• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 1996

When cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) cotyledon discs were floated on $\delta$-aminolevulinic acid, oxyfluorfen, or rose bengal solution under light condition following 20 h dark incubation, rapid electrolyte leakage from the tissues occurred. The electrolyte leakage from the tissues was dependent on the compounds treated, their concentrations, and the duration of light exposure to the tissues. Dark incubation before exposure to continuous white light enhanced electrolyte leakage from the tissues treated with the compounds and reduced lag period for the activity of the compounds. Electrolyte leakage from the treated tissues was greatly influenced by the light intensity to which they were exposed. Higher light intensities stimulated electrolyte leakage and reduced lag period. Porphyrin biosynthesis inhibitors, gabaculine and 4,6-dioxoheptanoic acid, completely inhibited electrolyte leakage from the oxyfluorfen-treated tissues. Protection against the activity of $\delta$-aminolevulinic acid from electrolyte leakage was complete with 4,6-dioxoheptanoic acid, but not with gabaculine. However, gabaculine and 4,6-dioxoheptanoic acid gave no such protection against rose bengal activity. In summary, our results indicate that $\delta$--aminolevulinic acid, oxyfluorfen, and rose bengal exert their effects by causing electrolyte leakage from the treated tissues in a similar manner, except that oxyfluorfen has an apparent lag period for its action on electrolyte leakage increase. All above compounds require preincubation of treated tissues in darkness and subsequent light exposure with a high intensity for their maximal activities. Our results also support that in the presence of light, $\delta$-aminolevulinic acid and oxyfluorfen cause cellular damage through the indirect generation of singlet oxygen from accumulated tetrapyrroles of porphyrin pathway, whereas rose bengal causes cellular damage through the direct generation of singlet oxygen.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.52-64
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• 1990

식물체로부터 유용한 천연항산화제를 검색코저 갈근 중의 항산화성분을 추출하여 silica gel column chromagography, TLC, HPLC로 분리동정한 후 가장 항산화능이 강한 성분을 IR 및 GC-MS로 확인하고 항산화성분을 수종의 유지에 첨가하여 그 항산화 효과를 검토하였다. 갈근 분말로부터 4단계의 용매 추출에 의하여 얻어진 추출물의 수율은 2.54%이였고 linoleic acid기질에 대하여 0.1% 첨가하였을 때 ${\delta}$-tocopherol 100 ppm 첨가구와 비슷한 항산화효과를 나타내었으며 갈근 중에 가장 강한 항산화성분은 puerarin으로 확인 동정되었다. 돈지에 대하여 puerarin의 항산화효과는 ${\delta}$-tocopherol 보다 강하였고 ${\delta}$-tocopherol 보다 약하였다. 또한 식용유지에 puerarin을 100 ppm 농도로 첨가하여 $145^{\circ}C$에서 가열처리 하였을 때 산가의 측정에 의한 항산화효과는 대두유에서 가장 낮았고 돈지에서 가장 높았으며 Co.value TBA value, anisidine value의 측정에 의한 항산화효과는 팝유에서 가장 높았으며 대두유, 면실유에서는 거의 인정되지 않았다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제62권2호
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• pp.157-165
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• 2019

Di- and tri-methylation of lysine 4 on histone H3 (H3K4me2 and H3K4me3, respectively) are epigenetic markers of active genes. Complex associated with Set1 (COMPASS) mediates these H3K4 methylations. The involvement of COMPASS activity in secondary metabolite (SM) biosynthesis was first demonstrated with an Aspergillus nidulans cclA knockout mutant. The cclA knockout induced the transcription of two cryptic SM biosynthetic gene clusters, leading to the production of the cognate SM. Monascus spp. are filamentous fungi that have been used for food fermentation in eastern Asia, and the pigment Monascus azaphione (MAz) is their main SM. Monascus highly produces MAz, implying that the cognate biosynthetic genes are highly active in transcription. In the present study, we examined how COMPASS activity modulates MAz biosynthesis by inactivating Monascus purpureus cclA (Mp-cclA) and swd1 (Mp-swd1). For both ${\Delta}Mp-cclA$ and ${\Delta}Mp-swd1$, a reduction in MAz production, accompanied by an abated cell growth, was observed. Suppression of MAz production was more effective in an agar culture than in the submerged liquid culture. The fidelity of the ${\Delta}Mp-swd1$ phenotypes was verified by restoring the WT-like phenotypes in a reversion recombinant mutant, namely, trpCp: Mp-swd1, that was generated from the ${\Delta}Mp-swd1$ mutant. Real-time quantitative Polymerase chain reaction analysis indicated that the transcription of MAz biosynthetic genes was repressed in the ${\Delta}Mp-swd1$ mutant. This study demonstrated that MAz biosynthesis is under the control of COMPASS activity and that the extent of this regulation is dependent on growth conditions.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.5687-5692
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• 2013

