The phylogenetic relationships among the Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) have been controversial in several perspective. The present study sequenced a total of ~ 3,500 bp from cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI), 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA), and elongation factor-1 alpha (EF-1α) in 80 nymphalid species belonging to seven subfamilies (Linmenitidinae, Heliconiinae, Nymphalinae, Apaturinae, Libytheinae, Satyrinae, and Danainae), along with those of six lycaenid species as outgroups. Phylogenetic analyses via Bayesian Inference (BI) and Maximum Likelihood (ML) algorithms concordantly supported the subfamilial relationships of (((((Linmenitidinae + Heliconiinae) + (Nymphalinae + Apaturinae)) + Libytheinae) + Satyrinae) + Danainae), with high nodal support for monophyletic subfamilies and tribes. This result is largely consistent with a previous study performed with a substantially large sequence information and morphological characters, except for the position of Libytheinae that has previously been placed as the sister to all reminder of Nymphalidae.

The leaf beetle, Chrysolina aurichalcea (Coleoptera: Chysomelidae), is a pest damaging plants of Compositae. In order to understand the genetic diversity and geographic variation of the species we sequenced a portion of mitochondrial COI gene (658 bp) and complete nuclear internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) collected from seven Korean localities. A total of 18 haplotypes (BARCA01 ~ BARCA18), with the maximum sequence divergence of 3.04% (20 bp) were obtained from COI gene sequence, whereas 17 sequence types (ITS2CA01 ~ ITS2CA17), with the maximum sequence divergence of 2.013% (9 bp) were obtained from ITS2, indicating substantially larger sequence divergence in mitochondrial gene sequence. Phylogenetically, the mitochondrial DNA has shown several haplotypes formed independent groups with substantially high node support (≥ 90%), whereas no such grouping was evidenced for ITS2, indicating different behaviors of the two molecules. Such difference may reflect a diverse dynamics of the species such as biogeographic history, mating behaviors, and also possibly different mode of inheritance of the two molecules, but requires further scrutinized examination of the dataset. In terms of population genetic perspective, overall no population subdivision was detected from both molecules, except for locality 7 (Eocheong islet) from mitochondrial DNA. As more scrutinized analysis is performed, further fruitful inference on the geographic contour of the species might be available.

The majority of strokes are caused by ischemia and result in brain tissue damage, leading to problems of the central nervous system including hemiparesis, dysfunction of language and consciousness, and dysfunction of perception. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase(PARP) on necrosis in neuronal cells that have undergone needle electrode electrical stimulation(NEES) prior to induction of ischemia. Ischemia was induced in male SD rats(body weight 300g) by occlusion of the common carotid artery for 5 min, after which the blood was reperfused. After induction of brain ischemia, NEES was applied to Zusanli(ST 36), at 12, 24 and 48 hours. Protein expression was investigated using immuno-reactive cells, which react to PARP antibodies in cerebral nerve cells, and Western blotting. The results were as follows: In the cerebral cortex, the number of PARP reactive cells after 24 hours significantly decreased(p<.05) in the NEES group compared to the GI group. PARP expression after 24 hours significantly decreased(p<.05) in the NEES group compared to the GI group. As a result, NEES showed the greatest effect on necrosis- related PARP immuno-reactive cells 24 hours after ischemia, indicating necrosis inhibition, blocking of neural cell death, and protection of neural cells. Based on the results of this study, NEES can be an effective method of treating dysfunction and improving function of neuronal cells in brain damage caused by ischemia.

This study is intended to examine the motor skill learning and treadmill exercise on motor performance and synaptic plasticity in the cerebellar injured rats by harmaline. Experiment groups were divided into four groups and assigned 15 rats to each group. GroupⅠ was a normal control group(induced by saline); GroupⅡ was a experimental control group(cerebellar injured by harmaline); GroupⅢ was a group of motor skill learning after cerebellar injured by harmaline; GroupⅣ was a group of treadmill exercise after cerebellar injured by harmaline. In motor performance test, the outcome of groupⅡ was significantly lower than the groupⅢ, Ⅳ(especially groupⅢ)(p<.001). In histological finding, the experimental groups were destroy of dendrities and nucleus of cerebellar neurons. GroupⅢ, Ⅳ were decreased in degeneration of cerebellar neurons(especially groupⅢ). In immunohistochemistric response of synaptophysin in cerebellar cortex, experimental groups were decreased than groupⅠ. GroupⅢ's expression of synaptophysin was more increased than groupⅡ, Ⅳ. In electron microscopy finding, the experimental groups were degenerated of Purkinje cell. These result suggest that improved motor performance by motor skill learning after harmaline induced is associated with dynamically altered expression of synaptophysin in cerebellar cortex and that is related with synaptic plasticity.

