• 대한약리학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.33-41
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• 1976

Agkistrodon halys (Crotalidae) is the only species of poisonous snakes in Korea, and is divided into three subspecies; Agkistrodon bromhoffii brevicaudus, Agkistrodon calaginosus and Agkistrodon saxatilis. With the three venoms, the pharmacological actions on the cardiovascular system and intestine as well as some toxicological characteristics were studied. In addition, the precipitin test in an agar gel medium was employed for immunological comparison of the venoms and the sera of envenomed patients. The results obtained were as follows: Lyophilized venoms contained solids of $211{\sim}273mg/ml$, and LD50 to mice were 1.73 and 0.86 mg/kg in venoms of Agkistrodon bromhoffii brevicaudus obtained on July and October respectively, and 0.40 and 0.32 mg/kg in Agkistrodon calaginosus and the venoms of Agkistrodon saxatilis obtained on October was 2.29 mg/kg. Isoelectric focusing of lyophilized snake venoms showed 19 to 22 protein fractions and 2 to 3 isoamylase fractions. Acute irreversible hypotension was caused by the intravenous injection of large doses of venoms in rabbits and cats, but at the small doses, acute hypotension followed by slow recovery. Little changes of cardiac movements by the venom injection despite of marked hypotension were showed except bradycardia and arrhythmia prior the death. Also no changes on the isolated rabbit atria by the snake venoms were noted. The hypotensive effect of the snake venoms was prevented by the bilateral vagotomy or atropine pretreatment (1 mg/kg), but they did not affect when already the hypotension has undergone. In the isolated rabbit duodenum, small doses of venom increased the phasic movement, while large doses decreased after spastic contraction. With the injection of venoms in dog, strong contraction of gall-bladder was caused and it was not blocked by the pretreatment with phenoxybenzamine (10 mg/kg) or atropine (1.4 mg/kg). In the venoms of Agkistrodon bromhoffii brevicaudus and Agkistrodon calaginosus, at least 5 antigenic components were detected, and four of them were shared in common with each other. Polyvalent antivenin (Wyeth Lab. USA) had three common precipitating antibodies with the venom of Agkistrodon bromhoffii brevicaudus and Akistrodon calaginosus. In the serum of envenomed patients, no precipitating antibodies were seen to the venoms and little changes in serum protein, GOT and GPT were observed. In conclusion, the snake venoms obtained in Korea were highly toxic and caused chiefly the vascular collapse leading to death. This vascular collapse was resulted largely by cholinergic effects, and not cardiotoxin of venoms. In human, it is likely that precipitating antibodies to venom were not produced by an envenomed incidence to poisonous snakes.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.822-827
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• 2000

새우 알러지를 감소시키기 위한 방법으로써 감마선 조사기술의 이용 가능성을 평가하였다. 새우로부터 분리한 열안정성 단백질(HSP)과 병원에서 임상진단용으로 사용하는 새우 단백질 추출액을 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 kGy의 선량으로 감마선을 조사하였다. 단백질 추출액 및 HSP의 알러지성과 항원성의 변화를 mAb와 환자의 IgE를 사용한 ELISA법과 immunoblotting법으로 측정하였고, 단백질의 구조변화는 gel permeation chromatography와 SDS-PAGE로 관찰하였다. 환자의 IgE는 감마선 조사된 단백질 추출액과 HSP용액 모두에서 감마선 조사선량이 증가함에 따라 감소하였다. GPC-HPLC와 sandwich ELISA법으로 HSP를 정량하였을 때도 역시 감마선 조사선량이 증가함에 따라 감소하였다. SDS-PAGE pattern 변화에서 HSP는 감마선 조사에 의해 변화되어 더 큰 분자량으로 전환되었다. 이러한 결과는 감마선 조사가 새우 알러지 억제에 적용 할 수 있다는 가능성을 시사하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.771-781
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• 2015

