• 생태와환경
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 2020년 6월에서 9월까지 4개월 동안 우리나라 하천 중 금강 백제보에 주로 서식하는 말조개, 펄조개와 대칭이를 채집하여 서식처 특성을 살펴보았고, 이들의 여과율을 실내 실험을 통하여 측정하여 검량선을 산출하였다. 백제보에서 채집된 말조개, 펄조개, 대칭이는 24시간 동안 평균 154.84 ㎍ L^-1의 Chl-a를 제거하였으며, 이는 실내 수조(2 L) 내의 식물플랑크톤 C. vulgaris(초기 Chl-a=168.34 ㎍ L^-1)를 약 24시간 만에 제거할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 본 연구에서 사용한 말조개, 펄조개, 대칭이가 연평균 4만 마리가 서식할 경우(Lee et al., 2020), 6월 한달 동안 예상되는 Chl-a의 저감 효과는 10.55%으로 예측되고 7월의 경우 34.88%, 8월의 경우 20.14%, 9월의 경우 46.21%로 평균 27.94%의 저감 효과를 예상할 수 있다. 이러한 결과는 간접적으로 이매패류가 서식지에서 효과적으로 Chl-a를 제거할 수 있을 가능성을 제시한다. 실제로 이매패류를 통하여 수생태계의 조류 제어능력을 평가하기 위해서는 이매패류뿐만 아니라 식물플랑크톤, 수생식물, 저서생물, 퇴적물, 유속 등의 작용들을 종합적으로 고려해야 하지만 본 연구에서는 이매패류의 여과율과 이에 따른 Chl-a에 저감율에 기반하여 수생태계 조류 제어능력을 산정하였다. 본 연구 결과들은 차후 다양한 요인과 관점에서의 통합된 연구에 기초적인 정보를 제공할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.628-635
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• 2022

Background: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is the large intestine disease that results in chronic inflammation and ulcers in the colon. Rg3-enriched Korean Red Ginseng extract (Rg3-RGE) is known for its pharmacological activities. Persicaria tinctoria (PT) is also used in the treatment of various inflammatory diseases. The aim of this study is to investigate the attenuating effects of Rg3-RGE with PT on oxazolone (OXA)-induced UC in mice. Methods: A total of six groups of mice including control group, OXA (as model group, 1.5%) group, sulfasalazine (75 mg/kg) group, Rg3-RGE (20 mg/kg) group, PT (300 mg/kg) group, and Rg3-RGE (10 mg/kg) with PT (150 mg/kg) group. Data on the colon length, body weight, disease activity index (DAI), histological changes, nitric oxide (NO) assay, Real-time PCR of inflammatory factors, ELISA of inflammatory factors, Western blot, and flow cytometry analysis were obtained. Results: Overall, the combination treatment of Rg3-RGE and PT significantly improved the colon length and body weight and decreased the DAI in mice compared with the treatment with OXA. Additionally, the histological injury was also reduced by the combination treatment. Moreover, the NO production level and inflammatory mediators and cytokines were significantly downregulated in the Rg3-RGE with the PT group compared with the model group. Also, NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-𝛋B) were suppressed in the combination treatment group compared with the OXA group. Furthermore, the number of immune cell subtypes of CD4⁺ T-helper cells, CD19⁺ B-cells, and CD4⁺ and CD25⁺ regulatory T-cells (Tregs) was improved in the Rg3-RGE with the PT group compared with the OXA group. Conclusion: Overall, the mixture of Rg3-RGE and PT is an effective therapeutic treatment for UC.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.12.01-12.10
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• 2022

