obesity is caused by the accumulation of an abnormal amount of body fat in adipose tissue. Adipose tissue is a major metabolic organ, and it has been classified as either white adipose tissue (WAT) or brown adipose tissue (BAT). WAT and BAT are characterized by different anatomical locations, morphological structures, functions, and gene expression patterns. WAT is mainly involved in the storage and mobilization of energy in the form of triglycerides. On the other hand, BAT specializes in dissipating energy as heat through uncoupling protein-1 (UCP-1)-mediated non-shivering thermogenesis. Novel type of brown-like adipocyte within WAT called beige/brite cells was recently discovered, and this transdifferentiation process is referred to as the "browning" or "britening" of WAT. Recently, Brown fat and/or browning of WAT have been highlights as a new therapeutic target for treatment of obesity and its related metabolic disorders. Here, we describe recent advances in the study of BAT and browning of WAT, focusing on proteomic approaches.

• 수완나부미
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.167-186
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• 2021

The Grand Stupa is mentioned in historical text as 'Rajakudakan', which means a royal building with a multitiered superstructure. This Grand Stupa is the principal construction of Wat Chedi Luang, and marks the center of the Chiang Mai City Plan. This study argues that the Grand Stupa was built in 1391 during Phaya Saen Mueang Ma's reign, possibly inspired by the construction of Ku Phaya in Bagan. Thereafter, in 1545, the Grand Stupa's superstructure collapsed after the great earthquake, resulted in the irreparable damage since then. Therefore, a survey using a 3D laser scanner is conducted to collect the most precise data on the current condition of the Grand Stupa, yielding an assumption of its reconstruction. Other simultaneous stupas or those that show a close architectural relationship (e.g. stupas in Wat Chiang Man and Wat Lok Moli and the stupa of King Tilokaraj in Wat Chet Yot in Chiang Mai) are also employed as research frameworks for the reconstruction. As a result, the architectural research on the Grands Stupa, compared with simultaneous stupas, yields a fruitful argument that the pre-collapse superstructure form of the Grand Stupa marks the most architectural similarity to the stupa of Wat Chiang Man.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.319-327
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• 2006

This study aimed to determine whether troglitazone stimulates genes related to fatty acid ${\beta}$-oxidation, leading to modulation of white adipose tissue (WAT) metabolism in high fat diet-fed mice. Female C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into two groups (n=10/group). After they received either a high fat diet or the same high fat diet supplemented with troglitazone for 4 weeks, the effects of troglitazone on gene expression and physiology of WAT were measured using Northern, histological and serological analyses. Administration of troglitazone induced the expression of genes involved in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fatty acid ${\beta}$-oxidation in mesenteric WAT. Troglitazone also significantly increased uncoupling protein 2 mRNA levels. The changes in WAT gene expression were accompanied by reductions in circulating levels of free fatty acids and triglycerides as well as glucose and insulin. Histological studies showed that troglitazone treatment decreased the average size of adipocytes in mesenteric WAT. These results suggest that troglitazone-stimulated WAT expression of genes associated with fatty acid ${\beta}$-oxidation regulates WAT metabolism of high fat diet-fed mice, contributing to improvement of insulin sensitivity.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.297-302
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• 1996

