• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2004

최근 심장질환에 의한 사망자 수는 놀랄 만큼 빠른 증가세를 보이고 있다. 인공심장은 혈액의 흐름에 따라 크게 박동류형과 무박동류형으로 나뉘며, 무박동류형 펌프는 비용적형으로 박동류형에 비해 소형화가 가능하다는 장점을 가지고 있다. 이러한 무박동류형 혈액펌프는 다시 구동방식에 따라 축류형과 원심형으로 구분되어지며, 그중 축류형 혈액펌프는 같은 무박동류형인 원심형 혈액펌프와 비교하였을 때 훨씬 간단한 구동장치와 제어장치를 가진다. 혈구가 파괴되어 헤모글로빈이 혈구 밖으로 빠져나가는 것을 용혈이라 하며 혈액이 응고하여 혈관을 막게되는 혈전현상은 이러한 용혈이 주된 원인이다. 따라서 혈액펌프가 구동함에 따라 발생하게 되는 용혈의 수치를 낮추는 것은 혈액펌프를 개발하는데 있어서 중요한 조건 중에 하나이다 이러한 용혈을 평가하기 위한 방법으로는 현재 in-vitro실험이 가장 널리 사용되어지고 있으나, 이러한 체외실험을 하기 위해선 상당한 비용과 장기간의 연구기간이 요구되어진다. 이러한 in-vitro실험의 단 전을 보완하기 위해 개발되어진 CFD해석법은, 엔지니어로 하여금 in-vitro실험을 실시하지 않고 용혈이 발생하는 지역과 용혈발생예측치를 추정할 수 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 in-vitro실험의 결과데이터와 CFD해석의 예측결과데이터의 여러 가지 비교를 통해 CFD해석의 정확성을 검증하고, 또한 이러한 정확성이 검증된 CFD해석법을 현재 개발되어지고 있는 축류형 혈액펌프의 개발단계에 적용하기 위함이다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.242-244
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• 1995

In vitro cell culture system has been proposed as a promising alternative model to in vivo skin irritation test. These studies were performed to screen the cytotoxicity effects of surfactants using normal human skin fibroblasts. Cell membrane integrity assessed by the leakage of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and mitochondrial integrity by MTT [3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromides reduction test were affected in a dose dependent manner. The irritation potential of surfactants to human skin patch test, and the changes of capillary permeability by rabbit intradermal safety test were assessed as in vivo methods. Our results suggest that LDH leakage assay and MTT reduction test using cultured human fibroblasts could be predictive for the irritancy of various surfactants in human, and LDH assay is superior correlated with in vivo test (r=0.886) to MTT test with in vivotest (r=0.757).

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.57-72
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• 1995

본 연구에서는 SPF 측정법에 있어서 널리 사용되어온 희석법과 박막법의 문제점에 대해 검토하였으며, 이들의 문제점을 극복하기 위하여 인체를 대상으로한 in vivo평가법과 측정 및 평가 등의 실험조건에 있어서 유사성을 갖는 in vitro평가법을 개발하였다. 이 새로운 in vitro 평가결과는 in vivo 평가결과와 0.93의 높은 상관계수를 나타내었다. 한편 이 in vitro 측정법의 유용성을 더욱 확인하기 위하여 TransporeR tape에 시료를 도포한 후 SPF-290 분석기를 이용한 측정결과와 비교한 결과 SPF20 이하의 시료일 경우 0.95 이상의 높은 상관계수를 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 광량을 일정하게 유지 시키고 광세기를 변화 시켜 홍반의 정도를 조사한 결과, 광세기와 홍반의 정도에는 관련이 없음을 알 수 있었다.

• 혜화의학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.303-310
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to investigate the anti-coagulant effects of Polygoni Mutiflori Radix extracts. The results were as follows : 1. This study show that Polygoni Mutiflori Radix extracts have Anti-coagulant significant effects on Prothrombin time in vitro test. 2. This study show that Polygoni Mutiflori Radix extracts have Anti-coagulant significant effects on Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time vitro test.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.107-114
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• 2008

