• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.102-107
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• 2005

In this study, the ameliorating effect of soybean embryos on the impact of alcohol consumption was investigated on rat hepatocytes and in reducing total serum cholesterol levels and total serum lipid levels. Liver histology and two clinically important enzyme markers, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT), of rats administered with both alcohol and soybean embryo were compared with a control group. The treatment regimen of soybean embryo significantly reduced the serum ALT and AST levels of the subjects, demonstrating the hepato-protective effects of soybean embryo. Electron microscopy indicated that the administration of soybean embryo preserved the important hepatocyte structures and prevented the presence of lipid droplets and secondary lysosomes. Furthermore, total cholesterol and total lipid levels were significantly reduced. These results indicate that treatment with soybean embryo can positively mediate the effects of alcohol on hepatocytes and general liver functions.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2014년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.989-992
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• 2014

쥐에서 슈반세포와 뉴런세포를 이용한 수초화가 수행되었다. 슈반세포와 뉴런 세포는 쥐의 배아(임신 16일)의 척수신경절로 부터 각각 분리되어 배양되었다. 배아의 척수신경절이 배양되었고 항 유사분열제가 첨가되었다. 분리 정제된 배아의 슈반세포가 배양되었고 이것은 분리 정제된 배아의 척수신경절 세포에 첨가되었다. 실험실상에서 분리 정제된 수초화 군을 완성할 수 있었다. 뉴로필라멘트 단백질의 항체를 이용하여 수초화의 형성되었음을 확인하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2014년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.822-825
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• 2014

시험내 수초화 시스템을 만들기 위해 쥐에서 슈반세포와 뉴런세포의 공동 배양이 완성되었다. 슈반세포와 뉴런 세포는 각각 쥐의 배아(임신 15일)의 척수신경절로 부터 분리되었다. 이 방법은 4단계로 이루어져 있다. 1단계는 쥐배아의 척수신경절를 부유시키는 단계, 2단계는 유사분열억제제를 첨가하는 단계, 3단계는 척수신경절 세포를 순수 분리하는 단계, 4단계는 척수신경절 세포에 슈반세포를 첨가하는 단계이다. 우리는 단기간 내에 고 순도의 수초화 군을 생성하였으며 이렇게 생성된 수초화 단백질을 수초 기본 단백질(myelination basic protein)의 항체를 이용하여 확인하였다.

• Interdisciplinary Bio Central
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.12.1-12.7
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• 2010

The National Bio Resource Project-Rat (NBRP-Rat) comprises the largest bank of laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus) strains in the world. Its main focus is to develop infrastructure that will facilitate the systematic collection, preservation, and provision of rat strains. To breed effectively more than 180 rat strains in living stock, we establish the genetic control system in which a systematic set of genetic diagnoses and genetic monitoring are included. Genetic monitoring is performed by using 20 polymorphic markers. Monitoring is carried out when a living animal stock is re-established by using cryopreserved embryos or sperm or when a rat strain is first introduced to the NBRP-Rat by a depositor. Additional monitoring is then carried out on each strain every two years. Genetic diagnosis is performed largely by employing the Amp-FTA method. Protocols which detail how to perform a genetic diagnosis of 11 transgenes and 24 mutations have been made. Among the mutations, nine can be detected by simple gel electrophoresis of the PCR products, 11 by restriction enzyme treatment of the PCR products, and four by direct PCR product sequencing. Using this genetic control system, the NBRP-Rat can guarantee the genetic quality of its rat strains.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제55권7호
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• pp.238-248
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• 2012

Purpose: Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy is an important cause of neonatal mortality, as this brain injury disrupts normal mitochondrial respiratory activity. Carnitine plays an essential role in mitochondrial fatty acid transport and modulates excess acyl coenzyme A levels. In this study, we investigated whether treatment of primary cultures of rat cortical neurons with L-carnitine was able to prevent neurotoxicity resulting from oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD). Methods: Cortical neurons were prepared from Sprague-Dawley rat embryos. L-Carnitine was applied to cultures just prior to OGD and subsequent reoxygenation. The numbers of cells that stained with acridine orange (AO) and propidium iodide (PI) were counted, and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels were measured. The 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay and the terminal uridine deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick-end labeling assay were performed to evaluate the effect of L-carnitine (1 ${\mu}M$, 10 ${\mu}M$, and 100 ${\mu}M$) on OGD-induced neurotoxicity. Results: Treatment of primary cultures of rat cortical neurons with L-carnitine significantly reduced cell necrosis and prevented apoptosis after OGD. L-Carnitine application significantly reduced the number of cells that died, as assessed by the PI/AO ratio, and also reduced ROS release in the OGD groups treated with 10 ${\mu}M$ and 100 ${\mu}M$ of L-carnitine compared with the untreated OGD group (P<0.05). The application of L-carnitine at 100 ${\mu}M$ significantly decreased cytotoxicity, LDH release, and inhibited apoptosis compared to the untreated OGD group (P<0.05). Conclusion: L-Carnitine has neuroprotective benefits against OGD in rat primary cortical neurons in vitro.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.337-345
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• 1999

