• Toxicological Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.101-107
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• 2008

Studies on hypoxia-signaling pathways have revealed novel Fe(II) and $\alpha$-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases that hydroxylate prolyl or asparaginyl residues of a transactivator, Hypoxia-Inducible $Factor-\alpha(HIF-\alpha)$ protein. The recognition of these unprecedented dioxygenases has led to open a new paradigm that the hydroxylation mediates an instant post-translational modification of a protein in response to the changes in cellular concentrations of oxygen, reducing agents, or $\alpha$-ketoglutarate. Activity of $HIF-\alpha$ is repressed by two hydroxylases. One is $HIF-\alpha$ specific prolyl-hydroxylases, referred as prolyl-hydroxylase domain(PHD). The other is $HIF-\alpha$ specific asparaginyl-hydroxylase, referred as factor-inhibiting HIF-1(FIH-1). The facts (i) that many dioxygenases commonly use molecular oxygen and reducing agents during detoxification of xenobiotics, (ii) that detoxification reaction produces radicals and reactive oxygen species, and (iii) that activities of both PHD and FIH-1 are regulated by the changes in the balance between oxygen species and reducing agents, imply the possibility that the activity of $HIF-\alpha$ can be increased during detoxification process. The importance of $HIF-\alpha$ in cancer and ischemic diseases has been emphasized since its target genes mediate various hypoxic responses including angiogenesis, erythropoiesis, glycolysis, pH balance, metastasis, invasion and cell survival. Therefore, activators of PHDs and FIH-1 can be potential anticancer drugs which could reduce the activity of HIF, whereas inhibitors, for preventing ischemic diseases. This review highlights these novel dioxygenases, PHDs and FIH-1 as specific target against not only cancers but also ischemic diseases.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.194-202
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• 2020

The sweetpotatoes (Ipomoea batatas) generate adventitious roots (ARs) from cut stems that develop into storage roots and make for an important means of propagation. However, few studies have investigated the hormones involved in AR development in sweetpotato. In this study, the expression patterns of hormone-related genes involved in AR formation were identified using the transcriptome data. RNA-seq data from stems grown for 0 and 3 days after cutting were analyzed. In addition, hormone-related genes were identified among differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and filtered genes, and cluster analysis was used to characterize expression patterns by function. Most hormone-related regulated genes expressed 3 days after growing the cut stems were abscisic acid (ABA)-related genes, followed by ethylene- and auxin-related genes. For ABA, the biosynthesis genes (including genes annotated to NINE-CIS-EPOXYCAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE 3 (NCED3)) and signal transduction and perception genes (including genes annotated to PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2Cs (PP2Cs)) tended to decrease. Expression patterns of auxin- and ethylene-related genes differed by function. These results suggest that ABA, auxin, and ethylene genes are involved in AR formation and that they may be regulated in a hormone function-dependent manner. These results contribute to the identification of hormone functions during AR formation and may contribute to understanding the mechanism of AR formation in the sweetpotato.

• 한국잡초학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.133-138
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• 2012

본 시험은 SU계 제초제 저항성 잡초의 발생이 전국적으로 문제가 되면서 새로운 작용기작을 가지는 4-HPPD 저해제인 tefuryltrione의 SU계 제초제 저항성 논잡초에 대한 야외 포장에서의 약효와 벼에 대한 선택성을 확인하고자 수행되었다. Tefuryltrione 단제로 이앙 10~15일 후에 처리하였을 때 피에 대해서는 약효가 미흡하였으나, mefenacet과의 합제에서는 피뿐만 아니라 올챙이고랭이와 물달개비에 대해서 매우 우수한 약효를 보였다. 특히, 일년생 뿐 아니라 지하부로도 월동을 하는 다년생 올챙이고랭이에 대해서도 우수한 약효가 있는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 경기도 평택의 바이엘크롭사이언스(주) 기술연구소 시험 포장 등 3개시험 포장에서 제초제 저항성 초종인 미국외풀, 알방동사니, 마디꽃 등과 가막사리, 사마귀풀, 여뀌바늘 등에 대해서도 mefenacet+tefuryltrione 합제는 매우 우수한 약효를 보였다. 일반 벼 품종인 추청벼와 동진벼를 대상으로 시험한 결과 초기에 약간의 생육억제를 보이지만 회복되어 처리 후 20일 이후에는 별다른 문제가 없었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권14호
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• pp.5875-5881
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• 2015

