• 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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• 한국균학회 2015년도 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.11-11
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• 2015

A total of sixty-six samples of Nuruk, a fermention starter used to make the Korean traditional rice wine, Makgeolli, were collected from central and southern regions of Korea in 2013 and 2014. We classified two groups of the Nuruk samples, "commercial" and "home-made", according to the manufacturing procedure and purpose of use. Commercial Nuruks were made in a controlled environment where the temperature and humidity are fixed and the final product is supplied to Makgeolli manufacturers. Home-made Nuruks were made under uncontrolled conditions in the naturally opened environment and were intended for use in the production of small amounts of home-brewed Makgeolli. We obtained more than five hundred isolates including filamentous fungi and yeasts from the Nuruk samples followed by identification of fungal species. Also we stored glycerol stocks of each single isolate at $-70^{\circ}C$. We identified the species of each isolate based on the sequences of ITS regions amplified with two different universal primer pairs. We also performed morphological characterization of the filamentous fungi and yeast species through observations under the microscope. We investigated the major fungal species of commercial and home-made Nuruks by counting the colony forming units (CFU) and analyzing the occurrence tendency of fungal species. While commercial Nuruks contained mostly high CFU of yeasts, home-made Nuruks showed relatively high occurrence of filamentous fungi. One of the representative Nuruk manufacturers used both domestic wheat bran and imported ones, mainly from US, as raw material. Depending on the source of ingredient, the fungal diversity was somewhat different. Another commercial Nuruk sample was collected twice, once in 2013 and again in 2014, and showed different diversity of fungal species in each year. Nuruks obtained from the southern regions of Korea and Jeju island showed high frequency of yeast such as Saccharomycopsis fibuligera and Pichia species as well as unique filamentous fungus, Monascus species. S. fibuligera was easily found in many Nuruk samples with high CFU. The major filamentous fungi were Aspergillus, Lichtheimia, Mucor and Penicillium species. In order to further our understanding of the isolates and their potential industrial applications, we assayed three enzymes, alpha amylase, glucoamylase and acid protease from 140 isolates out of about five hundred isolates and selected about 10 excellent strains with high enzyme activities. With these fungal isolates, we will perform omics analyses including genomics, transcriptomics, metabolic pathway analyses, and metabolomics followed by whole genome sequencing of unique isolates associated with the basic research of Nuruk and that also has applications in the Makgeolli making process.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.784-788
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• 2001

최근 고추섭취량과 위암과의 양의상관도를 보이는 역학조사 결과가 발표되었는데 이런 자료를 신뢰하기 위해서는 향신료로 쓰이는 고추의 섭취량이 정확히 측정되어야 할 것이다. 이에 고추의 매운맛 성분 capsaicin의 인체대사산물을 확인하고 이를 응용하여 생리학적으로 의미있는 섭취량을 측정하려는 취지에서 실험을 계획하였다. 먼저 동물실험에서 관찰된 capsaicin의 대사체들을 소변에서 HPLC로 동시에 검출하는 방법을 고안하고 이들 대사체의 신속한 검색을 위해, 이전부터 사용하던 유기용매 추출을 지양하고 효소 glucuronidase 처리한 소변희석액을 바로 HPLC에 주입하는 방법을 사용하였다. 20대의 젊은 여성 5-6명을 대상으로, 이틀 간의 capsaicin 고갈식이 이후 capsaicin이 포함되지 않은 식사시 capsacin의 제공원으로서 고추장을 섭취하게 하였다. 60g씩 사홀 고추장을 섭취한 실험시 여섯명의 참가자 중 네명에게서 섭취를 시작한지 3일 째 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid가, 한 명에게서 3일 째 capsaicin이 검출되었다. 80g씩 나흘을 섭취한 2차 실험시는 세 명의 피실험자에게서 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid가 나흘째 소변에서 검출되었다. 2차 실험에서 나흘째 검출된 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid의 총량은 실험기간 중 섭취한 capsaicinoids 총량의 85% 이상이었다. 따라서 쥐 등을 이용한 capsaicinoid 대사 실험에서는 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenyl alcohol이 주대사물질이었으나 인체에서는 그와 달리 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid가 주대사산물이라고 여겨진다. 그러나 1, 2차 실험식이를 충실히 따른 두명의 소변에서는 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid를 포함한 어떤 대사체도 찾을 수 없었기 때문에 개인간의 흡수 대사 차이가 크게 기여한다고 추정되며 생리적으로 의미 있는 capsaicin 섭취의 지표 물질은 인체를 대상으로 처음 얻어진 이 결과에 기반으로 한 계속 실험을 통해 선정되리라 기대한다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2000