목적 : 3T MR 기기를 이용하여, 췌장 주위에 발생한 낭성 종양에 대하여, 생체내, 그리고 생체외 생체내 자기공명분광법(magnetic resonance spectroscopy: MRS)를 획득한 후, 생체외 핵자기공명 (nuclear magnetic resonance, NMR) 스펙트럼을 기준으로 비교함으로써, 낭성 종양의 감별 진단에 있어 MRS의 적용 가능성을 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 췌장 주위에 발행한 12예의 낭성 종양(점액성 낭성 종양=5, 췌담관내 유두종=5, 가성 낭종=1, 및 림프관종 n=1)을 대상으로 3.0T 생체내, 생체외 양성자 MRS 및 9T NMR 스펙트럼을 획득하였다. NMR의 피크와 상응하는 생체내, 생체외 양성자 MRS에서 관찰되는 피크의 존재유무를 알아보았으며, 특정 질환을 예측하는 피크에 대하여 알아보았다. 결과 : 생체내 MRS는 NMR과 민감도 29.6%, 특이도 82.6% 그리고, 67.7%의 정확도를 보였으며 (p=0.096, McNemar test), 생체외 MRS는 생체내 MRS는 민감도 57.1%, 특이도 92.6%, 그리고, 82.3%의 정확도를 보였다 (p = 0.362, McNemar test). 질병간의 스펙트럼의 차이는 NMR에서 췌담관내 유두종의 경우에서 점액성 낭성 종양에 비해 3.5-4.0 ppm에서 유의하게 많은 피크를 보였다 (p=0.026). 결론 : 결론적으로, NMR 이용한 화학물질 분석은 낭성 종양의 감별 진단에 도움이 될 가능성이 있는 기법으로 생각되지만, 생체내 및 생체외 MRS는 임상에 적용되기 위해서는 많은 기술적 발전을 필요로 하는 것으로 생각된다.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.374-382
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• 2011

제초제인 methiozolin에 대한 유전독성 영향을 평가하기 위하여 in vitro 시험으로 복귀돌연변이시험과 염색체 이상시험을 수행하였고, 그리고 in vivo 시험으로 소핵시험을 수행하였다. Salmonella typhimurium, 균주 TA98, TA100, TA1535 및 TA1537 및 Escherichia coli WP2uvrA를 이용한 복귀 돌연변이 시험에서 직접법과 대사활성화법(S9 mixture) 모두 $5,000{\mu}g$/plate에서 돌연변이 수는 음성 대조군과 유의차가 없었다. Chinese hamster lung(CHL) 세포를 이용한 구조적, 숫적 염색체 이상시험결과 직접법과 대사활성화법의 경우 methiozolin을 투여한 모든 군(80, 40, $20{\mu}g$/mL)의 세포에서 염색체 이상이 관찰되지 않았다. ICR 마우스를 이용한 소핵시험에서는 methiozolin의 복강투여가 골수세포에서 다염성 적혈구(polychromatic erythrocytes) 및 소핵(micronucleous)을 가진 다염성 적혈구의 출현율을 조사하였는데, 모든 농도(1,500, 1,000, 500 mg/kg)에서 음성대조군과 유의한 차이가 나타나지 않아 소핵을 유발하는 독성이 없는 것으로 판단된다. 이상의 결과로부터 제초제인 methiozolin은 세균, 세포 및 동물체내에서 유전독성을 유발하지 않는 물질로 사료된다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2015

The skin exposure to solar irradiation and photoreactive xenobiotics may produce abnormal skin reaction, phototoxicity. Phototoxicity is an acute light-induced response, which occurs when photoreacive chemicals are activated by solar lights and transformed into products cytotoxic against the skin cells. Multifarious symptoms of phototoxicity are identified, skin irritation, erythema, pruritis, and edema that are similar to those of the exaggerated sunburn. Diverse organic chemicals, especially drugs, are known to induce phototoxicity, which is probably from the common possession of UV-absorbing benzene or heterocyclic rings in their molecular structures. Both UVB (290~320 nm) and UVA (320~400 nm) are responsible for the manifestation of phototoxicity. Absorption of photons and absorbed energy (hv) by photoactive chemicals results in molecular changes or generates reactive oxygen species and depending on the way how endogenous molecules are affected by phototoxicants, mechanisms of phototoxcity is categorized into two modes of action: Direct when unstable species from excited state directly react with the endogenous molecules, and indirect when endogeneous molecules react with secondary photoproducts. In order to identify phototoxic potential of a chemical, various test methods have been introduced. Focus is given to animal alternative test methods, i.e., in vitro, and in chemico assays as well as in vivo. 3T3 neutral red uptake assay, erythrocyte photohemolysis test, and phototoxicity test using human 3-dimensional (3D) epidermis model are examples of in vitro assays. In chemico methods evaluate the generation of reactive oxygen species or DNA strand break activity employing plasmid for chemicals, or drugs with phototoxic potential.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.38-46
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• 2024

