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Thermoluminescence, DNA Comet 및 DEFT/APC 분석에 의한 방사선처리 건고추의 저장 중 검지 특성 (Identification Characteristics of Irradiated Dried Red Pepper during Storage by Analysis of Thermoluminescence, DNA Comet, and DEFT/APC)

  • 김병근;권중호
    • 한국식품과학회지
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    • 제36권6호
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    • pp.851-856
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    • 2004
  • 통고추의 열발광 특성(TL)분석에서 2.5 kGy 이상의 조사 시료에서 분리된 미네랄 시료는 $150^{\circ}C$ 부근에서 TL glow curve ($TL_1$)를 나타내었고, 조사선량이 증가할수록 peak intensity가 증가하였다. 재조사(1 kGy) 방법에 의한 TL ratio($TL_1/TL_2$)는 TL 분석의 신뢰도를 높여주었다. DNA comet assay에서 비조사 시료(씨)는 전형적인 intact cell을 나타내었으나 감마선 조사 시료에서는 long tail을 가진 comet을 나타내면서 선량 의존적으로 tail length가 증가되었다. 미생물학적 방법으로써 DEFT/APC값 측정에서는 조사선량에 따라 분말고추와 통고추에서 비교적 높은 상관을 보였다. 이상의 결과에서 DNA comet assay와 DEFT/APC 방법은 방사선 조사 건고추의 screening 방법으로서, TL은 확인방법으로서 적용가능성이 확인되었다.

DNA damage와 Apoptosis를 정량화하는 단세포전기영동법 (Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis (comet assay) to Detect DNA Damage and Apoptosis in Cell Level)

  • 류재천;김현주;서영록;김경란
    • 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회지
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.71-77
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    • 1997
  • The single cell gel electrophoressis(SCGE) assay, also known as the comet assay, is a rapid, simple, visual and sensitive technique for measuring and analysing DNA breakage in mammalian cells. The SCGE or comet assay is a promising test for the detection of DNA damage and repair in individnal cells. It has widespread potential applications in DNA damage and repair studies, genotoxicity testing and biomonitoring. In this microgel electrophoresis technique, cells are embedded in agarose gel on microscope slides, iysed and electrophoresed under alkaline conditions. Cells with increased DNA damage display increased migration of DNA from the nucleus towards the anode. The length of DNA migration indicates the amount of DNA breakage in the cell. The comet assay is also capable of identifying apoptotic cells which contain highly fragmented DNA. Here we review the development of the SCGE assay, existing protocols for the detection and analysis of comets, the relevant underlying principles determining the behaviour of DNA and the potential applications of the technique.

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Dynamical Evolution of the Dark Asteroids with Tisserand parameter

  • 김윤영;;정진훈;양홍규
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제37권1호
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    • pp.98.2-98.2
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    • 2012
  • It has been speculated that there could be dormant or extinct comets in the list of known asteroids, which appear asteroidal but are icy bodies originating from outer solar system. However, little is known about the existence of such objects not only because of their complicated chaotic orbits but also because of the limited physical and chemical information. AKARI infrared space mission gave us brand-new albedo catalog of Near Earth Objects, which clues in a better understanding of dark asteroids using both albedo data and dynamical models could be possible. Dark Asteroids with low () albedos are thought to be dormant or extinct comet candidates due to its similar albedo values with comet nucleus. In addition to this, dynamical models indicate that candidate cometary objects have Tisserand parameter. Based on both observational and dynamical criteria, we obtained 196 dark asteroids lists. We numerically integrated backward their orbits using the N-body code Mercury6 (Chambers 1999) during 10 million years to track the past orbits of bodies. We picked out 14 comet candidates that show abnormal orbits in the past by analyzing orbital elements among 196 candidates. From the dynamical evolution simulations, we finally obtained 3 most-likely comet candidates; 944Hidalgo,2006QL39,andP/SidingSpring.Twoofthemareconsistent with past research; P/Siding Spring is a known comet and 944 Hidalgo is a most-likely comet candidate in asteroid populations. Since they all have stable orbits in nowadays although they have unstable orbit in the past, we could conclude that they may be not active comets but dormant or extinct comets.

