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식물대사체 연구의 현황과 전망 (Present and prospect of plant metabolomics)

  • 김석원;권용국;김종현;유장렬
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • 제37권1호
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    • pp.12-24
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    • 2010
  • 식물 대사체 (plant metabolomics) 연구는 식물 세포 및 조직에 존재하는 모든 대사산물의 시간적, 공간적 변화를 추적 조사함으로써 식물의 복잡한 생리 현상을 총체적으로 이해하는 연구이다. 이와 같은 식물 대사체 연구는 최근 개발이 이루어지고 있는 여러 오믹스 연구 분야의 하나로 시스템생물학의 한 분야이다. 식물 대사체 연구는 시료로부터 순수 화합물 또는 복합물을 정제하거나 또는 정제가 이루어지지 않은 혼합액으로부터 대사체 스펙트럼 정보를 확보하여 분석이 이루어지므로 추출액 제조 및 얻어진 대사체 데이터의 분석과정의 표준화가 필수적으로 이루어져야 한다. 이는 대사체 분석 결과의 해상도 및 재현성의 확보의 핵심 요소 이다. 식물 대사체 연구는 기능유전체학의 연구 수단은 물론 식물의 종, 품종, 더 나아가 GM 식물의 식별, 대사조절 기작 규명, 유용물질 생산, 식물의 외부 환경 스트레스 요인에 대한 다양한 생리적 반응 이해 등 다양한 연구 분야에서 활용이 이루어지고 있다. 최근 식물 대사체 연구는 모델식물(벼, 애기장대)의 유전체 정보와 연계하여 돌연변이주의 분석을 통해 유전자의 기능 정의 수단으로 활용되고 있다. 따라서 향후 유전체 정보와 대사체 정보의 연계를 통해 복잡한 대사경로 규명이나 다양한 생리 현상 해석 연구가 더욱 활발하게 진행될 것으로 전망된다.

Identification and Functional Analysis of the putAP Genes Encoding Vibrio vulnificus Proline Dehydrogenase and Proline Permease

  • Kim, Hye-Jin;Lee, Jeong-Hyun;Rhee, Jee-Eun;Jeong, Hye-Sook;Choi, Hyun-Kyung;Chung, Hee-Jong;Ryu, Sang-Ryeol;Choi, Sang-Ho
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.318-326
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    • 2002
  • The pathogenic marine bacterium Vibrio vulnificus is the causative agent of food-borne diseases such as life-threatening septicemia. To better understand this organism's strategies to survive osmotic stress, a mutant that was more sensitive to high osmolarity was screened from a library of mutants constructed by a random transposon mutagenesis. By a transposon-tagging method, putAP genes encoding a proline dehydrogenase and a proline permease were identified and cloned from V. vulnificus. The amino acid sequences deduced from nucleotide sequences of putAP from V. vulnificus were 38 to $59\%$ similar to those of PutA and PutP reported from other Enterobacteriaceae. Functions of putAP genes were assessed by the construction of mutants, whose putAP genes were inactivated by allelic exchanges. When proline as the sole carbon or nitrogen source was used, the putA mutant was not able to grow to the substantial level, revealing the proline dehydrogenase is the only enzyme for metabolic conversion of proline into other amino acids. Although the growth rate of the putP mutant on proline as the sole carbon or nitrogen source was significantly reduced, the mutant still grew. This indicated that at least one more proline permease is produced by V. vulnificus. The putP mutant decreased approximately $2-log_10$ CFU/ml after a hyperosmotic challenge, while the parent strain decreased approximately $l-log_10$ CFU/ml. This result suggests that the gene product of putP contributes to the osmotic tolerance of V. vulnificus.

울산 지역 당뇨 질환 노인의 항산화 영양소 섭취실태 및 혈액 항산화 영양상태 (Dietary Antioxidant Vitamins Intakes and Plasma Antioxidant Levels in Korean Elderly with Diabetes Living in Ulsan)

