• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.50-56
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• 2019

본 연구는 성인 남성을 대상으로 체질량지수로 분류한 비만 유형에 따른 혈청 GGT와 요산농도의 차이와 관련성을 확인하고자 하였다. 2017년 1월부터 2018년 8월까지 경기지역 종합병원의 건강검진센터를 내원하여 건강검진을 실시한 20세 이상 성인 남성 14,283명을 대상으로 하였다. 비만 기준은 아시아-태평양지역 기준을 적용하였으며, 복부비만은 남성의 허리둘레 90 cm이상을 기준치로 정의하였다. 남성 대상자의 혈청 요산농도 상승은 7.0 mg/dL 이상, 혈청 GGT 상승은 56 IU/L 이상으로 정의하였다. 본 연구결과 혈청 GGT와 요산농도는 정상체중군보다 과체중과 비만군에서 높았으며, 비만군에서는 복부비만을 동반한 경우 혈청 GGT ($53.26{\pm}49.67IU/L$ vs $67.66{\pm}60.16IU/L$) 및 요산농도($6.22{\pm}1.26mg/dL$ vs $6.38{\pm}1.40mg/dL$)가 유의하게 높았다. 그러나 저체중군과는 차이가 없었다. 또한 과체중과 비만군은 정상체중군보다 혈청 GGT 상승과 고요산혈증의 위험이 높게 나타났으나, 저체중은 혈청 GGT 상승과 고요산혈증에 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 성인 남성의 과체중 및 비만을 평가하는데 혈청 GGT와 요산이 유용하다고 판단된다.

• 산업식품공학
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2017

박력분에 대한 양배추 분말 대체량을 0-8%로 달리하여 쿠키를 제조한 후 물리 화학적 품질특성, 산화방지 활성 및 소비자 기호도를 조사하였다. 양배추 분말 첨가량에 따른 쿠키 반죽 밀도의 유의적인 차이는 나타나지 않았으나(p>0.05), 반죽의 pH와 수분함량은 각각 유의적으로 감소 또는 증가하였다(p<0.05). 쿠키의 퍼짐성과 경도는 양배추 분말 첨가량이 증가할수록 유의적으로 증가한 반면, 손실률은 유의적으로 감소하는 경향을 보였다(p<0.05). 한편 명도($L^*$), 황색도($b^*$) 모두 양배추 분말의 첨가량이 증가함에 따라 유의적으로 감소하였으나(p<0.05), 적색도($a^*$)는 유의적으로 증가하였다(p<0.05). 산화방지 활성을 나타내는 DPPH에 대한 전자공여능 및 ABTS에 대한 라디칼 소거능은 유의적인 차이를 보이며 증가하였고(p<0.05), 두 지표간에 매우 높은 상관관계를 보였다. 소비자 검사 결과, 2% 첨가군은 모든 항목에서 대조군과 대등한 평점을 받았고, 특히 색, 부드러운 정도, 전체적인 기호도에서 유의적으로 가장 높은 평점을 받았다(p<0.05). 한편 양배추 분말 첨가량이 4%를 초과하면 부드러운 정도를 제외한 모든 평가항목에서 기호도가 급격히 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 양배추 분말의 생리적 활성과 쿠키의 관능적 품질을 고려한 최적의 첨가농도는 2%가 가장 적절한 것으로 판단된다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.93-101
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• 2021