불와전 균류인 Fusarium s^g pp.를 이용하여 여러 가지 배양조건과 생리적 영향에 따른 균주의 성장 및 T-2 toxin의 생성에 관하여 고찰하였다. T-2 toxin 의 검출방법은 thin layer chromatography (TCL) 법과 미생물학적 검출방법을 사용하였다. 고체 배지의 경우 횐옥수수 가루(Quaker사 제품)베지에서 다른 곡물보다 많은 양의 T-2 toxin이 생성되었으며,비교적 깨끗한 T-2 toxin이 정제되었다. 이 경우 배지 100g당 약 700 mg의 T-2 toxin이 생성되었으며, 그중 약 30%정도가 깨끗한 결정으로 정제되었다. 고온(20-$25^{\circ}C$)에서는 생장은 많았으나, T-2 toxin의 생성은 적었으며, 저온(10-$15^{\circ}C$)에서는 비교적 생장이 적었지만, T-2 toxin의 생성이 많았고, 젖당, 글리세롤, 솔비톨의 경우는 적었다. 유일 탄소원으로 구연산과 초산은 이용하지 못하였으며, 녹발의 경우 생장은 많았으나 T-2 toxin의 생성양은 적었다. 질소원의 경우 $NaNO_2$를 제외하고는 $(NH_4)_2NO_4$, $NH_4Cl_3$, $NH_4NO_3$, $KNO_3$ 를 거의 동일하게 이용하였다. 초기 pH값에 생성과 균주의 성장은 pH4.0-5.0일 경우 최적을 나타냈으며 ph6.0이상에서는 성장도 저하되고, T-2 toxin생성도 적었다. 회전속도에 따른 T-2 toxin 생성과 균주의 성장을 보면 회전속도가 속돠 증가함에 따라 균주의 생장과 T-2 toxin 생성량이 모두 증가하였다. $15^{\circ}C$에서 7일간 배양 후, $25^{\circ}C$로 옮겨 7일간 배양하여, toxin의 생성을 보면, $15^{\circ}C$에 7일간 배양했을 때보다 T-2 toxin양이 적었다. 이는 생성되었던 T-2 toxin이 분해되었음을 보여주는 것이다. 이상의 결과를 볼 때 T-2 toxin 대사 경로는 온도에 의한 효소 억제 또는 효소 유지 시스템에 의해 조절되는 것이라고 생각할 수 있다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.347-353
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• 2014

본 연구는 인삼의 주요성분인 ginsenoside Rb1으로부터 보다 높은 생리기능성을 갖는 것으로 알려져 있는 compound K를 생산하기 위하여 Aspergillus usamii KCTC 6954에서 유래된 ${\beta}$-glucosidase를 사용하여 생물전환을 실시하였다. 15일 동안의 배양 중, 효소활 성 측정은 ${\rho}$-nitrophenyl-${\beta}$-glucopyranoside를 기질로 하여 분해 생성되는 ${\rho}$-nitrophenol (${\rho}NP$)을 비색계로 측정함으로써 실시되었다. 그 결과로서, 균주의 성장 속도는 접종 후 6일 후 최대로 나타났으며 이때의 ${\beta}$-glucosidas 활성도는 $175.93{\mu}M\;ml^{-1}min^{-1}$로 나타났다. 또 한 효소 반응의 최적 조건은 pH 6.0 이내에서는 $60^{\circ}C$인 것으로 나타났다. 배양 중 ginsenosides 분석 결과, 배양 9일 후에는 Rb1는 Rd 로 전환되고 15 days 후에는 compound K로 순차적으로 전환되는 것으로 나타났다. 효소반응에 있어서는 Rb1는 1시간 이내에 ginsenoside Rd로 전환되었고 8시간 이후에 최종산물인 compound K가 측정되었다. 본 연구결과로부터 Rb1으로부터 주요 생물학적 전환 경로는 $Rb1{\rightarrow}Rd{\rightarrow}F2{\rightarrow}$compound K로 나타났으며 이는 차후 Rd나 compound K와 같이 강한 생리기능성을 갖지만 자연에 미 량 존재하는 물질의 대량생산에 응용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2001년도 Proceedings of International Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea
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• pp.109-113
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• 2001

Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) has been shown to modulate transactivations by the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR)$\gamma$ and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF$\kappa$B). In this study, the oxLDL signaling pathways involved with the NF$\kappa$B transactivation were investigated by utilizing a reporter construct driven by three upstream NF$\kappa$B binding sites, and various pharmacological inhibitors. OxLDL and its constituent lysophophatidylcholine (lysoPC) induced a rapid and transient increase of intracellular calcium and stimulated the NF-KB transactivation in resting RAW264.7 macrophage cells in an oxidation-dependent manner. The NF$\kappa$B activation by oxLDL or lysoPC was inhibited by protein kinase C inhibitors or an intracellular calcium chelator. Tyrosine kinase or PI3 kinase inhibitors did not block the NF$\kappa$B transactivation. Furthermore, the oxLDL-induced NF$\kappa$B activity was abolished by the PPAR$\gamma$ ligands. When the endocytosis of oxLDL was blocked by cytochalasin B, the NF$\kappa$B transactivation by oxLDL was synergistically increased, while PPAR transactivation was blocked. These results suggest that oxLDL activates NF-$\kappa$B in resting macrophages via protein kinase C- and/or calcium-dependent pathways, which does not involve the endocytic processing of oxLDL. The endocytosis-dependent PPAR$\gamma$ activation by oxLDL may function as an inactivation route of the oxLDL induced NF$\kappa$B signal. Short heterodimer partner (SHP), specifically expressed in liver and a limited number of other tissues, is an unusual orphan nuclear receptor that lacks the conventional DNA-binding domain. In this work, we found that SHP expression is abundant in murine macrophage cell line RAW 264.7 but suppressed by oxLDL and its constituent I3-HODE, a ligand for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor y. Furthermore, SHP acted as a transcription coactivator of nuclear factor-$\kappa$B (NF$\kappa$B) and was essential for the previously described NF$\kappa$B transactivation by lysoPC, one of the oxLDL constituents. Accordingly, NF$\kappa$B, transcriptionally active in the beginning, became progressively inert in oxLDL-treated RAW 264.7 cells, as oxLDL decreased the SHP expression. Thus, SHP appears to be an important modulatory component to regulate the transcriptional activities of NF$\kappa$B in oxLDL-treated, resting macrophage cells.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.183-190
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• 2017

Ficus carica L. (common fig), one of the first plants cultivated by humans, originated in the Mediterranean basin and currently grows worldwide, including southwest Asia and South Korea. It has been used as a traditional medicine for treatment of metabolic, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases as well as hemorrhoids and skin infections. Its pharmacological properties have recently been studied in detail, but research on the anti-cancer effect of its latex has been only been studied on a limited basis on several cell lines, such prostate cancer, breast cancer, and leukemia. In this study, we investigated the anti-cancer activity of the latex of Ficus carica L.and its underlying mechanism in FaDu human hypopharynx squamous carcinoma cells. (See Ed. note above) We confirmed through SDS-PAGE analysis and gelatinolytic activity analysis that the latex of Ficus carica contains cysteine protease ficin. Our data showed that the latex inhibited cell growth in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, the latex treatment markedly induced apoptosis in FaDu cells as determined by FACS analysis, elevated expression level of cleaved caspase-9, -3 and PARP (poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase), and. increased the expression of Bax (pro-apoptotic factor) while decreasing the expression of Bcl-2 (anti-apoptotic factor). Taken together, these results suggested that latex containing the ficin inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis by caspase and the Bcl-2 family signaling pathway in FaDu human hypopharynx squamous carcinoma cells. These findings point to the potential of latex of Ficus carica to provide a novel chemotherapeutic drug due to its growth inhibition effects and induction of apoptosis in human oral cancer cells.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 1988

인삼을 $15^{\circ}C$에서 $30^{\circ}C$까지 $5^{\circ}C$ 차이로 구분하여 일중 온도변이를 두어 19일간 암하에서 길러 지상부 재생장효율을 조사하였으며 생육적온 $15^{\circ}C$를 제한 온도를 적산한 6개 열장해지수와 5개의 생장효율과의 직선상관을 조사하였다. 총생산효율(지상부건중/근중감소량)은 최적온인 $15^{\circ}C$ / $15^{\circ}C$에서 37.5%이고 최고온인 30/$30^{\circ}C$에서 12.3%였다. 유지호흡을 보정한 순생산효율{(지상부중+지상부유지호흡량)/(근중감량-유지호흡량)}은 각기 39.6%와 16.7%였다. 모든 열장해지수는 모든 생장효율과 부상관(p=0.001)을 보였으며 온도차가 없는 경우와 너무 큰 경우를 보정한 열장해지수가 가장 큰 상관계수를 보였다. 열장해지수는 근중감소량과 유의 부상관, 유지호흡량과는 유의 정상관을 보였다. 지상부 생장량은 생장효율 및 근중감소량과 유의 정상관, 열장해지수와는 부상관을 보였다. 이상의 결과에서 열장해는 호흡소모가 아니고 재생장에 필요한 기질공급의 저해이며 그로 인해 생장효율이 저하되는 것으로 보인다. 생육적온에서도 재생장효율은 심히 적었으며 생육부진의 원인으로 보인다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.58-66
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• 2020

