• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.8-16
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• 1996

Effects of water extract of aloe vera on lead-induced neurotoxicity were investigated in sciatic nerve isolated from rat. The mechanism on toxicity reduction by measuring activities of axonal enzymes, metabolism of myo-inositol in nerve, lead concentration in several organs and so on were further examimed. In the lead-treated rats, the transport rate of axonal enzyme, such as acetyl cholinesterase and choline acetyltransferase, was reduced by from 50% to 30% respectively. Reduction in myo-inositol concentration and $Na^+/K^+$ ATPase activity were also observed in sciatic nerve from lead-treated rat. However, the aloe extract administration significantly eliminated the impairment and maintained myo-inositol concentration to about 85% of normal level. Also aloe extract promoted the excretion rate of lead which is accumulated in blood, sciatic nerve and kidney. These results suggest that lead-induced neurotoxicity was significantly reduced by administration of aloe extract and the mechanism might be partly increase in kidney excretion rate of lead and parity normalization of $Na^+/K^+$ ATPase activity which is critical factor in order to keep nerve maintaining normal myo-inositol level.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.59-73
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• 1989

To investigate the effect of cadmium and cadmium binding protein on the electron transport system and conformational changes of rat kidney mitochondria, various cadmium concentration were treated in vitro and respiration rate, NADH-CoQ reductase activity were measured. Ultrastructural changes at state IV respiration were also observed. CdBP was isolated from the rat liver by Sephadex G-75 column fractionation and treated in vitro with cadmium. Also mitochondrial state IV respiration rate was measured. When cadmium was treated in vitro, state IV respiration and enzyme activity were decreased and ultrastructural transformation of mitochondria from a condensed to an orthodox conformation was inhibited under state IV respiration. In case cadmium and CdBP were treated together, oxygen consumption was more increased than cadmium only. Conformational changes of mitochondria from a condensed to orthodox conformation were also observed. This indicates that CdBP have a protective effect against cadmium toxicity.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.191-195
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• 1984

In order to study on the pigment formation of Serratia marcescens, the synthesis of prodigiosin was examined in the presence of a wide range of concentration of detergents. A high elevation of pigment formation was obtained in case of the treatment with SDC and SAP. And the population growth of the bacteria was increased by SDC and SAP, in the concentration of optimum concentration of pigment formation. The alkaline phosphatase activity was also increased in the treatment of SAP, SDC and SDS. The possible mechanism of the detergents on enhancement of pigment formation could be explained by an increase of enzyme activity and membrane transport.

• 약학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.60-67
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• 2005

Nonclassical aminobenz[cd]indole antifolates 4, 5 and 6, in which the glutamic acid moiety of the classical antifolates is substituted by 2-phenylglycinamide or 3-aminobenzamide, were synthesized and their in vitro antitumor activity was evaluated. The purpose of this substitution is that the lipophilicity is enhanced due to the aromatic ring of the target compounds for the passive transport through lipid membrane of cells while the hydrogen bonding of the amide is retained in the active site of the enzyme, thymidylate synthase, where the glutamate is originally present. The target compounds were highly cytotoxic against tumor cell lines of murine and human origin with micromolar to nanomolar $IC_{50}$ values. Most effective was compound 4 ($N^6-methyl-N^6$-[4-[(${\alpha}$(S)-aminocarbonylbenzyl) aminocarbonyl]benzyl]-2,6-diaminobenz[cd]indole)with $IC_{50}$ of 2 nM against SW480, human colon adenocarcinoma cell line, which is 650-fold more potent than the reference compound 3.

• 약학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.90-95
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• 1985

The development of radioimmunoassay (RIA) for high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in Japanese quail serum will contribute to the screening of drugs acting on cholesterol transport. We have developed a double antibody RIA method for J. quail HDL. The first antibody was raised in rabbit by immunization of HDL isolated by the dextrane sulfate-$Mn^{#}$ precipitation method. For the preparation of raclioiodinated antigen, HDL was further purified by combination of electrophoretic procedure. Using the second antibody raised in goat by rabbit IgG, we have furnished the RIA method for HDL. It showed high specificity and sensitivity of working assay range, 0.1-33.mu.g HDL/tube. There was no correlation between the radioimmunoassay of HDL and the enzyme assay of HDL-cholesterol.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2002

Quinacrine은 수소이온 농도변화에 민감한 형광 probe로서 양성자와 결합하지 않은 형광형이나, 양성자와 결합한 비형광형으로 존재한다. 따라서, quinacrine은 $H^+-ATPase$에 의한 수소이온이동 활성 측정에 이용된다. 본 연구에서는 토마조 뿌리조직에서 분리한 마이크로솜에서 quinacrine의 형광성을 이용한 $H^+-ATPase$ 활성측정의 최적 조건을 조사하였다. Quinacrine의 형광변화는 반응용액 중의 단백질 함량이 $0.43{\mu}g/{\mu}l$에서25-26% 감소하여 10%의 quinacrine 형광을 감소시키는 데 약 100nmo1/min의 $H^+-ATPase$ 활성이 필요함을 알 수 있었다. Quinacrine의 최대 형광변화는 pH 7.0-7.2 범위와 $2mM\;Mg^{2+}$ 조건에서 일어났다. 이것은 기존에 보고한 $H^+-ATPase$의 특성과 일치하여, quinacrine의 형광변화가 $H^+-ATPase$의 활성을 잘 반영하고 있음을 보인다. 원형질막 및 액포막 $H^+-ATPase$들의 선택적 저해제인 vanadate와 $NO_3-$는 각각의 효소에 의한 수소이온이동 활성을 저해하는데 성공적임을 확인하였다. 이상의 결과로 quinacrine이 토마토 뿌리조직에서 분리한 마이크로솜의 수소이온이동 활성측정에 유용하게 이용될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.225-235
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• 1986

