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Effect of Dietary KocetinTM on Meat Quality of Hanwoo Loin

  • Kang, Min-Gu;Kim, Hyun-Joo;Lee, Hyun-Jung;Jang, Ae-Ra;Yun, Gwan-Sik;Jo, Cheo-Run
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • 제53권6호
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    • pp.541-548
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    • 2011
  • This study was performed to determine the effects of dietary Kocetin$^{TM}$ on meat quality of Hanwoo (Korean native cattle) beef. Samples were divided into 3 groups; dietary supplementation of Kocetin$^{TM}$ (KC) at 21 and 42 ppm (n=4), and non-supplemented control (n=3) for 75 days. The KC composed of 10% of quercetin which was a bioactive compound. After slaughtering the Hanwoo, each loin from 10 Hanwoos were obtained and analyzed. Dietary supplementation of KC did not affect the final pH, water holding capacity, drip loss, cooking loss, surface color, total phenolics content, radical scavenging activity, and sensory scores. Dietary quercetin also showed no difference in both TBARS and VBN values. Textural profile analysis results also showed no difference, except for adhesiveness and springness. Springness was significantly higher in loin from Hanwoo treated by dietary KC at 42 ppm when compared to control. Results revealed that the loin from Hanwoo fed dietary KC up to 42 ppm (approximately 4.2 ppm of quercetin) was not sufficient to have clear positive effects on meat quality of loin.

왕겨 바이오차와 유기농자재 혼합에 따른 주요 양분 용출 모델 적용 및 N2O 배출량 산정 (Application of major plant nutrient releasing model and N2O emissions to the leachate from the mixtures of rice hull biochar and organic fertilizer materials)

  • 이동건;최재이;심창기;남주희;윤석인;송종석;박도균;신중두
    • 유기물자원화
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    • 제31권3호
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    • pp.43-53
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    • 2023
  • This batch experiment evaluated the impacts of major plant nutrient releases by applying the modified Hyperbola model on the leachates and N2O emissions from incorporated rice hull biochar with organic fertilizer materials. The treatments consisted of the control as incorporated with organic fertilizer materials, the incorporated rice hull biochar with organic fertilizer materials, and the incorporated plasma-activated rice hull biochar with organic fertilizer materials under redox conditions. The results indicated that the maximum release amount of NH4-N was 3486.3 mg L-1 in the control, and their reduction rates of NH4-N, NO3-N, PO4-P, and K were 8.0%, 17.5% 44.3.0% and 8.7%, respectively, relative to the control. In the control, the highest soluble amount of PO4-P was 681.0 mg L-1. The estimations for accumulated NH4-N, NO3-N, PO4-P, and K-releases in all the treatments were significantly (p<0.01) fitted with a modified Hyperbola model. For greenhouse gas emissions, the lowest cumulative N2O was 340.4 mg kg-1 in the soil incorporated with plasma-activated rice hull biochar, and the reduction rates were 27.8% and 86.4% in the rice hull biochar and plasma-activated rice hull biochar treatments, respectively, compared to the control. Therefore, it concluded that the incorporated rice hull biochar can be especially useful for controlling PO4-P release and N2O emissions for bio-fertilizer applications.

한국 연근해 고등어(Scomber japonicus)의 성숙 및 산란 특성 (Maturity and Spawning of the Chub Mackerel Scomber japonicus in the Korean Waters)

  • 김소라;김중진;박희원;강수경;차형기;백혜자
    • 한국수산과학회지
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    • 제53권1호
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    • pp.9-18
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    • 2020
  • We investigated the maturity and spawning dynamics of chub mackerel Scomber japonicus in Korean waters using samples collected by a large purse seine fishery from January 2013 to December 2017. We analyzed sex ratio, monthly maturity stage, gonadosomatic index (GSI), Fulton's condition factor (K), and fork length at 50% group maturity. Spawning occurred from March to June, with a peak in May. We detected a significant difference in sex ratio (χ2 test, P<0.05). The relationship between fork length and body weight was expressed as BW=0.0025FL3.4693. We estimated 50% group maturity at a female fork length of 29.3 cm.

