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환경온도에 대한 파랑볼우럭(Lepomis macrochirus) 젖산탈수소효소 동위효소들의 대사조절 (Metabolic Adjustments of Lactate Dehydrogenase Isozymes to the Environmental Temperature in Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus))

  • 구보라;조성규;염정주
    • 생명과학회지
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    • 제26권10호
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    • pp.1105-1112
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    • 2016
  • 농어목(Perciformes) 검정우럭과(Centrachidae) 파랑볼우럭(Lepomis macrochirus)을 대상으로 환경온도에 대한 젖산탈수소효소(EC 1.1.1.27, Lactate dehydrogenase, LDH) 동위효소들의 대사조절을 연구하였다. 파랑볼우럭은 4월(그룹Ⅰ), 5월(그룹Ⅱ) 및 9월(그룹Ⅲ)에 채집하여 사용하였다. 파랑볼우럭 골격근, 심장 및 뇌 조직의 LDH 활성은 파랑볼우럭 그룹Ⅰ 및 Ⅱ보다 파랑볼우럭 그룹Ⅲ의 LDH 활성이 더 높게 나타났다. 시트르산합성효소(EC 4.1.3.7, citrate synthase, CS)의 활성은 파랑볼우럭 그룹Ⅰ에 비해 파랑볼우럭 그룹Ⅱ의 골격근 조직에서 높았고 심장 및 뇌 조직에서는 낮았다. 그에 반하여 파랑볼우럭 그룹Ⅲ 골격근의 CS 활성은 파랑볼우럭 그룹Ⅱ에 비해 낮았고 심장 및 뇌 조직에서는 높았다. LDH/CS는 그룹Ⅲ의 골격근 및 뇌 조직에서 높게 나타났다. 따라서 혐기적 대사는 파랑볼우럭 그룹Ⅲ에서 증가되었다. 골격근, 심장, 간 및 뇌 조직에서는 LDH A4, A2B2 및 B4 동위효소가 나타났다. LDH C hybrid는 뇌조직에서 확인되었다. LDH A4 동위효소는 affinity chromatography로 정제되었다. 정제된 LDH A4 동위효소의 분자량은 136 kDa이고 최적 pH는 8.0이었다. 골격근 LDH의 KmPYR값은 0.161-0.227 mM로 나타났다. 골격근 LDH의 역학특성들은 파랑볼우럭이 저온에 잘 적응한 종이라는 것을 보여준다. 이 결과들은 파랑볼우럭의 서식지 예측에 유용할 것으로 예상된다.

셀레늄강화 사료를 먹인 모돈 혈청에서의 셀레노아미노산 및 셀레노단백질 분석 (Analysis of selenoaminoacids and selenoproteins in blood serum of sows fed by selenium fortified feed)

  • 박명순;이성훈;박용남
    • 분석과학
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    • 제28권3호
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    • pp.196-203
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    • 2015
  • 셀레늄 강화 사료를 먹인 모돈에 대하여 혈청에서의 셀레늄 화학종들 즉, 무기셀레늄, 셀레노아미노산 및 셀레노단백질들을 음이온 교환과 친화 크로마토 그라피를 ICP/MS에 연결사용하여 분석하였다. 무기 셀레늄(Se4+와 Se6+)과 셀레노 아미노산들은 PRP X-100 음이온 교환 컬럼을 사용하였고 셀레노 단백질들의 경우에는 HEP 컬럼을 사용하여 SelP을 GPx+SeAlb로 부터 분리하였다. 정량분석은 후 컬럼 동위원소 희석법을 사용하여 이 들의 농도를 결정하였다. 모돈 실험군을 3 그룹으로 나누고 셀레늄이 강화된 사료(유기셀레늄 0.3 mg/kg, 0.6 mg/kg 및 무기셀레늄 0.6 mg/kg)를 4주 동안 먹였을 때 셀레늄 화학종들의 변화 및 사료와의 상관관계를 알아보았다. 셀레노 아미노산의 경우, 실험군들은 무기셀레늄 강화사료를 제외하고 대조군에 비하여 높은 농도를 보여주었다. 유기셀레늄 강화사료에서는 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 셀레노 단백질의 경우는 실험군 모두가 대조군에 비하여 증가를 보여주었는데 특히 SelP가 다른 단백질에 비하여 1.5 배 정도 더 크게 증가한 것으로 나타났다.

