• Toxicological Research
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2013

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has become a significant threat to public health. Although broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy is the primary treatment option for CDI, its use has evident limitations. Probiotics have been proved to be effective in the treatment of CDI and are a promising therapeutic option for CDI. In this study, 4 strains of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), namely, Lactobacillus rhamnosus (LR5), Lactococcuslactis (SL3), Bifidobacterium breve (BR3), and Bifidobacterium lactis (BL3) were evaluated for their anti-C. difficile activity. Co-culture incubation of C. difficile ($10^6$ and $10^{10}$ CFU/ml) with each strain of LAB indicated that SL3 possessed the highest antimicrobial activity over a 24-hr period. The cell-free supernatants of the 4 LAB strains exhibited $MIC_{50}$ values between 0.424 mg/ml (SL3) and 1.318 (BR3) mg/ml. These results may provide a basis for alternative therapies for the treatment of C. difficile-associated gut disorders.

• 한국연초학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1979

담배 (Va 115) 細胞의 液 培養에서 담배細胞의 多量生産을 할 수 있는 Tank 培養에 關한 基礎調査로 培地造成의 果를 調査하였으며 細胞增殖率에 큰 影響을 미쳤던 2,4-D와 無機燐酸의 果에 關하여 調査하였다. 1. 培地造成에서 細胞增殖率에 많은 影響을 미쳤던 要素는 무糖, 無機燐酸의 濃度,窒素源의 形態 및 植物홀몬,特히 2, 4-D의 有無였다. 2. 무糖의 最適濃度는 3%였으며 3%以上의 濃度에서는 多少 細胞增殖率이 좋은 듯 하였으나 그 差異는 크지 않아 3% 程度로 足하였다. 無機燐酸濃度는 LS 培地內의 無機燐酸의 約 2.5 培인 0.30mg/ml 일 때 細胞增殖率이 가장 좋았다. 3. 液 培地의 窒素源은 암모니아態窒素와 硝酸態窒素가 1 : 2 일 때가 가장 좋았고 窒素源이 암모니아태 만으로 使用하였을 때 細胞增殖率이 가장 낮았으며 硝酸態만 使用되었을 때는 암모니아태만 쓰였을 때 보다는 좋았으나 암모니아태와 硝酸態의 比가 1 : 2 일 때 보다는 떨어졌다. 4. 液 培地에 2,4-D 添加와 無機燐酸濃度를 높이면 細胞增殖率이 增加되는 機作을 調査하기 爲하여 呼吸率과 14C - glucose 吸收利用을 調査하였다. 細胞의 吸收率은 2, 4-D를 添加하면 增加되며 14C-glucose의 吸收는 培地內에 2, 4-D가 包含되거나 (0.2 ppm) 燐酸濃度가 높아지면(對照의 2.5培) 더욱 많았고, 吸收된 14C-glucose는 糖 상태보다 다른 形態,特히 amino 酸이나 有機酸으로 많이 变하였다.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.23-30
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• 2005

Bone remodeling is a process controlled by the action of two major bone cells; the bone forming osteoblast and the bone resorbing osteoclast. In the process of osteoclastogenesis, stromal cells and osteoblast produce RANKL, OPG, and M-CSF, which in turn regulate the osteoclastogenesis. During the bone resorption by activated osteoclasts, extracellular $Ca^{2+}/{PO_4}^{2-}$ concentration and degraded organic materials goes up, providing the hypertonic microenvironment. In this study, we tested the effects of hypertonicity due to the degraded organic materials on osteoclastogenesis in co-culture system. It was examined the cellular response of osteoblastic cell in terms of osteoclastogenesis by applying the sucrose, and mannitol, as a substitute of degraded organic materials to co-culture system. Apart from the sucrose, mannitol, and NaCl was tested to be compared to the effect of organic osmotic particles. The addition of sucrose and mannitol (25, 50, 100, 150, or 200 mM) to co-culture medium inhibited the number of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) positive multinucleated cells induced by 10 nM $1{\alpha},25(OH)_2vitaminD_3$ ($1{\alpha},25(OH)_2D_3$). However, NaCl did exert harmful effect upon the cells in this co-culture system, which is attributed to DNA damage in high concentration of NaCl. To further investigate the mechanism by which hypertonicity inhibits $1{\alpha},25(OH)_2D_3$-induced osteoclastogenesis, the mRNA expressions of receptor activator of nuclear factor (NF)-kB ligand (RANKL) and osteoprotegerin (OPG) were monitored by RT-PCR. In the presence of sucrose (50 mM), RANKL mRNA expression was decreased in a dose-dependent manner, while the change in OPG and M-CSF mRNA were not occurred in significantly. The RANKL mRNA expression was inhibited for 48 hours in the presence of sucrose (50 mM), but such a decrement recovered after 72 hours. However, there were no considerable changes in the expression of OPG and M-CSF mRNA. Conclusively, these findings strongly suggest that hypertonic stress down-regulates $1{\alpha},25(OH)_2D_3$-induced osteoclastogenesis via RANKL signal pathway in osteoblastic cell, and may playa pivotal role as a regulator that modulates osteoclastogenesis.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.111-114
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• 1995

