• 생명과학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.364-375
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• 2016

번역 후 변형 과정은 외부 자극으로부터 세포의 신속한 반응을 야기하는데 있어서 매우 효율적인 기작이다. 이 중, 유비퀴티네이션은 진핵생물 내 대표적인 번역 후 변형 과정으로서, 이러한 유비퀴티네이션에 의해 매개되는 UPS (유비퀴틴/프로테아좀 시스템)는 세포 내 다양한 단백질들의 분해과정을 통해 그들의 안정성을 조절한다. 유비퀴티네이션 과정에 참여하는 3종류의 효소 중에서, E3 효소는 분해할 대상 기질을 결정한다는 면에서 그 중요성을 가지고 있다. CRL (cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase)은 E3 효소 중 가장 거대한 그룹을 형성하고 있는데, 이들은 생체 내에서 cullin, RBX1, 어댑터, 기질 수용체로 이루어진 복합체의 형태로서 그 기능을 발휘한다. 이 중, SCF 복합체로도 알려진 CRL1 복합체의 기능은 다양한 연구를 통해 광범위하게 알려져 온 반면, CRL4 복합체에 대한 연구 및 고찰은 상대적으로 미흡한 실정이다. 또한, 애기장대는 DCAF로 명명된 잠재적 기질 수용체를 총 119개 보유하고 있는데, 현재까지 이들 중 일부 기질 수용체들의 기능만이 밝혀진 상태로서, 나머지 기질 수용체들의 기능 규명은 향후 활발히 탐색되어야 할 연구분야라 할 수 있다. 본 총설에서는 식물의 CRL4 복합체의 구조 및 활성 조절을 알아보고, 각 CRL4 복합체가 관여하는 다양한 식물 내 이벤트에 관하여 최근까지 보고된 CRL4 기질 수용체들을 중심으로 그 연구 진행 사항을 업데이트하고자 한다. 이러한 접근은 각 CRL4 복합체가 기능하는 식물의 다양한 신호 전달 기작들을 보다 명확히 이해하고, 향후 전체 CRL4 복합체의 작용 네트워크를 구축하는데 있어 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1872-1881
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 대두(FS)와 아가콩의 발효추출물(FYA)의 항암활성 기전을 확인하기 위해 AGS 인체위암세포의 증식에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. AGS 세포에서 FS 및 FYA 처리로 인하여 암세포의 증식이 처리 농도 의존적으로 강하게 억제하였고, apoptosis 유발을 의미하는 세포의 전반적인 형태 및 핵의 변형 또한 동반하였다. 또한 세포주기 분석을 통하여 이 현상이 apoptosis 유도에 의한 것임을 확인하였다. AGS 세포에 처리된 FS 및 FYA는 pro-apoptotic factor인 Bax의 발현 증가를 통한 intrinsic pathway나, death receptor 관련 유전자의 발현 증가를 통한 extrinsic pathway를 활성화시키며, 더 나아가서 IAP family인자의 발현 억제 및 caspases의 활성 증가를 일으켜 apoptosis를 유발시키는 것을 유추할 수 있었는데, 이러한 효과들은 FS보다 FYA에서 더욱더 탁월하였다. 이는 향후 아가콩 발효추출물이 항암치료를 위한 적용 가능성이 매우 우수함을 제시하여 주는 결과이다.

• 의료법학
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.319-382
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• 2008