Practical and Effective Method for the Solubilization and Characterization of Mammalian ${\beta}$-adrenergic receptor

  • Shin, Chan-Young;Kim, Hee-Jin;Lee, Sang-Bong;Ko, Kwang-Ho
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • 제1권2호
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    • pp.188-195
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    • 1993
  • In order to understand the machanism of action and regulation of ${\beta}$-adrenergic receptor in terms of molecular level, the purification of receptor protein has a fundamental importance. Moreover, species differences among avian, amphibian and mammalian ${\beta}$-adrenergic receptors make it more important to purify mammalian ${\beta}$-adrenergic receptor. Because ${\beta}$-adrenergic receptor is an integral membrane protein, it must be solubilized from the membrane for the purification. The purpose of the present study was to solubilize and characterize the mammalian $\beta$-adrenergic receptor from guinea pig lung in quantities by more efficient and practical method eventually to purify receptor. Guinea pig lung membrane preparation was solubilized by sequential treatment of buffers containing low and high concentration of digitonin which are 0.2 and 1.2% respectively. About 50% of the total receptor pool was released by this double extraction procedure. The $\beta$-adrenoceptors in the digitonin extract were identified using the ${\beta}$-adrenergic antagonist, (-)-[$^3H$]-dihydroalprenolol ([$^3H$]DHA). The solubilized receptor retained all of the essential characteristics of membrane-bound receptor, namely saturability; stereoselectivity; high affinity to ${\beta}$-adrenergic drugs. For the measurement of soluble receptor activity, Sephadex G-50 chromatography method has been widely used. Inspite of its accuracy and wide acceptance, this technique employed troublesome column work which required long time to assay the activity of receptor. We employed another methods to measure receptor activity. When using 0.5% polyethylenimine pretreated GF/B glass fiber filter, filtration technique could be used to measure soluble receptor activity. This technique enabled us to reduce the total amount of time to assay by a factor of 4 as well as to detect soluble receptor. In the present study, we could establish more efficient and practical solubilization method of mammalian $\beta$-adrenergic receptor. The rapidity and high yield of this solubilization scheme, together with the favorable recovery of the receptor activity, are significant steps toward the ultimate purification of the mammalian $\beta$-adrenergic receptor. The result of this study together with more convenient purification method could provide large amount of purified receptor with ease for various research purposes.

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거품부상법을 이용한 코발트이온제거(I): 침전부상법 (Removal of Cobalt ion by Foam Flotation(I): Precipitate Flotation)

  • 정인하;박희성;문제선;임성팔;배기광
    • 공업화학
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.41-45
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    • 1999
  • 모의폐액으로 제조한 50 ppm의 코발트이온을 sodium lauryl sulfate의 계면활성제를 사용하여 침전부상법으로 제거하였다. 침전부상으로 코발트 이온을 제거하기 전에 35% $H_2O_2$를 모의폐액에 첨가하여 폐액의 전처리 과정을 도입하였다. 그 결과 최적 pH 및 처리후 잔존용액의 pH가 낮아졌고, 넓은 범위의 pH에서 높은 제거율을 나타내었다. 초기 코발트 이온농도, pH, 계면활성제 농도, 제거시간, 공급기체 유속, 외부이온 농도 등을 변수로 하여 실험한 결과, 초기 코발트 이온농도 50 ppm, pH 9.5, 공급기체 유속 70 mL/min, 제거시간 30분 등의 조건에서 99.8%의 제거율을 나타내었다. 침전물과 계면활성제의 흡착은 zeta potential 뿐만 아니라 침전물의 용해도 및 pH에 따라 변화하는 화학종과의 친화력과도 관계가 되는 것으로 추축되었다. 외부 이온으로서 $NO_3{^-}$, ${SO_4}^{-2}$, $Na^+$, $Ca^{+2}$를 첨가하여 그 영향을 관찰하였으며, ${SO_4}^{-2}$가 0.1 M 함유된 cobalt 용액을 침전부상법으로 처리한 결과 zeta potential의 감소 및 침전방해 등의 이유로 제거효율은 90%를 나타내었다.

