• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.1213-1216
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• 2007

The vector pCW5 with plasmid pC7, originally isolated in Lactobacillus paraplantarum C7 derived from kimchi, was constructed using a p32 strong promoter, the pC7 replicon, and green fluorescent protein (GFP) as the reporter. The constructed vector was transformed into E. coli and Leuconostoc mesenteroides, and GFP expression detected using a Western blot analysis. GFP fluorescence was recognized in E. coli and Leuconostoc mesenteroides using a confocal microscope. In addition, GFP fluorescence was also clearly detected in several industrially important lactic acid bacteria (LAB), including Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Lactobacillus paraplantarum, and Lactobacillus plantarum. Thus, pCW5 was shown to be effective for Leuconostoc mesenteroides when using GFP as the reporter, and it can also be used as a broad-host-range vector for other lactic acid bacteria.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.17-22
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• 2005

In the previous studies of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Abp140p (actin binding protein 140) fused to GFP has been only a protein that can label actin cables of yeast cells so far. However, the role of Abp140p in actin dynamics was remained elusive. In this study, the function of Abp140p was investigated with a deletion mutant and overexpression of GFP fused Abp140p. The deletion mutant was slightly more susceptible to Latrunculin-A (Lat-A), an actin-monomer sequestering agent, than wild type, although no significant deformation of actin structures was caused by ABP 140 deletion. Overexpression of Abp140p-GFP retarded cell growth, and produced thick and robust actin cables. Lat-A was not able to destabilize the thick actin cables, which suggests that actin dynamics was compromised in the cells with surplus of Abp140p. Therefore, Abp140p seems to stabilize actin cables together with other bundling proteins. Recently, actin cable dynamics of budding yeast was found to have a resemblance to that of filopodial tip of cultured mammalian cells. Retrograde movement of actin cables from buds to mother cells indicated local generation of the cable at bud sites. By using Abp140p-GFP, we traced the steps in the generation of a new actin cable after elimination of old cables by sodium azide. Before the appearance of a new actin cable, Abp140p-GFP concentrated in buds and disappeared, as mother cells became abundant in actin cables. Our observations provide a direct evidence of actin cable formation at buds of budding cells.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.96-100
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 저온에서의 재조합 단백질 생산성 향상을 위하여 저온에서 RNA 샤페론 활성을 지닌다고 알려진 CspA 단백질의 발현이 서로 다른 온도에서 대장균의 성장 및 GFP의 발현 속도에 어떻게 영향을 미치는지를 살펴보았다. $20^{\circ}C$, $25^{\circ}C$, $37^{\circ}C$에서는 세포 성장 및 GFP의 생산이 CspA의 발현에 영향을 받지 않았으나, $15^{\circ}C$에서는 GFP의 총 생산성이 CspA의 동시 발현에 의해 향상되었으며 이는 세포 성장 속도의 향상에 기인함을 확인하였다. 결론적으로 CspA의 발현은 $15^{\circ}C$에서 세포 당 재조합 단백질 생산량의 증가에는 영향을 미치지 않으나, 즉 재조합 단백질의 번역 효율에는 큰 영향을 미치지 않으나, 대장균 성장 속도에 영향을 미치며, 이를 통해 재조합 단백질의 총 생산량 향상을 유도 할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.157-165
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• 2000

The efficiency of transgenic livestock production could be improved by early screening of transgene-integration and sexing of embryos at preimplantational stages before trasferring them into recipients. We examined the effciency of multiplex PCR analysis for the simultaneous confirmation of the trasgene and sex during the preimplantational development of bovine embryos and the possibility of green fluorescent protein(GFP) gene as a non-invasive marker for the early screening of transgenic embryos. The GFP gene was microinjected into the male pronuclei of bovine zygotes produced in vitro. The injected zygotes were co-cultured in TCM-199 containing 10% FCS with boving oviductal epithelial cells in a 5% CO2 incubator. Seventeen(13.0%) out of 136 gene-injected bovine zygotes developed by multiplex PCR analysis and the expression of GFP was detected by observing green fluorescence in embryos under a fluorescent microscope. Eight(67%) of 12 embryos at 2-cell to blastocyst stage were positive in the PCR analysis, but only two(11.8%) of 17 blastocysts expressed the GFP gene. Their sex was determined as 7 female and 5 male embryos by the PCR analysis. The results indicate that the screening of GFP gene and sex in bovine embryos by PCR analysis and fluorescence detection could be a promisible method for the preselection of transgenic embryos.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.249-253
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• 2008

