Optimization of combined (acid + thermal) pretreatment for fermentative hydrogen production from Laminaria japonica using response surface methodology (RSM)

Jung, K.W.,Kim, D.H.,Kim, H.W.,Shin, H.S. Pergamon Press ; Elsevier Science Ltd 2011 International journal of hydrogen energy Vol.36 No.16

In the present work, a combined (acid + thermal) pretreatment was applied for the enhanced fermentative H<SUB>2</SUB> production (FHP) from Laminaria japonica. Various pretreatment conditions including HCl concentrations, heating temperatures, and reaction times were optimized via response surface methodology (RSM) with a Box-Behnken design (BBD). Through regression analysis, it was found that H<SUB>2</SUB> yield was well fitted by a quadratic polynomial equation (R<SUP>2</SUP> = 0.97), and the HCl concentration was the most significant factor influencing FHP. The desirable pretreatment conditions found were HCl concentration of 4.8%, temperature of 93 <SUP>o</SUP>C, and reaction time of 23 min, under which H<SUB>2</SUB> yield reached to 159.6 mL H<SUB>2</SUB>/g dry cell weight (dcw). The main organic acids produced were acetic and butyric acids that related closely with H<SUB>2</SUB> production. The concentration of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), a byproduct formed during the pretreatment process, showed an inverse relationship with H<SUB>2</SUB> yield, indicating that pretreatment conditions for the H<SUB>2</SUB> production from L. japonica were successfully optimized, by increasing the hydrolysis rate of the feedstock and also reducing the formation of HMF.

Aberrant ventral striatal responses during incentive processing in unmedicated patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder

Jung, W. H.,Kang, D.‐,H.,Han, J. Y.,Jang, J. H.,Gu, B.‐,M.,Choi, J.‐,S.,Jung, M. H.,Choi, C.‐,H.,Kwon, J. S. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2011 Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica Vol.123 No.5

<P>Jung WH, Kang D‐H, Han JY, Jang JH, Gu B‐M, Choi J‐S, Jung MH, Choi C‐H, Kwon JS. Aberrant ventral striatal responses during incentive processing in unmedicated patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder.</P><P><B>Objective: </B> Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by the dysfunction of control and reward mechanisms. However, only few neuroimaging studies of OCD have examined the reward processing. We examined the neural responses during incentive processing in OCD.</P><P><B>Method: </B> Twenty unmedicated patients with OCD and 20 age‐, sex‐, and IQ‐matched healthy controls underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging while performing a modified monetary incentive delay task.</P><P><B>Results: </B> Compared with controls, patients with OCD showed increased ventral striatal activation in the no‐loss minus loss outcome contrast and a significant positive correlation between the ventral striatal activation and compulsion symptom severity. In addition, patients with OCD showed increased activations in the frontostriatal regions in the gain minus no‐gain outcomes contrast. During loss anticipation, patients with OCD showed less activations in the lateral prefrontal and inferior parietal cortices. However, during gain anticipation, patients with OCD and healthy controls did not differ in the ventral striatal activation.</P><P><B>Conclusion: </B> These findings provide neural evidence for altered incentive processing in unmedicated patients with OCD, suggesting an elevated sensitivity to negatively affect stimuli as well as dysfunction of the ventral striatum.</P>

d-pinitol regulates Th1/Th2 balance via suppressing Th2 immune response in ovalbumin-induced asthma

Lee, J.S.,Lee, C.M.,Jeong, Y.I.,Jung, I.D.,Kim, B.H.,Seong, E.Y.,Kim, J.I.,Choi, I.W.,Chung, H.Y.,Park, Y.M. North-Holland Pub ; Elsevier Science Ltd 2007 FEBS letters Vol.581 No.1

d-pinitol has been demonstrated to exert insulin-like and anti-inflammatory activities. However, its anti-allergic effect in the Th1/Th2 immune response is poorly understood. Recently, it was shown that T-bet and GATA-3 are master Th1 and Th2 regulatory transcription factors. In this study, we have attempted to determine whether d-pinitol regulates Th1/Th2 cytokine production, T-bet and GATA-3 gene expression in OVA-induced asthma model mice. We also examined to ascertain whether d-pinitol could influence eosinophil peroxidase (EPO) activity. After being sensitized and challenged with ovalbumin (OVA) showed typical asthmatic reactions. These reactions included an increase in the number of eosinophils in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, an increase in inflammatory cell infiltration into the lung tissue around blood vessels and airways, airway luminal narrowing, and the development of airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR). The administration of d-pinitol before the last airway OVA challenge resulted in a significant inhibition of all asthmatic reactions. Accordingly, this study may provide evidence that d-pinitol plays a critical role in the amelioration of the pathogenetic process of asthma in mice. These findings provide new insight into the immunopharmacological role of d-pinitol in terms of its effects in a murine model of asthma, and also broaden current perspectives in our understanding of the immunopharmacological functions of d-pinitol.

