• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.223-231
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• 2014

선박평형수를 통한 외래종 확산을 방지하기 위해 국제해사기구(IMO)에서는 2004년 선박평형수관리협약을 채택하였다. 이 협약에 따르면 앞으로 대부분의 선박들은 선박평형수 처리시스템을 통해서 해양 생물을 사멸 또는 제거시킨 후 배출해야 하며, 이는 플랑크톤의 생사판별방법을 통하여 이루어진다. 본 연구에서는 국제적으로 선박평형수 처리후 생사판별법으로 널리 사용되고 있는 fluorescein diacetate assay (FDA) 염색방법의 제한성과 이의 대안으로 Neutral red (NR) 염색방법사용 가능성을 살펴보고자 하였다. FDA 염색법은 대부분의 플랑크톤 염색에 되어서 현재 가장 널리 사용되는 방법임에도 불구하고 본 연구에서는 Ditylum brightwellii 을 제외한 모든 식물플랑크톤 대해서 낮은 염색 효율(전체 평균 염색 효율 <50%)을 보였으며, 식물플랑크톤이 갖는 고유한 형광(적색)에 간섭을 많이 받는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 FDA는 형광파장에 노출된 후 빠르게 색이 바래지는 경향도 관찰되었다. 반면에 NR은 조사된 모든 동 식물플랑크톤 개체수에 대해서 90% 이상의 높은 염색 효율을 보였다. 두 염색법 모두 포르말린을 이용해서 사멸시킨 동 식물플랑크톤에 대해서는 염색이 되지 않았다. 본 연구결과를 통해서 NR 염색법을 이용한 동 식물플랑크톤 생사판별은 매우 효율적이라고 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.485-493
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• 2010

A modified graphite felt electrode with neutral red (NR-electrode) was shown to catalyze the chemical oxidation of nitrite to nitrate under aerobic conditions. The electrochemically oxidized NR-electrode (EO-NR-electrode) and reduced NR-electrode (ER-NR-electrode) catalyzed the oxidation of $1,094{\pm}39$ mg/l and $382{\pm}45$ mg/l of nitrite, respectively, for 24 h. The electrically uncharged NR-electrode (EU-NR-electrode) catalyzed the oxidation of $345{\pm}47$ mg/l of nitrite for 24 h. The aerobic bacterial community immobilized in the EO-NR-electrode did not oxidize ammonium to nitrite; however, the aerobic bacterial community immobilized in the ER-NR-electrode bioelectrochemically oxidized $1,412{\pm}39$ mg/l of ammonium for 48 h. Meanwhile, the aerobic bacterial community immobilized on the EU-NR-electrode biochemically oxidized $449{\pm}22$ mg/l of ammonium for 48 h. In the continuous culture system, the aerobic bacterial community immobilized on the ER-NR-electrode bioelectrochemically oxidized a minimal $1,337{\pm}38$ mg/l to a maximal $1,480{\pm}38$ mg/l of ammonium to nitrate, and the community immobilized on the EU-NR-electrode biochemically oxidized a minimal $327{\pm}23$ mg/l to a maximal $412{\pm}26$ mg/l of ammonium to nitrate every two days. The bacterial communities cultivated in the ER-NR-electrode and EU-NR-electrode in the continuous culture system were analyzed by TGGE on the $20^{th}$ and $50^{th}$ days of incubation. Some ammonium-oxidizing bacteria were enriched on the ER-NR-electrode, but not on the EU-NR-electrode.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.208-217
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• 2011

Maghnia montmorillonite clay를 이용하여, 두 가지 염료(neutral red; NR과 malachite green oxalates; MG)에 대한 pH 및 온도 효과를 측정하였다. 수용액 속에서 MG는 pH 3-9에서 흡수가 나타나는 반면에, 양이온 NR은 pH 3-5에서 red shift 흡수피크가 나타났으며, 중성 NR은 pH 8-12에서 흡수피크가 얻어졌다. NR에 대해서는 465.13 mg/g, MG에 대해서는 459.89 mg/g의 최대 흡수 피크가 각각 298와 318 K에서 얻어졌으며, 자유에너지 Ea 값은 각각 4.472-5.559 kJ/mol과 2.000-2.886 kJ/mol로 얻어졌다. 도한, as ${\Delta}H^{\circ}$, ${\Delta}S^{\circ}$, ${\Delta}G^{\circ}$ and Ea과 같은 다양한 열역학적인 변수들을 계산했으며, 전체적인 반응의 흡수과정은 자발적이고, 흡열반응으로 진행됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.80-85
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• 2005

Electrochemical control of the metabolic flux of W. kimchii sk10 on glucose and pyruvate was studied. The growing cell of W. kimchii sk10 produced 87.4 mM lactate, 69.3 mM ethanol, and 4.9mM lactate from 83.1mM glucose under oxidation condition of the anode compartment, but 98.9 mM lactate, 84.3mM ethanol, and 0.2 mM acetate were produced from 90.8 mM glucose under reduction condition of the cathode compartment for 24 h, respectively. The resting cell of W. kimchii sk10 produced 15.9 mM lactate and 15.2 mM acetate from 32.1 mM pyruvate under oxidation condition of the anode compartment, and 71.3 mM lactate and 3.8 mM acetate from 79.8mM pyruvate under reduction condition of the cathode compartment. The redox balance (NADH/$NAD^+$) of metabolites electrochemically produced from pyruvate was 1.05 and 18.76 under oxidation and reduction conditions, respectively. On the basis of these results, we suggest that the neutral red (NR) immobilized in bacterial membrane can function as an electron channel for the electron transfer between electrode and cytoplasm without dissipation of membrane potential, and that the bacterial fermentation of W. kimchii sk10 can be shifted to oxidized or reduced pathways by the electrochemical oxidation or reduction, respectively.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.45-60
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• 1993

