Relationship between Stress Gene Polymorphisms and Litter Size by AI in Pigs

Jin, H.J.,Kim, I.C.,Wee, M.S.,Yeon, S.H.,Kim, C.D.,Lee, S.S.,Cho, C.Y.,Cho, S.R.,Son, D.S.,Park, C.K. 韓國受精卵移植學會 2007 한국동물생명공학회지 Vol.22 No.4

This study was performed to investigate the relationship between PSS-HSP70 gene polymorphism and artificial insemination (AI) reproductivity in the pigs. The RFLP polymorphism of PSS and the SSCP polymorphisms of HSP70 K1, K3 and K4 PCR product were detected different patterns. In the experiment for AI of fresh semen, spring and fall season showed higher litter size born of 10.89 head than 10.47 head of summer season. Landrace was showed higher litter size of 9.96 head than that of Duroc and Yorkshire (p<0.05). Stress relating PSS and HSP70 polymorphism of PSS-Normal, HSP70 K1-BB, K3-AB, K4-AA showd a highest litter size born of 10.97 head and litter size born alive of 10.69 head than that of the other polymorphisms(p<0.05). In the experiment for AI of frozen semen, effects of season and pig breeds were not showed for litter size born. The stress relating polymorphism of PSS-Carrier, HSP70 K1-BB, K3-BB, K4-AB showed highest litter size born of 11.29 head and litter size born alive of 10.82 head and PSS-Normal, HSP70 K1-BB, K3-AB, K4-AA showed the lowest litter size born of 8.48 head and litter size born alive of 7.33 head than that of the other polymorphisms(p<0.05). These results suggest that AI litter size born for the stress of forzen thawed semen may be affected by PSS and HSP70 polymorphism in pigs.

Relationship between Stress Gene Polymorphisms and Litter Size by AI in Pigs

H. J. Jin,I. C. Kim,M. S. Wee,S. H. Yeon,C. D. Kim,S. S. Lee,C. Y. Cho,S. R. Cho,D. S. Son,C. K. Park,Z. D. Li 사단법인 한국동물생명공학회 2007 한국동물생명공학회지 Vol.22 No.4

This study was performed to investigate the relationship between PSS-HSP70 gene polymorphism and artificial insemination (AI) reproductivity in the pigs. The RFLP polymorphism of PSS and the SSCP polymorphisms of HSP70 K1, K3 and K4 PCR product were detected different patterns. In the experiment for AI of fresh semen, spring and fall season showed higher litter size born of 10.89 head than 10.47 head of summer season. Landrace was showed higher litter size of 9.96 head than that of Duroc and Yorkshire(p<0.05). Stress relating PSS and HSP70 polymorphism of PSS-Normal, HSP70 K1-BB, K3-AB, K4-AA showd a highest litter size born of 10.97 head and litter size born alive of 10.69 head than that of the other polymorphisms(p<0.05). In the experiment for AI of frozen semen, effects of season and pig breeds were not showed for litter size born. The stress relating polymorphism of PSS-Carrier, HSP70 K1-BB, K3-BB, K4-AB showed highest litter size born of 11.29 head and litter size born alive of 10.82 head and PSS-Normal, HSP70 K1-BB, K3-AB, K4-AA showed the lowest litter size born of 8.48 head and litter size born alive of 7.33 head than that of the other polymorphisms(p<0.05). These results suggest that AI litter size born for the stress of forzen thawed semen may be affected by PSS and HSP70 polymorphism in pigs.

Production of (S)-3-hydroxybutyrate by metabolically engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Yun, E.J.,Kwak, S.,Kim, S.R.,Park, Y.C.,Jin, Y.S.,Kim, K.H. Elsevier Science Publishers 2015 Journal of biotechnology Vol.209 No.-

(S)-3-Hydroxybutyrate (S-3HB) can be used as a precursor for the synthesis of biodegradable polymers such as polyhydroxyalkanoate and stereo-specific fine chemicals such as antibiotics, pheromones, and drugs. For the production of S-3HB in yeast, the biosynthetic pathway of S-3HB from acetyl-CoA, consisting of the three enzymes, acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase (ACCT), acetoacetyl-CoA reductase (ACR), and 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA thioesterase (HBT), was introduced into Saccharomyces cerevisiae. An engineered yeast strain overexpressing ERG10, hbd, and tesB genes not only exhibited enzyme activities of AACT, ACR, and HBT, but also produced S-3HB from ethanol. In order to increase the titer of S-3HB, a fed-batch fermentation based on pulse feeding of ethanol as a carbon source was performed, and a final S-3HB titer of 12.0g/L was achieved. This is the first report on the production of 3HB by engineered yeast, utilizing ethanol as the carbon source, suggesting that the industrially preferred S. cerevisiae can be a promising host for producing S-3HB.

