• BMB Reports
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.86-91
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• 2024

The fatty acids content of castor (Ricinus communis L.) seed oil is 80-90% ricinoleic acid, which is a hydroxy fatty acid (HFA). The structures and functional groups of HFAs are different from those of common fatty acids and are useful for various industrial applications. However, castor seeds contain the toxin ricin and an allergenic protein, which limit their cultivation. Accordingly, many researchers are conducting studies to enhance the production of HFAs in Arabidopsis thaliana, a model plant for oil crops. Oleate 12-hydroxylase from castor (RcFAH12), which synthesizes HFA (18:1-OH), was transformed into an Arabidopsis fae1 mutant, resulting in the CL37 line producing a maximum of 17% HFA content. In addition, castor phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1-2 (RcPDAT1-2), which catalyzes the production of triacylglycerol by transferring HFA from phosphatidylcholine to diacylglycerol, was transformed into the CL37 line to develop a P327 line that produces 25% HFA. In this study, we investigated changes in HFA content when endogenous Arabidopsis PDAT1 (AtPDAT1) of the P327 line was edited using the CRISPR/Cas9 technique. The successful mutation resulted in three independent lines with different mutation patterns, which were transmitted until the T4 generation. Fatty acid analysis of the seeds showed that HFA content decreased in all three mutant lines. These findings indicate that AtPDAT1 as well as RcPDAT1-2 in the P327 line are involved in transferring and increasing HFAs to triacylglycerol.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.453-458
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• 1997

형질전환 동물의 후손에서 transgene은 멘델의 법칙에 따라 유전된다고 일반적으로 인식되어져 왔다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 transgene이 이러한 인식과 일치하는지를 여러 세대를 통하여 확인하고 후손에서 어떻게 유전되는지를 연구하기 위하여 형질전환 생쥐를 생산하여 본 연구의 모델로 삼았다. 수정된 생쥐의 embryo에 DNA를 microinjection하는 방법으로 MMTV-LTR (long terminal repeat), bovine ($\alpha$s1-casein cDNA, 그리고 SV 40 splicing과 polyadenylation site 등의 sequence를 포함한 3.0Kb의 DNA가 주입되었다. 여기에서 태어난 새끼는 dot blot과 Southern blot에 의하여 transgene의 존재여부가 확인되어 founder line이 만들어졌다. 그들의 자손은 PCR에 의해서 transgene이 유전되는지를 확인하였다. F0의 72마리 새끼중에서 4마리의 Founder가 transgene을 가지고 있었다(5.6%). F0에서 F1으로의 유전(transmission)은 각각 33.3, 7.7, 0, 62.5%이었다. Transgene은 F1에서 F2로 각각 63.6, 5.9, 68.8% 유전되었고, F2에서 F3로 각각 85.7, 0, 88.2% 유전되었다. 따라서 본 연구 모델에 의하면 transgene은 멘델의 법칙을 따르는 경우와 deletion이 되는 경우로 각각 관찰되었다.

• 한국육종학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.540-546
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• 2010

콩의 PR10 유전자(GmPR10)를 벼에 형질전환하여 GmPR10 전이 유전자의 발현 정도와 내염성 관련 형질의 반응 사이의 인과관계를 조사하여 염 스트레스에 대한 GmPR10 생리적 기능을 분석하고 내염성 유전자원을 개발하였다. 1. 전이 유전자는 형질전환 계통에 따라 게놈 내에 1 ~ 6개의 사본이 도입되었고, 선발된 8개의 형질전환 계통 모두에서 전이 유전자가 발현되었으며, 발현 정도는 계통에 따라 변이를 보였다. 2. $T_1$세대 2계통의 형질전환 식물체와 비 형질전환 식물체에 125mM NaCl을 시간별로 처리한 결과, 전이 유전자 GmPR10의 전사체 검출양은 2계통의 형질전환체에서 모두 염처리 6시간까지 증가하였고, 12시간 이후에는 감소하였다. 3. 세포의 전해질 누출율은 형질전환체가 비 형질전환체에 비해 낮았고, 뿌리가 잎보다 낮았다. 또한, 전이 유전자 전사체의 검출량이 높을수록 전해질 누출율은 낮았다. 4. NaCl 용액에서의 생육 정도는 형질전환체가 비 형질전환체보다 현저히 양호하였으며 GmPR10 전이 유전자의 발현이 높을수록 생육 정도가 더 좋았다. 결론적으로 GmPR10 은 내염성을 증진시키는 기능이 있으며, GmPR10 전이유전자의 발현이 높은 계통은 내염성 벼 육성용 소재로 이용할 수 있을 것으로 평가된다.

