• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.595-598
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• 2008

Emodin (3-methyl-1,6,8-trihydroxyanthraquinone) is a natural chemotherapeutic compound with diverse biological properties including an antitumor activity. Emodin, a specific inhibitor of the protein tyrosine kinase, has a number of cellular targets in related to it. Its inhibition activity affects the mammalian cell cycle regulation in specific oncogene. Practically, it has been proven to inhibit HER-2/neu tyrosine kinase expressing breast cancer cells as an anticancer agent. 2-[123I]iodoemodin has been synthesized and evaluated human breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231, MCF-7, fibroblast as a control) which express basal levels of HER-2/neu tyrosine kinase to investigate its suitability as a breast cancer imaging agent and 2-iodoemodin has been synthesized as a standard compound. The radiochemical yield of the 2-[123I]iodoemodin was about 72% and its radiochemical purity was over 97% after purification. The radioactivity of the 2-[123I]iodoemodin was increased in a time dependent manner in both cell lines and the ratio of MDA-MB-231 and MCF7 to fibroblast was 2.9 and 1.7, respectively.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.21-30
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• 1992

KCCH cyclotron neutron(30cCy/min) 및 $^{60}Co\;{\gamma}-ray(210cGy/min)$를 시험관내의 정상인체 말초혈액임파구에 조사하여 염색체이상(dicentric 및 centric ring)을 관찰하고 이의 선량-반응관계식을 linear model$(Y=K_1D+a)$, power-law model$(Y=K_2D^n)$, quadratic model$(Y=K_3D^2)$ 및 linear-quadratic model$(Y={\alpha}D+{\beta}D^2)$을 사용하여 구하고 이들 model중 염색체이상의 측정치와 가장 일치하는 관계식을 근거로 하여 ${\gamma}-ray$에 대한 neutron의 relative biological effectiveness (RBE)를 산출하였다. 염색체 이상(dicentric plus centric ring)의 발생분포는 ${\gamma}-ray$의 경우 linear model(P=0.067)을 제외한 power-law model$[Y=(5.81{\pm}1.96){\times}10^6D^{1.93+0.06},\;P=0.931]$, quadratic model$[Y=(3.91{\pm}0.09){\times}10^{-6}D^2,\;P=0.972]$ 및 linear-quadratic model $[Y=(6.55{\pm}6.83){\times}10^{-5}D+(3.72{\pm}0.22){\times}10^{-6}D^2$ P=0.922]에 적합하였다 neutron의 경우 linear model $(Y=(6.12{\pm}0.17){\times}10^{-3}\;D-0.22,\;P=0.987]$에 가장 일치하였고 quadratic model (P<0.005)을 제외한 power-law model $[Y=(5.36{\pm}3.02) {\times}10^{-4}D^{1.42+0.11},\;P=0.601]$ 및 linear-quadratic model $[Y=(2.43{\pm}0.70){\times}10^{-3}D+(1.21{\pm}0.39){\times}10^{-7}D^2,\;P=0.415]$에 비교적 적합하였다. 세포당 0.1-1.5개의 염색체이상을 나타내는 neutron의 ${\gamma}-ray$에 대한 RBE는 $2.714{\pm}0.408$이었다.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.359-366
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• 2005

