• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.851-855
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• 2006

Acarviosine-glucose (AcvGlc) is an ${\alpha}$-glucosidase inhibitor and has similar inhibitory activity to acarbose in vitro. We synthesized AcvGlc by treating acarbose with Bacillus stearothermophilus maltogenic amylase and fed C57BL/6J and db/db mice with diets containing purified AcvGlc and acarbose for 1 week. AcvGlc (50 and 100 mg/100 g diet) significantly reduced plasma glucose and triglyceride levels in db/db mice by 42 and 51 %, respectively (p<0.0001). The hypoglycemic and hypotriglyceridemic effects of AcvGlc were slightly, but significantly, greater than those seen with acarbose treatment (p<0.0001) in C57BL/6J mice. In an oral glucose tolerance test, glucose tolerance was significantly improved at all time points (p<0.01). The expression of two novel glucose transporters (GLUTs), GLUT10 and GLUT12, were examined by Western blot analysis. GLUT10 was markedly increased in the db/db livers. After AcvGlc treatment, the expression of hepatic GLUT10 was decreased whereas intestinal GLUT12 was significantly increased in both strains of mice. Our results show that AcvGlc improves plasma lipid and glucose metabolism slightly more than acarbose. Regulation of hepatic GLUT10 and intestinal GLUT12 may be important in controlling blood glucose levels.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.869-883
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• 2022

Objective: The aim of study was to investigate the effects of in-feed supplementation of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BA) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC) on growth performance, gut integrity, and microbiota modulations in red-feathered native chickens (RFCs). Methods: A total of 18,000 RFCs in a commercial farm were evenly assigned into two dietary treatments (control diet; 0.05% BA and 0.05% SC) by randomization and raised for 11 weeks in two separate houses. Fifty RFCs in each group were randomly selected and raised in the original house with the partition for performance evaluations at the age of 9 and 11 weeks. Six non-partitioned RFCs per group were randomly selected for analyses of intestinal architecture and 16S rRNA metagenomics. Results: Feeding BA and SC increased the body weight and body weight gain, significantly at the age of 11 weeks (p<0.05). The villus height/crypt ratio in the small intestines and Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ratio were also notably increased (p<0.05). The supplementation did not disturb the microbial community structure but promote the featured microbial shifts characterized by the significant increments of Bernesiella, Prevotellaceae_NK3B31_group, and Butyrucimonas, following remarkable decrements of Bacteroides, Rikenellaceae_RC9_gut_group, and Succinatimonas in RFCs with growth benefits. Besides, functional pathways of peptidoglycan biosynthesis, nucleotide excision repair, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, and aminoacyl transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) biosynthesis were significantly promoted (p<0.05). Conclusion: In-feed supplementation of BA and SC enhanced the growth performance, improved mucosal architectures in small intestines, and modulated the cecal microbiota and metabolic pathways in RFCs.

• 한방비만학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.33-47
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• 2012

Objectives This study was designed to investigate the effects of fermented soybean upon anti-inflammation, cytotoxicity, antioxidant and intestinal mucous membrane permeability by measuring the cell viability, NO (nitric oxide) production, DPPH, Polyphenol, HRP and TEER in cells like Raw 264.7 and HCT 116 using fermented soybean. Methods Raw 264.7 cell and HCT 166 cell were used in this study. And fermented soybean powders were used for the experimental group and soybean powders for the control group. There was inflammation response upon using lipopolysaccharide(LPS). Fermented soybean powders and soybean powders were in a respectively different dose added to the cells with LPS. MTT assay, NO, DPPH and Polyphenol measurement, TEER, HRP were conducted for each cell. The results of this study were presented in mean and standard deviation. Results 1. In Raw 254.7 cells added with $100{\mu}l/ml$ unfermented soybean powders, 104.95% higher than 62.59% was measured. In Raw 254.7 cells added with $100{\mu}l/ml$ fermented soybean powders, there was 74.90% measured higher than 62.59%, which was a significant result. 2. By a gradual increase of unfermented soybean powders like $0.1{\mu}l/ml$, $1.0{\mu}l/ml$, $10{\mu}l/ml$, $100{\mu}l/ml$, the measured NO were also gradually decreased $53.12{\mu}M$, $47.57{\mu}M$, $37.02{\mu}M$, $28.16{\mu}M$. In case of cells added with fermented soybean powders, $43.95{\mu}M$ NO was measured in $0.1{\mu}l/ml$ which is significant, and in other cases, mostly measured over$ 56.72{\mu}M$. 3. It was inferred that fermented soybean powders have anti-inflammatory effects of maintaining intestinal mucous membrane permeability because the measured values of cells in both groups were all higher than $133.62{\Omega}$ measured of cells added with only LPS. And measured values of cells in both groups were all lower than 2.26 measured of cells added with only LPS. 4. In case of experiment DPPH and polyphenol measurement, fermented group was all higher than unfermented group. Conclusion From the results of conducting MTT assay, NO measurement, and TEER, HRP by using cells Raw 264.7 and HCT-116, even though there was no significance in the correlation between cytotoxicity, anti-inflammatory effects, both unfermented soybean powders and fermented soybean powders were shown to have intestinal mucous membrane permeability improvement effects. This effects could be applicable for autoimmune diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases and so additional studies are expected in the future. From the results of conducting DPPH, Polyphenol measurement, Fermented soybean may be useful as potential antioxidant.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.109-118
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• 2023