식물의 미토콘드리아에서 eukaryotic 유전자 발현하는 양상을 관찰한다는 것은 매우 중요하게 알여져 왔다. 본 실험에서는 식물의 미토콘드리아에서 발현하는 유전자와 GFP가 미토콘드리아에 발현하는지를 구명하였다. 미토콘드리아(mt)에서 발현 하는 AtBI-1 유전자와 GFP 유전자를 35S promoter를 가진 pBin vector에 재조합한 후, 유전자총을 이용한 형질전환법으로 담배의 잎과 cotyledon에 형질전환하여 재분화 된 shoot를 얻었다. mt에서 그 유전자가 발현 되는 것을 현미경하에서 GFP가 발광하는 것으로 확인하였다. 또한 PCR분석과 Southern분석에서도 미토콘드리아에서 AtBI-1 유전자가 발현함을 확인하였다. 따라서 본 연구의 결과로 mt에 관련된 유전자를 식물의 조직에 형질전환 하여 1개 이상의 유전자가 식물의 mt에 삽입되어 그 유전자의 특성이 발현되는데 이용되어 질수 있을것이라 생각된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.540-545
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• 2006

T-DNA 매개 형질전환은 삽입 돌연변이를 가지는 형질전환 식물체를 만들기 위한 유용한 방법이다. 애기장대의 shoot 발달 과정에서 중요한 역할을 하는 유전자를 확인하기 위해, 프로모터 trap 식물체 라인을 제작하고 분석하였다. 이를 위해 효율적인 프로모터 trap 백터인 pFGL561을 제작하였다. pFGL561은 basta 저항성 유전자, multiple splicing donor acceptor 서열들, 그리고 프로모터가 없는 GFP 리포터 유전자를 포함하고 있다. Agrobacterium 균주인 GV3101에 pFGL561을 도입하고, 이를 매개로 하여 300개의 $T_1$ 프로모터 trap 식물체를 제작하였고, 이들 식물체에서 GFP 발현을 조사하였다. $T_1$ 식물체에서 GFP 발현 비율은 26.7%로 매우 높았고, 이러한 발현은 $T_2$ 식물체에서도 재확인되었다. 한편, 식물의 shoot 발달에 관여하는 주요 유전자를 동정하기 위해서, shoot에서 GFP발현을 보인 19개 $T_1$ 식물체에서 유래한 $T_2$ 식물체를 대상으로 표현형을 조사한 결과, 비정상적인 shoot발달을 보이는 6개 $T_1$ 라인을 확인하였다. 이들 식물체는 shoot발달의 조절 기작 분석에 매우 유용하게 사용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.87-92
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• 2006

