• Toxicological Research
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.409-415
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• 1997

The influences of dietary supplement of citron tea on the hepatocellular chemical carcinogenesis have been studied by examining placental glutathione S-transferase(GST-P) positive foci area in a liver tissue, contents of total cytochrome P450, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances(TBARS) and glucose 6-phosphatase(G6Pase) in hepatic microsome and glutathione S-transferase(GST) activity. Weaning Sprague-Dawley male rats were fed AIN76 diet with or without citron tea supplement. Rats of CTR and CTR+ groups were fed diet without citron tea supplement while CDI and CDI+ groups were fed diet with citron tea supplement for the entire experimental period(13 weeks). Rats of CDP and CDP+ groups were fed diet without citron tea supplement for the first 7 weeks and swiched to citron tea containing diet for the last 6 weeks of experimental period. CTR+, CDI+ and CDP+ groups were carcinogen treated group. Diethylnitrosamine(DEN) was used as a carcinogen initiator and injected to the rats of carcinogen treated groups as a single dose of 200 mg/kg body weight intraperitoneally after 4 weeks of feeding. 2-Acethylaminofiuorene(AAF) was used as a carcinogen promoter and supplied in the diets of carcinogen treated rats as 0.02% content for the last 6 weeks starting from 2 weeks after DEN injection. Rats were sacrificed after 13 weeks of feeding. Liver/body weight ratio and GST activities were increased by carcinogen treatment. However, they were not changed by citron tea supplement. Total cytochrome P450 contents were not changed by carcinogen treatment or citron tea supplement. TBARS contents of carcinogen treated rats showed tendency to decrease by citron tea supplement. G6Pase activity decreased by carcinogen treatment and citron tea supplement. The area of GST-P positive foci detected in carcinogen treated rats were decreased by citron tea supplement and not affected by the timing and the duration of citron tea supplement. These results suggest that citron tea has suppressive effects on hepatocellular chemical carcinogenesis probably through antioxidant compounds by decreasing TBARS contents.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.447-456
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• 2001

임신랫드에서 fluoroquinolone 항균제 DW-116에 의해 유발된 발생독성이 모동물의 사료섭취량 감소에 의한 영양 결핍이 주요 원인인지 아니면 DW-116이 배.태자에 직접적으로 작용하여 유발된것인지를 조사하고자 시험물질을 랫드에 임신 6일에서 16일까지 0 및 500 mg/kg 용량으로 반복 경구투여하였다. 사료제한군은 시험물질 투여군의 모동물의 섭취한 동일한 양의 사료를 제한급여하였다. 모든모동물을 임신 20일째에 제왕절개하였고, 모독성 및 발생독성을 평가하였다. 시험물질 투여군에서는 독성증상과 체중의 감소, 투여 및 투여후 기간의 체중증가 억제, 사료섭취량의 감소를 포함하는 모독성이 부형제대조군및 사료제한군에 비해 현저하게 증가하였다. 또한, 태자사망의 증가, 생존태자의 감소, 태자체중과 태반중량의 감소, 태자기형의 증가 및 골환지연을 포함하는 발생독성도 현저하게 증가하였다. 반면, 사료제한군에서는 모체 및 태자에서 경미한 독성고견만 인정되었고, 태자사망이나 태자기형 등의 심각한 발생독성은 관찰되지 않았다. 결론적으로 시험물질투여군에서 관찰된 발생독성은 사료섭취량의 감소에 의한 모체의 영양결핍에 기인된 것이 아니라 DW-116의 투여에 기인된 직접효과인 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.13-26
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• 1991

