• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.562-570
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• 2019

${\beta}$-Glucosylglycerol (${\beta}-GG$) and their derivatives have potential applications in food, cosmetics and the healthcare industry, including antitumor medications. In this study, ${\beta}-GG$ and its unnatural glycosides were synthesized through the transglycosylation of two enzymes, Sulfolobus shibatae ${\beta}$-glycosidase (SSG) and Deinococcus geothermalis amylosucrase (DGAS). SSG catalyzed a transglycosylation reaction with glycerol as an acceptor and cellobiose as a donor to produce 56% of ${\beta}-GGs$ [${\beta}$-$\text\tiny{D}$-glucopyranosyl-($1{\rightarrow}1/3$)-$\text\tiny{D}$-glycerol and ${\beta}$-$\text\tiny{D}$-glucopyranosyl-($1{\rightarrow}2$)-$\text\tiny{D}$-glycerol]. In the second transglycosylation reaction, ${\beta}$-$\text\tiny{D}$-glucopyranosyl-($1{\rightarrow}1/3$)-$\text\tiny{D}$-glycerol was used as acceptor molecules of the DGAS reaction. As a result, 61% of ${\alpha}$-$\text\tiny{D}$-glucopyranosyl-($1{\rightarrow}4$)-${\beta}$-$\text\tiny{D}$-glucopyranosyl-($1{\rightarrow}1/3$)-$\text\tiny{D}$-glycerol and 28% of ${\alpha}$-$\text\tiny{D}$-maltopyranosyl-($1{\rightarrow}4$)-${\beta}$-$\text\tiny{D}$-glucopyranosyl-($1{\rightarrow}1/3$)-$\text\tiny{D}$-glycerol were synthesized as unnatural glucosylglycerols. In conclusion, the combined enzymatic synthesis of the unnatural glycosides of ${\beta}-GG$ was established. The synthesis of these unnatural glycosides may provide an opportunity to discover new applications in the biotechnological industry.

• Nutritional Sciences
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.189-195
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• 2005

To assess the effect of pinitol supplementation and strength training for two weeks on the anaerobic capacity during and after exercise, and improvement of glucose metabolism during the recovery period of muscular fatigue with repeated acute bouts of cycling exercise, a total of 24 healthy young men were recruited and randomly and equally divided into three groups; pinitol supplementation group (PSG), placebo group (PLG), and control group (CON). Using a randomized double-blinded design, subjects in PSG were provided pinitol supplement, consumed orally 1.2 g/day, and participated in the resistance exercise program and cycling exercise for two weeks. Subjects in PLG underwent the same protocol as those in PSG but consumed the same amount of placebo. No supplementation and exercise program was given to CON. Before and after the intervention, all subjects were tested for their anaerobic capacities evaluated by Wingate test twice separated by 30 min. During the test, peak anaerobic power (PP), mean anaerobic power, total work, and fatigue index were evaluated During resting and recovery, blood samples were drawn and plasma pinitol, myo-inositol, chiro-inositol, insulin, free fatty acid, glucose, and lactate levels were analyzed After two weeks, PP and relative PP of the second biking were improved from the first biking in PSG only (p<0.05). No changes were found in all other variables of Wingate test in all groups. No statistical differences between groups and pre- and post-intervention were observed in concentrations of pinitol, myo-inositol, and chiro-inositol, but pinitol concentration was higher during recovery compared to the baseline in all groups and testings (p<0.05). Lactate level during recovery was higher than the resting level, but no other blood parameters were significantly changed. In conclusion, two weeks of pinitol supplementation in conjunction with short duration of anaerobic training in healthy young men did not induce any obvious benefits in terms of anaerobic capacity and energy metabolism Individual and/or population susceptibility may be one factor responsible for adopting pinitol supplementation.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권12호
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• pp.1790-1795
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• 2016

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are highly conserved, short non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression at the posttranscriptional level. Although many miRNAs are identified in muscles and muscle cells, their individual roles are still not fully understood. In the present study, we investigated a muscle highly-expressed miRNA, miR-127-3p, in C2C12 myoblasts and tissues of goats with different muscle phenotypes (Boer vs Wushan black goats). Our results demonstrated that i) miR-127-3p was extensively expressed in tissues of goats; ii) miR-127-3p was higher expressed in muscle, spleen, heart, and skin in the muscular goats (Boer goats) than the control (Wushan black goats). Then we further characterized the dynamical expression of miR-127-3p, MyoD, MyoG, Myf5, Mef2c, and Myosin in the proliferating and differentiating C2C12 myoblasts at day of 0, 1, 3, 5, and 7 in culture mediums. Especially, we found that miR-127-3p was significantly higher expressed in the proliferating than differentiating cells. Our findings suggest that miR-127-3p probably plays roles in the proliferation and differentiation of myoblasts, which further underlies regulation of muscle phenotype in goats.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제63권2호
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• pp.426-439
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• 2021

