• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.789-793
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• 2015

In order to explore tick proteins as potential targets for further developing vaccine against ticks, the total proteins of unfed female Dermacentor silvarum were screened with anti-D. silvarum serum produced from rabbits. The results of western blot showed that 3 antigenic proteins of about 100, 68, and 52 kDa were detected by polyclonal antibodies, which means that they probably have immunogenicity. Then, unfed female tick proteins were separated by 12% SDS-PAGE, and target proteins (100, 68, and 52 kDa) were cut and analyzed by LC-MS/MS, respectively. The comparative results of peptide sequences showed that they might be vitellogenin (Vg), heat shock protein 60 (Hsp60), and fructose-1, 6-bisphosphate aldolase (FBA), respectively. These data will lay the foundation for the further validation of antigenic proteins to prevent infestation and diseases transmitted by D. silvarum.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.865-870
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• 2009

In this study, we have attempted to understand the effects of taurine on serum and liver concentrations of cholesterol and triglycerides in broiler chickens and mice in the post-absorptive state, and on in vitro protein synthesis in the livers of broiler chickens and laying hens, as well as the effects of taurine on in vivo protein synthesis in the liver of mice. The experimental animals were subjected to 24 h of starvation in order to perpetuate a post-absorptive state. Serum concentrations of high density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides were significantly (p<0.05) higher in the taurine groups than in the controls in both the broilers and the mice. However, taurine resulted in a significant (p<0.05) reduction in liver concentrations of total cholesterol and triglycerides, relative to what was seen in the control groups of both animals. Taurine stimulated the in vitro synthesis of 57-kDa, 40-kDa and 23-kDa proteins in the liver of broilers, but inhibited the in vitro synthesis of 54-kDa, 37-kDa and 24-kDa proteins. Taurine in the liver of laying hens exerted effects on in vitro protein synthesis, with the exception of the 26-kDa protein which was not detected in broiler liver, but was inhibited by taurine in the liver of laying hens. Unlike the findings regarding in vitro protein synthesis in the liver of broilers or laying hens, taurine appeared to stimulate the synthesis of only two proteins, a 47-kDa and a 40-kDa protein, in the liver of mice. Overall, theses findings indicate that taurine treatment results in a reduction in cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations, and also affects protein synthesis in the livers of broilers, laying hens, and mice.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.959-963
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• 2000

콩은 우유, 계란과 더불어 우리나라에서 과민성 알레르기를 일으키는 대표적인 식품중의 하나로 손꼽힌다. 이에 본 연구에서는 콩에 알레르기 반응을 일으키는 환아의 혈청과 콩 단백질을 토끼에 면역하여 얻은 다클론 항체를 이용하여 immunoblotting 및 ELISA 방법을 통하여 가열 처리한 콩과의 반응성을 조사 함으로서 가열처리가 콩의 항원성 내지는 알레르기성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 물중탕으로 1 시간까지 가열처리 후 SDS-PAGE에 의해 분리된 콩 단백질은 열처리에 따른 콩 단백질 band의 변화를 관찰할 수 없었다. 또한 다클론 항체와의 반응성 확인을 위한 immunoblot 방법에서도 열처리에 따른 반응성의 차이는 나타나지 않았으며 콩 알레르기 환자의 혈청 역시 가열 처리에 따른 콩과의 반응성의 차이가 ELISA법을 이용한 측정에서 관찰되지 않았다. 이상의 결과로 부터 콩 알레르겐의 항원성 및 알레르기성은 가열처리에 의해 변화되지 않음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.31-35
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• 2002

생쥐에서 페르몬으로 알려진 소수성의 분자와 결합하는 major urinary proteins(MUPs)는 부분적으로 성장 호르몬(GH)의 조절을 받는다. 본 연구에서는 MT-GRF로 형질전환되어 성장호르몬이 증가된 생쥐에서 MUP의 발현을 조사하였다. 이 MT-GRF로 형질전환된 생쥐의 소변에서 MUP이 대조군보다 심하게 저하되어 나타났고, 암컷보다 수컷에서 더 저하되어 나타났다. 또한 MT-GRF를 근육에 주사한 생쥐에서도 MUP는 저하되어 나타났다. 부가하여, MT-GRF로 형질전환시킨 생쥐의 소변에서 전기영동상에서 albumin과 동일하게 이동하는 고분자의 단백질이 다량으로 관찰되었는데 신장의 사구체 여과가 손상되었음을 암시하고 있다. 이 혈장 단백질의 손실도 암컷보다 수컷에서 심하게 나타났다. 결과적으로 GRF의 과다생성은 성별에 차별화된 영향을 미치면서 GH로 형질전환된 동물모델에서 관찰되는 MUP의 발현과 사구체 기능의 변화를 동일하게 유발하고 있었다.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2017