Objectives: Genotoxicity is evaluated through a chromosomal aberration test using cultured mammalian cells to determine the toxicity of no-pain pharmacopuncture (NPP), which has recently been used to treat musculoskeletal pain disorders in Korean medical clinical practice. Methods: An initial test was performed to determine the dosage range of the NPP, followed by the main test. In this study, NPP doses of 10.0, 5.0, and 2.5%, and negative and positive controls were tested. An in vitro chromosome aberration test was performed using Chinese hamster lung cells under short-term treatment with or without metabolic activation and under continuous treatment without metabolic activation. Results: Compared with the saline negative control group, NPP did not significantly increase the frequency of chromosomal abnormalities in Chinese hamster lung cells, regardless of the presence or absence of metabolic activation. Additionally, the number of cells with structural chromosomal abnormalities was significantly higher in the positive control group than that in the negative control group that received saline. Conclusion: Based on the above results, the chromosomal abnormality-producing effect of NPP was determined to be negative under these test conditions.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.249-255
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• 2013

Erythritol is a sugar alcohol that is widely used as a natural sugar substitute. Thus, the safety of its usage is very important. In the present study, short-term genotoxicity assays were conducted to evaluate the potential genotoxic effects of erythritol. According to the OECD test guidelines, the maximum test dose was 5,000 ${\mu}g$/plate in bacterial reverse mutation tests, 5,000 ${\mu}g/ml$ in cell-based assays, and 5,000 mg/kg for in vivo testing. An Ames test did not reveal any positive results. No clastogenicity was observed in a chromosomal aberration test with CHL cells or an in vitro micronucleus test with L5178Y $tk^{+/-}$ cells. Erythritol induced a marginal increase of DNA damage at two high doses by 24 hr of exposure in a comet assay using L5178Y $tk^{+/-}$ cells. Additionally, in vivo micronucleus tests clearly demonstrated that oral administration of erythritol did not induce micronuclei formation of the bone marrow cells of male ICR mice. Taken together, our results indicate that erythritol is not mutagenic to bacterial cells and does not cause chromosomal damage in mammalian cells either in vitro or in vivo.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.89-98
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• 2001

This study was conducted to detect the toxoplasma specific-DNA in circulating blood and organs collected from slaughtered pigs at slaughtering house and experimentally infected pigs with Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites by polymerase chain reaction(PCR), and also PCR was applied to diagnose for acute phase of swine toxoplasmosis as a newly developed diagnostic test. The sensitivity of oligonucleotide primer, T-1 & T-2, designed from toxoplasma B1 gene amplification method was compared with Tp parasite detection by mouse inoculation(MI). On the other hand, latex agglutination test(LAT) was conducted to detect the serum antibodies comparing with the detection of toxoplasma by PCR and MI. The results obtained were summarized as follows. PCR was able to determine at the lowest level of $10^0/ml$ T. gondii in blood samples which were blended with a serial diluted T gondii in vitro. On the other hand, $10^2/5g$ of T gondii could detect from a variety of tissues including lung, diaphragm, liver, heart, spleen and brain in vitro. The primer was proved to specifically determine T gondii in blood and tissues in vitro but it did not detect Neospora caninum used as a negative control. DNA of T. gondii was effectively extracted by freezing, thawing and grinding twice both tissues mixed with T gondii in vitro and in experimentally infected pig's tissues. PCR detected specific DNA in the blood of experimentally infected pigs at 108 hrs and 120 hrs post-infection, it was the same time that the pigs showed fever and parasitaemia. In case of tissue, specific DNA was, however, detected only lung from experimentally infected pigs. Even though the duration of acute phase was from 3 to 7 days post-infection, but the latex agglutination test (LAT) results appeared from 8 days post-infection. A comparison of sensitivity in determining T gondii in blood samples between PCR and MI, PCR positive rate ranged from 25 to 33.3%, but that of MI covered from 75 to 100%.