• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권8호
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• pp.1127-1132
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• 2012

Nargenicin $A_1$ is a 28-membered polyketide macrolide, with antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, produced by Nocardia sp. CS682. In this study, the production of nargenicin $A_1$ was improved by enhancing the supply of different biosynthetic precursors. In Nocardia sp. CS682 (KCTC11297BP), this improvement was ~4.62-fold with the supplementation of 30 mM methyl oleate, 4.25-fold with supplementation of 15mM sodium propionate, and 2.81-fold with supplementation of 15 mM sodium acetate. In Nocardia sp. metK18 and Nocardia sp. CS682 expressing S-adenosylmethionine synthetase (MetK), the production of nargenicin $A_1$ was improved by ~5.57-fold by supplementation with 30 mM methyl oleate, 5.01-fold by supplementation with 15 mM sodium propionate, and 3.64-fold by supplementation with 15 mM sodium acetate. Furthermore, supplementing the culture broth of Nocardia sp. ACC18 and Nocardia sp. CS682 expressing the acetyl-CoA carboxylase complex (AccA2 and AccBE) with 30 mM methyl oleate, 15 mM sodium propionate, or 15 mM sodium acetate resulted in ~6.99-, 6.46-, and 5.58-fold increases, respectively, in nargenicin $A_1$ production. Our overall results showed that among the supplements, methyl oleate was the most effective precursor supporting the highest titers of nargenicin $A_1$ in Nocardia sp. CS682, Nocardia sp. metK18, and Nocardia sp. ACC18.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.207-212
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• 2002

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) is the enzyme that controls no devo fatty acid biogynthesis, and this enzyme catalyzes the carboxylation pathway of acetyl-CoA to malonyl-CoA. Acetyl-CoA carboxylase gene expression was regulated by nutritional and hormonal status. The present study was performed to identify the regulation mechanism of ACC gene promoter I. The fragments of ACC promoter I -1.2-kb region wert recombined to pGL3-Basic vector with luciferase as a reporter gene. The primary hepatocytes from the rat were used to investigate the hormonal regulation of ACC promoter I activity. ACC PI (-1.2)/Luc plasmid was trtransferred into primary hepatocytes using lipofectin. Activity of luciferase was increased two-fold by 10-9M, three-fold by 10-8M, 10-6M, 3.5-fold by 10-6M, and 4.5-fold by 10-7M insulin treatment, respectively. In the presence of dexamethasone (1 $\mu$M), the effects of insulin increased about 1.5-fold, showing the additional effects of dexamethasone. Moreover, the activity of luciferase increased with insulin+dexamethasone, insulin+T3, dexamethasone+T3, and dexamethasone+insulin+T3 treatment approximately 6-, 4-, 6.5-, and 10-fold, respectively. Therefore it can be postulated that 1) these hormones coordinately regulate acetyl-CoA caroxylase gene expression via regulation of promoter activity, 2) the -1.2-kb region of ACC promoter I may have the response element sequences for insulin, dexamethasone, and T3.

• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.493-503
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• 2019

In the present investigation, we define two new subclasses of analytic and m-fold symmetric bi-univalent functions defined by a linear combination in the open unit disk U. Furthermore, for functions in each of the subclasses introduced here, we establish upper bounds for the initial coefficients ${\mid}a_{m+1}{\mid}$ and ${\mid}a_{2m+1}{\mid}$. Also, we indicate certain special cases for our results.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.537-547
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• 2018

Objective: This study was performed to understand transcriptional changes in the genes involved in gluconeogenesis and glycolysis pathways following castration of bulls. Methods: Twenty Korean bulls were weaned at average 3 months of age, and castrated at 6 months. Liver tissues were collected from bulls (n = 10) and steers (n = 10) of Korean cattle, and hepatic gene expression levels were measured using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. We examined hepatic transcription levels of genes encoding enzymes for irreversible reactions in both gluconeogenesis and glycolysis as well as genes encoding enzymes for the utilization of several glucogenic substrates. Correlations between hepatic gene expression and carcass characteristics were performed to understand their associations. Results: Castration increased the mRNA (3.6 fold; p<0.01) and protein levels (1.4 fold; p<0.05) of pyruvate carboxylase and mitochondrial phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase genes (1.7 fold; p<0.05). Hepatic mRNA levels of genes encoding the glycolysis enzymes were not changed by castration. Castration increased mRNA levels of both lactate dehydrogenase A (1.5 fold; p<0.05) and lactate dehydrogenase B (2.2 fold; p<0.01) genes for lactate utilization. Castration increased mRNA levels of glycerol kinase (2.7 fold; p<0.05) and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1 (1.5 fold; p<0.05) genes for glycerol utilization. Castration also increased mRNA levels of propionyl-CoA carboxylase beta (mitochondrial) (3.5 fold; p<0.01) and acyl-CoA synthetase short chain family member 3 (1.3 fold; p = 0.06) genes for propionate incorporation. Conclusion: Castration increases transcription levels of critical genes coding for enzymes involved in irreversible gluconeogenesis reactions from pyruvate to glucose and enzymes responsible for incorporation of glucogenic substrates including lactate, glycerol, and propionate. Hepatic gluconeogenic gene expression levels were associated with intramuscular fat deposition.

