• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2015

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Perilla frutescens Britton leaves are a commonly consumed vegetable in different Asian countries including Korea. Cancer is a major cause of human death worldwide. The aim of the current study was to investigate the inhibitory effects of ethanol extract of perilla leaf (PLE) against important characteristics of cancer cells, including unrestricted growth, resisted apoptosis, and activated metastasis, using human cancer cells. MATERIALS/METHODS: Two human cancer cell lines were used in this study, HCT116 colorectal carcinoma cells and H1299 non-small cell lung carcinoma cells. Assays using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide were performed for measurement of cell growth. Soft agar and wound healing assays were performed to determine colony formation and cell migration, respectively. Nuclear staining and cell cycle analysis were performed for assessment of apoptosis. Fibronectin-coated plates were used to determine cell adhesion. RESULTS: Treatment of HCT116 and H1299 cells with PLE resulted in dose-dependent inhibition of growth by 52-92% (at the concentrations of 87.5, 175, and $350{\mu}g/ml$) and completely abolished the colony formation in soft agar (at the concentration of $350{\mu}g/ml$). Treatment with PLE at the $350{\mu}g/ml$ concentration resulted in change of the nucleus morphology and significantly increased sub-G1 cell population in both cells, indicating its apoptosis-inducing activity. PLE at the concentration range of 87.5 to $350{\mu}g/ml$ was also effective in inhibiting the migration of H1299 cells (by 52-58%) and adhesion of both HCT116 and H1299 cells (by 25-46%). CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that PLE exerts anti-cancer activities against colon and lung cancers in vitro. Further studies are needed in order to determine whether similar effects are reproduced in vivo.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.1745-1749
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• 2014

Background: Platycodin D (PD), a triterpenoid saponin isolated from the Chinese medicinal herb Platycodonis radix, possesses anti-cancer effects in several cancer cell lines. The aim of this study was to evaluate its anticancer activities in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Materials and Methods: MTT and colony formation assays were performed to evaluate cell proliferation, along with flow cytometry and Western blotting for apoptosis. Cell adhesion was tested by observing cellular morphology under a microscope, while the transwell assay was employed to investigate the cell migration and invasion. Results: PD concentration-dependently inhibited cell proliferation in both HepG2 and Hep3B cells, and significantly suppressed colony formation and induced apoptosis in HepG2 cells. The protein levels of cleaved poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) and Bax were up-regulated while that of survivin was down-regulated after treatment with PD. Moreover, PD not only obviously suppressed the adhesion of HepG2 cells to Matrigel, but also remarkably depressed their migration and invasion induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA). Conclusions: PD presents anti-cancer potential in hepatocellular carcinoma cells via inducing apoptosis, and inhibiting cell adhesion, migration and invasion, indicating promising features as a lead compound for anti-cancer agent development.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2016

Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases seriously harm human health, and Bifidobacterium is the most beneficial probiotic in the gastrointestinal tract of humans. This work aimed to screen cholesterol-lowering Bifidobacterium from Guizhou Xiang Pig and evaluate its tolerance to oxygen, acid, and bile. Twenty-seven aerotolerant strains with similar colony to Bifidobacterium were isolated through incubation at 37℃ in 20% (v/v) CO₂-80% (v/v) atmospheric air by using Mupirocin lithium modified MRS agar medium, modified PTYG with added CaCO₃, and modified PTYG supplemented with X-gal. Ten strains with cholesterol-lowering rates above 20% (w/w) were used for further screening. The selected strains’ tolerance to acid and bile was then determined. A combination of colony and cell morphology, physiological, and biochemical experiments, as well as 16S rRNA gene-sequence analysis, was performed. Results suggested that BZ25 with excellent characteristics of high cholesterol-removal rate of 36.32% (w/w), as well as tolerance to acid and bile, was identified as Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis. To further evaluate Bifidobacterium BZ25’s growth characteristic and tolerance to oxygen, culture experiments were performed in liquid medium and an agar plate. Findings suggested that BZ25 grew well both in environmental 20% (v/v) CO₂-80% (v/v) atmospheric air and in 100% atmospheric air because BZ25 reached an absorbance of 1.185 at 600 nm in 100% atmospheric air. Moreover, BZ25 was aerotolerant and can grow in an agar medium under the environmental condition of 100% atmospheric air. This study can lay a preliminary foundation for the potential industrial applications of BZ25.