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Immunohistochemical Studies of Human Ribosomal Protein S3 (rpS3)

  • Choi, Soo-Hyun;Kim, So-Young;An, Jae-Jin;Lee, Sun-Hwa;Kim, Dae-Won;Won, Moo-Ho;Kang, Tae-Cheon;Park, Jin-Seu;Eum, Won-Sik;Kim, Joon;Choi, Soo-Young
    • BMB Reports
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    • 제39권2호
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    • pp.208-215
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    • 2006
  • The human ribosomal protein S3 (rpS3) was expressed in E. coli using the pET-I5b vector and the monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were produced and characterized. A total of five hybridoma cell lines were established and the antibodies recognized a single band of molecular weight of 33 kDa on immunoblot with purified rpS3. When the purified rpS3 was incubated with the mAbs, the UV endonuclease activity of rpS3 was inhibited up to a maximum of 49%. The binding affinity of mAbs to rpS3 determined by using a biosensor technology showed that they have similar binding affinities. Using the anti-rpS3 antibodies as probes, we investigated the cross-reactivities of various other mammalian brain tissues and cell lines, including human. The immunoreactive bands on Western blots appeared to be the same molecular mass of 33 kDa in all animal species tested. They also appear to be extensively cross-reactive among different organs in rat. These results demonstrated that only one type of immunologically similar rpS3 protein is present in all of the mammalian brain tissues including human. Furthermore, these antibodies were successfully applied in immunohistochemistry in order to detect rpS3 in the gerbil brain tissues. Among the various regions in the brain tissues, the rpS3 positive neurons were predominantly observed in the ependymal cells, hippocampus and substantia nigra pars compacta. The different distributions of rpS3 in brain tissues reply that rpS3 protein may play an important second function in the neuronal cells.

Seminal Plasma Heparin Binding Proteins Improve Semen Quality by Reducing Oxidative Stress during Cryopreservation of Cattle Bull Semen

  • Patel, Maulikkumar;Gandotra, Vinod K.;Cheema, Ranjna S.;Bansal, Amrit K.;Kumar, Ajeet
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제29권9호
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    • pp.1247-1255
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    • 2016
  • Heparin binding proteins (HBPs) are produced by accessory glands. These are secreted into the seminal fluid, bind to the spermatozoa at the time of ejaculation, favour capacitation, acrosome reaction, and alter the immune system response toward the sperm. The present study was conducted with an objective to assess the effect of purified seminal plasma-HBPs (SP-HBPs) on cross bred cattle bull sperm attributes during two phases of cryopreservation: Pre freezing and freezing-thawing. SP-HBPs were purified from pooled seminal plasma by heparin affinity chromatography. Three doses of SP-HBPs i.e. 10, 20, $40{\mu}g/mLs$ semen were standardized to find out the optimum dose and $20{\mu}g/mLs$ was found to be an optimum dose. Semen as such and treated with SP-HBPs was diluted with sodium citrate-egg yolk diluter and cryopreserved as per the standard protocol. Sperm parameters i.e. motility, viability, Hypo-osmotic swelling test (HOST), acrosome damage, in vitro capacitation and lipid peroxidation were evaluated in SP-HBP treated and untreated (control) semen at both phases of cryopreservation. A considerable variation in percent sperm motility, viability, membrane integrity (HOST), acrosome damage, acrosome reaction and lipid peroxidation was observed at both phases among the bulls irrespective of the treatment. Incubation of neat semen with $20{\mu}g/mL$ SP-HBP before processing for cryopreservation enhanced the average motility, viability, membrane integrity by 7.2%, 1.5%, 7.9%, and 5.6%, 6.6%, 7.4% in pre-frozen and frozen-thawed semen in comparison to control. There was also an average increase of 4.1%/3.9% in in vitro capacitation and acrosome reaction in SP-HBPs-treated frozen-thawed semen as compared to control. However, binding of SP-HBPs to the sperm declined acrosome damage and lipid peroxidation by 1.3%/4.1% and 22.1/$32.7{\mu}M$/$10^9$ spermatozoa in SP-HBP treated pre-frozen/frozen-thawed semen as compared to control, respectively. Significant (p<0.05) effects were observed only in motility, HOST and in vitro acrosome reaction. It can be concluded that treatment of neat semen with SP-HBPs before cryopreservation minimized the cryoinjury by decreasing the generation of reactive oxygen species.

