• The Journal of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.1-22
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• 1991

The object of this research is to find out the clinical effects of Sopungsan and Gamisopungsan on Immune response and the An1i-allergic reaction to rats and mice. The results obtained are as follows: 1. Both sopungsan and Gamisopungsan have a tendency to decrease on the delayed type hypersensitivity response in methotrexate treated mice, but are not recognized as having significance. 2. Both Sopungsan and Gamisopungsan reveal the increasing effects with significance on the hemagglution titer in mice. 3. Gamisopungsan reveals the increasing effect with significance on the hemolysin titer in mice. 4. Both Sopungsan and Gamisopungsan have a tendency to increase on the appearance of Rosette forming cells in mice, but are not recognized as having significance. 5. Both Sopungsan and Gamisopungsan reveal the increasing effects with significance on phagocytic index K and a in mice 6. Sopungsan reveals the decreasing effect, on the homologous passive cutaneous anaphylaxis in rats provoked by the IgE-like antibody aganist egg white albumin. 7. Gamisopungsan reveals the decreasing effect with significance on vascular permeabi1ity response to intradermal histamin in rats. 8. Sopungsan reveals the decreasing effect with significance, on vascular permeability response to intradermal serotonin in rats. 9. Both Sopungsan and Gamisopungsan reveal the decreasing effects with significance on the delayed type hypersensitivity response to picryl chloride in mice. 10. Both Sopungsan and Gamisopungsan reveal the decreasing effects with significance on the delayed type hypersensitivity response to sheep red blood cell in mice. According to the above results, Sopungsan and Gamisopungsan are concluded to have the increasing effect of immunity and anti-allergic reaction.

• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.43-57
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• 1997

It was claimed that the herbal medicine with the function of strengthening the body resistance exerts to enhance the immunity. And the medicine with the effect of eliminating the pathogenic factor is stated to inhibit the immune response. To evaluate the the effects of the herbal medicine on the immune response, the mice were administrated with the herbal medicine for 2 weeks. And the responses were analyzed. As the result, water extract of Radix Astragali, Fructus Psoraleae, Cortex Acanthopanacis, Semen Coicis, Herba Ecliptae, Spica Prunellae, and Radix Sophorae increased the ROI production, while Radix Tripterygia inhibited it. Phagocytic activity was increased after administration of Radix Astragal, Fructus Psoraleae, Cortex Acanthopanacis, Herba Ecliptae, Spica Prunellae and Radix Sophorae. NK cell activity was also significantly inhibited by Radix Tripterygia. Administration of Radix Astragali, Fructus Psoraleae, Cortex Acanthopanacis, Herba Ecliptae, Spica Prunellae and Semen Coicis enhanced the antibodies(hemagglutinin and hemolysin) formation and the appearance of rosette forming cells of the spleen, while Radix Sophorae and Radix Tripterygia decreased it. Radix Sophorae and Radix Tripterygia also decreased the allogenic immune response and mixed-lymphocyte reaction. And all the experimental herbs decreased contact hypersensitivity against dinitroflurobenzene. These results show Radix Astragali, Fructus Psoraleae, Spica Prunellae, Cortex Acanthopanacis, Semen Coicis and Herba Ecliptae enhanced innate immunity, humoral and cellular immune responses. However Radix Sophorae and Radix Tripterygia exert imunosuppressive action. Also these results indicate that the medicine with the action of the strengthening the body resistance enhances the immunity. And the the some of drugs belonging to the eliminating the pathogenic factor also increase the immune responses.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.19 no.11
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• pp.1456-1463
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• 2009

Vibrio parahaemolyticus possessing urease-positive property is relatively rare, but such strains consistently exhibit the TDH-related hemolysin (TRH) gene. In this study, we examined the effects of incubation temperature on urease activity expression, using the TH3996 and AQ4673 strains where the enzyme activity is known to be temperature-dependent and -independent, respectively. In the TH3996 strain, $\beta$-galactosidase activity was 4.4-fold lower after $30^{\circ}C$ cultivation than after $37^{\circ}C$ in a ureR-lacZ fusion strain, but temperature dependency was not found in ureD- or nikA-lacZ fusion strains. However, ureR-, ureD-, and nikA-lacZ fusions of the AQ4673 strain was not influenced by incubation temperature. We compared the promoter sequences of ureR between the above two strains. Intriguingly, we detected mismatches of two nucleotides between the two strains located at positions -66 and -108 upstream of the methionine initiation codon for UreR. Additionally, urease activity was not affected by culture temperature at either $30^{\circ}C$ or $37^{\circ}C$ by allelic introduction of the AQ4673 ureR gene into the TH3996 ureR deletion mutant. Taken together, our study demonstrates that the transcriptional factor UreR is involved in the temperature dependency of urease activity, and two nucleotides within the ureR promoter region are of particular importance for the urease activity dependency of V. parahaemolyticus.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.387-394
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• 1994

