• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.3690-3694
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• 2013

The $H_2Ge=Ge:$ and its derivatives ($X_2Ge=Ge:$, X = H, Me, F, Cl, Br, Ph, Ar${\ldots}{\ldots}$) is a new species. Its cycloaddition reactions is a new area for the study of germylene chemistry. The mechanism of the cycloaddition reaction between singlet state Cl2Ge=Ge: and formaldehyde has been investigated with CCSD(T)//MP2/$6-31G^*$ method. From the potential energy profile, it could be predicted that the reaction has only one dominant reaction pathway. The reaction rule presented is that the two reactants first form a fourmembered Ge-heterocyclic ring germylene through the [2+2] cycloaddition reaction. Because of the 4p unoccupied orbital of Ge: atom in the four-membered Ge-heterocyclic ring germylene and the ${\pi}$ orbital of formaldehyde forming a ${\pi}{\rightarrow}p$ donor-acceptor bond, the four-membered Ge-heterocyclic ring germylene further combines with formaldehyde to form an intermediate. Because the Ge: atom in intermediate hybridizes to an $sp^3$ hybrid orbital after transition state, then, intermediate isomerizes to a spiro-Ge-heterocyclic ring compound via a transition state. The research result indicates the laws of cycloaddition reaction between $H_2Ge=Ge:$ and formaldehyde, and laid the theory foundation of the cycloaddition reaction between $H_2Ge=Ge:$ and its derivatives ($X_2Ge=Ge:$, X = H, Me, F, Cl, Br, Ph, Ar${\ldots}{\ldots}$) and asymmetric ${\pi}$-bonded compounds, which is significant for the synthesis of small-ring and spiro-Ge-heterocyclic compounds. The study extends research area and enriches the research content of germylene chemistry.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.38-46
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• 2016

Background : The white jelly mushroom (Tremella fuciformis), one of the most popular edible fungi, has medicinal properties. However, the effects of T. fuciformis in skin whitening or anti-wrinkle efficacy has not been defined to date. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of T. fuciformis extracts on whitening and anti-wrinkle efficacy in skin cells. Methods and Results :We prepared T. fuciformis extracts with water. The extracts ($80^{\circ}C$) contained 12.11 mg/g polyphenol and 8.54 mg/g flavonoid concentration. T. fuciformis extracts markedly decreased melanin contents and tyrosinase activity in ${\alpha}$-MSH-stimulated melanocytes (B16F10 cells). In addition, the mRNA expression of melanin formation factors, such as microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF), tyrosinase-related protein-1 (TRP-1) and tyrosinase-related protein-2 (TRP-2) were significantly down-regulated in ${\alpha}$-MSH-stimulated melanocyte. Furthermore, T. fuciformis extracts increased the synthesis of type I procollagen and reduced mRNA expression of matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP-1) in the human dermal fibroblast (HDFn cells). These data indicated that T. fuciformis extracts induce repression of cellular melanogenesis and protect against wrinkles caused by UVB-stimulated damage. Conclusions : Thus T. fuciformis extracts could be a cosmetic candidate for skin whitening and anti-wrinkle effects.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.38-43
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• 2018

Objectives Dopamine dysregulation has been regarded as one of the core pathologies in patients with schizophrenia. Since dopamine synthesis capacity has found to be inconsistent in patients with schizophrenia, current classification of patients based on clinical symptoms cannot reflect the neurochemical heterogeneity of the disease. Here we performed new subtyping of patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP) through biotype-based cluster analysis. We specifically suggested basal ganglia structural changes as a biotype, which deeply involves in the dopaminergic circuit. Methods Forty FEP and 40 demographically matched healthy participants underwent 3T T1 MRI. Whole brain parcellation was conducted, and volumes of total 6 regions of basal ganglia have been extracted as features for cluster analysis. We used K-means clustering, and external validation was conducted with Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Results K-means clustering divided 40 FEP subjects into 2 clusters. Cluster 1 (n = 25) showed substantial volume decrease in 4 regions of basal ganglia compared to Cluster 2 (n = 15). Cluster 1 showed higher positive scales of PANSS compared with Cluster 2 (F = 2.333, p = 0.025). Compared to healthy controls, Cluster 1 showed smaller volumes in 4 regions, whereas Cluster 2 showed larger volumes in 3 regions. Conclusions Two subgroups have been found by cluster analysis, which showed a distinct difference in volume patterns of basal ganglia structures and positive symptom severity. The result possibly reflects the neurobiological heterogeneity of schizophrenia. Thus, the current study supports the importance of paradigm shift toward biotype-based diagnosis, instead of phenotype, for future precision psychiatry.

