• Food Science of Animal Resources
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.940-947
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• 2017

Goat milk has a protein composition similar to that of breast milk and contains abundant nutrients, but its use in functional foods is rather limited in comparison to milk from other sources. The aim of this study was to prepare a goat A2 ${\beta}$-casein fraction with improved digestibility and hypoallergenic properties. We investigated the optimal conditions for the separation of A2 ${\beta}$-casein fraction from goat milk by pH adjustment to pH 4.4 and treating the casein suspension with calcium chloride (0.05 M for 1 h at $25^{\circ}C$). Selective reduction of ${\beta}$- lactoglobulin and ${\alpha}_s$-casein was confirmed using sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The hypoallergenic property of A2 ${\beta}$-casein fraction was examined by measuring the release of histamine and tumor necrosis factor alpha from HMC-1 human mast cells exposed to different proteins, including A2 ${\beta}$-casein fraction. There was no significant difference in levels of both indicators between A2 ${\beta}$-casein treatment and the control (no protein treatment). The A2 ${\beta}$-casein fraction is abundant in essential amino acids, especially, branched-chain amino acids (leucine, valine, and isoleucine). The physicochemical properties of A2 ${\beta}$-casein fraction, including protein solubility and viscosity, are similar to those of bovine whole casein which is widely used as a protein source in various foods. Therefore, the goat A2 ${\beta}$-casein fraction may be useful as a food material with good digestibility and hypoallergenic properties for infants, the elderly, and people with metabolic disorders.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.668-674
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• 2013

An in vitro fermentation was conducted to determine the effects of hainanmycin on protein degradation and populations of ammonia-producing bacteria. The substrates (DM basis) for in vitro fermentation consisted of alfalfa hay (31.7%), Chinese wild rye grass hay (28.3%), ground corn grain (24.5%), soybean meal (15.5%) with a forage: concentrate of 60:40. Treatments were the control (no additive) and hainanmycin supplemented at 0.1 (H0.1), 1 (H1), 10 (H10), and 100 mg/kg (H100) of the substrates. After 24 h of fermentation, the highest addition level of hainanmycin decreased total VFA concentration and increased the final pH. The high addition level of hainanmycin (H1, H10, and H100) reduced (p<0.05) branched-chain VFA concentration, the molar proportion of acetate and butyrate, and ratio of acetate to propionate; and increased the molar proportion of propionate, except that for H1 the in molar proportion of acetate and isobutyrate was not changed (p>0.05). After 24 h of fermentation, H10 and H100 increased (p<0.05) concentrations of peptide nitrogen and AA nitrogen and proteinase activity, and decreased (p<0.05) $NH_3$-N concentration and deaminase activity compared with control. Peptidase activitives were not affected by hainanmycin. Hainanmycin supplementation only inhibited the growth of Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens, which is one of the species of low deaminative activity. Hainanmycin supplementation also decreased (p<0.05) relative population sizes of hyper-ammonia-producing species, except for H0.1 on Clostridium aminophilum. It was concluded that dietary supplementation with hainanmycin could improve ruminal fermentation and modify protein degradation by changing population size of ammonia-producing bacteria in vitro; and the addition level of 10 mg/kg appeared to achieve the best results.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.45-49
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• 1998

Two kinds of Mutants of Corynebacterium glutamicum, which were resistant to branched chain amino acid analogues, were obtained for L-leucine production; C. glutamicum LT26 resistant to 4-azaleucine and $\alpha$-amino-$eta$-hydroxyvaleric acid, and from which C. glutamicum LT3811-70 resistant to DL-4-thiaisoleucine were derived. Accumulation of L-leucine in the culture broths of these mutant strains, C. glutamicum LT26 and LT3811-70, were much higher than those of their parent strains even though they were non-auxotrophic mutants. Enzymatic analyses were performed to measure the activities of $\alpha$-acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS) and $\alpha$-isopropylmalate synthase (IPMS), which were the key enzymes for the L-isoleucine, L-valine and L-leucine biosynthetic pathways branching from a common precursor. In C. glutamicum LT26 and LT3811-70, AHAS and IPMS were found to be derepressed and desensitized to L-leucine. In addition, in C. glutamicum LT3811-70, IPMS was further more derepressed by L-leucine and AHAS was more desensitized by L-isoleucine and L-valine compared to its parent strain, C. gIEitamicum LT26.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.38-44
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• 2011

