• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.163-176
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• 2011

Objectives : BCS(Bambusae concretio silicae) is used as a traditional medicine in Korea for the incipient stroke. Recent reports indicated that BCS has a neuroprotective effect by anti-convulsion effect. However, it's mechanism is not well studied. The purpose of this study was to investigate into the molecular mechanism of BCS for neuroprotection in normoxia of cultured rat hippocampal neurons. Methods : BCS (1.0, 2.5, 5.0, and $10.0\;{\mu}g/m{\ell}$) was added to culture media (Neurobasal supplemented with B27) on DIV 0, given a normoxia, and the cell viability was measured by typical phase-contrast images of the cultures with 1.0, 2.5, 5.0, and $10.0\;{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ on DIV 21. Effects of BCS on the expression of various synaptic proteins ($GABA_B$ R1, $GABA_B$ R2, GlyR, PSD95) were observed by immunocytochemistry showing on DIV 3, 7 and 21. Results : Typical phase-contrast images of the cultures indicated that BCS has a protective effect of rat hippocampal cells in normoxia. The BCS upregulated $GABA_B$ R1 after normoxia on DIV 7, $GABA_A$ ${\beta}2/3$ on DIV 21 and $GABA_B$ R2 on DIV 21. And the BCS downregulated PSD95 after normoxia on DIV 7. Conclusions : The present study showed evidence for the efficacy of BCS in Typical phase-contrast images, upregulation of inhibitory neurotransmitter receptors($GABA_B$ R1) and downregulation of PSD95 which eventually protected neuronal cell death in normoxia.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.337-345
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• 2014

The present study examined the effects of soybean-derived phosphatidylserine (SB-PS) on the learning and memory function and the neural activity in rats with trimethyltin (TMT)-induced memory deficits. The cognitive improving efficacy of SB-PS on the amnesic rats, which was induced by TMT, was investigated by assessing the Morris water maze test and by performing cholineacetyl transferase (ChAT), acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and cAMP responsive element binding protein (CREB) immunohistochemistry. A positron emission tomography (PET) scanning the rat brain was by performed administer 18F-Fluorodeoxy-glucose (18F-FDG). The rats with TMT injection showed impaired learning and memory of the tasks and treatment with SB-PS produced a significant improvement of the escape latency to find the platform in the Morris water maze at the 2nd day compared to that of the MCT group. In the retention test, the SB-PS group showed increased time spent around the platform compared to that of the MCT group. Consistent with the behavioral data, SB-PS 50 group significantly alleviated the loss of acetyl cholinergic neurons in the hippocampus compared to that of the MCT group. Treatment with SB-PS significantly increased the CREB positive neurons in the hippocampus as compared to that of the MCT group. In addition, SB-PS groups increased the glucose uptake in the hippocampus and SB-PS 50 group increased the glucose uptake in the frontal lobe, as compared to that of the MCT group. These results suggest that SB-PS may be useful for improving the cognitive function via regulation of cholinergic marker enzyme activity and neural activity.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.407-418
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• 2015

본 연구는 백김치로부터 분리된 Lactobacillus paracasei BK57의 항균물질 생산을 위한 최적의 배양 조건을 검색하고, BK57 유산균으로 프레쉬 치즈를 제조한 후 균주의 활성과 유산 및 박테리오신 생산량을 측정하여 Listeria monocytogenes KCTC 3569에 대한 항균 활성을 조사하였다. 최대의 균 증식과 항균 물질 생산량은 pH 6.0으로 조정한 MRS broth에서 $37^{\circ}C$, 24시간 동안 호기적인 조건으로 배양했을 때 나타났다. 하지만, 효모추출물(2.0%)을 첨가한 전유 내에서 생성된 항균물질의 양과 유산균의 증식률은 MRS broth에서 보다는 다소 낮았다. 우유 내에서 L. monocytogenes의 저해율은 BK57 균주의 생균과 배양 상등액에 의해 높게 나타났으나, 유산균이 생산한 박테리오신에 의한 저해율은 우유 보다는 BHI broth 내에서 더 높게 나타났다. BK57 균주로 발효시킨 프레쉬 치즈를 $4^{\circ}C$와 $15^{\circ}C$에서 6일간 저장하는 동안 유산균수, 유산 생성량 및 박테리오신 활성은 유의한 변화가 없었다. 제조 직 후 프레쉬 치즈에 인위적으로 접종한 L. monocytogenes ($10^5CFU/ml$)의 균수는 각각의 온도대에서 6일 이내에 최소 15% 이상 감소되는 효과가 나타났으므로 BK57 균주를 발효유제품 제조에 이용할 경우 리스테리아균을 제어할 수 있는 생물학적 보존제로서의 가치를 확인하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권11호
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• pp.3289-3293
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• 2014

