• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.191-202
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• 1995

The purpose of this study was to compare effects of insulin and IGFs on growth, apical membrane enzyme activities and membrane transport systems of primary cultured rabbit kidney proximal tubule cells. Results were as follows: 1. Insulin and IGF-I produced significant growth stimulatory effects at $5{\times}10^{-10}M.\;IGF-II(5×10^{-10}\;M)$ did not stimulate significant cell growth. 2. Insulin stimulated the phosphorylation of a 97 KD protein. It was difficult to determine whether this band represents insulin and/or the IGF-I receptor. 3. The activities of apical membrane enzymes (alkaline phosphatase, leucine aminopeptidase, and ${\gamma}-glutamyl \;transpeptidase)$ were observed to be diminished after the cells were placed in the culture environment. 4. The uptake of ${\alpha}-MG,$ Pi and Na was significantly increased in cells incubated with insulin or IGF-I, IGF-II had no effect on the uptake of these substrates. 5. Na-pump activity, as assayed by Rb uptake, was significantly increased in cells treated with insulin or IGFs. In conclusion, insulin and IGF-I exert stimulatory effects on growth and membrane transporter(glucose, Na, Pi, and Na-pump) activities in primary cultured rabbit kidney proximal tubule cells. IGF-II had no effect on cell growth and membrane transporter(glucose, Na and Pi) activities.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.952-959
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• 2007

His-His-Leu (HHL), a tripeptide derived from a Korean soybean paste, is an angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. We report here a method of producing this tripeptide efficiently by expressing tandem multimers of the codons encoding the peptide in E. coli and purifying the HHL after hydrolysis of the peptide multimers. The HHL gene, tandemly multimerized to a 40-mer, was ligated with ubiquitin as a fusion gene (UH40). UH40 was inserted into vector pET29b; the UH40 fusion protein was then produced in E. coli BL21. The recombinant UH40 protein was purified by cation-exchange chromatography with a yield of 17.3mg/l and analyzed by matrixassisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry and protein N-terminal sequencing. Leucine aminopeptidase was used to cleave a 405-Da HHL monomer from the UH40 fusion protein and the peptide was purified using reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) on a C18 HPLC column, with a final yield of 6.2mg/l. The resulting peptide was confirmed to be HHL with the aid of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, glutamine-TOF mass spectrometry, N-terminal sequencing, and measurement of ACE inhibiting activity. These results suggest that our production method is useful for obtaining a large quantity of recombinant HHL for functional antihypertensive peptide studies.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.241-248
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• 2006

Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have cardioprotective effects in different species including human. This cardioprotective effect is mainly due to the inhibition of bradykinin (BK) degradation rather than inhibition of the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensir. II. Bradykinin, a nonapeptide, has been considered to be the potential target for various enzymes including ACE, neutral endopeptidase 24.11, carboxypeptidase M, carboxypeptidase N, proline aminopeptidase, endopeptidase 24.15, and meprin. In the present study, the coronary vascular beds of Sprague Dawley rat isolated hearts were perfused (single passage) with Krebs solution alone or with different concentrations of BK i.e. $2.75{\times}10^{-10},\;10^{-7},\;10^{-6}\;and\;10^{-5}M$ solution. Percent degradation of BK was determined by radioimmunoassay. The degradation products of BK after passing through the isolated rat-hearts were determined using RP-HPLC and mass spectroscopy. All the four doses of BK significantly decreased the perfusion pressure during their passage through the hearts. The percentage degradation of all four doses was decreased as the concentration of drug was increased, implying saturation of a fixed number of active sites involved in BK degradation. Bradykinin during a single passage through the hearts degraded to give [1-7]-BK as the major metabolite, and [1-8]-BK as a minor metabolite, detected on HPLC. Mass spectroscopy not only confirmed the presence of these two metabolites but also detected traces of [1-5]-BK and arginine. These findings showed that primarily ACE is the major cardiac enzyme involved in the degradation of bradykinin during a single passage through the coronary vascular of bed the healthy rat heart, while carboxypeptidase M may have a minor role.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.211-218
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• 2023

A cryptic plasmid (pTH32) was characterized from Tetragenococcus halophilus 32, an isolate from jeotgal, Korean traditional fermented seafood. pTH32 is 3,198 bp in size with G+C content of 35.84%, and contains 4 open reading frames (ORFs). orf1 and orf2 are 456 bp and 273 bp in size, respectively, and their translation products showed 65.16% and 69.35% similarities with RepB family plasmid replication initiators, respectively, suggesting the rolling-circle replication (RCR) mode of pTH32. orf3 and orf4 encodes putative hypothetical protein of 186 and 76 amino acids, respectively. A novel Tetragenococcus-Escherichia coli shuttle vector, pMJ32E (7.3 kb, Em^r), was constructed by ligation of pTH32 with pBluescript II KS(+) and an erythromycin resistance gene (ErmC). pMJ32E successfully replicated in Enterococcus faecalis 29212 and T. halophilus 31 but not in other LAB species. A pepA gene, encoding aminopeptidase A (PepA) from T. halophilus CY54, was successfully expressed in T. halophilus 31 using pMJ32E. The transformant (TF) showed higher PepA activity (49.8 U/mg protein) than T. halophilus 31 cell (control). When T. halophilus 31 TF was subculturd in MRS broth without antibiotic at 48 h intervals, 53.8% of cells retained pMJ32E after 96 h, and only 2.4% of cells retained pMJ32E after 14 days, supporting the RCR mode of pTH32. pMJ32E could be useful for the genetic engineering of Tetragenococcus and Enterococcus species.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.39-50
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• 1979

