• 미생물학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.273-278
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• 2000

1996년 1월부터 1998년 12월까지 주암호의 한 정점에서 12개의 시료를 채수하여 총 세균의 DNA를 추출한 뒤 DNA 중에 gentamicin 저항성에 관련된 aminoglycoside acetyltransferase들의 유전자의 aacC들 (aacC1∼aacC4)과 Aeromonas 속이 생산하는 독소인 aerolysin 유전자의 존재 여부를 PCR을 통해 확인하였다. 전체 12개의 DNA 시료중 9개의 시료에서 aacC2 유전자가 검출되었고, aacC2 유전자가 검출된 시료 중 7개의 시료에서 aacC2 유전자가 Tn3의 염기서열과 연관되어 발현이 증가되는 구조를 하고 있었다. 그러나 aacC1, aacC3 및 aacC4 유전자는 검출되지 않았다. Aeromonas 속에서 보고된 aerolysin과 hemolysin 등의 유전자에서 conserved region을 찾아내어 aerolysin 유전자의 검출을 위한 PCR primer set를 설계하였다. 설계된 primer set는 12개의 DNA 시료 중 7개의 시료에서 예상된 414 bp의 PCR 산물을 증폭하였다. 이 DNA 절편을 probe로 사용하여 Southern hybridization을 행한 결과 12개의 DNA 시료 중 10개의 시료에서 aerolysin 유전자가 검출되었다. 그러나 이들 유전자의 계절에 따른 출현의 변화는 발견되지 않았다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.545-550
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• 2002

금강 하구에서 분리한 용혈독소를 생산하는 V. mimicus와 유사하지만 분류되지 않은 기수성 Vibrio속으로 추정되는 균주 Vibrio sp. E10 (V. kunsan)의 세균학적 특징은 다음과 같다. 기본적인 생화학적 시험과 전자현미경 상의 형태에서는 V. mimicus와 유사하였지만 TCBS 배지 상의 colony 형태는 V. vulnifirus와 유사하였으므로 V. mimicus와는 차이를 보였다. Human과 sheep blood agar에서의 뚜렷한 용혈환과 rat에 피부혈관투과항진 작용으로 용혈독성이 있었으며, mouse에 대한 치사독성이 있었으므로 병원성이 확인되었다. 생육 가능한 환경 조건은 염도 0$\~$$4.5\%$, pH 6.2$\~$9.2, 온도 $14\~42^{\circ}C$이 었다. Vibrio sp. E10의 16S rDNA 염기서열은 10여종의 V. cholerae와 1종의 Vibrio mimicus의 염기서열과 $99\%$의 상동성을 보여 유사 종으로 판명되었다. 그러나 세균 자동동정기를 이용한 동정 결과, genus는 Vibrio 속으로 동정되었으나 species는 일치하는 균종이 없었다. 알려진 Vi-brio속 중에서 유사성이 높았던 V. mimicus와 비교해 볼 때 18종류의 항목이, V. cholerae와는 11종류의 항목이 다른 반응을 나타내어 미분류 균종으로 확인되었다.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.107-111
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• 1998

Two kinds of humoral factors were observed in 2 orders, 7 families, 10 genera, and 15 different species of Korean ascidians. They are the naturally occuring hemagglutinins and/or hemolysins against human erythrocytes A, B, and 0. All but two species showed aggregative activity, although there were considerable variations in titer. The weak agglutinating and lytic activities were increased in the presence of $Ca^{++}$. Much higher activities of agglutination and/or lysis were shown in the hemolymph than extracts from tissues, and a higher response was shown in adults than in juveniles. No distinct differences from collected locations were observed. The hemolymph of Ciona intestinalis showed a strong hemolytic (cytotoxic) and weak agglutinins capacities. In addition, hemolymph of Styela plicata and Styela clava clava also showed hemoagglutining and hemolytic activities. Botryllus tuberatus had hemagglutining and weak lytic activities. Other species showed only hemagglutining activity. These agglutining activities are probably responsible for carbohydrate recognition in solitary or colonial ascidian. The lytic activity is probably responsible for antibacterial defense and nonfusion reactions between allogeneic colonial ascidians, especially the genus of Botryllus. The occurrences of humoral factors in ascidians were independent of their geographic distributions.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 1990

This study was undertaken to evaluate the immune responses to sheep red blood cell (SRBC) and potential anti-tumor effect of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) in the mice bearing rumor induced by DMBA. The frequencies of tumor appearances were 62% in DMBA-treated mice and 14% in DMBA and BCG-treated group, respectively. Cellular immune response such as delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) to SRBCs, natural killer (NK) cell activity and antigen-binding cell (ABC) assay were decreased apparently in the tumor bearing mice compared to the normal controls. Humoral immune responses such as hemagglutinin (HA) and hemolysin (HE) were noted to be reduced in the tumor bearing mice, but the spleen index increased in tumor bearing mice. All the immunological parameters in the DMBA and BCG-group appeared to be higher than those of only DMBA-treated group. These results indicated that DMBA-induced tumor suppressed host immune responses. Also, they imply the idea that BCG enhanced the immune responses of tumor-bearing host and antitumor effects.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.111-120
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• 1990

