• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.19-27
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• 2021

This study was undertaken to clarify the effects of omega-3 fatty acid on endotoxin-induced acute lung injury. Rabbits were randomly assigned to one of four groups. Each group received intravenous infusion of saline only, saline and Escherichia coli endotoxin, omegaven infuison (0.5 mL/kg/hr) and endotoxin, lipoven (0.5 mL/kg/hr) and endotoxin respectively. Infusion of saline was started 0.5 hr before the infusion of saline or endotoxin, and omegaven and lipoven were started 2 hours after endotoxin infusion for 4 hours. The lungs of rabbits were ventilated with 40% oxygen. Mean blood pressure, heart rate, arterial oxygen tension (PaO2), and peripheral blood leukocyte were recorded. The wet/dry (W/D) weight ratio of lung and lung injury score were measured, and analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) was done. Endotoxin decreased PaO2, and peripheral blood leukocyte and platelet count. And it increased W/D ratio of lung, lung injury score and leukocyte count, percentage of PMN cells, concentration of IL-8 in BALF. Omegaven attenuated all these changes except for peripheral blood leukocyte counts. Omegaven attenuated endotoxin-induced acute lung injury in rabbits mainly by inhibiting neutrophil and IL-8 responses, which may play a central role in endotoxin-related lung injury.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2005

This study was performed to investigate the effects of ${\ulcorner}Persicae\;Semen{\lrcorner}(PS)$ on the blood injected by Endotoxin in rats. The blood was induced by Endotoxin injection into the caudal vein of rats and PS group taken a measurement of RBC, Hb, Hct, Platelet, WBC, ESR, CRP. The results were obtained as follows: 1. RBC, Hb, Hct, Platelet, WBC were increased with statistical significance at PS group as compared with those of the control group. 2. ESR, CRP were decreased with statistical significance at PS group as compared with those of the control group. It is concluded that PS group has significant effects on the blood injected by Endotoxin in rats. Therefore, PS group seems to be applicable to the diseases related to Endotoxin in clinics.

• Journal of Life Science
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.27-29
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• 2001

Vibrio vulnificus endotoxin was extracted, analyzed the chemical composition, tested its biological activity, and compared to those of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. The major fatty acid of three endotoxins were different each other; V. vulnificus endotoxins were different each other; V. vulnificus endotoxin was myristric acid (C14:0), E. coli was lauric acid (C12:0), S. typhimurium was capric acid (C10:0). The biological activities of V. vulnificus endotoxin were similar to those of E. coli and S. typhimurium in terms of the gelation activity of the Limulus amebocyte lysate and the lethal toxicity. But the result of enzyme (AST, ALT, and LDH) analysis showed that the enzyme activity of V. vulnificus endotoxin was similar to that of E. coli, but smaller than that of S. typimurium.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.193-199
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• 1993

Effects of the five fermenation media on the growth and the production of endotoxin of twenty-five Bacillus thuringiensis isolates were investigated. Among the five different media, the growth and the production of endotoxin of B. thuringiensis were highest in the M4 and M5 media containing high amounts of nitrogen and carbohydrate. But the production of endotoxin was highest in the M1 and M3 media containing high amounts of nitrogen sources limiting carbohydrate. The average number of endotoxin and growth(O.D.) in the M1 and M3 medial were 4.4*107/ml and 2.42 in M1 medium and 1.3*107/ml and 1.46, respectively.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.910-916
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• 2002

Endotoxin tolerance reduces the capacity of monocytes to produce proinflammatory cytokines, results in cellular immune paralysis, and down-regulates the production of helper T (Th)1 type cytokines with a shift toward a Th2 cytokine response. Prostaglandin (PG)E$_2$ in the immune system also results in macrophage inactivation and the suppression of Th1 activation and the enhancement of Th2 activation. However, the inhibitory effects of PGE$_2$ on the altered polarization of the Th cell and macrophage interleukin (IL)-6 production characterized in part by cellular immune paralysis in a state of endotoxin tolerance is unclear. This study was undertaken, using indomethacin, to investigate the role of endogenous PGE$_2$ on the Th cytokines and macrophage IL-6 production in a state of endotoxin tolerance compared to those with endotoxemia mice, wherein, in this latter case, the increased production of proinflammatory cytokines and PGE$_2$ is exhibited. Endotoxemia was induced by injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 10 mg/kg in saline) i.p. once in BALB/c mice, and endotoxin tolerance was induced by pretreatment with LPS (1 mg/kg in saline) injected i.p. daily for two consecutive days and then with LPS 10 mg/kg on day 4. Splenocytes or macrophages were obtained from endotoxemia and endotoxin tolerance models pretreated with indomethacin, and then cytokine production was induced by Con A-stimulated splenocytes for the Th cytokine assays and LPS-stimulated macrophages for the IL-6 assay. Our results showed that endotoxemia led to significantly reduced IL-2 and IL-4 production, to significantly increased IL-6 production, whereas interferon $(IFN)-{\gamma}$ production was not affected. Indomethacin in the case of endotoxemia markedly attenuated $IFN-{\gamma}$ and IL-6 production and didnt reverse IL-2 and IL-4 production. Endotoxin tolerance resulted in the significantly reduced production of IL-2 and $IFN-{\gamma}$ and the significantly increased production of IL-4 and IL-6. Indomethacin in endotoxin tolerance greatly augmented IL-2 production, significantly decreased IL-4 production, and slightly attenuated IL-6 production. These findings indicate that endogenous PGE$_2$ may mediate the suppressed Th1 type immune response, with a shift toward a Th2 cytokine response in a state of endotoxin tolerance, whereas endotoxemia may be regulated differentially. Also, endogenous PGE$_2$ may mediate macrophage IL-6 production in the case of endotoxemia to a greater extent than in the case of endotoxin tolerance.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.658-663
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• 2007

