• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.124-128
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• 2014

Objectives: To evaluate the monthly variation in the airborne $(1{\rightarrow}3)-{\beta}$-D-glucan level throughout one year and its relationship with climatic factors (temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, hours of daylight, cloud cover, and pollen counts). Methods: A total of 106 samples were collected using a two-stage cyclone sampler at five outdoor sampling locations (on top of 5 university buildings). The kinetic limulus amebocyte lysate assay was used to obtain $(1{\rightarrow}3)-{\beta}$-D-glucan levels. Results: Airborne $(1{\rightarrow}3)-{\beta}$-D-glucan levels were significantly higher in the spring, particularly in April, and temperature was significantly related to $(1{\rightarrow}3)-{\beta}$-D-glucan levels (r=0.339, p<0.05). Conclusions: $(1{\rightarrow}3)-{\beta}$-D-glucan levels may be highest in the spring, and outdoor temperature may influence $(1{\rightarrow}3)-{\beta}$-D-glucan levels.

• BMB Reports
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.264-269
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• 2013

Pattern recognition receptors are known to participate in the activation of Prophenoloxidase system. In this study, a 1,3-${\beta}$-D-glucan recognition protein was detected for the first time in Antheraea pernyi larvae (Ap-${\beta}GRP$). Ap-${\beta}GRP$ was purified to 99.9% homogeneity from the hemolymph using traditional chromatographic methods. Ap-${\beta}GRP$ specifically bind 1,3-${\beta}$-D-glucan and yeast, but not E. coli or M. luteus. The 1,3-${\beta}$-D-glucan dependent phenoloxidase (PO) activity of the hemolymph inhibited by anti-Ap-${\beta}GRP$ antibody could be recovered by addition of purified Ap-${\beta}GRP$. These results demonstrate that Ap-${\beta}GRP$ acts as a biosensor of 1,3-${\beta}$-Dglucan to trigger the Prophenoloxidase system. A trace mount of 1,3-${\beta}$-D-glucan or Ap-${\beta}GRP$ alone was unable to trigger the proPO system, but they both did. Ap-${\beta}GRP$ was specifically degraded following the activation of proPO with 1,3-${\beta}$-Dglucan. These results indicate the variation in the amount of Ap-${\beta}GRP$ after specific immune challenge in A. pernyi hemolymph is an important regulation mechanism to immune response.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.22-27
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• 1993

보리를 thermostable ${\alpha}-amylase$와 amyloglucosidase로 처리하여 ${\beta}-glucan$을 얻은 후 정제과정을 통해 순수한 ${\beta}-glucan$을 얻어 보리 ${\beta}-glucan$의 열적특성을 연구하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 보리${\beta}-glucan$의 DSC thermogram은 3개의 흡열곡선을 나타냈으며 1차 흡열곡선은 겔화상전이 현상을 나타냈다. 보리 ${\beta}-glucan$의 농도가 증가함에 따라 겔화 온도범위와 엔탈피가 최대값을 나타냈으며 4 g/dl ${\beta}-glucan$의 To, Tp 및 Tc는 각각 $48.8^{\circ}C,\;61.2^{\circ}C$ 및 $78.5^{\circ}C$였고 엔탈피는 0.23 ca1/g이었다. pH 의존성에서 pH 7일 때 겔화온도의 범위가 넓었고 엔탈피도 가장 컸으며 산성과 알칼리성이 강할수록 낮은 값을 나타냈다. 염농도 의존성에서는 염을 가하지 않았을 때 겔화 온도범위와 엔탈피가 높았고 염을 첨가했을 경우 엔탈피는 급격히 감소하였으며 Tp와 Tc는 저온으로 이동되었으나 염농도 증가에는 영향을 받지 않았다. 보리 ${\beta}-glucan$의 열적특성에서 urea는 겔형성을 촉진시키는 active-reagent이었고 glycerol은 inactive-reagent임이 확인되었다. 열분해 현상에서 보리 ${\beta}-glucan$의 "true melting" 온도는 $184^{\circ}C$ 였고 엔탈피는 34.6 cal/g이었으며 분해온도는 $316^{\circ}C{\sim}346^{\circ}C$ 범위로 열에 대해 매우 안정한 물질임을 알 수 있었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.707-714
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• 2008

