• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.134-144
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• 2019

The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has increased with the incidence of obesity; however, the underlying mechanisms are unknown. In this study, high-resolution metabolomics (HRM) along with transcriptomics were applied on animal models to draw a mechanistic insight of NAFLD. Wild type (WT) and catalase knockout (CKO) mice were fed with normal fat diet (NFD) or high fat diet (HFD) to identify the changes in metabolic and transcriptomic profiles caused by catalase gene deletion in correspondence with HFD. Integrated omics analysis revealed that cholic acid and $3{\beta}$, $7{\alpha}$-dihydroxy-5-cholestenoate along with cyp7b1 gene involved in primary bile acid biosynthesis were strongly affected by HFD. The analysis also showed that CKO significantly changed all-trans-5,6-epoxy-retinoic acid or all-trans-4-hydroxy-retinoic acid and all-trans-4-oxo-retinoic acid along with cyp3a41b gene in retinol metabolism, and ${\alpha}/{\gamma}$-linolenic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and thromboxane A2 along with ptgs1 and tbxas1 genes in linolenic acid metabolism. Our results suggest that dysregulated primary bile acid biosynthesis may contribute to liver steatohepatitis, while up-regulated retinol metabolism and linolenic acid metabolism may have contributed to oxidative stress and inflammatory phenomena in our NAFLD model created using CKO mice fed with HFD.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.780-789
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• 2022

Background: Incretin impairment, characterized by insufficient secretion of L-cell-derived glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), is a defining step of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Ginsenoside compound K (CK) can stimulate GLP-1 secretion; however, the potential mechanism underlying this effect has not been established. Methods: CK (40 mg/kg) was administered orally to male db/db mice for 4 weeks. The body weight, oral glucose tolerance, GLP-1 secretion, gut microbiota sequencing, bile acid (BA) profiles, and BA synthesis markers of each subject were then analyzed. Moreover, TGR5 expression was evaluated by immunoblotting and immunofluorescence, and L-cell lineage markers involved in L-cell abundance were analyzed. Results: CK ameliorated obesity and impaired glucose tolerance in db/db mice by altering the gut microbiota, especially Ruminococcaceae family, and this changed microbe was positively correlated with secondary BA synthesis. Additionally, CK treatment resulted in the up-regulation of CYP7B1 and CYP27A1 and the down-regulation of CYP8B1, thereby shifting BA biosynthesis from the classical pathway to the alternative pathway. CK altered the BA pool by mainly increasing LCA and DCA. Furthermore, CK induced L-cell number expansion leading to enhanced GLP-1 release through TGR5 activation. These increases were supported by the upregulation of genes governing GLP-1 secretion and L-cell differentiation. Conclusions: The results indicate that CK improves glucose homeostasis by increasing L-cell numbers, which enhances GLP-1 release through a mechanism partially mediated by the gut microbiota-BA-TGR5 pathway. Therefore, that therapeutic attempts with CK might be useful for patients with T2DM.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.1046-1060
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• 2022

This study aimed to investigate the effects of the metabolites of Latilactobacillus curvatus BYB3 and indole-activated aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) to increase the tight junction (TJ) proteins in an in vitro model of intestinal inflammation. In a Western blot assay, the metabolites of L. curvatus BYB3 reduced the TJ demage in lipoploysaccharide (LPS) stimulated-Caco-2 cells. This reduction was a result of upregulating the expression of TJ-associated proteins and suppressing the nuclear factor-κB signaling. Immunofluorescence images consistently revealed that LPS disrupted and reduced the expression of TJ proteins, while the metabolites of L. curvatus BYB3 and indole reversed these alterations. The protective effects of L. curvatus BYB3 were observed on the intestinal barrier function when measuring transepithelial electrical resistance. Using high-performance liquid chromatography analysis the metabolites, the indole-3-latic acid and indole-3-acetamide concentrations were found to be 1.73±0.27 mg/L and 0.51±0.39 mg/L, respectively. These findings indicate that the metabolites of L. curvatus BYB3 have increasing mRNA expressions of cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) and AhR, and may thus be applicable for therapy of various inflammatory gut diseases as postbiotics.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.191-200
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• 2014

