• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.805-825
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• 2023

This experiment aims to investigate the impact of probiotic feed on growth performance, carcass traits, plasma lipid biochemical parameters, intramuscular fat and triglyceride content, fatty acid composition, mRNA expression levels of genes related to lipid metabolism, and the activity of the enzyme in Sunit sheep. In this experiment, 12 of 96 randomly selected Sunit sheep were assigned to receive the basic diet or the basic diet supplemented with probiotics. The results showed that supplementation with probiotics significantly increased the loin eye area, and decreased plasma triglycerides and free fatty acids, increasing the content of intramuscular fat and triglycerides in the muscle and improving the composition of the fatty acids. The inclusion of probiotics in the diet reduced the expression of adenosine 5'-monophosphate-activated protein kinase alpha 2 (AMPKα2) mRNA and carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1B (CPT1B) mRNA, while increasing the expression of acetyl-CoA carboxylase alpha (ACCα) mRNA, sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) mRNA, fatty acid synthase mRNA, and stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 mRNA. The results of this study indicate that supplementation with probiotics can regulate fat deposition and improves the composition of fatty acids in Sunit sheep through the signaling pathways AMPK-ACC-CPT1B and AMPK-SREBP-1c. This regulatory mechanism leads to an increase in intramuscular fat content, a restructuring of muscle composition of the fatty acids, and an enhancement of the nutritional value of meat. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the food science of animal resources and provide valuable references for the production of meat of higher nutritional value.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2022

Objectives : Although the anti-obesity effect of Schizandrae Fructus water extract has been demonstrated, its underlying mechanism is still unclear. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the anti-obesity effect of Schizandrae Fructus water extract through the p-AMP-activated protein kinase (p-AMPK), sirtuin1 (Sirt1), and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1α (PGC-1α) signaling in 60% high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obese mouse model. Methods : Male C57BL/6 mice were divided into four groups. The Normal group was fed a normal diet and the obese groups were fed 60% HFD. Except for the Control group, the GG group was supplemented with 0.5% Garcinia gummigutta and the SCW group was supplemented with 0.5% Schizandrae Fructus water extract. After 6 weeks, obesity-related biomarkers in serum were measured and the expressions of protein for lipid-related factors in liver tissue were analyzed by western blot. Results : Treatment with SCW significantly down-regulated body weight compared to the Control group. SCW down-regulated levels of triglyceride and total cholesterol in serum and significantly increased p-AMPK, Sirt1, and PGC-1α in liver tissue. In addition, the expressions of fatty acid oxidation-related proteins such as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα), carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A (CPT-1A), uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), and uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) were significantly up-regulated. However, fatty acid synthesis-related proteins including sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1 (SREBP-1), phospho-Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase (p-ACC), and fatty acid synthase (FAS) were significantly down-regulated. Conclusions : Taken together, SCW treatment showed anti-obesity effect by regulating both fatty acid oxidation-related and fatty acid synthesis-related proteins through AMPK/Sirt1/PGC-1α signaling in 60% HFD-induced obese mice.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권9호
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• pp.1327-1339
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• 2022

Objective: Fat deposition in poultry is an important factor in production performance and meat quality research. miRNAs also play important roles in regulating adipocyte differentiation process. This study was to investigate the expression patterns of miRNAs in duck adipocytes after differentiation and explore the role of miR-214 in regulating carnitine palmitoyltransferases 2 (CPT2) gene expression during duck adipocyte differentiation. Methods: Successful systems for the isolation, culture, and induction of duck primary fat cells was developed in the experiment. Using Illumina next-generation sequencing, the miRNAs libraries of duck adipocytes were established. miRanda was used to predict differentially expressed (DE) miRNAs and their target genes. The expression patterns of miR-214 and CPT2 during the differentiation were verified by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and western blot. Luciferase reporter assays were used to explore the specific regions of CPT2 targeted by miR-214. We used a miR-214 over-expression strategy in vitro to further investigate its effect on differentiation process and CPT2 gene transcription. Results: There were 481 miRNAs identified in duck adipocytes, included 57 DE miRNA candidates. And the 1,046 targets genes of DE miRNAs were mainly involved in p53 signaling, FoxO signaling, and fatty acid metabolism pathways. miR-214 and CPT2 showed contrasting expression patterns before and after differentiation, and they were selected for further research. The expression of miR-214 was decreased during the first 3 days of duck adipocytes differentiation, and then increased, while the expression of CPT2 increased both in the transcriptional and protein level. The luciferase assay suggested that miR-214 targets the 3'untranslated region of CPT2. Overexpression of miR-214 not only promoted the formation of lipid droplets but also decreased the protein abundance of CPT2. Conclusion: Current study reports the expression profile of miRNAs in duck adipocytes differentiated for 4 days. And miR-214 has been proved to have the regulator potential for fat deposition in duck.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제33권12호
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• pp.967-977
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• 2023