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Search for the Comet Activity of 107P/(4015)Wilson-Harrington during 2009/2010 Apparition

  • Ishiguro, Masateru
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제35권2호
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    • pp.52.2-52.2
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    • 2010
  • 107P/(4015) Wilson-Harrington is one of possible candidates of the dormant or inactive comet nuclei. It was discovered on a photographic plate exposed with the 48-inch Schmidt at Palomar Observatory on 1949 November 19 UT, displaying the faint extended cometary tail. No comet activity has not been after 1949 apparition. Here we present the optical observations of 107P/(4015) Wilson - Harrington during 2009/2010 apparition taken in search of low-level comet activity. Our photometric and spectroscopic data were collected 28 - 86 days after the perihelion passage on 2009 October 22 in a wide range of solar phase angle of 39-68 degree. A disk-integrated phase function was constructed, giving a geometric albedo of 0.055+/-0.012, phase integral of q=0.34, and Bond albedo of A_B=0.019. The photometric property shows profile similar to low albedo asteroids and comet nuclei. Any emission lines were found in our spectrum, giving a flat reflectance similar to low albedo asteroids. Although we could not find any evidence for the comet activity in our photometric and spectroscopic data, we found an upper limit of the fractional active area of 0.001%. We derived the upper limit of the optical depth of the dust trail and tail 7x10^{-10}. We conclude that 107P/(4015)Wilson-Harrington became completely dormant or inactive in 2009/2010 return.

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PLHC-1세포주의 Comet assay를 이용한 하천 퇴적토의 생태독성평가 (Studies on Toxicological Evaluation of Freshwater Sediment using a PLHC-1 Cell Comet Assay)

  • 박정아;황인영;백승홍;김영숙
    • 환경생물
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    • 제29권1호
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    • pp.23-30
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    • 2011
  • In this study, the Comet assay (evaluation of DNA damage) used the fish hepatocellular carinoma cell, PLHC-1, was tried to the sediment extract obtained from freshwater to understand its applicability as a tool for monitoring sediment toxicity. In parallel, induced EROD (7-ethoxyresorufin- O-deethylase) activity and DNA damage (TEM values) in PLHC-1 cells were measured for establishing the tandem endpoints of the PLHC-1cell test to test the ecotoxicity of sediment. Among several study sites in a small river passed through downtown and industrial park area, one of them, site B, showed a higher level of EROD activity and DNA damage than other sites. It indicates that a tandem endpoints of PLHC-1 cells could be useful tools for assessing the toxicity of sediment. The sensitivity of Comet assay with PLHC-1 cells was a little higher than that with a blood cell of frog tadpoles to the solvent extract of sediment. According to the results, a PLHC-1 cell-Comet assay could be used as a useful tool for evaluating ecotoxicity of the freshwater sediment. In addition, more detailed studies are needed to the contaminated site.

Search for Dormant Comets in the Infrared Asteroidal Catalog

  • Kim, Yoonyoung;Ishiguro, Masateru;Usui, Fumihiko
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제39권1호
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    • pp.67.2-67.2
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    • 2014
  • Comet nucleus is a solid body consisting of dark dust grains and ice. Cometary volatiles sublimate from subsurface layer by solar heating, leaving behind large dust grains on the surface. Eventually, the appearance could turn into asteroidal rather than cometary. It is, therefore, expected that there would be "dormant comets" in the list of known asteroids. Our research group has undertaken the research on the population of dormant comets. We applied a brand-new asteroidal catalog compiled from data garnered by three infrared astronomical observatories, AKARI, IRAS and WISE. We extracted objects which have comet-like orbits on the basis of their orbital properties (Tisserand parameters with respect to Jupiter, TJ, and aphelion distance, Q). We found that (1) there are a considerable number (>100) of asteroids in comet-like orbits, and (2) 80% of them have low albedo consistent with comets. This result suggest that these low albedo objects could be dormant comets. One unanticipated finding is that 20% of asteroids in comet-like orbit have high albedo similar to S-type asteroids. It is difficult to explain the population of S-type asteroids in comet-like orbits by the classical mechanics theory. We further found that these high-albedo objects are small (D < 2 km) bodies distributed in near-Earth space. We suggest that such high-albedo, small, near-Earth asteroids are susceptible to Yarkovsky effect and injected into comet-like orbits.