Attacin is a well-studied glycine-rich antibacterial protein in insect immune response, which has limitary antibacterial effect to some Gram-negative bacteria. A cDNA encoding the attacin gene was screened and isolated from the immunized larvae of the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus. The complete P. xuthus attacin cDNA is 949 nucleotides encoding a 250 amino acid precursor that contains a putative 18-residue signal peptide, a common 42-residue propeptide sequence and a presumed 190-residue mature protein with a theoretical mass of 19904.01 and a pI of 9.13. The putative mature protein of P. xuthus attacin showed 48%~52% and 24%~30% identity in amino acid sequences with that of lepidopteran and dipteran insects, respectively. The attacin transcript was induced at significant level after injection with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Recombinant attacin was highly expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) cells by fusing with an N-terminal S-tag/thrombin cleavage site configuration protein to avoid the cell death during induction. The expressed fusion protein was purified by Ni-NTA immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC). After desalting and cleavage with thrombin, the recombinant attacin was released and showed considerably antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacteria, E. coli ML 35. Our results proved that this protein family with a potent antibacterial activity may play a role in the immune response of butterflies.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of group exer˗ cise program on depression in the elders with dementia. Subjects of this research were selected from the patients of Hyoja hospital(Yong˗ in, Korea). They were elders with dementia having minor to moderate degrees of cognitive function. Twenty-four subjects were randomly assigned into two groups, each with 12 people; exercise group and the control group. The control group only performed general physio˗ therapy, while the exercise group performed exercise program and general physiotherapy for 8 weeks. Depression of the exercise group and the control group were measured at baseline before the study, at 4 weeks, and at 8 weeks after the study. Depression was measured by Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form Korea Version(GDSSF-K). Firstly, when comparing the levels of depression within the same group, depression was significantly lower in the exercise group, after the group exercise program. However, depression of the control group did not show significant changes before or after the study. Secondly, when comparing the levels of depression of the control group and the exercise group, differences between the levels meas˗ ured before the study and 8 weeks after the study, was a statistically significant decrease of depression. Thirdly, effects of group exercise program according to the applied period were analyzed showing 8 weeks of group exercise to be more beneficial than 4 weeks. People who performed continuous group exercise program showed decrease in depression compared to the absence of group exercise program. This can infer beneficial effects of group exercise program. Group exercise program had desirable influence on decreasing the level of depression.

This study was carried out to investigate effect of herbal extracts mixtures on hair growth in an alopecia model of C57BL/6 mice. There were 4 experimental groups including distilled water (DW, negative control), 25% ethanol(EtOH, vehicle control) and two herbal extract mixtures (HE-1 and HE-2). HE-1 included Polygonum and Brassica campestris extracts and HE-2 included Mulberry root and Gardenia extracts. The 6 weeks-old C57BL/6 male mice were shaved with an electric clipper and the test compounds were topically treated with 0.2 ml per mouse daily for 3 weeks. The hair re-growth was photographically determined at days 0, 4, 7, 10, 14, 17, and 21. The number of mast cells which is an important modulator of hair growth was counted in 1 cm of dorsal skin section of mice. There were no clinical signs in all experimental groups. As the results of photometric analysis, the topical application of the herbal extracts (HE-1 & 2) for 2 weeks to dorsal skin accelerated hair re-growth remarkably faster than that of DW group (p＜0.05). Activity of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) was significantly increased in EtOH group compared to DW group (p＜0.05). Both herbal extract mixtures also increased the ALP activity, but it was not significantly different from DW. Treatment of mice with HE-2 significantly increased mast cell population compared to EtOH. Taken together, these results suggest that herbal extract mixtures used in this study may have hair-growth promoting activities and can be useful for treatment for male pattern baldness or alopecia in humans.

