• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.447-455
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• 2021

Strains of four Bacillus spp. were respectively inoculated into sterilized soybeans and the free amino acid profiles of the resulting cultures were analyzed to discern their metabolic traits. After 30 days of culture, B. licheniformis showed the highest production of serine, threonine, and glutamic acid; B. subtilis exhibited the highest production of alanine, asparagine, glycine, leucine, proline, tryptophan, and lysine. B. velezensis increased the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) concentration to >200% of that in the control samples. B. sonorensis produced a somewhat similar amino acid profile with B. licheniformis. Comparative genomic analysis of the four Bacillus strains and the genetic profiles of the produced free amino acids revealed that genes involved in glutamate and arginine metabolism were not common to the four strains. The genes gadA/B (encoding a glutamate decarboxylase), rocE (amino acid permease), and puuD (γ-glutamyl-γ-aminobutyrate hydrolase) determined GABA production, and their presence was species-specific. Taken together, B. licheniformis and B. velezensis were respectively shown to have high potential to increase concentrations of glutamic acid and GABA, while B. subtilis has the ability to increase essential amino acid concentrations in fermented soybean foods.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.113-125
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• 2023

It has been reported that stressful events in early life influence behavior in adulthood and are associated with different psychiatric disorders, such as major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, and anxiety disorder. Maternal separation (MS) is a representative animal model for reproducing childhood stress. It is used as an animal model for depression, and has well-known effects, such as increasing anxiety behavior and causing abnormalities in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. This study investigated the effect of MS on anxiety or aggression-like behavior and the number of GABAergic neurons in the hippocampus. Mice were separated from their dams for four hours per day for 19 d from postnatal day two. Elevated plus maze (EPM) test, resident-intruder (RI) test, and counted glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 (GAD67) or parvalbumin (PV) positive cells in the hippocampus were executed using immunohistochemistry. The maternal segregation group exhibited increased anxiety and aggression in the EPM test and the RI test. GAD67-positive neurons were increased in the hippocampal regions we observed: dentate gyrus (DG), CA3, CA1, subiculum, presubiculum, and parasubiculum. PV-positive neurons were increased in the DG, CA3, presubiculum, and parasubiculum. Consistent with behavioral changes, corticosterone was increased in the MS group, suggesting that the behavioral changes induced by MS were expressed through the effect on the HPA axis. Altogether, MS alters anxiety and aggression levels, possibly through alteration of cytoarchitecture and output of the ventral hippocampus that induces the dysfunction of the HPA axis.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2009

$\gamma$-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a ubiquitous nonprotein amino acid that is produced primarily by $\alpha$-decarboxylation of L-glutamic acid (Glu) catalyzed by the enzyme glutamate decarboxylase (GAD). It is well known as a neurotransmitter that regulates inhibitory neurotransmission in the mammalian central nervous system. In addition, GABA has been proved to be effective for lowering blood pressure in mammals. This paper is intended to provide basic information about GABA, including the functional and biological activity of GABA, GABA production by lactic acid bacteria, and the utilization of GABA in the production of dairy products.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.219-225
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• 2015

In the previous experiments, we reported that ethanol extract of Gastrodiae Rhizoma, the dried tuber of Gastrodia ElataBlume (Orchidaceae) increased pentobarbital-induced sleeping behaviors. These experiments were undertaken to know whether 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (4-HBD), is one of the major compounds of Gastrodiae Rhizoma increases pentobarbital-induced sleeping behaviors and changes sleep architectures via activating GABA_A-ergic systems in rodents. 4-HBD decreased locomotor activity in mice. 4-HBD increased total sleep time, and decreased of sleep onset by pentobarbital (28 mg/kg and 40 mg/kg). 4-HBD showed synergistic effects with muscimol (a GABA_A receptor agonist), shortening sleep onset and enhancing sleep time on pentobarbital-induced sleeping behaviors. On the other hand, 4-HBD (200 mg/kg, p.o.) itself significantly inhibited the counts of sleepwake cycles, and prolonged total sleep time and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) in rats. Moreover, 4-HBD increased intracellular Cl⁻ levels in the primary cultured cerebellar cells. The protein levels of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and GABA_A receptors subunits were over-expressed by 4-HBD. Consequently, these results demonstrate that 4-HBD increased NREM sleep as well as sleeping behaviors via the activation of GABA_A-ergic systems in rodents.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.94-100
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• 1971

