• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 1998.06a
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• pp.91-95
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• 1998

본 연구의 목적은 산업활동에 많이 이용되고 환경학적으로 난분해성으로 알려졌으며, 특히 일반적인 미생물에 위한 생분해가 용이하지 않은 대표적인 방향족 화합물인 아조염료의 생분해능이 우수한 방선균을 토양에서 분리하여 그 분해특성을 연구하는데 있다. 본 연구실에서는 용인지역에서 무작위로 채취한 토양에서 방선균들을 분리하고, 이들중 아조계 화합물의 생분해능이 우수한 토양방선균 AD001을 대표적인 아조계화합물인 censored를 model compound로 이용하여 분리해 내었다. 방선균 AD001은 congored가 포함된 agar배지에서 censored를 아주 우수하게 decolorization 시킴이 관찰되었다. 이미 아조염료를 우수하게 분해한다고 알려져 있는 Streptomyces viridosporus T7A와 비교 실험을 수행한 결과, S. viridosporus는 cellulose를 탄소원으로 사용할 때 확실한 congored의 decolorization을 보인 반면 AD001의 경우 sucrose를 탄소원으로 사용할 때 더욱 뚜렷한 congored의 decolorization 현상이 관찰되었다. 또한 이런 분해특성의 특이성을 관찰하기 위해 구조적으고 상이한 new fuchsin으로 실험한 결과, 염료의 농도를 0.005% 주었을 때 S. viridosporus는 성장을 하지 못한 반면 AD001의 경우 배지에 포함된 new fuchsin을 확실하게 decolorization 시킴도 관찰할 수 있었다. 이러한 실험결과는 토양 방선균 AD001이 환경학적으로 아주 유용하게 이용될 수 있음을 제시하고 있다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.81-89
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• 1995

The effects of prolactin and vasopressin on the regulation of amniotic fluid (AF) volume and its $Na^{+}$ concentration $([Na^{+}])$ through the membrane surrounding the AF during increase in AF volume due to fetal urination were studied. About 70% of AF volume was replaced with normal isotonic saline solution. Isotonic saline solution (0.5 ml) containing Censored and LiCl was introduced into each amniotic sac. Vasopressin (25 ng/ml) or prolactin (1 mg/ml) of AF was then injected into experimental amniotic sac. The concentrations of Congored, $Li^{+}$, and $Na^{+}$ were measured at 30 and 60 min intervals after injection. Af samples with decreased Censored concentration ([CR]) during the period of 30 - 60 min were analyzed. The percentage change of $[Na^{+}]$ and the rate of $Li^{+}$ movement during this period were calculated, and the effects of vasopressin and prolactin on them were evaluated. Fellowing results were obtained: 1. The rate of reduction of [CR] in the AF was retarded by vasopressin or prolactin injection. 2. The rate of reduction of $[Li^{+}]$ in the AF was also retarded by vasopressin or prolactin injection. 3. The rate of reduction of $[Li^{+}]$ in the AF was less retarded by vasopressin than that of [CR]. 4. $[Na^{+}]$ changed to approach to the normal level, but this was markedly retarded by prolactin injection. 5. Direction of $Li^{+}$ movement was correlated with the change in $[Na^{+}]$ but it always moved out of the amniotic sac even when the $[Na^{+}]$ increased in vasopressin injected AF. From the above results, it is suggested that vasopressin in the AF triggers the fetus to urinate, and then the membranes surrounding the AF regulate osmolarity by efflux of $Na^{+}$. We suggest that prolactin facilitates water outflow across the amniotic membrane during increase in AF volume, in contrast to a constant volume, whereas regulation of $[Na^{+}]$ is partly restricted by prolactin.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.79-90
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• 1994

The objective of the present study is to assess the contribution of bulk flow to the regulatory mechanism of amniotic fluid volume and its ionic concentration in the membranes surrounding the amniotic fluid. For quantitative assessment, we prepared 4 kinds of artificial amniotic fIuids (isotonic isovolumetric, hypotonic isovolumetric, isotonic hypervolumetric and hypotonic hypervolumetric ones) by replacing 70% of amniotic fluid of pregnant rabbits with water or normal Tyrode solutions. Isoosmotic saline of 0.5 ml volume containing 0.05% Censored and 15 mM/l LiCl was administered initially into amniotic sacs of all subject animals. Samples of amniotic fluid were collected in after 30 and 90 minute intervals; the concentrations of Censored, $Na^+\;and\;Li^+$ were determined and compared. Followings are the results obtained. 1. from isovolumetric and increased Congcord group, we couldn't find significant change in $Li^+\;and\;Na^+$ concentration in isotonic amniotic fluid. However, $Na^+$ concentration increased significantly as well as a striking increase in Censored concentration in hypotonic amniotic fluid. 2. In isovoIumetric and decreased Censored group, the rate of $[Li^+]$ decrement and the rate of $[Na^+]$ increment were much higher in hypotonic amniotic fluid than in isotonic. 3. In hypervolumetric and increased Censored group, the rate of $Na^+$ efflux increased proportionately with the increment of Censored concentration up to 0.98, which was higher than the rate of $Li^+$ efflux in isotonic amniotic fluid. However, the increment of $Na^+$ concentration was rather related with the initial $Na^+$ concentration in hypotonic amniotic fluid, showing inverse relationship. $Li^+$ concentration increased only when there was a marked increase in Censored concentration and approached near a maximum value or 1. 4. For hypervolumetric and decreased Censored group, the observations were identical to isovolumetric and decreased Censored group. From these results the following conclusions could be made: 1) There is no net movement of water or monovalent cations across the membranes surrounding amniotic fIuid in isotonic isovolumetric condition. In contrast, there is a net efflux of amniotic fluid by osmotic bulk flow, resulting in elevation of $Na^+$ concentration in hypotonic isovolumetric condition. 2) In hypervolumetric conditions, there is a massive efflux of amniotic fluid or solvent drag through the surrounding membranes by fiItrative bulk flow, where the rate of $Na^+$ efflux has a linear relationship with that of water efflux. This is assumed to be carried out through enlarged and newly opened intercellular spaces resulting from increased intraamniotic pressure. 3) Once increasing intraamniotic pressure reaches a point allowing $Li^+$ to pass through during osmotic bulk flow in hypotonic amniotic fIuid, $Na^+$ influx seems to occur by diffusion simultaneously or immediately thereafter, too.