• 호남수학학술지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.733-748
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• 2018

In this paper, we investigate a new subclass $S^{{\varphi},{\lambda}}_{{\Sigma}_m}$ of ${\Sigma}_m$ consisting of analytic and m-fold symmetric bi-univalent functions satisfying subordination in the open unit disk U. We consider the Fekete-$Szeg{\ddot{o}}$ inequalities for this class. Also, we establish estimates for the coefficients for this subclass and several related classes are also considered and connections to earlier known results are made.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2019

돼지감자를 9번 찌고 9번 말려서 차를 제조한 다음 M사의 돼지감자차와 성분 및 기능성을 비교 분석하였다. 개발한 돼지감자차는 칼로리 342.27kcal, 탄수화물 73.87g/100g, 유리당 32.66mg/100g, 회분 6.80g/100g, 단백질 8.21g/100g이었고 무기물 총량은 2,785.67mg/100g, 칼륨 2,563.93mg/g, 칼슘 97.52mg/g, 마그네슘 88.78mg/g 등이었다. 돼지감자차의 유리당 총량은 32.66mg/100g이고 그중 fructose 17.40mg/100g, sucrose 9.03mg/100g, glucose 6.05mg/100g이었다. 돼지감자 차의 포화지방산은 30.34mg/100g, 4 불포화지방산은 69.66mg/100g이었고 그 중 linoleic acid 47.00mg/100g, palmitic acid 25.31mg/100g, linolenic acid 8.61mg/100g이었다. DPPH 라디컬 소거력은 개발한 차 34.2%, 비교용 M사차 5.2%, 지표물질 44.0%였다. ABTS 라디컬 소거력은 개발한 차 93.0%, M사차 61.9%, 지표물질 47.6%였다. SOD 유사활성은 개발한 차 2.7%, M사차 1.6%였다. 플라보노이드 함량은 개발한 차 2.8 fold, M사차 2.0 fold, 지표물질 1.7 fold 였다. 폴리페놀 함량은 개발한 차 38.2 fold, M사차 8.92 fold, 지표물질 14.0 fold였다. ${\alpha}$-Glucosidase 저해율은 개발한 차 9.83%, M사차 8.92%였다. 기호도는 1회 우린 것과 5회 우린 것을 비교하였다. 1회 우린 것을 기준으로 할 때 5회 우린 것의 기호도 중 색은 개발한 차 83.7%, 비교용 차 50.0%, 향기는 개발한 차 78.0%, 비교용 차 42.5%, 맛은 개발한 차 66.7%, 비교용 차 37.5%, 종합적인 기호도는 개발한 차 73.3%, 비교용 차 47.5%로 나타났다. 이같이 비교용 M사차는 우릴수록 추출 성분이 감소하여 5회 후에 종합적인 기호도는 46.3%로 감소한 반면 개발한 차는 감소폭이 적어서 73.3%를 나타냈다. 이같이 개발한 돼지감자차는 비교용 M사차 및 지표물질보다 항산화 작용이 강하고 유효 물질 함량도 더 많고, 기호성도 높으므로 질병 예방 및 개선 효과가 클 것으로 생각한다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2013

r-fold Wiener process는 실질적으로 infinite dimension이고, 컴퓨터는 finitely dimensional subspace만 취급할 수 있기 때문에 f-fold Wiener process는 컴퓨터로 구현될 수 없다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 r-fold Wiener process의 m-dimensional approximation 함수의 특성에 대해 연구한다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.23-33
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• 2019

