• BMB Reports
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• 제41권8호
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• pp.560-567
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• 2008

The importance of lipids in cell signaling and tissue physiology is demonstrated by the many CNS pathologies involving deregulated lipid metabolism. One such critical metabolic event is the activation of phospholipase $A_2$ ($PLA_2$), which results in the hydrolysis of membrane phospholipids and the release of free fatty acids, including arachidonic acid, a precursor for essential cell-signaling eicosanoids. Reactive oxygen species (ROS, a product of arachidonic acid metabolism) react with cellular lipids to generate lipid peroxides, which are degraded to reactive aldehydes (oxidized phospholipid, 4-hydroxynonenal, and acrolein) that bind covalently to proteins, thereby altering their function and inducing cellular damage. Dissecting the contribution of $PLA_2$ to lipid peroxidation in CNS injury and disorders is a challenging proposition due to the multiple forms of $PLA_2$, the diverse sources of ROS, and the lack of specific $PLA_2$ inhibitors. In this review, we summarize the role of $PLA_2$ in CNS pathologies, including stroke, spinal cord injury, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Multiple sclerosis-Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and Wallerian degeneration.

• 한국연초학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2005

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of cigarette filter on in vitro cytotoxicity of cigarette mainstream smoke from the cigarette. In this work, we used 3 types of cigarettes included non-filtered 2R4F cigarette, cellulose acetate-filtered 2R4F cigarette, and carbon dual-filtered 2R4F cigarette which was made from original 2R4F by replacing with an acetate filter containing carbon. The cytotoxicity of both the cigarette smoke condensate (CSC), which was collected in Cambridge filter pad, and the gas/vapor phase (GVP), which was bubbled through in phosphate-buffered saline in a gas-washing bottle, was determined using a neutral red uptake assay with CHO-K1 cells. With regard to cytotoxicity when calculated on an equal puff basis, the cytotoxicity of CSC from the filtered cigarettes was lower than that of the non filtered cigarette. Also, $EC_{50}$ vlaue of GVP from carbon filter cigarette was 40.9 puff/L, indicating the cytotoxicity to be $20\%$ lower than that of the CA filter cigarette. The cytotoxicity of the GVP was correlated to the several vapor phase components (formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acetone, acrolein, crotonaldehyde and MEK). In conclusion, carbon filter, which significantly reduced the amount of carbonyl compounds in mainstream cigarette smoke, results in significant reductions in the cytotoxicity potential of the smoke.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.513-527
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• 2013

Recently, hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) have been of great concern in Korea, largely due to public awareness on the importance of their impacts on environmental health. A group of HAPs includes a large number of various chemicals such as VOCs, PAHs, PCBs, dioxines, furans, organochlorinated pesticides, and some heavy metals. These groups of pollutants are generally known to have genetic toxicity and to be persistent in the environment. In addition, most of chemicals belong to the category of HAPs are widely distributed not only in air, but also in water and soil environments, and has therefore undergone considerable scrutiny for the last three decades. In this article, environmental implications and management of HAPs in Korea will be reviewed, with a particular emphasis on the monitoring of HAPs in the ambient air. A number of field studies will be introduced, which were recently conducted in large urban and industrial areas. Based on the filed studies, eight pollutants have been suggested to be intensively managed as higher priority pollutants, which are benzene, 1,3-butadiene, formaldehyde, acrolein, trichloroethylene, benzo(a)pyrene, hexa-valent Cr, and $PM_{2.5}$. Finally, future directions for a mega scale project for comprehensive monitoring of ambient atmosphere in large urban areas will be suggested. Such an innovative project is believed to provide more realistic information on the nature of the population exposure, which can not be simply identified by emission inventories or source investigations. Therefore, any strategy for the management of HAPs should be developed by not only emission-based approaches, but also observation-based approaches.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.278-283
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• 1992

Aldehyde production by cells of a methanol utilizing yeast, Hansenula nonfermentans KYP-1 was improved when they were grown in a methanol-limited continuous culture, in comparison with cells grown in a batch culture. A higher cell yield was also obtained in continuous culture than in batch culture. This could be due to the fact that a lower methanol concentration was maintained in the jar fermentor to minimize growth inhibition by methanol. A maximum cell productivity of 0.219 g.$liter^{-1}.hr^{-l}$ and a cell yield of 47% were obtained at dilution rates of 0.1 $hr{-1}$ and 0.06 hr{-1}, respectively. The greatest amount of aldehyde was measured at a dilution rate of 0.08 $hr{-1}$. Under optimum reaction conditions, 915.7 mM of acetaldehyde was produced from 1.5 M ethanol after 21 hours reaction, with a conversion rate of 61%. Propionaldehyde and acrolein were produced with conversion rates of 32.7% and 44%, respectively.