진균과 식물의 Phenylalanine Ammonia-lyase 그리고 세균의 Histidine Ammonia-lyase 간의 면역학적 관계 분석 (Immunological Relationships among Fungal and Plant Phenylalanine Ammonia-lyases and Bacterial Histidine Ammonia-lyase)

  • 현민우;윤여홍;서동연;한지혜;김성환
    • 한국균학회지
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    • 제39권3호
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    • pp.205-212
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    • 2011
  • 진균의 phenylalanine ammonia-lyase(PAL)와 식물의 PAL간 그리고 PAL과 histidine ammonia-lyase (HAL)간의 구조적 특성 관계에 대한 이해를 얻기 위해 옥수수병원균인 깜부기균(Ustilago maydis)의 PAL에 대한 면역학적 분석을 수행하였다. 진균의 PAL 항체와 식물의 PAL 항체를 이용하여 분석하였을 때 실험한 모든 종의 PAL 간에 교차반응이 나타났다. 알팔파 PAL 항체와 포플라 PAL 항체 모두 식물 PAL은 강하게 인식하였으나 진균의 PAL은 약하게 인식하였다. U. maydis PAL은 Rhodotorula glutinis 효모의 PAL만 약하게 인식하였다. U. maydis PAL은 식물의 PAL에 대해서 낮은 친화성을 보였으나 Pseudomonas 세균의 HAL에 대해서는 강한친화성을 보였다. 2종의 식물 PAL 항체들 또한 Pseudomonas 세균의 HAL에 대해 강한 친화성을 보였다. 진균과 식물의 PAL 항체는 PAL 효소의 활성 저해를 나타냈으며 세균의 HAL 효소의 활성에 대해서도 중도적 저해를 나타냈다. 세균의 HAL 항체는 식물과 효모와 Ustilago PAL 중에 Ustilago PAL 활성만 저해하였다. 식물의 PAL과 진균의 PAL 모두 효모의 PAL 활성은 저해하지 못했다. 본 연구는 PAL과 HAL간에 면역학적 관계가 있음을 처음으로 보고한다.

Cloning of a Novel vpr Gene Encoding a Minor Fibrinolytic Enzyme from Bacillus subtilis SJ4 and the Properties of Vpr

  • Yao, Zhuang;Meng, Yu;Le, Huong Giang;Lee, Se Jin;Jeon, Hye Sung;Yoo, Ji Yeon;Kim, Hyun-Jin;Kim, Jeong Hwan
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제30권11호
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    • pp.1720-1728
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    • 2020
  • We have previously characterized AprESJ4, the major fibrinolytic enzyme from Bacillus subtilis SJ4 (Yao et al., 2019). During that study, we observed a 68 kDa protein with fibrinolytic activity. In this study, we cloned the gene (vprSJ4) encoding the 68 kDa protein, a mature Vpr and minor protease secreted by Bacillus species. vprSJ4 encodes a preproenzyme consisting of 810 amino acids (aa) including signal sequence (28 aa) and prosequence (132 aa). The mature enzyme (650 aa) has a predicted molecular weight of 68,467.35. Unlike Vprs from other B. subtilis strains, VprSJ4 has 4 additional amino acids (DEFA) at the C-terminus. vprSJ4 was overexpressed in Escherichia coli. PreproVprSJ4 was localized in inclusion bodies, and subjected to in vitro renaturation and purification by an affinity column. SDS-PAGE and western blot showed that autoprocessing of preproVprSJ4 occurred and 68 kDa and smaller proteins were produced. The optimum pH and temperature of the recombinant VprSJ4 were pH 7.0 and 40℃, respectively. Kinetic parameters of recombinant VprSJ4 were measured by using an artificial substrate, N-succinyl-ala-ala-pro-phe-p-nitroanilide. Coexpression of vprSJ4 and aprESJ4 using pHY300PLK increased the fibrinolytic activity a further 117% when compared with aprESJ4 single expression using the same vector in B. subtilis WB600.