Femtosecond laser ablation (fs LA) was used in this study to identify pollution by heavy metals and the distribution of elemental nutrients at different rice milling ratios. Polished rice (degrees of milling of 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11) was collected from major Korean supermarkets and one sample thereof was selected. An internal quality control experiment was conducted using a rice flour certified reference material from the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS CRM) for the evaluation of the efficacy. To assess the effectiveness of the analysis method, the reliability was validated using a food analysis performance assessment scheme (FAPAS), with chili powder serving as an external quality control. The results of the analysis of the inorganic elements Ti, Ca, Al, Fe and Mn in white and brown rice with degrees of milling of 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 using ICP-MS, ICP-OES and AAS revealed contents of 0.40, 49.2, 2.43, 5.36 and 10.3 mg/kg in white rice and 0.59, 78.0, 7.52, 11.0 and 18.5 mg/kg in brown rice, respectively. Among the elements, there were remarkable differences in the measured contents. By comparing the contents of the elements at different degrees of milling, Ti, Co, As, Ca, Al, Cu, Fe, and Mn were determined to be distributed on the surface of the rice grains, whereas the contents of Cd and Pb increased toward the center of the rice grains, and Si was evenly distributed. After the quantitative analysis of rice samples polished to different degrees of milling, Ca and Al, which were contained in large amounts, and Si were analyzed with specificity by fs LA. The results show that Ca and Al were distributed in the rice husk (protective covering of rice) and Si was distributed in all parts of the rice.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.161-168
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• 2010

White-skinned sweet potato (WSP, Ipomoea batatas L.)는 일본, 인도네시아 등에서 당뇨병과 그 치료에 민간에서 사용되고 있다. 본 실험에서는 WSP의 메탄올 추출물을 체중 1 kg 당 Dose 100, 200 mg을 투여하여 streptozotocin으로 유발된 당뇨쥐에서 손상된 신장 보호효과를 평가하였고 그 효능을 인슐린 분비촉진제인 glimepiride (45 mg/kg 체중)와 비교해 보았다. WSP 메탄올 추출물과 glimepiride를 2주 투여 한 후 혈당, 혈중 요소성 질소(BUN), 크레아티닌, 젖산 탈수소효소(LDH), 지질 과산화물(LPO) 함량, 그리고 항산화효소들인 superoxide dismutase (SOD), 카탈라아제(CAT), 글루타치온 과산화물 분해효소(GPx), 글루타치온 S-전이효소(GST) 등의 활성도를 측정하였다. BUN, 크레아티닌, LDH, 혈당, LPO 함량 등은 대조군에 비하여 그 값이 증가하였고, SOD, CAT, GPx, GST 값은 감소하였다. WSP 메탄올 추출물(200 mg/kg)을 투여한 후 측정한 값은 혈당, LPO, 신장병 표지인자인 BUN, 크레아티닌, LDH, 그리고 지질 과산화물 함량에서 의미있는 개선효과를 볼 수 있었고 항산화효소, 항산화물질의 증가도 나타났다. 따라서 WSP 메탄올 추출물은 당뇨쥐의 혈당을 낮추며 산화적 스트레스를 약화시키고 당뇨로 유발된 신장 손상을 보호해 주는 효과가 있다는 결과를 얻었다. 또한 민간에서 사용하고 있는 WSP가 실제로 당뇨 치료에 효과가 있음을 과학적 증거로 제공해 주었다고 판단된다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.137-141
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• 2016

심폐소생술에서 인공호흡은 환자와 구조자간 또는 심폐소생술 교육생들 간의 교차 감염 가능성이 높으나, 감염방지 도구인 페이스 쉴드(face shield)의 병원성 세균 여과 성능에 대한 연구 자료는 매우 부족하다. 따라서 본 연구는 인공호흡용 페이스 쉴드의 병원성 세균 여과 성능을 비교하여 전염성 질환으로부터 심폐소생술 교육생과 병원 전 구조자의 안전을 확보하기 위해 시행되었다. 대상 쉴드는 국내 심폐소생술 교육기관에서 일반적으로 사용되고 있는 FA shield와 CM shield 2종을 임의로 선정하였다. 실험방법은 실제 교육생이 입으로 불어넣은 필터에서 채취한 세균을 대상 필터에 각각 도말한 후 백밸브마스크(Bag valve mask, BVM)로 환기하여 필터의 앞면과 뒷면의 세균 검출 유무를 확인하였다. 그 결과 FA Shield는 병원성 세균 여과 성능이 있는 것으로 확인되었으나, CM Shield는 병원성 세균 여과 성능이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 결론적으로 안전한 인공호흡을 위해서는 국내에서 판매되는 페이스 쉴드의 전반적 성능 평가와 페이스 쉴드의 여과 성능 기준이 제시되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.240-248
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• 2006