HWE(Hot Wall Epitaxy)에 의한 CuGaSe₂/GaAs epilayer 성장과 광전기적 특성

홍광준,정준우,백형원,정경아,방진주,진윤미,김소형 조선대학교 기초과학연구소 2001 自然科學硏究 Vol.24 No.-

수평 전기로에서 CuGaSe₂ 다결정을 합성하여 HWE(Hot Wall Epitaxy) 방법으로 CuGaSe₂/GaAs epilayer를 반절연성 GaAs(100)기판 위에 성장하였다. CuGaSe₂/GaAs epilayer는 증발원의 온도를 610℃, 기판의 온도를 450℃로 하였다. CuGaSe₂/GaAs epilayer의 결정성의 조사에서 20K에서 광발광(photoluminescence) 스펙트럼이 672.6nm(1.8432eV)에서 엑시톤 방출 스펙트럼이 가장 강하게 나타났으며, 이중결정 X-선 요동곡선(DCRC)의 반폭치(FWHM)도 138 arcsec로 가장 작아 최적 성장 조건임을 알 수 있었다. Hall 효과는 van der Pauw 방법에 의해 측정되었으며, 온도에 의존하는 운반자 농도와 이동도는 293K에서 각각 4.87×10^(23) electron/m³, 1.29×10² m²/v-s 였다. CuGaSe₂/GaAs epilayer의 광전류 단파장대 봉우리들로부터 20K에서 측정된 ΔCr(Crystal field splitting)은 약 0.09 eV ΔSo(spin orbit coupling)는 0.2498 eV였다. 20K의 광발광 측정으로부터 고품질의 결정에서 볼 수 있는 자유 엑시톤 (free exciton)과 매우 강한 세기의 중성 받개(acceptor) 구속 엑시톤 (bound exciton)등의 피크가 관찰되었다. 이때 받개 구속 엑시톤 (bound exciton)의 반치폭과 결합에너지는 각각 8meV와 93.2meV 였다. 또한 Haynes rule에 의해 구한 불순물의 활성화 에너지는 466meV였다. The stochiometric mixture of evaporating materials for the CuGaSe₂/GaAs epilayer was prepared from horizontal furnace. Using extrapolation method of X-ray diffraction patterns for the polycrystal CuGaSe₂, it was found tetragonal structure whose lattice constant a_(0) and c_(0) were 5.615 Å and 11.025 Å, respectively. To obtain the CuGaSe₂/GaAs epilayer, CuGaSe₂ mixed crystal was deposited on throughly etched GaAs(100) by the Hot Wall Epitaxy(HWE) system. The source and substrate temperature were 610 ℃ and 450 ℃ respectively. The crystalline structure of CuGaSe₂/GaAs epilayer was investigated by the double crystal X-ray diffraction(DCXD). Hall effect on this sample was measured by the method of van der pauw and studied on carrier density and mobility depending on temperature. From Hall data, the mobility was likely to be decreased by pizoelectric scattering in the temperature range 30 K to 150 K and by polar optical scattering in the temperature range 150 K to 293 K. From the photocurrent spectra by illumination of polarized light of the CuGaSe₂/GaAs epilaye. We have found that values of spin orbit coupling ΔSo and crystal field splitting ΔCr was 0.0900 eV and 0.2498 eV, respectively. From the photoluminescence measurement of CuGaSe₂/GaAs epilayer, we observed free excition(Ex) observable only in high quality crystal and neutral acceptor-bound exciton (A^(0); X) having very strong peak intensity. And, the full width at half maximum and binding energy of neutral donor bound excition were 8 meV and 93.2 meV, respectively. By Haynes rule, an activation energy of impurity was 466 meV.

