• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.35-41
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• 1982

Enterotoxigenk E. coli is one of the major causative agents of the infantile diarrhea and traveler's diarrhea. The heat-labile enterotoxin is thought to be a virulence factor in the pathogenesis of the diarrhea and to be a marker for identification of the enterotoxigenic E. coli from non pathogenic E. coli. Therefore knowledge about the heat-labile enterotoxin is essential not only for understanding the pathogenesis but also for the diagnosis of the diarrhea. However the in-vitro heat-labile enterotoxin production is reported to be greatly affected by the cultural condition. In this regards, this study was designed to know the optimal conditions for the production of the heat-labile enterotoxin by assaying the permeability factor in the 18 hours culture supernatant of E. coli 08K25(B2) H9 and of E. coli 015 H11. Results obtained were summerized as follows: 1. Amounts of heat-labile enterotoxin produced were greater at initial pH 8.5 than at 7.0 of CYES-2 broth culture. However, the bacterial growth itself was more abundant at 7.0 than at 8.5. 2. Heat-labile enterotoxin per unit volume of culture supernatant was greater at shaking culture than at standing culture condition, but ratio of the enterotoxin produced over the unit mass of E. coli calculated was greater at standing culture than shaking culture condition, indicating that the greater yields of the toxin produced at shaking culture was due to increase in E. coli cell mass compared to the standing culture condition: 3. The enterotoxin produced in the lincomycin(128 microgram/ml) supplemented media was 5 or 11 times greater on the basis of enterotoxin per unit mass of E. coli, compared to the lincomycin-non-supplemented media, indicating that lincomycin itself increases the enterotoxin production. 4. Treatment of 18 hours culture of E. coli with polymyxin B(0.2 mg/ml) for 1 hour increased the yields of enterotoxin amounting to 2 or 5 times of the non-treated control cultures.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2016

Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is produced by Aspergillus flavus growing in feedstuffs. Early detection of maize contamination by aflatoxigenic fungi is advantageous since aflatoxins exert adverse health effects. In this study, we report the development of an optimized conventional PCR for AFB1 detection and a rapid, sensitive and simple screening Real-time PCR (qPCR) with SYBR Green and two pairs of primers targeting the aflR genes which involved aflatoxin biosynthesis. AFB1 contaminated maize samples were divided into three groups by the toxin concentration. Genomic DNA was extracted from those samples. The target genes for A. flavus were tested by conventional PCR and the PCR products were analyzed by electrophoresis. A conventional PCR was carried out as nested PCR to verify the gene amplicon sizes. PCR-RFLP patterns, obtained with Hinc II and Pvu II enzyme analysis showed the differences to distinguish aflatoxin-producing fungi. However, they are not quantitative and need a separation of the products on gel and their visualization under UV light. On the other hand, qPCR facilitates the monitoring of the reaction as it progresses. It does not require post-PCR handling, which reduces the risk of cross-contamination and handling errors. It results in a much faster throughout. We found that the optimal primer annealing temperature was $65^{\circ}C$. The optimized template and primer concentration were $1.5{\mu}L\;(50ng/{\mu}L)$ and $3{\mu}L\;(10{\mu}M/{\mu}L)$ respectively. SYBR Green qPCR of four genes demonstrated amplification curves and melting peaks for tub1, afIM, afIR, and afID genes are at $88.0^{\circ}C$, $87.5^{\circ}C$, $83.5^{\circ}C$, and $89.5^{\circ}C$ respectively. Consequently, it was found that the four primers had elevated annealing temperatures, nevertheless it is desirable since it enhances the DNA binding specificity of the dye. New qPCR protocol could be employed for the determination of aflatoxin content in feedstuff samples.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.223-231
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• 1983

