• 한국안광학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2016

목적: 본 연구는 망막색소상피층에 색소가 존재하는 mouse에서 청색광으로 인해 광수용세포 손상이 일어날 수 있는지 확인하고, 광수용세포 중 특이적 세포에서 세포사멸이 유도되는지 조사하여 청색광에 의해 야기될 수 있는 연령관련 황반변성의 기전 규명과 치료제 개발에 도움이 되고자 진행되었다. 방법: C57black mice를 24시간 암순응 시켜 463 nm의 청색광을 $2800{\pm}10lux$로 조사한 후 1일, 3일, 7일째에 안구를 적출하였다. 청색광의 자극은 GFAP(Glial fibrillary acidic protein)단백질의 발현을 이용하여 확인하였고, 광수용세포의 세포사멸은 TUNEL(Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling)을 사용하여 분석하였다. Western blotting으로 ERK(Extracellular signal-regulated kinases), c-JUN, SRC(Sarcoma) 단백질 발현을 확인하였고, 막대세포와 원뿔세포의 손상 정도를 비교하기 위해 면역염색으로 분석하였다. 결과: 청색광을 조사한 후 1, 3, 7일이 지난 망막은 대조군 보다 전체적으로 두께가 감소하였고, 각 얼기층보다 핵층에서 두께 감소를 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 청색광을 조사한 후 1일 지난 Muller glia에서 GFAP 단백질이 증가하는 것을 확인하였다. TUNEL 염색에서는 청색광을 조사한 후 1일 지난 망막의 광수용세포에서 가장 많은 발현을 보였다. 세포사멸 기전 과정 중 하나임을 확인하기 위해 ERK, c-JUN, SRC 단백질 활성을 확인한 결과 청색광을 조사한 망막에서 phosphorylated ERK는 증가하였고 phosphorylated SRC는 조사 후 1일에서만 증가를 나타내었으며, 반대로 phosphorylated c-JUN은 조사 후 1일에서만 감소하였다. 청색광을 조사한 망막에서 막대세포 발색단인 로돕신과 원뿔세포의 발색단인 옵신이 감소하였으며, 옵신의 감소량은 로돕신의 감소량보다 큰 것을 확인하였다. 결론: 본 연구는 청색광이 망막에 손상자극을 주고, ERK와 SRC 신호전달과 관련하여 광수용세포의 세포사멸을 일으킬 수 있으며 청색광이 광수용세포 중 원뿔세포의 세포사멸을 직접적으로 유도하여 망막 손상을 야기할 수 있다는 가능성을 제시하였다.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.63-67
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• 1995

Zinc plays a key role in genetic expression, cell division, and growth and is essential for the function of more than 200 enzymes; effects of zinc deficiency induce many syndromes, including abnormal visual adaptation. The pigment epithelium (EP) contains high concentrations of zinc in humans and in animals and it participates in threshold elevation, visual sensitivity increment, and acceleration of rhodopsin regeration during visual adaptation. The origin of c-wave of electroretinogram(ERG) is not only pigment epithelium as shown in present research, but also other cell layers, perhaps the photoreceptors. We propose zinc as a candidate for an internal messenger which participates in signal amplification.

• 한국생명과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생명과학회 2008년도 제49회 학술심포지움 및 국제학술대회
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• pp.52.1-52.1
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• 2008

• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.149-155
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• 2010

Expression of the genes for carotenoid bio-synthesis (crt) is dependent on light, but little is known about the underlying mechanism of light sensing and signalling in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (hereafter, Synechocystis). In the present study, we investigated the light-induced increase in the transcript levels of Synechocystis crt genes, including phytoene synthase (crtB), phytoene desaturase (crtP), ${\zeta}$-carotene desaturase (crtQ), and ${\beta}$-carotene hydroxylase (crtR), during a darkto-light transition period. During the dark-to-light shift, the increase in the crt transcript levels was not affected by mutations in cyanobacterial photoreceptors, such as phytochromes (cph1, cph2 and cph3) and a cryptochrome-type photoreceptor (ccry), or respiratory electron transport components NDH and Cyd/CtaI. However, treatment with photosynthetic electron transport inhibitors significantly diminished the accumulation of crt gene transcripts. Therefore, the light induction of the Synechocystis crt gene expression is most likely mediated by photosynthetic electron transport rather than by cyanobacterial photoreceptors during the dark-to-light transition.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.149-158
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• 2017

