• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제13권3_4호
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• pp.55-61
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• 1998

Glutathione-S-transferases (GSTs) detoxify electrophilic xenobiotics and reactive metabolites. Recently benzene-fused heterocycles have been shown to increase the total amount of hepatic GSTs in rats. Primarily this study aimed to determine the induction of GSTs by benzoazoles (BAs) including benzoxazole (BX), 2-methylbenzoxazole (M-BX), 2,5-dimethyl benzoxazole (D-BX), benzothiazole (BT), aminobenzothiazole (A-BT) and 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (M-BT) in rats. Hepatic cytosol and poly(A)$^+$ mRNA were prepared from rats after oral administration of BX, BT, M-BX, D-BX, A-BT and M-BT for 5 consecutive days at doses of 1 mmol/kg. Western immunoblot and northern blot analysis were conducted with rabbit anti-GST Ya, Yb$_1$, Yb$_2$, Yc antibodies and cDNA probes containing = 500 bps in the specific coding regions of Ya, Yb$_1$, Yb$_2$, Yc$_1$, and Yc$_2$, respectively. All BAs increased the amount of enzymes and mRNA levels of GSTs. BT was the most effective inducer of GSTs among the compounds examined in this study. Although A-BT and M-BT, the derivatives of BT, induced GSTs, these chemicals had lesser effect on induction of GSTs than BT. The derivatives of BX also induced less GSTs than the parent compound and the addition of methyl group to the benzene ring of BX reduced the induction of GSTs. BAs had better inductive effects on the class $\alpha$(Ya, Yc) than class $\mu$ GSTs (Yb$_1$, Yb$_2$). BAs enhanced mRNA levels of GSTs in parallel with the protein levels. These results indicate that 1) most of BAs induced various isozymes of GSTs, 2) the induction of GSTs appears to be correlated with the chemical structure of the derivatives, and 3) the expression of GST by BAs is presumably under the transcriptional regulation.

• 한국식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물학회 1996년도 식물학심포지움 식물호르몬과 신호전달
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• pp.68-78
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• 1996

Two types of immunoloigcal probes, anti-ABBP Abs, have been developed. The purified ABBP from ABA-C1-BSA-sepharose 4B column was identified by PAGE and appeared in one band of about 56KD, as well as showed a specific binding ability and a high affinity for ABA (Kd2.0$\times$10-9 mol/L). Unexpectedly, the existence of rRNA with a length of around 300 nucleotides could be found, when the ABBP was digested with proteinase K and identified by eletrophorsis on an agarose gel (1%). As a result, about 120 cDNA clones coding maize 17s RNA and only one cDNA clone coding ABBP (24cDNA) were obtained from 200,000 seperated phage plaques by the anti-ABBP pAbs. 24cDNA had 1075bp and contained an open reading frame coding 254 amino acids. The anti-idiotypic Ab raised against an ABA MAb showed the ability of either mimicking ABA or competing with ABA. The localization of ABBPs in plant cell was investigated.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.78-81
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• 2010

완간역위는 드물지 않게 관찰되는 이상이며, 일반적으로 표현형 이상을 일으키지 않으나, 불균형 생식자를 생성하여 반복적인 임신 상실의 원인이 될 수 있다. 22번 염색체의 완간역위는 매우 드물며, 지금까지 몇 례만이 보고되어 있다. 저자들은 반복 임신 상실을 보인 inv(22)(p13q12) 보인자 1례를 보고하고자 한다. 환자는 3번의 초기 임신 상실력이 있었고, 이번 임신에서 rec(22)dup(22q)inv(22)(p13q12) mat 염색체 이상으로 인한 태아수종을 경험하였다. 모체의 22번 완간역위와 이로 인한 태아의 재조합 이상은 위치특이 탐색자(TUPLE1 on 22q11.2, ARSA on 22q13)를 이용한 형광제자리부합법으로 증명하였다. 22번 완간역위와 재조합 22번 염색체는 염색체 검사상 쉽게 간과될 수 있는 이상의 하나로, 정확한 진단을 위해서는 추가 분자유전학적 검사를 비롯해 세심한 주의가 필요하다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.163-171
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• 2013

PCR (polymerase chain reaction) 법은 신속하고 정확하여 바이러스성 질병진단을 위해 널리 사용되지만 조직병리학적인 정보를 제공하지 못한다. 반면에 in-situ hybridization (ISH) 법을 사용하면 바이러스를 빠르게 검출할 수 있을 뿐 아니라 조직에서의 분포도 알 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 RSIV, VHSV, 그리고 VNN 바이러스들의 조직내 분포 및 조직 병리학적인 특성을 확인하기 위하여 이 바이러스들에 감염된 에 감염된 양식 넙치의 어류의 다양한 조직들을 대상으로 ISH 법을 적용하였다. 그 결과 이들 세 종류의 바이러스가 각각 다른 조직 및 세포들에 감염함을 확인 할 수 있었다. 본 연구 결과는 ISH법이 어류 병원성 바이러스의 신속 검출 뿐 아니라 조직 병리학적인 특성 확인에도 유용함을 제시한다.

