• 대한가정학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.115-126
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• 2005

Environmentally and human compatible chitosan were pretreated on cotton fabrics which were then dyed with 100% persimmon juice. The chitosan concentration was 1% and the chitosan types were high molecular weight chitosan (1980cps), low molecular weight chitosan (18첸), chitosan oligomer and water soluble chitosan. The properties of the fabric surfaces, the dyeabilities, the color fastnesses, the antibacterial activities, the strengths, the elongations and the drape stiffnesses were evaluated. The properties of the chitosanpretreated, persimmon juice-dyed cotton fabrics (CLP) were compared to those of the untreated (CN), chitosan treated (CL) and persimmon juice-dyed fabrics (CP). The results were as follows. The fibers extruded from the surface of CN decreased on CP. The air between the fibers within CN were substituted by chitosan solution or persimmon juiceand decreased within CLP according to SEM observations. The effects of chitosan treatment, the chitosan molecular weights and the degrees of deacetylation of chitosan on the dyeabilities of the persimmon juice-dyed cotton fabric were not distinct. The curing after chitosan padding improved the dyeabilities of CLP compare to noncuring. The strengths of CP decreased and those of CL increased, compared to those of CN. The strengths of CLP were greater than those of CP. The elogations of CP and CL were greater than those of CN. The strengths and elongations of CLP were greater than those of CN. The chitosan treatments improved the strengths but not the elongations. The drape stiffnesses of CL, CP and CLP were greater than those of CN. The antibacterial activites of chitosan pretreated, persimmon juice-dyed cotton fabrics against Staphylococcus aureus were increased by more than 98% by persimmon juice.

• 공업화학
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.166-172
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• 1999

폐수중 중금속 이온을 제거하기 위한 방법으로 키토산 비드에 의한 금속 이온의 고정층 흡착 특성을 조사하였다. 게껍질로부터 키틴을 추출하고 이를 탈아세틸화 반응시켜 키토산을 제조하였다. 키토산은 비드로 만들어 중금속 흡착제로 사용하였다. 키토산 비드에 대한 $Cu^{2+}$, $Co^{2+}$, $Ni^{2+}$ 이온의 단성분 평형 흡착 실험 결과로부터 Freundlich와 Langmuir 흡착등온식을 결정하였다. 흡착등온식에 의하면 키토산 비드에 대한 중금속 이온의 흡착 세기는 $Cu^{2+}$>$Co^{2+}$>$Ni^{2+}$의 순서로 나타났다. 키토산 비드에 대한 중금속 이온의 단성분 또는 다성분계 고정층 흡착 실험으로부터 흡착 파과곡선을 구하였다. 단성분 흡착등온식으로 다성분 흡착 평형을 예측할 수 있는 IAS (ideal adsorbed solution) 이론을 적용하여 LDFA (linear driving force approximation)에 의한 고정층 흡착 모델식을 수치해 기법으로 모사하여 실험결과와 비교하였다. LDFA에 의한 모델식을 적용한 결과 키토산 비드에 대한 중금속 이온의 단성분 및 다성분계 고정층 흡착거동을 잘 모사할 수 있었다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.787-790
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• 1994

새우껍질 건조 분말을 원료로 하여 품질이 우수하고 효과적으로 탈색된 chitin을 제조하는 공정을 정립하였다. 새우껍질에서 희분을 제거하기 위한 최적조건은 1.66% HCl로 2시간 교반 추출하는 것이었으며, 단백질은 3% NaOH로 1시간 처리에 의해 효과적으로 제거되었다. 또, 탈색제로 0.16% 차아염소산나트륨을 30분간 처리하여 백색의 키틴을 얻을 수 있었다. 이 탈색처리는 ethanol, acetone, $H_2O_2$처리 등의 기존에 보고된 탈색방법들보다 월등한 효과를 나타내었다. 실험적으로 제조된 chitin의 IR spectrum 양상은 시판 chitin들과 유사하였으며, 탈아세틸화도는 22.8%외 비교적 낮은 값을 나타내어 품질이 우수한 chitin임을 알 수 있었다.

