PURPOSES : Snow-removal performance is performed in this study to assess the feasibility of replacing calcium-chloride solution with sodium chloride solution at the minimum temperature of -5 ℃ during snowfall. METHODS : The atmospheric temperature distribution in Seoul was analyzed. The manufacturing, storage, and indoor melting performance of calcium-chloride and sodium-chloride solutions were evaluated, and on-site snow-removal performance was evaluated based on the solution type. RESULTS : According to the results of the melting performance test at -5°C, the melting capacity of the sodium chloride solution was expressed at a level exceeding 90% of that of the calcium chloride solution, indicating a similar melting performance between the two solutions. Additionally, based on the snow removal performance test using aqueous solutions, the snow removal performance of the sodium chloride solution was found to be approximately 96% compared to that of the calcium chloride solution, indicating minimal differences in snow removal performance due to changes in the type of solution. CONCLUSIONS : Similar snow-removal performance was achieved when the sodium chloride solution was used instead of calciumchloride aqueous solution at temperatures exceeding -5 ℃.

Sprouts have various health benefits. Specifically, wheat sprouts are rich in bioactive compounds, such as vitamins and polyphenols. Elicitation induces and enhances secondary metabolite biosynthesis in plants. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the effects of sodium chloride (NaCl) treatments on the growth profile, free amino acid content, and antioxidant activity of germinated wheat (Triticum aestivum). Wheat seeds were germinated at 20℃ for 10 days and treated with 0, 2, 4, 7.5, and 10 mM of NaCl 10 days before harvesting. Treating the soil bed with NaCl increased the nutritional component amounts, such as free amino acids and γ- aminobutyric acid. The chlorophyll a and b concentrations were the highest in the hydroponic system treated with 7.5 mM NaCl. In addition, the polyphenol and flavonoid contents of sprouts treated with 2 and 7.5 mM NaCl were 1.94 and 1.34 times higher than that of the control sprouts (0 mM NaCl, water only), respectively. These results suggest that 2 to 4 mM NaCl treatments improve the nutritional and food quality of wheat sprouts more than water only.

본 연구는 염화나트륨에 의한 비생물적 스트레스가 생육과정 중의 느타리에게 미치는 영향을 자실체의 생육특성, 그리고 구성아미노산함량과 향기패턴 분석을 통해 확인하였다. 농도별로 염화나트륨을 처리한 톱밥배지에서 수확한 느타리 자실체의 생육특성을 조사한 결과, 처리구별 수량은 무처리구 대비 염화나트륨 0.5%처리구에서의 값은 비슷 했으며, 염화나트륨 처리 농도가 1.0%에서 2.0%으로 증가하면서 수량이 확연히 감소하였다. 자실체의 구성아미노산함량 분석결과, 무처리구 대비 모든 염화나트륨 처리구에서 glutamic acid과 proline을 제외한 aspartate, threonine, serine, glycine, alanine, methionine, valine, isoleucine, leucine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, lysine, histidine, arginine의 14종 구성아미노산의 함량이 낮음을 확인하였다. 자실체의 향기패턴 분석결과, 염화나트륨 처리구에서 버섯고유의 향을 나타내는 octane compound로 추정되는 물질의 intensity가 감소하였음을 chromatography상에서 확인하였다.

A series of three bench-scale experiments was performed to investigate the conversion of sodium metal to sodium chloride via reactions with non-metal and metal chlorides. Specifically, batches of molten sodium metal were separately contacted with ammonium chloride and ferrous chloride to form sodium chloride in both cases along with iron in the latter case. Additional ferrous chloride was added to two of the three batches to form low melting point consolidated mixtures of sodium chloride and ferrous chloride, whereas consolidation of a sodium-chloride product was performed in a separate batch. Samples of the products were characterized via X-ray diffraction to identify attendant compounds. The reaction of sodium metal with metered ammonium chloride particulate feeds proceeded without reaction excursions and produced pure colorless sodium chloride. The reaction of sodium metal with ferrous chloride yielded occasional reaction excursions as evidenced by temperature spikes and fuming ferrous chloride, producing a dark salt-metal mixture. This investigation into a method for controlled conversion of sodium metal to sodium chloride is particularly applicable to sodium containing elevated levels of radioactivity—including bond sodium from nuclear fuels—in remote-handled inert-atmosphere environments.

