• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.1261-1270
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• 2006

This study was done to investigate the effect of anti-cancer, anti-metastasis and immune response improvement of herbal-acupuncture with Evodiae Fructus herbal infusion solution(EF-HAS). To study the effects of anti-cancer, anti-metastasis and immune response improvement of EF-HAS, we injected EF-HAS into Chung-wan(CV12) of C57BL/6 mice implanted intravenously with Bl6-Fl0 melanoma. Then, we have examined the effect on the increasing of spleen cells, the effect on the number of CD25$^+$/CD4$^+$, CD8$^+$/CD3e$^+$, CD69$^+$/B220$^+$, NK1.1$^+$/CD3e$^+$ cells in mice's PBMCs, the effect on the pulmonary colony number, and the effect on median survival time(MST) and increase of life span(ILS) of C57BL/6 mice implanted intravenously with Bl6-Fl0 melanoma. The following results were obtained; in the experiment groups treated with EF-HAS, the spleen cell proliferation in C57BL/6 mice, the percentage of CD25$^+$/CD4$^+$, CD8$^+$/CD3e$^+$, CD69$^+$/B220$^+$, NK1.1$^+$/CD3e$^+$ cells in C57BL/6 mice's PBMCs, and MST and ILS of C57BL/6 mice implanted intravenously with Bl6-Fl0 melanoma were significantly increased compared with that of the control group. And in the experiment groups treated with EF-HAS, the pulmonary colony number of C57BL/6 mice implanted intravenously with Bl6-Fl0 melanoma was decreased significantly compared with that of the control group. These results support a role for EF-HAS might De usefully applied in treatment of cancer.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.69-77
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• 1987

From the single cell cultures of haploid tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. NC 2326) glyphosate-resistant plants were regenerated. After treated with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) and then inoculated onto the LS medium supplemented with 1 mM glyphosate, the single cells survived formed colonies and calluses in 65 and 95 days after culture, respectively, and then whole plants were regenerated in 0.1 mM glyphosate-containing medium from the selected calluses. There was no difference in fresh weight and shikimate content between the selected and normal haploid calluses. When sprayed with 0.1 mM glyphosate, the shikimate contents in the regenerated and normal plants were 0.659 and 20.816 mol/g fr. wt., while that in other normal plants which were not sprayed was 0.921. In addition, the calluses induced from the regenerated plants grew without showing any retardation when treated with glyphosate. These results indicate that the secelcted calluses and regenerated plants are resistant to glyphosate.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.2037-2043
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• 2017

The surface protein hemagglutinin (HA) mediates the attachment of influenza virus to host cells containing sialic acid and thus facilitates viral infection. Therefore, HA is considered as a good target for the development of diagnostic tools for influenza virus. Previously, we reported the isolation of single-stranded aptamers that can distinguish influenza subtype H1 from H5. In this study, we describe a method for the selective electrical detection of H1 using the isolated aptamer as a molecular probe. After immobilization of the aptamer on Si wafer, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) showed that the immobilized aptamer bound specifically to the H1 subtype but not to the H5 subtype. Assessment by cyclic voltammetry (CV) also demonstrated that the immobilized aptamer on the indium thin oxide-coated surface was specifically bound to the H1 subtype only, which was consistent with the ELISA and FE-SEM results. Further measurement of CV using various amounts of H1 subtype provided the detection limit of the immobilized aptamer, which showed that a nanomolar scale of target protein was sufficient to produce the signal. These results indicated that the selected aptamer can be an effective probe for distinguishing the subtypes of influenza viruses by monitoring current changes.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.489-493
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• 1998

Various heterodimers of the thyroid hormone receptor (TR) with other nuclear hormone receptors confer a wide range of transcriptional activities on thyroid hormone response elements (TREs) in the presence of the thyroid hormone ($T_3$). The present study analyzed the potential roles of retinoid X receptor (RXR) isoforms $\alpha$ and $\beta$ in $T_3$-mediated transcription on a well characterized TRE, a direct repeat of AGGTCA separated by four nucleo-tides (DR4), using electrophoretic mobility shift assays and transient transfection in CV-1 cells. We demonstrated that RXR$\alpha$ supressed liganded $TR_{\alpha}$-induced transcription while $RXR_{\beta}$ did not although both $TR_{\alpha}/RXR_{\alpha}$ and $TR_{\alpha}/RXR_{\beta}$ heterodimers were the predominant forms bound to the TRE-DR4 in the presence of $T_3$. We further demonstrated using Scatchard analysis that the two heterodimers had similar affinities for the TRE-DR4. All these observations suggest that the TRE-DR4 accomodates different types of TR/RXR heterodimers for a more finely tuned transcriptional response to $T_3$.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.9-19
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• 2018

