The baculovirus expression system is a very useful tool widely used for expression of foreign proteins. To use the baculovirus expression system, a recombinant baculovirus must be prepared. The development of the Bac to Bac system has reduced the time and effort required to produce recombinant baculovirus. But, it will take at least two weeks. Further, it takes more time to measure the activity of recombinant baculovirus. In order to overcome this problem, a virus inducible expression system is being studied recently. Although baculovirus is able to rapidly express foreign proteins, it still has a low expression level. Thus, in this study, we aimed to construct a novel baculovirus inducible expression vector that not only shortens the production time of protein but also can express at a high level. The novel baculovirus inducible expression vector has been evaluated using EGFP and is expected to be a very useful tool for production of various proteins.

Virus-like particles (VLPs) are similar to pathogenic viruses, but because they have no nucleic acid, they have excellent safety and immunogenicity and are used as a good vaccine material. However, in the selection of various structural proteins of pathogenic viruses to form VLPs, all expression systems consume a lot of time in common. Among them, the baculovirus expression system causes additional time consumption to construct the recombinant baculovirus. Therefore, there is a need for a system that can rapidly determine the structural proteins required for effective VLP production. This study aims at solving this problem by constructing a BmNPV inducible expression platform through the construction of vectors induced by BmNPV. The platform was evaluated for overexpression using EGFP. We also confirmed the formation of virus-like particles through overexpression of canine parvovirus structural proteins.

췌담관 합류 이상은 췌관과 총수담관의 합류가 십이지장 벽 외부에서 이루어지고 공통관이 비정상적으로 길어지는 선천성 기형이다. 이로 인해 오디괄약근의 지배를 받지 않아 췌액과 담즙의 상호 역류가 일어나고 담관 낭종, 담석, 담관염, 췌장염 등의 합병증과 담관암, 담낭암과 같은 악성 종양이 발생할 수 있다고 알려져 있다. 분할췌는 태생기에 복측 췌관과 배측 췌관의 융합 실패로 발생하고 췌액이 주유두와 부유두를 통해 각각 십이지장으로 배출되며 상대적으로 많은 양의 췌액이 직경이 작은 부유두 개구부를 통해 배출됨으로써 췌액 의 저류가 발생하게 되어 췌장염이 반복적으로 발생하는 원인이 될 수 있다. 본 증례는 우상복부 통증을 주소로 내원한 35세 여자 환자로 내시경적 역행성 담췌관 조영술을 통하여 담관 낭종이 없는 췌담관 합류 이상과 동반된 불완전 분할췌를 발견하여 보고하는 바이다.

The virus-like particle (VLP) is similar to a pathogenic virus and has a high immunogenicity. However, in the selection of various structural proteins to form VLP, all expression systems commonly consume most of the time and suffer from various difficulties. Therefore, there is a need for a system that can rapidly determine the structural proteins required for effective VLP production. This study aims to construct a transient expression platform using insect cells to solve this problem. Plasmid-based expression vectors and baculovirus-inducible expression vectors were constructed. The vectors were evaluated for overexpression using EGFP. We also confirmed the formation of virus like particles through overexpression of virus structural proteins.

Hericium erinaceus (HE) is an edible mushroom to exhibit several biological activities, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammation and anti-cancer effects. This study focuses on the antioxidant potential of HE as extraction solvents. HE was extracted with ethanol (HEE) and water (HEW) in order to observe the change of the extraction amount of the active ingredient. Total polyphenol content (TPC) analyses were performed to decide the active ingredient contents of HEE and HEW. Moreover, 2,2-diphenyl-picrylhydrazyl hydrate (DPPH) and 1,2,2-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) radical scavenging activities were conducted to compare the antioxidant activities of HEE and HEW extracts. As a result, TPC (7.08 ± 0.08 g GAE/kg extract) of HEE was found significantly higher as compared to HEW (4.94 ± 0.02 g GAE/kg extract). The IC50 values based on the ABTS for HEE (471.47 ± 20.38 μg/ml) was generally stronger showing potential antioxidant properties compared to HEW (606.97 ± 1.04 μg/ml). On the other hand, DPPH radical scavenging activity showed no significant change in HEE and HEW extracts. These results demonstrated that ethanol extracts from HE could be useful as an antioxidative functional ingredients.