Mycelium composites and leathers have versatile material properties based on their composition and manufacturing process. To prepare mycelium mat for the production of mushroom leather, several strains were mutated by gamma rays. Some mutant strains, including Lentinula edodes, Ganoderma lucidium, and Schizophyllum commune showed good hyphae growth rate and density on saw-dust media. Irradiation power (Gy), time, and height from the radiation source to the sample were examined. Based on the preliminary data obtained in this study, comprehensive research should be conducted to explore the optimal strains and culture conditions for mycelium-based leather production.

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of insulin and epidermal growth factor (EGF) in a in vitro growth (IVG) medium on oocyte growth, in vitro maturation (IVM) and embryonic development of pig oocytes derived from small antral follicles (SAF) less than 3 mm in diameter. SAF oocytes were cultured for 2 days to induce IVG in alpha-minimal essential medium supplemented with 1 mM dbcAMP and 15% (v/v) fetal bovine serum. After IVG culture, oocyte maturation was induced by culturing IVG oocytes in IVM medium for 44 h. IVM oocytes that extruded the first polar body were selected and induced for parthenogenesis (PA) by applying electric stimulus. SAF oocytes cultured under the insulin treatment showed a significantly increased (P < 0.05) nuclear maturation (73.8%) compared to those cultured with insulin and EGF (59.8%). After PA, the proportions of blastocysts based on the number of metaphase II oocytes were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in oocytes that were cultured for IVG with insulin, EGF, and insulin + EGF (32.4%, 35.2%, and 34.8%, respectively) than in control (22.9%). IVG oocytes treated with insulin showed an increased oocyte diameter (116.3 μm) compared to those treated with insulin and EGF (114.0 μm) (P < 0.05). Intra-oocyte GSH content significantly increased (1.07 pixels/oocyte) by insulin treatment during IVG compared to that of oocytes treated with insulin + EGF (0.78 pixels/oocyte). These results demonstrate that IVG culture of SAF oocytes under insulin or/and EGF treatment supports oocyte maturation and improves embryonic development to the blastocyst stage after PA in pigs.

This study investigated the effect of a co-culture of Scenedesmus dimorphus and nitrifiers using artificial wastewater on the removal of ammonium, nitrate and phosphate in the advanced treatment. To test the synergistic effect of the co-culture, we compared the co-culture treatment with the cultures using S. dimorphus-only and nitrifiers-only treatment as controls. After 6 days of incubation, nitrate was removed only in the co-culture treatment and total amount of N removal was 1.3 times and 1.6 times higher in the co-culture treatment compared to those in the S. dimorphus- and nitrifiers-only treatments, respectively. In case of total amount of P, co-culture treatment removed 1.2 times and 12 times more P than the S. dimorphus -and nitrifiers-only conditions, respectively. This indicates that the co-culture improved removal rates for ammonium, nitrate, and phosphate. This further implies that there was no need for denitrification of nitrate and luxury uptake of P processes because nitrate and phosphate can be removed from the uptake by S. dimorphus. In addition, co-culture condition maintained high DO above 7 mg/L without artificial aeration, which is enough for nitrification, implying that co-culture has a potential to decrease or remove aeration cost in the wastewater treatment plants.

K+ channels are involved in the regulation of a variety of physiological functions, including proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation, in mammalian cells. Our previous study demonstrated that the blockage of K+ channels inhibits mouse early embryonic development. This study was designed to identify the effect of K+ channels during bovine embryonic development. K+ channel blockers (tetraethylammonium (TEA), BaCl2, quinine, ruthenium red and fluoxetine) were added to the culture medium during in vitro fertilization (IVF) for 6 h to first identify the short-term effect of these chemicals. Among K+ channel blockers, fluoxetine, which is used as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, significantly increased the blastocyst formation rate by approximately 6% when compared to control. During the in vitro maturation (IVM) of immature oocytes and the in vitro culture (IVC) of embryos, the oocytes and embryos were exposed to fluoxetine for either a short-term (6 h) or a long-term (24 h) to compare the embryonic development in response to exposure time. The 6 h exposure to fluoxetine during IVM did not affect the blastocyst formation rate, but the rate of blastocyst formation was reduced after the 24 h exposure. On the other hand, embryonic development increased approximately 10% in both groups of embryos exposed to fluoxetine for 6 and 24 h during IVC. Taken together, fluoxetine treatment during IVF and IVC, but not IVM, enhances bovine embryonic development. These results suggest that fluoxetine-modulated signals in oocytes and embryos could be an important factor towards enhancing bovine embryonic development.