간의 부분적 절제수술을 하지 않고 새로운 발암성 검색법을 찾고자, 화학물질에 민감한 신생암첫 Sprague-Dawley 랫드를 이용하여 diethylnitrosamine(DENA)으로 암을 유발시킨 후, 제1군에는 강력한 촉진제로서 2-acetylaminofluorene(2-AAF)을 사료하여 0.01%가 되게 섞어 투여하였고, 제2군은 약한 촉진제인 phenobarbital을 암수에 0.05% 농도로 녹여 토여하였으며, 제 3군은 대조군으로 DENA만을 1회 투여하였다. 그리고 발암성 평가는 glutathione S-transeferase placental form을 사용하여 검색하였다. 그 결과 체중에 대한 간의 무게비는 이유후 4주째 (7주)에 제2군이 제3군인 대조군에 비해 유의성 있게 (p<0.01)높았으며, 이유후 8주째(11주)에는 제1군과 제 2군이 대조군에 비해 각각 유의성 있게 (p<0.01, p<0.001)높았다. 그리고 이유후 4주(7주)째에 GST-P 양성병변을 이용한 전암병변의 면적을 비교해본바 제 1군과 제2군이 각각 유의성있게 (p<0.01, p<0.05)높게 나타났다. 이상의 결과에서 신생 랫드를 이용한 발암성 실험은 간의 부분적 절제수술을 하지 않고도 화학물질의 발암성을 좀더 이른 시기에 검색할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 그러므로 신생동물을 이용한 발암성 실험은 많은 화학물질들의 발암성을 검색하는데 매우 유용한 방법으로 사료된다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 1991

생후 6주령된 Fischer344 랫드를 4개군으로 나누어 시험 개시 일에 diethylnitrosamine을 제 1, 2, 3 군에 복강내로 각각 체중 kg당 200mg을 1회 주사하였고, 제 4군에는 생리적 식염수를 복강내로 1회 투여하였으며, 간 변화의 증폭을 위해 시험개시 3주후에 간의 약 67%를 부분절제하였다. 제1,2 군은 시험개시 후 제 2주부터 2-acetylaminofluorene(2-AAF)를 사료에 0.02%가 되게 섞어 4주간 투여하였고, 제3군과 대조군인 제4군에는 기초 사료만을 급여하였다. 제 1,3군은 철저항병소의 검색을 위하여 시험종료 2주전에 iron dextran을 체중 100g당 0.125 mg을 주 3회 피하로 투여하였고, 시험종료 후에 모든 랫드를 부검하여, 고정제로 고정한 후 일반적인 조직표본을 만들었다. 전암병소 검색을 위해 glutathione S-transeferase placental form(GST-P)에 대한 면역조직화화적 염색과 Perl's 법에 의한 철염색을 한 후, 동일한 조직을 연속절편하여 hematoxylin & eosin 염색한 것과 비교하였고, 칼라 화상분석기로 병소의 면적을 계산하여 통계학적 분석을 하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 철 저항 nodule이 주위의 정상조직과 한계가 어느정도 굴별되어 병변을 검색할 수 있었으나 GST-P 양성 nodule에 비하여 확실하지 않았고, 또한 철저항 foci는 주위의 정상조직과 한계가 명확하게 구별할 수 없었다. 간엽 전체에 대한 병소의 면적비교는 철 저항병소의 면적이 GST-P양성 병소의 면적보다 유의성 있게 낮았다. (p<0.01). 따라서 전암병소를 검색하는데는 GST-P양성 병소에 의한 검색이 철 저항 병소에 의한 검색보다 더 민감하고 믿을만한 지표가 되는 것으로 생각된다.하고 있는 각종 지구관측위성(EOS)들이 실용화 될 2000년 대에는 일반 지구환경감시는 물론 수계환경 감시 체계구축에 획기적인 진전이 있을 것으로 기대된다.limon(Jordan et Fowler) 및 청자갈치 Allolepis hollandi Jordan et Hubbs, 장갱이란 Stichaeidae의 세줄베도라치 식nogrammus hewagrammus(Temminck et Schlegel), 장갱이 Stichaeus grigorjemi Her\ulcornerenstein, 왜도라치 Chri'olophis wui(Wang et Wang ) , 괴도라치 Chirolophis joponicus(Jordan et snyder) , 벼슬베도라치 각ectrias benjamini Jordan et Snyder, 가시베도라치 Lumpenella nigricons Matsubara, 육점날개 Ophistocentws zonope jordan et Snyder, 그물베도라치 Dictyosoma burgeri Van der Hoeven 및 황점 베도라치Dictyosoma wbrimaculata Yatsu, Yasuda et Taki, 그리고 황줄베도라치란 Pholididae의 황줄베도라치 Phoris taczanowskii(Steindachner), 오색베도라치 Phoris omotus (Girad), 베도라치 Pholis nebuloso(Temminck et Schlegel), 횐베도라치 Pholisfangi(Wang et Wang) 및 점베도라치 Pholis crossispino(Temminck et Schlegel)의 17속 25종이 분류되었다. 이중에서 Zoarchias glaber, Chirofophis oui, Alectrias benjamini, Dictyosoma mbrimaculamia 및 Pholis crassispina의 5종은