  • 김미정;김정희
    • 대한지역사회영양학회지
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    • 제13권2호
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    • pp.276-287
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    • 2008
  • Diabetic mellitus in an older population is associated with increased basal oxidative stress and free radical accentuated by hyperglycemic challenge. Enhanced free radical in diabetic elderly can cause the oxidative damage and such damage can be protected by antioxidant defense system. It is believed that vitamin C, A and E are the most abundant and effective antioxidants in human plasma. The purpose of this study was to determine the antioxidant status in Korean diabetic elderly using the case-control study. The antioxidant status was examined by determining plasma levels of antioxidant vitamins (vitamin C, A, E, ${\beta}$-carotene), total antioxidant status (TAS) and thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) and intakes of vitamin C, A, ${\beta}$-carotene and retiol. Fasting glucose and HbA1c levels and serum lipid profiles (triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol) were also determined. Diabetic subjects were 122 elderly persons over 60 years old, visiting public health center, and control subjects were 96 healthy elderly persons living in Ulsan, Korea and they were matched by age, gender, smoking and drinking status. The diabetic and control subjects were divided into sub-groups according to the status of using diet therapy and vitamin supplement. The subjects were interviewed to collect data on their general characteristics, disease history, vitamin supplement, diet therapy and health-related habits by questionnaires. Their dietary intakes were obtained by means of semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaires (SQFFQ). Fasting plasma glucose and HbA1c levels were significantly higher in diabetes than in control subjects, and plasma total cholesterol level of diabetes was not significantly different from that of control subjects. However serum HDL cholesterol level of diabetes was significantly lower and serum TG level of diabetes was significantly higher than those of control group. The average vitamin A and ${\beta}$-carotene intakes of diabetes were significantly higher than those of control subjects. There was no significant difference in plasma vitamin C, ${\beta}$-carotene, and TBARS levels between two groups, but plasma vitamin A, E and TAS levels were significantly higher in diabetes than those in control group. Plasma vitamin A and TAS levels of diabetic subjects using diet therapy were higher than those of control using diet therapy, and plasma vitamin E, ${\beta}$-carotene and TAS levels of diabetic subjects using vitamin supplements were significantly higher than those of controls using vitamin supplements. These results suggested that diabetic mellitus could enhance antioxidant defences against reactive oxygen species and interest in healthy eating such as consumption of more antioxidant nutrients.

Altitude training as a powerful corrective intervention in correctin insulin resistance

  • Chen, Shu-Man;Kuo, Chia-Hua
    • 운동영양학회지
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    • 제16권2호
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    • pp.65-71
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    • 2012
  • Oxygen is the final acceptor of electron transport from fat and carbohydrate oxidation, which is the rate-limiting factor for cellular ATP production. Under altitude hypoxia condition, energy reliance on anaerobic glycolysis increases to compensate for the shortfall caused by reduced fatty acid oxidation [1]. Therefore, training at altitude is expected to strongly influence the human metabolic system, and has the potential to be designed as a non-pharmacological or recreational intervention regimen for correcting diabetes or related metabolic problems. However, most people cannot accommodate high altitude exposure above 4500 M due to acute mountain sickness (AMS) and insulin resistance corresponding to a increased levels of the stress hormones cortisol and catecholamine [2]. Thus, less stringent conditions were evaluated to determine whether glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity could be improved by moderate altitude exposure (below 4000 M). In 2003, we and another group in Austria reported that short-term moderate altitude exposure plus endurance-related physical activity significantly improves glucose tolerance (not fasting glucose) in humans [3,4], which is associated with the improvement in the whole-body insulin sensitivity [5]. With daily hiking at an altitude of approximately 4000 M, glucose tolerance can still be improved but fasting glucose was slightly elevated. Individuals vary widely in their response to altitude challenge. In particular, the improvement in glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity by prolonged altitude hiking activity is not apparent in those individuals with low baseline DHEA-S concentration [6]. In addition, hematopoietic adaptation against altitude hypoxia can also be impaired in individuals with low DHEA-S. In short-lived mammals like rodents, the DHEA-S level is barely detectable since their adrenal cortex does not appear to produce this steroid [7]. In this model, exercise training recovery under prolonged hypoxia exposure (14-15% oxygen, 8 h per day for 6 weeks) can still improve insulin sensitivity, secondary to an effective suppression of adiposity [8]. Genetically obese rats exhibit hyperinsulinemia (sign of insulin resistance) with up-regulated baseline levels of AMP-activated protein kinase and AS160 phosphorylation in skeletal muscle compared to lean rats. After prolonged hypoxia training, this abnormality can be reversed concomitant with an approximately 50% increase in GLUT4 protein expression. Additionally, prolonged moderate hypoxia training results in decreased diffusion distance of muscle fiber (reduced cross-sectional area) without affecting muscle weight. In humans, moderate hypoxia increases postprandial blood distribution towards skeletal muscle during a training recovery. This physiological response plays a role in the redistribution of fuel storage among important energy storage sites and may explain its potent effect on changing body composition. Conclusion: Prolonged moderate altitude hypoxia (rangingfrom 1700 to 2400 M), but not acute high attitude hypoxia (above 4000 M), can effectively improve insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance for humans and antagonizes the obese phenotype in animals with a genetic defect. In humans, the magnitude of the improvementvaries widely and correlates with baseline plasma DHEA-S levels. Compared to training at sea-level, training at altitude effectively decreases fat mass in parallel with increased muscle mass. This change may be associated with increased perfusion of insulin and fuel towards skeletal muscle that favors muscle competing postprandial fuel in circulation against adipose tissues.

