• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.60-65
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• 2010

파속류에 다량 함유된 황화합물들은 GC/ECD에 민감하게 반응하기에, 이 농산물들의 잔류농약분석에서 방해 물질로 작용하여 농약성분의 분리정량에 어려움을 주고 있다. 최근 잔류농약분석에서 정제법으로 여러 가지 고상추출법(solid-phase extraction)이 개발되고 있으며, 본 연구에서는 황화합물을 효율적으로 제거하기 위하여, 20% 질산은($AgNO_3$)용액 3 ml을 Florosil cartridge (1 g packing, 6 ml tube)에 처리한 은이온흡착 cartridge (silver nitrate impregnated florosil cartridge)를 조제하였다. 이 cartridge를 이용하여 파속류 각 2, 4, 6 및 10 g에 해당하는 추출액을 고상추출법으로 정제한 결과, 양파 6 g, 대파 4 g, 쪽파는 4 g 까지는 황화합물의 95% 이상을 제거할 수 있었다. 그리고, 40종의 농약을 각 파속류에 첨가하고 이 cartridge에서 유출하여 회수율을 분석한 결과 34종이 70~120%의 범위 안에 들었다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.148-151
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• 2010

동물성 식품 유래 장구균의 에리스로마이신 내성 유전자형 및 표현형을 분석하고자 하였다. 경기북부지역의 축산 농가 15곳으로부터 원유 시료 378개를 분양받아 본실험에 사용하였으며 에리스로마이신 내성 장구균 분리에 사용하였다. 총 110균주의 장구균이 분리 되었으며 이중 E. faecalis가 101균주, E. avium이 7균주, E durans가 2균주였다. 에리스로마이신에 대한 내성 비율은 65.45%였으며 $MIC_{50}$은 16 ${\mu}g$/ml, $MIC_{90}$은 64 ${\mu}g$/ml이었다. 분리된 장구균 110균주 모두 erm(B) 유전자를 소유하고 있었으며 75.45%인 83균주가 mef(A)를 소유하고 있음을 확인하였다. 표현형 분석에 따르면 지속성 내성($cMLS_B$)을 나타내는 균주는 95균주(86.36%)였으며 유도내성 ($iMLS_B$)을 보이는 균주는 15균주(13.34%)였다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.267-274
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• 2000

Since intracellular free $Mg^{2+}$ ($[Mg^{2+}]_i$) appears to be tightly regulated following cellular energy depletion, we hypothesized that the increase in $[Mg^{2+}]_i$ would result in $Mg^{2+}$ extrusion into circulation. Extracellualr $Mg^{2+}$ contents ($[Mg^{2+}]_o$) were measured in rat erythrocytes, the perfused heart and liver, and plasma in the anesthetized rat. Animals were injected intraperitoneally with sodium nitrite ($NaNO_2$) and plasma $Mg^{2+}$ was measured after the injection and then 10 and 20 minutes later. An increase in circulating (plasma) $Mg^{2+}$ ($[Mg^{2+}]_c$) and methemoglobin was observed in animals injected with $NaNO_2$ (30 mg/Kg). The time course of the effects demonstrated that $[Mg^{2+}]_c$ and methemoglobin continued to increase 10 minutes after the $NaNO_2$ injection. Under these conditions, there was a sustained increase in $[Mg^{2+}]_c$, but not in methemoglobin, which was inhibited by pretreatment with potassium cyanide (KCN, 4 mg/Kg), indicating that an increase in $[Mg^{2+}]_c$ was accompanied by ATP depletion. Injection of rotenone (0.9 mg/Kg) or 2,4-dinitrophenol (15 mg/Kg) also induced an increase in $[Mg^{2+}]_c$. Reduced respiration rate from 100/min to 10/min during 30 minutes also caused a time-dependent rise in $[Mg^{2+}]_c$. These increase in $[Mg^{2+}]_c$ were inhibited by pretreatment with KCN. In addition, ATP depletion by $NaNO_2$ or KCN sustainedly increased the $[Mg^{2+}]_o$ in rat erythrocytes. $Mg^{2+}$ efflux was stimulated by KCN in the perfused heart and liver, but not by $NaNO_2$. These results suggest that the activation of $Mg^{2+}$ effluxes into the circulation is directly dependent on the ATP depletion-induced increase in $[Mg^{2+}]_i$ and heart, liver and erythrocytes have a major pool of $Mg^{2+}$ that can be mobilized upon cellular energy state.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제29권10호
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• pp.866-873
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• 2006

