• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.249-260
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• 2024

New supplements with preventive effects against skin photodamage are receiving increasing attention. This study evaluated the anti-photoaging effects of salmon nasal cartilage proteoglycan (SPG), acting as a functional material for skin health. We administered SPG to in vitro and in vivo models exposed to ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation and assessed its moisturizing and anti-wrinkle effects on dorsal mouse skin and keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts cell lines. These results showed that SPG restored the levels of filaggrin, involucrin, and AQP3 in the epidermis of UVB-irradiated dorsal skin and keratinocytes, thereby enhancing the keratinization process and water flow. Additionally, SPG treatment increased the levels of hyaluronan and skin ceramide, the major components of intercellular lipids in the epidermis. Furthermore, SPG treatment significantly increased the levels of collagen and procollagen type 1 by down-regulating matrix metalloproteinase 1, which play a crucial role in skin fibroblasts, in both in vitro and in vivo models. In addition, SPG strongly inhibited mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPKs) signaling, the including extracellular signal-regulated kinase, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and p38. These findings suggest that dietary SPG may be an attractive functional food for preventing UVB-induced photoaging. And this SPG product may provide its best benefit when treating several signs of skin photoaging.

• 약학회지
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.96-102
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• 2007

Measurement of globotriaosylceramide (Gb3, ceramide trihexoside) in urine has clinical importance for monitoring after enzyme replacement therapy in Fabry disease patients. The disease is an X-linked lipid storage disorder that results from a deficiency of the enzyme ${\alpha}$-galactosidase A (${\alpha}$-Gal A). The lack of ${\alpha}$-Gal A causes an intracellular accumulation of glycosphingolipids, mainly Gb3. A simple, rapid, and highly sensitive analytical method for Gb3 in urine was developed without labor-extensive pre-treatment by electrospray ionization MS/MS (ESI-MS/MS). Only simple 5-fold dilution of urine is necessary for the extraction and isolation of Gb3 in urine. Gb3 in diluted urine was dissolved in dioxane containing C17:0 Gb3 as an internal standard. After centrifugation it was directly injected and analyzed through guard column by in combination with multiple reaction monitoring mode of ESI-MS/MS. Eight isoforms of Gb3 were completely resolved from urine matrix. C24:0 Gb3 occupied 50% of total Gb3 as a major component in urine. Linear relationship for Gb3 isoforms was found in the range of 0.005${\sim}$5.0 ${\mu}$g/ml. The limit of detection (S/N=5) was 0.005 ${\mu}$g/ml and limit of quantification was 0.05 ${\mu}$g/ml for C24:0 Gb3 with acceptable precision and accuracy. Correlation coefficient of calibration curves for 8 Gb3 isoforms ranged from 0.9598 to 0.9975. This method could be useful for rapid and sensitive 1st line Fabry disease screening, monitoring and/or diagnostic tool for Fabry disease.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제39권11호
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• pp.1611-1618
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• 2010

본 연구는 in vitro 실험결과 아토피 피부염의 억제 효능이 기대되는 비파엽 추출물(BI군), 삼백초 추출물(SA군), 비파엽 추출물과 삼백초 추출 혼합물(FB군) 그리고 삼백초와 비파엽 추출 혼합 발효물(FA군)을 경구 투여하여 DNCB 처리한 아토피 실험동물을 대상으로 아토피 질환 개선에 대한 유효성을 평가하였다. 혈청 중의 IgE 수치를 측정한 결과, DNCB군에서 $227.21{\pm}60.04$ ng/mL를 나타내었으며, FA군에서는 $154.78{\pm}78.99$ ng/mL로 IgE 생성량이 감소되었다. 혈청내의 히스타민 농도는 DNCB군에서 $1.90{\pm}0.04$ ng/mL 였으며, FA, FB, BI, SA군에서 각각 $1.47{\pm}0.20$ ng/mL, $1.41{\pm}0.07$ ng/mL, $1.61{\pm}0.05$ ng/mL, $1.08{\pm}0.07$ ng/mL로 DNCB군과 비교 시 유의적인 감소를 나타내었다. 세라마이드 총 함량을 측정한 결과, FA군에서 $1,350{\pm}357\;{\mu}g/g$으로 DNCB와 비교 시 세라마이드 함량이 유의적으로 증가되었다. IFN-$\gamma$의 경우, DNCB군에서 $2.5{\pm}0.5$ ng/mL로 분석되 었으며, FA, FB, BI 및 SA군에서 각각 $7.1{\pm}1.3$ ng/mL, $7.7{\pm}0.2$ ng/mL, $11.5{\pm}0.6$ ng/mL 및 $6.9{\pm}0.2$ ng/mL로 DNCB 군과 비교 시 모두 유의적인 증가를 나타내었다. 특히 비파엽 및 삼백초 추출물 혼합 발효물은 등 부위 피부의 육안 증상을 관찰한 결과, 가피형성과 발적 감소가 가장 우수하여 아토피 피부염 질환 개선에 도움을 줄 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.