• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.441-448
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• 2000

Experimental work was carried out on nitrogen and phosphorus removal from real wastewater using a bench-scale SBR process. The phosphorus removal was stable and the phosphorus concentration remaining in the reactor was maintained within 1.5ppm, regardless of the addition of an external carbon source. In the case of nitrogen, an external carbon source was necessary for denitrification. The effect on denitrification with the addition of various carbon sources, such as glucose, methanol, acetate, and propionate, was also investigated. Acetate was found to be the most effective among those tested in this study. When 100ppm (theoretical oxygen demand) of sodium acetate was added, the average rate of denitrifiaction was 2.73mg NO$_3$-N (g MLSS)(sup)-1 h(sup)-1, which was ca. 4 times higher than that with the addition of 200 ppm of methanol. The phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations were both maintained within 1.5ppm by the addition of an appropriate amount of a carbon source during a long-term operation of the SBR. The mathematical modeling was performed using Monod kinetics, other microbial kinetics, mass balances, and stoichiometry. The modeling was found to be useful for predicting the SBR operation and optimizing the HRT.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.465-469
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• 1998

본 연구의 목적은 토양매립조건에서 생분해성 고분자의 생분해도를 정량적이며 신속하게 측정하는 방법을 개발하는 것으로서, 실험대상 물질은 생분해가 잘되는 것으로 알려져 있는 셀로판 필름을 사용하였다. 분해정도를 측정하기 위하여 흙속에서 채취한 셀로판 필름을 HCl로 가수분해 시킨 후 생성된 glucose를 측정하는 방법을 사용하였다. 토양매립시 생분해도는 겨울에는 4개월간 고작해야 41.2%정도의 분해를 보였으나, 여름에는 2개월동안 76.5%정도의 분해도를 나타낸 결과로 보아 계절의 영향을 많이 받는 것으로 나타났다. 실험실적 토양매립조건의 실험을 위해 토양을 채취하여 플라스크에 넣고, 여기에 셀로판 필름을 묻은 후 항온배양기내에서 일정한 조건(3$0^{\circ}C$, 습도 50~55%)으로 실험하였다. 이때에는 40일 경과 후 94%정도의 분해도를 나타내었다. 분해속도는 1차 반응 속도식을 따르고 반응속도 상수는 067(1/day)이었다. 생분해도의 가속화를 위해 토양내 미생물을 필름 표면에 접종하고 플라스크 내의 흙속에 매립한 후 항온배양기내에서 생분해도를 측정한 결과, 초반 12일경까지는 미생물 접종의 효과가 뚜렷이 나타났으나 말기로 갈수록 그 효과는 없어졌다. 가속화를 위한 또 다른 방법으로 토양내 영양성분인 N, P, S 등을 추가로 공급한 결과, 초반부터 말기까지 지속적인 가속화 효과를 보임과 동시에 반응속도 상수도 0.096(1/day)에서 0.21(1/day)로 118%정도의 높은 증가를 보였다. 결과적으로, 실외에서의 토양매립조건에서는 생분해도의 반응속도 상수가 겨울기간의 0.0042(1/day), 여름기간의 0.024(1/day)로 나타났고 같은 실험실적 토양매립조건에서라도 토양을 채취한 시기에 따라 봄에 채취한 토양에서는 0.065(1/day)로 여름에 채취한 토양에서는 0.096(1/day)로 반응 속도 상수가 다르게 나타났다. 각각의 매립조건들 중에서 N, P, S 모두를 첨가한 실험실적 토양매립조건에서의 생분해도가 가장 뛰어난 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.41-50
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• 1994

