• 제목/요약/키워드: silk proteins

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견직물의 소목염색에서 단백질 전처리 효과 (The Effects of the Pre-treatments with Proteins on Dyeing of Silk Fabric with Caesalpinia sappan)

  • 황소희;장정대
    • 한국염색가공학회지
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    • 제28권3호
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    • pp.208-218
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    • 2016
  • This study investigated the effects of the working mechanisms of proteins, mordants, and dyes, as well as the mordanting order, on dye uptake by silk fabric pre-treated with proteins and dyed with freeze-dried sappan wood water extract. Soybean protein and sodium caseinate were used as the proteins. 1. When Al mordants were not used, the dyeability of the fabrics increased upon protein pre-treatment as compared to the case without treatment. 2. Dyeing with protein pre-treatment, followed by mordanting, led to the highest dye uptake, and the optimal protein concentration was 5%. 3. The K/S values slightly decreased with an increase in the dyeing temperature, and the fabric turned dark red in color when dyeing was carried out at increasing temperature. Fabrics showed the highest dye uptake at $40^{\circ}C$. 4. Regarding the effect of time, the K/S values of the fabrics with and without protein treatment showed almost no increase after the initial dyeing time of 10min; further, there was hardly any difference in the cases with and without protein pre-treatment. 5. In case of protein pre-treatment fabrics, the washing fastness was level 2. The dry cleaning fastness showed very excellent result with level 4-5. The rubbing fastness was better in dry rubbing than in wet rubbing of the fabrics. For the light fastness, all dyed fabrics showed low fastness.

Expression of the cyan fluorescent protein in fibroin H-chain of transgenic silkworm

  • Goo, Tae-Won;Choi, Kwang-Ho;Kim, Seong-Ryul;Park, Seung Won;Kim, Seong-Wan
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • 제34권1호
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    • pp.11-15
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    • 2017
  • We constructed the fibroin H-chain expression system to produce enhanced cyan fluorescent proteins (ECFP) in transgenic silkworm cocoon. Fluorescent cocoon could be made by fusing ECFP cDNA to the heavy chain gene and injecting it into a silkworm. The ECFP fusion protein, each with N- and C-terminal sequences of the fibroin H-chain, was designed to be secreted into the lumen of the posterior silk glands. The expression of the ECFP/H-chain fusion gene was regulated by the fibroin H-chain promoter. The use of the 3xP3-driven EGFP cDNA as a marker allowed us to rapidly distinguish transgenic silkworms. The EGFP fluorescence became visible in the ocelli and in the central and peripheral nervous system on the seventh day of embryonic development. A mixture of the donor and helper vector was micro-injected into 1,020 Kumokjam, bivoltin silkworm eggs. We obtained 6 broods. The cocoon was displayed strong blue fluorescence, proving that the fusion protein was present in the cocoon. Accordingly, we suggest that the ECFP fluorescence silk will enable the production of novel biomaterial based on the transgenic silk.

The Current Status and Trends in the Research of Chinese Arachnology

  • Yin, Chang-Min
    • 한국토양동물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국토양동물학회 1997년도 총회 및 춘계학술대회
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    • pp.2-4
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    • 1997
  • This report includes 4 Part. I the characteristic of chinese Arachnological research; II, Systematic studies on Araneae we made in resent years; III. The survey of ecological study of Chinese Arachnology ; IV. Biocemical study of the venom and silk proteins of spiders.

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명반처리에 의한 견직물개선연구 -Sericin 정착을 중심으로 하여- (Studies on Sericin Fixation by Use of Alum Meal)

  • 최병희;남중희
    • 한국잠사곤충학회지
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    • 제21권2호
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    • pp.11-19
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    • 1979
  • 본연구는 백반이 sericin 정착하는 작용을 구명하기 위해서 시행된 것이며 이미 유혁기술에서 사용하여 오던 실예를 생사에 적용해보려는 것이었다. 타인의 보고는 Cr-명반이나 tannin, formalin 또는 vinyl acetate로 sericin 정착한 사실이 있기는 하나 이들은 섬유의 흡습성을 도외시한 것이어서 본보는 섬유의 흡습성을 보존하면서 sericin 정착을 하는 방식을 취하기로 했다. 한편 sericin 정착기구를 상세히 알기위해 섬유의 침간 mechanism과 정착 mechanism도 고찰하여 보았다. 본실험에서 얻어진 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 백반을 sericin 정착에 이용할 때는 타인의 보고에서와 같이 고온처리는 금물이며 고온처리는 섬유를 경화시켰다. 2. 백반을 저온처리하는 대신 3 시간 이상 처리함이 바람직하였고 이때 백반만으로도 sericin 정착과 더불어 방수효과를 보였다. 3. 1% 백반농도이면 sericin 정착이 가능하였다. 4. sericin 정착만 고려할때는 0.5% NaOH 10분간 처리후 1% 백반용액 3시간처리방식이 가장 좋았다. 5. 그러나 sericin 정착과 흡습성을 고려할때는 상기 방식의 역방법이 가장 좋았다. 6. sericin 정착검정은 습윤시료의 건조곡선도시로 더욱 선명하게 다루었다. 7. 연감률은 백반 -NaOH 처리의 경우 4.3%였는데 이러한 정도이면 실용 선습에 능히 sericin 유실을 막을 것으로 본다. 8. 흡습성도 백반-NaOH 처리방식에서 미처리손과 동일한 흡습성을 유지했다. 9. 처리직후와 처리 3개월후의 강력경도에 변화가 없었다. 10. 결론적으로 본처리는 무연무색처리로서 유색처리(탄닌, Cr-명반)방법과 취기처리(formalin, vinyl acetate 처리)보다 개선된 방식이었다.

