• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.1370-1374
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• 2005

The Tosyl-JM3 (TJM3) is a modified compound from one of 1,2,3,4-Tetra- hydroisoquinoline (THIQ) derivatives. The THIQs include potent cytotoxic agents that display a range of anti-tumor activities, antimicrobial activity, and other biological properties. In this study, we investigated the effect of TJM3 on the cytotoxicity, induction of apoptosis in human promyelocytic leukemia cells (HL-60 cells). TJM3 showed a significant cytotoxic activity in HL-60 cells (IC50 = approximately $60{\mu}g/m{\ell}$) after a 24 hr incubation. Treatment of HL-60 cells with TJM3 exhibited several features of apoptosis, including formation of DNA ladders in agarose gel electrophoresis, morphological changes of HL-60 cells with DAPI stain. Here we observed that TJM3 caused a decrease of procaspase-3 protein. Further molecular analysis demonstrated that TJM3 led to cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) by western blot and increase of hypodiploid (Sub-G1) population in the flow cytometric analysis. In conclusion, these above results indicate that TJM3 dramatically suppresses HL-60 cell growth and induces apoptosis. These data may support a possibility for the use of TJM3 in the prevention and treatment of leukemia.

• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.317-324
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• 2009

The insecticidal toxin gene of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is one of the most commonly used in the development of genetically modified (GM) crops. In this research, we analyzed Bt rice showing lepidopteran pest-resistance. The Bt gene is a synthetic Cry1Ac composed of optimal codons for plants, and the Bt protein is targeted to the chloroplast by a transit peptide. Three Cry1Ac rice events (C103-3, C127-1, and C7-1) were analyzed for molecular characterization. C103-3 contains two copies of T-DNA where the left border (LB) region is truncated. Both C7-1 and C127-1 have a single copy of T-DNA, but a part of the vector backbone DNA is inserted into the genome of C127-1; thus, only C7-1 had intact T-DNA. Progenies of C7-1 crossed with the original cultivar, Nakdong, and double-haploid lines from anther culture of lines crossed with the elite cultivar, Dongjin, were analyzed for T-DNA flanking genomic DNA and genotyping. Results showed that an intact T-DNA region without the vector backbone was inserted into the genome and was stably inherited through generations. The C7-1 homozygous event could be used as breeding material to develop GM rice with pest resistance.

• 멤브레인
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.276-284
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 소수성 PVDF막 표면에 중성 친수성 고분자인 Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)를 코팅한 후 순수 투과도를 측정하고 대표적인 단백질 오염물질인 bovin serum albumin (BSA)에 대하여 파울링 실험을 수행하였다. BSA 용액 20 ppm 조건에서 파울링 실험을 수행한 결과, 코팅 전 막에 비하여 순수 투과도는 감소하였지만 내오염성은 현저히 증가됨을 알 수 있었다. 코팅된 PVA의 분자량이 커질수록 순수 투과도는 감소하였으나, 내오염성이 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 또한, 코팅된 PVA의 농도가 높아질수록 순수 투과도는 감소하였고, 내오염성이 증가하였다. 이는 접촉각과 AFM 측정 결과와 관련하여 코팅 후 막 표면에 친수성의 증가와 거칠기가 감소했기 때문으로 여겨진다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.41-47
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• 2007

The Hantaan virus (HTNV) is an enveloped virus that is capable of inducing low pH-dependent cell fusion. We molecularly cloned the viral glycoprotein (GP) and nucleocapsid (NP) cDNA of HTNV and expressed them in Vero E6 cells under the control of a CMV promoter. The viral gene expression was assessed using an indirect immunofluorescence assay and immunoprecipitation. The transfected Vero E6 cells expressing GPs, but not those expressing NP, fused and formed a syncytium following exposure to a low pH. Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against envelope GPs inhibited cell fusion, whereas MAbs against NP did not. We also investigated the N-linked glycosylation of HTNV GPs and its role in cell fusion. The envelope GPs of HTNV are modified by N-linked glycosylation at five sites: four sites on G1 (N134, N235, N347, and N399) and one site on G2 (N928). Site-directed mutagenesis was used to construct eight GP gene mutants, including five single N-glycosylation site mutants and three double-site mutants, which were then expressed in Vero E6 cells. The oligosaccharide chain on residue N928 of G2 was found to be crucial for cell fusion after exposure to a low pH. These results suggest that G2 is likely to be the fusion protein of HTNV.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.158-168
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• 1987