다양한 경로를 통하여 수집된 누룩 11종에 들어 있는 효모와 곰팡이의 함량 및 다양성을 조사하였다. 누룩 현탁액을 DRBC 고체배지에서 배양한 후 고체배지상 곰팡이균들의 수를 콜로니형성단위(CFU)로 측정한 결과, MS4, MS8, MS10등 3종의 누룩에서 각각 $1,278.9{\pm}21.6$ (${\times}10^4$), $1,868.0{\pm}27.7$ (${\times}10^4$), $775.1{\pm}19.2$ (${\times}10^4$) CFU (20 mg 누룩당)로 가장 높은 곰팡이 밀도를 보였으며, 이들의 대부분은 Pichia anomala, P. kudriavzevii, Kluyveromyces marxianus 및 Saccharomycopsis fibuligera 등 효모가 차지하고 있었다. MS2, MS5, MS11등 3종의 누룩에서만 곰팡이인 Aspergillus oryzae, A. niger와 Rhizopus oryzae들이 우점균이었다. 각 곰팡이의 누룩에서의 역할을 알기 위하여, 곰팡이의 배양상등액을 취하여 amylase 및 ${\beta}$-glucanase 활성을 조사였다. Amylase 활성은 A. niger와 A. luchuensis 등 A. niger clade에 속하는 균이 가장 높았으며, 특이하게도 효모균인 S. fibuligera가 A. niger에 근접하는 amylase 활성을 보였다. A. oryzae와 R. oryzae는 당화능면에서 위 세가지 곰팡이에 비하여 뒤쳐지는 것으로 평가되었다. 한편 ${\beta}$-glucanase 활성은 주로 R. oryzae에서만 나타나서 R. oryzae가 전분의 당화 외에 곡류의 주성분 중 하나인 ${\beta}$-glucan의 분해하는 역할을 하는 것으로 추정되었다. 누룩의 안전성 평가를 위하여 분리된 Aspergillus 균들의 aflatoxin 생산능을 norB-cypA, aflR 및 omtA 유전자마커로 조사한 결과, 모든 A. oryzae 분리균들은 aflatoxin 생산능이 없는 균주들로 예측되었으며, 이는 배양액의 TLC 분석을 통해서 확인되었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.1695-1704
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• 2014

Maternal malnutrition during pregnancy may give rise to female offspring with disrupted ovary functions in adult age. Neonatal ovary development predisposes adult ovary function, yet the effect of maternal nutrition on the neonatal ovary has not been described. Therefore, here we show the impact of maternal protein restriction on the expression of folliculogenic and steroidogenic genes, their regulatory microRNAs and promoter DNA methylation in the ovary of neonatal piglets. Sows were fed either standard-protein (SP, 15% crude protein) or low-protein (LP, 7.5% crude protein) diets throughout gestation. Female piglets born to LP sows showed significantly decreased ovary weight relative to body weight (p<0.05) at birth, which was accompanied with an increased serum estradiol level (p<0.05). The LP piglets demonstrated higher ratio of bcl-2 associated X protein/B cell lymphoma/leukemia-2 mRNA (p<0.01), which was associated with up-regulated mRNA expression of bone morphogenic protein 4 (BMP4) (p<0.05) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) (p<0.05). The steroidogenic gene, cytochrome P450 aromatase (CYP19A1) was significantly down-regulated (p<0.05) in LP piglets. The alterations in ovarian gene expression were associated with a significant down-regulation of follicle-stimulating hormone receptor mRNA expression (p<0.05) in LP piglets. Moreover, three microRNAs, including miR-423-5p targeting both CYP19A1 and PCNA, miR-378 targeting CYP19A1 and miR-210 targeting BMP4, were significantly down-regulated (p<0.05) in the ovary of LP piglets. These results suggest that microRNAs are involved in mediating the effect of maternal protein restriction on ovarian function through regulating the expression of folliculogenic and steroidogenic genes in newborn piglets.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.347-355
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• 1994