단세포군항체(monoclonal antibody)를 이용한 항암제치료법이 다각적인 방면으로 실험되고 있으나, 환자에 주입된 단세포군항체중에서 실제의 암전달량은 언제나 기대치에 미치지 못하고 있다. 그러므로, 효과적인 항암제치료와 조기암진단을 위하여 암내부에서의 물질전달에 미치는 인자들의 포괄적인 측정이 필요하였다. 본 실험에서는 면역결핍누드쥐에 이식된 neurobastoma의 물질전달환경을 이해하기 위하여 성장특성과 포도당대사속도(GMR)를 측정하였으며, 세포간체액압력(IFP), 국부혈액속도(BPR)와 pH를 높이 2cm의 암에서 반경방향으로 측정하였다. 성장특성으로써 체적배가시간을, 세포활동성으로써 GMR를 측정하였더니, 각각 8.1일 (SD 0.44일), 23.53 mg/min/100g(SD 3.54 mg/min/100 g)이었다. 암중심 IFP는 암부피가 커짐에 따라 증가하여 높이 3cm의 암에서는 12.3mmHg(SD 2.6mmHg)이 되었다. 반경방향에 따른 IFP, BPR, pH를 특정한 결과, 암중심에 접근할수록 IFP는 증가되었고, 반면에 BPR과 pH는 감소되었다. 이로써 암내부에서의 증가된 IFP, 감소된 BPR과 pH가 단세포군항체와 그 공합체의 내부전달을 저해하는 원인으로 작용할 수 있다는 사실이 제시되었으며, 이들 인자들을 적당한 기술로 조절하여 더 많은 단세포군항체를 암내부로 전달시킬 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.439-446
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• 2006

In this study, the growth kinetics of Lactobacillus rhamnosus and lactic acid production in continuous culture were assessed at a range of dilution rates $(0.05 h^{-1}\;to\;0.40h^{-1})$ using a 2L stirred tank fermenter with a working volume of 600ml. Unstructured models, predicated on the Monod and Luedeking-Piret equations, were employed to simulate the growth of the bacterium, glucose consumption, and lactic acid production at different dilution rates in continuous cultures. The maximum specific growth rate of L. rhamnosus, ${\mu}_{max}$, was estimated at $0.40h^{-1}$I, and the Monod cell growth saturation constant, Ks, at approximately 0.25g/L. Maximum cell viability $(1.3{\times}10^{10}CFU/ml)$ was achieved in the dilution rate range of $D=0.28h^{-1}\;to\;0.35h^{-1}$. Both maximum viable cell yield and productivity were achieved at $D=0.35h^{-1}$. The continuous cultivation of L. rhamnosus at $D=0.35h^{-1}$ resulted in substantial improvements in cell productivity, of 267% (viable cell count) that achieved via batch cultivation.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.537-543
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• 1999

Whole horse beans (Vicia faba cv. Alfred) (WHB) were pressure toasted at different temperatures of 100, 118 and $136^{\circ}C$ for 3, 7, 15 and 30 minutes in order to determine an optimal heating conditions to increase bypass starch (BPSt) as glucose source which is usually limiting nutrient in highly producing dairy cows in the Netherlands. Starch (St) Ruminal Degradative Kinetics and Fermentation Characteristics of (SRDC) of WHB were determined using in sacco technique in 4 lactating dairy cows fed 47% hay and 53% concentrate according to Dutch dairy cow requirements. Measured characteristics of St were soluble fraction (S), potentially degradable fraction (D) and rate of degradation (Kd) of insoluble but degradable fraction. Based on measured characteristics, percentage bypass starch (BPSt) was calculated according to the Dutch new feed evaluation system: the DVE/OEB system. Pressure toasting temperatures significantly affected starch gelatinization (p<0.01). Degradability of Starch in the rumen was highly reduced by pressure toasting (p<0.01). S varied from 58.2% in the raw WHB (RWHB as a control) to 19.6% in $136^{\circ}C/15min$. S was reduced rapidly with increasing time and temperature (p<0.01). D varied from 41.8% in RWHB to 80.5% in $136^{\circ}C/15min$. D fraction was enormously increased with increasing time and temperature (p<0.01). Kd varied from 4.9%h in RWHB to 3.4%/h in $136^{\circ}C/15min$. All these effects resulted in increasing %BPSt from 29.0% in RWHB to 53.1% in $136^{\circ}C/15min$. Therefore BPSt increased from 93.5 g/kg in RWHB to 173.5 g/kg in $136^{\circ}C/15min$. The effects of pressure toasting on %BPSt and BPSt seemed to be linear up to the highest values tested. Therefore no optimal pressure toasting conditions could be determined at this stage. But among 10 treatments, The treatment of $136^{\circ}C/15min$was the best with the highest BPSt content. It was concluded that pressure toasting was effective in shifting starch degradation from rumen to small intestine to increase bypass starch.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.967-971
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• 2004