• 한국연초학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.75-84
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• 2009

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of nitrogen compounds such as protein on the chemical composition and toxicity of cigarette mainstream smoke. BSA protein was treated into the tobacco leaf of original 2R4F cigarette at 1~4 % level. The studies were performed which included a bacterial mutagenicity assay and a mammalian cell cytotoxicity assay for total particulate matter(TPM), and glutathione(GSH) consumption assay for gas/vapor phase(GVP) and determination of smoke chemical constitute. Cigarettes treated with protein were observed dose-dependent increase in yield of volatiles, semi-volatiles and aromatic amines compared with control cigarette. However, carbonyl compounds such as acrolein was lower than that of control cigarette when calculated on an equal TPM basis. The cytotoxicity of TPM obtained from the protein-added cigarettes was not different from that of control cigarette. However, the mutagenicity of the TPM from protein-treated cigarettes(1~4 %) was up to 10-27 % higher than that of control. On the other hand, toxicity of GVP from protein-treated cigarette(4 %) was significantly decreased compared with control cigarette. An overall assessment of our data suggests that nitrogen compounds such as protein should be important for the chemical composition and biological activity of cigarette mainstream smoke.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.149-157
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• 2014

Smoking is one of the most serious but preventable causes of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Key aspects of pathological process associated with smoking include endothelial dysfunction, a prothrombotic state, inflammation, altered lipid metabolism, and hypoxia. Multiple molecular events are involved in smoking-induced CVD. However, the dysregulations of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and metabolism mainly contribute to the development of diverse CVDs, and NADPH oxidase (NOX) has been established as a source of ROS responsible for the pathogenesis of CVD. NOX activation and resultant ROS production by cigarette smoke (CS) treatment have been widely observed in isolated blood vessels and cultured vascular cells, including endothelial and smooth muscle cells. NOX-mediated oxidative stress has also been demonstrated in animal studies. Of the various NOX isoforms, NOX2 has been reported to mediate ROS generation by CS, but other isoforms were not tested thoroughly. Of the many CS constituents, nicotine, methyl vinyl ketone, and ${\alpha}$,${\beta}$-unsaturated aldehydes, such as, acrolein and crotonaldehyde, appear to be primarily responsible for NOX-mediated cytotoxicity, but additional validation will be needed. Human epidemiological studies have reported relationships between polymorphisms in the CYBA gene encoding p22phox, a catalytic subunit of NOX and susceptibility to smoking-related CVDs. In particular, G allele carriers of A640G and $-930^{A/G}$ polymorphisms were found to be vulnerable to smoking-induced cardiovascular toxicity, but results for C242T studies are conflicting. On the whole, evidence implicates the etiological role of NOX in smoking-induced CVD, but the clinical relevance of NOX activation by smoking and its contribution to CVD require further validation in human studies. A detailed understanding of the role of NOX would be helpful to assess the risk of smoking to human health, to define high-risk subgroups, and to develop strategies to prevent or treat smoking-induced CVD.

• 공업화학
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.53-63
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• 1992