테다${\times}$리기다 잡종차대(雜種次代)에 대(對)해 LAP와 Peroxidase의 유전양식(遺傳樣式)을 분석(分析)하였으며 소나무 수형목간(秀型木間) 11개(個) 인공교배조합(人工交配組合)에 의(依)해 조성(造成)된 차대(次代)의 LAP동위효소(同位酵素)의 유전양식(遺傳樣式)에 대(對)해 분석(分析)하였다. 테다${\times}$리기다 잡종(雜種)에서 2개(個)의 유전자좌(遺傳子座)(LAP-A, LAP-B)를 추정(推定), 이들은 각각(各各)(A1, A2, A3)와 (B1, B2)의 대립유전자(對立遺傳子)에 의(依)해 지배(支配)받고 있으며 소나무에서도 LAP-A, LAP-B 두개의 유전자좌(遺傳子座)를 추정(推定)하여 모수간(母樹間)에 변이(變異)가 있는 LAP-B는 B1과 B2의 2개 대립유전자(對立遺傳子)에 의(依)해 지배(支配)받고 있음을 밝혀냈다. 테다${\times}$리기다 잡종(雜種)의 Peroxidase에 대(對)해서는 3가지 유전자좌(遺傳子座)(Px-A, Px-B, Px-C)를 추정(推定)하여 모수간(母樹間) 변이(變異)를 나타낸 Px-A 유전자좌(遺傳子座)는 A1과 A2의 두개 대립유전자(對立遺傳子)에 의(依)하여 지배(支配)받고 있음을 밝혀냈다. 이상(以上)의 LAP와 Peroxidase동위효소(同位酵素)는 단량체(單量體)로써 단순(單純)한 멘델유전(遺傳)을 하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.169-180
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• 2020

본 연구는 복합생균제(L. plantarum, B. subtilis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae)를 0%(CON, 대조군), 0.25%(PC1) 및 0.5%(PC2) 수준으로 급여하여 육계의 생산성, 장기 무게, 혈액 생화학적 성상 및 면역지표, 소화효소 활성도, 분의 미생물 군락 및 유해가스 발생에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위해 실시되었다. 복합생균제 급여는 체중 등과 같은 생산성에는 유의적 영향을 미치지 않았다. 간과 흉선 무게는 복합생균제 급여에 따른 영향이 없었으나, 소장 점막세포 무게는 PC1군에서 유의하게(P<0.05) 증가하였다. Glucose, cholesterol, AST, ALT 등과 같은 혈액 생화학성분은 복합생균제 급여에 따른 변화가 없었다. 분비형 면역글로불린 A(sIgA) 수준은 PC2군에서 대조군과 비교해 소장 점막세포에서 유의하게(P<0.05) 증가하였으며, 혈액에서도 PC2군에서 대조군보다 약 20% 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 혈액과 소장 점막세포의 IL-1β 수준은 복합생균제 급여에 따른 차이가 없었다. 또한, 복합생균제 급여가 소장 점막세포의 maltase, sucrase 및 leucine aminopeptidase 활성도에는 영향을 미치지 않았다. 한편 Lactobacillus 및 Saccharomyces cerevisiae cfu 수준은 복합생균제 0.5% 급여군에서 대조군보다 유의하게(P<0.05) 증가하였고, E. coli cfu 값은 감소하였다(P<0.05). 복합생균제 0.5% 급여 시 분에서 황화수소(H2S) 발생량은 유의하게(P<0.05) 감소하였으며, 메틸메르캅탄(CH3SH) 발생량 역시 50% 수준으로 낮았다. 결론적으로 복합생균제 급여(0.25% 및 0.5%)는 육계의 생산성에는 영향을 미치지 않았지만 0.5% 수준으로 급여할 경우 소장 점막세포의 sIgA 증가와 유익 미생물 균총의 증식을 유도하여 분의 유해가스 발생을 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.350-354
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• 1994

고미도가 높은 영지버섯 균주를 선발하기 위하여 농업기술연구소 균이과에 보존 중인 11개 균주의 특성을 조사하여 본 결과는 다음과 같다. 고미도는 편각지 중에서 ASI 7071, 7091 균주, 분지형에서는 ASI 7074, 7094 균주가 높았다. 균사생장은 GCM 배지에서는 ASI 7091, 참나무톱밥 배지에서는 ASI 7010, 7048, 7075 균주가 양호하였다. 자실체의 개체중은 ASI 7004가 가장 무겁고 ASI 7075 균주가 가벼웠으며, 자실체 두께는 ASI 7071, 크기는 ASI 7094 균주가 양호하였다. 그리고 전기영동에 의한 동위효소 밴드의 양상은 esterase에서 분지형은 거의 비슷하였으나 편각지는 여러 형태로 나타났으며, leucine aminopeptidase에서는 편각지만 밴드를 나타내었다.

• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.167-174
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• 2009

To identify genes involved in rice Pi5-mediated disease resistance to Magnaporthe oryzae, we compared the proteomes of the RIL260 rice strain carrying the Pi5 resistance gene with its susceptible mutants M5465 and M7023. Proteins were extracted from the leaf tissues of both RIL260 and the mutant lines at 0, 24, and 48 h after M. oryzae inoculation and separated by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-DE). Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) analysis identified eight proteins that were differently expressed between the resistant and susceptible plants (three down- and five up-regulated proteins in the mutants). The down-regulated proteins included a triosephosphate isomerase (spot no. 2210), a 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate-independent phosphoglycerate mutase (no. 3611), and an unknown protein (no. 4505). In addition, the five up-regulated proteins in the mutants were predicted to be a fructokinase I (no. 313), a glutathione S-transferase (no. 2310), an atpB of chloroplast ATP synthase (no. 3616), an aminopeptidase N (no. 3724), and an unknown protein (no. 308). These results suggest that proteomic analysis of rice susceptible mutants is a useful method for identifying novel proteins involved in resistance to the M. oryzae pathogen.

• BMB Reports
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.239-246
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• 1999

A tripeptidase (PepT) was purified to homogeneity from Bacillus subtilis through four sequential chromatographies including DEAE-Sepharose ion exchange, hydroxylapatite, mono-Q FPLC ion exchange, and Superose-12 FPLC gel filtration. The apparent molecular mass of the enzyme was 49,200 Da and 51,400 Da as determined by sodium dodecylsulfatepolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and gel filtration chromatography, respectively, and the enzyme exists in a monomeric form. The physicochemical properties of the enzyme were as follows: optimum pH at 7.5, optimum temperature at $60^{\circ}C$, and pI at 4.9. The $K_m$ and $V_{max}$ values of the enzyme were 4.3 mM and 2.5 mmol/min/mg, respectively, with MetAla-Ser as substrate. The B. subtilis PepT requires $Co^{2+}$ ion(s) for activation, while it is inactivated by EOTA and 1,10-phenanthroline, suggesting that it is a metalloprotein. The enzyme was not inhibited by any of serine protease, aspartic protease, or leucine aminopeptidase inhibitors. The enzyme showed comparable activities towards four different substrates including Met-Ala-Ser, Leu-Gly-Gly, Leu-Ser-Phe, and Leu-Leu-Tyr. The amino terminal sequence of PepT determined by Edman degradation was found to be MKEEIIERFTTYVXV and turned out to be identical to that of PepT deduced from a cloned B. subtilis pepT.

• 한국식물병리학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.33-40
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• 1996

우리나라 여러 딸기 재배지에서 전형적인 시들음 증상을 나타내는 이병식물에서 분리한 32개의 Fusarium oxysporum 균주들을 vegetative compatibility와 전기영동에 의한 동위효소상의 차이에 의해 분류하고 이들과 병원성과의 관계를 알아보았다. Nitrate nonutilizing(nit) mutant를 이용하여 vegetative compatibility group으로 분류해 본 결과 크게 A, B, C, D의 4개 그룹으로 나눌 수 있었으며 A그룹에는 15개 균주, B그룹에는 7개 균주, C와 D그룹에는 각각 2개 균주, 그리고 single VCG인 6개 균주가 존재하였다. 전기영동에 의한 esterase, catalase, acid phosphatase, leucin-aminopeptidase(LAP)의 동위효소상을 비교하여 본 결과 I, II, III, IV의 4개 그룹으로 나눌 수 있었으 I 그룹에는 18개 균주, II그룹에는 2개 균주, III그룹에는 6개 균주, IV그룹에는 6개 균주로 분류할 수 있었다. 또한, VCG의 A와 D그룹에 속하는 모든 균주들의 동위효소상의 I 그룹에 속하였으며 VCG B그룹의 7개 균주들 중에서 5개 균주가 동위효소상의 IV그룹, 7개 균주들 중에서 5개 균주가 동위효소상의 IV그룹, 나머지 2개 균주는 I 그룹과 III 그룹에 속하였으며 C그룹의 균주는 III과 IV 그룹에 속하였고, single VCGs들은 III 그룹에 4개 균주, II 그룹에 2개 균주가 속하므로 VCG와 동위효소상 간에는 밀접한 관계가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 4개 딸기 품종에 대해 병원성을 비교하여 본 결과 VCG A에서 선발된 2개 균주들은 보교조생에 대해 가장 병원성이 강하였으며 정보나 여홍에 대해서도 강한 병원성을 가지고 있었다. 반면에 B 그룹에서 선발된 2개 균주들은 4개 품종에 대해 병원성이 약하거나 거의 없었으며 C 그룹에서 선발된 1개 균주는 여홍에 대해 상대적으로 가장 강한 병원성을 가지고 있었다.