• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.258-262
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• 2001

The study was conducted to evaluate the effects of chromium picolinate (CrP) on growth, carcass characteristics and serum metabolites in growing-finishing pigs. A total of 96 Landrace$\times$Yorkshire$\times$Duroc hybrid pigs, initial live weight about $38.12{\pm}00kg$, were randomly assigned to 2 groups (16 pigs per pen, 3 pens per group), each group had 48 pigs with an equal number of barrows and gilts. The pigs were fed the diet with or without $200{\mu}g/kg$ Cr from CrP. The results indicated that the addition of $200{\mu}g/kg$ CrP increased ADG by 3.58% and decreased feed conversion rate (FCR) by 3.00% compared to the control group. Pigs fed CrP had 7.58% (p<0.05) higher carcass lean percentage, 15.55% (p<0.05) larger longissimus muscle area (LMA) and 10.90% (p<0.05) lower back fat thickness, 15.17% (p<0.05) lower carcass fat percentage. In addition, the IGF-I level in serum was elevated by 79.20% (p<0.05), the Insulin and cortisol level decreased by 27.35% (p<0.05) and 34.58% (p<0.05) respectively with supplementation of CrP. Analysis of subcutaneous fat (10th rib) showed that the activity of hormone sensitive lipase (HSL) increased by 79.58% (p<0.05) and the activities of isocitrate dehydrogenase (ISD) and malate dehydrogenase (MDH) decreased significantly by 15.06% (p<0.05) and 54.53% (p<0.05) respectively in the $200{\mu}g/kg$ CrP group. The concentration of RNA, RNA/DNA in LMA increased by 31.89% (p<0.05) and 5.41% (p<0.05) respectively with the addition of CrP. These results suggest that CrP reduced fat deposits by decreasing lipogenic enzyme activities and increasing HSL activity and may have promoted muscle anabolic metabolism through elevated IGF-I levels.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.457-463
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• 2016

The goal of this work was to investigate the correlations between MyHC mRNA transcription and their corresponding protein expressions in porcine longissimus muscle (LM) during postnatal growth of pigs. Five DLY ($Duroc{\times}Landrace{\times}Yorkshire$) crossbred pigs were selected, slaughtered and sampled at postnatal 7, 30, 60, 120, and 180 days, respectively. Each muscle was subjected to quantity MyHCs protein contents through an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), to quantity myosin heavy-chains (MyHCs) mRNA abundances using real-time polymerase chain reaction. We calculated the proportion (%) of each MyHC to total of four MyHC for two levels, respectively. Moreover, the activities of several key energy metabolism enzymes were determined in LM. The result showed that mRNA transcription and protein expression of MyHC I, IIa, IIx and IIb in LM all presented some obvious changes with postnatal aging of pigs, especially at the early stage after birth, and their mRNA transcriptions were easy to be influenced than their protein expressions. The relative proportion of each MyHC mRNA was significantly positively related to that of its corresponding protein (p<0.01), and MyHC I mRNA proportion was positively correlated with creatine kinase (CK), succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), malate dehydrogenase (MDH) activities (p<0.05). These data suggested that MyHC mRNA transcription can be used to reflect MyHC expression, metabolism property and adaptive plasticity of porcine skeletal muscles, and MyHC mRNA composition could be a molecular index reflecting muscle fiber type characteristics.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.85-92
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• 1999

To determine the pathogenicity of Acanthamoeba spp. isolated in Korea and to develop a isoenzymatic maker, the mortality rate of infected mice, in vitro cytotoxicity against target cells and isoenzyme band pattern were observed. Five isolates of Acanthamoeba spp. (YM-2, YM-3, YM-4, YM-5 and YM-7) were used in this study as well as three reference Acanthamoeba spp. (A. culbertsoni, A. hatchetti, and A. royreba). According to the mortality rate of infected mice, Korean isolated could be categorized into three groups: high virulent (YM-4), low virulent (YM-2, YM-5, YM-7) and the nonpathogenic group (YM-4), In addition, the virulence of Acanthamoeba spp. was enhanced by brain passage in mice. In the cytotoxicity assay against chinese hamster ovary cells, especially, the cytotoxicity of brain-passaged amoebae was relatively higher than the long-term cultivated ones. The zymodeme patterns of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), malate dehydrogenase (MDH), hexokinase (HK), glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT) and malic enzyme (ME)of Acanthamoeba spp. were different among each isolate, and also between long-term cultrued amoebae and brain passaged ones. In spites of the polymorphic zymodemes, a slow band of G6PD and K, and an intermediate band of MDH were only observed in pathogenic Acanthamoeba spp., which should be used as isoenzymatic makers.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.229-236
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• 1999

