• 한국균학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 1976

기생미생물(寄生微生物)에 대한 연구(硏究)에서 숙주(宿主)와 기생균(寄生菌)을 분류동정(分類同定)하고 성장과정(成長過程)과 그 처리조직학적(處理組織學的) 해부학적(解剖學的) 구조(構造)를 광학(光學) 및 전자현미경(電子顯微鏡)을 통하여 관찰(觀察)하고, 이종간(二種間)의 상호관계(相互關係)를 구명(究明)한 결과(結果)는 다음과 같다. 1. 숙주(宿主)와 기생균(寄生菌)은 Aspergillus niger와 Penicillium rugulosum으로 각각 동정(同定)되었다. 2. 기생균(寄生菌)은 숙주(宿主)의 Sterigmata에 기생(寄生)하고 있는 것을 관찰(觀察)하였다. 3. 기생상태(寄生狀態)의 진행(進行)에 따라 숙주(宿主)의 세포(細胞) 내용물(內容物)이 소실(消失)되어 간다. 4. 기생균(寄生菌)은 합성배지(合成培地)에서도 배양(培養)되므로 활물기생(活物寄生)이 아니다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2012

Fascioliasis is one of the public health problems in the world. Cysteine proteinases (CP) released by $Fasciola$ $gigantica$ play a key role in parasite feeding, migration through host tissues, and in immune evasion. There has been some evidence from several parasite systems that proteinases might have potential as protective antigens against parasitic infections. Cysteine proteinases were purified and tested in vaccine trials of sheep infected with the liver fluke. Multiple doses (2 mg of CP in Freund's adjuvant followed by 3 booster doses 1 mg each at 4 week intervals) were injected intramuscularly into sheep 1 week prior to infect orally with 300 $F.$ $gigantica$ metacercariae. All the sheep were humanely slaughtered 12 weeks after the first immunization. Changes in the worm burden, ova count, and humoral and cellular responses were evaluated. Significant reduction was observed in the worm burden (56.9%), bile egg count (70.7%), and fecel egg count (75.2%). Immunization with CP was also found to be associated with increases of total IgG, $IgG_1$, and $IgG_2$ ($P$<0.05). Data showed that the serum cytokine levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, IL-12, IFN-${\gamma}$, and TNF-${\alpha}$, revealed significant decreases ($P$<0.05). However, the anti-inflammatory cytokine levels, IL-10, TGF-${\beta}$, and IL-6, showed significant increases ($P$<0.05). In conclusion, it has been found that CP released by $F.$ $gigantica$ are highly important candidates for a vaccine antigen because of their role in the fluke biology and host-parasite relationships.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.173-182
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• 1992

The parasitic flowering plants obtain nutrients and water from their host plants through a parasitic organ, haustorium, which connects both structurally and physiologically host and parasite. The parasitism in angiosperms thus can be understood from the knowledge of the haustorial structure. The haustoria have evolve convergently and independently in several unrelated taxa; therefore, they have similar morphology. Many anatomical studies on the haustoria in several parasites in the pst have been carried out by light microscopy. Ultrastructural studies on the haustoria, which are started from the end of 1060s', have provided new information relating to the phenomenon of parasitism in angiosperms. The purpose of this paper is to introduce and compare the structure of haustoria between parasitic plants. The results may help an understanding of phylogenetic relationships of parasitic angiosperms. The haustoria of some families, such as Santalaceae, Orobancaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Loranthaceae (or Viscaceae), and Convolvulaceae (Cuscuta) will be discussed.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.99-104
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• 2006

