• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.167-171
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• 2002

Candida sp. SY16의 휴식세포를 이용하여 탄소원만 포함되 있는 증류수로부터 많은 양의 생물계면활성제(mannosylerythritol lipid: MEL)를 생산할 수 있었다. 플라스크를 이용한 생산반응의 경우, 20 g/l의 휴식세포를 75g/1의 soybean oil이 포함되있고, pH는 4~5범위에서 반응할 때, 가장 높은 생산수율을 얻을 수 있었으며, 높은 농도($PO_4$-P 농도 198 $\mu\textrm{g}$/ml 이상)의 인은 MEL 생산을 저해하는 것으로 나타났다. 최적화된 조건으로 jar fermentor를 이용하여 휴식세포를 반응한 경우 생물계면활성제를 120 h 반응 후, 58 g/l로 얻을 수 있었으며, 그 생산성은 성장세포를 이용한 회분식 발효의 경우보다 높았고, 배양시간도 단축시킬 수 있었다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2019

Mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs) are glycolipids and have several pharmacological efficacies. MELs also show skin-moisturizing efficacy through a yet-unknown underlying mechanism. Aquaporin-3 (AQP3) is a membrane protein that contributes to the water homeostasis of the epidermis, and decreased AQP3 expression following ultraviolet (UV)-irradiation of the skin is associated with reduced skin moisture. No previous study has examined whether the skin-moisturizing effect of MELs might act through the modulation of AQP3 expression. Here, we report for the first time that MELs ameliorate the UVA-induced downregulation of AQP3 in cultured human epidermal keratinocytes (HaCaT keratinocytes). Our results revealed that UVA irradiation decreases AQP3 expression at the protein and messenger RNA (mRNA) levels, but that MEL treatment significantly ameliorated these effects. Our mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor analysis revealed that phosphorylation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), but not extracellular signal-regulated kinase or p38, mediates UVA-induced AQP3 downregulation, and that MEL treatment significantly suppressed the UVA-induced phosphorylation of JNK. To explore a possible mechanism, we tested whether MELs could regulate the expression of peroxidase proliferator-activated receptor gamma ($PPAR-{\gamma}$), which acts as a potent transcription factor for AQP3 expression. Interestingly, UVA irradiation significantly inhibited the mRNA expression of $PPAR-{\gamma}$ in HaCaT keratinocytes, whereas a JNK inhibitor and MELs significantly rescued this effect. Taken together, these findings suggest that MELs ameliorate UVA-induced AQP3 downregulation in HaCaT keratinocytes by suppressing JNK activation to block the decrease of $PPAR-{\gamma}$. Collectively, our findings suggest that MELs can be used as a potential ingredient that modulates AQP3 expression to improve skin moisturization following UVA irradiation-induced damage.

• 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물생명공학회 2001년도 Proceedings of 2001 KSAM Annual Meeting
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• pp.17-18
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• 2001