• 한국양식학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.293-300
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• 1996

Validities of several gene transfer methods including microinjection, electroporation and lipo-fection with luciferase gene (pRSVL), and effectiveness of mud loach expression vector which contains ARS from mud loach on production of transgenic mud loach were evaluated. Microiniection revealed the $0\~8\%$ of transgene incidence in 2-week-old fish with significant mosaicism. Electroporation and lipofection of mud loach sperm also successfully introduced the transgene into sperm cells, and transferred the foreign DNA into zygote. Gene transfer by electroporation and lipofection showed a range of $0\~28\%$ and $0\~48.1\%$ of transgene incidence, respectively in newly hatched larvae, altough most DNA introduced were gradually degraded with the development of fish. Microinjections of mud loach expression vector caused a significantly reduced survival rate of mud loach embryos with severe teratogenic effects, and ARS/Luc transgene could not be detected in normally developed fish after microinjection.

• 한국어업기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국어업기술학회 2001년도 추계 수산관련학회 공동학술대회발표요지집
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• pp.25-25
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• 2001

Generation of transgenic fish acquiring the ability to express desirable phenotypes offers new possibilities for addressing fundamental biological questions, and can also attribute to enhanced aquaculture productivity. I describe here the recent research progress in my laboratory with particular emphasis on the development of fast-growing autotransgenic fish and its chromosome-set manipulation using our experimental organism, the mud loach, Misgurnus mizolepis. (omitted)

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.215-221
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• 2016

Due to the shortage of the fingerling/juvenile mud loach, Misgurnus mizolepis in Korea, these fish have been imported from China. However, the mortality rate during and after their transportation is very high. In this study, we examined various physiological and histological parameters to evaluate the effect of salt treatment on the survival and recovery of mud loaches in holding farms during the quarantine process. Glucose, osmolality, $Na^+$, $Cl^-$, and histological changes were assessed for three different salinities. Non-treated fish (control 0.0%) exhibited lower levels of osmolality, and $Na^+$ and $Cl^-$ concentrations compared with those kept in solar salt solution (0.5% and 1.0%). Glucose levels in control fish were higher than those in fish exposed to 0.5% and 1.0% solar salt solution. Histologically, control fish showed thinner epidermis of skin, branchial hyperplasia and lamellar fusion with an abundance of eosinophilic granule cell-like cells. After solar salt solution treatment, damaged gill structures in the fish almost recovered within 5 days. The present study demonstrates that mud loaches transported from China suffer from skin and gill damage and physiological dysfunction which may increase the mortality and morbidity. Moreover, saline treatment might alleviate the stress responses and ionic/osmotic imbalances, and help heal gill damage.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.43-47
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• 2012

Growth hormone (GH) transgenesis in fish has the potential to improve aquaculture efficiency and capacity. However, many fast-growing transgenic fish have experienced side effects caused by excess GH expression. To overcome this unwanted issue associated with several GH transgenic mud loach Misgurnus mizolepis lines carrying GH construct driven by a strong ${\beta}$-actin regulator ($pml{\beta}$-actGH), we performed an alternative version of GH autotransgenesis using a weaker but more stable regulator, the mud loach lectin promoter. GH transgenesis with a pmlectGH construct consisting of the mud loach GH gene driven by the 2.3-kb lectin promoter exhibited significant growth stimulation. However, the extent of the growth acceleration in pmlectGH transgenics (six times maximum when assessed 2 months post hatching) was much less than that in transgenic individuals carrying the $pml{\beta}$-actGH construct. Additionally, the extraordinary gigantism that was common in $pml{\beta}$-actGH-transgenic mud loaches was diminished in transgenic loaches harboring the pmlectGH construct. Transgenic founders (pmlectGH) successfully transmitted their transgene into the next generation with up to 41% frequency. Growth stimulation also persisted in the transgenic F1 strains, with a seven-fold increase in maximum body weight at 6 months of age.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.83-92
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• 2002

EST analysis was performed to identify stress-responsive and immune-related genes from mud loach (Misgurnus mizolepis), cDNA libraries were constructed with liver, intestine and kidney tissues and randomly chosen clones (216 for liver, 198 for intestine and 224 for kidney) were subjected to automated sequence analysis. Of 638 clones sequenced in totlal, approximalely 25% of ESTs was novel sequences (no match to GenBank) or sequences with high homology to hypothrtical/unknown genes. Several potential stress-responsive biomarker and/or immure-related genes were identified in all the tissues examined. It included lectin, MHC class I/II proteins, proteinase inhibitors, superoxide dismulase, catalase, glutathionc-S. transferase, heat-shock protein, warm temperature acclimation protein, complements, methylrransferasc, zinc finger proteins, macrophage maturation associated protein, and others. This information will offer new possibilities as fundamental baseline data for the molecular genetics and breeding of this species with an emphasis on the development of stress. (and disease)-resistsnt fish.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2004

양식 미꾸라지 (Misgurnus mizolepis)가 수중으로 잠입하지 못하고 양어지의 물표면에 배를 위로 한 채 힘없이 회전 유영을 하는 질병이 발생하였다. 병어는 복부가 팽만되어 있었으며, 해부하여 보면 소화관에 커다란 공기방울의 축적, 장염이 현저하였다. 병어를 혈액학적으로 조사한 결과 적혈구수, Ht치 및 Hb 농도는 건강어와 차이가 없었다. 병리조직학적으로는 아가미의 호흡상피의 증생과 새변의 유착, 소화관 상피세포의 출혈, 괴사 및 박리가 관찰되었다. 뒷지느러미와 항문사이를 실로 결박하여 항문으로부터 공기의 배출을 억제한 재현 실험에서 발병어와 같은 증상이 재현되었다. 따라서 이 병은 빠른 성장을 목적으로 고단백질 사료를 투여함으로서 장호흡을 위하여 마신 공기가 소화관내에 축적되고, 축적된 공기의 부력 때문에 물속으로 하강하지 못하게 되고, 또 소화관을 압박하여 소화관에 순환장애를 일으킨 결과 폐사한 것으로 추정된다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2008