본 연구는 고온기 복합생균제(L. plantarum, B. subtilis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae) 급여가 육계의 항산화 방어작용에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 대조군(CON), 0.25% 생균제 급여군(LPB) 및 0.5% 생균제 급여군(HPB) 등 3 처리군으로 설정하여 혈장, 소장 점막 및 간 조직에서 항산화 지표를 분석하였다. 실험 결과, 혈장 total protein, albumin, bloodurea nitrogen(BUN) 및 glutathione(GSH) 수준 등 질소화합물은 처리군 간 차이가 없었다. 혈장에서 조사한 항산화 효소 superoxide dismutase(SOD), glutathione peroxidase(GPX)와 glutathione S-transferase(GST) 및 지질과산화(MDA) 역시 생균제 급여에 따른 유의적 차이가 없었다. 소장점막조직에서 SOD 활성도는 0.5% 생균제 급여군(HPB)에서 대조군과 LPB군 보다 유의하게(P<0.05) 증가하였다. 소장 점막조직의 MDA 수준은 대조군보다 HPB군에서 현저하게(P<0.05) 감소하였다. 그러나 소장 점막조직의 GPX와 GST 활성도는 생균제 급여에 따른 차이는 없었다. 간 조직에 존재하는 SOD, GPX, GST 활성도 및 MDA 수준은 생균제 급여와 급여 수준에 따른 영향을 받지 않았고 모든 군에서 비슷한 수준을 보였다. 따라서 HPB군의 소장 점막조직에서 SOD 활성도가 증가하고 지질과산화도가 감소하는 결과로 보아 고온기에 0.5% 생균제 급여는 육계 소장 점막조직의 항산화 방어작용에 긍정적인 효과를 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.470-478
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• 2016

지렁이의 장내로부터 분리한 미생물 중에서 키틴 가수분해 활성이 우수한 미생물을 선발하였으며, 이를 동정하여 Bacillus licheniformis GA9으로 명명하였다. B. licheniformis GA9이 생산하는 키틴 분해효소의 정제는 배양상등액 40-60% 황산암모늄 침전, 음이온교환 크로마토그래피, 겔 크로마토그래피를 사용하여 정제하였다. 최종적으로 정제한 키틴 분해효소는 45.2배로 정제되었고 효소단백질 회수율은 20.0%를 나타내었다. 정제한 키틴 분해효소의 분자량은 약 52.1 kDa으로 나타났으며, N-terminal amino acid sequencing 분석결과, 아미노산 서열은 D-S-G-K-N-G-K-I-I-R-Y-Y-P-IR로 확인되었다. 키틴 분해효소의 최적반응 pH와 pH 안정성을 측정한 결과, pH 5.0에서 최대 활성을 나타내었으며 pH 5.0-6.0에서 안정성을 나타내었다. 키틴 분해효소의 최적반응 온도와 온도안정성의 경우, $40^{\circ}C$에서 최대 활성을 나타내었으며, $60^{\circ}C$까지 60%의 잔존 활성을 나타내었다. 정제한 키틴 분해효소는 10 mM $Co^{2+}$ 금속이온에 의해 효소활성이 증가하였으며, $Fe^{2+}$과 $Cu^{2+}$ 금속이온에 의해 효소활성이 감소하였으나, EDTA 첨가시 감소한 효소활성이 일부 회복되었다. 정제한 효소의 $K_m$ 및 $V_{max}$는 각각 4.02 mg/ml와 0.52 mg/min이었다. 또한 키틴 분해효소는 생명공학, 생물의약, 농업, 식품영양 등 다양한 산업분야에서 응용이 가능하다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.359-366
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• 2002

