• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권11호
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• pp.3188-3194
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• 2014

Compound K (CK) was formulated as polymeric micelles (PM) using Pluronic$^{(R)}$ F-127 to enhance the oral absorption of CK, an intestinal bacterial metabolite of ginseng protopanaxadiol saponin. The physicochemical properties of Ck-loaded PM were characterized and an in vitro transport study using the Caco-2 cell system as well as an in vivo pharmacokinetic study using SD rats was carried out. The hydrodynamic mean particle size of CK-loaded PM (CK-PM) was $254{\pm}23.45nm$ after rehydration and the drug loading efficiency was ca. 99.9%. The FT-IR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry and scanning electron microscopy data supported the presence of a new solid phase in the PM. The $P_{app}$ value of in vitro Caco-2 cell permeation of CK-PM and the oral absorption of CK was enhanced about 1.2-fold and 2.6-fold compared to CK suspension, respectively, showing that the present PM formulation enabled an enhancement of oral CK absorption.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.95-104
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• 2019

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) has rapidly escalated in Asia (including Korea) due to increasing westernized diet patterns subsequent to industrialization. Factors associated with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress are demonstrated to be one of the major causes of IBD. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of Lycium barbarum (L. barbarum) on ER stress. MATERIALS/METHODS: Mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) cell line and polarized Caco-2 human intestinal epithelial cells were treated with crude extract of the L. chinense fruit (LF). Paracellular permeability was measured to examine the effect of tight junction (TJ) integrity. The regulatory pathways of ER stress were evaluated in MEF knockout (KO) cell lines by qPCR for interleukin (IL) 6, IL8 and XBP1 spliced form (XBP1s). Immunoglobulin binding protein (BiP), XBP1s and CCAAT/enhancer-binding homologous protein (CHOP) expressions were measured by RT-PCR. Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy (SICM) at high resolution was applied to observe morphological changes after treatments. RESULTS: Exposure to LF extract strengthened the TJ, both in the presence and absence of inflammation. In polarized Caco-2 pretreated with LF, induction in the expression of proinflammatory marker IL8 was not significant, whereas ER stress marker XBP1s expression was significantly increased. In wild type (wt) MEF cells, IL6, CHOP and XBP1 spliced form were dose-dependently induced when exposed to $12.5-50{\mu}g/mL$ extract. However, absence of XBP1 or $IRE1{\alpha}$ in MEF cells abolished this effect. CONCLUSION: Results of this study show that LF treatment enhances the barrier function and reduces inflammation and ER stress in an $IRE1{\alpha}$-XBP1-dependent manner. These results suggest the preventive effect of LF on healthy intestine, and the possibility of reducing the degree of inflammatory symptoms in IBD patients.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.616-630
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• 2023

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Indole-3-propionic acid (IPA) is a tryptophan-derived microbial metabolite that has been associated with protective effects against inflammatory and metabolic diseases. However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the effects of IPA under physiological conditions and at the intestinal level. MATERIALS/METHODS: Human intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells were treated for 2, 24, and/or 72 h with IPA or its precursors - indole, tryptophan, and propionate - at 1, 10, 100, 250, or 500 μM to assess cell viability, integrity, differentiation, and proliferation. RESULTS: IPA induced cell proliferation and this effect was associated with a higher expression of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (ERK2) and a lower expression of c-Jun. Although indole and propionate also induced cell proliferation, this involved ERK2 and c-Jun independent mechanisms. On the other hand, both tryptophan and propionate increased cell integrity and reduced the expression of claudin-1, whereas propionate decreased cell differentiation. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, these findings suggested that IPA and its precursors distinctly contribute to the proliferation, differentiation, and barrier function properties of human intestinal epithelial cells. Moreover, the pro-proliferative effect of IPA in intestinal epithelial cells was not explained by its precursors and is rather related to its whole chemical structure. Maintaining IPA at physiological levels, e.g., through IPA-producing commensal bacteria, may be important to preserve the integrity of the intestinal barrier and play an integral role in maintaining metabolic homeostasis.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제43권7호
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• pp.1009-1016
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• 2014

