• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2011

The increasing number of analytes in concern and the alarming health and environmental consequences have required effective means of monitoring for safety control. Biosensors offer advantages as alternatives to conventional analytical methods because of their inherent specificity, simplicity, and quick response. Colorimetric biosensor, one of biosensor group, is one of the easiest and the most convenient methods because detection can be done using naked eye. Recently, a novel method for rapid detection and read-out of specific immunoassays with naked eye using polydiacetylene (PDA) was developed. Polydiacetylene has recently been in the limelight as a transducing materials because of its special features that allow optical transduction of sensory signals and inherent simplicity and ease of use in supramolecular chemistry. Various forms of PDA are used as a sensor platform for detection of various biological analytes such as viruses, DNA, proteins, bacteria and hazardous molecules.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.379-388
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• 2019

Chlorination and UV illumination are being widely applied to inactivate a number of pathogenic microbials in the environment. Here, we evaluated the inactivation efficiency of individual and combined treatments of chlorination and UV under various aqueous conditions. UV dosage was required higher in waste water than in phosphate buffer to achieve the similar disinfecting efficiency. Free chlorine generated by electrolysis of waste water was abundant enough to inactivate microbials. Based on these, hybrid system composed of sequential treatment of electrolysis-mediated chlorination and UV treatment was developed under waste water conditions. Compared to individual treatments, hybrid system inactivated bacteria (i.e., E. coli and S. typhimurium) and viruses (i.e., MS-2 bacteriophage, rotavirus, and norovirus) more efficiently. The hybrid system also mitigated the photo re-pair of UV-driven DNA damages of target bacteria. The combined results suggested the hybrid system would achieve high inactivation efficiency and safety on various pathogenic microbials in wastewater.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.313-317
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• 2019

Bats influence overall ecosystem health by regulating species diversity and being a major source of zoonotic viruses. Hence, there is a need to elucidate their migration, population structure, and phylogenetic relationship. The complete mitochondrial genome is widely used for studying the genome-level characteristics and phylogenetic relationship of various animals due to its high mutation rate, simple structure, and maternal inheritance. In this study, we determined the complete mitogenome sequence of the bird-like noctule (Nyctalus aviator) by Illumina next-generation sequencing. The sequences obtained were used to reconstruct a phylogenic tree of Vespertilionidae to elucidate the phylogenetic relationship among its members. The mitogenome of N. aviator is 16,863-bp long with a typical vertebrate gene arrangement, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and 1 putative control region. Overall, the nucleotide composition is as follows: 32.3% A, 24.2% C, 14.3% G, and 29.2% T, with a slight AT bias (61.5%). The base composition of the 13 PCGs is as follows: 30.3% A, 13.4% G, 31.0% T, and 25.2% C. The phylogenetic analysis, based on 13 concatenated PCG sequences, infers that N. aviator is closely related to N. noctula with a high bootstrap value (100%).

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권12호
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• pp.1515-1526
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• 2022

Eukaryotic chromatin is highly organized in the 3D nuclear space and dynamically regulated in response to environmental stimuli. This genomic organization is arranged in a hierarchical fashion to support various cellular functions, including transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Like other host cellular mechanisms, viral pathogens utilize and modulate host chromatin architecture and its regulatory machinery to control features of their life cycle, such as lytic versus latent status. Combined with previous research focusing on individual loci, recent global genomic studies employing conformational assays coupled with high-throughput sequencing technology have informed models for host and, in some cases, viral 3D chromosomal structure re-organization during infection and the contribution of these alterations to virus-mediated diseases. Here, we review recent discoveries and progress in host and viral chromatin structural dynamics during infection, focusing on a subset of DNA (human herpesviruses and HPV) as well as RNA (HIV, influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2) viruses. An understanding of how host and viral genomic structure affect gene expression in both contexts and ultimately viral pathogenesis can facilitate the development of novel therapeutic strategies.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.191-201
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• 2000

