본 연구는 정식 후 토양의 수분 함량에 따른 배추의 생장과 토양 수분에 따른 배추의 생리 반응 모델 개발을 위한 유효 매개변수를 알아보고자 수행되었다. 처리는 5개 수준으로 각각 0, 200, 300, 400 및 500mL/d/ plant로 매일 1회 관수하여 토양 수분 함량 차이로 구분하였다. 토양수분과 기공전도도를 정식 후 10일부터 6일 간격으로 총 5회 측정하였으며(단, 0과 200mL/d/plant 처리구는 총 3회 측정), 광합성기구 활성을 알아보고자 정식 후 25일에 충분히 관수된 처리구(500mL/d/plant)와 결핍 처리구(0mL/d/plant)에서 이산화탄소 포화 곡선을 작성하였고, 정식 후 38일에 생장을 조사하였다(단, 관수 량 처리구 0과 200mL/d/plant는 위조되어 정식 후 29일에 생장 조사함). 토양수분과 배추의 기공전도도는 밀접한 관계가 있었으며(r2=0.999), 직선의 정의 상관관계로 y = 6097.4x − 4.2984였다. 충분히 관수된 배추의 이산화 탄소 포화곡선은 정상적인 포화 곡선을 보였으나, 토양 수분이 극도로 결핍된 배추는 체내로 이산화탄소가 확산 되어 들어가지 않으며, 광합성 속도도 약 6.5μmol·m-2·s-1 미만으로 급격히 감소하였다. 충분히 관수된 처리구 (500mL/d/plant)에 비하여 토양 수분 결핍구(0mL/d/plant 처리)에서는 약 6.8배 이상 건물생산량이 감소하였다. 그리고 토양의 수분 함량에 따라 엽면적 지수가 로그함수적(y = 16.573 + 3.398 ln x)으로 증가하였고, 결정 계수 r2=0.913로 높은 상관 관계가 있었다. 결과적으로, 정식 초기의 토양 수분 함량이 결핍되면 배추의 생장이 지연 되며, 광합성 속도와 기공전도도가 낮아지는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 또한, 토양수분 함량과 배추 생장 반응 모델을 기공전도도와 엽면적 지수를 변수로 활용하면 정확도가 우수한 모델을 개발할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.
Type1 diabetes mellitus (DM) is generally known to be caused by destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic β cells or an immune-related problem. Polydipsia is a representative symptom of DM, and it has been reported that this condition is closely related to xerostomia and is considered that hyposalivation from the salivary gland results in this phenomenon. Although various studies have reported that induction of diabetes reduces endogenous stem cells in other organs (heart, brain etc.), diabetes-related changes in endogenous stem cells in the salivary gland have not yet been well established. Therefore, in this study, to verify the change in salivary gland stem cells after diabetes, salivary gland tissues in the control and diabetes-induced groups were processed by histochemistry (Masson’s trichrome staining) for morphological analysis, TUNEL assay for cell death, and immunohistochemistry (Ki-67 and c-Kit) for cell proliferation and maturation. Diabetes induced by STZ leads to vacuolization, apoptosis, and reduction in proliferating cells/salivary gland stem cells in salivary glands of rats. This result suggests that diabetes may be associated with reduction in salivary gland function such as degeneration and inhibition of regeneration in the salivary gland.