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a rare but highly fatal cancer for which the molecular mechanisms and diagnostic markers are obscure. We therefore investigated the kinetic expression of isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1), isocitrate dehydrogenase-2 (IDH2) and homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (HGD) during the tumorigenesis of O. viverrini infection-associated CCA in an animal model, and confirmed down-regulation of expression in human cases of opisthorchiasis-associated CCA through real time PCR. Kinetic expression of HGD, IDH1 and IDH2 in the animal model of O. viverrini infection-induced CCA was correlated with human CCA cases. In the animal model, expression of HGD was decreased at all time points (p<0.01) and expression of both IDH1 and IDH2 was decreased in the CCA group. In human cases, expression of HGD, IDH1 and IDH2 was decreased more than 2 fold in 55 cases (70.5%), 25 cases (32.1%) and 24 cases (30.8%) respectively. The present study suggests that reduction of HGD, IDH1 and IDH2 may be involve in cholangiocarcinoma genesis and may be useful for molecular diagnosis.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.804-810
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• 1999

There is a possibility that carvone, a monoterpene from spearmint (Mentha spicata), could induce the bph degradative pathway and genes in Alcaligenes eutrophus H850, which is a known Gram-negative PCB degrader with a broad substrate specificity that was thoroughly investigated with Arthrobacter sp. BIB, a Gram-positive PCB degrader. The strains BIB and H850 were unable to utilize and grow on the plant terpene [(R)-(-)-carvone] (50ppm) to be recognized as a sole carbon source. Nevertheless, the carvone did induce 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-dioxygenase (encoded by bphC) in the strain B lB, as observed by a resting cell assay that monitors accumulation of a yellow meta ring fission product from 4,4'-dichlorobiphenyl (DCBp). The monoterpene, however, did not appear to induce the meta cleavage pathway in the strain H850. Instead, an assumption was made that the strain might be using an alternative pathway, probably the ortho-cleavage pathway. A reverse transcription (RT)-PCR system, utilizing primers designed from a conserved region of the bphC gene of Arthrobacter sp. M5, was employed to verify the occurrence of the alternative pathway. A successful amplification (182bp) of mRNA transcribed from the N-terminal region of the bphC gene was accomplished in H850 cells induced by carvone (50ppm) as well as in biphenyl-growth cells. It is, therefore, likely that H850 possesses a specific PCB degradation pathway and hence a different substrate specificity compared with B1B. This study will contribute to an elucidation of the dynamic aspects of PCB bioremediation in terms of roles played by PCB degraders and plant terpenes as natural inducer substrates that are ubiquitous and environmentally compatible.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권14호
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• pp.5535-5538
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• 2014

Background: To determine the amount of co-expression of IDO and EGFR in breast cancer patients. Materials and Methods:In order to obtain the distribution of co-expression of IDO and EGFR in breast cancer, we tested 110 breast cancer paraffin tissue blocks with immunohistochemical methods. Then we investigated the relationship between the diagnostic and pathologic characteristics (tumor size, lymph node status, histologic grade, the gene expression of ER, PR, HER2, p53, Ki67 and PCNA) with the situation of co-expression of IDO and EGFR by reviewing the medical records of 32 breast cancer patients. Results: Among 110 breast cancers, 32 cases demonstrated IDO and EGFR co-expression (29.1%), IDO and EGFR synchronous co-expression being found in 19.1% and asynchronous in 10.0%. Conclusions: IDO and EGFR were co-expressed in breast cancer, including synchronous and asynchronous co-expression. The results suggest that considering IDO and EGFR as two indicators for breast cancer treatment or prognosis analysis provides a potential option of individual treatment for the portion of breast cancer patients with co-expression of IDO and EGFR.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.1439-1446
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• 2009

Isocarbophos is a widely used organophosphorus insecticide that has caused environmental pollution in many areas. However, degradation of isocarbophos by pure cultures has not been extensively studied, and the degradation pathway has not been determined. In this paper, a highly effective isocarbophos-degrading strain, scl-2, was isolated from isocarbophos-polluted soil. The strain scl-2 was preliminarily identified as Arthrobacter sp. based on its morphological, physiological, and biochemical properties, as well as 16S rDNA analysis. The strain scl-2 could utilize isocarbophos as its sole source of carbon and phosphorus for growth. One hundred mg/l isocarbophos could be degraded to a non detectable level in 18 h by scl-2 in cell culture, and isofenphos-methyl, profenofos, and phosmet could also be degraded. During the degradation of isocarbophos, the metabolites isopropyl salicylate, salicylate, and gentisate were detected and identified based on MS/MS analysis and their retention times in HPLC. Transformation of gentisate to pyruvate and fumarate via maleylpyruvate and fumarylpyruvate was detected by assaying for the activities of gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (GDO) and maleylpyruvate isomerase. Therefore, we have identified the degradation pathway of isocarbophos in Arthrobacter sp. scl-2 for the first time. This study highlights an important potential use of the strain scl-2 for the cleanup of environmental contamination by isocarbophos and presents a mechanism of isocarbophos metabolism.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.1511-1517
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• 2011

