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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2008.18.10.1390

Safety Test of Brown Rice Expressing Arabidopsis Calcium Transporter by Feeding Trial in Mice  

Kim, Kyung-Min (Department of Environmental Horticulture, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Chang-Kil (Department of Environmental Horticulture, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Byung-Oh (Department of Applied Biology College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of Life Science / v.18, no.10, 2008 , pp. 1390-1394 More about this Journal
Abstract
Previously, we found that the transgenic rice plants over-expressing the Arabidopsis $H^+/Ca^{2+}$ antiporter CAX 1 (accession no. U57411) gene accumulated 2.7 to 7.5-fold more calcium in the T3 rice grains as compared to those of control. To examine physiological safety of the $T_3$ rice grains, the effect of the $T_3$ brown rice on change in levels of body weight and white blood cells was compared with that of the control Ilpum brown rice by feeding trial in mice. During the feeding trial for one month, there was no significant difference between two mice groups, which were fed by the $T_3$ brown rice or Ilpum brown rice. There were no detectable differences in their effects on immune functions including plaque-forming unit, peritoneal macrophage number, and NK-cell activity. In addition, biochemical analysis of the blood failed to exhibit any difference between two mice groups. Together, these results suggested that the $T_3$ brown rice, which was produced from a genetically modified organism (GMO), might be safe and possess a potential to be applicable as calcium-fortified feed or food. Long-term safety of the $T_3$ brown rice, however, remains to be elucidated.
Keywords
Brown rice; CAX 1; nutrition stability; genetically modified organism (GMO) food; rice;
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