The present study was carried out to evaluate the cytotoxicity of cadmium on cultured rat fibroblasts. The colorimetric assays of neutral red and tetrazolium MTT, the lactatedehydrogenase activity, the amounts of total protein, the rate of DNA synthesis, the amounts of unscheduled DNA synthesis, the frequency of sister chromatid exchange, the releasing rate of intracellular calcium, and light and electron microscopic studies were performed on cultured rat fibroblasts maintained in the media containing various concentrations of cadmium. The results were as follows: The neutral red(NR) and MTT values were decreased dose-dependently by cadmium, and the NR90, NR50, MTT90 and MTT50 values of cadmium were 0.2mM, 21.5mM, 1.0Mm and 60.0Mm, respectively.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.603-610
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• 2010

수용액으로부터 3개 양이온 염료(메틸렌 블루 MB, 중성래드 NR, 녹공작석 옥살산염MG)를 제거하는 Maghnia 점토의 흡착제로서의 가능성을 알아보기 위해 접촉시간, pH, 초기 염료 농도, 흡착제 사용량등을 변화시키면서 조사하였다. 적절한 pH는 NR의 경우 6이었고, MB와 MG의 경우 7로 나타났다. 90% 이상의 최대 염료 흡착은 약 60분내에 이루어졌으며, 염료 흡착은 유사 2차반응속도식을 따랐다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.13-20
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• 1991

To investigate the cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of the DNA alkylating agnet, mitomycin C and the antimetabolite, 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) in cultured rat fibroblasts, the colorimetric assay of netural red (NR) for cytotoxicity and for genotoxicity, sister chromatid exchange (SCE) assay and the measurement of the rate of DNA synthesis were performed in cells cultured in media containing various concentrations of mitomycin C and 5-FU. The uptake ability of neutral red decreased does-dependently. NR90 and NR50 values of mitomycin C were 1.49 nM and 6.87mM and 5-FU were 38.4mM AND 284.4Mm respectively.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.154-161
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• 2011

L. lactis sk071115 has been shown to grow more actively and generate lower levels of lactate in glucose-defined medium with nitrate than in medium with Mn(IV). By adding Mn(IV) to a L. lactis culture, lactate production was relatively reduced in combination with Mn(II) production, but cell mass production levels did not increase. Both cell-free extract and intact L. lactis cells reacted electrochemically with Mn(IV) but did not react with Mn(II) upon cyclic voltammetry using neutral red (NR) as an electron mediator. A modified graphite felt cathode with NR (NR-cathode) was employed to induce electrochemical reducing equivalence for bacterial metabolism. Cell-free L. lactis extract catalyzed the reduction of Mn(IV) to Mn(II) under both control and electrochemical reduction conditions; however, the levels of Mn(II) generated under electrochemical reduction conditions were approximately 4 times those generated under control conditions. The levels of Mn(II) generated by the catalysis of L. lactis immobilized in the NR-cathode (L-NR-cathode) under electrochemical reduction conditions were more than 4 times that generated under control conditions. Mn(II) production levels were increased by approximately 2.5 and 4.5 times by the addition of citrate to the reactant under control and electrochemical reduction conditions, respectively. The cumulative Mn(II) produced from manganese ore by catalysis of the L-NR-cathode for 30 days reached levels of approximately 3,800 and 16,000 mg/l under control and electrochemical reduction conditions, respectively. In conclusion, the electrochemical reduction reaction generated by the NR-cathode activated the biochemical reduction of Mn(IV) to Mn(II) by L. lactis.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.29-40
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• 1990

Cytotoxic effects of cytosine arabinoside and vinblastine on cultured fibroblasts were determined by colorimetric assays of neutral red (NR) and tetrazolium MTT, and by mutagenicity tests . Cytosine arabinoside and vinblastine were highly toxic by showing that concentrations of NR-50 and MTT-50 of two drugs were lower than 100 ${\mu}$M. At mid-point cytotoxicityvalue of two drugs, frequencies of micronuclei and SCEs were very high and chromosome showed structural abnormalities. The sizes of micronuclei formed by vinblastine were larger than those induced by cytosine arabinoside. These results suggest that cytosine arabinoside and vinblastine have highy mutagenic and severe cytotoxic effects on the cultured mouse fibroblasts.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.704-708
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• 2002

A fast and sensitive protein staining method in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) using both an acidic dye, Coomassie Brilliant Blue R-250 (CBBR) and a basic dye, Neutral Red (NR) is described. It is based on a counter ion-dye staining technique that employs oppositely charged two dyes to form an ion-pair complex. The selective binding of the free dye molecules to proteins in an acidic solution enhances the staining effect of CBBR on protein bands, and also reduces gel background. It is a rapid staining procedure, involving fixing and staining steps with short destaining that are completed in about 1 h. As the result, it showed two to fourfold increase in sensitivity comparing with CBBR staining. The stained protein bands can be visualized at the same time of staining.