• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.1183-1190
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• 2007

A metabolic uncoupler, 3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide (TCS), was used to reduce excess sludge production in biological wastewater treatment processes. Batch experiments confirmed that 0.4 mg/l of TCS reduced the aerobic growth yield of activated sludge by over 60%. However, the growth yield remained virtually constant even at the increased concentrations of TCS when cultivations were carried out under the anoxic condition. Reduction of sludge production yield was confirmed in a laboratory-scale anoxic-oxic process operated for 6 months. However, it was found that ammonia oxidation efficiency was reduced by as much as 77% in the presence of 0.8 mg/l of TCS in the batch culture. Similar results were also obtained through batch inhibition tests with activated sludges and by bioluminescence assays using a recombinant Nitrosomonas europaea (pMJ217). Because of this inhibitory effect of TCS on nitrification, the TCS-fed continuous system failed to remove ammonia in the influent. When TCS feeding was stopped, the nitrification yield of the process was resumed. Therefore, it seems to be necessary to assess the nitrogen content of wastewater if TCS is used for reducing sludge generation.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제1권6호
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• pp.741-748
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• 1997

In the present study, we have investigated the effect of metabolic inhibition on the inward rectifier K current ($I_{K1}$). Using whole cell patch clamp technique we applied voltage ramp from +80 mV to -140 mV at a holding potential of -30 mV and recorded the whole cell current in single ventricular myocytes isolated from the rabbit heart. The current-voltage relationship showed N-shape (a large inward current and little outward current with a negative slope) which is a characteristic of $I_{K1}$. Application of 0.2 mM dinitrophenol (DNP, an uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation as a tool for chemical hypoxia) to the bathing solution with the pipette solution containing 5 mM ATP, produced a gradual increase of outward current followed by a gradual decrease of inward current with little change in the reversal potential (-80 mV). The increase of outward current was reversed by glibenclamide ($10\;{\mu}M$), suggesting that it is caused by the activation of $K_{ATP}$. When DNP and glibenclamide were applied at the same time or glibenclamide was pretreated, DNP produced same degree of reduction in the magnitude of the inward current. These results show that metabolic inhibition induces not only the increase of $K_{ATP}$ channel but also the decrease of $I_{K1}$. Perfusing the cell with ATP-free pipette solution induced the changes very similar to those observed using DNP. Long exposure of DNP (30 min) or ATP-free pipette solution produced a marked decrease of both inward and outward current with a significant change in the reversal potential. Above results suggest that the decrease of $I_{K1}$ may contribute to the depolarisation of membrane potential during metabolic inhibition.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.96-101
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• 1998

Substrate inhibition of 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) degradation was investigated using activated sludge which had been adapted to mineralize DNP. DNP is a metabolic uncoupler, preventing cells from making energy for growth and it has been suggested that pH may be important in mitigating effects of uncouplers. After acclimation of the activated sludge, the effect of pH on toxicity of DNP at high concentration (75 mg/L) was investigated, over a pH range of 5 to 9. DNP inhibition was found to be strongly dependent on mixed liquor pH. The DNP degradation rate was highest in the pH range of 6.95 to 7.84; at pH 5.94 degradation of 75 mg/L DNP was significantly inhibited; at pH < 5.77, DNP degradation was completely inhibited after approximately 30% of the DNP was degraded. By comparison, no significant effect of pH variation in the same range was seen on glucose uptake by the activated sludge culture.

• Environmental Sciences Bulletin of The Korean Environmental Sciences Society
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.169-175
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• 1999

2,4-Dinitrophenol(DNP) is a metabolic uncoupler that prevents cells from creating energy for growth and it has been suggested that the availability of sodium ions may be important in mitigating the effects of uncouplers. Accordingly, the degradation of DNP was investigated using activated sludge which had been adapted to mineralize DNP. After the acclimation of the activated sludge, the effect of sodium ions on the toxicity of high concentrations(80 to 100mg/L) of DNP was investigated over a sodium ion concentration range of 9.3$\times$10-5 to 94mM. The concentration of sodium ions in the activated sludge mixed liquor seemed to have little effect on the DNP toxicity. However, a lack of sodium in the grwoth media resulted in a reduction of the DNP degradation rate by a bacterial isolate from the activated sludge culture identified as Nocardia asteroides.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.631-639
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• 2024