It is already well known that castration improves marbling quality but exact timing of castration is still highly debated in beef cattle production industry. After castration, blood hormonal changes occur in steer and objective of this study was to investigate the effects of growth hormone (GH) levels on adipocyte differentiation in stromal vascular cells (SVCs) and transdifferentiation into adipocytes in C2C12 myoblasts. Total GH concentrations were measured via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 24 male calves and 4 female calves. Cell proliferation, cellular triglyceride (TG) accumulation, and the cell's lipolytic capability were measured in C2C12 myoblasts and SVCs. Myogenic, adipogenic, and brown adipocyte-specific gene expression was measured via real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using SYBR green. Serum GH levels were the highest in late-castrated calves. Treatment with 5 ng/mL GH resulted in greater TG accumulation as well as increased CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP)α and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)γ expression compared to that after treatment with 15 ng/mL GH. Treatment with 5 ng/mL GH also resulted in lower myogenin (myo)G and myoD expression compared to that after treatment with 15 ng/mL GH. The expression of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) 7 after treatment with 5 ng/mL GH was higher than that after treatment with 15 ng/mL GH. But carcass characteristics data showed no significant difference between early and late castrated steers. Therefore, our results indicate that castration timing does not seem to be inevitable determinate of carcass qualities, particularly carcass weight and marbling score in Hanwoo beef cattle.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.719-725
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 기생 소자를 이용한 광대역 프린트 모노폴 안테나를 제시하였다. 안테나의 광대역 특성은 프린트 모노폴 및 기생 소자를 사용하여 얻는다. 안테나의 광대역 특성을 확인하기 위하여 우리는 제시된 안테나를 설계 및 제작하였다. 반사 손실 및 복사 패턴은 $0.8{\sim}1.2\;GHz$주파수 대역에서 측정하였다 제안된 안테나의 측정 결과는 운영 주파수 대역에서 -10 dB 이하의 반사 손실 및 다이폴 형태의 복사 패턴을 갖는다. 안테나 이득은 $1.7{\sim}4\;dBi$까지 운영 주파수 대역 내에서 변화한다. 따라서 제시된 안테나는 $0.806{\sim}0.960\;GHz$(TRS-800, CDMA, GSM-900) 밴드에 사용 가능한 광대역 특성을 갖는 중계기용 안테나로 사용될 수 있다.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.32-36
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• 2003

Production of camptothecin ((PT) from callus cultures of Camptotheca acuminata Decne was affected by light and culture conditions. Among the culture media tested, modified B5 medium containing 3% (w/v) sucrose, 2 mg/L B,4-D, 2 times of MS medium vitamins, 500 mg/L casein hydrolysate, 250 mg/L myo-inositol, 0.05% (w/v) activated charcoal, and 0.15% (w/v) gelite was used for callus induction . The highest cell growth and CPT production were obtained in dark and green light condition, respectively. Photoperiod has no effect on cell growth and CPT production. Both cell growth and CPT production were also influenced by combination ratio of red and blue light .Cell growth and CPT production were the highest in the ratio of red and blue light,90:10.

• KIEE International Transaction on Systems and Control
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• 제12D권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2002

In this paper, the infinite time optimal regulation problem for weakly coupled bilinear systems with quadratic performance criteria is obtained by a sequence of algebraic Lyapunov equations. This is the new approach is based on the successive approximation. In particular, the order reduction is achieved by using suitable state transformation so that the original Lyapunov equations are decomposed into the reduced-order local Lyapunov equations. The proposed algorithms not only solve optimal control problems in the weakly coupled bilinear system but also reduce the computation time. This paper also includes an example to demonstrate the procedures.

• 한국어업기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국어업기술학회 2001년도 춘계 수산관련학회 공동학술대회발표요지집
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• pp.220-221
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• 2001

Phytic acid (myo-inositol 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexakisdihydrogen phosphate) is one of the major storage form of phosphorous in the seeds of plants, which are the principal components of feed stuffs. Monogastric animals like Pigs and poultry as well as fish lack phytase activities in their digestive system and most undigested phytic acid was excreted in their manure. (omitted)

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제60권1호
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• pp.13-17
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• 2017

본 연구는 새로운 기능성 화장품 소재 개발을 위해 복분자 씨앗의 구성성분인 casuarictin을 이용하여 섬유아세포내에서의 항노화 효과를 확인 하고자 하였다. Casuarictin의 항노화 효과를 CCD-986sk 세포를 이용하여 측정한 결과, casuarictin은 UVB에 의해 증가된 ROS 발현을 억제하였으며, pro-collagen의 발현을 증가시키고 MMP-1의 발현을 억제하는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 노화 인자인 활성산소종의 생성 억제와 주름과 밀접한 관련이 있는 콜라겐의 합성 및 분해억제를 통해 항산화 및 주름개선 효과가 있는 것으로 판단되며, 따라서 casuarictin은 화장품 분야에서 항노화 소재로서의 활용가치가 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.44-52
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 기생 소자를 이용한 소형화된 안테나와 저 잡음 증폭기를 결합하여 휴대 단말기에 적용이 가능한 지상파 DMB 능동형 안테나를 설계 및 제작하였다. 제작된 능동형 안테나의 크기는 $80{\times}6{\times}0.4\;mm$로서 FR4 기판으로 제작하였다. 제작된 안테나는 기생 소자 및 단락 스터브가 없는 단순 안테나에 비해 38.8 %의 안테나 크기 축소 효과를 가진다. 제작된 능동 안테나를 DMB 수신 모듈에 연결하여 S/N 비를 측정한 결과 300 mm의 로드 안테나와 동등 이상의 성능을 나타내었다. 본 논문에서 제작된 능동형 안테나는 지상파 DMB 휴대 단말기에 적용 가능하다.