In vitro maturation (IVM) systems have become indispensable for the production of large numbers of competent oocytes in domestic species. The quality of in vitro matured oocyte is one of the important factors determining the success of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) including intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), and somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) in human and livestock. Incomplete cytoplasmic maturation of oocytes can lead not only to a failure of fertilization but also to a developmental arrest after ARTs. Thus, establishment of a stable IVM system to produce a large number of high quality oocytes, especially in domestic animals, is essential for improvement of ARTs efficiency by producing high quality embryos. The morphological characteristics are commonly used to predict the developmental potential of oocytes and embryos. Usually, normal oocytes shrink when exposed to a hypertonic medium, and recover their morphology when returned to an isotonic medium. During this process, oocytes show various morphologic changes, such as shrinkage in spherical (SSP) or irregular shapes (SIR). In the first study, we investigated whether the shrinkage pattern of oocytes that was observed after hyperosmotic treatment could be used as a morphologic characteristic to predict the quality of IVM oocytes in pigs. We found that SSP oocytes showed improved developmental competence after PA and SCNT. This improved embryonic development was most likely because of the more advanced nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation in SSP oocytes compared with SIR oocytes. Pig oocytes shows a wide variation in the size of perivitelline space (PVS) after IVM. Based on this finding, we examined in the second study whether or not there was any correlation between the PVS size of IVM oocytes and their developmental competence after PA and SCNT. Our results demonstrated that in vitro developmental competence to the blastocyst stage positively correlated with the size of the PVS of oocytes after IVM. In addition, we observed that mature oocytes with a larger PVS showed higher levels of intracellular GSH content and transcription factor expression. Furthermore, enlargement of the PVS by culturing in reduced NaCl medium improves the embryonic development after PA and SCNT. In the third study, we investigated the effects of a hypotonic medium with reduced NaCl (61.6 mM) compared with an isotonic medium (108.0 mM NaCl) on oocyte maturation and embryonic development after PA and SCNT. In addition, we attempted to optimize our IVM system using a hypotonic maturation medium by examining the effects of hypotonic medium during various stages of IVM on oocyte maturation and subsequent embryonic development. Our results demonstrated that maturation of pig oocytes in hypotonic medium with reduced NaCl during the last 11 hr of IVM increased the developmental competence of oocytes after PA and SCNT. These beneficial effects was also shown in a commercial medium (a minimum essential medium; aMEM) in which the NaCl concentration was reduced to 61.6 mM. In addition, IVM of oocytes in medium with reduced NaCl increases the proportion of SSP oocytes in pigs. In summary, our results demonstrate that IVM of pig oocytes in a hypotonic medium with low-NaCl is better able to support embryonic development after PA and SCNT, most likely by improving the cytoplasmic maturation via increased intraoocyte GSH content and widened PVS. Based on these results, the newly developed IVM system using a hypotonic medium with reduced NaCl can produce high quality oocytes and be considered a new strategy for improving ARTs efficiency in pigs.

이탈리안 라이그라스의 발아 및 초기 생육단계에서 내염성 수준 정도를 조사하기 위하여 in vitro 조건에서 다양한 염농도 조건에서 그린팜, 플로리다80, 코원어리 및 화산101호 품종을 이용하여 염해에 대한 반응을 발아율과 산화 스트레스 관련 효소들의 활성을 통해 조사하였다. 저농도의 NaCl 처리구에서는 모든 품종에서 발아율의 차이가 1~3% 정도 감소하는 경향을 보였으며 250 mM 이상의 NaCl 처리구에는 화산101호 품종을 제외한 모든 품종에서 50% 이상의 발아율 감소를 보였다. 또한, NaCl 농도가 높아질수록 발아에 걸리는 시간이 지연되었으며, 350 mM NaCl이 첨가된 처리구에는 화산101호 품종만이 치상 10일후에 발아가 시작하여 12% 정도 발아하였다. NaCl 농도에 따른 shoot과 root의 길이와 생초와 건조 후 무게의 변화도 만생종으로 갈수록 더 생육이 우수한 것으로 타나났다. 품종별간의 잎 조직에서 항산화효소 활성을 분석 결과 고염 조건 (150 mM NaCl)에서 POD 활성은 대조군과 유사한 수준으로 확인 되었다. 반면 APX 활성은 플로리다80과 코윈어리 품종에서는 증가하는 경향을, 화산101 품종에서는 감소하는 경향이 나타났으나 유의적인 수준에서 차이는 확인되지 않았다. 반면 그린팜 품종에서는 유의적인 수준에서 고염 처리에 의한 APX 활성이 감소되는 경향이 나타났다. 지속적으로 in vitro screening을 통해 선발된 계통들은 향후 특성평가와 인공교배를 통해 내염성 이탈리안 라이그라스 개발에 필요한 유용한 육종모재로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

