• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.369-375
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• 2010

This study evaluated the protective effects of ginseng leaf extract (GLE) against high fat-diet-induced hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia, and explored the potential mechanism underlying these effects in C57BL/6J mice. The mice were randomly divided into four groups: normal control, high fat diet control (HFD), GLE-treated at 250 mg/kg, and GLE-treated at 500 mg/kg. To induce hyperglycemic and hyperlipidemic states, mice were fed a high fat diet for 6 weeks and then administered GLE once daily for 8 weeks. At the end of the treatment, we examined the effects of GLE on plasma glucose, lipid levels, and the expression of genes related to lipogenesis, lipolysis, and gluconeogenesis. Both GLE groups lowered levels of plasma glucose, insulin, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and non-esterified fatty acids when compared to those in HFD group. Histological analysis revealed significantly fewer lipid droplets in the livers of GLE-treated mice compared with HFD mice. To elucidate the mechanism, Western blots and RT-PCR were performed using liver tissue. Compared with HFD mice, GLE-treated mice showed higher levels of phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and its substrate, acetyl-CoA carboxylase, but no differences in the expression of lipogenic genes such as sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1a, fatty acid synthase, sterol-CoA desaturase 1 and glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase. However, the expression levels of lipolysis and fatty acid uptake genes such as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-$\alpha$ and CD36 were increased. In addition, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene expression was decreased. These results suggest that GLE ameliorates hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia by inhibiting gluconeogenesis and stimulating lipolysis, respectively, via AMPK activation.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제28권3호통권71호
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• pp.57-69
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• 2007

Objectives : Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Etiological studies of diabetes and its complications have shown that oxidative stress might play a major role. Therefore, many methods have been tried to regulate free oxygen radicals for treating diabetes and its complications. Ojung-hwan, composed of five crude herbs, has been considered effective for treating symptoms of aging. In male ob/ob mouse of severe obesity, hyperinsulinemia and hyperlipidemia, which are features of NIDDM, the hyperglycemic activities and mechanisms of Ojung-hwan were examined. Methods : Mice were grouped and treated for 5 weeks as follows. Both the lean (C57/BL6J black mice) and diabetic (ob/ob mice) control groups received standard chow. The experimental groups were fed a diet of chow supplemented with 30 and 90 mg Ojung-hwan per 1 kg of body weight for 14 days. The effects of Ojung-hwan extract on the ob/ob mice were observed by measuring the serum levels of glucose, insulin, lipid components, and the kidney levels of superoxide anion radical (${\cdot}\;O{_2}{^-}$), MDA+HAE, GSH/GSSG ratio, and also the enzyme activities involved in polyol pathway. Results : Ojung-hwan lowered the levels of serum glucose and insulin in a dose-dependent manner. Total cholesterol, triglyceride and free fatty acid levels decreased, while the HDL-cholesterol level increased, in Ojung-hwan treated groups. Renal aldose reductase and sorbitol dehydrogenase activities increased in the ob/ob mice, whereas they were inhibited in the Ojung-hwan treated groups. Ojung-hwan inhibited the generation of ${\cdot}\;O{_2}{^-}$ in the kidney. Finally, MDA+HAE levels increased and GSH/GSSG ratio decreased in the ob/ob mice, whereas they improved in the Ojung-hwan treated groups. Conclusions : Ojung-hwan showed antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic activities by regulating theactivities of polyol pathway enzymes, scavenging reactive oxygen species and reducing the MDA+HAE levels in the ob/ob mice.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.66-71
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• 2004

선행연구에서 배의 과피에서 추출한 phenolic compound(PC)의 항당뇨 효능이 입증되었기에, 본 연구에서는 생지황 추출물과 배의 과피에서 추출한 PC가 streptozotocin(STZ)로 유발된 고혈당 생쥐에 미치는 영향을 규명하고자 하였다. 0.2 mL의 생지황 추출물을 사료에 혼합하여 공급한 실험군(S군), 0.2 mL 생지황과 PC(90 mg/kg/day)를 혼합하여 공급한 실험군(SPC군) 및 사료만 공급한 대조군으로 구분하여 6주 동안 실시하였다. 체중 계측은 매주 1회, 혈당검사는 꼬리정맥 혈을 취하여 매주 1회씩, 당내성 검사는 실험이 완료되기 24시간 전에 각각 실시하였다. 6주 후 BUN과 creatinine을 검사하기 위하여 심장채혈을 하였으며, 관류고정 후 췌장을 적출하여 $\beta$-세포에 대한 insulin-면역조직화학적 검사를 실시하였다. 체중은 S군이 가장 높았으며, 대조군에 비하여 약 2 g 정도 많았다. 혈당은 S군과 SPC군에서 대조군에 비하여 유의성있게 (p<0.05) 감소하였으며, BUN과 creatinine농도는 SPC군에서 대조군에 비하여 유의성있게 (p<0.05) 감소하였다. 당내성 검사결과 S군과 SPC군은 대조군에 비하여 개선된 결과를 보여주었다. 랑겔한스섬의 $\beta$-세포에 대한 insulin-면역조직 화학적 검사 결과 insulin 양성 반응을 보이는 랑겔한스섬들의 수가 S군(p< 0.01)과 SPC군(p<0.05)에서 대조군에 비하여 유의성있게 증가하였으며, 면역반응성은 SPC군에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 이상의 결과로 보아 생지황의 추출물과 배의 과피에서 추출한 PC가 STZ로 유발된 고혈당 생쥐에서 항당뇨 효능이 있다고 사료되며, SPC군이 S군에 비하여 신장의 기능이 보다 양호하게 나타나는 것으로 보아 배의 과피에서 추출한 PC가 당뇨병신증으로부터 보호하는 작용이 있는 것으로 사료되나 기전에 대해서 앞으로 연구가 필요하다고 생각된다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.802-807
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• 2001