Bacillus thuringiensis 16개 균주에서 Beta-exotoxin 생산을 연구하였다. 균주는 Conner-Han-sen Mineral Salts 배지에 시험균을 접종하여 28$^{\circ}C$에서 진탕배양을 한 후 Micrococcus flava을 이용하여 감수성과 생산능을 조사했고, Spectrophotometer를 이용하여 260nM에서 생산량량과 생산속도 등을 조사했다. 1. Bacillus thuringiensis의 돌연변이 균주BTK2-T1, BTK2-T13, BTK2-T17, BTK2-T33과 BTK2-T40은 Conner-Hansen 배지에서 배양 6시간부터 Stationary Phase에 접어들어 가서 48시간 배양과 별 차이를 나타내지 않았으나, Bata-exotoxin의 생산은 6시간 배양에서는 O.D. 260nm에서 약 1.0미만(약 40$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$)이였고, 12시간 배양에서는 O.D.260nm에서 약 1.7미만(약 70$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$) 이었으며, 24시간배양부터 48시간 배양에 서는 거의 증가를 보이지 않고 O.D. 260nm에서 2.0내지 2.3(약 85$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$)을 계속 유지했다. 48시간 배양균주들은 BTK2는 배지 $m\ell$당 80$\mu\textrm{g}$(5.5$\times$$10^{8}$ Cells/$m\ell$), BTK2-T13은 84$\mu\textrm{g}$(4.3$\times$$10^{8}$ Cells/$m\ell$), BTK2-T17은 87$\mu\textrm{g}$(1.4$\times$$10^{8}$ Cells/$m\ell$), 그리고 BTK2-T33은 84$\mu\textrm{g}$ (4.9$\times$$10^{8}$ Cells/$m\ell$)을 분비했다. 2. 다른 혈청형 균주들도 모두 Beta-exotoxin을 생산했는데, 48시간 배양 배지 $m\ell$당 70$\mu\textrm{g}$을 분비한 균주는 BTK-1이고, BTK-37 균주는 $m\ell$당 88$\mu\textrm{g}$(6.1$\times$$10^{8}$ Cells/$m\ell$) BTK-35 균주는 $m\ell$당 81$\mu\textrm{g}$(5.2$\times$$10^{8}$ Cells/$m\ell$)을 생산했고. 그외는 모두 70$\mu\textrm{g}$미만이었다. 3. Beta-exotoxin과 B. thuringiensis 균체을 동시에 per os, interaperitoneal injection, subcuntaneous injection, nasal cavity inoculation, intracerebral injection을 120시간 처리했어도 치사효과를 나타내지 않았다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.482-492
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• 2007

Shiga-like toxin(SLT)을 생산하는 Esherichia coli에 의한 감염은 설사, 출혈성 대장염(hemorrhagic colitis) 및 용혈성 요독 증후군(hemolytic uremic syndrome)을 특징으로 하며, 특히 5세 이하의 소아에게서 심각한 결과를 초래한다. SLT-I의 병인으로는 다양한 숙주 매개 인자들이 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 E. coli 0157:H7(ATCC 43890)로 부터 정제한 SLT-I이 포유동물 세포들에 대한 세포독성과 종양괴사인자(tumor necrosis $factor-{\alpha},\;TNF-{\alpha}$)의 생산에 미치는 효과를 측정하였으며, SLT-I의 수용체인 glycolipid globotriaosylceramide(Gb3)의 발현과 SLT-I의 세포독성의 관계를 규명하고자 하였다. SLT-I 과 SLT-I B를 순수분리 정제하고 SLT-I B-FLTC 접합체를 제조하여 vero 세포, 대식세포 및 수지상세포를 대상으로 세포독성능을 측정하고 세포독성능의 차이가 SLT-I의 수용체인 Gb3의 발현과 상관관계가 있는지를 Flow cyotmetry로 분석하였다. 또한 대식세포의 종양괴사인자 생산능은 ELISA법으로 시행하였다. SLT-I은 대식세포(Raw264.7)로부터 $TNF-{\alpha}$의 생산을 증가시켰다. 연구 대상 세포 중 SLT-I에 감수성을 나타낸 Vero 세포와 수지상세포(dendritic cells)는 Gb3 발현이 각각 83%와 68%로 높았으며, 29%의 낮은 Gb3 발현을 보인 Raw264.7 세포는 감수성을 보이지 않았다. 따라서 위의 결과로부터 SLT-I에 감수성을 보이지 않은 Raw264.7세포를 대상으로 Gb3 발현 정도와 SLT-I의 세포독성의 관계를 규명하고자 Gb3의 발현을 증가시킨 후 SLT-I의 세포독성을 재차 평가하였다. 이 결과 $TNF-{\alpha}$의 처리에 의하여 6 hrs에 Gb3의 발현이 정점(43.5%)에 이르렀으며 36 hrs에 정상 수준(25.0%)으로 환원되었다. 그러나, Gb3의 발현이 증가함에도 불구하고 SLT-I의 세포독성에는 변화가 관찰되지 않았다. 따라서, SLT-I에 의한 세포독성은 세포의 종류에 따라서 다르며 또한, Gb3의 발현정도에만 의존적이지는 않을 것으로 생각된다. 이와 같은 결과는 E. coli 0157의 감염증 병인 연구에 있어 SLT-I과 Gb3의 발현의 상관관계에 대한 보다 심도 있는 연구가 필요함을 시사한다.

