• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.97-106
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• 1984

The Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, is drawing attention over the world as the largest source of unutilized proteins in the ocean. For the use of krill as a human food, processing conditions of krill sauce by autolysis and/or commercial proteolytic enzyme digestion were examined. The krill was chopped and mixed with equal weight of water, and hydrolyzed by autolysis and/or commercial proteolytic enzyme digestion. The optimal conditions for hydrolysis of krill were $52.5^{\circ}C$, pH 7.0-7.5, 3 hours by autolysis, $52.5^{\circ}C$, pH 6.3, 3hours by bromelain (0.5 %) digestion, and $52.5^{\circ}C$, pH 7.0-7.5, 3 hours by commercial complex enzyme (5 %) digestion, respectively The maximum hydrolyzing rate of protein were 83.2 % by autolysis, 89.7 % by bromelain digestion, 92.7 % by commercial complex enzyme digestion. After krill meat hydrolyzed by autolysis at optimum condition, inactivated at $100^{\circ}C$ for 20 minutes and filtered with Buchner funnel. Two kinds of products were prepared with krill hydrolysate and preservatives: one contained 10 % of sodium chloride and 0.06 % of benzoic acid and the other 10 % of sodium chloride and 3 % of ethyl alcohol. These products were filled in the sterilized glass bottle and sealed. The pH, volatile basic nitrogen, amino nitrogen, color value (L, a and b values) and viable counts of bacteria were determined during storage at $37^{\circ}C$. The results showed that the products could be preserved in good condition during one month at $37^{\circ}C$. As a method to reduce the sodium level in krill sauce, it is convinced that sodium chloride could be replaced half in partially by potassium chloride. In the products prepared from krill by autolysis, bromelain or commercial complex enzyme digestion, hypoxanthine and 5'-IMP were abundant among the nucleotides and their related compounds as 15.3-20.4 ${\mu}mole/g$, dry solid, 2.2-2.5 ${\mu}mole/g$, dry solid, respectively. The abundant free amino acids were lysine, leucine, proline, alanine and valine. The contents of these amino acids were 67.4 %, 69.4 %, 69.8 % of the total free amino acids of each products. And TMAO, betaine and total creatinine were low in contents. The flavor of krill sauce prepared from krill by autolysis or enzyme digestion was not inferior to that of traditional Kerean soy sauce by sensory evaluation.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.208-218
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• 2018

Autophagy is a cellular process whereby cytosolic materials or organelles are taken up in a double-membrane vesicle structure known as an autophagosome and transported into a lysosome for degradation. Although autophagy has been studied at the genetic, cellular, or biochemical level, systematic ultrastructural quantitative analysis of autophagosomes during the autophagy process by using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has not yet been reported. In this study, we performed ultrastructural analysis of autophagosomes in wild-type (WT) mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) and autophagy essential gene (atg5) knockout (KO) MEFs. First, we performed ultrastructural analysis of autophagosomes in WT MEFs compared to atg5 KO MEFs in basal autophagy or starvation-induced autophagy. Although we observed phagopore, early, late autophagosomes, or autolysosomes in WT MEFs, atg5 KO MEFs had immature autophagosomes that showed incomplete closure. Upon starvation, late autophagosomes accumulated in WT MEFs while the number of immature autophagosomes significantly increased in atg5 KO MEF indicating that atg5 plays an important role in the maturation of autophagosomes. Next, we examined autophagosomes in the cell model expressing polyQ-expanded N-terminal fragment of huntingtin. Our TEM analysis indicates that the number of late autophagosomes was significantly increased in the cells expressing the mutant huntingtin, indicating that improving the fusion of autophagosome with lysosome may be effective to enhance autophagy for the treatment of Huntington's disease. Taken together, the results of our study indicate that ultrastructural and quantitative analysis of autophagosomes using TEM can be applied to various human cellular disease models, and that they will provide an important insight for cellular pathogenesis of human diseases associated with autophagy.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Community Living Science Conference
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• 2009.09a
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• pp.83-83
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• 2009

