• 대한수의학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.574-580
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• 1998

Anthrax caused by Bacillus anthracis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases in the worldwide. To control and prevent the disease effectively, several methods such as development of a fast and specific diagnostic method and vaccine, education etc, have been carried out. However, it still has a problem in the control and prevention. To control, the most important method is the prevention of direct or indirect contact of the causative agent with susceptible host. Therefore, we developed a fast and specific detection method, polymerase chain reaction, of B anthracis from soil and infected animals because the organism could survive long time in the environment including soil due to formation of spore. With the method, virulence genes of B anthracis were successfully amplified from experimentally infected soil and mice. Up to $4.2{\times}10$ of the organisms per gram could be detected with the PCR method from experimentally infected soil. These results suggested that this PCR method could be effectively used not only to detect B anthracis in soil and infected animal but also to provide the information to prevent the disease.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.293-300
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• 2005

연구목적: 단일 유전자 이상에 대한 착상전 유전진단을 성공적으로 시행하기 위해서는 효과적이고 신뢰도가 높은 PCR 방법의 확립이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 alkaline lysis와 duplex nested PCR 방법을 단일 림프구와 할구의 유전자 분석에 적용하여 그 효용성을 확인하고자 하였다. 재료 및 방법: 단일 유전자의 이상이 확인된 Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) 결핍증과 epidermolysis bullosa (EB) 가계의 대상자들에서 채취한 단일 림프구와 공여 받은 배아의 할구를 이용하여 각각 PCR, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)와 direct DNA sequencing 분석을 시행하였다. 이러한 분석에서 유전자 증폭률 (amplification rate)과 두개의 allele 중에서 하나의 allele이 증폭되지 않는 allele drop-out (ADO) 빈도에 대해 살펴보았다. 결 과: 단일 림프구와 할구를 이용한 PCR 방법의 유전자 증폭률은 DMD에서 91.1%와 81.8%, OTC 결핍증에서 96.0%와 78.1%, EB에서 91.3%와 90.0%를 각각 나타냈으며, ADO 빈도는 OTC 결핍증에서 13.3%, EB에서 16.8%로 관찰되었다. 결 론: 본 연구에서 적용한 alkaline lysis와 duplex nested PCR 방법은 단일 유전자에 대한 착상전 유전진단에 성공적으로 적용할 수 있는 방법으로 생각되며, ADO 빈도를 최소화할 수 있는 효율적인 방법의 개발에 대한 지속적인 연구가 필요하다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.842-851
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• 1996

연구배경: Rifampicin(RFP)은 항결핵 단기지료의 근간이 되는 약제로서 RFP에 대한 내성을 다제약제내성의 지표로 보기도 한다. rpoB유전자는 RFP이 결합하여 약리작용을 나타내는 RNA poly-merase의 ${\beta}$-subunit을 coding하는 유전자이다. 다른 보고들에 의하면 RFP내성균주에서 rpoB유전자의 돌연변이가 관찰되고 특히 점돌연변이가 중요한 기전임이 알려지고 있다. 이에 저자는 rpoB유전자의 점돌연변이를 쉰게 관찰할 수 있는 PCR-SSCP법 을 이용하여 신속하게 RFP에 대한 내성여부를 확인할 수 있는지에 대하여 알아보았다. 방법: 전통적인 약제내성검사상 RFP에 내성을 보이는 25 배양균주와 RFP에 감수성인 27 배양균주 그리고 표준균주인 H37Rv를 대상으로 하였다. TR8, TR9 primer를 이용하여 rpoB 유전자의 511 codon에서 533 codon 부위를 포함하는 157bp의 DNA를 증폭한 후 폴리 아크릴아마이드젤 전기영동으로 PCR-SSCP를 시행하여 band의 이동양상을 비교하였다. 그리고 H37Rv 와 다른 band의 양상을 보인 균주에서 direct sequencing을 시행하여 H37Rv의 염기서열과 비교하였다. 또한 임상결과를 추적할 수 있었던 19예에서 임상결과와 전통적인 감수성검사 결과, 그리고 PCR-SSCP결과를 비교하였다. 결과: 1) PCR-SSCP결과로 RFP감수성 27균주 모두에서 H37Rv와 동일한 band의 양상을 보였고, RFP내성 25균주 모두에서 H37Rv와 다른 band의 양상을 보여서 전통적인 RFP 감수성검사와 rpoB유전자의 PCR-SSCP 사이에 100% 일치하는 결과를 보여주었다. 2) rpoB 유전자 돌연변이의 주된 기전은 점돌연변이였다. 3) rpoB 유전자의 PCR-SSCP 결과는 전통적인 RFP감수성검사나 항결핵치료의 임상경과와 잘 일치하였다. 결론: 결핵균 rpoB 유전자의 PCR-SSCP에 의한 돌연변이의 확인은 RFP내성 결핵균의 신속한 진단에 아주 유용한 검사로 기대된다. 향후 직접임상검체를 대상으로 한 연구가 필요하리라 사료된다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.753-762
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• 2008

