• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.15-23
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• 2009

본 연구는 국내 각 지역의 목장에서 수거한 원유에서 분리된 젖산균을 대상으로 monosodium glutamate 1%가 첨가된 10% 환원탈지유에 $37^{\circ}C$에서 18시간 배양한 후 GABA 양이 $711.40{\mu}g/g$ D.W을 생산하는 우수한 균주를 선발하였다. 선정된 균은 Gram 양성, rod형태의 동종발효균이며, 당 발효실험과 16S rDNA 분석결과 Lactobacillus acidophilus로 판명되었고, L. acidophilus RMK567로 명명하였다. 발효유에 적합한 starter인지 확인하기 위해 생리적 특성을 조사하였다. L. acidophilus RMK567은 배양온도 $40^{\circ}C$에서 빠른 생장을 보였고, pH 4.3에 도달하는데 15시간이 소요되었다. 16종의 항생제 중 kanamycin, neomycin, streptomycin에 대해 내성이 높았으며, 효소활성실험에서 leucine arylamidase와 ${\beta}$-galactosidase의 활성도가 높았다. 담즙 첨가시 약간의 영향을 받았으나 담즙에 대한 내성이 있는 것으로 나타났으며, pH 내성 실험결과 pH 2에서 큰 변화가 없음에 따라 내산성이 있었다. 항균력 시험에서는 Escherichia coli에 대해 29.2%, Salmonella typhimurium와 Staphylococcus aureus에 대해 각각 39.1%, 51.4%의 억제력을 보였다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 GABA 생성능이 우수한 기능성 발효유 제품의 스타터로 L. acidophilus RMK567은 적합하다고 할 수 있다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.268-273
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• 2018

Sleep is the most basic and essential physiological requirement for mental health, and sleep disorders pose potential risks of metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases. Tryptic hydrolysate of ${\alpha}_{S1}$-casein (${\alpha}_{S1}-CH$) has been shown to possess stress relieving and sleep promoting effects. However, the differential effects of ${\alpha}_{S1}-CH$ on electroencephalographic wave patterns and its effects on the protein levels of ${\gamma}$-aminobutyric acid A ($GABA_A$) receptor subtypes in hypothalamic neurons are not well understood. We found ${\alpha}_{S1}-CH$ (120, 240 mg/kg) increased sleep duration in mice and reduced sleep-wake cycle numbers in rats. While ${\alpha}_{S1}-CH$ (300 mg/kg) increased total sleeping time in rats, it significantly decreased wakefulness. In addition, electroencephalographic theta (${\theta}$) power densities were increased whereas alpha (${\alpha}$) power densities were decreased by ${\alpha}_{S1}-CH$ (300 mg/kg) during sleep-wake cycles. Furthermore, protein expressions of $GABA_A$ receptor ${\beta}_1$ subtypes were elevated in rat hypothalamus by ${\alpha}_{S1}-CH$. These results suggest ${\alpha}_{S1}-CH$, through $GABA_A$ receptor modulation, might be useful for treating sleep disorders.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.133-137
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• 2009

The root of Astragalus membranaceus is a traditional folk medicine that has been used for many therapeutic purposes in Asia. It reportedly acts as an immunostimulant, tonic, hepatoprotective, diuretic, antidiabetic, analgesic, expectorant, sedative, and anticancer drug. In this study, metabolomic profiling was applied to the roots of A. membranaceus of different ages using NMR coupled with two multivariate statistical analysis methods: such as principal components analysis (PCA) and canonical discriminant analysis (CDA). This allowed various metabolites to be assigned in NMR spectra, including $\gamma$-aminobutyric acid (GABA), aspartic acid, succinic acid, glutamic acid, glutamine, N-acetyl aspartic acid, acetic acid, arginine, alanine, threonine, lactic acid, and valine. The score plot from PCA and also CDA allowed a clear separation between samples according to age.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.26-31
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• 2012