프로필렌을 선택산화시켜 아크로레인을 제조하는 반응을 Bi-molybdate 촉매상에서 고정층 반응기를 사용하여 연구하였다. ${\alpha}-Bi_2Mo_3O_{12}$위에 $MoO_3$를 담지시킨 M/BM-series 촉매는 함침법으로 제조되었고, 역으로 BM/M-series 촉매는 $MoO_3$위에 ${\alpha}-Bi_2Mo_3O_{12}$을 침전시켜 제조하였다. 또한 촉매의 특성분석을 위하여 질소흡착과 XRD, SEM을 이용하였다. M/BM-series 촉매에서는 $MoO_3$가 작은 입자로 분산되고 ${\alpha}-Bi_2Mo_3O_{12}$의 결정구조는 $MoO_3$상이 추가되어도 그 형상이 변하지 않는 채로 유지되었으나, BM/M-series 촉매의 표면형상 및 전체 구조는 촉매제조 중에 생기는 침전물인 $Bi(OH)_3$가 소성 도중 $MoO_3$와 반응하여 ${\alpha}-Bi_2Mo_3O_{12}$을 형성하는 관계로 그 조성에 따라 매우 불규칙적으로 변화하였다. 반응실험 결과, 두 종류의 촉매 모두에서 excess $MoO_3$가 포함되었을 때 활성이 크게 증가하였는데, 이는 선별산화반응이 주로 ${\alpha}-Bi_2Mo_3O_{12}$에서 일어나고 $MoO_3$는 ${\alpha}-Bi_2Mo_3O_{12}$에 산소 공급을 원활히 하여 활성을 증가시키기 때문으로 판명되었다. 또한 이러한 활성 증가는 ${\alpha}-Bi_2Mo_3O_{12}$와 기계적 혼합물 (mechanical mixture)에서도 관찰되었다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2017

폼블럭은 셀프 인테리어 용품으로 새롭게 유행하고 있는 건축마감재로 폴리에틸렌을 주성분으로 하여 제조되고 있어 화재에 취약할 것으로 판단된다. 시중에 판매되고 있는 폼블럭 2종(일반, 난연)을 KS F ISO 5660-1(연소성능시험)의 기준에 따라 화재시 발생되는 연소특성을 파악하였다. 또한 적외선분광계(FTIR)를 이용하여 시편의 연소로 발생하는 가스중 대표적 독성가스를 측정한 후 기존의 독성모델에 적용하였다. 콘칼로리미터 시험 결과 2종의 시편 모두 복사열 차단장치를 제거하자마자 인화 및 불꽃연소가 시작되어, 화재시 화염의 급속한 전파 요인이 될 수 있음을 확인하였으며, 적외선분광계를 통한 연소가스 분석 결과, 일반적인 연소가스인 이산화탄소와 일산화탄소뿐만 아니라 인체에 심각한 위해를 주는 아크롤레인, 암모니아 및 시안화수소 등이 다량 검출되었다. 본 연구를 통해 폼블럭 제품은 착화성과 발열량이 높으며 유해가스가 다량 방출될 수 있음을 실험을 통해 확인하였다. 따라서 폼불럭 사용에 따른 재료의 연소특성, 즉 착화성 저감, 최대 열방출률 제한 및 주요 유해가스의 농도를 제한하는 기준마련도 시급히 요구된다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.438-446
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• 1999

오존처리의 소독 부산물인 알데하이드류를 HPLC로 분석하는 최적 분석법을 확립하였다. 예비실험을 통하여 알데하이드류는 포름알데하이드, 아세트알데하이드, 아크롤레인, 프로피온알데하이드, 부틸알데하이드, 벤즈알데하이드 6종과 케톤류인 아세톤 1종 모두 7종을 대상 시료로 선정하였다. HPLC에 의한 알데하이드-DNPH 유도체를 최적화 하기 위해 시트르산 완충용액의 pH, 반응 온도, 반응 시간, DNPH 농도, 추출 용매의 종류 및 조성의 최적 조건을 구하였다. 그 결과 시트르산 완충 용액의 pH는 3.0, 반응 온도는 40$^{\circ}C$, 반응시간은 15분, DNPH의 농도는 0.012%에서 최적 반응 조건임을 알 수 있었으며, 반응이 완결된 알데하이드-DNPH 유도체를 $C_18$Sep-Pak 카트리지에 농축시켜 과량의 DNPH를 용리시킨 다음 탈착용매로서 THF/ACN=70/30의 혼합용매 2mL로 탈착하였을 때 87∼107% 범위의 회수율을 나타내었다. HPLC 분리 조건으로서 Nova-Pak $C_18$ 컬럼상에서 이동상의 초기 조건은 ACN/MeOH/Water=30/10/60 에서 최종 조건은 80% ACN으로 하는 기울기 용리를 수행하였을 때 7종의 알데하이드류가 20분 이내에 용리되면서 모두 거의 기준선 분리가 되었다. 본 실험에서 확립한 알데하이드-DNPH 유도체의 최적 분석 조건과 EPA Method 554와 회수율을 비교한 결과, 본 실험에서는 86∼103%, EPA Method 554로부터는 84∼103%으로 거의 일치한 결과를 나타내었다.