The kinetics of sulfite uptake were examined in a wild-type laboratory strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to determine if carrier-mediated sulfite uptake involved a proton symport, as previous studies on sulfite uptake have suggested both an active process and facilitated diffusion. Accumulation of intracellular sulfite was initially rapid and linear up to 50 sec. Uptake was saturable at final concentrations equal to or greater than 3 mM sulfite, and increased 2-fold in the presence of 2% glucose. Uptake was significantly reduced in cells pretreated with 100-500 $\mu$M carbonyl cyanide mchlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) or 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), both of which dissipate proton gradients. Uptake was also significantly inhibited in the presence of 1 mM arsenate, an inhibitor of ATP synthesis. Extracellular alkalization was observed in cells incubated with 1-2 mM sulfite in a weak tartrate buffer at pH 3.5 and 4.5. These findings suggest that the bisulfite ion, $HSO_3^-$, an anionic form of sulfite, is taken up by a carrier-mediated proton symport. A met16 sull sul2 mutant, impaired in both sulfite formation and sulfate uptake, was found able to grow on a medium with sulfite as the sole Sulfur source, indicating that the sulfate transporters Sul1p and Sul2p are not required for sulfite uptake.

• 대한화장품학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한화장품학회 2003년도 IFSCC Conference Proceeding Book I
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• pp.440-447
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• 2003

Up until today, the key to contouring has been resumed in these two alternatives, either limiting the adipocyte storing capacity by modulating lipogenesis, or by stimulating lipolysis to eliminate adipocyte lipid content. Another interesting way could be the regulation of adipocyte differentiation. In this work, we have evaluated the effect of a brown algal extract of Sphacelaria scoparia (SSE) on the differentiation of pre-adipocytes into adipocytes. A pre-adipocyte line (3T3-L 1) was used. The differentiation was evaluated by the measure of produced lipids thanks to red oil coloration and spectrophotometry, and also by the expression of adipocyte differentiation markers: enzymes such as fatty acid synthase (FAS) and stearoyl CoA desaturase (SCD), or membrane proteins such as glucose transporters (GLUT -4) and fatty acid transporters (FAT) expressed on the surface of human adipocytes. These genes are under control of two transcription factors: CAAT-enhancer binding protein (c/EBP alpha) and sterol response element binding protein (SREBP1). All these markers were analysed at different stages of differentiation by RT -PCR. Sphacelaria extract (SSE) inhibits pre-adipocytes differentiating into adipocytes following a dose-dependant relation, using a kinetics similar to retinoic acid. It decreases the expression of mRNA specific to FAS, FAT, GLUT -4, SCD1, c/EBP alpha and SREBP1. Moreover, SSE regulated on collagen 1 and collagen 4 expression. A stimulation of collagen 1 was also measured in human skin fibroblasts. Thus, SSE performs as a genuine differentiation inhibitor and not only as a lipogenesis inhibitor, and could be used in slimming products.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2002