This study was conducted to determine the effects of partial replacement (40.0%) of sodium chloride by potassium chloride, potassium lactate and calcium ascorbate on quality characteristics of cooked pork ham during cold storage. The cooked pork hams with partial replacement of sodium chloride by potassium chloride and potassium lactate had lower lightness (L*) and higher bitterness than others (p <0.05). However, redness (a*), yellowness (b*) and overall acceptability of sensory properties were not different among the treatments (p >0.05). The partial replacement of sodium chloride by all substitutes leads to increase tenderness (p <0.05). There are no problems in microbiological stability and lipid oxidation of cooked pork hams with 40% replacement of sodium chloride by potassium chloride, potassium lactate and calcium ascorbate during cold storage. Therefore, it is possible to use potassium chloride, potassium lactate and calcium ascorbate as partial substitutes of sodium chloride in cooked pork ham.

Sodium-potassium-chloride co-transporter (NKCC) is a membrane bound channel protein that plays a prominent role in a variety of epithelial absorptive, secretory processes and a direct role in cell volume regulation, in which NKCC transports sodium, potassium, and chloride ions across the cell membrane. It has been known that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) induces an acute cell lysis of specific hemocyte type, oenocytoid, to release prophenoloxidase into the plasma and ouabain (a specific sodium pump inhibitor) inhibits the oenocytoid cell lysis resulting in preventing phenoloxidase activation. However, it is not clear how the intracellular signaling pathway leads to oenocytoid cell lysis in response to PGE2. This study was designed to analyze functional role of NKCC in the cell lysis to release prophenoloxidase. A gene structure of NKCC was derived from cDNA library of Spodoptera exigua hemocyte, NKCC was expressed in all developmental stages and tissues. A real time quantitative RT-PCR showed that bacterial challenge significantly induced its expression. Specific inhibitors of NKCC, bumetanide and chlorothiazide, clearly prevented the cell lysis in a dose dependent manner. When RNA interference using double stranded RNA (dsRNA) specific to NKCC suppressed its expression, the oenocytoid lysis and PO activation was significantly inhibited in response to PGE2. It also reduced nodule formation to bacterial challenge. These results indicate that NKCC is associated with oenocytoid cell lysis probably by increasing cell volume through inward transport of ions in response to PGE2.

본 연구는 토양에의 고농도 Na 및 Cl 염류처리가 토마토의 생육과 무기성분 흡수, 광합성 속도 및 수분 포텐셜에 미치는 효과를 검토코자 수행되었다. 초장, 생체중, 건물중 등 생육은 대조구에 비해 모든 염 처리구에서 억제되었으나, 토양의 pH와 EC와는 관계가 없었다. 토마토의 생육억제 효과는 Na계열에서는 Cl, SO4, CO3, PO4, NO3 순으로, 그리고 Cl 계열에서는 Na, K, Mg, NH4, Ca순으로 컸으며, Na 계열이 Cl 계열보다 컸다. 토마토의 수량은 대조구보다 모든 염 처리구에서 30%~10%적었으며,특히 NaCl처리구에서 더욱 적었다. 엽록소 함량, 광합성 속도, 기공전도도는 대조구에 비해 염 처리구에서 낮았다. 무기양분 함량은 대조구보다 모든 염류에서 낮았다. N 함량은 NaNO3, NH4Cl 및 대조구가 11% 내외로 가장 높았으나 Na 계열에서는 NaCl 및 NaHCO3 처리구가, Cl 계열에서는 KCI 처리구가 5.5~6.0% 내외로 낮았다. K 함량은 Cl 계열보다 Na 계열이 적었으며, 특히 NaCl과 Na2SO4 처리구에서 더욱 낮았다. Mg 및 Ca 함량은 대조구보다 낮았으며, NaCl과 KCl 처리에서 매우 낮아 Na 및 K 이온과 상당한 길항관계를 보였다 전반적으로 각 이온의 흡수는 KCl및 NaCl처리구에서 가장 낮은 경향이었다.

