• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.30-34
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• 2018

Silver (Ag) has been widely used in commercial products and medical fields since ancient times because of its antibacterial effect. It is harmless and non-toxic to the human body. For this reason, recent research has actively evaluated antimicrobial activity using silver (Ag). In this study, we investigated the inhibitory effect of a silver-based compound, silver phosphate ($Ag_3PO_4$) on the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and the activation of human immunity. First, the inhibitory effect of $Ag_3PO_4$ on the growth of Staphylococcus aureus was confirmed by a growth curve and a colonyounting method. As a result, the growth inhibitory effect increased as the concentration of $Ag_3PO_4$ increased. Specifically, treatment with $5{\mu}g/mL$ of $Ag_3PO_4$ resulted in no bacteria growth, and the colony-counting method showed a remarkable inhibition. In addition, the expression of cytokine IL-8 by $Ag_3PO_4$ was examined to investigate the cellular immune system activation by $Ag_3PO_4$. After pretreatment of Staphylococcus aureus for 1 hour with $50{\mu}g/mL$ $Ag_3PO_4$, an increased IL-8 mRNA expression resulted. In cells treated with $Ag_3PO_4$, we found that the expression of IL-8 was enhanced in a time-dependent fashion compared to non-treated cells. These results indicate that $Ag_3PO_4$ induces antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and activates human immunity. These results are expected to contribute to the future study of the mechanism of silver (Ag) and silver-based compounds in relation to antibacterial activity.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.20-24
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• 2015

Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) play a pivotal role in regulating cellular hypoxic response. In this study, we cloned and characterized the genes encoding IGF-1 and IGFBP-1 to improve the current knowledge on their roles in highland Bos grunniens (Yak). We also compared their expression levels in the liver and kidney tissues between yaks and lowland cattle. We obtained full-length 465 bp IGF-1 and 792 bp IGFBP-1, encoding 154 amino acids (AA) IGF-1, and 263 AA IGFBP-1 protein, respectively using reverse transcriptase-polyerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technology. Analysis of their corresponding amino acid sequences showed a high identity between B. grunniens and lowland mammals. Moreover, the two genes were proved to be widely distributed in the examined tissues through expression pattern analysis. Real-time PCR results revealed that IGF-1 expression was higher in the liver and kidney tissues in B. grunniens than in Bos taurus (p<0.05). The IGFBP-1 gene was expressed at a higher level in the liver (p<0.05) of B. taurus than B. grunniens, but it has a similar expression level in the kidneys of the two species. These results indicated that upregulated IGF-1 and downregulated IGFBP-1 are associated with hypoxia adaptive response in B. grunniens.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.785-804
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• 1999

The cell activities of bone metabolism is affected by growth factor rather than by hormone. The affects of growth factors on the bone activity were observed using various culture methods. Platelet-derived growth factor(PDGF) is produced from the well differentiated bone cell. It stimulates cell mitosis, synthesizes collagen in bone tissue and plays a role in healing response. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects that PDGF has on the activity and the proliferation of osteoblast by measuring the activity of alkaline phosphatase, the growth formation of calcified nodules, and osteocalcin production. In this study, HOS and ROS 17/2.8 osteoblastic cell line was used, along with variable concentrations of PDGF the were measured with osteoblastic proliferation. The cell proliferation of HOS and ROS 17/2.8 cells was stimulated dose- depentdently. Alakline phosphatase activity was significantly decreased by PDGF in osteoblastic cells. A number of small calcified nodules were observed in HOS cell treated with low concentrations(0.1, 0.4 ng/ml) of PDGF-BB and no significant difference from control group was found. High concentrations(10, 50 ng/ml) of PDGF suppressed calcified nodule formation. And osteocalcin production was inhibited with PDGF. These results suggest that PDGF stimulates the osteoblastic proliferation, whereas suppresses the individual cellular functions.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.325-332
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• 2000

