• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.250-255
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• 1994

Wild-type and four mutant R100 merR genes were cloned and the proteins overproduced under tac promoter control of pKK223-3. His118Ala, Cys117Ser, Cys126Ser, and wild-type MerR were successfully overproduced although amino-terminal 14 amino acids deletion mutant MerR was not successful. The amount of overproduced wild-type MerR protein as well as other mutant MerR was between 15%-20% of the total protein. The protein was able to be purified up to 95% homogeneity. Specific DNA-protein blotting experiments showed that the 95 bp operator containing DNA fragment could bind to Cys126Ser, His118Ala, and wild- type MerR, but not to Cys117Ser. These results were consistent with the previously reported complementation experiment results that His118Ala, Cys126Ser, and wild-type MerR could repress the mer operon but Cys117Ser could not.

• 대한바이러스학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.77-90
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• 1996

Nucleocapsid protein (NP)which exists in the particle of hantavirus and surrounds the viral RNA genome is one of the major structural proteins and plays role of antigen to elicit the antibody detected predorminantly right after infection of the virus in the patients of hemorragic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)or experimental animals. NP is important target antigen in serological diagnostic system of HFRS utilizing whole antigens from the native virus particle, such as IFA, ELISA and Western blotting. Therefore, the preparation of this protein in the level of higher quantity and purity is desirasble for developed dianosis of the disease. The purpose of this study is the cloning of NP gene which exists in the S genome segment of Maaji (MAA) virus and expression of the gene to obtain qualified, genetically engineered NP to be utilized as an immunodiagnostic antigen. First of all, for the purpose of amplifing the MAA-NP gene by PCR, the specific primers were built from the known nucleotide sequence of Hantaan viral NP gene. The viral cDNA of the NP gene was synthesized by using the primers and RNase $H^-$ AMV reverse transcriptase. Thereafter, using this cDNA as a template, the NP gene was amplified specifically by Taq DNA polymrerase. The pT7blue (R)T-overhang vector systems were used for cloning of the amplified NP gene. The expression system was consisted of BL21 (DE3)pLysS and pET16b as a host and a plasmid repectively. Into Ndel site of pET16b, NP gene was ligated with cohesive end for the expression. Insertion of NP gene in the plasmid was confirmed by PCR and mini prep methods. For expression, IPTG was used and the expressed protein was characterized by Western blotting. The MAA-NP was expressed as the form of inclusion body (insoluble fraction)and the protein purified by affinity and metal chealating columns reacted specifically with the sera from patients of HFRS as to be tested by ELISA and Western blotting.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.315-319
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• 2004

사람의 serine palmitoyltransferase(SPT, EC 2.3.1.50)에 대한 항체를 제작하기 위하여 E. coli발현 vector인 pRset vector에 SPTLC1 및 SPTLC2 유전자를 subcloning하고 BL21 (DE3)pLys cell에 발현시켰다. 포유동물의 SPT는 원핵세포의 SPT homodimer와는 달리 SPTLC1 및 SPTLC2 2개의 sub-unit로 된 heterodimer이다. Human embryo kidney cell인 HEK293 cell의 total RNA로부터 RT-PCR을 행하여 cDNA library를 얻은 다음 SPTLC1 및 SPTLC2의 특이적인 primer 들을 이용하여 PCR을 행하였다. SPTLC1 및 SPTLC2 DNA를 hexahistidine fusion 단백질을 발현시킬 수 있는 pRset vector에 cloning하여 pRsetB/SPTLC1 및 pRsetA/SPTLC2를 얻고 염기서열을 확인하였다. 재조합 plasmid를 발현세포인 BL21 cell에 형질전환시킨 다음 ampicillin 및 chroramphenicol 배지에서 선별하여 재조합세포를 얻었다. 1 mM IPTG로서 발현을 유도하였으며 세포 단백질을 SDS-PAGE로 분리한 다음 His-tag antibody로 western blotting을 행하여 SPTLC 및 SPTLC2가 발현되었음을 확인하였다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.205-210
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• 1997