The influence of BaO on the mechanical and gamma / fast neutron shielding properties of lead phosphate glasses

  • Mahmoud, K.A.;El-Agawany, F.I.;Tashlykov, O.L.;Ahmed, Emad M.;Rammah, Y.S.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제53권11호
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    • pp.3816-3823
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    • 2021
  • The mechanical features evaluated theoretically using Makishima-Mackenzie's model for glasses xBaO-(50-x) PbO-50P2O5 where x = 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, and 50 mol%. Wherefore, the elastic characteristics; Young's, bulk, shear, and longitudinal modulus calculated. The obtained result showed an increase in the calculated values of elastic moduli with the replacement of the PbO by BaO contents. Moreover, the Poisson ratio, micro-hardness, and the softening temperature calculated for the investigated glasses. Besides, gamma and neutron shielding ability evaluated for the barium doped lead phosphate glasses. Monte Caro code (MCNP-5) and the Phy-X/PSD program applied to estimate the mass attenuation coefficient of the studied glasses. The decrease in the PbO ratio has a negative effect on the MAC. The highest MAC decreased from 65.896 cm2/g to 32.711 cm2/g at 0.015 MeV for BPP0 and BPP7, respectively. The calculated values of EBF and EABF showed that replacement of PbO with BaO contents in the studied BPP glasses helps to reduce the number of photons accumulated inside the studied BPP glasses.

Cloning, expression, purification, and crystallization of Xoo0878, β-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III (FabH), from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

  • Ngo, Ho-Phuong-Thuy;Nguyen, Diem-Quynh;Kim, Seunghwan;Kim, Jeong-Gu;Ahn, Yeh-Jin;Kang, Lin-Woo
    • Biodesign
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    • 제7권2호
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    • pp.35-37
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    • 2019
  • Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is a plant pathogen, which causes a bacterial blight of rice. The bacterial blight is one of the most devastating diseases of rice in most of the rice growing countries and there is no effective pesticide against bacterial blight. The β-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III (FabH) plays a key role in fatty acid synthesis (FAS) and is a promising drug target for the development of antibacterial agents. Xoo0878 gene, a fabH gene, from Xoo was cloned and its gene product Xoo0878 was expressed, purified and crystallized. Xoo0878 crystal diffracted to 2.1Å resolution and belonged to the triclinic space group P1, with unit-cell parameters a = 57.3Å, b = 64.7Å, c = 104.2Å and α = 81.6°, β = 84.7°, γ = 74.4°. There are four monomers in the asymmetric unit, with a corresponding crystal volume per protein weight of 2.65 Å3 Da-1 and a solvent content of 53.6%. Xoo0878 structure will be useful to develop new antibacterial agents against Xoo.

Construction of a Novel Shuttle Vector for Tetragenococcus species based on a Cryptic Plasmid from Tetragenococcus halophilus

  • Min Jae Kim;Tae Jin Kim;Yun Ji Kang;Ji Yeon Yoo;Jeong Hwan Kim
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제33권2호
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    • pp.211-218
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    • 2023
  • A cryptic plasmid (pTH32) was characterized from Tetragenococcus halophilus 32, an isolate from jeotgal, Korean traditional fermented seafood. pTH32 is 3,198 bp in size with G+C content of 35.84%, and contains 4 open reading frames (ORFs). orf1 and orf2 are 456 bp and 273 bp in size, respectively, and their translation products showed 65.16% and 69.35% similarities with RepB family plasmid replication initiators, respectively, suggesting the rolling-circle replication (RCR) mode of pTH32. orf3 and orf4 encodes putative hypothetical protein of 186 and 76 amino acids, respectively. A novel Tetragenococcus-Escherichia coli shuttle vector, pMJ32E (7.3 kb, Emr), was constructed by ligation of pTH32 with pBluescript II KS(+) and an erythromycin resistance gene (ErmC). pMJ32E successfully replicated in Enterococcus faecalis 29212 and T. halophilus 31 but not in other LAB species. A pepA gene, encoding aminopeptidase A (PepA) from T. halophilus CY54, was successfully expressed in T. halophilus 31 using pMJ32E. The transformant (TF) showed higher PepA activity (49.8 U/mg protein) than T. halophilus 31 cell (control). When T. halophilus 31 TF was subculturd in MRS broth without antibiotic at 48 h intervals, 53.8% of cells retained pMJ32E after 96 h, and only 2.4% of cells retained pMJ32E after 14 days, supporting the RCR mode of pTH32. pMJ32E could be useful for the genetic engineering of Tetragenococcus and Enterococcus species.