Cisplatin is widely used for various types of cancers. However, its side effects, most notably, renal toxicity often limit its clinical utility. Although previous metabolomic studies reported possible toxicity markers, they used small number of animals and statistical approaches that may not perform best in the presence of intra-group variation. Here, we identified urinary biomarkers associated with renal toxicity induced by cisplatin using NMR-based metabolomics combined with Orthogonal Projections to Latent Structures-Discriminant Analysis (OPLS-DA). Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n=22) were treated with cisplatin (10 mg/kg single dose), and the urines obtained before and after treatment were analyzed by NMR. Multivariable analysis of NMR data presented clear separation between non-treated and treated groups. The OPLS-DA statistical results revealed that 1,3-dimethylurate, taurine, glucose, glycine and branched-chain amino acid (isoleucine, leucine and valine) were significantly elevated in the treated group and that phenylacetylglycine and sarcosine levels were decreased in the treated group. To test the robustness of the approach, we built a prediction model for the toxicity and were able to predict all the unknown samples (n=14) correctly. We believe the proposed NMR-based metabolomics with OPLS-DA approach and the resulting urine markers can be used to augment the currently available blood markers.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.108-121
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• 1994

The retention indices of branched-chain alkane, benzene ring, alcohol, amine, ketone, aldehyde and cyclic compounds were measured at 150, 180 and $210^{\circ}C$ on OV-1701 and OV-1 capillary columns. The group retention factors (GRF) of the substituents and the st` ructure retention factors (SRF) of the molecular structure change are derived from the retention indices of reference compounds and series of homologues. The $GRF_f$ equation of `f'th substituent is $GRF_f\;=\;I_{obs}-(100Z + \sum\limits_{i{\neq}f}GRF_i$ + {\sum}$SRF_i$)and the SRFf equation of `f'th molecular structure group is $SRF_f\;=\;I_{obs}-(100Z + {\sum}GRFi + \sum\limits_{i{\neq}f}SRF_i$). The predicted retention indices for those compound were in agreement, within the error of $\pm2$ and $\pm3%$, with the observed values that were obtained using the OV-1701 and OV-1 capillary column, respectively. The $\Delta$ xi of the substituents and $\Delta$ yi of the molecular structure change according to temperature change are derived from the $\Delta'/^{\circ}C$ of reference compounds and series of homologues. The $\Delta$ xi equation of the `f'th substituent is ${\Delta}x_f = {$\Delta}'/^{\circ}C+ \sum\limits_{i{\neq}f}\Delta$ xi + {\sum}{\Delta}yi\;and\;{\Delta}yi$ equation of the `f'th molecular structure group is ${\Delta}y_f$ = {\Delta}'/^{\circ}C+{\sum}{\Delta}xi +\sum\limits_{i{\neq}f}{\Delta}yi$. The predicted $\Delta'/^{\circ}C$ for these compounds were in agreement, within the error of ${\pm}18%$ and 17%, with the observed values that were obtained using the OV-1701 and OV-1 capillary column, respectively.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.210-219
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of red ginseng on the performance of aerobics anaerobics exercise and peripheral central fatigue. For this purpose, we measured $\dot{V}O_2max$, $\dot{V}O_2$ at recovery, anaerobic power, blood lactate, Branched-Chain Amino Acid(BCAA) etc in thirty male subjects. They were divided into three group; EGG: endurance training + red ginseng supplementation group(n=7), EPG: endurance training + placebo supplementation group(n=7), GG: only red ginseng supplementation group(n=10). 6 subjects were excepted because they were intermediate test absence(test at four week : EGG=1, EPG=2; test at eight week : EGG=1). EGG and GG took red ginseng twice a day for total 8weeks. Moreover, EGG and EPG were exercised during 45 minutes, three times a week for 12 weeks. The result of this study are shown as follow: In case of $\dot{V}O_2max$, %$\dot{V}O_2$/$\dot{V}O_2max$ and plasma BCAA concentration, no statistically significant change were found among three groups. But, it was showed that three groups tended to increased slightly in $\dot{V}O_2max$, % $\dot{V}O_2$/$\dot{V}O_2max$ and plasma BCAA concentration. For conclusion, the present data provide a new evidence that ingestion of ergogenic aids contained with red ginseng may improve aerobic exercise performance and central fatigue.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.461-468
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• 1999

Acetolactate synthase (ALS) catalyzes the first common reaction in the biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids, valine, leucine, and isoleucine. ALS is the common target of several classes of structurally diverse herbicides, the triazolopyrimidines, the imidazolinones, the sulfonylureas, and pyrimidyl-oxy-benzoates. We examined ihibitory activities of newly synthesized triazolopyrimidine sulfonamide derivatives using partially purified ALS from barley. $IC_{50}$ values for the active derivatives are 0.5nM∼8$\mu$M. Among them TP1 and TP2 are the most potent ALS inhibitors with $IC_{50}$ values of 0.5nM and 1.6nM, respectively. These inhibitors are more potent in the inhibition of barley ALS than commercial herbicides, Metosulam ($IC_{50}$;3.6 nM), Flumetsulam ($IC_{50}$;126 nM), and Cadre ($IC_{50};4 {\mu}M$). The progress curves for inhibition of ALS by TP2 showed that the amount of inhibition increases with time. The inhibition of ALS by TP2 was mixed-type inhibition with respect to pyruvate. Dual inhibition analyses of TP2 versus an imidazolinone, Cadre, and Leu showed parallel and intercepting kinetic pattern, respectively. The results suggest that TP2 binds to ALS competively with Cadre but not with Leu. Chemical modification of cysteinly residues in ALS decreased the sensitivity of ALS to Leu, while the modification did not affect the sensitivity of ALS to TP2 and Cadre.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.516-522
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• 1998

