• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.18-24
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• 2001

Seasonal content changes of the three key nutrients for organisms, protein, lipid and glycogen, were analyzed for a whole year to delineate the seasonal energy strategy in pen shells, Atrina pectinata. Two metabolically important organs, the visceral mass and the posterior adductor muscle, were examined. Protein in the visceral mass rose in April and stayed at the level until June followed by the constant minimum value between August and November. The protein contents in the posterior adductor muscle increased sharply in April and again in July, followed by a gradual decline thereafter. Total lipid contents in the visceral mass gradually increased between January and May, and then slowly decreased until September since which a new weak increase was noticed. Lipid levels in the adductor muscle rapidly dropped in June and July. Glycogen contents in the visceral mass rapidly increased between February and June, followed by a drastic drop in July. This reduced visceral glycogen level was maintained up to September, and a gradual reduction ensued. Glycogen contents in the adductor muscle steadily but markedly increased from April reaching the maximum in August, and then slowly declined thereafter. These results suggest that an accelerated protein and lipid synthesis occurs in the gonad when the pen shell undergoes the ripe stage of gametogenesis, but the levels of these two nutrients decrease on spawning. With this gonadal process, regular protein synthesis and lipid storage in the posterior adductor muscle are temporarily arrested. The most important nutrient reserves that support gonad developmental cycles in a long term seem to be glycogen of the posterior adductor muscle.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.192-202
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• 2000

주둥치의 암 수 성비는 1.81 : 1로 암컷의 비율이 높게 나타났다. 난모세포 발달양식은 난군동기발달형에 속하며, 정소 조직상은 정원세포 국재형에 속한다. 암 수 모두 첫 번째 군 성숙에 도달하는 크기는 전장 7.5 cm로 조사되었다. 암컷의 생식소중량지수(GSI)는 7월에 12.83으로 가장 높았고, 9월에는 1.08로 가장 낮았다. 수컷의 GSI는 6월에 19.0으로 가장 높았고, 10월에 0.24로 가장 낮았다. 암컷의 간중량지수(HSI)는 GSI와 같은 경향의 변화를 보였다. 가슴반점지수(TSI)는 생식소의 성숙 및 완숙시기인 5월부터 7월 사이에는 낮은 값을 보였다. 암컷의 생식주기는 성장기 (3~5월), 성숙기(5~6월), 완숙 및 산란기 (6~8월), 회복기 (8~11월) 그리고 휴지기 (11~3월)로 구분할 수 있었다. 수컷의 생식주기는 분열증식 및 성장기 (1~4월), 성숙기 (4~5월), 완숙 및 방정기(6~8월), 회복기 (8~10월) 그리고 휴지기(10~12월)로 구분할 수 있었다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.147-162
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• 2015

Objectives: The objective of this review was to summarize the primary role of three representative endocrine axes in aquatic vertebrates and discuss the effects on endocrine systems and their interactions in teleost fish after exposure to environmental contaminants. Methods: We summarized individual traits and mechanisms for hormonal and transcriptional interactions between the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonad (HPG), hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT), and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axes in fish. We also provided a brief discussion on the effects of nonylphenol-induced toxicity on endocrine systems and their interactions in fish as a demonstration of holistic explanation. Results: Currently-available data showed that thyroid dysfunction is associated with reproductive toxicity due to changes in steroidogenic gene expressions and sex hormone levels as well as gonad glands in fish. As an example, we demonstrated that exposure to nonylphenol could induce estrogenicity in male fish by decreasing thyroid hormones, which contributes to increased aromatase expression. Although the mechanisms are complicated and involved in multiple ways, a number of studies have shown that sex steroids influence the HPT axis or the HPA axis in fish, indicating bi-directional crosstalk. Critically missing is information on the primary target or toxicity mechanisms of environmental contaminants among the three endocrine axes, so further studies are needed to explore those possibilities. Conclusions: This review highlights the interactions between the HPG, HPT, and HPA axes in fish in order to better understand how these endocrine systems could interact with each other in situations of exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.1227-1231
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• 2002