The growth characteristics and the cellular protein patterns of the Lactobacillus plantarum isolated and identified from oat silage were examined in order to confirm whether it will be used practically as probiotics or not. L plantarum was identified by morphological and biochemical tests including of final conforming by API 50CHL kit. The cultivation in MRS broth of the strain under the condition of different temperature, proved that they grew into $2.0{\times}10^{9}$ in $25^{\circ}C$, into $1.4{\times}10^{9}$ in $35^{\circ}C$ but they decreased into $4.5{\times}10^{5}$ growth in $45^{\circ}C$. The comparison of the growth by measurement of O.D600nm value after 24 hour cultivation between L plantarum and commercial probiotics, showed that the strain had a higher growth than commercial as 1.841 : 1.623. The measurement of it under bile acid's existence, indicated that this isolation was not influenced by bile acid and the tolerance was $3.2{\times}10^{9}$, $3.9{\times}10^{9}$ and $3.2{\times}10^{9}$, respectively, when each of 0%, 1%, and 2% oxigall existed. The examination of their antibiotics susceptibility by disk diffusion test, proved that L plantarum showed resistance against danofloxacin(5mcg), gentamycin(10mcg), kanamycin(30mcg), neomycin(30mcg) and streptomycin(10mcg). Based upon the test of the bacteriocin formation of this L plantarum, it was found out that the inhibition zone was not formed. In growth of L plantarum and E coli in nutrient broth, all E coli died out within 6 hours after cultures.

• BMB Reports
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.525-530
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• 2000

The nerve growth factor (NGF) induces neuronal differentiation and neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells, whereas epidermal growth factors (EGF) stimulate growth and proliferation of the cells. In spite of this difference, NGF-or EGF-treated PC12 cells share various properties in cellular-signaling pathways. These include the activation of the phosphoinositide (PI)-3 kinase, 70 kDa S6 kinase, and in the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathway, following the binding of these growth factors to intrinsic receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). Therefore, many studies have been attempted to access the critical signaling events in determining the differentiation and proliferation of PC12 cells. In this study, we investigated the cytosolic phospholipase $A_2$ ($cPLA_2$) in neurite behavior in order to identify the differences of signaling pathways between the NGF-induced differentiation and the EGF-induced proliferation of PC12 cells. We have showed here that the $cPLA_2$ was translocated from cytosol to membrane only in NGF-treated cells. We also demonstrated that this translocation is associated with NGF-induced activation of phospholipase $C-{\gamma}(PLC-{\gamma})$, which elevates intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ concentration. These results reveal that the translocation of $cPLA_2$ may be a requisite event in the neuronal differentiation of PC12 cells. Various phospholipase inhibitors were used to confirm the importance of these enzymes in the differentiation of PC12 cells. Neomycin B, a PLC inhibitor, dramatically inhibited the neurite outgrowth, and two distinct $PLA_2$ inhibitors, 4-bromophenacyl bromide (BPB) and arachidonyltrifluoro-methyl ketone ($AACOCF_3$) also suppressed the neurite outgrowth of the cells, as well Taken together, these data indicated that $cPLA_2$ is involved in NGF-induced neuronal differentiation and neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells.

• BMB Reports
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.484-488
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• 2001

STATs are proteins with a dual function: signal transducers in the cytoplasm and transcriptional activators in the nucleus. Among the six known major STATs (STAT1-6), STAT3 has been implicated in the widest range of signaling pathways that regulate cell growth and differentiation. As a part of our on-going investigation on the pleiotropic functions of STAT proteins, we examined the role of STAT3 as a molecular adaptor that links diverse cell growth signaling pathways. We observed that STAT3 can be specifically activated by multiple cytokines, such as IL-3, in transformed fibroblasts and IL-4 or IFN-$\gamma$ in primary immune cells, respectively. The selective activation of STAT3 in H-ras-transformed NIH3T3 cells is associated with an increased expression of phosphoserioe STAT3 in these cells, compared to the parental cells. Notably phosphoresine-STAT3 interacts with oncogenic ras, shown by immunoprecipitation and Western blots. The results suggest the role of STAT3 in rasinduced cellular transformation as a molecular adaptor linking the Jak/STAT and Ras/MAPK pathways. In primary immune cells, IL-4 and IFN-$\gamma$ each induced (in addition to the characteristic STAT6 and STAT1 homodimers) the formation of STAT3-containing complexes that bind to GAS probes, which correspond to the $Fe{\varepsilon}$ Rll and $Fe{\gamma}$ RI promoter sequences, respectively. Since IL-4 and IFN-$\gamma$ are known to counter-regulate the expression of these genes, the ability of STAT3 to form heterodimeric complexes with STAT6 or STAT1 implies its role in the fine-tuned control of genes that are regulated by IL-4 and IFN-$\gamma$.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.93-116
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• 1974

