• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.529-533
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• 1996

Melittin (ME) from honeybee venom has a broad range of strong antimicrobial activity, but it has hemolytic activity against eukaryotic cells. In order to design peptides with powerful antifungal activity without cytotoxic property of ME and understand structure-antifungal activity relationships, the hybrid peptides derived from the sequences of ME and cecropin A (CA) or magainin 2 (MA), MA(10-17)ME(1-12) and CA(1-8)ME(1-12). were synthesized by solid phase method. MA(10-17)ME(1-12) showed potent antifungal activity comparable to ME against Fusarium oxysporum with no hemolytic activity against human red blood cells. The hybrid peptides showed strong inhibi- tion of (1, 3)-$\beta$-D-glucan synthase. This result indicates that the antifungal activity of the hybrid peptides against Fusarium oxysporum is attributed to the inhibition of cell wall synthesis. The results therefore showed a successful design of a peptide having antifungal activity without hemolytic property.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.335-343
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• 2005

세균의 용혈활성은 세균이 숙주 내에서 생존하기 위해 필요한 철을 획득하기 위한 특성이며 기능 면에서 볼 때 숙주에 대한 중요한 독력인자로 간주될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 괴사치수 및 치근단 치주염으로 진단된 환자의 근관에서 분리한 Prevotella nigrescens의 용혈활성을 다양한 조건 하에서 측정하여 그 특성을 규명하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 1. 임상에서 분리한 P. nigrescens와 표준균주인 P. nigrescens ATCC 33563에서 모두 용혈활성이 나타났다. 2. 사람, 면양 및 말 세 가지 종에 대해 용혈활성을 비교한 결과 사람의 적혈구에서 가장 강한 용혈활성을 나타내었다. 3. 용혈소 억제제인 $NaN_3$와 dithiothreitol(DTT)는 농도의존적으로 P. nigrescens의 용혈활성을 감소시켰다 (p<0.05) 4. P. nigrescens가 최대 용혈활성을 나타내는 최적의 pH는 4이었으며, $50^{\circ}C$이하의 온도에서는 용혈활성을 보였으나 $95^{\circ}C$에서 급격히 감소하였다. 5.배양조건에 따른 P. nigrescens의 용혈활성을 비교한 결과 $10\%\;CO_2$배양기에 배양한 경우 혐기성 조건에서 배양한 것보다 더 높은 용혈활성을 보였다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.545-548
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• 1996

CA(1-8)ME(1-12), the CA-ME hybrid peptide of the amino terminal segments of cecropin A (CA) and melittin (ME), has been reported to have a broad spectrum and improved potency without a hemolytic property. In order to obtain new synthetic peptides with powerful antibacterial activity without hemolytic activity, several hybrid peptides were designed from the sequences of CA, ME, magainin 2, bombinin and lactoferricin. All hybrid peptides were constructed to form an amphipathically basic-flexible-hydrophobic structure and synthesized by the solid phase method. Their hemolytic activities against human red blood cells and antibacterial activities against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria were detennined. CA(1-8)MA(1-12), CA(1-8)BO(1-12), MA(10-17)ME(1-12) and LF(20-29)ME(1-12) showed comparable activities with broad spectra against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria relative to CA(1-8)ME(1-12) but without hemolytic properties. These hybrid peptides, therefore, could be useful as model peptides to design a novel peptide with improved antibacterial activity and study on structure-activity relationships of antimicrobial peptides.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.23-33
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• 1987

To detect lepotospiral strains which produce hemolysin and determine the optimal condition for assaying hemolysin, we screened reference strains and observed some property of hemolysin. Hemolysin activity was assayed with cell free culture liquids and erythrocyte suspension. The production of hemolysin by local strains isolated in Korea was assayed and compared with that of reference strains. The hemolysin was produced by 18 strains among 38 reference strains and 3 local strains isolated in Korea. The production of hemolysin began with growth of Leptospira cultured in EMJH medium and reached maximum at stationary phase. The optimum temperature for hemolytic activity was $37^{\circ}C$. At lower temperature the activity of hemolysin was decreased progressively. The hemolytic activity was completely inactivated after :30 minutes' exposure at $56^{\circ}C$. Hemolysis pattern was "hot-cold type" which showed increased hemolysis after cold incubation. The hemolysin was most active on sheep erythrocyte and less active on ox, goat, human and guinea pig erythrocyte with the decreasing order.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권12호
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• pp.1065-1077
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• 1999

