• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.57-62
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 옥수수를 대상으로 glyphosate에 대한 여러 가지 생리적 반응을 검토한 후, glyphosate 저항성 평가에 활용될 수 있는 보다 개선된 방법 두 가지를 확립하였다. 한 가지 방법은 옥수수 제3엽 상단에 약제를 국소 처리한 다음, 처리 후 3일째에 약제처리 되지 않았던 제4엽의 신장 정도를 조사하는 것이다 (전식물체-엽생장 검정). 이 경우 glyphosate $50-1,600{\mu}g/mL$ 범위에서 농도가 증가됨에 따라 엽 생장이 억제되었으며, $1,600{\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서의 생장 억제율은 무처리 대비 55.5%였다. 다른 한 가지 방법은 옥수수 제3본엽의 엽절편 ($4{\times}4mm$) 4개씩을 $200{\mu}L$의 시험용액이 담긴 48 well plate에 치상한 후 $25^{\circ}C$ 연속 명조건에 24시간동안 배양하여 shikimate 축적량을 조사하는 것이다 (엽절편-shikimate 축적 검정). 이 경우 시험용액에 0.33% sucrose를 가하면 무첨가에 비해 약3-4배 정도의 shikimate 축적 증가가 관찰되었고 glyphosate $2-8{\mu}g/mL$ 농도범위에서 직선적 증가반응을 나타내어 기존방법 (Shaner et al. 2005)보다 개선된 특징을 보였다. 본 방법들은 glyphosate 저항성 옥수수를 창출할 때 또는 저항성 유전자의 타 식물로의 이동여부와 잡초화된 저항성 옥수수 존재여부를 감별하는데 활용될 수 있을 것이다. 이 때 glyphosate에 대한 저항성 원인이 작용점 EPSPS와 관련이 있는 경우에는 "엽절편-shikimate 축적 검정"이 가장 바람직하고, 저항성 원인이 체내이행 감소 때문일 경우에는 "전식물체-엽생장 검정" 수행이 필요하다.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2005년도 생물공학의 동향(XVII)
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• pp.744-745
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• 2005

• 대한바이러스학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.161-170
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• 2000

Continuous efforts are being made to find effective therapeutic agents against HIV-1, the causative agents of AIDS. In this study, we developed a cell-based assay system employing a trans-complementation for production of recombinant viruses which are capable of undergoing one round of replication in CD4+ T cells. This assay system was tested for ability to screen the agents that act at late stage of HIV-1 life cycle. The effect of a protease inhibitor on the trans-complementation assay was assessed. Recombinant HIV-1 viruses were prepared from a trans-complementation in the presence of various concentrations of protease inhibitor. Inhibition of single round infection of these recombinant viruses by protease inhibitor was observed to be a dose-dependent manner. Inhibitory effects of a protease inhibitor on HIV-1 Gag polyprotein processing by HIV-1 protease was detected at concentrations of the protease inhibitor compatible with inhibition of virus infection, confirming that the corresponding step was involved in the inhibitory mechanism of this compound. Together, these results provide evidence that a cell-based assay system established in this study can be used to screen the agents that target the late stage of HIV-1 life cycle.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.501-509
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• 2021

More than half the world's population is thought to be infected with Helicobacter pylori. Although the majority of infected people are asymptomatic, H. pylori infection may cause gastric ulcers and deadly gastric cancer. Owing to the difficulty and invasiveness of current routine culture and diagnostic methods, a highly sensitive and specific noninvasive assay for H. pylori is of interest. This study highlighted the design and performance of a colorimetric magneto loop-mediated isothermal amplification (CM-LAMP) assay to detect H. pylori in spiked saliva samples. LF primers were coated on magnetic nanoparticles by carbodiimide-induced immobilization and functionally used for solid-phase amplification. During the LAMP reaction at 66℃, biotin-tagged FIPs were incorporated into LAMP amplicons. The colorimetric signal developed after the addition of NeutrAvidin horseradish peroxidase conjugate (NA-HRP) and ABTS. None of the tested microorganisms, including closely related bacteria, was shown positive by the CM-LAMP assay except H. pylori isolates. This novel platform was highly specific and 100-fold more sensitive (40 CFU/ml or 0.2 CFU per reaction) than the PCR and conventional LAMP assays for the detection of H. pylori in spiked saliva. Our results demonstrated the feasibility of using this noninvasive molecular diagnostic test to detect H. pylori in saliva samples.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.89-97
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• 2024

