• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.40-43
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• 1998

The glycosylation pattern of Erythropoietin (EPO), produced by recombinant CHO cells, was studied using the simple and rapid technique of 'Lectin-blotting'. In this experiment we used three different kinds of lectins, MAA(Maackia amurensis agglutinine), RCA(Ricinus communis agglutinine), and DSA(Datura stramonium agglutinine), which bind to the terminal sialic acid, galactose, and the N-acetyllactosamine chain respectively. The lectin-blotting technique was used to analyze the carbohydrate structure of EPO produced in the presence of two physiologically active chemical compounds, ammonium and chloroquine. The effect of the ammonium ion on the glycosylation of EPO was studied because it accumulated in the medium mainly as a by-product of glutamine matabolism. Ammonium chloride significantly inhibited the sialylation of the terminal galactose residue at concentrations of 8mM or more. Chloroquine, a potent inhibitor of glycosylation, inhibited terminal sialylation at concentrations of 100 and 200 $\mu$M, and at a concentration of 300 $\mu$M, also inhibited Nacetyllactosamine chain synthesis.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.84-96
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• 1993

This study was to investigate the effects of maternal diabetes on the lung tissue of the fetal rat using lectin histochemistry and electron microscope technique. Maternal diabetes was induced by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (75 mg/kg the body weight) into pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats on the 7th day of gestation. Fetuses of streptozotocin induced diabetic rats exhibited delayed lung maturation and reduced air space. In lectin histochemistry, the binding of Maclura pomifera (MPA) to fetal lungs from diabetic mothers was reduced, but no significant changes in the bindings of Concanavalin A (Con A), Wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), Ricinus communis I (RCA I) and Griffonia simplicifolia (GSI-$B_4$) were noted. Because the MPA has affinity to terminal N-acetyl-D-galactosamine residues constantly linked O-glycosidically to serine or threonine, the present findings may indicates that maternal diabetes interfere with the processes of O-linked glycosylation in fetal rat lung.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.24-31
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• 1998

천연물기원 신농약 개발을 위해 유용 식물자원 탐색 및 활성물질의 분리, 동정 결과 벼멸구 살충활성이 높고 분자구조상 유기합성이 용이한 것으로 판단되는 피마자잎중 활성물질 ricinine의 유도체 합성을 통해 고활성 화합물을 얻고자 하였다. 합성된 ricinine을 선도물질로 하여 활성을 증진하고자 분자구조 유사화합물을 비롯한 카바메이트계, 유기인계 화합물 12종을 합성하였다. 카바메이트계 유도체 합성시 전구물질의 pyridine 구조중 carbo기가 있는 chlororicinic acid, ricinic acid는 공명구조가 파괴되어 methyl isocyanate와 반응이 이루어지지 않았다. 유기인계 유도체의 경우 P에 O와 S가 결합된 oxon과 thiono형의 유도체를 합성한 결과 합성수율은 oxon형이 65% 이상인 반면에 thiono형은 20% 미만으로서 낮은 수율을 보였다. 합성 유도체의 생리활성 평가에 있어 유기인계 유도체는 oxon형보다 thiono형 화합물이 높은 살충효과를 나타냈다. Thiono형 유도체는 500 ${\mu}g/ml$ 수준에서 벼멸구에 대한 살충력이 모두 100%이었으며 점박이응애의 경우 특이적으로 thiono형 유도체중 alkyl기의 부분이 methyl인 경우 높은 활성을 나타냈다. Oxon형 유도체, 분자구조 유사화합물과 카바메이트계 유도체의 경우에는 살충력이 나타나지 않았다. 살균 활성은 pyridine ring의 2번 위치에 $NH_{2}$기가 있는 유도체의 경우 200 ${\mu}g/ml$ 수준의 실내검정에서 10종 병원균에 대해 $85{\sim}100%$의 생장저지효과를 보여주었으며, 온실검정에서도 250 ${\mu}g/ml$ 수준에서 벼도열병과 보리흰가루병에 대해 각각 92%, 86%의 방제효과를 나타냈다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.247-258
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• 2005