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.42-49
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• 1999

The reproductive effect of $Telazol^{\circledR}$ was studied in pregnant rats. Two different doses (20 or 40 mg/kg/day) were injected on days one of 3, 5 or 8 of pregnancy and 3 consecutive days of 3~5 or 5~7 in pregnant rats. On days 8 or 21, the rats were anesthetized, the cesarean section was performed, the uterus was carefully examined, and the numbers of corpora lutea, implantation sites and viable fetuses, fetal and placental weights and pre-and post-implantation losses in rats were surveyed. Simultaneously the concentrations of sodium and potassium of the plasma, uterine and amniotic fluids were determined. And gestation period in pregnant rats, postnatal offspring survival and body weight gains were evaluated. Administration of $Telazol^{\circledR}$ did not exert a bad influence upon body weight gains in pregnant rats. Reproductive indices were normal. The concentrations of sodium and potassium of the plasma, uterine and amniotic fluids in pregnant rats remained unchanged. Gestation period of rats, postnatal offspring survival and body weight gains were normal. It is concluded that $Telazol^{\circledR}$ is devoided of significant adverse reproductive effects in pregnant rats.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.279-286
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• 2001

Recently, there is an increasing nationwide concern in Korea that exposure to electric and magnetic fields in the home environment may not be safe in humans. To identify possible effects of horizontally polarized magnetic fields (MF) exposure on embryo-fetal development, timed-mated female Sprague-Dawley rats (24/group) received continuous exposure to 60 Hz MF at field strengths of 0 Gauss (sham control), 50mG,833 mG, or 5000 mG. Dams received MF of sham exposures for 22hr/day on gestation days 6 through 20. Experimentally generated MF were monitored continuously througout the study. There was no evidence of maternal toxicity of developmental toxicity in any MF-exposed groups. Mean maternal body weight, organ weights, and gross findings in groups exposed to MF did not differ from those in sham control. No significant differences in fetal deaths, fetal body weight, and placental weight were observed between MF-exposed groups and sham control. External, visceral, and skeletal examination of fetuses demonstrated no significant differences in the incidence of fetal malformations between MF-exposed and sham control groups. In conclusion, exposure of pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats to 60 Hz at MF strengths up to 5000 mG during gestation day 6-20 did not produce any biologically significant effect in either dams of fetuses.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.285-291
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• 1998

This study was designed to examine the effects of polyundaturated fatty acid(PUFA) from different sourecs on hepatic lipogenic enzyme and peroxisomal ${\beta}$-oxidation in murine hepatocarcinogenesis initiated by diethylnitrodamine (DEN). Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed one of three diets containing 10%(w/w)fat; fish oil-corn oil blended(FO), corn oil-beef tallow-fish oil blended(CF), or corn oil-beef tallow-perilla oil blended (CP), from the gestation period. At 10 weeks, animals were received a single inraperitoneal injection of DEN (200mg/kg body weight), were subjected to two-thirds partial hepatectomy 3 weeks later and were sacrificed 8 weeks after DEN initiation. The areas of placental glutathione S-transferase (GST-P) positive foci were significantly smaller in rats fed fish oil containing diets (FO and CF) than those fed CP diet. Fish oil feeding significantly decreased th activities of lipogenic enzyme. Rats fed fish oil containing diets (FO, CF) exhibited the lower fatty acid synthase (FAS) activity than those fed CP diet and FAS activity was positively correlated with areas of GSP-P positivie foci. Glucose-6-phophate dehydrogenase activity was the lowest and peroxisomal ${\beta}$-oxidation was stimulated in rats fed FO diet compared to other groups. It was also found that serum cholesterol was decreased in FO group. Therefore, the preventive effect against hepatocarcinogenesis and hypolipidemic effect of fish oil can be explained partly by suppression of the hepatic lipogenesis and by increase of peroxisomal ${\beta}$-oxidation.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.1708-1713
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• 2002