Background: Ginsenoside F2 (GF2), the protopanaxadiol-type constituent in Panax ginseng, has been reported to attenuate metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). However, the mechanism of action is not fully understood. Here, this study investigates the molecular mechanism by which GF2 regulates MASLD progression through liver X receptor (LXR). Methods: To demonstrate the effect of GF2 on LXR activity, computational modeling of protein-ligand binding, Time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer (TR-FRET) assay for LXR cofactor recruitment, and luciferase reporter assay were performed. LXR agonist T0901317 was used for LXR activation in hepatocytes and macrophages. MASLD was induced by high-fat diet (HFD) feeding with or without GF2 administration in WT and LXRα^-/- mice. Results: Computational modeling showed that GF2 had a high affinity with LXRα. LXRE-luciferase reporter assay with amino acid substitution at the predicted ligand binding site revealed that the S264 residue of LXRα was the crucial interaction site of GF2. TR-FRET assay demonstrated that GF2 suppressed LXRα activity by favoring the binding of corepressors to LXRα while inhibiting the accessibility of coactivators. In vitro, GF2 treatments reduced T0901317-induced fat accumulation and pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in hepatocytes and macrophages, respectively. Consistently, GF2 administration ameliorated hepatic steatohepatitis and improved glucose or insulin tolerance in WT but not in LXRα^-/- mice. Conclusion: GF2 alters the binding affinities of LXRα coregulators, thereby interrupting hepatic steatosis and inflammation in macrophages. Therefore, we propose that GF2 might be a potential therapeutic agent for the intervention in patients with MASLD.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.173-181
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• 2008

소의 혈액, 세포, 조직, 기관 등은 생물의약품과 조직공학제제, 세포치료제의 원료로 널리 사용되고 있다. 소유래 물질을 원료로 사용한 제제의 경우 소유래 원료 물질에 다양한 바이러스가 오염된 사례가 있기 때문에 바이러스 안전성 검증이 필수적이다. BPV는 소에게 가장 흔하게 감염되는 바이러스 중의 하나이다. 소유래 물질을 원료로 하는 생물의약품, 조직공학제제, 세포치료제 등에서 BPV 안전성을 확보하기 위해, 원료물질, 제조공정, 완제품에서 BPV를 정량적으로 검출하고, 제조공정에서 BPV 제거 검증을 위한 시험법으로 활용이 가능한 BPV real-time PCR 시험법을 확립하였다. BPV에 특이적인 primer를 선별하였으며, 형광염료 SYBR Green I을 사용하여 BPV DNA 정량 검출 시험법을 최적화하였다. 세포배양법에 의한 감염역가와 비교한 결과 real-time PCR 민감도는 $1.3{\times}10^{-1}\;TCID_{50}/mL$이었다. 확립된 시험법의 신뢰성(reliability)을 보증하기 위해 시험법 검증을 실시한 결과 특이성(specificity)과 재현성 (reproducibility)이 우수함을 확인하였다. 확립된 real-time PCR을 생물의약품 제조공정 검증에 적용할 수 있는지 확인하기 위하여 인위적으로 BPV를 오염시킨 CHO 세포주와 소유래 콜라겐에서 BPV 검출 시험을 실시하였다. BPV를 감염시킨 CHO 세포에서 세포변병효과를 관찰할 수 없었지만, 세포와 세포배양 상청액에서 BPV를 정량적으로 검출할 수 있었다. 소유래 콜라겐에서도 $1.3{\times}10^0\;TCID_{50}/mL$까지 정량적으로 검출할 수 있었다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.74-78
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• 2003