Objective: Temperature could influence protein and amino acid deposition as well as gut microbiota profile and composition. However, the specific effects of ambient temperature on amino acids deposition and gut microbiota composition remain insufficiently understood. Methods: A total of 300 one-day-old Avian broilers were randomly divided into three groups and reared at high, medium, and low temperature (HT, MT, and LT), respectively. Breast muscle and fecal samples were collected for amino acid composition analysis and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Results: Our data showed that compared to the MT group, there was a decrease of muscle leucine and tyrosine (p<0.05), as well as an increase of methionine in the HT group (p<0.05) and a decrease of serine in the LT group. Examination of microbiota shift revealed that at genus level, the relative abundance of Turicibacter and Parabacteroides was increased in the HT group (p<0.05) and that the relative abundances of Pandoraea, Achromobacter, Prevotella, Brevundimonas, and Stenotrophomonas in the LT group were higher than those in the MT group (p<0.05). In addition, there were substantial correlations between microbes and amino acids. In the HT group. Turicibacter was negatively correlated with aspartic acid and tyrosine, whereas Parabacteroides was positively correlated with methionine (p<0.05). In the LT group, there were multiple positive correlations between Achromobacter and arginine, isoleucine or tyrosine; between Prevotella and cysteine or phenylalanine; between Brevundimonas and cysteine; and between Stenotrophomonas and cysteine as well as a negative correlation between Stenotrophomonas and serine. Conclusion: Our findings demonstrated that amino acid content of breast muscle and intestinal microbiota profile was affected by different ambient temperatures. Under heat exposure, augmented abundance of Parabacteroides was correlated with elevated methionine. Low temperature treatment may affect muscle tyrosine content through the regulation of Achromobacter.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.667-675
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• 2020

Objectives: Exposure to fine dust (PM10) could contribute to the occurrence of cardiovascular disease or respiratory abnormalities. Since garlic is known to possess an anti-oxidative stress effect, the present study was performed to evaluate the effect of garlic intake on fine dust-mediated pulmonary toxicity. Methods: Rats were intratracheally instilled with fine dust at 15 mg/kg body weight (BW)/day for five days following five-day intragastric intubation of garlic at 0.7 or 1.4 g/kgBW/day, or 13.1 mg/kgBW/day S-allyl-cysteine (SAC) as a reference component in garlic. Blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were collected. Results: Deposit of fine dust was visually and histopathologically observed in the lungs. Body weight gain during the instillation period was significantly lowered in all the groups instilled with fine dust. Neutrophil numbers in blood were significantly elevated in the fine dust alone group, but this alteration was diminished in the groups administered with garlic. Levels of serum glutathione were lower in the rats instilled with fine dust alone, and this decrease in the glutathione level seems dose-dependently compensated among the groups administered with garlic. Similar findings were observed in the BALF with statistical significance. Typical pulmonary histopathological observation related with inflammation was demonstrated in the lungs of the rats exposed to fine dust alone, whereas such histopathologic findings were not improved in the groups administered with garlic. Conclusion: The present study suggests that garlic intake could alleviate fine dust-mediated pulmonary or systemic toxicities. Further investigation is necessary to delineate the mechanism of garlic-mediated effects on pulmonary function.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.390-400
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• 2021

Background: We recently showed that gintonin, an active ginseng ingredient, exhibits antibrain neurodegenerative disease effects including multiple target mechanisms such as antioxidative stress and antiinflammation via the lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptors. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a spinal disease characterized by neurodegenerative changes in motor neurons with subsequent skeletal muscle paralysis and death. However, pathophysiological mechanisms of ALS are still elusive, and therapeutic drugs have not yet been developed. We investigate the putative alleviating effects of gintonin in ALS. Methods: The G93A-SOD1 transgenic mouse ALS model was used. Gintonin (50 or 100 mg/kg/day, p.o.) administration started from week seven. We performed histological analyses, immunoblot assays, and behavioral tests. Results: Gintonin extended mouse survival and relieved motor dysfunctions. Histological analyses of spinal cords revealed that gintonin increased the survival of motor neurons, expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factors, choline acetyltransferase, NeuN, and Nissl bodies compared with the vehicle control. Gintonin attenuated elevated spinal NAD(P) quinone oxidoreductase 1 expression and decreased oxidative stress-related ferritin, ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1-immunoreactive microglia, S100β-immunoreactive astrocyte, and Olig2-immunoreactive oligodendrocytes compared with the control vehicle. Interestingly, we found that the spinal LPA1 receptor level was decreased, whereas gintonin treatment restored decreased LPA1 receptor expression levels in the G93A-SOD1 transgenic mouse, thereby attenuating neurological symptoms and histological deficits. Conclusion: Gintonin-mediated symptomatic improvements of ALS might be associated with the attenuations of neuronal loss and oxidative stress via the spinal LPA1 receptor regulations. The present results suggest that the spinal LPA1 receptor is engaged in ALS, and gintonin may be useful for relieving ALS symptoms.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.109-120
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• 2021