The opsin family of light sensitive proteins family makes up are the universal photoreceptor molecules of all visual systems in the vertebrates including teleosts. They can change their conformation from a resting state to a signaling state upon light absorption, which activates the G-protein coupled receptor, thereby resulting in a signaling cascade that produces physiological responses. However, this species is poorly characterized at molecular level due to little sequence information available in public databases. We have investigated the opsin family of nocturnal cutlass fish using the whole transcriptome sequencing method. The opsin genes were cloned and its expression in the tissues and organs were examined by qPCR. We cloned 6 opsin genes (RRH, Opn4, Rh1, Rh2, VA-opsin, and Opn3) in retina and brain tissue. It contained the seven presumed transmembrane domains that are characteristic of the G-protein-coupled receptor family. However, short wavelength sensitive pigment (SWS) and long wavelength sensitive pigment (LWS) were not detected in this study. The mRNA expression of the 6 photoreceptor genes were detected in retina and peripheral tissue. Our studies will lead to further investigation of the photic entrainment mechanism at molecular and cellular levels in cutlass fish and can be used in comparative studies of other fishes.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.373-379
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• 2008

Recently, we reported the existence of AII "rod" amacrine cells in the retina of the greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Jeon et al., 2007). In order to enhance our understanding of bat vision, in the present study, we report on a quantitative analysis of cone and rod photoreceptors. The average cone density was $9,535cells/mm^2$, giving a total number of cones of 33,538 cells/retina. The average rod density was $368,891cells/mm^2$, giving a total number of rods of 1,303,517 cells. On average, the total populations of rods were 97.49%, and cones were 2.51% of all the photoreceptors. Rod: cone ratios ranged from 33.85:1 centrally to 42.26:1 peripherally, with a mean ratio of 38.96:1. The average regularity index of the cone mosaic in bat retina was 3.04. The present results confirm the greater horseshoe bat retina to be strongly rod-dominated. The rod-dominated retina, with the existence of AII cells discovered in our previous study, strongly suggests that the greater horseshoe bat retina has a functional scotopic property of vision. However, the existence of cone cells also suggests that the bat retina has a functional photopic property of vision.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.338-340
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• 2002

In broom sorghum, Sorghum bicolor Moench, UV causes anthocyanin synthesis having action peaks in UVA and UVB regions. We previously reported that UV induces anthocyanin synthesis through UVB photoreceptor and phytochrome activated by UV. Furthermore, UVA and UVB amplify phytochrome-induced anthocyanin synthesis (PIAS). Our action- spectroscopic research indicated that a UV -receptor for amplification of PIAS is likely to be the same or same type of UVB photoreceptor for induction of anthocyanin synthesis. UVA-amplification of PIAS can be explained by the action of a cryptic red light signal (CRS), an amplification factor for PIAS produced by a distinct phytochrome-species activated by UVA. We suggest that UVA photoreceptors are not involved in anthocyanin synthesis in the broom sorghum.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.44-46
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• 2002

In the vertebrate retina, rods mediate twilight vision and cones daylight vision. Rods have been purified easily from the retina, and thus the phototransduction mechanism in rods is now well documented. However, it has not been possible to purify cones in large quantities, and therefore, the knowledge on the mechanism in cones is limited. Here we report purification of carp (Cyprinus carpio) cones with a stepwise Percoll gradient. Using purified cells, we compared the phototransduction mechanism between rods and cones. The results showed that both transducin activation and phosphodiesterase activation are less effective, and visual pigment phosphorylation is faster in cones. These differences explain lower light-sensitivity and briefer photoresponse time course in cones.

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제35D권4호
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• pp.53-60
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• 1998

The purpose of this paper is to meausre the electrophotographic characteristics of double-layered organic photoreceptor and to evaluate an application for the laser beam printer drum. The characte carrier generation layer(CGL) of double-layered photoreceptor was fabricated with .tau.-H$_{2}$Pc which has high photosensitivity in the near-infrareed region(thickness is about 0.3.mu.m), and Oxadiazole derivative was chosen as a charge carrier transport layer(CTL) because of its high hole mobility. To observe the electrophotographic characteristics of the photoreceptor, we measured the charge acceptance, dark-decay ratio, residual potential after light irradiation. From the result of this study, proper thickness of CTL was about 10.mu.m. Also it's realized that electrophotographic characteristics of the photoreceptor were depend on the thickness of the CTL and the initial surface potential.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제39권10호
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• pp.715-721
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• 2016

Plants have become physiologically adapted to a seasonally shifting environment by evolving many sensory mechanisms. Seasonal flowering is a good example of adaptation to local environmental demands and is crucial for maximizing reproductive fitness. Photoperiod and temperature are major environmental stimuli that control flowering through expression of a floral inducer, FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) protein. Recent discoveries made using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana have shown that the functions of photoreceptors are essential for the timing of FT gene induction, via modulation of the transcriptional activator CONSTANS (CO) at transcriptional and post-translational levels in response to seasonal variations. The activation of FT transcription by the fine-tuned CO protein enables plants to switch from vegetative growth to flowering under inductive environmental conditions. The present review briefly summarizes our current understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which the information of environmental stimuli is sensed and transduced to trigger FT induction in leaves.