페난스렌은 다환방향족 탄화수소의 일종으로서 미량으로도 인체에 강한 해를 미칠 수 있는 주요 환경오염 물질이다. 미생물을 이용한 페난스렌 제거 목적으로 중국 쑤저우(Suzhou) 지역의 유류 오염토양에서 페난스렌을 강력하게 분해하는 세균을 분리하였다. 16S rDNA 염기서열 결정에 의하여 이 세균은 Sphingobacterium sp. SW-09로 동정되었으며 PCR 증폭을 통하여 페난스렌 분해 유전자인 nahH를 가지고 있음이 확인되었다. 이전의 연구에서 포천일대의 군부대에서 분리된 강력한 페난스렌 분해세균인 Staphylococcus sp. KW-07과 이번에 분리된 Sphingobacterium sp. SW-09을 이용하여 이들의 페난스렌 분해능을 비교분석하였다. 그 결과, 쑤저우 지역에서 분리된 Sphingobacterium sp. SW-09이 최소배지와 실제토양에서 모두 Staphylococcus sp. KW-07보다 강하게 페난스렌을 분해하는 것으로 나타났다. 결과적으로 이번에 분리된 Sphingobacterium sp. SW-09을 사용하여 유류 오염토양의 환경정화에 사용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.25-33
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• 1980

토양에서 분리한 Pseudomonadaceae 속 박테리아로부터 pyrocatechase를 추출, 분리 정제하였으며, 이 효소의 특성을 검토한 결과 pyrocatechase는 catechol에 대하여 기질 특이성을 보여줌을 알았다. 효소 활성도의 최적조건은 pH 7∼10 부근과 온도 $35^{\circ}C$임을 알았으며, catechol에 대한 $K_m$값은 $1.9{\times}10^{-6}M$ 로 얻어졌다. 기질 유도체에 의한 효소 저해 실험결과 벤젠 고리의 ortho 위치에 두개의 수산기는 효소-기질간의 결합반응에 참여될 것이라고 추측했다. 기타 SH-잔기와 작용하는 화합물 또는 중금속 이온등의 첨가에 따른 효소 활성도의 저해 효과를 검토 하였으며, 효소 활성부위에 대하여도 검토해 보았다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.283-291
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• 2012

Bioremediation efforts often rely on the application of surfactants to enhance hydrocarbon bioavailability. However, synthetic surfactants can sometimes be toxic to degrading microorganisms, thus reducing the clearance rate of the pollutant. Therefore, surfactant-resistant bacteria can be an important tool for bioremediation efforts of hydrophobic pollutants, circumventing the toxicity of synthetic surfactants that often delay microbial bioremediation of these contaminants. In this study, we screened a natural surfactant-rich compartment, the estuarine surface microlayer (SML), for cultivable surfactant-resistant bacteria using selective cultures of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). Resistance to surfactants was evaluated by colony counts in solid media amended with critical micelle concentrations (CMC) of either surfactants, in comparison with non-amended controls. Selective cultures for surfactant-resistant bacteria were prepared in mineral medium also containing CMC concentrations of either CTAB or SDS. The surfactantresistant isolates obtained were tested by PCR for the Pseudomonas genus marker gacA gene and for the naphthalene-dioxygenase-encoding gene ndo. Isolates were also screened for biosurfactant production by the atomized oil assay. A high proportion of culturable bacterioneuston was tolerant to CMC concentrations of SDS or CTAB. The gacA-targeted PCR revealed that 64% of the isolates were Pseudomonads. Biosurfactant production in solid medium was detected in 9.4% of tested isolates, all affiliated with genus Pseudomonas. This study shows that the SML is a potential source of surfactant-resistant and biosurfactant-producing bacteria in which Pseudomonads emerge as a relevant group.