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan on growth performance, immunity and endocrine responses of weanling piglets. One hundred and eighty weanling piglets (Landrace$\times$Large White, $7.20{\pm}0.25kg$ BW and $28{\pm}2$ d of age) were randomly fed 1 of 5 treatment diets containing dietary ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan supplemented at 0, 25, 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg for 4 wks. Each treatment was replicated in 6 pens containing 6 pigs per pen. On d 14 and 28, body weight gain, feed consumption and feed efficiency were recorded as measures of growth performance. Peripheral blood lymphocyte proliferation and serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) were measured to study the effect of dietary ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan supplementation on immune function. Plasma prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), growth hormone (GH) and ghrelin were measured to investigate endocrine response to ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan supplementation. Our results suggest that average daily gain (ADG) and feed efficiency had a quadratic increase trend with dietary ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan supplementation from d 14 to 28, whereas it had no significant effect on average daily feed intake (ADFI). The treatment group fed with 50 mg/kg dietary ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan supplementation showed a numerical increase in ghrelin, a similar change trend with ADG and no significant effect on GH. Lymphocyte proliferation indices, serum IgG and plasma PGE2 concentrations varied linearly with dietary supplementation levels of ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan on d 14. Higher levels of ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan may have a transient immuno-enhancing effect on the cellular and humoral immune function of weanling piglets via decreased PGE2. Taking into account both immune response and growth performance, the most suitable dietary supplementation level of ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan is 50 mg/kg for weanling piglets.

• 한국어업기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국어업기술학회 2000년도 추계수산관련학회 공동학술대회발표요지집
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• pp.181-182
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• 2000

현재 의약품업계, 식품업계에서는 여러 가지 기능성 물질에 대한 관심이 집중되고있다. 이러한 기능성 물질은 항암, 항균, 항바이러스 및 식이섬유의 기능을 가지고 있어 부가가치가 높은 산물이다. 이들 기능성 물질중 $\beta$-1,3-D-glucan은 macrophage의 활성을 촉진시키고, 자외선에 의한 피부노화를 방지하며 생체내 free-radical을 제거하고, 특히 어류의 비특이 면역활성도 촉진시키므로 현재 양식업계에서 주목받고 있는 물질이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 체외 다당류($\beta$-1,3-D-glucan)의 대량 생산을 위한 최적 배양 조건에 대하여 연구하였다. (중략)

• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 2017년도 춘계공동학술대회
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• pp.101-101
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• 2017

Beta-glucan is a polymerized polysaccharide on beta-1,3 chemical bonds. It has the main pharmacological action of various anticancer mushrooms and is colorless and odorless. In addition, it enhances phagocytosis of macrophages against mycobacterium tuberculosism and increases resistance of host against food poisoning bacteria. Owing to these advantages, beta-glucan was used in various health supplement foods such as immune boosters, hypotensive agent and hypoglycemic agent. Our study was aimed to investigate the effective components of beta-glucan, which was optimized via the contents of Sarcodon aspratus and rice bran. First, the mixture ratio condition of Sarcodon aspratus and rice bran were respectively 10:0, 7:3, 5:5, 3:7, and 0:10. The raw materials were fabricated using hot water extraction method. Distilled water of 100 mL was added to the raw material and extracted. After the extraction processed, the content of effective components was analyzed. The absorbance of beta-glucan was measured using a beta-glucan kit (Megazyme, (1-3) (1-4) BETA-D-GLUCAN ASSAY KIT). The absorbance analysis was repeated three times for accurate analysis. After the extracts were lyophilized, the yields of extracted raw materials according to the mixture ratio conditions of Sarcodon aspratus and rice bran (10:0, 7:3, 5:5, 3:7, and 0:10) were respectively 33.1%, 34.5%, 35.3%, 30.7%, and 24.3%. The absorbance was 1.52, 1.47, 1.50, 1.79, and 1.56, respectively. As a result, the optimum ratio of beta-glucan is 3:7 at Sarcodon aspratus and rice bran. This study suggested that the optimal amount of beta-glucan could be used as a health supplement foods and food additive such as immune boosters, hypotensive agent and hypoglycemic agent. However, the new condition (temperature, time) of hot water extraction to maximize the content of beta-glucan could be considered, could be necessary to compare with the existing extracts.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.482-487
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• 1996