Endometrial explants obtained from does between days 13 and 21 of pregnancy were cultured in a modified minimum essential medium in the presence of [$^35S$]methionine and [$^3H$]-leucine. Proteins synthesized and secreted into medium were analyzed by fluorography of two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and fluorography. No marked qualitative changes in patterns of protein production by caprine endometrium between days 13-21 of pregnancy. At least 11 proteins showed consistently a clear spot or a grouping of spots with characteristic location on two-dimensional gels. A major low molecular weight protein consisted of two major isoforms (pI 5.3-6.0) of similar molecular mass (21 kDa). Limited N-terminal sequence analysis of these two isoforms showed that the protein had complete homology with bovine placental and plasma retinol-binding protein (RBP) over the first 20 amino acids. Through use of the antiserum raised against bovine placental RBP, immunoreactive RBP was detected in cultures conditioned by uterine explants prepared at days 13, 15 and 21 of pregnancy. In the present study, proteins synthesized and secreted by caprine endometrium during periattachment period of early pregnancy were characterized. The pregnant endometrium secreted a number of neutral-to-acidic proteins which constituted, in part, the histotroph. A vitamin A-transport protein, RBP, was identified in cultures conditioned by endometrium of days 13-21 of pregnancy. The uterine endometrium is the only source of retinol for embryonic tissues. The uterine RBP appears to transport retinol locally toward embryonic tissues. Secretion of RBP by caprine endometrium of days 13, 15 and 21 of pregnancy suggested that retinol played an important role in conceptus development during periattachment period of early pregnancy.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.649-661
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• 1992

This study was performed to compare DNA content by flow cytometer (FCM) and glutathione S-transferase placental form (GST-P) positive foci for searching objective and accurated properties of tumor. Sprague-Dawley rats aged six weeks were divided into three groups and group 1 and 2 of rats were given an intraperitoneal injection of diethylnitrosamine at 200mg/kg body weight and group 3 of rats were given saline. Three weeks after beginning of the experiment, all groups were performed partial hepatectomy. Group 1 of rats were begun to feed on diets containing 0.02% 2-acetylaminofluorene as a promoter for six weeks, group 2 and 3 of rats were begun to feed on basal diets. At 4, 6, and 8 weeks after initiation, all groups of rats were killed, livers were extracted for H & E stain, immunohistochemical stain, and DNA ploidy analysis. In quantitative analysis for GST-P positive lesion number and area by using Image Analyzer, group 1 and 2 represented significant difference in comparison with group 3. In ploidy distribution, diploid cells of group 1 and 2 were increased significantly in comparison with those of group 3 at 4, 6, and 8 weeks after initiation, respectively tetraploid cells were reduced. But S-phase cells were not changed significantly. It is concluded that ploidy change by FCM is useful as objective data for early detection in hepatocarcinogenesis. Therefore, methodology and study of DNA content are carried out for more objective and accurate ploidy analysis in liver tumor.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.65-69
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• 1975

Human chorionic gonadotropin hormone(H.C.G.) is secreted from the villus tissues of the placenta and excreted in lange amount into the urine. Its isolation is chiefly made from the urine of a pregnant woman. Recently, Matsushima attempted isolation of H.C.G. directly from the placenta itself. In order to prepare H.C.G. from human placenta, general method of extractiag and purifying proteins was applied. Its way was as follow: Crude H.C.G. was extracted from placenta with pH 9.0 and pH 5.0 aqua ammonia, and purified with pH 8.0 ammonia and 50% ethanol at pH 4.8. The purified H.C.G. showed two moving bands on the anode by paper electrophoresis. On the other hand, the H.C.G. from pregnancy urine (Standard. Pharm. Co.) showed same two bands but their moving ratio were different. The purified H.C.G. showed gonadotropin effect when it was injected young fomale rats 40r/cc per day for 5 days and weighted the increased ovary weight.