한국 참나무시들음병원균(Raffaelea quercus-mongolicae)의 형태적 특성과 대사적 특성 및 살균제에 대한 반응을 일본 대조균주(R. quercivora)와 비교하여 분석하였다. 채집 지역과 시기가 다른 11개 국내 균주의 분생포자경과 분생포자의 크기 및 형태를 관찰한 결과, 두 형질의 크기 범위가 최초보고 이후 확대되었으며 계통학적 근연종인 일본 참나무시들음병원균과 R. montetyi의 형질 특성과 중첩되는 것으로 나타났다. 국내균주 4개, 일본 대조균주 5개를 이용하여 95개 탄소이용패턴을 Biolog사의 MicroLog System을 이용하여 관찰하고 덴드로그램을 그린 결과, 국내 균주와 일본 균주가 일본의 타입균주를 루트로 하여 두 그룹으로 분리되었다. 살균제(10성분)와 항생제(1성분)의 생장저해 효과는 국내균주 2개, 일본 대조균주 1개를 이용하여 검정 하였다. 국내균주의 경우, 클로로탈로닐과 베노밀이 10 ppm에서 병원균의 생장을 완전히 억제하여 그 효과가 가장 높았다. 침투성인 프로피코나졸도 100 ppm에서 병원균의 생장을 완전히 억제하였고, 저농도에서는 생장을 상당히 저해하는 것으로 나타났다. 일본 균주의 경우, 프로피코나졸과 베노밀의 살균 효과가 가장 높았다.

This study was performed to investigate the effects of ethanolic extract of Ulmus davidiana root (UE) on lipid metabolism in mice fed a high-fat diet (HF) for 7 weeks. Forty male ICR mice were randomly divided into four groups; normal diet group (N), high-fat diet group (HF), HF with 0.5% UE (HF-L) and 1% UE (HF-H) group. Body weight, body weight gain, and liver weight in the HF group was significantly higher than in the N group, while those of the HF-L and HF-H group were unchanged. UE improved HF-induced dyslipidemia by reducing serum triglyceride, total cholesterol, and the atherogenic index. There was no difference in serum HDL-cholesterol among experimental groups. However, the HDL-cholesterol/total cholesterol ratio was significantly increased in the HF-L and HF-H group. Histological analysis showed that HF-fed mice developed hepatocellular microvesicular vacuolation as a result of fat accumulation. These changes were attenuated by 1% UE supplementation. In addition, hepatic triglyceride and cholesterol levels in the HF-H group significantly reduced. Taken together, these results demonstrated that lipid levels in the blood and liver were reduced by UE, suggesting that it might be beneficial for the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia and fatty liver.

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of brown rice and brown rice phytosterol on blood pressure and lipid levels in spontaneously hypertension rats (SHR). SHR were grouped according to blood pressure and fed either a control diet or experimental diets containing 50% brown rice powder or 5% brown rice phytosterol for 3 weeks. Body weight gain and epididymal fat weight were significantly reduced in the brown rice powder and brown rice phytosterol groups compared to control. Brown rice and brown rice phytosterol diets suppressed age-dependent increases in systolic blood pressure compared to control. In addition, brown rice and brown rice phytosterol diets decreased total lipid, triglyceride, and cholesterol levels in the liver, whereas serum HDL cholesterol increased. Lastly, brown rice phytosterol reduced TBARS contents in the kidney. These results suggest that brown rice and brown rice phytosterol exert antihypertensive effects that improve lipid metabolism in SHR.

본 시험은 포도부산물의 첨가가 젖소의 산유량, 유성분 및 혈액 성상에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 실시하였다. 비유중기 젖소 8두(평균 월령: 89.8, 평균 유기: 164.4, 평균 산차: 2.8산)를 공시하였으며, 포도부산물을 첨가하지 않은 대조구와 1일 1 kg을 첨가한 시험구로 두 처리구를 설정하여 3주간 급여하였다. 유지방, 유단백, 유당 및 총 고형물 함량은 처리간에 차이가 없었다. 그러나 산유량은 포도부산물 을 첨가한 처리구가 23.13 kg/d으로 대조구의 21.16 kg/d에 비해 높은 반면(p<0.05), 체세포 수는 대조구가 포도부산물 처리구에 비해 높았다(p<0.05). 혈중 glucose, alanine aminotransferase, total protein 및 blood urea nitrogen 함량은 처리구간 차이가 없었으나, AST와 총콜레스테롤 함량은 대조구 (123.75 IU/L, 200.82 mg/dl)가 포도부산물 처리구(95.34 IU/L, 180.63 mg/dl)에 비해 높았다(p<0.05). 이상의 결과에서, 다양한 생리활성을 가진 포도부산물은 젖소를 위한 기능성 사료로 이용 가능성이 높을 것으로 사료된다.