Control of white rot which is one of the most serious apple diseases in Korea has mainly relied on periodical spray of protective fungicides. As the main inoculum source of the disease is pycnidiospores produced in the warts formed on affected stems of apple tree, it can be conceivable that inhibition of spore production might be an effective means for controlling the disease. Inhibitory efficacy of eight selected fungicides against sporulation of the fungus was assessed by counting the number of spores produced at detached warts treated with the fungicides of recommended dilution. They showed diverse effect on sporulation. Carbendazim and azoxystrobin suppressed sporulation almost completely, the former irreversively. Thiram and folpet promoted sporulation as producing much more number of spores than untreated control. Others showed almost no effect on sporulation. Effects of suppression and promotion in the sporulation shown by the fungicides on the control of white rot were examined by incidences of disease and infection at the plots adopted the spray programs of which the fungicide at late May was substituted by carbendazim, azoxystrobin, folpet and thiram, respectively. Disease incidence and infection frequency at the plots sprayed former two chemicals which suppressed sporulation were much lower than those of the plots adopted latter two chemicals and untreated plot at which the fungicide spray was skipped at that time. These facts were reconfirmed in the experiments conducted with carbendazim and thiram, in which 100 fruits were bagged just prior to each spray from late May to late July for elucidating the effect of the two fungicides on the action of subsequent ones. Disease incidence and infection frequency on the fruit bagged just prior to each spray were gradually increased as the seasons going on. The increase rate at the carbendazim plot was much lower than that of thiram. Especially, the fruit infected till late July at the carbendazim plot were almost completely cured by the three fungicides, iminoctadine-triacetate, tebuconazole and samzinwang, a combined formular of iminoctadine-triacetate and difenoconazole, sprayed at late July and hence. In thiram plot, infected fruit were also cured by the 3 fungicides but not remarkable. From these results, it can be concluded that control efficiency of white rot can be greatly enhanced by selecting the fungicide capable of suppress the sporulation of white rot fungus at the season when the mass dispersal of spores is not initiated.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.257-264
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• 2019

Mastoparan V1 was used as adjuvant of formalin-inactivated Salmonella Gallinarum whole cells vaccine against fowl typhoid in a chicken model. The 75 brown nick chickens were equally divided into 5 groups, and all chickens of each group were immunized at 6 weeks of age (0 WPPI; weeks prime post immunization), and at 9 weeks of age (3 WPPI) (except group B). Group A chickens were intramuscularly (IM) inoculated with 500 uL of sterile phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), and group B chickens were subcutaneously immunized with 0.2 ml containing 5×10⁷ viable vaccine strain/bird. The chickens in groups C~E were IM inoculated with approximately 3×10⁹ cells/0.5 mL of formalin-inactivated the S. Gallinarum whole cells, approximately 3×10⁹ cells/0.5 mL of formalin-inactivated the S. Gallinarum whole cells with mastoparan V1 as adjuvant, and 0.5 mL of PBS, respectively. S. Gallinarum outer membrane proteins-specific serum IgG titers were considerably higher in groups B~D than in groups A and E. However, the levels of IFN-γ in groups B and D only than in groups A and E were significantly higher. Following oral challenge with virulent wild-type S. Gallinarum, no chicken in groups A (no challenge group) and B was dead, and only 30% of chickens in group D was dead. However, 70% of chickens in group C and all chickens in group E were dead after oral challenge. The results of this study demonstrated that IM immunization with approximately 3×10⁹ of the formalin-inactivated S. Gallinarum whole cells containing mastoparan V1 induced robust antibody and cell-mediated immune responses in chickens. The whole cells also conferred protection against infection with wild-type S. Gallinarum.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제29권12호
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• pp.1321-1328
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• 2019