To examine if the molecular chaperone DnaK operon proteins of Streptococcus suis type 2 (SS2) are involved in adhesion to host cells, the abundance values of these proteins from the surface of two SS2 strains of different adhesion capability were compared. Their roles in growth and adhesion to human laryngeal epithelial cell line HEp-2 cells were investigated on SS2 strain HA9801 and its mutants with DnaK operon genes partially knocked-out (PKO mutant) under heat stress. The major difference was that DnaJ was more abundant in strain HA9801 than in strain JX0811. Pretreatment of the bacteria with hyperimmune sera to DnaJ, but not with those to other proteins, could significantly reduce SS2 adhesion to HEp-2 cells. PKO of dnaJ g ene resulted in decreased SS2 growth at 37℃ and 42℃, and reduced its adhesion to HEp-2 cells. The wild-type strain stressed at 42℃ had increased expression of DnaJ on its surface and elevated adhesion to HEp-2 cells, which was also inhibitable by DnaJ specific antiserum. These results indicate that the DnaJ of S. suis type 2 is important not only for thermotolerance but also for adhesion to host cells. Because DnaJ expression is increased upon temperature upshift with increased exposure on the bacterial surface, the febrile conditions of the cases with systemic infections might help facilitate bacterial adhesion to host cells. DnaJ could be one of the potential candidates as a subunit vaccine because of its good immunogenicity.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.125-146
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• 1968

Throughout the studies the following experimental results were summarized. 1. It was impossible to infect and kill the mice, weighing 10 to 12 gm, by inoculating 0.2ml of virulent Cl. chauvoei, diluted 1 to 10 with physiological saline, via subcutaneous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal or intraveonus, route. 2. The mice which were inoculated in brain with 0.03ml of Cl. chauvoei diluted 1 : 5120 with physiological saline were resulted in all death after infection, but not in case of attenuated strain even in dilution of one to five. 3. Virulent Cl. chauvoei were diluted with each of those of whole blood, erythrocytes and serum of horse, calf, swine, sheep, rabbit, guinea pig, chicken and duck, human plasma and 2% CaCl solution, and inoculated subcutaneously 0.25 to 0.5ml in mice, weighing 12 to 15gm. It was resulted in significant increase in virulence as comparing with the case of physiological saline solution except when horse and pig sera were used. Such a phenomena were not seen in attenuated strain. 4. Virulence of virulent Cl. Chauvoei could be increased significantly in rat, as the procedures used in mice, by suspending in whole blood, erythrocytes, serum, or plasma of various animals, or 2% $CaCl_2$ solution and by inoculating subcutaneously 0.5 to 10ml in rat, weighing 30 to 60 gm, as compared with those of control group which used physiological saline solutionos diluent. 5. Mice resisted 100 and 80 percent against challenge of $10^3$ and $10^4$ M.L.D.. respectively, 24 hours after inoculation of 0.5ml black leg antiserum. 6. Immune response to the black leg living vaccine in mice could be obtained more favorably in the group of respected vaccination rather than those of single inoculation and the most profitable inoculm size of the vacine was 0.5 to 1.0ml. 7. Challenge for the immunized mice could be carried out effectively 3 weeks after first vaccination. 8. Satisfactory results could be obtained by inoculating subcutaneously for the immunization and intracerebrally or subcutaneously for the challenge. 9. Mice which were inoculated with 0.5ml of black leg living vaccine via subtaneucously two times at seven days interval and 21 days after first inoculation and challenged with 5 and 10 M.L.D. of virulent strain, resited 100 and 70 to 80 percent respectively. Same results were obtainable in black leg killed vaccine as the procedures used in living vaccine. 10. There were significantly different resistances against the definite challenge does between the mice groups which were immnuized with the living vaccine diluted five or 10 times and the undiluted. 11. For the biological assay of black leg living vaccine and antiserum, satisfactory results could be obtained using mice.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.181-191
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• 2001

개회충증에 대한 IgG 항체반응을 ELISA를 이용하여 거제도 및 인천 지역 주민의 혈청 역학적 조사를 시행하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 개회충증에 대한 혈청 항체 양성률은 거제도 지역 주민은 15.7%를 나타내었다. 성별 양성률을 보면 남자는 7.4%인데 비하여 여자는 23.8%의 높은 양성률을 나타내었으며 통계학적으로 남 녀 성별간에 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). 연령별 양성률을 비교하면 남 녀 모두 20대에서 각각 14.3%, 39.3%로 가장 높았다. 인천 지역 주민은 13.1%의 양성률을 보였다. 남자는 14.4%, 여자는 12.1%의 양성률을 나타내었으며 성별간의 유의한 차이는 볼 수 없었다. 연령별로는 남자는 전 연령층에서 비슷한 양성률을 나타내었으나 30대에서 17.8%로 가장 높게 나타났으며, 여자는 6.3%-20.0%의 양성률을 나타내었으며 10대에서 가장 높은 양성률을 보였다. 지역간의 통계학적 유의성차이는 전체 및 남자에서는 없었으나 여자에서는 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). ELISA 방법으로 혈청 항체가가 양성으로 나타난 혈청을 immunoblotting한 결과 거제도 지역 15 예 중 9예가 양성으로 나타났으며 인천 지역은 27예 중 22예가 양성반응을 보였다.

