• 한국동물학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.66-73
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• 1995

Putative gamma aminobu%sic acid (GABA)-ersic elements in the basilar pontine nuclei were examined in the dos using an antiserum against GABA-glutaraldehvde-protein conjusBtes and the peroxidase-antiperoxidase method. GABA-immunoreactive neuronal somata in the basilar Pons exhibited various morphology with the majority being spindle-shaped or multipolar, while some were spheroidal. The size of GABA-orgic neuronal somata was relatively small (approximately $10-20\mum)$ in diameter. GABA-immunoreactive neurons were scattered throughout the pontine nuclei, but the midline region of the medial nucleus at the rostral pons, the lateral nucleus at mid-pontine levels, and the ventral nucleus at the caudal pons exhibited a relatively greater concentration of cell bodies. A sparse number of GABA-ergic neurons were observed within the cerebral peduncle and along the ventral borders of the basilar pons adjacent to the middle cerebellar peduncle at the rostrocaudal levels of the pontine nuclei. These obsenrations provide anatomic evidence of how this inhibitory neural element performs its function in the cortico-prontocerbellar circuitry.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.211-222
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• 2002

Currently convulsion is considered to be a chronic central nerve disease characterized by involuntary and severe muscle contraction or spasm. In many recent studies, convulsion's mechanism is due to unbalance between stimulation and suppression of the central nerve system, such as GABA and glutamic acid. Objectives : This study was performed to examine the anticonvulsant effects of Podam-hwan on brain GABA levels and glutamate content in picrotoxin-induced convulsions and to determine the inhibitory activity on GABA transaminase. Methods : Brain GABA levels and glutamate content in the brains of picrotoxin-induced mice using reverse phase HPLC method, anticonvulsant effect in vivo, and the inhibitory effect on GABA transaminase activity in vivo have been investigated. Results : Podam-hwan significantly lengthened the onset time of picrotoxin-induced convulsion at a concentration of 15mg/kg, but did not show a dose-dependent pattern. Also, Podam-hwan shortened the duration of convulsion by 52.2% at a dose of 30mg/kg in comparison with the control group. Podam-hwan inhibited dose-dependently GABA transaminase activity by 35.5% at 30mg/kg, comparing with the control gmup. Podam-hwan also increased the brain GABA level by 38.7% and 68.8% at doses 15mg/kg and 30mg/kg, respectively. In addition, Podam-hwan decreased the brain glutamate level by 9.6% and 17.8% at doses 15mg/kg and 30mg/kg, respectively. Conclusions : Podam-hwan can be prescribed for the treatment of convulsion by enhancement of brain GABA level and inhibition of GABA transaminase activity.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.761-764
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• 2004

발아현미의 대표적 기능성 성분인 GABA의 함량을 증진시키기 위한 적정 전처리 조건을 확립하기 위하여 여러 가지 침지조건을 검토하였다. 현미를 $40^{\circ}C$에서 침지하였을 때 침지시간이 경과함에 따라 GABA 함량이 계속 증가하여 8시간 후 GABA 함량이 3.33mg/100g으로 가장 크게 증가하였으며, 침지용액의 pH를 변화하였을 때 pH 4-7 범위에서는 GABA 함량이 큰 차이를 나타내지 않은 반면 pH 8에서는 GABA 함량이 유의적으로 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 glutamate 용액을 침지용액으로 사용하였을 때 200-300ppm의 농도에서 GABA 함량이 $0.49{\pm}0.48-4.11{\pm}0.47mg/100g$으로 glutamate 무첨가구에 비해 크게 증가한 값을 나타내었다. 현미를 침지후 질소가스로 충진하여 GABA 생성에 대한 혐기처리의 효과를 조사한 결과 $4.70{\pm}0.49-4.92{\pm}0.83mg/100g$의 GABA 함량을 나타내어 혐기처리의 효과가 상당히 큰 것으로 나타났다. 이를 발아시켰을 때 $5.92{\pm}0.72mg/100g$의 GABA 함량을 나타내어 실온에서 물 침지하여 발아시킨 경우의 3.05mg/100g에 비해 약 2배의 높은 GABA 함량을 나타내어 확립된 전처리 조건이 발아현미의 GABA 함량 증진에 상당히 기여함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.426-431
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• 2014

