Study on the Antioxidant Effects of Nano-Selenium Microcapsule

Selenium was initially considered toxic to humans, but it was then discovered that selenium is essential for normal life processes. Selenium plays important roles in antioxidants. It is expected that chitosan microcapsules containing nano-selenium will be able to be used as a key material in bio-medical and cosmetic applications. The high concentration of chitosan derivatives guarantees increased antioxidative activity. Both inorganic and organic forms of selenium can be nutritional sources. The antioxidant properties of selenoproteins help prevent cellular damage from free radicals. The objective of this experiment was to study the antioxidative activity of chitosan nano-selenium. Our experiments were divided into five groups, in the presence of various concentrations(0.1%, 0.3%, 0.5%, 0.7%, and 0.9%) of chitosan. We performed an assessment of the antioxidant properties and cytotoxicity of respective concentrations of chitosan nano-selenium. The antioxidant activity was examined by the free radical scavenging activity on 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl(DPPH) assay. The cytotoxicity effect was measured by means of 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazole-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide(MTT) assay. As a result, the electron donating abilities of 0.1%, 0.3%, 0.5%, 0.7%, and 0.9% of chitosan nano-selenium exhibited effective andioxidant scavenging activity at 12.5 ${\mu}g/m{\ell}$ against DPPH radicals. 0.3% chitosan nano-selenium did not show cytotoxicity on human keratinocytes. In general, the cytotoxicity of 0.1% and 0.9% chitosan nano-selenium showed the lowest effects. Though low cytotoxicity of 0.5% and 0.7% chitosan nano-selenium exhibited 29.67% and 38.4% against human keratinocytes on adding 100 ${\mu}g/m{\ell}$ and 50 ${\mu}g/m{\ell}$, respectively, cell vitality was recovered with 200 ${\mu}g/m{\ell}$. These findings support the notion that chitosan nano-selenium may be useful as a new active ingredient source for bioactive compounds.

Nano-Selenium Microcapsule의 항산화에 관한 연구

항산화 기능이 있는 것으로 알려진 셀레늄의 약물전달 효율을 높이기 위하여 마이크로 캡슐 피막제로 키토산(0.1~0.9%)을 사용하여 chitosan nano-selenium을 제조하여 chitosan nan-oselenium의 모양과 형태는 주사전자현미경(SEM)을 이용하여 관찰하였고, 입자의 크기는 ELS-8000으로 측정하였으며, chitosan nano-selenium의 항산화 효능과 세포독성을 조사하였다. Chitosan nano-selenium의 모양과 형태를 SEM(JSM-5400, Japan)으로 관찰한 결과 구형을 이루고 있어 마이크로 캡슐을 형성한 것을 알 수가 있었고, chitosan nano-selenium의 입자의 크기를 ELS-8000으로 측정한 결과, 입자 크기는 대략 50~500 nm로 분포되었으며, chitosan nano-selenium은 chitosan 농도가 높을수록 입자의 크기도 커지는 것을 알 수가 있었다. 입자 크기는 0.1% chitosan nano-selenium은 $55{\pm}5$ nm가 많이 분포가 되어 있고, 0.3%는 $60{\pm}5$ nm가 많이 분포되어 있고, 0.5%는 $70{\pm}5$ nm, 0.7%는 $100{\pm}5$ nm, 0.9%는 $450{\pm}5$ nm가 많이 분포되어 있는 것을 확인하였다. 0.1% chitosan nano selenium 전자공여능은 50 ${\mu}g/m{\ell}$ 농도에서 0.1%, 0.3%, 0.5%, 0.7% 및 0.9% chitosan nano selenium은 90.28.0%, 90.36%, 89.34%, 89.33% 및 89.49%로 나타나 항산화효능의 높은 값을 보였으나, chitosan 함량에 따른 항산화 효능의 차이는 볼 수 없었다. Chitosan nano-elenium은 0.1%, 0.3%, 0.9% chitosan nano-selenium에서의 독성이 강하게 나타나지 않았으며, 0.7% chitosan nano-selenium에서는 50 ${\mu}g/m{\ell}$ 농도에서 61.60% 생존율을 보여 약간의 독성이 있었지만 200 ${\mu}g/m{\ell}$에서 85.44%로 생존율이 증가하였고, 0.9% chitosan nano-selenium에서 생존율이 90.08~98.71%로 가장 높은 값을 보였다.