1. Cassava 전분(澱粉)을 이용(利用)하여 곰팡이를 $28^{\circ}C$에서 96시간(時間) 액체정치(液體定置) 배양(培養)한 바 배지중(培地中)의 Cassava 전분함량(澱粉含量)이 6%, 72시간(時間)일 때에 균체량(菌體量)이 가장 많았다. 2. Cassava 전분(澱粉)이 6% 함유(含有)된 배지(培地)에서 곰팡이를 배양(培養)하여 얻은 균체단백질량(菌體蛋白質量)은 Rhizopus는 48시간(時間) 배양(培養)하였을때 가장 많았고, Aspergillus niger 및 Aspergillus fumigatus에서는 72시간(時間) 배양(培養)했을 때 균체단백질량(菌體蛋白質量)이 많았다. 3. Cassava 전분량(澱粉量)을 4%, 6% 및 8%되게 변화(變化)시킨 배지(培地)에서 분리균(分離菌)을 접종(接種)하여 96시간(時間) 배양(培養)하면서 24시간(時間)마다 배양여액(培養濾液) 중(中)의 m-amylase의 활성(活性)을 측정(測定)한 바 8% 농도(濃度)에서 Aspergillus niger 및 Aspergillus fumigatus는 72시간(時間)일 때 높은 D.P 값을 얻었고. Rhizopus 는 144시간(時間)일 때 D.P 값이 높았다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.41-45
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• 2000

Induction of DNA fragmentation of rat embryonic midbrain cells was studied to see whether apoptosis plays a role in OTA-induced microcephaly observed in cultured rat whole embryos during embryogenesis. We first cultured whole embryos (prepared from day 9.5 gestation rats) for 48 hrs with OTA and found that OTA induced microcephaly in cultured rat whole embryos. We also examined whether the microcephaly seen in cultured whole embryos is partially related to the increase of apoptosis of undifferentiated embryonic midbrain cells. Embryonic midbrain cells were prepared from day 12 gestation rat embryos, and cultured in the mixture media of Dulbecco's modified eagle's medium nutrient and Ham's F12 (1：1) containing 10% Nuserum, 100 $\mu\textrm{g}$/ml of streptomycin and 100 units/ml of penicillin for 96 hrs. Induction of DNA fragmentation was increased by 0.25-1 $\mu\textrm{g}$/ml OTA in a dose dependent manner in the embryonic midbrain cells. We also tested whether increase of apoptosis by OTA would be associated with change of apoptosis-related proteins (TNF-$\alpha$ and P$^{53}$ ) level in embryonic midbrain cells. OTA also increased TNF-$\alpha$ and P$^{53}$ levels. These results show that OTA induced microcephaly in cultured whole embryos and this effect may be at least a part due to the induction of apoptosis and apoptosis-related protein levels of undifferentiated embryonic midbrain cells.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.99-104
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• 2010

화학물질은 생체에 들어오면 여러 가지 독성반응을 나타내는데, 독성반응에 따른 유전자 발현을 분석하기 위해 바이오 칩 등을 이용한 신기술이 확산되면서 바이오 디지털 콘텐츠가 다량으로 생성되고 있다. 이 콘텐츠는 그 자체로는 의미가 적고 컴퓨터를 이용한 분석과 보정과정을 거쳐 생물학적으로 의미 있는 값들을 선별하여야 한다. 이런 콘텐츠에는 유전자들의 발현 양상 측정을 목적으로 하는 유전체학(genomics), 유전자의 발현 양상을 측정하는 전사체학(transcriptomics), 단백질의 발현을 측정하는 단백체학(proteomics), 대사체의 발현을 측정하는 대사체학(metabolomics) 등이 있으며, 이를 통칭하여 오믹스(omics)라고 부른다. 오믹스 기술을 독성을 연구하는 분야에 접목한 것이 독성유전체학(toxicogenomics)이며, 이에 대한 콘텐츠를 분석함으로써 독성을 예측하고 독성기전을 규명할 수 있다. 독성분석에 있어서 초기 단계의 분석은 향후 만성독성의 예측에 있어서 중요한 부분을 차지하고 있다. 바이오 디지털 콘텐츠를 이용하여 독성을 예측함에 있어 기존의 방법보다 더 빠르고 정확하게 예측하기 위해서는 많은 정보에 대한 분석기술의 진보가 필요하다. 또, 바이오 디지털 콘텐츠를 이용한 독성예측에 있어서 전체세포보다는 생물학적 현상을 일으키는 특이세포에서 이런 정보를 얻는 것이 중요하다고 생각된다. 또, 향후 바이오 디지털 콘텐츠 분석은 전략적 실험설계에 의한 데이터가 분석되고 축적되어야 하고, 분석알고리즘을 통한 네트워크 분석이 이루어져야 하며, 통합적 데이터 구축을 통해 이루어져야 할 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.70-77
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• 1990