Present study was performed to investigate the host-parasite relationship of the Korean Trichinella isolate (KTI). In the experiment to observe the infectivity of KTI to several kinds of animals, the reproductive capacity index (RCT) was highest in cats, and that in mice, hamsters and rats was followe4 in descending order. However, birds, i.e. wild goose and chicken, did not infect with KTI. The number of larvae per a gram of muscle (LPG: 377) was highest in the tongue of cats experimentally infected with KTI larvae. LPG in the diaphragm, anterior leg, back, posterior leg and abdominal muscles were 313, 246, 234, 225 and 170 respectively. Muscle larvae recovered at 55 days after infection were revealed the highest infectivity (RCI: 137.2) in mice. RCI was comparatively low in the mice infected with less than 25 day-old and more than 300 day-old larvae. In the experiment to observe the susceptibility of KTI by the mouse strain, ICR (RCI: 137.2), C57BL/6 (RCI: 108.8), DBA/2 (RCI: 107.1), C3H (RCI: 98.7), BALB/c (RCI: 96.9), FVB (RCI: 96.1) and B6C3F1 (RCI: 85.3) were very susceptible. However, BDF1 (RCI: 57.7) and CBA (RCI. 57.1) were revealed the moderate susceptibility, and B6CBAF1 (RCI: 23.1) was shown the lowest. The infection sites of adults were posteriorly transferred in the small intestine of experimental mice according to the infection periods of muscle larvae. The infection characteristics of KTI observed in this study may be useful as the basic data in the advanced studies, furthermore in the study of other Trichinella isolates.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.183-189
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• 2013

The occurrence of 37-collar spined echinostome metacercariae in freshwater snails was investigated in 6 districts of Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, from October 2011 to April 2012. A total of 2,914 snails that belong to 12 species were examined, and 7 snail species (Clea helena, Eyriesia eyriesi, Bithynia funiculata, Bithynia siamensis siamensis, Filopaludina doliaris, Filopaludina sumatrensis polygramma, and Filopaludina martensi martensi) were found infected with echinostome metacercariae. The prevalence of metacercariae was the highest in Filopaludina spp. (38.5-58.7%) followed by B. funiculata (44.0%), E. eyriesi (12.5%), B. siamensis siamensis (8.2%), and C. helena (5.1%). Metacercariae were experimentally fed to hamsters and domestic chicks, and adult flukes were recovered from both hosts at days 15 and 20 post-infection. The adult flukes were identified based on morphological features, morphometrics, host-parasite relationships, and geographical distribution. They were compatible to Echinostoma revolutum or Echinostoma jurini, with only minor differences. As the adults were recovered from both hamsters and chicks, our specimens were more compatible to E. revolutum rather than E. jurini (reported only from mammals). This is the first report for metacercariae of E. revolutum in the snail host, C. helena, and also confirmed that Filopaludina spp., E. eryresi, and Bithynia spp. act as the second intermediate hosts of E. revolutum under natural conditions, which are indigenously distributed in Chiang Mai province.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제11권sup1호
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• pp.83-92
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• 2008

Helicobacter pylori is the causative agent of chronic gastritis and has a role in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer diseases, and gastric cancer. There have been reports suggesting a close link between these gastroduodenal disorders and a state of vitamin C deficiency. In this paper, the past, present and future perspectives on H. pylori infection and vitamin C will be discussed under the following view points. Since the ecological niche of H. pylori is the mucus layer and intercellular junctions of the gastric epithelium, the various kinds of host inflammatory cells motivated by the local and systemic immune responses cannot eliminate the microorganisms. When the invading foreign body is not removed, despite full activation of defense mechanisms, adverse consequences of the immune responses develop on the host gastric mucosa. The reasons for the body vitamin C depletion could be explained as follows; 1) the increased vitamin C consumption by increased oxygen free radical production through the prolonged hypersensitivity reactions in the gastric mucosa, 2) the increased vitamin C oxidation by the nitrite which is formed from nitrate reduction by the intragastric bacteria proliferated in the hypochlorhydric gastric cavity, 3) the strong ${\gamma}$-glutamyltranspeptidase activity of H. pylori which depletes the glutathiones in gastric mucosa. Depletion of glutathiones in the stomach favors irreversible oxidative destruction of ascorbic acid. Both persistent inflammatory burdens in the stomach by H. pylori and resultant vitamin C depletions synergistically and uninhibitedly might aggravate the hypothetical sequence of gastric carcinogenesis: atrophic gastritis${\rightarrow}$intestinal metaplasia${\rightarrow}$dysplasia${\rightarrow}$gastric adenocarcinoma. High intake of vitamin C could reverse the hypothetical sequence of the gastric carcinogenesis via direct and indirect effects on H. pylori and host-parasite relationships.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.202-215
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• 2019