As a withdrawing care's study, the purpose of this study is searching about withdrawing care's acceptance and circumstances through Bora-mae hospital case(chapter 1). Withdrawing life-sustaining treatment has various forms. Though the meaning of euthanasia, death with dignity, natural death, physician assisted suicide are duplicated, the meaning of those are different slightly. Firstly, this study looks about the difference of the those meaning and acceptance range(condition) by withdrawing care's forms(chapter 2). Bora-mae hospital case sentenced guilty about physician who discharged incompetent patient who was after surgery by patient's wife determination. This Bora-mae case that sentenced guilty about discharge against medical advise(DAMA) that is regarded to custom has brought intensive confliction of legal, social, medical aspect, Bora-mae hospital case has many legal problems. First, as to criminal law rule 250(murder), the problem is whether discharge and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment is commission or omission. this study concluded omission(district court: omission, appeal, supreme court: commission). Because legal denounce point of discharge and medical treatment withdrawing is omission that physician who is obligatory on patient to cure. If physician's act is regarded omission, it is necessary to determine whether he has guardian status and obligation. Without guardian status and obligation, omission crime can't exist. This study decided that physician had guardian status and obligation and foundation of guardian status was pre-action or acceptance of emergency patient. Physician's medical treatment duty finished when patient(or patient's guardian) demands discharge. But when patient death is foreseen and other possible treatment does not exist, his duty of life prolonging treatment does not finish. This originate from physician's social responsibility and public status that limits patient's private liberty. This study regarded physician's action as accomplice about whether physician's discharging action is accomplice or the principal offender(district court: the principal offender, appeal, supreme court: accomplice). Though the principal offender needs criminal determination and action, there is no this common determination and functional action control of physician in Bora-mae case(chapter 3). Bora-mae hospital case partly originated from deficiency of legal, institutive system including medical security system shortage, the instruction is 1. medical security system strengthening, 2. hospital ethical committee's activity strengthening, 3. institutionalization of withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, 4. acceptance of pre-decision making system, 5. sufficient persuasion of physician for patient and faithful writing of medical paper, 6. respect for patients' self-determination and rights, 7. consciousness's changing for withdrawing life-sustaining treatment and persistent education about medical ethics(chapter 4). Considering Bora-mae case, medical sector is not the dead ground of a criminal punishment. Intervention of criminal law in medical sector give rise to ill effect, that is, excess medical examination and treatment, safeguard treatment, delay of discharge from a hospital. Because sufficient guarantee of life becomes mere empty slogan under situation that impose a burden of heavy cost to family or hospital, public and systematic solution should be given(chapter 5).

• 한국식물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물생명공학회 2003년도 식물바이오벤처 페스티발
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• pp.65-71
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• 2003

Bax, a mammalian pro-apoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family, induces cell death when expressed in yeast. To investigate whether Bax expression can induce cell death in plant, we produced transgenic Arabidopsis plants that contained murine Bax cDNA under control of a glucocorticoid-inducible promoter. Transgenic plants treated with dexamethasone, a strong synthetic glucocorticoid, induced Bax accumulation and cell death, suggesting that some elements of cell death mechanism by Bax may be conserved among various organisms. Therefore, we developed novel yeast genetic system, and cloned several Plant Bax Inhibitors (PBIs). Here, we report the function of two PBIs in detail. PBI1 is ascorbate peroxidase (sAPX). Fluorescence method of dihydrorho-damine 123 oxidation revealed that expression of Bax in yeast cells generated reactive oxygen species (ROS), and which was greatly reduced by co-expression with sAPX. These results suggest that sAPX inhibits the generation of ROS by Bax, which in turn suppresses Baxinduced cell death in yeast. PBI2 encodes nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDPK). ROS stress strongly induces the expression of the NDPK2 gene in Arabidopsis thaliana (AtNDPK2). Transgenic plants overexpressing AtNDPK2 have lower levels of ROS than wildtype plants. Mutants lacking AtNDPK2 had higher levels of ROS than wildtype. $H_2O_2$ treatment induced the phosphorylation of two endogenous proteins whose molecular weights suggested they are AtMPK3 and AtMPK6. In the absence of $H_2O_2$ treatment, phosphorylation of these proteins was slightly elevated in plants overexpressing AtNDPK2 but markedly decreased in the AtNDPK2 deletion mutant. Yeast two-hybrid and in vitro protein pull-down assays revealed that AtNDPK2 specifically interacts with AtMPK3 and AtMPK6. Furthermore, AtNDPK2 also enhances the MBP phosphorylation activity of AtMPK3 in vitro. Finally, constitutive overexpression of AtNDPK2 in Arabidopsis plants conferred an enhanced tolerance to multiple environmental stresses that elicit ROS accumulation in situ. Thus, AtNDPK2 appears to play a novel regulatory role in $H_2O_2$-mediated MAPK signaling in plants.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.313-322
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• 2003