Urease 활성이 중금속 이온에 의하여 저해되는 현상을 알아보기 위하여 발색시약을 사용하는 광학적인 방법으로 효소반응에 의한 암모니아 발생량을 측정하였다. 암모니아 농도에 따른 cuvette assay 시의 흡광도 중가는 암모니아 농도 3.0 mg/l 까지 직선성을 보였으며 이 때의 상관계수는 0.998(r)이었다. 중금속 이온에 의한 urease의 저해활성을 알아보기 위하여 기질에 단일 중금속 이온의 농도별 용액을 가하여 흡광도를 측정한 결과 효소의 저해도는 Hg(II)>Pb(II)>Cu(II)>Cd(II)>Zn(II) 이온의 순으로 나타났다. 한 가지의 중금속 이온 농도를 고정하고 다른 중금속 이온을 각기 다른 농도로 가하면서 urease활성을 측정하였을 때 효소의 저해도는 대체로 개별 중금속 이온에 의한 저해의 총합으로 나타났다. 상기의 결과는 본 연구의 방법이 Hg(II) 이온에 대한 선택적 검출법으로서 뿐만 아니라 여러 형태의 시료 중에 존재가능한 중금속 이온들을 정성적으로 판별하는 방법으로 활용될 수 있음을 보여주었다.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.21-33
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• 2001

The objective of this study was to examine the effects of antioxidant vitamins on the cellular oxidant damage by observing the mitogenicity in the mouse spleen and the strand breaks of DNA in mouse blood induced by $AFB_2$. Intraperitoneal(i.p.) injections of vitamin C(VC) of 10 mg/kg and vitamin E(VE) of 63.8 mg/kg were repeatedly administered to male ICR mice of 6 weeks old at intervals of 4 times every 2 days. After one hour vitamin treatments, $AFB_1$ of 0.4 mg/kg was injected into the $AFB_2$ plus vitamin treated groups in the same way. On the other hands, into the $AFB_2$ only treated group, only $AFB_2$ was injected without vitamins in the same method as above. The results of the experiment are as follows ; as regard to comet assay, DNA strand breaks were clearly present and they formatted a typical comet tail in the mice blood of the $AFB_2$ only treated groups. However, comet tails apparently disappeared in $AFB_2$ plus antioxidant vitamins treated groups since oxidant damage was controlled in an almost similar level to the control group. Mitogenicity of the spleen also showed a similar tendency as before, and these differences were more remarkably observed in the reaction against Con-A, which is a T-cell mitogen. In these data, the statistical significance was p<0.01. The LDL and VLDL levels were 408.72, 504.47 mg/dl respectively in the $AFB_2$ only treated groups. Compared with the $AFB_1$ only treated groups, those of $AFB_2$ plus antioxidant vitamin treated groups decreased to 272.06(VC), 305.28 mg/dl(VE), respectively. On the other hand, HDL levels were diminished to 32.60, 29.60 mg/dl in $AFB_2$ only treated groups, compared to 42.23, 41.14 mg/dl in the $AFB_2$ plus antioxidant vitamins treated groups. But, blood glucose levels were not statistically significant.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.1384-1391
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• 2006

The signal transduction system is one of the most important devices involved in maintaining life, and many protein kinases are included in the cellular signal transduction system. Finding a protein kinase inhibitor is very valuable, as it can be used to study cell biology and applied to pharmaceuticals. For the efficient and rapid screening of protein kinase inhibitors, two assay systems were combined; the nonradioactive protein kinase assay system that uses an FITC-labeled IRS-2 peptide and the cell-based paper disc assay system that uses Streptomyces griseus as the indicator strain. Among 330 kinds of herb extracts tested, the extract of Dalbergia odorifera exhibited the strongest inhibitory activity in the two assay systems and was selected for further isolation. Based on solvent extraction and many steps of chromatography, seven compounds were finally separated to homogeneity and their structures determined by $^{1}H$ and $^{13}C$ NMR spectroscopies. Four were to be flavonoids and identified as butin ($C_{15}H_{12}O_5$, Mw=272.07), 3'-hydroxymelanetin ($C_{16}H_{12}O_6$, Mw=300.06), liquiritigenin ($C_{15}H_{12}O_4$, Mw=256.07), and 2'-hydroxyformononetin ($C_{16}H_{12}O_{5}$, Mw=284.07). 3'-Hydroxymelanetin inhibited the phosphorylation of the GSK3 protein by Akt to 37% at a concentration of $10{\mu}g/ml$ and showed the strongest cytotoxicity ($ED_{50}<50{\mu}g/ml$) against the human cancer cell line HCT116. Under the same conditions, liquiritigenin also inhibited the phosphorylation of GSK3 by Akt to 26%, and its cytotoxicity against the HCT116 cell line was lower than $100{\mu}g/ml$.

• 생약학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.53-58
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• 1973