• 대한바이러스학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.161-168
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• 1997

The present study was designed to estimate the seroprevalence of NLVs among diarrheagenic children and in healthy adults in Seoul and its vicinity with the use of an EIA and an Western blot (WB) based on recombinant Norwalk virus capsid protein (rNV) and crude virus preparations as antigen. Seroconversion was observed in 34 (83%) of 41 tested using the EIA and in 21 (54%) of 39 using the WB, suggesting that the NLVs with epitopes common to rNV are prevalent in Seoul area. Diarrheal children who were known to have been infected with several other strains of the NLVs showed no significant antibody response to the rNV. Infection with rNV occurred earlier in life: primary infections with rNV were common before the age of 6 months and over 91 % of children had evidence of infection by that age by the EIA. Since the amount of the NLV antigens available for seroepidemiologic surveys is limited, we tried to detect NLV antibody by using crude virus preparations as antigen. One crude virus preparation of a child whose stool yielded genetically distinct NLV revealed the presence of the plural number of bands upon SDS-PAGE, but precipitated only one band (62 kDa) after the WB with a serum (collected 10 days after the onset of symptoms) of another diarrheal child. The WB assay we present in this report revealed that the NLVs are prevalent among Korean population and that the sera contained antibody to a single major structural protein, with molecular sizes of 58 to 62 kDa, compatible with the sizes reported for the Norwalk virus and Snow Mountain agent proteins, respectively. When the results of the WB were compared with those obtained by the EIA, the EIA antibody assay was sensitive enough to detect an antibody rise of as much as 4096-fold but not as specific as the WB. The WB assay presented in this paper will provide a powerful tool to elucidate not only antigenic structures of the NL Vs but also seroepidemiology of the NLV infection. The availability of an unlimited source of antigen will enable a large scale serologic studies that will greatly increase our understanding of the role of NLVs in human enteric illness.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.263-268
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• 1999

헛개 나무 추출물과 오리나무 추출물들이 쥐 와 사람을 대상으로 실험한 결과 체내 알콜 분해능이있는 것으로 나타났으며, 쥐 실험의 경우 헛개 나무가 32% 의 알콜 분해능이 증진되었으며 오리나무는 13% 정도로 나타났으며 혼합물인 경우 42% 의 높은 것으로 나타났다. 사람을 대상으로 한 경우도 유사한 경향을 보여 혼합물을 섭취한 경우 4 시간만에 음주 전 알콜 농도로 감소했으나 오리나무는 6 시간에도 0.013% 정도의 알콜이 존재했다. 또한 헛개나무는 6 간 정도 후에 정상 치로 감소된 반면 알콜만 섭취한 경우는 6 시간이 되도 0.04% 의 알콜이 존재하고 있어 이 추출물들이 정도의 차이는 있으나 알콜 분해 효과가 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 간의 해독 증진 및 숙취 해소 기능에서도 혼합물, 헛개 나무, 오리나무 순으로 활성이 좋은 것으로 확인되었다. ADH 효소의 활성의 경우 혼합물의 경우 약 60% 정도 증진되는 것으로 나타났으나 헛개 나무의 경우 35.6% 로 상승되었으며는 것이 확인되었다. 하지만 오리나무의 경우는 약 29% 정도로 별 차이가 없는 것으로 측정되었다. GST 활성 증진의 경우 혼합물을 1 g/L의 농도로 투여해 실험한 결과 최대 180% 의 활성 증진이 가능한 것으로 측정되었다. 이에 비해 각 추출물들이 단독으로 작용하는 경우에 는 유사한 활성 증진을 보여 혼합물의 경우 간의 해독 작용 증진에 synergy 효과가 있을 것으로 예측된다. Cathepsin 활성 저해의 경우 역시 혼합물이 55 % 이상 활성 억제 효과를 보였으며 헛개 나무가 약 40%의 억제 기능을 나타냈다. 하지만 오리나무의 경우는 28% 정도의 낮은 억제 효과를 보였다. 이는 오리나무 추출물은 ADH 효소 활성 증진이나 cethepsin 효소 억제 기능이 아닌 다른 기작에 의해 알콜 분해 및 간 기능 증진에 영향을 주는 것으로 예측된다. 모든 경우 다 혼합물이 여러 활성 효과가 높은 것으로 나타나 이 혼합물을 이용한 기능성 식품 개발이 유용할 것으로 평가된다.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.441-446
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• 1986

