• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.479-484
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• 2011

시설 딸기 유기재배, 무농약재배 그리고 관행재배 방법이 토양 미생물 생태계의 변화에 미치는 영향을 FAME 분석으로 검토하였다. 유기재배는 관행재배에 비해 총 FAME 함량은 1.2배, 총 세균 함량은 1.4배, 그람음성 세균은 1.5배, 그람양성 세균은 1.2배, 방선균 함량은 1.5배 높았다 (p<0.05). 미생물 군집은 유기재배와 무농약재배가 관행재배에 비해 총 세균 및 그람음성 세균의 군집비율이 높은 반면, 곰팡이 군집비율은 낮았다 (p<0.05). 주성분 분석결과 주성분 PC1은 50.9%, 주성분 PC2는 30.5%로 관행재배, 무농약재배 및 관행재배의 미생물 군집에 대한 유의적인 차이를 보였으며 방선균 군집비율은 유기재배에 대한 지표로서 나타났다. 무농약재배는 토양 염류가 높아 cy19:0과 18:$1{\omega}7c$ 비율은 1.27로 높았으며 불포화지방산과 포화지방산의 비율은 0.56로 낮게 나타났다 (p<0.05). 따라서 미생물의 다양성을 유지하고 스트레스를 경감시킬 수 있는 방법으로 토양 양분을 적정수준으로 관리하는 것이 무엇보다 중요한 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.1164-1168
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• 2011

경남지역 논 토양 미숙답 6개소, 보통답 9개소, 사질답 5개소를 대상으로 2011년에 미생물 세포벽 지방산 함량을 분석하여 미생물 군집과 토양 화학성을 주성분분석으로 해석하였다. 토양 미생물체량은 보통답이 $1,235mg\;kg^{-1}$으로 사질답 $441mg\;kg^{-1}$ 보다 유의적으로 많았으며 (p<0.05) 미숙답은 $854mg\;kg^{-1}$으로 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 토양 유기물 함량은 미숙답과 보통답이 $33g\;kg^{-1}$으로 사질답의 $18g\;kg^{-1}$ 보다 유의적으로 많았다 (p<0.05). 미생물 군집은 보통답이 총 세균 33.0%, 그람음성 세균 18.1%로서 사질답의 총 세균 29.4%, 그람음성 세균 14.8% 그리고 미숙답의 그람음성 세균 15.4%에 비해 유의적으로 많았다 (p<0.05). 주성분 분석결과 토양 유기물 함량과 총 세균 군집 비율이 경남지역 논 토양의 보통답과 사질답의 특성을 구분할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권10호
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• pp.1798-1807
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• 2017

The differentiations in nitrogen-converting activity and microbial community structure between granular size fractions in a continuous completely autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite (CANON) reactor, having a superior specific nitrogen removal rate of $0.24g/(g\;VSS{\cdot}h)$, were investigated by batch tests and high-throughput pyrosequencing analysis, respectively. Results revealed that a high dissolved oxygen concentration (>1.8 mg/l) could result in efficient nitrite accumulation with small granules (0.2-0.6 mm in diameter), because aerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (genus Nitrosomonas) predominated therein. Meanwhile, intermediate size granules (1.4-2.0 mm in diameter) showed the highest nitrogen removal activity of $40.4mg/(g\;VSS{\cdot}h)$ under sufficient oxygen supply, corresponding to the relative abundance ratio of aerobic to anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (genus Candidatus Kuenenia) of 5.7. Additionally, a dual substrate competition for oxygen and nitrite would be considered as the main mechanism for repression of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria, and the few Nitrospira spp. did not remarkably affect the overall performance of the reactor. Because all the granular size fractions could accomplish the CANON process independently under oxygen limiting conditions, maintaining a diversity of granular size would facilitate the stability of the suspended growth CANON system.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.171-178
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• 2015