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가잠사단백질의 각과정에서의 Cystine 성분에 대한 연구 (STUDIES ON THE CYSTINE COMPONENT IN THE SERICULTURAL PROTEINS OF BOMBYX MORI L.)

  • Choe, Byong-Hee
    • 한국잠사곤충학회지
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    • 제2권
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    • pp.1-31
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    • 1962
  • 본 연구는 견사중의 Cystine 성분을 가잠전과정을 통하여 기존재를 확인하고 견사구조중에서 cross linkage를 조성하고 있음을 확인하는데 있으며 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. Cystine 결정체를 Folin 씨 방법으로 견사로부터 분리하였다. 2. 견사 및 그와 관련있는 과정에서 Sullivan 씨 방법으로 다음과 같이 분석하였다. 시료 Cystine 함유량 % A. 상엽단백질 0.175 B.잠란 0.33 C. 잠체 (탈지, 숙잠, 견사선제외) 0.41 D. 견사선 (숙잠) 1.23 E. 잠 0.0 F. 잠통 (탈지) 0.30 G. 잠아 (탈지) 0.60 H. 생계 0.22 I. Fibroin 0.175 J. Sericin 0.30 3. 잠체내의 Cystine 존재는 상엽에서 0.175%, 견사선에서 0.12%의 Methionine을 확인함으로 생화학적의의와 더불어 재확인하였다. 4. 견사선내의 Sulfhydryl 화합물은 Sericin과 Methionine으로 전환하는 동시에 전자는 액상견으로 분비되어 견사를 구성하고 후자는 영양목적으로 견사선세포 육성에 사용되는 것으로 믿어진다. 5. Cystine 성분량은 상품종, 잠품종, 자웅성, 육종과정과 사육환경에 따라 변화한다. 6. 잡종강세로 육성된 교잡종은 원잠종보다 효과적인 성장을 위하여 더욱 많은 영양성 아미노산을 필요로 한다. 7. 여기한 관찰을 통하여 견사중 아미노산조성은 어느정도 변화하는 것이며 Cystine은 섬유의 무정형부분 특히 Sericin에 함유되고 있다. 8. 순수한 Cystine 또는 양모 Cystine을 첨식한 결과 하등의 이익점을 초래하지 못하였음으로 상엽중에 함유되어있는 Cystine과 Methionine 함유량은 잠아의 영양생리에 충분한 것으로 보인다. 9. 견사중의 disulfide cross linkage는 Harris 씨 방법과 여러가지 염류와 산에 의한 수축현상으로 확인하였고 양모와 대조하여 시험하였다. 10. 본 연구중 견사의 사상구조와 액상견의 입망상구조를 현미경으로 포착하였다. 액상견의 입망상은 입상 peptide의 OH ion과 물의 H ion의 인력관계로 형성되고 있다는 것을 기 film의 배열상태로 고찰하게 되었고 상엽단백질의 입망상은 견사의 사상형성에 적당한 사료임을 보이고 있다. 11. 본 논문을 통한 Cystine 존재는 비록 그 량이 적지마는 견사중의 Cystine 전무에 대한 종래관념을 전환시킬 것이다.