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has contributed to advanced breast cancer development over the past decades. However, the mechanism underlying this contribution is poorly understood. In this study, we determined that high glucose enhanced proteasome activity was accompanied by enhanced proliferation, migration and invasion, as well as suppressed apoptosis, in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells. Proteasome inhibitor bortezomib (BZM) pretreatment mitigated high glucose-induced MCF-7 cell growth and invasion. Furthermore, high glucose increased protein kinase C delta ($PKC{\delta}$)-phosphorylation. Administration of the specific $PKC{\delta}$ inhibitor rottlerin attenuated high glucose-stimulated cancer cell growth and invasion. In addition, $PKC{\delta}$ inhibition by both rottlerin and $PKC{\delta}$ shRNA significantly suppressed high glucose-induced proteasome activity. Our results suggest that $PKC{\delta}$-dependent ubiquitin proteasome system activation plays an important role in high glucose-induced breast cancer cell growth and metastasis.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.67-80
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• 2005

미꾸라지 (mudloach, Misgunus mizolepis)의 간으로부터 클로닝한 phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C$\delta$ (ML-PLC$\delta$)를 대장균 (E. coli)에서 과발현시켜 만든 재조합 ML-PLC$\delta$와 미꾸라지 간 조직으로부터 직접 정제한 ML-PLC$\delta$의 생화학적 특성을 비교분석하였다. 우선, pET28a vector (Novagen)를 이용하여 E. coli BL21(DE3)에서 과발현된 재조합 ML-PLC$\delta$은 $Ni^{2+}$-NTA affinity 크로마토그래피 및 gel filtration 칼럼에 의해서 정제되었다. 미꾸라지 간 조직으로 ML-PLC$\delta$는 open heparin 칼럼 및 분석용 heparin 칼럼등을 통하여 부분 정제하였다. 두개의 재조합 및 wild ML-PLC$\delta$는 phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bis-phosphate ($PIP_2$)에 대한 농도 의존적 PLC 활성을 보여주었고, 그 활성은 포유류 PLC$\delta$ 효소와 유사하게 칼슘 농도에 의존적인 활성을 나타내었다. 재조합 및 wild ML-PLC$\delta$는 각각 pH 7.0 및 7.5에서 가장 큰 PI-가수분해 활성을 나타낸다는 사실을 알 수 있었다. 게다가, 재조합 및 wild ML-PLC$\delta$는 sodium doecylcholate (SDC) 및 phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylcholine (PC)와 같은 지질류에 대하여 농도의존적인 활성을 나타내나, spermine과 같은 polyamine류의 존재하에서는 농도 의존적으로 PLC 활성이 감소됨을 알 수 있었다. 미꾸라지 각 기관들의 ML-PLC$\delta$의 발현양상 및 양등을 측정하여 보았을 때 ML-PLC$\delta$는 포유류 PLC$\delta$와 마찬가지로 다양한 형태의 PLC$\delta$가 존재함을 알 수 있었다. 이와 같은 결과들로 미루어서 미꾸라지로부터 얻은 ML-PLC$\delta$는 포유류의 PLC$\delta$ isozymes과 유사한 형태의 생화학적 특성을 가지나, 포유류 PLC$\delta$1과 PLC$\delta$3 isozyme의 생화학적 특성을 함께 가짐을 알 수 있었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권13호
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• pp.5205-5210
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• 2015

Background: Acute leukaemia is characterized by fast growth of abnormal clones of haemopoietic precursor cells inside bone marrow leading to undue accumulation in the bone marrow. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common form of childhood cancer. Materials and Methods: The study concerned 50 children diagnosed with ALL (mean age, $8.55{\pm}2.54$) compared to 40 healthy controls (mean age, $8.00{\pm}1.85$). The Hb, serum copper, ceruloplasmin oxidase, advanced oxidation protein products (AOPPs), total antioxidant activity (TAA) and protein were measured in all groups.One proteinous component was isolated by gel filtration chromatography from the precipitate produced by polyethylene glycol. Results: Significantly higher levels of AOPP, copper and decrease in total antioxidant activity were noted in the cases. Statistical analysis also showed a significant increase (p<0.01) in the activity of serum ceruloplasmin oxidase in patients with ALL compared to normal subjects .The maximum velocity (Vmax) and Michaelis constant had values of 104.2 U/L and 11.7 mM, respectively. The ${\Delta}H^*$ values for ceruloplasmin oxidase in ALL patients were positive, confirming the reaction to be endothermic. Conclusions: The results from this study showed a significant increase in AOPP, ceruloplasmine oxidase and decrease in total antioxidant activity .These parameters may play a role in development of DNA damage in childhood patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).The ${\Delta}S^*$ and ${\Delta}G^*$ values were negative, these refer that the reaction of ES formation is spontaneous, but needs energy in a so-called endergonic reaction. Also the negative ${\Delta}S^*$ value of ceruloplasmin oxidase indicates that the complex [$ES^*$] is further modulated through increasing structure arrangement.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.1890-1894
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• 2008

