• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.275-282
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• 2013

Influenza virus is one of the major sources of respiratory tract infection. Due to antigenic drift in surface glycoproteins the virus causes annual epidemics with severe morbidity and mortality. Although hemagglutinin (HA) is one of the highly variable surface glycoproteins of the influenza virus, it remains the most attractive target for vaccine development against seasonal influenza infection because antibodies generated against HA provide virus neutralization and subsequent protection against the virus infection. Combination of recombinant adenovirus (rAd) vector-based vaccine and mucosal administration is a promising regimen for safe and effective vaccination against influenza. In this study, we constructed rAd encoding the globular head region of HA from A/Puerto Rico/8/34 virus as vaccine candidate. The rAd vaccine was engineered to express high level of the protein in secreted form. Intranasal or sublingual immunization of mice with the rAd-based vaccine candidates induced significant levels of sustained HA-specific mucosal IgA and IgG. When challenged with lethal dose of homologous virus, the vaccinated mice were completely protected from the infection. The results demonstrate that intranasal or sublingual vaccination with HA-encoding rAd elicits protective immunity against infection with homologous influenza virus. This finding underlines the potential of our recombinant adenovirus-based influenza vaccine candidate for both efficacy and rapid production.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.497-509
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• 2007

Bone morphogenetic proteins(BMPs) are regarded as members of the transforming growth $factor-{\beta}$ superfamily with characteristic features in their amino acid sequences. A number of studies have demonstrated the biologic activities of BMPs, which include the induction of cartilage and bone formation. Recently there was a attempt to overcome a limitation of mass production, and economical efficieny of rh-BMPs. The method producing PTD by using bacteria have advantages of acquiry a mass of proteins. Hences, a new treatment which deliver protein employed by protein transduction domain(PTD) has been tried. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the bone regenerative effect of TATBMP-2 and TAT-HA2-BMP-2 employed by PTD from HlV-1 TAT protein for protein translocation in the rat calvarial model. An 8mm calvarial, critical size osteotomy defect was created in each of 32 male Spraque-Dawley rats(weight $250{\sim}300g$). The animals were divided into 4 groups of 32 animals each (4 animals/group/healing interval). The defect was treated with TATBMP-2/ACS(Absorbable collagen sponge) (TATBMP-2 0.1mg/ml), TAT-HA2-BMP-2/ACS(TAT-HA2-BMP-2 0.1mg/ml), ACS alone or left untreated for surgical control(negative control). The rats were sacrificed at 2 or 8 weeks postsurgery, and the results were evaluated histologically. The results were as follows: New bone formation were not significantly greater in the TATBMP-2/ACS group relative to negative, and positive control groups. New bone was evident at the defect sites in TAT-HA2-BMP-2/ACS group relative to negative, positive control and TATBMP-2 groups. There were a little bone regeneration in TATBMP-2 groups. While, enhanced local bone formation were observed in TAT-HA2-BMP-2 group. But, The results was not the same in all rat defects. Therefore, further investigations are required to develop a method. which disperse homogenously, and adhere to target cells.

• BMB Reports
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.717-724
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• 2005

The nontoxic B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB) can significantly increase the ability of proteins to induce immunological tolerance after oral administration, when it was conjugated to various proteins. Recombinant CTB offers great potential for treatment of autoimmune disease. Here we firstly investigated the feasibility of silkworm baculovirus expression vector system for the cost-effective production of CTB under the control of a strong polyhedrin promoter. Higher expression was achieved via introducing the partial non-coding and coding sequences (ATAAAT and ATGCCGAAT) of polyhedrin to the 5' end of the native CTB gene, with the maximal accumulation being approximately 54.4 mg/L of hemolymph. The silkworm bioreactor produced this protein vaccine as the glycoslated pentameric form, which retained the GM1-ganglioside binding affinity and the native antigenicity of CTB. Further studies revealed that mixing with silkworm-derived CTB increases the tolerogenic potential of insulin. In the nonconjugated form, an insulin : CTB ratio of 100 : 1 was optimal for the prominent reduction in pancreatic islet inflammation. The data presented here demonstrate that the silkworm bioreactor is an ideal production and delivery system for an oral protein vaccine designed to develop immunological tolerance against autoimmune diabetes and CTB functions as an effective mucosal adjuvant for oral tolerance induction.

