• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.10-16
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• 2001

To evaluate an effect of circadian variation on the xylene metabolizing enzyme activities, 50% m-xylene in olive oil(0.25 $m\ell$/100g body weight) was intraperitoneally administered to the rats every other day for 6 days both in the night; 24:00 and the day; 12:00. Then animals were sacrigiced at 8hr after last injection of m-xylene. Hepatic microsomal cytochrome p450 contents were more increased both in control and xylene treated rats of night phase than those of day phase. But the activity of hepatic alcohol dehydrogenase(ADH) in control of night phase showed the similar value with that in those of day phase and xylene treated rats of day phase showed an increasing tendency of hepatic ADH activity as those of night phase showing similar activity. Furthermore, control rats of night phase than those of day phase. And by xylene treatment, enzyme activities of rats of day phase were higher tendency in rats of control but those of night phase were somewhat inhibited. Besides, xylene-treated animals of night phase showed increasing tendency of urinary methylhippuric acid concentration compared with those of day phase. On the other hand, liver weight per body weight(%), hepatic lipid peroxide content and serum xanthine oxidase activity were higher in night phase. And the activities of hepatic oxygen free radical metabolizing enzymes such as xanthine oxidase, gluthathione S-transferase, and xylene-treated rats of night phase than those of day phase. In conclusion, it can be hypothesized on the basis of the results that the accumulation rate of m-xylene intermediate metabolite, i.e. m-methylbenzaldehyde in liver tissus may be higher in night phase than in day phase and it may be responsible for higher liver toxicity in bight phase than in day phase.

• 한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경보건학회 2001년도 춘계 학술대회
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• pp.119-119
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• 2001

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.83-88
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• 2002

To investigate the skin toxicity of xylene, xylene (25 mg/$\textrm{cm}^2$) has been sequentially applied to the rat skin for four days. On the light microscopic examination, epithelium was left out with infiltration of inflammatory cells in border with dermis, and formation of new epithelial layer was shown under the inflammatory zone. Application of xylene to the rat skin showed the marked rise of cutaneous xanthine oxidase activity whereas, He activities of oxygen free radical scavenging enzymes, superoxide dismutase and glutathione S-transferase, were significantly declined. Furthermore, the content of cutaneous glutathione was more and less decreased in rat skin applied with xylene. In conclusion, these results suggest that a part of oxygen free radical may be responsible for morphological changes in skin by applying xylene to the rat skin.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.205-213
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• 1995

This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of organic solvents on xenobiotic metabollzing enzyme system in vivo by meaas of experimental conditions i.e. (1) single group which was treated by benzene (B), toluene (T) and xylene (X), respectively, (2) combination group which was treated by mixture of benzene+toluene (BT), benzene+xylene (BX), and toluene+xylene (TX), respectively, (3) mixture group which was treated by benzene+ toluene+xylene mixture (M), and to interpreat the interaction between the organic solvents metabolizing enzymes. 1. The contents of cytochrome P-450 in liver microsomes were increased (p < 0.01) in organic solvents treated groups, and the contents of cytochrome P-450 were increased by following order of B < T < M < BT=BX < X < TX. 2. The activity of cytochrome P-450 dependent AHHase was significantly higher in organic solvents treated groups than in control group (p < 0.01), and the activity of AHHase was increased by following order of B < T < BT=BX=TX=xylene < M. 3. The activity of NADPH P-450 reductase was significantly higher in organic solvents treated groups than in control group (p < 0.01), and the order of M < combinated group < X < T

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.100-108
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• 1989

중요 난분해성 환경오염물질인 방향족 화합물들을 효과적으로 분해 이용할 수 있는 미생물 균주를 토양에서 분리하여 효율적인 산업폐수처리제 제조의 기초 균주로 활용할 수 있도록 균주 육종을 통한 우수 분해균주 개발에 관한 연구를 실시하였다. 총66점의 시료로부터 benzoate 분해균주, 10주, salicylate, 10주, m-toluate, 6주와 camphor, 10주 등 총 36주의 방향족 화합물 분해균주를 분리하였다. Benzoate 분해균주 중 Pseudomonas속 균주로 확인된 Ben 6에서 유래된 고활성 변이주 Ben6-2는 800$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$의 benzoate 농도에서도 높은 분해활성을 유지, 48시간 진탕배양했을 때 시간당 평균 기질 분해율이 11mg/$\ell$/hr이었고 최종 기질 분해율은 89%이었다. Salicylate와 m-toluate 분해균인 Pseudomenase속 5317과 7012 균주는 2,200$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$ 이상의 기질농도에서도 높은 활성을 유지, 48시간 배양으로 각각 98.5%와 81.7%의 기질 분해율을 보였다. m-Toluate 자화능이 없는 camphor 분해 분리균인 Cam 10 Pseudomonas속 균주로부터 1,000$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$의 m-toluate가 첨가된 배지에서 생육할 수 있는 Cam 1040 변이주를 분리하였다. Cam 1040은 탄소원으로 각각 200$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$의 m-toluate, benzoate, camphor 및 phenol이 혼합 첨가된 배지에서 진탕배양했을 때 균체증식에 비례적으로 COD 감소를 나타내었고 첨가 탄소원은 camphor, phenol, benzoate, m-toluate 순서로 분해 이용하였다. Cam 1040 균주는 약 98kb로 추정된 camphor 자화능과 관련된 plasmid를 보유하고 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 Cam 1040 균주에 NAH 2를 도입, salicylate와naphthalene 자화능을 가하므로서 더욱 다양한 기질 분해능을 가진 Cam 1043균주를 얻었다.