Apoemulsan is a biopolymer with potent emulsification activity, produced by Acinetobacter venetian us RAG-1 (RAG-1). The wee gene cluster is responsible for apoemulsan biosynthesis. The analysis of (i) a putative polysaccharide copolymerase mutant (${\Delta}wzc$), (ii) a putative polymerase mutant (${\Delta}wzy$), and (iii) an apoemulsan-deficient variant (${\Delta}2$) indicated that the wee gene cluster controls the synthesis of two polysaccharides: high molecular weight (HMW) and low molecular weight (LMW). LMW polysaccharide of wee origin was present in LPS isolated from RAG-1 cells, suggesting a link to the Lipid A-core of LPS molecules. SDS-PAGE analysis indicated that apoemulsan is copurified with LPS polysaccharide, with implications in the emulsification activity of RAG-1 polymer.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.52-62
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• 2013

The interaction of titanium (IV), yttrium (III), zirconium (IV), palladium (II) and cerium (IV) with deprotonated enrofloxacin leads to the formation of the neutral or cationic mononuclear complexes. The isolated solid complexes have been characterized with physicochemical and spectroscopic techniques and thermogravimeteric analyses. The spectroscopic data indicate that the enrofloxacin ligand is on the deprotonated mode acting as bidentate ligand coordinated to the metal ions through the ketone oxygen and a carboxylato oxygen and the metal ions completed the coordination number with water molecules. The thermal decomposition mechanisms proposed for enrofloxacin and their metal complexes were discussed. The activation energies, $E^*$, enthalpies, ${\Delta}H^*$, entropies, ${\Delta}S^*$ and Gibbs free energies, ${\Delta}G^*$, of the thermal decomposition reactions have been derived from thermogravimetric (TG) and differential thermogravimetric (DTG) curves, using Coats-Redfern (CR) and Horowitz-Metzeger (HM) methods. The antimicrobial activity has been evaluated against six different microorganisms.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.376-381
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• 2019

본 연구는 에탄올내성, 내열성, ${\beta}-glucanase$ 활성 및 xylose 대사가 가능한 새로운 생물시스템을 육종하기 위해 원형질체융합(protoplast fusion)이라는 방법을 사용하여 S. cerevisiae BYK-F11 균주와 P. $stipitis{\Delta}ura$ 균주와의 genome shuffling을 시도하였다. P. $stipitis{\Delta}ura$ 균주는 URA3 유전자를 결실시켜 uracil 영양요구주로 구축되었다. Protoplast fusion을 통해 몇몇의 융합체가 선별되었고, 두 모균주인 BYK-F11 균주와 P. $stipitis{\Delta}ura$ 균주의 핵형(karyotype)를 모두 가지는 BYKPS-F8 균주가 22개의 융합체중에서 최종 선정되었다. 이어 ${\beta}-glucanase$ 활성, xylose 이용능, 에탄올내성, 내열성 및 에탄올생산성에 대한 다양한 표현형이 조사되었다. BYKPS-F8 균주는 모균주인 BYK-F11 균주가 가지는 ${\beta}-glucanase$ 활성을 가지게 되었고, P. $stipitis{\Delta}ura$ 균주가 가지는 xylose 이용능도 모균주보다 1.2배 증가되었음을 확인할 수 있었다. BYKPS-F8 균주는 $40^{\circ}C$에서 내열성을 보였으며, 8% 에탄올이 첨가된 배지에서 모균주에 비해 에탄올 내성이 증가되었음을 확인 할 수 있었다. 20 g/l의 xylose가 함유된 배지에서 72시간 배양에 의해 약 7.5 g/l의 에탄올을 생산할 수 있었으며, 260시간의 장기간의 배양에도 BYKPS-F8균주에 도입한 다형질이 안정적으로 유지됨을 확인하였다. 따라서, 본 연구에서 사용된 균주 육종방법을 통해 다형질을 가진 다른 속간의 균주 융합 및 산업적으로 유용한 생물시스템의 육종이 가능함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.441-448
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• 1998

A cellobiose-utilizing recombinant yeast having $\beta$-glucosidase activity was developed for ethanol production from a mixture of glucose and cellobiose. Using $\delta$-sequences of Tyl transposon of yeast as target sites for homologous recombination, a heterologous gene of $\beta$-glucosidase was integrated into the chromosome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The $\delta$-integrated recombinant yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae L2612 (Pb-BGL), showed perfect mitotic stability even in nonselective media and showed ca. 1.5 fold higher $\beta$-glucosidase activity than the recombinant yeast harboring the $2\mu$-based plasmid vector system. A mathematical model was developed to describe the $\beta$-glucosidase formation and ethanol production from the Saccharomyces cerevisiae L2612 ($p\delta-BGL$). The model newly described that the heterologous $\beta$-glucosidase production mediated by ADH1 promoter is regulated by glucose and repressed by ethanol.