Previous studies suggest that polyunsaturated fatty acids with long carbon chains such as eicosapentaenoic acid(EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid(DHA) have several health benefits. However metabolic consequences of these fatty acids themselves and their regulation of transcriptional activity involving glucose utilization are not well established. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate how EPA influx affects cellular lipid accumulation and gene expressions involving de novo lipogenesis in hepatocyte cultures. Compared to oleic acid treatment, EPA treatment showed remarkably decreased cellular TG conversion and accumulation, along with phospholipids at a lower extent. As expected, EPA increased mRNA expression involving fatty acid influx and lipid droplet formation, but did not affect mRNA expression involving glucose utilization. EPA increased transcriptional activity of PPAR-α and glucose responsive transcription factor when transcription factor binding protein was activated. Taken together, these data suggest that EPA decreases lipid accumulation through increases of the β-oxidation pathway without interruption of glucose utilization.

This study was carried to investigate the antidiabetic metabolism effect of water extract Cordyceps Militalis(C.M.) in Streptozotocin(STZ) induced diabetic rats. Diabetes were induced by intravenous injection of STZ at a dose of 42mg/kg,b.w. dissolved in citrate buffer. The water extract of C.M. was orally administrated once a day for 7 days at a dose of 500mg/kg,b.w(body weight). or 1,000mg/kg.b.w. The content serum glucose was significantly decreased in C.M. treated group compared to the those of STZ-control group. The content of hepatic glycogen and activities of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase(G-6-PDH), glucokinase(GK) were significantly increased, but activity of glucose-6-phoshatase(G-6-Pase) was significantly decreased in C.M. treated group compared to the those of STZ-control group. These results indicated that water extract of C.M. would have antidiabetic metabolism effect in STZ-induced diabetic rats.

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a bacterial biopesticide against insect pests, mainly lepidopterans. Spodoptera exigua and Plutella xylostella exhibit significant decreases in Bt susceptibility in late larval instars. To enhance Bt pathogenicity, we used a mixture treatment of Bt and other bacterial metabolites which possessed significant immunosuppressive activities. Mixtures of Bt with culture broths of Xenorhabdus nematophila (Xn) or Photorhabdus temperata ssp. temperata (Ptt) significantly enhanced the Bt pathogenicity against late larval instars. Different ratios of Bt to bacterial culture broth had significant pathogenicities against last instar P. xylostella and S. exigua. Five compounds identified from the bacterial culture broth also enhanced Bt pathogenicity. After determining the optimal ratios, the mixture was applied to cabbage infested by late ins tar P. xylostella or S. exigua in greenhouse conditions. A mixture of Bt and Xn culture broth killed 100% of both insect pests when it was sprayed twice, while Bt alone killed less than 80% or 60% of P. xylostella and S. exigua, respectively. Other Bt mixtures, including Ptt culture broth or bacterial metabolites, also significantly increased pathogenicity in the semi-field assays. These results demonstrated that the Bt mixtures collectively names 'Bt-Plus' can be developed into potent biopesticides to increase the efficacy of Bt.

본 연구는 반추위 cannula를 장착한 거세한우 4두(평균체중 600 48.4 kg)를 공시하여 수확시기별(유숙기, 호숙기, 황숙기 및 완숙기) 총체벼 사일리지의 급여가 한우 반추위 발효패턴 및 혈액대사물질 변화에 미치는 영향에 대해서 조사하여 총체벼 가축사료화를 위해 최적의 수확기를 제시코자 실시하였다. 시간대별 채취한 반추위 소화액의 평균 pH는 처리구 간 통계적 유의성이 나타나지 않았다(p>0.05). 일일 반추위 pH 패턴에서 완숙기 처리구의