본 연구는 소 체외수정란의 체외배양 시 공동배양배지 및 첨가되는 단백질원에 따른 소 체외수정란의 체외발육능을 검토하였다. 소의 미성숙 난포란을 체외에서 성숙, 수정시킨 후, BSA 또는 FBS를 첨가한 TCM-199 또는 CR1aa 배양액으로 단순배양 또는 난구세포, 소 난관상피세포 (BOEC) 및 Buffalo rat 간세포 (BRLC)와의 공동배양 후, 체외수정란의 분할율 및 발육능을 검사하였다. 소 성숙 난포란을 체외수정 후, 분할율은 배양액의 종류에 관계없이 BSA를 첨가한 경우에 유의적으로 높았다 (P＜0.01). 분할된 수정란을 BSA 또는 FBS가 첨가된 TCM-l99 또는 CRlaa 배양액 내에서 단순배양한 결과, 배반포 발육율은 단백질원에 관계없이 CR1aa 액에서 배양한 경우가 유의적으로 높았다 (P＜0.05). 분할된 수정란을 난구세포 또는 BOEC와 공동배양 시, TCM-l99 배양액에서는 FBS에 비하여 BSA 첨가구가 높은 배반포 형성율을 보였으나 (P＜0.05), CRlaa 배양액에서는 BSA와 FBS 첨가구 모두 높은 발육율이 얻어졌다. 한편, 분할된 수정란을 BRLC의 단층세포와 공동배양 시에는 배양액의 종류와 관계없이 BSA에 비하여 FBS가 수정란의 발육율을 향상시켰다 (P＜0.05). 본 실혐의 결과는 배양액 중에 BSA 첨가가 소 체외수정란의 분할을 촉진할 수 있으며, 체외수정란을 체세포와 공동배양 시, 수정란의 발육율이 배양액 및 첨가 단백질원의 종류에 따라 영향을 받아, TCM-199 액에서 난구세포 또는 BOEC와 공동 배양하는 경우에는 BSA 첨가가 효과적일 수 있음을 수 있음을 보여준다.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.345-353
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• 1997

Antioxidants and antioxidants with somatic cell co-culture, bovine oviduct epithelial cells(BOEC) and buffalo rat liver cells(BRLC), were studied as a mean of increasing the development and intracellular glutathione(GSH) concnetrations of bovine embryos derived from in vitro matured(IVM) and in vitro fertilized(IVF) oocytes. Cell numbers and intracellular GSH concentrations of blastocysts were also counted. The developmental rate beyond morula stages in CRlaa containing taurine(2.5mM), superoxide dismutase(SOD, 600U) and catalase(250U) were 1%, 75.0%, 64.8% and 62.3%, respectively. The developmental rate in antioxidant groups was significantly higher than in control(P<0.05). The intracellular GSH concentrations of blastocysts cultured in 0, 2.5mM taurine, 600U SOD and 250U catalase were 33.8pM, 39.3pM, 42.3pM and 54.8pM, respectively. This result indicated that the developmental rates and intracellular GSH concentrations of catalase group was significantly higher than any other groups(P<0.05). The developmental capacity in CRlaa plus various antioxidants co-cultured with BOEC were 55.3%(control), 74.1%(2.5mM taurine), 66.7%(600U SOD) and 70.7%(250U catalase) and in CRlaa plus various antioxidants co-cultured with BRLC in control, 2.5mM taurine, 600U SOD and 250U catalase were 63.8%, 75.5%, 71.0% and 73.5%, respectveily, the intracellular GSH concentrations of blastocyst embryos co-cultured with BOEC and BRLC in CRlaa with 0.25mM taurine, 600U SOD and 250U catalase were 73.4pM and 64.4pM, 79.9pM and 67.5pM, 82.3pM and 71.7pM, and 83.0pM and 80.0pM, respectively. Cell numbers of blastocysts were not difference in all experimental groups. These studies indicate that andtioxidants and antioxidant with somatic cell co-culture can increase the proportion of embryo that developed into morula and blastocysts, and the intracellular GSH concentrations of blastocyst embryos.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.41-47
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• 1991