중탄산이 고농도인 수경재배용 원수의 피해를 경감시키기 위한 목적으로 혼합상토의 pH를 조절할 때 영양번식중인 ‘싼타’ 딸기의 생장에 미치는 영향을 구명하기 위하여 본 연구를 수행하였다. 연구수행을 위해 피트모스와 수피를 5:5(v/v)로 혼합한 산성상토를 조제하였고, 조제된 상토의 pH를 교정하기 위해 혼합하는 고토석회 [CaMg(CO3)2]의 양을 0(무처리), 1, 2, 3 및 4g·L-1로 조절하였다. 이 후 중탄산 농도가 240mg·L-1로 조절된 Hoagland 용액을 공급하면서 모주와 자묘의 생육, 상토의 화학성 변화, 그리고 식물체의 무기원소 함량을 조사 및 분석하였다. ‘싼타’ 딸기의 모주 생체중은 고토석 회 2g·L-1 처리구에서 102.1g으로 가장 무거웠고, 1g·L-1 처리, 94.7g, 3g·L-1 처리, 91.2g, 0g·L-1 처리, 75.4g, 4g·L-1 처리, 72.3g 처리 순으로 가벼워졌으며, 건물중도 생체중과 같은 경향이었다. 모주당 발생한 자묘수는 고 토석회 0, 1, 2, 3 및 4g·L-1 처리구에서 각각 5.8, 9.8, 11.8, 8.8 및 5.0개체였으며, 고토석회를 2g·L-1로 혼합한 처리구에서 자묘 발생이 가장 많았다. ‘싼타’ 딸기 모주를 재배하면서 측정한 상토의 pH 는 고토석회 1 및 2g·L-1 처리구에서 5.6-6.2의 적정 범위에 포함되었고, 3 및 4g·L-1 처리구는 이보다 높았다. 모주의 지상부 무기물 함량은 고토석회 2g·L-1 처리구에서 가장 많았으며, 4g·L-1 처리구에서 Fe, Mn, Zn 및 Cu의 미량원 소 함량이 감소하고 모주 및 자묘에 이들 원소의 결핍 증상이 발생하였다. 이상의 내용을 종합할 때 원수의 중탄산 농도가 높아 발생하는 피해를 경감하기 위해서는 pH가 약 4인 산성 상토를 조제한 후 기비로서 고토 석회를 2g 혼합한 후 ‘싼타’ 딸기를 육묘하는 것이 바람직하다고 판단하였다.
This study is the first report about the toxicity of pesticides to the mycophagous predator, I. koebelei, of powdery mildew of agricultural crops. Pesticides we tested are composed of synthetic and environmental-friendly products and being used conventionally for the control of insect or microbial pests on cucumber in Korea. our study was conducted to determine the relative toxicities of several pesticides used in Korea cucumber production to mycophagous natural enemy, I. koebelei and to provide a background for implementation of integrated powdery mildew management programs. Based on IOBC classification, three insecticides, bifenthrin + imidacloprid, acetamiprid + indoxacarb, acetamiprid + etopheprox are classified as having a Class 4 (harmful). Spiromesifen showed the low toxicity to the survival and the fecundity of I. koebelei when this chemical had been exposed to 3rd larva or newly emerged adult via feeding with cucumber powdery mildew. However, pyriproxyfen not only decreased the fecundity of female adult but also strongly prohibited from pupation. Many commercial biological or botanical pesticides can restrict the population of I. koebelei. However, Q pact (a.i. Ampelomyces quisqualis 94013), Top seed (a.i. Paenibacillus polymyxa AC-1), BT one (Bacillus thuringiensis) and Solbitchae (insecticidal microorganism) had no toxicity to I. koebelei when this chemical had been exposed to 3rd larva or newly emerged adult feeding with cucumber powdery mildew.
The Riptortus-Burkholderia symbiosis is a newly emerging insect-bacterium symbiotic system. This symbiosis system has a good merit as an experimental model system to produce the non-symbiotic (apo) and symbiotic (sym) host insect. In recent reported papers, the symbionts play important biological roles for the host insects. Meanwhile, juvenile hormone (JH) is one of major hormone synthesized
corpora allata(CA) to control many physiology of insect. However, the study for cross-talk mechanism between symbionts and host hormones to control important physiological phenomenon of insects is almost none.
In this study, we found that Riptortus speed up adult emerging and increase egg laying on presence of symbiont Burkholderia. Also we found that hexamerin proteins, which were controlled the expression by JH, were accumulated in sym-Riptortus hemolymph compare with apo-Riptortus. According as combined results, we hypothesized that the gut symbiont Burkholderia can control JH titer to conclude out beneficial effects such as development and reproduction of R. pedestris.
To verify this hypothesis, we examined measurement of JH titer, expression of hexamerins as JH response genes and RNAi for hexamerin protein during whole Riptortus life on presence or absence of symbiont Burkholderia.
All results demonstrated that gut symbiont controlled JH titer of Riptortus. Controlled JH amount by symbiont Burkholderia in host midgut regulated hexamerin protein expression for speeding up adult emerging and increasing egg production.