한국산 보리 및 귀리품종의 수용성, 불용성 및 총 ${\beta}-glucan$ 함량을 분석하여 ${\beta}-glucan$의 용해성을 조사하였다. 보리원맥의 총 ${\beta}-glucan$ 함량은 $3.3{\sim}5.6%$ 범위였으며 $65{\sim}70%$ 정맥수율로 도정하여 껍질 및 강층을 제거한 정맥의 ${\beta}-glucan$ 함량은 $3.5{\sim}7.1%$로 증가하였다. 보리원맥의 수용성 ${\beta}-glucan$ 함량은 $1.4{\sim}3.3%$의 분포였으며 총 ${\beta}-glucan$에 대한 수용성 ${\beta}-glucan$의 백분을로 나타낸 용해성(% solubility)은 $43{\sim}61%$ 범위로 총량의 약 반가량이 수용성인 것으로 나타났다. 보리정맥에 있어서는 총 ${\beta}-glucan$과 불용성 ${\beta}-glucan$ 함량은 증가한 반면 수용성 ${\beta}-glucan$은 약간 감소하는 경향을 보여 용해성이 $35{\sim}55%$로 원맥보다 다소 낮았다. 귀리는 총 ${\beta}-glucan$ 함량이 겉귀리에서 $3.1{\sim}4.0%$, groats에서 $4.0{\sim}4.8%$였으며 불용성 ${\beta}-glucan$ 함량이 $0.5{\sim}0.7%$로 보리에서 보다 훨씬 낮아 추출되어 나오는 수용성 ${\beta}-glucan$은 약 84%로 매우 높게 나타났다. 보리와 귀리는 추출초기에 빠른 속도로 ${\beta}-glucan$이 추출되었으며 귀리가 보리에 비해 추출이 보다 급격히 이루어졌는데 $2{\sim}3$시간 후에는 대부분의 수용성 ${\beta}-glucan$이 추출되었다 추출온도가 $23{\sim}45^{\circ}C$로 증가함에 따라 수용성 추출량이 증가하였으나 $65^{\circ}C$에서는 보리의 경우 추출량이 떨어졌다. 보리 및 귀리는 증자에 의한 가열처리에 의해 불용성 ${\beta}-glucan$ 함량이 증가하여 ${\beta}-glucan$의 용해성이 떨어진 반면 보리의 볶음처리에서는 ${\beta}-glucan$이 가용화됨에 따라 용해성이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.109-120
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• 1993

Mechanisms for the hypocholesterolemic effetcs of $\beta$-glucan remain unclear. Rats were divided into 3 groups; normal control group, atherogenic group(oral administration of cholesterol 40 mg/kg/day and vitamin $D_2$320,000 IU/kg/day),${\beta}$-glucan treatment group(oral administration of atherogenic treatment and ${\beta}$-glucan 0.135 g/kg/day). The ${\beta}$-glucan treatment group showed moderate increases of serum lipids concentration compared with atherogenic group. In histopathological examination, aortas showed no critical lesions. The total fecal neutral sterols and bile acids excreted for 6 days was increased compared with both normal and atherogenic group. These result\ulcorner suggest that mechanisms for the hypocholesterolemic effect of ${\beta}$-glucan on rats were due to the inhibition of cholesterol absorption in the intestinal lumen and acceleration of cholesterol catabolism in the liver.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.218-223
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• 2006

We examined the effects of ${\beta}$-glucan-reinforced PLGA film and scaffold on HDFs (human dermal fibroblast) attachment and proliferation. The PLGA films were prepared by simple solvent-casting method. The prepared films were grafted with $(1{\to}3)(1{\to}6)-{\beta}-glucan$ in various ratios after plasma treatment on surface. The surface of the film was characterized by contact angle measurement, scanning electron microscope (SEM), and Fourier-transform infrared spectrophotometer (FT-IR). The amount of $(1{\to}3)(1{\to}6)-{\beta}-glucan$ in the prepared film was indirectly determined by phenol-sulfuric acid method. The HDFs (Human dermal fibroblasts) were used to evaluate the cell attachment and proliferation on PLGA specimens before and after plasma/${\beta}-glucan$ treatment. The result showed that the plasma treated groups exhibited more mont of ${\beta}-glucan$ might be grafted than the non plasma treated groups. Cell attachment was significantly enhanced in the plasma/${\beta}-glucan$ grafted group after 4 hours incubation (p<0.05) due to the improved hydrophilicity and cytoactivity effect of the ${\beta}-glucan$. The cell proliferation of plasma/${\beta}-glucan$ (2mg/ml) grafted group was the highest rate among the groups (p<0.05).

• 한국균학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.161-176
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• 2018

진균류 유래의 ${\beta}$-glucan은 pathogen-associated molecular patterns의 일종이기도 하며 면역촉진과 항암작용을 나타냄이 알려져 있지만 세포 내 신호전달에 관해서는 알려진 바가 많지 않다. 대식세포주인 RAW264.7 세포에 불로초에서 추출한 ${\beta}$-glucan을 처리하였을 때 세포막에서는 덱틴-1, toll-like receptor 2, 4, 6의 발현이 증가되었으며, 세포 내에서는 macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1a, MIP-$1{\beta}$, MIP-$1{\gamma}$, IL-$1{\beta}$ 그리고 tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$의 발현이 증가되었다. 또한 대식세포주에 불로초의 ${\beta}$-glucan과 PI3K 또는 MEK1/MEK2 억제제를 각각 처리하였을 때에 세포 내의 MIP-1a, MIP-$1{\beta}$, MIP-$1{\gamma}$, interleukin-$1{\beta}$, TNF-${\alpha}$의 발현이 감소되었다. 따라서 불로초의 ${\beta}$-glucan은 대식세포에서 MyD88의 경로인 PI3K/Akt를 경유할 뿐만 아니라 MEK 경로를 활성화시킴으로써 다양한 면역조절작용이 가능한 것으로 여겨진다.