자외선B(UVB: 290-320 nm) 방사선으로도 알려진 중간 파장 태양광선은 인간에게 조기 노화 및 산화손상에 의존하는 피부암을 유발할 수 있다. UVB가 유발하는 반응성 산소종(ROS)의 형성은 종종 이러한 광선에 과도하게 노출되는 결과로 MMP-1과 MMP-3와 같은 매트릭스 금속단백질(MMP)을 활성화할 수 있다. 이 효소들은 인간의 섬유질에서 type 1형 콜라겐을 분해한다. 본 연구에서는 블루베리(EEB)의 에틸 아세테이트 추출물의 항산화 및 항노화 효과를 평가했다. 블루베리의 항산화 실험은 DPPH 분석과 CCD-986sk 세포를 사용하여 ROS 생성을 평가했다. 블루베리의 주름방지 효능을 평가하기 위해 MMP-1 생성과 type 1형 procollagen 합성을 평가하고 Western Blot과 RT- PCR을 통해 MMP 1, 3의 발현량을 평가하였다. EEB는 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) 라디칼의 소거능을 보이며 UVB에 유도된 ROS의 생성을 저해하였다. 또한 EEB는 procollagen 생성감소 및 MMP-1 생성량의 증가 등 광노화 및 피부암과 관련된 UVB로 야기되는 과정을 억제하였다. 더 정확히 말하면, EEB (50㎍/ml)는 MMP-1과 -3의 mRNA와 단백질 발현을 현저히 억제하였다. EEB의 항노화 효과는 항산화 작용에 기인한다. 이러한 연구 결과는 EEB가 type 1형 procollagen, MMP-1, MMP-3의 수준을 조절함으로써 인간 섬유아세포에서 UVB가 유발하는 노화로부터 보호 효과를 가지고 있음을 나타낸다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제33권8호
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• pp.605-612
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• 2000

Background: Ischemic preconditioning enhances the tolerance of myocardium against ischemia/reperfusion injury, with the enhancement of the recovery of post-ischemic myocardial function. This study was disigned to assess whether the protective effect of ischemic preconditioning could provide one additional hour of myocardial preservation in four hour myocardial ischemia in a rate heart. Material and method: Fourty four Spargue-Dawley rats, weighing 300~450gm, were divided into four groups. Group 1(n=7) and group 3(n=12) were subjected to 30 minutes of aerobic Langendorff perfusion without ischemic preconditioning and then preserved in saline solution at 2~4$^{\circ}C$ for 4 hours and 5 respectively. Group 2(n=7) and group 4(n=18) were perfused in the same way for 20 minutes, followed by 3 minutes of global mormothermic ischemia and 10 minutes of perfusion and then preserved in the same cold saline solution for 4 hours and 5 hours respectively. Heart rate, left ventricular developed pressure(LVDP), and coronary flow were measured at 15 minutes during perfusion as baseline. Spontaneous defibrillation time was measured after reperfusion. Heart rate, LVDP, and coronary flow were also recorded at 15 minutes, 30 minutes, and 45 minutes during reperfusion. Samples of the apical left ventricular wall were studied using a transmission electron microscope. Result: Time of spontaneous defibrillation(TSD) was significantly longer in group 4 than in group 1(p<0.001), and TSD in group 1 was significantly longer in comparision to that of group 2(p<0.05). Heart rate at 45 minutes was significantly higher in group 1 than in group 4(p<0.05). Heart rate at 15 min was significantly higher in group 2 than in group 1(p<0.001) and in group 4 than in group 3(p<0.05). Left ventricular developed pressure(LVDP) at 30 minutes and 45 minutes was higher in group 1 than in group 4(p<0.01), LVDP at 45 minutes was higher in group 4 than in group 3(p<0.05). Rate-pressure product(RPP) at 30 minutes and 45 minutes was higher in group 1 than in group 4(p<0.05). RPP at 15 minutes was higher in group 2 than in group 1(p<0.01). RPP at 30 minutes and 45 minutes was higher in group 4 than in group 3(p<0.05). Group 2 showed relatively less sarcoplasmic edema and less nuclear chromatin clearance than group 1. Group 4 showed less myocardial cell damage than group 3, group 4 showed less myocardial cell damage than group 3, group 4 showed more myocardial cell edema than group 1. Conclusion: Ischemic preconditioning enhanced the recovery of postischemic myocardial function after 4 hours and 5 hours preservation. However, it was not demonstrated that ischemic preconditioning could definitely provide one additional hour of myocardial preservation in four hour myocardial ischemia in a rat heart.