• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.139-153
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• 1996

Porcine E coli infection is a disease caused by Enterotoxin produced by Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli(ETEC). Enteric colibacillosis has become an economically important disease in pigs as a result of increasing intensification of farrowing management. The present study undertaken to obtain the antibiotic sensitivity and distribution of serogroups and pili producibility test of ETEC from E. coli isolates in Chonnam. The results obtained were as follows. 1. A total of 71 isolates identified as E, coli employing IMViC system from rectal specimens of 54 piglets with diarrhea. 2. In antibiotic sensitivity test, isolates showed high sensitivity to AN, CM, Fox, GM, but resistance to EM, NA TC. 3. The distribution of 25 Isolates of serogroups were 0141:K85(11.3%), 08:K87(8.5%), 064:K (5.6%), 0138:K8l (4.2%), 0139 :K82(2.8%), 0157:K88ac(1.4%) and 0149:K9l (1.4%). 4. MRHA of guinea pig erythrocytes was detected in 8 out of 25OK serotypes and 9 out of 46 unidentified serotypes. MRHA titers of serotypes showed from 64 to 128 in 0141: K85, 2 in 0138:K8l and no titers in 0139:K82. 5. The production of heat labile enterotoxin of ETEC was detect 39 out of 52 isolates showed $\beta$-hemolysin, 7 out of 52 isolates showed ${\gamma}$-hemolysin and 6 out of 52 isolates showed ${\gamma}$-hemolysin by $GM_1$ganglioside ELISA. The distribution of LT toxin were in 12 isolate showed $\beta$-hemolysin, 2 isolates showed ${\alpha}$-hemolysin and 3 isolates showed ${\gamma}$-hemolysin in 25 OK serotypes.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.107-113
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• 1994

우리나라 남해연안 어패류에서 V. vulnificus, V. cholerae non O1 균을 분리하여 이들 균이 생산한 용혈독소의 활성을 검토하고 특히 치사율이 높은 패혈증 원인균인 V. vulnificus균이 생산한 균체외 단백독소인 hemolysin을 분리정제하고 얻어진 독소를 이용하여 항혈청을 만들었다. 1. V. vulnificus hemolysin(VVH)은 HI broth에서 $37^{\circ}C,\;15{\sim}24hr$ 진탕배양으로 잘 생산되었으며 V. cholerae non O1 균의 경우는 배양 15시간까지는 hemolysin 생산이 증가되었으나 15시간 경과 후에는 균종에 따라 증가되는 것도 있었고 경과 시간에 따라 오히려 감소하는 균주도 있었다. 2. V. vulnificus가 생산한 hemolysin은 면양적혈구에 대한 용혈활성이 강하고 토끼적혈구에 대하여는 약하였으나 V. cholerae non O1 균주는 토끼적혈구에 대한 용혈활성이 면양이나 말 적혈구에 대한 활성보다 2배정도 강하였다. 3. VVH는 hydrophobic Phenyl-Sepharose HP column을 이용하여 washing buffer와 elution buffer의 성분과 pH를 조정하면서 $1\%$ CHAPS를 이용하여 2차에 걸쳐 column chromatography한 결과 정제도와 수율이 매우 좋아졌다. 본 방법으로 다섯 차례에 걸쳐 정제한 결과 정제된 VVH의 specific activity는 $16900{\sim}52300$배로 평균 27,000배 이상 증가하였으며 수율도 $18.2{\sim}33.0\%$로 평균 $23.4\%$나 되었다. 실제로, V. vulnificus 배양액 2400ml로 부터 정제된 hemolysin을 $250{\mu}g$정도 만들 수 있어서 패혈증 비브리오균 연구에 크게 이바지 할수 있을 것으로 사료된다. 4. 정제된 VVH를 SDS-PAGE한 결과 분자량은 50KDa이었으며 토끼를 이용해서 만든 항혈청의 항체가는 $2000{\sim}8500$이었다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.74-79
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• 2004