지치 (Lithospermum erythorhizon SIEB, et ZUCC)의 잎조직으로부터 유도한 캘러스를 현탁배양하여 약리성 지방산인 ${\gamma}$-linolenic acid (GLA)를 생산하는 기술을 확립하고자 탄소원, 질소원, 생장조절제의 영향을 조사하였다. 캘러스 유도는 1.0 mg/L 2,4-D 단용첨가시 가장 왕성하였다. Sucrose 88mM농도에서 세포생육이 가장 왕성하고 총지방산(TFA)중 GLA비율이 높아 단위건물중당 TFA함량이 가장 낮았음에도 flask당 GLA생산량은 가장 많았다. 질소원으로서 potassium nitrate농도증가는 세포생장 및 지방산함 량 및 GLA함량을 증가시켰으며 최고 처리농도인 56.3 mM 에서 최고수준을 나타냈다. IAA 첨가는 배양세포 생장량을 증가시켰고 2,4-D는 배양세포내의 총지방산 함량을 높이는 결과를 나타내었으나, kinetin과 BA는 세포생육에 저해적 영향을 나타냈다. $10^{-7}$ M ABA는 캘러스생장을 유의적으로 증가시켰으며 TFA 및 GLA함량도 증가시켰으나 현탁배양세포의 생육과 지방산 축적에는 저해적으로 작용하였다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.41-47
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• 2013

Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) have lots of potential in biomedical sciences owing to its potential to differentiate into any kind of cells in the body. However, it is still a challenge to culture PSCs on a large scale for application to regenerative medicine. Herein, we introduce a synthetic polymer that enables large-scale suspension culture of human PSCs. By employing suspension culture, it became unnecessary to use conventional substrata such as mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) or Matrigel$^{TM}$, which are believed to be main causative sources of xenogeneic contamination in cultured human PSCs in vitro. Human PSCs were cultured in the medium in which elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) dissolved. The ELP in the medium became harden as temperature increases by transforming the medium into a semi-solid gel that supported growth of human PSCs in suspension. Gel-sol transition temperature of ELP can be adjusted by modifying the peptide sequence in which 5 amino acids, Val-Pro-Gly-Xaa-Gly, repeated sequentially. We constructed 3D suspension media having transition temperature around $33{\sim}35^{\circ}C$ using an ELP consisted of 40, 60, or 80 repeats of a monomer, which was Val-Pro-Gly-Val-Gly. Among the ELPs, ELP80 was chosen as the best ELP to support growth of human PSCs in suspension culture. This result suggests that the ELP80 can be a medium component for culturing human PSCs in large-scale.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.429-434
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• 2000

인삼 (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) 캘러스 조직으로부터 분리한 원형질체를 DMSO가 O％에서 8％까지 여러 가지 농도로 첨가된 원형질체 배양배지 (1 mg/L 2,4-D, 4 mg/L NAA, 1 mg/L BAP, 0.4 M mannitol 및 0.8% agar가 첨가된 MS배지)에서 배양하였다. DMSO가 첨가되지 않은 배지에서 배양된 원형질체의 세포벽 재생률은 약 62%이고 세포분열빈도는 약 7％이었다. 반면에, 1% DMSO가 첨가된 배지에서 배양된 원형질체의 세포벽 재생률과 세포분열빈도는 각각 약 83%와 약 27%로 높게 나타났다. 그러나 배양된 원형질체의 세포활성은 배지에 첨가된 DMSO의 유무나 농도와는 관계없이 모든 배지에서 83∼88%로 차이를 보이지 않았다. 1% DMSO가 첨가된 배지에서 3일 동안 배양된 원형질체를 투과전자현미경으로 관찰하면 원형질막 근처에 평행으로 배열하고 있는 미소관들이 관찰되었다. 또한 원형질막 표면에는 세포벽 성분인 cellulose fibril들이 연결되어 다발을 형성하고 있는 것이 주사전자현미경으로 관찰되었다. DMSO가 첨가되지 않은 배지에서 배양된 원형질체에서는 이러한 전자현미경적 구조들이 관찰되지 않았다. 원형질체 배양배지에 첨가된 DMSO는 미소관편제센타 (MTOC)의 형성에 의하여 세포벽 재생과 세포분열을 유도하는 것으로 생각된다.