The viruses of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1), Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (HSV-2) and Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV) which belong to the alpha herpes subfamily are important human pathogens. When eruptions were not fully developed from these viral infections, clinical diagnosis was not always easy and required virological confirmation test. The above viruses were reactivated in individuals who were compromised in immune competence for one reason or another. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) enables rapid and sensitive detection of HSV and VZV DNAs. Its sensitivity was largely influenced by choice of primers. Authors conducted a study to detect of those three viruses in human specimens including vesicle fluid and joint fluid and serum using PCR methods. Primers used for this study were the general primer pair GPHV-RU which was known to amplify within the genes enjoying the highest degree of homology between UL15 of HSV and UL42 of VZV. PCR with primers hybridized pair GPHV-RU amplifies a 396 bp with THP-1 and HSV-2 standard strain DNA and 405 bp with VZV standard strain DNA. Restriction enzyme cleavage with HpaII and DdeI were used to detect and distinguish DNAs of THP-1 and HSV-2 and VZV. The purpose of this study was a rapid and easy detection of VZV and THP-1 or HSV-2 from various clinical specimens (vesicle fluid, serum and joint fluid) by PCR method. Used methods were: HSV PCR with primer 1, 2 and HpaII RE digestion; VZV nested PCR; HSV PCR with primer A, Band BssHII RE digestion. 1) In 33 cases (33/42, 78.6%) VZV was detected single or mixed infection from 42 clinical specimens which included vesicle fluid (5), serum form respiratory infected children (10), serum from immune suppressed adult cancer patients (7) and joint fluid from arthritis patients (20). 2) In 20 cases (20/42, 47.6%) HSV was detected singly or mixed infection and 19 of those cases were HSV-2 and 1 case was THP-1. 3) In 19 cases (19/42, 45.2%) VZV was singly detected which included serum from respiratory infected children (6 cases), joint fluid from arthritis patients (9 cases), vesicle fluid (2 cases) and serum form immunosuppressed cancer patients (2 cases). 4) HSV was singly detected in 6 cases (6/42, 14.3%) which included joint fluid from arthritis patients (5 cases) and serum form respiratory infected children (1 cases). 5) 14 cases of VZV and HSV mixed infection (14/42, 33.3%) were detected. They included vesicle fluid (3 cases), serum form immunosuppressed cancer patients (4 cases), serum from respiratory infected children (2 cases) and joint fluid from arthritis patients (5 cases). 6) HSV-1 and HSV-2 detection and typing by HSV PCR with primer A, Band BssHII RE digestion method was more sensitive and the results were easier to detect than on other method.

• 식물병연구
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.276-285
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• 2023

본 연구는 국내 대추나무 바이러스 감염실태를 구명하기 위하여 시험포장 및 농가포장에서 다양한 이상증상을 나타내는 시료 61점을 채집하였다. 이후 채집한 시료는 메타전사체 분석, reverse transcription polymerase chain reac tion 진단, 염기서열 분석에 사용하였다. 그 결과 국내 대추나무에서는 2종의 DNA 바이러스, jujube associated badnavirus (JuBV), jujube mosaic-associated virus (JuMaV)와 1종의 RNA 바이러스, jujube yellow mottle-associated virus (JYMaV)를 동정하였다. 채집된 모든 시료는 3종 바이러스에 단독 또는 복합감염되어 있음을 확인하였다. 바이러스별 검출은 JuBV 100%, JYMaV 90.2%, JuMaV 8.2%로 나타났다. 3종 바이러스의 감염조합은 JuBV 단독감염 9.8%, JuBV+JYMaV 2종 복합감염 82.0%, JuBV+JYMaV+JuMaV 3종 복합감염 8.2%로 나타났다. 국내 대추나무에서 검출된 3종 바이러스의 염기서열 분석결과 중국에서 보고된 각각의 바이러스 분리주와 매우 높은 상동성을 나타내었다. 본 논문은 대추나무 바이러스 무병묘 생산을 위한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대되며, 국내 대추나무에서 바이러스 감염실태와 JuBV와 JuMaV에 대한 첫 보고이다.