When patients with cancers are treated with chemotherapeutic agents a long time, some of the cancer cells develop the multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype. MDR cancer cells are characterized by the overexpression of multidrug resistance1 (MDR1) gene which encodes P-glycoprotein (Pgp), a surface protein of tumor cells that functions to produce an excessive efflux and thereby an insufficient intracellular concentration of chemotherapeutic agents. A variety of studies have sought potent MDR modulators to decrease MDR1 gene expression in cancer cells. Our previous study has shown that curcumin exhibits characteristics of a MDR modulator in KB-V1 multidrug-resistant cells. The aim of this study was to further investigate the effect of curcumin on MDR1 gene expression in patient leukemic cells. The leukemic cells were collected from 78 childhood leukemia patients admitted at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, Chiang Mai, Thailand, in the period from July 2003 to February 2005. There were 61 cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), 14 cases of acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML), and 3 cases of chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML). There were 47 males and 31 females ranging from 1 to 15 years old. Bone marrows were collected. The leukemic cells were separated and cultured in the presence or absence of $10{\mu}M$ curcumin for 48 hours. MDR1 mRNA levels were determined by RT-PCR. It was found that curcumin reduced MDR1 gene expression in the cells from 33 patients (42%). Curcumin affected the MDR1 gene expression in 5 of 11 relapsed cases (45%), 10 of 26 cases of drug maintenance (38%), 7 of 18 cases of completed treatment (39%), and 11 of 23 cases of new patients (48%). The expression levels of MDR1 gene in leukemic patient cells as compared to that of KB-V1 cells were classified as low level (1-20%) in 5 of 20 cases (25%), medium level (21-60%) in 14 of 32 cases (44%), and high level (61-100%) in 14 of 20 cases (70%). In summary, curcumin decreased MDR1 mRNA level in patient leukemic cells, especially in high level of MDR1 gene groups. Thus, curcumin treatment may provide a lead for clinical treatment of leukemia patients in the future.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2002

고려홍삼은 혈압강하효과가 있음이 잘 알려져 있다. 이에 백서장간막이 동맥의 저항혈관에서 고려홍삼 사포닌 성분의 혈관 이완기전을 규명하고자 내경이 150$\mu\textrm{m}$이하의 작은 혈관을 이요하여 여러 실험 조건에서 장력의 변화를 측정하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 고려홍삼 사포닌 성분은 농도 의존적으로 (0.01mg/$m\ell$~1mg/$m\ell$) 혈관 평활근을 이완시켰으며 내피세포를 제거한 상태에서도 혈관의 이완효과는 지속되었다. A23187 이나 phorbol 12, 13-dibutyrate 에 의한 수축에서는 고려홍삼 사포닌에 의한 혈관의 이완효과가 나타나지 않았다. 고려홍삼 사포닌에 의한 혈관이완효과는 실험용액의 $K^{+}$ 농도를 증가시키면 감소되었으며 각종 $K^{+}$이 온통로 억제제인 tetaethylammonium, glybenclamide, 4-aminopyridine 및 BaCl$_2$를 전처치한 결과 BaCl$_2$에 의해서만 농도에 의존적으로 고려홍삼 사포닌에 의한 혈관이완작용이 억제되었다. 이상의 실험결과로부터 고려홍삼 사포닌은 장간막 동맥의 저항혈관에서 $K^{+}$의 유출을 증가시켜 혈관평활근을 이완시키며 $Ba^{2+}$에 의하여 차단되는 $K^{+}$ 이온통로가 고려홍삼 사포닌에 의한 혈관이완작용에 관여함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물물리학회 1999년도 학술발표회 진행표 및 논문초록
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• pp.61-62
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• 1999

