• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.63-69
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• 2017

Saururus chinensis (Lour.) Baill. (Saururaceae) has been used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of dysuria, leukorrhea, eczema, jaundice and ascites in Korea, China and Japan. Ethanol extract of S. chinensis was successively partitioned as methylene chloride, ethyl acetate, n-butanol and $H_2O$ soluble fractions. Among those fractions the ethyl acetate soluble fraction showed the most potent DPPH radical scavenging and superoxide quenching activities. To verify antioxidant activities of ethyl acetate fraction, we checked the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase, and intracellular ROS level and oxidative stress tolerance in Caenorhabditis elegans. Furthermore, to see if increased stress tolerance of worms by treating of ethyl acetate fraction was due to regulation of stress-response gene, we quantified SOD-3 expression using transgenic strain. Consequently, ethyl acetate fraction elevated SOD and catalase activities of C. elegans, and reduced intracellular ROS accumulation in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, ethyl acetate fraction-treated CF1553 worms exhibited significantly higher SOD-3::GFP intensity.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.928-933
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• 2007

Cameleon is a genetically engineered $Ca^{2+}$ sensing molecule consisting of two variants of the green fluorescent protein (GFP), calmodulin and calmodulin-binding protein, M13. HEK-293 cells stably expressing three types of cameleons, yellow cameleon-2, cameleon-3er, and cameleon-2nu, were constructed, and the expression and localization of these cameleons were confirmed by fluorescent imaging. Among the cameleons, the yellow cameleon-2 was selected for analyzing the change in $Ca^{2+}$ induced by the olfactory receptor-mediated signal transduction, because it is localized in the cytosol and binds to cytosolic $Ca^{2+}$ ions. Cells stably expressing yellow cameleon-2 were transfected with each of the test olfactory receptor genes, odr-10 and 17, and the expression of the olfactory receptor genes were examined using immunocytochenmical methods and RT-PCR. Stimulating each olfactory receptor with its specific odorant caused an increase in the intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ level, which was measured using yellow cameleon-2. These results demonstrate that yellow cameleon-2 can be conveniently used to examine the function of the olfactory receptors expressed in heterologous cells.

• Proceedings of the KSAR Conference
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• 2001.03a
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• pp.78-78
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• 2001

본 연구는 초자화동결법(vitrification)을 이용하여 미성숙 소 난포란의 동결기술을 개발하기 위하여 시도하였으며 난포의 크기와 동결보호제의 농도 및 난황의 첨가가 동결-융해 후 미성숙 소 난포란의 생존성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 미성숙 난자는 3mm 미만과 3mm 이상으로 구분된 난포로부터 채란하였으며 동결처리 전 동결보호제로서 30%EG과 40%EG, 그리고 각각에 10%의 egg yolk을 첨가하여 동결-융해 후 미성숙 난자의 생존성과 체외성숙율 및 체외수정율을 비교하였다. 생존율과 성숙율에 있어서 3m 미만과 3mm 이상의 2 처리구 모두 40%EG에 10%의 egg yolk을 첨가할 경우 유의적으로 높은 결과를 보였으나 3mm이하에서는 EG수준과 egg yolk 첨가 유무간에 생존율과 성숙율에 유의적인 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 동결-융해 후 체외수정율은 3mm 미만에서는 처리구간에 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았으나 3mm이상의 경우에서는 40%EG에 10%의 egg yolk 첨가구가 다른 처리구에 비해 유의적으로 높았다. 난포의 크기에 따른 동결-융해 후 생존율은 3mm미만의 난포란이 3mm이상 보다 높았으나 성숙율과 수정율에 있어서는 3mm이상이 3mm미만의 난포란에서 보다 다소 높았다. 생존율, 성숙율 및 수정율 모두 난포크기간에 유의차는 인정되지 않았다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.21 no.10
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• pp.1026-1035
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• 2011

Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which owes its origin to the marine environment, is considered as one of the most common causes of infectious diarrhea worldwide. The present study investigated the pathogenicity of V. parahaemolyticus against the model organism, Caenorhabditis elegans. Infection in the host was localized with GFP-tagged V. parahaemolyticus using confocal laser scanning microscopy. The times required for causing infection, bacterial load in intestine, chemotactic response, and alteration in pharyngeal pumping were analyzed in the host system. In addition, the regulation of innate immune-related genes, lys-7, clec- 60, and clec-87, was analyzed using real-time PCR. The role of immune-responsible pmk-1 was studied using mutant strains. The pathogenicity of environmental strain CM2 isolated from the Gulf of Mannar, India was compared with that of a reference strain obtained from ATCC. The pathogen infected animals appeared to ward off infection by up-regulating candidate antimicrobial genes for a few hours after the exposure, before succumbing to the pathogen. For the first time, the pathogenicity of V. parahaemolyticus at both the physiological and molecular levels has been studied in detail using the model organism C. elegans.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.93-98
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• 2006

Human foamy virus (HFV) integrase mediates integration of viral c-DNA into cellular DNA. In this process, HFV prointegration complex (PIC) in which integrase is a key component moves to nuclei of the infected cells and leads to integration of viral DNA to the cellular genome, which is essential in viral life cycle. In general nuclear localization signals (NLS) have been suggested to be involved in localizing retroviral PIC to nuclei, but the mechanisms for nuclear localization of the HFV PIC remains unclear. To functionally identify the NLS of HFV integrase, various subdomains of the protein were expressed as GFP fusions and their subcellular locations were analyzed with confocal laser scanning microscopy. Wild type HFV integrase was karyophilic by targeting the fusion protein to nuclei of the COS-1 and 293T cells. Our results showed that strong NLS of HFV integrase was mapped to the C-terminal regions. In addition the karyophilic properties of N-terminal and central regions are not individually strong enough to direct localization of the fusion proteins to nuclei, but their cooperative activity for nuclear import was confirmed.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.507-510
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• 2013

