• BMB Reports
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.182-187
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• 2021

Leukotriene B4 (LTB4) is a lipid mediator of inflammation that is generated from arachidonic acid via the 5-lipoxygenase pathway. Previous studies have reported that the receptors of LTB4, BLT1, and BLT2 play mediatory roles in the allergic airway inflammation induced by ovalbumin (OVA). However, considering that house dust mites (HDMs) are the most prevalent allergen and well-known risk factor for asthmatic allergies, we are interested in elucidating the contributory roles of BLT1/2 in HDM-induced allergic airway inflammation. Our aim in this study was to investigate whether BLT1/2 play any roles in HDM-induced allergic airway inflammation. In this study, we observed that the levels of ligands for BLT1/2 [LTB4 and 12(S)-HETE (12(S)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid)] were significantly increased in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) after HDM challenge. Blockade of BLT1 or BLT2 as well as of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) or 12-lipoxygenase (12-LO) markedly suppressed the production of TH2 cytokines (IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13) and alleviated lung inflammation and mucus secretion in an HDM-induced eosinophilic airway-inflammation mouse model. Together, these results indicate that the 5-/12-LO-BLT1/2 cascade plays a role in HDM-induced airway inflammation by mediating the production of TH2 cytokines. Our findings suggest that BLT1/2 may be a potential therapeutic target for patients with HDM-induced allergic asthma.

• 한국당과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국당과학회 2006년도 제1회 연례학술대회
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• pp.56-56
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• 2006

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1398-1403
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• 2009

Present study deals with variations of physicochemicals including $\gamma$-aminobutyric acid (GABA), $\gamma$-oryzanol, free sugar, lipoxygenase activity, fat acidity, and germination rate from Korean brown rice cultivars. With increase of storage time and temperature, GABA, $\gamma$-oryzanol, lipoxygenase activity, and fat acidity increased, whereas free sugar and germination rate was reduced. Among cultivars, 'Gopumbyeo' exhibited the highest contents in GABA and $\gamma$-oryzanol during 12 weeks storage at $25^{\circ}C$ (GABA: $28.6{\pm}5.6{\rightarrow}170.4{\pm}4.6\;mg/100\;g$, $\gamma$-oryzanol: $6.1{\pm}0.7{\rightarrow}6.7{\pm}0.4\;mg/g$) and 'Ilpumbyeo' significantly decreased in free sugar during 12 weeks storage at $10^{\circ}C$ ($1,423.7{\rightarrow}1,058.4\;mg/100\;g$). Moreover, 'Taebongbyeo' exhibited the highest quality owing to low lipoxygenase activity, low fat acidity, and high germination rate. In free sugar compositions, sucrose exhibited the highest content (>70%), followed by fructose (>7%), raffinose (>5%), glucose (>3%), and maltose (>2%) during storage. Based on our results, changes of physicochemicals in stored brown rice may be important information in processing food and functional properties.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1996년도 한국생물과학협회 국제학술대회
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• pp.216-216
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• 1996

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• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2017년도 9th Asian Crop Science Association conference
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• pp.264-264
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• 2017

Legumes are good sources of various nutrients. Among legumes, soybean and its flour are accessible foods to consumers. However, in case of soybean flour, there is a disadvantage of easily going rancid. Thus, this study aimed to investigate how the quality of soybean flour changes during storage according to the packaging materials and storage temperatures. The raw and roasted soybean flours were packed in two types of packaging, polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) film bags respectively, and stored at three different storage temperatures (4, 20, and $45^{\circ}C$) for 1 year. The acid value, conjugated diene value, peroxide value, p-anisidine value, thiobarbituric acid (TBA) value, lipoxygenase activity, and fatty acid content of raw and roasted soybean flours were measured at the point of starting storing, and after 1, 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks of storage. The acid value of soybean flour was increased for 4 weeks and thereafter significantly decreased (p < 0.0001). The conjugated diene value was significantly increased after 4 weeks storage at $45^{\circ}C$ with PE and PP film bags (p < 0.0001). The peroxide value had no changes during 4 weeks storage at $45^{\circ}C$ with PE and PP film bags, and then those was dramatically increased after 8 weeks (p < 0.0001). The p-anisidine values in all of storage conditions were decreased after 4 weeks. Lipoxygenase activity was decreased at 12 weeks storage at $20^{\circ}C$ and $45^{\circ}C$ with PP film bags. Acid value had positive correlations with p-anisidine value (r = 0.30 and p < 0.0001) and lipoxygenase activity (r = 0.36 and p < 0.0001), and had negative correlations with conjugated diene value (r = -0.45 and p < 0.0001) and peroxide value (r = -0.25 and p < 0.001). Conjugated diene value had a high positive correlation with peroxide value (r = 0.76 and p < 0.0001), but that had a negative correlation with lipoxygenase activity (r = -0.51 and p < 0.0001). Peroxide value had negative correlations with p-anisidine value (r = -0.20 and p < 0.01) and TBA value (r = -0.15 and p < 0.05). The degree of reduction in fatty acid content of raw soybean flour was higher than the roasted soybean flour during the storage. Total fatty acid content had positive correlations with acid value (r = 0.45 and p < 0.0001) and p-anisidine value (r = 0.58 and p < 0.0001), but had a weak negative correlation with conjugated diene value (r = -0.19 and p < 0.01). This study showed how the rancidity of the raw and roasted soybean flours progressed during storage. Thus, our findings can be used as base data to do a further study of finding and developing more stable storage conditions of the soybean flour.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.1370-1376
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• 2015

