• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.257-263
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• 2011

In general, the blood cell culture is a common method for animal chromosome preparation. However, every animal and its cells have unique physiological characteristics and functions. Hence, it is very difficult to find the suitable method of chromosome preparation using animal lymphocyte culture. This study was carried out to fine the suitable method of chromosome preparation using lymphocytes cultures in mammalians and aves including cattle, rat, mouse and chicken. To seek the optimal method of lymphocyte culture in each animal, $2^3$ factorial experiment was designed. The design evaluated three main effects in culture duration, kinds of mitogen supplements and colcemid exposure time with two levels within each effect. The mitotic index and the score of chromosome morphology were analyzed. In results, the suitable methods of lymphocyte culture for chromosome preparation were 72 hours culture, pokeweed mitogen(PWM) supplement and 90 minutes of colcemid exposure in cattle, 72 hours culture, PWM supplement and 50 minutes of colcemid exposure in chicken, 96 hours culture, concanavalin A supplement and 90 minutes of colcemid exposure in rat, and 72 hours culture, PWM supplement and 50 minutes of colcemid exposure in mouse, respectively. In conclusion, kinds of mitogen, culture duration and colcemid exposure time significantly affected the mitotic index and chromosome morphology, in animal lymphocyte culture. The interaction effects between/among treatment factors were also statistically significant.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.263-269
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• 2001

In this study, we tried to investigate whether poly-L-arginine (PLA) (MW 10,800) significantly affect mucin release from cultured hamster airway goblet cells and the mucosubstances of hypersecretory air-way goblet cells of rats. Confluent primary hamster tracheal surface epithelial (HTSE) cells were metabolically radiolabeled with $^3$H-glucosamine for 24 hr and chased for 30 min in the presence of varying concentrations of PLA to assess the effects on $^3$H-mucin release. Possible cytotoxicities of PLA were assessed by measuring both Lactate Dehydrogenate (LDH) release and by checking the possible changes on the morphology of HTSE cells during treatment. For in vivo experiment, hyperplasia of rat airway goblet cells and increase in intraepithelial mucosubstances were induced by exposing rats to SO$_2$ for 3 weeks and varying concentrations of PLA were administered inhalationally to assess the effects on the mucosubstances of airway goblet cells of rats. The results were as follows : (1) PLA significantly inhibited mucin release from cultured HTSE cells in a dose-dependent manner; (2) there was no significant release of LDH and no significant change on the morphology of cultured HTSE cells during treatment; (3) PLA also affected the intraepithelial mucosubstances of hypersecretory rats and restored them to the levels of control animals. We conclude that PLA inhibit mucin release from airway goblet cells without significant cytotoxicity and possibly normalize the hypersecretion of airway mucosubstances in vivo. This finding suggests that PLA might function as an airway mucoregulative agent.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.737-740
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• 1998

멸치액젓으로부터 분리한 혈전용해효소를 rat에 경구투여하여 혈액내에서 효소활성을 확인 하였다. 경구투여 후 0, 1, 2, 3, 4시간 후에 혈액을 채취하여 fibrin분해활성을 본 결과 1시간부터 활성이 나타나기시작하여 3시간째에 가장 높았다. Euglobulin Iysis time(ELT)도 경구투여 2, 3시간후에 활성을 보였다. 또한, euglobulin에 의한 amidolysis acti-vity도 1시간부터 활성이 보이기 시작하여 3시간후에 최고활성에 달했다. 이상의 결과로 동물실험을 통한 혈전용해효소의 경구투여에 의한 활성을 혈액내에서 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.213-220
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• 1985