A powerful tool for chicken transgenesis could be established by employing a germline chimera production through primordial germ cell transplantation. This study was conducted to examine whether foreign gene-transfected gonadal primordial germ cells (gPGCs) have a migration activity into the gonad after transfer to recipient embryos. In Experiment 1, gPGCs of Korean Ogol Chicken were retrieved from 5.5-day-old embryos and subsequently transferred to the dorsal aorta of 2.5-day-old White Leghorn embryos after being labeled with PKH26 fluorescent dye. To confirm migration activity after transplantation, recipient embryos were sacrificed and examined on 3 days after transfer. Sex determination was concomitantly undertaken to examine whether sex of recipient embryos could affect the migration activity of gPGCs. All of embryonic gonads examined showed positive signals with PKH26 fluorescence and W-chromosome specific band by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was detected in male embryos when gPGCs with ZW chromosome were transferred to recipient embryos. In Experiment 2, retrieved gPGCs were transfected with LacZ gene-containing cytomegalovirus promoter ($pCMV{\beta}$) by electroporation and subsequently transferred to recipient embryos. LacZ gene expression was identified in the gonads of 6 or 10-day-old recipient embryos and hatched-chicks. A total of 20 embryos and 12 hatched-chicks were examined and 11 of them (10 embryos and one hatched chicken; 11/32=34.4%) expressed $\beta$-galactosidase, a marker substance of LacZ gene. The results of this study demonstrated that foreign gene-transfected gPGCs can migrate and settle down into the gonad after being transferred into the blood vessel of the recipient embryos. This established technique will contribute to developing a peer biotechnology for transgenic chicken.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2001

Avian primordial germ cells (PGCs) originate from the epiblast and appear in the germinal crescent. These PGCs enter the developing blood vessels during stage 10∼12 (H&H), circulate in the blood stream, migrate into the developing gonadal anlage and differentiate into germ cells. However, it is not clear until when the migratory ability of PGC is maintained. This study was conducted to examine whether migratory ability is present in PGCs from the gonad at later embryonic developmental stages. In the present study, gonads were dissected from 5-, 6- and 10-day old quail embryos and treated with trypsin-EDTA. Gonadal PGCs (gPGCs) were purified by Ficoll-density-gradient-centrifugation and labeled with PKH26 fluorescent dye. The PKH26-labeled gPGCs were microinjected into the blood vessel of the recipient quail embryo. Manipulated recipients were incubated for 3 days, embedded in paraffin and sdctioned. The foreign gPGCs were detected by fluorescent and confocal laser microscopy. As a result, quail gPGCs, from 10, 6 and 5 day old embryos could migrate through the recipient blood stream at early stage and settle in the gonads. Thus, results suggest that gPGCs from upto 10-day old embryos keep properties seen in circulating PGC. Therefore, the PGCs of 10-day old embryonic gonads can be used for the tools of genetic manipulation.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.323-328
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• 2016

두경부 질환의 인터벤션 시술 시 시술자가 받는 피폭선량의 평가 및 감소연구를 위한 선행 연구로써, 이온 전리함을 이용하여 인터벤션 시술 시 시술자의 위치하는 공간선량 분포를 측정하였다. Bi-plane 인터벤션 시술 장비를 대상으로 4개 구역(45, 135, 225 그리고 315도)으로 나누어 가상의 시술자가 있다는 가정아래에 시술자의 결정장기위치에서 거리(80, 100, 120, 그리고 140 cm)에 따라 조사선량을 측정하였으며, 방사선발생장치의 위치를 변화시켜 선량변화를 분석하였다. 시술자의 대부분이 위치하는 225도의 구역의 조사선량은 가장 가까운 거리인 80 cm에서 시술자 눈의 높이에서 114.5 mR/h, 가슴의 높이는 143.1 mR/h, 그리고 생식기위치는 147 mR/h이었다. 그리고 방사선 발생장치의 위치를 시술자 가까이로 변화시켰을 경우, 평균적으로 $18.1{\pm}10.5%$의 선량이 증가하였다. 본 연구에서 인터벤션 시술 동안 시술자가 위치할 수 있는 곳의 공간선량분포를 확인하였으며, 본 연구 결과를 통하여 시술자의 방사선 방어에 대하여 구체적인 계획을 수립할 수 있을 것이라 사료된다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.46-50
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• 2000