돈분 및 계분을 시비수준을 달리하여 표토(16cm)에 처리한후 1주일 후부터 토마토를 재배하면서 근권토양내의 미생물상의 변화를 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 무처리구의 근권총세균 밀도는 시비구 보다 적었으며, 생육기인 5주째에 균밀도가 1주째보다 떨어졌으며 15주째에는 최고가 되었다. 희석영양배지(Diluted Nutrient Broth : NB)의 세균밀도는 영양배지(Nutrient Broth NB)에서 보다 1.5~2배 높게 나타났다. 2. 정식 1주일후의 근권 토양 세균 수는 돈분에서 NB와 DNB배지에서 퇴비량에 비례하여 증가하였으며, 계분에서는 NB는 증가하였으나 DNB는 시용량에 따라 무비구 보다 감소했다. 60, 120 Mg/ha처리구에서 무비구에 비해 NB에서 100배 이상 증가하였다. 15주후인 토마토 수확기에는 1주후의 경우와 반대로 DNB배지의 세균수가 NB배지에서 보다 높았다. 3. 사상균수는 유기질 비료 시용 1주후에 시비수준에 따라서는 큰 차이를 나타내지 않았지만, 계분시용구에서 무시구보다 감소하였다. 15주째에 계분은 2주째보다 2배가 높았으며 계분 30 Mg/ha에서 최고로 높았으나 돈분은 시용량에 따라 무비구보다 감소하였다. 4. 방선균의 밀도는 1주후 돈분구에서 차이가 없고 계분 시용구에서 무비구보다 감소하였고 15주째에 모든시비구에서 크게 증식하여 돈분 10 Mg/ha와 계분 30 Mg/ha구의 경우 1주후 토양에 비하여 4배 이상 증가하였다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.495-503
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• 2017

파라핀 왁스가 녹아있는 왁스오일은 주위 온도가 내려감에 따라 왁스의 침전이 시작된다. 침전이 시작하는 온도를 왁스생성온도라 부르며, 왁스생성온도는 유동점 측정과 함께 왁스오일의 거동연구에 중요한 정보를 제공해 준다. 본 연구에서는 왁스가 함유된 모델오일을 제조하여, 왁스의 정량과 정성적인 차이에 따른 왁스생성온도와 유동점의 변화를 살펴보았다. 물이 포함되지 않은 왁스함유 모델오일의 경우, 그 투명성으로 인해 ASTM D2500을 통해 왁스생성온도 측정이 가능하다. 또한, 유동점 측정도 같은 장치를 사용하는 ASTM D97을 사용하여 측정할 수 있다. 물이 함유된 에멀젼 모델오일의 경우에는 시료의 불투명성으로 인해 우선 유동점을 중심으로 거동을 살펴보았다. 이후 에멀젼 모델오일의 왁스생성온도 측정은 적외선분광법을 활용하여 측정하였으며, 에멀젼을 형성하는 물의 함량에 따른 왁스생성온도의 경향성은 고찰을 통해 추가적인 실험이 필요할 것으로 판단되었다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.141-150
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• 2016

Background: Adipocyte-macrophage communication plays a critical role regulating white adipose tissue (WAT) inflammatory gene expression. Because WAT inflammation contributes to the development of metabolic diseases, there is significant interest in understanding how exogenous compounds regulate the adipocyte-macrophage crosstalk. An aqueous (AQ) extract of North American (NA) ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) was previously shown to have strong inflammo-regulatory properties in adipocytes. This study examined whether different ginseng extracts influence adipocyte-macrophage crosstalk, as well as WAT inflammatory gene expression. Methods: The effects of AQ and ethanol (EtOH) ginseng extracts ($5{\mu}g/mL$) on adipocyte and macrophage inflammatory gene expression were studied in 3T3-L1 and RAW264.7 cells, respectively, using real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Adipose tissue organ culture was also used to examine the effects of ginseng extracts on epididymal WAT (EWAT) and inguinal subcutaneous WAT (SWAT) inflammatory gene expression. Results: The AQ extract caused significant increases in the expression of common inflammatory genes (e.g., Mcp1, Ccl5, Tnf-${\alpha}$, Nos2) in both cell types. Culturing adipocytes in media from macrophages treated with the AQ extract, and vice versa, also induced inflammatory gene expression. Adipocyte Ppar-${\gamma}$ expression was reduced with the AQ extract. The AQ extract strongly induced inflammatory gene expression in EWAT, but not in SWAT. The EtOH extract had no effect on inflammatory gene expression in either both cell types or WAT. Conclusion: These findings provide important new insights into the inflammo-regulatory role of NA ginseng in WAT.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.100030.1-100030.14
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• 2024