GenBank database로부터 돼지 genomic 서열과 사람의 CFB 유전자의 CDS를 정렬하여 돼지 CFB 유전자의 CDS를 추정하였다. 이를 바탕으로 제작된 primer를 이용하여 RT-PCR을 실시하여 CDS 내부서열을 결정하였으며, 결정된 서열을 바탕으로 primer 제작 및 RACE-PCR을 실시하였다. 돼지 CFB 유전자의 전체 CDS 길이는 2298 bp였으며, 사람 및 마우스와의 비교결과 염기삽입/결실이 확인되었다. CDS 및 아미노산 서열을 사람 및 마우스와 비교한 결과 CDS는 84% 및 80%, 아미노산 서열은 79%, 77%의 상동성을 보였다. 포유류의 CFB에서 일반적으로 나타나는 보체조절단백질(complement control protein, CCP) 영역, Von willebrand factor A(VWFA) 영역, 그리고 serine protease 영역이 확인되었으며, 단백질 기능에 중요하게 작용하는 아미노산 잔기들은 돼지를 포함한 사람, 마우스, 소, 말에서 동일하게 나타났다. 사람, 마우스, 소, 말, 돼지 CFB 유전자의 아미노산 서열에 의한 유전적 거리지수 및 neighbor-joining tree 작성 결과 돼지는 같은 우제목에 속하는 소와 가장 가까운 계통유전학적 유연관계를 나타내었다. 결정된 CDS를 바탕으로 exon 영역을 증폭하기 위한 primer를 제작하였고, cSNP 분석을 위해서 돼지 6품종을 대상으로 direct sequencing을 실시하였다. 그 결과 아미노산 치환을 일으키는 3개(C13T, A1696G, A2015C)의 cSNP가 동정되었다. 동일한 DNA를 사용하여 동정된 3개의 cSNP를 대상으로 Multiplex- ARMS 방법으로 유전자형 분석 결과 direct sequencing 결과와 일치하였다. Multiplex-ARMS 방법의 재현성 확인을 위해 무작위로 2개의 DNA 시료를 선발한 후 direct sequencing과 Multiplex-ARMS 분석을 각각 실시하였으며, 3개의 cSNP에 대한 유전자형이 일치함을 재확인하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서 확인된 3개의 cSNP는 SLA class III 영역의 haplotype 분석을 위한 기초 자료로 사용될 수 있으며, Multiplex- ARMS 기법은 이종장기 개발에 필수적인 SLA 전체 영역 내 유전자들의 유전자형 분석을 위한 효율적인 분석방법이라고 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.284-289
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• 2004

A PCR assay for the rapid detection of Vibrio vulnificus strains was developed using a virulence gene for elastase found in various Vibrio species. The DNA sequences in the elastase gene facilitated the identification of a species-specific probe for pathogenic V. vulnificus strains from both clinical and environmental sources. Using an elastase gene-based PCR reaction, a species-specific 507-bp PCR product was visualized by agarose gel electrophoresis. Three different DNA extraction methods were then compared to improve the simplicity and rapidity of detection. A PCR assay using the conventional DNA extraction or boiling method was able to detect as few as 25 V. vulnificus cells, making the detection limits at least 1-log-scale lower than that for the EDT A-treated DNA extraction method. In particular, the boiling method, which does not require purification of the chromosomal DNA, was very effective in terms of simple and rapid detection. Meanwhile, the detection limit in a mixed bacterial culture that included other bacteria, such as Escherichia coli or Bacillus subtilis, was two V. vulnificus cells, which was 1-log-scale lower than that for the control. Accordingly, when coupled with a new DNA extraction method, the elastase gene-based PCR can provide a rapid, specific, and sensitive method for identifying V. vulnificus in clinical and environmental samples.