The anodic behavior of aluminum (Al) foils with varying purity, capacitance, and withstand voltage in organic electrolytes was examined for EDLC. The results of cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronoamperometry (CA) experiments showed that the electrochemical stability improves when Al foil has higher purity, lower capacitance, and higher withstand voltage. To improve the electrochemical stability of EDLC current collectors made of low-purity foil (99.4% Al foil), the foil was modified by chemical etching to reduce its capacitance to $60{\mu}F/cm^2$ and forming to have withstand a voltage of 3 Vf. EDLC cells using the modified Al foil as a current collector were made to 2.7 V with 360 F, and a constant voltage load test was subsequently performed for 2500 hours at high temperature under a rated voltage of 2.7 V. The reliability and stability of the EDLC cell improved when the modified Al foil was used as a current collector. To understand the deterioration process of the Al current collector, standard cells made of conventional Al foil under a constant voltage load test were disassembled, and the surface changes of the foil were measured every 500 hours. The Al foil became increasingly corroded, causing the adhesion between the AC coating layer and the Al foil to weaken, and it was confirmed that partial AC coating layer peeling occurred.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2014

In total, 170 carrot lines developed in Korea were screened for resistance to Meloidogyne incognita race 1 to select parental genetic resources useful for the development of nematode-resistant carrot cultivars. Using the gall index (GI), gall formation was examined on carrot roots inoculated with approximately 1,000 second-stage juveniles of the nematode 7 weeks after inoculation. Sixty-one carrot lines were resistant (GI ${\leq}1.0$), while the other 109 were susceptible (GI > 1.0) with coefficient of variance (CV) of GI for total carrot lines 0.68, indicating low-variation of GI within the lines examined. The histopathological responses of two carrot plants from resistant and susceptible lines were examined after nematode infection. In susceptible carrots, giant cells formed with no discernible necrosis around the infecting nematodes. In the resistant carrot line, however, no giant cells formed, although modified cells were observed with extensive formation of necrotic layers through their middle lamella and around the infecting nematodes. This suggested that these structural modifications were related to hypersensitive responses governed by the expression of true resistance genes. Therefore, the Korean carrot lines resistant to the nematode infection are potential genetic resources for the development of quality carrot cultivars resistant to M. incognita race 1.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.47-56
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• 2006

Methods : 40 of Female rats were allowed to mate with 40 of male rats. Then, female rats were delivered of offspring rats, After birth 28 days, offspring rats were divided 8 groups, The normal group(Group A), the 10 mg/kg Angelicae gig antis radix~treated group(Group B), the 50 mg/kg Angelicae gigantis radix-treated group(Group C), the 100 mg/kg Angelicae gig antis radix-treated group(Group D), The control (noise-treated) group(Group E). the noise -10 mg/kg Angelicae gigantis radix-treated group(Group F), the noise-50 mg/kg Angelicae gigantis radix~treated group(Group G), and the noise-100 mg/kg Angelicae gigantis radix-treated group(Group H)(n = 5 in each group), From the 15th day of pregnancy, all rats were subcutaneously injected with 50 mg/kg BrdU once a day 30 min before the starting of experimental treatment. Rats of the prenatal noise-treated group were applied with 95 decibel supersonic machine sound for 1h once a day until delivery, After birth 28 days, offspring rats intraperitoneally injected with 50 mg/kg of BrdU and offspring rats were treated Angelicae gigantis radix Herb-acupunture on chungwan(CV12) for 7 consecutive days. For the detection of BrdU-positive cells and Ki-67 positive cells in hippocampus, immunohistochemistry was performed. Results : 1. The number of BrdU-positive cells in the dentate gyrus of noise-treated group was significantly decreased to normal group, and the Group F, G, H were significantly increased to control group. 2. The number of Ki-67 positive cells in the dentate gyrus of noise-treated group was significantly decreased to control group, and the Group G, H were significantly increased to control group. Conclusion : We concluded that postnatal Angelicae gigantis radix administration has effect on cell proliferation in offspring rats with prenatal noise stress during pregnancy.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제33권9호
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• pp.1445-1450
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• 2004