pH controlled batch reactor and bubble column reactors have been developed in this research. They were used to produce high concentration of GABA and to determine optimal pH for GABA production. Glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) was isolated from recombinant E. coli and used for GABA production from monosodium glutamate (MSG). pH control was inevitable because the pH increased with MSG consumption. GAD showed highest activity at acidic conditions at pH 5.5 but the optimal pH for GABA production was pH 6.0. When 1.5 mole of MSG was used as reactant, the 1.05 mole of GABA was produced after 10 hrs batch reaction. Using bubble column reactors, 80 % of MSG was converted to GABA for 6 hrs reaction and 1.2 mole of GABA was produced.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.104-109
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• 2007

Lactic acid bacteria that accumulated ${\gamma}-aminobutyric$ acid (GABA) in culture medium were screened to identify strains with high GAB A-producing ability. One strain, MS, which was isolated from kimchi, showed the highest GABA-producing ability among the screened strains. MS was identified as Lactobacillus buchneri based on Gram-staining, metabolic characteristics, and 16S rDNA sequence determination, Optimum culture conditions for GABA production were determined: MRS broth containing 5% MSG, 1% NaCl, and 1% glucose, at an initial pH of 5.0, the incubation temperature at $30^{\circ}C$ for 36 h. Under these conditions, MS produced GABA at a concentration of 251 mM with a 94% GABA conversion rate. Moreover, culture extracts of Lb. buchneri MS partially or completely protected neuronal cells against neurotoxicantinduced cell death.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.106-110
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• 2007

Background: A phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor, sildenafil, has been effective against nociception. Several lines of evidence have demonstrated the role of the GABAergic pathway in the modulation of nociception. The impact of the GABA receptors on sildenafil was studied using the formalin test at the spinal level. Methods: Male SD rats were prepared for intrathecal catheterization. The formalin test was induced by subcutaneous injection of formalin solution. The change in the activity of sildenafil was examined after pre-treatment with GABA receptor antagonists ($GABA_A$ receptor antagonist, bicuculline; $GABA_B$ receptor antagonist, saclofen). Results: Intrathecal sildenafil dose-dependently attenuated the flinching observed during phase 1 and 2 in the formalin test. The antinociceptive effect of sildenafil was reversed by the $GABA_B$ receptor antagonist (saclofen) but not by the $GABA_A$ receptor antagonist (bicuculline) in both phases. Conclusions: Intrathecal sildenafil suppressed acute pain and the facilitated pain state. The antinociception of sildenafil is mediated via the $GABA_B$ receptor, but not the $GABA_A$ receptor, at the spinal level.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.50-60
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• 2021

Objective: This study investigated the mRNA expression of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors in the sperm of oligoasthenoteratozoospermic (OAT) and teratozoospermic (TER) men compared to normozoospermic (NOR) men, as well as the relationships between GABA receptor expression and sperm parameters, fertilization rate, and embryo quality. Methods: The mRNA expression of GABA A-α1 and GABA B-R2 receptors in sperm was examined using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in three groups of patients: NOR (n=32), OAT (n=22), and TER (n=45). The fertilization rate and embryo quality were assessed in 35 patients undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI; 10 NOR, 10 OAT, and 15 TER men). Results: OAT men had significantly higher mRNA expression of GABA A-α1 and GABA B-R2 receptors in sperm than NOR men; however, the difference between TER and NOR men was not significant. High levels of these receptors were significantly correlated with low sperm concentration, motility, and morphology, as well as the rate of good-quality embryos (GQEs) at the cleavage stage after ICSI. Patients whose female partners had a >50% GQE rate at the cleavage stage had significantly lower levels of GABA A-α1 receptor expression than those whose partners had a ≤50% GQE rate. Conclusion: Our findings indicate that mRNA levels of GABA receptors in human sperm are correlated with poor sperm quality and associated with embryo development after ICSI treatment. The GABA A-α1 receptor in sperm has a stronger relationship with embryo quality at the cleavage stage than the GABA B-R2 receptor.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.314-322
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• 1994