Conversion of organic solid waste to hydrogen and methane by two-stage fermentation system with reuse of methane fermenter effluent as diluting water in hydrogen fermentation

Jung, K.W.,Moon, C.,Cho, S.K.,Kim, S.H.,Shin, H.S.,Kim, D.H. Elsevier Applied Science 2013 Bioresource technology Vol.139 No.-

In this study, a two-stage system converting organic solid waste (food waste+sewage sludge) to H<SUB>2</SUB> and CH<SUB>4</SUB> was operated. In the first stage of dark fermentative hydrogen production (DFHP), a recently proposed method that does not require external inoculum, was applied. In the second stage, anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR) and an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor (UASBr) were followed to treat H<SUB>2</SUB> fermenter effluent. (H<SUB>2</SUB>+CH<SUB>4</SUB>-ASBR) system showed better performance in terms of total biogas conversion (78.6%), while higher biogas production rate (2.03L H<SUB>2</SUB>/L<SUB>system</SUB>/d, 1.96L CH<SUB>4</SUB>/L<SUB>system</SUB>/d) was achieved in (H<SUB>2</SUB>+CH<SUB>4</SUB>-UASBr) system. To reduce the alkali addition requirement in DFHP process, CH<SUB>4</SUB> fermenter effluent was tested as a diluting water. Both the ASBR and UASBr effluent was effective to keep the pH above 6 without CH<SUB>4</SUB> production. In case of using ASBR effluent, H<SUB>2</SUB> production dropped by 15%, but alkali addition requirement was reduced by 50%.

자취여대생의 건강증진 생활양식과 관련요인

김다영,김미나,김지혜,김향지,박선아,박성원,정도영,정하나,최소희,이자형,정덕유,오순학 이화여자대학교 간호과학대학 2009 이화간호학회지 Vol.- No.43

The purpose of this study was to know relationship between important variables which influence lifestyle in college women`s health promotion, prove adjustable factors and provide basic data which develops nursing intervention health promotion program. The method of this study was descriptive correlational study. The convenience sample was 206 college woman who live alone in lodgings, dormitory, a reading room or off-campus housing. Research instruments were the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control(MHLC) developed by Wallston, Wallston & Devellis(1978), Interpersonal Support Evaluation List developed by Cohern, Hoberman(1983) and The Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile(HPLP) developed by Walker, Pender & Sechrist(1978) and the data was used after Factor Analysis. The result of this study was follows. 1. It can be found that the level of the college woman`s health promotion lifestyle was 2.46±.33 with higher fulfilling level: According to general characteristic, the level of health promotion lifestyle was 5% significant statistical differences by age and period of menstruation. 2. The level of health locus of control was 3.25±.31 with higher fulfilling level. 3. The interpersonal support level was 3.05±.44 with higher fulfilling level. 4. The level of interpersonal support turned out most convincing factor in health promotion lifestyle (9%). In addition to age factor, two factors was 10% power of explanation in whole health promotion.

Escherichia coli-based expression of functional novel DNA-binding histone H1 from Carassius auratus

Wei, Q.,Jung, H.J.,Hwang, D.S.,Hwang, B.H.,Gim, Y.,Cha, H.J. IPC Science and Technology Press ; Elsevier Scienc 2007 Enzyme and microbial technology Vol.40 No.6

Histones are DNA-binding proteins that assist in DNA packaging and protection. Here, we, for the first time, cloned a novel histone H1 cDNA (638bp) from the goldfish, Carassius auratus. Sequencing revealed that this histone H1 shared 68.1% amino acid identity and 73.9% similarity with that from the rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri. We successfully expressed a full-length recombinant version (∼20kDa) and a truncated C-terminal fragment (∼6kDa; 61 amino acids) of this histone H1 as a partially soluble form using a maltose binding protein (MBP) fusion strategy in an Escherichia coli expression system. Our results revealed that both these recombinant histone H1 versions had DNA binding and protection functions, and MBP fusion system was an effective way to produce biological functional recombinant histone proteins in E. coli. This novel recombinant histone H1 protein and/or its C-terminal peptide could be used as potential mediators for efficacious gene delivery.

Self-standing and shape-memorable UV-curing epoxy polymers for three-dimensional (3D) continuous-filament printing

Sun, H.,Kim, Y.,Kim, Y. C.,Park, I. K.,Suhr, J.,Byun, D.,Choi, H. R.,Kuk, K.,Baek, O. H.,Jung, Y. K.,Choi, H. J.,Kim, K. J.,Nam, J. D. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2018 Journal of materials chemistry. C, Materials for o Vol.6 No.12