미성숙 흰쥐에 있어서 과잉배란 유기시 PMSG용량이 체외수정에 의한 수정율과 수정란의 배양에 미치는 영향을 조사하고, 체외수정 및 배양용기로서 plastic mini-straw의 이용효과와 체외수정란의 이식성적을 조사한 바 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 미성숙 흰쥐(체중 65~80g)에게 PMSG를 4, 10, 16 혹은 40IU를 1회 근육주사한 후 72시간에 채란한 난자 중에서 난구세포괴를 가진 정상형태의 난자와 정소상체 미부에서 채취하여 예비배양한 정자로 체외수정시켰다. 체외수정율은 PMSG 용량이 증가될수록 감소하였는데, 즉 4IU에서는 70.8%였으나, 40IU에서는 45.0%로 유의적으로 (P<0.05)저하하였다. 그러나 다정자 수정발생율은 2.3~9.7%로서 PMSG 용량에 따른 유의적인 증가는 없었다. 이 결과는 과량의 PMSG의 투여로 배란된 난자 중에서 일부는 비록 난자가 형태학적으로는 난구세포괴를 가지는 정상적인 난자일지라도 체외수정율의 저하는 정상적인 배란시간보다 조기배란으로 난자의 노화로 인하여 수정에 적합하지 않음을 제시하고 있다. 그리고 plastic mini-straw를 고안하여 straw내에서 체외수정시킨 후 66~72시간까지 배양시험한 결과 2-16와 4-16세포기까지 발달된 배의 비율은 petri dish보다 다소 우수(P<0.05)하였으며, straw용기에서 체외수정된 2세포기의 52개의 배를 7마리의 위임신 흰쥐에게 이식시켰던 바 6개의 배를 이식 받은 한 마리의 수란쥐가 2마리의 새끼를 분만하였다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2010

In order to understand the effects of all-trans-RA on palate development, RA was injected into the abdominal cavity of pregnant mice and then the embryos were taken in the following days and analyzed morphologically as well as molecular biologically. When RA was administered at the stage of E11 or E15, the overall craniofacial development was retarded. The length from jaw to eye was shortened, compared to that of normal group. When the E11 embryos were exposed to RA, cleft lip was also found along with the cleft palate. In vitro palate culture experiment also revealed that RA caused cleft palate. When RT-PCR was performed, early stage administration of RA at E11 inhibited the upregulation of Hoxa7 expression at E15 through E17. Whereas in control group, high level of Hoxa7 expression was detected in the palate of E15 to E17. In the case of Bax, the expression was decreased from E16, while remaining constant in control group. When TUNEL analysis was performed following the RA treatment at E15, TUNEL positive cells were detected in the mesenchymal cells as well as epithelial cells of palatal shelves of E16 and in E17 embryos. Whereas in normal control, TUNEL positive cells were observed mostly at the epithelium around the nasal cavity and oral cavity where rugae is made. These results altogether indicate that exposure to RA during palate development causes facial deformity including cleft palate and cleft lip by modulating the expression of homeotic genes such as Hoxa7 as well as an apoptosis-related gene, Bax, and thus malregulating the apoptosis.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.99-107
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• 2016

Triclosan is an antimicrobial or sanitizing agent used in personal care and household products such as toothpaste, soaps, mouthwashes and kitchen utensils. There are increasing evidence of the potentially harmful effects of triclosan in many systemic and cellular processes of the body. In this study, we investigated the effects of triclosan in the survivability of cultured rat neural stem cells (NSCs). Cortical cells from embryonic day 14 rat embryos were isolated and cultured in vitro. After stabilizing the culture, triclosan was introduced to the cells with concentrations ranging from $1{\mu}M$ to $50{\mu}M$ and in varied time periods. Thereafter, cell viability parameters were measured using MTT assay and PI staining. TCS decreased the cell viability of treated NSC in a concentration-dependent manner along with increased expressions of apoptotic markers, cleaved caspase-3 and Bax, while reduced expression of Bcl2. To explore the mechanisms underlying the effects of TCS in NSC, we measured the activation of MAPKs and intracellular ROS. TCS at $50{\mu}M$ induced the activations of both p38 and JNK, which may adversely affect cell survival. In contrast, the activities of ERK, Akt and PI3K, which are positively correlated with cell survival, were inhibited. Moreover, TCS at this concentration augmented the ROS generation in treated NSC and depleted the glutathione activity. Taken together, these results suggest that TCS can induce neurodegenerative effects in developing rat brains through mechanisms involving ROS activation and apoptosis initiation.