Use of Bacteriocin Produced by Lactococcus sp. CU216 with pH Sensitive Liposome Entrapment

The objective of this study was to control Kimchi fermentation using pH sensitive bacteriocin entrapping liposome(bacteriocin-liposome). The liposomes were prepared by the reverse-phase evaporation method from a mixture of DPPC(dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine, DPPE(dipalmitoyl phosphatidylethanolamine), DOPC(dioleoyl phosphatidylcholine) and cholesterol in a molar ration of 4:2:1:4. The bacteriocin-liposome was disruptured at pH 4 of buffer and was stable at alkaline pHs(6 and 7). Irrespective of the addition of the bacteriocin-liposomes, the pH of every Kimchi sample decreased to 5 during 5 days storage at 5$^{\circ}C$. Kimchi samples treated with bacteriocin-liposomes maintained pH 4 or higher, while Kimchi samples not treated with bacteriocin-liposomes exhibited pH 3.58 or lower. In general, the pH of Kimchi samples stored at 20$^{\circ}C$ decreased faster, compared to that of Kimchi samples stored at 5$^{\circ}C$. The pH of Kimchi samples treated with the bacteriocin-liposomes was 3.9 during 90 days storage, while that of the samples not treated with the bacteriocin-liposomes was 3.68 and 3.32 during 30 days and 90 days storages, respectively. Lactic acid bacteria in Kimchi treated with the bacteriocin-liposome grew relatively slow at 5$^{\circ}C$. The viable cell number of lactic acid bacteria increased up to 4${\times}$10$\^$7/ cells/ml and then decreased to 8${\times}$10$\^$6/ cells/ml during 90 days storage at 5$^{\circ}C$.

Lactococcus sp. CU216이 생산하는 박테리오신을 함유한 pH Sensitive Liposome의 응용

발효식품의 후산발효를 조절하기 위하여 pH sensitive liposome의 이용 가능을 검토하였다. Lactococcm sp. CU216이 생산하는 박테리오신은 L.. acidophilus를 제외하고는 대부분의 유산균주들에 생육억제 효과가 있는 것으로 확인되었으며, 이를 Octyl-Sepharose column으로 분획하여 정제하였다. 정제된 박테리오신을 dipalmitoyl phosphocholine, dipalmitoyl phosphoethanolamine, dioleoyl phosphocholine 및 콜레스테롤를 각각 4:2:1:4(㏖ ratio)의 비율로 섞은 liposome을 제조하여 최종적으로 pH sensitive bacteriocin-liposome을 제조하였다. 이렇게 제조된 liposome은 pH 4부근에서 대부분 유리되는 것으로 확인되었으나 pH 6이상에서는 일어나지 않았다. 또한 pH sensitive bacteriocin-liposome 한국의 전통 발효식품인 김치에 적용하여 저장시 pH의 저하를 억제시키는 것으로 확인되었다. 본 실험 결과, pH sensitive bacteriocin-liposome은 발효식품의 후산발효 억제에 적용될 수 있으며 추후에 요구르트를 포함한 다른 발효식품에 대한 추가적인 실험이 필요한 것으로 생각되었다.