Background: Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae are the main cause of clinical mastitis in dairy cattle in Argentina, whereas coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) and environmental streptococci are the main cause of subclinical mastitis. Bacteria isolated from infected animals show increasing antimicrobial resistance. Objectives: This study aims to determine the antimicrobial resistance of staphylococci and streptococci isolated from milk with mastitis, and to genotypically characterize the methicillin-resistant (MR) staphylococci. Methods: Isolation was performed on blood agar and identification was based on biochemical reactions. Antimicrobial susceptibility was according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. The antimicrobial resistance genes, SCCmec type and spa type were detected by the polymerase chain reaction method. Results: We isolated a total of 185 staphylococci and 28 streptococci from 148 milk samples. Among the staphylococcal isolates, 154 were identified as CNS and 31 as S. aureus. Among the 154 CNS, 24.6% (n = 38) were resistant to penicillin, 14.9% (n = 23) to erythromycin, 17.5% (n = 27) to clindamycin, 6.5% (n = 10) to cefoxitin and oxacillin. Among the S. aureus isolates, 16.1% (n = 5) were resistant to penicillin, 3.2% (n = 1) to cefoxitin and oxacillin (MRSA). Six MR isolates (5 CNS and 1 MRSA) were positive to the mecA gene, and presented the SCCmec IVa. The MRSA strain presented the sequence type 83 and the spa type 002. Among the 28 streptococcal isolates, 14.3% (n = 4) were resistant to penicillin, 10.7% (n = 3) to erythromycin and 14.3% (n = 4) to clindamycin. Conclusions: The present findings of this study indicate a development of antimicrobial resistance in main bacteria isolated from cows with mastitis in Argentina.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.561-571
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• 2023

Background: Escalating evidence shows that ginseng possesses an antiaging potential with cognitive enhancing activity. As mountain cultivated ginseng (MCG) is cultivated without agricultural chemicals, MCG has emerged as a popular herb medicine. However, little is known about the MCG-mediated pharmacological mechanism on brain aging. Methods: As we demonstrated that glutathione peroxidase (GPx) is important for enhancing memory function in the animal model of aging, we investigated the role of MCG as a GPx inducer using GPx-1 (a major type of GPx) knockout (KO) mice. We assessed whether MCG modulates redox and cholinergic parameters, and memory function in aged GPx-1 knockout KOmice. Results: Redox burden of aged GPx-1 KO mice was more evident than that of aged wild-type (WT) mice. Alteration of Nrf2 DNA binding activity appeared to be more evident than that of NFκB DNA binding activity in aged GPx-1 KO mice. Alteration in choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity was more evident than that in acetylcholine esterase activity. MCG significantly attenuated reductions in Nrf2 system and ChAT level. MCG significantly enhanced the co-localization of Nrf2-immunoreactivity and ChAT-immunoreactivity in the same cell population. Nrf2 inhibitor brusatol significantly counteracted MCG-mediated up-regulation in ChAT level and ChAT inhibition (by k252a) significantly reduced ERK phosphorylation by MCG, suggesting that MCG might require signal cascade of Nrf2/ChAT/ERK to enhance cognition. Conclusion: GPx-1 depletion might be a prerequisite for cognitive impairment in aged animals. MCG-mediated cognition enhancement might be associated with the activations of Nrf2, ChAT, and ERK signaling cascade.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.333-340
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• 2024

Background: Korean red ginseng (KRG) is a product from ginseng roots, which is enriched with ginsenosides and has been utilized for a long time as an adaptogen to alleviate various physiological or disease conditions. While KRG is generally considered safe, conducting a thorough toxicological assessment of the spray-dried powder G1899 during the juvenile period is essential to establish its safety profile. This study aimed to assess the safety of G1899 during the juvenile period using Sprague-Dawley rats. Methods: Two studies were conducted separately: a juvenile toxicity study and a uterotrophic bioassay. To assess the potential toxicity at systemic, postnatal developmental, and reproductive levels, G1899 was orally gavaged once a day in post-weaning juvenile Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats at 0, 1250, 2500, or 5000 mg/kg/day. Estrogenicity was assessed by orally gavaging G1899 in immature female SD rats at 0, 2500, or 5000 mg/kg/day on postnatal days (PND) 19-21, followed by a uterotrophic bioassay. These studies were conducted in accordance with the Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) regulations and regulatory test guidelines. Results: Regarding juvenile toxicity, no abnormalities related to the G1899 treatment were observed in any group during the experiment. Moreover, no uterotrophic responses were observed in the dosed female group. Based on these results, the no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) of G1899 was determined to be at least 5000 mg/kg/day for general systemic function, developmental/reproductive function, and estrogenic activity. Conclusion: Our results suggest that G1899 is not toxic to juveniles at doses of up to 5000 mg/kg/day.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.127-134
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• 2023

