• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.411-416
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• 2018

Chlorpyrifos (CPF) is one of the most heavily used organophosphate pesticides and is useful as an insecticide drug. However, CPF also causes toxic effects in nontarget organisms, including humans and animals. Jageum-Jung (JGJ) is a traditional oriental medicine, composed of five specific herbs with antioxidant and hepatoprotective properties, used for detoxification. In the present study, highly concentrated CPF was orally administrated to male Institute of Cancer Research mice to produce acute toxicity, and the protective effects of JGJ administration were investigated through statistical analysis of changes in body and organ weights and serum biochemical parameters. JGJ caused body and organ weights to recover and reduced the levels of serum biochemical parameters indicative of liver damage, such as glutamic oxalate transaminase, glutamic pyruvate transaminase, alkaline phosphatase, lactic dehydrogenase, urea, glucose, total cholesterol, and triglyceride, that had been increased by CPF treatment. Our results demonstrated that JGJ ameliorates the effects of acute chlorpyrifos-induced toxicity. Therefore, JGJ has the potential to be used as a traditional medicine to alleviate insecticide toxicity.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.105-112
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• 2001

Insect pests can be controlled through direct application of insecticides. Insect control by residual protectants is relatively inexpensive and has an advantage of destroying all stages of infestations. The efficacy of control is largely determined by the concentration of insecticides to which the pest species is exposed. A reduction in the period of control in the field afforded by a specific level of a protectant indicates that resistance has developed. An increase in the level of protectant is required to maintain control, and the efficacy of currently used insecticides has been severely reduced by insecticide resistance in pest species. Development of resistance to particular insecticide varies with species because insecticide resistance is often correlated with increased levels of certain enzymes, which are cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenases, glutathione S-transferases and esterases. Some sections of insecticide molecules can be modified by one or more of these primary enzymes. A reduction in the sensitivity of the action site of a xenobiotic also constitutes a mechanism of resistance. Acetylcholinesterase is a major target site for insecticide action, as are axonal sodium ion channels and ${\gamma}$-aminobutyric acid receptors. Development of reduced sensitivity of these target sites to insecticides usually occurs. This review not only may contribute to a better understanding of insecticide resistance, but also illustrates the gaps still present for a full biochemical understanding of the resistance.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2007

Mechanisms of insecticide resistance found in insects may include three general categories. Modified behavioral mechanisms can let the insects avoid the exposure to toxic compounds. The second category is physiological mechanisms such as altered penetration, rapid excretion, lower rate transportation, or increased storage of insecticides by insects. The third category relies on biochemical mechanisms including the insensitivity of target sites to insecticides and enhanced detoxification rate by several detoxifying mechanisms. Insecticides metabolism usually results in the formation of more water-soluble and therefore more readily eliminated, and generally less toxic products to the host insects rather than the parent compounds. The representative detoxifying enzymes are general esterases and monooxygenases that catalyze the toxic compounds to be more water-soluble forms and then secondary metabolism is followed by conjugation reactions including those catalyzed by glutathione S-transferases (GSTs). However, a change in the resistant species is not easily determined and the levels of mRNAs do not necessarily predict the levels of the corresponding proteins in a cell. As genomics understands the expression of most of the genes in an organism after being stressed by toxic compounds, proteomics can determine the global protein changes in a cell. In this present review, it is suggested that the environmental proteomic application may be a good approach to understand the biochemical mechanisms of insecticide resistance in insects and to predict metabolomic changes leading to physiological changes of the resistant species.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.165-170
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• 1987

본(本) 실험(實驗)은 벼멸구에 대한 반수치사약량(半數致死藥量)의 차이(差異)를 나타내는 저항성(抵抗性) 및 감수성계통(感受性系統)과 그들의 교잡종(交雜種) $F_1$에 대(對)한 생화학적(生化學的) 특성(特性)을 구명(究明)하고자 실시(實施)하였다. 살충제무처리(殺蟲劑無處理)의 esterase활성(活性)은 저항성계통(抵抗性系統)과 교잡종(交雜種) $F_1$이 감수성계통(感受性系統)에 비(比)하여 높았으며, diazinon, MEP, BPMC 처리후(處理後) esterase의 활성변화(活性變化)는 저항성계통(抵抗性系統)과 교잡종(交雜種) $F_1$에서는 별차이(別差異)가 없었으나 감수성계통(感受性系統)에서는 현저(顯著)히 떨어졌다. Esterase의 높은 활성(活性)은 저항성발달(抵抗性發達)과 관계(關係)가 있었으며 교잡종(交雜種) $F_1$에서 esterase 활성(活性)이 높게 나타난 것은 저항성계통(抵抗性系統)이 우성인자(優性因子)로 유전(遺傳)됨을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.98-105
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• 1983