• 한국연초학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연초학회 1997년도 담배과학 국제학술대회
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• pp.134-152
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• 1997

담배 모자이크 바이러스(TMV)와 감자 바이러스 Y(PVY) 등 식물바이러스병은 잎담배 생산에 심한 경제적 손실을 초래하고 있다. 바이러스병 방제를 위한 여러 가지 경종적 방법은 충분한-방제 효과를 얻지 못하는 경우가 많아 바이러스의 방제에는 우수한 저항성 품종의 사용이 가장 바람직한 것으로 알려져 있다. 그러나 기존의 육종 방법이 저항성 품종 개발에 항상 바람직한 것은 아닌데 그 이유는 저항성 유전자원이 없는 경우가 많고 또한 육종을 통해 유전자원의 열등한 특성이 도입될 수 있기 때문이다. 따라서 본 연구실에서는 TMV와 PVY의 여러 가지 형태의 외피단백질(CP) (비전사부분 포함 또는 제거, 비 전사부분 등) 및 복제유전자(Nlb) (3' 및 5' 결손 유무, 돌연변이)를 상용 담배 품종인 NC 82와 Burley 21에 형질전환시켜 바이러스 저항성 개발을 시도하였다. 각각의 유전자 cDNA를 1-2개의 35S promotor를 가진 식물발현벡타에 클로닝한 후 Agrobacteriupn (upnefaciens LBA 4404를 이용하여 식물의 잎조직에 도입시킨 후 kanamycin 함유 MS 배지에서 식물체를 재닥화하였다. 재분화 식물체는 TMV와 PVY에 대한 저항성 검정을 하였다. 그 결과 TMV에 저항성인 TMV CP 형질전환 식물체와 8 가지 Nlb 형질전환 식물체 계통 중에 6 계통의 저항성 형질전환 식물체를 획득하였다. 여기에서는 TMV와 PVY의 접종시험을 통하여 각각의 바이러스에 대한 형질전환 담배의 계통별 저항성 정도를 조사하고, 저항성 형질전환 식물체에서의 도입 유전자 확인하며, 세대별 저항성의 유전 및 안정성을 살펴보고자 한다. 또한 유망 저항성 형질전환 계통의 식물체 내에서의 바이러스 증식 및 이동과 관련된 저항성 기작, 여러 가지 PVY 계통에 대한 저항성 유무, 수량, 생육 특성 및 주요 화학 성분 함량 등을 발표하고자 한다.-glucose로 구성된 다당류 이었다. 아미노산은 Asp 및 Glu의 산성 아미노산과 Ala, Leu 등의 함량이 높게 나타났으며, 비알칼리 추출물에서 Ser과 Thr의 함량이 높게 나타났다. 다당류 T-AS는 평균 분자량이 2,000 kD와 12kD에서 주 peak를 나타냈으며, 수용성 분획의 평균 분자량은 12kD이고 비수용성 분획은 36~2,000 kD의 평균 분자량 분포를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. IR과 NMR 분석 결과 890 cm-1에서 흡수 peak를 나타내어 $\beta$-(1,3)0glucan과 $\beta$-(1,6)-glucan의 구조를 갖는 다당류로 확인 되었다. T-AS 분획은 C:H:O:N의 함량비가 38.9:5.7:49.6:1.84%이며, 이 물질의 융점은 163 $^{\circ}C$로 연한 갈색을 나타낸다. 분리된 GLG의 항암활성 기전 규명을 위해, in vivo 항암실험, 항보체 활성능, 항체 생성능, serum protein 분비능, 대식세포의 탐식능과 활성능 및 세포간 물질 분비 등의 상관관계를 조사하였다. 다당류 GLG 분획물들 가운데 항보체의 활성이 높았던 분획은 sarcome 180에 대한 항암 활성이 높게 나타났다. 다당류 T-AS의 보체 활성화 기작은 classical과 alternative complement pathway의 양 경로를 통해 활성화 되었다. T-AS 분획은 mouse내의 특정 혈청단백을 증가시켰으며, 항체 생성능의 증가가 관찰되어 effect T 세포의 활성화가 나타나고 있음을 알 수 있었다. T-AS는 생체내 투여시에 대식세포의 탐식능이 증진되었으며, 대식세포 기능 저해제에 의한 대식세포의 기능 저해 현상이 회복되었다. 이와 같은 결과들로부터, T-AS의 항암 활성은 활성화된 보체 성분 및 당 수용체들이 존재하는 대식세포의 개입을 시사한다.가능성과