Pharmacokinetic (PK) data provide pivotal information in drug development, and they are usually first studied in the preclinical stage using various animals. However, quite often, animal PK data may not match with human PK, especially in metabolites. Thus, most regulatory agencies in the world make it mandatory to obtain metabolite information using ¹⁴C radiolabeled drug in human for small molecule drug candidates. However, such studies are expensive and time consuming and they are usually done at the end of Phase II trials using ~3.7 MBq of ¹⁴C labeled drug in a limited number of human subjects. Introduction of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) in this kind of study has revolutionized it. Since AMS can measure ¹⁴C level as close as natural abundance, it can quantify the amounts of ¹⁴C labeled drugs and their metabolites produced in human body that consumes less than the amount of 0.0037 MBq of ¹⁴C labeled drug, a very safe level of radioactive dose in human. Therefore, it is now possible to conduct human ¹⁴C studies safely in early clinical trials without spending hefty amount of money and time. Korea Radioisotope Center for Pharmaceuticals(KRICP) at Korea Institute of Biological and Medical Sciences(KIRAMS) has established an AMS facility in 2018, housing a 0.5MV AMS manufactured at the US National Electrostatics Corps (NEC). The AMS instrument has been validated using various standard samples that have been prepared at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US, a worldly reputable provider of AMS standards. In this paper, we present a mass balance study for acetaminophen in rats using AMS and prove that the study results are equivalent with those of literature, which shows the AMS facilities at KRICP has successfully installed and be ready to be used in the various PK studies using ¹⁴C labelled compounds for new drug development.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.766-773
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• 2011

The objective of the present study was to examine whether yaks possess any adaptive mechanisms of nitrogen (N) metabolism to survive in the harsh foraging environment of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. A grazing experiment on native alpine meadows was conducted to determine availability of herbage biomass and body weight (BW) change of yaks over the year, followed by two indoor feeding trials to investigate adaptation mechanisms of N metabolism in yaks fed at similar intake level to grazing conditions. Three castrated males of each of three genotypes; yak (Bos grunniens), indigenous cattle (Bos taurus) and their crossbred - cattleyak (Bos taurus male${\times}$Bos grunniens female), were used in the housed trials. Results showed that: i) Monthly herbage biomass production and daily grazing intakes by yaks over the year ranged from 220 to 4,664 kg DM per ha, and 1.90 to 8.50 kg DM, respectively. For about seven months each year, yaks suffer from malnutrition as a result of inadequate pasture conditions; ii) Urinary N excretion and N retention by yaks were significantly affected by feeding level, and yaks had a lower (p<0.05) average daily urinary N excretion (0.39 g/kg $BW^{0.75}$) and a greater (p<0.05) N retention (-0.09 g/kg $BW^{0.75}$) than indigenous cattle (0.47 and -0.16 g/kg $BW^{0.75}$, respectively). Fasting daily urinary N excretion was greater (p<0.05) for indigenous cattle than yaks (353 vs. 248 mg/kg $BW^{0.75}$). Purine derivative N excretion and purine derivative N index (PNI) increased with increasing feeding level, while the value of PNI was greater (p<0.05) for yaks and cattleyak (0.11 and 0.12, respectively) than for indigenous cattle (0.09) during the feeding trials. These results suggest that yaks could rely, in part, on the recycling of N to adapt to the harsh forage environment on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.), were used in the housed trials. Results showed that: i) Monthly herbage biomass production and daily grazing intakes by yaks over the year ranged from 220 to 4,664 kg DM per ha, and 1.90 to 8.50 kg DM, respectively. For about seven months each year, yaks suffer from malnutrition as a result of inadequate pasture conditions; ii) Urinary N excretion and N retention by yaks were significantly affected by feeding level, and yaks had a lower (p<0.05) average daily urinary N excretion (0.39 g/kg $BW^{0.75}$) and a greater (p<0.05) N retention (-0.09 g/kg $BW^{0.75}$) than indigenous cattle (0.47 and -0.16 g/kg $BW^{0.75}$, respectively). Fasting daily urinary N excretion was greater (p<0.05) for indigenous cattle than yaks (353 vs. 248 mg/kg $BW^{0.75}$). Purine derivative N excretion and purine derivative N index (PNI) increased with increasing feeding level, while the value of PNI was greater (p<0.05) for yaks and cattleyak (0.11 and 0.12, respectively) than for indigenous cattle (0.09) during the feeding trials. These results suggest that yaks could rely, in part, on the recycling of N to adapt to the harsh forage environment on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.191-199
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• 2000