Protein hydrolysates and krill meal (KM) are used as protein sources in aquafeeds. The study was conducted to examine the supplemental effects of shrimp protein hydrolysates (SH) or KM in a high-plant-protein diet for red seabream (Pagrus major). A fish meal (FM)-based diet (40%) was considered as the high-FM diet (HFM) and a diet containing 25% FM and soy protein concentrate, in the expense of FM protein from HFM diet, was considered as the low fish meal (LFM) diet. Two other experimental diets (SH and KM) were prepared by including SH and KM into LFM diet at 5% inclusion levels in exchange of 5% FM from the LFM diet. A feeding trial was conducted for fifteen weeks using triplicate group of fish (Initial mean body weight, 8.47 ± 0.05 g) for a diet. Growth performance and feed efficiency of fish were significantly enhanced by HFM, KM and SH supplemented diets over those of fish fed LFM diet. Interestingly, these parameters of fish fed SH diet showed better performance than KM and HFM groups. Liver IGF-I expression of fish fed SH diet was comparable to HFM group and higher than KM and LFM diets. Protein digestibility of SH diet was significantly higher than KM, HFM, and LFM diets. Dry matter digestibility of SH diet was comparable to HFM diet and significantly higher than KM and LFM diets. Nitro blue tetrazolium and superoxide dismutase activities of HFM, SH and KM groups were significantly elevated than the LFM group and SH diet increased catalase and glutathione peroxidase activities of fish compared to KM and LFM groups. Hemoglobin level and hematocrit of fish fed SH and KM diets were significantly higher than LFM group. A diet containing 20% FM with KM is comparable to a HFM diet which contains 40% FM for red seabream. SH can be used to replace FM from red seabream diet down to 20% and fish performance can be improved better than a diet containing 40% FM. Overall, it seems that SH is more effective ingredient in red seabream diet compared to KM.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제60권2호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2021

벌목 개미과의 일본열마디개미는 국내 토착종이다. 지금까지 야외에서 이 종의 월동기작을 이해하기 위한 내한성 연구는 진행되지 않았다. 저온에서 다양한 온도별 노출시간에 따른 발육태별 저온 저항성을 조사하였다. 성충인 일개미가 다른 발육태와 비교하여 5℃와 10℃의 저온에서 높은 생존율을 보였으며, 급속내한성 유기 조건인 15℃에서 12시간 노출 후 내한성을 획득하였다. 급속내한성 유기는 10℃에서 최대 44%까지 생존율이 향상되었으며, 체내과냉각점과 체내빙점은 각각 -10.0℃에서 -14.2℃, -11.3℃에서 -15.3℃까지 낮아졌다. 저온처리는 저온 또는 스트레스 관련 유전자인 글리세롤 인산화효소와 열충격 단백질의 발현을 증가시켰다. 이상의 결과는 일본열마디개미의 내한성이 급속내한성 유기에 의해 야기된다는 것을 의미한다.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.501-514
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• 2022

