• 약학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 1990

Total suspended particulate (TSP) in the atmosphere was collected and size-fractionated by Andersen high volume air sampler for the past two years (Mar. 1987-Feb. 1989) in Seoul. The concentrations of several polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals were determined to investigate the atmospheric concentrations, seasonal variations and its relationship with the size distribution of suspended particulate matter. The arithmetic mean concentration of total suspended particulate was $229.48\;{\mu}g/m^3$. The concentrations of heavy metals were $2971.94\;ng/m^3$ for Fe, $767.75\;ng/m^3$ for Zn, $765.80\;ng/m^3$ for Pb, $218.40\;ng/m^3$ for Cu, $129.91\;ng/m^3$ for Mn, respectively. And the concentration of PAHs were $3.23\;ng/m^3$ for benzo(a)pyrene, $2.71\;ng/m^3$ for benzo(k)fluoranthene, $4.53\;ng/m^3$ for benzo(ghi)perylene, respectively. The mass-size distribution of TSP was lowest in the particle size range $1.1-3.3\;{\mu}m$ increased as the particle size increased or decreased. But PAHs, Pb and Zn abounded in particles below $2.0\;{\mu}m$, while Fe and Mn abouned in particles above $2.0\;{\mu}m$. TSP and its chemical compositions showed the seasonal variations. The concentrations of anthrophogenic origin like TSP, PAH and heavy metals in the fine particles were highest in winter and lowest in summer. PAH and Ph analyzed showed significant correlations with each other and with TSP concentration in fine particles, indicating that the particles in which they are contained have a similar behavior in the atmosphere.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.9-20
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• 2007

PAHs는 해양환경 중에 넓게 분포되어 있으며 인간활동에 의한 화석연료 이용으로 PAHs의 오염이 광범위하게 일어나고 있다. PAHs는 잠재적으로 해양 수서환경 생물에 발암성과 돌연변이를 일으키고 있다. 본 연구는 여수화학공단, 광양제철소와 콘테이너부두가 자리잡고 있는 광양만의 표층퇴적물에서의 PAHs를 Soxhlet Extractor를 이용하여 추출하여 GC-MS로 PAHs 13종을 검출하였고 TOC(Total Oragnic Carbon)와 입도분석을 행하였다. 분석된 퇴적물에서 PAHs 화합물 모두가 검출되었으며 Total PAHs 범위는 $171.40{\sim}1013.54{\mu}g/kg$ dry wt.로 검출되었다. PAHs 화합물중 Naphthalene이 $14.08{\sim}691.39{\mu}g/kg$ dry wt.로 거의 모든 시료에서 가장 높게, Anthracene이 $0.49{\sim}22.66{\mu}g/kg$ dry wt.로 가장 낮게 나타났다. Total PAHs와 PAHs 화합물의 상관관계는 Naphthalene, Phenanthrene과 같은 저분자량 물질에서 높은 상관관계를 나타내었다. P/A(Phenanthrene/Anthracene)비 와 F/P(Fluoranthene/Pyrene)비의 결과에 의하면 연소기원과 유류오염 기원의 복합적인 영향을 받는 것으로 보여진다. Total PAHs와 TOC와의 상관계수는 높지는 않지만 양의 상관관계를 나타내었으며, 입도와의 상관관계는 높지는 않지만 퇴적물 입자의 크기가 세립 할수록 PAHs와 상관관계가 있음이 나타났다. 광양만 표층퇴적물에서 PAHs의 검출농도는 생물학적 영향에 대한 기준(biological effect guidelines)에 비해 낮은 값을 보여주고 있다.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.96-103
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• 2012