묵은지 스타터로 개발된 Lb. curvatus ML17의 생균제적 특성 및 기능성 조사를 통하여 기능성 소재로서의 개발 가능성을 검토하였다. Lb. curvatus ML17은 용혈현상을 일으키지 않았으며 ${\beta}$-glucosidase와 ${\beta}$-glucuronidase의 발암효소 활성이 없는 것으로 나타나 균주에 대한 안전성을 확인하였다. 장내 생존성 확인 실험에서는 인공위액에서 2시간 처리한 다음 인공담즙에서 24시간 처리한 결과 초기 균수 대비 12.30%의 생존율을 나타내었다. Caco-2 cell에 대한 부착율은 초기 접종균수가 많을수록 높게 나타났으며, $5.66{\times}10^9$ CFU/mL로 처리 시 17.31%의 부착율을 나타냈는데 20.78%의 부착율을 나타낸 양성 대조군 Lb. rhamnosus GG에 근접하게 높은 부착율을 나타내어 장내환경에서 바람직한 작용을 할 수 있음을 보여주었다. 유해균주에 대한 생육저해 활성 측정에서는 Micrococcus luteus, Bacillus cereus, Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica, Pseudomonas aeruginosa에 대하여 우수한 항균 활성을 나타내었다. DPPH radical 소거능을 이용한 항산화 활성 측정 결과 72.88%로 양성 대조군인 0.1 mg/mL ascorbic acid보다 높은 free radical 소거능을 나타내었다. AGS 위암세포 및 HT-29 결장암세포에 대한 성장 억제 효과에서는 Lb. curvatus ML17의 배양 상등액 $80{\mu}L/mL$ 처리 시 각각 82.91% 및 79.35%의 암세포 성장 억제 효과를 나타내었다. 이와 같은 결과로 Lb. curvatus ML17이 묵은지를 포함한 발효스타터로 사용되었을 경우 식품의 보존성 향상과 품질 유지 및 균주에 의한 건강 기능성을 부여할 수 있으며 식품, 사료, 의약 분야의 다양한 산업적 활용이 기대된다.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.493-497
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• 2005

Probiotics are generally excreted within a few days if their ingestion in feces at the same rate as or even more quickly than a transit marker (meaning not clear). Ability of probiotics to adhere to intestine prolongs their persistence in gastrointestinal tract, allowing them to exert healthful effects longer. Hydrophobicities, zeta potentials, Alcian blue-binding capacities, and sedimentation profiles of Pichia farinosa SKM-1, P. anomala SKM-T, and Galactomyces geotrichum SJM-59 were determined to evaluate characteristic properties of cell surfaces responsible for adhesion. Results of intestinal Caco-2 cell line in vitro and murine intestine in vivo studies revealed these strains exhibit adhesive properties regardless of their cell surface hydrophobicity.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.295-301
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• 2019

In this review, we describe the absorption rates (Caco-2 cell permeability) and hepatic/plasma pharmacokinetics of 53 diverse chemicals estimated by modeling virtual oral administration in rats. To ensure that a broad range of chemical structures is present among the selected substances, the properties described by 196 chemical descriptors in a chemoinformatics tool were calculated for 50,000 randomly selected molecules in the original chemical space. To allow visualization, the resulting chemical space was projected onto a two-dimensional plane using generative topographic mapping. The calculated absorbance rates of the chemicals based on cell permeability studies were found to be inversely correlated to the no-observed-effect levels for hepatoxicity after oral administration, as obtained from the Hazard Evaluation Support System Integrated Platform in Japan (r = -0.88, p < 0.01, n = 27). The maximum plasma concentrations and the areas under the concentration-time curves (AUC) of a varied selection of chemicals were estimated using two different methods: simple one-compartment models (i.e., high-throughput toxicokinetic models) and simplified physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling consisting of chemical receptor (gut), metabolizing (liver), and central (main) compartments. The results obtained from the two methods were consistent. Although the maximum concentrations and AUC values of the 53 chemicals roughly correlated in the liver and plasma, inconsistencies were apparent between empirically measured concentrations and the PBPK-modeled levels. The lowest-observed-effect levels and the virtual hepatic AUC values obtained using PBPK models were inversely correlated (r = -0.78, p < 0.05, n = 7). The present simplified PBPK models could estimate the relationships between hepatic/plasma concentrations and oral doses of general chemicals using both forward and reverse dosimetry. These methods are therefore valuable for estimating hepatotoxicity.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.293-304
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• 2022

Objectives : Sagunja-Tang is a famous prescription used in Korean medicine for the purpose of promoting vital energy, and there are few studies using Sagunja-Tang on cerebrovascular diseases yet. As previous studies confirmed that Sagunja-tang is highly likely to be used effectively for stroke, this study was intended to predict the mechanism through which Sagunja-tang would act effectively on stroke. Methods : In this study, a network pharmacology analysis method was used, and oral bioavailability (OB), drug likeness (DL), Caco-2 and BBB permeability were utilized to select compounds with potential activity. For the values of each variable used in this study, OB ≥ 30%, DL ≥ 0.18, Caco-2 ≥ 0, and BBB ≥ 0.3 were applied. Using the above variables, the relations between target genes and diseases that are presumed to be involved in the selected bioavailable compounds were constructed in a network format, and proteins thought to play a major role were identified. Results : Among the compounds included in Sagunja-Tang, 26 bioavailable compounds were selected and it was confirmed that these compounds can be effectively used in cerebrovascular diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and stroke. These compounds are considered to act on proteins related in cell death and growth. The most important mechanism of action was predicted to be apoptosis, and the protein that is thought to play the most key action in this mechanism was caspase-3. Conclusions : In our future study, Sagunja-Tang will be used in an ischemic stroke mouse model, and the mechanism of action will be explored focusing on apoptosis and cell proliferation.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.226-236
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• 2012

