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DNA Synthesis and Radiosensitivity in Synchronized Human Kidney Cells in Vitro (동화시킨 사람의 신장세포에 있어서의 DNA 합성과 방사선감수성)

  • Kang, Yung-Sun;Park, Sang-Dai;Lee, Chung-Keel
    • The Korean Journal of Zoology
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.175-180
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    • 1971
  • The effects of X-irradiation on the mitotic activity, the chromosome aberration and the DNA synthetic pattern in synchronized human kidney cells treated with 5-AU were measured in the present experiment. When 5-AU was added, mitotic activity was markedly suppressed. After removal of the cells from the chemical, its activity proceeded synchronouly and reached peaks at hours 10. In 5-AU+100R groups, it was observed the X-ray caused mitotic delay, the irregularity of the time when mitotic peak appeared and the inhibiton of mitotic activity. In the control group, chromosome aerrations per cell was 0.030, whereas 0.147 in 5-AU treated group. In 5-AU+100R and 5-AU+200R groups, chromosome aberrations per cell were 0.583 and 0.669 respectively and the average chromosome aberrations per cell per R was 0.0035. 5-AU increased the frequency of labeled metaphases together with labeling intensity, and this is thought to be due to the accumulation of cells by 5-AU at S stage. On the contrary, X-ray decreased the labeling intensity and the frequency of labeled metaphases.

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Isoflavone Contents and ${\beta}-Glucosidase$ Activities of Soybeans, Meju, and Doenjang (콩, 메주, 된장의 Isoflavone 함량 및 ${\beta}-Glucosidase$ 활성 측정)

  • Kim, Jung-Soo;Yoon, Sun
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.1405-1409
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    • 1999
  • This study was conducted to investigate the isoflavone contents of soybeans, Meju, and Doenjang. $The\;{\beta}-glucosidase$ activities were also determined and characterized in soybeans, Meju, and Doenjang. The total concentration of daidzein was 406 mg/kg of soybeans, 433 mg/kg of Meju, and 538 mg/kg of Doenjang. Aglycones compose 26.03% of total isoflavones in soybeans, 61.96% in Meju, and 107.68% in Doenjang. The total concentration of genistein was 484, 200 and 538 mg/kg of soybeans, Meju and Doenjang, respectively. Aglycones compose 19.49% of total isoflavones in soybeans, 68.52% in Meju, and 85.26% in Doenjang. The ${\beta}-glucosidase$ activity was detected in soybeans (5.65 units/mg protein), Meju (2.04 units/mg protein), and Doenjang (0.69 units/mg protein). The optimal pH of ${\beta}-glucosidase$ activities were $6.5{\sim}7.0$ and the optimal temperature of ${\beta}-glucosidase$ activities was $50^{\circ}C$.

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Changes of S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine (SAM) in Kimchi Using Different Raw Materials (기능성 김치 제조를 위한 김치 원 부재료에 따른 S-adenosyl-L-methionine(SAM) 함량의 변화)

  • Lee, Myung-Ki;Lee, Hyun-Jung;Park, Wan-Soo;Koo, Kyung-Hyung;Kim, Young-Jin;Jang, Dai-Ja;Suh, Joo-Won
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.417-422
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study was to measure the changes in S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) content and to find the best condition for SAM Kimchi during fermentation with the different kinds of raw materials of Kimchi and the diverse ways of making Kimchi. As fermentation was processing, pH of all Kimchi groups dramatically decreases at the beginning stage of experimentation. However, pH value was 4.2-4.3 in the last stage. Titratable acidity tends toward the similar results in pH value. At the first, the SAM content went down time substantially and then increases. Kimchi (A), which was made of the most basic raw materials, resulted in the lowest content of SAM. The most abundant SAM content of Kimchi was the Kimchi made with certain materials. Kimchi (I) had the most has SAM content, overall. The best time of fermentation was when pH was between 4.3 and 5.3, and titratable acidity was 0.5-1.0%. As the results of this study, the highest SAM content in Kimchi could be made when Kimchi was fermented for 9-12 days and titratable acidity showed 0.5-1.0% This study proved that the ratio of raw materials such as red pepper, fermented fished sauces, and other materials improved the levels of SAM in the Kimchi.