Bumblebees are important pollinators in greenhouse and have colonized all parts of the World. In Korea, the value of bumblebees is increasing as pollinator. However, the more recent use of reared colonies may ultimately allow pathogens to spread to peripheral areas for bumblebees. Generally, bumblebees are hosts to a large number of parasites which are mites, flies, protozoa, fungi, virus and bacteria. For most of these, very little is known about their effects against host insect, epidemiology or evolutionary ecology. So, we report pathogenic bacteria isolated from Bombus terrestris and B. ignitus at first time in Korea. Bacillus fusiformis and Klebsiella oxytoca are isolated from B. terrestris and confirmed with 16S rRNA gene nucleotide comparison in NCBI genebank. Pathogenicity of B. fusiformis was 35~40% against B. terrestris. Pantoea dispersa and K. oxytoca are isolated from B. ignitus and confirmed with 16S rRNA gene nucleotide comparison in NCBI genebank. Pathogenicity of these species were 35~40% against B. ignitus. These pathogenicity are considered as low-level.

약용 매화지의류인 Parmelia austrosinensis와 P. praesorediosa의 추출물로부터 α-glucosidase에 대한 저해작용을 확인하였다. 효소저해물질은 가열, 산, 알칼리 조건 및 수종의 가수분해효소에 대해 대단히 안정한 특성을 나타내었다. 부분정제된 효소저해물질은 α-glucosidase 이외에도 각종 이당류 분해효소, 특히 포유류와 사상균 유래의 효소류에 대해 강한 저해작용을 나타내었으며, 다당류 분해효소에 대해서는 glucoamylase를 제외하고는 대부분 매우 약한 저해활성을 나타내었다. 두 종의 매화지의 추출물로부터 부분정제한 α-glucosidase 저해물질은 HPLC 상에서도 거의 동일한 retention time을 나타내었다. 실험용 rat에 전분 또는 설탕과 함께 매화지의에서 추출한 α-glucosidase 저해물질을 경구 투여한 결과, 식후 30분경의 급격한 혈당상승을 억제하는 효과를 나타내었다.

The flavonoids are one of the most numberous and widespread groups of natural constituents. The low molecular weight of benzo-γ-pyrone derivatives are ubiquitous in plants and are vegetables, nuts, seeds, leaves, flowers, and bark. The flavonoids constitute of a large class of compounds, ubiquitous in plants, containing a number of phenolic hydroxyl groups attached to ring structures, conferring the antioxidant activity. Epidemiologic studies suggest that the dietary intake of antioxidants constitutes a risk factor for vascular disease, indicating that oxidation may be important in the pathogenesis of human atherosclerosis. Elevated plasma low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentration are associated with accelerated atherosclerosis, LDL is oxidized by smooth muscle cells, resulting in several chemicals and physical changes of LDL. Oxidized LDL is responsible for cholesterol loading of macrophages, foam cells formation and atherogenesis. There have been insulficient tests of the protective effects of flavonoids against LDL oxidation to make definitive statements about their structure activity relationships. However, hydroxylation of the flavone nucleas can appears to be advantageous because polyhydroxylated aglycone flavonoids are potent inhibitor of LDL modification. This identification may lead to new and more effective antioxidant strategies for abrogating the atherosclerotic process, the leading cause of death and disability in industrialized societies.

초산침지법을 이용하여 4℃ 냉장시의 돼지고기 햄의 APC, GNC, pH, 및 관능평가에 대한 영향을 조사하였다. 3분동안 1.0∼3.0%(v/v)초산을 처리한 구는 12일 저장동안 GNC를 완전히 억제하였다. 3분동안 3.0%초산을 처리한 구는 12일 저장동안 APC를 완전히 억제하였다. 0∼3분동안 1.0∼3.0% 초산을 처리한 구는 12일까지 미생물학적 저장안정성을 확장하였다. 초산으로 처리한 돼지고기햄의 관능평가는 유기산 냄새 및 표백으로 인하여 신선한 돼지 고기 햄보다 낯은 등급의 기호성을 보였다.

