• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.659-670
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• 2017

산화스트레스와 염증은 간 손상의 진행과정에 중요한 인자로 작용한다. 굴가수분해물의 항산화 및 항염증 활성은 지질대사, 혈압 및 혈당, 면역기능의 조절과 같은 다양한 기능에 관여한다. 그러나 급성 간 손상 모델에서 굴가수분해물의 효과를 확인한 연구 결과는 아직 확인된 바 없다. 본 연구는 LPS/D-GalN에 의해 유도된 급성 간 손상 생쥐 모델에서 굴가수분해물의 효과를 확인하기 위해 수행되었다. 실험군은 대조군(생리식염수), LPS/D-GalN 간 손상군, LPS/D-GalN과 굴가수분해물(100 mg/kg, 200 mg/kg, 400 mg/kg)의 병합투여군 및 LPS/D-GalN과 silymarin(25 mg/kg) 병합투여군으로 나누었다. 급성 간 손상 모델은 $1{\mu}g/kg$의 LPS와 400 mg/kg의 D-GalN으로 유도되었다. 먼저 시료의 항산화 및 항염증 활성을 분석한 결과 굴가수분해물은 농도 의존적으로 높은 DPPH 및 ABTS 라디칼 소거 활성을 보였으며, 인간 정상 간세포주(Chang)에서 과산화수소에 의한 세포 내 활성산소의 생성을 유의적으로 감소시켰다. 또한, 굴가수분해물은 농도 의존적으로 높은 COX-2 및 5-LOX 억제능을 보였으며, LPS에 의해 활성화된 생쥐 대식세포주 RAW264.7에서 발현되는 $TNF-{\alpha}$, IL-6 및 $IL-1{\beta}$의 염증성 사이토카인의 mRNA 발현률을 감소시켰다. 굴가수분해물 투여는 LPS/D-GalN에 의한 혈청 ALT 및 AST 증가를 유의적으로 감소시켰으며, 간 조직의 출혈 및 간세포의 자멸사를 감소시켰다. 또한, 간 균질의 $TNF-{\alpha}$, $IL-1{\beta}$ 및 IL-6 함량을 감소시켰으며, 감소한 catalase의 활성을 유의적으로 증가시켰다. 이상의 결과로부터 굴가수분해물은 간 보호 효과를 가지는 것으로 판단되며, 급성 간 손상의 예방 및 치료에 도움이 될 수 있는 시료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 운동과학
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.223-228
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• 2017

