• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.81-83
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• 1989

The flagella antigenic variation of nine Bacillus thuringiensis serovar kurstaki temperature-sensitive mutants grown at the permissive temperature (3$0^{\circ}C$) was detected by a serological agglutination between H-antigen and antiserum. The flagella antigens were injected to rabbits to prepared their antisera, and then their homologous and heterologous titers of the antisera were measured. The homologous titers were ranged from 1:6,400 to 1:12,800, but the heterologous titers were very low. The H-antigen of the wild type strain was not agglutinated to 4 heterologous antisera, ts-U23 not to 7, ts-U3l not 5, ts-U32 not to 4, ts-U33 not to 7, ts-U7l not to 4, ts-U73 not to 6, ts-U74 not to 6, ts-U91 not to 4 and ts-U603 not to 4 antisera.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.110-117
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• 1995

This study was carried out to immunologically characterize Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t) antigens. Protein patterns of ultrasonicated- antigens of B. thuringiensis subspecies using SDS- PAGE revealed marked similarities among all the strains analyzed except for the difference between quantative variations of bands and some protein antigens. The comparison of the protein patterns showed that the protein antigen of 45 kilodalton (kd) was common in 11 strains and that the difference between B. thuringiensis subsp. canadensis and galleriae was noticed in quantative variations of bands despite of ambiguous serogrouping, suggesting a useful method for identification. All strains examined showed similar antigenic patterns in SDS-PAGE, while immunodominant bands differed in antigenic reactivity in western blot using polyclonal antibodies. Polyclonal antibody to B. thuringiensis subsp. thuringiensis and israelensis in indirect immunofluorescence assay reacted with flagella and cell surface antigens. The present study indicates that SDS-PAGE and western blot analysis may be used as tools for differentiation and identification of B. thuringiensis subspecies.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.161-167
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• 1998

가금 및 가축의 살모넬라중을 일으키는 에서 편모항원을 순수분리하고 이를 면역원으로 산란계에 면역하여 난황 중에 형성된 항체와 혈청간에 면역 반응을 조사하고 생산된 에 대한 특이난황 항체의 특이성 검사와 항체회수율 검사를 실시한 결과S. enteritidis는 다음과 같다. 1. S. enteritidis에서 순수 분리한 flagella protein 의 분자량은 54.6 kDa으로 나타났다. 2. 산란계의 혈청중 항체가 형성은 면역 후 2주경부터 급격히 증가하기 시작하여 6주경에 최고의 항체가 수준에 도달하였다. 반면에 난황중 항체가는 면역 후 4주경부터 급격히 증가하기 시작하여 6주경에 혈청항체가 수준과 동일하게 도달되며, 10주 이후에는 혈청항체가 수준보다 높게 형성되어 일정한 수준을 유지하였다. 3. S. enteritidis의 flagella protein을 면역원으로 산란계에 면역하여 생산된 난황항체는 주로 S. enteritidis 균주에서만 특이적으로 반응하며 E. coli (Kl2:K99, K88+, 987P) 균체에서는 반응이 전혀 없는 것으로 나타났다. 4. 한개의 난으로부터 분리한 IgY의 함량은 106 mg이었으며 회수율은 88.3％였다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.191-196
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• 2003

1. S. choleraesuis, S. typhimurium, S. dublin에서 순수 분리한 flagella protein의 분자량은 각각 53.4 kDa, 51 kDa, 54.6 kDa으로 나타났다. 2. 산란계의 혈청 중 항체역가 수준은 면역 후 2주경 부터 급격히 증가하기 시작하였고 난황 중 항체역가의 수준은4 주경 부터 급격히 증가하기 시작하였다. 6주와 8주경 이 후 부터는 난황항체역가가 혈청 항체역가보다 높은 수준을 유지하거나 계속 증가하였다. 3. Salmonella flagella protein을 면역원으로 산란계에 면역하여 생산된 난황항체는 150,000배 희석 시 각각의 Salmonella 균주에서 특이적으로 각각의 항원에 반응하였다. 4. 난황 1 ml당 IgY의 함량은 약 31 mg∼33 mg이었으며, IgY의 함량은 단백질 함량의 약27%를 차지하는 것으로 나타났다. 5. 실험실조건하에서 난황항체의 항원결합능력을 조사한 결과 동결건조한 WSF을 2∼4 mg/ml첨가 시 균체의 농도가 $10^{9}$ CFU/ml에서 $10^{5}$∼$10^{6}$ CFU/ml로 급격하게 감소하였다.다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.201-206
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• 2009

본 연구는 Hyline Brown 산란계에 illite 첨가 급여가 Salmonella typhimurium 편모항원에 대한 면역 반응에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 외관상 건강하고 정상적으로 산란을 하는 개체만을 1차 선별하였고 2차적으로 S. typhimurium 편모항원에 대한 혈청 항체가를 측정하여 항체 형성이 되지 않은 28수를 시험 동물로 공시하였다. 시험구의 배치는 완전 임의로 illite 투여구 14수 및 대조구 14수로 설정하였으며, 다시 투여구 및 대조구는 각각 7수씩 2개 군을 나누어 면역 증강제를 달리하여 Salmonella 편모항원을 면역을 실시하였다. 실험 시작후 8주동안의 산란율을 조사한 결과, illite를 첨가 급여한 투여구와 대조구 사이에 통계학적으로 유의적인 차이는 없었다. Salmonella 편모항원에 대한 혈청 항체가를 측정한 결과, Freund's adjuvant 및 croton oil을 면역 증강제로 이용한 모든 투여구에서 illite를 급여하지 않은 대조구에 비해 항체가가 높은 경향을 알 수 있었다. Freund's adjuvant를 이용한 시험구에서는, illite 투여구의 항체가가 시험 6주부터 9주까지 대조구에 비하여 현저히 높은 것으로 조사되었으며(p<0.05), croton oil을 이용한 시험구에서도 illite 투여구의 혈중 항체가가 시험 4, 6, 7주에 대조구에 비해 현저히 높은 것으로 조사되었다(p<0.05). 이러한 조사 결과는 산란계에서 illite 첨가 급여함으로써 체액성 면역 반응을 증가시켜 Salmonellosis와 같은 세균 감염에 대한 방어력이 증대에 도움이 될 수 있을 것이라 사료된다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.193-196
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• 1987

