• 생태와환경
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.343-353
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• 2016

Oligochaetes distribute widely in freshwater ecosystem, and some species are used as bioindicators for water quality assessment because they are tolerant to organic enrichment. They are acknowledged for potential for environmental health recovery of organic polluted environment. There are a lot of studies on ecology and toxicity assessment using oligochaetes in aquatic environment. In this study, we reviewed literature on ecotoxicology of aquatic oligochaetes. We searched literature from a database 'google scholar' by using keywords such as aquatic, oligochaete, and toxicity. The literature were summarized according to publication years, species, test methods, and chemicals. We obtained 133 articles published from 1953 to 2015 from the database. Among them, 58 papers(43.6% of total) have been published in 1990s. Three species(Lumnbriculus variegatus, Tubifex tubifex, and Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri) have been used most frequently in the study. Different species displayed different toxicological responses to different toxic chemicals. The results on the ecotoxicological study with aquatic oligochaetes revealed the possibility of the development for early warning system using aquatic oligochaetes to monitor aquatic ecosystem disturbance.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.85-91
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• 2001

The regulation of Material safety data sheets(MSDS) was required for the chemicals in use in the workplace from July 1976. Under the provisions of the workplace hazardous materials information system, employers in Korea must be provided with accurate and comprehensive MSDS. To examine the reliability of MSDS for organic solvents, 63 organic solvents and MSDS were collected from the workplace of 39 companies located in Kyonggi province. Manufacture\`s MSDS were compared with the actual composition of the collected samples, and further examined the reliability by checking whether the chemicals analyzed were included in the MSDS correctly. 38 solvents were able to analyze their composition by gas chromatography-mass selective detector(GC-MSD). Among them, 28 solvents were incorrect in their composition and contents. In some case, health hazardous or carcinogenic chemicals which were not included in the MSDS were detected from samples. As a result of evaluating whether the MSDS correspond to the regulation required by Industrial Safety and Health Act (ISHA), the information in the MSDS including hazard classification, occupational exposure level, toxicity, regulatory information were incorrectly provided, and some MSDS did not disclose carcinogenic in their MSDS, and some MSDS were not written in the standard format. From this survey, continuous monitoring and promoting correct MSDS, and analyzing the components of the solvents were required to endure the reliability of MSDS for organic solvents.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2012

본 논문은 생물 조기 경보 시스템을 구현하기 위한 방법을 제안한다. 이 시스템은 모니터링 데몬을 이용해 간헐적으로 데이터 사건을 생성하고, 이 데이터 집합으로부터 특징 매개변수들을 추출한다. 특징 매개변수는 6개의 변수(x/y 축 좌표, 거리, 절대 거리, 각도, 프랙털 차원)를 가지고 유도된다. 특히 프랙털 이론을 사용해 제안 알고리즘은 입력된 특징들이 독성 환경에 있는지 아닌지의 유기물 특성을 정의한다. 추출된 특징 데이터를 학습하기 위한 적절한 알고리즘을 위해 기계학습 분야에서 널리 쓰이는 확장된 학습 알고리즘(UChoo)을 사용한다. 그리고 본 알고리즘은 특징 집합들이 모니터링 데몬에 의해 주기적으로 추가된다는 BEWS의 특징을 극복하기 위해 확장된 데이터 표현 방법을 이용하는 학습 방법을 포함한다. 이 알고리즘에서 결정트리 분류기는 확장된 데이터 표현에서 가중치 매개변수를 사용하는 부류 분포 정보를 정의 한다. 실험 결과들은 제안된 BEWS가 환경적인 독성을 탐지하는데 이용 될 수 있음을 보인다.

• 한국환경독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경독성학회 2002년도 추계국제학술대회
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• pp.167-167
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• 2002

Methylmercury (MeHg), one of the heavy metal compound, can cause severe damage to the central nervous system in humans. Many reports have contributed MeHg poisoning to contaminated foods and release into the environment. Despite many studies on the pathogenesis of MeHg-induced central neuropathy, no useful mechanism of toxicity has been established. To find genes differentially expressed by MeHg in neuronal cell, we peformed forward and reverse suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) method on mRNA derived from neuroblastoma cell line, SH-SY5Y treated with solvent (DMSO) and 6.25 uM (IC$\sub$50/) MeHg. Differentially expressed CDNA clones were sequenced and the mRNAs were re-examined on Northern blots. These sequences were identified by BLAST homology search to known genes or expressed sequence tags (ESTs). Analysis of these sequences has provided an insight into the biological effects of MeHg in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disease and a possibility to develop more efficient and exact monitoring system of heavy metals as common environmental pollutants.

