• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.848-855
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• 2020

Objective: Shearing is one of the practices that is applied periodically to fiber producing animals, which can also alter resistance of animals to high temperatures in especially summer months. This study aimed to investigate effects of shearing on some physiological and hormonal parameters in Akkaraman sheep during summer season. Methods: This study was carried out on 39 non-pregnant Akkaraman ewes (aged 1.5 years at the beginning of experiment). The 39 ewes were chosen randomly from the flock belonging to the Erciyes University and they were assigned to two groups as follows: i) group A (n = 20) designed as the control group, they were shorn and group B (n = 19) designed as the experimental group, they were unshorn. Prior to the shearing (-1 day) and on days 1, 7, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, and 90 following the shearing, blood samples were taken from the vena jugularis of each sheep. Cortisol, β-endorphin, growth hormone (GH), thyroxine (T₄), triiodothyronine (T₃), and heat shock protein 70 (HSP-70) concentrations were determined using the enzyme immunoassay method. Body weight (BW), rectal temperature (RT), pulse rate (PR), and respiratory rate (RR) of each sheep were recorded at the same time. The data obtained were analyzed using two-way repeated measures analysis of variance. Results: Statistical analysis showed a significant effect of shearing×period interaction (p<0.01) and a significant effect of period (p<0.01) on BW, HSP-70, cortisol, T₄ and RT, PR, GH, β-endorphin, T₃, respectively. Also these analysis showed no significant effect of shearing×period interaction or period on RR. Conclusion: The results showed that the thermoregulation abilities of sheep were affected by shearing treatment and the shorn ewes were less affected by heat stress. In conclusion, based on the data of this study, shearing can be considered as a necessary management practice that requires protection for sheep from the effect of heat stress.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.409-414
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• 2006

소포체는 세포막의 합성뿐만 아니라 세포막에 존재하거나 세포외로 분비되어져야 할 단백질을 합성하는 세포내 소기관이다. 소포체에서 단백질이 합성되어질 경우 이황화결합이 형성되고 glycosylation 등의 수식이 일어나며, 이와 동시에 folding과 assembly과정을 거쳐 삼차원적 구조로 성숙이 되는데 이 과정은 folding enzyme과 molecular chaperone의 도움을 받아 이루어진다. 소포체 내에 존재하는 molecular chaperone 중 가장 잘 알려진 것으로 BiP이 있다. BiP의 기능은 N-terminus의 ATPase domain에 의해 조절되고 ATPase domain은 이것과 선택적으로 결합하는 조절인자에 의해 ATPase의 활성이 영향을 받는다. BiP의 핵산치환조절인자로서 발견된 BAP은 ATPase domain에 결합된 ADP를 ATP로 치환하는 것으로 기능이 알려져 있다. 이 BAP의 핵산치환기능이 BiP의 샤페론 작용에 어떤 영향을 미치는지를 in vitro에서 항체 heavy chain을 이용하여 알아보았다. BAP은 ATP보다 ADP가 결합되어 있는 BiP과 더 잘 결합을 하며, in vitro에서 BiP과 결합하고 있는 unfolded 단백질을 BAP은 BiP으로부터 해리하였다. 또한 소포체내에 존재하는 Hsp70 homologue chaperone인 BiP과 Grp170에 대한 BAP의 결합특이성을 anti-Grp170과 anti-BAP 항체로 co-immunoprecipitation을 하여 확인한 결과 BAP은 Grp170과 결합을 하지 않았다. 따라서 BAP은 ER내에 존재하는 동일한 family group에 속하는 Grp170과 BiP에 대하여 BiP에만 특이성을 갖는 것으로 나타났다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.729-733
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• 2006

크립토스포리디움의 활성 및 감염성 판정을 위해 Direct RT-PCR, 세포배양 후 RT-PCR 및 면역형광염색법을 비교한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1) 크립토스포리디움의 HSP70 gene에 대해 direct RT-PCR한 결과, 민감도가 매우 높아 저농도로 존재하는 환경시료에서의 크립토스포리디움 활성을 모니터링하는데 장점이 있을 것으로 보이나, 감염성의 판정은 알 수 없으며, 정량화가 안되는 단점이 있었다. 2) ${\beta}-tubulin$ gene에 대해 RT-nested PCR을 한 결과 크립 토스포리디움의 난포낭이 $1{\times}10^4$ 세포수정도 되어야 검출이 되는 것으로 나타나 HSP70 gene에 대한 RT-PCR결과와 비교할 때 10,000배 이상 민감도가 떨어지는 것으로 나타났다. 3) 세포배양 후 RT-PCR 또는 면역형광염색법을 이용할 경우에는 민감도가 direct RT-PCR보다 다소 떨어지는 단점이 있었으나 크립토스포리디움의 오염원이나 오염이 심한 지역의 감염성 조사에 적합할 것으로 나타났으나, 정량화가 필요한 경우에는 세포배양 후 면역형광염색법이 효과적일 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.793-802
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• 2010