Protein methylation occurs ubiquitously in nature and involves N-methylation of lysine, arginine, histidine, alanine, proline and glutamine, O-methylesterfication o dicarboxylic acids, and S-methylation of cysteine and methionine. In nature, methylated amino acids accur in highly specialized proteins such as histones, flagella proteins, myosin, actin, ribosomal proteins. hn RNA-bound protein, HMG-1 and HMG-2 protein, opsin, EF-Tu, EF-$1\alpha$, porcine heart citrate synthase, calmodulin, ferredoxin, $1\alpha$-amylase, heat shock protein, scleroderma antigen, nucleolar protein C23 and IF-3l.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.520-528
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• 2021

Plesiomonas shigelloides, a member of the family Vibrionaceae, is a gram-negative, rod-shaped, facultative anaerobic bacterium with flagella. P. shigelloides has been isolated from such sources as freshwater, surface water, and many wild and domestic animals. P. shigelloides contains 102 O-antigens and 51 H-antigens. The diversity of O-antigen gene clusters is relatively poorly understood. In addition to O1 and O17 reported by other laboratories, and the 12 O serogroups (O2, O10, O12, O23, O25, O26, O32, O33, O34, O66, O75, and O76) reported previously by us, in the present study, nine new P. shigelloides serogroups (O8, O17, O18, O37, O38, O39, O44, O45, and O61) were sequenced and annotated. The genes for the O-antigens of these nine groups are clustered together in the chromosome between rep and aqpZ. Only O38 possesses the wzm and wzt genes for the synthesis and translocation of O-antigens via the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter pathway; the other eight use the Wzx/Wzy pathway. Phylogenetic analysis using wzx and wzy showed that both genes are diversified. Among the nine new P. shigelloides serogroups, eight use wzx/wzy genes as targets. In addition, we developed an O-antigen-specific PCR assay to detect these nine distinct serogroups with no cross reactions among them.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.318-324
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• 2006

In order to develop an oral vaccine to prevent H. pylori infection, we have expressed the hpaA gene of H. pylori K51 isolated from Korean patients, encoding 29-kDa HpaA that is known to be localized on the cell surface and flagella sheath, in a live delivery vector system, Lactococcus lactis. The hpaA gene, amplified by PCR using the genomic DNA of H. pylori K51, was cloned in the pGEX-2T vector, and the DNA sequence analysis revealed that the hpaA gene of H. pylori K51 had 99.7% and 94.8% identity with individual hpaA genes of the H. pylori 26695 strain (U.K) and the J99 strain (U.S.A). A polyclonal anti-HpaA antibody was raised in rats using GST-HpaA fusion protein as the antigen. The hpaA gene was inserted in an E. coli-L. lactis-shuttle vector (pMG36e) to express in L. lactis. Western blot analysis showed that the expression level of HpaA in the L. lactis transformant remained constant from the exponential phase to the stationary phase, without extracelluar secretion. These results indicate that the HpaA of H. pylori K51 was successfully expressed in L. lactis, and suggest that the recombinant L. lactis expressing HpaA may be applicable as an oral vaccine to induce a protective immune response against H. pylori.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.233-241
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• 2005

Plants have considerable advantages for the production of antigenic proteins because they provide an inexpensive source of protein and an easy administration of vaccine. Since a publication describing edible plant vaccine of HBsAg in 1992, a number of laboratories around the world have studied the use of plants as the bioreactor to produce antigenic proteins of human or animal pathogens. Over the last ten years, these works have been mainly focused on three major strategies for the production of antigenic proteins in plants: stable genetic transformation of either the nuclear or plastid genome, or transient expression in plants using viral vectors. As many antigenic proteins have been expressed in tobacco, also several laboratories have succeeded to express genes encoding antigenic proteins in other crop plants: potato, tomato, maize, carrot, soybean and spinach. At present many works for the production of edible plant vaccine against bacteria-mediated diseases have mostly performed the studies of enterotoxins and adhesion proteins. Also the development of new-type antigens (pili, flagella, surface protein, other enterotoxin and exotoxin etc.) is required for various targets and more efficacy to immunize against microorganism pathogens. Many works mostly studied in experimental animals had good results, and phase I clinical trial of LTB clearly indicated its immunogenic ability. On the other hand, edible plant vaccines have still problems remained to be solved. In addition to the accumulation of sufficient antigen in plants, human health, environment and agriculture regulation should be proven. Also oral tolerance, the physiological response to food antigens and commensal flora is the induction of a state of specific immunological unresponsiveness, needs to be addressed before plant-derived vaccine becomes a therapeutic option.