Ingestion of shellfish-associated Vibrio parahaemolyticus is the primary cause of potentially severe gas-troenteritis in many countries. However, only Kanagawa phenomenon (hemolysin) positive (KP$\^$+/) strains of V. parahaemolyticus are isolated from patients, whereas >99％ of strains isolated from the environment do not produce this hemolysin (i.e. are KP$\^$-/). The reasons for these differences are not known. Following a temperature downshift, Vibrio parahaemolyticus enters the viable but noncultur-able (VBNC) state wherein cells maintain viability but cannot be cultured on routine microbiological media. We speculated that KP$\^$+/ and KP$\^$-/ strains may respond differently to the temperature and salinity conditions of seawater by entering into this state which might account for the low numbers of cul-turable KP$\^$+/ strains isolated from estuarine waters. The response of eleven KP$\^$+/ and KP$\^$-/ strains of V. parahaemolyticus following exposure to a nutrient and temperature downshift in different salinities, similar to conditions encountered in their environment, was examined. The strains included those from which the KP$\^$+/ genes had been selectively removed or added. Our results indicated that the ability to produce hemolysin did not affect entrance into the VBNC state. Further, VBNC cells of both biotypes could be restored to the culturable state following an overnight temperature upshift.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.243-247
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• 2008

The hemolysin of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 CT isolated from sea water was purified and characterized. The purified hemolysin displayed an optimum at $37^{\circ}C$ and exhibited more than 70% of residual hemolytic activity after incubation at $45^{\circ}C$ for 120 min. However, the activity dropped dramatically at temperature above $55^{\circ}C$. The purified protein showed the highest hemolytic activity at pH 7.0, while the activity was completely lost outside of the pH ranges of 5.0 and 10.0. The activity of hemolysin was inactivated by addition of divalent cations, such as $Cu^{2+},\;Fe^{2+},\;Hg^{2+},\;Mn^{2+},\;and\;Zn^{2+}$, however, the activity was not completely inhibited by additions of $Ca^{2+},\;Mg^{2+},\;K^+,\;Na^+,\;and\;Li^+$.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.10-15
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• 2004

A total of 52 pathogenic Vibrio strains was isolated from the Gwangan Beach during summer in 2003. The isolated vibrios were composed of 6 different species: V. parahaemolyticus, V. cholerae non O1, V. fluvialis, V. vulnificus, V. alginolyticus, and V. mimicus. V. parahaemolyticus was most predominant as $46\%$ (24/52), V. cholerae non O1 was the second with $23\%$ (12/52), and V. fluvialis was the third with $17\%$ (9/52). Among the isolated strains, 22 strains showed hemolytic, proteolytic or ureolytic activity. Eight strains showed both hemolysin and protease activities, and either 6 strains showed only hemolysin activities and 7 strains only protease activities. Only one strain of V. parahaemolyticus isolates showed urease activity. The urease-positive V. parahaemolyticus strain (V. parahaemolyticus S25) showed the same biochemical characteristics as the reference strain, V. parahaemolyticus KCTC 2471 (urease­negative) except for urease production. To compare the degree of virulence of Vibrio strains having different pathogenic factors, hemolysin, protease, or urease-positive strains were injected into groups of 10 each of ICR mice (7- to l0-week-old male). The lethal rate of urease-positive V. parahaemolyticus S25 was significantly high, being $70\%$. Protease-positive strains showed $40-60\%$ of lethal rate. Hemolysin-positive strains showed no mortality, similar to non-pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus KCTC 2471 and V. parahaemolyticus FM12.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.119-123
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• 2002

저자들은 한국산 야생버섯의 독성을 규명하기 위한 연구의 일환으로 전보에서 68종의 한국산 야생버섯의 용혈활성을 검토하였고 그 중 무우자갈버섯(Hebeloma crustuliniforme)이 열내성 용혈독소를 함유함을 보고하였다. 본 연구에서는 무우자갈버섯의 용혈성분을 냉침한 후, 황산암모늄 침전, 용해도 차이에 따른 분획 및 투석과정을 거쳐 부분정제하였다. 부분정제된 용혈성분은 분자량 분자량 12,000 이상으로서, 용혈 최적온도는 $37^{\circ}C$이고 세척하지 않은 혈액에 대해서 면양 > 랫트 > 사람 ${\geq}$ 마우스 > 닭의 순으로, 세척한 혈액에 대해서는 면양 > 마우스 > 사람 ${\geq}$ 랫트 > 닭의 순으로 용혈활성을 나타내었다. 한편 무우자갈버섯의 냉침액 및 부분정제한 용혈성분을 마우스에 복강투여한 결과, 용혈은 물론 심한 급성 간독성 및 신장독성이 관찰되었다. 이러한 결과들은 독버섯으로 잘 알려진 무우자갈버섯의 독성이 최소한 부분적으로라도 그 용혈성분에 기인할 가능성을 강하게 암시하고 있다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.765-773
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• 2009