p53 tumor suppressor plays an important role in the regulation of cellular proliferation. To identify proteins regulating the expression of p53 in rat liver, we analyzed p53 promoter by electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) and DNase I footprinting assay. We found that a protein binds the sequence CACGTG, bHLH consensus sequence in rat p53 promoter. Southwestern blotting analysis with oligonucleotides containing this sequence shows that the molecular weight of the protein is 100 kDa. This size is not compatible with the bHLH family such as USF or c-Myc/Max which is known to regulate the expression of the human and mouse p53 gene. Therefore this 100 kDa protein may be a new protein regulating basal transcription of rat p53. We purified this 100 kDa protein through sequence-specific DNA affinity chromatogaphy.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.409-416
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• 2009

Acute pancreatitis is a multifactorial disease associated with the premature activation of digestive enzymes. The genes expressed in pancreatic acinar cells determine the severity of the disease. The present study determined the differentially expressed genes in pancreatic acinar cells treated with cerulein as an in vitro model of acute pancreatitis. Pancreatic acinar AR42J cells were stimulated with $10^{-8}$ M cerulein for 4 h, and genes with altered expression were identified using a cDNA microarray for 4,000 rat genes and validated by real-time PCR. These genes showed a 2.5-fold or higher increase with cerulein: lithostatin, guanylate cyclase, myosin light chain kinase 2, cathepsin C, progestin-induced protein, and pancreatic trypsin 2. Stathin 1 and ribosomal protein S13 showed a 2.5-fold or higher decreases in expression. Real-time PCR analysis showed time-dependent alterations of these genes. Using commercially available antibodies specific for guanylate cyclase, myosin light chain kinase 2, and cathepsin C, a time-dependent increase in these proteins were observed by Western blotting. Thus, disturbances in proliferation, differentiation, cytoskeleton arrangement, enzyme activity, and secretion may be underlying mechanisms of acute pancreatitis.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.253-263
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• 2006

목 적: 본 연구에서는 EST Clustering 방법을 이용하여 이전의 연구에서 발굴한 B357 EST의 염기서열을 포함하는 유전자를 동정하고, 이 유전자의 발현을 생쥐의 난소와 정소를 포함한 여러 가지 조직들에서 살펴보고자 하였다. 연구방법: EST Clustering으로 얻어진 전체 염기서열을 5-day-ovary-specific gene-1 (5DOS1)이라고 명명하여 GenBank에 등록하였으며 (AY751521), northern blotting, real-time RT-PCR, in situ hybridization, western blotting, immunohistochemistry 등의 방법을 이용하여 생쥐 난소와 고환의 발달단계에 따라 그 발현양상을 관찰하였다. 결 과: 5DOS1의 전사체는 성장한 정소, 뇌, 근육에서 높게 발현하였으며, 난소의 경우에서는 원시난포시기부터 모든 난자에서 발현하였으며 특히 생후 5일째 높게 발현하였고 그 이후로는 점차 감소하였다. 반면 정소의 경우는 발달과 함께 계속 증가하였으며, 정모세포를 제외한 모든 발달단계별 정자에서 발현함을 관찰하였다. 결 론: 본 연구결과는 5DOS1에 대한 발견과 동정에 대한 첫 보고로써, 유전자 및 단백질이 생쥐의 난소 및 정소의 생식세포에서 발현하는 것을 관찰하였다. 앞으로 생식세포 발생 및 분화에 관련된 5DOS1의 기능에 대한 심층 연구가 더 필요하다고 사료된다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.113-117
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• 1995

We re-cloned mouse ${\delt}-Opioid$receptor from NG108-15 cells using RT-PCR, and confirmed it by restriction analysis and by sequencing the beginning and end part of the amplified DNA. When transiently expressed in COS-7 cells, cloned ${\delt}-Opioid$ receptor showed saturable and specific binding to $[^3H]$naloxone with very similar binding parameters to originally reported ones. To make antibodies specific for the ${\delt}-Opioid$ receptor, the carboxy tail of the receptor, which is unique to the ${\delt}-Opioid$ receptor compared with other opioid receptors, was expressed in bacteria as a ufsion proteinwith glutathione S-transferase. Purified fusion protein selective for ${\delt}-Opioid$ receptor when tested by western blotting using membrane proteins prepared from transfected COS-7 cells. Cloned ${\delt}-Opioid$ receptor andl antibodies specific for ${\delt}-Opioid$ receptor are going to be valuable tools for studying pharmacological actions of the ${\delt}-Opioid$ receptor and morphine dependence.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.669-674
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• 1997