Suppression of Human Prostate Cancer Cell Growth by β-Lapachone via Down-regulation of pRB Phosphorylation and Induction of Cdk Inhibitor p21WAF1/CIP1

  • Choi, Yung-Hyun;Kang, Ho-Sung;Yoo, Mi-Ae
    • BMB Reports
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    • 제36권2호
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    • pp.223-229
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    • 2003
  • The product of a tree (Tabebuia avellanedae) from South America, $\beta$-lapachone, is known to exhibit various pharmacological properties, the mechanisms of which are poorly understood. The aim of the present study was to further elucidate the possible mechanisms by which $\beta$-lapachone exerts its anti-proliferative action in cultured human prostate cancer cells. We observed that the proliferation-inhibitory effect of $\beta$-lapachone was due to the induction of apoptosis, which was confirmed by observing the morphological changes and cleavage of the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase protein. A DNA flow cytometric analysis also revealed that $\beta$-lapachone arrested the cell cycle progression at the G1 phase. The effects were associated with the down-regulation of the phosphorylation of the retinoblastoma protein (pRB) as well as the enhanced binding of pRB and the transcription factor E2F-1. Also, $\beta$-lapachone suppressed the cyclindependent kinases (Cdks) and cyclin E-associated kinase activity without changing their expressions. Furthermore, this compound induced the levels of the Cdk inhibitor $p21^{WAF1/CIP1}$ expression in a p53-independent manner, and the p21 proteins that were induced by $\beta$-lapachone were associated with Cdk2. $\beta$-lapachone also activated the reporter construct of a p21 promoter. Overall, our results demonstrate a combined mechanism that involves the inhibition of pRB phosphorylation and induction of p21 as targets for $\beta$-lapachone. This may explain some of its anticancer effects.

p16INK4A Expression in Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Vagina and the Vulva in Tunisian Women

  • Missaoui, Nabiha;Abdelkarim, Soumaya Ben;Mokni, Moncef;Hmissa, Sihem
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제15권24호
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    • pp.10803-10808
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    • 2015
  • Background: The role of $p16^{INK4A}$ expression in uterine cervix cancer is well established. In the remaining female lower genital tract cancers, the importance of $p16^{INK4A}$ up-regulation is less clear. In our study, we analyzed the role of $p16^{INK4A}$ expression and HPV infection in carcinomas of the vulva and the vagina in Tunisian women. Materials and Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of 30 carcinomas including 15 vulvar squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) and 15 vaginal SCCs. Immunohistochemistry was used to determine $p16^{INK4A}$ expression. HPV detection and typing was by in situ hybridization. Results: $p16^{INK4A}$ expression was detected in 86.7% of vaginal SCCs with a strong and diffuse immunostaining in 60% of cases, and also in 73.3% of vulvar SCCs with focal immunoreactivity in 53.3% The association between $p16^{INK4A}$ expression and HPV infection was significant in vaginal SCCs (p=0.001) but not vulvar SCCs (p>0.05). Conclusions: $p16^{INK4A}$ expression could be used as a useful marker for HPV positivity in vaginal SCCs similar to that described in uterine cervix cancers. However, our data support the presence of 2 different mechanisms for $p16^{INK4A}$ expression in HPV-related and HPV-unrelated vulvar carcinomas.