암을 제외한 대부분의 성인병은 혈액순환과 관련된 혈관계 질환들로 이들에 의한 사망 비율의 합은 암의 비율과 비슷하게 나타나 혈관계 질환의 심각성을 나타내고 있다. 혈전에 의한 혈관계 질환은 혈전용해제와 트롬빈저해제를 이용하여 치료하고 예방할 수 있으며, a-glucosidase 저해제는 당뇨병 예방과 치료에 이용할 수 있다. 예로부터 민간요법에서 다양하게 이용되어 왔던 반하를 성인병 치료와 예방에 관련된 기능성식품의 자료로 사용하기 위해 반하 열수추출물을 유기 용매로 분획화하고 분획물의 혈전용해활성, 트롬빈저해활성, 혈당강하효과를 측정하였다. 혈전을 직접 용해하는 활성을 측정하기위해 100 mg/ml의 농도로 준비한 시료액을 fibrin plate 방법을 이용하여 혈전용해활성을 측정 결과 hexane 층, chloroform 층, ethyl acetate 층, butanol 층에서는 활성을 나타내지 않았지만 물 층에서 만 0.8 plasmin unit의 높은 혈전용해활성을 나타냈다. 혈전의 형성을 억제하기위해 혈전형성의 필수 효소인 트롬빈의 활성을 저해하는 트롬빈저해활성을 측정하기위해 10 배 희석한 (10 mg/ml) 시료 용액을 이용하여 트롬빈저해활성을 측정결과 hexane 층에서 75.3%의 높은 트롬빈저해활성을 나타냈으며, ethyl acetate 층과 chloroform에서도 각각 43.3%와 39.7%의 활성을 나타냈다. 또한 탄수화물의 소화를 지연시킴으로서 소장에서 포도당의 흡수를 억제하여 혈관내 당의 농도를 조절하는 혈당강하제의 개발을 위해 준비된 조효소액(10 mg/ml)을 이용하여 a-glucosidase 저해활성을 측정한 결과 ethyl acetate 층과 hexane 층에서 각각 24.9%와 23.4%의 저해활성을 확인하였다. 따라서 반하의 hexane 층과 ethyl acetate 층과 물층은 혈전관련 혈관계 질환과 당뇨병 관련 기능성 식품의 개발 소재로 이용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. 특히 최근 질병 치료에 효과는 크지만 부작용이 동반되는 화학약품들 대신 활성은 조금 뒤지지만 부작용이 없는 생약을 이용하려는 경향이 커지고 있다. 따라서 오랫동안 민간용법에서 사용되고 있는 반하는 안정성이 확인된 장점을 갖고 있어, 식품재료나 기능성 음료에 이용할 경우 장기간 섭취가 가능해 혈관계 질환의 치료와 예방에 큰 효과를 가져 올 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.376-379
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• 2013

A four-week-old female Scottish Fold cat weighting 0.6 kg was admitted for vaccination. During the physical examination, the liquid feces were observed from the vulva and the anus was imperforate. The location of a narrow fistula and distended colon were identified on the contrast radiography. Definitive diagnosis was made as type III atresia ani with rectovaginal fistula. Anal reconstruction and ligation of the fistula were successfully undertaken to treat atresia ani. After surgery, the cat was treated with lactulose and a special diet consisting of high fiber was fed to increase digestibility. The cat was able to control defecation after 2 weeks post-operation. There was no complication for 8 months after surgery.

• Journal of fish pathology
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.137-145
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• 1996

A specific disease syndrome, which led to massive mortality on larve of rockfish(Sebastes schlegeli) in marine hatcheries at Chungnam area during the period 1995~1996 was studied. The causative agent isolated from the diseased or dead larvae was identified as Vibrio ordalii on the basis of biochemical and biological characteristics. In the experimental challenges aganist 0 and 1 summer fish conducted at two different temperatures as $18^{\circ}C$ and $25^{\circ}C$, Vibrio ordalii showed higher virulence to no summer fish at $18^{\circ}C$ than 1-summer fish at $25^{\circ}C$. These results were consistent to field data obtained during epizootic outbreaks in the farms. Moribund and died larvae presented telangiectasis of secondary gill lamella and brain, dissecting of respiratory epithelium, atrophy of hepatic cells and necrosis of kidney associated with the presence of the bacteria. But the digestive tissue of these fish showed no significant change.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.83-90
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• 1992

Monoclonal antibodies against structural proteins of bovine viral diarrhea virus(BVDV) were derived by classical hybridoma techniques. These antibodies were characterized by serum neutralization, immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation. The neutralizing monoclonal antibody reacted with the 56kd to 54kd(M.W.) viral protein in western blotting and immunoprecipitation analysis. Although there was no neutralizing activity, another monoclanal antibody reacted with the 45kd protein by immunoprecipitation and with both the 45kd and 36kd proteins in immunoblotting analysis. respectively. Densitometer scanning of purified BVDV and the immunopreipitation of whole virus particles with neutralizing monoclonal antibody revealed the presence of more than twelve viral polypeptides. Although no possible precursor form of protein was identified with the neutralizing monoclonal antibody. the presence of intact virion was detected in the infected cell supernatant immediatelty after pulse labeling, indicating rapid translational processing as well as packaging of the virus. The partial peptide mapping of 45kd and 36kd proteins with Staphylococcus aureus V 8 protease showed that these two proteins are related.

