Recently, extensive research has been performed in the field of orthopedic medicine to develop cell-based therapies for the restoration of injured bone tissue. But there has been rarely reported about rehabilitaton of oral and maxillofacial bone defect using self-derived osteoblasts. Normal human osteoblast cell(NHost) was previously established into marrow-derived human mesenchymal stem cells for their capacity to proliferate and differentiate into osteoblasts under various culture conditions. The purpose of this study was to examine proliferation and differentiation of NHosts effected by growth factors with ALP activity and RT-PCR. After NHosts were cultured under basal and osteogenic medium at 37℃ and 5% CO2, they were analyzed by ALP activity and RT-PCR. BMP-2 under osteogenic medium decreased growth rate of NHosts compared to under osteogenic medium. BMP-2 under osteogenic medium induced osteoblastic differentiation in NHosts by increased ALP activity. The differentiating capacity of NHosts under osteogenic medium showed that NHosts expressed higher mRNA expression levels of OSX and OCN, while that of RUNX2 decreased after BMP-2 treatment. It suggested that NHosts having characteristics of osteoprecursor cells might be more advanced in their osteogenesis development by BMP-2, making NHosts an interesting biological tool for treatment of skeletal defects and diseases of oral and maxillofacial bone.

땅강아지의 실내사육을 위해 성충을 1쌍, 2쌍, 3쌍씩 원형 밀폐산란용기(지름17×높이25cm, 5L)에 산란배지를 넣고 사육한 결과 산란 성공률은 각각 20, 20, 80%로 조사되었으며 평균 산란수는 11.8±21.7, 15.7±26.4, 25.8±38.8개로 조사되었다. 산란용기에서 땅강아지 부화 약충은 각각 평균 1.2, 1.7, 1.2개체가 사망하여 사망률은 4.7~11.1%로 약충의 밀도와는 관계가 없었다. 원예용상토와 황토가 혼합된 마사토에서의 약충 사망률은 각각 18.3, 10.0%로 황토가 혼합된 마사토에서 낮았다. 원형 및 사각사육상에서 유충의 사망률은 각각 60, 40%로 조사되었고 백강균과 같은 미생물에 감염되어 사망하였다. 땅강아지의 누대사육 및 대량사육을 위해 조성한 야외사육장(25m2)에서 5월 14일부터 6월 21일까지 16회 채집한 결과 총 188개체중 약충이 131개체, 성충이 57개체(암컷 27, 수컷 30개체)로 약충이 69.7%이었다. 야외사육장에서 9월 10일 채집결과 1m2당 40.2±12.3개체로 총 241개체가 채집되었고 그중 약충은 210개체이었고 3령 이내의 약충이 79.0%를 차지하였다.

One of the main microorganisms causing diarrheal diseases is Campylobacter jejuni. Purslane or Portulaca oleracea is an edible plant containing polyphenols that has been widely used as a folk remedy for treatment of diarrhea for a long time. This study was performed to investigate the antimicrobial activity of fermented P. oleracea extracts made with probiotics and plant-origin lactic acid bacteria(PLAB) isolated from P. oleracea against C. jejuni. Lactobacillus rhamnosus, L. acidophilus, L. bulgaricus, L. delbrueckii, L. plantarum, Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Bifidobacterium longum were applied to P. oleracea to make a fermentation broth of purslane. Leuconostoc mesenteroides and the lactic acid bacteria isolated from P. oleracea grew best in the fermentation broth of P. oleracea extracts when the broth was combined with 2% yeast extract, 1% peptone, and 0.05 to 1% potassium phosphate. The number of viable cells in the fermentation broth containing purslane extracts after 48 hours increased to 1×1012 CFU/㎖ and remained at 1.3×1010 CFU/㎖ after refrigeration for 2 weeks. The pH and acidity of purslane-fermented broth after 48 hours of fermentation was 3.7 and 3.14, respectively, which show that the fermentation broth was within the range of the general standards of fermented dairy products. The antimicrobial activity of the fermented P. oleracea extracts was determined using the liquid culture method. The 10 ㎎/㎖ concentration of the fermented P. oleracea extract made with Leuconostoc mesenteroides and the lactic acid bacteria isolated from purslane showed the strongest antimicrobial activity against C. jejuni. The fermentation broth of purslane with the probiotics retarded the growth of C. jejuni for 48 hours at 42℃.