• 한국발생생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국발생생물학회 2003년도 제3회 국제심포지움 및 학술대회
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• pp.107-107
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• 2003

The activation of protooncogenes or the inactivation of their gene products may be a specific and effective functional study for human neoplasia. To examine this possibility, we have used the tetracycline regulatory system to generate transgenic mice that conditionally express the HccR-2 protooncogene in vivo. The new human cervical cancer protooncogene (HccR-2) was detected from cervical cancer cell line. To elucidate its biological functions, we generated transgenic mice that expressed the HccR-2 gene. The sustained expression of the HccR-2 transgene culminated chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL). CNL is a rare chronic myeloproliferative disorder that presents as a sustained, mature neutrophilic leukocytosis with few or no circulating immature granulocytes, the absence of peripheral blood monocytosis, basophilia, or eosinophilia, and infiltration of neutrophils at the liver, spleen and kidney. Mice expressing the HccR-2 and tetracycline-transactivating protein (tTa) transgene were found to have altered myeloid development that was characterized by increased percentages of mature neutrophil and band form neutrophil in the peripheral blood, liver and spleen. Activation of the transgene causes CNL. In our model, expression of HccR-2 transgene mice was similar in many respects to the human CNL. This model will be valuable not only for investigating the biological properties of the HccR-2 and other protooncogenes in vivo but also for analyzing the mechanism involved in the progression of CNL.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.119-129
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• 1999

In recent years, numerous researches have been carried out in author's laboratory to develop several kinds of methods for producing transgened chicken, leaving a lot of new findings. Some of them are very useful to search for new approaches necessary to improve the efficiency of hatchability and the survival rate of developing trasgened embryos. The results obtained hitherto might be summarized as follows: (1) foreign gene(Lac Z/ Miw Z) introduced into blastodermal cells of developing embryos was successfully transferred to embryos, leading to the production of primordial germ cells(PGCs) carrying foreign DNA. However, hatched hickens failed to show the incorporation of introduced gene into the gonads. (2) When foreign gene was introduced into germinal crescent region (GCR), the gene was also efficiently incorporated into germ cells, resulting in the production of transgened chickens(offspring) which produced fruther offspring having foreign gene in the gonads. In this case, 2nd and 3rd generations of chickens were obtained through the reproduction of transgened birds. (3) In another way, the gene was injected into blood vessels of developing embryos at stage 13∼15, creating PGCs having foreign gene, and produced some transgened chickens. In this work, the PGCs were transfered between embryos, resulting in the production of transgenic chickens. (4) in these experiments, PGCs were effectively employed for producing transgenic birds, developing some kinds of chimeric chickens from homo- or hetero-sexual transfer of the PGCs from embryos. This means that the gonads from donor PGCs developed in some degree to the stage of hatching. However, these gonads showed slightly abnormal tissues similar to ovotestis like organs through histological examination. (5) Avian Leukosis Virus(ALV) induced B cell line(DT40) successfully carried foreign genes into chicken embryos, suggesting the possibility of the cells as a vector in this field of study in the future. (6) Inter-embryonic transfer of the PGCs also gave us some.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.231-241
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• 2008

Indole glucosinolates (IG) play important roles in plant defense, plant-insect interactions, and stress responses in plants. In an attempt to metabolically engineer the IG pathway flux in Chinese cabbage, three important Arabidopsis cDNAs, CYP79B2, CYP79B3, and CYP83B1, were introduced into Chinese cabbage by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Overexpression of CYP79B3 or CYP83B1 did not affect IG accumulation levels, and overexpression of CYP79B2 or CYP79B3 prevented the transformed callus from being regenerated, displaying the phenotype of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) overproduction. However, when CYP83B1 was overexpressed together with CYP79B2 and/or CYP79B3, the transformed calli were regenerated into whole plants that accumulated higher levels of glucobrassicin, 4-hydroxy glucobrassicin, and 4-methoxy glucobrassicin than wild-type controls. This result suggests that the flux in Chinese cabbage is predominantly channeled into IAA biosynthesis so that coordinate expression of the two consecutive enzymes is needed to divert the flux into IG biosynthesis. With regard to IG accumulation, overexpression of all three cDNAs was no better than overexpression of the two cDNAs. The content of neoglucobrassicin remained unchanged in all transgenic plants. Although glucobrassicin was most directly affected by overexpression of the transgenes, elevated levels of the parent IG, glucobrassicin, were not always accompanied by increases in 4-hydroxy and 4-methoxy glucobrassicin. However, one transgenic line producing about 8-fold increased glucobrassicin also accumulated at least 2.5 fold more 4-hydroxy and 4-methoxy glucobrassicin. This implies that a large glucobrassicin pool exceeding some threshold level drives the flux into the side chain modification pathway. Aliphatic glucosinolate content was not affected in any of the transgenic plants.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.435-439
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• 2000