젖소에 있어서 원유 중 체세포수, 스트레스 및 면역물질에 대한 환경효과와 유전모수 추정 (Estimation of environmental effects and genetic parameters for somatic cell score, stress and immunological traits in Holstein cattle)

  • 안병석;서국현;권응기
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • 제48권1호
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    • pp.9-14
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    • 2006
  • 본 시험은 유질에 영향을 미치는 체세포수에 대하여 영향을 미칠 것으로 생각되는 면역물질에 대한 환경효과와 유전모수를 추정하고자 축산연구소에서 사육하고 있는 착유우를 공시하여 이들의 혈액과 우유 시료를 채취하여 조사 분석하였다. 분만산차는 체세포수와 호중구에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고(p<0.01), 비유기는 체세포수와 IgG, 호중구에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 코티솔과 림프구는 산차와 유기에 의하여 영향을 받지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 체세포수의 산차간 비교에서 1, 2, 3 산차간에는 차이가 없었으나 4산차 이상에서는 높아지는 경향이 있어 3산차 이하와 비교 할 시에 유의적인 차이가 있었고 유기별 비교에서는 비유초기(90일 이하)와 비유후기(181일 이후)가 비유중기(91~180) 보다 높게 나타났다. 코티솔은 체세포수의 산차 성적과 마찬가지로 3산차 이하와 4산차 이상 간에 차이가 있었고 비유기별 성적에서는 높아지는 것처럼 보이나 차이는 없었다. 면역물질인 IgG는 1산차와 4산차 이상의 비교에서만 차이가 있었고 유기에서는 비유 초기가 비유 중기와 후기에 비하여 높은 결과를 보였고 림프구는 1산차와 4산차 이상 간에 차이가 있었으나 유기간에는 차이가 없었다. 호중구는 산차가 증가할수록 감소하는 경향으로 2산차 이하와 3산차 이상간에 차이가 있었으며 비유중기 까지는 차이가 없었고 비유 후기에는 높게 나타났다. 체세포수의 유전력은 낮은 수준이지만 유질 개량을 위하여 의미 있을 정도로 높게 추정되었으며 코티솔, 림프구와 부의 높은 유전상관을 보였다. 코티솔의 유전력은 비교적 낮은 수준이었고 림프구, 호중구간의 정의 상관관계를 보였다. IgG의 유전력은 중 정도를 보였으며 림프구와 호중구와는 높은 부의 유전상관을 보였다. 림프구는 높은 유전력을 보였고 호중구와도 높은 유전적 상관을 보였다. 호중구는 체세포수와 비슷한 수준의 유전력을 나타내었다. 이상의 연구 결과에서 코티솔, IgG, 림프구, 호중구가 체세포수와 유전적으로 높은 상관관계를 가지고 있어 우유 품질 개선에 중요한 형질임을 알 수 있었다. 또한 농가의 사육규모가 증가하고 두 당 생산성이 더욱 증가함에 따라 생산성과 질병을 동시에 고려하는 젖소개량 관련 연구가 수행되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

만성관절염 여성 환자의 산후조리 경험과 건강상태와의 관계 (A Study on the Relationship between the Experience of Sanhujori, the Traditional Postpartal Care in Korea and Present Health Status of Chronic Arthritis Female Patient)