개의 기관 평활근에서 GABA수용체의 존재여부를 검정하고, 아울러 GABA와 diazepam의 작용기전을 추정해 보기 위하여 다음과 같은 실험을 하였다. 개의 기관을 절재하여 $4^{\circ}C$의 Tyrode 영양액내에서 폭 2mm 길이 15mm의 수평 근절편으로 만들었다. 기관근 절편은 양끝을 견사로 결찰하여 1 ml의 Tyrode 영양액이 함유되어 있는 적출근편실험조 내에서 등척성 장력을 측정하여 polygraph에 그 수축력을 묘기하였다. 실험조내의 영양액의 온도는 $37^{\circ}C$로 유지시키고, 95%산소와 5% 이산화탄소의 혼합 기체를 공급하여 pH를 7.4로 유지하였다. 실험조 내에 장치된 두개의 백금선 전극을 통하여 전기장자극을 가하고 전기장자극유발 수축에 대한 GABA와 diazepam 및 GABA 수용체 길항제들의 상호작용을 관찰하였다. GABA와 diazepam은 기관지 절편의 수축반응을 같은 양상, 같은 정도로 유의하게 억제하였다. GABA와 Diazepam에 의한 수축억제작용은 $GABA_A$ 수용체 봉쇄제인 bicuculline에 의해서는 유의하게 길항되었으나 $GABA_B$ 수용체 봉쇄제인 ${\delta}$-Aminovaleric acid 에 의해서는 전혀 영향을 받지 않았다. 이상의 결과로 보아 본 실험의 조건하에서 개의기관 평활근에는 $GABA_A$ 수용체가 존재하며, GABA와 diazepam은 말초형의 $GABA_A$ 수용체에 작용하여 콜린성신경지배에 의한 기관근 수축을 억제한다고 사료된다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.127-130
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• 2012

In this study, the effects of pH, temperature, IPTG concentration and substrate (MSG) concentration on gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) production in engineered Escherichia coli were investigated. Glutamate decarboxylase and glutamate/GABA antiporter were overexpressed in GABA aminotransferase knock-out strain for GABA production. The result of optimization study showed the GABA bioconversion was optimized at pH 3.5, $30^{\circ}C$, 0.5 mM IPTG, 10 g/L MSG. At this condition, 5.23 g/L of final GABA concentration of was achieved from 10 g/L of MSG, which corresponded to a GABA yield of 85.77%.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.783-791
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• 2022

Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) improves various physiological illnesses, including diabetes, hypertension, depression, memory lapse, and insomnia in humans. Therefore, interest in the commercial production of GABA is steadily increasing. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have widely been reported as a GABA producer and are safe for human consumption. In this study, GABA-producing LAB were preliminarily identified and quantified via GABase assay. The acid and bile tolerance of the L. plantarum FBT215 strain were evaluated. The one-factor-at-a-time (OFAT) strategy was applied to determine the optimal conditions for GABA production using HPLC. Response surface methodology (RSM) with Box-Behnken design was used to predict the optimum GABA production. The strain FBT215 was shown to be acid and bile tolerant. The optimization of GABA production via the OFAT strategy resulted in an average GABA concentration of 1688.65 ± 14.29 ㎍/ml, while it was 1812.16 ± 23.16 ㎍/ml when RSM was applied. In conclusion, this study provides the optimum culture conditions for GABA production by the strain FBT215 and indicates that L. plantarum FBT215 is potentially promising for commercial functional probiotics with health claims.