• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.217-221
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• 2003

The present investigation was undertaken to study status of erythrocytic antioxidant enzymes in normal cycling and $\alpha$- tocopherol supplemented anestrus buffalo heifers. The pre-supplementation erythrocytic activities of superoxide dismutase (U/mg Hb), glutathione peroxidase (U/mg Hb) and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (U/g Hb) upregulated significantly (p<0.05) in anestrus heifers ($10.08{\pm}0.09$, $14.09{\pm}0.54$, $9.25{\pm}0.29$) when compared to normal cycling ones ($6.93{\pm}0.04$, $11.61{\pm}0.19$, $5.58{\pm}0.26$). The oral supplementation of $\alpha$-tocopherol (a) 3,000 mg per week per animal in anestrus heifers declined erythrocytic superoxide dismutase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activities significantly (p<0.01) but led to non-significant increase in erythrocytic glutathione peroxidase activity. Results indicated that supplementation of $\alpha$-tocopherol to anestrus buffalo heifers mitigated the effects of oxidative stress to improve their antioxidant status.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.52-57
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• 2006

Metallothioneins(MTs) belong to the class of low molecular weight proteins. Recently, it has been suggested that MTs may playa direct role in cellular defense against oxidative stress by functioning as antioxidants. Oxidative damage to different cellular components makes a major contribution to many pathogenenesses. Several studies have demonstrated that MT is able to quench a wide range of reactive oxygen species at a higher efficiency than other well known antioxidants such as superoxide dismutate(SOD). The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of MT on the activities of the reactive oxygen species removal system. MT showed the scavenging of superoxide in the SOD assay system in the presence or absence of SOD. When MT was added to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate(NADPH) oxidation system in presence of fixed amount of SOD increase the breakdown rate of superoxide. When MT was added to the system that form nitrite from hydroxylammonium chloride, the formation of nitrite was inhibit. We concluded that the function of MT as antioxidant might have an effect on the level of superoxide scavenging.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.11-15
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• 1994

The detoxifying properties of cruciferous vegetables components have been the subject of several recent investigations. Evidences from many biochemical and pharmacological studies indicated that higher consumption of cruciferous vegetables is associated with lower incidence of harmful actions such as hepatotoxicity and oxidative stress in animal and human populations. Recently, it has been reported that drug metabolizing and detoxifying enzyme activities were increased by cruciferous vegetable extract in which sinigrin is known to be a main active component, accounting for about 2 to 3 percents of total extract. The detoxifying effect of sinigrin has been well reported in several literatures. The metabolism of sinigrin in animal, however, has not been reported yet. That led us to study the metabolism of sinigrin in rat. Sinigrin is nown to be metabolized into three compounds, i.e., allyl isothiocyanate, glucose and potassium phosphate in cruciferous vegetables. Allyl isothiocyanate was formed in rat hepatic mitochondrial fraction in dose and incubation time dependent manner, that was confirmed by HPLC. Glucose formation was came up with results similar to that of allyl isothiocyanate. Three hours after i.p. administration of sinigrin to rat, allyl isothiocyanate appeared in rat liver, and five hours later it was detected in liver and blood. The above results suggested that sinigrin might be metabolized into allyl isothiocyanate, glucose and potassium phosphate in rat.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.538-543
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• 1994

Effect of partial oxygen pressure on the cell growth and the activities of oxidative defense enzymes were measured in the continuous culture of Streptomyces coelicolor. Both the wild type and the mutant strain resistant to hydrogen peroxide were cultured and the dry cell weight of the two cultures were measured at different oxygen tensions. Growth of the wild type was inhibited by oxygen at above 0.5 vvm. Growth of the hydrogen peroxide resistant mutant was stimulated by pure oxygen at 0.5 vvm but was inhibited by oxygen at 1.0 vvm. Therefore, growth of the hydrogen peroxide resistant mutant was less affected by the deleterious oxidative stress of oxygen. Activities of the several defense enzymes were also measured at different oxygen tensions. Activities of catalase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase increased significantly as oxygen pressure increased in the wild type culture. In the mutant, however, increase in those enzyme activities was not obvious whereas the uninduced levels of the above enzymes were higher than those of wild type. As judged by Western blotting, the amount of the major catalase increased as the oxygen pressure increased. This indicates that the induction of the catalase activity by oxygen pressure is mostly due to the increase in the expression level for the major catalase.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.52-57
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• 2021