• ALGAE
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.75-84
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• 2022

Intercellular nutrient and signal transduction are essential to sustaining multicellular organisms and maximizing the benefits of multicellularity. It has long been believed that red algal intercellular transport of macromolecules is prevented by the protein-rich pit plug within pit-connections, the only physical connection between cells. Fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran and recombinant green fluorescence protein (rGFP) of various molecular sizes were injected into vegetative cells of Griffithsia monilis using a micromanipulator, and intercellular transport of the fluorescent probes was examined. Pit-connections were found to provide intercellular transport of tracers at rates comparable to plasmodesmata in other organisms. The time necessary for the transport to an adjacent cell was dependent on the molecular size and the direction of the transport. Fluorescent dextran of 3 kDa was transported to adjacent cells in 1-2 h after injection and migrated to all cells of the filament within 24 h, but fluorescent dextran of 10-20 kDa took 24 h to transfer to neighboring cells. The migration occurred faster towards adjacent reproductive cells and to apical cells than basally. Fluorescent tracers above 40 kDa and rGFP was not transported to neighboring cells, but accumulated near the pit plug. Our results suggest that pit-connections are conduit for macromolecules between neighboring cells and that these size-specific conduits allow intercellular communication between the vegetative cells of red algae.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제51권
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• pp.4.1-4.12
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• 2021

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a technique to visualize specific DNA/RNA sequences within the cell nuclei and provide the presence, location and structural integrity of genes on chromosomes. A confocal Whole Slide Imaging (WSI) scanner technology has superior depth resolution compared to wide-field fluorescence imaging. Confocal WSI has the ability to perform serial optical sections with specimen imaging, which is critical for 3D tissue reconstruction for volumetric spatial analysis. The standard clinical manual scoring for FISH is labor-intensive, time-consuming and subjective. Application of multi-gene FISH analysis alongside 3D imaging, significantly increase the level of complexity required for an accurate 3D analysis. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to establish automated 3D FISH scoring for z-stack images from confocal WSI scanner. The algorithm and the application we developed, SHIMARIS PAFQ, successfully employs 3D calculations for clear individual cell nuclei segmentation, gene signals detection and distribution of break-apart probes signal patterns, including standard break-apart, and variant patterns due to truncation, and deletion, etc. The analysis was accurate and precise when compared with ground truth clinical manual counting and scoring reported in ten lymphoma and solid tumors cases. The algorithm and the application we developed, SHIMARIS PAFQ, is objective and more efficient than the conventional procedure. It enables the automated counting of more nuclei, precisely detecting additional abnormal signal variations in nuclei patterns and analyzes gigabyte multi-layer stacking imaging data of tissue samples from patients. Currently, we are developing a deep learning algorithm for automated tumor area detection to be integrated with SHIMARIS PAFQ.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.546-557
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• 2000

연구배경 : 결핵발병률과 다제내성 결핵균주의 증가로 효과적인 치료 및 관리를 위해 보다 신속하고 정확한 약제내성의 진단이 필요한 실정이다. 이에 다제내성 중요한 표지자인 rifampin 내성의 주요 기전인 rpoB 유전자 돌연변이 검출을 위해 기존의 직접 염기 서열분석과 최근 유전자 발현, 유전자 변이 및 다형성, 그리고 염기서열분석 등의 연구에 중요한 기술로 이용되어지는 oligonucleotide chip 기술을 이용하기 위한 간편하고 정확한 돌연변이 검출법을 개발하고자 시행하였다. 방법 : 본 연구에는 rifampin 내성 결핵 균주 28예와 10예의 감수성 균주 총 38예의 rifampin 내성 결해 균주를 선택하였고, wild type probe 6종류와 돌연변이 출현빈도가 높은 12종류의 probe를 제작하여 총 18 종류의 oligonucleotide probe를 고형지지체에 부착 시킨 저밀도 oligonucleotide chip을 제작하였으며 oligonucleotide chip을 이용한 rpoB 돌연변이 검출과 결과를 직접염기서열 분석 결과와 비교하였다. 결과 : Oligonucleotide chip 분석 결과 rifampin 감수성 균주에서 모두 각 codon의 wild type probe와 반응이 나타났으며, 내성 균주에서는 돌연변이가 나타난 codon을 제외한 codon 의 경우는 wild type probe와 반응이 일어났으며, 각 균주 별 돌연변이가 나타난 codon은 정확하게 그에 해당하는 돌연변이 probe와 반응함을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 결과는 직접 염기 서열 분석 결과와 서로 일치함을 알 수 있었다. 또한 oligonucleotide chip 분석 결과와 염기서열 분석 결과에서 rpoB 유전자의 codon 531과 526에서 대부분 돌연변이가 검출되어 rpoB 유전자의 돌연변이 중 큰 비중을 차지함을 또한 알 수 있었다. 결론 : 결핵균의 rifampin 내성 획득에 중요한 기전인 rpoB 유전자의 돌연변이를 저밀도의 oligonucleotide chip을 이용하여 검출할 수 있었으며 향후 지속적인 개선에 의하여 항생제 내성 진단의 자동화를 위한 유용한 수단이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.689-694
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• 2013