The centipede Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans has been a medically important arthropod species by using it as a traditional medicine for the treatment of various diseases. In this study, we derived a novel lactoferricin B like peptide (LBLP) from the whole bodies of adult centipedes, S. s. mutilans, and investigated the antifungal effect of LBLP. LBLP exerted an antifungal and fungicidal activity without hemolysis. To investigate the antifungal mechanism of LBLP, a membrane study with propidium iodide was first conducted against Candida albicans. The result showed that LBLP caused fungal membrane permeabilization. The assays of the three dimensional flow cytometric contour plot and membrane potential further showed cell shrinkage and membrane depolarization by the membrane damage. Finally, we confirmed the membrane-active mechanism of LBLP by synthesizing model membranes, calcein and FITC-dextran loaded large unilamellar vesicles. These results showed that the antifungal effect of LBLP on membrane was due to the formation of pores with radii between 0.74 nm and 1.4 nm. In conclusion, this study suggests that LBLP exerts a potent antifungal activity by pore formation in the membrane, eventually leading to fungal cell death.
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of gait training using functional electrical stimulation on the improvement of hemiplegic patients' functions for balance and gait velocity. The subjects of the experiment were determined to be 10 each hemiplegic patients who had been diagnosed with stroke or brain damage six months or longer earlier assigned to an experimental group and a control group respectively. The subjects were evaluated before the experiment using Tetrax and 10M gait tests, received gait training five times a week for four weeks using functional electrical stimulation and were evaluated after the experiment in the same method as used in the evaluation before the experiment. In order to examine differences between the experimental group that received gait training using functional electrical stimulation and the control group that was treated by functional electrical stimulation and received gait training thereafter, differences between before and after the experiment were analyzed using paired sample t-tests and differences in changes after the experiment between the experimental group and the control group were analyzed using independent sample t-tests in order to compare the two groups with each other. Experimental results showed significant differences in weight bearing, balance and gait velocity between before and after the experiment in the experimental group(p<.05). In the control group, whereas weight bearing and gait velocity did not show any significant difference between before and after the experiment(p>.05), balance showed significant differences(p<.05). Weight bearing, balance and gait velocity change rates showed significant differences between the experimental group and the control group(p<.05). In conclusion, it was indicated that gait training using functional electrical stimulation is effective for enhancing stroke patients' weight bearing rates, balance abilities and gait velocity.
Testes‐derived unipotent male germ‐line stem (GS) cells can acquire multipotency under appropriate culture conditions to become mGS cells which can contribute to all three germ‐layers. This study was designed to investigate the epigenetic characteristics of mGS cells derived from adult mouse testes (maGS cells). The GS cells were isolated from 4 6 week DBA mouse and were cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle Medium supplemented with 15% (v/v) fetal bovine serum, 1,000 U/ml LIF, 4 ng/ml GDNF at 37℃ in an humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2 in air to derive the maGS cells. The multipotency of maGS cells were verified by morphological and gene expression analyses, teratoma formation upon transplantation into nude mouse and in vitro differentiation ability. Bisulfite genomic sequencing revealed that GS cells had androgenetic DNA methylation pattern at the Igf2‐H19, Gnas‐Nespas , and Dlk1‐Dio3 imprinted gene clusters which changed to hemi‐zygotic embryonic stem (ES)‐cell like pattern in the maGS cells. Western blot analysis, using modification‐ and residue‐specific antibodies, revealed that both maGS and ES cells had similar level of histone di‐methylation at 4th and 27th lysine residue of histone 3 (H3K4me2 and H3K27me2) which represent “bivalent domain” for regulating self‐renewal and differentiation of mouse ES cells. Both maGS and ES cells also shared similar hisone modification for H3K9me2, H3K79me2, H3K9ac and H3K18ac. However, maGS cells had higher level of H3K- 36me2 and H3S10p. These data suggest that maGS and ES cells share several epigenetic characteristics but they also have their own unique epigenetic marks that may be useful as a molecular marker for their identification.