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The Strategy for the Development of Bio-Resources Utilizing Sericultural Products and Insects

  • Lee, Won-Chu;Kim, Iksoo
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • 제1권2호
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    • pp.95-102
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    • 2000
  • Experiments related to the field of sericulture started in the years 1900, in Korea. The sericultural experimental station in Korea was first organized among agricultural fields in Korea, indicating that sericulture in Korea was regarded as an important field of agriculture. Sericulture has been devoted to a great deal for the improvement of Korean economy during the past 100 years even under the coarse social circumstances caused particularly by the Korean War, However, the traditional Korean sericulture, aimed to produce silk yarn, was weakened, because of several reasons such as diminishment in silk consumption, increased labor charge in Korea, and so on. After this difficulty time, the Korean sericulture was revolutionized by shifting into functional sericulture from 1995, and the Korean sericulture now plays an important role for the improvement of human health. Mulberry tree, silkworm, and silk have a boundless potential to be developed as resources. We expect the know-how obtained through silkworm research would expand to the other insect research too. Thus, an area of entomological industry is hoped to prosper owing to insect research as well as sericulture. Mulberry tree is known to possess many bio-active substances, so it can be utilized as a resource for substitute medicine and a raw material for the functional food. In addition, an invention of genetically engineered mulberry variety, which will produce more bioactive substances, is expected. Silkworm is one of the most extensively studied insect organisms on the genome so far, Thus, silkworm is expected to be an "insect bio-factory", enabling mass-production of useful proteins by transformation, in which useful foreign genes are assimilated into silkworm. Silk can be transformed into several phases, because it possesses useful functional groups, which are sensitive to chemical reaction. Also, because silk fibrin itself is protein, it has a superior applicability as tissue membrane. Due to this usefulness, many researchers are now working on the silk as food, cosmetic, medical resource, and bioengineering resource, and even an expanded application is expected using silk in the future. Until now, the researches on insects were largely focused on the prevention of the damage caused by pest, instead of a beneficial aspect. However, insects are thought to be the fourth natural resource in the world, possessing unlimited potential as world resources in the near future. Therefore, our entomological research effort should be focused on the subject with potential for industrialization. Such subject includes selecting the insect species useful for environmental evaluation, construction of environment-friendly agricultural ecosystem, pollen mediation, pet, and advanced bio-resources.

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피브로인 H-chain 재조합 단백질 발현시스템을 이용한 황색형광실크의 제작 (Production of the yellow fluorescent silk using the fibroin heavy chain protein expression system in transgenic silkworm)

  • 김성완;최광호;김성렬;윤은영;박승원;강석우;구태원
    • 한국잠사곤충학회지
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    • 제52권2호
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    • pp.102-109
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    • 2014
  • 본 연구의 목적은 누에형질전환 기술과 피브로인 재조합 단백질 발현시스템을 이용하여 황색형광실크를 개발하는 것으로서, 본 실험에서는 피브로인 H-chain의 N-말단과 C-말단을 이용하여 피브로인 재조합 단백질 발현 시스템을 제작하였고, 종결코돈이 없는 EYFP 유전자를 위의 발현 시스템에 클로닝하여 황색형광실크를 제작하였다. 누에형질전환체 선발을 위해서는 3xP3 promoter와 EGFP 유전자를 이용하여 선발하였고, 3,060개의 누에알에 microinjection 하여 F1 세대에서 8 bloods의 누에형질전환체를 선발하였다. 선발된 누에형질전환체는 초기배 단계의 눈과 신경조직, 유충과 번데기 그리고 성충의 눈에서 EGFP 형광단백질이 발현되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 실크의 피브로인에서 EYFP 단백질이 발현되는 것을 확인하기 위해, F2세대의 누에형질전환체중에서 5령 3일 유충의 견사선을 형광현미경으로 관찰하였고, 중부 견사선에서 황색형광단백질이 발현되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 F2 세대의 고치와 저온에서 정련한 실크에서도 황색형광단백질의 발현을 확인할 수 있었고, Western blot 분석에서도 EYFP 재조합 단백질이 피브로인 H-chain과 융합된 형태로 존재하는 것이 확인되었다. 이상의 결과에서 황색형광실크를 생산하는 누에형질전환체가 성공적으로 제작되었음을 확인할 수 있었다.

Dietary Exposure to Transgenic Rice Expressing the Spider Silk Protein Fibroin Reduces Blood Glucose Levels in Diabetic Mice: The Potential Role of Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 Phosphorylation in Adipocytes