B. thuringiensis는 많은 해로운 곤충들을 박멸시키는데 널리 사용되는 생물학적 살충제로 잘 알려져 있다. 그것은 측포자 형태의 결정체($\delta$-내독소)를 생산하고 내생포자들을 형성한다. 본 논문에서는 B. thuringiensis BT-1과 BT-2에 의해 생산되는 내독소의 특성을 주사전자현미경(SEM), 투과전자현미경(TEM), SDS-PACE, 알칼리 용액에서의 용해 활성을 통하여 규명하였다. BT-1, BT-2 균주는 GBY 배지에서 배양되었고, 두 균주의 내독소는 당밀도구배법을 이용하여 정제되어, 주사전자현미경(SEM), 투과전자현미경(TEM)으로 관찰하였다. 형태학적으로, BT-1의 내독소는 사각형 및 납작형이고 크기는 $1.73{\mu}m{\times}0.7{\mu}m$, 그리고 BT-2 내독소는 구형이며 $1.1{\mu}m$, 폭이 $0.9{\mu}m$인 것으로 밝혀졌다. SDS-PACE 방법으로 분석한 결과, BT-1의 분자량은 28 kDa, 21 kDa, 반면에 BT-2의 분자량은 50 kDa, 35 kDa, 22 kDal으로 밴드가 형성되었다. 이들의 결정체는 알칼리 완충용액 내에서 시간에 지나감에 따라서 점차로 용해되었으며 3시간 후에는 거의 완전하게 용해되었다. 이 결과들을 통하여 BT1과 BT-2 결정체의 내독소가 곤충의 중장 내에서 시간이 흐름에 따라 비활성 상태에서 활성상태로 전환되는 것으로 보여진다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.357-371
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• 1991

To identify the pathogenetic role of reactive oxygen free radical-induced oxidation reaction in endotoxin-induced acute lung injury, we infused endotoxin into 8 domestic pigs; endotoxin only (n=3), pretreatment with dimethylthiourea (DMTU) (n=5). We observed the sequential changes in hemodynamic parameters, the concentration of plasma oxidized glutathione (GSSG) in pulmonary arterial and venous blood, and albumin content in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). The results were as follows. 1) While cardiac output decreased, mean pulmonary arterial pressure, pulmonary vascular resistance, and alveolar-arterial oxygen difference increased over phase 1 (0-2 hr) and phase 2 (2-4.5 hr) by endotoxin, DMTU attenuated the above changes only during phase 2. 2) While the concentration of plasma GSSG increased significantly by endotoxin during phase 2, there were no significant differences between pulmonary arterial and venous GSSG contents during both phases. The increase in plasma GSSG content was attenuated by DMTU. 3) The content of BALF albumin was significantly lower in DMTU group than that of endotoxin group. These results suggest that reactive oxygen free radical-induced oxidation reaction may have an important pathogenetic role in endotoxin-induced acute lung injury in pigs, which seems to be greater during phase 2 rather than phase 1.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.30-35
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• 2000

