In this study, probiotic properties such as acid resistance, bile tolerance, intestinal adhesion and fat accumulation inhibition of lactic acid bacteria isolated from kimchi were investigated in order to develop probiotics effective anti-adipogenic effects. Among the 120 types of lactic acid bacteria isolated from kimchi, 42 types of lactic acid bacteria being to acid resistance, 35 types of lactic acid bacteria being to bile resistance, and 24 types of lactic acid bacteria being to both acid resistance and bile resistance were selected. These 24 types were tested for the intestinal adhesion ability which is an essential factor of probiotics’ function and L. rhamnosus GG was used as a positive control in this test. 10 types of lactic acid bacteria having the intestinal adhesion ability were selected. The selected 10 types of lactic acid bacteria were treated in 3T3-L1 cells and intracellular fat was stained with Oil Red O reagent to measure fat accumulation. As a result, in the group treated with lactic acid bacteria OS-15, 48, 102 and 120, fat accumulation was significantly decreased compared with the non-treated group. And the strain OS-48 showed the greatest inhibitory effect on fat accumulation. The lactic acid bacterium OS-48 was identified as Lactiplantibacillus plantarum by analysis based on 16S rRNA sequencing and was named Lactiplantibacillus plantarum OS-48. Therefore, based on the results of this study, L. plantarum OS-48 is expected to be very useful as probiotics with anti-obesity effect in the food industry such as fermented food and functional food.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant and anti-adipogenic activities of Ligularia stenocephala (L. stenocephala) extract. The contents of the total polyphenol of the extract was 55.950 mg GAE/g residue. Antioxidant activities of L. stenocephala were evaluated by free radical scavenging ability and a reducing power test. 2,2'azino-bis- (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) and α-α-diphenyl-β-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging activities of the extract were approximately 90% and 70%, respectively. Reducing power of the extract was 258.833 mg TE/g residue. The anti-adipogenic activity of L. stenocephala extract was examined in 3T3-L1 cells. During adipocyte differentiation, the 3T3-L1 cells were treated both with and without the extract. L. stenocephala extract suppressed the lipid accumulation in a concentration-dependent manner in the 3T3-L1 cells. The L. stenocephala extract inhibited the expression of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ (PPARγ) and adipocyte protein 2 (aP2) proteins, compared with control adipocytes. These results indicate that L. stenocephala could be regarded as a potential source natural antioxidant and an anti-obesity agent.

천연물 유래 단일 성분의 지방세포로의 분화 및 지방축적 억제효과에 대한 잠재성을 탐색하기 위해 본 연구에서는 화살나무의 껍질에서 분리 정제한 FG가 3T3-L1 지방전구세포에 있어서 지방세포로의 분화 및 지방구 축적에 미치는 영향에 대해 평가하고, 관련 메카니즘에 대해 검토하였다. FG는 분화용 배지에 포함된 분화 촉진인자들의 자극에 의한 지방생성에 있어 주요한 전사인자인 PPARγ와 그 표적 단백질인 FABP4의 발현을 억제함으로써 지방세포 분화 및 지방구 축적을 억제하는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과로부터 FG가 비만이나 비만과 관련된 당뇨병 등을 예방, 개선하는데 유용한 물질로 사용될 가능성이 있을 것으로 생각된다.