• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2012

The hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenocortex (HPA) axis is the central mediator of the stress response. The supramammillary (SuM) region is relatively unique among the hypothalamic structures in that it sends a large, direct projection to the hippocampal formation. It has been shown that mild stress could activate the SuM cells that project to the hippocampus. However, the role of these cell populations in modulating the stress response is not known. The present study examined the effect of stress on different populations of SuM cells that project to the hippocampus by injecting the fluorescent retrograde tracer, fluorogold (FG), into the hippocampus and utilizing the immunohistochemistry of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF), serotonin (5-HT), glutamate decarboxylase (GAD), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and NADPH-d reactivity. Immobilization (IMO) stress (2 hr) produced an increase in the expression of ChAT- immunoreactivity, and tended to increase in CRF, 5-HT, GAD, TH-immunoreactivity and nitric oxide (NO)-reactivity in the SuM cells. Fifty-three percent of 5-HT, 31% of ChAT and 56% of CRF cells were double stained with retrograde cells from the hippocampus. By contrast, a few retrogradely labeled cells projecting to the hippocampus were immunoreactive for dopamine, ${\gamma}$-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and NO. These results suggest that the SuM region contains distinct cell populations that differentially respond to stress. In addition, the findings suggest that serotonergic, cholinergic and corticotropin releasing cells projecting to the hippocampus within the SuM nucleus may play an important role in modulating stress-related behaviors.

• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.334-337
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• 2015

팽이버섯 내에 존재하는 GAD 효소를 발효를 통해 활성화 시켜 MSG를 GABA로의 전환율을 높이고자 하였다. 효과적인 고농도 GABA를 생산하기 위해 나노분말 팽이버섯에다가 수경재배한 인삼을 첨가하여 야쿠르트발효기에서 발효한 결과 GABA 전환율은 팽이나노인삼분말 발효군(88%) > 팽이분말 발효군(52%) > 팽이나노분말 발효군(44%) 순으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 MSG를 기질로 첨가하는 식품에서 활용할 가치가 있으리라 사료된다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2016

Background: The present study aimed to compare the relative abundance of proteins and amino acid metabolites to explore the mechanisms underlying the difference between wild and cultivated ginseng (Panax ginseng Meyer) at the amino acid level. Methods: Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation were used to identify the differential abundance of proteins between wild and cultivated ginseng. Total amino acids in wild and cultivated ginseng were compared using an automated amino acid analyzer. The activities of amino acid metabolism-related enzymes and the contents of intermediate metabolites between wild and cultivated ginseng were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and spectrophotometric methods. Results: Our results showed that the contents of 14 types of amino acids were higher in wild ginseng compared with cultivated ginseng. The amino acid metabolism-related enzymes and their derivatives, such as glutamate decarboxylase and S-adenosylmethionine, all had high levels of accumulation in wild ginseng. The accumulation of sulfur amino acid synthesis-related proteins, such as methionine synthase, was also higher in wild ginseng. In addition, glycolysis and tricarboxylic acid cycle-related enzymes as well as their intermediates had high levels of accumulation in wild ginseng. Conclusion: This study elucidates the differences in amino acids between wild and cultivated ginseng. These results will provide a reference for further studies on the medicinal functions of wild ginseng.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2000년도 추계학술발표대회 및 bio-venture fair
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• pp.65-68
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• 2000

본 연구에서 현미의 발아에 키토산을 활용함으로써 곰팡이 발생을 억제하고 기능성 생리활성 물질인 GABA의 생성을 증진시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다. 100 ppm 키토산액에서 72시간 발아는 현미파우더 그램당 1,035 nmole의 GABA를 보유하게 되어, 발아되지 않은 현미의 136 nmole, 물침종 발아 현미의 771 nmole, 100 ppm 젖산침종 발아 현미의 728 nmole GABA에 비하여 높은 것으로 조사었다. 발아에 의한 GABA 생성증진과 더불어 알라닌의 생성증진 및 글루탐산, 아스파틱산, 세린의 함량 감소가 뚜렸하였다. 키토산처리에 의한 GABA의 생성 증진은 GABA 생성에 관여하는 글루탐산 탈탄산효소의 활성증진이 기여한 것으로 조사되었다. 키토산액에서의 침종 발아는 물침종 발아나 젖산침종 발아에 비하여 곰팡의 발생빈도를 현저하게 낮추었다. 이들결과를 종합할 때 발아현미 제조시 키토산액을 사용하면 기능성 물질인 GABA 함량이 증진되고 곰팡이등의 잡균의 오염을 줄일 수 있어 양질의 발아현미를 얻을 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2022년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.289-289
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• 2022

Waterlogging tolerance of corn is one of the important factor for cultivate in paddy soil condition to increase cultivation area and self-sufficiency of corn in Korea. In order to develop elite waterlogging tolerance corn, the new corn lines bred by crossing wild corn, Teosinte, and cultivated corn inbred lines. Five accessions among the 2 species, Zea mays sub spp. mexicana and Zea mays spp. parviglumis, of 81 Teosinte were selected through the waterlogging treatment. The waterlogging treatments were implemented for 7 days at the seedling(V3) stage. The inbred lines were developed by crossing 5 teosinte accessions and cultivated corn lines and they were estimated waterlogging tolerance. It was screened and analyzed the metabolites extracted from roots of 19KT-32(KS141 × teosinte) that was treated waterlogging. We selected 8 of 180 metabolites like as γ-aminobutyric acid(GABA), putrescine, citrulline, Gly, and Ala that expression was remarkably changed over 2.5-times, 7 metabolites increased and 1 metabolite decreased in waterlogging, respectively. Glutamate decarboxylase(GAD) catalyzing GABA accumulation gene have 10 haplotypes, and exon1 was highly conserved, but identified to 135 SNPs after the first intron. Among the 135 SNPs, the number of transversion mutations (52) surpassed the number of transition mutations (38). Most of metabolites were related to abiotic stress in plant that it regulated to pH, osmotic pressure K⁺/Ca⁺⁺ and ATPase activity. We are analyzing the association using these results for increase breeding efficiency.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제17권7호통권87호
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• pp.970-975
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• 2007

국내해안의 젓갈과 김치류로부터 86종의 GABA 생산균주를 분리하였다. 분리된 균주들을 Thin layer chromatography를 이용하여 GABA 생성능이 우수한 AML15, AML45-1, AML72의 3종의 균주를 선발하였다. 선별된 3종의 균주의 아미노산 분석 결과 GABA 생성능이 가장 우수한 AML15 균주를 본 실험에 사용하였다. AML15의 분류학적 위치를 규명하기 위하여 16S ribosomal DNA 영역의 부분염기서열 분석을 실시하였다. 165 rDNA 분석결과 Lactobacillus brevis ATCC 367과 99%의 유사도를 나타내어 L. brevis AML15로 명명하였다. MRS 배지에 최종 전환 농도로 설정된 5%(w/v) monosodium glutamic acid를 첨가하고 배지의 초기 pH를 4.0, 5.0과 6.0으로 조정하여 배양한 결과 배지의 초기 pH가 5.0일 때 GABA 생성능이 가장 높게 조사되었다. GABA 생산배지에 GAD 효소활성에 조효소로 작용하는 PLP를 0. 10. 50과 100 ${\mu}M$의 농도로 첨가하여 아미노산 분석결과 PLP를 10${\mu}M$ 첨가하였을 때 10,424 $nM/{\mu}$l의 GABA가생산되었다. PLP를 첨가하지 않았을 때보다 PLP 첨가 후 GABA 생성이 증가됨을 확인할 수 있었다.