Opisthorchis viverrini and Clonorchis sinensis are parasites known to be carcinogenic and causative agents of cholangiocarcinoma in Asia. The standard method for diagnosis for those parasite infections is stool examination to detect parasite eggs. However, the method has low sensitivity, and eggs of O. viverrini and C. sinensis are difficult to distinguish from each other and from those of some other trematodes. Here, we report a multiplex real-time PCR coupled with high resolution melting (HRM) analysis for the differentiation of O. viverrini and C. sinensis eggs in fecal samples. Using 2 pairs of species-specific primers, DNA sequences from a portion of the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (nad 2) gene, were amplified to generate 209 and 165 bp products for O. viverrini and C. sinensis, respectively. The distinct characteristics of HRM patterns were analyzed, and the melting temperatures peaked at $82.4{\pm}0.09^{\circ}C$ and $85.9{\pm}0.08^{\circ}C$ for O. viverrini and C. sinensis, respectively. This technique was able to detect as few as 1 egg of O. viverrini and 2 eggs of C. sinensis in a 150 mg fecal sample, which is equivalent to 7 and 14 eggs per gram of feces, respectively. The method is species-specific, rapid, simple, and does not require fluorescent probes or post-PCR processing for discrimination of eggs of the 2 species. It offers a new tool for differentiation and detection of Asian liver fluke infections in stool specimens.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2002

한우의 성장단계 특이발현 유전자를 탐색하기 위하여, 본 연구에서는 유전자의 발현 유무 및 발현정도의 차이를 나타내는 유전자를 분리하는데 있어 가장 강력한 수단으로 알려진 subtractive cDNA hybridization 기법을 이용하여 한우 등심조직으로부터 12개월령 및 24개월령 특이적인 subtractive cDNA library를 제작하였다. 성장단계 특이적인 유전자를 탐색하기 위하여, 6, 12 및 24개월령 cDNA를 사용하여 reverse northern blot 분석을 실시하였으며, 6개월령 cDNA probe에 대하여 특이적인 signal을 나타낸 3개의 clone은 EPV 20, Ca2+ ATPase, 및 TCTP 유전자와 유사성을 나타내었다. 12개월령 cDNA probe에 대하여 특이적인 signal을 나타낸 9개의 cDNA clone은 각각 VCP, HSP 70, aldolase A, MSSK1, GM-2 activator protein, ryanodine receptor, acidic ribosomal phosphoprotein p1, ADP/ATP translocase T1 및 UCP 2 유전자와 높은 homology를 가지고 있었다. 또한 2개의 clone이 각각 12개월령 및 24개월령 cDNA probe에 대하여 특이적인 signal을 나타내었는데, 12개월령 cDNA probe에 대해서만 signal을 나타낸 clone은 ferrochelatase 유전자와 유사하였으며, 24개월령 probe에 대해서만 signal을 나타낸 clone은 ADRP 유전자와 유사하였다. 이상에서와 같이, 본 연구에서 제작한 성장단계 특이적인 subtractive cDNA library를 분석하여 14종의 유전자를 한우 성장단계 특이 발현 후보 유전자로 선정하여 염기서열을 분석하였으며, 이외에도 성장단계에 있어 특이적으로 발현될 것으로 추정되는 cDNA 클론의 염기서열을 분석하였다.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.109-122
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• 2001

Gingival fibroblasts(GF) and periodontal ligament fibroblasts(PDLF) are the major cellular components of periodontal soft connective tissues, but the precise molecular biological differences between these cells are not yet known. In the present study, we investigated the expression of S100A4, S100A2 calcium-binding protein and osteoblast-specific factor 2(OSF-2, Periostin) mRNA in GF and PDLF in vitro through the process of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) and Northern blot analysis in each. Human GF and PDLF were isolated from the gingival connective tissue and the middle third of freshly extracted healthy third molars. They were cultured in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium(DMEM) containing 10% fetal bovine serum and cells in the third passage were used in the experiments. After extracting total RNA from cultured cells, RT-PCR and Northern analysis were performed using S100A4-, S100A2- and Periostin-specific oligonucleotide primers and subcloned cDNA probes in each. In PT-PCR and Northern analysis, the expression of S100A4 and Periostin mRNA in GF was slightly detectable. Interestingly, the expression of S100A4 and periostin mRNA in PDLF was much higher than that in GF. On the other hand, S100A2 mPNA was highly expressed in both GF and PDLF. Since there was a marked difference of S100A4 and Periostin expression between GF and PDLF in vitro, these data suggest that S100A4 and periostin could be used as a useful marker for distinguishing cultured gingival fibroblasts and periodontal ligament cells.