Expression of mosquitocidal crystal protein genes in non-insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis

Gill, S.S.,Oh, H.W.,Lee, D.W.,Roh, J.Y.,Park, H.W.,Jin, B.R.,Je, Y.H.,Kang, S.K. 東亞大學校附設遺傳工學硏究所 1998 遺傳工學硏究 Vol.- No.5

J.Y.ROH,H.W.PARK,Y.H.JE,D.W.LEE,B.R.JIN, H.W.OH,S.S.GILL AND S.K.KANG.1997. Bacillus thuringiensis NTB-1 isolated from soil samples in Korea produces ovoidal parasporal inclusions with proteins of approximately 24-40kDa in size. Although serological study indicated that the isolate has a flagella (H) antigen identical with subsp. israelensis, it seemed to be non-insecticidal against Lepidoptera and Coleoptera as well as Diptera. To investigate the activity of non-insecticidal B.thuringiensis transformed with insecticidal crystal protein genes, cryIVD and cytA genes of B. thuringiensis subsp. morrisoni PG-14, highly toxic to mosquito larvae, were introduced into the isolate NTB-1. The expression of mosquitocidal crystal protein genes in NTB-1 was characterized by SDS-PAGE analysis and electron microscopy. The results showed that crystalline inclusions of host, CryIVD and CytA were stably expressed in the transformant. However, the mosquitocidal activity of transformant was similar to that of B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki Cry-B harbouring cryIVD and cytA genes, demonstrating that a synergistic effect by an interaction of both introduced insecticidal and resident non-insecticidal crystal proteins was not observed.

유전질환 등록 시스템 운영, 유전자 정보 Database 구축 및 유전자 진단 시스템 확립

구수경,이환석,손용규,김성수,이광수,김지인,서일선,진수정,정동기,오범석,정성철,이진성 국립보건연구원 2000 국립보건원보 Vol.37 No.-

ANALYSIS OF HIGH - FIELD MAGNETIZATION PROCESS IN Sm₂Fe17N3.0

T. S. Zhao,H. M. Jin,J. I. Lee,K. S. Pang 한국자기학회 1995 韓國磁氣學會誌 Vol.5 No.5

The observed high-field magnetization curves of Sm₂Fe_(17)N_(3.0) at 4.2 K and 296 K are well reproduced by the calculation using the Sm-Fe exchange field 2_(μB)Hex = 320 K and two crystalline electric field parameters A²_0 = -910 K and A^0_1 = 200 K. The calculation shows that during the magnetization process along the hard axis at 4.2 K, the Sm moment rotates toward the direction anti parallel to H when H < 110 kOe and then returns to the field direction with further increase of the field. At 296 K, the Sm moment rotates toward the direction antiparallel to H monotonously with increasing field and finally becomes antiparallel to H when H ≥ H_A = 210 kOe. The particular magnetization process of the Sm moment can be explained by the field-induced noncollinear coupling between the spin and orbital moments of the Sm ion.

Melatonin enhances arsenic trioxide-induced cell death via sustained upregulation of Redd1 expression in breast cancer cells

Yun, S.M.,Woo, S.H.,Oh, S.T.,Hong, S.E.,Choe, T.B.,Ye, S.K.,Kim, E.K.,Seong, M.K.,Kim, H.A.,Noh, W.C.,Lee, J.K.,Jin, H.O.,Lee, Y.H.,Park, I.C. North-Holland 2016 Molecular and cellular endocrinology Vol.422 No.-

Melatonin is implicated in various physiological functions, including anticancer activity. However, the mechanism(s) of its anticancer activity is not well understood. In the present study, we investigated the combined effects of melatonin and arsenic trioxide (ATO) on cell death in human breast cancer cells. Melatonin enhanced the ATO-induced apoptotic cell death via changes in the protein levels of Survivin, Bcl-2, and Bax, thus affecting cytochrome c release from the mitochondria to the cytosol. Interestingly, we found that the cell death induced by co-treatment with melatonin and ATO was mediated by sustained upregulation of Redd1, which was associated with increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Combined treatment with melatonin and ATO induced the phosphorylation of JNK and p38 MAP kinase downstream from Redd1 expression. Rapamycin and S6K1 siRNA enhanced, while activation of mTORC1 by transfection with TSC2 siRNA suppressed the cell death induced by melatonin and ATO treatment. Taken together, our findings suggest that melatonin enhances ATO-induced apoptotic cell death via sustained upregulation of Redd1 expression and inhibition of mTORC1 upstream of the activation of the p38/JNK pathways in human breast cancer cells.