표고버섯과 보리에서 추출한 ${\beta}-glucan(M500,\;B500)$을 Alloxan으로 당뇨를 유발시킨 6주령의 ICR 마우스에 10 일간 경구 투여를 실시하고 식이 섭취량 및 체중의 변화를 관찰하고 혈액중의 포도당 농도, 혈액과 간장 중의 지질 성분 및 각종 장기의 무게 변화를 측정하였으며 결과는 다음과 같다. Alloxan 유발 당뇨 마우스에서 B500군과 M500군은 정상대조군에 비해 거의 2 배에 가까운 식이 섭취량이 관찰되었으나 이에 따른 체중 변화는 시료 투여군에서 당뇨 대조군과 정상 대조군보다 유의적으로 체중이 감소하는 경향을 보였다(p<0.05). 혈중 포도당 농도는 당뇨 대조군의 경우 실험기간 시작부터 종료시까지 고혈당을 유지하였으나, B500군과 M500군은 당뇨 대조군에 비해 유의적으로 낮은 혈당치를 나타내었다(p<0.05). 혈중 중성지방 함량은 당뇨 대조군이 정상 대조군에 비해 약 1.7배 정도 증가하였다. B500군은 당뇨 대조군에 비해 중성지방의 농도가 유의적으로 감소하였으나, M500군에서는 유의적인 차이가 없었다(0.05). 혈액중 총 콜레스테롤 농도와 LDL 콜레스테롤 농도는 각 군에서 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 이상에서 표고버섯과 보리의 ${\beta}-glucan$을 Alloxan 유발 당뇨 마우스에 투여하였을 때 체중 및 혈중 포도당 농도가 감소되었고, 특히 보리 ${\beta}-glucan$은 혈중 중성지방 농도를 감소시키는 경향을 보였으므로 표고버섯과 보리의 ${\beta}-glucan$이 당뇨병에 대한 개선 효과가 있다고 인정되며 이를 이용한 기능성 식품으로의 개발 가능성이 높다고 사료된다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.58-62
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• 2004

The effects of herbal medicine on type 2 diabetic animal model were investigated. Herbal medicine were composed with the addition of Coicis Semen into Okchun-san (OCS). Commelinae Herba into Gangsim-tang (GST). Scrophulariae Radix into Hyunsamsunki-san (HSK). and Erythrinae Cortex into Yukmijihuang-hwan (YMH). We evaluated anti-hyperglycemic and body weight reduction activity in diabetic db/db mice. The experimental animals were divided into six groups. as control group and five sample groups. Each 200mg/kg/day of OCS, GST, HSK and YMH was administered with orally for 14days long. 5mg/kg/day of acarbose was administered with orally for 14days long. On day 14, OCS-treated db/db mice had significantly lower fasting blood glucose levels compared to control group(296±25.9 versus 593±16.4mg/dl. p<0.001). During the 2 h intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test (IPGTT), all the sample groups were improved compared to control group but insignificantly. After 14days of extract treatment. body weight in control. YMH and acarbose groups were increased. but OCS. GST and HSK groups reduced. However. it did not significantly lower hemoglobin Alc(HbAlc) in blood of db/db mice. These result suggest that OCS could be effective on insulin-independent type 2 diabetes.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.197-205
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• 2020

Diabetes mellitus is a common heterogeneous metabolic disorder, characterized by deposition of extracellular matrix, oxidative stress, and vascular dysfunction, thereby leading to gradual loss of function in multiple organs. However, little attention has been paid to gene expression changes in the lung under hyperglycemic conditions. In this study, we found that diabetes inuced histological changes in the lung of streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. Global gene expression profiling revealed a set of genes that are up- and down-regulated in the lung of diabetic mice. Among these, expression of Amigo2, Adrb2, and Zbtb16 were confirmed at the transcript level to correlate significantly with hyperglycemia in the lung. We further evaluated the effect of human umbilical cord-derived perivascular stem cells (PVCs) on these gene expression in the lung of diabetic mice. Our results show that administration of PVC-conditioned medium significantly suppressed Amig2, Adrb2, and Zbtb16 upregulation in these mice, suggesting that these genes may be useful indicators of lung injury during hyperglycemia. Furthermore, PVCs offer a promising alternative cell therapy for treating diabetic complications via regulation of gene expression.