  • 유은광;이선혜;김명희
    • 여성건강간호학회지
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    • 제4권2호
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    • pp.217-230
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    • 1998
  • The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to define the relationship between the experience of Sanhuujori, Korean traditional non-professional postpartal care after delivery and abortion and present health status of chronic arthritis female patient who visited to outpatient clinic of rheumatic internal medicine at a hospital located in Seoul, Korea. A convenience sample of 64 women who orally agreed to be a participant and data were collected form October 1996 to May, 1997 for sis months by way of interview with semistructured questionnaire. The data were analyzed by the SPSS pc program using t-test, ANOVA and Scheffe test as a post hoc and Pearson Correlation Coefficient. The results of the study were as follows ; Mean age of participants was 53.2 years and mean number of children was 3.1. Mean frequency of abortion was 2.1 times per woman. Seventy four percentage of respondents did not have Sanhujori after abortion. The mean period of Sanhujori after delivery was 17.7, 15.2, 13.8 days from the first child to third child and shorter than that of general woman such as 20.0, 19.0, 17.3 days in the previous study. On the subjective evaluation of whether the women did Sanhujori well or not, the rate of 'did Sanhujori wrongly' was the highest rank in each child where as general woman 'did Sanhujori well' at the first child, 'moderate' at the second and third child and 'did Sanhujori wrongly' at the 4th and fifth child. The health status implies both subjective health status women perceived and the rate of complaints of physical symptom distress women are experiencing presently. The respondents of 82.5% perceived them as unhealthy or sick and 68.9% of women complained more than two symptoms. Mean number of physical symptom distress women complained was 2.33. The main sites of physical symptom distress were upper & lower extremities 69.1% including knee and hand, whole body 19.1%, neck 3.7%, waist & shoulders 2.7% respectively. The characteristics of the symptoms were mostly pain 60%, swelling 19.8%, rigidity & deformity 7.9% respectively, sensation of heat 6.8% and weakness 1.7%. Women perceived the etiology of the chronic arthritis as stress 25.8%, 'did Sanhujori wrongly' & overwork 23.4% respectively, genetic 12.9%, malnutrition, 4.8%, and aging process 3.2%. There were significant positive correlation between subjective health status and the period of Sanhujori after delivery of the second child(r=-0.22) and negative correlation with the number of child at the level of 5% of significance statistically(r=0.27). There were significant negative correlation between the rate of complaints of physical symptom distress and the subjective evaluation whether she did Sanhujori well or not at the level of 5% of significance statistically(r=-0.23). And the rate of complaints of physical symptom distress in the group of women who experienced abortion was significantly higher than that of women who did not experience it at the level of 5% significance statistically(t=2.00) In conclusion, this finding reconfirmed the possible relationship between health status of chronic arthritis female patient and the experience of Sanhujori after delivery & abortion. It provides a challenge to the professional care givers to research further on the effects of Sanhujori on the health status, health recovery after abortion or delivery from the various aspects through the crosssectional and longitudinal research for the refinement of the reality of not only as cultural phenomenon but as conceptual model for the appropriateness of intervention and quality of care for desirable health outcomes.

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관절염 여성의 신체적 불편과 산후조리 경험정도와의 관계 연구 (A Study on the Relationship between the Present Physical Symptom Distress and Experience of Sanhujori, the Traditional Postpartal Care in Korea - Centered on Women of arthritis -)

  • 정영미;유은광
    • 여성건강간호학회지
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    • 제5권1호
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    • pp.111-132
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    • 1999
  • This correlational descriptive study sought to define the relationship between the experience of Sanhujori, Korean tradition non-professional postpartal care after delivery and abortion and present physical symptom distress of arthritis female who visited to outpatient clinic of rheumatic internal medicine at three hospital located in Seoul, Pusan, Chongju, Korea. Data from a convenience sample of 98 women who orally agreed to be respondent were collected from September 1, 1998 to October 31, 1998 for two months by way of interview with semi-structured questionnaire. Data analysis consisted of frequency, percentage, mean, S. D., Pearson Correlation Coefficient, t-test, ANOVA and Scheffe test as a post hoc by SPSS. The results of the study were as follows ; Mean age of participants as 52.8 years and mean number of children 3.3. Mean frequency of child birth was 3.1 times per woman, 67.4% of respondents had menopause, 57.0% did not have Sunhujori after abortion. The health status implies the subjective health status women perceived, which came from the three points of view of the present, comparative with other of same age and changed after delivery. The respondents of 76.1% perceived them as unhealthy and the main sites of physical symptom distress were upper & lower extremities including knee and hand 34.8%, shoulder 26.5%, waist 22.4%. Women perceived the etiology of the arthritis as 'did Sanhujori wrongly' 36.7%, 'aging process' 24.5%, 'stress' 16.3%, 'overwork' 15.3%, 'Immunocompromize' & 'physical constitution' 7.1% respectively, 'character' 3.1%, 'genetic' 2.0%, 'malnutrition' 1.0%. The mean period of Sanhujori after delivery was 20.4 at the first child and 18.1 at the second child. The higher frequency of child birth, the shorter period of Sanhujori. For the subjective evaluation of whether the women did Sanhujori well or not, the rate of 'did Sanhujori well' was the highest rank in the first child and the rate of 'did not particularly Sanhujori well' was the highest rank in the last child. There was a significant positive correlation between physical function disability and rheumatoid arthritis symptom at the level of 1% of significance statistically(r=.406). And a positive correlation between physical function disability and Sanhubyung symptom at the level of 5% of significance statistically(r=.224). There was a significant positive correlation among rheumatoid arthritis symptom, Sanhubyung symptom and menopause symptom at the level of 1%-5% of significance statistically. Most of all, the correlation between Sanhubyung symptom and menopause symptom was the higher than others. There was a negative correlation between the present physical symptom distress and experience of Sanhujori(r=.-130), however it was not significant statistically. However, there was a positive correlation between subjective health status and experience of Sanhujori at the level of 1% of significance statistically(r=.328). In conclusion, this finding reconfirmed the positive relationship between the perceived health status and experience of Sanhujori after delivery among women of arthritis. It provides a challenge to the professional care givers to study further on the effects of Sanhuiori after abortion or delivery on the physical symptom distress from the variouis aspects through the cross-sectional and longitudinal research. The strategy for the development of the appropriate intervention for primary prevention of sequele after childbirth and quality of care for desirable health outcomes for postpartal women with considering deeply on the relationship between women's health and postapartal care.