• 농업생명과학연구
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2011

An efficient transient expression system has been developed and characterized for the production of foreign genes in seedlings. The seedlings can be easily produced from commercial seeds used for vegetable sprouts. In principal, a chemical abrasive was employed to generate wounds in seedlings prior to vacuum-infiltration with Agrobacterium tumefaciens bearing the target gene. This optimized chemical wounding-assisted agro-infiltration process resulted in up to 15-fold increase in $\beta$-glucuronidase (GUS) enzyme activity. This procedure has been used efficiently to express hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) protein in a transient mode. Therefore, seedlings with proper wounds can be suggested as a convenient tool for the production of useful recombinant proteins.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.776-780
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• 2004

Interferons are cytokines that confer resistance to viral infection and inhibit cellular proliferation. The interferon alpha gene from human blood samples was amplified, cloned and expressed in E. coli (BL21). Leukocyte chromosomal DNA was used as a source of template DNA. Using specific primers, the gene for HulFN$\{alpha}$-2b was amplified and inserted into the E. coli vector, pET21b, by ligation of the HindIII and BamHI linkers of the vector and insert. The insert was further analyzed by PCR, DNA restriction mapping and sequencing, and expressed in a suitable E. coli strain. The production of this important cellular protein in the laboratory has significant applications in production of the recombinant pharmaceutical proteins.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2002년도 생물공학의 동향 (X)
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• pp.528-530
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• 2002

Xanthmonas oryzae MGL21유래의 CFTase의 repeat영역을 deletion 시킨 ${\triangle}N{\triangle}C$ deletion mutant는 protein 정제결과 약 90kDa 이있으며 pH6.5, $45^{\circ}C$에서 최적 효소 반응을 하였다. 또한 Inulin과 반응시켰을 때 CFTase는 main product가 CF인데 비해 ${\triangle}N{\triangle}C$ deletion mutant는 main product가 fructooligosaccharide였다. 이러한 결과로부터 CFTase의 N말단 repeat영역과 C말단 repeat영역을 제거하였을 경우 endoinulinase와 활성이 유사하며, 유전자 크기 및 아미노산 서열도 유사함을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.201-207
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• 1995

We have previously reported that SPP2 gene product of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is involved in the pre-mRNA splicing. To investigate the rol ein the splicing pathway of the Spp2p protein, the SPP2 gene was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and polyclonal antibodies to Spp2p were generated from rabbits. First, a DNA fragment containing the SPP2 GENE without its promoter was subcloned into an E. coli expression vector, pKK233-3. The resulting recombinant plasmid pBQ14 contained an IPTG inducible tac promoter and the SPP2 structural gene. Overexpression of the SPP2 gene was achieved by additionof 0.1 to 1.0 mM IPTG to a logarithmic culture of E. coli JM103(pBQ14) for 90 min at 37.deg.C. Sequence of N-terminal 15 amino acids of the overproduced protein was well matched to the deduced one from the SPP2 reading frame. Then, polyclonal antibodies were generated from rabbits immunized with gel-purified SppSp protein. These antibodies reacted specifically with the Spp2p protein extracted from yeast cells expressing the SPP2 gene to a great extent. The antibodies could also block the activity of yeast splicing extracts.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.174-180
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• 2000

