• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.157-164
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• 2008

Three Acanthamoeba isolates (KA/E9, KA/E17, and KA/E23) from patients with keratitis were identified as Acanthamoeba triangularis by analysis of their molecular characteristics, a species not previously recognized to be a corneal pathogen. Epidemiologic significance of A. triangularis as a keratopathogen in Korea has been discussed. Morphologic features of Acanthamoeba cysts were examined under a microscope with differential interference contrast (DIC) optics. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of the ocular isolates KA/E9, KA/E17, and KA/E23 were digested with restriction enzymes, and the restriction patterns were compared with those of reference strains. Complete nuclear 188 and mitochondrial (mt) 16S rDNA sequences were subjected to phylogenetic analysis and species identification. mtDNA RFLP of 3 isolates showed very similar patterns to those of SH621, the type strain of A. triangularis. 16S and 18S rDNA sequence analysis confirmed 3 isolates to be A. triangularis. 18S rDNA sequence differences of the isolates were 1.3% to 1.6% and those of 16S rDNA, 0.4% to 0.9% from A. triangularis SH621. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report, confirmed by 18S and 16S rDNA sequence analysis, of keratitis caused by A. triangularis of which the type strain was isolated from human feces. Six isolates of A. triangularis had been reported from contaminated contact lens cases in southeastern Korea.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.1415-1420
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• 2017

고구마 현탁배양세포의 EST library에 높은 빈도로 존재하는 metallothionein (MT) 유전자를 선별하였다(IbMT3). MT 유전자는 세포와 조직의 스트레스 조절과 연관되어 있다고 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서 IbMT3 cDNA의 전장을 확보하여 염기서열 분석을 한 결과, IbMT3 유전자는 구조적으로 유형 3에 속하는 MT 단백질을 암호화하고 있었다. 식물에서 유형 3에 속하는 MT 단백질의 기능은 명확히 알려지지 않다. Northern blot 분석 결과, IbMT3 유전자는 고구마 식물체 잎보다 현탁배양 세포에서 매우 강하게 발현되었다. 일반적으로 세포배양은 세포에 산화 스트레스 상태를 부과하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이에, 고구마 식물체에 산화 스트레스를 처리하여 IbMT3 유전자의 발현이 어떻게 조절되는지 조사하였다. 제초제인 methyl viologen (MV)을 6, 12, 24시간 동안 처리했을 때, IbMT3 유전자의 발현은 6시간 후에 아주 강하게 유도되었고 그 이후에는 감소함을 알 수 있었다. 저온 스트레스($15^{\circ}C$)를 24, 48시간 동안 처리했을 때, IbMT3 유전자는 처리시간이 경과함에 따라 발현이 더 많이 유도되었다. 이로써, IbMT3 유전자는 환경 및 산화 스트레스에 반응하여 발현이 조절되는 유전자임을 알 수 있었다. IbMT3 isoform은 고구마 식물체 내에서 항산화제로써 작용할 가능성이 있을 뿐 아니라, 스트레스 하에서의 세포 적응 메커니즘에 중요한 기능을 할 것으로 사료된다.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.231-242
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• 1992

한국에 서식하고 잇는 집쥐속 2종 (곰쥐, Rattus rattus Linnaeus; 집쥐, Rattus norvegicus Berkenhaut)의 채집된 표본들의 31개 형태적 형질들을 통계적으로 분석하여 종내 지리적 변이와 종간 차이를 구명하였다. 염색체 G-bands와 C-bands도 비교하였으며, 미토콘드리아 DNA의 제한요소에 의한 절단 단편들의 분석도 하였다. 한국내 여섯지역의 곰쥐들은 형태적 형질에 있어서 서로 비슷하였다: 두동장, 미장, 염색체 핵형과 C-bands에 있어서는 일본산 곰쥐인 Rattus rattus tanezumi와 유사하였다. 한국내 일곱지역의 집쥐들은 형태적 형질에 있어서 서로 비슷하였다: 염색체 핵형은 동부 아시아산 집쥐인 Rattus norvegicus caraco와 유사하였다. 집쥐와 곰쥐는 형태적으로 형질뿐만 아니라, 염색체 핵형과 미토콘드리아 DNA도 차이가 있었다. 한국에 서식하고 있는 곰쥐의 옳바른 학명은 Rattus rattus tanezumi Temminck이고, 집쥐의 학명은 Rattus norvegicus caraco Pallas이며, 집쥐는 곰쥐와 다른 종임이 확인되었다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.649-658
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• 1995

붕넙치과 어류의 종간에 있어서의 유전적 분화정도를 DNA level에서 관찰하기 위하여 참가자미, 문치가자미, 돌가자미, 강가자미의 미토콘드리아 DNA를 분리하고, 6염기인식의 14제한효소로써 절단한 절단단편의 염기치환수를 계산하였다. 1) mtDNA 총염기대수는 4종 모두 17.6kbp 부근으로 나타나 동일한 염기대수를 가지는 것으로 추정되었다. 2) 14종류의 제한효소로써 절단한 절단단편의 pattern으로 4종의 종내 및 종간의 haplotype수를 조사한 결과, 참가자미에서는 10개, 문치가자미에서는 4개, 강가자미에서는 2개, 돌가자미에서는 1개의 haplotype이 관찰되었으며, 종간에 있어서는 공통적인 haplotype가 전혀 관찰되지 않았다. 3) mtDNA의 유전적 변이성을 나타내는 haplotype 다양도 (h)는 참가자미에서 0.588, 문치가자미에서 0.371로 나타나 참가자미에서 높은 변이성을 나타내었다. 4) 4종의 유전적 분화의 정도를 mtDNA haplotype간의 제한 부위당 염기치환수 (d)로써 살펴 본 결과, 종내의 평균은 0.0045, 종간의 평균은 0.0344, 속간의 평균은 0.0457로 되어 종간, 속간의 값이 종내에 비해 현저하게 높은 수치를 나타내었다. 5) 4종간의 mtDNA haplotype는 1개 또는 2개의 염기치환에 의한 차이가 아니고 유전적 불연속을 나타내었다.