본 연구는 2015-2018년 5월 기간 동안 납자루아과 어류의 서식 집단 중 강원도 홍천 내촌천(HN), 덕치천(HD), 정선 골지천(JG) 및 조양강(JJ)을 대상으로 기 개발된 제한절편 길이 다형성(restriction fragment length polymorphism; RFLP) 분자마커를 이용하여 숙주조개 속 난 및 치어에 대한 정확한 종 동정을 수행 후 납자루아과 어류의 숙주조개 크기에 대한 산란양상을 파악하고자 하였다. 연구대상 지역 내 납자루아과 어류는 내촌천과 골지천에서 1종(묵납자루; Acheilognathus signifer), 덕치천에서 3종(각시붕어; Rhodeus uyekii, 묵납자루; A. signifer, 줄납자루; Acheilognathus yamatsutae), 조양강에서 2종(묵납자루, 줄납자루)으로 확인되었고, 네 지역에서 모두 동서하고 있는 숙주조개인 작은 말조개(Unio douglasiae sinuolatus) 982개체를 채집하였다. RFLP 분자마커를 이용하여 납자루아과 어류의 난 및 치어가 확인된 작은말조개(N=163; 16.6%)에서 총 646개체의 납자루아과 어류의 난 및 치어(묵납자루 454, 줄납자루 43, 각시붕어 149개체)를 확인하였다. 각 지역 숙주조개 크기에 따른 산란선호도를 조사하기 위해 난 및 치어가 확인된 숙주조개(mussels with [presence] eggs/fry)와 확인되지 않은 숙주조개(mussels without [absence] eggs/fry)의 각장(shell length), 각고(shell height) 및 각폭(shell width)의 평균 크기를 비교하였다. 그 결과 3종의 납자루아과 어류가 동서하는 덕치천의 경우 난 및 치어가 확인된 숙주조개가 확인되지 않은 숙주조개보다 각장(1.98mm), 각고(0.85mm), 각폭(0.73mm)의 크기가 통계적으로 유의하게 크게 나타났으며(Mann-Whitney U tests, P=0.002, P=0.012, P=0.009), 다른 세 개의 지역에서도 난 및 치어가 확인된 조개의 각장, 각고, 각폭의 크기가 큰 결과를 보였으나, 통계적으로 유의하지는 않았다. 추가적으로 종 간 숙주조개 당 평균산란 난 및 치어의 수를 분석한 결과 각시붕어 $9.31{\pm}5.94$개, 묵납자루 $2.86{\pm}2.45$개, 줄납자루 $2.50{\pm}1.32$개로 각시붕어는 묵납자루와 줄납자루보다 숙주조개 당 평균 6.45~6.81개 더 많이 산란하였고, 통계적으로 유의한 결과를 나타내었다(Kruskal-Wallis test, P<0.001). 이 결과는 본 연구 대상 납자루아과 어류 3종에서 크기가 큰 작은말조개를 산란을 위한 숙주로서 선호함을 의미하고, 조개 크기에 대한 선호도 차이가 동서하는 납자루아과 종의 수가 많을수록 크게 나타났다. 또한, 묵납자루와 줄납자루의 경우 많은 숙주조개에 적은 양의 난을 추가적으로 고르게 산란하는 반면에 각시붕어는 비교적 적은 수의 숙주조개에 많은 양의 난을 산란하는 번식전략을 나타내었다. 2종 이상의 납자루아과 어류가 서식하는 덕치천(HD)과 조양강(JJ)에서 묵납자루와 줄납자루 2종이 동일한 조개에 산란하는 것이 관찰되었다(N=4). 이는 납자루아과 어류가 2종 이상 동서할 때, 동일한 자원인 작은말조개를 자신의 산란숙주로 이용하기 위한 종간경쟁(interspecific competition)이 일어나고 있는 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구에서는 기존 연구된 생태학적 연구에 유전학적인 방법을 추가하여 각 집단 간, 종 간 숙주조개 크기에 대한 산란양상을 보다 정확히 규명하여 숙주조개를 이용하는 납자루아과 어류의 생태적 적응양상을 명확히 파악하고 더 나아가 숙주조개와 납자루아과 어류의 공생(mutualism) 혹은 숙주-기생의 상호관계(host-parasite relationship)를 규명하는데 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• ALGAE
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.217-222
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• 2015

