• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.757-762
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• 2004

The protective adaptive response to electrophiles and reactive oxygen species is mediated by the induction of phase II detoxifying genes including glutathione S-transferases (GSTs). NF-E2-related factor-2 (Nrf2) phosphorylation by protein kinase C (PKC) is a critical event for its nuclear translocation in response to oxidative stress. Previously, we have shown that peroxynitrite plays a role in activation of Nrf2 and Nrf2 binding to the antioxidant response element (ARE) via the pathway of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) and that nitric oxide synthase in hepatocytes is required for GSTA2 induction. In view of the importance of PKC and Pl3-kinase in Nrf2-mediated GST induction, we investigated the role of these kinases in peroxynitrite formation for GSTA2 induction by oxidative stress and determined the relationship between PKC and PI3-kinase. Although PKC activation by phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) did not increase the extents of constitutive and inducible GSTA2 expression, either PKC depletion by PMA or PKC inhibition by staurosporine significantly inhibited GSTA2 induction by tert-butylhydroquinone (t-SHa) a prooxidant chemical. Therefore, the basal PKC activity is req- uisite for GSTA2 induction. 3-Morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1), which decomposes and yields peroxynitrite, induced GSTA2, which was not inhibited by PKC depletion, but slightly enhanced by PKC activation, suggesting that PKC promotes peroxynitrite formation for Nrf2-mediated GSTA2 induction. Treatment of cells with S-nitroso-N-acetyl-penicillamine (SNAP), an exogenous NO donor, in combination with t-BHQ may produce peroxynitrite. GSTA2 induction by SNAP ＋ t-BHQ was not decreased by PKC depletion, but rather enhanced by PKC activation, showing that the activity of PKC might be required for peroxynitrite formation. LY294002 a P13-kinase inhibitor blocked GSTA2 induction by t-BHQ, which was reversed by PMA-induced PKC activation. These results provide evidence that PKC may playa role in formation of peroxynitrite that activates Nrf2 for GSTA2 induction and that PKC may serve an activator for GSTA2 induction downstream of PI3-kinase.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.497-503
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• 2016

전처리 폐글리세롤을 기질로 사용한 재조합 대장균 배양에서 트레할로스 생산성에 영향을 미치는 핵심 변수들을 도출하고 반응표면 분석법을 사용하여 트레할로스 생산을 극대화하기 위한 최적조건을 탐색하였다. $37^{\circ}C$에서 IPTG로 induction 하는 배양이 $27^{\circ}C$ 또는 induction 하지 않은 배양에 비하여 세포생장 및 트레할로스 생산성이 높았다. Box-Behnken design 실험계획법을 사용하여 배지중의 NaCl, 발리다마이신 및 IPTG의 농도를 최적화하였다. 통계분석결과 IPTG와 NaCl의 농도는 트레할로스 생산에 영향을 미쳤으나 발리다마신의 영향은 크지 않은 것으로 확인되었다. 등고선도 분석을 통해 298 mM NaCl이 첨가되고 0.1 mM의 IPTG로 induction되는 배양에서 가장 많은 양의 트레할로스가 생산되는 것으로 예측되었다. 최적화된 조건에서 생산 균주는 세포 밀도($OD_{600}$) $5.4{\pm}0.2$에서 $304{\pm}15mg/l$의 트레할로스를 생산하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.543-549
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• 2006

DNA microarray was used to study the transcription profiling of Escherichia coli adapting to acetate as a sole carbon source. Bacteria grown in glucose minimal media were used as a reference. The dynamic expression levels of 3,497 genes were monitored at seven time points during this adaptation. Among the central metabolic genes, the glycolytic and glucose phosphotransferase genes were repressed as the bacteria entered stationary phase, whereas the glyoxylate pathway, TCA cycle, and gluconeogenic genes were induced. Distinct induction or repression patterns were recognized among different pathway genes. For example, the repression of glycolytic genes and the induction of gluconeogenic ones started immediately after glucose was depleted. On the other hand, the regulation of the pentose phosphate pathway genes and glyoxylate genes gradually responded to the glucose depletion or was more related to growth in acetate. When the whole genome was considered, many of the CRP, FadR, and Cra regulons were immediately responsive to the glucose depletion, whereas the $\sigma^s$, Lrp, and IHF regulons were gradually responsive to the glucose depletion. The expression profiling also provided differential regulations between isoenzymes; for example, malic enzymes A (sfcA) and B (maeB). The expression profiles of three genes were confirmed with RT-PCR.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1991년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국제학술편); KOEX, Seoul; 22-24 Oct. 1991
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• pp.1607-1610
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• 1991

It is difficult to design the controller of an induction motor because of its non-linearity and high order dynamics. But it is possible to get reduced order system using the theory of singular pertubation because the dynamics of induction motor consists of fast stable mode and slow one. On the other hand, the sliding mode control is well-known for its performance of robustness. This paper deals with the sliding mode controller of induction motors based on the reduced order system.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.83-87
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• 2005