In order to refer to the basic information regarding the identification of isolates obtained from a contact lens container in Korea, the isoelectric focusing gel electrophoresis was employed to compare the isoenzyme band patterns among Acanthamoeba spp. including eight isolates and the simple pairwise dissimilarity analysis was carried out. For an alkaline phosphate development, isolate 7 and Acanthamoeba polyphaga showed homologous band patterns, and isolates 1, 2, and 3 showed the same patterns. For lactate dehydrogenase, similar patterns were observed in isolates 2 and 3. Isolates 3 and 5 showed homologous band patterns for malate dehydrogenase and glucose phosphate isomerase. For hexokinase, isolates 4, 7, and A. hatchetti showed the same band patterns. In others, a considerable number of interstrain polymorphisms was observed in nine isoenzyme band patterns. In Acanthamoeba group II, genetic distances among isolates 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 ranged from 0.104 to 0.200. In comparison to A. castellanii, A. hatchetti, and A. poIyphaga, genetic distances of isolates 7 and 8 were 0.254 and 0.219, respectively. In Acanthamoeba group III, including A. culbertsoni, A. healyi, and A. royreba, isolate 6 had genetic distances which ranged from 0.314 to 0.336. Finally, when comparing to the six reference Acanthamoeba, it was possible to classify isolates 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, as genetically close-related species and as independent species group. Furthermore, isolates 6, 7 and 8 were identified as independent species as well.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.324-329
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• 1995

제주 재래마와 쓰시마 재래마 간의 유전적 유연관계를 16개 혈액 단백질 좌위의 유전적 다형현상을 분석하여 연구하였다. 두 지역의 재래마 집단에서 5개의 단백질 좌위를 제외한 11개 좌위에서는 유전적 다형현상을 보였다. 다형현상을 나타내는 좌위에서 분석된 유전자 빈도를 이용하여 평균 이형접합자 빈도를 분석한 결과 제주 재래마에서는 0.375로 쓰시마 재래마의 0.304 보다 다소 높게 나타났다. Nei방법에 의해 계산된 Da distance와 유전자 동일성은 각각 0.108과 0.868이었다. 본 연구결과와 이미 보고된 아메리카말 집단들에서의 결과를 이용하여 phylogenetic tree를 구성하여 본 결과 크게 세 개의 cluster를 이루었다. 즉 아메리카말 집단들이 하나의 cluster를 이루었고 제주 재래마 집단이 하나의 cluster를 이루었으며, 이 두 cluster는 현존 말의 기원으로 보는 몽고 야생마 cluster에서 분지됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.59-68
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• 1996

만손열두조충의 스파르가눔(흰쥐에서 적출한 r-스파르가눔, 뱀에서 적출한 s-스파르가눔)과 성충을 재료로 하여 젖산탈수소효소와 말산탈수소효소의 조직내 분포 및 동위효소의 특징을 효소조직화학적 방법과 전기영동뎁으로 조사하였다. LDH와 WH는 외피하근층에서 강한 활성이 나타났으며, 실질조직(parenchyma)에서는 약하게 나타났다. 그러나 nH는 스파르가눔의 외피조직 에서도 활성이 나타났으나 성충의 외피조직에는 나타나지 않았다. LDH의 동위효소 유형은 5-스파르가눔, s-스파르가눔과 성충에서 각각 2개, 4개, 2개가 분리되었고, 45 kDa의 분회이 공통적으로 주분획이었으며 sinH의 동위효소는 5-스파르가눔, r-스파르가눔과 성충에서 각각 2개, 3개 4개의 분획이 분리되었고, IEF에 의해 성충에 존재하는 4개의 tmH 동위효소 분획의 등전점(Pl)은 각각 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, 7.1이었으며, 이 중 6.0이 주분획이었다. 또 최적 pH는 7이나 활성 범위가 pH 6 ~8이었고. 최적온도는 $40^{\circ}C$였으며, $50^{\circ}C$ 이상에서는 활성이 급격히 감소하였다 mH의 최적 활성도는 s-스파르가눔, r-스파르가눔과 성충에서 각각 19.4, 24.5, 108.0이었다. 위의 결과로 보아, 외피하근층으로 흡수된 양분은 충체 중앙으로 이동하면서 산화분해되며 유충에 비해 성충에서 물질 대사가 활발함을 알 수 있고, 또한 만손열두조충의 스파르가눔과 성충이 숙주와 기생 장소를 달리하지만 기생 환경에 따라 젖산탈수소효소와 말산탈수소효소의 동위효소들이 활성을 달리하므로써 숙주 환경에 적응한다는 사실을 알 수 있다.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.124-135
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• 2018