겨울 상추 품종인 청치마 상추의 자엽조직을 ${\gamma}$-TMT유전자가 도입된 A. tumefaciens LBA 4404와 공동배양한 후, 50 mg/L kanamycin, 500 mg/L carbenicillin, 0.1 mg/L NAA, 0.5mg/L BA가 첨가된 MS재분화 배지에 옮겨 약4주 배양하여 재분화된 신초를 얻었다. 재분화된 신초를 50 mg/L kanamycin, 250mg/L carbenicillin이 포함된 MS 기본 배지에 옮겨 발근된 소식물체를 얻었다. 선발된 형질전환 식물체의 genomic DNA에 대한 PCR분석과 Southern분석을 수행하여 애기장대 ${\gamma}$-TMT유전자 특이적 DNA단편이 상추의 genomic DNA내에 삽입되었음을 확인하였다. 선발된 상추 형질전환체 잎의 $\alpha$-tocopherol/${\gamma}$-tocopherol 함량 비율이 대조 식물체에 비하여 약 4배 증가하여 도입된 ${\gamma}$-TMT유전자가 안정적으로 발현함을 나타내었다.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.351-355
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• 1995

국내 재배종 토마토 서광 품종으로부터 분리한 Polygalacturonase 유전자(PG2)의 3'측 1.1 kb cDNA 단편을 식물 형질전환용 운반체에 antisense 방향으로 삽입한 후 자엽을 이용하여 토마토내 도입하여 형질전환 토마토를 획득하였다. 형질전환 토마토(T$^{0}$ )를 도입시켜 그 종자를 1 mg/mL 농도의 kanamycin 함유 MS 배지에서 발아시켜 분리 집단 중에서 T$_1$9 식물체를 얻었다. T$_1$9의 Genomic Southern blot 분석 결과, antisense PG 유전자 1개가 염색체 내로 삽입되었음을 확인하였고 RNA gel blot 분석으로 endogenous PG mRNA보다 antisense PG RNA가 강하게 발현됨을 확인하였다. T$_1$9 계통 10개체의 성숙 토마토 과피조직내의 PG 효소 활성도 4~60%까지 저해되었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.229-233
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• 2020

The anti-colorectal cancer monoclonal antibody CO17-1A (mAb CO), which recognizes the tumor-associated antigen EpCAM, was expressed in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. PCR and western blot analyses showed the insertion and expression of heavy chain (HC)/HC fused to the KDEL ER retention modif (HCK) and light chain (LC) of mAb CO and mAb CO with HCK (mAb COK) in Arabidopsis transformants. Both plant-derived mAb^P CO and mAb^P COK were purified from a biomass of approximately 1,000 seedlings grown in a greenhouse. In sandwich ELISA, both mAb^P CO showed a slightly higher binding affinity for the target, EpCAM, compared to mAb^M CO. In cell ELISA, both mAbs^P COs showed binding affinity to the human colorectal cancer cell line SW480. Furthermore, mAb^M CO, mAb^P CO, and mAb^P COK exhibited dose and timedependent regression effects on SW480 cells in vitro. In summation, both mAb^P CO and mAb^P COK, expressed in Arabidopsis, recognized the target antigen EpCAM and showed anti-proliferative activity against human colorectal cancer cells.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.644-649
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• 2004

GA 생합성에 결정적 역할을 하는 GA 3$\beta$-hydroxylase를 pIG121-Hm 벡터에 GUS유전자를 빼고 antisense로 클로닝하여 이를 동진벼에 도입한 결과 17개체의 절간신장이 억제된 형질전환한 식물체를 얻을 수 있었다. 일반 재배 동진벼를 대조군으로 하여 비교하였을때 antisense GA 3$\beta$-hydroxylase 유전자가 형질 도입된 식물체의 획득형질은 평균적으로 대조군에 비해 절간 신장의 억제가 확인되었다. 절간신장의 억제가 보인 개체의 엽육조직을 co취하여 Southen blot hybridization분석 결과 3개의 line에서 모두 single copy로 도입된 것으로 나타났다. 이로써$T_o$ 식물체 내에 antisense GA 3$\beta$-hydroxylase 유전자를 내포하고 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 이것은 antisense GA 3$\beta$-hydroxylase 유전자가 생체내에서 직접 또는 간접적으로 GA 3$\beta$-hydroxylase유전자의 발현에 관여한 것이라 사료되어진다.