2006년　5월　전북　군산시에　위치한　미꾸라지　양식장에서　미꾸라지가 대량으로 폐사하였다.　병어는　궤양을　동반한　체표의　출혈반점과　아가미　빈혈　및　울혈　있었고　간의　퇴색과　비장, 신장의　종대　및　장의　출혈이　나타났다. 병어의 간, 비장, 신장에서　그람음성의　단간균이　검출되었고　생화학적　시험측정　결과　분리균은 Aeromonas sobria로　판명되었다. 분리균과 A. sobria가 소유한 aerolysine 유전자　일치　여부를 분석한 결과 같은　유전자를　가지고　있음이　판명되었다. 분리균을　미꾸라지에　농도별로　복강주사　한　결과　자연발생어의 증상과　일치하였다. 그럼으로 A. sobria는 양식　미꾸라지의 새로운 세균성　질병의 원인균이 될 가능성이 높다고 판단된다.

• 한국양식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국양식학회 2003년도 추계학술발표대회 논문요약집
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• pp.41-41
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• 2003

Transgenic triploid hybrid between fast-growingtransgenic mud loach (Misgurnus mizolepis) males and cyprinid loach (M. anguillicaudatus) females were generated and their performance on growth, feed conversion ability and reproduction were evaluated. Although the growth accelerations of diploid and triploid transgenic hybrids were not as much as those of original transgenic mud loaches, they still represented persistent growth stimulation ranging 11 to 28 fold when compared to their non-transgenic counterparts, with significantly improved feed conversion efficiency up to 2-fold (compared to non-transgenic hybrid) and 1.5-fold (compared to non-transgenic mud loach) in maximum. The gonad development of diploid hybrids was fertile in histological views regardless of transgenic genotypes but the extent of developmentin hybrid fish were less than mud loach diploids at the same age. On the other hands, very stringent sterility was obtained in both sexes of the triploid hybrid transgenics: ovary and testis from transgenic triploid hybrids were significantly depressed and any notable sign for maturation to ovum or spermatids was not detected. No viable embryo was obtained in a fertilization trial using the suspension prepared from the minced testes of transgenic triploid hybrids. This study may indicate the potential usefulness of triploid hybridization as a mean for reproductive containment of transgenic mud loach.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.253-260
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• 1992

이동성의 생명체는 자신에게 불리한 환경을 피해 이동할 수 있는 자기 방어 기구를 갖고 있다. 본 연구에서는 미꾸라지(Misgurunus mizolepis G${\"{U}}$THER)가 보이는 photodispersal 현상도 광증감반응을 통해 피부세포를 손상시킬 수 있는 해로운 광자극을 피하기 위한 일종의 방어 전략일 것이라 가정하고 이를 뒷받침할 수 있는 다음과 같은 결과들을 얻었다. 첫째, 암소에서 적용된 미꾸라지는 빛에 노출되면 즉시 운동성의 증가를 보이고 황색 또는 적색광에 비해 특히 청색광에 민감하게 반응하였다. 둘째 눈을 멀게한 미꾸라지도 광반응을 보였으며 청색광에 비교적 예민하게 반응하였다. 셋째, 미꾸라지 피부조직에는 활성산소를 생성시킬수 있는 청색광 흡수 광증감색소가 최소 두종류가 존재하고 있었으며 그 중 하나는 리보플라빈으로 동정되었다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.279-287
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• 2011

Transcriptional response patterns of mud loach (Misgurnus mizolepis; Cypriniformes) hepcidin, a potential ortholog to human hamp1, in response to experimental challenges with non-pathogenic and pathogenic bacterial species were analyzed based on the semi-quantitative reverse transcription-PCR assay. Mud loach hepcidin transcripts were much more preferentially induced by pathogenic bacterial species (Edwardsiella tarda and Vibrio anguillarum) causing apparent pathological symptoms than by non-pathogenic species (Escherichia coli and Bacillus thuringiensis) displaying neither clinical signs nor mortality. However in overall, the induced amounts of hepcidin transcripts were positively related with the number of bacterial cells delivered in both pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacterial species. Inducibility of hepcidin transcripts were variable among three tissues examined (liver, kidney and spleen) in which kidney and spleen were more responsive to the bacterial challenge than liver. Time course expression patterns of hepcidin mRNAs after challenge were different between groups challenged with pathogenic and non-pathogenic species, although the overall pattern of hepcidin expression was in accordance with that generally observed in battery genes appeared during early phase of inflammation. Fish challenged with E. coli (non-pathogenic) showed the significant induction of hepcidin transcripts within 24 hr post injection (hpi) but the level was rapidly declined to the basal level either at 48 or 96 hpi. On the other hand, hepcidin transcript levels in E. tarda (pathogenic)-challenged fish were continuously elevated until 48 hpi, then downregulated at 96 hpi, although the level at 96 hpi was still significantly higher than control level observed in non-challenged fish. This expression pattern was consistent in all the three tissues examined. Taken together, our data indicate that hepcidin is tightly in relation with pathological and/or inflammation status during bacterial challenge, consequently providing useful basis to extend knowledge on the host defensive roles of hepcidin under infectious conditions in bony fish.