Cotton aphid infests more than 700 plants and a major pest of various horticultural crops worldwide. The glucose regulated protein 78 (GRP78) is a member of heat shock protein 70. Its expression is associated with the nutritional changes as well as environmental stresses. The full sequences of grp78 cDNA of Aphis gossypii was determined. It had conserved motifs of hsp genes and terminated in KDEL which is common to GRP78. Quantitative realtime PCR showed that its level was changed during development and also upregulated by starvation. However, its level was not much changed by heat stress. The level of grp78 can be use to understand nutritional physiology on insects.

This study challenges constitutional problems of the identification regulation on online web-board Games, which is about to be reviewed by Ministry of Government Legislation. The regulation comprises imposition of duty for online web-board game publisher to identify every game user whenever the game user plays or accesses the online web-board game. The regulation is deemed to be unconstitutional because 1) it is not an effective mean to prevent online web-board game from being misused as gambling 2) it violates free speech right, right on personal information as well as privacy. As the Constitutional Court of Korea has already decided that internet real-name system, which imposed identification duty online bulletin board, is unconstitutional, any regulator or legislator should not use identification regulation without eliminating its unconstitutionality.

S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase-like protein 1 (AHCYL1), also known as IP3 receptor- binding protein released with IP3 (IRBIT), is a member of the AHCY-like protein family. AHCYL1 protein regulates IP3-induced Ca2+ release in the cytoplasm of cells and, therefore, is likely to be an important gene regulating various biological processes in the oviduct of chickens. Inmammals, expression is greatest during activation of dendritic cells which are antigen presenting cells associated with immunoregulatory processes in blood and skin. However, the identification of the AHCYL1 gene in chickens has not been investigated. In the present study, we first used RT-PCR to demonstrate AHCYL1 gene expression in adult chicken organs and oviducts of immature chickens treated with DES (diethylstilbesterol, a synthetic estrogen agonist). The results indicated that AHCYL1 mRNA is expressed in chicken reproductive organs (testis, ovary and oviduct). Inaddition, expression of AHCYL1 mRNA increased in response to DES-treated immature oviducts compared to the non-treated control immature oviducts of chickens. Interestingly, AHCYL1 was abundant in the cytoplasm of luminal and glandular epithelia, but not in other cell-types such as stroma and connective tissues, of the chicken oviduct. These results suggest that AHCYL1 is a novel estrogen-stimulated gene associated with development of the chicken oviduct, as well as functions of oviductal glandular and luminal epithelia that may include activation of resident immune cells, such as dendritic cells.

사시나무의 생장 특성과 대사물질간의 관계를 구명하여 생장추정 관련 주요 인자를 구명하고자 사시나무 18년생을 대상으로 우량 클론과 일반 클론간의 생장특성 및 생장하고 있는 주간 내피조직의 대사물질을 비교, 분석하였다. 사시나무 생장특성과 주간 내피조직의 전탄소 함량, 전질소 함량, δ15N값 및 sucrose 함량 간에 유의적 상관관계가 있었다. 특히 유리 아미노산의 함량은 재적 및 흉고직경과 고도의 정의 상관관계(p<0.01)가 있어 수체내의 질소함량이 높을수록 생장이 우수한 것으로 나타났다. GC/MS를 이용하여 사시나무 클론 간의 대사체를 분석한 결과 78종의 대사물질 중 51종이 재적생장과 상관관계가 있었으며, 주간 내피조직의 succinic acid, malic acid, citric acid, sucrose 및 phosphoric acid의 함량이 상대적으로 높을수록 재적 생장이 큰 것으로 추정되었다. 또한 사시나무 생장 우량클론은 주간 내피조직의 수용성 sucrose 및 유리 아미노산 함량이 상대적으로 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 복합적 인자는 사시나무 우량클론 선발을 위한 대사 표지자의 개발을 위한 기초 자료로 이용될 수 있을 것이다.