The purpose of this study is to investigate and reveal the effects that the complex exercise training consisting of aerobic exercise and strength training(sit up, push up) that everyone can easily practice regardless of a time and a place in order to manage practically the physical strength of the aged affects the difference on their body composition and the change of physical fitness level. Looking into the change of body composition of an experimental group, the weight of 2.5kg was reduced after applying complex training for 12 weeks and the body fat mass of 2.65kg was reduced. Also, the abdominal fat of 0.13% was decreased and the muscle mass of 1.56kg was increased. For the change factors of physical fitness, cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, balance and flexibility excluding agility showed significant improvement after applying complex exercise training. The improvement of health fitness of the aged under this study was significantly effective to improve specified body functions which had been lowered by aging and insufficient physical activities. So, it is regarded that their health fitness is the important factor to improve the activity competence required for daily life and to lead healthy living by the improved activity competence. Henceforth, it needs to study more the complex composition of several sports, exercise intensity and the frequency based on the previous researches and studies. In addition, it needs to develop the complex exercise training in accordance with various characteristics such as a sex of the aged, an age, a physical fitness level, environment, a disease and the program in consideration of the efficacy and safety during training.
This study aims to reveal how EA affects BAX and NF-kB involved in cell deaths from global ischemia, and to do this, observes the changes of BAX and NF-kB caused by EA application after transient global ischemia. The experimental method is to give rise to global ischemia and apply EA to 27 SD rats with the particulars of being six-week-old, male, around-300 gram-weighing, and adapted to laboratory environment for more than a week, and divide them into three groups, that is, GV20 EA group(n=9), L14 EA group(n=9), no-treatment GI group(n=9), and then observe their changes of BAX and NF-kB at the time lapse of 6 hours, 9 hours and 12 hours after ischemia, using western blotting. The numerical decrease of BAX expression at the time lapse of 9 hours after EA application, though not statistically significant, was observed in GV20 EA group and L14 EA group, and the NF-kB expression appeared statistically significant decrease in GV20 EA group and L14 EA group, but the expression was higher in the group with EA application. Therefore, EA application at the early phase of global ischemia is considered to affect BAX and NF-kB and play a positive role in decreasing apoptosis and cell deaths by inflammation.
국화는 개화를 위해서는 30일의 지속적인 단일 처리가 요구되는 원예작물인데 본 연구에서는 국화의 화형별 홑꽃 타입의 ‘Limelight’, ‘Sunlight’, ‘Candle Light’, ‘Firebrand’, ‘Twilight’와 겹꽃 타입의 ‘Spirit’, ‘Sunburst Spirit’, ‘Mandalay’, ‘Illini Harvest’가 단일 (SD)−장일 (LD)−단일 (SD)의 일장 처리가 생장 및 개화조절 반응에 미치는 효과를 알아보고자 수행되었다. 30일간의 단일 처리와 5일 또는 10일 동안의 장일처리 후 5일 또는 10일 동안의 단일조건을 각각 처리하였다. 품종별 차이는 없었으나 5 SD−10 LD−25 SD 처리는 개화를 지연 시키고 설상화 수가 증가되었다. 특히 ‘Firebrand’와 ‘Candlelight’ 품종의 설상화 수는 각각 40개와 60.8개로 대조구에 비해 현저히 증가되었다. 또한 SD−LD−SD 처리는 개화를 6일에서 7일정도 지연시키는 것 외에는 큰 효과를 나타나지 않았다. 그러나 ‘Illini Harvest’와 ‘Limelight’의 설상화 수는 어떤 SD−LD−SD 처리에 의해서도 증가되지 않았다. 따라서 추후 새로운 품종별 일장처리에 따른 추가적인 연구 분석이 뒤따라야 할 것으로 판단되며 본 연구 결과는 국화의 신품종 육성을 위한 자료에 유용함을 알 수 있었다.
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of heat appli˗ cation on the immune activities of the human body. To exam, further˗ more, the immune effect from the healthy volunteer(male:15, female:15) by monitoring changes of immune substances such as various leukocytes[total white blood cell(WBC), eosinophil, neutrophil, basophil, monocyte, and lymphocyte], a comparative study with warm water immersion(40.8±0.3℃) and infrared(250W) was carried out. The plasma analysis showed that the count of white blood cell, eosinophil, and neutrophil were elevated in warm water immersion- or infrared˗ stimulated group compared with control group. However, the count of basophil was decreased in both warm water immersion- and infrared-stimulated group than control group. Therefore, these results suggest that the thermostimulation improved immune activity.