• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.3-10
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• 1999

아크릴로니트릴(AN) 단일중합체를 항온장치가 부착된 광중합반응기내에서 합성하여 최적반응조건하에서 중합속도모델식을 구하였다. AN의 농도($1.8{\sim}7.58mo1/1$), 증감제의 종류($NaSCN,\;KSCN,\;Ba(SCN)_2,\;NH_4SCN,\;ZnCl_2,\;Na_2SeO_3$) 및 농도($10{\sim}60%$), 반응온도($10{\sim}70^{\circ}C$), 에너지 세기($1,000{\sim}9,900{\mu}J/cm^2$)를 변화시켰다. 광증감제의 농도에 관계없이 반응온도 $50^{\circ}C$, 반응시간 3시간에서 균일한 분자량분포를 얻고, 이중 광증감제로 50%의 NaSCN의 경우 다음과 같은 중합속도 모델식을 구하였다. $R_p=0.0142[M]^{0.82}[I]^{0.49}[S]^{0.52}$ exp(-1.33/RT).

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2023

Fungal keratitis is a refractory kind of keratopathy. We attempted to investigate the antiinflammatory role of thymol on Aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus) keratitis. Wound healing and fluorescein staining of the cornea were applied to verify thymol's safety. Mice models of A. fumigatus keratitis underwent subconjunctival injection of thymol. The anti-inflammatory roles of thymol were verified by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, slit lamp observation, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), and Western blotting. In contrast with the DMSO group, more transparent corneas and less inflammatory cells infiltration were detected in mice treated with 50 ㎍/ml thymol. Thymol downregulated the synthesis of TLR4, MyD88, NF-kB, IL-1β, NLRP3, caspase 1, caspase 8, GSDMD, RIPK3 and MLKL. In summary, we proved that thymol played a protective part in A. fumigatus keratitis by cutting down inflammatory cells aggregation, downregulating the TLR4/ MyD88/ NF-kB/ IL-1β signal expression and reducing necroptosis and pyroptosis.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제40권11호
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• pp.935-941
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• 2016

고온기기의 부재로 널리 사용되는 인코넬 718을 사용하여 UNSM 표면처리법에 의한 처리효과를 기기의 사용조건을 고려한 실온, $300^{\circ}C$, $500^{\circ}C$ 및 $600^{\circ}C$ 의 세 가지 온도레벨하의 대기 중에서 고온피로 시험을 실시하여 각 시험편의 온도에 따른 피로특성을 연구하였다. 이때 고온회전굽힘피로시험(R=-1)은 할로겐(Halogen) 램프를 사용한 집광식인 가열방식을 선택한 새로운 피로시험기를 사용하였다. 인코넬 718의 고온피로강도는 상온에 비하여 감소하였다. 그러나 설계응력레벨에서는 상온의 내구한도와 유사한 경향을 나타내었다. UNSM 처리된 고온피로특성은 미처리재에 비하여 설계응력레벨에서 크게 향상되었다. 미처리재의 $300^{\circ}C$와 $500^{\circ}C$ 사이의 온도 영향은 거의 없었지만, $600^{\circ}C$에서는 높은 응력레벨에서 피로수명이 짧아졌지만, 낮은 설계응력레벨에서는 상온의 S-N선도보다 피로수명이 증가되는 경향을 나타내었다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.269-279
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• 2013

Low efficiency of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is attributed to incomplete reprogramming of transfered nuclei into oocytes. Trichostatin A (TSA), histone deacetylase inhibitor and 5-aza-2'deoxycytidine (5-aza-dC), DNA methylation inhibitor has been used to enhance nuclear reprogramming following SCNT. However, it was not known molecular mechanism by which TSA and 5-aza-dC improve preimplantation embryo and fetal development following SCNT. The present study investigates embryo viability and gene expression of cloned porcine preimplantation embryos in the presence and absence of TSA and 5-aza-dC as compared to embryos produced by parthenogenetic activation. Our results indicated that TSA treatment significantly improved development. However 5-aza-dC did not improve development. Presence of TSA and 5-aza-dC significantly improved total cell number, and also decreased the apoptotic and autophagic index. Three apoptotic-related genes, Bak, Bcl-xL, and Caspase 3 (Casp3), and three autophagic-related genes, ATG6, ATG8, and lysosomal-associated membrane protein 2 (LAMP2), were measured by real time RT-PCR. TSA and 5-aza-dC treatment resulted in high expression of anti-apoptotic gene Bcl-xL and low pro-apoptotic gene Bak expression compared to untreated NT embryos or parthenotes. Furthermore, LC3 protein expression was lower in NT-TSA and NT-5-aza-dC embryos than those of NT and parthenotes. In addition, TSA and 5-aza-dC treated embryos displayed a global acetylated histone H3 at lysine 9 and methylated DNA H3 at lysine 9 profile similar to the parthenogenetic blastocysts. Finally, we determined that several DNA methyltransferase genes Dnmt1, Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b. NT blastocysts showed higher levels Dnmt1 than those of the TSA and 5-aza-dC blastocysts. Dnmt3a is lower in 5-aza-dC than NT, NTTSA and parthenotes. However, Dnmt3b is higher in 5-aza-dC than NT and NTTSA. These results suggest that TSA and 5-aza-dC positively regulates nuclear reprogramming which result in modulation of apoptosis and autophagy related gene expression and then reduce apoptosis and autophagy. In addition, TSA and 5-aza-dC affects the acetylated and methylated status of the H3K9.