• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.329-334
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• 2006

Adipocyte-specific secretory factor (ADSF)/resistin, a hormone, is a small cysteine-rich protein secreted from adipose tissue and has been implicated in modulating adipogenesis in humans and rodents. The objective of this study was to clone a gene encoding ADSF/resistin and to characterize its function in Korean Native Cattle (Hanwoo). The coding sequence was 330 base pairs and it encoded a protein of 109 amino acids. An NCBI BLAST-search revealed the cloned cDNA fragment shared significant homology (82%) with the cDNA encoding the human ADSF/resistin. The nucleotide sequence homology of the Hanwoo sequence was 73% and 64% for the rat and mouse, respectively. A 654 bp ADSF/resistin gene promoter was cloned and putative binding sites of transcription factors were identified. Tissue distribution of ADSF mRNA was examined in liver, skeletal muscles (tenderloin, biceps femoris), subcutaneous fat, and perirenal fat by RT-PCR. ADSF mRNAs were detected in fat tissues but not in liver and muscles, suggesting that ADSF/resistin expression may be induced during adipogenesis. Although, the physiological function of ADSF/resistin in the cow remains to be determined, these data indicate ADSF is related to the adipocyte phenotype and may have a possibly regulatory role in adipocyte function.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.23-30
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• 2019

Objective: Recent studies have demonstrated that lin-28 homolog B (LIN28B)/miRNA let-7 (let-7) plays a role in the regulation of pubertal onset in mammals. However, the role of LIN28B/let-7 in the onset of ovine puberty remains unknown. We cloned the Duolang sheep Lin28B cDNA sequence, detected the expression change of LIN28B, let-7a and let-7g in hypothalamus, pituitary and ovary tissues at three different pubertal stages. Methods: The reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to clone the cDNA sequence of LIN28B gene from Duolang sheep and the bioinformatics methods were applied to analyze the amino acid sequence of LIN28B protein. The mRNA expression levels of the LIN28B gene at different pubertal stages were examined by real time RT-PCR. Results: LIN28B cDNA of Duolang sheep was cloned, and two transcripts were obtained. The amino acid sequence of transcript 1 shares 99.60%, 98.78%, and 94.80% identity with those of goat, wild yak and pig, respectively. Strong LIN28B mRNA expression was detected in the hypothalamus, pituitary, ovary, oviduct and uterus, while moderate expression was found in the liver, kidney, spleen and heart, weak expression was observed in the heart. No expression was found in the lungs. Quantitative real-time PCR (QPCR) and western-blot analysis revealed that the LIN28B was highly expressed in the hypothalamus and ovary at prepuberty stages, and this expression significantly decreased from the prepuberty to puberty stages (p<0.05). Markedly increased levels of mRNA expression were detected in the pituitary from prepuberty to puberty (p<0.05) and then significantly decreased from puberty to post-puberty (p<0.05). The expression levels of let-7a and let-7g showed no significant changes among different pubertal stages (p>0.05). Conclusion: These results provided a foundation for determining the functions of LIN28B/let-7 and their role in the onset of sheep puberty.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제61권2호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2019

The hG-CSF (human Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor) is a growth and stimulation factor capable of inducing the proliferation of bone marrow cells, several types of leukocytes, among other hematopoietic tissue cells. hG-CSF is used in used to treat anomalies that reder a small number of circulating white blood cells, which may compromise the immune defenses of the affected person. For these reasons, the production of hG-CSF in a bioreactor system using the mammary gland of genetic modified animals is a possibility of adding value to the bovine genetic material and reducing the costs of hG-CSF production in pharmaceutical industry. In this study, we aimed the production of transgenic hG-CSF bovine through the lipofection of bovine primary fibroblasts with an hG-CSF expression cassette and cloning these fibroblasts by the somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) technique. The bovine fibroblasts transfected with the hG-CSF cassette presented a stable insertion of this construct into their genome and were efficiently synchronized to G0/G1 cell cycle stage. The transgenic fibroblasts were cloned by SCNT and produced 103 transferred embryos and 2 pregnancies, one of which reached 7 months of gestation.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.89-95
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• 2007