Fumonisin B1 (FB1) structurally resembles sphingolipids and interferes with their metabolism leading to sphingolipid dysregulation. We questioned if FB1 could exacerbate liver or kidney toxicities in glutathione peroxidase 1 (Gpx1) and catalase (Cat) knockout mice. While higher serum levels of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and sphinganine (Sa) were measured in Gpx1/Cat knockout mice (Gpx1/Cat KO) than wild type mice after 5 days of FB1 treatment, serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), sphingosine-1 phosphate (So-1-P), and sphinganine-1 phosphate (Sa-1-P) were found to be relatively low. Although Sa was highly elevated in Gpx1/Cat KO mice and wild mice, lower levels of So and Sa were found in both the kidney and liver tissues of Gpx/Cat KO mice than wild type mice after FB1 treatment. Paradoxically, FB1-induced cellular apoptosis and necrosis were hastened under oxidative stress in Gpx1/Cat KO mice.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제38권11호
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• pp.1273-1281
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• 2014

조직공학은 손상된 골 조직 및 장기를 복원, 재생, 그리고 복구할 수 있는 잠재력을 가진 새로운 학문 분야이다. 인산칼슘계 세라믹스인 삼인산칼슘과 수산회인회석은 골 조직 재생을 위해 골전도성과 생체적합성의 특성을 가진 우수한 재료로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서, 혼합 용액 구조물은 적층 및 히터장치를 기반으로 한 압출 적층 조형 시스템을 이용하여 제작되었다. 바이오 세라믹 인공지지체는 $1,300^{\circ}C$의 고온에서 소결되었고, 또한 형태학적인 특성은 주사전자현미경을 통해 분석되었다. 게다가, TCP/HA 의 혼합비율에 따른 미세구조물과 수축률에 대한 효과는 연구되었다. 인공지지체의 기계적 특성은 1 mm/min 의 크로스헤드 속도로 압축 시험기를 통해 측정되었고, 인공지지체의 세포 증식평가를 위해 MG-63 세포를 이용하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 혼합된 TCP(75 wt%)/HA(25 wt%) 인공지지체가 골 조직 재생을 위해 적합한 인공지지체라는 것을 제안한다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.239-244
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• 1987

쌀 전분현탁액(5%)의 리올로지 특성을 모세관 점도계를 이용하여 조사하였다. 멥쌀 전분은 $30{\sim}60^{\circ}C$에서, 찹쌀 전분은 $30{\sim}55^{\circ}C$에서 인산염의 첨가 유무에 관계없이 항복응력이 없는 팽창유체 (dilatant fiuid)의 거동을보였다. 그러나 멥쌀 전분은 $65^{\circ}C$에서, 찹쌀 전분은$60^{\circ}C$에서 의가소성 유체의 거동을 보였다. 인산염의 첨가시 멥쌀 전분은 의가소성이 증가하는 현상을 보인 반면, 찹쌀 전분의 경우에는 뚜렷한 증가를 보이지 않았다. 온도 $30{\sim}50^{\circ}C$의 경우 전분현탁액의 유동의 활성화 에너지는 $0.88{\sim}1.45kcal/mole$이었으나, $60{\sim}65^{\circ}C$의 경우에는 멥쌀 전분이 약73kcal/mole, 찹쌀 전분이 45.57kcal/mole이었다. 인삼염의 첨가시에는 $89.39{\sim}182.89kcal/mole$이었으며, 아끼바레가 가장 높은 값을 찹쌀이 가장 낮은 값을 보였다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제61권2호
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• pp.154-162
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• 2023

