• Applied Microscopy
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.267-276
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• 2009

주사전자현미경을 이용하여 한국산 긴가락박쥐(Miniopterus schreibersi fuliginosus)와 검은집박쥐(Pipistrellus savii)의 혀유두의 형태를 관찰하였다. 본 연구에서 두 종 모두 세 가지의 혀유두, 즉, 실유두, 버섯유두 그리고 성곽유두가 관찰되었다. 실유두는 다시 두 종류로 세분화되어졌으며, 침상의 돌기물을 갖는 유형1은 혀의 전반부의 1/2 지점까지 분포하며, 유형2는 밋밋하고 두꺼운 돌기물을 갖고 있으며 혀의 후반부의 1/2에 분포한다. 두 종 모두 35~45개의 버섯유두가 혀의 표면에서 관찰된다. 이들 버섯유두는 혀의 측면과 혀의 전반과 후반부의 끝 쪽에서 나타난다. 두 종의 버섯유두는 각각 두 개 혹은 세 개의 매우 큰 유두로 혀의 후반부 중앙에 일직선으로 배열되어 있다. 두 개의 성곽유두는 혀의 후반부 끝쪽 가까이에 분포하고 있다. 이들 성곽유두는 크고 둥글며 각각은 두 층의 pad를 갖고 있다. 긴가락박쥐와 검은집박쥐의 혀유두의 전체적인 형태는 다른 익수류와 유사하였다. 그럼에도 불구하고, 두 종 사이에 드물지만 주목할 만한 차이점이 실유두와 버섯유두에서 나타났다. 검은집박쥐와는 달리 긴가락박쥐의 유형2의 실유두는 두 개 혹은 세 개의 돌기를 가지고 있었다. 혀의 후반부 중앙에 위치하고 있는 큰 버섯유두의 경우, 긴가락박쥐에서는 3개, 검은집박쥐에서는 단지 2개만 관찰되었다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제56권7호
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• pp.26.1-26.10
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• 2014

Background: Endocrine disruptors are exogenous substance, interfere with the endocrine system, and disrupt hormonal functions. However, the effect of endocrine disruptors in different species has not yet been elucidated. Therefore, we investigated the possible effects of $17{\beta}$-estradiol (E2), progesterone (P4), genistein (GEN) and 4-tert-octylphenol (OP), on capacitation and the acrosome reaction in bovine, mouse, and porcine spermatozoa. In this in vitro trial, spermatozoa were incubated with $0.001-100{\mu}M$ of each chemical either 15 or 30 min and then assessed capacitation status using chlortetracycline staining. Results: E2 significantly increased capacitation and the acrosome reaction after 30 min, while the acrosome reaction after 15 min incubation in mouse spermatozoa. Simultaneously, capacitation and the acrosome reaction were induced after 15 and 30 min incubation in porcine spermatozoa, respectively. Capacitation was increased in porcine spermatozoa after 15 min incubation at the lowest concentration, while the acrosome reaction was increased in mouse spermatozoa after 30 min (P < 0.05). E2 significantly increased the acrosome reaction in porcine spermatozoa, but only at the highest concentration examined (P < 0.05). P4 significantly increased the acrosome reaction in bovine and mouse spermatozoa treated for 15 min (P < 0.05). The same treatment significantly increased capacitation in porcine spermatozoa (P < 0.05). P4 significantly increased capacitation in mouse spermatozoa treated for 30 min (P < 0.05). GEN significantly increased the acrosome reaction in porcine spermatozoa treated for 15 and 30 min and in mouse spermatozoa treated for 30 min (P < 0.05). OP significantly increased the acrosome reaction in mouse spermatozoa after 15 min (P < 0.05). Besides, when spermatozoa were incubated for 30 min, capacitation and the acrosome reaction were higher than 15 min incubation in E2 or GEN. Furthermore, the responsiveness of bovine, mouse and porcine spermatozoa to each chemical differed. Conclusions: In conclusion, all chemicals studied effectively increased capacitation and the acrosome reaction in bovine, mouse, and porcine spermatozoa. Also we found that both E2 and P4 were more potent than environmental estrogens in altering sperm function. Porcine and mouse spermatozoa were more responsive than bovine spermatozoa.

