• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.1109-1120
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• 2022

Antibiotics used to be supplemented to animal feeds as growth promoter and as an effective strategy to reduce the burden of pathogenic bacteria present in the gastro-intestinal tract. However, in-feed antibiotics also kill bacteria that may be beneficial to the animal. Secondly, unrestricted use of antibiotics enhanced the antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria. To overcome above problems, scientists are taking a great deal of measures to develop alternatives of antibiotics. There is convincing evidence that probiotics could replace in-feed antibiotics in poultry production. Because they have beneficial effects on growth performance, meat quality, bone health and eggshell quality in poultry. Better immune responses, healthier intestinal microflora and morphology which help the birds to resist against disease attack were also identified with the supplementation of probiotics. Probiotics establish cross-feeding between different bacterial strains of gut ecosystem and reduce the blood cholesterol level via bile salt hydrolase activity. The action mode of probiotics was also updated according to recently published literatures, i.e antimicrobial substances generation or toxin reduction. This comprehensive review of probiotics is aimed to highlight the beneficial effects of probiotics as a potential alternative strategy to replace the antibiotics in poultry.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제45권8호
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• pp.522-530
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• 2022

Transposable elements (TEs) account for approximately 45% of the human genome. TEs have proliferated randomly and integrated into functional genes during hominoid radiation. They appear as right-handed B-DNA double helices and slightly elongated left-handed Z-DNAs. Human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) families are widely distributed in human chromosomes at a ratio of 8%. They contain a 5'-long terminal repeat (LTR)-gag-pol-env-3'-LTR structure. LTRs contain the U3 enhancer and promoter region, transcribed R region, and U5 region. LTRs can influence host gene expression by acting as regulatory elements. In this review, we describe the alternative promoters derived from LTR elements that overlap Z-DNA by comparing Z-hunt and DeepZ data for human functional genes. We also present evidence showing the regulatory activity of LTR elements containing Z-DNA in GSDML. Taken together, the regulatory activity of LTR elements with Z-DNA allows us to understand gene function in relation to various human diseases.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권7호
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• pp.1059-1066
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• 2023

Objective: Present study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of Acacia nilotica bark extract as an alternative to antibiotic growth promoters in broilers. Methods: Six hundred, day-old broiler chicks were randomly divided into six groups (NC, without any supplementation; AB, NC+Zinc Bacitracin; PB, NC+Safmannan; ANBE1, NC+A. nilotica bark extract 0.1%; ANBE3, NC+A. nilotica bark extract 0.3%; ANBE5, NC+A. nilotica bark extract 0.5%), with ten replicates per group (10 chicks/replicate) and feeding trial was lasted for 35 days. Results: Results showed that weight gain (1,296.63 g) and feed conversion ratio (FCR, 1.59) of AB was better than NC, during the finisher phase. Overall FCR of AB (1.53), PB (1.54), and ANBE5 (1.54) was significantly (p<0.05) better than NC. From carcass parameters relative weight of wing and heart were highest in ANBE3 (2.5% and 1.51%, respectively). Significantly (p<0.05) highest blood glucose level was observed in NC (264.5 mg/dL) and highest albumin concentration was found in AB (1.46 mg/dL). In addition, antibody titer levels against ND and IBD were higher in ANBE5 than NC, while higher relative weight of bursa was observed in ANBE3 than NC. The villus height to crypt depth ratio in all experimental groups was better than NC. Conclusion: Acacia nilotica bark extract could be a suitable alternative to antibiotic growth promoters to support the growth in broilers.

• 한국생물정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물정보시스템생물학회 2000년도 International Symposium on Bioinformatics
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• pp.69-70
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• 2000

The completion of sequencing human genome would motivate us to map millions of human cDNAs onto the unique ruler "genome sequence", in order to identify the exact address of each cDNA together with its exons, its promoter region, and its alternative splicing patterns. The expression patterns of some cDNAs could therefore be associated with these precise gene addresses, which further accelerate studies on mining correlations between motifs of promoters and expressions of genes in tissues. Towards the realization of this goal, we have developed a time-and-space efficient software named SQUALL that is able to map one cDNA sequence of length a few thousand onto a long genome sequence of length thirty million in a couple of minutes on average. Using SQUALL, we have mapped twenty thousand of our Bodymap (http://bodymap.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp) cDNAs onto the genome sequences of Chr.21st and 22nd. In this talk, I will report the status of this ongoing project.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.482-489
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• 1999