본 실험은 고형퇴비화 처리용 부자재 비용절감 및 생물계 폐기물의 퇴비화 작업효율을 개선하기 위하여 연속 및 간헐통기 퇴적식 호기성 퇴비화 시스템에 필요한 기초 연구자료를 제공하기 위하여 수행되었다. 유우분과 왕겨 (I) 그리고 유우분과 1차 순환퇴비 (II) 및 2차 순환퇴비 (III)를 전처리 혼합하여 $12.3{\;}{\ell}$의 회분식 원통형 발효조 3개의 동일한 수준에 같은 성질의 실험재료를 넣어 10일간 실험하였다. 이때, 통기량은 연속통기(CA)는 $0.3~0.6{\;}{\ell}/min.kg.dm$, 간헐통기 (IA)는 $0.1~0.2{\;}{\ell}/min.kg.dm$ 범위로 5분 통기 55분 정지 방법으로 퇴비화 처리하였다. 퇴비화 과정중 발효조의 내부 온도는 잡초종자 및 병원균 사멸을 위한 퇴비화 적정온도인 $55~60^{\circ}C$를 연속통기 (CA)는 38~78시간, 간헐통기 (IA)는 37~98시간 유지하였다. 순환퇴비의 혼합량이 증가함에 따라서, 암모니아 휘산 농도는 증가하였으며, 연속 통기시 최고 농도는 110, 160, 287 ppm을 나타냈으며, 간헐 통기 방법을 이용한 퇴비화 경우는 52, 76, 420 ppm을 나타냈다. 이는 순환퇴비의 탄질비가 17.6, 22 그리고 16.5로 낮기 때문이다. 퇴비화 종료 후, 퇴비의 품질은 수분 함량 (MC)이 68~73%로서 40% 이하의 적정 수분 함량으로 건조가 필요하였다. 산도(pH)는 7.9~8.7로서 적정 값 (8이하)보다 약간 높아 후숙 과정이 필요하였으며, 유우분에 순환퇴비를 부자재로 혼합한 실험 II와 III의 경우, 탄질비 (C/N)는 20이하로 적정수준을 나타냈다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.769-782
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• 2002

호맥, 연맥 및 혼합목초의 3가지 사료작물 청예를 수확시기를 일반적인 수확적기와 7일 조기수확으로 수확시기를 달리하고 볏짚과 밀기울과 곡류로서 옥수수와 콩을 체중 550Kg, 일일산유량 15Kg인 젖소착유우의 체중유지와 우유생산량을 유지하기 위한 완전사료로서 배합한 후 각각 7개의 60리터 밀폐용기에 충분히 진압하여 담근 후 제조 당일과 5, 10, 25, 35, 60 및 100일에 각각 개봉하여 각각의 TMFF의 영양적 가치변화를 조사하였다. 각 TMFF의 평균 수분, 조단백질(CP), ADF, NDF, Ca 및 P 함량은 각각 72${\sim}$75%, 14.75${\sim}$18.24%, 12.47${\sim}$19.07%, 39.82${\sim}$47.01%, 0.99${\sim}$1.07% 및 0.38${\sim}$0.41% 범위를 나타내었으며, TMFF의 초종간 비교에 있어서는 조단백질 함량은 혼합목초－TMFF가 가장 높게 나타내었으며, ADF, NDF함량에 있어서는 호맥－TMFF의 것이 가장 높은 것으로 나타내었다(P<0.05). 수확시기에 따라서는 뚜렷한 차이를 나타내지 않은 반면, 제조 후 경과일수에 따라서는 전체적으로 영양성분 함량이 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다(P< 0.05). TMFF의 내부온도는 외기의 영향을 받으며 평균적으로 1${\sim}$5 정도 낮게 나타내었는데, 겨울철에 제조된 연맥－TMFF에 있어서는 제조 후 10일까지는 오히려 6${\sim}$9 정도 더 높게 나타내었다가 이후 감소하여 초기발효열로 인한 TMFF의 내부온도 상승 양상을 나타내었다(P<0.05). TMFF의 산도(pH)는 전체적으로 4.0${\sim}$4.2범위로서 초종의 차이나 수확시기에 의한 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 그리고 TMFF의 암모니아태질소($NH_3$-N) 함량에 있어서는 전체적으로 7.79${\sim}$8.23mg/$d{\ell}$의 범위에서 수확시기와 제조 후 경과일수에 따른 뚜렷한 차이를 보이지 않았다. TMFF의 휘발성지방산 함량은 호맥-TMFF의 acetic acid와 butyric acid 함량이 높게 나타내었으며 제조일수의 경과에 따라서는 lactic acid와 butyric acid 함량이 각각 증가하여 나타내었다(P<0.05). 그리고 제조가 완료된 TMFF에서 채취한 볏짚들의 시험관내 건물소화율 시험결과에 있어서 무처리볏짚에 비하여 15${\sim}$20% 이상의 소화율 향상을 나타내었다(P<0.05).