경도의 방광요관역류가 있는 소아에서 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid 신 스캔의 필요성 (Necessity of 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid scan in infants with low grade vesicoureteral feflux)

  • 고지연;구자욱
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • 제49권6호
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    • pp.648-652
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    • 2006
  • 목 적 : DMSA 신 스캔은 신장에 대한 높은 방사능의 위험성과 낮은 grade의 역류시 불필요한 것으로 인식되어 최근 연구들에서는 낮은 방광요관역류가 있을 시에는 조기검사에 포함시키지 않는 것으로 보고되고 있다. 그러나 실제 임상에서는 낮은 grade의 역류 환아에서도 신피질결손이 보이는 경우가 있어 DMSA 신 스캔의 조기검사로서의 필요성에 대해 재조명하여 보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 1995년부터 2004년까지 상계백병원 소아과에서 요로 감염으로 진단된 환아들 중 신장초음파, DMSA 신 스캔, 배뇨성 방광 요도 조영술을 모두 시행한 189명의 환아를 대상으로 하였다. 검사들은 요로감염으로 진단된 지 적어도 1개월 이내에 시행하였다. 방광요관역류의 정도는 grade I-II는 경도(low grade), grade III은 중등도(moderate grade), grade IV-V는 중증(high grade)으로 각각 분류하였다. 결 과 : DMSA 신 스캔상 신피질결손은 총 189명 중 67명, 378 신단위 중 82 신단위에서 보였다. 신피질결손의 빈도는 역류가 없을 때 28%, 경도일 때 38%, 중등도일 때 53%, 중증일때 100%로 역류가 심할수록 신피질결손의 빈도도 높아지는 것으로 나타났다(P<0.01). 중등도일 때의 신피질결손의 빈도는 경도일 때의 신피질결손의 빈도와 의미있는 차이는 없었다(P>0.05). 결 론 : 본 연구에서는 역류가 없을 때와 경도의 역류일 때의 신피질결손의 빈도가 28%, 38%로 많은 비율을 차지하고 있고, 중등도일 때의 신피질결손의 빈도는 경도일 때와 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 따라서 DMSA 신 스캔은 높은 방사선 조사율에도 불구하고 역류가 없거나 낮은 요로감염 환아에서도 조기검사로 시행해야 한다.

한국인에서 NDFIP2 유전적 다형성과 천식의 상관 연구 (Association Study of NDFIP2 Genetic Polymorphism with Asthma in the Korean Population)

  • 최은혜;황다현
    • 대한임상검사과학회지
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    • 제53권3호
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    • pp.249-256
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    • 2021
  • 천식은 만성 염증성 기도 폐쇄 질환이다. 질병 발생 요인은 다양하며 특히, 유전적 요인과 환경적 요인이 천식 발병에 영향을 미치는 것으로 추정된다. MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase)경로는 Th1/Th2의 균형을 조절하며, 천식 발생에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 MAPK 경로를 조절하는 NDFIP2 유전자와 천식 발병과의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 193건의 천식 환자와 3,228건의 정상 대조군의 유전형 데이터를 사용하였다. 그 결과 NDFIP2 안에 있는 4개의 SNP이 천식과 유의한 상관관계와 높은 상대적 위험도를 보였다. 특히 NDFIP2의 rs2783122는 천식과 통계적으로 가장 유의한 연관성을 나타냈다(P-value=9.76×10-6, OR=1.67, 95% CI=1.33~2.10). NDFIP2 유전자에 대한 SNP imputation 결과 16개의 SNP가 추가 발견되었으며, 모두 유의한 상관 관계와 높은 상대적 위험도를 나타냈다. 유전자형 기반 mRNA 발현 분석을 통해 rs1408049가 minor allele을 가질 경우 유전자 발현이 증가됨을 알 수 있었다. 증가된 NDFIP2 발현은 MAPK 경로를 활성화시켜 천식 발병에 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 결론적으로 NDFIP2의 다형성은 천식 발병과 관련이 있으며, 이는 한국 인구의 천식 관리에 대한 새로운 지침을 제공할 수 있다.