정상 마우스와 Cyclophosphamide(CY)로 처리된 마우스에 Royal Jell(RJ)를 투여하여 면역계에 미치는 영향을 실험한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 정상 마우스에 RJ를 투여하였을 때는 대조군에 비하여 마우스의 체중, 비장, 흉선 , WBC 수 , DNFB에 대한 접촉성 과민 반응으로 측정된 세포성 면역반응 및 면양 적혈구에 대한 응집가와 용혈가로 측정된 체액성 면역 반응이 투여일에 따라 증가 또는 감소되었고, RBC수와 간 중량은 영향을 받지 않았다. 2. 증가 작용을 보여준 투여일에 RJ를 병용 투여함으로써, CY 처리로 인한 마우스의 생존율, 비장의 중량 , WBC수 및 세포성 면역 반응의 감소가 약간 억제되었으나, CY를 감소된 흉선의 중량 및 체액성 면역반응에는 영향을 나타내지 않았다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제59권4호
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• pp.207-211
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• 2019

Mass mortality in commercially cultured Amur catfish (Silurus asotus), showing symptoms of dermal ulcerations, occurred on a private farm in Mar 2019 in Korea. β-hemolytic bacteria were isolated from the ulcers and kidneys of the fish and identified as Aeromonas veronii. The isolate was resistant to tetracycline and possessed cytotoxic heat-labile enterotoxin (aerolysin/hemolysin). We investigated the genetic determinants associated with tetracycline resistance, and the isolate has been confirmed to simultaneously possess tetA and tetE genes. This is the first report on the occurrence of tetracycline-resistant A. veronii infection related to mass mortality in commercially cultured Amur catfish in Korea.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.195-199
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• 1994

Immunostimulation effects of the cell wall components isolated from Lactobacillus plantarum were investigated by studying the macrophage s tumorcidal activity, splenocyte proliferation, anticomplementary activity and the inhibition of peritoneal tumor cell growth measured with ICR mice inoculated with sarcoma 180. The immunopotentiating cell wall components were a complex of peptidoglycan and exopolysaccharides. The tumorcidal activity of macrophage against Yacl and B16 tumor cells was enhanced when the cell wall components were added into the macrophage s culture medium. They also stimulated splenocytes to proliferate up to the same level as when the concanavalin A was added into the splenocyte's culture medium. The complementary activity was inhibited by 50% when the cell wall components were incubated with the sheep red blood cells treated with hemolysin and guinea pig complement. This result confirmed that the cell wall components had an antitumor effect, because the anticomplementary activity is usually accompanied by an antitumor activity at the same time. This fact was confirmed again by the inhibition of the growth of sarcoma 180 when the cell wall components were injected intraperitoneally into ICR mice inoculated with sarcoma 180. As a result, it is concluded that the cell wall components isolated from Lactobacillus plantarum had multifunctional immunostimulation effects in vitro and in vivo.

• 대한한방소아과학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 1994

In order to investigate the effects of Insamyangwee Tang on cell-mediated and humoral immune response, solid extract of Insamyangwee Tang (sample A), mixture of individual solid extract of Insamyangwee Tang (sample B) were administered orally for 14 days. The auther used ICR mice having a body weight of about 20-22g as experimental animals dividing them into three groups-Saline, Sample A and Sample B group. All of the mice were sensitized i.v. with $10^8$ sheep red blood cells(SRBC) and challenged i.d. with $10^8$ SRBC 4 days later. Such immune responses as delayed-type hypersensitivity(DTH), rosette forming cells(RFC), hemagglutinin titers(HA titers) and hemolysin titers(HL titers) were measured at 24 hours after challenge. The results were as follow: 1. DTH in Sample A & Sample B group was increased, as compared with Saline group, with satistical significance. 2. RFC in Sample A & Sample B group were increased, as compared with Saline group, with statistical significance. 3. HA titers in Sample A & Sample B group were not increased, as compared with Saline group, with statistical significance. 4. HL titers were increased just only in Sample A group with statistical significance. The inference from the above results is that Sample A group is better than Sample B group, and Insamyangwee Tang enhance the cell-mediated and humoral immune response.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1352-1355
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• 2011

Forty-one Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) isolates from feces of pigs and chickens in Korea were screened for the presence of virulence factors. Gelatinase activity (85.4%, 35/41) was the more commonly observed phenotype of virulence in E. faecalis, compared with hemolytic activity (12.2%, 5/41). Thirty-one of 35 (88.6%) gelatinase-positive E. faecalis isolates harbored the gelE and fsrABC genes. A gene encoding for the enterococcal surface protein (Esp) was detected in 24.4% (10/41) of the isolates. All beta-hemolysin-producing isolates harbored the esp gene.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.109-115
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• 1986

Experiments were performed on mice to investigate the effects of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, 3-methylcholanthrene (MCA) on Arthus reaction, delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) and antibody production to sheep red blood cells (SRBC). Mice were sensitized iv with 0.1ml of 1% SRBC suspension were treated with a single ip injection of olive oil alone or with different doses of MCA in oil (0.5~50mg/Kg) at various time before (-) or after (+) sensitization (day 0) and were challenged at 4 days after SRBC. Arthus reaction was measured at 3 hours after challenge and other responses at 24 hours. Treatment with MCA inhibited Arthus reaction and DTH to SRBC, measured by footpad swelling reaction, and this immunosuppressing effect was dependent on the dose and time of MCA treatment in relation to SRBC sensitization. Humoral immune responses as measured by serum hemagglutinin-and hemolysin-titers to SRBC were significantly depressed when MCA was injected before or at the same time of sensitization. However, the response was slightly depressed when injected after SRBC. These results indicate that MCA suppress the function of the cells involved in immune responses.