• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.265-270
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• 2011

Procymidone is a fungicide with anti-androgenic properties widely used to protect fruits from fungal infection, which induces an excessive reactive oxygen species production in male reproductive organs. In this study, to clarify whether procymidone affect the cellular antioxidant system of prostate at onset of puberty, gene expression patterns of the representative antioxidant enzymes such as cytoplasmic glutathione peroxidase (GPx1), phospholipid hydroperoxide GPx (PHGPx), selenoprotein P (SePP), cytoplasmic copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1), and manganese SOD (SOD2) were investigated in the rat ventral prostates exposed to procymidone using real-time RT-PCR analyses. Seven-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats castrated at 6 weeks old were treated with procymidone (25, 50, or 100 mg/kg per day) orally for 7 consecutive days after testosterone propionate (0.4 mg/kg per day) administration by subcutaneous injection. As compared to normal control animals, GPx1 mRNA expression in prostates significantly increased by the administration with TP and/or procymidone. However, PHGPx and SOD1 mRNA levels significanatly decreased by over 25 mg/kg of procymidone treatment and SePP and SOD2 mRNA levels was significanatly reduced by over 50 mg/kg of procymidone treatment. These findings indicate that procymidone may affect the antioxidant system of prostatic cells in up-regulation mode of GPx1, but in down-regulation modes of PHGPx, SePP, SOD1, and SOD2, suggesting that procymidone may affect differently the cellular antioxidant system of prostate according to the exposure doses.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.1135-1155
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• 2007

Selenium is considered to be one of the most controversial trace elements. On the one hand, it is toxic at high doses and there is a great body of information related to environmental issues of Se contamination. On the other hand, Se deficiency is a global problem related to an increased susceptibility to various diseases of animals and humans and decreased productive and reproductive performance of farm animals. Optimisation of Se nutrition of poultry and farm animals will result in increased efficiency of egg, meat and milk production and even more important, will improve quality. From the data presented in the review it is clear that the main lesson which we have to learn from nature is how to use organic selenium in animal and human diets. Selenium-enriched yeast (Sel-Plex) is the result of such a lesson and it is just a matter of time before animal nutrition moves completely from using ineffective sodium selenite to organic selenium. Other lessons from nature will follow. Recent advances in genomics and proteomics, in association with descriptions of new selenoproteins, will be a driving force in reconsidering old approaches related to Se nutrition. Probably 90% of all Se research has been conducted with sodium selenite and we now understand that the natural form of selenium is different. The main advances in Se status assessment and Se requirements were established based on the activity of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), an enzyme which for many years was considered to be the main selenoprotein. Recently it was discovered that it is only one of at least 25 various selenoproteins. Se research and practical applications are developing quickly and they are very exciting and promising.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제63권6호
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• pp.420-426
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 중수소를 충돌기체로 사용한 ICP-MS와 ammonium formate를 용리액으로 사용한 친화 크로마토그래피를 이용하여 한국인의 혈청에서의 셀레노단백질 GPx, SelP 및 SeAlb을 분리하고 후 칼럼 동위원소 희석법으로 정확히 정량하였다. 인증기준물질인 BCR 639 (133±12 ng g^-1)에 대하여 측정한 셀레늄 총량값은 130±6 ng g^-1으로 정확한 결과를 보여주었다. 이 방법을 적용하여 한국인의 직장암 그룹 25명과 통제군 30명의 혈청 속 셀레노단백질을 분석한 결과 셀레늄 총량에 대하여 직장암 그룹이 84±27 ng g^-1, 통제군이 119±28 ng g^-1으로 직장암 그룹이 통제군 보다 95% 신뢰수준에서 통계적으로 더 작은 결과를 보여 주었다. 즉 t 계산값은 4.93으로 95% 신뢰수준의 2.04보다 높았다. 이러한 경향은 남성보다 여성에서, 60대 이상의 고 연령층일 수록 더욱 뚜렷하였다. 각 셀레노단백질의 분포를 조사한 결과, 두 그룹은 서로 비슷하였고 각 셀레노단백질과 직장암에 따른 특별한 경향성은 보이지 않았다. 또한 직장암 병기가 진행됨에 따라 셀레노단백질 중 GPx의 농도가 약간 감소하는 경향이 있었고, 셀레늄 총량의 경우 2기에서 약간 증가하는 특징을 보였다.