• 한국동물학회:뉴스레터
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.80.1-80
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• 1995

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1995년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.126.1-126
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• 1995

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.56-61
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• 1995

Molecular cloning and restriction mapping on ATPase $\alpha$-subunit gene (atpA) were carried out to obtain genomic information concerned with the gene structure and organization in Korean ginseng mitochondria. Two different clones containing the homologous sequence of atpA gene were selected from SalI and PstI libraries of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of Korean ginseng. The sizes of mtDNA fragments inserted in SalI and PstI clones were 3.4 kb and 13 kb, respectively. Southern blot analysis with [$^{32}P$] labelled Oenothera atPA gene probe showed that atpA gene sequence was located in 2.0 kb XkaI fragment in PstI clone and in 1.7 kb XbaI fragment in SalI clone. A partial sequening ascertained that the SalI clone included about 1.2 kb fragment from SalI restriction site to C-terminal sequence of this gene but about 0.3 kb N-terminal sequence of open reading frame was abscent. The PstI fragment was enough large to cover the full sequence of atpA gene. The same restriction pattern of the overlapped region suggests that both clones include the same fragment of atiA locus. Data of Southern blot analysis and partial nucleotide sequencing suggested that mtDNA of Korean ginseng has a single copy of atpA gene. Key words ATPase a-subunit, mitochondrial DNA, Panax ginseng.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.163-170
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• 2013

In order to analyze the genetic diversity and phylogenetic status of the Korean Chikso breed, we determined sequences of mtDNA cytochrome b (cyt b) gene and performed phylogenetic analysis using 239 individuals from 5 Chikso populations. Five non-synonymous mutations of a total of 15 polymorphic sites were identified among 239 cyt b coding sequences. Thirteen haplotypes were defined, and haplotype diversity was 0.4709 ranging from 0.2577 to 0.6114. Thirty-five haplotypes (C1-C35) were classified among 9 Asia and 3 European breeds. C2 was a major haplotype that contained 206 sequences (64.6%) from all breeds used. C3-C13 haplotypes were Chikso-specific haplotypes. C1 and C2 haplotypes contained 80.5% of cyt b sequences of Hanwoo, Yanbian, Zaosheng and JB breeds. In phylogenetic analyses, the Chikso breed was contained into B. taurus lineage and was genetically more closely related to two Chinese breeds than to Korean brown cattle, Hanwoo. These results suggest that Chikso and Hanwoo have a genetic difference based on the mtDNA cyt b gene as well as their coat color, sufficient for classification as a separate breed.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.827-843
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• 2023

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Mitochondrial DNA leakage leads to inflammatory responses via endosome activation. This study aims to evaluate whether the perennial grass water extract (Pogonatherum panicum) ameliorate mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) leakage. MATERIALS/METHODS: The major bioactive constituents of P. paniceum (PPW) were investigated by high-performance liquid chromatography, after which their antioxidant activities were assessed. In addition, RAW 264.7 macrophages were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide, resulting in mitochondrial damage. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were used to examine the gene expression and cytokines. RESULTS: Our results showed that PPW extract-treated activated cells significantly decrease reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide levels by reducing the p2^phox and iNOS expression and lowering cytokine-encoding genes, including IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1β, PG-E2 and IFN-γ relative to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated macrophages. Furthermore, we observed that LPS enhanced the mtDNA leaked into the cytoplasm, increasing the transcription of Tlr9 and signaling both MyD88/Irf7-dependent interferon and MyD88/NF-κb p65-dependent inflammatory cytokine mRNA expression but which was alleviated in the presence of PPW extract. CONCLUSIONS: Our data show that PPW extract has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities by facilitating mtDNA leakage and lowering the Tlr9 expression and signaling activation.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.276-282
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• 2004

Marginal Zn deficiency is prevalent through the world and yet human zinc status has not been properly assessed due to the lack of a reliable diagnostic indicator. One potential possibility for zinc status assessment using Zn-binding protein, metallothionein (MT)-mRNA, has been proposed. The purpose of the present study was aimed to show whether measurement of mononuclear cell (MNC) MT mRNA, using a competitive-reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (competitive-RT-PCR) assay, could indicate zinc status in human subjects. In this study, MNC MT-mRNA expression was measured using a competitive-RT-PCR to compare before and after 14 days of zinc supplementation (50 mg Zn/das zinc gluconate). RT-PCR oligonucleotide primers which were designed to amplify both a 278 bp segment of the human MT-2A cDNA and a 198 bp mutant competitor cDNA template from MNCs, were prepared. MT-2A mRNA was normalized by reference to the housekeeping gene, $\beta$-actin, mRNA for which was also measured by competitive-RT-PCR. There was considerable inter-individual variation in MT-mRNA concentration and yet, the mean MT-2A mRNA level increased 4.7-fold after Zn supplementation, as compared to before Zn supplementation. This MT-2A mRNA level was shown as the same pattern and, even more sensitive assay, compared to the conventional plasma and red blood cells (RBCs) Zn assessment in which plasma and RBCs zinc levels increased 2.3- and 1.2-fold, respectively (p<0.05). We suggest that MT competitive-RT-PCR can be a useful assessment tool for evaluating human zinc status.