• 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물생명공학회 2001년도 Proceedings of 2001 International Symposium
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• pp.83-89
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• 2001

Recent advances in the structural and molecular biology uncovered that a set of translation factors resembles a tRNA shape and, in one case, even mimics a tRNA function for deciphering the genetic ：ode. Nature must have evolved this 'art' of molecular mimicry between protein and ribonucleic acid using different protein architectures to fulfill the requirement of a ribosome 'machine'. Termination of protein synthesis takes place on the ribosomes as a response to a stop, rather than a sense, codon in the 'decoding' site (A site). Translation termination requires two classes of polypeptide release factors (RFs)： a class-I factor, codon-specific RFs (RFI and RF2 in prokaryotes; eRFI in eukaryotes), and a class-IT factor, non-specific RFs (RF3 in prokaryotes; eRF3 in eukaryotes) that bind guanine nucleotides and stimulate class-I RF activity. The underlying mechanism for translation termination represents a long-standing coding problem of considerable interest since it entails protein-RNA recognition instead of the well-understood codon-anticodon pairing during the mRNA-tRNA interaction. Molecular mimicry between protein and nucleic acid is a novel concept in biology, proposed in 1995 from three crystallographic discoveries, one, on protein-RNA mimicry, and the other two, on protein-DNA mimicry. Nyborg, Clark and colleagues have first described this concept when they solved the crystal structure of elongation factor EF- Tu：GTP：aminoacyl-tRNA ternary complex and found its overall structural similarity with another elongation factor EF-G including the resemblance of part of EF-G to the anticodon stem of tRNA (Nissen et al. 1995). Protein mimicry of DNA has been shown in the crystal structure of the uracil-DNA glycosylase-uracil glycosylase inhibitor protein complex (Mol et al. 1995; Savva and Pear 1995) as well as in the NMR structure of transcription factor TBP-TA $F_{II}$ 230 complex (Liu et al. 1998). Consistent with this discovery, functional mimicry of a major autoantigenic epitope of the human insulin receptor by RNA has been suggested (Doudna et al. 1995) but its nature of mimic is. still largely unknown. The milestone of functional mimicry between protein and nucleic acid has been achieved by the discovery of 'peptide anticodon' that deciphers stop codons in mRNA (Ito et al. 2000). It is surprising that it took 4 decades since the discovery of the genetic code to figure out the basic mechanisms behind the deciphering of its 64 codons.

• ALGAE
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.359-377
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• 2017

Pyropia haitanensis (T. J. Chang et B. F. Zheng) N. Kikuchi et M. Miyata is one of the most commercially useful macroalgae cultivated in southeastern China. In red algae, the biosynthesis of terpenoids through 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway can produce a direct influence on the synthesis of many biologically important metabolites. In this study, two genes of cDNAs, 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase (DXS) and 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reductase (DXR), which encoding the first two rate-limiting enzymes among MEP pathway were cloned from P. haitanensis. The cDNAs of P. haitanensis DXS (PhDXS) and DXR (PhDXR) both contained complete open reading frames encoding polypeptides of 764 and 426 amino acids residues, separately. The expression analysis showed that PhDXS was significant differently expressed between leafy thallus and conchocelis as PhDXR been non-significant. Additionally, expression of PhDXR and its downstream gene geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase were both inhibited by fosmidomycin significantly. Meanwhile, we constructed types of phylogenetic trees through different algae and higher plants DXS and DXR encoding amino acid sequences, as a result we found tree clustering consequences basically in line with the "Cavalier-Smith endosymbiotic theory." Whereupon, we speculated that in red algae, there existed only complete MEP pathway to meet needs of terpenoids synthesis for themselves; Terpenoids synthesis of red algae derivatives through mevalonate pathway came from two or more times endosymbiosis of heterotrophic eukaryotic parasitifer. This study demonstrated that PhDXS and PhDXR could play significant roles in terpenoids biosynthesis at molecular levels. Meanwhile, as nuclear genes among MEP pathway, PhDXS and PhDXR could provide a new way of thinking to research the problem of chromalveolata biological evolution.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.326-334
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• 2007