The Effects of Stress Related Genes on Carcass Traits and Meat Quality in Pigs

H. J. Jin,B. Y. Park,J. C. Park,I. H. Hwang,S. S. Lee,S. H. Yeon,C. D. Kim,C. Y. Cho,Y. K. Kim,K. S. Min,S. T. Feng,Z. D. Li,C. K. Park,C. I. Kim 아세아·태평양축산학회 2006 Animal Bioscience Vol.19 No.2

The current study was conducted to investigate the relationship between stress related gene and meat quality in pigs. A total number of 212 three-way cross bred (Landrace-Yorkshire횞Duroc) and 38 Duroc were sampled from the Korean pig industry to determine genotype requency of porcine stress syndrome (PSS) and heat shock protein 70 kDa (HSP70) genes and their relationship with carcass traits and longissimus meat quality. Screen of HSP70 was performed by the single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) technique. Based on the analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) in ryanodine receptor 1 (RYR1) gene, genetic disorder of PSS was related to a mutation at 18,168th (C to T) of exon 17. There was no significant difference in ultimate meat pH and backfat thickness between HSP70 K1-AA type and -BB type in pure Duroc breed. In Landrace-Yorkshire횞Duroc (L-YxD) cross bred pig, our results indicated that HSP70 derivate type in Duroc had a limited effect on backfat thickness, but L-YxD type had a noticeable linkage with HSP70 K1-AA and K3-AB. This tendency was also observed in hot carcass weight where HSP70 K1-AA and K3-AB resulted in heavier weight with 86.3 kg compared to HSP70 K1-AB and K3-BB of 74.3 kg. Results imply that stress related HSP70 genotype has a potential association with backfat thickness and carcass weight.

Association between HSP70 Genotypes and Oocytes Development on In vitro Maturation/Fertilization in Pig

Wee, M.S.,Park, C.K.,Cho, S.R.,Lee, S.S.,Yeon, S.H.,Kim, C.D.,Cho, C.Y.,Choi, S.H.,Sang, B.D.,Son, D.S.,Li, Z.D.,Jin, H.J. Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2008 Animal Bioscience Vol.21 No.10

This study was performed to clarify whether the variation of stress related heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) (GenBank X68213) gene was associated with the nuclear morphological change of in vitro maturation and in vitro capacitation in oocytes of pig ovaries obtained at the slaughterhouse. The nucleic acid substitution of C to G at the 483rd position was found out in HSP70 K1 (290-512) from X68213. The ovaries were categorized into CC, CG, and GG genotypes using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) (BsiHKA I). After the second in vitro maturation of immature fresh oocytes, the relation of nuclear morphological change in oocytes with the genotype of HSP70 K1 gene was such that the MII ratios of the genotype GG and CG (46.93% and 42.20%, respectively) were significantly higher than that of the CC genotype (10.71%) (p<0.05). With respect to in vitro maturation of frozen-thawed oocytes by an open pulled straw (OPS) method, the percentage of oocytes matured to MII stage of the CG genotype showed a higher trend than CC and GG genotypes. After the in vitro maturation of immature fresh oocytes and frozen-thawed oocytes by the OPS method, the relation of the pronuclei change in oocytes matured in vitro with HSP70 genotype was assessed, and the result showed that the enlarged sperm heads (ESH) of matured fresh oocytes and frozen-thawed oocytes were 80.0% and 60.0% in the CC genotype, respectively. The CC genotype group had a significantly higher rate of ESH than the CG and the GG genotype group (p<0.05). The ratios of polyspermic invasion were not different among HSP70 of the three genotypes. It was considered that the rate of in vitro maturation of fertilized oocytes was expected to differ according to genotype of the stress related gene.