PURPOSE: This study investigated the protective role of high-intensity interval training against acute liver injury induced by D-galactosamine (D-Gal)/lipopolysaccharide (LPS). METHODS: A total of 30 male BALB/c mice aged 5-week were randomly assigned to high-intensity, interval training group (EX, n=10) or control group in cage (Non-EX, n=20) for 10 weeks. Peritoneal injection of D-Gal (700 mg/kg body weight) and LPS ($10{\mu}g/kg$ body weight) was applied to induce acute liver injury, and liver tissue was harvested 6 hours after the injection. Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) staining was used for liver histology. Real-time PCR was used to quantify expression of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory genes in the liver. RESULTS: The liver histology showed that D-Gal/LPS treatment resulted in hepatic damage and increased number of neutrophils in conjunction with upregulation of hepatic IL-6 and $TNF-{\alpha}$ mRNAs and downregulation of hepatic $PPAR{\alpha}$ and SIRT1 mRNAs. On the other hand, the 10-week interval training resulted in a significant improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness assessed as run time to exhaustion on a treadmill. In addition, the interval training attenuated the D-Gal/LPS-induced liver damage and increased number of neutrophil in conjunction with downregulation of hepatic IL-6 and $TNF-{\alpha}$ mRNAs and upregulation of hepatic $PPAR{\alpha}$ and SIRT1 mRNAs. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that high-intensity interval training suppresses the D-Gal and LPS-induced acute liver damage and inflammatory responses.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.476-481
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 간보호 활성이 우수한 것으로 알려진 단풍취의 활용가치를 높이고 향후 건강기능성식품 소재로써의 가능성을 알아보고자 LPS/D-GalN 독성유발에 따른 단풍취 열수 추출물의 간기능 개선효과를 연구하였다. 단풍취 열수 추출물 내에 존재하는 5종의 Caffeoylquinic acid (CQA) 분석결과 4,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid (4,5-DCQA) 11.16 mg/g, 3,4-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid (3,4-DCQA) 5.23 mg/g, 5-O-caffeoylquinic acid (5-CQA) 4.88 mg/g, 3,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid (3,5-DCQA) 3.51 mg/g 및 4-O-caffeoylquinic acid (4-CQA) 3.31 mg/g 순으로 나타났다. 단풍취 열수 추출물이 함유하고 있는 총 폴리페놀 함량은 74.03 mg/g이었으며, ABTS cation radical 소거능은 추출물의 농도 50, 100, 200 및 400 ㎍/mL의 범위에서 각각 12.2, 25.0, 40.8, 68.55%를 나타냈고 DPPH radical 소거능은 50 ㎍/mL의 농도에서 54.38%를 나타냈다. HepG2 세포에 LPS/D-GalN을 처리하여 간독성을 유발한 결과 정상군을 제외한 모든 처리군에서 GGT, AST 및 LDH 활성이 증가하였고, 단풍취 열수 추출물 300 mg/mL을 처리하였을 때 대조군과 비교하여 GGT, AST 및 LDH 활성이 유의적으로 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. LPS/D-GalN을 처리하였을 때 정상군과 비교하여 모든 처리군에서 TNF-α 분비가 유의적으로 증가하는 것을 확인 할 수 있었으며, 단풍취 열수 추출물을 100 ㎍/mL 이상 처리하였을 때 TNF-α의 분비가 유의하게 감소하였다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때 단풍취 열수 추출물은 항산화 활성 증가 및 GGT, AST, LDH의 활성을 감소시키고 TNF-α 분비를 억제시킴으로써 LPS/D-GalN으로 인한 간 손상을 예방하는 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.540-548
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• 2018

Background: Acute hepatic failure is a life-threatening critical condition associated with rapid deterioration of liver function and liver transplantation. Several studies have shown that Panax ginseng Mayer has antidiabetic and hepatoprotective effects. However, the hepatoprotective effect of ginseng berry is still unveiled. In this study, we evaluated the hepatoprotective effects of ultrasonication-processed ginseng berry extract (UGBE) on acute hepatic failure model in rats. Methods: Ginseng berry extract (GBE) was ultrasonically processed. The GBE, silymarin, and UGBE were orally administered to male Sprague-Dawley rats for 4 wk. Twenty-four h after the last administration, rats were challenged with D-galactosamine (D-GalN)/lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Results: After ultrasonication, the component ratio of ginsenosides Rg2, Rg3, Rh1, Rh4, Rk1, Rk3, and F4 in GBE had been elevated. Administration of UGBE significantly increased the survival rate of D-GalN/LPS-challenged rats. Pretreatment with UGBE significantly decreased serum alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and total bilirubin levels in D-GalN/LPS-challenged rats in a dose-dependent manner. The levels of enzymatic markers for oxidative stress (superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, catalase, and glutathione) were increased by UGBE treatment in a dose-dependent manner. Tumor necrosis factor alphalevel, inducible nitric oxide synthase activities, and nitric oxide productions were reduced by UGBE treatment. In addition, hemeoxygenase-1 levels in liver were also significantly increased in the UGBE-treated group. The protein expression of toll-like receptor 4 was decreased by UGBE administration. Hematoxylin and eosin staining results also supported the results of this study showing normal appearance of liver histopathology in the UGBE-treated group. Conclusion: UGBE showed a great hepatoprotective effect on D-GalN/LPS-challenged rats via the toll-like receptor 4 signaling pathway.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.460-465
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• 2013