In this study, we determined total polyphenol content(TPC) and total flavonoid content(TFC) of extracts from Korean cabbage and cabbage using a spectrophotometric method as well as glucosinolates concentration by HPLC. TPCs of Korean cabbage and cabbage extracts were 308.48 ㎍ GAE/g dry weight and 344.75 ㎍ GAE/g dry weight, respectively. TFCs of Korean cabbage and cabbage extracts were 5.33 ㎍ QE/g dry weight and 5.95 ㎍ QE/g dry weight, respectively. We found six different glucosinolates, namely progoitrin, glucoalyssin, gluconapin, glucobrassicanapin, glucobrassicin and 4- methoxyglucobrassicin in the Korean cabbage extract. In the cabbage extract, there was four glucosinolates, namely glucoraphanin, sinigrin, glucobrassicin and 4-methoxyglucobrassicin. We determined the cytotoxic effect of Korean cabbage and cabbage extracts in AGS human stomach cancer cells, HepG2 human hepatic cancer cells and LNCaP human prostate cancer cells by MTT assay. Dose-dependent relationships were found between the extract concentrations and cancer cell growth inhibition. The overall results support that both Korean cabbage and cabbage, the major vegetables in Korea, contain bioactive compounds such as polypheol, flavonoids as well as glucosinolates and they may play a positive role in cancer prevention.

A dentigerous cyst (DC) and an odontogenc fibroma (OF) in the jaws are well known entities, which have been reviewed extensively. However, the presence of OF components in the wall of dentigerous cyst is a very rare event. A case of DC in the left mandible displaying the foci of an OF-like lesion is described. It is unclear whether the two lesions were just coincidental or were actually related to each other. However, OF-like proliferation may be arised from secondary epithelial and mesenchymal interactions in a pre-existing DC, although the initiating stimulus could not be identified.

Chronic hyperplastic candidiasis (CHC) is characterized by epithelial hyperplasia of the oral mucosa associated with candidal hyphae. The immune status of host is one of the factors that induce clinically evident candidal infection. Host defense mechanisms include inflammatory cells, epithelial barrier, and antimicrobial peptides such as human beta 2 defensin (hBD-2). In the present study, we investigated the densities of CD4+/CD8+ T lymphocytes and hBD-2 expression of epithelial cells in CHC. Immunohistochemical staining was performed on 10 cases of CHC using CD4, CD8 and hBD-2. Ten specimens of chronic mucositis were selected for comparison, and went through the same examination. hBD-2 was expressed in the spinous cell layers and the keratin layers of 7 CHC patients, while the epithelium of chronic mucositis did not demonstrate the hBD-2 expression except for one case. Also, hBD-2 expression was stronger when the hyphae invaded the upper stratum spinosum (P =.019). However, the densities of CD8+ T lymphocytes were significantly lower in the CHC patients, suggesting that the ability of CD8+ T cells to enter the epithelium and target the pathogenic hyphae was decreased in CHC. Increased hBD-2 expression seemed to be significantly associated with the candidal infection, while not promoting the cell-mediated immune reaction in CHC.

 ,  , The size of infective Steinernema arenarium juveniles is variable and ranges from 724 to 1408 ㎛. Effects of harvest time and infective juvenile size on pathogenicity, development, and reproduction were examined in the last instar of the great wax moth, Galleria mellonella. Harvest time of infective juveniles (IJs) of S. arenarium affected pathogenicity. IJs harvested at the 10th day from trapping were more pathogenic than those harvested the 3rd day from trapping. Mortality of G. mellonella also depending on harvest time, i.e, 100% died within 48h when IJs were harvested at the 10th day, without relation to size. However, mortality was 40% in the small size group (SSG) compared with 18% in the large size group (LSG) within 48h when IJs were harvested at the 3rd day. Establishment of S. arenarium within the host was different depending on IJ size. The number of established IJs was 1.8 in the SSG, 3.3 in the LSG, and 3.2 in the mixed size group (MSG) when IJs were harvested at the 3rd day, and 5.3 in the SSG, 7.4 in the LSG, and 7.6 in the MSG when IJs were harvested at the 10th day. The length of the female adult was 7,070.5 ㎛ in the SSG and 7,893.9 ㎛ in the LSG and that of the male was 1,460.5 ㎛ in the SSG and 1,688.2 ㎛ in the LSG when IJs were harvested at the 3rd day. The length of the female adult was 7,573.6 ㎛ in the SSG and 8,305.4 ㎛ in the LSG and that of the male adult was 1,733.4 ㎛ in the SSG and 1,794.4 ㎛ in the LSG when IJs were harvested at the 10th day. Harvest time and size of IJs did not influence numbers of progeny or size of IJS.