우리나라는 고령인구의 증가추세 속에서 가족에 대한 가치관의 변모로 양로원과 같은 주거복지시설이 지속적으로 증가하고 있으며, 그간의 증가 속도를 감안한다면 앞으로 전체 사회 복지시설 대비 양로원이 차지하는 비율과 수용인원의 수는 가속화될 것으로 예측된다. 한편, 고령자는 약 60%가 장애인 수준에 가까울 정도로 심신의 기능이 저하되어 있어 이들의 독립적 생활을 지원하는 특별한 환경적 배려가 반드시 필요하다고 하겠다. 본 연구는 환경적 요소 가운에 색채가 고령자의 원활한 인식작용과 커뮤니케이션, 심리적 치료효과에 중요한 인자임을 인식하여 고령자 시설이 이들의 요구조건을 수용하기에 적절한지를 파악하는데 연구목적이 있다. 이를 위해 고령자환경에서 색채가 지니는 중요성 및 효과, 고령자의 시각적 특성 및 색채에 대할 반응을 문헌을 통해 조사하였으며, 서울$.$경기도 지역의 10개 양로시설에 대한 현장방문을 통해 실내환경의 색채현황을 조사하였다. 그리고 대상시설의 주요 공간인 로비/라운지, 복도, 식당, 침실, 계단실/경사로 등 5개 영역에 대한 측색 결과를 문과 스펜서의 색채조화론에 기초하여 색의 3속성별 조화정도와 미도를 정량적으로 평가하였고 색채 경향을 분석하여 적정성 여부를 평가하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.589-600
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• 2005

The purposes of this study is to discuss and analyze the effect on the recovery from cut in sciatic nerve. This study used 9 weeks male rats of Sprague-Dawley family. Rat in groups 4 were treated with pulsed therapeutic ultrasound for 3 minutes. 3 times weekly at 3MHz respectively (intensity; $0.2W/cm^2,\;0.5W/Cm^2,\;10W/cm^2$); rat in group 1 received placebo ultrasound. In addition, changes of serum aspartate amino-transferase(AST) and creatine phosphokinase(CPK) levels were also demonstrated with diameter of individual muscle fasciculate and number of muscle fiber in each of three types of muscles located in gastrocnemius, soles. The results of comparing the changes in groups are as follows; 1. We found out that hypertrophic epineurium was present in sciatic nerve injured ultrasound treatment of groups. 2. In the gastrocnemius morphological investigation of the group I (control group), severe muscle atrophy were observed at the 7th days of the sciatic nerve injury. however, muscle atrophy of the group IV ($1.0W/cm^2$) were slightly recovered at the 14th days after treatment ultrasound. At the 28th days, muscular fibers were formed in polygon and were significantly recovered. 3. C-fos immunoreactive of the group II ($0.2W/cm^2$), III ($0.5W/cm^2$) were remarkably increased at the 1th day after treatment of ultrasound. Group IV were markedly deceased. 4. Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor(BDNF) immunoreactive of the group II, III were increased after 7 days of the sciatic nerve injury. Group IV were markedly increased from 14th days to 28th days after treatment of ultrasound. 5. A significant increase of serum AST levels were demonstrated in control group. However, serum AST levels of massage groups were significantly decreased compared to that of control group in followed order ; ($0.2W/cm^2<0.5W/cm^2<1.0W/cm^2$). 6. A significant increase of serum CK levels were demonstrated in control of group. However, serum CK levels of massage groups were significantly decreased compared to that of control group in followed order ; ($0.2W/cm^2<0.5W/cm^2<1.0W/cm^2$). The above results suggest that ultrasound treatment after peripheral nerve injury might reduce noxious stimuli, facilitate nerve recovery and effective in the functional improvement delaying muscle atrophy or degeneration.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.363-369
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• 2016