As host for the production of eucaryotic heterologous proteins, methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris and Hansenula polymorpha are the most highly developed of a small group of alternative yeast species chosen for their perceived advantages. This paper describes the method to enhance the recombinant protein productivity with P. pastoris and H. Plymorpha. In these experiments, the effects of methanol induction timing, induction method, pH, culture temperature and kinds of nitrogen sources on foreign protein production were tested with P. pastoris and compared with H. polymorpha.. In addition, optimum methanol concentration as inducer and the effects of carbon sources on AOX1 or MOX promoter repression and secretion efficiency were also studied in both cases.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권23호
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• pp.10299-10306
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• 2015

The esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is thought to develop through a multi-stage process. Epigenetic gene silencing constitutes an alternative or complementary mechanism to mutational events in tumorigenesis. Posttranscriptional regulation of human leukocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) and antigen processing machinery (APM) proteins expression may be associated with novel epigenetic modifications in cancer development. In the present study, we determined the expression levels of HLA-I antigen and APM components by immunohistochemistry. Then by a bisulfite-sequencing PCR (BSP) approach, we identified target CpG islands methylated at the gene promoter region of APM family genes in a ESCC cell line (ECa109), and further quantitative analysis of CpG site specific methylation of these genes in cases of Kazakh primary ESCCs with corresponding non-cancerous esophageal tissues using the Sequenom MassARRAY platform. Here we showed that the development of ESCCs was accompanied by partial or total loss of protein expression of HLA-B, TAP2, LMP7, tapasin and ERp57. The results demonstrated that although no statistical significance was found of global target CpG fragment methylation level sof HLA-B, TAP2, tapasin and ERp57 genes between ESCC and corresponding non-cancerous esophageal tissues, there was significant differences in the methylation level of several single sites between the two groups. Of thesse only the global methylation level of LMP7 gene target fragments was statistically higher ($0.0517{\pm}0.0357$) in Kazakh esophageal cancer than in neighboring normal tissues ($0.0380{\pm}0.0214$, p<0.05). Our results suggest that multiple CpG sites, but not methylation of every site leads to down regulation or deletion of gene expression. Only some of them result in genetic transcription, and silencing of HLA-B, ERp57, and LMP7 expression through hypermethylation of the promoters or other mechanisms may contribute to mechanisms of tumor escape from immune surveillance in Kazakh esophageal carcinogenesis.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.627-636
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• 2016

The causative agent of pandemic cholera, Vibrio cholerae, infects the anaerobic environment of the human intestine. Production of cholera toxin (CT), a major virulence factor of V. cholerae, is highly induced during anaerobic respiration with trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) as an alternative electron acceptor. However, the molecular mechanism of TMAO-stimulated CT production is not fully understood. Herein, we reveal that CT production during anaerobic TMAO respiration is affected by glucose fermentation. When the seventh pandemic V. cholerae O1 strain N16961 was grown with TMAO and additional glucose, CT production was markedly reduced. Furthermore, an N16961 Δcrp mutant, devoid of cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP), was defective in CT production during growth by anaerobic TMAO respiration, further suggesting a role of glucose metabolism in regulating TMAO-mediated CT production. TMAO reductase activity was noticeably decreased when grown together with glucose or by mutation of the crp gene. A CRP binding region was identified in the promoter region of the torD gene, which encodes a structural subunit of the TMAO reductase. Gel shift assays further confirmed the binding of purified CRP to the torD promoter sequence. Together, our results suggest that the bacterial ability to respire using TMAO is controlled by CRP, whose activity is dependent on glucose availability. Our results reveal a novel mechanism for the regulation of major virulence factor production by V. cholerae under anaerobic growth conditions.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제60권5호
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• pp.8.1-8.9
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• 2018

Background: Indiscriminate use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry farming has caused emergence of new pathogenic strains. The situation has warrented the development of safe and alternative growth promoters and immunity enhancers in livestock. Herbal additives in animal and bird feed is a centuries-old practice. Thus, the present study investigated the efficacy of a standardized formulation of lipophilic turmeric extract containing curcumin and turmerones, (TF-36), as a natural growth promoter poultry feed additive. Methods: The study was designed on 180 one-day old chicks, assigned into three groups. Control group ($T_0$) kept on basal diet and supplemented groups $T_{0.5}$ and $T_1$ fed with 0.5% and 1% TF-36 fortified basal diet for 42 days. Each dietary group consisted of six replicates of ten birds. Body weight, food intake, food conversion ratio, skin colour, blood biochemical analysis and antioxidant status of serum were investigated. Results: Body weight improved significantly in $T_1$ with a 10% decrease in FCR as compared to the control. TF-36 supplementation in $T_1$ enhanced the antioxidant enzyme activity significantly (p < 0.05) with a decrease (p < 0.05) in lipid peroxidation. It also caused a slight yellow skin pigmentation without any change in meat color, indicating the bioavailability of curcumin from TF-36. However, no significant change in the concentration of serum creatinine, total protein and liver enzyme activities were observed, indicating the safety. Conclusion: In summary, we concluded that TF-36 can be a natural feed additive to improve growth performance in poultry, probably due to the better antioxidant activity and antimicrobial effects contributed by the better bioavailability of curcuminoids and turmerones. Besides, curcuminoids and turmerones were also known to be gastroprotective and anti-inflammatory agents.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.386-392
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• 2011