the present study was carried out to develop a completely defined culture system and determine if high NaCl concentrations in defined (PVA added) or semi-defined (BSA added) medium is toxic to bovine embryos. Oocytes from slaughterhouse ovaries were matured and fertilized in vitro. After 30 h of insemination, only 2-cell stage embryos were selected and cultured for this experiment. The culture media used were as follows : TLP(114 mM of NaCl) + BSA (3 mg/ml), TLP + PVA (1 mg/ml), mTLP(96 mM of NaCl) + BSA, mTLP + PVA. Six to ten embryos were placed into a 301 drop of each medium and the embryos were examined at 10 day post-insemination without medium renewal. The experiment was replicated 4 times. All data were analyzed by chi-square. There were no significant differences among TLP-BSA, mTLP-BSA and mTLP-PVA in blastocyst development (21.6, 17.2 and 20.2%), respectively. Also, no differences were obtained in hatching rates (11.7, 9.9 and 12.2%), respecitively. However, there were significant differences between TLP-PVA (1.7% and 0.6%) and other group in blastocyst formation and hatching rates, respectively (p<0.01). Development of in vitro produced embryos cultured in BSA containing medium was not affected by high NaCl concentration, but in the completely defined medium, embryonic development was highly affected by NaCl. This study shows that reduced NaCl concentration in completely defined medium is beneficial for development of bovine pre-implantation embryos in vitro.

온도 및 NaCl 등의 외부 환경인자에 노출되었을 때 나타나는 측백나무 종자의 발아특성을 조사하고 불량환경에 대한 내성 및 적정 환경조건을 알아보고자 본 연구를 실시하였다. 15, 20, 25, 30℃의 온도조건에서 NaCl 용액을 0, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 4,000ppm의 5수준으로 분주하여 종자발아특성 및 상대수분흡수율을 조사하였다. 발아율의 경우 15℃ 온도에서 가장 높게 나타났으며 NaCl에 의한 감소의 폭도 가장 작았다. 반면, 30℃에서는 모두 현저히 낮게 나타났다. 휴면율과 고사율은 대부분 고온으로 갈수록 높게 나타났다. 특히, 휴면율은 30℃에서 그 차이가 현저하였으며, 고사율에 비해서도 높은 수치를 보였다. 온도 및 NaCl의 농도에 대한 상호연관성을 알아보고자 two-way ANOVA 분석을 실시한 결과 두 요인 및 요인간 상호작용에서 유의성이 인정되었다(p〈0.001). 평균발아일수는 온도 및 NaCl 농도가 증가함에 따라 대체적으로 증가하는 경향을 보여 발아가 지연되었음을 나타냈다. 그러나 30℃에서는 NaCl의 독성에 의해 고사종자가 발생하여 증가 후 감소하는 경향을 나타냈다. 발아속도와 발아균일지수는 온도 및 NaCl 농도가 증가함에 따라 감소하였다. 상대수분흡수율은 15℃에서 가장 높게 나타났으며, NaCl 농도가 증가함에 따라 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 또한 발아율, 발아속도 및 발아 균일지수와 높은 정(+)의 상관을 나타내었다. 결과적으로, 고온과 염류는 측백나무 종자의 발아를 저해하는 요인으로 작용하므로 발아율, 발아속도 및 발아균일지수의 감소를 줄이기 위해 노지 파종시 이들 요인에 대한 고려가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.