• 한국동물생명공학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.86-93
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• 2020

The establishment of porcine embryonic stem cells (ESCs) from porcine somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) blastocysts is influenced by in vitro culture day of porcine reconstructed embryo and feeder cell type. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to determine the optimal in vitro culture period for reconstructed porcine SCNT embryos and mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) feeder cell type for enhancing colony formation efficiency from the inner cell mass (ICM) of porcine SCNT blastocysts and their outgrowth. As the results, porcine SCNT blastocysts produced through in vitro culture of the reconstructed embryos for 8 days showed significantly increased efficiency in the formation of colonies, compared to those for 7 days. Moreover, MEF feeder cells derived from outbred ICR mice showed numerically the highest efficiency of colony formation in blastocysts produced through in vitro culture of porcine SCNT embryos for 8 days and porcine ESCs with typical ESC morphology were maintained more successfully over Passage 2 on outbred ICR mice-derived MEF feeder cells than on MEF feeder cells derived from inbred C57BL/6 and hybrid B6CBAF1 mice. Overall, the harmonization of porcine SCNT blastocysts produced through in vitro culture of the reconstructed embryos for 8 days and MEF feeder cells derived from outbred ICR mice will greatly contribute to the successful establishment of ESCs derived from porcine SCNT blastocysts.

• 생약학회지
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• 제35권1호통권136호
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• pp.6-15
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• 2004

This study was performed to evaluate the hemopoietic effects of 6 species of deer antlers from origins and parts in vitro. CD34 positive cells were isolated and confirmed the its population by FACS analysis. In a week liquid culture, there was any statistical significance between extracts of three parts of six species of deer antlers in the experiments as colony forming assay, proliferation assay, differentiation assay and observation of morphology. However, after 2 weeks- culture with extracts of three parts of six species of deer antlers, colonies were counted. six species of deer antlers, such as middle part of Korean nippon deer, upper part of Chinese nippon deer, upper part of Newzealand horse deer, middle part of Korea horse deer and middle part of Newzealand red deer, significantly increased the CFU-GM (colony forming unit garnulocyte-macrophage) of CD34 positive cells re1atεd to production of leucocytes such as eosinophil, basophil and neutrophil, while only middle part of Korea horse deer significantly increased the BFU-E (burst forming unit-erythroid) at 1 mg/ml seggesting progenting red blood cells (RBC). In the molecular study with CD34+ cells pretreated with cyclophosphamide, antagonist of hemopoietic activity, upper Part of Korean nippon deer and upper part of Chinese nippon deer effectively increased TPO involved in a late pathway of hematopoiesis just like in ELISA assay of IL-3, TPO and GM-CSF. Taken together, these results indicate exσacts of deer antler had some hemopoietic activity still proposing more clinical study and more basic mechanism research.

• 실내환경 및 냄새 학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2017

Mold is one of the important bio-aerosols affecting human health in the indoor environment. To manage mold contamination, it is necessary to use an appropriate method for its detection and enumeration. Recently, the impaction method of ISO 16000-18 has been established as one of methods to detect and enumerate molds in air. To investigate the general use of the impaction method for mold detection in domestic indoor environments, the suitability of the method was assessed using different antibiotics, media and air samplers. All of the three antibiotics tested - ampicillin, chloramphenicol and streptomycin - showed inhibitory effects on bacterial colony formation on MEA and DG-18 media, without inhibiting mold growth. Of these three antibiotics, ampicillin was the most effective. There was no statistical difference between MEA and DG-18 media in the measurement of mold concentration. The formation of discriminative colony morphology was more apparent in DG-18 media. No significant difference in the measurement of mold concentration was found between Andersen samplers and MAS-100NT samplers, which are two major samplers introduced in Korea.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.141-147
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• 2012

이 연구는 개의 귀 속에서 분리한 $Malassezia$ $pachydermatis$의 특성과 이들 효모에 대한 essential oil들의 항진균효과를 측정한 결과로서 일반적인 $M.$ $pachydermatis$를 분리하기위한 Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA), olive oil이 첨가된 SDA (SDAO) 배지 및 지방 친화성 효모를 검출하기 위한 Leeming's medium (LM)으로 구성된 세종류의 분리배지가 사용되었다. $Malassezia$ spp는 77.8%의 개로부터 분리되었으며 분리배지에 따라 분리율에 큰 차이를 나타내었으며 지방성분이 포함된 배지에서의 분리율이 일반적으로 사용하는 SDA에서 보다 높았다. 분리된 모든 $Malassezia$ spp는 $M.$ $pachydermatis$로 동정되었지만 육안적으로 보이는 집락의 모양과 SDA에서의 증식속도를 고려했을 때 4개의 아종으로 관찰되었다. 배양 72시간 후 집락의 직경이 3 mm 이상인 큰 집락(LC)과 2 mm 정도인 중간 집락(MC) 및 배양 5일 후에도 1 mm 이상으로 크지지 않는 작은 집락(SC), 그리고 SDA에서 증식하지 않는 지방의존 집락(Lipo)으로 분류되었다. SDA, SDAO 및 LM 배지에서 각 type의 효모가 분리된 정도를 보면, LC type 효모는 각각 4, 11, 11개 시료에서, MC type 효모는 각각 2, 3, 1개 시료에서, SC type 효모는 각각 1, 2, 1개시료에서 분리되었으며 Lipo type은 SDAO과 LM 배지 중 3 곳에서 분리되었다. $M.$ $pachydermatis$에 대한 essential oil의 항진균효과 측정은 디스크 확산법과 well 확산법에 의해 이루어졌으며, 대부분의 essential oil은 0.5에서 1.0%의 농도에서 $M.$ $pachydermatis$ 의 증식을 억제하였다. MIC90과 MIC50은 essential oil의 성분에 따라 다양하였으나, Thyme oil이 가장 억제 효과가 좋았으며 marjoram과 tea tree oil은 비교적 낮은 억제 능력을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제66권5호
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• pp.511-524
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• 2023

