This study was carried out to establish a cultivation technique for increasing the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content in the fruit body of mushrooms by adding processed by-products. For the oyster mushroom ‘Heucktari’, addition of green tea powder, sea tangle powder, and green tea dregs resulted in very poor primordia formation, fruit body growth, and increased GABA. However, addition of 10% schizandra berry dregs and 1% rice bran to the basal substrate induced 100% and 10% increases, in GABA content in the fruit bodies compared to the control treatment without by-product, respectively. In addition, fruit body growth and primordia formation were greatly increased by these treatments. Therefore, GABA content was increased when the substrate was prepared by mixing an appropriate amount of schizandra berry dregs and rice bran.

Sparassis latifolia (formerly S. crispa) is used in food and nutraceuticals or dietary supplements, as rich in flavor compounds and β-glucan. Some previous studies have reported the effects of mushroom on brain function, including its neuroprotective effect. Thus, for this mushroom to be used as an effective nutraceutical for brain function, it would be desirable for it to contain other compounds such as γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in addition to β-glucan. In this study, the enhancement of growth and GABA production in the mycelium of medicinal and edible mushroom S. latifolia was investigated. Amino acids were added externally as the main source of nutrition, and the effects of amino acids were investigated using liquid medium, specifically amino acid-free potato dextrose broth (PDB). The amino acids added were L-glutamic acid (named PDBG medium) and L-ornithine (named PDBO medium). The growth of mycelia was determined to be 0.9 ± 0.00 g/L, 2.2 ± 0.16 g/L, and 1.93 ± 0.34 g/L PDBG respectively. The GABA content was 21.3 ± 0.9 mg/100 g in PDB medium, and it in PDBG 1.4% medium, at 115.4 ± 30.2 mg/100 g. However, the PDBO medium was not effective in increasing the GABA content of mycelia. Amino acids had little effect on the β-glucan content of mycelia. The β-glucan content was 39.7 ± 1.4 mg/100 mg, 34.4 ± 0.2 mg/100 mg, and 35.2 ± 9.2 mg/100 mg in PDB, PDBG 1.8% and PDBO 1.4% media, respectively. Addition of glutamic acid and ornithine positively affected the growth of S. latifolia mycelia, and glutamic acid positively affected GABA production; no degradation of GABA was observed with addition of glutamic acid.

팽이버섯 내에 존재하는 GAD 효소를 발효를 통해 활 성화 시켜 MSG를 GABA로의 전환율을 높이고자 하였다. 효과적인 고농도 GABA를 생산하기 위해 나노분말 팽이 버섯에다가 수경재배한 인삼을 첨가하여 야쿠르트발효기 에서 발효한 결과 GABA 전환율은 팽이나노인삼분말 발 효군(88%) > 팽이분말 발효군(52%) > 팽이나노분말 발 효군(44%) 순으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 MSG를 기질 로 첨가하는 식품에서 활용할 가치가 있으리라 사료된다.

γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA)-containing salt was prepared by crystallization of a mixture of salt water from deep sea and fermentation broth by lactic acid bacteria that contained GABA converted from glutamic acid. Salt from deep sea water has a lower sodium content but higher calcium, potassium and magnesium contents than commercial salt. Instead of monosodium glutamate (MSG), glutamic acid was used for solving the residual MSG problem. Fermentation by a lactic acid bacterium converted 90% of added glutamic acid (5%, w/v) to GABA, and continuous production of colorless fermentation broth containing more than 3% (w/v) GABA was achieved by using an activated carbon. Mixtures of salt water and fermentation broths with various GABA concentrations were co-crystallized and the GABA content was analyzed. This analysis showed that more than 90% of GABA from broth was adsorbed to salt. The appearance and surface of this prepared GABA-containing salt were examined with an image analyzer and scanning electron microscope. No difference was found with commercial sun-dried salt and no separated particles were detected, which indicates that the co-crystallization process used is suitable for the production of GABAcontaining salt.

γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is present in many vegetables and fruits, but not in dairy products. GABA is known to be beneficial for preventing neurological disorders and hypertension. The objective of this study was to measure the physicochemical changes, number of lactic acid bacteria, and GABA content in fermented goat milk containing rice (1%). The levels of pH and titratable acidity (TA) in each test samples were found to be pH 4.4∼4.5 and 0.74∼0.8%, respectively. The number of viable lactic acid bacteria between test samples ranged from 8.63 to 8.95 Log CFU/ml. Therefore, pH, TA, and number of viable cells in each test sample had no difference. Furthermore, the Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus SP5 (Lb. bulgaricus SP5) showed the highest GABA production in goat milk containing rice. Its maximum GABA yield was 3.4 mg/100 mL. The results suggest that GABA contents of fermented goat milk containing rice can be enriched using Lb. bulgaricus SP5.

