• 대한한의진단학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.57-67
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• 2018

Objectives The objective of this study is to examine the interpretability of the questionnaire-based pattern identification in terms of biosignals. For this purpose, we investigate the relationship between electrochemical skin conductance (ESC) and Qi-Blood-Yin-Yang Deficiency Questionnaire (QBYY-Q) in diabetic patients. Methods A total of 40 patients with diabetes mellitus answered the QBYY-Q and their ESC were measured by SUDOSCAN device (a diabetes screening device, France). To analyze the relationship between QBYY-Q and ESC, ANOVA analysis and Scheffe test were performed and Pearson correlation coefficients were obtained. Results Of the 40 diabetic patients, 23 (57.5%) were males and 17 (42.5%) were females. According to the QBYY-Q, 9 patients were classified into Qi deficiency pattern (QD), 9 patients were Blood deficiency pattern (BD), 10 patients were Yin deficiency pattern (YiD) and 12 patients were Yang deficiency pattern (YaD). Demographic information (age, body mass index, duration of illness, etc.), signs of vitality (blood pressure, body temperature, etc.), fasting plasma glucose and glycated hemoglobin were not significantly different in each deficiency pattern. The ESC of the right leg was significantly lower in the BD group compared to the YiD group (p<0.022). Pearson's correlation coefficient was negatively correlated with the BD questionnaire score (r=-0.343, p <0.05). Finally, ESC showed a positive correlation with hemoglobin and erythrocyte levels in all limbs (r=0.483, p<0.01). Conclusions We showed that ESC could be used to classify the Deficiency pattern identifications in diabetic patients. Especially, the ESC was significantly lower in the BD group and was negatively correlated with the BD scores. It implies the potential utility of the ESC to understand the BD in terms of modern biosignals.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.19-45
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• 2011

Objectives: This study was performed to analyse the effects of Sweet Bee Venom(Sweet BV-pure melittin, the major component of honey bee venom) on the central nervous system in rats. Methods: All experiments were conducted at Biotoxtech Company, a non-clinical studies authorized institution, under the regulations of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). Male rats of 5 weeks old were chosen for this study and after confirming condition of rats was stable, Sweet BV was administered in thigh muscle of rats. And checked the effects of Sweet BV on the central nervous system using the functional observational battery (FOB), which is a neuro-toxicity screening assay composed of 30 descriptive, scalar, binary, and continuous endpoints. And home cage observations, home cage removal and handling, open field activity, sensorimotor reflex test/physiological measurements were conducted. Results: 1. In the home cage observation, there was not observed any abnormal signs in rats. 2. In the observation of open field activity, the reduction of number of unit areas crossed and rearing count was observed caused by Sweet BV treatment. 3. In the observation of handling reactivity, there was not observed any abnormal signs in rats. 4. In the observation of sensorimotor reflex tests/physiological measurements, there was not observed any neurotoxic signs in rats. 5. In the measurement of rectal temperature, treatment of Sweet BV did not showed great influences in the body temperature of rats. Conclusions: Above findings suggest that Sweet BV is relatively safe treatment in the central nervous system. But in the using of over dose, Sweet BV may the cause of local pain and disturbance of movement. Further studies on the subject should be conducted to yield more concrete evidences.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.461-472
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• 2004

Objectives : For the screening of neuroprotective effects of medicinal herbs, the complex system of animal models suffer some disadvantages in controlling critical parameters such as blood pressure and body temperature. Additionally, application of drugs to the appropriate brain area sometimes is difficult, due to poor permeability though the blood brain barrier, and so potential protective effects might be masked. Methods : Organotypic hippocampal slice culture (OHSC) method has the advantages of being relatively easy to prepare and of maintaining the general structure, including tissue integrity and the connections between cells. Drugs can easily be applied and neuronal damage can easily be quantified by using tissues and culture media. This study demonstrates neuroprotective effects of Puerariae radix (葛根, PR), Salviae miltiorrhizae radix (丹蔘, SR), Rhei rhizoma (大黃, RR), and Bupleuri radix (柴胡, BR). These were screenedand compared to MK-801, antagonist of NMDA receptors, by using OHSC of 1 week-old Sprague-Dawley rats. Oxygen/glucose deprivation (OGD) were conducted in an anaerobic chamber $(85%\;N_2,\;10%\;CO_2\;and\;5%\;H_2)$ in a deoxygenated glucose-free medium for 60 minutes. Water extracts of each herbs were treated to culture media with $5\;{\mu}g/ml$ for 48 hours. Results : Neuronal cell death in the cultures was monitored by densitometric measurements of the cellular uptake of propidium iodide (PI). PI fluorescence images were obtained at 48 hours after the OGD and medicinal herb treatment. Also TUNEL-positive cells in the CAI and DG regions and LDH concentrations in culture media were measured at 48 hours after the OGD. According to measured data, MK-801, PR, SR and BR demonstrated significant neuroprotective effect against excessive neuronal cell death and apoptosis induced by the OGD insult. Especially, PR revealed similar neuroprotective effect to MK-801 and RR demonstrated weak neuroprotective effect. Conclusions : These results suggest that OHSC can be a suitable method for screening of neuroprotective effects of medicinal herbs. (This work was supported by the research program of Dongguk University and Grant 01-PJ9-PG1-01CO03-0003 from Ministry of Health & Welfare.)

