• 한국동물학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.141-151
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• 1990

Raf protein kinases and protein kinase C는 세포질내 serine/threonine-specific protein에 속한다. 그리고 기능적인 구조와 세포내의 분포 양상은 서로 비슷하다. Raf family oncogene를 발현시키는 a-raf와 c-raf protein kinase에 대한 antibodies로써 남생이 대뇌의 raf protein kinase의 분포를 조사하였다. 일반적으로 raf protein kinase는 제한된 지역에서 즉,general pallium,hippocampal formation, pdmordiuin hippocampi,nucleus of lateral olfactory tract, basal amygdaloid nucleus와bed of stria terminalis에 나타났으며, c-raf protein kinase의 면역학적 labeling은 a-raf보다 그 범위가 넓었다. 그렇지만 labeling되는 intensity는 오히려 a-raf보다 낮았다. 그런데 a-raf에서 가장 명확한 좋은 예는 basal amygdaloid nucleus내의 구형모양의 세포인데, 이 세포는 세포질이 매우 강하게 labeling되어 지므로 ring모양과 같이 나타났다. 특히 c-raf는 protein kinase C 가 많이 나타나는 pyramidal 세포나 Purkinje세포에 많이 존재하는 것을 볼 때 protein kinase에 의하여 활성화되는 myc와 서로 상협작용을 유도한다고 제안하는 바이다.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.266-275
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• 1990

Onocogene의 일종인 c-raf protein kinase는 세포질 속에 존재하는 serine / threonine-speccific protein이며, 이것은 mitogene signal에 의해 활성화된다. c-raf protein kinase의 구조와 기능은 protein kinase C와 매우 유사한 것으로 생각된다. 면역세포화학적으로 c-raf protein kinase의 signal transduction을 조사하기 위하여 EC-4 세포에 tumor promotor인 12-0-tet-radecanoylphorbol-13-acetae와 mitogenic gactor인 platelet-derived growth factor로 time-course에 따라서 처리하였다. Translocotion되는 c-raf는 먼저 perinuclear membrane에 모이고 그 후에 핵내로 이동되었다. 그런데 TPA와 PDGF로 처리한 c-raf의 translocotion은 각각의 다른 경로를 가짐을 알 수 있었다. TPA와 PAGF을 장기간 처리하였을 때, c-raf protein kinase의 down regulation이 유도됨을 알 수 있었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.14-26
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• 1998

본 연구에서는 SDS/polyacrylamide 젤 전기영동에 의한 쥐의 성장과정에 따른 소뇌의 단백질양상의 변화양상과 immunocytochemistry를 이용하여 c-raf a-raf kinase의 정상 소뇌에서의 분포에 대해 관찰 하였으며 western blot을 이용하여 소뇌의 단백질들에서 c-raf의 존재에 대해 살펴보았다. 단백질 양상에서 쥐의 성장에 따라 crude에선,ㄴ 49,200 dalton과 169,000 dalton 사이의 bands가 양적 증가를 보였으며 cytosolic fraction 에서는 37,800 dalton의 band가 양적 증가를 보이는데 비해 membrane fraction 에서는 260,600 dalton의 band가 증가하였다. 이러한 결과로 성장 발달에 따라 고분자 량의 물질들이 이들 소뇌 부위에서 기여하였을 것으로 추정할 수 있었다. Immunocytochemistry에 의한 분석에서는 c-raf와 a-raf가 소뇌의 피질주위에서 조롱박 세포(Purkinje cell) 의 세포질 특히 핵 주변부위에서 강하게 검출되었으며 a-raf에 비해 c-raf가 더 강하게 나타났었다. 그리고 그 외에 Nucleus embolifornis의 큰 neuronal cell의 세포질 부위의 나타남을 볼 수 있었다. Immunoblot에 의한 분석에서는 crude와 cytosolic fraction에서 raf protein kinase의 존재를 확인할 수 있었으며, 이상의 결과들을 종합해 보았을 때 소뇌의 정상의 많은 신경세포(neuronal cell)에 raf protein kinase가 분포되어 있으며 이들이 정상의 cell에서 기능을 가질 것으로 추정된다.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.637-640
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• 1997