Background: More and more research indicate that the immediately early response gene 3 (IER3) is involved inmany biological provesses, such as apoptosis and immunoreaction, as well as viral infection, tumorigenesis and tumour progression. Methods: Here we describe the construction of an eukaryotic expression vector containing IER3 gene and its expression in A549 cells as assessed through fluorescence microscopyand Western-blotting. Results: Fluorescence detection displayed that GFP in cytoplasm was high during 48 and 72 hours post-transfection. In addition, Western blotting showed significant increase in IER3 gene expression in the transfected cells compared with controls. Conclusion: The recombinate plasmid expression vector was constructed successfully, which may provide a basis for further exploration of function of IER3 in lung cancer.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bioinformatics Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.64-73
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• 2004

세포 내에서 일어나는 신호 전달 과정은 단백질간의 상호작용을 통해 수행되고 조절된다. 단백질 상호작용 데이터를 활용하여 수행된 연구로는 단백질의 기능을 유추하거나 전체 네트워크 중 다른 지역보다 더 조밀한 상호작용을 추출하여 complex 혹은 pathway를 발견하고 진화 과정을 이해하는 바탕이 되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 신호 전달 경로에 대한 사전 정보 없이 yeast 상호작용 정보와 녹색형광단백질(GFP)을 이용하여 밝혀진 4000여 개의 yeast 단백질 위치 분포 data를 이용하여 신호전달경로를 찾는 방법을 시도했다. 기존 연구에 의해 밝혀진 yeast 내의 단백질 위치 분포 결과를 보면 21개의 category에 대해 각 단백질 상호작용 분포가 다양하게 나타나고, 특정 위치에서 상호작용 빈도수가 현저히 크다는 것을 알 수 있다. 특히 두 단백질이 같은 장소에 있을 경우 상호작용 확률이 높으며, 세포 내 소기관 사이에도 상호작용의 정도가 다양함이 알려져 있다. 따라서 이러한 분포상의 특성을 고려하여 상호작용을 기반으로 하여 세포막 단백질을 출발점으로, 핵에 있는 단백질을 도착점으로 잡고, 그 사이에 존재하는 다양한 가능 경로 중에서 단백질의 위치 정보를 가중치로 사용하여 그 중 최대 가능 경로를 찾도록 구현하였다. 이와 같은 pathway 모델링은 기존에 밝혀진 pathway와의 비교를 통해 알려지지 않은 새로운 경로를 발견하고, 이전에 경로에 참여하지 않은 단백질들을 발견할 수 있고, 이미 알려진 단백질들의 새로운 기능들에 대해서도 추론할 수 있을 것이라 기대한다.

• BMB Reports
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• v.53 no.8
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• pp.442-447
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• 2020

The non-viral delivery of genes into macrophages, known as hard-to-transfect cells, is a challenge. In this study, the microporation of a CpG-free and small plasmid (pCGfd-GFP) showed high transfection efficiency, sustainable transgene expression, and good cell viability in the transfections of Raw 264.7 and primary bone marrow-derived macrophages. The non-viral method using the pCGfd vector encoding anti-EGFR single-chain Fv fused with Fc (scFv-Fc) generated the macrophages secreting anti-EGFR scFv-Fc. These macrophages effectively phagocytized tumor cells expressing EGFR through the antibody-dependent mechanism, as was proved by experiments using EGFR-knockout tumor cells. Finally, peri-tumoral injections of anti-EGFR scFv-Fc-secreting macrophages were shown to inhibit tumor growth in the xenograft mouse model.

• Molecules and Cells
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• v.37 no.7
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• pp.532-539
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• 2014

We isolated a rice (Oryza sativa L.) WRKY gene which is highly upregulated in senescent leaves, denoted OsWRKY42. Analysis of OsWRKY42-GFP expression and its effects on transcriptional activation in maize protoplasts suggested that the OsWRKY42 protein functions as a nuclear transcriptional repressor. OsWRKY42-overexpressing (OsWR KY42OX) transgenic rice plants exhibited an early leaf senescence phenotype with accumulation of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) hydrogen peroxide and a reduced chlorophyll content. Expression analysis of ROS producing and scavenging genes revealed that the metallothionein genes clustered on chromosome 12, especially OsMT1d, were strongly repressed in OsWRKY42OX plants. An OsMT1d promoter:LUC construct was found to be repressed by OsWRKY42 overexpression in rice protoplasts. Finally, chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis demonstrated that OsWRKY42 binds to the W-box of the OsMT1d promoter. Our results thus suggest that OsWRKY42 represses OsMT1d-mediated ROS scavenging and thereby promotes leaf senescence in rice.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.800-807
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• 2003

Decomposition of tasks in the ordinary manufacturing systems is usually based on the predefined goal of the system. To achieve the high-level-goals (e.g., factory goal or company goal), several sub-goals should be achieved in advance. However, goals can change along with the current status of the system and the external environmental situations. Thus, a manufacturing system should support the goal-formations which can be bearable these changes for efficient and effective operations. Therefore, it IS necessary to develop a systematic methodology for the goal-formations in a manufacturing system. Especially, the formation and/or change of goals in real-time should be possible for distributed and dynamic systems including the fractal manufacturing system (FrMS). In this paper, a threefold methodology is proposed for the goal-formation process (GFP) in the FrMS; 1) a goal­generating process (GGP) to make and propagate fuzzy goals, 2) a goal-harmonizing process (GHP) to eliminate or reduce conflicts and interferences of goals by using a mobile agent- based negotiation scheme, and 3) a goal-balancing process (GBP) to make a compromise between goals by using quantifiable indicators of the manufacturing system.