우리나라에서 유통되고 있는 자주복의 독성을 조사하기 위하여 1995년 1월, 4월 및 9월에 부산시내 자갈치 어시장에서 총 27개체를 구입하여 부위별 독성을 조사하였다. 간장의 경우 독성이 10MU/g 이상인 유독개체 출현율은 14.8%, 최고 독성치는 160 MU/g, 평균 독성치는 7$\pm$6 MU/g(평균치$\pm$표준오차)이었다. 생식소의 경우는 각각 16.7%, 600 MU/g 및 50$\pm$35 MU/g 이었고, 껍질에서는 각각 14.8%, 26 MU/g 및 5$\pm$1MU/g이었다. 그러나 근육에서는 독이 검출되지 않았다. 계절에 따른 독성은 1월 및 4월의 일부시료에서는 유독부위가 있었으나 9월에는 시료어의 전부위에서 독성이 검출되지 않았다. 자주복의 독성은 부위나 계절에 따른 차이가 있지만 주 가식부인 근육과 껍질에서는 거의 독이 검출되지 않거나 약한 독성이 검출되어 식품 위생상 비교적 안전한 종으로 판단되었다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.119-124
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• 2008

Reproductive ecology of the snow crab Chionoecetes opilio was investigated in terms of the reproductive organs, abdominal flap, fecundity, and maturity. Specimens were collected with gill nets and trawls from June 2002 to May 2003 in the eastern waters of Korea. The female and male C. opilio are distinguished only by the shape of the abdominal flap, which is triangular in males and circular in females. The gonads of female and male crabs are generally X-shaped. The male gonad is white, while the female gonad appears milk-white after spawning and then turns from light orange to dark orange with maturation. The female gonads matured from June, and mature and immature groups could be distinguished from December to February or March. Brooding eggs changed from bright orange to dark brown with formation of the compound eye immediately before hatching. Accordingly, the main spawning season is February and March. The minimum maturity carapace width of female crabs was 61.1 mm, and the mean fecundity is about 108,300 eggs.

• 한국패류학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2004

Gametogenesis, changes of gonad bulk index (GBI), monthly variation in oocyte diameter, reproductive cycle and spawning with lunar cycle of the top shell, Trochus niloticus were investigated by histological examination. The specimens were sampled in the coastal waters of Chuuk Island, Micronesia, form November 1999 to September 2000. T. niloticus is a gonochorism, and the female and male were present in an approximately 1:1 ratio (p > 0.05). The ovary contained with the oocyte of yolk stage, the testis composed of the spermatid and spermatozoa at around the year. Monthly GBI were higher at February, March, April and June than the other months. Major spawning occurred between April and May, and June and July but the individuals of partially spawning were presented throughout the year. GBI with lunar cycle were higher at the full moon than the other lunar phase. These results suggest that the spawning occurred between the full moon and last quarter moon.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2006

Using biochemical methods, we determined the potential of local female shrimp populations as breeding stock to select the best adult prawns for improving larval production. As condition indexes, we selected total RNA, DNA, their ratio, and trypsin activity. The DNA content in the pleopods of each local population was similar, i.e., between $0.90{\pm}0.06\;and\;1.02{\pm}0.04(SE){\mu}g/mg$. In comparison, the RNA contents differed markedly between $2.00{\pm}0.09$ and $0.96{\pm}0.08\;{\mu}g/mg$. Therefore, the RNA/DNA (R/D) ratio in the pleopod could be used as a condition index because it represents a biochemical characteristic of the population. The mean pleopodal R/D ratio of the Goheung population was the highest at $2.52{\pm}0.19$, which indicated the best condition. Trypsin activity was influenced little by shrimp condition and more by the amount of food ingested. The gonadosomatic index (GSI) and R/D ratio in the gonads provided offsetting information about the instantaneous gonad maturity. The Goheung population had the highest instantaneous GSI, despite some spawning. Based on the condition indexes and time of gonad maturation, the Goheung shrimp population is suitable for use as breeding stock.