;The mechanisms inducing hypertension are actively investigated and are still challenging topics. Basically hypertension must be caused by the disorder of $Ca^{2+}$ metabolism in vascular smooth muscle, such as the increase of $Ca^{2+}$ influx, the decrease of ci+ efflux, or the change of sensitivity of contractile protein etc. The one of cause of the increase of ci+ influx may be the change of ci+ channel activity. Even though the relationships of ci+ channel activity and hypertension were studied using various hypertension models, still it is not clear how much change of $Ca^{2+}$ channel activity in diabetes mellitus (DM) induced hypertension is occurred. We induced DM hypertension in SD rat and compared the $Ca^{2+}$ channel activity with age-matched normotensive SD rat. For inducing DM hypertension, left kidney was removed with 200 gm rat and, after 1 month, 60 mg/kg of streptozotocin was injected into peritoneal space to induce diabetes mellitus. Usually after 4-6 weeks, hypertension was fully induced. For isolating vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), we used mesenteric arteriole (3rd - 4th branch of mesenteric artery) of which diameter is below 150 urn. VSMCs were isolated enzymatically. $Ca^{2+}$ current was measured using whole cell patch clamp technique. All experiments were performed at $37^{\circ}C$. The cell membrane area of VSMC of DM hypertensive rat is larger than that of control VSMC($36.6{\pm}3.64{\;}pF{\;}vs{\;}22.4{\pm}1.29{\;}pF, {\;}mean{\pm}S.E.$) When we compared the current amplitude, the $Ca^{2+}$ current amplitude in VSMC of DM hypertensive rat is much larger than that in VSMC of normotensive age-matched rat. After $Ca^{2+}$ current amplitude was normalized by cell membrane area, the current amplitude in DM hypertension is increased to $249.1{\pm}15.9{\;}%{\;}(mean{\pm}S.E.M)$, which means the ;absolute current amplitude is about 4 times larger in DM hypertension. When we compared the steady state activation and inactivation. there were no noticeable differences. From these results. one of cause of the DM hypertension is due to the increase of $Ca^{2+}$ current amplitude. But it need further study why the $Ca^{2+}$ current is so large in VSMC of DM hypertension and how much $Ca^{2+}$ influx through $Ca^{2+}$ channel contribute to the increase of intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ and eventually contribute to development of hypertension.ypertension.

• 약학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.185-191
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• 2005

The absorption of a P-gp substrate, rhodamine 123, from a liposomal dosage form was investigated across Caco-2 cell monolayers, rat intestines and rat intestinal Peyer's patches in Ussing chamber, Rhodamine 123 was incorporated into liposomes according to the standard evaporation method, which led to a production of liposomes with a mean diameter of 71.3 nm. The permeability (Papp of rhodamine 123 from a water solution across the monolayer was $2.45{\times}10^{-6}$ cm/s for $A{\leftrightarrow}B$ (apical to basal) and $14.0{\times}10^{-6}$ cm/s for $B{\leftrightarrow}A$ (basal to apical) directions, consistent with the fact that rhodamine 123 is one of the P-gp substrates. The transport of rhodamine 123 from the liposomal dosage form was much lower for both directions compared to the solution of rhodamine 123. The transport of rhodamine 123 across the rat intestine was also significantly decreased for both directions, I.e., influx and efflux, by the liposomal incorporation of the compound. The transport of rhodamine 123 across the Peyer's patch was substantially reduced by liposomal incorporation. No difference was found in the transport between the Peyer's patch and non-Peyer's patch. These observations suggest that the contribution of transport via Peyer's patches in the uptake of liposomes may be minimal, especially for rapidly absorbed compounds like rhodamine 123. Therefore, the increased absorption of P-gp substrates does not appear to be feasible by incorporating the compounds in liposomes, due to negligible involvement of Peyer's patches in the uptake of particulate dosage forms like liposomes. Liposomes may rather represent a sustained release dosage form of incorporated compounds.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.218-224
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• 2000

분자량이 상이한 세 종류의 키토산의 항균활성을 E. coli O157 : H7, S. aureus 및 C. albicans 균주를 이용하여 측정, 분석하였다. E. coli O157 : H7와 S. aureus에 대해서는 분자량 10,000인 키토산이 가장 강한 항균활성을 보였으며 C. albicans에 대해서는 6량체의 키토산 올리고당이 가장 강한 활성을 나타내었다. 키토산 첨가농도는 E. coil O157 : H7와 S. aureus의 경우 0.1 mg/mL의 농도에서, C. albicans의 경우는 chitohexaose 1 mg/mL의 농도에서 항균활성이 가장 높았다. 모든 키토산 처리구에서 미생물 사멸 속도는 키토산 처리 1시간 이내에서 가장 높게 나타났으며 그 이후로는 점차 낮은 속도를 보였다. 사멸되었거나 파손된 미생물 세포로부터 유래되는 단백질, 핵산물질 및 $Ca^{2+}$ 량은 키토산 처리 시간 이내에 가장 많았으며 ${\beta}-galactosidase$ 활성도 같은 시간대에서 가장 빠른 속도로 중대되는 것으로 나타났다. S. aureus에 대한 세포막 손상 정도를 측정하여 본 결과 전체 미생물균체중 약 10%에 상당하는 균수가 막손상을 가져 왔다. 따라서, 키토산은 고유의 양이온성 성질을 이용하여 미생물의 세포벽과 세포막에 결합하여 그 결과로 세포 내 물질의 세포 외로의 유출내지는 세포막 대사의 저해 등의 효과를 나타냄으로써 항균활성을 나타내는 것으로 추측되었다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.249-255
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• 2014