To investigate an effect of cyclohexanone (CHO) treatment on the serum levels of xanthine oxidase (XO) in liver damaged animals, the rats were intraperitoneally pretreated with 50% carbon tetrachloride ($CCl_4$) in olive oil (0.1 mL/ 100 g body weight) 14 times every other day. To the $CCl_4$-pretreated rats, CHO (1.56 g/kg body weight) was injected once and then the animals were sacrificed at 4 hours after CHO treatment. The increasing rate of serum and liver XO activities to the control was higher in CHO-treated animals pretreated with $CCl_4$ than the $CCl_4$-pretreated those. Concomitantly CHO injection to the $CCl_4$-pretreated animals showed somewhat higher Vmax and lower Km value in the kinetics of liver XO enzyme. Furthermore, increasing rate of hepatic malonedialdehyde content to the control was also higher in CHO-treated animals pretreated with $CCl_4$ than $CCl_4$-pretreated those. On the other hand, the injection of CHO to the $CCl_4$-pretreated animals showed the more enhanced liver damage on the basis of liver function finding; liver weight per body weight (%), serum levels of alanine aminotransferase activity and hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase activity. In conclusion, injection of CHO to the $CCl_4$-pretreated rats led to more increased activity of serum XO and it may be caused by acceleration of hepatocyte membrane permeability and induction of enzyme protein.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.95-103
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• 2023

Rosiglitazone is a thiazolidinedione-class antidiabetic drug that reduces blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin levels. We here investigated the interaction of rosiglitazone with Kv3.1 expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells using the wholecell patch-clamp technique. Rosiglitazone rapidly and reversibly inhibited Kv3.1 currents in a concentration-dependent manner (IC₅₀ = 29.8 µM) and accelerated the decay of Kv3.1 currents without modifying the activation kinetics. The rosiglitazonemediated inhibition of Kv3.1 channels increased steeply in a sigmoidal pattern over the voltage range of -20 to +30 mV, whereas it was voltage-independent in the voltage range above +30 mV, where the channels were fully activated. The deactivation of Kv3.1 current, measured along with tail currents, was also slowed by the drug. In addition, the steady-state inactivation curve of Kv3.1 by rosiglitazone shifts to a negative potential without significant change in the slope value. All the results with the use dependence of the rosiglitazone-mediated blockade suggest that rosiglitazone acts on Kv3.1 channels as an open channel blocker.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.103-108
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• 2005

${\alpha}-Amylase$ 저해제는 소장에서 전분의 소화를 저해하여 포도당의 흡수를 지연시킴으로써 혈당 조절 목적으로 이용된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 ${\alpha}-amylase$ 저해제를 탐색할 목적으로 국내 자생 목본류 약 1400여종의 70% ethanol 추출액을 대상으로 ${\alpha}-amylase$ 저해제 분포를 검색하였다. 수종의 목본류에서 ${\alpha}-amylase$ 저해제가 분포하고 있음이 확인되었으며, 그 중 활성이 비교적 높은 말채나무 기원의 저해제를 대상으로 연구를 진행하였다. 기원별 효소에 따른 저해 활성도를 살펴보면 salivary와 pancreatic ${\alpha}-amylase$, 미생물 기원의 ${\alpha}-glucosidase$에는 탁월한 저해 활성을 보인 반면 돼지 기원의 ${\alpha}-glucosidase$ 저해제에 대해서는 매우 낮은 저해 활성을 보였다. ${\alpha}-Amylase$와 ${\alpha}-glucosidase$의 kinetic을 분석하면 salivary와 pancreatic 두 효소에 모두 경쟁적 저해제로, 효모의 ${\alpha}-glucosidase$에는 비경쟁적과 반경쟁적의 혼합형 저해제로 나타났다. 또한 열과 산성에 대한 안정성을 확인한 결과 비교적 안정적인 것으로 나타났다. 본 추출물의 식이 섭취에 따른 혈당 강하 효과와 체중에 미치는 영향에서는 혈당과 체중 상승을 억제하는 효과가 확인되었고, mRNA수준에서 대퇴근 세포에 있어서 GLUT4의 발현이 증가됨을 확인하였다.