• 한국환경독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경독성학회 2003년도 추계국제학술대회
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• pp.177-177
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• 2003

Methylmercury (MeHg) is a well-known neurotoxicant that causes severe damage to the central nervous system in humans. Many reports have shown that MeHg is poisonous to human body through contaminated foods and has released into the environment. Despite many studies on the pathogenesis of MeHg-induced central neuropathy, no useful mechanism of toxicity has been established so far. In this study, suppressive subtractive hybridization (SSH) was performed to identify differentially expressed genes on human neuroblastoma cell line, SH-SY5Y treated with DMSO and MeHg (6.25 uM) for 6 hr. Differentially expressed cDNA clones were sequenced and were screened by dot blot to eliminate false positive clones. 13 of 35 screened genes were confirmed using real time RT-PCR. These genes include EB1,90-kDa heat-shock protein, chromosome condensation-related SMC-associated protein and brain peptide Al, etc. Analysis of these genes may provide an insight into the neurotoxic effects of MeHg in human neuronal cells and a possibility to develop more efficient and exact monitoring system of heavy metals as ubiquitous environmental pollutants.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.60-66
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• 2006

Methylmercury (MeHg), one of the heavy metal compounds, can cause severe damage to the central nervous system in humans. Many reports have shown that MeHg is poisonous to human body through contaminated foods and has released into the environment. Despite many studies on the pathogenesis of MeHg-induced central neuropathy, no useful mechanism of toxicity has been established so far. This study, using of suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) method, was peformed to identify differentially expressed genes by MeHg in SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cell line. We prepared to total RNA from SH-SY5Y cells treated with solvent (DMSO) and $6.25\;{\mu}M\;(IC_{50})$ MeHg and performed forward and reverse SSH. Differentially expressed cDNA clones were screened by dot blot, sequenced and confirmed that individual clones indeed represent differentially expressed genes with real time RT-PCR. These sequences were identified by BLAST homology search to known genes or expressed sequence tags (ESTs). Analysis of these sequences may provide an insight into the biological effects of MeHg in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disease and a possibility to develop more efficient and exact monitoring system of heavy metals as ubiquitous environmental pollutants.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.145-153
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• 2003

The goal of this study is to develop a biomarker used in monitoring abnormal behaviors of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) as a model organism caused by hazardous chemicals. Japanese medaka was treated by copper of appropriate sublethal concentrations after starvation for 48 hr. The untreated individuals showed common behavioral characteristics (i.e. , smooth and linear movements). Locomotive activity of the fish was monitored using an image processing and automatic data acquisition system. When treated with copper (100 ppb), the fish showed shaking patterns more frequently. As the concentration of copper increased to 1,000 ppb, activity decreated, and the fish showed an erratic movement. Fish were exposed to copper at various concentrations (0,100 and 1,000 ppb) for 24 hrs, and acetylcholine esterase (AChE) activity was observed. When fish were exposed to 1,000 ppb of copper, the body AChE activities appeared to decrease but the head AChE activities showed little change. Expressions of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) protein in the different organs from both head (brain) and body (kidney) portions affected by the copper treatment were analyzed using immunohistochemical technique compared with control. Five organs of the fish (olfactory bulb, hyothalamus, optic lobe, pons and myelencephalon regions) showed a relatively strong TH protein expression in the control experiment. A differential expression of TH, however, was observed in the treatment (100 ppb and 1,000 ppb). The treatment (1,000 ppb) significantly suppressed TH protein production in the brain regions. In kidney, however, the same treatment caused little suppression compared with the control. Copper appeared to be less effective in suppression of TH than diazinon, a known TH suppressor. It was concluded that TH could be used at a potential biomarker to monitor the acute copper toxicity in Japanese medaka.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.99-104
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• 2003