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2001

본 연구는 개 난자의 체외성숙을 유도하기 위하여 발정기 및 비발정기의 개로부터 난소를 채취하여 난자의 채취율과 채취된 난자의 크기와 배양액의 종류에 따른 핵 발달율을 조사하기 위하여 수행되었다. 본 연구를 위하여 난소의 채취는 순천축산에서 난소적출술로 회수하여 3$0^{\circ}C$ saline에 담아 실험실로 2시간 이내에 수송하였다. 모든 난소는 항생제가 첨가된 saline으로 3-4회 세척 후 100 mm dish에서 blade로 세절하여 미성숙난자를 회수하였다. 회수된 난자는 발정기와 비발정기 및 110 $\mu\textrm{m}$ 이상과 이하로 구분하여 회수율을 조사하였다. 미성숙난자의 핵 발달을 유도하기 위하여 체외성숙 배양액은 TCM199과 $\alpha$-MEM에 10% FCS, 0.1 mg/$m\ell$ sodium pyruvate, 100 ng/$m\ell$ FSH, 100 ng/$m\ell$ EGF, 1% 775, 100 lU/$m\ell$ penicillin, 100 $\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$ streptomycin 등을 첨가하여 38.5$^{\circ}C$, 5% $CO_2$ incubator에서 72시간 동안 배양하였다. 핵발달율은 45% acetic acid 용액으로 48시간 고정 후 1% Orcein으로 염색하여 조사하였다. 발정기의 난소로부터 110 $\mu\textrm{m}$ 이상의 난자의 회수율 (63.6%)은 비발정기(51.5%)의 것보다 유의적으로 높았다 (P＜0.05). 발정기의 난소에서 110 $\mu\textrm{m}$ 이상의 난소당 난자회수율 (22.6개/63.8%)은 비발정기의 것보다 유의적으로 높았다 (P ＜ 0.05). 발정기의 난소에서 110 $\mu\textrm{m}$ 이상의 난자의 MI까지의 핵발달율 (24.3%)은 110 Um이하의 것 또는 비발정기의 110 $\mu\textrm{m}$ 이상 및 이하의 난자의 것보다 유의적으로 높았다 (2.5, 6.8 및 0.0%; P ＜0.05). 발정기의 110 $\mu\textrm{m}$ 이상 난자의 AT 또는 MII까지의 핵 발달율은 다른 처리군보다 높게 발달하였다. TCM199에서 MI까지의 핵발달율 (21.8%)은 $\alpha$-MEM (10.0%)보다 유의적으로 높았다 (P＜ 0.05). 그러나 AT까지의 핵 발달율은 TCM199 (7.3%)과 (-MEM (1.1%) 간에는 유의적 차이가 있었으나 (P＜0.05), MII까지는 TCM199 (0.9%)과 (-MEM (1.1%)에는 유의차가 없었다. 본 연구결과는 110 $\mu\textrm{m}$ 이상의 난자는 발정기의 난소로부터 더 많은 난자를 회수할 수 있었고, 110 $\mu\textrm{m}$ 이상의 난자들이 MI, AT까지의 핵발달 능력이 높았다. 또한 체외성숙배양액 시 TCM199이 $\alpha$-MEM보다 Mi과AI까지 높은 발달율을 보였다.