한국 상용식품 76종에 대한 총 GA 및 유리 GA 함량을 glutamate decarboxylase를 사용한 검압법에 의해서 측정하였다. 유리 GA 함량은 곡류 $10{\sim}20mg\;%(w/w)$, 두류 $20{\sim}30mg\;%$, 수육류 약 30mg %, 해산물 $10{\sim}30mg\;%$, 그리고 소채류는 10mg % 이하이었으며, 총 GA함량은 각각 소맥류 3%(w/w), 대맥류 2% 기타곡류 1%, 대두와 땅콩 5%, 그리고 야채류에서는 0.5% 이하이었다. 특히 간장에는 유리 GA 함량이 높아서 1%나 되었다. 한편 위의 결과를 기초로하고 식품섭취 조사자료에 입각하여 산출한 한국인의 1인 1일 총 GA 섭취량은 대체로 $9{\sim}16\;g$이고, 유리 GA의 양은 $400{\sim}700\;mg$ 정도이며, 이 양을 다시 1인 1식 다량으로 평균하면 그양은 각각 $3{\sim}5.3\;g$ 및 $133{\sim}233\;mg$에 상당한다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.1745-1748
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• 2019

Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) plays important roles in host physiology. However, the effects of GABA are greatly restricted due to its low bioavailability in the human body. Here, a high acid-tolerance GABA-producing strain, Lactobacillus brevis Bmb5, was isolated from kimchi. Bmb5 converted glutamate to GABA (7.23 ± 0.68 ㎍/μl) at a rate of 72.3%. The expression of gadB gene, encoding the enzyme involved in the decarboxylation of glutamate to GABA, was decreased upon incubation. Our findings indicate GABA production in Bmb5 is not directly correlated with gadB gene expression, providing new insight into the mechanisms underlying GABA production in Lactobacillus.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.615-620
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• 2000

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

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2017

Perillae Herba has been traditionally used for the sedation in the oriental countries. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine whether Perillae Herba ethanol extract (PHEE) enhances pentobarbital-induced sleeping behaviors in animals. In addition, the possible mechanisms are demonstrated. PHEE (12.5, 25 and 50 mg/kg. p.o.) reduced the locomotor activity in mice. PHEE reduced sleep latency and augmented the total sleep time in pentobarbital (42 mg/kg, i.p.)-induced sleep in mice. Furthermore, the number of sleeping mice treated with sub-hypnotic pentobarbital (28 mg/kg, i.p.) increased. PHEE (50 mg/kg. p.o.) decreased the sleep/wake cycles and wakefulness, and increased total sleeping time and NREM sleep in electroencephalogram (EEG) of rats. In addition, PHEE (0.1, 1.0 and $10{\mu}g/ml$) increased the intracellular $Cl^-$ level through the GABA receptors in the hypothalamus of rats. Moreover, the protein of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) was overexpressed by PFEE. It was found that PHEE enhanced pentobarbital-induced sleeping behaviors through $GABA_A-ergic$ transmissions.

• 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 Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.562-568
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• 2006

GABA $(\gamma-aminobutyric\;acid)$ is the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain. For the efficient production of GAB A, a semi continuous cell entrapment system using Lactobacillus brevis GABA 057 was optimized, including the substrate concentration, bead-stabilizing additives, and reaction conditions. The converted monosodium glutamate (MSG), which was added as a substrate for glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), increased from 2% (w/v) to 12% (w/v). The addition of isomaltooligosaccharide to the alginate beads also increased the stability of the entrapped L. brevis and GABA productivity. Consequently, when optimal conditions were applied, up to 223 mM GABA could be produced from 534 mM MSG after 48 h of reaction by using alginate-beadencapsulated L. brevis GABA 057.