토양(土壤), 퇴비(堆肥), 사료(飼料)로부터 세포내지질(細胞內脂質)을 다량생산(多臺生産)하는 효모(酵母)로서 Rhodotorula glutinis var. glutinis SW-17을 선발(選拔)하였고 또 식물엽(植物葉)에서 세포외(細胞外) 지질(脂質)을 다량생산(多量生産)하는 2균주(菌株)의 효모(酵母) Rhodotorula glutinis var. glutinis SW-5 및 Rhodotorula graminis SW-54를 분리동정(分離同定)하여 그들의 세포내외(細胞內外) 지질생산(脂質生産)에 관(關)한 기초적(基礎約)인 연구(硏究)를 한바 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 1) $24^{\circ}C$에서 8일간(日間) 진탕 배양(培養)할때 균체증식후(菌體增殖後) 질소성분(蜜素成分)이 어느정도(程度) 소모(消耗)되었을 때부터 지방(脂肪)의 생성(生成)이 시작되었으며 이때 Rhodotorula glutinis var. glutinis SW-17은 세포내지질(細胞內脂質)을 효모건체(酵母乾體)에 대하여 최고(最高) 58.42%까지 그리고 Rhodotorula graminis SW-54는 세포외(細胞外) 지질(脂質)을 2.62g/l까지 생산(生産)하였다. 2) 배양액중(培養液中)의 탄소원(炭素源)과 질소원(窒素源)이 $4{\sim}5$일(日)에 전부(全部) 소모(消耗)된 후 기아상태(飢餓狀態)에서 $24^{\circ}C$로 계속 진탕배양하면 효모세포(酵母細胞)는 세포내외(細胞內外) 지질(脂質)을 다시 이용(利用)하여 배양(培養) 90일경(日頃)에는 지질(脂質)이 완전(完全) 소모(消耗)되었다. 3) 세포내외(細胞內外) 지질(脂質)의 생함성(生合成)은 탄소원(炭素源)과 질소원(窒素源)의 상대적(相對約)인 농도(濃度)와 밀접(密接)한 관계(關係)가 있어서 질소(窒素)가 효모증식(酵母增殖)에 전부 이용(利用)되어 질소(窒素) 기아상태(飢餓狀態)에서 과잉(過剩)의 탄소원(炭素源)이 있을때 지질(脂質)이 현저하게 생성(生成)되었다. 반대(反對)로 배양액내(培養液內)의 질소농도(室素濃度)를 증가(增加)시키면 지질생산량(脂質生産量)은 현저하게 저하 되었다. 4) 본분리선정(本分離選定)된 효모균주(酵母菌株)의 배양(培養) 및 지질생성(脂質生成) 최적(最適) pH는 $5.0{\sim}6.0$이었다. 5) 본분리선정(本分離選定)된 효모균주(酵母菌株)의 세포내(細胞內) 지질(脂質)은 myristic, palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic, linoleic 및 linolenic acid로 구성(構成)되었으며 이중(中) palmitic acid $30{\sim}45%$, oleic acid가 $35{\sim}50%$로 가장 많았다. 6) 본분리(本分離) 선정(選定)된 효모균주(酵母菌株)의 세포회(細胞外) 지질(脂質)의 구성지방산(構成脂肪酸)은 myristic, palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, linolenic, 3-D-hydroxypalmitic 및 3-D-hydroxystearic acid로 구성(構成)되었으며 이중(中) 3-D-hydroxypalmitic acid가 22${\sim}$25%, 3-D-hydroxy-stearic acid가 13${\sim}$17%로 가장 많았다. 7) 본분리선정(本分離選定)된 효모균주(酵母菌株)의 세포내(細胞內) 지질(脂質) 구성(構成) polyol은 glycerol뿐이 었으며 세포외(細胞外) 지질(脂質)의 구성(構成) polyol은 glycerol, mannitol, xylitol 및 arabitol 이었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.59-64
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• 1981