The hepatoprotective activity of Acanthopanax koreanum Nakai extract (AE) was investigated against D-Galactosamine/Lipopolysaccharide (D-GalN/LPS)-induced liver failure rats compared with that of acanthoic acid (AA) isolated from AE. Although D-GalN/LPS (250 mg/kg body weight/$10{\mu}g/kg$ body weight, i.p.) induced hepatic damage, pretreatments with AE (1 and 3% AE/g day) and AA (0.037% AA, equivalent to 3% AE/g day) alleviated the hepatic damage. This effect was the result of a significant decrease in the activity of alanine transaminase. Concomitantly, both the nitric oxide and IL-6 levels in the plasma were significantly decreased by high-dose AE (AE3) treatment compared to the GalN/LPS control (AE0). This response resulted from the regulation of pro-inflammatory signaling via a decrease in TLR4 and CD14 mRNA levels in the liver. While a high degree of necrosis and hemorrhage were observed in the AE0, pretreatment with AE3 and AA reduced the extent of hepatocyte degeneration, necrosis, hemorrhage and inflammatory cell infiltrates compared to the AE0. In conclusion, these results suggest that especially high-dose AE are capable of alleviating D-GalN/LPS-induced hepatic injury by decreasing hepatic toxicity, thereby mitigating the TLR 4-dependent cytokine release. The anti-inflammatory effect of AE could be contributing to that of AA and AE is better than AA.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.213-220
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• 2001

Background: A previous study has shown that Euonymus alatus (EA) has an antidotic activities against inflammation, suggesting possibility that EA can exert this beneficial effects to liver injury by an initial protection against drug-induced hepatocyte demage. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the protective effect of EA-extract on experimentally induced hepatitis in ICR mice and to investigate some mechanisms responsible for its action. Methods: Water EA extract was used in this experiments. The mice received i.p. a dose of 700 mg/kg galactosamine (GalN) together with $5{\mu}g/kg$ of endotoxin (LPS), or received i.v. 12 mg/kg of concanavalin A (Con A). EA (4 mg/mouse) was administrated on day -2, -1 and 0 before induction of liver injury. Liver injury was assessed by measurement of serum alanin amino-transferase (SGPT) levels on 9 hr after GaIN.LPS, or 8 hr after con A administration. Results: Treatment with either GaIN or LPS alone did not cause hepatitis. However, simultaneous administration of GalN and LPS to mice resulted in LPS-dose dependent fulminant hepatitis. GaLN/LPS-induced liver injury was reduced when mice were given EA for 3 days before induction. This preventive effect of Ea was more prominent when EA was given by intraperitoneal route rather then by oral route. Pretreatment of EA or dexamethasone inhibited significantly $TNF{\alpha}$ production in GalL/LPS-injured mice. However, EA-treatment did not influence $TNF{\alpha}$-induced hepatitis in GalN-sensitized mice, suggesting that $TNF{\alpha}$ is likely to act as one of final mediators of endotoxin action and the protective effect of EA might be manifested chiefly by inhibition of endotoxin-induced $TNF{\alpha}$ production, not by blocking the $TNF{\alpha}$-action. Injection of Con A into mice evoked remarkable liver injury in a dose dependent fashion. This liver damage was reduced by EA-pretreatment. Dexamethasone significantly reduced both GalL/LPS-induced and Con A-induced liver damages, showing synergism with EA. However, indomethacin reduced only GalN/ LPS-induced hepatitis, not for Con A-induced hepatitis. Conclusion: These results led to the conclusion that EA may be able to contribute at least in part to prevent the drug-induced hepatotoxicity, and that its anti-hepatitis effects might be manifested directly by modulation of endogenous mediators, such as leukotriese D4, $TNF{\alpha}$ and free radical, and indirectly by regulation of immune mediated responses. Also these results suggested that EA could be developed as a potential antidotic agent.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.106-113
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• 2019

