The comparative study of anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory effects by fermented red ginseng and red ginseng

홍삼과 발효홍삼의 항염증 작용 및 항알러지 효과 비교

  • Park, Hye-Jin (College of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Jung, Da-Hye (College of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Joo, Hae-Mi (College of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Kang, Nam-Sung (College of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Jang, Seon-A (Department of Herbal Medicine Resource, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Geun (Department of Applied Plant Science, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Sohn, Eun-Hwa (Department of Herbal Medicine Resource, Kangwon National University)
  • 박혜진 (성균관대학교 약학부) ;
  • 정다혜 (성균관대학교 약학부) ;
  • 주해미 (성균관대학교 약학부) ;
  • 강남성 (성균관대학교 약학부) ;
  • 장선아 (강원대학교 생약자원개발학과) ;
  • 이재근 (강원대학교 식물자원응용공학과) ;
  • 손은화 (강원대학교 생약자원개발학과)
  • Received : 2010.03.04
  • Accepted : 2010.09.01
  • Published : 2010.10.30

Abstract

Red ginseng(RG, steamed and dried root of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer, family Araliaceae) and fermented red ginseng(FRG, fermented red ginseng by yeast and lactic acid bacteria) are known to show different pharmacological effects by changed composition of saponins through fermentation. We examined the effects of RG and FRG on $\beta$-hexosaminidase secretion, ICAM-1 expression, the mitogen-induced proliferation of lymphocyte from mice in ex vivo systems and HaCaT cell(keratinocyte) proliferation to compare the anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory effects between both groups. RG groups showed inhibition of $\beta$-hexosaminidase secretion and ICAM-1 expression at $1{\mu}g/ml$, $10{\mu}g/ml$ and the same effects were observed at all concentrations in FRG groups. In our study, RG increased LPS-induced B cell proliferation at $1{\mu}g/ml$ and ConA-induced B cell proliferation at $100\;{\mu}g/ml$ but FRG decreased LPS- and ConA-induced lymphocytes at $100\;{\mu}g/ml$. We showed that FRG increased the proliferation of HaCaT at 1, $10{\mu}g/ml$ but not by RG. These findings suggest that RG and FRG might have anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects, which can be needed to proper clinical concentration to applied to various allergic diseases and inflammation.

홍삼은 인삼을 증숙하는 과정에서 생겨나는 화학적으로 변화된 생리활성물질들에 의해 인삼과 차별화된 효과를 보여준다. 또한 홍삼은 장내미생물의 생물학적 전환에 의해 변화되어 생체내 약리활성을 보이는데, 이는 개인의 장내 미생물의 분포 차이에 의해 약리작용의 차이를 보일 수 있다. 최근 이 같은 차이를 극복하기 위해 인위적으로 장내미생물에 의해 사전 발효시킨 발효홍삼은 홍삼과 다른 성분량의 차이를 보임으로써 독특한 약리작용을 보인다고 알려져 있다. 이에 본 연구는 홍삼과 발효홍삼의 추출물이 알러지 및 염증반응에 끼치는 영향에 대해 알아보기 위해 비만세포의 탈과립 과정에서 분비되는 $\beta$-hexosaminidase 분비량 비교, 염증매개 세포부착물질인 ICAM-1 발현비교, 생쥐림프구의 증식능, 각질형성세포 증식능을 상호 비교하였다. 실험결과 홍삼은 1, $10\;{\mu}g/ml$에서 $\beta$-hexosaminidase 분비량 억제 및 ICAM-1 발현 억제 조절 효과를 나타내었으며, 발효 홍삼은 모든 농도에서 유의적인 억제 효과를 나타내었다. 그러므로 홍삼과 발효홍삼에서는 모두 항알러지 및 항염증 효과가 있다고 사료된다. 그러나 LPS에 의한 B세포의 증식능에서 홍삼 $1\;{\mu}g/ml$은 증가효과를 발효홍삼에서는 $100\;{\mu}g/ml$에서 억제효과를 나타내었고, ConA에 의한 T세포의 증식능에서는 홍삼 $100\;{\mu}g/ml$에서 증가효과를 발효홍삼 $100\;{\mu}g/ml$에서는 억제효과를 나타냄으로써 림프구 증식능에 관한 실험에서는 두 추출물간에 상반된 효과를 나타내었다. HaCaT세포를 이용한 각질형성세포 증식능에서는 발효홍삼 1, $10\;{\mu}g/ml$에서만 효과를 나타내었다. 이러한 결과를 종합해 볼 때, 홍삼과 발효홍삼에 존재하는 성분량의 변화에 따라 그 효능에서 차이를 나타내고 있는 것으로 사료되며, 홍삼 및 발효홍삼의 고농도 $100\;{\mu}g/ml$에서는 저농도와는 다른 효과를 보이는 경향을 나타내고 있으므로 홍삼 및 발효홍삼의 사용에 있어 적절한 적응증과 주성분의 검증 및 유효 농도에 대한 연구가 더욱 필요하다고 판단된다.

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