카드뮴에 오염될 가능성이 있는 아연 광산지역의 오니로부터 중금속내성균을 분리한 고도카드뮴내성 효모인 B-7 배양조건 및 균체내 카드뮴의 축적에 대하여 검토했다. 효모 B-7은 3,000 $\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$의 카드뮴 합유배지에서 생육이 가능하며 다른 연구자들의 카드뮴내성균보다 내성이 가장 큰 고도카드뮴내성균이었다. 이 효모는 22~22$^{\circ}C$및 pH 5.0~8.0의 조건에서 생육이 양호하였다. 카드뮴은 균체내 축적은 생육최적 pH인 6.0에서 가장 양호했으나, 그 이외의 pH에서는 급격히 저해되였으며 소포제 Silicon KM-70에 의하여 46.5%의 카드뮴 축적을 촉진시켰다. 카드뮴의 균체내 축적은 정지기 후반에 일어나며 0.2% Silicon과 50 $\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$의 카드뮴을 함유하는 배지에서 28$^{\circ}C$, 48시간 진탕 배양한 바 건조균체 당(g) 34.17mg의 카드뮴을 축적시켰다. 축적 카드뮴의 73%가 세포질 중에 축적되었으며 나머지 27%의 카드뮴은 세포벽 및 핵과 같은 4,000$\times$g에서 침전되는 성분에 축적되었다.

• Nutritional Sciences
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.233-239
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• 2006

Porous matrices of bioactive polymers such as polyglycolic acid (PGA) or polylactic acid (PLA) can be used as scaffolds in bone tissue growth during bone repair process. These polymers are highly porous and serve as a template for the growth and organization of new bone tissues. We evaluated the effect of PGA and PLA polymers on osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cell extracellular mineralization. MC3T3-E1 cells were cultured in a time-dependent manner -1, 15, 25d as appropriate - for the period of bone formation stages in one of the five culture circumstances, such as normal osteogenic differentiation medium, PGA-plated, fetal bovine serum (FBS)-plated, PGA/FBS-coplated, and PLA-plated For the evaluation of bone formation, minerals (Ca, Mg, Mn) and alkaline phosphatase activity, a marker for osteoblast differentiation, were measured Alizarin Red staining was used for the measurement of extracellular matrix Ca deposit During the culture period, PGA-plated one was reabsorbed into the medium more easily and faster than the PLA-plated one. At day 15, at the middle stage of bone formation, cellular Ca and Mg levels showed higher tendency in PGA- or PLA-plated treatments compared to non-plated control and at day 25, at the early late stage of bone formation, all three cellular Ca, Mg or Mn levels showed higher tendency as in order of PGA-related treatments and PLA-plated treatments, compared to control even without significance. Medium Ca, Mg or Mn levels didn't show any consistent tendency. Cellular ALP activity was higher in the PGA- or PLA-plated treatments compare to normal osteogenic medium treatment PGA-plated and PGA/FBS-plated treatments showed better Ca deposits than other treatments by measurement of Alizarin Red staining, although PLA-plated treatment also showed reasonable Ca deposit. The results of the present study suggest that biodegradable material, PGA and also with less extent for PLA, can be used as a biomaterial for better extracellular matrix mineralization in osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.138-148
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• 2018

토지이용의 합리화를 위하여 도입된 토지이용규제는 사회경제적인 발전과 함께 복잡다기화 되면서 국민경제생활에 불편을 초래한다는 이유로 최근 규제 완화로 패러다임이 변화하고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 CA 모델을 이용하여 시뮬레이션 함으로써 부산권 도시성장의 잠재지역을 도출하고, 토지이용 규제지역과 함께 공간적 특성을 분석하였다. 분석을 통해 토지이용규제 제도가 실제로 도시성장을 억제하고 토지이용의 효율화를 도모하고 있는지, 또는 국민생활에 불편을 초래할 수 있는 다른 요인이 있는지를 검토하였다. 분석결과 도시외부의 개발압력이 높은 지역에 존재하는 개발제한구역은 토지이용규제라는 역할을 수행하고 있었지만, 많은 지역에서 토지이용에 대한 다중규제가 존재하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 순기능을 하고 있는 토지이용규제는 최대한 유지하면서, 도시성장 잠재력이 높은 지역에 존재하는 다중규제를 재고하는 등 다양한 접근과 검토가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.