• 폴리머
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.560-564
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• 2010

LCD에 사용되는 편광판 제조 시, 치수안정성 및 내습성 향상을 위한 트리아세틸셀룰로오스(TAC) 필름 접착에 적용되는 폴리(비닐 알코올)(PVA) 접착제의 가수화도 및 분자량이 편광판 치수안정성에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. TAC 필름과 PVA 편광판의 접착력은 접착제의 탈아세틸화가 70%에서 최대가 되며 PVA 분자량은 가수화도가 70% 이하에서는 접착력에 영향을 미치지 않는 반면 70% 이상에서는 아세틸화에 의한 분자량 감소가 접착력에 영향을 줌을 알 수 있다. 편광판의 치수안정성은 분자량이 낮은 접착제를 사용할 경우 안정적이며 필름과 편광판의 접착력보다는 접착제의 가수화도에 더 의존적임을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.301-306
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• 1992

The influence of phenobarbital (PB) pretreatment (75 mg/kg/day, i.p. for 4 days) on the metabolite kinetics of diltiazem (DTZ) was studied in rats in order to elucidate the effect of esterase induced by PB on the formation of DTZ to desacetyldiltiazem (DAD), DAD was injected via portal vein (3 mg/kg) to the control and PB-pretreated rats, The intrinsic hepatic clearance of DAD was significantly increased by PB pretreatment and the absolute bioavailability of DAD was significantly decreased in the PB-pretreated rats. According to the hepatic biotransformation model of DTZ, the fraction of systemic clearance of DTZ which forms DAD $(G_{mi})$ was different from that of DTZ which furnishes the available DAD to the systemic circulation $(F_{mi})$ in control rats. This result shows that DTZ was suspected of the sequential hepatic first-pass metabolism. On the other hand, PB pretreatment enhanced the $G_{mi}$ value of DTZ by 44%. It may be concluded that the deacetylation of DTZ to DAD in rats is increased by the esterase induced by PB but the transfer rate of DAD immediately formed from DTZ into systemic circulation is not affected by PB due to the 27% decreased absolute bioavailability of DAD resulting from PB pretreatment.

• BMB Reports
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• 제47권9호
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• pp.494-499
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• 2014

NADH:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) is known to be involved in the regulation of energy synthesis and metabolism, and the functional studies of NQO1 have largely focused on metabolic disorders. Here, we show for the first time that compared to NQO1-WT mice, NQO1-KO mice exhibited a marked increase of permeability and spontaneous inflammation in the gut. In the DSS-induced colitis model, NQO1-KO mice showed more severe inflammatory responses than NQO1-WT mice. Interestingly, the transcript levels of claudin and occludin, the major tight junction molecules of gut epithelial cells, were significantly decreased in NQO1-KO mice. The colons of NQO1-KO mice also showed high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity, which are known to affect transcriptional regulation. Taken together, these novel findings indicate that NQO1 contributes to the barrier function of gut epithelial cells by regulating the transcription of tight junction molecules.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.282-287
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• 2011

Sirt1, a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide ($NAD^+$)-dependent histone deacetylase, is known to deacetylate a number of proteins that are involved in various cellular pathways such as the stress response, apoptosis and cell growth. Modulation of the stress response by Sirtuin 1 (Sirt1) is achieved by the deacetylation of key proteins in a cellular pathway, and leads to a delay in the onset of cancer or aging. In particular, Sirt1 is known to play an important role in maintaining genomic stability, which may be strongly associated with a protective effect during tumorigenesis and during the onset of aging. In these studies, Sirt1 was generated in stably expressing cells and during the stimulation of DNA damage to examine whether it promotes survival. Sirt1 expressing cells facilitated the repair of DNA damage induced by either ionizing radiation (IR) or bleomycin (BLM) treatment. Fastened damaged DNA repair in Sirt1 expressing cells corresponded to prompt activation of Chk2 and ${\gamma}$-H2AX foci formation and promoted survival. Inhibition of Sirt1 enzymatic activity by a chemical inhibitor, nicotinamide (NIC), delayed DNA damage repair, indicating that promoted DNA damage repair by Sirt1 functions to induce survival when DNA damage occurs.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.145-148
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• 2006