본 연구에서는 다른 host cell 에 비하여 여러 가지 장점을 가지고 있는 Methylotrophic yeast 중 Pichia pastoris와 Hans-enula polymorpha의 fed batch 실험을 통하여 유전자 재조합 단백질 발현최적조건을 구하여 각 균주의 유전자 재조합 albumin 발현 최적화 연구를 수행하였다. 글리세롤이 두 균주의 promoter의 AOX 1과 MOX promoter repression에 미치는 영향을 확인한 바 H. polymorpha가 P. pastoris보다 promoter repression이 심함을 알 수 있었다. 두 균주의 promoter를 induction시키는 최적 메탄올 농도는 P. pastoris의 경우 메탄올 8g/L, H. polymorpha의 경우는 13 g/L임을 알 수 있었다. 또한 메탄올에 의한 induction시기는 두 균주 모두 O.D. 4 정도되는 exponential growth stage에서 메탄올을 첨가하는 경우가 초기 세포 성장단계에 메탄올을 첨가한 경우에 비해 약 20% 정도 높아짐을 확인하였다. 두 균주의 재조합 albumin 발현에 미치는 pH의 영향을 조사하였는데, p. pastoris의 경우 pH 5에서 가장 높은 albumin 생산성을 보여 약 300mg/L albumin을 발현하였고, H. polymorpha 의 경우 pH 5와 6에서 최대 약 180 mg/L의 albumin을 발현하였지만 pH 8에서는 이의 절반 수준에 그쳤다. 두 균주의 최적 fed-batch 방법을 확인하는 실험을 수행하였는데 P. pastoris의 경우의 최적 fed-batch 방법은 mixed feeding은 바람직하지 않고 글리세롤 배지를 공급하여 세포를 성장시킨 후 글리세롤 공급을 멈추고 바로 메탄올로 전환하는 방법을 효과적이며, H. polymorpha의 경우 비성장속도 제어를 통한 글리세롤 공급으로부터 메탄올 공급으로의 단계적 전환방법이 균주의 albumin 발현에 큰 영향을 준다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이 방법을 통하여 두 균주의 고농도 배양 실험을 수행한 결과 P. pastoris의 경우는 O.D. 300에서 약 4.7g albumin/L를 발현하였다. 이와같은 결과를 바탕으로 산업체에서 methlotrophic yeast를 이용한 상업화를 계획함에 있어서 host로서의 균주를 선택할 수 있는 기본 자료를 제공함과 아울러 균주가 선택된 후에 그 균주를 이용한 재조합 단백질 최적화 방법을 제공하여 줄 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.149-154
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 Bacillus 유래 esterase를 생산할 수 있는 재조합 대장균을 사용하여 유가식 배양을 이용한 고농도 균체 배양을 통해 esterase 생산성을 극대화하고자 하였다. 유가식 배양 중 순수 산소의 공급을 통해 용존산소를 30% 이상 유지한 경우와 포도당농도를 1 g/l 이상 유지한 경우 각각 $OD_{600}$ 76 (35.8 g/l DCW)과 $OD_{600}$ 90 (42.4 g/l DCW)까지 균체량을 증가시킬 수 있었다. 포도당의 공급에도 불구하고 배양 후반에 세포의 성장이 정체되는 현상을 극복하기 위해 yeast extract가 강화된 추가 배지의 공급을 시도하였으며, 그 결과 $OD_{600}$ 185 (87.3 g/l DCW)까지 고농도 균체 배양이 가능함을 확인하였다. 단백질 생산 수율의 향상을 위해 성장 시기에 따라 induction에 의한 세포 성장과 esterase 생산성을 평가하였고, 그 결과 대수 성장기 후반에 induction을 유도한 경우 세포 성장 측면에서는 최대 $OD_{600}$ 190(89 g/l DCW)까지 고농도 균체 배양이 가능함을 확인하였다. Esterase 생산성 측면에서는 대수 성장기 초반에 induction 을 유도한 경우에 비해 최대 5.8배 생산성이 증가됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 본 연구를 통해 순수산소와 질소원의 공급을 통해 확립된 대장균 고밀도 배양방법을 기초로 IPTG 유도시간을 최적화 함으로써 Bacillus 유래 esterase의 최대 생산성을 확보할 수 있는 배양방법을 확립하였다.

• 한국가금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가금학회 2006년도 제23차 정기총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.43-58
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• 2006

As a bioreactor, bird has proved to be most efficient system for producing useful therapeutic proteins. More than half of the egg white protein content derives from the ovalbumin gene with four other proteins(lysozyme, ovomucoid, ovomucin and conalbumin) present at levels of 50 milligrams or greater. And the naturally sterile egg also contains egg white protein at high concentration allowing for a long shelf life of recombinant protein without loss in activity. In spite of these advantages, transgenic procedures for the bird have lagged far behind because of its complex process of fertilized egg and developmental differences. Recently, a system to transplant mouse testis cells from a fertile donor male to the seminiferous tubules of an infertile recipient male has been developed. Spermatogenesis is generated from transplanted cells, and recipients are capable of transmitting the donor haplotype to progeny. After transplantation, primitive donor spermatogonia migrate to the basement membrane of recipient seminiferous tubules and begin proliferating. Eventually, these cells establish stable colonies with a characteristic appearance, which expands and produces differentiating germ cells, including mature spermatozoa. Thus, the transplanted cells self-renew and produce progeny that differentiate into fully functional spermatozoa. In this study, to develop an alternative system of germline chimera production that operates via the testes rather than through developing embryos, the spermatogonial stem cell techniques were applied. This system consisted of isolation and in vitro-culture of chicken testicular cells, transfer of in vitro-maintained cells into heterologous testes, production of germline chimeras and confirmation of germline transmission for evaluating production of heterologous, functional spermatozoa.