본 연구는 이론과 실무를 겸비한 중·소 외식업소의 경영자를 양성하기 위한 외식사업과의 교과과정을 개발하기 위한 결과이다. 외식업계의 직무분석과 외식관련과의 교과과정에 대한 분석 및 설문지에 의한 조사로 외식사업과의 모형 교과과정을 개발하였으며, 개설하려는 교과목들은 1) 식품과 식품위생에 관련된 과목, 2) 조리에 관련된 과목, 3) 식당경영과 서비스에 관련된 과목, 4) 실무를 익힐 수 있는 과목과, 5) 외국어 관련 과목들이다. 외식사업과를 개설하였을 때 기대되는 효과로는 1) 외식관련 전문직업인의 양성, 2) 외식관련 산업에 대한 연구의 활성화, 3) 전통 식문화의 정립, 4) 관광 산업의 활성화, 5) 외식업 종사자의 자질 향상 등이다.

빵의 저장성을 증진시키기 위한 종균배양 방법을 개발하였다. Propionibacterium freudenreichii와 혼합 배양하여 사용하는 유산 생선 박테리아로 Lactobacillus plantarum과 Bifidobacterium longum을 선정하였다. 1. 총산은 B. longum이 1.926 %, 2.597 %, L. plantarum이 1.674 %, 1.755 %을 생성하였으며, pH는 둘 다 3.9 정도로 L. brevis에 비해 매우 낮은 pH을 보였다. 2. 16일 배양 후 L. plantarum은 프로피온산을 14∼16mg/ml 생성하였고 유산도 상당량 생성하였다. B. longum도 비슷한 결과를 나타냈다. 3. 발효액 첨가 빵의 pH는 B. longum발효액을 첨가 한 것은 4.83, L.plantarum 발효액을 첨가한 것은 4.89로서 대조구의 5.75보다 훨씬 낮았다. B. longum의 경우 10일간 저장하여도 곰팡이는 생성되지 않아 대조구나 L. plantarum보다 곰팡이의 생성이 억제된 것으로 나타났다. 4. 산생성 최적 조건은 5ℓ발효조로 발효량을 증가시켰을 때, 최소로 교반하면서 37℃로 유지시키고 생성산에 의해 낮아진 pH를 NaOH로 중화하여 pH를 6.0으로 유지하는 것이 propionibacterium의 성장에 가장 좋은 조건으로 가장 많은 산이 생성되었다.

제주산 키위에서 추출 정제한 단백분해효소의 특성을 조사하였다. 본 효소는 DEAE-Toyopearl 650C, Sephadex G-100 chromatography에 의해 정제하였고 비활성은 8.5배 증가하고 회수율은 25%이었다. 이 효소는 40℃, pH 7에서 최대활성을 나타내었으며 30∼50℃, pH 5.0∼9.0사이에서 안정하고 K_m값은 32 mM, 분자량은 27, 000으로 추정된다. Hg^+, Co^2- 이온에 의해 활성이 저해되며 phenylmercuric acetate, leupeptin에 의해 저해되므로 활성부위에 thiol기를 갖는 것으로 추정되어진다.

Background : Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a multidrug-resistant (MDR) strain. Especially, MRSA is developing resistance to available antibacterial agents and causing complications in the treatment of infections related to skin, soft tissue, respiratory, bone, joint, and endovascular disorders. Therefore, antibacterial agent combination therapy appears to be a useful option, particularly in developing countries where antibiotic availability is limited. (+)-Usnic acid (UA) is uniquely found in lichens, and is especially abundant in genera such as Usnea and Cladonia. UA has antimicrobial activity against human and plant pathogens. Therefore, UA may be a good antibacterial drug candidate for clinical development. Methods and Results : In search of a natural products capable of inhibiting this multidrug-resistant bacteria, we have investigated the antimicrobial activity of UA against MRSA. In this study, the effects of a combination of UA and permeable agents against MRSA were investigated. For the measurement of cell wall permeability, UA with concentration of Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) was used. In the other hand, Sodium azide (NaN3) was used as inhibitors of ATPase. These results suggest that the antibacterial effect of UA was potentiated by membrane-binding agents and ABC transporter-inhibiting agents, implying that antibacterial activity is associated with damage of the cell wall and inhibition of ATPase function by UA. Conclusion : UA and in combination with EDTA and NaN3 could lead to the development of new combination antibiotics against MRSA infection. The results of this study appear to be promising, and they are expected to enhance the use of natural products as drugs.