Background: Research on the reproductive physiology of Water and Sika deer, an endemic in Korea, still needs to be completed. This study analyzed the ovarian development and morphological characteristics of wild Water deer and Sika deer. Methods: Water deer and Sika deer ovaries were collected from the Korean Peninsula and Russia–Korean Peninsula border during the estrus and pregnancy seasons, respectively. And, morphological and physiological analysis and immunohistochemistry were conducted to confirm the detection of Ca2+ and assess the morphological changes in the ovaries. Results: The results of morphological analysis of ovaries during pregnancy and estrus, the development of the corpus luteum and follicles of Water deer showed similar patterns to other mammals. In contrast, the corpus luteum of Sika deer differed in tissue morphology and composition from Water deer. Ca2+ related to tissue metabolism was detected in the theca cells zone of Water deer on the estrus and was highly detected in the luteum cells zone during pregnancy. The hormone receptor protein expression patterns were generally higher in the ovaries of Water deer on the estrus and the pregnancy than in Sika deer. The expression of LH receptor was relatively low in the lutein cell zone, unlikely that of Water deer. The expression of VEGF was also different from Water deer, and the response in Sika deer was relatively very low compared to Water deer in expressing all proteins-related development. Conclusions: Therefore, the results of the study were shown that the composition of the corpus luteum of Sika deer is not clear compared to Water deer, and there are many differences in the functional and morphological formation of the corpus luteum.

The increasing prevalence of obesity is associated with various metabolic diseases such as diabetes, posing significant social and economic burdens to the society. While obesity is a complex disease with multiple factors contributing to its pathophysiology, altered glucose and lipid metabolism is evident in obese patients as well as in animal models. Abnormal metabolic regulation often leads to development of insulin resistance, a hallmark of obesity-induced type 2 diabetes. In this review, we provide a brief overview of altered lipid metabolism manifested in the obese state. In addition, two representative animal models, Mus musculus and Drosophila melanogaster, are presented with experimental approaches adopted for generation and utilization of these models. More specifically, Drosophila has been widely used for studying the core physiological phenomena across phyla for decades, mostly due to the ease of handling and sophisticated genetic manipulations with conserved cell signaling pathways of reduced redundancy. Considering a significant degree of homology in Drosophila for human disease-associated genes, it poses as a versatile in vivo platform to study the pathophysiology of various human diseases. With core metabolic pathways governing energy homeostasis generally conserved, Drosophila can be used as a model for studying molecular mechanisms underlying disease phenotypes manifested in obese and diabetic patients. In this review, we discuss representative Drosophila studies that investigated the effects of dysregulated core signaling pathways on metabolic signatures of obese animals.

An 8-year-old, spayed female Maltese dog was presented with a one-month history of erythema, swelling and alopecia of periocular region with pruritus. The skin lesions were first detected at the age of three years, but this was the first time that symptoms had appeared in the eyes. Physical examination revealed markedly swollen and erythematous eyelids and conjunctiva including Meibomian glands. In addition, periocular alopecia and tears were identified. Slit lamp microscopy revealed erythema of conjunctiva and swelling of Meibomian glands. The Schirmer’s tear test was normal. Impression smear cytology of eyes revealed sterile neutrophils and corneal epithelial cells. There were no virus or bacterial infections in the eyes. On skin examination, generalized erythema was detected but there were no other skin lesions. A case of allergic blepharoconjunctivitis associated with canine atopic dermatitis was diagnosed based on history taking and skin examination. Treatment included cetirizine, cyclosporine, prednisolone and Forus eye drops®. The owner was instructed to wear an Elizabethan collar around his dog's neck at all times and restrict walking. And the diet was changed to hypoallergenic dog food. Medications and environmental restrictions significantly reduced erythema, edema and swelling of meibomian glands. Pruritus was also decreased. Six weeks later, the edema lesions of eyes disappeared.