Objectives: Aging is an unconscious and gradual process that can lead to changes in biological systems. Induction of oxidative stress and apoptosis, hepatotoxicity and neurotoxicity are involved in the aging process. Regarding the antioxidant property of black seed oil, the aim of this study was to evaluate the anti-aging effect of Nigella sativa (N. sativa) oil on d-galactose-induced aging in mice. Methods: For induction of aging, D-galactose (500 mg/kg, subcoutaneously SC) was administrated to male mice for 42 days. Animals were treated with D-galactose alone or with b lack seed oil (0.1, 0.2, 0.5 mL/kg, intraperitoneally (ip)). Additionally, vitamin E (200 mg/kg) was used as a positive control. At the end of treatment, the malondialdehyde (MDA) and the glutathione (GSH) contents in brain and liver tissues were measured. Also, enzymes in serum, including aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine amino transferase (ALT), were determined. The levels of the proteins Bax, Bcl2, caspase-3 (pro and cleaved) in brain and liver tissues were evaluated. Results: Administration of D-galactose (500 mg/kg, SC) for 42 days increased serum levels of ALT and AST, as well as the MDA content, in brain and liver tissues, but decreased the GSH content. Additionally, the levels of apoptotic proteins, including Bax, procaspase-3 and caspase-3 cleaved, were markedly increased. N. sativa oil (0.1 and 0.2 mL/kg) diminished the levels of the biochemical markers ALT and AST. Administration of black seed oil (0.1, 0.2 and 0.5 mL/kg) reduced lipid peroxidation and at doses 0.1 and 0.2 mL/kg significantly recovered the GSH content. The oil decreased Bax/Bcl2 levels and at 0.1 mL/kg down-regulated the expressions of caspase-3 (pro and cleaved) proteins in brain and liver tissues. Conclusion: Through its antioxidant and anti-apoptosis properties, black seed oil exhibited an anti-aging effect in a model of aging induced with D-galactose.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.62-75
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• 2016

Objectives: This study examined whether Lycii Radicis Cortex has an inhibitory effect on inflammatory response through an oxidative stress and advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs)-mediated pathway in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced type 1 diabetic rats. Methods: Lycii Radicis Cortex was orally administered to STZ-induced diabetic rats in doses of 80 or 160 mg/kg body weight/day for 2 weeks, and its effects were compared with those of diabetic control and normal rats. Results: The administration of Lycii Radicis Cortex decreased the elevated serum urea nitrogen and renal reactive oxygen species (ROS), and reduced the increased AGEs in the serum and kidney. The elevated protein expressions of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase subunits in the kidney of diabetic control rats were significantly decreased after Lycii Radicis Cortex treatments. Moreover, the kidney of diabetic rats exhibited the up-regulation of receptor for AGEs (RAGE) and AGEs-related proteins; however, Lycii Radicis Cortex treatment also significantly reduced those expressions (excepted RAGE). In addition, the diabetic rats exhibited an up-regulation of the expression of proteins related to inflammation in the kidney, but Lycii Radicis Cortex administration reduced significantly the expression of the inflammatory proteins through the nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-${\kappa}B$) and activator protein-1 (AP-1) pathways. Conclusions: This study provides scientific evidence that Lycii Radicis Cortex exerts the antidiabetic effect by inhibiting the expressions of AGEs and NF-${\kappa}B$ in the STZ-induced diabetic rats.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.67-73
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• 1999

The insulin-like growth factor (IGF)s are believed to one of several growth factors that play an adjunctive role in ovarian follicular development. These factors circulate bound to a family of IGF-binding protein (IGFBP)s. It is known that circulating IGFBPs are involved in the transport of IGFs to tissues and modulate IGFs actions at local tissue. The purposes of this study were to evaluate changes in serum IGFBPs profiles during normal ovulatory menstrual cylce and to compare serum IGFBPs profiles in periovulatory phase of between normal ovulatory menstrual cylce and controlled hyperstimulated cycle. Fasting blood samples were obtained from 15 normal healthy women throughout normal ovulatory menstural cyle and on the day of aspiration of oocyte from 10 patients undergoing ovarian hyperstimuation for in vito fertilization-embryo transfer. Serum IGFBP-1 - IGFBP-4 were measured by western ligand blot and immunoprecipitation. Serum $17{\beta}$-estradiol was determined by radioimmunoassay. Type and molecular weight of serum IGFBP did not changed during normal ovulatory menstural cycle. No significant variation in the relative proportion and level of each IGFBP was found throughout normal ovulatory menstural cyle. Also, the relative proportion and level of each IGFBP did not correlated with serum $17{\beta}$-estradiol level. There was no significant difference in the relative proportion and level of each serum IGFBP between on the day of ovulation in normal ovulatory menstrual cylce and on the day of aspiration of oocyte in controlled hyperstimulated cycle. Our data indicate that IGFBPs have regulatory functions in ovary through an paracrine and autocrine rather than endocrine mechanism during normal ovulatory menstural cycle.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.119-124
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• 1971