This study aimed to investigate the effects and potential mechanisms of Chikusetsusaponin V (CsV) on endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and vascular endothelial cell functions. Different concentrations of CsV were added to animal models, bovine aorta endothelial cells (BAECs) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) cultured in vitro. qPCR, Western blotting (WB), and B ultrasound were performed to explore the effects of CsV on mouse endothelial cell functions, vascular stiffness and cellular eNOS mRNA, protein expression and NO release. Bioinformatics analysis, network pharmacology, molecular docking and protein mass spectrometry analysis were conducted to jointly predict the upstream transcription factors of eNOS. Furthermore, pulldown and ChIP and dual luciferase assays were employed for subsequent verification. At the presence or absence of CsV stimulation, either overexpression or knockdown of purine rich element binding protein A (PURA) was conducted, and PCR assay was employed to detect PURA and eNOS mRNA expressions, Western blot was used to detect PURA and eNOS protein expressions, cell NO release and serum NO levels. Tube formation experiment was conducted to detect the tube forming capability of HUVECs cells. The animal vasodilation function test detected the vasodilation functions. Ultrasonic detection was performed to determine the mouse aortic arch pulse wave velocity to identify aortic stiffness. CsV stimulus on bovine aortic cells revealed that CsV could upregulate eNOS protein levels in vascular endothelial cells in a concentration and time dependent manner. The expression levels of eNOS mRNA and phosphorylation sites Ser1177, Ser633 and Thr495 increased significantly after CsV stimulation. Meanwhile, CsV could also enhance the tube forming capability of HUVECs cells. Following the mice were gavaged using CsV, the eNOS protein level of mouse aortic endothelial cells was upregulated in a concentration- and time-dependent manner, and serum NO release and vasodilation ability were simultaneously elevated whereas arterial stiffness was alleviated. The pulldown, ChIP and dual luciferase assays demonstrated that PURA could bind to the eNOS promoter and facilitate the transcription of eNOS. Under the conditions of presence or absence of CsV stimulation, overexpression or knockdown of PURA indicated that the effect of CsV on vascular endothelial function and eNOS was weakened following PURA gene silence, whereas overexpression of PURA gene could enhance the effect of CsV upregulating eNOS expression. CsV could promote NO release from endothelial cells by upregulating the expression of PURA/eNOS pathway, improve endothelial cell functions, enhance vasodilation capability, and alleviate vessel stiffness. The present study plays a role in offering a theoretical basis for the development and application of CsV in vascular function improvement, and it also provides a more comprehensive understanding of the pharmacodynamics of CsV.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.969-979
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• 2021

당뇨병은 만성대사성 질환으로 우리나라 국민의 사망요인 중 5위를 차지하고 있다. 제 2형 당뇨병에서 나타나는 인슐린 분비 감소는 베타세포의 자가사멸에 의한 베타세포질량의 급격한 감소로 인한 것으로 보고되고 있으며, 베타세포의 자가사멸을 촉진하는 요인으로 고혈당에 의한 당독성 및 활성산소종들의 증강에 의한 산화스트레스 등이다. 벼메뚜기 추출물은 고농도 포도당 처리된 INS-1 췌장 베타 세포에서 세포 생존율을 증가시키고, 지질과산화물, 세포 내 ROS 및 NO 수준을 감소시켰다. 세포사멸 관련 인자의 유전자 발현 결과 pro-세포자가사멸인자인 Bax, Cytochrome C, caspase-3 및 caspase-9의 단백질 발현을 유의적으로 감소시켰고, anti-세포자가사멸인자인 Bcl-2 발현을 증가시켰다. Annexin V/I propidium iodide 염색법을 통하여 벼메뚜기 추출물이 고농도 포도당으로 유도된 세포 사멸을 감소시키고, INS-1 췌장 베타세포에서의 인슐린 분비능을 증가시키는 것으로 사료된다. 그러므로 벼메뚜기 추출물이 고농도 포도당으로 손상된 INS-1 췌장 베타세포의 보호효과를 나타낸다. 본 연구의 결과는 벼메뚜기 추출물이 당뇨병 치료에 도움을 주는 항당뇨 기능성 식품 소재 및 개발에 기여할 수 있음을 시사한다.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.275-284
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• 2022

기후변화에 따른 대기 온도 및 이산화탄소 농도의 상승은 농업 생산성에 큰 영향을 미칠 것으로 예상된다. RCP 8.5 시나리오에 따른 21세기말(2071~2100) 기후조건에서는 전 생육기간에 걸쳐 군락광합성이 크게 증가하였으나 이러한 효과가 종실 수량 증가로는 이어지지 않았다. 특히 높은 광합성능으로 인한 바이오매스의 증가는 분지 수 확보에 긍정적으로 작용하여 협수와 립수는 큰 변동이 없었던 반면 립중은 단독 고온 조건과 유사하게 현저히 감소하였다. 이는 등숙기간 중 고온에 의한 동화산물의 축적 및 전류 불량이 주요 요인으로 판단된다. 이러한 결과는 미래 기후 환경에서 종실 수량 감소가 협수와 립수 보다는 립중의 감소에 의한 것임을 의미한다. 이와 같은 결과들은 우리나라 남부지역에서 기후변화에 따른 콩 생육의 불확실성을 해소하고 피해 대책을 마련하기 위한 기초자료로써 유용하게 활용될 것으로 기대된다.