To make the genomic DNA probe of Theileria sergenti, the merozoites were purified from bovine erythrocytes. The infected erythrocytes were lysed by Aeromonas hydrophila(Ah-1) hemolysin, and the parasites were isolated by ultracentrifugation on a Percoll discontinuous density gradient. For construction of a T sergenti genomic DNA library, T sergenti DNA was digested with Pstl and the fragments were ligated into the PstI site of pUC19 before transformation of Escherichia coli JM83. Out of thousands of transformants obtained by transformation of E coli JM83 with the genomic library, three plasmids were chosen. The sizes of the inserted DNAs were 2.9kb(2.4kb and 0.5kb) in pKTS1, 4.3kb in pKTS2 and 1.5kb in pKTS3, respectively. The DNA fragments used as probe KTS1(2.4kb), KTS2(4.3kb) and KTS3(1.5kb) were labeled digoxigenin-11-dUTP for the Southern hybridization. In Southern hybridization, all of the probes(KTS1, KTS2 and KTS3) reacted specifically to T sergenti DNA, but not to bovine leucocyte DNA. In order to find out the sensitivities of the digoxigenin-11-dUTP-labeled KTS1 and KTS3 as the probes, purified merozoite DNA and bovine DNA (control) were checked by dot blot hybridization with the probes. Both of the probes, KTS1 and KTS3, detected as minimum amount of 975pg of the T sergenti DNA, but not bovine DNA even to 500ng.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.24 no.2 s.77
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• pp.142-148
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• 1996

To find compounds of immunomodulating and anti-allergic function, effects of protein-bound polysaccharides extracted from Phellinus igniarius (PI), Fomitella fraxinea (FF) and Agrocybe cylindracea (AC) on hemagglutinin titer (HA), hemolysin titer (HY), plaque forming cell (PFC), rosette forming cell (RFC) and phagocytosis were investigated in BALB/C mice. The oral administration of the protein-bound polysaccharides of PI, FF and AC for 10 days resulted in the enhanced phagocytic activity of peritoneal exudate cells (PEC), spleen cells (SC) and blood lymphocyte cells (BLC). Moreover, PI showed the activating effect on the phagocytosis of PEC and AC in SC. In the experiment of PFC and RFC, the results of the experimental group which was given each samples as compared to the control group, showed the enhanced level of activity such as PI 130%, FF 90% and AC 70%. Generally, HY and HA showed from ten to hundred times of level in each sample groups, as compared to the control group.

• Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.139-151
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• 1989

In order to investigate the effects of Raw, Dried and Steamed Roots of Rehmanniae Radix (R.R.: from Wonju province, Korea) on cell-mediated arid humoral immune response, the author performed this experimental study. Delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) and rosette forming cells (RFC) for cell-mediated immune response, hemagglutinin (HA) titers, hemolysin (HL) titers were maeasured in ICR mice. The results were summarized as follows: 1) DTH was increased with the order of Steamed Roots of R.R., Raw Roots of R.R., Dried Roots of R.R.-treated group, as compared with the control group, with statistical significance. 2) RFC were increased with the order of Raw Roots of R.R., Steamed Roots of R.R., Dried Roots of R.R.-treated group, as compared with the control group, with statistical significance. 5) HA titers were increased with the order of Steamed Roots of R.R., Row Roots of R.R., Dried Roots of R.R.treated group, as compared with the control group, with statistical significance. 4) HL. titers were increased with the order of Raw Roots of R.R., Steamed Roots of R.R., Dried Roots of R.R.-treated group, as compared with the control group, with statistical significance. Through in the experimental study in ICR mice, these findings suggest that all of the treated group was increased in cell-mediated immune reaponse, Raw, Steamed Roots of R.R. were increased more as compared with the Dried Roots of R.R., and all of the treated group was increased in humoral immune response, Raw, Steamed Roots of R.R. were increased more as compared with the dried Roots of R.R.

• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.420-438
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• 1998

Herba Xanthii(HX), Radix Xantluii(RX) and Fructus Xanthii(FX) is one of the oriental medicine that has been used for the treatment of such infectious diseases and tumors. However, the mechanism of the drug is not investigated much. This study was done to know the effects of HX, RX and FX extract on the such innate immunities as phagocytic function and reactive radical formtions from phagocytes and the such acquired immunities as humoral and cell-mediated immunities. The followings are the results obtained from this study: 1. HX2 and FX1 groups increases the in vivo phagocytic activity of mononuclear phagocytes. 2. HXB, RXB, RXC, FXB and FXC groups increase the in vitro phagocytic activities. 3. RXB group stimulated the macrophages to produce nitric oxide in the presence of $interferon-{\gamma}$ $(IFN-{\gamma})$. 4. HX and RX whole groups increased the luminol-amplified reactive oxygen intermediate production in vivo. 5. HX whole and RX1, FX2 groups increased the lucigenin-amplified reactive oxygen intennediate production in vivo. 6. HXC group only increased the luminol-amplified reactive oxygen intermediate production in vitro. 7. HXB, FXB and FXC groups increased the lucigenin-amplified reactive oxygen intermediate production in vitro. 8. HX2, RX1 and FX whole groups increased the hemolysin formations from B cells. 9. HX, RX and FX whole groups significantly increased the rosette forming cells from the spleen. 10. HX, RX and FX whole groups significantly decreased the delayed-type hypersensitivity measured by footpad swelling. The above results demonstrate that HX, RX and FX has enhancing effects on innate immunity selectively and decreasing effects on delayed-type hypersensitivity of cell-mediated immunity according to medicinal part and diluted condition. This immunomodulating effects of HX, RX and FX might be responsible for the treatment of immune-mediated disorders.

• The Journal of Dong Guk Oriental Medicine
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.1-33
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• 1999

This study was done in order investigate the object and the method of animal experimental paper on immunity The results were obtained as follows: 1. Rat, mouse, kk mouse and rabbit were used for experimental paper singe or combine. 2. It was examined a way of bringing about a lowering of immunity used as MTX and other reagent, and it has caused many cases which lead to bring about a lowering of immunity by causing specified disease. 3. It was examined, according to items of my observation. there are mainly hemagglutinin titer, hemolysin titer, phagocytic activity, Rosette forming cells, delayed type hypersensitivity, IL-2 productivity and NK cell activity in survey. 4. Most used drugs and 경혈(aqupuncture paint) have the characters reinforcing a fair spirit and reinforcing an unfair spirit(a miasma or poisonous air). 5. It is necessary to a deep study of an experimental way about aqua-acupuncture on immunity in the future.

• Proceedings of the Microbiological Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.29-31
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• 2006

In a previous report, we showed that enzyme $IIA^{Glc}(EIIA^{Glc}$ of Escherichia coli phosphotransferase system (PTS) interacts with and regulates activity of FrsA (fermentation/respiration switch protein). A BLAST search revealed that orthologs of FrsA exist only in some Gram-negative bacteria such as E. coli, Salmonella typhimurium, Shigella flexneri, Yersinia pestis, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio vulnificus, Vibrio parahemeolyticus, and Photorhabdus luminescens and all of these species are facultative anaerobes belonging to the ${\gamma}-proteobacterial$ group, and most of them are highly pathogenic. Ligand-fishing experiments using $EIIA^{Glc}$ of Vibrio vulnificus ($vEIIA^{Glc}$) as bait revealed that $vEIIA^{Glc}$ also interacts with vFrsA in a phosphorylation state-dependent manner. The frsA mutant of Vibrio vulnificus showed remarkably reduced cytotoxicity to HeLa cells and reduced lethality to mice compared to wild type. Comparison of extracellular proteomes between the mutant and wild type indicated that hemolysin was not produced in the frsA mutant. Characterization of another protein interacting with $vEIIA^{Glc}$ will be discussed.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.377-382
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• 2017

The objective of this study was to isolate and characterize lactic acid bacteria (LAB) exhibiting cholesterol-lowering activity from the Korean traditional fermented food, kimchi. The previously isolated LAB strains were assessed for cholesterol-lowering efficacy in the presence of 0.1% cholesterol. All LAB strains tested in this study were able to assimilate cholesterol at varying levels, ranging from 35.0 to 99.4%. Among them, the Lactobacillus plantarum FMB 31 strain exhibited the highest cholesterol-lowering effect with 99.4% cholesterol removal efficiency. The strain was stable in the presence of acid, bile, and salt stress, and showed high adherence on HT-29 cells, a human colon line. In addition, the LAB strain showed no pathogenic properties such as the production of hemolysin and biogenic amines. Thus, this study suggests that the L. plantarum FMB 31 strain isolated from kimchi can be a potential source of probiotic products with strong cholesterol-lowering effect.