재배종담배(Nicotiana tabacum L. cv.), 야생종담배 (N. plumbaginifolia)와 벼종자(Orya sativa L, cv.)에 neutron빔을 각각 조사(irradiation)하여 발아, 식물체의 생장과 DNA의 변이에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 담배종자와 벼종자에 90, 180, 270, 360, 450, 540 Gy까지 조사로 발아율은 크게 감소하지 않았고, 생장에 있어 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 그러나 담배식물체에서 총 200개체 중 71개체(약 $36\%$)가 잎에서 형태 이상을 나타내었다. 또한 줄기색 변이체, 엽색변이체, 화형변이체를 유도하였다. 이 결과는 neutron빔이 유용한 돌연변이원으로서 가능성이 있음을 시사해 준다. Neutron빔을 조사한 후 생장한 담배식물체의 잎에 대하여 총 34개의 primer를 이용하여 RAPD 분석한 결과 20개의 primer에서 총 104개의 DNA 단편이 증폭되었고, 중성자 빔조사처리구에서만 출현하는 DNA 단편은 나타나지 않았다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.337-343
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this report is to describe the proton therapy system at Samsung Medical Center (SMC-PTS) including the proton beam generator, irradiation system, patient positioning system, patient position verification system, respiratory gating system, and operating and safety control system, and review the current status of the SMC-PTS. Materials and Methods: The SMC-PTS has a cyclotron (230 MeV) and two treatment rooms: one treatment room is equipped with a multi-purpose nozzle and the other treatment room is equipped with a dedicated pencil beam scanning nozzle. The proton beam generator including the cyclotron and the energy selection system can lower the energy of protons down to 70 MeV from the maximum 230 MeV. Results: The multi-purpose nozzle can deliver both wobbling proton beam and active scanning proton beam, and a multi-leaf collimator has been installed in the downstream of the nozzle. The dedicated scanning nozzle can deliver active scanning proton beam with a helium gas filled pipe minimizing unnecessary interactions with the air in the beam path. The equipment was provided by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd., RayStation from RaySearch Laboratories AB is the selected treatment planning system, and data management will be handled by the MOSAIQ system from Elekta AB. Conclusion: The SMC-PTS located in Seoul, Korea, is scheduled to begin treating cancer patients in 2015.

• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.81-85
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• 2018

In this study, the chemical composition of bacterial melanin isolated from the Streptomyces glaucescens strain was elucidated by ultra-high-resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometry. Ultra-high-resolution mass profiles of the microbial melanin product were acquired using a 15 Tesla FT-ICR mass spectrometer in positive and negative ion modes via electrospray ionization to obtain more complete descriptions of the molecular compositions of melanin-derived organic constituents. A mass resolving power of 500,000 (at m/z 400) was achieved for all spectra while collecting 400 scans per sample with a 4 M transient. The results of this analysis revealed that the melanin pigment isolated from S. glaucescens predominantly exhibits CHON and CHO species, which belong to the proteins class of compounds, with the mean C/O and C/N ratios of 4.3 and 13.1, thus suggesting that the melanin could be eumelanin. This analytical approach could be utilized to investigate the molecular compositions of a variety of natural or synthetic melanins. The compositional features of melanins are important for understanding their formation mechanisms and physico-chemical properties.

• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.41-44
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• 2011

Molecular compositions of two types of heavy oil were studied using positive atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI) Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS). Vacuum gas oil (VGO) was generated from vacuum distillation of atmospheric residual oil (AR), and slurry oil (SLO) was generated from catalytic cracking of AR. These heavy oils have similar boiling point ranges in the range of 210-$650^{\circ}C$, but they showed different mass ranges and double-bond equivalent (DBE) distributions. Using DBE and carbon number distributions, aromatic ring distributions, and the extent of alkyl side chains were estimated. In addition to the main aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, those containing sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen heteroatoms were identified using simple sample preparation and ultra-high mass resolution FT-ICR MS analysis. VGO is primarily composed of mono- and di-aromatic hydrocarbons as well as sulfur-containing hydrocarbons, whereas SLO contained mainly polyaromatic hydrocarbons and sulfur-containing hydrocarbons. Both heavy oils contain polyaromatic nitrogen components. SLO inludes shorter aromatic alkyl side chains than VGO. This study demonstrates that APPI FT-ICR MS is useful for molecular composition characterization of petroleum heavy oils obtained from different refining processes.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.382-390
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• 1998