Although there are a number of reports regarding the toxicity evaluation of inorganic nanoparticles, knowledge on biodegradable nanomaterials, which have always been considered safe, is still limited. For example, the toxicity of chitosan nanoparticles, one of the most widely used drug/gene delivery vehicles, is largely unknown. In this report, we examined the cytotoxic effects of chitosan nanoparticles on mouse embryos at the blastocyst stage and in vivo implantation by embryo transfer. Blastocysts treated with 250 nm chitosan nanoparticles exhibited significantly increased apoptosis and a corresponding decrease in total cell number, which was concentration‐dependent. Moreover, the TUNEL positive signal in the embryos exposed to chitosan nanoparticles showed an increased of the ICM and the implantation success rate was lower than that of their control counterparts. Our results collectively indicate that in vitro exposure to chitosan nanoparticles induces apoptosis and retards implantation development after transfer to host mice. The results collectively show that chitosan nanoparticles have the potential to induce embryo cytotoxicity. Further studies are required to establish effective protection strategies against the cytotoxic effects of these nanoparticles.

These study was carried out to investigate the effects of the collection time, culture time and activation of canine oocytes on in vitro maturation rates. The activated oocytes were cultured in 10% FCS+TCM-199 media containing hormonal supplements (10 IU/ml HCG, 10 IU/ml PMSG, 10 ug/ml gonadotropin) at 5% , 95% air, . 1. IVM rate of in vitro cultured cumulus-attached oocytes recovered from ovaries that collected at follicular and luteal stages of the reproductive cycles were 11.4% and 5.7%, respectively. IVM rate of oocytes recovered from ovaries that collected at follicular stages of the reproductive cycles was significantly higher than that of luteal stage (p<0.05). 2. When IVM was carried out at different periods of 40, 48, and 70 hrs, the IVM rates of oocytes matured in vitro were 2.9%, 8.6%, 5.7%, respectively. These results indicate that the IVM time between hrs gives the highest maturation rate for the oocytes matured at the different stages. 3. IVM rate of oocytes matured in vitro for 10 hrs after single and combined activation treatment by ET, IP and CH and Ca+DMAP, CH+DMAP, ET+CH were respectively. This was higher than that in both single and combined stimulated groups compared to control group ().

The objective of this study was to develop an effective in vitro production system capable of obtaining more porcine embryos from immature oocytes These experiments were conducted to examine the effect of sperm factor on the IVF and IVD, and the effect of coculture with somatic cells on the IVD of embryos. Although the concentration of epididymal sperm for IVF did not affect on cleavage rate, but 5 x 105 sperm/mi showed the highest cleavage rate(48.7%) and the developmental potential of IVF oocytes from this concentration was also greatly higher (P-stored sperm for l2hrs and the cleavage rate from fresh sperm was significantly higher (P<0.05) than that from frozen sperm, but the developmental potential after IVF was slightly high from the frozen sperm. The cleavage rate of IVF oocytes cocultured with oviductal epithelial cells and cumulus cells was 76.3% and 72.9%, respectively. There was no difference between two coculture systems but this rate was significantly higher(P<0.05) than that of medium alone(42.0%).