우슬(牛膝)은 비름과(Amaranthaceae)의 쇠무릎(Achyranthes japonica)의 뿌리를 약용으로 한방에서 사용하고 있다. 1, 1- diphenyl 2-picrylhyorazyl (DPPH)은 잘 알려진 자유 라디칼이다. Hyaluronidase (HAase)은 결합조직의 세포외성 기질에서 히알루론산분해에 관여하는 효소이다. Lipoxygenases (LOX)은 지방산 대사와 면역에 중요한 역할을 수행한다. 본 연구에서는 쇠무릎에서 이 세 작용을 에탄올 추출물을 사용하여 생육 발달 단계(어린 영양기관과 성숙한 영양기관)에 대해 이들 추출물의 활성을 비교 조사하였으며 각 항목에 대해 50% 저해(IC₅₀)의 농도를 산출하였다. 항산화 활성은 잎과 줄기, 뿌리 모두에서 탁월되었다. 특히 히알루로니다아제의 저해작용이 현저하였으며 향후 어떤 화합물인지 심도 있는 연구가 필요하다고 판단되었다. DPPH에 대한 항산화 활성과 LOX에 대한 저해작용은 기존 연구자의 결과와 유사하였다. 어린 식물조직과 성숙한 식물조직에서 추출한 발달 단계에 따른 이들 세 가지 활성에서 어린 뿌리보다 성숙한 뿌리에서 약간 더 우수한 작용을 보였으나 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다.

• 한국육종학회지
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.190-200
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• 2019

벼의 Lipoxygenase-3 (LOX-3) 결핍은 벼의 저장 후 고미취 발생 저감에 효과가 있는 것으로 보고되었다. 우리나라 밥쌀용 품종의 저장 후 품질 향상을 위해 대면적 재배품종인 새누리 유전배경에 LOX-3가 결핍된 자포니카 근동질계통 개발을 위한 육종사업이 수행되었다. 1차 육종단계에서는 다우담을 LOX-3 결핍 수여친으로 활용하여 신동진과 1회 여교배 후 발색반응을 통해 LOX-3 결핍 계통을 선발하였고 약배양을 통해 조기에 고정계통 HR27873-AC12를 육성하였다. 2차 육종단계에서는 HR27873-AC12를 LOX-3 수여친으로 하고 새누리를 반복친으로 하여 1회 여교배 후 분자표지 선발과 농업형질에 대한 표현형 선발을 통해 HR28896-31-3-1-1 (이하 HR28896)를 선발하였다. 1, 2차 단계에서 육성된 HR27873-AC12와 HR28896 계통은 LOX-3가 결핍되어 있으나 재배품종으로 활용하기에는 열악형질이 수반되어 있었다. 3차 육종단계에서 HR28896계통과 새누리를 다시 교배하여 분자표지 선발과 표현형에 대한 강한 선발압을 적용하여 최종적으로 BC₂F₇세대 HR30960-186-2-1-2-1를 선발하여 전주624호로 계통명을 부여하였다. 분자표지 검정 결과 전주624호는 LOX-3가 결핍된 것으로 확인되었다. 전주624호는 중만생종으로 단간 내도복 직립초형에 벼흰잎마름병 및 줄무늬잎마름병에 저항성 계통으로 새누리와 농업형질 특성이 비슷하였다. 전주624호의 수량구성요소는 새누리와 대부분 같았으나 현미 천립중이 유의하게 감소하였고 수량성은 다소 낮았다. 전주624호의 외관품위는 새누리에 비해 좋았고 식미 특성은 비슷하였다. 406개 KASP 마커를 이용한 유전배경 분석 결과 전주624호는 새누리의 유전배경을 95.8% 회복하여 근동질계통으로 판단되었다. 전주624호는 새누리 품종 배경의 LOX-3가 결핍된 자포니카 근동질계통으로 최초 수여친인 다우담의 열약 형질 수반문제를 극복하였으며 새누리와 비슷한 농업형질 특성과 유전배경을 가지고 있어 저장 후 품질 향상을 위한 실용적인 재배품종, lox-3 도입을 위한 교배모본 및 유전자 효과 구명을 위한 유전재료로 활용될 것으로 기대된다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제44권12호
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• pp.893-899
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• 2021