본 연구는 재래 산양의 체세포 핵이식에 의하여 생산한 복제 산양(진순이)의 조직으로부터 공여 핵을 배양하여 다시 핵이식을 실시하여 재복제에 따른 융합율과 분할율, 이식 후의 수태율 등을 조사하여 재복제 가능성 여부를 검토하기 위하여 실시하였다. 공여 세포는 귀 유래 섬유아세포를 분리 배양하여 사용하였으며, 체내 성숙 난자는 성숙한 미경산 재래 산양에 과배란을 유기하여 외과적인 방법으로 난관 관류를 통해 회수하여 핵이식을 실시하였다. 핵이식란의 융합은 전기 자극 방법으로 실시되었으며, 융합이 완료된 핵이식란의 활성화 처리는 핵이식 3시간 후에 Ionomycin과 6-DMAP를 병용 처리하여 실시하였다. 복제 수정란의 체외 배양은 0.8% BSA가 첨가된 mSOF 배양액으로 $2{\sim}4$ 세포기까지 체외 배양을 실시한 다음 수란 산양의 난관에 외과적으로 이식하였다. 임신 진단은 발정일로 부터 제 30일과 60일째에 초음파 임신 진단기로 임신 진단을 실시하고, Progesterone농도는 이식 후 21일째와 63일째의 혈액을 채취하여 RIA 방법으로 검사하였다. 체세포 핵이식에 의한 재복제란(2nd)을 전기 자극에 의한 융합을 1회 실시하였을 때 융합율은 65.9%로서 복재란(1st)의융합을 51.0%보다 유의적(p<0.05)으로 높았으며, 2회 전기자극을 실시하였을 때는 각각 77.4 및 63.9%로서 차이가 없었으나, 3회 재복제란 융합율도 87.5%로서 복제란의 70.1%와 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 재복제 융합란의 분할율은 56.0%로j 복제 융합란의 77.7%보다 낮았다. 재복제란을 수란 산양에 이식을 실시하여 임신 제21일과 63일째 임신 진단을 실시하였을 때 수태율을 수란 산양의 발정유기 방법에 따른 수태율에 있어서 재복제란의 21일째 수태율은 39.3%로서 복제란의 17.4%보다 높았으며, 63일째는 각각 14.3 및 13.0%로서 복제 회수에 따른 수태율의 차이는 없었다. 수란 산양의 발정 유기 방법에 있어서 제 21일째에 자연발정이 발현된 수란 산양의 수태율은 45.4%로서 인위적으로 발정 동기화를 유도한 수란 산양의 35.3%보다 높았다. 제 63일째는 각각 18.2 및 11.8%로서 차이가 없었다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때 재래 산양의 체세포 핵이식에 의한 복제효율에 있어서는 복재와 재복제간에 차이가 없었으며, 수란산양의 발정 동기화 방법에 따른 수태율에 있어서도 차이가 없었다. 그러나 앞으로 재래 산양의 복제 효율 개선을 위해서는 양질 난자의 다량 확보, 산양 수정란의 체외 배양 체계 확립, 이식 기법의 개발 등에 관한 후속 연구가 이루어져야 할 것으로 생각된다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2005

Somatic cell nuclear transfer in cattle has limited efficiency in terms of production of live offspring due to high incidence of fetal failure after embryo transfer to recipients. Such low efficiency of cloning could possibly arise from abnormal and poorly developed placenta. In the present study the placental proteome in late pregnancy established from in vitro fertilization (IVF) and nuclear transfer (NT) was analysed. Proteome alternation was tested using two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI- TOF). Comparing placenta from NT embryos to those from IVF counterparts, significant changes in expression level were found in 18 proteins. Of these proteins 12 were not expressed in NT placenta but expressed in IVF counterpart, whereas the expression of the other 6 proteins was limited only in NT placenta. Among these proteins, cytokeratin 8 and vimentin are considered to be involved in regulation of post-implantation development. In particular, cytokeratin 8 and vimentin may be used as makers for placental development during pregnancy because their expression levels changed considerably in NT placental tissue compared with its IVF counterpart. Data from 2-DE suggest that protein expression was disorientated in late pregnancy from NT, but this distortion was eliminated with progression of pregnancy. These findings demonstrate abnormal placental development during late pregnancy from NT and suggest that alterations of specific placental protein expression may be involved in abnormal function of placenta.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권10호
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• pp.1581-1590
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• 2018