피자두를 6월 말경에 처음으로 수확하여 5일 간격으로 9차례 채취한 다음, 피자두의 최종 수확 15~40일 전까지의 피자두 1~4의 경우는 미숙과로, 피자두 5, 6은 중간숙과, 최종 수확 0~10일전까지의 피자두 7~9의 경우는 완숙과로 구분하였다. 이들 시료는 각각 메탄올 추출물을 제조하여 6종의 인간유래 암 세포주에 대한 성장 억제 효능을 조사하였다. 피자두 추출물 1~2 ㎎/mL 농도 처리시 피자두 미숙과 1, 2에서 위암세포주인 AGS와 자궁경부암세포인 Hela, 간암세포인 HepG2, 유방암 세포주인 MDA, 혈액암인 U937 세포에 대해서 63~95%정도의 높은 저해율을 보였다. 그리고 시료 농도 4 ㎎/mL 처리시 세포주별 관계없이 피자두 미숙과 및 중간숙과에서 70% 정도의 저해능을 보였다. 특히 피자두 미숙과인 1~4 추출물은 AGS, HepG2, MDA 세포주에 대해서 90% 이상의 가장 높은 저해를 보였다. 한편 수확 시기별에 따른 피자두 추출물의 Hepa1c1c7 세포에 대한 QR 유도능의 측정시 피자두 메탄올 추출물을 세포 독성이 없는 0.2 ㎎/mL 이하 농도로 처리한 결과, 모든 시료에서 1.0 이상의 QR 유도능을 보여 수확시기별에 따른 QR 유도능 차이를 보이지 않았으며, 또한 시료농도가 증가할수록 미숙과에 비해 완숙과에서 더 큰 QR 유도능을 보였다.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.237-245
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• 1992

감자 (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Superior)에서 cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter의 발현 양상 및 외래 유전자의 발현에 미치는 intron fragment의 효과를 조사하기 위하여 옥수수의 alcohol dehydrogenase 1-S (Adh1-S) intron 1의 249 base pairs 와 ${\beta}-glucuronidase$ (GUS) 유전자를 결합한, CaMV 35S/deleted Adh1 intron-GUS 구조의 유전자 전달벡터를 제조하고 이를 Agrobacterium tumefaciens를 매개로 형질전환을 유도하였다. 유전자 전달벡터인 pLS201는 17.7 kilobase pairs로서 형질전환의 초기 선별에 용이한 kanamycin 저항성 유전자와 GUS 유전자를 갖는 구조로 제조되었다. 형질전환된 개체의 조직화학적 분석 결과 CaMV 35S promoter에 의한 GUS 유전자는 모든 기관에서 발현되었고, 줄기 및 뿌리에서는 세포분열이 활발한 유관속 형성층을 중심으로 강한 발현을 나타내었다. GUS 유전자의 발현에 미치는 intron fragment의 효과를 조사하기 위하여 CaMV 35S/GUS 구조의 plasmid (pBI121)를 형질전환된 개체를 대조구하여 GUS 활성을 조사한 결과 pLS201의 잎, 줄기, 뿌리에서 각각 30, 34, 42배 높은 활성을 보여, 옥수수 탈수소 효소 유전자의 절단된 인트론이 GUS 유전자의 발현을 증가시킴을 알 수 있었다.

• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.245-254
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• 2011

This study describes an efficient protocol for Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of two subgroups of genotype AAA bananas (Musa acuminata cv. Pei Chiao and Musa acuminata cv. Gros Michel). Instead of using suspension cells, cauliflower-like bud clumps, also known as multiple bud clumps (MBC), were induced from sucker buds on MS medium containing $N^6$-Benzylaminopurine (BA), Thidiazuron (TDZ), and Paclobutrazol (PP333). Bud slices were co-cultivated with A. tumefaciens C58C1 or EHA105 that carry a plasmid containing Arabidopsis root-type ferredoxin gene (Atfd3) and a plant ferredoxin-like protein (pflp) gene, respectively. These two strains showed differences in transformation efficiency. The EHA105 strain was more sensitive in Pei Chiao, 51.3% bud slices were pflp-transformed, and 12.6% slices were Atfd3-transformed. Gros Michel was susceptible to C58C1 and the transformation efficiency is 4.4% for pflp and 13.1% for Atfd3. Additionally, gene integration of the putative pflp was confirmed by Southern blot. Resulting from the pathogen inoculation assay, we found that the pflp transgenic banana exhibited resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4. This protocol is highly advantageous to banana cultivars that have difficulties in setting up suspension cultures for the purpose of quality improvement through genetic transformation. In addition, this protocol would save at least 6 months in obtaining explants for transformation and reduce labor for weekly subculture in embryogenic cell suspension culture systems.