<P>In the development of three-dimensional printable materials for high-speed and high-resolution printing, UV-curing polymers can guarantee fast and precise printing of high performance load-bearing structures, but the injected drops of the monomers tend to spread over the substrates due to their low viscosity. In this study, we imposed the self-standing and shape-memorable capability of an epoxy acrylate (EA) monomer to ensure continuous filamentary 3D printing while maintaining its low viscosity nature. Using octadecanamide (ODA) with EA, strong hydrogen-bond networks (−N−H⋯OC−, −N−CO⋯H-O-, -N-H⋯N-) were additionally achieved in the material system and the developed material distinctively exhibited rheological duality at different processing stages: a low-viscosity liquid-like behavior (viscosity of ∼50 Pa) while passing through the nozzle and a self-standing solid-like behavior (static yield stress of ∼364 Pa) right after being printed. This reversible liquid-to-solid transitional capability was quantified by viscoelastic complex moduli provided a dynamic yield stress (<I>τ</I>y,G) of 210 Pa corresponding to the upright stacking up to ∼3.2 cm (3 wt% of ODA). The time (<I>t</I>y,G) required for conformational rearrangement was evaluated to be as fast as ∼10<SUP>−2</SUP> s. After UV curing, the 3D printed layers exhibited no air pockets or weld lines at the stacked interfaces, which could guarantee excellent mechanical performance and structural integrity.</P>

Organic-inorganic hybrid photocatalyst for carbon dioxide reduction

Won, D. I.,Lee, J. S.,Cheong, H. Y.,Cho, M.,Jung, W. J.,Son, H. J.,Pac, C.,Kang, S. Royal Society of Chemistry 2017 Faraday discussions Vol.198 No.-

<P>Efficient hybrid photocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction were developed from dye-sensitized TiO2 nanoparticles and their catalytic performance was optimized by ternary organic/inorganic components. Thus, the hybrid system consists of (E)-2-cyano-3-(5'(5 ''-(p-(diphenylamino)phenyl)thiophen-2 ''-yl)thiophen-2'-yl)-acrylic acid as a sensitizer and fac-[Re(4,4'-bis(diethoxyphosphorylmethyl)-2,2'-bipyridine)(CO)(3)Cl] as a reduction catalyst (ReP), both of which have been fixed onto TiO2 semiconductors (s-TiO2, h-TiO2, d-TiO2). Mott-Schottky analysis on flat-band potential (E-fb) of TiO2 mesoporous films has verified that Efb can be finely modulated by volume variation of water (0 to 20 vol%). The increase of added water resulted in substantial positive shifts of Efb from -1.93 V at 0 vol% H2O, to -1.74 V (3 vol% H2O), to -1.56 V (10 vol% H2O), and to -1.47 V (20 vol% H2O). As a result, with addition of 3-10 vol% water in the photocatalytic reaction, conversion efficiency of CO2 to CO increased significantly reaching a TON value of similar to 350 for 30 h. Catalytic activity enhancement is mainly attributed to (1) the optimum alignment of Efb by 3-10 vol% water with respect to the E-ox* of the dye and E-red of ReP for smooth electron transfer from photo-excited dye to ReP via the TiO2 semiconductor and (2) the water-induced acceleration of chemical processes on the fixed ReP. In addition, the energy level was further tuned by variation of the dye and ReP amounts. We also found that the intrinsic properties of TiO2 sources (morphology, size, agglomeration) exert a great influence on the overall photocatalytic activity of this hybrid system. Implications of the present observations and reaction mechanisms are discussed in detail.</P>

22 H. pylori 감염시 NSAID의 항암 효과에 대한 실험적 증거

김도현 ( D. H. Kim ),이기명 ( K. M. Lee ),박현진 ( H. J. Park ),최찬임 ( C. I. Chor ),원명이 ( M. I. Won ),김인혜 ( I. H. Kim ),정재연 ( J. H. Jung ),유병무 ( B. M. Yoo ),김진홍 ( J. H. Kim ),조성원 ( S. W. Cho ),함기백 ( K. B. Hahm 대한소화기학회 2002 대한소화기학회 추계학술대회 Vol.2002 No.-

Display of membrane proteins on the heterologous caveolae carved by caveolin-1 in the Escherichia coli cytoplasm

Shin, J.,Jung, Y.H.,Cho, D.H.,Park, M.,Lee, K.E.,Yang, Y.,Jeong, C.,Sung, B.H.,Sohn, J.H.,Park, J.B.,Kweon, D.H. IPC Science and Technology Press ; Elsevier Scienc 2015 Enzyme and microbial technology Vol.79 No.-

Caveolae are membrane-budding structures that exist in many vertebrate cells. One of the important functions of caveolae is to form membrane curvature and endocytic vesicles. Recently, it was shown that caveolae-like structures were formed in Escherichia coli through the expression of caveolin-1. This interesting structure seems to be versatile for a variety of biotechnological applications. Targeting of heterologous proteins in the caveolae-like structure should be the first question to be addressed for this purpose. Here we show that membrane proteins co-expressed with caveolin-1 are embedded into the heterologous caveolae (h-caveolae), the cavaolae-like structures formed inside the cell. Two transmembrane SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) proteins, Syntaxin 1a and vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (VAMP2), were displayed on the h-caveolae surface. The size of the h-caveolae harboring the transmembrane proteins was ~100nm in diameter. The proteins were functional and faced outward on the h-caveolae. Multi-spanning transmembrane proteins FtsH and FeoB could be included in the h-caveolae, too. Furthermore, the recombinant E. coli cells were shown to endocytose substrate supplemented in the medium. These results provide a basis for exploiting the h-caveolae formed inside E. coli cells for future biotechnological applications.