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Antimutagenic Effects of Ginsenoside Rb$_1$, Rg$_1$ in the CHO-K1 Cells by Benzo[a]pyrene with Chromosomal Aberration Test and Comet Assay

  • Kim, Jong-Kyu;Kim, Soo-Jin;Rim, Kyung-Taek;Cho, Hae-Won;Kim, Hyeon-Yeong;Yang, Jeong-Sun
    • Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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    • 제5권2호
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    • pp.126-132
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    • 2009
  • The usage and types of chemicals are advancing, specializing, large-scaled increasing, and new chemical exposed workers are concerning to occupational disease. The generation of reactive oxygen in the body from carcinogen, mutation and DNA damage in cancer is protected by natural antioxidants (phytochemicals) with antimutagenic effect. There were many reports of ginsenoside Rb$_1$, Rg$_1$ grievances of the genetic mutation to suppress the effect confirm the genetic toxicity test with chromosomal aberration test and the Comet (SCGE) assay confirmed the suppression effect occurring chromosomal DNA damage. We had wanted to evaluate the compatibility and sensitivity between the chromosomal aberration (CA) test and the Comet assay. We used the CA test and Comet assay to evaluate the anti-genotoxicity of ginsenoside Rb$_1$ and Rg$_1$, in CHO-K1 (Chinese hamster ovary fibroblast) cell in vitro, composed negative control (solvent), positive control (benzo[a]pyrene), test group (carcinogen+variety concentration of ginsenoside) group. The positive control was benzo[a]pyrene (50 $\mu$M), well-known carcinogen, and the negative control was the 1 % DMSO solvent. The test group was a variety concentration of ginsenoside Rb$_1$, Rg$_1$ with 10$^{-8}$%, 10$^{-6}$%, 10$^{-4}$%, 10$^{-2}$%, 1%, 10%. In chromo-somal aberration test, we measured the number of cells with abnormally structured chromosome. In Comet assay, the Olive tail moment (OTM) and Tail length (TL) values were measured. The ratio of cell proliferation was increased 8.3% in 10$^{-8}$%, 10$^{-6}$%, 10$^{-4}$%, 10$^{-2}$%, 1%, 10% Rb$_1$ treated groups, and increased 10.4% in 10$^{-10}$%, 10$^{-8}$%, 10$^{-6}$%, 10$^{-4}$%, 10$^{-2}$%, 1% Rg$_1$ treated groups. In the CA test, the number of chromosomal aberration was decreased all the Rb$_1$ and Rg$_1$ treated groups. In the Comet assay, the OTM values were decreased in all the Rb$_1$ and Rg$_1$ treated groups. To evaluate the compatibility between CA and Comet assay, we compared the reducing ratio of chromosomal abnormalities with its OTM values, it was identified the antimutagenicity of ginsenoside, but it was more sensitive the CA test than the Comet assay. Ginsenoside Rb$_1$ and Rg$_1$ significantly decrease the number of cells with chromosomal aberration, and decrease the extent of DNA migration. Therefore, ginsenoside Rb$_1$, Rg$_1$ are thought as an antioxidant phytochemicals to protect mutagenicity. The in vitro Comet assay seems to be less sensitive than the in vitro chromosomal aberration test.

TL, ESR및 DNA Comet분석에 의한 원산지별 땅콩의 방사선 조사 검지 특성 (Detection Characteristics of TL, ESR and DNA Comet for Irradiated Peanuts by Origins)