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is caused by X-linked recessive disorderliness. It induces severe anemia when a patient with G6PD deficiency is exposed to oxidative stress that occurs with administration of an antimalarial drug, primaquine. The distribution of G6PD deficiency remains unknown while primaquine has been used for malaria treatment in Myanmar. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of G6PD deficiency and its variants in Chin State, Myanmar. Among 322 participants, 18 (11 males and 7 females) demonstrated a G6PD deficiency. Orissa variant was dominant in the molecular analysis. This would be related to neighboring Indian and Bangladeshi population, in which Orissa variant was also reported as the main mutation type. The screening test for G6PD deficiency before primaquine treatment appears to be important in Myanmar.

• 운동영양학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.28-33
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• 2019

[Purpose] Recent studies have shown that glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (GPI)-which is a glycolysis interconversion enzyme-reduces oxidative stress. However, these studies are limited to tumors such as fibrosarcoma, and there are no studies that have examined the effects of exercise on GPI expression in mice skeletal muscle. Furthermore, GPI acts in an autocrine manner thorough its receptor, autocrine motility factor receptor (AMFR); therefore, we investigated expression level changes of secreted GPI from skeletal muscle in in vitro study to examine the potential role of GPI on skeletal muscle. [Methods] First, we performed an in vitro study, to identify the condition that upregulates GPI levels in skeletal muscle cells; we treated C2C12 muscle cells with an exercise-mimicking chemical, AICAR. AICAR treatment upregulated GPI expression level in C2C12 cell and its secretomes. To confirm the direct effect of GPI on skeletal muscle cells, we treated C2C12 cells with GPI recombinant protein. [Results] We found that GPI improved the viability of C2C12 cells. In the in vivo study, the exercise-treated mice group showed upregulated GPI expression in skeletal muscle. Based on the in vitro study results, we speculated that expression level of GPI in skeletal muscle might be associated with muscle function. We analyzed the association between GPI expression level and the grip strength of the all mice group. The mice group's grip strengths were upregulated after 2 weeks of treadmill exercise, and GPI expression level positively correlated with the grip strength. [Conclusion] These results suggested that the exercise-induced GPI expression in skeletal muscle might have a positive effect on skeletal muscle function.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2001년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.189-192
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• 2001

Polyamine 함량이 증가된 형질전환 식물체들은 $H_2O_2$ 처리에 의해서 야기된 산화적스트레스에 대해 야생형 식물체보다 조직 손상이 월등히 낮았으며 백화와 괴사되는 정도도 훨씬 낮았으며 chlorophyll 양의 손실도 비교적 적은 편이었다. 또한 고염분 스트레스를 처리하면서 야생형보다 비교적 높게 유지되었으며 4달 정도까지 생장이 지속되었지만 야생형 식물체에서는 생장이 거의 정지되어 식물체가 고사하였다. 그 외에 ABA를 처리하여 노화를 유도한 경우 야생형에서 훨씬 빠르게 노화가 일어났으며 형질전환 식물체 잎에서는 노화가 트게 지연되었다. 또한 pH3.0의 potassium phosphate를 처리한 경우에도 야생형의 잎보다 형질전환 식물체 잎에서 갈변등의 세포 손상이 크게 지연되었다. 곰팡이 감염에서도 높은 저항성을 보였으며 항산화효소임 GST와 CAT 유전자 발현이 증가하였다. Ethylene 발현 저해 식물체에서도 스트레스를 처리한 후 ethylene 생합성 효소의 발현이 억제되면서 스트레스 저항성을 나타내었다. 따라서 이러한 스트레스에 의하여 유도되는 노화의 지연현상이 야생형 식물체보다 형질전환 식물체 잎에서 두드러지게 나타나는데 그 기작은 mpolyamine이 이러한 스트레스를 완화시키는데 작용하였기 때문이라고 생각된다.