Objective: The aim of this study was to clone alternative splicing isoforms of pig myoneurin (MYNN), predict the structure and function of coding protein, and study temporal and spatial expression characteristics of each transcript. Methods: Alternative splice isoforms of MYNN were identified using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and cloning techniques. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was employed to detect expression patterns in 11 tissues of Large White (LW) and Mashen (MS) pigs, and to study developmental expression patterns in cerebellum (CE), stomach (ST), and longissimus dorsi (LD). Results: The results showed that MYNN had two alternatively spliced isoforms, MYNN-1 (GenBank accession number: KY470829) and MYNN-2 (GenBank accession number: KY670835). MYNN-1 coding sequence (CDS) is composed of 1,830 bp encoding 609 AA, whereas MYNN-2 CDS is composed of 1,746 bp encoding 581 AA. MYNN-2 was 84 bp less than MYNN-1 and lacked the sixth exon. MYNN-2 was found to have one $C_2H_2$ type zinc finger protein domain less than MYNN-1. Two variants were ubiquitously expressed in all pig tissues, and there were significant differences in expression of different tissues (p<0.05; p<0.01). The expression of MYNN-1 was significantly higher than that of MYNN-2 in almost tissues (p<0.05; p<0.01), which testified that MYNN-1 is the main variant. The expression of two isoforms decreased gradually with increase of age in ST and CE of MS pig, whereas increased gradually in LW pig. In LD, the expression of two isoforms increased first and then decreased with increase of age in MS pig, and decreased gradually in LW pig. Conclusion: Two transcripts of pig MYNN were successfully cloned and MYNN-1 was main variant. MYNN was highly expressed in ST, CE, and LD, and their expression was regular. We speculated that MYNN plays important roles in digestion/absorption and skeletal muscle growth, whereas the specific mechanisms require further elucidation.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.155-164
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• 2004

이 연구는 gene-trap construct를 가지고 있는 배양세포로부터 trap gene을 확인하고 클로닝한 다음 이러한 세포를 이용하여 복제 지브라물고기를 만들기 위해 수행되어졌다. 본 연구에서 gene-trap과 연관된 복제 지브라물고기가 성공적으로 만들어졌다. 본 실험에서 두 종류의 백터(SA/GFP-TP와 Neo-TP)가 사용되었다. 이들 벡터에 의해 전이된 모든 종류의 세포는 항생제에 의해 선별을 하여 분석에 이용하였다. SA/GFP-TP에 의해 전이된 세포의 경우, 단일세포상에서 GFP 발현도가 낮아 본 연구에서 동물복제에 사용되지 않았으며, Neo-TP에 의해 전이된 세포주가 복제실험에 이용되었다. Neo-TP 세포에 의한 복제실험 결과, 총 1179개의 핵치환 난으로부터 44(3.7%) 개의 배자가 포배기에 도달하였으며, 8(0.8%) 개의 배자가 부화시기에 이르렀다. 그리고 3마리는 성숙단계에 이르렀으며, 이중 1마리에서 정상적으로 gene-trap 전이가 이루어짐을 Southern blot 분석을 통해 확인되었다.