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홍국쌀(Monascus purpureus) 추출물의 항산화 작용 (Antioxidant Properties of Red Yeast Rice (Monascus purpureus) Extracts)

  • 권정숙
    • 한국식품영양과학회지
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    • 제41권4호
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    • pp.437-442
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    • 2012
  • 홍국쌀 추출물의 항산화 작용을 DPPH radical 및 hydroxyl radical 소거능, 간암 세포에서의 산화적 DNA 손상과 항산화 효소의 유전자 발현에 미치는 영향으로 분석하였다. 홍국쌀 추출물의 DPPH radical 소거능은 ethyl acetate 추출물, methanol 추출물, butanol 추출물 순이었으며, ethyl acetate 추출물의 DPPH radical 소거능은 0.2 mg/mL에서 85%, $IC_{50}$는 0.13 mg/mL로 나타났다. Ethyl acetate 추출물의 hydroxyl radical 소거능을 DCF fluorescence로 측정한 결과, cuvette에서는 2.5 ${\mu}g$/mL에서 44.2%, 5.0 ${\mu}g$/mL 74.1%, 10.0 ${\mu}g$/mL >100%로 나타났고, $HepG_2$ cell에서는 ethyl acetate 추출물로 전처리한 세포의 radical이 $H_2O_2$로만 처리한 세포에 비해 유의적으로 감소하였다. 홍국쌀 ethyl acetate로 전처리한 세포의 DNA 손상이 $H_2O_2$로만 처리한 세포에 비해 유의적으로 낮았으며, 추출물 대신 lovastatin을 처리한 세포는 DNA 손상이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 항산화 효소 유전자의 상대적 발현 정도를 측정한 결과, 산화 스트레스 없이 ethyl acetate 추출물로 전처리한 세포에서는 SOD와 GPx가 control에 비해 각각 3.25배, 2.67배 유의적으로 증가하였으며, 추출물로 전처리한 후 산화 스트레스에 노출시킨 세포에서는 CAT가 control에 비해 5 ${\mu}g$/mL에서 4.64배, 10 ${\mu}g$/mL에서 7.0배 유의적으로 증가하였다.

화서(華西) 이항로(李恒老)의 심설(心說)과 척사논리(斥邪論理)의 상관(相關) 관계(關係) (A study on the mutual relation between logic of Simjuriseol and the movement to "reject heterodoxy" of Yi, Hang-no)