Previous studies have demonstrated that phagocytosis of encapsulated bacteria needs the opsonization of bacteria with immunoglobulin and complement. Several investigators have studied the role of specific antibody to the bacteria. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of specific anti-Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Y4($A{\alpha}Y4$) antibody, which was obtained from the immunized rabbit serum for phagocytosis of $A{\alpha}Y4$ by PMNL. For this study, specific and nonspecific IgG were separated from the sera of the rabbits and PMNL were isolated from 15 healthy adults. By an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, the results showed that the binding capacity of anti-$A{\alpha}Y4$ IgG to $A{\alpha}Y4$ was much higher than that of nonspecific IgG; 0.75 and 0.14(O.D. at 400nm), respectively. The oxygen consumption of PMNL, phagocytizing $A{\alpha}Y4$ which was opsonized with specific $A{\alpha}Y4$ IgG(37.13 nmol/min/$1{\times}10^7$ PMNL), was significantly higher than that with nonspecific IgG(27.95 nmol/min/$1{\times}10^7$ PMNL, p<0.01). In immunofluorescence microscopic examination, the difference between the numbers of the ingested $A{\alpha}Y4$ opsonized with specific anti-$A{\alpha}Y4$ IgG and nonspecific IgG reached to statistically significant level; $184{\pm}11.4$ and $133.2{\pm}8.3$ per 100 PMNL, p<0.05. These results suggest that specific anti-$A{\alpha}Y4$ IgG has a significant role in PMNL phagocytosis of encapsulated $A{\alpha}Y4$ and also it can be available to adopt this system to develop anti-capsular antibody to $A{\alpha}Y4$ for enhancing and emphasizing the phagocytic activity against this bacterium.

• 환경분석과 독성보건
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.252-263
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• 2018

Distributions of 15 PAHs and 82 PCBs were investigated in sediment and fish samples collected from the Suyoung Estuary of Busan, one of the most urbanized and newly contaminated areas in Busan. The concentrations of $S_{15}PAH$ in sediments ranged from 17.9 to 777 ng/g-dry and were mainly originated from combustion processes. The concentrations of $S_{82}PCB$ in sediments ranged from 0.55 to 12.5 ng/g-dry and were significantly correlated with those of 12 dioxin-like PCBs and 6 non-dioxin like PCBs. Higher concentrations of PAHs and PCBs were found in the upper river and the inner Suyoung Bay than in marina and the outer Suyoung Bay. No sites exceeded the ecotoxicological values of PAHs and PCBs in marine sediments. Benzo[a]-pyrene was not detected in fish samples and the concentrations of $S_4PAH$ (0.15~0.45 ng/g-wet) were lower than the maximum level set by EU. The levels of PCBs in fish samples were at less than 1% of the Korean maximum level and 2% of the EU maximum level. The concentrations of dioxin-like PCBs were $0.01{\sim}0.32pg-TEQ_{WHO-2005}/g-wet$, and the highest concentration was found in eels, which were at less than 5% of the EU maximum level. Dietary intakes of PAHs and PCBs through fish consumption were estimated, and their lifetime cancer risk and non-cancer risk were much lower.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.33.1-33.10
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• 2022

Background: Endemic circulation of human-specific hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes 1 and 2 may occult the importance of sporadic zoonotic HEV transmissions in Africa. Increasing numbers of studies reporting anti-HEV antibodies in cattle and the discovery of infectious HEV in cow milk has raised public health concern, but cattle exposure has seldom been investigated in Africa. Objectives: This study aimed at investigating the role of cows in the epidemiology of HEV in Burkina Faso and farmers habits in terms of dairy product consumption as a prerequisite to estimate the risk of transmission to humans. Methods: Sera from 475 cattle and 192 pigs were screened for the presence of anti-HEV antibodies while HEV RNA in swine stools was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Data on mixed farming, dairy product consumption and selling habits were gathered through questionnaires. Results: The overall seroprevalence in cattle was 5.1% and herd seroprevalence reached 32.4% (11/34). Herd seropositivity was not associated with husbandry practice or presence of rabbits on the farms. However, herd seropositivity was associated with on-site presence of pigs, 80.7% of which had anti-HEV antibodies. The majority of farmers reported to preferentially consume raw milk based dairy products. Conclusions: Concomitant presence of pigs on cattle farms constitutes a risk factor for HEV exposure of cattle. However, the risk of HEV infections associated with raw cow dairy product consumption is currently considered as low.