Pythium species (Pythiales, Oomycetes) are well known as the algal pathogen that causes red rot disease in Pyropia / Porphyra species (Bangiales, Rhodophyta). Accurate species identification of the pathogen is important to finding a scientific solution for the disease and to clarify the host-parasite relationship. In Korea, only Pythium porphyrae has been reported from Pyropia species, with identifications based on culture and genetic analysis of the nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. Recent fungal DNA barcoding studies have shown the low taxonomic resolution of the ITS region and suggested the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene as an alternative molecular marker to identify Pythium species. In this study, we applied an analysis of both the ITS and cox1 regions to clarify the taxonomic relationships of Korean Pythium species. From the results, the two closely related Pythium species (P. chondricola and P. porphyrae) showed the same ITS sequence, while the cox1 marker successfully discriminated P. chondricola from P. porphyrae. This is the first report of the presence of P. chondricola from the infected blade of Pyropia yezoensis in Asia. This finding of the algal pathogen provides important information for identifying and determining the distribution of Pythium species. Further studies are also needed to confirm whether P. chondricola and P. porphyrae are coexisting as algal pathogens of Pyropia species in Korea.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.201-207
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• 2015

This study aimed to investigate the infection status, worm development, and phylogenetic characteristics of the intestinal trematode, Stellantchasmus falcatus. The metacercariae of S. falcatus were detected only in the half-beak (Dermogenus pusillus) out of the 4 fish species examined. Their prevalence was 90.0%, and the intensity of infection was 919 metacercariae on average. Worms were recovered from 33 (97.1%) of 34 chicks that were experimentally infected with 200 S. falcatus metacercariae each, and the average recovery rate was 43.0%. The body size and inner organs of S. falcatus quickly increased in the experimental chicks over days 1-2 post-infection (PI). In addition, ITS2 sequence data of this parasite were analyzed to examine the phylogenetic relationships with other trematodes using the UPGMA method. The results indicated that the ITS2 sequence data recorded from trematodes in the family Heterophyidae appeared to be monophyletic. This study concluded that D. pusillus serves as a compatible second intermediate host of S. falcatus in Thailand and that S. falcatus can develop rapidly in the experimental chicks. Data collected from this study can help to close the gap in knowledge regarding the epidemiology, biology, and phylogenetic characteristics of S. falcatus in Thailand.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.229-238
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• 1988

HL-60세포에서 Toxoplasma gondii의 in vitro배양과 HL-60세포를 DMSO로 처리하여 과립세포로 분화시킨 세포에서 Toxoplasma에 대한 세포매개성 면역 기능을 검토하였다. 먼저, HL-60 세포를 여러 농도의 DMSO로 처리하였는데, 1.3%(V/V)로 3일간 처리하였을 때, HL-60 세포 의 적정 분화가 이루어졌다. 분화의 정도는 형태적, 생리적, 및 기능적 관점에서 검사되었는데, DMSO를 처리한 경우, 3H-thymidine의 흡입이 감소하는 것으로 보아 DNA 합성이 억제됨을 알 수 있었으며, 기능적으로는 주화성 물질인 FMLP에 대해 이동하는 성질을 보였으며, 형태적으로는 핵1세포질의 비가 큰 promyelocyte에서 작은 비를 갖는 과립 세포로 변화하여 분화를 입증하였다. 이후, HL-60 세포나 DMSO로 분화를 유도한 HL-60 세포와 Toxoplasma를 같이 배양하면서 이들의 관계를 관찰하였다. Lysosome에 선택적으로 흡입되는 형광 물질(acridine orange)로 전처리한 표본은 형광현미경하에 서 관찰하였으며, 다른 표본은 Giemsa로 염색하여 광학 현미경하에서 관찰하여 비교하였다. HL-60 세포에서는 72시간의 배양으로 Toxoplasma가 세포질내에서 증식하여 rosette를 형성하였으며, DMSO로 분화시킨 HL-60 세 포에서는 배양 초기 1시간째에 phagocytosis가 일어났으며 이후 세포내 소화가 이루어져 72시간째에는 lysosome이 원상태로 되돌아오는 것이 관찰되었다. 이상의 결과들로 볼 때, Toxoplnsma의 숙주 세포내에서의 기생 혹은 면역 세포에 의한 감수성에 phagosome 과 Iysosome의 융합이 결정적인 인자임을 알 수 있었으며, 아울러 HL-60 세포에서의 Toxoplasma의 증식 가능성과 DMSO로 분화시킨 HL-60 세포의 Toxoplasma 파괴 효과가 원충 기생충과 숙주의 상호 관계를 규명하는 좋은 모델임을 제시하였다.