Effects of Mercury Chloride on Nitric Oxide Syntheses in Mouse Peritoneal Macrophage and EMT-6 Cell (Mercury Chloride가 마우스 복강대식세포 및 EMT-6 세포의 Nitric Oxide 생성에 미치는 영향)

  • Kwon, Keun-Sang;Koh, Dai-Ha;Ki, No-Suk;Youm, Jung-Ho
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.30 no.2 s.57
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    • pp.369-380
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    • 1997
  • The effects of treatment with mercury chloride on the nitrite and nitrate syntheses were observed in peritoneal macrophages from Balb/c mice and EMT-6 cells in vitro. The cells were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium(DMEM) with cytokines. Amounts of nitrite and nitrate in the culture media after 24 and 36 hours of culture were about 2-fold, and 3-fold of those measured after 12 hours respectively. There were very close associations Between the amounts of nitrite and nitrate measured in the culture media according to culture time. The survival rate of peritoneal macrophages was significantly decreased by mercury chloride added into the media in dose-dependent manner, however the survivals of EMT-6 cells were not influenced by mercury chloride concentration in media. Nitrite and nitrate syntheses were dose-dependently decreased by mercury chloride added in culture media. ATP synthesis also decreased in EMT-6 cells by mercury chloride. These results reported here suggest that the disorder of cell mediated immunity by mercurials could be related to the inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis which seems to be caused by the inhibition of ATP synthesis.

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Anti-inflammatory Effects of Ethanol Extract from Bark of Acer barbinerve Maxim (청시닥나무 수피 에탄올 추출물의 항염증 효과)

  • Lee, Han-Na;Kim, Jin-Kyu;Kwon, Gyoo-Taik;Shim, Jae-Hoon;Kim, Jong-Dai;YoonPark, Jung-Han
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.41 no.9
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    • pp.1242-1247
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    • 2012
  • Acer barbinerve Maxim belongs to the Aceraceae tree family and is often consumed as an Oriental medicine. In this study, we investigated whether or not ethanol extract from the bark of A. barbinerve Max. (EBA) inhibits lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory responses in Raw264.7 macrophages. EBA was fractionated using n-hexane, $CH_2Cl_2$, ethyl acetate (EtOAc), and water. Raw264.7 cells were treated with 20 ${\mu}g/mL$ of EBA and the EBA fractions. EBA inhibited LPS-induced nitric oxide (NO) production. Among the three fractions, EtOAc fraction of EBA (EFEBA) was the most effective in inhibiting LPS-induced NO production without significant cytotoxicity in Raw264.7 cells. EFEBA futher reduced LPS-induced expression of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) proteins and its corresponding mRNA. Additionally, EFEBA decreased the mRNA levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-$1{\beta}$, and tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$ in LPS-treated Raw264.7 cells. Lastly, EFEBA inhibited LPS-induced degradation of the inhibitor of kappaBalpha ($I{\kappa}B{\alpha}$) as well as phosphorylation of p65 nuclear factor-${\kappa}B$ (NF-${\kappa}B$). These results indicate that EFEBA exhibits strong anti-inflammatory effects and can be developed as a potential anti-inflammatory agent.