BLT2 is a low-affinity receptor for leukotriene B₄, a potent lipid mediator of inflammation generated from arachidonic acid via the 5-lipoxygenase pathway. The aim of this study was to investigate whether BLT2 plays any role in sepsis, a systemic inflammatory response syndrome caused by infection. A murine model of cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)-induced sepsis was used to evaluate the role of BLT2 in septic inflammation. In the present study, we observed that the levels of ligands for BLT2 (LTB₄ [leukotriene B₄] and 12(S)-HETE [12(S)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid]) were significantly increased in the peritoneal lavage fluid and serum from mice with CLP-induced sepsis. We also observed that the levels of BLT2 as well as 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) and 12-LO, which are synthesizing enzymes for LTB₄ and 12(S)-HETE, were significantly increased in lung and liver tissues in the CLP mouse model. Blockade of BLT2 markedly suppressed the production of sepsis-associated cytokines (IL-6 [interleukin-6], TNF-α [tumor necrosis factor alpha], and IL-1β [interleukin-β] as well as IL-17 [interleukin-17]) and alleviated lung inflammation in the CLP group. Taken together, our results suggest that BLT2 cascade contributes to lung inflammation in CLP-induced sepsis by mediating the production of inflammatory cytokines. These findings suggest that BLT2 may be a potential therapeutic target for sepsis patients.

• Nutritional Sciences
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.212-226
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• 2006

The involvement of arachidonic acid (AA) metabolizing enzyme, lipoxygenase (LOX), in the development of particular tumors in humans has gradually been acknowledged and LOX has emerged as a novel target to prevent or treat human cancers. In the mouse skin carcinogenesis model, which provides an excellent model to study multistage nature of human cancer development, many studies have shown that some of the LOXs are constitutively upregulated in their expression. Moreover, application of LOX inhibitors effectively reduced tumor burdens, which implicates the involvement of LOX in mouse skin tumor development as well. 8S-LOX is a recently cloned LOX, which is specifically expressed in mouse skin after 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) treatment but not in normal skin. Unlike other members of the LOX 'family' expressed in mouse skin, this TPA-induced expression of 8S-LOX is prominent only in the skin of the TPA tumor promotion-sensitive strains of mice (SENCAR, CD-1, and NMRI) but not in the promotion-resistant C57BL/6J mice. This is a very unique phenomenon among strains of mice. Constitutive upregulation of 8S-LOX was also found in early stage papillomas and the expression was gradually reduced as the tumors became malignant. Based on these observations, it has been thought that 8S-LOX is involved in TPA-induced tumor promotion as well as in tumor conversion from papillomas to carcinomas. In accordance with this hypothesis, several studies have suggested possible roles of 8S-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (HETE), an AA metabolite of 8S-LOX, in mouse skin tumor development. A clastogenic activity of 8S-HETE was demonstrated in primary keratinocytes and a close correlation between the levels of etheno-DNA adducts and 8S-HETE during skin carcinogenesis was also reported. On the other hand, it has been reported that 8S-LOX protein expression is restricted to a differentiated keratinocyte compartment Moreover, reported findings on the ability of 8S-HETE to cause keratinocyte differentiation appear to be contrary to the procarcinogenic features of the 8S-LOX expression, presenting a question as to the role of 8S-LOX during mouse skin carcinogenesis. In this review, molecular and biological features of 8S-LOX as well as current views on the functional role of 8S-LOX/8S-HETE during mouse skin carcinogenesis are presented.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.417-422
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• 2009

Lipoxygenase (LO) metabolites are generated in inflamed tissues. However, it is unclear whether the inhibition of the LO activity regulates the expression of c-Fos protein, a pain marker in the spinal cord. Here we used a carrageenan-induced inflammation model to examine the role of LO in the development of c-Fos expression. Intradermally injected carrageenan caused elevated number of cells exhibiting Fos-like immunoreactivity (Fos-LI) in the spinal dorsal horn, and decreased the thermal and mechanical threshold in Hargreaves and von Frey tests. Pretreatment with an inhibitor of phospholipase A2, that generates the LO substrate, prior to the carrageenan injection significantly reduced the number of Fos-(+) cells. A general LO inhibitor NDGA, a 5-LO inhibitor AA-861 and a 12-LO inhibitor baicalein also exhibited the similar effects. Moreover, the LO inhibitors suppressed carrageenan-induced thermal and mechanical hyperalgesic behaviors, which inidcates that the changes in Fos expression correlates with those in the nociceptive behaviors in the inflamed rats. LO products are endogenous TRPV1 activators and pretreatment with BCTC, a TRPV1 antagonist inhibited the thermal but not the mechanical hypersensitivity. Overall, our results from the Fos-LI and behavior tests suggest that LO products released from inflamed tissues contribute to nociception during carrageenan-induced inflammation, indicating that the LO pathway is a possible target for modulating inflammatory pain.