참외는 유용한 농업생명자원이면서, 생약 및 한약으로 활용할 수 있는 아주 유용한 자원이다. 참외의 생약명(Medicinal name)은 Melonis Pedicellus이며, Cucurbitaceae에 속하는 Cucumis melo Linné의 초본 꽃받침으로 한약재로 널리 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 Melonis Pedicellus의 한약 특성을 조사하고 Melonis Pedicellus를 함유 한 34개의 한약 포뮬러를 검토하였다. 이 연구는 꼭지 소재 기반 한약재에 대한 추가 연구를 바탕으로 미활용 한약재의 가치를 제고할 수 있다고 사료된다. 먼저 각 국가의 공정서 및 고문헌 분석을 통해 과체 한약재의 기원을 비교하였다. 특히 중국, 일본, 대만이 아닌 남북한의 약전에서 특이점을 찾아볼 수 있었다. 둘째, Melonis Pedicellus에서 발견된 성분을 조사하였다. 지방산 화합물이 가장 많았으며 셋째로는, Melonis Pedicellus 의 생약학적 관점으로 요약하였다. 그것은 구토 성질이 매우 강하기 때문에 구토 요법에 특별히 사용되어 온 사실을 검증하였다. 끝으로 3세기부터 20세기까지의 31편의 고문을 분석하였고, Melonis Pedicellus를 포함하는 34개의 한약재 포뮬러가 문헌에서 발견되었다. Melonis Pedicellus는 주로 구토 요법에 사용되었기 때문에 대부분의 한약 제제가 구토 요법에 상관성 있게 한약재의 본질이 그 공식에 정확히 반영되었음을 의미한다. 이 연구는 Cucumis melo Linné의 꽃받침이 한약재로 사용되어온 근거를 마련했다. Melonis Pedicellus의 기원은 대부분의 동아시아 국가에서 언급되지 않기 때문에 더 확대하여 조사 범위를 넓혀서 연구할 필요가 있다. 본 연구는 한국한의학연구원 제공 전통의학정보포털(KIOM Oasis Portal)과 전북대학교 한국과학문명학연구소에서 제공하는 고의서 빅데이터를 활용하여 고문헌 정보를 효율적으로 확보하였다. 앞으로 과체(瓜蔕)뿐만이 아니라 감꼭지, 연밥 꼭지, 가지 꼭지 등 다양한 식물들의 꼭지를 연구한다면, 무심코 버릴 수 있는 소재에서 현대적 가치를 발견할 수 있는 좋은 소재가 될 것으로 사료된다.

본 연구는 설문조사를 이용해 전국 대학생들의 생태통로에 대한 인식 및 지식수준을 알아보고자 하였다. 인간과 자연이 공존해야 하는 생태계는 사람들의 무분별한 개발로 인해 생태계의 균형을 파괴하고 있다. 생태통로는 이러한 생태계 파괴를 방지하고 생태계의 연속성을 유지하기 위해 설치하는 인공적인 생태적 공간이다. 그러나 국민들의 관심과 인식이 부족해 관리가 미흡한 실정이다. 그리하여 본 연구에서는 국민들의 생태통로에 대한 인식수준을 높이고 교육의 기회를 제시하고자 한다. 전국 대학생 100명을 대상으로 온라인 설문과 오프라인 설문을 통해 생태통로에 대한 인식 및 지식을 분석하였다. 생태통로에 대해 들어보았는지에 대한 인식을 조사한 결과 57%가 ‘있다’고 하였으며, 43%가 ‘없다’고 하였다. ‘생태통로는 야생동물들이 안심하고 통행할 수 있도록 나무와 풀로 뒤덮여 있을수록 좋다’는 지식 문항을 조사한 결과 생태통로에 대해 들어본 그룹은 22.8%, 생태통로에 대해 들어보지 않은 그룹은 23.3%만 올바르게 알고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이를 통해 생태통로에 대해 들어본 그룹이 60% 미만으 로 생태통로에 대한 인식이 낮은 것으로 판단되며 생태통로에 대해 들어본 그룹이 생태통 로에 대해 들어보지 못한 그룹만큼 지식이 올바르게 정립되지 못한 것으로 판단되었다. 따라서 국민들이 생태통로에 대한 올바른 인식과 지식을 가지고 있을 수 있도록 교육적인 측면에서의 지원이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