Objective: This study evaluates goat sperm motility in response to metabolic substrates and various inhibitors, aiming to assess the relative contribution of glycolysis and mitochondrial oxidation for sperm movement and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production. Methods: In the present study, two main metabolic substrates; 0 to 0.5 mM glucose and 0 to 30 mM pyruvate were used to evaluate their contribution to sperm movements of goats. Using a 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD), a specific inhibitor for glycolysis, and carbonyl cyanide 3-chlorophenylhydrazone as an inhibitor for oxidative phosphorylation, cellular mechanisms into ATP-generating pathways in relation to sperm movements and ATP production were observed. Data were analysed using one-way analysis of variance for multiple comparisons. Results: Sperm motility analysis showed that either glucose or pyruvate supported sperm movement during 0 to 30 min incubation. However, the supporting effects were abolished by the addition of a glycolysis inhibitor or mitochondrial uncoupler, concomitant with a significant decrease in ATP production. Although oxidative phosphorylation produces larger ATP concentrations than those from glycolysis, sperm progressivity in relation to these two metabolic pathways is comparable. Conclusion: Based on the present study, we suggest that goat sperm use glucose and pyruvate to generate cellular energy through glycolysis and mitochondrial respiration pathways to maintain sperm movement.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.87-93
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• 1995

최근에 Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 중에 한 균주가 고체 한천 배지상에서 일정한 조명(300-1000 lux) 방향을 따라 활주 운동하는 것을 관찰하여 이 종을 S. 6803 PTX라고 명명하고 이의 주광성 운동에 대한 생리학적 특징을 이해하기 위하여 몇 가지 대사 억제제와 신호 전달 차단제의 주광성 운동에 미치는 효과를 조사하였다. DCMU는 광계 II로부터 광계 I의 일차 전자 수용체인 플라스토퀴논으로의 비순환성 광합성 전자전달을 억제하는 억제자로서 $100\;\mu\textrm{M}$의 농도에서는 주광성 운동을 억제하지 못하였다. 그러나 호흡에 의한 전자전달 억제제인 sodium azide를 처리하였을 경우에는 S. 6803 PTX에서 심하게 장해를 받았다. 이러한 관찰 결과는 주광성 운동의 주동력원이 광인산화 과정보다는 호흡에 의한 산화적인 인산화과정에 주로 연관되어 있음을 보여주었다. 또한, 세포를 CCCP나 DNP와 같은 막상의 uncoupler를 처리하였을 때, 세포내 ATP 농도를 저하시키거나 세포질막에 수소 이온의 전기화학구배($\Delta\mu_{H}+$)를 제거시키나, 이러한 화합물들은 주광성 운동에 뚜렷한 영향은 주지 못하였다. 이러한 결과와는 달리, H+-F0F1 ATPase에 민감하게 억제 작용을 나타내는 DCCD나 NBD의 처리는 세포내 ATP만 고갈시키고 막상에서 $\Delta\mu_{H}+$는 그대로 유지시키는 작용을 하는데, 이러한 DCCD나 NBD는 주광성 운동에 대해서는 심하게 억제 현상을 나타내었다. 또한, 특이성 calcium ionophore 중의 하나인 A23187의 처리는 양성 주광성에 심하게 장해를 주었다. 아마도 Ca2+ 유동은 주광운동 방향성의 신호전달 과정에 중요하게 관련되어 있는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로 S-adenosyl methionine과 같은 메틸 공여체의 고갈이 S. 6803 PTX 균주의 주광성 반응에 영향을 주는지를 알아보기 위하여 에티오닌을 BG11을 한천 배지에 첨가하였다. 이 생물종의 광운동은 에티오닌의 농도가 증가됨에 따라 일정하게 억제되다가 0.5mM에서 주광성 운동을 완전히 억제시켰다. 이것은 광수용 기작이 Escherichia coil나 Salmonella typhimurium에서 발견된 메틸기 수용 주화성 단백질과 같은 메틸화/탈메틸화 과정에 의하여 조절될 가능성을 보여주고 있음을 의미한다.