Ambient particulate matter (PM) and particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations were measured continuously for 70 days at a Korean elementary school located near a highway. The $PM_{10}$, $PM_{2.5}$, and $PM_1$ values were measured with a light-scattering, multi-channel, aerosol spectrometer (Grimm, Model 1.107). The number concentrations of the particles were measured using a scanning mobility particle sizer and counter (SMPS+C) which counted particles from 11.1 to 1083.3 nm classified in 44 channels. Particle-bound PAHs were measured with a direct reading, photoelectric aerosol sensor. The daily $NO_2$, $SO_2$, and CO concentrations were obtained from a national air-monitoring station located near the school. The average concentrations of $PM_{10}$, $PM_{2.5}$, and $PM_1$ were 75.3, 59.3, and $52.1{\mu}g/m^3$, respectively. The average number concentration of the ultrafine particles (UFPs) was $46,307/cm^3$, and the averaged particle-bound PAHs concentration was $17.9ng/cm^3$ during the study period. The ambient UFP variation was strongly associated with traffic intensity, particularly peak concentrations during the traffic rush hours. Particles <100 nm corresponded to traffic-related pollutants, including PAHs. Additional longterm monitoring of ambient UFPs and high-resolution traffic measurements should be carried out in future studies. In addition, transient variations in the ambient particle concentration should be taken into consideration in epidemiology studies in order to examine the short-term health effects of urban UFPs.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 다환방형족화합물의 하나인 phenanthrene를 이용하여 천연망간산화물에 흡착/탈착되는 특성을 평가하였다. 토양, 퇴적물이나 수체에 다양한 오염물이 동시에 존재하는 경우를 고려하여 페놀계 오염물이 있는 경우, 다환 방형족화합물의 흡탈착에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 망간산화물에 의하여 4-클로로페놀은 효과적으로 산화되었으며 반응산물은 고분자화(휴믹화) 되는 경향을 나타내었다. 4-클로로페놀이 분해됨에 따라 망간산화물 표면에 흡착되는 phenanthrene의 양은 급격히 증가하였다. 또한, 4-클로로페놀이 존재하는 경우 흡착된 phenanthrene의 탈착에 대한 저항성은 4-클로로페놀 농도가 증가할수록 강하게 나타남으로써 고분자화된 4-클로로페놀 반응산물에 phenanthrene이 강하게 흡착되어 있다는 결과를 도출하였다. 결과적으로 망간산화물은 페놀계 오염물과 다환방향족화합물을 동시에 처리하는데 효과적으로 사용될 수 있음을 보여주었다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.173-184
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• 1990

본 연구에서는 활성슬러지 하수처리장에 유입된 PAHs의 일종인 anthracene을 대상으로 이의 농도분포, 물리적 혹은 생물학적 변환을 예측하기 위한 수학적 모형을 제안하였다. 이 수학적 모형은 유입 anthracene의 volatilization, biodegradation 및 adsorption/desorption과 같은 반응을 고려한 5개의 연립미분방정식으로 구성되어 있으며, 이들에는 7개의 kinetic rate constants와 18개의 input variables를 포함하고 있다. Steady state simulation의 결과 유입된 anthracene은 1차 침전지에서의 슬러지 배출로 인하여 약 33%가 포기조에서 발생한 volatilization에 의하여 약 61%가 제거되어, 총괄적인 anthracene의 제거율은 약 97%정도이었다. Dynamic simulation의 결과로 본 연구대상 system의 경우에 system이 steady state에 도달하는 시간은 약 160시간 정도로 예측되었다. 이와 아울러 본 연구에서 제안된 수학적 모형의 활용 가능성이 각종 simulation의 결과로 비교적 구체적으로 규명되었다.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2010

The effectiveness of the government regulation on tail-pipe emission for diesel vehicles issued in 2003 in Tokyo was evaluated in this study. Variations in annual average concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and nitro-PAHs associated with airborne particulate matter were investigated in connection with the variation in airborne elemental carbon (EC) concentration in downtown Tokyo, Japan in 2006-2007 and in 1997-1998. The annual average concentrations of EC, seven different PAHs, and 1-nitropyrene were found to have decreased significantly from 1997-1998 to 2006-2007. The most prominent decrease in atmospheric concentration was observed for 1-nitropyrene, which is a representative nitro-PAH originating from diesel vehicles. This indicated that the government control has worked to considerably reduce both atmospheric mutagens and airborne particulate matter. In contrast, the concentrations of two nitro-PAHs, 2-nitrofluoranthene and 2-nitropyrene, remained the same. These nitro-PAHs are known to be formed by atmospheric nitration of their parent PAHs, and this result suggested factors other than the concentration of parent PAHs and $NO_2$ affects the degree of atmospheric formation of nitro-PAHs.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2000년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.153-162
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• 2000

A field study was performed to test effectiveness of a bloluminescent genetically engineered microorganism (GEM) for bioremediation process monitoring and control. The study employed Pseudomonas fluorescens HK44 that was the first strain approved for field application in the U.S. for bioremediation purposes. HK44 contains lux gene fused within a naphthalene degradative pathway, allowing this GEM to bioluminesce as it degrades naphthalene as well as substituted naphthalenes and other polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) , Results showed that HK44 was maintained in both PAH-contarninated and uncontaminated soils even 660 days after inoculation. HK44 was able to produce bioluminescence in response to PAHs in soil. Although effectiveness of chemical remediation was not assessed due to heterogeneous distribution of contaminants, decreased concentration of naphthalene was shown in the soils, Taken together, HK44 was useful for in situ bioremediation process monitoring and control. This work is so far the only field release of a GEM for bioremediation purposes.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.261-266
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• 2014