• 대한바이러스학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.179-187
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• 2000

The etiology of rheumatic arthritis (RA) is associated with a number of genetic and environmental factors, but is not definitively elucidated. Recently, more attention has been paid to the possibility of microbial etiology in the pathogenesis of RA, because many different infectious agents have been reported to precede the onset or exacerbation of RA. Adenovirus (ADV) may be one cause of persistent or recurrent inflammatory arthritis. Varicella zoster virus (VZV) arthritis is detected frequently in RA patients treated with low dose methotrexate. The demonstration of simultaneous presence of both viral agents of specific viral nucleic acid in synovial fluids from synovitis patients would provide more direct evidence for arthritis etiological relationship, but there are no confirmed results. Therefore, we studied the ability of adenovirus and VZV to establish coinfection and persistent infection in synovial fluid from synovitis patients. The presence of viral agents in the synovial fluid demonstrated by isolation of cell culture, enzyme immunoassay and nested-PCR. The synovial fluids were also investgated for the presence of viral nucleic acid by nested-PCR using specific primer. ADV produced 220 bp and VZV produced 447 bp by each nested-PCR with specific primers. We detected 4/6 cases (66.7%) with persistent infection of ADV and 5/6 cases (83.3%) of VZV with 13 synovial fluids (between 7 to 52 day intervals) from synovitis patients by monoclonal ErA and nested-PCR. 21/28 cases (75%) with coinfection of adenovirus and VZV with synovial fluids from synovitis patients by nested-PCR. ADV and VZV coinfection and persistent infection of synovial fluids may provide a chronic antigenic stimuli to the immune system therefore provoking a continuing inflammatory response and caused the possibility of synovitis and arthritis.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.323-326
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• 2002

To detect whole ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in the activated sludge, group-specific primers targeting the 16S-rRNA gene of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria were used. The electrophoresis pattern of the PCR products seemed to produce a single band of approximately 1.0 k bp for the bacteria in activated sludge and Nitrosomonas europaea. No band was observed for nitrite-oxidizer Nitrobacter winogradskyi and heterotrophs such as Pseudomonas putida. Then direct measurement of the PCR product was made by fluorometry using the reagent Hoechist 33258, so that the fluorescent intensity was in proportional to the cell number of the sample up to 240. Total time required for the test was about 4 h including DNA extraction. The DNA fragments produced were cloned and their sequences showed high similarity to those of Nitrosomonas spp. This study showed the feasibility to detect ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and to esti-mate their population rapidly for the control of the nitrogen elimination process.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.2521-2523
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• 2013

Background: Papillary thyroid cancer or papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common thyroid cancer. The fact that it occasionally occurs in women aged 30-40 years old suggests that genetic alterations are involved its genesis. Recently, activator mutations in BRAF gene have been relatively frequently discovered. Materials and Methods: In this study, we tested 63 DNA samples from PTC patients to identify the V600E mutation frequency in the Ahvaz population. DNA was isolated from formalin fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) PTC tumor tissues. Genotyping was performed by PCR-RFLP and confirmed by direct DNA sequencing of a subset of PCR products. PCR-RFLP data were reported as genotype frequencies and percentages. Results: Forty nine out of 63 patients (77.8%) had a mutated heterozygote form while 14 (22.2%) showed normal genotype but none demonstrated a mutant homozygote genotype. The frequency of V600E mutation was significantly high in PTC patients. Conclusions: These findings support involvement of V600E mutations in PTC occurrence in Iran. Assessment of correlations between BRAF V600E mutations and papillary thyroid cancer progression needs to be performed.

• BMB Reports
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.986-1001
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• 2007

Cold acclimation improves freezing tolerance in plants. In higher plants, many advances have been made toward identifying the signaling and regulatory pathways that direct the low-temperature stress response; however, similar insights have not yet been gained for simple nonvascular plants, such as bryophytes. To elucidate the pathways that regulate cold acclimation in bryophytes, we used two PCR-based differential screening techniques, cDNA amplified fragment length polymorphism (cDNA-AFLP) and suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH), to isolate 510 ESTs that are differentially expressed during cold acclimation in Physcomitrella patens. We used realtime RT-PCR to further analyze expression of 29 of these transcripts during cold acclimation. Our results show that cold acclimation in the bryophyte Physcomitrella patens is not only largely similar to higher plants but also displays distinct differences, suggests significant alteration during the evolution of land plants.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.346-350
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• 2016

Two 1-year old calves of Korean Native cattle (Hanwoo) presented cutaneous papillomas on the face and neck. Type 2 bovine papillomavirus (BPV-2) was identified in the cutaneous papillomas based on BPV-specific PCR and subsequent DNA sequencing analysis results. Using DNA samples extracted from two affected calves and unaffected animals reared in the same stable, BPV-2 was not only detected in the cutaneous papillomas of affected animals based on BPV-specific PCR analysis, but also detected in normal skins, hairs, and their environments based on nested PCR analysis. BPV-2 was also detected in DNA samples isolated from animals and environments of that distinct stable with affected calves. However, no BPV-2 was detected in the drinking water of both stables (infected and unaffected). These findings concluded that BPV-2 was transmitted by direct or indirect contact, not by drinking water. This is the first report to show molecular evidence of BPV-2 infection. Rapid and precise molecular identification can be used to screen BPV-2 in cattle farms to understand the biological roles of BPV in animal diseases.