Computational Optimization of Bioanalytical Parameters for the Evaluation of the Toxicity of the Phytomarker 1,4 Napthoquinone and its Metabolite 1,2,4-trihydroxynapththalene

  • Gopal, Velmani;AL Rashid, Mohammad Harun;Majumder, Sayani;Maiti, Partha Pratim;Mandal, Subhash C
    • 대한약침학회지
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    • 제18권2호
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    • pp.7-18
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    • 2015
  • Objectives: Lawsone (1,4 naphthoquinone) is a non redox cycling compound that can be catalyzed by DT diaphorase (DTD) into 1,2,4-trihydroxynaphthalene (THN), which can generate reactive oxygen species by auto oxidation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the toxicity of the phytomarker 1,4 naphthoquinone and its metabolite THN by using the molecular docking program AutoDock 4. Methods: The 3D structure of ligands such as hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$), nitric oxide synthase (NOS), catalase (CAT), glutathione (GSH), glutathione reductase (GR), glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate hydrogen (NADPH) were drawn using hyperchem drawing tools and minimizing the energy of all pdb files with the help of hyperchem by $MM^+$ followed by a semi-empirical (PM3) method. The docking process was studied with ligand molecules to identify suitable dockings at protein binding sites through annealing and genetic simulation algorithms. The program auto dock tools (ADT) was released as an extension suite to the python molecular viewer used to prepare proteins and ligands. Grids centered on active sites were obtained with spacings of $54{\times}55{\times}56$, and a grid spacing of 0.503 was calculated. Comparisons of Global and Local Search Methods in Drug Docking were adopted to determine parameters; a maximum number of 250,000 energy evaluations, a maximum number of generations of 27,000, and mutation and crossover rates of 0.02 and 0.8 were used. The number of docking runs was set to 10. Results: Lawsone and THN can be considered to efficiently bind with NOS, CAT, GSH, GR, G6PDH and NADPH, which has been confirmed through hydrogen bond affinity with the respective amino acids. Conclusion: Naphthoquinone derivatives of lawsone, which can be metabolized into THN by a catalyst DTD, were examined. Lawsone and THN were found to be identically potent molecules for their affinities for selected proteins.

『중용』과 진화생물학의 대화 가능성 모색 (A Study of the Possibility of Interaction between the Doctrine of the Mean and Evolutionary Biology)

  • 김재경
    • 동양고전연구
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    • 제54호
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    • pp.155-182
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    • 2014
  • 이 논문은 "중용"의 "천명지위성(天命之謂性)"과 "시중(時中)", 그리고 "천지위만물육(天地位萬物育)"의 이슈가 진화생물학의 유전자, 자연선택, 종 다양성 문제와 대화 가능한지 그 가능성을 검토하고 있다. 이를 위해 먼저 성리학과 진화생물학의 유사점과 차이점을 살펴보고, "중용"과 진화생물학의 접점이 무엇인지 모색하고 있다. 이 논문은 세 가지 점에서 "중용"과 진화생물학 사이의 대화 가능성을 검토한다. 첫번째는 인간 본성에 대해 천명지위성과 유전자의 관점에서 대화 가능한지 살펴본다. 두 번째는 존재 이유의 타당성을 시중과 자연선택의 관점에서 살펴본다. 세 번째는 생물간 상호 유연 관계를 천지위만물육과 종 다양성이라는 관점에서 살펴본다. 첫 번째 모색의 소주제들은 <리와 기 vs 유전자와 운반체>의 구조적 연관성, <성선 vs 이기적 유전자의 이타성>의 판단기준, <인 의 예 지 vs 후성규칙>에서 '후천적 선험' 도출 가능성이다. 두 번째 모색의 소주제들은 <천리의 뒤집힘[번(?)] vs 돌연변이>, <변/화 vs 진화>의 시간관, <시중 vs 자연선택/적응>의 메타meta적 접근이다. 세 번째 모색의 소주제들은 <리일분수理一分殊 vs 부분과 전체>의 프랙탈 구조, < 일기一氣 vs 생물간 상호 유연>의 상동관계, <천지위 만물육 vs 생태계>와 치중화致中和의 과제이다. 이러한 모색과 제안들에 대한 후속연구는 "중용"을 둘러싼 성리학 연구의 지평 확대를 가져 올 수 있다.