Indolo[3,2-b]carbazole(ICZ) is a potent Ah receptor agonist with biological activities similar in several respects to those of the potent environmental toxin, TCDD. ICZ is produced during the oilgomerization of indole-3-carbinol(I3C), a breakdown product of the glucobrassicin present in food plants of the Brassica genus. In the present study we examined ICZ levels in tissues and excreta of rats treated with I3C or dietary cabbage of established glucobrasicin content, and in feces of conventional and germfree rats fed on a basal diet, and of humans. We also examined the levels of cytochrome P4501A1 induction, as determined by the ethoxyresorufin ο-deethylase assay, in tissues of animals that received cabbage-supplemented diets, or which were treated with purified I3C or ICZ. Our findings indicated that incorporation of either homogenized or whole freeze-dried cabbage in the feed led to large increases(16-60 fold) in the levels of ICZ in the feces and lower gastrointestinal tract of rats. We observed that whereas ICZ is readily detectable at about the same levels(2.00$\pm$0.50 ppb) in the feces of conventional rats fed on a purified diet and in human feces, levels of ICZ in the feces of germfree animals fed on the basal diet were at the limits of detection(0.40$\pm$0.20 ppb), indication that gut bacteria are important for the production of ICZ from essential dietary constituents in the basal diet. We showed that in contrast to the near 7000-fold difference in CYP1A1 inducing potencies of ICZ and TCDD in cells in culture, their inducing potencies differ by only about an order of magnitude in rats. Nonetheless, the levels of ICZ remaining in livers twenty hours after I3C treatment appear too low to account for the induced activity. This result indicates that ICZ may be rapidly cleared from the liver or that substances other than, or in addition to, ICZ be responsible for the enzyme-inducing activity of orally administered I3C or its precursors.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.708-719
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 104명의 성인남녀를 대상으로 그들의 GSTT1, GSTM1, GSTP1의 유전적 다형성 분포도를 조사한 결과, 전체 대상자들 중 각각 60명(57.4%), 42명(40.6%)가 GSTT1 과 GSTM1의 유전자를 가지고 있었으며, GSTT1과 GSTM1 유전자가 둘 다를 가진 대상자는 27명(25.7%), 둘 중에 하나만 가지고 있는 사람은 47명(45.5%) 그리고 둘 다 없는 사람은 30명으로 28.7%에 해당되었다. GSTP1 유전자의 경우 homozygous(a/a) wild type은 79명(75.5%)으로 대부분의 대상자가 여기에 해당되었으며, heterozygous(a/b) heterozygous type은 22명(21.6%), 그리고 homozygous(b/b) wild type으로 나타난 대상자는 3명(2.9%)이었다. GSTT1 null type은 산화적 스트레스를 더 많이 받고 있는 것으로 알려진흡연자의 비율이 present 군에 비해 낮음에도 불구하고 적혈구 GSH의 농도는 유의적으로 낮고 임파구 DNA 손상정도는 유의적으로 높은 것으로 나타났다. GSTM1 유전자의 경우 적혈구 GSH-Px의 활성만이 GSTM1 null type이 presenttype에 비해 유의적으로 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 나머지 다른 지표에서는 GSTM1 null type과 present type 간의 유의적인 차이가 없었다. GSTP1 유전자 다형성에 따른 항산화 영양상태의 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 흡연과 GST 유전자 다형성의 상호작용결과, 혈장 ${\alpha}$-carotene 농도, 적혈구 GSH-Px와 GST 활성은 GSTT1 null type의 경우 흡연자에 비해 비흡연자가 유의적으로 높게 나타났으며, GSTT1 present type에서는 흡연자와 비흡연자간의 유의적인 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. GSTM1 유전자의 경우 GSTM1의 null type에서 흡연자의 경우 비흡연자에 비해 혈장 ${\gamma}$-tocopherol과 ${\beta}$-carotene 수준이 유의적으로 낮았다. GSTT1과 GSTM1 유전자가 둘 다 없는 경우(both null)에는 흡연자의 혈장 lycopene과 적혈구 GST 활성이 비흡연자에 비해 유의적으로 낮았다. GSTP1 유전자의 경우 혈장 ${\alpha}$-carotene과 적혈구 GSH-Px 활성은 a/a type의 흡연자가 비흡연자에 비해 유의적으로 낮았고, 적혈구 catalase의 활성은 a/b type에서 흡연자가 비흡연자에 비해 유의적으로 낮았으며, ${\beta}$-carotene 농도는 두 type 모두에서 유의적으로 흡연자가 낮았다. 이상의 연구 결과 GST 유전적 다형성에따라 산화, 항산화 관련 효소 활성 및 항산화 영양소 수준의상태가 차이가 있음을 알 수 있었으며, 특히 흡연자의 경우 GST 유전자 type에 따라 항산화 영양상태가 더 큰 영향을 받음을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 연구 결과는 유전적 다형성에따라 항산화 영양소의 권장수준을 책정하는데 기초연구자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다. 즉, GSTT1 또는 GSTM1 null type의 경우 비흡연자에 비해 흡연자가 항산화 영양소 수준이 더 낮게 나타났으므로 그들의 체내 항산화 영양 상태를 증가시킬 수 있는 여러 방안들, 즉 항산화 비타민의 보충투여 및 야채와 과일의 섭취 권장 등이 고려될 수 있을 것이다. 또한 GST 유전자 다형성에 따라 항산화 영양상태의 차이가 있으므로 항산화 관련 in vitro 실험, 동물 및 인체 실험의 결과 해석 시 나타나는 개인 간의 변이차이는 GST 유전자 다형성으로 일부분 설명될 수 있으리라 기대된다. 향후대상자의 범위를 좀 더 넓혀서 GST 유전자 다형성과 항산화 영양상태의 관계를 규명하고자 하며 더불어 산화물질 해독에 관여하는 다른 유전자(CYP 450, SULT 등)의 역할에 대해서도 계속적인 연구가 필요하다고 사료된다.