It was attempted to observe the effects of ginseng saponin, one of the major components of the roots of Panax ginseng, on androgen biosynthesis from cholesterol in vitro as well as in vivo in rat testis. Ginseng saponin was administered by stomach tubing prior to intraperitoneal injection of cholesterol containing (4-14C)-cholesteroll into adult male rats and the liver, testis and blood serum were analyzed. The first high radioactivity of the liver and blood serum of test animal was observed at 6 hours after radioactive cholesterol injection, while that of control appeared at 12 hours after the injection. In the case of testis, the first high radioactivity of test group appeared between 4 and 6 hours after the radioactive cholesterol injection, while that of control appeared at 10-14 hours. Analysis of radioactivity distribution of cholesterol, androstenedione and testosterone in the testis of rats fed with/without ginseng saponin piror to (4-14C)-cholesterol injection showed that the saponin stmulated the synthesis of androgens from cholesterol. This was confirmed again by in vitro experiment using testis homogenate as an enzyme source. From the above experimental results, it was suggested that the ginseng saponin stimulates both cholesterol transport and the biosynthesis of androgens from cholesterol in rat testis.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.39-43
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• 2002

이 실험은 약재(Cnidium officinale Makino와 Tabanus bovinus)를 이용한 장요막과 흰쥐 각막에서의 항신생혈관 효과를 규명하기 위한 것이다. 먼저, 배 발생과정 중 자연스러운 신생혈관이 생성되는 장요막에서의 신생혈관 억제를 위한 실험에서는 유정란을 $37^{\circ}C$, 포화습도상태인 incubator에 넣어 4일 경과 후 주사바늘을 계란의 흠집에 찔러 넣어 알부민 3ml를 추출하고 계란의 둥근 부분에 지름 2cm의 창을 내고 투명테이프로 막아 incubation시킨다. 이때, 장요막의 직경이 3~5 mm인 embryo를 신생혈관 억제 실험에 사용하였으며, retinoic acid는 양성 대조군으로 이용되었다. 혈관이 뻗어 나오고 있는 장요막에 retinoic acid($10{\mu}g/egg$)를 처리한 후 48시간이 경과되었을 때 현저하게 혈관의 분포가 감소되었음을 알 수 있다. 이와 유사한 신생혈관 억제 효과가 약재(Cnidium officinale Makino와 Tabanus bovinus) ($50{\mu}g/egg$)를 시약으로 처리했을 경우에도 나타났다. 다음은 각막을 봉합하여 투명한 각막에 인위적으로 신생혈관을 유도하는 실험으로 흰쥐를 복강 마취시킨 후 10-0nylon용 사용하여 각막의 중앙부를 전층으로 한번 봉합한 후 각막의 염증을 막고자 terramycin을 하루에 한번씩 일주일간 점안하였다. 약재를 처리하지 않은 각막에서는 봉합 후 2~3일째 많은 혈관들이 뻗어 나오는 것을 관찰할 수 있었으며, 5~6일 이내에 각막기능 손상부위까지 혈관이 뻗어 나가는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 또한 봉합 후 3주일째의 신생혈관 분포가 최고치에 달했다. 이에 비해 약재(Cnidium officinale Makino와 Tabanus bovinus) ($20{\mu}g/kg$)를 4주간 구강투여한 흰쥐의 각막에서는 신생혈관 억제에 주목할 만한 효과를 보였다. 대조군 흰쥐와 비교해 보았을 때에도 약재를 구강 투여한 흰쥐의 각막에서 신생혈관이 상당히 줄어든 것을 볼 수 있었으며, 신생혈관 억제제로 효능을 인정받은 thalidomide와 비교해 보았을 때에도 현저한 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 이러한 결과로 볼 때, 이 약재(Cnidium officinale Makine와 Tabanus bovinus) 는 항신생혈관의 특성을 가지고 있으며, 이 특성은 각막에서 뿐 아니라 다른 부위의 종양을 억제하고 그 전이를 막는 약리학적인 측면에도 이용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.70-75
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• 2000

This study was undertaken to find out the effect of lead on histopathological changes in rat. Thirty female Wistar rats, 7 weeks old, were divided into a control and two experimental groups. The control was received normal diet. The two experimental groups were received diets contaminated artificially with 10 or 5,000 ug/g of lead administration group, histopathological changes were observed in the kidney, liver, heat, brain and lung from the 4th week of experiment. Desquamation of renal epithelia and inclusion bodies in the epithelia of renal tubules were demonstrated in the kidneys. But the liver did not show acid-fast inclusion body. Degeneration of cardiac muscles were seen. The number of mast cells were increased in the cardiac muscles. Darkly stained neurons in the cerebral cortex, some inflammatory cells around meningeal vessels and distended Virchow-Robin spaces were observed.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.103-107
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• 1980