Objective : This animal model aimed to compare the rat group that received brain irradiation and did not receive additional treatment (only saline) and the rat group that underwent brain irradiation and received Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) treatment. In addition, the effects of G-CSF on brain functions were examined by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and histopathologically. Methods : This study used 24 female Wistar albino rats. Drug administration (saline or G-CSF) was started at the beginning of the study and continued for 15 days after whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT). WBRT was given on day 7 of the start of the study. At the end of 15 days, the behavioral tests, including the three-chamber sociability test, open field test, and passive avoidance learning test, were done. After the behavioral test, the animals performed the MR spectroscopy procedure. At the end of the study, cervical dislocation was applied to all animals. Results : G-CSF treatment positively affected the results of the three-chamber sociability test, open-space test and passive avoidance learning test, cornu Ammonis (CA) 1, CA3, and Purkinje neuron counts, and the brain levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and postsynaptic density protein-95. However, G-CSF treatment reduced the glial fibrillary acidic protein immunostaining index and brain levels of malondialdehyde, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, nuclear factor kappa-B, and lactate. In addition, on MR spectroscopy, G-CSF had a reversible effect on brain lactate levels. Conclusion : In this first designed brain irradiation animal model, which evaluated G-CSF effects, we observed that G-CSF had reparative, neuroprotective and anti-neurodegenerative effects and had increased neurotrophic factor expression, neuronal counts, and morphology changes. In addition, G-CSF had a proven lactate-lowering effect in MR spectroscopy and brain materials.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.136-142
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• 1991

수용성 치자(水溶性 梔子)(Ga. jasminoides의 열매)색소(色素)(등황색)(橙黃色)를 냉수(冷水)로 추출하여 함유시킨 yeast morphology agar(Difco)에 각종 효모균류(酵母菌類)를 배양하여 그들의 균집락(菌集落) 색깔변화를 관찰하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 치자배지(梔子培地)에서 증식(增殖)한 Ca. guilliermondii 와 Ca. lusitaniae 의 균집락(菌集落)은 $28^{\circ}C$에서 3일이내에 군청색(群靑色)을 띠었고, Ca. tropicalis와 Ca. viswanathii 등은 옅은 회색(灰色)을 띠었는데 Ca. viswanathii는 7일후에 군청색(群靑色)으로 변했다. Ca. krusei와 To. glabrata 등은 $1{\sim}2$주후 회색(灰色)내지 옅은 회청색(灰靑色)을 띠었고 Sa. cerevi-siae는 연두색을 띠었다. 그러나 Ca. albicans와 Ca. parapsilosis 등은 색깔변화가 없었고, 적색(赤色) 균집락(菌集落)의 Rhodotorula sp.도 변화가 없었다. 그러나 Cr. neofor-mans는 갈색(褐色) 내지 자갈색(紫褐色) 균집락(菌集落)을 형성해 다른 모든 균종(菌種)과 뚜렷하게 구별되어 기존(旣存) 선별동정배지(選別同定培地)인 caffeic acid 또는 dopamine배지(培地)를 대체할 수 있을 뿐 아니라 몇몇 Candida spp.의 특정적 색깔을 관찰할 수 있어서 치자배지(梔子培地)가 임상검체(臨床檢體)로부터 효모균종(酵母菌種)의 분리배양(分離培養)에 매우 유용하다고 생각한다.

• 환경생물
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.387-397
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• 2022

한국 남해역의 퇴적물에서 분리한 Pheopolykrikos hartmannii 휴면포자는 구형으로 밝은 갈색을 띠고 있으며, 표면에는 길고 날카로운 돌기물이 관찰되고 내부에는 원형질과 함께 한개의 붉은색 색소체(red accumulation)가 있다. 이 휴면포자는 5℃를 제외하고, 10℃에서 30℃ 사이의 온도에서 발아하였고, 15℃와 20℃에서 높은 발아율(>90%)을 보였다. 휴면포자로부터 발아한 유영세포는 2개의 세포로 된 콜로니(two-celled colony) 형태로 관찰되었고, 전방세포의 상추구에서 고리 모양의 apical groove가 관찰되었다. 그리고 분자계통 분석 결과, Pheopolykrikos hartmannii는 Polykrikos종과 근연 관계로 확인되었다.