In response to the expanding landscape of the biotechnology industry and the increasing demand for comprehensive drug development as well as the conduct of preclinical and clinical trials, there is a growing need for employment of diverse animal models, including both small and large animals. The focus of this study was on refining ex vivo culture techniques for bioluminescence imaging following administration of intradermal injections in large animals. To examine the feasibility of our approach, varying concentrations of the rFluc protein were administered to rats and live imaging was employed to validate the corresponding levels of expression. Subsequently, following administration of rFluc to mini-pigs, ex vivo analyses were performed on sample tissues to assess the levels of protein expression across different concentrations. In particular, optimal culturing conditions that facilitated the sustained expression of the protein in samples post-euthanasia were identified. Moreover, by employing small animal imaging devices, we were able to capture clear images of the sample plates, which provided evidence of the successful application of our experimental techniques. The findings from this research represent a significant effort toward refining bioluminescence imaging methods tailored for use with large animal models—an imperative facet of contemporary drug development and biomedical research.

The objectives of this study were to characterize the physicochemical properties of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) and the optimum extract processing condition to increase the solubilization efficiency of 6-gingerol and polysaccharides disintegration. The physicochemical properties were investigated under high-pressure enzyme (HP) and enzyme (WB) treatment conditions such as reaction time (1, 2, 3 h), pressure (50, 70, 100 MPa) and sample types, and cell wall degradation enzyme (hemicellulase, cellulase, pectinase, glucosidase, etc.) The effect of high-pressure enzyme treatment depending on sample types was significantly highest in the freeze-dried ginger powder. The optimum condition for high-pressure enzyme treatment was with Pectinex Ultra SP-L (Pec) enzymes for 2 h at 50oC and 100 MPa. Water soluble indexes increased 4.6 and 3.8 times more compared to CON (15.35%) while total polyphenol contents increased by 1.8 and 1.7 times compared to CON (1.43%). The total contents of indicator components such as 6, 8, 10-gingerol and shogaol was 1.53%, increasing 2.7 times more compared to CON (0.57%) with a significant difference (p<0.001). The high-pressure and enzymatic approach described in this study would be beneficial to food industries for developing ginger functional product and materials.

입술은 각질층이 매우 얇아 수분증발에 취약하며, 노화 과정에서 주름이 증가하고, 붉은색을 잃으며, 볼륨이 감소하게 된다. 매력적인 입술을 가지기 위해 시행되는 지방이식, 필러 주입을 대체하기 위한 성분에 대한 연구는 아직 보고된 바가 거의 없으며, 최근 새로운 지방세포의 수를 증가시키는 것이 인체 내 지방을 늘릴 수 있는 방법으로 제안되고 있다. 우리는 선행연구에서 지방줄기세포를 지방세포로 분화 유도하는 천연 물질로써 요엽후박나무 추출물(Magnolia officinalis bark extract)의 우수한 효능을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 는 요엽후박나무 추출물이 바이오 프린팅으로 제작한 지방 유사 구조체에서 지방(lipid droplet)의 양을 증가시 키면서 분화를 촉진시킴을 3D 수준에서 확인하였다. 다음으로 입술 주름에 미치는 영향을 확인하기 위해 주름 사진으로 부터 명암값의 표준편차(SDGV)를 J 이미지 소프트 웨어를 사용하여 측정함으로써 객관적 측정 방법을 확립하였고, 주름 정도에 따른 입술 주름 그레이드를 도출하여 정량화하였다. 결과적으로 요엽후 박나무 추출물 1%를 함유한 제품을 12주간 사용했을 때, 입술 주름을 유의하게 개선시킬 수 있음을 확인하였 다. 본 연구 결과는 요엽후박나무 추출물이 지방줄기세포를 지방세포로 분화 유도하는 효능을 가지며, 이러한 효능이 입술 주름을 개선하는데 도움을 줄 수 있다는 점을 시사하고, 따라서 요엽후박나무 추출물은 입술 주름과 볼륨을 개선하는 화장품 후보 소재로 적용 가능하다는 것을 보여준다.

Although Doenjang is a representative traditional fermented food in Korea, made mainly from soybeans, it has been classified into a food group identified as having high sodium in the National Health and Nutrition Examination. It is necessary to develop a low sodium Doenjang to prevent the excessive sodium intake which may cause various diseases. However, the development of Doenjang with low sodium, without significant changes on quality, is an ongoing challenge. Therefore, the experiment was designed to reduce the salt content of the soaking water to 12.5-45%. The pH, saltiness. moisture, sodium, color, amino-type nitrogen, free amino acids and constituent amino acids composition of Doenjang were investigated to determine the effect of this salt reduction on the sensory quality of Doenjang. The reduction of sodium did not affect the pH, moisture and saltiness, and this changed maintained the same range as the control. The sodium content was reduced proportionally, and the amino acid nitrogen level was 500 mg%. Therefore, this study considered that a reduction of 25% of salt in the soaking water does not affect the quality of the Doenjang while reducing the sodium content of the final Doenjang.

Glucosinolates of Brassica rapa collection from Korea genebank were measured to determine total glucosinolate content and their variation of diverse glucosinolates; Around 100 accessions representing the different morphotypes and geographical origin of Brassica rapa were analysed. The principal component analysis was performed to evaluate the differences among morphotypes using the profiles of 14 glucosinolates identified from the leaves. DMRT test and box plots showed the significant difference between total glucosinolates of subspecies. Most of turnip accessions had higher gluconilates compared to the other type accessions, Chinese cabbage and pak choi. These accessions will be used for GWAS study for glucosinolate. Now they are being finger-printed by genotyping by sequencing (GBS). Among these accession, we selected a turnip accession with high amount of glucosinolate, K0466 and two Chinese cabbage accession with low amount of glucosinolate, K0015 and K0621. To analyse quantitative traits loci (QTL) for glucosinolate synthesis, these three accessions were fixed through microspore culture. Finally, six homozygous lines were selected and were crossed each other to make F1 hybrids. We just harvested F2 seeds and transferred doubled haploid plants to pots. QTL analysis for glucosinolate will be performed these F2 and DH population.