This study aimed to investigate the effects of Lactobacillus plantarum FH185 on the reduction of adipocyte size and gut microbial changes in mice with diet-induced obesity. The strain was found to have a lipase inhibitory activity of 70.09±2.04% and inhibited adipocyte differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells (18.63±0.98%) at a concentration of 100 µg/mL. To examine the effect of the strain supplementation on gut microbial changes in mice with diet-induced obesity, male C57BL/6J mice were fed on four different diets (i.e., A, normal diet (ND); B, high-fat diet (HFD); C, HFD with ABT-3 (10⁹ CFU/day); and D, HFD with L. plantarum FH185 (10⁹ CFU/day)) for 6 wk. According to the results of fecal pyrosequencing, the ratio of Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes in groups C and D was lower than in the control groups at the phylum level. At the family level, Lactobacillaceae in groups C and D was observed to dominate, while Lachnospiraceae in groups A and B was observed to dominate. At the genus level, Lactobacillus in groups C and D was comparatively higher than in groups A and B. To examine the effects of strain supplementation on the reduction of adipocyte size, the left and right epididymal fat pads were quickly isolated after the animals were sacrificed, and the adipocyte sizes were measured. In groups A, C and D, the percentage of 2,000 m² of adipocyte was higher than in the other size of adipocyte, while the percentage of over 5,000 m² of adipocyte was highest in group B. The mean adipocyte size of group D was significantly larger than that of group A, but smaller than that of group B.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.160-168
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• 2000

A-factor I a microbial hormone that can positively control cell differentiation leading to spore formation and secondary metabolite formation in Streptomyces griseus. to identify a protease that is deeply involved in the morphological and physiological differentiation of Streptomyces, the proteases produced by Streptomyces griseus IFO 13350 and its A-factor deficient mutant strain, Streptomyces griseus HH1, as well as Streptomyces griseus HH1 transformed with the afsA gene were sturdied. In general Streptomyces griseus showed a higher degree of cell growth and protease activity in proportion to its ability to produce a higher amount of A-factor. In particular, the specific activity of the trypsin of Streptomyces griseus IFO 13350 was greatly enhanced more than twice compared with that of Streptomyces griseus HH1 in the later stage of growth. The specific activity of the metalloprotease of Streptomyces griseus HH1 was greatly enhanced more than twice compared with that of Streptomyces griseus IFO 13350, and this observation was reversed in the presence of thiostreptione, However, Streptomyces griseus HH1 transformed with the afsA gene showed a significantly decreased level of trypsin and metalloprotease activity compared with that of the HH1 strain. There was no significant difference between Streptomyces griseus IFO 13350 and HH1 strain in their chymotrypsin and thiol protease activity, yet the level of leu-amionpeptidase activity was 2 times higher in Streptomyces griseus HH1 than in strain IFO 13350 . Streptomyces griseus HH1 harboring afsA showed a similar level of enzyme activity , however, all the three protease activities sharply increased and the thiol protease activity was critically increased at the end of the fermentation. When a serine protease inhibitor, pefabloc SC, and metalloprotease inhibitor, EDTA, were applied to strain IFO 13350 to examine the in vivo effects of the protease inhibitors on the morpholofical differentiation, the formation of aerial meycelium and spores was delayed by two or three days.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.169-175
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• 2023