Background : Ventricular assist devices(VADs) are being used for patients in postcvardiotomy cardiogenic shock status bridge to cardiac transplant settings and in post-myocardial infarction cardiogenic shock. The VAD which was developed at the Deparment of medical engineering in Dankook University College of Medicine was a pneumatically driven device and can maintain pulsatile flow. The goal of this study is to develop animal experimental models using the VAD and to clarify the reliability and hemodynamic property adequacy of end organ perfusion durability and severity of thrombotic-hemolytic tendency of the device. Material and Method : The pneumatic VAD was applied to 8 adult female lambs, We examined some hemodynamic parameters such as arterial blood pressure pulmonary capillary wedge pressure(pcwp) pulmonary artery pressure(PAP) left atrial pressure hour urine output cardiac index VAD flow EKG to determine the reliability of the VAD and hemodynamic compatibility of the experimental animals within 24 hours of experiment. We also observed the end organ perfusion durability of the VAD and thrombotic-hemolytic property of the VAD after 24 hours of VAD insertion. Result: We could monitor all hemodynamic parameters including pcwp PAP cardiac index EKG, adn hour urine as true clinical settings. We observed that the reliability of the VAD was excellent and the hemodynamic property of the experimental animal and end organ perfusion were adequate within 24 hours of experiment. In four lambs surviving 24 hours after insertion the reliability of the VAD and end organ perfusion were excellent and no thrombotic-hemolytic tendency was noted. However after 15 days of experiment the diaphragm of the VAD was torn and it was recommende that the durability of the VAD should be extended. Conclusion : e conclude that the pneumatic VAD developed at Dankook University Biomedical Engineering has good hemodynamic property and low thromboembolic tendency and presents adequate end organ perfusion but we noted that the durability of the device should be expanded further. It will be possible to do more reliable experiment in the future according to the animal experimental method developed in this study especially with the heart failure models.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.595-600
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• 1998

In order to investigate a relationship of the structure-antifungal and hemolytic activities between cecropin A(1-8)-magainin 2(1-12) and cecropin A(1-8)-melittin(1-12) hybrid peptides, several analogues with amino acid substitution at positions 10 (Ile) and 16 (Ser) were designed and synthesized. The increase of the hydrophobicity by substituting with Leu, Phe, and Trp at position 16 in cecropin A(1-8)-magainin 2(1-12) did not have a significant effect on antifungal activity but caused a remarkable increase in hemolytic activity. These results indicate that the hydrophobic property at position 16 of cecropin A(1-8)-magainin 2(1-12) is more correlated to hemolytic activity than to antifungal activity. Replacement with Pro at position 10 of cecropin A(1-8)- magainin 2(1-12) and cecropin A(1-8)-melittin (1-12) caused a remarkable decrease in a-helical contents in the 50% TFE solution and induced a reduction in lytic activity against Aspergillus flavus, and Aspergillus fumigatus. These results demonstrate that flexibility at the central hinge region is essential for lytic activity against fungal cells and $\alpha$-helicity of the peptides.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 1997