Human cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4-immunoglobulin (hCTLA4Ig), an immunosuppressive agent, was expressed in transgenic rice cells using RAmy3D promoter and RAmy1A signal peptide for the inducible production and secretion into culture media by sugar depletion. In this study, sodium butyrate was used as a small molecular enhancer (SME) to enhance the production of hCTLA4Ig in transgenic rice cell suspension cultures. When 1 mM sodium butyrate was added in sugar-free media, relative viability was not reduced, while the productivity was improved 1.3-fold. In addition, by supplementing 87 mM sodium pyruvate as an alternative energy source during the production phase, death rate of the cells was decreased. When sodium pyruvate was not added, most cells became dead at day 6. However, by adding sodium pyruvate, 18% of viability can be maintained until day 10 and the production of hCTLA4Ig was enhanced 1.4-fold. When the combination of sodium pyruvate and sodium butyrate at optimum concentrations was added, the highest viability and hCTLA4Ig production could be obtained. The highest level of hCTLA4Ig reached up to 35 mg/L at day 10.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.110-116
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• 2004

B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD1 살충성 결정체 단백질 icp 유전자를 클로닝하여 두개의 클론 pHLNl-80(＋) 및 pHLN2-80(－)을 제조하였으며, pHLNl-80(＋) 클론에는 icp 유전자의 전사개시부위가 정방향으로 클론이 되었고, 유전자 프로모터의 일부인 -80 bp를 가지고 있고, pHLN2-80(－) 클론은 핀자의 전사개시부위가 역방향으로 클로닝이 되었다. 상기 두 클론을 대장균에서 발현을 조사한 결과 icp 유전자가 역으로 삽입된 pHLN2-80(－) 클론은 pHLNl-80(＋)클론보다 ICP발현량이 현격히 증가하는 것을 확인하였다. pHLN2-80(－) 플라스미드에서의 -80 bp 프로모터에서 SD서열(-14 bp sequences) 상류부위를 제거한 후 동일한 살충성 결정체 단백질 icp 유전자의 과다발현 현상이 일어나는지 조사하기 위해 icp 유전자가 역방향으로 클로닝된 pHLRBSl-14와 icp 유전자가 정방향으로 클로닝된 pHLRBS2-14 클론을 제조하였다. 또한 상이한 클로닝 운반체에서도 과다 발현이 일어나는지를 보기위하여 pHLNl-80(＋)과 pHLN2-80(－) 플라스미드에서와 동일한 구조가 되도록 icp 유전자를 pUC18과 pUC19플라스미드에 각각 클로닝하여 pHLNUCl-80과 pHLNUC2-80 클론을 제조하였다. pHLRBSl-14과 pHLRBS2-14클론을 대장균에서 발현을 시킨 후에 파쇄하여 SDS-PAGE와 Western blot으로 분석을 한 결과는 클론 pHLRBSl-14는 클론 pHLRBS2-14보다 많은 양의 ICP를 생산하였고, pHLRBSl-14는 pHLN2-80(－) 클론 보다는 적게 ICP를 생산하였다. 이러한 발현 현상은 -80 bp promoter 에서 결실된 SD서열의 상류부위가 발현에 직접적인 영향을 주고 있다는 것을 의미한다. pHLNUC1-80이 역방향으로 클로닝된 pHLNUC2-80 클론보다 적게 ICP 의 발현을 하였다. 이 결과는 상기 클론이 icp 유전자 과다발현이 특정 클로닝 운반체에만 국한되어 일어나는 것이 아니며 유전자와 프로모터 간의 구조적 배열에 의하거나 프로모터에 있는 transcription-supressing regions이 교란되어서 일어난 것임을 시사한다. 그러나 왜 전사개기부위가 역삽입의 경우에 과다발현이 되는지 아직은 판단하기 어려우며 앞으로 더욱 연구를 계속하여야 할 과제로 남아있다.