B. polyfermenticus SCD와 상업적으로 사용되는 생균제들의 pH 2.0, 3.0에서 내산성을 비교한 결과, 2시간에서의 생존율은 pH 2.0, 3.0에서 각각 85.6과 92.6%의 생존율을 나타내었으며 4시간에서도 각각 62.8%와 81.2%의 높은 생존율을 나타내었다. B. polyfermenticus SCD의 인공담즙산에 대한 내성을 확인한 결과, 인공담즙산이 함유되지 않은 대조구($3.2$\times$10^{7}$ CFU/ml)보다 균수($6.5$\times$10^{7$ CFU/ml)가 더 많이 증식되었다. 또한 B. polyfermenticus SCD는 비타민 $B_1$, $B_2$를 생산하고 장내유해균웨 의한 비타민 B군의 분해를 억제하여 영양을 공급한다. 게다가 비타민 C를 다량 생산하여 공급하므로 비타민 C의 항산화작용에 의한 피부노화 방지 및 항암작용 등의 여러 가지 효능들도 기대할 수 있다. B. polyfermenticus SCD의 소화력을 다른 Bacillus sp.과 비교했을 때 지방소화력은 비슷한 활성을 나타내었으나, 전분 소화력은 약 2배, 단백소화력은 약 25배의 높은 소화력을 가지고 있었다. B. polyfermenticus SCD는 낮은 pH에서도 안정성이 확보되었으며 저장온도는 가혹조건($40^{\circ}C$, RH 70%)에서 26.8%거 비교적 낮은 안정성을 나타내었을 뿐 저온 및 실온에서는 매우 안정하였다. 그리고 수중에서와 5% glucose용액, 고농도의 NaCl 에서도 매우 높은 안정성을 나타내어 식품을 포함한 다양한 형태의 제품에 적용했을 때에도 그 안정성이 탁월하여 응용성이 크다고 할 수 있겠다. B. polyfermenticus SCD복용에 따른 장내균총의 변화에서는 Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus등 유해균의 유의성 있는 감소효과를 나타내었으며, 유익균과의 공생작용과 유익균에 대한 생육촉진작용을 나타내었다. 장내 암모니아의 변화에서는 복용 중에 유의성 있는 감소효과를 보였다. 이상의 결과로서 B. polyfermenticus SCD의 생균제로서의 특성은 기능성 식품의 개발 등 산업적으로 매우 유용하다고 판단된다.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.108-112
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• 2013

Nuts are one of the most common sources of allergies in individuals of all ages. In order for a particular protein to render an allergic reaction, it must resist proteolytic digestion by intestinal enzymes. In this study, three well-known allergenic nuts, almonds, cashew nuts, and peanuts, were used as samples, and enzyme digestion with Bacillus protease and porcine pepsin was tested. A proteomic approach using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and an MS/MS analysis was applied to visualize and identify the proteins that were resistant to enzyme digestion. Among the 150 protein spots tested, 42 proteins were assigned functions. Due to the lack of genomic databases, 41% of the identified proteins were grouped as hypothetical. However, 12% of them were well-known allergens, including AraH. The remainder were grouped as storage, enzymes, and binding proteins.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권10호
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• pp.1490-1499
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• 2016

In this study, 69 lactobacilli isolated from Tibetan Qula, a raw yak milk cheese, were screened for their potential use as probiotics. The isolates were tested in terms of: Their ability to survive at pH 2.0, pH 3.0, and in the presence of 0.3% bile salts; tolerance of simulated gastric and intestinal juices; antimicrobial activity; sensitivity against 11 specific antibiotics; and their cell surface hydrophobicity. The results show that out of the 69 strains, 29 strains (42%) had survival rates above 90% after 2 h of incubation at pH values of 2.0 or 3.0. Of these 29 strains, 21 strains showed a tolerance for 0.3% bile salt. Incubation of these 21 isolates in simulated gastrointestinal fluid for 3 h revealed survival rates above 90%; the survival rate for 20 of these isolates remained above 90% after 4 h of incubation in simulated intestinal fluid. The viable counts of bacteria after incubation in simulated gastric fluid for 3 h and simulated intestinal fluid for 4 h were both significantly different compared with the counts at 0 h (p<0.001). Further screening performed on the above 20 isolates indicated that all 20 lactobacilli strains exhibited inhibitory activity against Micrococcus luteus ATCC 4698, Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633, Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19115, and Salmonella enterica ATCC 43971. Moreover, all of the strains were resistant to vancomycin and streptomycin. Of the 20 strains, three were resistant to all 11 elected antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, tetracycline, penicillin G, ampicillin, streptomycin, polymyxin B, vancomycin, chloramphenicol, rifampicin, and gentamicin) in this study, and five were sensitive to more than half of the antibiotics. Additionally, the cell surface hydrophobicity of seven of the 20 lactobacilli strains was above 70%, including strains Lactobacillus casei 1,133 (92%), Lactobacillus plantarum 1086-1 (82%), Lactobacillus casei 1089 (81%), Lactobacillus casei 1138 (79%), Lactobacillus buchneri 1059 (78%), Lactobacillus plantarum 1141 (75%), and Lactobacillus plantarum 1197 (71%). Together, these results suggest that these seven strains are good probiotic candidates, and that tolerance against bile acid, simulated gastric and intestinal juices, antimicrobial activity, antibiotic resistance, and cell surface hydrophobicity could be adopted for preliminary screening of potentially probiotic lactobacilli.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제62권1호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2020