A 41-year-old male patient complained of a whitish growing mass on the central area of palate. The exophytic keratinizing mass was recently grown and showed rough surface localized at palatal mucosa. He has heavily smoked for more than 25 years. The lesion was clearly demarcated as an out-growing verrucous whitish epithelial lesion with erosive mucosa in the periphery and also continuous with the extensive hyperkeratosis in whole hard palatal mucosa. In the histological examination there appeared a plaque type verrucous hyperplasia in the absence of papillomatous growth. In the series of immunostains including PCNA, p53, β-catenin, APC, E-cadherin, BCL-2, MMP-1 and MMP-3 showed no features of infiltrative growth and malignant transformation. Therefore, the present case was diagnosed oral verrucous hyperplasia(OVH) different from squamous cell papilloma, verrucous leukoplakia, verrucous carcinoma, and oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Human umbilical Mesenchymal Stem Cell(uMSC) has been known as one of major component to regenerate connective tissues such as bone, cartilage, fat and others. The effect of low(5%), normotensive(20%) oxygen and freezing-thawing damage on proliferation of uMSC were investigated. low oxygen concentration culture of uMSC resulted in enhanced proliferation significantly(p<0.05) than 20% of oxygen culture. After the freezing-thawing injury to uMSC, 5% oxygen culture showed marked proliferation of uMSC than that of 20% oxygen(p<0.05) in the 5th passage of uMSC. Expression of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide anion 1 and glutathione peroxidase 1 appeared marked in 20% oxygen cultured uMSC, which suggest oxidative stress could induce less proliferation of uMSC. Above findings would suggest prolferation of uMSC in 5% of oxygen will give more yields.

노린재목(Hemiptera) 물장군과(Belostomatidae)에 속하는 물장군(Lethocerus deyrollei)은 근래에 개체수가 극감하여 환경부에서 멸종위기 Ⅱ급 보호종으로 지정 관리하고 있다. 그러나 이들 물장군의 증식 및 복원 관련 체계적인 연구가 미흡한 관계로, 본 연구에서는 물장군 인공증식 관련 최적의 환경조건 규명하기 위한 체계적인 사육법 개발을 목표로 연구를 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 2011년 6월 30일부터 9월 17일까지 생물종다양성연구소 곤충생태관(제주도 서귀포시 남원읍 소재)에서 사육중인 수컷 물장군 3개체와 제주시 구좌읍 덕천리에서 채집된 암컷 3개체들 사이에서 산란된 326개의 알을 대상으로 부화율, 각 령기별 기간, 성충까지의 생존율을 파악하였다. 사육기간 동안 동족포식을 방지하기 위해 각 수조(20cm(D) × 30cm(W) × 18cm(H))에 1개체씩 개체별 사육을 하였고, 무미류(Anura)의 유생, 미꾸리(Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), 금붕어(Carassius auratus) 등을 먹이로 공급하였다. 그 결과 물장군의 부화율은 82.5%이었으며, 각 령기별 기간은 1령(4.26일), 2령(4.27일), 3령(5.32일), 4령(7.98일), 5령(14.68일)으로 조사되었다. 그리고 물장군이 성충으로 성장하기까지의 생존률은 34.2%로 조사되어, 기존의 결과(환경부, 2011, 서식지외보전기관 성과보고서)인 부화율(66.3%), 생존률(11.4%)를 상회하는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 계속하여 수온, 수심 등 물장군 인공증식에 필요한 환경조건의 최적화가 진행함으로써, 물장군의 부화율 및 생존률 증대가 가능하게 되어, 이들 멸종위기종 물장군의 인공증식 및 복원 기술의 체계화에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