  • 박성순
    • 동양고전연구
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    • 제34호
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    • pp.257-286
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    • 2009
  • 이항로는 태극(太極), 즉 이(理)가 지닌 주재(主宰)와 묘용(妙用)의 측면을 적극적으로 강조하면서 그것을 명덕(明德), 즉 심의 본질이라고 하는 입장을 표명하였다. 그것은 리와 기를 상보적인 것으로 보는 기존의 심설에서 벗어나 리와 기의 차별성을 보다 분명히 하고자 함이었다. 특히 그는 학문의 목표는 대인(大人)의 경지에 오르는 것이며, 그것은 먼저 인심과 도심의 구별에서 출발하는 것임을 말하고자 한 것이다. 즉 인심과 도심의 중요성을 강조한 것은 서세동점(西勢東漸)이라고 하는 당시의 특수한 상황과 밀접한 연관이 있었다. 이항로는 리로 표현되는 물아일체적(物我一體的) 도덕률(道德律), 즉 천명의식(天命意識)을 부정하고 인간의 욕망을 긍정하는 서양인들의 윤리관에 대해서 반대하고 있었다. 이항로는 그러한 점을 극복하기 위해서 태극이 곧 우리 마음의 본체라는 점을 일깨우려고 한 것이다. 그가 말하고자 하는 요지는 '도덕심(道德心)이란 것은 인간이 사사로이 거스를 수 없는 태극의 원리, 즉 천명(天命)'이라는 사실이었다. 이와 같이 이항로가, 인간이 사사로이 거부할 수 없는 도덕심의 당위성을 강조한 것은, 그것 이외에는 당시 조선사회를 격동시키던 서양 문화의 힘을 제어할 수 있는 방법이 없다고 생각했기 때문이었다. 병인양요(丙寅洋擾)(1866)가 발생하자, 이항로는 동부승지로 발탁되어 상소(上疏)와 주차(奏箚) 등을 통해서 척사의 방책을 진달하였다. 평소 인심과 도심의 구분을 통해서 인간으로서의 도심을 준수해야 한다고 역설한 그의 주장은 척사 상소에서도 그대로 전개되었다. '양이(洋夷)'의 침투에 맞서 주전론(主戰論)과 통상불가론(通商不可論) 등을 피력한 이항로의 척사소는 그 궁극적인 해결책으로서 군주의 도심을 강조하는 형식을 띠었다. 결론적으로 말하자면, 이항로의 심설은 그대로 병인양요 때에 제시된 척사소에 반영된 것이다. 이것은 이론과 실천이 일치될 수밖에 없었던 이항로 심주리설의 특징이었다.

지방출신 여성들의 서울정착 경험에 대한 근거이론적 분석 (Grounded Theory Analysis on the Experience of Women from the Provinces Settling in Seoul)

  • 안윤정;임윤서
    • 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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    • 제24권2호
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    • pp.273-300
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    • 2018
  • 본 연구는 서울로 상경한 지방출신 여성들의 서울정착 과정에서의 경험을 분석하기 위해 서울로 대학을 진학하고 졸업 후 남아 직장생활을 지속하고 있는 7명의 여성들을 대상으로 심층면담을 통해 근거이론을 활용하여 분석하였다. 개방코딩에서는 110개의 개념, 21개의 하위범주와 이들을 포함하는 11개의 범주가 도출되었다. 인과적 조건은 '서울정착의 힘겨움'이며 맥락적 조건으로는 '심리적 불안 심화', '생활의 질 하락', '경제적 불안의 지속'으로 나타났다. 중심현상으로는 '서울정착의 지속여부에 대한 딜레마'로, 중재조건은 '서울상경이후 10년의 경험진단'으로 드러났다. 작용/상호작용 전략은 '개인생활의 변화', '안정된 직장을 통한 경제력 확보', '사회참여의 모색'으로, 결과는 '서울 정착의 지속성 여부 선택'으로 나타났다. 지방출신 여성들의 서울 정착과정에서의 경험에 대한 패러다임은 대학진학을 위해 서울로의 상경과 독립, 순응과 적응, 성장과 실패, 도전과 모색, 성찰과 새로운 선택 등의 정착과정을 거쳤다. 참여자들의 경험을 종합해 보면 이들은 30대가 되었어도 이방인과 같은 이질감과 불안을 인식하고 있었다. 당면한 문제들은 대학시절 보다 훨씬 복합적이고 다양해졌다. 직장인으로서 경제활동을 본격화하였지만, 서울 출신들과의 격차는 좁혀지지 않았다. 이제 이들은 누적된 피로감과 개인이 해결할 수 없는 사회적 문제로 인해 서울을 떠나 새로운 대안을 찾아야 한다는 절박감마저 엿보였다. 결론적으로 서울 상경 여성들의 안정된 정착은 개인의 노력만으로 한계가 있으며, 한국 사회 전반의 사회적 문제해결과 더불어 구체적 정책 대안들의 개입이 필요하다는 것을 확인하였다.