• 식물병연구
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2006

Acinetobacter sp. KTB3의 배양여과액으로 제조한 분말 제제 KNF2022의 바이러스 감염억제 효과를 PMMoV 와 N. glutinosa 또는 N. tabacum cv. Xanthi nc를 이용하여 검정한 결과, 증류수 1/100 배양액의 실질 농도 10,000 ppm) 희석농도에서 $94.3{\sim}95.6%$의 높은 감염억제 효과를 나타냈다. 이 1/100 희석농도를 이용하여 PepMoV-C amaranticolor에서 검정한 억제효과는 97.1%, CMV-C amaranticolor 에서는 92.5%의 감염억제를 나타냈다. KNF2022 희석액을 N. glutinosa의 반엽에 도말하고 일정 시간 경과 후 PMMoV를 접종하여 조사한 억제효과의 지속성은 처리 2 일 후까지 약 80% 선에서 억제효과를 나타냈으나, 처리 4 일 후부터는 50% 수준으로 저하되었다. 고추에 KNF2022를 처리한 후 3 종의 바이러스를 접종하고 발현되는 병징을 조사한 결과, 각 바이러스를 단독으로 접종하였을 경우는 바이러스의 종류에 관계없이 접종 후 10 일까지 병징발현이 지연되는 효과를 보였다. 특히 PepMoV를 접종한 경우는 접종 후 30 일까지 병징발현이 억제되어 제제의 처리효과가 뚜렷하게 나타났다. 한편 이들 3 종 바이러스의 복합감염에 대한 KNF2022의 효과는 모든 바이러스 조합에서 단독감염 보다 강하게 발현되어 병징억제의 효과는 뚜렷하게 나타나지 않았다. 제제를 처리한 고추에서 증식된 바이러스의 농도를 PCR 및 ELISA로 검출한 결과, PepMoV를 단독으로 접종한 경우, 접종 후 30 일까지 cDNA가 검출되지 않았다. RT-PCR 검정에서 억제효과가 인정된 PepMoV와 그 복합감염 의 조합에 대해서 ELISA 검정을 실시한 결과, PCR 검정에서 얻어진 결과와 유사한 패턴을 보여 PepMoV에 대한 감염억제효과가 뚜렷하게 인정되었다. KNF2022를 처리하여 전자현미경으로 관찰한 PMMoV와 PepMoV는 처리 5 분 후에 각각 200-250 nm 및 400-600 nm의 길이로 절단된 입자가 많이 관찰되었고, 처리 30 분 후에는 대부분 100-150nm와 300-500 nm의 절편입자로 관찰되었다. 이와 같이 절단된 입자가 증가할수록 N. tabacum cv. Xanthi nc 와 C. amaranticolor에서 나타난 병반수는 급격하게 감소되었다. 한편 KNF2022를 처리한 후 전자현미경을 관찰한 CMV의 바이러스 입자는 처리시간에 비례하여 파괴된 입자의 수가 증가하였으며, 파괴된 바이러스입자가 증가할수록 C. amaranticolor에서의 병반수도 감소되었다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.57-67
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• 1975

