• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.520-526
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• 2011

Folate deficiency and hyperhomocysteinemia are found in most patients with alcoholic liver disease. Oxidative stress is one of the most important mechanisms contributing to homocysteine (Hcy)-induced tissue injury. However it has not been examined whether exogenous administration of folic acid attenuates oxidative stress and hepatic toxicity. The aim of this study was to investigate the in vivo effect of folic acid supplementation on oxidative stress and hepatic toxicity induced by chronic ethanol consumption. Wistar rats (n = 32) were divided into four groups and fed 0%, 12%, 36% ethanol, or 36% ethanol plus folic acid (10 mg folic acid/L) diets. After 5 weeks, chronic consumption of the 36% ethanol diet significantly increased plasma alanine transaminase (ALT) (P < 0.05) and aspartate transaminase (AST) (P < 0.05), triglycerides (TG) (P < 0.05), Hcy (P < 0.001), and low density lipoprotein conjugated dienes (CD) (P < 0.05) but decreased total radical-trapping antioxidant potential (TRAP) (P < 0.001). These changes were prevented partially by folic acid supplementation. The 12% ethanol diet had no apparent effect on most parameters. Plasma Hcy concentration was well correlated with plasma ALT (r = $0.612^{**}$), AST (r = $0.652^*$), CD (r = $0.495^*$), and TRAP (r = $-0.486^*$). The results indicate that moderately elevated Hcy is associated with increased oxidative stress and liver injury in alcohol-fed rats, and suggests that folic acid supplementation appears to attenuate hepatic toxicity induced by chronic ethanol consumption possibly by decreasing oxidative stress.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.214-222
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• 2017

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Glutathione S-transferase (GST) forms a multigene family of phase II detoxification enzymes which are involved in the detoxification of xenobiotics by conjugating substances with glutathione. The aim of this study is to assess the antioxidative status and the degree of DNA damage in the subclinical hypertensive patients in Korea using glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms. SUBJECTS/METHODS: We examined whether DNA damage and antioxidative status show a difference between GSTM1 or GSTT1 genotype in 227 newly diagnosed, untreated (systolic blood pressure $(BP){\geq}130mmHg$ or diastolic $BP{\geq}85mmHg$) subclinical hypertensive patients and 130 normotensive subjects (systolic BP < 120 mmHg and diastolic BP < 80 mmHg). From the blood of the subjects, the degree of the DNA damage in lymphocyte, the activities of erythrocyte superoxide dismutase, the catalase, and the glutathione peroxidase, the level of glutathione, plasma total radical-trapping antioxidant potential (TRAP), anti-oxidative vitamins, as well as plasma lipid profiles and conjugated diene (CD) were analyzed. RESULTS: Of the 227 subjects studied, 68.3% were GSTM1 null genotype and 66.5% were GSTT1 null genotype. GSTM1 null genotype had an increased risk of hypertension (OR: 2.104, CI: 1.38-3.35), but no significant association in GSTT1 null genotype (OR 0.982, CI: 0.62-1.55). No difference in erythrocyte activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase, or glutathione peroxidase, and plasma TRAP, CD, lipid profiles, and GSH levels were observed between GSTM1 or GSTT1 genotype. Plasma levels of ${\alpha}-tocopherol$ increased significantly in GSTT1 wild genotype (P < 0.05); however, plasma level of ${\beta}-carotene$ increased significantly in GSTT1 null genotype (P < 0.01). DNA damage assessed by the Comet assay was significantly higher in GSTM1 null genotype than wild genotype (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These results confirm the association between GSTM1 null genotype and risk of hypertension as they suggest that GSTM1 null genotype leads to an increased oxidative stress compared with wild genotype.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.321-326
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• 2011

본 연구는 제2형 당뇨모델 쥐에서 조각자 추출물의 항당뇨 효과를 알아보기 위해 SD계 수컷 흰쥐에 streptozotocin (STZ)을 복강주사 15분 후 nicotineamide(NA)로 복강에 재주사하여 제2형 당뇨를 유발시켰다. 그리고 당뇨대조군(DC), 당뇨 유발군+acarbose 4 mg/kg(AC), 당뇨유발군+조각자 추출물(Gleditschiae Spina ethanol extract) 50 mg/kg (GSE), 그리고 정상군(NC)으로 나누어 10주간 식이와 함께 물을 자유 급여하였다. 10주 동안 매일 식이 섭취량과 음료섭취량 및 매주 체중과 공복혈당을 측정하고, 마지막 주에 경구포도당 부하검사(OGTT)를 실시하였으며, 부검 시 혈액을 채취하여 혈장 TRAP 수준을 측정하였다. 정상군에 비해 당뇨그룹(DC, AC, GSE)의 체중 증가는 유의적으로 감소하였고, 당뇨 유발군들 간에는 유의적 차이가 없었다. 식이섭취량, 음료섭취량 및 식이이용효율은 정상군에 비해 당뇨그룹 DC, AC, GSE에서 유의적으로 높게 나타났으나, 음료섭취량은 DC에 비해 AC, GSE군에서 유의적으로 감소하였다. 정상군은 10주 동안 정상 수준 공복혈당을 나타내었고, acarbose는 8주부터 공복혈당이 유의적으로 감소하였으며, 9주까지 GSE군은 DC군보다 공복혈당은 낮았지만 유의적 차이는 보이지 않다가 마지막 10주에서는 DC군보다 공복혈당이 유의적으로 감소하였다. 경구 당부하 검사 결과에서는 포도당 투여 30분 후부터 혈당이 상승되기 시작하여 정상군보다 당뇨군들에서 유의적으로 상승하였고, 당뇨군들에서는 DC군에 비해 AC와 GSE군에서 유의적으로 혈당상승이 억제되었다. 10주간의 GSE 보충은 DC군에 비해 혈장 내총항산화(TRAP) 수준을 유의적으로 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 제2형 당뇨병에서 조각자 추출물을 장기간 투여한다면 혈당증가 억제에 있어 확연한 효과를 보일 것으로 생각된다. 이는 조각자 추출물의 항산화 활성과도 연관이 있을 것으로 추측되며, 향후 조각자 추출물의 혈당강하작용 효과를 가지는 물질의 분리 및 정제에 대한 연구가 이루어져야 할 것으로 사료된다.