열 스트레스는 건강의 위험요인으로 장시간 노출시 열손상과 근기능 감소 등 신체 기능을 감소시키며 특히 생리적 기능이 감소되어 있는 노인에서 영향을 받기 쉽다. 본 연구는 여름철 폭염주의보 수준의 열 스트레스가 여성노인들의 근기능 및 근손상 지표에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고자 시도되었다. 65세 이상의 여성 자원자 총 8명을 대상으로 2주일 간격으로 상온(20℃) 그리고 폭염주의보 수준의 고온(33℃)에서 등속성 슬관절 근기능을 측정하였으며, 폭염주의보 수준의 열 스트레스가 근손상에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 근기능 측정 전과 후에 채혈을 실시하였다. 각속도 60°/sec 운동시, 고온(33℃) 환경에서 우측 굴곡근과 신전근에서 최대우력, 단위체중당 최대우력, 평균파워 그리고 단위체중당 평균파워에서 근기능이 감소하였다(p<0.05). 또한 각속도 180 °/sec 운동시, 고온(33℃) 환경에서 우측 슬관절 신전근 피로도가 증가하였으며(p<0.05), 굴곡근 총일량은 유의하게 증가하였다(p<0.05). 고온환경(33℃)에서 근손상 지표인 HSP70, CK 그리고 LDH는 상온(20℃)과 비교하여 유의하게 증가하였다(p<0.05). 결론적으로 열 스트레스가 여성노인들의 근기능을 감소시키고 근손상을 유발하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 여성노인들의 건강유지를 위하여 여름철 폭염환경에서 열 스트레스의 노출 및 신체활동을 최소화 시키는 방안이 효과적이라 사료된다.

• 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물생명공학회 2005년도 2005 Annual Meeting & International Symposium
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• pp.334-334
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• 2005

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제28권3호통권71호
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• pp.273-288
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• 2007

Objectives : We examined the effect of Jengjengamiyjin-tang, a traditional herbal formula, on the experimental pancreatitis induced by Dibutyltin Dichloride(DBTC). Methods : 15 mice were divided into 3 groups; the normal group and the control group which were administered water only after pancreatitis elicitation and the test group which were administered Jengjengamiyjin-tang for 7 days after pancreatitis elicitation. Results : In the activities of amylase, lipase and alkaline phosphatase in serum, the test group showed significant decrease compared with the control group after 21 days. In the common morphology and histochemical study, various injuries by hemorrhagic erosion were observed in the control group, while they were significantly decreased in the test group. In the immunohistochemical study, the manifestation of COX-1, 2, HSP27, HSP70, MAC387, Ki-67 decreased significantly in the 14th day in the test group, however, they increased in the 21st day more than the control group(p<0.05). Conclusion : According to the above results, it is supposed that Jengjengamiyjin-tang has anti-inflammatory effect on the experimentally induced pancreatitis and may be applicable to pancreatitis especially in the acute stage.

• 한국환경생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경생물학회 2002년도 학술대회
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• pp.123-126
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• 2002

Pollutants that are persistent, bioaccurnulative, and toxic have been linked to numerous adverse effects in human and animals, PBTs include heavy metals, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in addition to pesticides. This study focuses on toxic effects of the PBTs except pesticides on insects. Eight PBTs were selected from subgroups: three heavy metals (Pb, Hg, and Cd), two PCB mixtures (Aroclor mixtures 1 and 2), 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, two monophenols (4-octylphenol and 4-nonylphenol), and tetrabutyltin, Beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, was used as test target insect species. Three physiological markers (metamorphosis, immune reaction, and follicle patency) were assessed in each exposure to different doses of the PCBs. Heat-shock proteins as molecular markers were also analyzed in response to the PCBs. All tested PBTs were toxic to metamorphosis from larvae to pupae when they were applied with diet. Two PCB mixtures were the most toxic compounds in this assay by giving significant toxicity at 0.005 ppm, while others had from 10 to 1000 ppm. Dioxin (0.1 ppb), tetrabutyltin (0.1 ppb), Pb (10 ppb), and Hg (0,01 ppb) were potent to inhibit immune reactions analyzed by inducing phenoloxidase activity and blocked phospholipase $A_2$ enzyme, Tetrabutyltin and dioxin significantly induced follicle cell patency, but their effects were lower than that of endogenous juvenile hormone, Dioxin, Pb, Hg, and Cd could induce the expression of heat shock proteins that were detected by immunoblotting against human HSP70 monoclonal antibody. HSP78 and HSP80 were upregulated in response to the PBTs. This expression was detected from the fat body and epidermis at as fast as 4h after injection. All these results clearly suggest that PBTs give significant ecotoxicity to insects that are valuable organisms in our environment.

• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.218-224
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• 2014

Objectives : Zizyphus jujuba fruits(ZJF), a traditional Korean medicine has various biological activities such as anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative and neuro-protective effects. However, it is still unclear whether ZJF has any biological effect on anti-aging. In this study, we examined the effect of ZJF on lifespan and thermal stress in C. elegans. Methods and Results : ZJF water extracts were fermented for 7 days(F7-ZJF) and 14 days(F14-ZJF) by Laetiporus sulphureus to increase secondary metabolites such as aglycone of flavonoids and terpenoids. In the lifespan assay, ZJF water extracts and fermented ZJF were treated on the agar medium plate with age synchronized egg stage of C. elegans. Treatment of F7-ZJF-$200{\mu}g/mL$ with OP-50 E. coli and F14-ZJF-$200{\mu}g/mL$ with OP-50 E. coli significantly increased life span of C. elegans(N2) at thermal stress condition of $25^{\circ}C$. Moreover mRNA levels of lifespan associated HSP 16.1, HSP 70, and HSF-1 were increased at thermal stress condition of $25^{\circ}C$. However, in the equilibration temperature of $20^{\circ}C$ after stress condition of $35^{\circ}C$ for 2 hr, F-14-ZJF-$200{\mu}g/mL$ treatment decreased the levels of heat shock protein in hsp16.2/GFP C. elegans. Conclusions : Our study indicates that prolong role of fermented-ZJF in C. elegans is mediated by control HSPs production.

• 한국패류학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.181-187
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• 2013

In order to investigate environmental stress inducible genes in abalone, we analyzed differentially expressed transcripts from a Pacific abalone, Haliotis discus hannai, after exposure to heat-, cold- or hyposalinity-shock by suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) method. 1,074 unique sequences from SSH libraries were composed to 115 clusters and 986 singletons, the overall redundancy of the library was 16.3%. From the BLAST search, of the 1,316 ESTs, 998 ESTs (75.8%) were identified as known genes, but 318 clones (24.2%) did not match to any previously described genes. From the comparison results of ESTs pattern of three SSH cDNA libraries, the most abundant EST was different in each SSH library: small heat shock protein p26 (sHSP26) in heat-shock, trypsinogen 2 in cold-shock, and actin in hyposalinity SSH cDNA library. Based on sequence similarities, several response-to-stress genes such as heat shock proteins (HSPs) were identified commonly from the abalone SSH libraries. HSP70 gene was induced by environmental stress regardless of temperature-shock or salinity-stress, while the increase of sHSP26 mRNA expression was not detected in cold-shock but in heat-shock condition. These results suggest that the suppression subtractive hybridization method is an efficient way to isolate differentially expressed gene from the invertebrate environmental stress-response transcriptome.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.323-331
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• 1995

사구체내 단핵구의 침윤은 면역학적뿐 아니라 비면역학적 사구체 질환 발생 초기에 특징적으로 관찰된다. 단핵구에서 합성되는 대표적인 사이토 카인인 tumor necrosis factor $(TNF){\alpha}$의 합성이 각종 사구체 질환과 관련되어 증가할 뿐 아니라 외부에서 투여한 $TNF{\alpha}$는 사구체 질환의 발생과 진행에 수반된 유사한 증세를 초래한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 사구체 질환의 표적세포인 혈관간 세포를 이용하여 $TNF{\alpha}$에 의한 세포독성 기전을 검색하고자 하였다. 표준화된 체걸름법을 이용하여 사구체를 분리한후 collagenase로 처리하여 배양하므로써 혈관간 세포의 특징을 지닌 일차 배양 혈관간 세포계를 수립하였다. 세포독성의 지표로서 지질과산화물을 측정했을때, $TNF{\alpha}$는 용량의존적으로 배양 혈관간 세포의 지질과산화를 증가시켰다. 배양혈관간 세포를 $45^{\circ}C$에서 30분간 처리했을 때 heat shock protein 70의 합성이 증가함을 western 분석으로 확인하였을 뿐 아니라, $TNF{\alpha}$에 의한 지질과산화 증가를 효과적으로 억제함을 관찰하였다. 이상의 결과는 $TNF{\alpha}$에 의한 지질과산화 증가가 사구체 질환의 발생이나 진행에 관하여할 수 있음과 고온 전처리에 의해서 heat shock 반응을 초래하므로써 $TNF{\alpha}$에 의한 사구체 손상을 보호할 수 있음을 시사하였다.