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of fermented Kalopanax pictus (KP-F) on macrophage activation and its effect as a competitive inhibitor of LPS and inhibitory effect on endotoxemia. The results showed that KP-F could activate macrophage in a dose-dependent manner, and KP-F was confirmed to act as a ligand for TLR4. Also, it was found that KP-F did not exhibit the same biotoxicity as LPS in intraperitoneal injection, and that it could suppress the neutrophil migration induced by LPS administration. In normal mice, the body weight, tissue weight, and amount of nitrite and pro-inflammatory cytokines in serum showed no significant changes with KP-F diet for 2 weeks, confirming that administration of KP-F in normal mice did not lead to over activation of immune response and biotoxicity. In the mouse model of endotoxemia induced by LPS and D-galactosamine(D-GalN) in sub-lethal dose, the diet of KP-F effectively inhibited the amount of nitrite and cytokines in the blood, and thus was found to be able to relieve the hepatic and kidney injury. In addition, in the endotoxemia mouse model induced by LPS and D-GalN of lethal dose, the survival rate was increased by KP-F diet in a dose-dependent manner.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.79-81
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• 2008

The effects of decursinol on various models of sepsis were investigated. Intra-peritoneal pretreatment of mice with various doses of decursinol ($1{\sim}100$ mg/kg) effectively suppressed lethality induced in three mouse models of experimental sepsis, i.e., lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/D-galactosamine (GalN), high-dose LPS (20 mg/kg), and cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Intra-peritoneal pretreatment of mice with decursinol (50 mg/kg) markedly enhanced the LPS/GalN -induced increase of plasma interleukin-10 (IL-10) levels, without affecting plasma TNF-${\alpha}$, IL-6 and IL-12 levels. These results suggest that decursinol could be effective for prevention or treatment of sepsis.

• 한국약용작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국약용작물학회 2008년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.146-147
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• 2008

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.676-684
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• 2017

생활 식습관의 변화와 비만은 성인성 대사질환 증가를 급속히 증가시켜왔고, 이에 따라 간내 지방축적으로 야기된 간염질환인 NAFLD의 유병률도 ~33%의 수준으로 높게 나타나고 있어 간경변증, 간세포암종을 포함한 간손상의 진행을 심각하게 고려해야 할 시점이다. 특히 알코올섭취와 관계없이 비만과 연계된 인슐린 저항성 간조직에서 지방간염과 간경화를 시작으로 간손상이 지속적으로 일어난다는 점에서 비교적 가벼운 간소견을 보이는 NAFLD라 할지라도 적극적인 치료의 대상으로 해야 한다. 본 연구에서 $\text\tiny{D}$-GalN/LPS로 유도된 급성간독성의 지표들(ALT, AST, ALP 및 LDH)이 SGBE 투여 시 유의한 수준으로 감소되어 효과적인 간 보호 효과가 입증되었으며 세포수준에서 NAFLD에서 높게 나타나는 염증성 사이토카인($TNF{\alpha}$, IL-6)의 발현이 현격히 억제되어 비만과 인슐린저항성으로 인한 간 내 지방의 침착으로 유발되는 NAFLD의 염증반응 조절이 예상된다. 특히 간 조직 H&E 염색 및 주요장기 비교분석에서 SGBE 투여 시 간 손상의 특징이 최소화 또는 정상소견을 나타냈을 뿐 아니라 주요장기(간, 비장, 신장 및 위)도 간 손상의 특징을 나타내지 않아 안전하게 사용할 수 있는 NAFLD 소재로 사용이 가능할 것으로 생각된다. 이와 같은 SGBE의 효능은 신호전달 단백질인 p38의 제어를 통해 NAFLD 유발 및 악화의 주된 cytokine인 $TNF{\alpha}$의 생성을 억제한 결과로 생각되며, 이는 SGBE에 포함된 linoleic acid 및 SGBE에 독특하게 높게 나타나는 ginsenoside Re 및 Rd가 주된 역할을 한 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구결과는 SGBE가 효과적인 간 보호 효능을 가지며 특히 비만과 인슐린저항성 질환(2형 당뇨 등)과 상관관계가 깊은 NAFLD에 유용한 보조치료법이 가능함을 제시하고 있어 간기능개선 및 보호 소재로서 개발이 기대된다.