Background: The biological and pharmacological effects of BST204, a fermented ginseng extract, have been reported in various disease conditions. However, its molecular action in metabolic disease remains poorly understood. In this study, we identified the antiadipogenic activity of BST204 resulting from its inhibition of the S6 kinase 1 (S6K1) signaling pathway. Methods: The inhibitory effects of BST204 on S6K1 signaling were investigated by immunoblot, nuclear fractionation, immunoprecipitation analyses. The antiadipogenic effect of BST204 was evaluated by measuring mRNA levels of adipogenic genes and by chromatin immunoprecipitation and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis. Results: Treatment with BST204 inhibited activation and nuclear translocation of S6K1, further decreasing the interaction between S6K1 and histone H2B in 10T1/2 mesenchymal stem cells. Subsequently, phosphorylation of H2B at serine 36 (H2BS36p) by S6K1 was reduced by BST204, inducing an increase in the mRNA expression of Wnt6, Wnt10a, and Wnt10b, which disturbed adipogenic differentiation and promoted myogenic and early osteogenic gene expression. Consistently, BST204 treatment during adipogenic commitment suppressed the expression of adipogenic marker genes and lipid drop formation. Conclusion: Our results indicate that BST204 blocks adipogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells through the inhibition of S6K1-mediated histone phosphorylation. This study suggests the potential therapeutic strategy using BST204 to combat obesity and musculoskeletal diseases.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.309-318
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• 2015

Alcohol consumption increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. However, its effects on prediabetes or early diabetes have not been studied. We investigated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the pancreas and liver resulting from chronic alcohol consumption in the prediabetes and early stages of diabetes. We separated Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats, a type-2 diabetic animal model, into two groups based on diabetic stage: prediabetes and early diabetes were defined as occurrence between the ages of 11 to 16 weeks and 17 to 22 weeks, respectively. The experimental group received an ethanol-containing liquid diet for 6 weeks. An intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test was conducted after 16 and 22 weeks for the prediabetic and early diabetes groups, respectively. There were no significant differences in body weight between the control and ethanol groups. Fasting and 120-min glucose levels were lower and higher, respectively, in the ethanol group than in the control group. In prediabetes rats, alcohol induced significant expression of ER stress markers in the pancreas; however, alcohol did not affect the liver. In early diabetes rats, alcohol significantly increased most ER stress-marker levels in both the pancreas and liver. These results indicate that chronic alcohol consumption increased the risk of diabetes in prediabetic and early diabetic OLETF rats; the pancreas was more susceptible to damage than was the liver in the early diabetic stages, and the adaptive and proapoptotic pathway of ER stress may play key roles in the development and progression of diabetes affected by chronic alcohol ingestion.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.459-466
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• 2016

Adipogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is critical for metabolic homeostasis and nutrient signaling during development. However, limited information is available on the pivotal modulators of adipogenic differentiation of MSCs. Adaptor protein Lnk (Src homology 2B3 [SH2B3]), which belongs to a family of SH2-containing proteins, modulates the bioactivities of different stem cells, including hematopoietic stem cells and endothelial progenitor cells. In this study, we investigated whether an interaction between insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) and Lnk regulated IGF-1-induced adipogenic differentiation of MSCs. We found that wild-type MSCs showed greater adipogenic differentiation potential than $Lnk^{-/-}$ MSCs. An ex vivo adipogenic differentiation assay showed that $Lnk^{-/-}$ MSCs had decreased adipogenic differentiation potential compared with wild-type MSCs. Interestingly, we found that Lnk formed a complex with IGF-1R and that IGF-1 induced the dissociation of this complex. In addition, we observed that IGF-1-induced increase in the phosphorylation of Akt and mammalian target of rapamycin was triggered by the dissociation of the IGF-1R-Lnk complex. Expression levels of a pivotal transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma ($PPAR-{\gamma}$) and its adipogenic target genes (LPL and FABP4) significantly decreased in $Lnk^{-/-}$ MSCs. These results suggested that Lnk adaptor protein regulated the adipogenesis of MSCs through the $IGF-1/Akt/PPAR-{\gamma}$ pathway.