1. $^{60}Co$의 $\gamma$선 128 rad로 마우스를 전신조사시킨 바 대조군과 cortisone투여군에서 총 혈청단백량은 1일구에서 A/G비는 5일구에서 각각 증가의 정점을 나타냈고 이후 정상치로 되돌아가는 경향을 나타냈다. 2. cortisone acetate는 전신조사후 총혈청단백량에 있어서 5, 10 및 20일구에서 증가의 지체성을 나타냈다. 3. cortisone acetate를 전신조사후 A/G비에 있어서 1, 5 및 10일구에서 증가의 지체성을 나타냈다. 4. 이상의 결과로 미루어 보아 전신조사전 cortisone 처리는 혈청단백질의 방사선 감수성을 감소시킴을 알수 있으므로 방사선 방어효과가 있다고 사료된다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.135-142
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• 1992

새로운 수산용 항생제로서 사용이 증가되고 있는 OX의 흡수 및 배설속도를 측정하고 수온, 급이등의 외적 환경이 이들 속도에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 동시에 OTC에 대비한 OX의 항균성 그리고 어류 혈장내 단백질과의 결합도 비교검토하였다. OX는 조사된 13균주중 11균주에 대해 OTC보다 10배이하의 낮은 MIC치를 보였고 향어나 틸라피아의 혈장내 단백질과의 complex 형성에 의한 역가 감소도 OTC에 비교해서 나타나지 않아 일반적인 세균성어병의 치료제로서 OTC 보다 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 향어에의 OX 투여를 경구, 근육주사, 정맥주사, 약욕등의 방법으로 실시하여 혈중 농도를 비교 측정하였을 때, i.v와 약욕법은 높은 초기 혈중 농도와 빠른 배설 속도를 보였다. 경구 투여와 근육 주사시는 24~28시간 후 최고 혈중 농도에 도달하고 이후 천천히 배설되었으며, 특히 i.m 투여에서의 OX bioavailability는 경구 투여보다 높게 나타났다. 이러한 약동력학적인 특성은 수온이 $30^{\circ}C$와 $20^{\circ}C$에서 차이를 보이지 않았으나 2주일 절식을 시킨 향어에 약욕방법으로 항생제 투여를 하면 절식어에서의 초기 혈중 농도가 정상급이어에 비해 훨씬 낮게 나타나 어류 표피나 아가미의 생리 활성도에 따른 항생제의 흡수율 변화를 추정케 해 주었다.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.409-420
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• 2013

Human serum (HS) has been reported to induce aggregation of human eyelid adipose-derived stem cells (HEACs) during high-density culture in vitro. The present study focused on the role of cell adhesion molecules and gelatinases during HS-induced aggregation of HEACs. HS-induced aggregation occurred between 9-15 days of culture. Cells aggregated by HS medium (HS-agg) showed stronger expression of ${\alpha}2$, ${\alpha}2B$, ${\alpha}X$, and CEACAM1 genes compared to non-aggregated cells in HS medium (HS-ex) or in control FBS-cultured cells. HS-agg were distinctly labeled with antibodies against ${\alpha}2$, ${\alpha}2B$, and ${\alpha}X$ proteins. Western blot results demonstrated that the two integrin proteins were greatly expressed in HS-agg compared to HS-ex and control FBS-cultured cells. Treatment of HEACs with anti-integrin ${\alpha}2$ antibody during culture in HS medium delayed aggregation formation. HS-agg exhibited strong expression of MMP1 and MMP9 compared to HS-ex or FBS-cultured cells. Conditioned media from HS-culture showed remarkable increase of MMP9 gelatinolytic activity in comparison to those from FBS-culture. However, there was no change of TIMP mRNA expression in relation to the HS-induced aggregation. Based on these results, it is suggested that integrin ${\alpha}2$, ${\alpha}2B$, and ${\alpha}X$, and MMP9 might play an important role in the HS-induced aggregation of HEACs.