본 연구는 대장균 내독소로 실험적 패혈증을 유도한 토끼를 이용하여 지질성분과 cytokines에 대한 박테리아 내독소의 영향과 이 물질들 변화간의 상호 관련성을 조사한 결과이다. 내독소 투여군의 중성지방 및 콜레스테롤 농도는 전 검체채취 시간대에서 대조군보다 대체적으로 높았다(p<0.01 또는 0.05). 내독소 투여군의 인지질 농도는 내독소 투여후 3 및 6 시간대에 용량의존성으로 대조군보다 높았다(p<0.05). Tumor necrosis factor-$\alpha$ TNF-$\alpha$)와 interleukin-I$\beta$(IL-l$\beta$) 농도는 모든 검체채취 시기에서 대조군보다 증가하였다(p＜0.01 또는 0.05). 지질성분들의 변화와 cytokines(TNF-$\alpha$ 나 IL-1$\beta$)변화간에 유의한 음의 상관성이 있었으며(p<0.05), 중성지방이나 콜레스테롤 농도가 보다 높았던 내독소 투여 토끼들이 그렇지 않은 토끼들보다 상대적으로 더 좋은 임상상태를 보였다. 본 연구결과는 내독소에 의한 지질성분들의 변화가 지질 대사계의 혼란이라기보다 숙주 방어기작의 능동적 작용일 수도 있음을 시사하고 있다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.319-327
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• 1994

연구배경: 폐포-모세혈관 투과성의 증가에 의한 폐부종을 특징으로하는 성인성 호홉곤란증후군(ARDS)의 발병기전은 아직 명확히 밝혀져 있지 않다. 폐포-모세혈관 투과성의 증가는 폐 혈관 내피세포의 손상에 의한 것으로 알려져 있어 폐포-모세혈관 투과성 증가의 기전을 이해하기 위해서는 폐혈관 내피세포 손상의 기전을 규명하는 것이 필요하다. 혈관 내피세포 손상은 주로 활성화된 호중구에서 분비된 염증매개성 물질에 의한다고 생각되고 있다. 그러나 최근 들어 내피세포 손상에서 호중구와 무관한 새로운 기전의 존재를 시사하는 결과들이 알려지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 호중구나 활성화된 보체의 도움없이 내독소만에 의해 혈관 내피세포의 손상이 발생하는 지, 내독소에 의해 혈관 내피세포에서 산소기가 유리되는 지를 관찰하고, 이것이 혈관 내피세포의 손상에 관여하는지를 규명하고자 하였다. 방법: 내독소가 호중구의 도움없이 혈관 내피세포에 손상을 가져오는지를 관찰하기 위해 내독소 투여후 세포독성지표를 측정하였다. 이때 산소기가 관여하는지를 평가하기 위해 여러 항산화제로 전처치한 후 내독소에 의한 세포독성을 측정하였다. 다음 단계로 내독소에 의한 혈관 내피세포에서의 산소기 분비 유무를 관찰하고자 내독소 처치후 배양액내의 과산화수소 농도를 측정하였다. 마지막으로 과산화수소의 세포독성 유무를 관찰하고자 과산화수소 처치후 세포독성검사를 시행하였다. 모든 실험에서 일차 배양한 HUVE의 제4세대 계대배양 세포를 사용하였고 세포독성검사는 51Cr유리법을 사용하였다. 결과: 1) 내독소 단독 처치시 혈관 내피세포의 손상이 관찰되었는데, 이는 용량-반응관계를 보였다. 2) 내독소에 의한 혈관 내피세포의 손상은 catalase와 DMTU에 의하여 각각 유의하게 억제되었다. 3) 내독소에 의해 혈관 내피세포로 부터 과산화수소가 용량-반응관계를 보이면서 분비되었다. 4) 과산화수소는 혈관 내피세포독성을 보이고 이는 catalase와 DMTU 전처치로 완화되었다. 결론: 내독소는 단독으로 혈관 내피세포독성을 보이며 이때 혈관 내피세포에서 분비된 산소기가 세포독성에 관여할 것으로 생각된다.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.34-39
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• 1998

For more convenient and rapidly isolation of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis(Bti), 1) heat treatment spore forming bacteria, 2) growth in enrichment culture media for Bacillus sp. and 3) selection of bacteria producing a lecithinase for Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis, were performed. Spore forming bacteria were counted 4.8 $\times $ 10$^{8}$cells/g soil on NAPGCY media, 9.2 $\times $ 10$^{7}$cells/g soil on NA media, and 3.6 $\times $ 10$^{8}$cells/g soil on NAAC media, respectively. Bacteria producing only a lecithinase were reached at 25.2% on medium contained egg york, bacteria only producing a delta-endotoxin were reached at 23.2% by phase contrast microscope, and bacteria producing a lecithinase & a delta-endotoxin simultaneously were reached at 13.7%. Bacillus thuringiensis which producing a lecithinase and a delta-endotoxin simultaneously among bacteria producing a lecithinase, were reached at 56.5%; A half of Bacillus thuringiensis was produced a delta-endotoxin, but not produced a lecithinase. Among 8 isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis, two strain of Bti which has a mosquito-cidal toxin, were detected by PCR using a specific primer of $\delta $-endotoxin gene from Bti.