밭작물 중의 하나인 수수의 재배기간 중 장기간 지속되는 토양의 과습 상태는 수수의 생장 저하를 야기하는 요소로서 작용한다. 수수 잎을 이용한 수수의 3엽기, 5엽기 과습 처리시의 단백질을 동정한 결과 74개의 단백질들을 동정하였다. LTQ-FI-ICR MS로 분석한 결과 carbohydrate metabolic process, metabolic process, cellular metabolic compound salvage와 관련된 단백질들이 약50% 정도를 차지하며, 과습 스트레스를 받을 때 영향을 미치는 것으로 보였다. Carbohydrate metabolic process와 관련된 malate dehydrogenase 단백질과 glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 단백질은 과습 스트레스를 받았을 경우 3엽기와 5엽기 모두 단백질 발현양이 증가하였다. 이러한 단백질들은 과습 스트레스에 대한 antistress 기능을 하는 단백질로 알려져 있는데, 과습 스트레스에 반응하여 해당 단백질들의 발현양이 증가한 것으로 사료된다. 광합성과 관련된 oxygen-evolving enhancer protein 1 단백질은 대조구에서 보다 처리구에서 발현양이 다소 증가한 것을 볼 수 있었다. 또한, 3엽기에 비해서 5엽기에서 발현양이 증가한 것을 확인할 수 있었다. Response to oxidative stress와 관련된 probable phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase 단백질과 superoxide dismutase 단백질 모두5엽기 처리구에서 가장 많은 발현량을 보였다. 이는 과습 스트레스에 의한 활성산소 발생이 5엽기 처리구에서 가장 많았고, 이에 따라 항산화방어기작을 하는 단백질의 발현이 증가한 것으로 여겨졌다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.350-355
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• 2015

Clubroot disease is one of the most wide-spread and devastating diseases in the cultivation of Chinese cabbage. To develop a protein marker for resistance to clubroot disease in Chinese cabbage, a comparative proteome analysis was performed between a sensitive line, 94SK, and a resistant line, CR Shinki DH. Three proteins of two fold or higher accumulation that are specific to each line were found 3 days after innoculation of the Plasmodiphora brassicae. They are glutamine synthetase, malate dehydrogenase/oxidoreductase and fructose-bisphosphate aldolase in the 94SK and actin, phosphoglycerate kinase, and Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase in the CR Shinki line. From the comparison of the synthesized proteins in the 94SK and the CR Shinki, CR Shinki was found to produce more ATP-binding protein for the ABC transporter while 94SK showed a higher level of pathogenesis-related protein 1 production. All of these proteomic variations may lead to the development of molecular markers to accelerate the breeding process.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2018

In 1923, Dr. Warburg had observed that tumors acidified the Ringer solution when 13 mM glucose was added, which was identified as being due to lactate. When glucose is the only source of nutrient, it can serve for both biosynthesis and energy production. However, a series of studies revealed that the cancer cell consumes glucose for biosynthesis through fermentation, not for energy supply, under physiological conditions. Recently, a new observation was made that there is a metabolic symbiosis in which glycolytic and oxidative tumor cells mutually regulate their energy metabolism. Hypoxic cancer cells use glucose for glycolytic metabolism and release lactate which is used by oxygenated cancer cells. This study challenged the Warburg effect, because Warburg claimed that fermentation by irreversible damaging of mitochondria is a fundamental cause of cancer. However, recent studies revealed that mitochondria in cancer cell show active function of oxidative phosphorylation although TCA cycle is stalled. It was also shown that blocking cytosolic NADH production by aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibition, combined with oxidative phosphorylation inhibition, resulted in up to 80% decrease of ATP production, which resulted in a significant regression of tumor growth in the NSCLC model. This suggests a new theory that NADH production in the cytosol plays a key role of ATP production through the mitochondrial electron transport chain in cancer cells, while NADH production is mostly occupied inside mitochondria in normal cells.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2005년도 춘계 학술대회
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• pp.513-517
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• 2005

This study examined the possibility of using striped field mice as a biological dosimeter or indicator for the environmental radio-surveillance. For this study, the external morphological characteristics and isoenzymic types of dark-striped field mice were studied after they were captured. Among the morphological external characteristics, the dark-brown coat, dark back stripe, head-to-tail length, tail length, and ear length matched the taxonomical characteristics of dark-striped field mice. The analyses on L-lactate dehydrogenase, aspartate aminotransferase, and malate dehydrogenese revealed that one species of dark-striped field mice, called Apodemus agrarius, was inhabitated throughout a wide range of Korea. On the other hand, A. agrarius and ICR mice to analyze their survival rate and frequency of micronuclei in peripheral polychromatic erythrocytes after irradiation (0, 0.5, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 Gy). The $LD_{50/30}$ of A. agrarius and ICR mice were approximately 5 Gy and 7Gy, respectively. The results of the study reveal that wild A. agrarius have a high potential as a biological monitoring system to determine the impact of radiation effect in areas such as those within the vicinity of nuclear power plants.