The expression of MMPs in the development of the fertilized egg has a very important role in cell configuration. Objective To evaluate the clinical, the effect of differentially expressed MMPs on serum and serum - free medium on the maturation of blastocysts. The expression patterns of MMPs in serum and serum-free medium were compared at 6 h, 18 h and at the blastocyst stage using real-time PCR, ELISA and immunofluorescence. The results showed that the expression of MMPs was increased in the embryos of the serum medium, as a result of analysis of MMPs and TIMPs, MMP-2 was expressed in the cytoplasm of embryos in the serum-free medium, And it was found to be higher in expression than MMP-9. The serum medium was different from the bloodless badge: overall, TIMPs showed a higher expression in the ovarian cells than cyanosis, and TIMP-3 was more pronounced. Development rate of blastocyst according to in vitro culture method was higher than that of serum - free medium (61.22% 60/98) and serum - free medium (48.28% 28/58). Analysis of the protein release locations of MMPs and TIMPs showed that MMPs and TIMPs are highly expressed in serum mediums, focusing on the inner cell mass. However, very low expression appeared in the tropoblast. On the other hand, serum - free medium showed different expression from serum medium and TIMPs expression was generally low. Therefore, in the case of serum media, the expression of MMPs is highly expressed in the cytoplasm of the fertilized egg, increasing the reconstruction of cells.

In the present study of this experiment was to understand the expression of apoptotic gene expression in the ovary of miniature pigs and pigs on the 15th day of estrus. Also the compare and analyze of programmed cell death type(Apoptosis and autophagy) expression pattern during mature oocyte on the miniature and normal pig cells. Analysis of mRNA gene expression of ovary in miniature and normal pigs on the 15th day of estrus showed that the expression of genes related to Autophagy (ATG13, MAP1LC3, Beclin1) was high in normal pigs but the expression of ATG1 and ATG5 genes was low. In addition, the expression of genes related to apoptosis (Casp-3, BAX) was high in the mini pigs, and the gene related to the LH hormone was high in the miniature pigs, whereas the expression of the gene related to the FSH hormone was high in the normal pigs. On the other hand, the result of muture oocyte on the miniature and normal pig cells is the expression of Casp-3 protein was moust high from treatment of FL+rapa (FSH+LH and Rapamycin) of the oocyte on the miniature pig cell. However, MAP1LC3 expression was higher in the oocytes of treatment of rapanycine treatment on the nomal pig cells. There was no gene expression in cumulus cells of matured oocytes in mini pig cells, whereas MAP1LC3 expression was higher in oocyte cumulus cells matured in normal pig cells. It was confirmed that the miniature and normal pigs showed different programmed cell death patterns, In the case of oocytes matured in miniature pig cells, MAP1LC3 gene expression was found to be low in spite of treatment with Autophagy regulator.

The purpose of this study is to expression pattern of melanogenesis associate genes on cultured melanocyte layer cells in Korean Brindle Cattle(Dark, Brindle and Yellow) were analyzed to evaluate the effects of sex hormones on the control of melanogenesis pathways. Korean Brindle Cattle(Dark, Brindle and Yellow) melanocyte in the skin cells was collected. after the addition of estrogen and testosterone, the culture was analyzed for expression of cell activity and melanin genes for 72 hours. For the analysis of estrogen in different coat color other than the melanogenesis-related genes it is increasingly yellow showed low expression. in particular, the cells of the brindle coat color is low active and expression of genes. However, the testosterone was low, the expression of cell activity inhibiting MMP-2. the expression of melanin genes actually showed a tendency to increase gradually, which is testosterone compared with the estrogen to be considered that affect the skin cell layer brindle coat color. In this study, stimulation with estrogen triggered the inhibition of MC1R of the melanocyte in brindle coat color, but testosterone is induced MC1R in melanocyte. Therefore, considered the eumelanin or phaeomelanin activation are controlled caused by differential expression of sex hormones on melanocyte in Korean Brindle Cattle.

The major focus of this study is to analyze the expression of bovine MMPs and to monitor their activity during the estrus cycle and pregnancy. During pregnancy, MMP-2 expression was detectable around 30 days but became insignificant by 60 days, then started to increase again around 90 days and reached the maximum at 250 days. The activity of MMP-2 protein changed in accordance with its expression level. As expected, the level of TIMP-2 exhibited a reverse pattern. About MMP-9, high level expression was observed as early as 30 days and gradually increase until 90 days. Then started to decrease after 250 days. Again, the sites of MMP-9 expression were similar to those of MMP-2. On the other hand, expression of TIMP-3 remained low until 90 days but showed a small and temporal increase around 250 days. In summary, expression of different MMPs were differentially regulated during estrus cycle and pregnancy. While the expression of MMP-2 was high in estrus cycle, MMP-9 slowly takes over with the progression of pregnancy. These results indicated that the luteal tissue perform distinct functions during pregnancy and estrus. Perhaps the activity of MMP-2 is required for the structural remodeling of luteum, resulting the suppression of P4 inflow from blood. On the other hand, steady maintenance of MMP-9 throughout luteal development is important for the activation of cell proliferation, maturation and angiogenesis.