Correlation of Hanwoo (Korean Native Cattle) Carcass Classification and Oocyte Donor for Blastocyst Production In Vitro (한우 육질등급이 난포란의 배반포 체외생산에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Kang-Sig;Lee, Hong-Chul;Park, Yong-Su;Kim, So-Sub;Park, Hum-Dai
    • Journal of Embryo Transfer
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.161-170
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    • 2015
  • These studies were conducted to establish the practical Hanwoo (Korean native cattle) improvement system through the combining of embryo transfer technology and confirming individual Hanwoo oocyte culture system and to investigate that correlation of Hanwoo carcass classification (intramuscular marbling) and oocyte donor for blastocyst production in vitro. In case of Hanwoo, the carcass meat quality grades were divided to grade $1^{{+}{+}}$, $1^{+}$, 1, 2, and 3 depends on fat distribution of longest muscle cross-sectional surface. As results, the numbers of follicular oocytes collected from individual fundamentally-registered Hanwoo yielded $1^{{+}{+}}$, $1^{+}$, 1, 2 and 3 meat quality were 9.5, 9.4, 8.5, 8.8 and 8.8 per ovary, respectively. The numbers of retrieval oocyte from follicles were significantly higher in the cattle yield $1^{{+}{+}}$, $1^{+}$ meat quality than in the cattle yield 1, 2 and 3 meat quality (p<0.05). The rates of blastocyst formation were 18.2, 21.3, 29.4, 30.9, and 31.5% in the cattle yield $1^{{+}{+}}$, $1^{+}$, 1, 2 and 3 meat quality of after in vitro maturation, respectively. It was significantly lower in the cattle yield $^{{+}{+}}$ and $1^{+}$ meat quality than in the cattle yield 1, 2 and 3 meat quality (p<0.05). In order to evaluate embryos quality, TUNNEL assay was conducted for each meat quality grade using blastocyst stage embryo on day 8. The results showed that apoptosis cell number was higher tendency in the cattle yield $1^{{+}{+}}$and $1^{+}$ meat quality (81 and 79, respectively) than in the cattle yield 1, 2 and 3 meat quality (51, 48 and 50, respectively) but there was no statistical significance in each group. After embryo transfer, the conception rate of recipient was 53.5 (23 out of 43), 52.1 (38 out of 73) and 58.0% (58 out of 100) in the meat quality of 1, $1^{+}$ and $1^{{+}{+}}$, respectively. These results showed that the conception rate was significantly higher in the cattle yield 1 meat quality than in the cattle yield $1^{{+}{+}}$, $1^{+}$, 2, and 3 meat quality (p<0.05). In summary, these results indicate that the application of confirming Hanwoo individual oocyte culture system and embryo transfer technology can make good use of the genetic resources conservation and improvement of Hanwoo. Relevance of the meat quality grade and reproductive ability of carcasses of Hanwoo will be considered to be one of the effective means for the associated research with obesity and reproduction.

Removal of Ionic and Non-ionic Pharmaceuticals Using Granular Activated Carbon (입상활성탄을 이용한 이온성 및 비이온성 의약품의 제거)

  • Oh, Hee-Kyong;Kagawa, Chie;Urase, Taro;Simazaki, Dai;Kunikane, Shoichi
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.28 no.11
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    • pp.1192-1197
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    • 2006
  • Adsorbability of ionic and nonionic pharmaceuticals was studied using granular activated carbon(GAC). In a batch adsorption test of muticomponent solution, 500 mg/L of GAC dose removed all target compounds between 94 and 98% at initial concentration of 10 ${\mu}g/L$. Adsorption of ionic pharmaceuticals increased as pH was lowered toward to pKa, however adsorption capacity of nonionic pharmaceuticals showed insignificant variation with the changing pH. The enhanced adsorption capacity of ionic pharmaceuticals at lower pH was attributed to the corresponding increase in the molecular form of ionic pharmaceuticals with carboxylic group at low pH. In addition, decrease of pH increased hydrogen ion concentration in the bulk solution and the protons bound to the available sites on the carbon enhanced the removal of the ionic pharmaceuticals from solution. After 40 days of continuous operation, GAC column showed the removal of target compounds were removed by $93{\sim}99%$ at 15 min of EBCT mainly due to adsorption mechanism of GAC. At shorter EBCT than 15 min, breakthrough of CA, IBP and GFZ occurred earlier than the other ionic and nonionic pharmaceuticals. effect of EBCT on adsorption of nonionic pharmaceuticals was greater than ionic ones. This study showed that persitent pharmaceuticals found in drinking water treatment could be effectively controlled by adsorption in GAC process.