Background : Korea's agriculture has been forced to change due to the decline in agricultural population, the aging of the population and the conclusion of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Thus, agriculture is seeking to develop into a sixth industry. For this reason, it is necessary to find high-function alternative plant resources for health promotion to meet the changes in national needs for agricultural products. The adventitious roots culture of wild mountain ginseng is the raw material of food code that produced by the biotechnology technique. introduced in the culture of the plant, which is the only way to use a raw material of food. Therefore, in order to increase the yield of ginsenoside in adventitious roots culture of wild mountain ginseng, ginsenoside precursor was treated and ginsenoside contents were analyzed. Methods and Results : In order to investigate effect of precursor treatment on the production of ginsenoside in adventitious roots culture of wild mountain ginseng, 5 g of adventitious roots culture of mountain ginseng were cultured in liquid SH media supplemented with 2 ㎎/l IBA, 3% sucrose for 8 weeks, which was co-cultured with β-sitosterol and Squalene (0.0625 to 1 mM) or without. Determination of 17 ginsenosides contents of each extract was carried out by HPLC. Rb3 was accumulated by only β-sitosterol, also it increased production of total ginsenoside in the cultured ginseng roots at a concentration of 0.125 mM, which was 2.47-fold higher than that in the control (78.13 ㎎/g of extract). Conclusion : These results are an important to improve the production yield of ginsenoside in adventitious roots culture of wild mountain ginseng, and they provide an opportunity for development of adventitious roots culture of wild mountain ginseng in dietary health supplement and pharmaceutical industries.

Background: To obtain useful cosmetic resources, this study aimed to determine the non-saponin fatty acid and inhibitory activities of collagenase and elastase by treatment of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in supercritical fluid extracted oil of the adventitious root culture of wild mountain ginseng. Methods and Results: We performed supercritical fluid extraction at various conditions such as pressure, temperature, time, and use of co-solvents, unlike the n-hexane extraction for the adventitious roots culture of wild mountain ginseng. The non-saponin-fatty acid obtained from the oil of the adventitious roots culture was incresed by treatment with S. cerevisiae. The supercritical fluid extraction was conducted using gas chromatography. Non-saponin-fatty acid content, in the oil of adventitious roots culture of wild mountain ginseng treated with S. cerevisiae for 2 days were three times higher than that in the control. In addition, the oil of the adventitious roots culture treated with S. cerevisiae was investigated for the anti-wrinkle effect by using collagenase and elastase. The oil of adventitious roots culture treated with S. cerevisiae exhibited higher collagenase and elastase inhibitory activities than those in the control. Conclusions: Supercritical fluid extracted oil of the adventitious roots culture of wild mountain ginseng treated with S. cerevisiae was found to have decreased ratio of saturated fatty acids and incresed ratio and content of unsaturated fatty acids increased. Furthermore, it showed anti-wrinkle effects in vitro.

본 연구는 점차 사라져가는 큰조롱의 유전자원을 보호하고 이용하고자 종자 발아 기술과 육묘기술 개발을 위해 종자 침지 처리 온도, GA3 농도, 트레이 및 토양 종류, 차광처리에 따른 큰조롱의 발아율과 생육특성을 조사하였다. 종자발아는 20℃에서 GA3 100 ppm에 침지한 처리구에서 가장 높은 93% 발아율을 보였다. 묘소질 특성은 50구 트레이에서 가장 뛰어났으며 생리적 묘소질 특성은 20℃에서 GA3 10 ppm에 침지 처리 한 종자를 TKS 토양이 충진된 128구 트레이에 파종한 조건에서 가장 뛰어났다. 따라서 큰조롱의 묘소질과 생리적 묘소질을 종합하고 경제적인 측면을 고려하면 128구 트레이 혹은 200구 트레이의 TKS, TKS+펄라이트 및 TKS+왕겨 처리구에서 4월 중순에 파종 후 30~ 45일 간 육묘하면 초장과 근장이 각각 10 cm 이상되고 엽수가 8 매 이상 되는 우량한 묘를 획득할 수 있었고 이를 본 밭에 이식이 가능한 것으로 보여진다.