  • 이은영;정재영;조덕조;권중호
    • 한국식품영양과학회지
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    • 제30권6호
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    • pp.1076-1081
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    • 2001
  • 현재 중국으로부터 수입량이 증가하고 있는 땅콩을 대상으로 국산과 중국산 시료의 TL, ESR, DNA comet(single cell gel electrophoresis) 분석을 실시하여 원산지별 특성을 비교하였다. Density separation 방법으로 추출한 미네랄의 TL측정 결과, 감마선 조사되지 않은 시료는 25$0^{\circ}C$ 부근에서 intensity가 낮은 glow curve를 나타내었고, 조사 시료는 18$0^{\circ}C$ 부근에서 아주 강한 intensity의 glow curve를 보여주었다. 첫 번째 측정된 glow curve(TL$_1$)의 normalization을 위하여 재조사 방법에 의해 TL$_2$를 측정하여 TL ratio(TL$_1$/TL$_2$)를 비교해 본 결과, 비조사 시료는 0.05 이하, 조사 시료는 0.2이상으로 방사선 조사 여부의 판별이 가능하였다. 땅콩껍질을 사용한 ESR 측정에서는 조사 유래의 특이적인 signal이 나타나지 않아 적용 가능성이 낮았다. DNA comet assay 결과, 비조사 시료는 tail이 없거나 아주 짧은 전형적인 intact cell을 나타낸 반면, 조사 시료는 long tail을 가진 comet을 나타내면서 선량 의존적으로 (r=0.761/Korean, r=0.768/Chinese) tail length가 증가하여 조사 여부의 확인이 가능하였다. 모든 실험에서 원산지별 차이는 크지 않았다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때 땅콩의 방사선 조사 여부 확인에는 TL 분석 및 DNA comet assay가 적용 가능하였다.

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SOHO SUNGRAZING COMET의 근일점 분포와 예상되는 새로운 그룹들 (DISTRIBUTION OF PERIHELIA FOR SOHO SUNGRAZING COMETS AND THE PROSPECTIVE GROUPS)

  • 이성은;이유;김용하
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.227-234
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    • 2007
  • Sungrazing comet은 근일점이 태양에 매우 가까이 근접하는 혜성을 의미한다. 1996년부터 2007년 4월까지 약 1270여개의 sungrazing comet이 Solar and Heliospheric Observatory(SOHO) 위성에 의해 발견되었다. 현재 이들은 Kreutz, Meyer, Marsden, Kracht 1&2 group으로 나뉘며, 현재 약 85%가 Kreutz group에 속한다. 이 Kreutz group은 근일점이 대체로 태양 표면으로부터 $2{\sim}3R_{\bigodot}$ 떨어진 곳에 위치한다. 우리는 SOHO sungrazing comet의 근일점 분포에 대해 분석하였고, 지금가지 그룹으로 분류되지 못한 혜성 중에서 앞으로 그룹이 될 가능성이 있을 만큼 근일점이 가깝고 궤도가 비슷한 3쌍의 혜성[(C/2000 Y6, C/2000 Y7), (C/2000 V4, C/2001 T5), (C/2003 H6, C/2003 H7)]을 예비그룹으로 제안하고자 한다.

DNA Comet Assay를 이용한 방사선 조사 쇠고기와 돼지고기의 검지 기술 (Detection of Irradiated Beef and Pork by DNA Comet Assay)

  • 박준영;오경남;김경은;양재승
    • 한국식품영양과학회지
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    • 제29권6호
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    • pp.1025-1029
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    • 2000
  • 방사선 조사된 쇠고기와 돼지고기의 방사선 조사 여부를 판별하는데 DNA comet assay의 활용 가능성을 검토하였다. 쇠고기와 돼지고기는 Co-60 동위 원소를 조사원으로 하여 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1.0 kGy의 총흡수선량( $\pm$ 5.0%)이 되도록 조사하여, 냉동상태로 보관하였다. 시료로부터 분리 된 세포는 agarose gel과 혼합하여 슬라이드에 깔아주고, lysis 및 전기영동을 하였다. 방사선 조사된 시료의 경우 세포로부터 끌려나오는 DNA절편들은 양극을 방향으로 tail이 형성되었고, 비조사 시료의 경우 tail이 없거나, 일부에서만 작은 tail이 관찰되었다. 방사선 조사유무는 0.1 kGy부터 현미경상으로 검지가 가능하였고, 선량간 차이의 유의성 여부는 통계분석을 통하여 검지가 가능하여, 쇠고기와 돼지고기의 신속한 검지 방법으로 DNA comet assay를 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

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