BMP-2 is a well-known TGF-beta related growth factor, having a significant role in bone and cartilage formation. It has been employed to promote bone formation in some clinical trials, and to differentiate mesenchymal stem cells into osteoblasts. However, it is difficult to obtain this protein in its soluble and active form. hBMP-2 is expressed as an inclusion body in the bacterial system. To continuously supply hBMP-2 for research, we optimized the refolding of recombinant hBMP-2 expressed in E. coli, and established an efficient method by using detergent and alkali. Using a heparin column, the recombinant hBMP-2 was purified with the correct refolding. Although combinatorial refolding remarkably enhanced the solubility of the inclusion body, a higher yield of active dimer form of hBMP-2 was obtained from one-step refolding with detergent. The refolded recombinant hBMP-2 induced alkaline phosphatase activity in mouse myoblasts, at ED50 of 300-480ng/ml. Furthermore, the expressions of osteogenic markers were upregulated in hPDLSCs and hDPSCs. Therefore, using the process described in this study, the refolded hBMP-2 might be cost-effectively useful for various differentiation experiments in a laboratory.

The nature of molecular mechanisms governing embryo development is largely unknown, but recent reports have demonstrated that proper execution of programmed cell death is crucial for this process. The main objective of this study is to examine the mode of programmed cell death during nuclear transfer embryos development in porcine. In particular, the relative employment of two major pathways in programmed cell death; e.g. apoptosis (type I) and autophagy (type II) was compared. Oocytes use in the study was matured in vitro in the presence of 10% FBS maturation medium. After nuclear transfer embryos were cultured for each programmed cell death control factor [Cysteamine(Cyst : 0.4mM), 3-methyladenine(3MA : 2.5mM) and Rapamycin(RP : 100nM)] in TCM-199 medium supplemented with 0.1% BSA. In this study results of among the blastocysts development in 3MA; PCNA, MAP1LC3A and ATG5 RNA gene expression level increased in the order of IVF<Cyst < 3MA < RP. However Casp-3 and TNF-r RNA gene expression level decreased in the order of IVF < 3MA and RP< Cyst. The expression of mTOR showed a pattern opposite to that of MAP1LC3A. That is, its expression was the lowest in Cyst group. And next experiments analysis of MMP expression patterns. Analysed this MMPs enzyme activation to evaluate the effectiveness of high quality brastocyst culture in porcine. In this results of the enzymatic activity of MMP-2 and MMP-9 was assessed in culture, the level of active MMP-9 was higher expression in the medium of each 3MA and RP treatment group, with the level of another treatment group being relatively higher. These results suggest that the autophagy activation culture medium is more effective for stable and innovative nuclear transfer embryos development.

The coat color of mammals is determined by the melanogenesis pathway, which is responsible for maintaining the balance between black-brown eumelanin and yellow-reddish pheomelanin. The melanogenesis-associated genes controlling pigmentation act as a complex and interact with each other to cause phenotypic and genotypic variations in cattle. That the MC1R genotype of Korean native cattle with dark muzzle was e/e or E+/e, while the genotype of Korean native cattle with light muzzle was E+/E+, which is a variant of the MC1R genotype in the Korean native cattle. Especially, the MC1R expression type is shows how much pigmentation, important factor in deciding its status in the coat and nose colours. However, information regarding the coat or nose colours-associated gene regulation of korean cattle is not yet unknown. Therefore, in this study was to investigate the expression patterns of melanogenesis-associated genes in black dot nose(korea brindle cattle) and normal nose(korea native cattle). Using microarray clustering and real-time polymerase chain reaction techniques, we analysed that the expression of genes involved in the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and Wnt signaling pathways is distinctively regulated in the dark and light muzzle tissues. Differential expression of tyrosinase was also noticed, although the difference was not as distinct as those of MAPK and Wnt. We hypothesize that emphasis on the MAPK pathway in the Korea brindle cattle induces eumelanin synthesis through the activation of cAMP response elementbinding protein and tyrosinase, while activation of Wnt signaling counteracts this process and raises the amount of pheomelanin in the native cattle. Regarding the increasing interest in the genetic diversity of cattle stocks, genes we identified for differential expression in the brindle cattle vs. native cattle may serve as novel markers for genetic diversity among cows based on the coat and muzzle color phenotype.