A new functional lipolytic enzyme (AT4) has recently been found from Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 Cereon using a genome-wide approach. The enzyme has some sequence similarity to E. coli acetyl hydrolase, Emericella nidulans lipase, Moraxella sp. lipase, Acinetobacter lwoffii esterase, and Streptomyces hygroscopicus acetyl hydrolase. However, the sequence similarities are very low (less than $25\%$), suggesting that it is a new lipase/esterase enzyme. ill the present study, intact cell of the A. tumefaciens strain was shown to have lipolytic activity on a tributyrin-LB plate. The AT4 gene was then expressed at a high level in E. coli BL21 (DE3) cells and the enzyme was purified simply by Ni-NTA column chromatography. The purified enzyme showed hydrolytic activity toward p-nitrophenyl caproate, but not toward olive oil, suggesting that the AT4 enzyme was a typical esterase rather than lipase. AT4 esterase had a maximum hydrolytic activity at $45^{\circ}C$ and pH 8.0, when p-nitrophenyl caproate was used as a substrate. It was relatively stable up to $40^{\circ}C$ and at pH 5.0-9.0. Calcium ion and EDT A did not affect the activity and thermal stability of the enzyme. As for substrate specificity, AT4 enzyme could rapidly hydrolyze acetyl and butyl groups from p-nitrophenyl esters and 1-naphthyl esters. In addition, it also released acetyl residues from acetylated glucose and xylose substrates. Therefore, this new esterase enzyme might be used as a biocatalyst in acetylation and deacetylation reactions performed in the fine chemical industry.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.696-703
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• 2014

Clostridium difficile causes mucosal damage and diarrhea by releasing two exotoxins: toxin A and toxin B. C. difficile colitis is associated with alterations in bowel flora and the failure to mount an effective antibody response. The aim of the current study was to investigate whether antitoxin sera prevent toxin-A-induced apoptosis, cytoskeletal disaggregation, cell detachment, and tight junction loss in cultured colonic epithelial cells. Serum samples were isolated from mice that survived a C. difficile infection following antibiotic treatment, and the antitoxin effects of these samples were investigated in toxin-A-exposed HT29 colonic epithelial cells and a toxin-A-induced animal model of gut inflammation. Unchallenged mice did not produce IgG against toxin A, whereas serum (antiserum) from C. difficile-challenged mice showed significant IgG responses against toxin A. Treatment with the antiserum markedly inhibited mucosal damage and inflammation in the toxin-A-treated mouse model. In contrast to control mouse serum, the antiserum also markedly inhibited toxin-A-induced DNA fragmentation, dephosphorylation of paxillin and Epo receptor (EpoR), deacetylation of tubulin, and upregulation of p21(WAF1/CIP1) and p53. Taken together, these results reveal that the generated antitoxin serum has biotherapeutic effects in preventing various C. difficile toxin-A-induced cellular toxicities.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1312-1321
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• 2011

Enzyme extracts of cellulase [filter paper cellulase (FPase) and carboxymethyl cellulase (CMCase)], chitinase, and chitosanase produced by Aspergillus niger NRRL-567 were evaluated. The interactive effects of initial moisture and different inducers for FP cellulase and CMCase production were optimized using response surface methodology. Higher enzyme activities [FPase $79.24{\pm}4.22$ IU/gram fermented substrate (gfs) and CMCase $124.04{\pm}7.78$ IU/gfs] were achieved after 48 h fermentation in solid-state medium containing apple pomace supplemented with rice husk [1% (w/w)] under optimized conditions [pH 4.5, moisture 55% (v/w), and inducers veratryl alcohol (2 mM/kg), copper sulfate (1.5 mM/kg), and lactose 2% (w/w)] (p<0.05). Koji fermentation in trays was carried out and higher enzyme activities (FPase $96.67{\pm}4.18$ IU/gfs and CMCase $146.50{\pm}11.92$ IU/gfs) were achieved. The nonspecific chitinase and chitosanase activities of cellulase enzyme extract were analyzed using chitin and chitosan substrates with different physicochemical characteristics, such as degree of deacetylation, molecular weight, and viscosity. Higher chitinase and chitosanase activities of $70.28{\pm}3.34$ IU/gfs and $60.18{\pm}3.82$ to $64.20{\pm}4.12$ IU/gfs, respectively, were achieved. Moreover, the enzyme was stable and retained 92-94% activity even after one month. Cellulase enzyme extract obtained from A. niger with chitinolytic and chitosanolytic activities could be potentially used for making low-molecular-weight chitin and chitosan oligomers, having promising applications in biomedicine, pharmaceuticals, food, and agricultural industries, and in biocontrol formulations.