${\gamma}$-Aminobutyric acid(GABA)는 자연계에 널리 분포하는 비단백질 구성 아미노산으로서, 신경전달물질, 뇌기능 촉진뿐 아니라, 혈압 저하 작용, 이뇨 작용, 항우울증 작용, 항산화 작용 등의 효과뿐만 아니라, 성장 호르몬의 분비 조절에도 관여하며, 통증 완화에도 효과가 있는 것으로 알려져 있으며, 토마토의 베타카로틴과 리코펜은 암 예방 기능을 하는 것으로 알려져 있으며, 비타민 C 함유량은 다른 야채보다 월등히 높고 노화를 막으며, 골다공증 및 노인성 치매를 예방하는데 특효가 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 또한 여러 종류의 아미노산을 함유하고 있으며, 그 중에서도 글루탐산의 함유량은 매우 높다. 한국 전통식품 유래 균들인 식물성 유산균 중에서 토마토 발효에 적합한 GABA 생산 유산균을 선별하고, 이를 활용하여 GABA 함유 토마토 발효물의 최적 조건을 확립하였다. 토마토 페이스트에 50%(wet-base) 수준으로 가수를 한 후, GABA 생산 유산균을 각각 $1.5{\times}10^7\;CFU/m{\ell}$ 수준으로 조정하여 접종하여, 배양한 결과, Lb. brevis B1-31, Lb. brevis B3-20, Lb. brevis B3-39 등 3종의 유산균이 우수한 생육을 보였다. 이들 3주를 이용하여 GABA 생산량을 검토한 결과, Lb. brevis B3-20을 이용하여 배양한 군에서 최대의 GABA 생산을 보였다. 토마토 페이스와 물의 비율을 2:8(wet-base)로 하여 배양한 경우, 최대 54.7 mM 수준의 GABA가 생산되었으며, 질소원으로 yeast extract를 0.5%(w/w) 수준으로 첨가한 후, MSG를 3%(w/w) 수준으로 첨가한 배양에서 143.38 mM의 GABA가 생산되었다. GABA 함유 토마토 페이스트의 활성산소 제거능력을 검토한 결과, 활성 산소 제거능이 증가한 결과를 얻을 수 있었으며, 3%(w/w) MSG를 첨가하여 발효한 토마토 페이스가 가장 낮은 농도에서 50% 수준의 활성산소를 제거할 수 있었다. 이러한 결과로 미루어 볼 때, GABA 함유 토마토 페이스트 발효물은 원물 토마토의 ascorbic acid, lycopene, carotenoid 등과 같은 기능성 성분뿐만 아니라, 유산균 발효에 의한 GABA 등을 함유하고 있기 때문에, 우수한 기능성 소재로 그 가능성이 있다고 판단되며, 토마토 음료, 토마토 케첩 등과 같은 다양한 가공식품의 소재로서 사용될 수 있다고 판단된다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제37권8호
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• pp.985-991
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• 2008

키토산용액으로 발아시킨 키토산발아현미는 증류수만으로 발아시킨 일반발아현미보다 식이섬유, 총 페놀성 화합물, GABA, 그리고 phytic acid의 함량이 높게 나타났다. 또한, 체내 지방 흡수에 관여하는 lipase 저해 검정에서는 키토산 발아현미가 가장 높은 활성을 나타냈으며 일반발아현미도 현미에 비해 높은 활성을 나타냈다. 고지방 식이에 의한 흰쥐의 비만 억제 실험에서는 키토산발아현미군이 대조구와 일반발아현미에 비해 체중 및 복부지방량이 낮고 분변 중의 조지방 함량은 높은 경향을 보였다. 또한 혈중 총콜레중성지질, 및 LDL-C의 농도는 낮은 반면 HDL-C 농도는 높은 경향을 나타냈다. 발아현미 제조에 있어 키토산 처리는 발아하는 동안 비만 억제 및 콜레스테롤 감소에 효과가 있는 기능성 성분을 증대시키는 유용한 방법으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.279-287
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• 2020

Purpose: Some of the adolescent drinks more sugar-sweetened beverages. However, there is little evidence on the effect of eating behavior on emotional state and neurochemical changes under stress, especially on the levels of typical inhibitory neurotransmitters and gamma-aminobutyric acid. This article demonstrates that sucrose or saccharin drink reduces stress-related behavior responses and GABAergic deficits in adolescent rats. Methods: We randomly assigned 7-weeks-old Sprague-Dawley male rats to three groups: control group (Control), restraint stress only group (Stress), and restraint stress with unrestricted access to saccharin solution (Saccharin) and sucrose solution (Sucrose) as a positive control. We evaluated both anxious and depressive moods using an open field test and forced swim test, respectively. Using western blot analyses, the expression of a GABA-synthesizing enzyme, glutamate decarboxylase-67 (GAD67) and GABAergic markers, including calbindin and parvalbumin was assessed in the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala. Results: We found that both the drinks alleviated anxiety and depressive moods, induced significant attenuation in GAD67 level, and reduced calbindin level under stress in the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala. Conclusion: The results provide an understanding of the effect of sucrose or saccharin drink on stress-related responses. We propose the consumption of sweet drinks as a plausible strategy to alleviate stress-related alterations in adolescents.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.19-30
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• 2012