The possibility of producing transgenic embryos expressing the green fluorescence protein (GFP) gene have been evaluated after transfer of exogenous gene into the porcine zygote cytoplasm using the intracytoplasm sperm injection (ICSI) as gene delivery method. For DNA binding to sperm heads, 0.05% Triton X-100 or Lipofectin was used. After injection of the sperm bound to DNA by means of Lipofectin or Triton X-100 triturate, the blastocyst formation rates on day 6 were not significantly different from that of ICSI only group (18.8, 19.2 and 25.3%). In terms of GFP expression, more embryos were in GFP form in Triton X-100 group than in Lipofectin group (40.6 vs 36.4%), while percentage of non-mosaic embryos expressing the GFP gene in all blastomere was higher (P<0.05) in Lipofectin group than in Triton X-100 group (4.2 vs 0.9%). ICSI embryos derived from sperm treated with Lipofectin/DNA complex was transferred into 3 recipients and were collected by uterine flushing on days 5, 7 and 15 after embryo transfer, and then GFP expression was observed by a fluorescence microscopy. Over 26% of the collected embryos were normally expressed GFP gene. These results suggest that foreign gene transfer method with DNA bound sperm caused minimal damage to structure of oocytes that can result to full development of porcine embryos. This was confirmed in this study when the embryos that were transferred after ISCI of DNA bound sperm had a normal development and gene expression until preimplantation.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.185-191
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to improve production efficiency of vitrified-thawed transgenic bovine embryos. Transgenic bovine embryos were produced by injection of FIV-GFP lentiviral vector into perivitelline space of in vitro matured MII stage oocytes, and then in vitro fertilization. EGFP-expressing transgenic bovine blastocysts were cultured in serum-containing and serum-free medium. These blsatocysts were vitrified by pull and cut (PNC) container made with 0.25 cm plastic straw. Results indicate that total developmental rates of normal IVF embryo cultured in serum-containing and-free medium into blastocyst were not significantly different (22.3 vs 21.5%) and those of GFP-expressing transgenic bovine embryo into blastocyst showed no significant difference between serum-containing (13.9%) and-free medium (13.1%). However, developmental rate of GFP transgenic embryo was significantly (P<0.05) lower than its of normal IVF embryos. In additional study, we vitrified GFP transgenic normal bovine blastocysts using PNC vitrification method. Survival rate of vitrified-thawed GFP transgenic blastocyst (23.1%) was significantly (P<0.05) lower than its of normal blastocysts (68.9%). Although, survival rate of vitrified-thawed GFP transgenic blastocyst was lower than its of normal blastocyst, our result may suggested that PNC vitrification method is feasible to cryopreserve transgenic embryos. Our next plan will be the production of GFP express transgenic bovine derived from vitrified-thawed embryos using PNC method.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.219-224
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to develop transgenic cell line expressing targeted human granulocyte colony stimulating factor (hGCSF) and green fluorescence protein (GFP) genes as well as production of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) embryos derived from co-expressed transgenic donor cells. Constructed pPiggy-mWAP-hGCSF-EF1-GFP vector was chemically transfected into bovine fetus cells and then, only GFP expressed cells were selected as donor cells for SCNT. Cleavage and blastocyst rates of parthenogenetic, SCNT embryos using non-TG cell and hGCSF-GFP dual expressed SCNT embryos were examined (cleavage rate: $78.0{\pm}2.8$ vs. $73.1{\pm}3.2$ vs. $70.4{\pm}4.3%$, developmental rate: $27.2{\pm}3.2$ vs. $21.9{\pm}3.1$ vs. $17.0{\pm}2.9%$). Result indicated that cleavage and blastocyst rates of TG embryos were significantly lower (P<0.05) than those of parthenogenetic and non-TG embryos, respectively. In this study, we successfully produced hGCSF-GFP dual expressed SCNT embryos and cryopreserved to produce transgenic cattle for bioreactor system purpose. Further process of our research will transfer of transgenic embryos to recipients and production of hGCSF secreting cattle.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제50권10호
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• pp.1011-1017
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• 2007

목 적 : 쥐의 섬유아세포인 NIH 3T3와 eGFP 유전자를 표지로 하는 레트로바이러스 벡터를 이용하여 유전자 전달효율을 향상시킬 수 있는 조건들을 살펴보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 표적세포에 대한 벡터의 비율과(1:1-1:8) 전달감염 횟수를 변화시켰을 때(1회, 2회), 양이온 복합체인 polybrene($4{\mu}g/mL$)을 첨가하였을 때 유전자 전달효율의 변화를 분석하였다. eGFP 유전자의 발현을 확인하기 위하여 형광 현미경 하에서 녹색빛을 내는 세포들을 관찰하고 FACscan으로 eGFP 양성세포의 비율을 측정하였다. 결 과 : 유전자 전달효율은 벡터와 표적세포의 비율 1:1에서 7%, 1:4에서 38%로 표적세포에 대한 레트로바이러스 벡터의 비율이 높을수록 상승하였지만 비율 1:4와 1:8사이에서는 차이가 없었다. 전달감염을 두 번 시행하는 것이 벡터와 표적세포의 비율 1:4까지는 유전자 전달효율에 영향을 미치지 않았지만 비율 1:8에서는 유전자 전달효율을 증가시켰다. 전달감염 후 eGFP 유전자의 발현은 3회 계대배양까지 약 3배 가량 증가하였지만 이후에는 감소하였는데 이와 같은 감소 정도는 전달감염을 한 번 시행한 경우가 두 번 시행한 경우보다 더 커서 전달감염을 반복하는 것이 유전자 전달효율의 증가효과보다는 주입된 유전자의 지속발현에 더 영향을 미치는 것으로 판단되었다. Polybrene을 첨가하였을 때 유전자 전달효율은 5.8%에서 38.8%로 대폭 상승하였으며 독성반응은 관찰되지 않았다. 배양접시의 크기에 따른 유전자 전달효율을 비교하였을 때 NIH 3T3세포의 증식정도는 6-well plate가 더 컸지만 eGFP 양성세포의 비율은 24-well plate에서 더 높았다. 결 론 : 이번 연구결과를 기초로 삼아 유전자 치료의 연구를 발전시키고 특히 전달된 유전자의 안정적인 발현과 바이러스 벡터들의 독성 등에 대하여 향후 연구의 초점을 두어야 할 것으로 생각된다.