• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.197-212
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• 2022

본 연구는 우리나라 국민 20 ~ 49 세 연령군 가운데 289 명을 대상으로 피부 마이크로바이옴의 요인들인 유익균, 상재균, 여드름균이 유해균에 미치는 영향과 상호작용을 실증적으로 분석하기 위해 수행되었다. 피부 마이크로바이옴의 바이오 빅데이타를 활용하여 다중회귀모형으로 분석한 결과, 연구대상의 성별과 연령에 따른 피부 마이크로바이옴의 차이를 통제한 경우, 유익균은 유해균에 부(-)의 영향을 나타내었고, 상재균과 여드름균은 정(+)의 영향을 나타냈다. 특히 유익균이 유해균에 미치는 부(-)의 영향은 상재균의 수준에 따라 여드름균과의 상호작용을 통해 다르게 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 유익균의 활성화가 유해균을 억제하며, 피부 마이크로바이옴이 유해균에 미치는 영향은 독립적인 영향과 함께 상호작용을 통해서 피부 마이크로바이옴의 균형을 이루고 있음을 실증적으로 검증한 것이다. 따라서 개인 맞춤형 화장품 제조산업에서 유익균의 증식을 돕고 유해균을 억제하는 피부 환경을 조성하기 위한 피부 마이크로바이옴 제품을 연구할 때, 반드시 피부 마이크로바이옴 요인들의 독립적인 영향과 상호작용을 함께 고려해야 함을 시사한다.

• 환경생물
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.77-89
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• 2012

With the advent of the genomics era powered by DNA sequencing technologies, life science is being transformed significantly and biological research and development have been accelerated. Environmental biology concerns the relationships among living organisms and their natural environment, which constitute the global biogeochemical cycle. As sustainability of the ecosystems depends on biodiversity, examining the structure and dynamics of the biotic constituents and fully grasping their genetic and metabolic capabilities are pivotal. The high-speed high-throughput next-generation sequencing can be applied to barcoding organisms either thriving or endangered and to decoding the whole genome information. Furthermore, diversity and the full gene complement of a microbial community can be elucidated and monitored through metagenomic approaches. With regard to human welfare, microbiomes of various human habitats such as gut, skin, mouth, stomach, and vagina, have been and are being scrutinized. To keep pace with the rapid increase of the sequencing capacity, various bioinformatic algorithms and software tools that even utilize supercomputers and cloud computing are being developed for processing and storage of massive data sets. Environmental genomics will be the major force in understanding the structure and function of ecosystems in nature as well as preserving, remediating, and bioprospecting them.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.1693-1706
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• 2019

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease of mainly infants and children. Currently, the development of safe and effective treatments for AD is urgently required. The present study was conducted to investigate the immunomodulatory effects of yeast-extracted β-1,3/1,6-glucan and/or Lactobacillus plantarum (L. plantarum) LM1004 against AD-like symptoms. To purpose, β-1,3/1,6-glucan and/or L. plantarum LM1004 were orally administered to AD-induced animal models of rat (histamine-induced vasodilation) and mouse (pruritus and contact dermatitis) exhibiting different symptoms of AD. We then investigated the treatment effects on AD-like symptoms, gene expression of immune-related factors, and gut microbiomes. Oral administration of β-1,3/1,6-glucan (0.01 g/kg initial body weight) and/or 2 × 10¹² cells/g L. plantarum LM1004 (0.01 g/kg initial body weight) to AD-induced animal models showed significantly reduced vasodilation in the rat model, and pruritus, edema, and serum histamine in the mouse models (p < 0.05). Interestingly, β-1,3/1,6-glucan and/or L. plantarum LM1004 significantly decreased the mRNA levels of Th2 and Th17 cell transcription factors, while the transcription factors of Th1 and Treg cells, galactin-9, filaggrin increased, which are indicative of enhanced immunomodulation (p < 0.05). Moreover, in rats with no AD induction, the same treatments significantly increased the relative abundance of phylum Bacteroidetes and the genus Bacteroides. Furthermore, bacterial taxa associated with butyrate production such as, Lachnospiraceae and Ruminococcaceae at family, and Roseburia at genus level were increased in the treated groups. These findings suggest that the dietary supplementation of β-1,3/1,6-glucan and/or L. plantarum LM1004 has a great potential for treatment of AD as well as obesity in humans through mechanisms that might involve modulation of host immune systems and gut microbiota.