Listeria innocua ATCC 33090 유전체로부터 maltose/maltodextrin 이용과 관련한 유전자 클러스터를 발견하였으며, 그로부터 cyclomaltodextrinase (LICD)로 예상되는 유전자를 클로닝하고, 대장균 내에서 발현하였다. LICD는 총 591개의 아미노산으로 이루어진 68.6 kDa 크기의 효소이며, 일반적인 CDase 계열 효소들과 39−58%의 아미노산 서열 상동성을 나타내었다. 재조합 LICD는 37℃, pH 7.0의 조건에서 최대 활성을 나타내었으며, cyclodextrin, starch, maltotriose에 작용하여 주로 maltose를 생성하였다. 또한 pullulan을 분해하여 panose를, 그리고 acarbose를 분해하여 glucose와 acarviosine-glucose를 생성하는 전형적인 CDase 계열 효소임을 확인하였다. 그러나, starch 및 pullulan과 같은 고분자기질 대비 cyclodextrin 및 maltotriose의 저분자 소당류에 대해 상대적으로 높은 활성을 나타내며, acarbose 분해 활성이 매우 낮아 다른 효소들과 차별성을 가진다. 또한 LICD는 acarbose 공여체를 가수분해하여 수용체에 전이하는 당전이 활성을 보였다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.317-323
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 C. fermentati SI가 생산하는 isoflavone 배당체 가수분해 효소를 클로닝하여 염기 서열을 밝힌 뒤 P. pastoris X-33에 형질전환하여 재조합 효소의 과발현을 시켰고, 또한 재조합 isoflavone 가수분해 효소의 효소학적 특성을 조사하였다. 재조합 isoflavone 가수분해 효소의 분자량은 약 50.4 kDa이었으며, Meyerozyma guilliermondii ATCC 6260의 exo-1,3-β-glucanase와 96%로 가장 높은 homology를 나타내었다. exo-1,3-β-glucanase의 ORF는 pPICZA 벡터로 클로닝 후 P. pastoris X-33으로 형질전환을 하였으며, His6-tag을 이용하여 효소를 정제하였다. 정제된 효소는 citrate phosphate buffer pH 4.5에서 최적 활성을 나타내었으며, 효소의 최적 활성 온도는 40℃로 나타났다. 40℃이상에서는 효소의 활성이 급격하게 감소함을 확인 하였으며, pH 안정성을 조사한 결과 비교적 넓은 범위인 4−8 사이에서 80%이상의 활성을 유지하였다. 따라서, 재조합 효소의 과발현을 통해 isoflavone aglycone의 효율적인 생산에 이용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.141-148
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• 2017

The oxidation ditch (OD) is one of the most widely used processes for treating municipal wastewater. However, the microbial communities in the OD systems have not been well characterized, and little information about the shift of bacterial community during the startup process of the OD systems is available. In this study, we investigated the bacterial community changes during the startup period (over 100 days) of a full-scale OD. The results showed that the bacterial community dramatically changed during the startup period. Similar to the activated sludge samples in other studies, Proteobacteria (accounting for 26.3%-48.4%) was the most dominant bacterial phylum in the OD system, but its relative abundance declined nearly 40% during the startup process. It was also found that Planctomycetes proliferated greatly (from 4.79% to 13.5%) and finally replaced Bacteroidetes as the second abundant phylum in the OD system. Specifically, some bacteria affiliated with genus Flavobacterium exhibited remarkable decreasing trends, whereas bacterial species belonging to the OD1 candidate division and Saprospiraceae family were found to increase during the startup process. Despite of the bacterial community shift, the organic matter, nitrogen, and phosphorus in the effluent were always in low concentrations, suggesting the functional redundancy of the bacterial community. Moreover, by comparing with the bacterial community in other municipal wastewater treatment bioreactors, some potentially novel bacterial species were found to be present in the OD system. Collectively, this study improved our understandings of the bacterial community structure and microbial ecology during the startup of a full-scale wastewater treatment bioreactor.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.225-230
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• 2012

Interferon induced transmembrane protein-1 (Ifitm-1) has been reported to have an important role in primordial germ cell formation, and it has expressed in female reproductive organ. In the present study, Ifitm-1 gene expression was identified in testes and all part of epididymis using western immunoblot and immunohistochemistry. Interestingly, Ifitm-1 expression was observed on the head of spermatozoa. To investigate the role of Ifitm-1 gene expression in behavior of spermatozoa after acrosome reaction, fresh sperm was incubated with calcium ionophore to induce acrosome reaction, whereas the expression of Ifitm-1 was not altered after the acrosome reaction. Then to identify the effect of Ifitm-1 in sperm motility and other seminal parameters, different concentration of Ifitm-1 antibody was incubated with spermatozoa, and seminal parameters were assessed using computer-assisted semen analysis (CASA). Interestingly, motility, progressive, and VAP were increased in the sperm with Ifitm-1 antibody treated compared to rabbit serum, however other parameters such as straightness were not changed. In order to identify the functional significance of Ifitm-1 in fertilization, capacitated spermatozoa were pre-incubated with anti-Ifitm-1 antibody and subsequently examined the ability to adhere to mouse oocytes. However, any defection or alteration in sperm-egg fusion was not found, Ifitm-1 antibody treated or non-treated spermatozoa showed a normal penetration. Although the precise role of Ifitm-1 in sperm motility and following fertilization need to be elucidated, this study suggests that the activation of Ifitm-1 on the sperm may enhance the motility of spermatozoa in mice.