• 한국잡초학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.161-170
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• 1998

Fenoxaprop-P-ethyl에 대한 bentazon의 길항작용기작을 검정하기 위하여 4엽기의 벼와 피를 대상으로 bentazon 혼합처리에서 나타나는 fenoxaprop-P-ethyl의 흡수, 이행, 대사 및 작용점의 활성 변화를 조사하였다. Fenoxaprop-P-ethyl에 대하여 벼와 피의 지상부에서 생육억제가 크게 나타났다. Fenoxaprop-P-ethyl 단독처리에 있어서 두 초종 모두에서 처리 직후부터 빠른 속도로 약제가 흡수되어, 총 흡수량의 90%이상이 약제처리 6시간 이내에 이루어졌으며, 처리 24시간까지 흡수량의 약 30%가 처리엽의 상, 하위조직으로 이행되었다. Ethyl ester형으로 처리된 약제는 신속히 acid형으로 전환되었으며, 처리 24시간 후부터는 acid형이 conjugate형의 대사물로 전환되었다. 그러나 bentazon에 의한 fenoxaprop-P-ethyl의 흡수, 이행 및 대사활성의 변화는 인정되지 않았다. In vitro ACCase의 활성은 벼와 피 에서 각각 26.5 및 23.2nmol/min/mg protein으로 나타났다. 이 효소 활성의 50% 저해농도에 있어서 fenoxaprop-P-ethyl 단독처리와 bentazon 혼합처리 사이에 유의성은 인정되지 않았다. 그러나 bentazon 처리에 의하여 in vivo ACCase 활성의 감소와 엽록체 thylakoid에서 전자전달의 억제가 나타났다. 따라서 fenoxaprop-P-ethyl에 대한 bentazon의 길항작용기작은 bentazon이 fenoxaprop-P-ethyl 작용점의 활성에 직접적으로 관여하는 것이 아니라, 엽록체 구조 및 활성 저해에 의한 fenoxaprop-P-ethyl의 작용점 감소를 통하여 간접적으로 fenoxaprop-P-ethyl의 활성을 억제하는 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.175-183
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• 2012

Objectives: This study developed a harmonized method for risk assessment based on the Hazard & Risk Evaluation of Chemicals (HREC) according to the Industrial Safety and Health Act (ISHA). Methods: Three preliminary studies, performed during 2010 and 2011 by the Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute and three academic research groups, were compared. The differences in risk assessment, especially in the dose-response assessment method, were analyzed. A new harmonized method for dose-response assessment was suggested and its applicability for the HREC was examined. Results: Considering the various steps of each dose-response assessment, the equivalent steps in quantitative correction, uncertainty factor 2 (UF2) for intra-species uncertainty, and UF3 for the experimental period in the uncertainty correction were relatively high. Using our new method, the total correction values (quantitative correction plus uncertainty correction) ranged from 72~15,789 to 30~60, and the ratio of the threshold limit value (TLV) to the reference concentration decreased from 12.8~1900 to 5.4~11.8. Furthermore, when we performed risk characterization by our new method, hazard quotient (HQ) values for chloroethylene, epichlorohydrin, and barium sulfate became 3.0, 14.1, and 1.13 respectively, whereas three previous studies reported HQ values of 7.1, 4580, and 87.3 considering reasonable maximum exposure (RME) conditions. HQs of the three chemicals were calculated to be 0.6, 2.4, and 0.1 respectively, when compared to their TLVs. Conclusions: Our new method could be applicable for the HREC because the total correction values and the ratio of TLVs were within reasonable ranges. It is also recommended that additional risk management measures be applied for epichlorohydrin, for which the HQ values were greater than 1 when compared with both reference values and the TLV. Our proposed method could be used to harmonize dose-response assessment methods for the implementation of risk assessment based on the HREC according to ISHA.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.571-574
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• 2015

In order to determine the status of malaria among schoolchildren on Kome Island (Lake Victoria), near Mwanza, Tanzania, a total of 244 schoolchildren in 10 primary schools were subjected to a blood survey using the fingerprick method. The subjected schoolchildren were 123 boys and 121 girls who were 6-8 years of age. Only 1 blood smear was prepared for each child. The overall prevalence of malaria was 38.1% (93 positives), and sex difference was not remarkable. However, the positive rate was the highest in Izindabo Primary School (51.4%) followed by Isenyi Primary School (48.3%) and Bugoro Primary School (46.7%). The lowest prevalence was found in Muungano Primary School (16.7%) and Nyamiswi Primary School (16.7%). These differences were highly correlated with the location of the school on the Island; those located in the peripheral area revealed higher prevalences while those located in the central area showed lower prevalences. Plasmodium falciparum was the predominant species (38.1%; 93/244), with a small proportion of them mixed-infected with Plasmodium vivax (1.6%; 4/244). The results revealed that malaria is highly prevalent among primary schoolchildren on Kome Island, Tanzania, and there is an urgent need to control malaria in this area.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2015

Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite with a broad range of intermediate hosts. Chickens as important food-producing animals can also serve as intermediate hosts. To date, experimental studies on the pathogenicity of T. gondii in broiler chickens were rarely reported. The objective of the present study was to compare the pathogenicity of 5 different T. gondii strains (RH, CN, JS, CAT2, and CAT3) from various host species origin in 10-day-old chickens. Each group of chickens was infected intraperitoneally with $5{\times}10^8$, $1{\times}10^8$, $1{\times}10^7$, and $1{\times}10^6$ tachyzoites of the 5 strains, respectively. The negative control group was mockly inoculated with PBS alone. After infection, clinical symptoms and rectal temperatures of all the chickens were checked daily. Dead chickens during acute phage of the infection were checked for T. gondii tachyzoites by microscope, while living cases were checked for T. gondii infection at day 53 post-inoculation (PI) by PCR method. Histopathological sections were used to observe the pathological changes in the dead chickens and the living animals at day 53 PI. No significant differences were found in survival periods, histopathological findings, and clinical symptoms among the chickens infected with the RH, CN, CAT2, and CAT3 strains. Histopathological findings and clinical symptoms of the JS (chicken origin) group were similar to the others. However, average survival times of infected chickens of the JS group inoculated with $5{\times}10^8$ and $1{\times}10^8$ tachyzoites were 30.0 and 188.4 hr, respectively, significantly shorter than those of the other 4 mammalian isolates. Chickens exposed to $10^8$ of T. gondii tachyzoites and higher showed acute signs of toxoplasmosis, and the lesions were relatively more severe than those exposed to lower doses. The results indicated that the pathogenicity of JS strain was comparatively stronger to the chicken, and the pathogenicity was dose-dependent.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.115-120
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• 2004

For the expression study of antioxidant isoenzyme genes in rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants, extensive searches for genes of superoxide dismutase (SOD), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), and catalase (CAT) isoforms were performed through the GenBank database. The genes for two cytosolic and one plastidic CuZn-SOD, one Fe-SOD, two Mn-SOD, two cytosolic and two chloroplastic (stromal and thylakoid) APX, and three CAT isoforms were available in japonica-type rice. These isoforms were named as cCuZn-SOD1, cCuZn-SOD2, pCuZn-SOD, Fe-SOD, Mn-SOD1, Mn-SOD2, cAPXa, cAPXb, Chl_sAPX, Chl_tAPX, CATa, CATb, and CATc, respectively. Since they shared a high degree of homology in the nucleotide and amino acid sequences, the gene-specific primers for the genes were designed directly from their full-length cDNAs found in the database except for the CATa gene. These primers were used in the RT-PCR analysis to investigate the differential expression of antioxidant isoenzyme genes in rice plants from the seeds irradiated with low doses (2, 4, 8, and 16 Gy) of gamma-radiation. The gammairradiation slightly increased the transcripts of pCuZn-SOD, while those of Fe-SOD, cAPXb, and CATb decreased. However, no substantial differences were observed in the expression of all the isoenzyme genes between the control and irradiated groups. In this study, gene specific primers for thirteen SOD, APX and CAT isoenzymes were constructed from the full-length cDNAs. The results of RT-PCR analysis obtained by using these primers suggests that the expression levels of SOD, APX, and CAT isoenzyme genes in rice seedlings were hardly affected by gamma-irradiation at the seed stage.

• 생태와환경
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.395-402
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• 2007