Edwardsiella tarda is a pathogen with a broad host range that includes human and animals. The E. tarda hemolysin (Eth) system, which comprises EthA and EthB, is a noted virulence element that is widely distributed in pathogenic isolates of E. tarda. Previous study has shown that the expression of ethB is regulated by iron, which suggests the possibility that the ferric uptake regulator (Fur) is involved in the regulation of ethB. The work presented in this report supports the previous findings and demonstrates that ethB expression was decreased under conditions when the E. tarda Fur ($Fur_{Et}$) was overproduced, and enhanced when $Fur_{Et}$ was inactivated. We also identified a second ethB regulator, EthR, which is a transcription regulator of the GntR family. EthR represses ethB expression by direct interaction with the ethB promoter region. In addition to ethB, EthR also modulates, but positively, luxS expression and AI-2 production by binding to the luxS promoter region. The expression of ethR itself is subject to negative autoregulation; interference with this regulation by overexpressing ethR during the process of infection caused (i) drastic changes in ethB and luxS expressions, (ii) vitiation in the tissue dissemination and survival ability of the bacterium, and (iii) significant attenuation of the overall bacterial virulence. These results not only provide new insights into the regulation mechanisms of the Eth hemolysin and LuxS/AI-2 quorum sensing systems but also highlight the importance of these systems in bacterial virulence.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.752-760
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• 2020

Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND), previously known as early mortality syndrome (EMS), is an emerging disease in shrimp caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Some V. parahaemolyticus strains are associated with foodborne diseases in humans. To date, studies on the relationship between AHPND and pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus are very limited. In this study, we monitored the thermostable direct hemolysin-related hemolysin (trh) gene and AHPND-related genes, such as Photorhabdus insect-related (pir) genes, in 892 strains of V. parahaemolyticus isolated and identified in 24 areas of the West Coast of Korea from May to October 2019. The trh gene was detected in 9.6% of the isolates from short neck clam samples. However, the pirA and pirB genes related to AHPND were not found in any of the isolates despite using both duplex and nested PCR assays, suggesting that AHPND-related genes were nonexistent in the V. parahaemolyticus strains isolated. This study contributes to the current understanding of the relationship between AHPND and V. parahaemolyticus in Korea, as well as provides data on spatial and seasonal distributions of V. parahaemolyticus.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.230-234
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• 2002

모기 살충성 Bacillus thuringiensis subspangiensis 21-2균주의 용혈성 내독소 단백질의 특성을 검토하고자 21-2균주의 용혈성을 가진 유전자를 Escherichia coli HBIO쎄 형질전환시켰다. 이들 중에서 형질전환 균주 47은 독소 단백질을 생산하며 2.5 kb DNA을 함유한다는 것을 효소항체법, immunoblot및 DNA전기영동법으로 확인하였다. 또한, 형질전환 균주 47-5는 2.5 kb DNA를 다시 Hind ll견 절단하여 pUC118 연결시켜서 조제하였다 그 결과형질전환 균주 47-5은 1.Bkb DNA를 함유하며, 23 kD꺼 독소 단백질을 발현하고, 발현된 독소 단백질은 Aedes aegypti모기 유충에 독성을 나타내었다. 또한 23 kDa의 내독소 단백질 그 자체로는 사람의 적혈구를 용해하지 못하였으나, proteinase K로 처리한 후에는 적혈구에 대해 용혈성을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.1253-1261
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• 2022

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infection causes dramatic harm to human health as well as to livestock development. As an important virulence factor, alpha-hemolysin (hla) is critical in the process of S. aureus infection. In this report, we found that bavachin, a natural flavonoid, not only efficiently inhibited the hemolytic activity of hla, but was also capable of inhibiting it on transcriptional and translational levels. Moreover, further data revealed that bavachin had no neutralizing activity on hla, which did not affect the formation of hla heptamers and exhibited no effects on the hla thermal stability. In vitro assays showed that bavachin was able to reduce the S. aureus-induced damage of A549 cells. Thus, bavachin repressed the lethality of pneumonia infection, lung bacterial load and lung tissue inflammation in mice, providing potent protection to mice models in vivo. Our results indicated that bavachin has the potential for development as a candidate hla inhibitor against S. aureus.