• Journal of fish pathology
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.21-28
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• 2004

In late summer of 2001, a new disease "overturn disease" occurred among mud loach (Misgurnus mizolepis) cultured in a farm Chonbuk Province. The fish exhibited a lethargic, erratic and spiral swimming at the water surface. Affected fish showed swollen abdomen with accumulation of air bubbles in the intestinal canal. The bubbles were much larger in the anterior part than in the posterior part. Hematological and histopathological examinations were done. No significant differences were found in RBC count, Ht value and Hb concentration between the diseased and the healthy fish. Gill filaments showed proximal hyperplasia of the respiratory epithelia and fusing of the gill lamella. Hemorrhage and necrosis occurred in the intestinal epithelia and within the lamina propria, and the mucosal epithelia were separated from the muscularis. Hepatocytes underwent atrophy. In the fish experimentally tied between the annal fin and the anus by a thread to confirm accumulation of air bubbles within intestine, accumulation of air bubbles was confirmed. This disease in mud loach appeared to be induced by circulatory disturbances in the intestinal wall owing to accumulation of air bubbles in the alimentary canal after fed high protein diet throughout all culturing period.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.661-665
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• 2002

In order to develop ginseng tea powder with spore forming lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillus sporogenes was used. In the jar fermentor experiment under optimal culture conditions, the number of spore of L. sporogenes reached about $20{\times}10^8\;CFU/mL$ and sporulation rate was 97%. Granulated ginseng tea was made from glucose 7 kg, lactose 2 kg, ginseng extract 1 kg and spores 5 g $(5200{\times}10^8\;CFU/g)$. In the treatment of artificial gastric juice (pH 3.0) for 4 h and artificial bile for 8 h, the survival rate of spores in the granulated ginseng tea was 55.4% and 90.0% respectively. The spores survived 77.6% after incubation for 20 min in boiled water. Its storage stability was about 75% for 12 months at room temperature.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.32 no.8
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• pp.589-594
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• 2022

The objective of this study was to investigate whether betulinic acid can inhibit the activities of carbohydrate-digesting enzymes and reduce postprandial hyperglycemia in mice with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Our results revealed that betulinic acid has potent inhibitory effects on α-glucosidase and α-amylase activities. The half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC₅₀) of betulinic acid were 12.83±6.81 and 18.32±3.24 μM for α-glucosidase and α-amylase, respectively. This result indicates lower IC₅₀ values and higher inhibitory activities than those of acarbose, an oral hypoglycemic drug. The increase in postprandial blood glucose levels was significantly suppressed in the betulinic acid group than in the control group of diabetic and normal mice. Postprandial blood glucose levels were 23.22±1.1, 24.38±1.31, and 21.05±1.36 μM in the betulinic acid group compared to 24.64±1.7, 27.22±1.58, and 26.36±1.40 μM in the control group of diabetic mice at 30, 60 and 120 min, respectively. The area under the curve also significantly decreased with the administration of betulinic acid in diabetic mice, however, it did not decrease more than that after acarbose administration. Our results showed that betulinic acid may be a potent inhibitor of carbohydrate-digesting enzymes and ameliorate postprandial hyperglycemia in diabetic mice.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.32-37
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• 2017

Cyanidin-3-O-glucoside (C3G) shows anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects; however, its effect on postprandial blood glucose levels remains unknown. Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors regulate post-prandial hyperglycemia by impeding carbohydrate digestion in the small intestine. Here, the effect of C3G on ${\alpha}-glucosidase$ and ${\alpha}-amylase$ inhibition and its ability to ameliorate postprandial hyperglycemia in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mice were evaluated. ICR normal and STZ-induced diabetic mice were orally administered soluble starch alone or with C3G or acarbose. The half-maximal inhibitory concentrations of C3G for ${\alpha}-glucosidase$ and ${\alpha}-amylase$ were 13.72 and $7.5{\mu}M$, respectively, suggesting that C3G was more effective than acarbose. The increase in postprandial blood glucose levels was more significantly reduced in the C3G groups than in the control group for both diabetic and normal mice. The area under the curve for the diabetic mice was significantly reduced following C3G administration. C3G may be a potent ${\alpha}-glucosidase$ inhibitor and may delay dietary carbohydrate absorption.