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The Improvement of Chaga Mushroom (Inonotus Obliquus) Extract Supplementation on the Blood Glucose and Cellular DNA Damage in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Streptozotocin으로 유발한 당뇨쥐에 있어서 차가버섯(Inonotus Obliquus)의 혈당 및 DNA 손상 개선효과

  • Park, Yoo-Kyoung (Department of Medical Nutrition, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyunghee University) ;
  • Kim, Jung-Shin (Department of Food and Nutrition, Daedeok Valley Campus, Hannam University) ;
  • Jeon, Eun-Jae (Department of Food and Nutrition, Daedeok Valley Campus, Hannam University) ;
  • Kang, Myung-Hee (Department of Food and Nutrition, Daedeok Valley Campus, Hannam University)
  • 박유경 (경희대학교 동서의학대학원 의학영양학과) ;
  • 김정신 (한남대학교 생명.나노과학대학 식품영양학과) ;
  • 전은재 (한남대학교 생명.나노과학대학 식품영양학과) ;
  • 강명희 (한남대학교 생명.나노과학대학 식품영양학과)
  • Published : 2009.01.31
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Abstract

Mushrooms have become a largely untapped source of powerful new pharmaceutical products that poses anti-inflammatory, and antimutagenic, and antioxidant activities. The antioxidant effects of the mushroom may be partly explained by protecting cellular components against free radical. The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effect of chaga mushroom against diabetes, via the mitigation of oxidative stress and reduction of blood glucose, in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Rats were rendered diabetic by intravenous administration of STZ through tail at a dose of 50 mg/kg. Animals were allocated into four groups with 8 rats each. The control and diabetic control group were fed with standard rat feed. The other diabeic groups, the low chaga extract group and the high chaga extract group were fed ad libitum using 0.5 g/kg and 5 g/kg of chaga mushroom extract, respectively, for 4 weeks. The blood glucose levels in the two chaga extract groups showed a tendency to decrease but did not reach statistical significance after the supplementation. Leukocyte DNA damage, expressed as tail length, was found to be significantly lower in the high chaga extract group than in the diabetic control group (p > 0.05). Plasma level of total radical-trapping antioxidant potential (TRAP) was tend to be higher in the high chaga extract group compared with the diabetic control group. Erythrocyte antioxidant enzyme activities of two groups did not differ. Although we did not obtain beneficial effect on lowering blood glucose levels in the STZ-induced diabetic rats, this results suggest that the chaga mushroom extracts may initially act on protecting endogenous DNA damage in the short-term experiment.

최근 당뇨환자에게서 산화적 손상이 증가됨이 보고되면서 항산화식품의 섭취를 통한 DNA 손상 개선노력이 다각도로 시도되고 있다. 차가버섯을 비롯한 여러 가지 버섯류에 항산화활성 및 혈당강하 효과가 있음이 알려지고 있으므로 본 연구에서는 streptozotocin (STZ) 유발 당뇨쥐를 사용하여 차가버섯에 항산화 효과 및 DNA 손상 억제효과가 있는지, 그리고 이런 항산화효과가 당뇨쥐의 혈당을 감소시키는지를 알아보았다. Sprague-dawley종 수컷 흰쥐(4주령, $110{\pm}6\;g$) 32마리를 대조군, 당뇨군, 저농도 차가버섯투여군 (0.5 g/kg BW) 및 고동도 차가버섯투여군 (5 g/kg BW) 등 4군으로 나누어 동물실험을 진행하였으며, 꼬리 정맥에 STZ을 주사하여 당뇨를 유발시킨 후 4주간 사육하였다. 4주 후에 혈액과 간을 채취하여 혈장 glucose, 혈장 총항산화능 (total radical-trapping antioxidant potential, TRAP) 수준 및 ${\alpha}$-tocopherol 수준, 적혈구 catalase, superoxide dismutase (SOD), 및 glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px)의 활성도, 그리고 임파구 및 간조직의 DNA 손상 정도를 comet assay로 측정하였다. 실험 결과, 대조군에 비해 당뇨군에서 혈당이 상승하고 (p < 0.05) 혈장 TRAP 수준은 감소하였으며 (p < 0.05) 임파구의 DNA 손상은 증가하였고 (p < 0.05) 나머지 지표들은 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 당뇨군에 비해 저농도 및 고농도 차가버섯 투여군들에서 혈당이 감소하는 경향이 있었고 혈장 TRAP 수준과 ${\alpha}$-tocopherol 수준이 증가하는 경향을 보였으나 모두 유의적인 차이는 아니었으며, 당뇨군에 비해 차가버섯 투여군에서 tail length로 본 임파구 DNA 손상 정도가 유의적으로 감소하였다 (p < 0.05). 나머지 지표들은 당뇨군과 차가버섯 투여군들 간에 차이를 보이지 않았다. 본 연구결과, 차가버섯 열수추출물을 고농도 (5 g/kg BW)로 4주 동안 당뇨유발 흰쥐에게 투여하였을 때 혈당강하 효과는 유의적으로 나타나지 않았으나 당뇨로 인해 유발 된 DNA 손상정도가 정상수준까지 뚜렷하게 감소함을 관찰하였으며 이를 통해 부분적으로 차가버섯의 항산화 효과를 관찰할 수 있었다. 이와 같은 결과는 앞으로 차가버섯을 이용하여 당뇨환자의 DNA손상을 개선시키기 위한 건강기능식품 개발 연구에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

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