우엉을 9번 찌고 9번 말려서 차를 제조한 다음 M사의 우엉차와 성분 및 기능성을 비교 분석하였다. 개발한 우엉차는 칼로리 346.48kcal, 탄수화물 72.75g/100g, 단백질 11.98g/100g, 회분 5.01g/100g이었다. 무기물 함량은 칼륨 1,476.21 mg/100g, 칼슘 255.96 mg/100g, 마그네슘 311.41mg/100g 이었다. 유리당 총량은 31.93 mg/100g이었고 그중 fructose 26.27mg/100g, glucose 4.39 mg/100g, sucrose 1.27 mg/100g이었다. 포화지방산은 40.73 mg/100g, 불포화지방산은 59.28 mg/100g이고 그 중 linoleic acid 41.28 mg/100g, palmitic acid 33.11 mg/100g, oleic acid 10.07 mg/100g, linolenic acid 7.92 mg/100g이었다. DPPH 라디컬 소거력은 개발한 차 33.9%, 비교용 M사 차 2.3%, 지표물질 37.2%였다. ABTS 라디컬 소거력은 개발한 차 90.7%, M사차 85.9%, 지표물질 47.6%였다. SOD 유사활성은 개발한 차 11.3%, 비교용차 50.5%였다. 플라보노이드 함량은 개발한 차2.6 fold, M사차 2.9 fold, 지표물질 1.7 fold였다. 폴리페놀 함량은 개발한 차 33.8 fold, M사차 38.9 fold, 지표물질 13.4 fold였다. 기호도는 1회 우린 것과 5회 우린 것을 비교하였다. 1회 우린 것을 기준으로 할 때 5회 우린 것의 기호도 중 색은 개발한 차 65.9%, M사차 12.8%, 향기는 개발한 차 78.0%, M사차 33.3%, 맛은 개발한 차 71.4%, M사차 20.7%, 나타났다. 이같이 비교용 M사차는 우릴수록 추출 성분이 감소하여 5회 후에 종합적인 기호도는 21.4%로 감소한 반면 개발한 차는 감소폭이 적어서 72.1%를 나타냈다. 이같이 개발한 우엉차는 비교용 M사차 및 지표물질보다 항산화 작용이 강하고 유효 물질 함량도 더 많고, 기호성도 높으므로 질병 예방 및 개선 효과가 클 것으로 생각한다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권10호
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• pp.1454-1459
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• 2013

The changes in prodiginines productions caused by pH shock culture of Streptomyces coelicolor strains were estimated. In Streptomyces coelicolor M511, undecylprodiginine and streptorubin B productions increased 1.8-fold (37.22 mg/g) and 2.5-fold (18.61 mg/g), respectively, by pH shock (from 7.2 to 4.0). In contrast, this resulted in the significantly decreased prodigignines production in the redP deletion mutant SJM1; 3.7-fold for undecylprodiginine, 4.4-fold for streptorubin B, 5.2-fold for methylundecylprodiginine, and 6.4-fold for methyldodecylundecylprodiginine, respectively. RT-PCR analyses showed that, during pH shock, expression of redD, the transcription activator gene, was increased while the expression of fabH, the decarboxylative condensation enzyme gene in fatty acid biosynthesis, was decreased in both strains. The enhanced redD expression was in good accordance with the increased total prodiginines production of M511. However, for SJM1 mutant, the decrease of fabH expression occurred more strikingly, such that it became almost completely turned off during acidic pH shock culture. Therefore, a down-regulation of fabH was considered to be the cause of decreased amount of total prodiginines produced, although redD expression was high in SJM1 mutant.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.190-197
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• 2005

Advanced glycation end products (AGE) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications including nephropathy. However, the role of AGE in the activation of mesangial cells cultured under high glucose has not been elucidated. The effects of aminoguanidine, which prevents formation of AGE and protein cross-linking, on the synthesis of $TGF-{\beta}1$ and fibronectin by rat mesangial cells cultured under high glucose for 2 weeks were examined and compared with the effects of $N^G$-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (NAME), a selective nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, because aminoguanidine also inhibits the inducible nitric oxide synthase. Culture of mesangial cells in 30 mM (high) glucose for 2 weeks induced 1.5-fold (ELISA) and 1.9-fold (Western blot analysis) increase in AGE in the culture media compared to 5.6 mM (control) glucose. Northern blot analysis revealed 1.5-fold increase in $TGF-{\beta}1$ and 1.7-fold increase in fibronectin mRNA expression in cells cultured under high glucose compared to control glucose. Increases in mRNA expression were followed by increased protein synthesis. Mink lung epithelial cell growth inhibition assay revealed 1.4-fold increase in $TGF-{\beta}1$ protein in high glucose media compared to control. Fibronectin protein also increased 2.1-fold that of control glucose by Western blot analysis. Administration of aminoguanidine suppressed AGE formation in a dose dependent manner and at the same time suppressed $TGF-{\beta}1$ and fibronectin synthesis by mesangial cells cultured in both control and high glucose. In contrast, NAME did not affect high glucose-induced changes. These findings support a role for AGE in high glucose-induced upregulation of $TGF-{\beta}1$ and fibronectin synthesis by mesangial cells.