Raf-1, a cytoplasmic serine/threonine protein kinase, serves as a central intermediate in many signaling pathways in cell proliferation, differentiation, and development. In this study, we investigated that B-raf, Drosophila homolog of the human c-raf-1, is involved in ultraviolet (UV) responsive events by using hypomorphic mutant $D-raf^{c110}$ and Draf-lacZ transgenic fly. At first, effect of UV damage on the survival of wild-type and $D-raf^{C110}$ strains was examined. In terms of $1/LD_{50}$ value, the relative ratio of UV sensitivities of wild-type versus $D-raf^{C110}$ strain was 1 : 2.2. By using quantitative $\beta$-galactosidase activity analysis, transcriptional activity of the D-raf gene promoter was also examined in UV-irradiated Draf-lacZ transgenic larvae. UV irradiation increased the expression of lacZ reporter gene in Draf-lacZ transgenic fly. However, in $D-raf^{C110}$ strain the transcriptional activity of D-raf gene promoter by UV irradiation was extensively reduced. Results obtained in this study suggest that D-raf plays a role in UV response, leading to better survival of Drosophila to UV damage.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.117-122
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• 1998

D-raf, a Drosophila homolog of the human c-raf-1, is known as a signal transducer in cell proliferation and differentiation. A previous study found that the D-raf gene expression is regulated by the DNA replication-related element (DRE)/DRE-binding factor (DREF) system. In this study, we found the sequences homologous to transcription factor C/EBP, MyoD, STAT and Myc recognition sites in the D-raf promoter. We have generated various base substitutional mutations in these recognition sites and subsequently examined their effects on D-raf promoter activity through transient CAT assays in Kc cells with reporter plasmids p5'-878DrafCAT carrying the mutations in these binding sites. Through gel mobility shift assay using nuclear extracts of Kc cells, we detected factors binding to these recognition sites. Our results show that transcription factor C/EBP, STAT and Myc binding sites in D-raf promoter region play a positive role in transcriptional regulation of the D-raf gene and the Myo D binding site plays a negative role.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.228-237
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• 2001

The evolution of conformational constraints in bisphenol-A polycarbonate (BAPC) upon quiescent bulk crystallization was quantitatively analyzed from calorimetric study employing a rigid amorphous fraction (RAF) as an indicator of the level of conformational constraints. From the correlation between corrected crystallinity (X$\sub$c/) and total rigid fraction (f$\sub$r/), it was found that, regardless of molar mass distribution and thermal treatment conditions, semicrystalline BAPC always exhibits greater f$\sub$r/ than X$\sub$c/ maintaining a quantitative relationship of f$\sub$r/〓2X$\sub$c/ in the range of 0.0 $\sub$c/< 0.4. This directly indicates the evolution of approximately the same amount of RAF as X$\sub$c/, (i.e., RAF〓X$\sub$c/) upon bulk crystallization of BAPC. It was also found that T$\sub$g/ per se and T$\sub$g/ broadening enhance as RAF increases, and there appears to be a critical level of RAF (>0.2) needed to initiate significant changes in both quantities.

• BMB Reports
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.414-419
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• 1995

The retroviruses carrying ${\nu}-myc$ and ${\nu}-raf$ oncogenes were infected into fetal thymic organ culture (FTOC) to study the molecular mechanisms involved in T cell development. T cell lymphomas in the different stages of T cell development were obtained from this culture system. Interestingly, a few cell lines obtained from this system have a lack of transfected oncogenes, however these cells have the characteristics of transformed cells. In spite of the discrete phenotype of these transformed cell lines, the same pattern of recombination of endogenous c-raf genes was detected from Southern blot analysis. We suggest in this regard that the translocation event of thymocytes, or abnormal promoter activity, can cause lymphomagenesis by way of c-raf.