• 약학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.681-688
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• 1995

An n-hexane extract of the roots of Aralia cordata Thunb. (Araliaceae) was found to show significant in vitro cytotoxic activity against P388D$_{1}$ lymphocytic leukemia cell in culture. Bioactivity-directed fractionation of this extract led to the isolation of four polyacetylenes, falcarindiol (1), dehydrofalcarindiol (2), falcarindiol-8-acetate (3) and dehydrofalcarindiol-8-acetate (4). Cytotoxicity of compounds 1 and 3 was found to be better than that of compounds 2 and 4 when these compounds were tested against eight in vitro tumor cell lines, namely, A549, HCT15, DLD1, MCF7, SKOV3, HL60, K562 and P388D$_{1}$. The fact that the cytotoxicity of compounds 1 and 3 against series of tumor cell lines was much stronger than that of compounds 2 and 4 suggested that the saturated carbon chain at the termial and the hydroxyl group at the C-3 are important for the activities. The requirement for the activity was further confirmed by synthesizing and assaying the acetate derivatives of compounds 1 and 2.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제58권4호
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• pp.211-217
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• 2018

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are useful candidates for tissue engineering and cell therapy. Physiological cell environment not only connects cells to each other, but also connects cells to the extracellular matrix that provide mechanical support, thus exposing the entire cell surface and activating signaling pathways. Hydrogel is a polymeric material that swells in water and maintains a distinct 3-dimensional (3D) network structure by cross linking. In this study, we investigated the optimized cellular function for canine adipose tissue-derived MSCs (cAD-MSCs) using hydrogel. We observed that the expression levels of Ki67 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen, which are involved in cell proliferation and stemness, were increased in transwell-hydrogel (3D-TN) compared to the transwell-normal (TN). Also, transforming growth factor-${\beta}1$ and SOX9, which are typical bone morphogenesis-inducing factors, were increased in 3D-TN compared to the TN. Collagen type II alpha 1, which is a chondrocyte-specific marker, was increased in 3D-TN compared to the TN. Osteocalcin, which is a osteocyte-specific marker, was increased in 3D-TN compared to the TN. Collectively, preconditioning cAD-MSCs via 3D culture systems can enhance inherent secretory properties that may improve the potency and efficacy of MSCs-based therapies for bone regeneration process.

• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.125-128
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• 2010

Culture conditions were established for high frequency plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis from cell suspension cultures of Nymphoides coreana. Zygotic embryos formed pale-yellow globular structures and calluses at a frequency of 85.6% when cultured on half-strength Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 0.3 $mg\;l^{-1}$ of 2,4-D. However, the frequency of pale-yellow globular structures and white callus formation decreased slightly with an increasing concentration of 2,4-D up to 10 $mg\;l^{-1}$ with the frequency rate falling to 16.7%. Cell suspension cultures were established from zygotic embryo-derived calluses using half-strength MS medium supplemented with 0.3 $mg\;l^{-1}$ of 2,4-D. Upon plating onto half-strength MS basal medium, over 92.3% of cell aggregates gave rise to numerous somatic embryos and developed into plantlets. Regenerated plantlets were successfully transplanted into potting soil and achieved full growth to an adult plant in a growth chamber. The high frequency plant regeneration system for Nymphoides coreana established in this study will be useful for genetic manipulation and cryopreservation of this species.

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2017

최근 3차원 세포 배양이 가능해 지면서 세포의 부피, 3차원 형태 등을 보다 정확하게 확인할 수 있게 되었다. 일반적으로 세포의 3차원 단층 정보는 공초점 현미경 또는 전자 현미경과 같은 특수한 현미경을 이용하여 관찰 해야 한다. 그러나 공초점 현미경은 일반 현미경에 비해 비용이 비싸며, 촬영 시간이 오래 걸린다. 따라서 일반적으로 사용되는 광학 현미경으로 세포의 3차원 형태복원을 하는 방법이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 다초점 형광 영상을 기반으로 영상의 추정된 초점 값(focus estimator value)을 이용해 세포를 3차원으로 형태 복원하는 방법을 제안한다. 먼저 3차원으로 배양된 세포를 광학 현미경으로 초점을 변경 하면서 다초점 영상들을 촬영한다. 이후 영상에서 circular Hough transform을 이용하여 세포 군집의 대략적인 위치를 ROI(Region Of Interest)로 정한다. 획득한 ROI에 MSBF(Modified Sliding Band Filter)를 적용하여 ROI 내에 세포 군집의 외곽선을 추출하고, 추출된 외곽선을 기준으로 추정 초점 값을 구한다. 계산된 초점 값과 현미경의 NA(Numerical Aperture)을 이용하여 깊이를 고려한 세포 군집의 외곽선을 추출하고 추출된 외곽선을 통해 세포들을 3차원으로 형태 복원한다. 복원 결과는 세포 영상의 in-focus가 된 부분들을 하나로 합친 영상과 비교하여 검증한다.