• 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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• 한국균학회 2014년도 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.13-13
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• 2014

Species belonging to the genus Fusarium are widely distributed and cause diseases in many plants. Isolation of fungal strains from air or cereals is necessary for disease forecasting, disease diagnosis, and population genetics [1]. Previously we showed that Fusarium species are resistant to toxoflavin produced by the bacterial rice pathogen Burkholderia glumae while other fungal genera are sensitive to the toxin, resulting in the development of a selective medium for Fusarium species using toxoflavin [2]. In this study, we have tried to elucidate the resistant mechanism of F. graminearum against toxoflavin and interaction between the two pathogens in nature. To test whether B. glumae affects the development of F. graminearum, the wild-type F. graminearum strains were incubated with either the bacterial strain or supernatant of the bacterial culture. Both conditions increased the conidial production five times more than when the fungus was incubated alone. While co-incubation resulted in dramatic increase of conidial production, conidia germination delayed by either the bacterial strain or supernatant. These results suggest that certain factors produced by B. glumae induce conidial production and delay conidial germination in F. graminearum. To identify genes related to toxoflavin resistance in F. graminearum, we screened the transcriptional factor mutant library previously generated in F. graminearum [3] and identified one mutant that is sensitive to toxoflavin. We analyzed transcriptomes of the wild-type strain and the mutant strain under either absence or presence of toxoflavin through RNAseq. Expression level of total genes of 13,820 was measured by reads per kilobase per million mapped reads (RPKM). Under the criteria with more than two-fold changes, 1,440 genes were upregulated and 1,267 genes were down-regulated in wild-type strain than mutant strain in response to toxoflavin treatment. A comparison of gene expression profiling between the wild type and mutant through gene ontology analysis showed that genes related to metabolic process and oxidation-reduction process were highly enriched in the mutant strain. The data analyses will focus on elucidating the resistance mechanism of F. graminearum against toxoflavin and the interaction between the two pathogens in rice. Further evolutionary history will be traced through figuring out the gene function in populations and in other filamentous fungi.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2012

Objectives : Fagopyrum esculentum(FE) has been used for removal of inflammation of internal organs and treatment of sore and ulcer by heat toxin in Korean herbal medicines. In this study, To investigated the protective effect of FE on allergic response, we determined whether FE inhibits allergic response. Methods : The effect of FE was analyzed by ELISA, RT-PCR and Western blot in RBL-2H3 cells. We investigated cell viability, ${\beta}$-hexosaminidase, as a marker of degranulation, cytokne, and intracellular ROS and MAPK and NF-${\kappa}B$ signaling. Results : We found that FE suppressed ${\beta}$-hexosaminidase release, the production of IL-4 and TNF-${\alpha}$ and intracellular ROS level in RBL-2H3 by the anti-DNP IgE plus DNP-HSA stimulation. FE also significantly inhibited cytokine mRNA expressions, such as IL-$1{\beta}$, IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-13, TNF-${\alpha}$ and GM-CSF in RBL-2H3. In addition, PF suppressed the phospholyation of ERK1/2, JNK1/2, p38 and $I{\kappa}B{\alpha}$ and NF-${\kappa}B$ signal transduction pathway. Conclusions : Our results indicate that FE protects against allergic response and exerts an anti-inflammatory effect through the inhibition of degranulation and production of cytokines and ROS via the suppression MAPK and NF-${\kappa}B$ of signal transduction. Abbrevations : FE, Fagopyrum esculentum; RBL-2H3, rat basophilic leukemia cell line; ROS, reactive oxygen species; MAPK, Mitogen-activated protein kinase; $NF{\kappa}B$, nuclear factor ${\kappa}B$; $TNF{\alpha}$, Tumor necrosis factor alpha; GM-CSF, Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor; ERK, extracellular-signal-regulated kinase; JNK, c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase; p38, p38 MAP kinase; $I{\kappa}B{\alpha}$, inhibitory-kappa B alpha.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제30권12호
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• pp.1128-1139
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• 2020

최근 기후의 급속한 변화에 따라서 식품과 농산물에 Aspergillus, Fusarium 및 Penicillium속에 해당하는 곰팡이에 의한 오염이 빈번하고 이들에 의해 생성되는 aflatoxins, fumonisins, ochratoxins, patulin, trichothecenes, zearalenone등의 곰팡이 독소로 인해서 인간의 건강에 위해를 끼치고 또한 경제적인 손실을 가져오게 하고 있다. 최근 건강에 대한 소비자의 관심으로 인하여 기존에 사용되고 있는 프로피온산 및 소브산과 같은 보존료에 대한 거부감이 증가하고 있어 천연의 소재로부터 이를 대체할 만한 항진균제의 개발이 필요한 상황이다. 본 총설에서는 곰팡이의 생육 및 독소 생성을 제어하기 위한 생물학적 방법으로 유산균의 역할에 대하여 살펴보고자 하였다. 최근의 연구에 의하면 유산균은 저분자 화합물인 유기산, reuterin, 단백질 유래 화합물, 하이드록시 지방산, 페놀 화합물과 같은 다양한 대사산물을 통하여 곰팡이의 생육을 효과적으로 억제시키고 있으며, 또한 유산균의 세포벽 구성성분과의 흡착, 곰팡이 독소의 분해 및 곰팡이 독소의 생산 저해 등을 통하여 곰팡이 독소의 생산을 감소시키고 있는 사실이 제시되고 있다. 유산균은 다양한 종류를 포함하고 있으며 다양한 대사산물을 생산하고 있으므로 이를 바탕으로 효과적으로 곰팡이의 생육 및 독소 생산을 제어할 수 있는 잠재력 갖추고 있으므로, 유산균은 식품에 있어서 곰팡이의 생육을 조절하는 소재로서 주목 받을 것으로 기대된다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제51권11호
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• pp.590-595
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• 2018