에스트로젠 수용체 양성 유방암에서 과발현되는 에스트로젠 수용체는 $[^{18}F]FES$와 같은 $^{18}F$이 표지된 스테로이드계 에스트로젠 수용체 리간드를 사용하여 양전자방출단층촬영기로 영상을 얻을 수 있다. 반감기가 12.7시간인 $^{64}Cu$에 비해 1.8시간인 $^{18}F$은 반감기가 짧고, $^{64}Cu$로 표지 하는 경우보다 수율이 낮은 단점이 있다. 사이클렌은 구리, 인듐, 갈륨, 가돌리륨 등과 같은 금속과 안정한 착물을 형성한다. 이를 근거로 2개의 페놀 하이드록시 그룹을 가지고 있는 사이클렌을 기본구조로 한 구리 착물을 합성하였다. 재료 및 방법 : 1,7 위치에 보호기를 가지고 있는 1,7-bis(benzyloxy-carbonyl)-cyclen은 기존에 알려진 방법에 따라 합성 되어졌다. 여기에 4,10 위치에 2개의 4-benzyloxybenzyl groups을 도입한 후, Pd/C상에서의 수소화 반응으로 benzyloxycarbonyl과 benzyl groups이 모두 제거됨으로써 1,7-bis(4-hydroxybenzyl)-cyclen (1)을 성공적으로 합성할 수 있었다. 결과: 우리가 합성한 물질 1은 $^1H,\;^{13}C-NMR$ 그리고 질량분석기로 만들어졌는지 여부를 확인하였다. 이 물질들은 구리 이온과 반응하여 $[Cu(1)]^{2+}2(ClO_4)^-$와 $[Cu(1)Cl]^+Cl^-$를 형성하였고, 고분해능 FAB 질량분석기로 확인하였다. 결론: 우리는 질소원자에 trans 방향으로 2개의 페놀 그룹을 가지고 있는 cyclen 유도체를 합성하는데 성공하였고, 구리이온과 반응하여 각각 전체 전하가 +2그리고 +1인 구리 착물을 합성하였으며, 이들은 에스트로젠 수용체의 영상화를 위한 PET 추적자로 쓰일 수 있는 가능성이 있다.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2007

테린 계열의 화합물은 생체 내에 존재하여 여러 가지 효소들의 cofactor로써의 역할을 담당하며, 활성 산소에 대하여 제거 작용을 갖는 비단백질 화합물로서 널리 알려져 있다. 테린 계열의 화합물은 (6R)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (이하 $6-BH_4$)인 완전히 환원된 형태로 활성을 가지며 공기에 노출되었을 경우 쉽게 산화 형태로 전환된다. $6-BH_4$의 결핍 증상으로서 정신 질환관련된 파킨슨 질환, 알츠하이머 질환, 우울증 등의 증상이 있으며, 피부 질환으로는 백반증이 있다. 최근에는 $6-BH_4$의 멜라닌합성 저해와 관련된 연구가 수행되어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 $6-BH_4$와 유도체인 (6R)-5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (이하 methyl-$BH_4$)의 항산화 효능과 미백 효능 및 자외선 손상 방어 효능에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 테린 화합물의 DPPH 라디칼소거능 평가 결과 항산화 표준 물질인 quercetin과 유사한 효능을 갖는 항산화 물질임을 확인하였으며, 피부 세포주에서의 세포독성이 없는 안전한 물질임을 확인하였다. 또한 미백 효능을 평가하기 위하여 효소 수준에서의 tyrosinase 활성 저해능과 세포수준에서의 tyrosinase, TRP-1단백질의 발현 저해 효능을 확인하였다. in vivo에서의 미백 효능 평가 결과 역시 증류수 처리군과 비교시 테린 화합물 처리군에서 멜라닌 수치가 감소하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 테린 화합물의 또 다른 효능으로서 항산화효능을 기반으로 하는 자외선 손상 방어 효능을 평가한 결과, 자외선에 의해 유도되는 cytokines의 발현양을 감소시켰으며, 멜라닌의 합성을 저해하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 결과들로부터 테린 화합물의 화장료적 특성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.537-543
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 유기박막태양전지로 적용 가능한 push-pull 구조의 고분자를 합성하여 그 특성을 확인하였다. 전자주개 물질로는 benzodithiophene 유도체를 도입하였고, 전자받개물질은 benzothiadiazole 유도체를 사용하여 Stille coupling 반응으로 poly{4,8-didodecyloxybenzo[1,2-b;3,4-b]dithiophene-alt-5,6-bis(octyloxy)-4,7-di(thiophen-2-yl)benzo[c][1,2,5]-thiadiazole} (PDBDT-TBTD)를 합성하였다. 각 합성 단계별 단량체의 확인은 $^1H-NMR$과 GC-MS를 통해 이루어졌으며, 합성된 conjugated polymer는 GPC, TGA, UV-Vis, cyclic voltammetry를 이용하여 물리적, 광학적 및 전기화학적 특성을 확인하였다. PDBDT-TBTD의 수평균 분자량은 6200이였으며, 초기 분해온도(5% weight loss temperature, $T_d$)값은 $323^{\circ}C$로 측정 되었다. 박막형태에서의 최대 흡수파장은 599 nm이며, 광학적 밴드갭(${E_g}^{opt}$)은 1.70 eV으로 확인되었다. 유기박막태양전지 소자는 ITO/PEDOT : PSS/PDBDT-TBTD : $PC_{71}BM/BaF_2/Ba/Al$ 구조로 제작하였으며, PDBDT-TBTD와 $PC_{71}BM$를 1 : 2 (w/w)의 비율로 블렌딩하여 광활성층으로 사용하였다. 제작된 소자는 solar simulator으로 광전변환효율을 확인하였고, 최대 광전변환효율은 2.1%이었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.257-264
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• 2019