이매패류의 각종 화학적 유해인자에 대한 반응특성을 이해하기 위한 연구의 일환으로 화학적 오염물질의 하나인 N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG)을 바지락에 개체당 1.0 mg씩 단회 주사한 후 240시간 동안 조직손상의 과정을 경시적으로 추적하였다. MNNG에 의하여 조직변화를 보인 곳은 위, 중장 및 후장, 소화맹낭, 생식소로 한정되어 있었다. MNNG를 주사한 후 가장 먼저 변성변화를 보인 조직은 중장상피였으며, 주사 후 12시간째부터 조직학적 변화를 인정할 수 있었다. 소화관 상피 내에는 혈구 (hemocyte)를 포함한 단핵성 괴사세포가 상피에 대량으로 침윤하는 동시에 부분적이거나 완전한 상피파괴 소견이 실험종료까지 확인되었다. 가장 마지막으로 조직학적 변화를 보인 장기는 생식소였으며, 주사 후 144시간째부터 생식상피의 괴사성 탈락을 인정할 수 있었다. 또한, 혈구에 특이적으로 결합하는 Ricinus communis (RCA-Ⅰ) lectin으로 조직화학염색을 실시한 결과에서 이들 소화상피에 침윤하는 세포가 대부분 혈구임이 강하게 시사되었다. 이상의 결과에서, 소화기계가 MNNG의 비경구적 노출에 의해 손상받기 쉬우며, MNNG에 의해 야기되는 소화상피 파괴에는 혈구가 깊이 관여하는 것으로 사료되었다.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.1-4
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• 2009

농촌진흥청 국립농업유전자원센타로부터 국내외에서 수집되어진 피마자 40종을 분양받아 바이오디젤 가능 작물로서 생육 특성을 조사한 바 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 피마자 수집종의 출아소요일수는 15${\sim}$16일에 82.5%가 출현하였으며, 출현에서 개화까지의 소요일수는 63${\sim}$68일이었다. 경장의 분포는 전체 평균이 211.8 cm로 173${\sim}$251 cm의 변이폭을 보였으며, 줄기 굵기는 평균 24.2 mm로 20.4${\sim}$24.9 mm가 52.5%로 가장 많이 분포하였다. 절수는 평균 18.9개 였으며 그 범위는 13${\sim}$22개로 넓게 분포하였다. 삭수는 주당 7${\sim}$33개로 폭 넓게 분포하였으며, 종실 1${\ell}$ 무게는 평균 502.9 g으로 최소 432.3 g, 최대 572.5 g로 140.2 g의 큰 차이가 있었다. 100립중은 최소 20.3 g에서 최대 38.3 g으로 소립종과 대립종 간 18.0 g의 많은 차이를 보였다. 주당 종 실수는 최소 72개에서 최대 1,011개로 큰 차이를 보였으며, 평균 465.2개이었다. 주당 종실수량은 평균 128.1 g이었으며, 최저 20 g, 최고 266.2 g으로서 다양하게 분포하였다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.9-13
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• 2007

Hexane extract of Porteresia coarctata (Roxb.) exhibits a toxic effect on the tissues of Spodoptera litura (F) while fed at the dose of 1000 and 2000 ppm thoroughly mixing with castor leaves (Ricinus communis L) after dissolving in DMSO at late fourth instar whereas only DMSO treated castor leaves were fed to control group. The larvae were put to rear at $28^{\circ}C{\pm}1^{\circ}C$, $76{\pm}4%$ R.H. under 12 L + 12 D photoperiodic regime. In test group insects substantial reduction of protein and DNA content was marked in fat body and midgut tissues compared to DMSO treated control group. The significant biochemical alterations in the midgut tissues and fat body of test group insects indicate the insecticidal property of the said plant extract that could be tested in facilitating the phenomenal stride in Integrated Pest Management.