Environmental pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been implicated in cancer development and progression. However, the effects of PAHs on carcinogenesis are still poorly understood. Here, we characterized a mouse cancer cell line BNL 1ME A. 7R.1 (1MEA) derived by transformation of non-tumorigenic liver cell line BNL CL.2 (BNL) using 3-methylcholanthrene (3MC), a carcinogenic PAH. RT-PCR and immunoblot analysis were used to determine the expression level of mRNA and proteins, respectively. To determine functionality, cell motility was assessed in vitro using a transwell migration assay. Both mRNA and protein levels of E-cadherin were significantly decreased in 1MEA cells in comparison with BNL cells. While the expression levels of mesenchymal markers and related transcription factors were enhanced in 1MEA cells, which could lead to increase in cell motility. Indeed, we found that 7-day exposure of BNL cells to 3-MC reduced the level of the adhesion molecule and epithelial marker E-cadherin and increased reciprocally the level of the mesenchymal marker vimentin in a dose-dependent manner. Taken together, these results indicate that the process of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) may be activated during premalignant transformation induced by 3-MC. A mechanism study to elucidate the relation between 3-MC exposure and EMT is underway in our laboratory.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2016

Pseudomonas rhodesiae KK1은 이미 주요한 환경오염물질인 anthracene, naphthalene, phenanthrene과 같은 다환성 방향족 화합물(PAHs)을 분해할 수 있음을 보고한 바 있다. 흥미롭게도, superoxide dismutase를 비롯한 항산화 유전자는 환경오염물질에 반응하여 다른 수준으로 발현됨이 알려져 있다. 본 연구는 균주 KK1에서 PAHs 분해에 간접적으로 관계될 것으로 여겨지는 superoxide dismutase 유전자의 존재를 동정하고 세 가지 PAHs를 기질로 하여 생장한 세포에서 superoxide dismutase 유전자의 발현 양상을 조사하고자 수행하였다. P. rhodesiae KK1에서 항산화 기작에 관여하는 두 가지지 형의 superoxide dismutase인 Mn-superoxide dismutase (sodA)와 Fe-superoxide dismutase (sodB) 유전자를 동정하고 그 특성을 규명하였다. 균주 KK1에서 발견된 sodA 유전자는 141개의 아미노산 유전자를 기준으로 P. fluorescens Pf-5의 Mn-sod와 95%, sodB 유전자는 135개 아미노산을 기준으로 P. fluorescens Pf-5의 Fe-sod와 99%의 가장 높은 상동성을 나타내었다. sod 유전자 단편을 탐침자로 사용한 Southern 혼성화 반응 결과 적어도 두 개 이상의 superoxide dismutase 유전자가 균주 KK1에 존재함을 규명하였다. RT-PCR 분석을 통해 sodA 및 sodB 유전자들은 anthracene보다 naphthalene과 phenanthrene에 반응하여 더 강하게 발현함을 보여주었다. 포도당과 PAHs를 기질로 사용하여 생장한 세포에서 sodA와 sodB 유전자는 활성 상태로 존재함이 밝혀졌다.

• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.45-50
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• 2003

Biological activities of PAHs are not known although PAHs are considered as carcinogens. Recent industrial society has human widely exposed to PAHs (polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons) that are comming from the incomplete combustion of organic material as wider spread environmental contaminants. Our laboratory have been studied the effect of PAHs in the human breast cancer MCF-7 cells. In this study, we examined the human breast cancer MCF-7 cells as a new system to evaluate bioactivity of PAHs. We have selected 13 PAHs to examine bioassay using CYP1A1-luciferase reporter gene expression system where CYP1A1 1.6 Kb 5flanking region DNA was cloned in front of luciferase reporter gene and this plasmid was transfected into MCF-7 cells transiently. This cells then used for the study to observe the effect of PAHs. We demonstrated that PAHs induced the CYP1A1 promoter, CYP1A1 mRNA and 7-ethoxyresolufin O-deethylase (EROD) activities in a concentration-dependant manner. None of PAHs that we have tested showed stronger stimulatory effect on CYP1 gene expression than TCDD. Benz(a)anthracene and benzo(b)fluoranthene were weak responders to CYP1A1 promoter activity stimulation, CYP1A1 mRNA and EROD induction in MCF-7 cells and these chemicals seemed to respond less either CYP1A1 mRNA or EROD than CYP1A1 promoter activity. Benzo(k)fluoranthene, chrysene, and dibenzo(a, h)anthracene showed strong response to CYP1A1 promoter activity stimulation, CYP1A1 mRNA increase and also EROD induction in MCF-7 cells. Results of dose response study suggested that two strong responding PAHs, such as benzo(k)fluoranthene and dibenzo(a, h)anthracene might be mediated through Aryl hydrocarbon receptors system in MCF-7 cells.