해운산업의 발전에 따라 다양한 가치관과 지역특성을 살린 국내 항만에 입항하는 선원들을 위한 선원복지 정책이 필요한 때이다. 선원직을 기피하는 현상과 함께 선원직 매력화 방안에 대한 연구가 계속되고 있으며, 이를 위한 방안으로 선원복지 개선에 대한 필요성은 꾸준히 제기되어 왔다. 하지만 2006년 해사노동협약에 근거한 항만선원복지위원회 설립이 국내에서 이루어지지 않고 있었으나 최근에 선원단체 및 유관기관의 협력에 따른 항만선원복지위원회 설립이 본격화 되고 있다. 지속가능하고 효율적인 선원복지 개선을 위하여 우선적으로 항만선원복지위원회의 법적검토가 선행되어야 할 것이다. 이 논문은 항만선원복지위원회에 관한 국제법 및 국내법적 근거를 살펴보며, 주요해양국가의 항만선원복지위원회의 설립에 대한 사례연구를 중심으로 비교법적 검토를 통해 국내 항만선원복지위원회의 실효성을 확보하기 위한 방안을 모색하는데 그 목적이 있다. 그 하나의 방안으로 선원법 하위령 개정을 통해 항만선원복지위원회에 대한 법적지위를 확보하고자 한다.

Recently, the consumption of chickens meat has been gradually increased in Korea. However, most of the chickens breeds in Korea were imported from overseas. This study was conducted to evaluate the genetic distances and single nucleotide polymorphism by the mtDNA D-loop control analysis method for the Korean native chickens(red plumage, red-line plumage, Ogol) and white leghorn. For the initial investigation of the relationships between Korean native chickens(red plumage(KCR), red-line plumage(KCRD), Ogol(KCO)) with white leghorn breeds, the sequences from D-loop control region in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was used. The results from phylogenetic analysis indicated that both KNC and white leghorn breeds were classified well with wild duck breeds. However, KCR was not discriminated well with KCRD. The haplotype analysis indicated that KCR and KCO have ten different haplotypes with nineteen SNPs. Three haplotypes (haplotype 1, 2, 3, 5, 17) were shared both in KNC(KCR, KCRD) and KCO. On the other hand, haplotype 4, 6, 7 was appeared only KCR and haplotype 13, 16, 18 were identified only in KCRD population. In addition, haplotype 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19 was appeared only KCO. With further verifications, the results presented here can be used for the on servation and commercialization of the Korean native chickens. This work was supported by a grant from the “Livestock Preservation of Genetic Resources", Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.

Paper-folding is an educational activity to enhance a creativity of children because a paper-folding game is to create various 2D or 3D shapes by folding a plane square paper with both hands. However, since previous paper-folding games provide folding designs as books, children may need a guidance of a teacher or may degrade interest. In addition, existing computer-based games have simple interfaces with one or two fingers and thus they are difficult to have direct influence on children's physical development and creativity enhancement. In this paper, we propose a computer-based paper-folding game which children fold a real paper with two hands and a computer with a camera gives various feedback. The proposed game is developed based on the CAI concept and contains elements of the Keller's ARCS theory.

Niobium is one of the most important and rarest metals, and is used in the electronic and energy industries. However, it’s extremely high melting point and oxygen affinity limits the manufacture of Nb coating materials. Here, a Nb coating material is manufactured using a kinetic spray process followed by hot isotactic pressing to improve its properties. OM (optical microscope), XRD (X-ray diffraction), SEM (scanning electron microscopy), and Vickers hardness and EPMA (electron probe micro analyzer) tests are employed to investigate the macroscopic properties of the manufactured Nb materials. The powder used to manufacture the material has angular-shaped particles with an average particle size of 23.8 μm. The porosity and hardness of the manufactured Nb material are 0.18% and 221 Hv, respectively. Additional HIP is applied to the manufactured Nb material for 4 h under an Ar atmosphere after which the porosity decreases to 0.08% and the hardness increases to 253 Hv. Phase analysis after the HIP shows the presence of only pure Nb. The study also discusses the possibility of using the manufactured Nb material as a sputtering target.