본 실험은 보리 약배양에서 모식물체의 생육환경과 전처리 방법에 따른 배양효율을 검토코자 수행되었다. 캘러스 유기정도는 품종에 따라 0～5.6%의 범위를 보였고, 식물체 분화율은 캘러스 대비 0～30.0%이었으나 그중 녹색체는 0～4.4%로 낮았다. 동절기 온실과 춘계포장에서 각각 재배한 모식물체의 약배양 캘러스 유기율은 춘계포장 모식물체의 약에서 많았지만 식물체 분화율은 각각 30.4%와 21.3%로 동절기 온실시료의 배양에서 높게 나타났다. 또한 정상상태에서 자란 모식물체와 신장기에 한발 스트레스를 받은 모식물체의 캘러스 유기율은 각각 19.2%와 7.2%로서 약유래 모식물체의 생육환경에 따라 큰 차이를 보였다. 약 채취 시기는 외형적인 식물체의 엽이간장이 5～10 cm 정도로 지엽 다음 엽의 엽이와 엽초 내 이삭의 가장 불룩한 중앙부위가 일치하는 시기(출수전 3～4일)를 기준으로 약을 선별하여 치상 하는 것이 유기효율이 높았다. 전처리는 직경 10 cm의 롤(roll) 비닐봉지에 5～10 개체의 이삭을 밀봉하여 4℃에서 3주간 실시하는 것이 효과적이었으며, 관행 페트리디쉬 보관에 비하여 약 6배 정도의 노력절감효과를 보였다. 전처리 기간 및 온도별 시료의 상태는 4℃에서 4주까지, 7℃는 2주까지, 10℃는 1주까지 신선도 유지가 가능하였고, 전처리 기간은 4℃, 3주에서 두원찹쌀보리(2조)와 새쌀보리(6조)가 각각 4.8%, 1.7%의 캘러스가 유기되어 가장 높았다.

The lateral root formation in soybean sprout culture declines its quality. This study was done to measure the effect of fluorescent light treatment during 24 hour imbibition and 6-day culture on seed germination and growth of soybean sprout. After 6 day culture, the sprouts were sorted as normal (＞4cm), abnormal (＜4cm) and non-germination by their hypocotyl lengths, and lateral roots, fresh and dry weights were measured. Lateral roots were less formed in the fluorescent light treatment lasted during the whole period of the imbibition than in the treatment for 50 minutes a day during the culture. The fluorescent light treatment during the imbibition mainly affected the germination and growth compared to the treatment done during the culture. Compared to the dark imbibition, the light treatment during the imbibition resulted in more normal sprouts, thicker diameters of hypocotyl and hook, and more fresh weights in cotyledon, hypocotyl, whole sprout, and economic yield. However, these results were reverse in lengths of hypocotyl and root, and fresh and dry weights of roots. It is concluded that the fluorescent lamp mainly irradiating red and blue lights can be used for the sprout production as an alternative light replacing blue and red lights treated during the imbibition because it blocked the lateral root appearance and stimulated growth of the sprout.

동진벼의 현미에서 캘러스를 유도하여 증식할 경우 Ge첨가가 캘러스 내의 Ge함량에 미치는 영향을 검토한 결과는 다음과 같다. 배지별 Ge농도에 따른 캘러스 증식율과 캘러스내 Ge 및 무기원소의 함량은 N6배지보다는 MS배지에서 캘러스증식이 좋았으며, 캘러스 내 K함량을 제외하고는 Ge 및 기타 무기원소의 함량이 대체로 높았다. N6배지와 MS배지 내 Ge농도가 높을수록 캘러스 증식율은 감소되나 캘러스 내 Ge함량은 증가되었고 Ca, Mg, K의 함량은 감소되며 Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu의 함량 등은 Ge농도 100～200 mg/ 까지는 증가되나 그 이상 농도에서는 감소되는 경향이었다. Ge의 종류 및 농도에 따른 캘러스 내 Ge함량은 처리 한 Ge농도가 높을수록 증가되었는데, Ge 시용량이 100 mg/ 이하에서는 무기ee(GeOf) 처리가 유기Ge(Ge-132) 처리보다 캘러스 내 Ge함 량이 높았으나, 그 이상의 농도에서는 유기 Ge처리가 무기Ge처리보다 캘러스 내 Ge함량이 높았고 캘러스 활력도 좋았다. 배지의 pH가 낮을수록 캘러스의 활력은 떨어지나 캘러스 내 Ge함량은 높았으며, citric acid 와 myo-inositol의 0.1～l.0 mM을 배지에 처리한 경우 무시용보다 캘러스 생육이나 캘러스 내Ge 및 기타 무기원소의 함량이 증가되었는데, citric acid보다는 myo-inositol의 시용에서 더 증가되었다.