목적 : 이 연구의 목적은 SPECT 영상의 감쇠와 산란 현상을 보정하고 실제 임상 환경에서 상용하는 영상과 비교하여 그 효과를 평가하는 것이다. 그리고, 정확도가 개선된 영상에서 방사능양을 도출하여 SPECT 영상의 절대적인 정량화를 검증하는 것이다. 대상 및 방법: 직경이 20.0 cm인 원통형 팬톰에 삽입물로써 체적 25 ml의 폴리에틸렌 병을 6개 배치하고 배후와 다양한 비율을 이루도록 Tc-99m을 주입하였다. SPECT 기기로는 Trionix Triad xlt 20을 사용하였고 광피크 윈도 $126{\sim}154keV$, 산란 윈도 $101{\sim}123keV$에서 데이터를 얻었다. 이중에너지윈도(DEW) 방법과 Chang 방법을 사용하여 산란 및 감쇠 효과를 보정한 영상(SC+AC), 임상적으로 통용되고 있는 Chang 방법만을 사용하여 감쇠 효과를 보정한 영상(AC), 보정을 거치지 않은 영상(NONE)을 얻었다. SPECT 영상을 정량적으로 분석하기 위해 삽입물 대 배후의 방사능비(T/B), 영상대비, 절대방사능을 구하여 참값과 비교하였다. 결과: 관심영역 분석을 통한 T/B는 참값에 대하여 SC+AC 영상은 $1{\sim}20%$의 차이를 보였고 AC의 $24{\sim}37%$와 NONE의 $12{\sim}32%$에 비하여 개선되었다. 또한 SC+AC에서 영상 대비는 참값 1에 대하여 0.92로써 AC의 0.77, NONE의 0,80에 비하여 향상되었다. SPECT 영상에서 얻은 절대방사능 값은 SC+AC 영상이 참값에 대하여 $1{\sim}11%$의 오차를 나타냈으나, AC의 $22{\sim}47%$, NONE의 $2{\sim}16%$에 비하여 정확하였다. 그리고 대상물이 10.0 cm의 심부에 있을 때 절대방사능 값은 SC+AC에서 24%의 감소, AC에서 10%의 증가, NONE에서 40%의 감소를 보였다. 결론: 이 연구에서 사용한 DEW와 Chang방법에 의한 산란 및 감쇠 보정은 임상에 쉽게 적용할 수 있으며, 삽입물 대 배후의 방사능비와 영상 대비를 개선하였고 절대방사능을 정확하게 산출할 수 있었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.506-510
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• 2004

There have been intensive studies concerning $[^{11}F]$choline ($[^{11}F]$methyldimethyl( ${\beta}$ -hydroxyethyl) ammonium) (1) which is known as a very effective tracer in imaging various human tumors localized in brain, lung, esophagus, rectum, prostate and urinary bladder using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and there is increasing interest in $^{18}F$ labelled choline (2) and proved to be useful to visualize prostate cancer. We have prepared six $^{18}F$ labelled alkyl choline derivatives (3a-3c, 4a-4c) from ditosylated and dibrominated alkanes in moderate yields. The six alkyl tosylate or bromate ammonium salts have been synthesized as precursors. Radiofluorination was achieved by the treatment of precursors with $^{18}F$ - in the presence of Kryptofix-2.2.2.. The labeling yields varied ranging from 7 to 25%.

• 대한핵의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한핵의학회 2001년도 제40차 춘계학술대회 및 연수교육
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• pp.4-10
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• 2001

The radionuclide therapy is a protocol for tumor control by administering radionuclides as the cytotoxic agents. Radionuclides concentrated at the site of cancerous lesion are expected to kill the cancerous cells with minimal injury to the normal tissue. The efficacy of every radionuclide treatment can be evaluated by examining the toxicity to the lesion differentiated from that to the normal tissue. Radiation dosimetry is the procedure of quantitating the energy absorbed by target volumes of interest. Dosimetric information plays an indicator of the expected radiation damage and thus the therapeutic efficacy. This paper summarizes the dosimetric aspects in radionuclide therapy in terms of radionuclides of use, radiation dosimetry methodology and considerations for each treatment in practical use.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.461-465
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• 1999

Scintillation proximity assay (SPA) is a unique type of radioimmunoassay and makes it possible to use radioisotopes for monitoring binding reactions continuously without separation procedure. Microbeads containing a fluorophor are covalently linked to antibody or receptor. When a radiolabeled antigen or ligand is added it binds to the beads and the emitted short range electrons, excite the fluorophor in the beads. The light emitted can be measured in a scintillation counter. $^3H$ or $^{125}I$ has been used for SPA. The sensitivities achieved with SPA are comparable to the sensitivities of other procedures. SPA is applicable to immunology, receptor binding, monitoring interactions of biomolecules and study for the kinetics of interaction between receptors and ligands.