• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.1790-1799
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• 2016

Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI)-time of flight/mass spectrometry (TOF/MS) was applied to investigate alterations in phospholipids in mitophagic cancer cells. Several phospholipids, including phosphatidylcholines (PCs), sphingomyelins (SMs), and phosphatidylinositols (PIs), were successfully analyzed in control and mitophagy-induced H460 cells in the positive and negative ion modes. Principal component analysis was applied to differentiate the two groups. The upregulated and downregulated phospholipid species in the mitophagic cells were also represented in a heatmap. In the volcano plot (fold change > 1.3 and p value < 0.01), individual species of seven PCs, two SMs, and three PIs were selected as differentially regulated phospholipids. In particular, almost all the molecular species of PC, SM, and PI were downregulated in the mitophagic cells. Quantification of these lipids indicated that mitophagy induces altered metabolism of phospholipids. Therefore, phospholipid alterations during the mitophagic process of lung cancer cells were well characterized by MALDI-TOF/MS.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.295-301
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• 2019

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Consumption of cholesterol-rich foods, such as eggs, has a minimal effect on circulating cholesterol levels in healthy humans. To gain insight, we investigated whether phospholipids rich in eggs (EPL) interfere with intestinal cholesterol absorption in vivo. MATERIALS/METHODS: To investigate the acute effect of EPL on intestinal cholesterol absorption, male C57BL/6J mice were orally administered with 6, 11, or 19 mg of EPL for three days. We also tested the effect of chronic EPL consumption on cholesterol metabolism in the small intestine and the liver in mice with diet-induced hypercholesterolemia. Male C57BL/6J mice were fed a high fat/high cholesterol (HF/HC; 35% fat, 0.25% cholesterol, w/w) diet for 4 weeks to induce hypercholesterolemia, and subsequently the mice were either fed 0, 0.4 or 0.8% (w/w) of EPL for 6 weeks. RESULTS: Intestinal cholesterol absorption was significantly decreased by the highest dose of acute EPL administration compared to control. Chronic EPL supplementation did not significantly alter intestinal cholesterol absorption nor plasma levels of total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. In the small intestine and the liver, EPL supplementation minimally altered the expression of genes which regulate cellular cholesterol levels. CONCLUSION: Although chronic EPL consumption was not able to counteract hypercholesterolemia in HF/HC-fed mice, acute EPL administration decreased intestinal cholesterol absorption. This study provides in vivo evidence that acute administration of PLs in eggs prevent cholesterol absorption in the intestine, suggesting a mechanism for a minimal effect of egg consumption on circulating cholesterol levels.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.320-324
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• 1995

쥐 뇌의 microsome으로 부터 ${\Delta}^{5}-3{\beta}$-hydroxy steroid acyl 전이효소(${\Delta}^{5}-3{\beta}$-OH-SAT)를 detergent를 이용하여 용해한 뒤에 인산지방질 liposome에서 재구성하여 처리하지 않은 microsome의 ${\Delta}^{5}-3{\beta}$-OH-SAT의 활성도와 비교하였다. 용해에 사용한 detergent중에는 deoxycholic acid가 Tween 80이나 Triton X-100 보다 우수한 ${\Delta}^{5}-3{\beta}$-OH-SAT 활성도를 나타냈으며, liposome 생성에 사용한 인산지방질중에서는 난황 및 대두 phosphatidyl-choline이 가장 높은 활성도를 보였으며 그 다음이 phosphatidylethanolamine이었고 phosphatidylserine과 phosphatidic acid는 재구성하지 않은 용해된 효소보다 ${\Delta}^{5}-3{\beta}$-OH-SAT 활성도가 낮았다. 따라서 인산지방질의 head group의 4차 암모늄기나 amine기는 ${\Delta}^{5}-3{\beta}$-OH-SAT의 재구성활성을 촉진시키고 COOH기가 amine기와 함께 존재하거나 amine기가 없으면 이 효소의 활성이 저해됨을 알 수 있었다.