  • Park, Ji-Eun;Jeong, Yeon Jae;Park, Joon Beom;Kim, Hye Young;Yoo, Young Hyun;Lee, Kwang Sik;Yang, Won Tae;Kim, Doh Hoon;Kim, Jong-Min
    • 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.223-229
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    • 2019
  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is characterized by insulin resistance (IR). T2DM is correlated with obesity and most T2DM medications have been developed for enhancing insulin sensitivity. Silk protein fibroin (SPF) from spiders has been suggested as an attractive biomaterial for medical purposes. We generated transgenic rice (TR) expressing SPF and fed it to diabetic $BKS.Cg-m+/+Lepr^{db}$ mice to monitor the changes in blood glucose levels and adipose tissue proteins associated with energy metabolism and insulin signaling. In the present study, the adipocyte size in abdominal fat in TR-SPF-fed mice was remarkably smaller than that of the control. Whereas the adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK)-activated protein kinase and insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) protein levels were increased in abdominal adipose tissues after TR-SPF feeding, levels of six-transmembrane protein of prostate 2 (STAMP2) proteins decreased. Phosphorylation of AMPK at threonine 172 and IRS1 at serine 307 and tyrosine 632 were both increased in adipose tissues from TR-SPF-fed mice. Increased expression and phosphorylation of IRS1 at both serine 307 and tyrosine 632 in adipose tissues indicated that adipocytes obtained from abdominal fat in TR-SPF-fed mice were more susceptible to insulin signaling than that of the control. STAMP2 protein levels decreased in adipose tissues from TR-SPF-fed mice, indicating that STAMP2 proteins were reducing adipocytes that were undergoing lipolysis. Taken together, this study showed that TR-SPF was effective in reducing blood glucose levels in diabetic mice and that concurrent lipolysis in abdominal adipocytes was associated with alterations of AMPK, IRS1, and STAMP2. Increased IRS1 expression and its phosphorylation by TR-SFP were considered to be particularly important in the induction of lipolysis in adipocytes, as well as in reducing blood glucose levels in this animal model.

Nutrition composition differences among steamed and freeze-dried mature silkworm larval powders made from 3 Bombyx mori varieties weaving different colored cocoons

  • Ji, Sang-Deok;Kim, Nam-Suk;Kweon, HaeYong;Choi, Bo Hye;Kim, Kee-Young;Koh, Young Ho
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • 제33권1호
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    • pp.6-14
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    • 2016
  • The mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori has been one of the most important domestic animals which have provided with silk fibers for weaving fabrics and a food for a protein and lipid source. In addition, various health improvement effects of diverse silkworm larval powders were reported. Recently we found that steamed and freeze-dried mature silkworm larval powder (SMSP) generated using white-jade (also known as Backokjam) silkworm variety extended healthspan and increased resistance to Parkinson's disease in animal models. Because the colors of cocoons in silkworm varieties were caused by altered signal transduction pathways transporting phytochemicals from intestinal lumens to silk glands, we performed the proximate, amino acid, mineral, carbohydrates, fatty acid, and cholesterol composition analyses of SMSPs of 3 silkworm varieties which were weaving light yellow, golden, and red cocoons. Although most of nutrient compositions among 3 SMSPs were similar, there were significant differences in certain amino acids, minerals, and fatty acid compositions. Red silk silkworm (RS)-SMSP had higher contents of crude proteins and total amino acids than other SMSPs. In addition, the ratio of n-3/n-6 unsaturated fatty acids were higher than the other SMSPs. In contrast Golden silk silkworm (GS)-SMSP had higher ratio of potassium/sodium than the other SMSPs. These nutrient analysis results suggested that 3 SMSPs might have common and unique health improvement effects. Thus, further studies in the functionalities of the 3 SMSPs will reveal unknown their health improvements effects.

Enzyme hydrolysate of silk protein suppresses tert-butyl hydroperoxide-induced hepatotoxicity by enhancing antioxidant activity in rats

  • Suh, Hyung Joo;Kang, Bobin;Kim, Chae-Young;Choi, Hyeon-Son
    • 한국식품저장유통학회지
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    • 제24권4호
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    • pp.550-558
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of current study is to investigate the beneficial effect of enzyme (Alcalase) hydrolysates of silk protein in rat. Alcalase-treated silk protein hydrolysate (ATSH) itself did not show any cytotoxicity on the hepatic tissues and blood biochemistry, similar to the normal condition. ATSH played a protective role in tert-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BHP)-induced hepatotoxicity and liver damage. The values of AST (aspartate aminotransferase) and ALT (alanine aminotransferase), which are the indicators of the liver function, were effectively alleviated with the ATSH treatment in a dose dependent manner. The level of Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and Malondialdehyde (MDA), which were increased with t-BHP treatment, were significantly reduced by ATSH. High dose of ATSH (2 g/kg) reduced the t-BHP-induced LDH release by 48%. Antioxidant and antioxidant enzymes in liver cells were significantly increased by ATSH treatment in their level and activities. ATSH (2 g/kg) increased glutathione (GSH), an intracelluar antioxidant, by 2.5-fold compared with the t-BHP treated group. The activities of glutathione-s-transferase (GST), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase were also elevated by 38%, 60%, and 45%, respectively, with ATSH (2 g/kg) treatment. The antioxidative effect of ATSH was recapitulated to the protection from t-BHP induced liver damages in hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining. Thus, ATSH might be used as a hepatoprotective agent.