Objectives: Many efforts have shown multi-oncologic roles of galectin-3 for cell proliferation, angiogenesis, and apoptosis. However, the mechanisms by which galectin-3 is involved in cell proliferation are not yet fully understood, especially in human colon cancer cells. Methods: To cluster genes showing positively or negatively correlated expression with galectin-3, we employed human colon cancer cell lines, SNU-61, SNU-81, SNU-769B, SNU-C4 and SNU-C5 in high-throughput gene expression profiling. Gene and protein expression levels were determined by using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and western blot analysis, respectively. The proliferation rate of human colon cancer cells was measured by using a 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Results: Expression of ${\gamma}$-aminobutyric acid B receptor 1 (GABABR1) showed a positive correlation with galectin-3 at both the transcriptional and the translational levels. Down-regulation of galectin-3 decreased not only GABABR1 expression but also the proliferation rate of human colon cancer cells. However, Korean herbal extract, HangAmDan-B (HAD-B), decreased expression of GABABR1 without any expressional change of galectin-3, and offset ${\gamma}$-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-enhanced human colon cancer cell proliferation. Conclusions: Our present study confirmed that GABABR1 expression was regulated by galectin-3. HAD-B induced galectin-3-independent down-regulation of GABABR1, which resulted in a decreased proliferation of human colon cancer cells. The therapeutic effect of HAD-B for the treatment of human colon cancer needs to be further validated.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.175-180
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• 2013

Resveratrol is a phytoalexin found in grapes, red wine, and berries. Resveratrol has been known to have many beneficial health effects, such as anti-cancer, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, and life-prolonging effects. However, relatively little is known about the effects of resveratrol on the regulation of ligand-gated ion channels. We have previously reported that resveratrol regulates subsets of homomeric ligand-gated ion channels such as those of 5-$HT_{3A}$ receptors. The ${\gamma}$-aminobutyric $acid_C$($GABA_C$) receptor is mainly expressed in retinal bipolar cells and plays an important role in visual processing. In the present study, we examined the effects of resveratrol on the channel activity of homomeric $GABA_C$ receptor expressed in Xenopus oocytes injected with cRNA encoding human $GABA_C$ ${\rho}$ subunits. Our data show that the application of GABA elicits an inward peak current ($I_{GABA}$) in oocytes that express the $GABA_C$ receptor. Resveratrol treatment had no effect on oocytes injected with $H_2O$ or with $GABA_C$ receptor cRNA. Co-treatment with resveratrol and GABA inhibited $I_{GABA}$ in oocytes with $GABA_C$ receptors. The inhibition of $I_{GABA}$ by resveratrol was in a reversible and concentration-dependent manner. The $IC_{50}$ of resveratrol was $28.9{\pm}2.8{\mu}M$ in oocytes expressing $GABA_C$ receptor. The inhibition of $I_{GABA}$ by resveratrol was in voltage-independent and non-competitive manner. These results indicate that resveratrol might regulate $GABA_C$ receptor expression and that this regulation might be one of the pharmacological actions of resveratrol on the nervous system.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.187-194
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• 2011

In this study an automatic germinating system for germinated brown rice (GBR) was developed for accelerating germination and sprouting of brown rice. With the developed germinating system, the effects of anion radiation treatment on germination ratio, sprout growth, color quality and ${\gamma}$-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content of brown rice were investigated. This system can fast produce GBR by controlling the environmental conditions such as ambient temperature, relative humidity, and proper anion radiation. Air-phase germination with intermittent water spraying improved both germination ratio and sprout growth by about 2.2 and 2.3 times, respectively, compared to the conventional water soaking method. Our results strongly suggest that this germinating system that provides air-phase germination with intermittent water spraying and anion radiation can produce germinated brown rice with good color quality, high GABA content, and fast germination ratio as well as sprout growth.

• 한국식품저장유통학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식품저장유통학회 2002년도 창립 10주년 기념 국제학술심포지움
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• pp.64-71
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• 2002

Rice(Oryza stiva L.) is a major cereal food providing nourishment to over half of the world's populations and was considered only as a source of energy. However, The recent many researches have been made to suggest that rice may relate to prevention chronic disease and health-promoting properties such as postprandial glucose response, hypocholesterolemic effect and blood pressure-lowering effect. There has been numerous observation supporting that rice has hypocholesterolemic effect. Rice, rice bran, rice bran oil and unsaponifiable matter of rice bran oil reduced plasma cholesterol in rat, hamster as well as human. Components of rice showing hypocholesterolemic effect include dietary fiber(hemicellulose, phytic acid). protein, ${\gamma}$-oryzanol, $\beta$-sitosterol, and tocotrienols. Crapo et al has been studied that the effect of various of starchy foods on the postprandial blood glucose and insulin responses in healthy and diabetic humans. The results showed that rice had lower blood glucose and insulin responses compared to potato, bread and dextrose. The different physical forms in the same starch also produce the different postprandial glucose and insulin responses. In recent years, several studies have shown that some components of rice have potent antioxidant activity against Fe$^{2+}$ -ascorbate induced lipid peroxidation in rat liver microsomal membranes. Cell culture and animal studies have shown that some components of rice have inhibitory effect on the growth and proliferation of several types of human cancer cell. It was also reported that the methanol extract of brown rice has antimutagenic activity against various mutagens. In addition, the pepsine hydrolysate from rice protein is reported to inhibit angiotensin converting enzyme activity. GABA (${\gamma}$ - aminobutyric acid) and GABA enriched rice germ is also effective for lowering blood pressure and triglyceride levels.s.