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PCR-based identification of uncultural bacterium from malformed Agaricus blazei (신령버섯의 기형으로부터 배양불능세균의 PCR 검정)

  • Shin, Pyung-Gyun;Park, Yun-Jung;Yoo, Young-Bok;Kong, Won-Sik;Jang, Kab-Yeul;Oh, Se-Jong;Lee, Keum-Hee
    • Journal of Mushroom
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.157-160
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    • 2010
  • Agaricus blazei Murill is a important medicinal mushroom for a powerful immune system builder and tonic. Currently, it is known about a new disease phenomenon that appears to be occurring on a number of mushroom farms. We described a straightforward approach in which molecular methods was used to survey the presence of potentially endo- and epiphytic bacteria infected with the Agaricus blazei. The 16S rDNA was amplified with universal eubacterial primers directly from pure cultures of Agaricus blazei mycelium and fruit body. The 16S rDNA sequences were almost identical (96 to 97% similarity), and phylogenetic analysis placed them in a single unique rRNA branch belong to the uncultural bacterium phylogroup. PCR detection of uncultural bacterium in the malformed tissues of Agaricus blazei were carried out by using 16S rRNA sequenced specific probe. It was strongly amplified at the malformed pileus region of fruit body and also spore print was impossible.

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Anti-hyperlipidemic effect of Agaricus brasiliensis fruiting bodies in rats fed with high cholesterol diet (고콜레스테롤 식이의 급여에 의해 고지혈증이 유도된 흰쥐의 신령버섯 자실체의 항고지혈증 효과)

  • Jin, Ga-Heon;Lee, TaeSoo
    • Journal of Mushroom
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.118-124
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    • 2018
  • In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with fruiting body of Agaricus brasiliensis (AB) mushroom on the lipid profiles of serum and histological patterns of liver of high cholesterol-fed rats. Five-week-old, female Sprague-Dawley albino rats were divided into three groups of 8 rats each, including a normal control-diet (NC) group, a high-cholesterol diet (HC) group, and a group fed high-cholesterol diet supplemented with 5 % powder of Agaricus brasiliensis fruiting bodies (HC+AB). Total serum cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL), and triglyceride (TG) concentrations in the HC+AB group were significantly reduced when compared with those in the HC group. Body weight in the HC+AB group was significantly lower than that in the HC group, whereas no adverse effects were observed on the levels of plasma albumin, creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, uric acid, glucose, and total protein. In the HC+AB group, liver enzyme activities related to liver function, such as GOT and GPT, presented values lower than those in the HC group and were very similar to the ones in the NC group. Excretion of total lipid and cholesterol in feces in the HC+AB group was significantly higher than that in the NC and HC groups, indicating that mushroom feeding inhibits the absorption of lipid cholesterol in the intestine. Liver histopathological analyses revealed that rats fed with HC diet developed fat liver disease, whereas only small amounts of fat were deposited in the livers of the HC+AB group. In conclusion, the results suggest that fruiting body powder of A. brasiliensis provides health benefits to high-cholesterol-fed rats by lowering body weight and the risk of atherogenic lipid profile.

Antitumor and Immuno-potentiating Activities of Crude Polysaccharides from Fruiting Body of Agaricus brasiliensis (신령버섯(Agaricus brasiliensis) 자실체 추출 조다당류의 항암 및 면역증강 작용)

  • Cha, Youn-Jeong;Kim, Jeong-Hwa;Lee, Tae-Soo;Lee, U-Youn
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.57-67
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    • 2011
  • Agaricus brasiliensis, one of edible mushroom belonging to Basidiomycota, has been used for curing gastric ulcer and stomach cancer of human beings and also known to have good inhibitory effects on sarcoma 180 and Ehrlich carcinoma of mice. Neutral saline soluble (0.9% NaCl), hot water soluble and methanol soluble substances (hereinafter referred to Fr. NaCl, Fr. HW and Fr. MeOH, respectively) were prepared from fruiting body of the mushroom. ${\beta}$-glucan and total protein contents were identify from fractions of edible mushrooms extract. The ${\beta}$-glucan and protein contents of all fractions of the mushrooms ranged from 21.54~32.31% and 0.16~9.34%, respectively. In vitro cytotoxicity tests, crude polysaccharides were not cytotoxic against cancer cell lines such as Sarcoma 180, HT-29, NIH3T3 and RAW 264.7 at the concentration of 10~2000 ${\mu}g/ml$. Intraperitoneal injection with crude polysaccharides exhibited life prolongation effect of 18.8~50.6% in mice previously inoculated with Sarcoma 180. Fr. HW increased the numbers of spleen cell by 1.2 fold at the concentration of 200 ${\mu}g/ml$ compared with control. Fr. MeOH and Na improved the immuno-potentiating activity of B lymphocyte by increasing the alkaline phosphatase activity by 1.6 fold compared with control at the concentration of 50~500 ${\mu}g/ml$. Fr. Na generated 15.9 ${\mu}M$ of nitric oxide (NO) when cultured with RAW 264.7 at the concentration of 200 ${\mu}g/ml$, while lipopolysaccharide, a positive control, produced 3.7 ${\mu}M$. The Fr. NaCl, Fr. HW and Fr. MeOH increased the secretion of TNF-${\alpha}$, IL-$1{\beta}$, Il-2 and IL-6 by 2.2 times compared with the control group. Fr. Na increased the numbers of peritoneal exudate cells by 4 folds at the concentration of 50mg/kg compared with control. Circulating leukocytes increased by 2.7 folds when Fr. HW from A. brasiliensis was inoculated at the concentration of 50 mg/kg body weight. The hematological and blood chemical analysis of the 3 fractions did not show any difference in blood compositions and enzyme activities compared with the control group (p<0.05). Therefore, the experimental results suggested that crude polysaccharides extracted from A. brasiliensis contain antitumor and immuno-potentiating activities against Sarcoma 180 in ICR mice.