Both brown and white adipose tissues (BAT/WAT) are innervated by the peripheral nervous system, including efferent sympathetic nerves that communicate from the brain/central nervous system out to the tissue, and afferent sensory nerves that communicate from the tissue back to the brain and locally release neuropeptides to the tissue upon stimulation. This bidirectional neural communication is important for energy balance and metabolic control, as well as maintaining adipose tissue health through processes like browning (development of metabolically healthy brown adipocytes in WAT), thermogenesis, lipolysis, and adipogenesis. Decades of sensory nerve denervation studies have demonstrated the particular importance of adipose sensory nerves for brown adipose tissue and WAT functions, but far less is known about the tissue's sensory innervation compared to the better-studied sympathetic nerves and their neurotransmitter norepinephrine. In this review, we cover what is known and not yet known about sensory nerve activities in adipose, focusing on their effector neuropeptide actions in the tissue.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.291-298
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• 2014

Plastic film houses are directly associated with increases in plant growth and yield of vegetable crops through a year round cultivation, however, at the same time temperature stresses are one of fates which are difficult to avoid during crop growth. The objective of this study was to examine the translocation and distribution of minerals (N, P, K) and carbohydrates as well as seasonal fluctuation of mineral uptake and carbohydrate production in cucumber plant grown under moderately high temperature. The temperature treatments consisted of 2-layers film houses (optimal temp.) and 3-layers (high temp.). Shoot growth of cucumber plants were linearly increased until 14 weeks after transplanting (WAT) without any significant difference between both temperatures, and the slowdown was observed from 16 WAT. The level of soluble sugar and starch was slightly greater in optimal temperature compared to the high. Cumulative accumulation of soluble sugar was significantly different before and after 12 WAT in both treatments, whereas starch level represented a constant increase. Monthly production of soluble sugar reached the peak between 12 to 16 WAT, and starch peaked between 4 to 8 WAT and 12 to 16 WAT. Total uptake of N, P and K in optimal and high temperature conditions was $18.4g\;plant^{-1}$ and 17.6 for N, 4.7 and 5.1 for P, and 37.7 and 36.2 for K, respectively, and the pattern of monthly N uptake between optimal and high temperatures was greater in early growth stage, whereas was greater in mid growth stage in both P and K. Thus, this study suggests that moderately high temperature influences much greater to photosynthesis and carbohydrate production than plant biomass and mineral uptake. On the basis of the present result, it is required to indentify analysis of respiration rates from plant and soil by constantly increasing temperature conditions and field studies where elevated temperatures are monitored and manipulated.

• 에너지공학
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2015

석유의 생산 과정에서 발생하는 왁스(wax)와 같은 고형물의 생성 및 집적은 유동안정성 확보(flow assurance) 문제를 발생시켜 안정적인 석유 생산을 방해할 수 있으며, 현장에서는 이를 해결하는데 많은 시간 소모와 경제적 손실이 발생할 수 있다. 왁스집적 문제는 왁스가 생성되기 시작하는 온도인 왁스생성온도 이하의 조건에서만 발생하므로 왁스집적 문제를 예측하고 제어하기 위해서는 오일의 왁스생성온도를 사전에 필수적으로 파악해야한다. 컨덴세이트와 같은 투명 오일의 왁스생성온도는 광학적 기술인 표준측정법이 적용되는 반면 대부분의 현장에서 생산되는 불투명 오일에는 적용이 어려운 한계점이 있다. 이 연구에서는 3가지의 투명 오일시료에 열유량 변화 분석, 점도 변화 분석, 밀도 변화 분석 기법을 적용하여 파악한 왁스생성온도와 표준기법으로 측정한 값과 비교하여 밀도 변화 분석 기법이 가장 신뢰도가 높은 것을 확인하였고 이 기법을 2종류의 불투명 오일시료에 적용하여 왁스생성온도를 결정하였다.