Hardening Constant Velocity joint increases hardness near the surface and the surface improves fatigue life. Although case depth and chemical composition are same, the prior structure of induction hardened Constant Velocity Joint affects the fatigue strength and life during hardening. Therefore torsional fatigue tests of specimens from vaere conducted on induction hardened automotive Constant Velocity joint with various case depths and lrious prior structures, which are obtained by nomalizing, spheriodized annealing and tempering after quenching, woads applied in order to evaluate the relation between prior structure and fatigue strength.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.83-87
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• 2000

벼 소포자 유래의 반수성 세포집단을 기내 돌연변이 유기 연구에 이용하기 위하여, 액체배지를 이용한 약 부유배양에서 캘러스 유도에 미치는 생장조절물질의 영향과 유도된 캘러스의 갈변화에 따른 활력저하를 막기 위하여 배지내 항산화제의 첨가효과를 조사하였다. 약 부유배양을 위한 액체배지는 N6배지에 1 mg/L 2,4-D와 1 mg/L kinetin을 첨가한 배지에 서 캘러스 형성율 48.5%, 녹색체 분화율 6.8%, 총 식물체 분화율 9.0%로 가장 높았다. 약 부유배양에서 항산화제 (antioxidant mixture, Sigma Chemical Co.)의 첨가는 캘러스 형성율에 영향을 미치지 않았으며, 캘러스 갈변방지와 총 식물체 분화율 향상에 유의한 효과를 보였다. 항산화제의 적정농도는 250mg/L 였으며, 캘러스 유도배지와 식물체 분화배지에 모두 첨가하는 것이 가장 좋았다.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.19-24
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• 2003

폐기물 매립지 바닥층 및 사면에 적용되는 평편 형 및 텍스츄어드 형 고밀도 폴리에틸렌 지오멤브레인의 장기성능이 검토되었다. 특수 설계된 스크래치 장치를 이용하여 인위적으로 지오멤브레인 표면에 결함을 부여하였다. 결함 및 미결함 지오멤브레인의 역학적 및 마찰특성, 화학저항성 및 자외선 저항성 그리고 산화유도시간 등이 검토되었다. 텍스츄어드 형 지오멤브레인의 마찰특성이 평편 형 지오멤브레인 보다 우수함을 알 수 있었다. 끝으로 화학저항성, 자외선 저항성 그리고 산화유도시간 측정결과로부터 결함이 없는 지오멤브레인과 텍스츄어드 형 지오멤브레인의 장기성능이 결함이 있는 지오멤브레인보다 우수함을 알 수 있었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.800-804
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• 2003

The effects of KR-31378, a neuroprotective agent for ischemia-reperfusion damage, on liver microsomal cytochrome P450s (CYPs) were investigated in male Sprague Dawley rats. When rats were treated orally with KR-31378 for 7 consecutive days, CYP3A-selective erythromycin N-demethylase (ERDM) activity was significantly induced in a dose-dependent manner. In Western immunoblotting, CYP 3A proteins were clearly induced by treatment with KR-31378. Within 24 h after treatment with 80 mg/kg of KR-31378, ERDM activity was induced in liver microsomes in accompanied by induction of the level of CYP 3A proteins. The present results suggest that KR-31378 might modulate the expression of CYP 3A enzymes in humans.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.258-267
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• 2002

A flux determination methodology has been built which enables to develop constrained stoichiometric relationships and metabolic balances. The analysis differs from those developed for anaerobic growth conditions in that cell mass formation is a significant sink for carbon. When combined with experimental measurements, a determined system of equations results yielded tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and glycolytic fluxes. The methodology was implemented to determine the fluxes of E. coli B/r and K12, and it was found that as the growth rate in a glucose minimal medium increased, the cells became increasing glycolytic and the TCA fluxes either leveled off or declined. The pattern identified for the TCA fluxes corresponded to ${\alpha}$-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase's induction-repression pattern, thereby suggesting that the induction-repression of the enzyme could result in significant flux changes. When the minimum flux solution was contrasted to the glycolytic and TCA fluxes determined, two observations were made. First, the minimum flux could provide the cell's biosynthetic ATP requirements. Second, at a high growth rate in a glucose medium, the excess glycolytic flux exceeded that of the TCA cycle, which appeared to more closely match the biosynthetic needs.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2018

The present study deals with the determination of optimal values of operating parameters such as the temperature of heating, the mass of the plant material and the volume of water leading to the best yield of electromagnetic induction (EMI) heating extraction of Algerian Thymus fontanesii essential oil. After an appropriate choice of the three critical variables, eight experiments leaded to a mathematical model as a first-degree polynomial presenting the response function (yield) in the relation to the operating parameters. From the retained model, we were able to calculate the average response, the different effects and their interactions. The maximum of essential oil recovery percentage relative to the initial mass of plant material was 1.69%, and was obtained at ($140^{\circ}C$, 250 g and 4.5 L). The chemical composition of the Algerian T. fontanesii essential oil under the obtained optimal conditions ($140^{\circ}C$, 250 g and 4.5 L), determined by GC/MS and GC/FID, reveled of the presence of major components such as: carvacrol ($70.6{\pm}0.1%$), followed by p-cymene ($8.2{\pm}0.2%$).