팽이버섯 분말을 이용하여 기능성물질인 GABA 및 probiotics를 강화시킨 천연 발효조미료를 개발하기 위해서 L. plantarum EJ2014에 의한 젖산발효 최적화 연구를 수행하였다. 팽이버섯 분말에 영양성분 0.5% YE, 1% glucose, GABA 전구물질인 5% MSG를 첨가한 후 30℃에서 5일간 젖산발효를 진행한 결과 발효 2일 동안 pH는 6.1에서 4.4로 감소하다가 발효 5일에 6.2로 다시 증가하는 경향을 보였으며 산도는 발효 2일 동안 0.5%에서 1.3%로 증가한 후 발효 5일에 다시 0.4%로 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 생균수는 초기 젖산균 스타터 2.4×107 CFU/mL에서 발효 1일째 2.2×109 CFU/mL로 증가한 후 5일 동안 계속 유지되었다. 전구물질인 MSG는 발효 4일에 대부분이 이용되면서 약 2.31% 농도의 GABA로 전환되었으며 DPPH radical 소거 활성은 IC50 값이 1.24 mg/mL로, ABTS radical 소거 활성에서 IC50 값은 1.53 mg/mL로 나타나면서, 발효물의 항산화 효과가 증진되는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 팽이버섯 발효물 30 g에 볶은 밀기울 1 g을 첨가하여 열풍 건조한 천연 발효조미료의 GABA 함량은 17%로 고농도의 GABA를 함유하여 probiotic 기능성이 강화되며 기호성을 갖는 발효조미료 및 건강소재의 제조가 가능하였다.

The GA application on grapevines induces parthenocarpy, fruit set without fertilization, and the inhibition of pollen tube growth. But the molecular mechanism underlying this inhibition is not understood. Similar defective pollen tube growth within the transmitting tract has been reported in the mutant of GABA transaminase (GABA-T), referred to as pollen-pistil-interaction2 (pop2) in Arabidopsis. In spite of the similarity of pollen tube growth inhibition observed in GA-applied grapevines with that of pop2, only the effects of GABA on stress responses in grapevines have been reported. In present study, transcriptional changes of Vitis GABA metabolic genes, together with changes in GABA levels with or without GA application were analyzed to define how GA application restrained the pollen tube growth in grapevines. A GA solution (Dongbu, Seoul, Korea) at 100 ppm was onto inflorescence clusters 14 days before full bloom (DBF) and clusters were harvested at 0, 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, and 19 days after GA application. Harvested inflorescence samples were immediately frozen in LN2 and extracted RNA and amino acid. The GABA contents were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography (Agilent 1100 HPLC, Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, USA) equipped with a C18 column (4.6 mm×150 mm, 3.5 μm/VDS optilab, Berlin, Germany), according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Without GA application, the simultaneous high expressions of VvGAD1, VvGAD4 and VvGABA-T2 during 10 to 5 days before full bloom (DBF) showing the activation of GABA metabolism. But the contents of GABA were low before 2 DBF, and it peaked only at near full bloom when expression levels of VvGABA-T2 remained low. After GA application, the contents of GABA were constant during 10 to 5 DBF, although transcription levels of both VvGAD1 and VvGABA-T2 rapidly declined less than 30% of the levels observed without GA application. However, the GABA levels increased more than 2-fold only at near full bloom, compared to those without GA application, and at that time, expression levels of VvGAD1 up-regulated more than 3-fold and those of VvGABA-T2 kept low. But other amino acid contents did not show significant changes. In case of VvSSAHDs, their transcriptional changes with or without GA application were not correlated with GABA levels. These results indicates that GABA levels before pollination is tightly regulated, but GA application alters the GABA-shunt to accumulate excess GABA more than needed for proper pollen tube growth at full bloom. Gibberellin application alters the GABA-shunt to accumulate excess GABA resulting in inhibition pollen tube growth in grapevines.

거대쌀눈의 특성과 검정쌀 그리고 찹쌀의 특성을 보유한 눈큰흑찰의 침종과 발아 그리고 기질로 글루탐산을 처리하 였을 경우의 가바를 포함한 주요 성분의 분석 결과는 다음 과 같다. 1. 싹 발아 길이를 기준으로 눈큰흑찰의 가바 함량은 싹 길이가 5~10 mm인 stage-3에 93.9 mg/100 g으로 최 고를 보였고, 대량 제조 조건에서는 최고 126.9 mg의 가바를 함유하고 있음을 확인하였다. 2. 침종에 의한 성분 분석에서는 72시간 침종에서 폴리 페놀, 플라보노이드, 아미노산 그리고 가바 함량이 가 장 많이 축적됨을 확인하였다. 3. 글루탐산 탈탄산효소의 작용에 의한 가바 함량 증가는 현미와 쌀겨 모두에서 급격한 증가가 관찰되었고, 눈 큰흑찰 현미와 쌀겨의 경우 가바 함량이 각각 354.6 mg/100 g과 726.4 mg으로 현미와 쌀겨에 비해 각각 14배와 3배 함량이 증가하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서 눈큰흑찰의 발아와 침종에 따른 품질 특성을 분석한 결과, 뇌의 대사전달 물질의 조정 작용과 고 혈압 그리고 스트레스 조정 기능이 있는 가바의 함량이 침 종과 발아에 의해 일반 쌀에 비해 급격히 증가함을 확인하 였다. 특히나 글루탐산탈탄산 효소의 작용에 의한 눈큰흑찰 의 현미와 쌀겨의 가바 생성은 현재까지 보고된 그 어떤 쌀 품종에서 분석된 가바 함량보다도 가장 우수함을 확인할 수 있어 향후 기능성 발아현미 가공을 위한 원료로 활용이 가 능하며, 침종 조건은 가바 함량이 증진된 밥의 제조에 활용 이 가능하고, 일본에서 시판되는 가바 건강식품의 용량과 맞먹는 함량을 지닌 눈큰흑찰을 이용한 가바쌀 생산과 가바 의 효능에 의한 혈압강하, 체중조절, 알코올 관련 질환 등에 효능이 있는 건강기능성 식품 원료로 활용이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.