잎응애 토착천적인 응애혹파리의 대량증식을 위한 기주식물을 선발하기 위하여 기주식물별 점박이응애의 증식수를 조사한 결과 처리후 30일째 강낭콩이 873마리, 미니장미가 536마리, 접시꽃이 1,032마리였다. 응애혹파리의 실내 대량증식용 기주식물로는 증식수가 많고, 잎의 노후화도 늦어지는 접시꽃이 선발되었다. 기주식물별 응애혹파리의 증식수를 시험한 결과 응애혹파리를 10마리 처리한 후 90일째 강낭콩, 미니장미, 접시꽃에서의 증식수는 각각 87.2마리, 미니장미 82.4마리, 접시꽃 187.0마리로 접시꽃에서 증식수가 가장 많았다. 또한 기주식물체별 특징은 강낭콩은 증식수가 적고 자주 식물체를 교체해야 하는 번거로움이 있으나, 소자본 및 협소한 곳에서는 어울리는 기주식물체였다. 미니장미는 잎의 크기가 적고 점박이응애의 밀도가 증가하면 잎이 탈색되어 낙엽이 지는 단점이 있어 응애혹파리의 증식용 기주식물로는 적합하지 않았다. 접시꽃은 잎이 크고 점박이응애의 밀도가 높아져도 잎이 노화되거나 낙엽화가 늦어 응애혹파리의 대량증식에 적절한 기주식물이었다.

향료 및 약용 수종으로 가치 있는 좀목형 (Vitex negundo var. insica)의 기내증식 기술을 개발하고자 3 년생 나무의 당년생 신초지로부터 채취한 신초의 기내 증식 및 발근에 미치는 생장조절제의 효과를 구명하 였다. 다경줄기 유도는 0.5-2.0 mg/L BA가 첨가된 WPM 배지에서 효과적이었고, 가장 많은 줄기 수 (7.9개/절편)는 1.0 mg/L BA 농도에서 얻었다. 줄기 생장은 WPM 기본배지에서 1-2개의 우세 줄기로 자 라는 특징이 있었고 길이는 3.4 cm 정도이었다. BA 2.0 + GA 0.5 mg/L 혼용처리는 증식과 더불어 생장 을 촉진하는 효과를 보였다. 줄기 증식 시 처리된 생장조절제는 차후의 발근에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타 났다. 전반적으로 BA 처리로 유도된 줄기는 차후 발근도 잘되었으나 고농도 BA 처리 (4.0 mg/L)는 발근 을 억제하였다. 저농도의 TDZ 처리도 BA 처리와 유사한 경향을 보였으나 0.5 mg/L 농도로 유도된 줄기 는 발근이 현저히 억제되었고 그 이상의 농도에서 유도된 줄기는 전혀 발근되지 못했다. 증식 시 BA에 IBA를 혼용처리하면 증식은 물론 차후의 발근에 가장 좋은 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과는 약용가치가 뛰어난 좀목형의 기내배양을 통한 효율적인 증식 가능성을 보여주었다.

본 실험에서는 대장암 세포 HT-29의 증식을 억제하고 세포 사멸을 유도하는 천연소재 발굴을 목적으로, 오미자(Schizandra chinensis Baillon) 열수 추출물을 이용하여 인체 대장암 세포 HT-29의증식에 미치는 영향을 확인하였다. 오미자 열수 추출물이 HT-29 대장암 세포의 apoptosis 유도 효과 및 기전에 미치는 영향을 분자생물학적 방법으로 실험하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. MTT assay를 통해 인체 대장암세포 HT-29는 오미자 시료농도 0, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0 mg/mL에서 암세포 사멸농도가 각각 0%, 10%, 70%, 88%를 나타내었다. 대장암세포에 오미자 추출물을 처리하고 cell cycle 분석 결과, 시료농도 의존적으로 sub-G1기가 증가하였고, G0/G1기는 감소되는 것을 통해, apoptosis가 일어나 세포 증식을 저해하는 것으로 확인되었다. 대장암세포 핵의 형태학적 변화를 보면, 오미자 추출물 처리 시 농도 의존적으로 세포수가 감소되는 것이 뚜렷이 관찰되었고 cell shrinking, chromatin condensation 등 apototic body 등과 같은 형태학적 변화들이 뚜렷하게 관찰되었다. RT- PCR을 통한 유전자 발현은, 오미자 추출물 농도 의존적으로 p53 유전자 발현이 증가되는 것을 통해 대장암세포의 증식억제를 확인할 수 있었다. In vitro 실험에서 오미자 열수추출물이 대장암세포의 성장을 저해하는 효과가 있음을 확인하였으며, 오미자 추출물에 함유된 활성 본체 규명 및 apoptosis를 유도하는 작용기작에 관한 연구가 수행중이다.