This study was conducted to evaluate effects of dietary protease (PR) on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and intestinal morphology of weaned pigs. A total of 75 weaned pigs [7.06 ± 0.18 kg of average body weight (BW); 28 day old] were randomly allotted to 3 dietary treatments in a randomized complete block design (blocks = BW and sex): a diet based on corn and soybean meal to meet the requirement of crude protein (CP) as a positive control (PC; CP = 24.49%), a low protein diet as a negative control (NC; CP = 22.51%), and NC + 0.02% PR. The PR used in this study was a commercial product containing 75,000 protease units/g derived from Nocardiopsis prasina produced in Bacillus licheniformis. Pigs were fed the dietary treatments for 6 weeks and the diets containing 0.2% chromic oxide for the last week of this study. Blood, feces, ileal digesta, and ileum samples were collected from randomly selected two pigs in each pen on respective time points. Measurements were growth performance, apparent ileal digestibility (AID) and apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of dry matter (DM), CP, and energy, frequency of diarrhea, packed cell volume (PCV), and ileal morphology of weaned pigs. Pigs fed PC and PR had higher (p < 0.05) final BW, average daily gain (ADG), and gain to feed ratio (G:F) during overall experimental period than those fed NC. Pigs fed PC and PR had higher (p < 0.05) AID or ATTD of DM, CP, or energy than those fed NC. Moreover, pigs fed PR had higher ratio between villus height and crypt depth (p < 0.05) and number of goblet cells (p < 0.05) than those fed NC. Addition of PR decreased (p < 0.05) frequency of diarrhea for the first two weeks after weaning compared with PC and NC. In addition, pigs fed PR had lower (p < 0.05) PCV on d 14 after weaning than those fed PC and NC. In conclusion, addition of PR in nursery diets with a low protein level significantly improved growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and intestinal morphology of weaned pigs.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.221-227
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• 2007

볼락은 산업적 잠재가치가 높은 어종으로 각광받으면서 양식 가능성에 대한 연구가 일부 진행되어 왔으나, 장내세균에 대한 연구는 미미한 실정이었다. 본 연구에서는 전남 돌산도 연안에서 채집된 자연산 볼락과 양식산 볼락의 장내세균총의 분포와 이들 세균들의 약제 감수성에 대하여 조사하였다. 두 분류의 볼락에서 분리된 균주의 16S rDNA 염기를 바탕으로 장내세균을 동정한 결과, 양식산 볼락의 장내에서는 Photobacterium group, Acinetobacter group과 marine sediment bacteria group이 우점하고 있었고, 자연산 볼락의 장내에서는 Photobacterium group Acinetobacter group, Bacillus group, Shewanella group, Staphylococcus group 및 marine sediment bacteria group이 우점하고 있었다. 자연산과 양식산 볼락의 장내세균의 약제 감수성 결과로는 본 연구에서 사용된 9종의 항균제 중 oxytetracycline와 oxolinic acid는 자연산과 양식산이 비슷한 수준의 감수성 나타냈으나, flumequine, erythromycin, norfloxacin, gentamycin, ofloxacin, enrofloxacin 및 ciprofloxacin은 평균 저지대에서 양식산 볼락의 장내세균이 자연산 볼락의 장내세균 보다 약간 낮은 감수성을 보였으나, 자연산 볼락의 장내세균 또한 감수성 시험 대조균주로 사용한 E. coli ATCC9637 보다 현저하게 낮은 감수성을 보였다. 이는 양식현장에서 사용되고 있는 항균물질이 자연 서식 어류생물군의 장내 세균에도 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 시사한다.