Metabolomics aims at the comprehensive, qualitative and quantitative analysis of wide arrays of endogenous metabolites in biological samples. It has shown particular promise in the area of toxicology and drug development, functional genomics, system biology and clinical diagnosis. In this study, analytical technique of MS instrument with high resolution mass measurement, such as time-of-flight (TOF) was validated for the purpose of investigation of amino acids, sugars and fatty acids. Rat urine and serum samples were extracted by selected each solvent (50% acetonitrile, 100% acetonitrile, acetone, methanol, water, ether) extraction method. We determined the optimized liquid chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC/TOFMS) system and selected appropriated columns, mobile phases, fragment energy and collision energy, which could search 17 metabolites. The spectral data collected from LC/TOFMS were tested by ANOVA. Obtained with the use of LC/TOFMS technique, our results indicated that (1) MS and MS/MS parameters were optimized and most abundant product ion of each metabolite were selected to be monitorized; (2) with design of experiment analysis, methanol yielded the optimal extraction efficiency. Therefore, the results of this study are expected to be useful in the endogenous metabolite fields according to validated SOP for endogenous amino acids, sugars and fatty acids.

This study was conducted to investigate the hypocholesterolemic effects of porphyran and insoluble dietary fiber isolated from laver in rats fed high fat diet containing 1% cholesterol, 0.25% sodium cholate and 12% lard. Rats were fed, ad libitum, diets containing 5% diet fiber as cellulose(normal control or high fat control), porphyran or insoluble dietary fiber for 4 weeks. Among the groups fed high fat diet, liver weight was significantly lower in high fat porphyran group than high fat control. Plasma GOT, GPT, total cholesterol, cholesteryl ester, LDL-cholesterol and liver total cholesterol concentration were significantly lower in high fat porphyran group than high fat control. The feeding of porphyran significantly increased fecal cholesterol and bile acid excretion. The feeding of insoluble dietary fiber had no significant effect on either plasma or liver cholesterol levels, although fecal cholesterol level in the insoluble dietary fiber group was significantly higher than that in the high fat control. The results indicate that porphyran isolated from the laver may exert their hypocholesterolemic effect by increasing excretion of fecal bile acid and cholesterol.

This study was carried to investigate the antidiabetic and lipid metabolism of water extract paecilomyces japonica(PJ) in Streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rats. Diabetes were induced by intravenous injection of STZ at a dose of 42mg/kg dissolved in citrate buffer. The water extract of paecilomyces japonica were orally administrated once a day for 7 days at a dose of 500mg/kg or 1,000mg/kg. The contents of serum glucose, triglyceride(TG), total cholesterol were significantly decreased in PJ treated group compared to the those of STZ-control group. The content of hepatic glycogen and activities of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase(G-6-PDH), glucokinase(GK) were significantly increased, but activity of glucose-6-phoshatase(G-6-Pase) was significantly decreased in PJ treated group compared to the those of STZ-control group. These results indicated that water extract of paecilomyces japonica would have antidiabetic and lipid metabolism effect in STZ-induced diabetic rats.

생마늘 (FGP), 홍마늘 (RGP) 및 흑마늘 (BGP)의 동결건조 분말을 각각 3%씩 비만 유도된 흰쥐에 4 주간 혼합 급이한 후 혈청, 간 및 분변의 지질성분에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 식이효율은 마늘 분말 급이군이 대조군에 비하여 낮았으나 유의차는 없었다. 혈청 중 총 지질 함량은 대조군에 비해 7.0~20.9% 범위로 감소하였으며, 특히 중성지질 함량은 대조군에 비해 RGP군은 42.1%, BGP군은 40.8%정도로 유의적인 감소를 보였다. HDL-콜레스테롤 함량은 마늘 분말 급이시 정상군과 유사한 수 준이었으며, LDL-콜레스테롤은 마늘 분말 급이시 감소되었으나 대조군과 유의차는 없었다. 간 조직의 총 지질은 대조군이 정상군에 비해 유의적으로 증가하였으나, RGP와 BGP 급이군에서 30%이상 감소되 었다. 분변의 지질 함량은 마늘 분말의 급이 기간이 길수록 지질 함량이 높았으며, RGP군에서 총 콜레 스테롤 및 중성지방의 배출이 유의적으로 증가되었다. 혈청과 간 조직의 TBARS 함량은 대조군에 비하 여 RGP군과 BGP군에서 유의적으로 감소되었다. 항산화능은 혈청에서 RGP군이 68.1%로 대조군에 비하 여 유의적으로 상승되었다. 이상의 결과로 고지방식이로 인해 비만이 유도된 흰쥐에게 홍마늘 및 흑마늘 분말을 급이는 체지방 증가 억제, 체내 지질 배출 증가 등에 의한 체내 지질 개선에 효과적인 것으로 사 료된다.