Background: Although microbial infection is direct cause of periodontal disease, various environmental factors influence the disease severity. Aging is considered a risk factor for oral diseases, with the prevalence of periodontal diseases increasing with age. Moreover, senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) expressed in age-related diseases is a key marker of chronic inflammation and aging phenotypes. Therefore, this study aimed to understand the relevance of senescent cells to periodontal health and disease, investigate the possibility of regulating the expression of aging- and osteolysis-related factors in gingival fibroblasts, and investigate the effect of senescence induction in gingival fibroblasts on osteoclast differentiation in mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMMs). Methods: After stimulation with 400 nM hydrogen peroxidase, human gingival fibroblasts (HGFs) were examined for senescence-associated β-galactosidase. Western blot and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays were performed to assess the expression of SASP. Osteoclast formation was assessed in BMMs using a conditioned medium (CM) from hydrogen peroxide-stimulated HGFs. Osteoclastic differentiation was investigated using tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) staining and activity. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 25.0. Results: The expression of senescence-related molecules, including p53, p16, and p21, and the expression of osteolytic factors, including IL-6, IL-8, and IL-17, were found to be significantly higher in the hydrogen peroxide-stimulated HGF than in the control group. Regarding the indirect effects of senescent gingival cells, the number of osteoclasts and TRAP activity increased according to the differentiation of BMM cultured in CM. Conclusion: Our results on the of between osteolytic factors and cellular senescence in gingival fibroblast cells helped to reveal evidence of pathological aging mechanisms. Furthermore, our results suggest that the development of novel therapies that target specific SASP factors could be an effective treatment strategy for periodontal disease.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2017년도 9th Asian Crop Science Association conference
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• pp.350-350
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• 2017

The study was conducted to evaluate differences of growth characteristics of rice cultivated in two different regions (Cheonan and Jeonju). It focused on nutritional composition and anti-nutritional factors of rice straw produced from 21 rice varieties including GM rice (Iksan 483). The range of general nutrition ingredient is that crude was 0.97 ~ 3.2 %, carbohydrate was 67.45 ~ 80.01 %, crude protein was 1.46 ~ 4.81 %, crude ash was 6.52 ~ 18.96 %, crude fiber was 25.77 ~ 40.02 %, NDF was 51.84 ~ 67.77 %, ADF was 27.11 ~ 40.44 %, calcium was 0.49 ~ 5.18 mg/g and phosphorous was 0.26 ~ 2.77 mg/g. The general nutritional contents of GM rice were included above range. The range of phytic acid of rice straws cultivated in Cheonan and Jeonju was 0 ~ 0.056 mg/ml and 0 ~ 0.059 mg/ml, respectively. The phytic acid content of GM was 0.033 mg/ml, which was in the range of the content of rice straw in Cheonan and Jeonju. The range of trypsin inhibitor of rice straws cultivated in Cheonan and Jeonju was 0.061 ~ 0.461 TIU/mg and 0 ~ 1.278 TIU/mg, respectively. The trypsin acid content of GM was 0.461 TIU/mg, which was in the range of the content of rice straw in Cheonan and Jeonju. In addition, we investigated microbial community from each soil sample by using metagenomics sequencing based on rRNA microbial diversity in order to inspect indirect changes of soil environment with cultivation of GM rice. Metagenomics analysis was carried out using soil samples cultivated with GM and non-GM rice for before transplanting, young panicle differentiation stage, heading stage, and ripening stage. Beta diversity of microbial community in both soil environments were calculated by using Bray-Curtis distance method and showed low value with an average of 0.24 (dissimilarity = 1). As a result, it was confirmed that the cultivation of GM does not give a significant effect on the change of microbial composition in soil. Therefore, Our study demonstrates that there is no difference in the composition of soil microorganism due to GM and non-GM rice.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.616-630
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• 2023

