• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.181-187
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• 2015

Early life stage mortality in fish is one of the problems faced by loach aquaculture. However, our understanding of immune system in early life stage fish is still incomplete, and the information available is restricted to a few fish species. In the present work, we investigated the expression of immune-related transcripts in loach during early development. In fishes, recombination-activating gene 1 (RAG-1) and sacsin (SACS) have been considered as immunological function. In this study, the expression of the both genes was assessed throughout the early developmental stages of loach using real-time PCR method. maRAG-1 mRNA was first detected in 0 dph, observed the increased mostly until 40 dph. Significant expression of maRAG-1 was detected in 0 to 40 dph. These patterns of expression may suggest that the loach start to develop its function after hatching. On the other hand, maSACS was detected in unfertilized oocyte to molura stages and 0 to 40 dph. maSACS mRNA transcripts were detected in unfertilized oocytes, suggesting that they are maternally transferred.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.139-145
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• 2017

최근 우리나라에서 자연발생적인 미꾸리속 알비노 개체들이 낮은 빈도로 출현하고 있으나, 색소 결핍으로 인해 형태적종 동정이 어렵다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 핵 유전자인 recombination activating gene 1 (rag1) 영역 및 미토콘드리아 유전자 cytochrome b (cytb) 영역을 이용한 분자계통학적 분석을 이용해 미꾸리속 알비노 개체의 분자동정을 수행하였다. 그 결과 rag1과 cytb의 분자계통도에서 미꾸라지, 미꾸리, 그리고 M. mohoity로 3개의 clade가 확인되었다. 확보된 M. mohoity의 염기서열을 유전자은행의 BLAST를 이용해 유사성을 검색한 결과 M. mohoity와 가장 유사하였다. 분자계통도를 기준으로 25마리의 알비노 미꾸리속 개체의 종 동정을 수행한 결과 빨간 눈 타입은 미꾸리 16마리, 미꾸라지 1마리로 판별되었고, 나머지 3개체는 미꾸라지♀${\times}$미꾸리♂ 잡종 1마리와 M. mohoity ♀${\times}$미꾸리♂ 잡종이 2마리 판별되었다. 또한 검은 눈타입 5마리는 미꾸리 1마리와 미꾸라지 3마리 및 M. mohoity 1마리로 판별되었다. 따라서 본 연구에 이용한 분자마커를 활용함으로써 미꾸리속 어류의 정확한 종 또는 잡종을 동정하기 위한 유용한 방법으로 이용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2014

Fish larvae are immediately exposed to microbes from hatching to maturation of their lymphoid organs, therefore effective innate mechanisms is very important for survival. However, the knowledge of the development of immune system in fish is limited and in demand now. In vertebrates, recombination-activating gene 1 (RAG-1) and immunoglobulin M (IgM) have been considered as very useful markers of the physiological maturity of the immune system. In this study, the expression of the both genes was assessed throughout the early developmental stages of olive flounder larvae (5-55 dph) and used as markers to follow the development of immune system. RAG-1 and IgM mRNA expression was detectable at 5 dph and remained so until 55 dph. These patterns of expression may suggest that the olive flounder start to develop its function around 5 dph. Tissue distribution was found that both genes mRNAs are only expressed in the immune-related organ such as spleen, kidney and gill. The early detection of IgM mRNA led to the investigation of its presence in oocytes. Both RAG-1 and IgM mRNA transcripts were detected in unfertilized oocytes, suggesting that they are maternally transferred. The biological significance of such a phenomenon remains to be investigated.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.45-56
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• 2021

납자루 Tanakia lanceolata와 한강납줄개 Rhodeus pseudosericeus 간의 속간잡종으로 추정되는 수컷 1개체를 서해안 독립 하천인 보령 대천천에서 채집하였다. 해당 속간잡종 개체의 명확한 기원을 판별하기 위하여 형태학적 및 분자계통학적 분석을 수행하였다. 형태학적 분석 결과, 속간잡종 개체의 등지느러미 앞쪽 상단과 뒷지느러미 가장자리의 색상, 등과 배 쪽 색상 등은 납자루의 형태적 특징을 따랐으며, 미병부 중앙에 파란색 체측종대가 존재하는 점, 측선이 불완전한 점, 입수염이 없는 점 등은 한강납줄개의 형태적 특징을 따랐다. 또한, 미토콘드리아 DNA의 cytb 유전자 분석 결과, 속간잡종 개체는 납자루와 99.82~100%의 염기서열 유사도를 나타내어, 모계 종은 납자루로 판단되었다. 핵 DNA의 rag1 유전자 분석 결과, 속간잡종 개체는 납자루와 한강납줄개 간의 단일염기다형성 부위(38 bp)를 모두 반영하는 double peaks 양상을 나타내어, 부계 종은 한강납 줄개로 판단되었다. 따라서 본 연구에서 분석한 납자루아과 자연 잡종 추정 개체는 암컷 납자루와 수컷 한강납줄개 간의 속간잡종으로 판명되었다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.99-107
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• 2015