• 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-24
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 사회적 가치와 생명윤리에 관한 의사결정의 관계를 검증하는데 있다. 연구 1에서는 한국 대학생들의 사회적 가치를 조사하였다. 대학생들이 성취의 가치를 선호할수록 배려의 가치를 선호하는 정도가 낮아서, 성취의 가치가 배려의 가치와 부적 상관관계에 있었다. 연구 2에서는 문장완성과제를 통해 성취/배려의 가치를 활성화시킨 조건에 따라 생명윤리에 관한 의사결정에서 차이가 나타나는지를 비교하였다. 그 결과, 성취/배려의 점화에 관계없이 동물실험, 안락사 및 장기이식의 활성화에 대해 전반적으로 동의하는 공리주의적 결정이 나타났다. 이에 비해 태아성감별과 인간복제연구에 관해서는 성취조건과 배려조건에서 모두 동의정도가 상대적으로 낮았다. 연구 3에서는 성취/배려의 가치를 활성화시킨 조건에서 단어완성과제를 통해 참가자들의 암묵적 가치 선호를 측정한 후, 생명윤리에 대한 의사결정이 달라지는지를 분석하였다. 그 결과 배려점화조건에서 배려의 가치를 암묵적으로 더 선호하는 참가자일수록 동물실험 및 장기이식의 활성화에 더 반대하는 경향이 나타났다. 반면, 태아 성감별과 인간복제연구에 대한 의사결정에서는 조건에 관계없이 전반적으로 반대하는 경향이 많이 나타나서. 실험상황에서 유도된 사회적 가치와 참가자 개인이 암묵적으로 선호하는 가치의 영향이 나타나지 않았다. 이 결과는 한 개인이 암묵적으로 선호하는 사회적 가치와 외부상황에서 부각되는 가치가 생명윤리에 관한 의사결정에 차별화된 영향을 줄 가능성을 시사한다. 논의에서는 사회적 가치와 윤리적 의사결정의 관계를 토론하고, 연구의 한계 및 후속연구의 방향을 다루었다.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.64.1-64.14
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• 2020

Background: Canine distemper virus (CDV) infection results in high morbidity and mortality in dogs. There has been no report about Isolation of Korean CDV since 1980 in Korea. Objectives: To investigate the biological properties and the genetic characterization of Korean CDV. Methods: Vero cells expressing dog signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (dSLAM) gene named as Vero/dSLAM were used to isolate CDV using 17 samples. Diagnostic methods such as cytopathic effects, immunofluorescence assay, peroxidase linked assay, electron microscopy, rapid immunodiagnostic assay, and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction were used to confirm the Korean CDV isolate as a CDV. The genetic analysis was performed through cloning and sequencing of hemagglutinin gene of CDV isolate. Results: A virus propagated in Vero/dSLAM cell was confirmed as CDV (CD1901 strain) based on the above methods. The CD1901 strain showed the highest viral titer (10^5.5 50% tissue culture infectious dose [TCID₅₀]/mL) in the Vero/dSLAM cells at 4 days post inoculation, but did not form a fork on chorioallantoic membrane of 7-day-old egg. Ribavirin, a nucleotide analogue anti-viral agent, inhibits moderately the Korean CDV propagation in the Vero/dSLAM cells. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the H gene of CD1901 strain were compared with those of other CDV strains. The CD1901 strain belonged to Asia 1 group and had the highest similarity (99.9%) with the BA134 strain, which was isolated in China in 2008. Conclusions: We constructed successfully Vero/dSLAM and isolated one Korean CDV isolate (CD1901 strain) from a naturally infected dog. The CD1901 strain belonged to Asia 1 genotype.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.449-456
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• 2008

Phenotypic screening for bile salt hydrolase (BSH) activity was performed on Lactobacillus acidophilus PF01 isolated from piglet feces. A gene encoding BSH was identified and cloned from the genomic library of L. acidophilus PF01. The bsh gene and surrounding regions were characterized by nucleotide sequence analysis and were found to contain a single open reading frame (ORF) of 951 nucleotides encoding a 316 amino acid protein. The potential bsh promoter region was located upstream of the start codon. The protein deduced from the complete ORF had high similarity with other BSHs, and four amino acid motifs located around the active site, FGRNXD, AGLNF, VLTNXP, and GXGXGXXGXPGD, were highly conserved. The bsh gene was cloned into the pET21b expression vector and expressed in Escherichia coli BLR(DE3) by induction with 0.1mM of isopropylthiogalactopyranoside. The BSH enzyme was purified with apparent homogeneity using a $Ni^{2+}$-NTA agarose column and characterized. The overexpressed recombinant BSH enzyme of L. acidophilus PF01 exhibited hydrolase activity against tauroconjugated bile salts, but not glycoconjugated bile salts. It showed the highest activity against taurocholic acid. The maximum BSH activity occurred at approximately $40^{\circ}C$. The enzyme maintained approximately 70% of its maximum activity even at $60^{\circ}C$, whereas its activity rapidly decreased at below $37^{\circ}C$. The optimum pH was 6, and BSH activity was rapidly inactivated below pH 5 and above pH 7.