갓김치로부터 분리한 probiotic L. acidophilus GK20 및 L. paracasei GK74를 단독 혹은 혼합 배양하여 제조한 요구르트를 저장하는 동안 이화학적 및 미생물학적 특성과 스타터의 위산이나 담즙산에 대한 저항성, Caco-2 cell에 대한 부착능, 항균, 항산화 및 효소적 활성에 대한 prebiotic FOS(fructooligosaccharide)의 영향을 살펴보았다. FOS를 첨가했을 때 요구르트 내의 스타터 균수, 총산도 및 점도는 유의하게 높아짐과 동시에 pH는 감소되었다(p<0.05). 또한 E. coli ATCC 11229와 S. enteritidis ATCC 13076은 probiotics 스타터가 생산한 항균물질에 의해 저해되었으며, FOS를 첨가한 synbiotic 요구르트의 항균활성은 더욱 증가되었다. 게다가 FOS (1.0%)를 첨가하여 혼합 스타터로 발효시킨 요구르트에서 가장 높은 단백질 분해능 ($1.06{\pm}0.06$ unit) 및 ${\beta}$-galactosidase 활성 ($20.14{\pm}0.31$ unit)을 나타내었다. 하지만 비록 L. acidophilus GK20과 L. paracasei GK74 모두 장관액에 대한 저항성, 장관상피세포에 대한 부착능 및 DPPH radical 소거능이나 환원력과 같은 항산화 활성을 나타내었지만, 이들 활성이 FOS에 의해 증가되진 않았다. 결과적으로 L. acidophilus GK20과 L. paracasei GK74 혼합 배양에 FOS를 첨가한 synbiotic 요구르트는 장내환경 개선과 건강기능 향상에 유용한 것으로 여겨지며, 생리활성은 $4^{\circ}C$에서 7일간 저장 하에서도 일정하게 유지되었음을 확인하였다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.697-704
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 전통발효식품에서 분리한 유산균 200여종에 대하여 프로바이오틱 특성을 확인하였다. 내담즙성 및 내산성이 높게 측정된 유산균 4종을 선발하였다. 선발된 유산균은 Lb. plantarum SRCM102224, Lb. plantarum SRCM102227, Lb. paracasei SRCM102329, Lb. paracasei SRCM102343이다. 항균활성, 내산성, 내담즙성, 용혈성, 세포표면 소수성, 장내 세포 부착성, 항생제 내성을 조사하였다. 선발된 유산균 4종 중 SRCM102343은 세포표면 소수성이 95.9%로 대조구 Lb. rhamnosus GG는 13.4%보다 높게 측정되었다. 4종의 유산균의 장내상피세포 caco-2에 대한 부착능을 조사하였다. 그 결과, SRCM102343와 SRCM102329의 Lb. rhamnosus GG보다 부착율이 높았다. 선발된 유산균 4종에 대하여 항균활성 조사 결과, 그 중 3종이 Escherichia coli ATCC 10798, Staphylococcus aureus KCCM 11593, Listeria invanovii KCTC3444, Bacillus cereus ATCC11778 및 S. enterica serovar. Typhi KCTC1926에 대하여 항균활성이 뛰어났다. 이들 결과를 바탕으로 선발된 균주는 프로바이오틱의 가능성으로 기능성식품에 활용이 기대된다.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.217-223
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• 2022

다양한 건강기능식품 중 프로바이오틱스는 전 세계적으로 가장 방대한 시장을 이루고 있으며, 장 건강이 우리 몸의 전반적인 면역작용을 조절하며 질병을 예방하고, 나아가 치료에 도움을 줄 수 있다는 연구결과에 따라 지속적으로 프로바이오틱스에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 무화과식초가 가진 항균능을 이용하여 유제품과 드레싱 소스를 개발하여 그 선호도를 조사하고 대장세포에 미치는 영향을 분석하고자 하였다. 일반우유에 5% 무화과식초를 첨가하였을 때 마시는 요거트와 리코타치즈에 대한 가장 만족도가 높았다. 제조된 유제품에서 분리한 균은 Leuconostoc lactis이며 1.0×10⁷~1.0×10⁸ CFU/mL 이상의 세균수가 측정되어 식품의 기준 및 규격의 기준치를 만족하였다. 인체의 소장 상피세포와 흡사하게 증식되는 Caco-2 세포주에서 세포생존율을 관찰한 결과, 유청을 10% 농도로 처리하였을 때 세포생존율이 19% 가량 유의적으로 증가하였다. 농도별로 유청을 처리하였을 때 최대 58%의 항산화능을 보였다. 또한 유청에서 분리된 Leuconostoc lactis는 우수한 부착능이 관찰됨에 따라 장건강에 도움을 주는 유제품임을 확인하였다.