• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.280-284
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• 2003

농업용 살균제와 살충제로서의 활용성 진단과 예측평가 자료로 사용하기 위하여 상용화 된 살균제 133품목과 살충제 152품목의 활성 성분들에 대하여 소수성(LogP), 쌍극자능율(DM), HOMO 및 LUMO 에너지, molar refractivity(MR), polarizability(Pol), van der Waals 분자 표면적 및 부피(Vol), 분자량 및 수화 에너지(hydralion energy) 등, 10 가지의 다양한 물리-화학 파라미터들을 계산하였다. 그리고 살균제와 sterol 생합성 저해제 (DMI: demethylation inhibitor) 및 살충제와 acetylcholine esterase 저해제(AChE)이 가지는 특정한 물리-화학 파라미터들의 범위 값을 설정하였다. 그 결과에 기초하여 다양한 화합물들이 작물 보호제로서 살균제와 살충제로의 활용 가능성이 예측될 것으로 판단되었다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.185-191
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• 2000

Pest insect control is dependent on about 200 insecticides that work by relatively few mechanisms. The targets they disrupt are mostly involved in the nervous system, respiratory chain, growth and development, or the gut. The major nerve targets are: acetylcholinesterase for the organophosphates and methylcarbamates; the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor for the neonicotinoids; the $\gamma$-aminobutyric acid receptor for several chlorinated hydrocarbons and fipronil; the voltage-gated sodium channel for DDT and pyrethroids. Selection of resistant strains often confers cross-resistance to some or all other insecticides working at the same site. The toxicological properties of different compounds acting on the same target are increasingly considered together, summating the risk even though the compounds are of quite diverse chemical types. Continuing attention is also being given to secondary targets not involved in the primary mechanism of toxicity but instead in side effects that must be considered in the overall safety evaluation. Research on insecticide targets is important in learning to keep up with resistance and changing concepts and policies on safety. These relationships are illustrated by recent studies in the Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratory of the University of California at Berkeley.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.552-560
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• 2020

Human carbonic anhydrase (CA) isozyme II has been used as protein target for disorder treatment including glaucoma. Current clinically used sulfonamide-based CA inhibitors can induce side effects, and so alternatives are required. This study aimed to investigate a natural CA inhibitor from Murraya paniculata. The previously developed yeast-based assay was used to screen 14 compounds isolated from M. paniculata and identified by NMR analysis for anti-human CA isozyme II (hCAII) activity. Cytotoxicity of the compounds was also tested using the same yeast-based assay but in a different cultivation condition. Two flavonoid candidate compounds, 5, 6, 7, 8, 3', 4', 5'-heptamethoxyflavone (4) and 3, 5, 7, 8, 3', 4', 5'-heptamethoxyflavone (9), showed potent inhibitory activity against hCAII with a minimal effective concentration of 10.8 and 21.5 μM, respectively, while they both exhibited no cytotoxic effect, even at the highest concentration tested (170 μM). The results from an in vitro esterase assay of the two candidates confirmed their hCAII inhibitory activity with IC₅₀ values of 24.0 and 34.3 μM, respectively. To investigate the potential inhibition mechanism of compound 4, in silico molecular docking was performed using the FlexX and SwissDock software. This revealed that compound 4 coordinated with the Zn²⁺ ion in the hCAII active site through its methoxy oxygen at a distance of 1.60 Å (FlexX) or 2.29 Å (SwissDock). The interaction energy of compound 4 with hCAII was -13.36 kcal/mol. Thus, compound 4 is a potent novel flavonoid-based hCAII inhibitor and may be useful for further anti-CAII design and development.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.53-57
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• 1999

파밤나방(Spodoptera exigua (Hiibner))의 살충제 감수성을 판별할 수 있는 간편한 진단 장치가 개발되어 야외 집단을 대상으로 판별능력을 시험했다. 이 진단장치의 기본설계원리는 에스테라제와 아세틸콜린에스테라제의 효소활력이 파밤나방의 살충제 감수성과 밀접한 관련성이 있음을 이용하였다. 네가지 형태의 진단장치(ED, EM, AD 및 AM)가 고안되었고 판별효소(E-에스테라제, A-아세틸콜린에스테라제)와 억제제(D-dichlorvos, M-monocrotophos)의 종류에 따라 분류되었다. 판별억제제의 농도는 각각 ED는 1mM, EM는 10mM, AD는 100mM 및 AM는 100mM이었다. 억제되지 않은 저항성 개체는 두 효소 모두에서 적색을 보이나 억제된 감수성 개체의 시료는 무색으로 나타난다. 한 개체의 파밤나방으로부터 채취된 혈액과 머리시료가 네가지 판별장치 검색장치에 한꺼번에 이용되었다. 검색장치의 실증검증을 위해 11개의 실내와 야외 집단들을 대상으로 살충제 감수성과 검색장치 판별력을 비교하였다. 이들 집단은 파밤나방 방제에 이용되고있는 3가지 살충제들(bifenthrin, methomyl, chlorpyrifos-methyl)에 대해 네 종류의 판별장치는 상이한 약제 감수성을 보였다. ED는 bifenthrin, AD는 methomyl 및 ED와 AM은 chlorpyrifos-methyl에 대하여 약제 감수변이를 판별하는 데는 각각 효과적이었다. 이상의 본 연구에서는 개발된 검색장치는 간편하고 신속하게 특정집단의 약제 저항성개체의 빈도수를 알려줌으로 효과적인 방제방법을 선정하는데 이용될 수 있다. 특히, 각 지역의 지도소에서 이 검색장치를 이용할 경우 객관적이고 합리적인 현장 농민에게 지도할 수 있겠다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.66-80
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• 1984

The organic phosphorus compounds have been widely used as an insecticide, since toxicity of these compounds is especially drastic to the insects than to men and other mammals. The organic phosphates are rapidly hydrolized and hence have little cumulative and ecologic effects. However, due to their acute toxic effects organophosphate have recorded rather high fatalities in men and domestic animals. The organic phosphorus compounds are powerful inhibitors to the carboxylic esterase enzymes such as acetylcholinesterase and pseudocholinesterase. As a result of firm binding characteristics of phosphate radicals to the active sites of enzyme, the activities of these enzymes are inhibited by the organophosphates. The organophosphates such as diazinon is easily observed from skin, gastrointestinal tract, conjunctivas and respiratory tract, and it is converted to more toxic form during metabolism in the liver The present study was carried out in order to investigate the hepatotoxicity of diazinon by observing the changes in the ultrastructure of cytoplasmic organelles of hepatic cells in albino mice. The animals were killed at 6, 12 and 24 hours after administration of 25mg/kg diazinon. The piece of hepatic tissue obtained from each animal was ultrathinly sectioned. The specimens stained by uranyl acetate and lead citrate double contrast methods were observed with JEM model 100B electron microscope. The results obtained were as follows: 1) A prominent dilatation and sacculation of the cisternae of rough endoplasmic reticulum associated with detachment of membrane bound-ribosomes, and disaggregation of the free ribosomes were recognized. 2) The hypertrophy of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum associated with depletion of the glycogen particles was observed. 3) The atrophy of cisternae of Golgi complex was observed. 4) A large number of secondary lysosomes (autophagic vacuoles and residual bodies) were formed. Consequently it is suggested that diazinon would induce disorganization of the cytoplasmic organelles of hepatocytes in albino mice.