Vibrio mimicus is a closely related species with V. cholerae, and has been reported to be associated with gastrointestinal infections. Although extraintestinal infections of these vibrios have also been reported in Japan and Southeast Asia. But little research papers on V. mimicus was reported in Korea. Therefore, we tried to isolate V. mimicus from the environmental sea water from April to July in Pusan, Korea. Among the isolated strains, we selected the strongest hemolytic strain and then named V. mimicus SM-9. In this paper, we checked the antibiotic susceptibility and psychrotrophic characteristics of the isolated strain. Hemolytic activity of the hemolysin produced by the isolated strain was also measured. V. mimicus was not detected from the sea water samples in April and May, but its detection rate was relatively high in June and July in Pusan, Korea. The bacteriological characteristics of V. mimicus SM-9 were Gram-negative rods, motile, oxidase positive, Voges-Proskauer negative and sucrose negative. In 23 kinds of antibiotics susceptibility test, V. mimicus SM-9 showed susceptibility to the most of antibiotics submitted while it was resistive against lincomycin, oxacillin, rifampin and vancomycin. Hemolytic activity of the hemolysin produced by V. mimicus SM-9 was highest in stationary phase of the growth curve in BHI broth at 37$^{\circ}C$ and its activity was reached 18 HU per $m\ell$ of culture supernatant. For checking the psychrotrophic property of V. mimicus SM-9, the decreasing rate of the strain in phosphate buffer solution and yellowtail flesh homogenate was examined during the storage at 4, 0, -4 and -2$0^{\circ}C$. The decreasing rates of the selected strain stored in phosphate buffer solution were greater than those in fish homogenate. Decreasing rates of V. mimicus SM-9 stored in phosphate buffer solution were not significantly different by the storage temperatures. The viable cell counts of the strain were decreased as 5 log cycles after 120 hours at all the tested temperatures. While decreasing numbers of the strain in fish homogenates were 2*4 log cycles after 120 hours. The decreasing pattern of the strain numbers were very slow after 200 hours at all the stored temperatures.

• 대한수의사회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.149-155
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• 1979

One hundred and fifteen strains of Escherichia coli were isolated' from suckling piglets of sow fed on food-garbage and their hemolytic property on horse red blood cells, necrotizing activity in rabbit skin and inflammatory activity in rabbit intestine by

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권9호
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• pp.1031-1036
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• 2005

[ $(+)-Lyoniresinol-3{\alpha}-O-\beta-D-glucopyranoside$ ] (1) was isolated from an ethyl acetate extract of the root bark from Lycium chinense Miller, and its structure was determined using 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy including DEPT, HMQC, and HMBC. $(+)-Lyoniresinol-3{\alpha}-O-\beta-D-glucopyranoside$ exhibited potent antimicrobial activity against antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from patients, and human pathogenic fungi without having any hemolytic effect on human erythrocytes. In particular, compound 1 induced the accumulation of intracellular trehalose on C. albicans as stress response to the drug, and disrupted the dimorphic transition that forms pseudo-hyphae caused by the pathogenesis. This indicates that $(+)-Lyoniresinol-3{\alpha}-O-\beta-D-glucopyranoside$ has excellent potential as a lead compound for the development of antibiotic agents.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2014

Biogenic amine은 주로 단백질이 풍부한 전통장류 중 된장과 간장에서 높게 발생하고 있다. 현재까지 국내외 식중독 사고를 보면 biogenic amine중 tyramine, histamine과 putrescine에 의한 보고가 있다. 전통장류의 biogenic amine에 대한 위생적인 문제를 해결하기 위해 전통장류 제조에 적합한 발효미생물 중에서 biogenic amine 비생성 및 분해하는 미생물을 선발하여 종균으로 적용한다면 biogenic amine에 대한 문제를 해결할 수 있을 것이다. 이러한 문제의 해결을 위해 본 연구에서는 우수한 발효능력과 함께 유해균에 대해 강한 길항 능력을 지니며, biogenic amine을 생산하지 않지만 높은 분해능력을 보이는 균주를 선발하여 장류제조 종균으로의 이용가능성을 실증하였다. 결론적으로 선발된 장류발효균주를 종균으로 이용하여 메주제조 및 청국장 제조 등에 이용한다면 biogenic amine과 Bacillus cereus를 안전한 수준으로 낮출 수 있을 것으로 사료되었고, 전통장류의 HACCP적용을 위한 HAZARD를 관리하는 우수한 수단으로 이용될 수 있을 것이다. 또한 향후에는 단일 균종만 종균으로 사용할 경우 전통장류의 우수한 풍미를 재현하는데 한계가 있기 때문에 종균들을 적절하게 조합한 혼합발효를 통해 제조한다면 풍미가 좋을 뿐만 아니라, 위생문제를 해결한 우수한 장류를 생산할 수 있을 것으로 판단되었다.