면역활성, 항균성 등의 기능성을 보여 식품첨가물로 전량 수입에 의존하여 사용되는 human lactoferrin을 진핵세포에서의 생산을 시도하였다. 우선, 항균성을 보이는 lactoferrin에 대하여 생육저해가 없는 host cell에 lactoferrin 유전자를 발현시키고자 lactoferrin에 대한 항균력을 실험한 결과 Pichia pastoris는 생육저해를 일으키지 않아 이를 lactoferrin 생산균주로 선정하였다. Pichia를 숙주로 하는 pHIL-SI expression vector에 lactoferrin 유전자를 삽입 하였을 때 genomic DNA에 유전자가 integration 되었다. 즉, transformant JY-1, JY-2는 PCR(polymerase chain reaction)과 southern blotting에 의하여 2.4Kb의 크기의 HLF(human lactoferrin) 유전자가 삽입되었음을 확인하였다. 유전자 발현을 검토한 결과 transformant JY-1는 immunoblotting에 의하여 lactoferrin 단백질 생산을 확인하였다. 배양시간에 따른 HLF의 생산성을 알아본 결과 48시간 이후에 75KDa의 HLF단백질이 분비됨을 확인하였다

• BMB Reports
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.193-198
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• 2010

In this study, we report the identification and characterization of a novel C2H2 zinc finger protein, ZNF552, from a human embryonic heart cDNA library. ZNF552 is composed of three exons and two introns and maps to chromosome 19q13.43. The cDNA of ZNF552 is 2.3 kb, encoding 407 amino acids with an amino-terminal KRAB domain and seven carboxyl-terminal C2H2 zinc finger motifs in the nucleus and cytoplasm. Northern blotting analysis indicated that a 2.3 kb transcript specific for ZNF552 was expressed in liver, lung, spleen, testis and kidney, especially with a higher level in the lung and testis in human adult tissues. Reporter gene assays showed that ZNF552 was a transcriptional repressor, and overexpression of ZNF552 in the COS-7 cells inhibited the transcriptional activities of AP-1 and SRE, which could be relieved through RNAi analysis. Deletion studies showed that the KRAB domain of ZNF552 may be involved in this inhibition.

• 대한한방소아과학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.257-272
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• 2006

Objective : In this study, the ability of Oriental medicine Samultanggamibang(SMTG) to induce apoptosis was investigated in B16F10 melanoma cells. Method : Tetrazolium-based colorimetric assay was performed for cytotoxicity test. Several new assays for the basis of biochemical events associated with apoptosis such as DNA fragmentation by a flow cytometry, caspase-3 activation and PARP cleavage by Western blotting should be carried out potentially useful for the basis of biochemical events associated with apoptosis such as a flow cytometry and caspase-3 activation. Results : (1) The number of B16F10 melanoma cells was less than 30 % after exposure to 1 mg/ml SMTG for 48 h. SMTG increased cytotoxicity of B16F10 melanoma cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner. (2) The percentage of apoptotic cells by flow cytometric analysis of the DNA-stained cells increased to 21 % at 24 h and 25 % at 48 h after treatment with 1 mg/ml SMTG. (3) SMTG-induced apoptosis was accompained by the activation of caspase-3 and the specific proteolytic cleavage of poly-ADP-ribose polymerase. (4) SMTG induces the activation of caspase-3 and the specific proteolytic cleavage of poly-ADP-ribose polymearse and eventually leads to apoptosis through c-Jun NH2-terminal protein kinase (JNK)-dependent manner in B16F10 melanoma cells. Conclusion : SMTG had a strong cytotoxic effect of B16F10 melanoma cells.