A natural hybrid of a probable intergeneric mating between the striped shiner Pungtungia herzi and the stone morocco Pseudorasbora parva (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) was captured in the Geumho River, a tributary of the Nakdong River basin in Korea. Morphological characters and DNA sequences were analyzed to verify its hybrid state and identify the parentage of its parent species. The hybrid exhibited a phenotypic intermediacy between the two parent species in the number of vertebrae and the mouth shape. Out of 1,488 base pair (bp) positions of the nuclear recombination activating gene 1 gene (rag1), which has a biparental mode of inheritance, 41-bp substitutions were detected between the two parent species, whereas an electropherogram of the hybrid displayed polymorphic double peaks at all of the base positions, along with one additional one, strongly indicating its hybrid state. Meanwhile, sequence comparison of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (mt-cyb) (1,140 bp), which has a maternal mode of inheritance, showed only 5-22-bp differences (97.6-99.5% identities) between the hybrid and Pu. herzi, but as many as 158-168-bp differences (85.2-86.1% identities) between the hybrid and Ps. parva, clearly indicating Pu. herzi as the maternal species. Thus, combined analyses of independent data sets (i.e., morphology and nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences) offered convincing evidence for the hybrid state of a naturally occurring hybrid resulting from intergeneric mating between a female Pu. herzi and a male Ps. parva.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.236-243
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• 2001

Background: An immunological approach for aging mechanism appears to be important. Lymphocyte subsets analysis in peripheral blood is widely performed to assess the immune status and to diagnose and monitor various diseases. Some lymphocyte subsets are known to change with age, but only few data about age-related reference ragnes for these subsets in healthy individuals have been reported. So we attempted to report reference ranges for these subsets in each age group and review changes of the results with age for the secondary studies about immune cell function as lymphocyte blast transformation and immunoglobulin gene rearrangement (VDJ) including recombination activating genes (RAG-1 and RAG-2). Methods: Lymphocyte subset analysis was performed on 302 subjects, 189 males and 113 females with age group of all decades of life. Two color direct immunofluorescene flow cytometry (FCM) was done using $Simultest^{TM}$ IMK-Lymphocyte kit (Becton Dickinson, USA), $FACScan^{TM}$ (Becton Dickinson, USA) and $FACSCalibur^{TM}$ (Becton Dickinson, USA). Lymphocyte subsets analysed were T ($CD3^+$) and B cells ($CD19^+$), helper/inducer T ($CD4^+$) and suppressor/cytotoxic T cells ($CD8^+$), helper/suppressor ($CD4^+/CD8^+$) ratio and natural killer (NK) cells ($CD3^-CD16^+/CD56^+$). The absolute numbers of each subset were calculated from total lymphocyte counts. Data collected was analysed using SAS 6.12. A P-value of < 0.05 was considered significant. Results: We reported the counts and percentages of lymphocyte and these subsets in each age group. There were no statistically significant differences between male and female subjects. The percentage of $CD4^+$ T cells, and the count of NK cells did not show the significant difference among the various age groups. The age-related changes observed in our study were as following: 1) a decrease in the percentages of T cells, B cells and $CD8^+$ T cells ; 2) a decrease in the counts of B cells and $CD8^+$ T cells ; 3) an increase in the percentage and count of NK cells ; and 4) an increase in the $CD4^+/CD8^+$ ratio. Conclusion: The characteristics of aging process appeared to be showing a marked decrease of lympocyte subsets T and B cells as well as T8 ($CD8^+$). The age-related increase of the percentage of cells bearing NK marker can be interpreted as a compensatory consequence to cope with the decrease of T cells related to the thymic involution. These changes with age appeared to be for the secondary study about immune cell function as lymphocyte blast transformation and immunoglobulin gene rearrangement.