Aromatic compounds are of major concern among environmental pollutants due to their toxicity and persistence. To monitor aromatic compounds in a real time with a better sensitivity, a new method of SPR (surface plasmon resonance) based on DNA chip (Biacore 3000) was developed here. It is thought that CapR regulatory protein as a complex with phenol, could bind to their corresponding promoter, Po. Biotinylated DNA oligomers for the promoter was synthesized by PCR and coupled onto streptoavidin-linked CM5-chip. CapR regulatory proteins were purified after cloning their genes in pET21a (+) vector and expressing proteins. The interaction was assessed by the system where the regulatory proteins flowed with or without phenol through the cells of DNA chip. CapR regulatory protein even in the presence of phenol had no response to its promoter, Po, suggesting that other factor(s) might be required for the activation of Po promoter. The present work reveals a promising possibility of the SPR-based DNA chip in monitoring specific environmental pollutants in a real time.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2015년도 학술발표회
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• pp.579-579
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• 2015

최근의 환경부의 환경관리정책은 기존의 BOD나 COD로 대표되는 이화학적인 분석으로 수질항목을 측정 분석하여 환경규제로 활용되고 있는 상황에서 환경용량 기반의 수용체 중심의 통합관리방안을 추가하여 규제하는 방법으로 이루어지고 있다. 또한 수질관리부분에서도 2006년 "물환경관리 기본계획('06-'09)"을 수립하여, 생태적으로 건강하고 유해물질로부터 안전한 물환경조성 목표하에 오염원 중심에서 수용체 중심 즉, 통합적인 수질관리 방향으로 추진되고 있다. 하지만 하 폐수에 함유된 모든 유해화학물질에 대하여 배출허용기준을 설정하는 것이 현실적으로 불가능하기 때문에 환경부에서는 "생태독성 통합관리제도(WET : Whole Effluent Toxicity)"를 도입, 2007년 상기법의 시행규칙 개정을 통하여 배출허용기준에 생태독성기준을 추가하여 관리하고 있다. 생태독성을 평가하는 생물군에는 박테리아, 조류, 물벼룩, 어류 등 다양한 생물종이 있으며 국내에는 물벼룩을 이용하여 TU라는 생태독성단위를 이용하여 규제 및 관리를 시행하고 있으나 단일 생물종으로만 관리할 경우 생물의 내성 및 특정 유해물질에만 반응하는 특성을 지니고 있어 여러 가지 복합적인 화합물에 적용하기 위해서는 복수종에 대한 관리 및 규제가 필요한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 반달말(조류)를 이용한 WEMS(Water Enviroment Monitoring System)를 이용하여 하천 호소 및 정수장, 하 폐수처리장등 다양한 현장에 적용하여 화학물질군에 대한 독성의 특성을 파악과 더불어 통계학적 처리를 이용하여 수질관리에 대한 방법을 제시하고 과학적이고 현장 특성에 맞는 경보 수준을 통해 수생태관리에 관리에 기여 할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 환경생물
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.124-131
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• 2016

Euglena agilis의 운동성 반응을 자동으로 측정하는 장치인 E. agilis 시스템 (E-Tox)을 이용하여 8종의 중금속 (Ag, Cd, Cr(VI), Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Zn)에 대한 독성시험을 실시하였다. E. agilis 운동성 시험 (biomonitoring test)으로부터 도출된 $EC_{50}$과 문헌상의 자료 조사로 얻은 기존 생태독성 시험 생물 종들(D. magna, V. fischeri, 그리고 E. gracilis)의 $EC_{50}$을 비교하여 시험물질에 대한 E. agilis의 독성 민감도를 평가하였다. 또한 축산폐수 방류수, 도금폐수 방류수, 도금폐수 1차 처리 시료에 대해 D. magna 급성 독성시험과 E. agilis 운동성 반응 시험을 수행 후 TU를 비교하여 E. agilis 운동성 시험의 현장 적용 가능성을 평가하였다. E. agilis는 시험 중금속에 대해 D. magna보다 독성민감도가 전반적으로 낮았으나 V. fischeri 또는 E. gracilis와 유사하거나 좀 더 민감하였다. E. agilis는 D. magna test로 유독성으로 판명된 도금폐수 1차 처리수에 대해 신속한 독성반응을 나타내었다. E-Tox 시스템은 기존의 생태독성시험장비에 비해 빠르고 작동이 간편한 자동화 기기라는 장점이 있다. 본 연구의 결과 E-Tox 시스템을 이용한 E. agilis 운동성 시험은 향후 독성폐수에 대한 조기경보를 위한 생태독성시험법으로 적용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.