The rapid increase in cases of insect resistance to insecticides indicates that the contribution of present chemical control practices inevitably leads to exhaustion of available insecticide resources against key insect species. Now the problem of insecticide resistance exists worldwide among insects and mites affecting field crops and animals including human beings, ranging from minimal or absent in some developing countries, where use of insecticides has been low, to extremely severe in many developed countries. Since the occurrence of insect resistance to insecticides was firstly recognized in 1908, the increase in recent decades has been almost linear and now the number of species of insects and acarines in which resistant strains have evolved have been increased to a total of 432. Of these, $261(60\%)$ are agricultural importance and $171(40\%)$ of medical/veterinary importance. The phenomenon of insecticide resistance is asserting itself as the greatest challenge to effective chemical control of many important insect pests. Resistance of insects to insecticides has a history of nearly 80 years, but its greatest increase and its strongest impact have occurred during the last 40 years following the discovery and extensive use of synthetic organic insecticides and acaricides. The impact of resistance should be considered not only in terms of greater cost of pest control due to increased dosages and number of applications but also in terms of the ecological disruption of pest-beneficial species density relationships, the loss of investment in the development of the insecticides concerned, and socio-economic disruption in agricultural communities. Despite its grave economic consequences, the phenomenon of insecticide resistance has received surprisingly little attention in Korea. Since the study of insecticides started firstly in 1963, many entomologists have been concerned with this study. According to their results, some of the rice pests and some of the mites on orchard trees, for example, have developed worrisome level of resistance in several areas of this peninsula. With many arthropods, considerable advances in the developed countries have been made in the study of the biochemical and physiological mechanisms of resistance. Progress involves the biochemical characteristics of specific defense mechanisms, their genetics, interactions, and their quantitative and qualitative contribution to resistance. But their studies arc still inadequately known and relatively little have been contributed in terms of unique schemes of population management in achieving satisfactory pest control. It is apparent that there is no easy solution to resistance as a general phenomenon. For future challenging to effective control of insect pests which are resistant to the insecticides concerned, new insecticide groups with distinctly novel mode of action are urgently needed. It is clear, however, that a great understanding of the factors which govern the intensity of selection of field population for resistance could lead to far more permanently successive use of chemicals within the framework of integrated pest management than heretofore practiced.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.172-178
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• 1997

파밤나방(Spodoptera exigua (Hubner))은 야외집단과 실내집단들간에 살충제 감수성에서 큰 변이를 보였다. 조사된 모든 약제에서 야외집단은 비선발 실내집단보다 높은 약제 저항능력을 보였다. 약제 선발된 실내집단은 선발 약제에 대해 저항능력을 높게 발현시켰다. 이러한 약제 저항능력의 변이가 아세틸콜린에스테라제와 에스테라제 활력 변이와 비교 분석되었다. 약제 저항능력이 높은 집단일수록 아세틸콜린에스테라제 활력이 낮아지고 에스테라제활력은 높아졌다. 아세틸콜린에스테라제의 Km(Michaelis-Menten constant)값은 약제저항능력이 높은 집단일수록 증가하는 것으로 기질에 대한 이 효소의 친화도가 낮아졌다. 이 효소의 효소활력 변이는 같은 집단일수록 증가하는 것으로 기질에 대한 이 효소의 친화도가 낮아졌다. 이 효소의 효소활력 변이는 같은 집단 내에서 발육단계에 따라 차이를 나타내어 2, 3, 4령충보다는 5령충에서 특히 Km값이 증가하였다. 파밤나방의 에스테라제는 6.5% 비변성조건의 겔에서 21개 밴드를 보였다. 이중 E2, E7, E8, E11, E16, E7 밴드들은 약제저항능력이 높은 집단일수록 발현 빈도수가 높았다. 이상의 결과는 파밤나방의 살충제 감수성변이에 해독효소활력증가와 작용점변환이 포함됨을 나타낸다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.507-521
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• 2014