한강하류에서 환경요인에 따른 식물플랑크톤의 변화를 조사하기 위하여 2006년 1월부터 12월까지 총 35회 채수하여, 분석하고 동정한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 환경요인의 변화에서는 모든 항목에서 지점간에 큰 차이가 없는 것으로 조사됐으나, BOD와 TN, TP등에서 St. 2지점이 높은 농도를 나타냈으며 집중 강우가 있었던 시기에 비교적 낮은 농도 분포를 나타냈다. 식물플랑크톤은 총 88종이 출현하였으며, 현존량은 $1{\sim}41$,104 cells $mL^{-1}$ 범위로써 계절과 조류종에 따라 변동이 큰 것으로 나타났다. 강별로는 남조류, 규조류, 녹조류가 서로 다른 경향을 나타냈는데, 남조류는 여름에서 가을로 접어드는 시기에(5월${\sim}$9월) 현존량이 낮은 반면,녹조류와 규조류의 출현이 우세하였고, 특히 규조류 중 Cyclotella sp.는 주로 봄철에, Aulacoseira granulata는 가을철에 주요 우점종으로 출현하면서 하절기인 6월을 기점으로 종 천이가 일어났다. 강우기에 현저하게 감소하였던 남조류는 강우가 끝난 후 수온이 $20^{\circ}C$ 이상 지속되면서 질소/인 비가 가장 낮아지는 시기인 10월$(9.4{\sim}18.9)$에 현존량이 급격하게 증가하여 대발생을 야기하였다. 주로 한강하류에서 식물플랑크톤의 천이가 일어날 수 있는 환경요인은 집중강우로 인한 팔당댐의 방류량과, 수온, 질소/인 비에 의해 영향을 받는 것으로 판단되었다.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.309-321
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• 1987

For the investigation of microbiological and immunological specificity of Bacteroides gingivalis, Bacteroides gingivalis were isolated, enumerated and characterized from 13 Korean rapidly progressive periodontitis and 7 healthy control by anaerobic culture technique. The total proportion of black-pigmented Bacteroides from Korean R.P.P. patients and healthy control were 8.78% and 0.92%, respectively, among total isolated black-pigmented Bacteroides. In antibiotic susceptibility test, Bacteroides gingivalis isolated from R.P.P. patients were sensitive to Ampicillin and Tetracycline, and resistant to Gentamicin and Erythromycin in disc diffusion method. In antibiotic broth dilution method, the minimum inhibitory concentration(MIC) to Bacteroides gingivalis was 2 unit/ml of Penicillin and $0.25{\sim}1{\mu}g/ml$ of Tetracycline, respectively. The concentration of serum IgG in rapidly progressive periodontitis patients were sigificantly higher than that of healthy control, and concentration of diluted gingival crevicular IgG has not any significant differences between two groups. Serum and gingival crevicular IgG antibody to Bacteroides gingivalis were significantly higher titer in rapidly progressive periodontitis patients to compare with healthy control. The lipopolysaccharide profiles of 2 Korean B. gingivalis in silver stained sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis were similar to type strains of B. gingivalis and typical LPS band were appeared around the 24-Kd molecular weight. Immunodiffusion test and immunoelectrophoresis of the L.P.S. extracted from 2 Korean B. gingivalis and 2 kinds of type strains of B. gingivalis showed that B. gingivalis Korean-1 was reacted identically to B. gingivalis ATCC 33277. In trypsin and ${\alpha}$-glucosidase activity test of 2 Korean B. gingivalis, both of them revealed positive trypsin and negative ${\alpha}$-glucosidase activity, respectively. These investigation suggested that B. gingivalis is important pathogenic plaque bacteria for the pathogenesis of periodontitis and further study is needed to purify and characterize of the species-specific antigens of this organisms to develop monoclonal antibody and potential diagnostic reagents.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.149-161
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• 2013

바이러스성 출혈성 패혈증을 일으키는 VHSV는 국내의 넙치양식에 심각한 피해를 주고 있다. 본 연구에서는 우리나라에서 분리한 8종의 VHSV 분리주들의 glycoprotein (G)의 염기서열을 분석하여 Korean VHSV 분리주들과 기보고된 일본 및 중국의 분리주들을 계통발생학적으로 비교하여 G-protein의 8 부위(G34, C528, A755, T834, T951, T1147, T1221, T1336)에서 국내 VHSV 분리주들의 특이적인 서열을 확인하였고, 전 세계적으로 분리된 VHSV의 분리주들과의 비교결과 8 부위 중 3 부위 (A755, T834, T1221)의 국내VHSV 분리주 특이적 염기서열들을 확인하였다. 또한 중국 유래 VHSV 분리주의 특이적 염기서열 11 부위 (C498, C545, C548, C642, G648, T678, A738, C804, C834, G851, C1139)와 일본 유래 VHSV 분리주의 특이적 염기서열 1부위 (C179)를 확인하였다. 이상의 연구결과는 국내 특이적인 염기서열을 확보하여, 구역화된 수산생물 질병의 예찰, 모니터링 및 질병 관리에 유용하게 사용될 것으로 사료된다.