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common chronic neurodegenerative disease mainly caused by the death of dopaminergic neurons. However, no complete pharmacotherapeutic approaches are currently available for PD therapies. 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium $(MPP^+)$-induced SH-SY5Y neurotoxicity has been broadly utilized to create cellular models and study the mechanisms and critical aspects of PD. In the present study, we examined the role of a novel azetidine derivative, 3-(naphthalen-2-yl(propoxy)methyl)azetidine hydrochloride (KHG26792), against $MPP^+$-induced neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y cells. Treatment of KHG26792 significantly attenuated $MPP^+$-induced changes in the protein levels of Bcl-2 and Bax together with efficient suppression of $MPP^+$-induced activation of caspase-3 activity. KHG26792 also attenuated mitochondrial potential and levels of ROS, $Ca^{2+}$, and ATP in $MPP^+$-treated SH-SY5Y cells. Additionally, KHG26792 inhibited the induced production of nitric oxide and malondialdehyde. Moreover, the protective effect of KHG26792 is mediated through regulation of glutathione peroxidase and GDNF levels. Our results suggest a possibility that KHG26792 treatment significantly protects against $MPP^+$-induced neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y cells and KHG26792 may be a valuable therapeutic agent for the treatment of PD induced by an environmental toxin.

• 한국연초학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.8-15
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• 2011

Genus Nicotiana has 76 species including N. tabacum. These plants are used not only as a material for cigarette manufacturing but also as ornamental plant, medicinal plant, poisonous substance plant, and bug repellent plant. N. tabacum is used as a main material for cigarette manufacturing with N. rustica. N. sylvestris and N. alata is used as ornamental plants because of their beautiful flowers and N. rustica is used for bug repellent or pesticide because of its high concentration of nicotine. N. glauca, a tree tobacco, is used for bio-fuel production. N. tabacum is used as a popular model plant system for degeneration, regeneration, and transformation. N. benthamiana is also used as a model system for foreign gene expression by agroinfiltration. The transformation ability of tobacco plant is a good target for molecular farming. Hepatitis B virus envelop protein, E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin, diabetes autoantigen, and cholera toxin B subunit were produced using tobacco plants. Secondary metabolites of tobacco include nicotine, anabasine, nornicotine, anatabine, cembranoid, solanesol, linoleic acid, rutin, lignin and sistosterol, and they are used for various medicine productions which cannot be produced by organic synthesis for their complicated structures. In conclusion, we have to understand the applicability of tobacco plant in detail and study to enlarge the usage of the plants.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.347-355
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• 1994

Indolo[3,2-b]carbazole(ICZ) is a potent Ah receptor agonist with biological activities similar in several respects to those of the potent environmental toxin, TCDD. ICZ is produced during the oilgomerization of indole-3-carbinol(I3C), a breakdown product of the glucobrassicin present in food plants of the Brassica genus. In the present study we examined ICZ levels in tissues and excreta of rats treated with I3C or dietary cabbage of established glucobrasicin content, and in feces of conventional and germfree rats fed on a basal diet, and of humans. We also examined the levels of cytochrome P4501A1 induction, as determined by the ethoxyresorufin ο-deethylase assay, in tissues of animals that received cabbage-supplemented diets, or which were treated with purified I3C or ICZ. Our findings indicated that incorporation of either homogenized or whole freeze-dried cabbage in the feed led to large increases(16-60 fold) in the levels of ICZ in the feces and lower gastrointestinal tract of rats. We observed that whereas ICZ is readily detectable at about the same levels(2.00$\pm$0.50 ppb) in the feces of conventional rats fed on a purified diet and in human feces, levels of ICZ in the feces of germfree animals fed on the basal diet were at the limits of detection(0.40$\pm$0.20 ppb), indication that gut bacteria are important for the production of ICZ from essential dietary constituents in the basal diet. We showed that in contrast to the near 7000-fold difference in CYP1A1 inducing potencies of ICZ and TCDD in cells in culture, their inducing potencies differ by only about an order of magnitude in rats. Nonetheless, the levels of ICZ remaining in livers twenty hours after I3C treatment appear too low to account for the induced activity. This result indicates that ICZ may be rapidly cleared from the liver or that substances other than, or in addition to, ICZ be responsible for the enzyme-inducing activity of orally administered I3C or its precursors.