• 약학회지
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2009

The glycosylation of therapeutic glycoproteins can affect their efficacy, stability, solubility, and half-life. Analyzing the composition of monosaccharides, such as that of neutral and amino sugars, is the first step for elucidating the structure of glycan attached to glycoproteins. In the present study, neutral and amino sugars of lectin obtained from Maackia fauriei were analyzed using an enzyme-linked lectinsorbent assay (ELLA) and high-performance anion exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAEC-PAD). Peroxidase-labeled lectins such as concanavalin A, Ricinus communis agglutinin, and soybean agglutinin were used for ELLA, since they specifically bind to the monosaccharide residue most frequently encountered in a glycan. The hydrosylate of lectin was prepared by treatment with trifluoroacetic acid, which resulted in the lectin mainly possessing the N-glycan consisting of 98.1 pmol Fuc, 342.1 pmol GlcN, 51.9 pmol Gal, 678.9 pmol Man, and 330.7 pmol Xyl. The present results demonstrate that ELLA and HPAEC-PAD are very effective methods for rapidly estimating the types and relative amounts of monosaccharides in intact glycoproteins.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권12호
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• pp.4253-4257
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• 2011

Sodium dodecyl sulfate-capillary gel electrophoresis (SDS-CGE) and capillary isoelectric focusing (CIEF) were employed to characterize and compare ricin E purified from the small grain seeds of Ricinus communis with ricin D isoform. During the purification of ricin E using ion-exchange and size-exclusion chromatography, SDS-CGE was found to be useful for monitoring the efficiencies of purification steps. SDS-CGE showed that the molecular size of ricin E was not significantly different from that of ricin D, which was confirmed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. CIEF was useful for discriminating ricin E from ricin D based on their isoelectric points (pI). The pI values of ricin E and D were 8.6-8.8 and 7.0-7.4, respectively. This study demonstrates the usefulness of SDS-CGE and CIEF for the characterization of ricin toxins.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.167-171
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• 1999

Since toxic Alexandrium catenella and non-toxic A. fraterculus are morphologically similar, they are difficult to discriminate under the light microscope. However, a novel technology, such as fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated lectin probes enables easy and rapid differentiation. Toxic A. catenella bound seven different lectins, whereas the non-toxic A. fratercuzus did not bind Arachis hypogaea (PNA) lectin. In addition, Pseudo-nitrschia species in this study were also difficult to identify to species level with light microscope techniques, but it was possible to classify them using fluorescent lectins. Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata, P. subfraudulenta and P. pungens bound Canavalia ensiformis (ConA), whereas P. subpaclfica did not, and P. pungens also bound Ricinus communis (RCA). These results imply that lectin could be used as a critical tool in the differentiation of P. multistriata, P. subfraudulenta and P. pungens. However, P. subpacifica was not differentiated by the lectins tested. Therefore, it isconcluded that lectin probes are useful for discriminating toxic A. catenella from non-toxic A. fraterculus, and for the identification of some Pseudo-nitzschia species. In addition, this method has a great potential to speed and detection between non-toxic and toxic harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Korean biotoxin monitoring systems.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2014

Food consumption and conversion efficiency of eri silkworm Samia ricini Donovan were studied during $4^{th}$ and $5^{th}$ larval instars by feeding castor leaves fortified with 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 ppm concentrations of aqueous extracts of cyanobacteria Anabaena variabilis. The nutritional indices viz., ingesta, digesta, approximate digestibility (%), reference ratio and efficiency parameters like ECI and ECD were recorded which were significantly high at 400 ppm concentration treated batches of $4^{th}$ instar larvae over control batches. The decline in nutritional efficiency parameters of $5^{th}$ instar treated larvae might be due to higher utilization of the digested food for metabolic activities. Significant difference of ECI to cocoon % and non-significant difference of ECD to cocoon% and shell were observed between the treatments and control. Cyanabacteria feed supplement contains antibiotic and nutritions factors which has reflective effect on the biological parameters in eri silkworm and therefore has greater application in commercial eri silkworm rearing.