• 약학회지
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.613-620
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• 1998

Antidiabetic activity of Mori folium ethanol soluble fraction (MFESF) was examined in db/db mice, which is a spontaneously hyperglycemic, hyperinsulinemic and obese animal model . 500 and 1000mg/kg dose for MFFSF (designated by SY 500 and SY 1000, respectively) and 5mg/kg dose for acarbose were administered for 6 weeks. Body weight gain, fasting and non-fasting serum glucose, glycated hemoglobin and triglyceride were all reduced dose dependently when compared between db/db control group and MFESF treated group. At 11th and 13th week after birth, MFESF increased an insulin secretion which may result in lowering serum glucose level. Total activities of sucrase and maltase in SY 500 treated group were decreased when compared to db/db control. On the other hand, those in SY 1000 and acarbose treated groups were increased. This result may suggest that proteins for sucrase and maltase were compensatorily induced due to significant inhibition of glycosidase-catalyzed reaction at doses administered in this study.

• 한국잠사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국잠사학회 1997년도 Progress and Future Development of Sericultural Science and Technology 40th Anniversary Commemoration Symposium
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• pp.119-131
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• 1997

As the average span of human life is continuously increasing, especially the old aged groups, are suffering from various chronic and critical diseases e.g. cardiovascular diseases, coronary heart disease, diabetes, atherosclerosis and alzheimer's etc. However, effective and safe treatment methods have not yet been investigated threathening old aged groups. This research was planned to isolate compounds with the therapeutic potential for the above mentioned chronic diseases from the mulberry leaves. Biological screenings were carried out for the following categories; anti-atherogenic, anti-diabetic and antihypertensive effects. The results were as follows; Mulberry leaves, 20% $\alpha$-treated Gaelyrangppong showed significant 81% of blood glucose lowering effects in alloxan-induced hyperglycemic mice. Particularly, butanol-soluble fractions of mulberry leaves showed the more significant hypoglycemic activity than other fractions in alloxan induced hyperhlycemic mice. Also in the group given 1g/kg doses of extract of mulberry leaves, total cholesterol level was decreased significantly by as much as 49% in hyperlipidemia-induced rats. In Mulberry leaves post-treated group, the atheroscelosis index, HDL-cholesterol/Total-cholesterol, was increased significantly by as much as 91%.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.20-28
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• 2018

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. (PF) sprout is a plant of the labiate family. We have previously reported the protective effects of PF sprout extract on cytokine-induced ${\beta}-cell$ damage. However, the mechanism of action of the PF sprout extract in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) has not been investigated. The present study was designed to study the effects of PF sprout extract and signaling mechanisms in the T2DM mice model using C57BL/KsJ-db/db (db/db) mice. MATERIALS/METHODS: Male db/db mice were orally administered PF sprout extract (100, 300, and 1,000 mg/kg of body weight) or rosiglitazone (RGZ, positive drug, 1 mg/kg of body weight) for 4 weeks. Signaling mechanisms were analyzed using liver tissues and HepG2 cells. RESULTS: The PF sprout extract (300 and 1,000 mg/kg) significantly reduced the fasting blood glucose, serum insulin, triglyceride and total cholesterol levels in db/db mice. PF sprout extract also significantly improved glucose intolerance and insulin sensitivity, decreased hepatic gluconeogenic protein expression, and ameliorated histological alterations of the pancreas and liver. Levels of phosphorylated AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) protein expression also increased in the liver after treatment with the extract. In addition, an increase in the phosphorylation of AMPK and decrease in the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and glucose 6-phosphatase proteins in HepG2 cells were also observed. CONCLUSIONS: Our results sugges that PF sprout displays beneficial effects in the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes via modulation of the AMPK pathway and inhibition of gluconeogenesis in the liver.

• 약학회지
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.345-350
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• 2006

The pharmacological properties of ginseng are mainly attributed to ginsenosides, the active constituents that are found in the extracts of different species of ginseng. Lately; the studies on ginsenosides are mainly focused on IH-901, a major intestinal bacterial metabolite of ginsenosides. In this study; we examined the anti-diabetic activity of IH-901 in C57BU61 db/db mice model. IH-901 was administrated orally at a dose of 20 mg/kg for 5 weeks. During the experimental period, body weight and blood glucose levels were measured every week. After 5 weeks, db/db mice were sacrificed and diabetic parameters were analyzed. IH-901 treated group showed a significant decrease in fasting blood glucose levels (from 10.5 mM to 9.4 mM), insulin resistance index (from 163.6 to 100.2) and triglyceride levels (from 115.3 to 70.1) compared to the diabetic control. In Pancreatic islets morphology; IH-901 treated group revealed much less infltrated mononuclear cells, indicating that IH-901 recovered ${\beta}$-cell damage due to hyperglycemia. In addition, IH-901 upregulated expressions of glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) and PPAR-${\gamma}$ in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue, respectively. Taken together IH-901might be a potential anti-hyperglycemic agent with insulin sensitizing effect.