Application of Rare Earth Compounds for the Treatment of Phosphate and Fluoride in Wastewater (인산염 및 불소폐수 처리제로서의 희토류 화합물 적용에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jin-Wha;Shin, Sung-Hye;Song, Hye-Won;Kim, Dong-Su;Woo, Sang-Mo;Kwon, Young-Shik
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.1127-1137
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    • 2000
  • Applications of lanthanum ion and crude rare earth chloride to the phosphate wastewater and fluorine wastewater, respectively, as treatment agents were studied. For the investigation of phosphate removal characteristics according to the amount of lanthanum ion, initial phosphate content was decreased by about 50% when molar ratio of [$La^{3+}$]:[$PO_4{^{3-}}-P$] was 0.25 and nearly all of phosphate was removed when the molar ratio of [$La^{3+}$]:[$PO_4{^{3-}}-P$] to be doubled. The removal of phosphate by $La^{3+}$ appeared to reach equilibrium state rapidly, and it was exothermic reaction since the removed amount of phosphate was diminished somewhat when the reaction temperature was increased. The zeta potential of combined particulate compound of lanthanum ion and phosphate was located for its isoelectric point at pH 5.5 and the turbidity of treated wastewater was found to vary according to the pH in a similar manner as the absolute value of zeta potential of the combined particulate compound did. For the treatment of fluorine wastewater by crude rare earth chloride, the remaining fluorine content after treatment decreased as the dosage of crude rare earth chloride increased. Whereas, the turbidity of treated wastewater and the amount of sludge generated were shown to increase as more crude rare earth chloride was added. The remaining fluorine content and the turbidity of treated wastewater were decreased and the amount of sludge generated was observed to increase according the increase of coagulant dosage under the condition of constant input of crude rare earth chloride.

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The Comparison of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Analysis and Tradescantia Micronucleus (Trad-MCN) Bioassay for Evaluation of Hazardous Materials in Chemical Workplace Field (화학공장 실내 작업장에서의 유해물질 평가를 위한 VOC 분석법과 자주달개비 미세핵 분석법의 비교)

  • Heo, Gwi Suk;Lee, Jae Hwan;Shin, Hae Shik;Kim, Jin Kyu;Lee, Young Yup;Lee, Dai Woon;Lee, Jin Hong
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2003
  • This research examined the presence of hazardous materials in chemical workplace field using an integrated chemical/biological monitoring. Chemical workplace field air for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) analysis was collected using a collection tube packed with Tena.x TA adsorbent 400 mg. Workplace field air samples were analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Simultaneously, Tradescantia BNL 4430 clone was exposed in situ to monitor hazardous materials in chemical workplace field. GC/MS analysis showed the presence of various VOCs such as trichloroethylene, toluene, ethylbenzene, (m,p,o)-xylenes, styrene, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene. The results showed that in situ monitoring of VOCs with the Tradescantia-micronucleus (Trad-MCN) assay gave positive results in chemical workplace field and negative response at outdoor air. In conclusion, inhalation of these field air by workers may affect chronic demage to their health by inducing micronuclei formation in Tradescantia pollen mother cells. The combination of chemical/biological monitoring is very effective to evaluate hazardous materials in workplace field and can be alternatively used for screening hazardous materials.

Chronic Alcohol Consumption Results in Greater Damage to the Pancreas Than to the Liver in the Rats

  • Lee, Seong-Su;Hong, Oak-Kee;Ju, Anes;Kim, Myung-Jun;Kim, Bong-Jo;Kim, Sung-Rae;Kim, Won-Ho;Cho, Nam-Han;Kang, Moo-Il;Kang, Sung-Koo;Kim, Dai-Jin;Yoo, Soon-Jib
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.309-318
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    • 2015
  • Alcohol consumption increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. However, its effects on prediabetes or early diabetes have not been studied. We investigated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the pancreas and liver resulting from chronic alcohol consumption in the prediabetes and early stages of diabetes. We separated Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats, a type-2 diabetic animal model, into two groups based on diabetic stage: prediabetes and early diabetes were defined as occurrence between the ages of 11 to 16 weeks and 17 to 22 weeks, respectively. The experimental group received an ethanol-containing liquid diet for 6 weeks. An intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test was conducted after 16 and 22 weeks for the prediabetic and early diabetes groups, respectively. There were no significant differences in body weight between the control and ethanol groups. Fasting and 120-min glucose levels were lower and higher, respectively, in the ethanol group than in the control group. In prediabetes rats, alcohol induced significant expression of ER stress markers in the pancreas; however, alcohol did not affect the liver. In early diabetes rats, alcohol significantly increased most ER stress-marker levels in both the pancreas and liver. These results indicate that chronic alcohol consumption increased the risk of diabetes in prediabetic and early diabetic OLETF rats; the pancreas was more susceptible to damage than was the liver in the early diabetic stages, and the adaptive and proapoptotic pathway of ER stress may play key roles in the development and progression of diabetes affected by chronic alcohol ingestion.