Anti-proliferative Effects of Water Extract of Agaricus blazei Murill in Human Lung Cancer Cell Line A549 (A549 인체폐암세포의 증식에 미치는 신령버섯 추출물의 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Woo-Young;Park, Cheol;Lee, Jae-Yun;Kim, Gi-Young;Park, Yeong-Min;Jeong, Yong-Kee;Lee, Won-Ho;Choi, Yung-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.33 no.8
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    • pp.1237-1245
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    • 2004
  • Agaricus blazei Murill is a medicinal mushroom native to Brazil. It used to be a source of antitumor and immunoactive compounds and considered a health food in many countries. In the present study, it was examined the effects of water extract of A. blazei (WEAB) on the growth of human lung carcinoma cell line A549 in order to investigate the anti-proliferative mechanism by WEAB. Treatment of A549 cells to WEAB resulted in the growth inhibition, morphological change and induction of apoptotic cell death in a dose-dependent manner as measured by MTT assay and flow cytometric analysis. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that WEAB caused G2/M phase arrest of the cell cycle, which was associated with a down-regulation of cyclin A in both transcriptional and translational levels. WEAB treatment induced a marked up-regulation of cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) inhibitor p21, however, the levels of Cdk2, Cdc2, Wee1, Cdc25C and p53 expression were remained unchanged in WEAB treated cells. In addition, WEAB treatment inhibited the levels of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 mRNA and protein without alteration of COX-l expression. Taken together, these findings suggest that WEAB may be a potential chemotherapeutic agent for the control of human lung carcinorma cells and further studies will be needed to identify the active compounds that confer the anti-cancer activity of WEAB. Once such compounds are identified, the mechanisms by which they exert their effects can begin to be characterized.

Mime of Mudang gut - based on Seoul gut - (무당굿의 마임 - 서울굿을 중심으로 -)

  • Hong, Teahan
    • (The) Research of the performance art and culture
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    • no.18
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    • pp.73-100
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    • 2009
  • This article is considered how to utilize mime in the mudang gut. Actually, mime can't be the crux of mudang gut, and the only factors of mime is utilized. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to draw another nets of meanings in Mudang gut, not to study mime. First of all, I surveyed the constituent factors of mudang gut. One gutpan is combined with various factors. As a shamans(mudang), a musician, a jang gu player, a gongyangju(taking charge of food), a sibongja(helper for a shaman), and madangsoe (an under servant), they played their roles. The gut consists of equipment, food, clothes, music and dance. Next, I derived two nets of meaning out of considering a mudang gut performance of mudang (shaman). First, god in a general gutgeori appears expressing their existence by using mime with the music. Second, the following god appears expressing themselves using only mime without music. After showing who he is through action and facial expression, he continues to play a gut. Accordingly, mime of seoul gutpan plays a role to reveal the existence of god. Also, I divided the way of performing mudang gut into language performance and motions and then suggested that mime was mainly used in the motions. I surveyed a gutgeori using mime in the concrete. Through this, I suggested that the shaman used mime, when sending a deadman to the next world in a Jinogi gut. I suggested that mime was utilized repeatedly at the process of repelling the misfortune in a jaesu gut.

The Universality of Using Beats of Mudanggut (무당굿 장단 활용의 보편성)

  • Hong, Teahan
    • (The) Research of the performance art and culture
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    • no.34
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    • pp.215-240
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    • 2017
  • This paper reviewed the aspects of using Seoul gut and Hwanghaedo gut, which are gangshingut(exorcism by possessed shamans), and Gyeonggidodanggut and Southern coast byeolshingut, which are seseupmugut(exorcism by hereditary shamans), and based on that, examined the universality of using beats of mudanggut. This study should have examined the use of beats in donghaeangut and honamgut and it was the limitation of this paper. While it examined the universality and mentioned several cases of donghaeangut, this paper will have a clearer point when it studies the use of beats in donghaeangut. Through the process, this study tried to present that though the groups and aspects of performance differ from region to region, the universal principle may be the same. The beats used in gut of different regions have clearly different systems. Depending on performers and ways of performance, different beats are used. As for the system of beats, the name of beats and composition has uniqueness but there are similarities when compared to gut of other regions. In this paper, this was called universality. It means that there are significant differences in the composition of shaman songs, ways of performance, and use of beats but the system of beats is the same. Different aspects of using beats depending on performers are also regional universality. In Seoul gut, the use of beats is different depending on whether a janggujaebi performs gut in the sitting position, singing shamanistic songs or a shaman performs gut in the standing position. Gyeonggidodanggut is representative when it comes to the use of beats being clearly distinguished depending on performers. Beats differ depending on whether the performer is Miji or Sani. Also it is common that through the use of beats they convey the significance of performing shaman songs. It is found in the gut of all areas to express the meaning of cheongshin and oshin and this is seen more conspicuously when expressing some beats are closely related to the status of spirits. In Seoul gut, as the name sangsanjangdan and byeolsangjangdan show, the name of spirits are used as the name of beats and gut of all regions express the significance of expelling spirits through the use of beats. It means that ways of performance differ depending on regions, but there is an awareness of spirits, the main agent of gut. Though seseupmugut has weaker awareness than gangshingut and there are not various factors of performance that show divine power, the use of beats reveal that there is awareness about spirits.