Programmed cell death or apoptosis is associated with changes in $K^+$ concentration in many cell types. Recent studies have demonstrated that two-pore domain $K^+$ ($K_{2P}$) channels are involved in mouse embryonic development and apoptotic volume decrease of mammalian cells. In cerebellar granule neurons that normally undergo apoptosis during the early developmental stage, TASK-1 and TASK-3, members of $K_{2P}$ channels, were found to be critical for cell death. This study was performed to identify the role of $K^+$ channels in the $H_2O_2$-induced or cryo-induced cell death of mouse and bovine embryos. Mouse and bovine two-cell stage embryos (2-cells) exposed to $H_2O_2$ for 4 h suffered from apoptosis. The 2-cells showed positive TUNEL staining. Treatment with high concentration of KCl (25mM) inhibited $H_2O_2$-induced apoptosis of 2-cells by 19%. Cryo-induced death in bovine blastocysts showed positive TUNEL staining only in the cells near the plasma membrane. Cryoprotectant supplemented with 25 mM KCl reduced apoptosis slightly compared to cryoprotectant supplemented with 5 mM KCl. However, the combination of antioxidants (${\beta}$-mercaptoethanol) with 25 mM KCl significantly decreased the rate of $H_2O_2$-induced and cryo-induced apoptosis compared to treatments with only antioxidants or 25 mM KCl. These results show that blockage of $K^+$ channel efflux for a short-time reduces $H_2O_2$- and cryo-induced apoptosis in mouse and bovine embryos. Our findings suggest that apoptosis in mouse and bovine embryos might be controlled by modulation of $K^+$ channels which are highly expressed in a given cell type.

• 생태와환경
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.242-252
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 국내 인공호 4대 수계 39곳을 선정하여 2003년 1월부터 2007년 12월까지 5년간의 수질 측정 자료를 바탕으로 우리나라에 적합한 다변수 수질평가 모델을 개발하고, 그 모델을 이용하여 2008년 1년간의 자료를 통해 팔당호와 대청호의 수질평가를 실시하였다. 개발된 다변수 수질평가 모델은 4개의 수질변수를 각각 부영양, 중영양, 빈영양의 3단계로 나누어 점수를 부여하고, 수질변수별 획득점수를 총합하여 총점으로 계량화하였으며, 총점을 구간별로 5등급으로 나누어 최종 수질등급을 부여하였다. 새롭게 제안된 수질평가 모델의 적용 결과, 팔당호는 전반적으로 보통(Fair) 및 악화 (Poor)상태로 나타났으며, 대청호는 최적(Excellent) 및 좋음(Good) 상태로 나타났다. 일반적으로 수자원의 가치를 결정하는 수질항목 중 가장 보편적인 중요성을 가지는 것은 유기물의 함량이며 이런 유기물은 수체 내 여러 요인에 의해 영향을 받을 수 있다. 그렇기 때문에 새로운 수질평가 모델을 개발함에 있어 수체의 수리 수문학적 특성을 비롯해 물리적 특성, 화학적 특성, 생물학적 특성 등의 각종 이화학적인 특성이 고려되었으며, 이러한 항목을 각각 평가 모델의 4가지 메트릭으로 선정하여 호소의 평가에 있어 복수의 측정지표가 활용될 수 있도록 하였다. 이러한 복수 지표를 활용해 개발된 다변수 수질평가 모델은 호소의 영양 단계를 평가함에 있어 보다 정확한 판단을 가능하게 할 것이며, 효과적인 호소의 관리에 도움을 줄 수 있을 것이라 사료된다.