A phase variation has been reported in an entomopathogenic bacterium, Xenorhabdus nematophila. Compared with a wild-type primary form, a secondary form usually loses several physiological and biochemical characters. This study showed that the phase variation of X. nematophila caused a significant alteration in its immunosuppressive activity and subsequent entomopathogenicity. A secondary form of X. nematophila was detected in laboratory colonies and exhibited significant differences in dye absorption and entomopathogenicity. In addition, the secondary form was different in its production of eicosanoid-biosynthesis inhibitors (EBIs) compared with the primary form of X. nematophila. Production of oxindole and p-hydroxypropionic acid was significantly reduced in the culture broth of the secondary form of X. nematophila. The reduced EBI production resulted in significant suppression in the inhibitory effects on cellular nodule formation and phenoloxidase activity. Culture broth of the primary form of X. nematophila enhanced the pathogenicity of Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt) significantly more than the culture broth of the secondary form. Furthermore, this study developed a highly efficient "Dual Bt-Plus: to control both lepidopteran insect pests Plutella xylostella and Spodoptera exigua, by mixing two effective Bt strains along with the addition of potent bacterial metabolites or 100-fold concentrated X. nematophila culture broth.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.207-215
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• 2011

An endosulfan degrading bacterial strain, K-1321, was isolated by endosulfan-enrichment culture from a seaside sediment collected at Dadaepo Beach, Busan, Korea. The strain was identified as a Serratia sp. based on the results of morphological, biochemical and 16S rDNA homology analyses. Serratia sp. K-1321 was able to completely degrade 50 ppm endosulfan in culture media and soil within 6 weeks at $25^{\circ}C$. GC/MS analysis revealed that endosulfan diol was an intermediate of the bacterial endosulfan degradation. Considering the above results, we concluded that Serratia sp. K-1321 utilized endosulfan as a carbon source and metabolized endosulfan via a less toxic pathway, such as the formation of endosulfan diol as an intermediate.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.241-249
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• 2010

Xenorhabdus 및 Photorhabdus 두 곤충병원세균은 곤충의 아이코사노이드 생합성을 억제하여 면역작용을 저하시키는 인자로 알려지고 있다. 본 연구는 이들 세균의 배양액을 이용하여 배추좀나방(Plutella xylostella)을 방제하는 새로운 생화학농약을 개발하려 추진되었다. 두 세균 배양액의 단독 처리는 배추좀나방의 생존력에 뚜렷한 영향을 주지 않았다. 그러나 비티(Bacillus thuringiensis) 생물농약과 혼합하여 처리할 경우 비티 단독 처리에 비해 배추좀나방 4령충에 대해서 현격하게 높은 병원성 증가효과를 주었다. 배양액의 세균 활성을 조사하기 위해 이 세균 배양액을 고온 멸균 및 $0.2\;{\mu}m$ 여과 멸균 처리하였다. 이렇게 처리된 멸균 배양액은 세균이 생존했던 배양액과 차이 없이 비티 생물농약의 병원력을 상승시켰다. X. nematophila 배양액에서 유래된 세 가지 대사물질도 세균배양액과 유사한 비티 병원력 상승효과를 보였다. 야외 배추좀나방 방제 시험에서도 세균배양액은 비티 생물농약의 방제가를 상승시키는 효과를 나타냈다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.81-85
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• 1999

Diazinon, an organophosphate pesticide, is relatively highly toxic to fish and causes vertebral malformation and behavioral change of fish at relatively low concentrations. To elucidate biochemical mechanism of the behavioral change of Oryzias latipes (killifish) caused by diazinon, the effect of the insecticide on acetylcholine esterase activities and the levels of some neurotransmitters were evaluated. Acetylcholine esterase activities in both head and body were significantly lowered at the concentration of 10 ppb of diazinon and acetylcholine contents in head tended to be upregulated with increasing concentration of diazinon. Exposure of killifish to 5000 ppb diazinon resulted in gradual decrease in acetylcholine content in body part with exposure time. Norepinephrine and serotonin concentrations in killifish head and body were highest at 1000 ppb of diazinon while neurotransmitter were relatively low in fish unexposed or exposed to lower dose of the pesticide, suggesting that increased norepinephrine and serotonin can partially account for diazinon-induced behavioral abnormality.