This study was conducted to compare the effect of dietary sucrose and starch on the lipid metabolism of Rat fed by low protein diet for 3 and 6 weeks periods. Forty male weanling Spargue-Dawley rats weighing 52.7 grams each, after being adopted for 2 days with standard diet, were blocked into 8 groups and fed experimental diet as designed. Experimental diet were composed of two different levels of proteins, 6% designed as low protein diet and 15% designed as standard protein diet. In each group, the content of serum lipid, serum cholesterol and liver lipid were measured. The results of this experiment were summerized as follows. 1. liver lipid content was tended to be high in the sucrose group of low protein fed animal. 2. the content of total serum lipid was tended to be high in the sucrose group, and this tendency was showed statistical significance in the animals fed by low and standard protein after 6 weeks of experimental period. 3. The difference in the total serum cholesterol content between the sucrose and starch group was not significant

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.491-499
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• 1991

The present experiment was carried out 1) to study the developmental topography of GnRH neuronal system and 2) to characterize the cellular localization of GnRH neurons in the prenatal brain development of the rat. At embryonic day (I) 14.5, immunoreactive cell bodies of GnRH were first seen in the nasal septum and in the ganglion terminate located in the ventral protion of the caudal olfactory bulb. Two days later (E 16.5), GnRH-containing neurons were observed at the level of olfactory tubercle and diagonal band of Broca, which is the first appearance in the intracerebral region. From 118.5, the topographic pattern of immunoreactive GnRH perikarya was similar to that of adult rats. The present data suggest that GnRH neurons were originated from the nasal septum and gradually extended to the hvpothalamic regions with increasing fetal age.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.137-144
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• 2022

Poria cocos is a natural substance known to have anticancer, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. The aim of this study is to investigate the analgesic effects of Poria cocos extract (PCE). We evaluated the analgesic effects of PCE using adjuvant induced arthritis rat model. Male SD rats were administered intra-orally with PCE according to prescribed dosage, during 6 days. After 6 days later, serum TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 levels were measured by ELISA. In our experiment, administration of PCE decreased TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6 and PGE2 level in serum. Furthermore, it was confirmed that allodynia was relieved in evaluation of pain behavior. It was confirmed that administration of PCE reduces nociceptive pain by reducing nociceptive stimuli by acting as an anti-inflammatory drug.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 1999

누에분말, 쫑잎, 상백피의 투여가 흰쥐의 장관기능에 미치는 영향에 대해 알아본 결과, 시료이용효율은 대조구 0.1792, 뽕잎 투여구 0.1486, 누에분말 투여구 0.1543, 상백피 투여구 0.1573으로 잠상산물 투여가 사료이용효율을 떨어뜨렸다. 장통과시간은 대조구 644.0분, 뽕잎 투여구 512.2분, 누에분말 투여구 555.9분, 상백피 투여구 574.0분 이었다. 또한 잠상산물을 투여함에 따라 소장길이는 6~11% 증가하였으며, 대장길이는 0~11% 증가하였다. 장의 통과속도는 대조구 20.77 mm/분, 뽕잎 투여구 29.11 mm/분, 누에분말 투여구 26.07 mm/분, 상백피 투여구 25.05 mm/분으로 잠상산물의 투여에 따라 장의 통과속도가 21~61% 빨라졌다. 소장의 무게는 7.26~8.45g과 대장의 무게는 1.69~2.08g으로 잠상산물 투여로 유의성 있는 증가를 나타냈다. 변의 pH는 뽕잎 투여구가 가장 낮은 5.95이며, 변량 또한 5.42g/day으로 가장 많았다. 이상의 결과로부터 잠상산물을 투여함에 따라 장관 기능이 유의성 있게 개선됨을 알 수 있었다.