• Journal of Life Science
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.52-56
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• 1999

The Raf, a cytoplasmic serine/thereonine protein kinase, acts as an important mediator of signals involving cell proliferation, differentiation and development. Multiple regulatory elements should participate in the expression of D-raf, Drosophila homolog of human c-raf-1. In order to search regulatory factors involved in the D-raf promoter activation, we accomplished the yeast one-hybrid screening using D-raf promoter region from bp-330 to -309 with respect to the transcription initiation site as bait. After screening, sixteen independent positive clones of ${\beta}$-galactosidase activties were identified and sequenced. Two clones having 94-98% identity with daughterless and one clone having 93% identity with escargot by Blast search among these clones were screened.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.223-229
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• 2006

다기능성 농업용 미생물 제제를 개발하기 위하여 항진균능을 가진 불용성 인산 가용화 세균을 식물의 근권 토양으로부터 분리하였다. 분리균주의 분류학적 위치를 검토한 결과, Pseudomonas fluorescens RAF15로 동정되었다. P. fluorescens RAF15는 농작물의 잿빛곰팡이병균 Botrytis cinerea와 줄기썩음병균 Rhizoctonia solani의 생육을 억제할 수 있었다. 불용성 인산인 $Ca_3(PO_4){_2}$로부터 가용성 인산을 생성하기 위한 최적 배지 및 배양조건은 glucose 1.5%, urea 0.005%, $MgCl_2{\cdot}6H_2\;0.3%,\;MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O\;0.01%,\;CaCl_2{\cdot}2H_2O$ 0.01%, NaCl 0.05%, 배양온도 $30^{\circ}C$ 및 초기 pH 7.0이었으며, 최적조건에서 배양 5일 후 863 mg/L의 가용성 인산이 생성되었다. 불용성 인산 가용화는 유기산 생성에 의한 배양액의 pH 감소와 밀접한 관계가 있었다. P. fluorescens RAF15는 $10-35^{\circ}C$, 1-4% 염 농도 및 pH 2.0-11.0의 범위에서도 가용성 인산을 생성할 수 있었다. 본 균주는 $CaHPO_4,\;Ca_3(PO_4){_2}$ 및 hydroxyapatite에서 각각 971-1121 mg/L, 791-908 mg/L 및 844 mg/L의 가용성 인산을 생성하였다. 그러나 $FePO_2$ 및 $AlPO_4$의 경우, 생성된 가용성 인산의 농도는 각각 18 mg/L, 5 mg/L이었다.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.151-155
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• 1997

Promoter of the Drosophila proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) gene contains DRE (Drosophila DNA replication-related element) required for the high level expression of replication-related genes. Recently, we found that promoter region of the D-raf (a Drosophila homolog of the human c-raf-1) contains two sequences homologous to the DRE and demonstrated the DRE/DREF (DRE-binding factor) involvement in regulation of the D-raf gene. In this study, using ursolic acid (UA), a pentacyclic triterpene acid reported to possess antitumor activities, we examined effects of UA on proliferation of the Drosophila cultured Kc cells and on expression of the PCNA and D-raf genes. UA showed an inhibitory effect on proliferation of the Kc cells in a concentration-dependent manner in DNA content assays and [3H]thymidine incorporation assays. The IC50 value of anti-proliferative effects of UA in DNA content assays was about 7.5uM. UA showed inhibitory effects on expression of the PCNA as well as on that of the D-raf, which were examined with the reporter plasmic p5'-168DPCNACAT or p5'-878DrafCAT, respectively. The results obtained in the present study suggest that expression of the PCNA and D-raf genes is coordinately regulated in at least UA-treated Kc cells and that down-regulation of expression of the PCNA and D-raf genes might be related with the antitumor activities of UA.