An Actinomycetes strain, MSA-1, containing antimicrobial component was isolated from the black sponge, Halichondzia okadai, and was identified to a genus level by morphological and chemotaxonornic methods. The gray colored spores were oval type with smooth surface and formed flexibilis spore chains. The cell wall of this strain was type I containing D-aminopimellic acid (D-DAP) and no specific sugar was detected. Phospholipid of the cell membrane was PII type including phophoethanolamine and the major fatty acids of total lipid were branched anteiso-15 : 0, iso-16 : 0, 16 : 0 and iso-17 ; 0. From these results and other characteristics described in the Bergey's Manual, this strain was identificated as a Streptomyces sp. Meanwhile, 10mg of pale yellow colored antimicreobial component was isolated by HPLC method from the cultured Streptomyces sp. (70g of cryophillized mycellis). By crystallographyc analysis, HIRESMS and NMR assignment, the antimicrobial component produced from the strain MSA-1 was elucidated as the staurosporine (indolo[2,3-a]carbazole alkaloid).

• Animal Bioscience
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• v.35 no.7
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• pp.1069-1079
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• 2022

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of 4-month intensive feeding on the meat quality, fatty acid profile, flavor, and growth performance of grazing Hulunbuir sheep (HBS). Methods: The HBS were selected 4-months after birth in a pasture rearing system as the experimental animals (n = 44, female, average body weight 23.8±2.2 kg) then divided equally into pasture-based grazing fattening (PAS) and concentrate-included intensive fattening (CON) groups for another 4-month finishing. When finished fattening, all animals were slaughtered to collect musculus longissimus dorsi subcutaneous adipose tissue and to investigate the influences on meat quality, fatty acid profile, flavor and growth performance. Results: The results showed lambs in CON group got significantly higher live weight, hot carcass weight, and dressing percentage. The CON group had significantly higher value of redness (a^*), lightness (L^*) and water holding capacity (p<0.05), significantly lower value of Warner-Bratzler shear force than the PAS group (p<0.05). The subcutaneous fat from CON group lambs demonstrated a significantly higher content of C18:1 and C18:2 (p<0.05), but lower C14:0 and C16:0, indicating an increased degree of unsaturated fatty acid. The content of 4-methyloctanoic acid, 4-ethyloctanoic acid and 4-methylnonanoic acid had increased 2 to 4 times, representing a more intense odor in the CON group. However, the values were still lower than most sheep breeds reported, indicating the indoor feeding system could not fundamentally deteriorate the excellent meat characteristic of HBS. Conclusion: It was evident that lambs in CON group exhibited a better meat production performance, improved in meat color, texture and healthier fatty acid profile through pasture-weaned concentrate included intensive fattening system, which offers a good alternative regimen for lamb finishing and has a wide prospection in the HBS meat industry.

• Animal Bioscience
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.422-433
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• 2022

Objective: Two follow-up studies (exp. 1 and 2) were conducted to determine the effects of L-glutamine (L-Gln) supplementation on degradation and rumen fermentation characteristics in vitro. Methods: First, rumen liquor from three cannulated cows was used to test L-Gln (50 mM) degradation rate and ammonia-N production at 6, 12, 24, 36, and 48 h after incubation (exp. 1). Second, rumen liquor from two cannulated steers was used to assess the effects of five levels of L-Gln including 0% (control), 0.5%, 1%, 2%, and 3% at 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, and 48 h after incubation on fermentation characteristics, gas production, and degradability of nutrients (exp. 2). Results: In exp. 1, L-Gln degradation rate and ammonia-N concentrations increased over time (p<0.001). In exp. 2, pH was reduced significantly as incubation time elapsed (p<0.001). Total gas production tended to increase in all groups as incubation time increased. Acetate and propionate tended to increase by increasing glutamine (Gln) levels, whereas levels of total volatile fatty acids (VFAs) were the highest in 0.5% and 3% Gln groups (p<0.001). The branched-chain VFA showed both linear and quadratic effects showing the lowest values in the 1% Gln group particularly after 6 h incubation (p<0.001). L-Gln increased crude protein degradability (p<0.001), showing the highest degradability in the 0.5% Gln group regardless of incubation time (p<0.05). Degradability of acid detergent fiber and neutral detergent fiber showed a similar pattern showing the highest values in 0.5% Gln group (p<0.10). Conclusion: Although L-Gln showed no toxicity when it was supplemented at high dosages (2% to 3% of DM), 0.5% L-Gln demonstrated the positive effects on main factors including VFAs production in-vitro. The results of this study need to be verified in further in-vivo study.