본 실험은 희귀 자생식물인 백서향의 삽목 증식 특성을 구명하기 위해 수행되었다. 백서향은 남부지방 해변의 산기슭에 나는 상록관목으로 이른 봄에 향기가 아주 뛰어난 식물이다. 자웅이주식물로 국내에는 대부분 수나무가 많아 채종이 어려워 종자번식이 힘든 상황이므로 삽목 방법을 통해 증식을 시도하였다. 백서향의 삽목에 적합한 토양을 찾기 위해 펄라이트, 버미큘라이트, 펄라이트와 버미큘라이트 혼용(1 : 1), 모래로 4 처리를 수행한 결과, 발근율은 각각 86.7%, 95%, 75%, 95%로 나타났다. 온도를 달리히여 3처리로 삽목을 하였더니 발근율과 뿌리길이의 생육을 살펴볼 때 27℃에서 생육이 우수하였다. 시기별로 6월 19일, 7월 19일, 8월 19일에 삽목한 결과 생존율, 발근율은 통계적으로 오차 범위 내에서 공통적으로 우수하였고, 그 중 7월 삽목의 뿌리생장이 가장 우수하였다. 백서향의 삽목증식은 펄라이트와 버미큘라이트를 혼용하여 7월에 삽수를 채취하고 생육기간 중 온도를 27℃로 관리히는 것이 우수한 것으로 나타났다.

A bacterial colony was isolated from the gut of the bean bug, Riptortus clavatus. From morphological and biochemical tests, the bacterial isolate showed the highest similarity to Staphylococcus succinus. DNA sequence of 16S rRNA gene of the bacterium supported the identification. Oral administration of penicillin G to adults of R. clavatus gave a dose-dependent mortality of adults of R. clavatus to adults along with significant decrease of the bacterial population in the gut. Similarly, three metabolites (benzylideneacetone, proline-tyrosine, and acetylated phenylalanine-glycine-valine) derived from an entomopathogenic bacterium, Xenorhabdus nematophila, also inhibited growth of the gut bacterial population and gave significant mortalities to R. clavatus. These results suggest that a gut bacterial population classified as Staphylococcus sp. is required for survival of R. clavatus and that the three bacterial metabolites had toxic effects on the bugs due to their antibacterial properties.

Effect of inoculation level on pathogenicity, development, and propagation of entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema arenarium was investigated using the last instar of great wax moth, Galleria mellonella. Pathogenicity of S. arenarium was higher with increasing inoculation level representing 82% at the rate of 5 infective juveniles (IJs) while >98% at the rate of >10 IJs. The number of IJs penetrated into the host was 2.7, 5.0, 7.4, and 12.2 at the rate of 5, 10, 20, and 40 IJs, respectively while 24.3 at the rate of 80 IJs and 40.2 at the rate of 160 IJs. Inoculation level did not affect female adult size (4,616 to 6,444 ㎛) while affected male adult size (1,600 to 1,934 ㎛). The rate of stunted female adults was 70.2% at the inoculation level of 80 IJs and 63.7% at the inoculation level of 160 IJs. The number of progenies was 20,431, 26,696, 47,943, 50,516, 58,701, and 74,235 at the rate of 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, and 160 IJs, respectively. The body lengths of IJs were different depending on inoculation level ranging from 636 to 1,496 ㎛.