가토 근위세뇨관에서 Percoll gradient에 의해 분리한 기저막소포(basolateral membrane vesicle)에서 PAH 이동에 미치는 여러 음이온들의 영향을 rapid filtration technique을 이용하여 관찰하였다. NA-dependent PAH 축적은 용액내 $SO_4$와 $SSO_3$에 의하여 유의하게 억제되었으나 $Cl,\;SCN,\;HPO_4,\;acetate$ 및 oxalate에 의해서는 영향을 받지 않았다. 용액내의 $SO_4$는 상경적으로 PHA 이동을 억제하였다. 소포내 음이온을 부하시킨 후 PAH 이동을 측정했을 때 $acetate,\;SO_4$ 및 PAH의 부하에 의해 PAH 이동은 유의하게 증가되었으며, 소포내 부하되는 $SO_4$농도가 증가함에 따라 PAH 축적은 증가되었다. $SO_4$에 의한 PAH의 trans-stimulation은 Na 농도 경사 존재시 더욱 증가되었으며 이들은 2 mM probenecid 및 1mM SITS에 의해 억제되었다. 이들 결과들은 신피질세뇨관 세포의 기저막에 PAH/음이온 교환에 의해 PAH가 이동되는 기전이 존재한다는 것을 가르킨다. 그러나 PAH 이동에 영향이 없는 음이온들은 PAH/음이온 교환에 기질로써 작용하지 않기 때문인지 아니면 이들 음이온들의 높은 투과성에 인해 나타난 결과인지는 더욱 추구해 보아야 확인될 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.325-331
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• 2005

Seedlings of two rice genotyopes, cvs. Ilpumbyeo and Gancheokbyeo, were exposed to 0, 50 and 100 mM NaCl in nutrient solution for nine days. Plants were collected at the interval of 3 days and organic and inorganic solutes in leaves and roots and antioxidative enzyme activity in leaves were determined. Under salinity, the accumulation of soluble sugars occurred considerably in the older leaves of stressed seedlings compared to younger leaves and roots. The endogenous Na+ contents markedly increased at higher NaCl concentration in leaves and roots of seedlings, though it was higher accumulated in roots. Salinity resulted in an excessive proline accumulation in the stressed plants. A more pronounced increase was observed in Gancheokbyeo leaves. SOD activity in Impumbyeo cannot found any remarkable change, whereas, in Gancheokbyeo, its activity was rapidly decreased. CAT and POD activities increased with an increase in NaCl concentration in both genotypes. In sum­mary, the high capacity of rice seedlings to overcome an unfavorable growth condition such salt stress appears to be related to an adequate partition of organic solutes between shoots and roots and to changes in absorption, transport and re-translocation of salts.

• Journal of mucopolysaccharidosis and rare diseases
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.19-22
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• 2016

Purpose: Mucolipidosis type II (ML II), also known as I-cell disease is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder of lysosomal enzyme transport caused by a deficiency of the uridine diphosphate (UDP)-N-acetylglucosamine:lysosomal enzyme N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase (GlcNAc-phosphotransferase). Clinical manifestations are skeletal abnormalities, mental retardation, cardiac disease, and respiratory complications. A severely and rapidity progressive clinical course leads to death before 10 years of age. Methods/Results: In this study we diagnosed three cases of prenatal ML II in two different at-risk families. We compared two procedures -biochemical analysis and molecular analysis - for the prenatal diagnosis of ML II. Both methods require an invasive procedure to obtain specimens for the diagnosis. Biochemical analysis requires obtaining cell cultures from amniotic fluid for more than two weeks, and would result in a late diagnosis at 19 to 22 weeks of gestation. Molecular genetic testing by direct sequence analysis is usually possible when mutations are confirmed in the proband. Molecular analysis has an advantage in that it can be performed during the first-trimester. Conclusion: Molecular diagnosis is a preferable method when a prompt decision is necessary.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제30권10호
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• pp.984-991
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 다공성 포화매질내에서 페놀의 제거를 위해 효소 중합반응의 적용성을 조사하였다. 페놀로 오염된 지하수의 모의실험으로 실험실 규모의 모래 충진 칼럼(ID: 4.1 cm, 충진높이: 12 cm)에 HRP와 과산화수소수를 주입하여 페놀 제거율 및 고분자 생성율에 대한 효소량(0$\sim$2 AU/mL), 이온강도(5$\sim$100 mM), pH(5$\sim$9)의 영향을 평가하였다. 페놀의 제거율은 효소량 2.0 AU/mL, 이온강도 20 mM, pH 7에서 각각 유입농도의 90% 이상을 유지하였다. 유입페놀은 다공성 매질에 축적되는 불용성 고분자와 유출되는 용해성 고분자들로 변환되었다. 최대 약 8%의 공극부피가 고분자화 반응으로부터 생산된 불용성 고분자에 의해 감소되었다.