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Indole-3-propionic acid (IPA) is a tryptophan-derived microbial metabolite that has been associated with protective effects against inflammatory and metabolic diseases. However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the effects of IPA under physiological conditions and at the intestinal level. MATERIALS/METHODS: Human intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells were treated for 2, 24, and/or 72 h with IPA or its precursors - indole, tryptophan, and propionate - at 1, 10, 100, 250, or 500 μM to assess cell viability, integrity, differentiation, and proliferation. RESULTS: IPA induced cell proliferation and this effect was associated with a higher expression of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (ERK2) and a lower expression of c-Jun. Although indole and propionate also induced cell proliferation, this involved ERK2 and c-Jun independent mechanisms. On the other hand, both tryptophan and propionate increased cell integrity and reduced the expression of claudin-1, whereas propionate decreased cell differentiation. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, these findings suggested that IPA and its precursors distinctly contribute to the proliferation, differentiation, and barrier function properties of human intestinal epithelial cells. Moreover, the pro-proliferative effect of IPA in intestinal epithelial cells was not explained by its precursors and is rather related to its whole chemical structure. Maintaining IPA at physiological levels, e.g., through IPA-producing commensal bacteria, may be important to preserve the integrity of the intestinal barrier and play an integral role in maintaining metabolic homeostasis.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.118-124
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 효모에서 분리한 melanoston이라고 명명된 멜라닌 생성을 억제하는 물질의 작용 기전을 밝히기 위한 것이다. $\alpha$-MSH를 처리한 B16 melanoma 세포에서 melanoston은 tyrosinase mRNA 발현양을 10% 정도 저해되는데 그쳤으며 western blotting을 이용한 단백질 측정에서도 이와 비슷한 정도의 단백질 생성 억제를 보였다. 그러나 B16 세포 배양액에 melanoston을 첨가할 경우 세포내 tyrosinase 활성이 33% 까지 감소되는 것으로 나타나 metanoston이 tyrosinase inhibitor는 아니지만 세포내 tyrosinase 활성화 (activation) 과정을 억제하는 것으로 추측할 수 있었다. 또한 광학 현미경을 이용한 morphology 관찰에서 $\alpha$-MSH를 처리한 세포에서는 많은 dentrite가 형성되면서 세포분화가 일어나는 반면 melanoston를 처리한 경우에는 dendrite가 감소하면서 세포형태가 대조군과 비슷하게 회복 되는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또 FITC-anti-tyrosinase-Ab를 이용한 형광 염색을 통해서는 $\alpha$-MSH만 처리한 세포에서는 tyrosinase의 분포가 dendrite를 포함한 세포 전체로 퍼져나가는 것을 관찰할 수 있었고 $\alpha$-MSH와 melanoston을 동시에 처리한 세포에서는 대조군과 비슷하게 tyrosinase가 핵 주변에서만 관찰되어 melanoston이 B16 melanoma 세포의 분화과정에서 이를 억제하는 효과를 주고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이상의 결과들을 종합해 볼 때 melanoston은 $\alpha$-MSH에 진행되는 B16 세포의 분화를 억제하고 이 과정에서 멜라닌 생성의 주된 효소인 tyrosinase의 활성화를 억제하며 결과적으로는 멜라닌 생성을 저해하는 것으로 사료된다.

• 한방비만학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.40-51
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• 2020

Objectives: We aimed to compare the quality of sleep, tongue diagnosis, oral microbiology differences in insomnia of Liver qi stagnation (LQS) and Non-Liver qi stagnation (NLQS). Methods: 56 patients were classified as LQS or NLSQ type insomnia through the insomnia differentiation questionnaire. The depression scores between the groups were compared through beck depression inventory (BDI), and the sleep quality was compared through Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). We analyzed the sleep efficiency, total sleep time, total awake frequency, total and average awake time through actigraph. For the tongue diagnosis, the distribution of tongue coating in six areas were measured through Winkel tongue coating index (WTCI). Linear discriminant analysis was performed to observe the differences in composition of microbial strains between the groups. Results: The scores of BDI, ISI and PSQI were significantly higher in LQS group. The total sleep time in LQS group was significantly less than that of NLQS group. Among the areas of tongue, according to the WTCI, the amount of tongue coating in zones A and C was significantly small. In oral microbial analysis, there was no significant difference between the groups at the phylum level. At the genus level, Prevotella, Veillonella, and Streptococcus were predominant in LQS group, whereas Prevotella, Neisseria, and Streptococcus in NLQS group. Conclusions: It was meaningful that insomnia was more likely in LQS group than in NLQS group, and the composition of oral microorganisms was significantly different, which could lead to the diseases caused by stress.