Objective: Dairy cattle nutrient requirement systems acknowledge amino acid (AAs) requirements in aggregate as metabolizable protein (MP) and assume fixed efficiencies of MP used for milk protein. Regulation of mammary protein synthesis may be associated with AA input and milk protein output. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of nanoemulsified methionine and cysteine on the in-vitro expression of milk protein (casein) in bovine mammary epithelial cells (MAC-T cells). Methods: Methionine and cysteine were nonionized using Lipoid S 75 by high-speed homogenizer. The nanoemulsified AA particle size and polydispersity index were determined by dynamic light scattering correlation spectroscopy using a high-performance particle sizer instrument. 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay was performed to determine the cytotoxicity effect of AAs with and without nanoionization at various concentrations (100 to $500{\mu}g/mL$) in mammary epithelial cells. MAC-T cells were subjected to 100% of free AA and nanoemulsified AA concentration in Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium/nutrient mixture F-12 (DMEM/F12) for the analysis of milk protein (casein) expression by the quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction method. Results: The AA-treated cells showed that cell viability tended to decrease (80%) in proportion to the concentration before nanogenesis, but cell viability increased as much as 90% after nanogenesis. The analysis of the expression of genetic markers related to milk protein indicated that; ${\alpha}_{s2}$-casein increased 2-fold, ${\kappa}$-casein increased 5-fold, and the amount of unchanged ${\beta}$-casein expression was nearly doubled in the nanoemulsified methionine-treated group when compared with the free-nanoemulsified methionine-supplemented group. On the contrary, the non-emulsified cysteine-administered group showed higher expression of genetic markers related to milk protein ${\alpha}_{s2}$-casein, ${\kappa}$-casein, and ${\beta}$-casein, but all the genetic markers related to milk protein decreased significantly after nanoemulsification. Conclusion: Detailed knowledge of factors, such nanogenesis of methionine, associated with increasing cysteine and decreasing production of genetic markers related to milk protein (casein) will help guide future recommendations to producers for maximizing milk yield with a high level of milk protein casein.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.367-371
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• 1996

본 연구에서는 $Bz-MAG_3$를 합성한 후 동결건조 된 키트를 제조하였으며, 이를 $^{99m}Tc$로 표지 후 $^{99m}Tc-MAG_3$의 방사화학적 특성 및 동물체내에서의 분포를 알아보았다. 1) 합성된 $^{99m}Tc-MAG_3$의 $R_f$값은 0.78, 표지효율은 $97.5{\pm}1.9%$ (n=10)로 나타났다. 2) $^{99m}Tc-MAG_3$를 사용하여 얻은 신기능영상은 $^{99m}Tc$-DTPA를 사용한 경우에서 보다 더 선명한 영상을 나타냈다. 3) $^{99m}Tc-MAG_3$를 사용한 ICR-마우스실험(n=10)에서 $T_{max}$(분)는 $^{99m}Tc-MAG_3$ (n=10)에서 1.4-1.5분으로 $^{99m}Tc$-DTPA (n=7)의 2.7분 보다 1.2분 정도 빠른 것을 보였고(P<0.05), $T_{1/2}$는 $^{99m}Tc-MAG_3$(n=10)에서 4.3-4.8분으로 $^{99m}Tc$-DTPA (n=7)의 3.8-4.5분과 비슷한 결과를 보였다. 방광출현 시간은 $^{99m}Tc-MAG_3$와 $^{99m}Tc$-DTPA 모두 2분 이내로 나타났다. 합성한 $Bz-MAG_3$ 키트가 높은 표지효율과 신장의 선명한 동적영상을 나타내는 것으로 보아 시판중인 신장기능 영상용 방사성의약품을 대치하여 사용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.