생쥐의 정자가 부정소에서 성숙하는 동안 Phosphatase 활성도의 변화를 알아보기 위하여 본 연구를 실시하였다. 효소의 활성도는 Ernst(1975)의 방법을 변용하여 측정하였으며 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 부정소으 두부내 정자와 미부내 정자으 단백질 함량은 각각 59.1 $\pm$8.4(mg/10 9 sperm), 14.0$\pm$12.3(mg/10 9 sperm)으로 나타났다. 기본 반응액에서 나타난 두부내 정자의 효소 활성도를 100%로 할 때, 미부내 정자의 활성도는 ALPase가 29.2%, ALPase가 44.9% 그리고 ALPase가 53.8%였으며, 초음파로 정자를 분쇄하였을 경우에 ALPase는 16.5%, ALPase는 33.3% 그리고 ALPase는 38.7%였다. 따라서 미부내 정자의 phoshatase 활성도는 두부내 정자에 비하여 현저히 감소하였다. 그리고 부정소의 미부내 정자에서 K+ -dependent ALPase와 ALPase의 활성도는 두부내 정자에 비하여 유의하게 감소하였으며, 초음파로 정자를 분쇄하였을 때 $Ca^2$+ -dependent phoshatase의 활성도는 유의하게 증가하였다. 이상의 결과로 보아 생쥐의 정자가 부정소에서 성숙하는 동안 phoshatase의 활성도가 감소하는 것은 성숙과정에서 정자가 수정능력을 획득하는 데 어떤 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.108-113
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• 2005

This study was performed to investigate the growth rate, hematological and serological changes of the rats when they were fed with the high fat diets supplemented with or without the tannic acid for five weeks. Thirty-two Sprague-Dawley male rats(235.7\pm10.7g\;of\;body\;weight)$ were randomly divided into four groups, control group and three treatment groups(T1, T2 and T3). Rats in control group were fed with the high fat diet containing $15\%\;lard,\;1\%$ cholesterol and $0.5\%$ sodium cholate(wt/wt) which was modified from the formula of American Institute of Nutrition (AIN)-76 diet and rats in treatment groups were fed with above diet supplemented with $0.25\%(T1),\;0.5\%(T2)$ or $0.75\%(T3)$ of tannic acid(wt/wt), respectively. The supplementation of tannic acid(TA) did not affect the final body weight, gain of body weight and feed intake of rats in both control and treatment groups. The numbers of red blood cells, hemoglobin concentrations and hematocrit values in blood of rats showed no significant differences between control group and treatment groups. The glucose concentration and albumin/globulin(A/G) ratio of rats in treatment groups were slightly lower than that of control group without significance. The values of total protein, albumin and globulin showed no significant differences between control group and treatment groups. The values of total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein­cholesterol and atherogenic index in sera of rats in treatment groups were much lower than that of control group without significance. The values of triglycerides in sera of rats in T3 group were significantly lower than that of control group (p<0.05). The values of AST and ALT in sera of rats in T3 group were significantly lower than that of control group (p<0.05). Thus supplementation of tannic acid to high fat diet could be effective to reduce the serum lipid levels such as total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol and triglycerides which were regarded as to cause the cardiovascular diseases.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.409-417
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• 2007

Burkholderia sp. HY-10 isolated from the digestive tracts of the longicorn beetle, Prionus insularis, produced an extracellular lipase with a molecular weight of 33.5 kDa estimated by SDS-PAGE. The lipase was purified from the culture supernatant to near electrophoretic homogenity by a one-step adsorption-desorption procedure using a polypropylene matrix followed by a concentration step. The purified lipase exhibited highest activities at pH 8.5 and $60^{\circ}C$. A broad range of lipase substrates, from $C_4\;to\;C_{18}$ p-nitrophenyl esters, were hydrolyzed efficiently by the lipase. The most efficient substrate was p-nitrophenyl caproate ($C_6$). A 2485 bp DNA fragment was isolated by PCR amplification and chromosomal walking which encoded two polypeptides of 364 and 346 amino acids, identified as a lipase and a lipase foldase, respectively. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified lipase and nucleotide sequence analysis predicted that the precursor lipase was proteolytically modified through the secretion step and produced a catalytically active 33.5 kDa protein. The deduced amino acid sequence for the lipase shared extensive similarity with those of the lipase family 1.2 of lipases from other bacteria. The deduced amino acid sequence contained two Cystein residues forming a disulfide bond in the molecule and three, well-conserved amino acid residues, $Ser^{131},\;His^{330},\;and\;Asp^{308}$, which composed the catalytic triad of the enzyme.