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.643-649
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• 2005

전통발효식품인 된장으로부터 높은 활성의 fibrinolytic enzyme를 생산하는 미생물을 수십 종 분리하였다. 산업적으로 우수한 균종을 선별하기 위하여 분리된 미생물중 fibrinolytic enzyme활성과 성장 속도면에서 가장 우수한 균주를 선별하여 하였으며, 형태학적, 생화학적 및 생리학적 특성을 조사한 후 Bacillus sp.로 동정되었다. Fibrinolytic enzyme생산을 위한 최적 배양조건은 초기 pH $6\~8$일 때 상대활성도가 $80\%$이상을 나타내었고, 배양 12시간째에 가장 높은 활성도를 나타내었다. Fibrin plate를 이용한 혈전용해능을 확인한 결과 높은 혈전용해능을 가지고 있었다. 탄소원으로 galactose를 $4\%$ 첨가 하였을 때 가장 우수하였으며, 질소원은 malt extract를 $4\%$ 첨가 하였을 때 가장 우수하였다. 무기염은 $K_2HPO_4$를 첨가하였을 때 가장 우수한 활성을 나타내었다.

• 정보처리학회논문지:컴퓨터 및 통신 시스템
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.171-180
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• 2023

우리나라 3대 수면 질환으로는 코골이, 수면무호흡증, 불면증이 있다. 수면 부족은 만병의 근원이며 수면 부족으로 인한 질병은 심혈관계 질환, 인지장애, 비만, 당뇨, 대장염, 전립선암에 이르기까지 다양하게 나타난다. 수면 관리 중요성을 인식한 정부도 2018년 7월부터 수면다원검사를 국민건강보험 혜택을 적용해서 작은 부담으로 검사를 받아볼 수 있도록 하고 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 불면증 환자는 시간적·공간적·경제적 부담감을 해소하고 일상생활 속에서 수면의 질을 관리할 필요가 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해서 본 논문에서는 병원이 아닌 일상생활 속에서 수면관리에 활용할 수 있는 안대형 생체신호 측정기기를 개발하였다. 측정기기에서는 6개 생체신호(안구동작, 뒤척임, 체온, 산소포화도, 심박수, 오디오)를 측정할 수 있다. 사용되는 센서로는 안구동작, 뒤척임은 자이로스코프센서(MPU9250, InvenSense, 미국)가 사용되었다. 센서값 입력 범위는 258~460°/sec 단위로 조정되며, 입력 범위값 내에서 작동상태를 확인하였다. 체온, 산소포화도, 심박수는 센서(MAX30102, Analog Devices, 미국)를 사용하였다. 체온은 30~45℃ 작동상태를 확인했으며, 산소포화도 사용범위는 미사용상태는 0%이고 사용상태는 20~90%의 작동상태를 확인하였다. 심박수의 범위는 40~180 bpm에서 작동상태를 확인하였다. 오디오 신호는 센서(AMM2742-T-R, PUIaudio, 미국)를 통해서 생체신호를 측정하며 감도는 -42±1 dB이며 주파수 범위는 20~20 kHz에서의 작동상태를 확인하였다. 시스템 구성은 생체신호 측정기기와 데이터수집 장치로 PC 및 모바일 애플리케이션으로 구성되었다. 측정된 데이터는 모바일과 PC로 수집되며 수집된 데이터는 수면의 단계를 판단하고 수면 유도와 수면장애에 대한 사전 선별기능을 진행할 수 있는 기초자료로 사용될 수 있다. 앞으로 간편하게 가정에서 불면증 환자들에게 수면의 질을 측정할 수 있게 되어 불면증 환자들의 치료에 도움이 될 것으로 예상한다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.158-167
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• 2007

In this study, we have cloned a novel cDNA encoding for a papain-family cysteine protease from the Uni-ZAP XR cDNA library of the polychaete, Periserrula leucophryna. This gene was expressed in Escherichia coli using the T7 promoter system, and the protease was characterized after partial purification. First, the partial DNA fragment (498 bp) was amplified from the total RNA via RT-PCR using degenerated primers derived from the conserved region of cysteine protease. The full-length cDNA of cysteine protease (PLCP) was prepared via the screening of the Uni-ZAP XR cDNA library using the $^{32}P-labeled$ partial DNA fragment. As a result, the PLCP gene was determined to consist of a 2591 bp nucleotide sequence (CDS: 173-1024 bp) which encodes for a 283-amino acid polypeptide, which is itself composed of an 59-residue signal sequence, a 6-residue propeptide, a 218-residue mature protein, and a long 3'-noncoding region encompassing 1564 bp. The predicted molecular weights of the preproprotein and the mature protein were calculated as 31.8 kDa and 25 kDa, respectively. The results of sequence analysis and alignment revealed a significant degree of sequence similarity with other eukaryotic cysteine proteases, including the conserved catalytic triad of the $Cys^{90},\;His^{226},\;and\;Asn^{250}$ residues which characterize the C1 family of papain-like cysteine protease. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the novel gene were deposited into the GenBank database under the accession numbers, AY390282 and AAR27011, respectively. The results of Northern blot analysis revealed the 2.5 kb size of the transcript and ubiquitous expression throughout the entirety of the body, head, gut, and skin, which suggested that the PLCP may be grouped within the cathepsin F-like proteases. The region encoding for the mature form of the protease was then subcloned into the pT7-7 expression vector following PCR amplification using the designed primers, including the initiation and termination codons. The recombinant cysteine proteases were generated in a range of 6.3 % to 12.5 % of the total cell proteins in the E. coli BL21(DE3) strain for 8 transformants. The results of SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis indicated that a cysteine protease of approximately 25 kDa (mature form) was generated. The optimal pH and temperature of the enzyme were determined to be approximately 9.5 and $35^{\circ}C$, respectively, thereby indicating that the cysteine protease is a member of the alkaline protease group. The evaluation of substrate specificity indicated that the purified protease was more active towards Arg-X or Lys-X and did not efficiently cleave the substrates with non-polar amino acids at the P1 site. The PLCP evidenced fibrinolytic activity on the plasminogen-free fibrin plate test.