The poxvirus group is considered to be a typical cytoplasmic inclusion forming virus. Every poxvirus has been reported to produce only one kind of inclusion in the infected tissues. A vague concept that inclusions of poxviruses are eosinophilic or acidophilic has prevailed. Although many papers and theories about the nature of the inclusion have been presented, most of them are not quite convincing on the point of the relations with virus multiplication, and an analysis of papers published showed that there seem to be many discrepancies in the descriptions of the nature of the poxvirus inclusions. Comparative studies on host-virus interaction with cowpox, orf, swinepox and fowlpox viruses which selected from each Group (I-IV) of poxviruses were performed from the morphological and virological standpoints. At first, in cowpox virus-FL cell system, as a comparative model, cytoplasmic inclusion, nucleic acid metabolism by autoradiography and detection of viral antigen by immunofluorescence were studied and obtained the results as follows: 1. The focus-like cytopathic effect (CPE) at early stage developed to entire culture at terminal stage of infection, and also the developing status of CPE was correlated to viral doses for inoculation. Two kinds of cytoplasmic inclusions which named A and B type were easily observed by Giemsa, hematoxylin-eosin (H & E) and May-Greenwald Giemsa (MGG) stainings in the infected cells. The B type inclusions were formed at early stage of infection and the A type inclusions were produced subsequently the B type formation. The B type which common type inclusion in poxviruses was a small compact or aggregate at early stage and developed to a large diffuse body at terminal stage of infection. On the other hand, the A type inclusion which depend upon the kind of virus was appeared as round and discrete shape, and its size and number was increased gradually during the culture period. It was characteristic to form distinct halos around the both types of inclusions in acid fixed, H & E stained preparations of infected cultures. The B type inclusion was always positive in Feulgen reaction and showed as DNA containing body but the A type inclusion was not. 2. In the relationship between inclusion and DNA metabolism of infected cells by the qualitative autoradiography using 3H-thymidine, the appearance of silver grains was coincided with B type inclusion but not with A type inclusion. This showed that the DNA synthesis was proceeded in all B type inclusions except those in the terminal stage with a diffuse form. This suggested that the B type inclusions are only sites of DNA synthesis and this was proceeded after the cell infection independently. The activity of DNA synthesis of the inclusions was nearly the same as that of the nucleic of normal cells and non-inclusion bearing cells. and non-inclusion bearing cells. Regardless of the size of the degree of DNA synthesis of the B type inclusion, inclusion bearing cells all showed remarkable suppression of nuclear DNA synthesis. 3. By the direct fluorescent antibody technique viral antigen in infected cells was detected. The B type inclusions have been proved to contain a great deal of viral antigen, whereas the basic substance of A type inclusion did not show antigenicity except the round edge. It was suggested that the round edge fluorescence might be caused by the glare of cytoplasmic viral antigen which pushed out and concentrated by the A type inclusion development. 4. Hemorrhagic red pock formations on chorioallantoic membrane of embryonated chicken egg had proved the characteristic of used viral strain. 5. By the above studies on the nature of two types of inclusions and the role they play in virus multiplication, it was concluded that the B type inclusion must be the site of the synthesis of viral DNA and protein as well as the site of the virus.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권13호
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• pp.5525-5529
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• 2015

Background: Currently it is believed that human papillomaviruses (HPV) are associated with the development of some oral/oropharyngeal cancers. It has been suggested that these viruses influence carcinogenesis in both smokers and non-smokers. Data on the prevalence of HPV in healthy adults are thus needed to estimate the risk of oral/oropharyngeal cancer. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of oral HPV in healthy female adults in Indonesia and Thailand. Materials and Methods: Healthy female students from the Faculties of Dentistry of Universitas Indonesia and Chiang Mai University were asked to participate in this pilot study. DNA was extracted from saliva specimens and screened for HPV16 and HPV18 using PCR. Results: The age, marital status and sexual experience of the subjects between the two countries were not significantly different. Eight (4%) and 4 (2%) samples were positive for HPV16 and HPV18, respectively. Fisher's Exact test found a significant difference between HPV16 positivity in subjects who were married and had sexual intercourse but not for HPV18. Conclusions: This study successfully detected presence of HPV16 and HPV18 DNA in a number of saliva samples from female dental school students. Marital status, experience of sexual intercourse and safe sexual practice are related to the possibility of finding HPV DNA finding in saliva. Dentists, physicians and other health care professionals may gain significant value from the findings of this study, which provide an understanding of the nature of HPV infection and its risk to patient health and disease.