Rubus crataegifolius (RC)는 장미과에 속하는 전통적인 아시아 약용 식물이다. RC 열매는 항산화 작용을 통해 성인병을 예방하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 RC 열매 추출물(RCex)이 비만과 비알코올성 지방간 질환(NAFLD)에 미치는 영향을 동물 모델을 통해 평가하였다. 28마리의 수컷 C57BL/6J 마우스에 8주간 비만을 유도한 후, 추출물을 8주간 경구 투여하였다. 그룹 1은 일반 대조군으로 표준사료를 섭취하였다. 그룹 2는 HFD 대조군으로, 그룹 3에는 심바스타틴(6.5 mg/kg/일)을, 그룹 4에는 RCex (200 mg/kg)을 투여하였다. RCex투여는 실험 마우스의 체중, 지방 조직, 간 무게를 감소시켰으며, 또한 지질 대사(ALT, AST, TC, TG, LDL, HDL)를 포함한 생화학적 바이오마커를 개선하였다. AMPK의 활성화는 지방생성 유전자(LXR, SREBP-1c, FAS, ACC1)의 발현을 감소시켰으며, RCex에 의한 CPT 활성 증진 효과를 검증하였다. RCex는 또한 에너지 소비 및 신진대사와 관련된 호르몬(adiponectin 및 leptin)의 혈장 수준에도 영향을 미쳤다. 또한, RCex가 HFD로 유도된 비만 mice의 포도당 불내성을 개선했음을 확인 하였다. RCex는 AMPK의 인산화를 통해 지방산 산화 및 지방산 합성을 조절함으로써 항비만 및 항NAFLD 효과를 가짐을 처음으로 입증하였다. 이는 R. crataegifolius가 비만 및 관련 NAFLD 예방에 좋은 보충제가 될 수 있음을 시사한다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.522-535
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• 2024

Objective: Transition period is considered from 3 weeks prepartum to 3 weeks postpartum, characterized with dramatic events (endocrine, metabolic, and physiological) leading to occurrence of production diseases (negative energy balance/ketosis, milk fever etc). The objectives of our study were to analyze the periodic concentration of serum beta-hydroxy butyric acid (BHBA), glucose and oxidative markers along with identification, and validation of the putative markers of negative energy balance in buffaloes using in-silico and quantitative real time-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assay. Methods: Out of 20 potential markers of ketosis identified by in-silico analysis, two were selected and analyzed by qRT-PCR technique (upregulated; acetyl serotonin o-methyl transferase like and down regulated; guanylate cyclase activator 1B). Additional two sets of genes (carnitine palmotyl transferase A; upregulated and Insulin growth factor; downregulated) that have a role of hepatic fatty acid oxidation to maintain energy demands via gluconeogenesis were also validated. Extracted cDNA (complementary deoxyribonucleic acid) from the blood of the buffaloes were used for validation of selected genes via qRTPCR. Concentrations of BHBA, glucose and oxidative stress markers were identified with their respective optimized protocols. Results: The analysis of qRT-PCR gave similar trends as shown by in-silico analysis throughout the transition period. Significant changes (p<0.05) in the levels of BHBA, glucose and oxidative stress markers throughout this period were observed. This study provides validation from in-silico and qRT-PCR assays for potential markers to be used for earliest diagnosis of negative energy balance in buffaloes. Conclusion: Apart from conventional diagnostic methods, this study improves the understanding of putative biomarkers at the molecular level which helps to unfold their role in normal immune function, fat synthesis/metabolism and oxidative stress pathways. Therefore, provides an opportunity to discover more accurate and sensitive diagnostic aids.

• 한방비만학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2024

Objectives: Ephedrae herba (EH) and Coicis semen (CS) has been frequently prescribed for the treatment of obesity. However, effects of combinational extracts of these two herbs on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease are unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of EH and CS on lipid accumulation and glucose absorption in free fatty acids (FFAs) or palmitic acid (PA)-treated HepG2 cells. Methods: Five samples of EH and CS were extracted by combination ratios (S1=0:100, S2=25:75, S3=50:50, S4=75:25, S5=100:0). Oil Red O staining was used to measure lipid accumulation in FFAs-induced steatosis cells. Intracellular triglycerides and total cholesterol levels were measured in FFAs-induced steatotic HepG2 cells. In PA-treated cells, intracellular 2-NBDG was detected using a fluorescence microplate reader and flow cytometry. Phosphorylation of key metabolism-related factors of AMP-activated protein kinase and acetyl-CoA carboxylase, expression of key lipid synthesis-related factors carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 alpha (CPT1α), sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 (SREBP1), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) and CCAAT enhancer binding protein alpha (C/EBPα) were confirmed by western blot. Results: Treatment of EH-CS combination in the FFAs-induced steatotic HepG2 cells significantly reduced lipid accumulation. As the relative ratio of Ephedrae herba increased, the lipid-lowering effects of the combination were increased. However, S1 and S5 of Ephedrae herba and Coicis semen did not significantly reduce triglycerides and total cholesterol induced by FFAs. However, the combination of Ephedrae herba and Coicis semen restored glucose absorption in PA-induced HepG2 cells. Major makers of SREBP1, PPARγ, C/EBPα, and CPT1α expression tended to decrease with EH ratio. Conclusions: The EH-CS combination has advantages over sole EH and CS extracts in improving lipid and glucose metabolism in liver steatosis models.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.135-141
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• 2024

Objective: Recently, oral antioxidants in combined forms have been used to treat men with idiopathic infertility. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of treatment with vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, zinc, arginine, L-carnitine, and coenzyme Q10 on sperm quality parameters, DNA integrity, reproductive hormones, and pregnancy rates in men with infertility and idiopathic oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (OAT). Methods: A prospective study was conducted on 420 men with infertility and idiopathic OAT who took an oral supplement of antioxidant SP-Power tablets twice daily for 6 months. Semen quality, reproductive hormones, and the DNA fragmentation index (DFI) were evaluated at baseline and at 3 and 6 months after supplementation, using the World Health Organization 2021 guidelines. Results: No significant difference was observed in volume or the percentage of typical morphology during treatment. A significant improvement in sperm concentration was observed after supplementation (8.67±1.41, 12.17±1.91, and 19.01±0.86 at baseline, 3, and 6 months respectively, p<0.01). The total motility, progressive motility, and total motile sperm count also increased significantly (p<0.01), whereas the DFI decreased after 6 months. There was an increase in normal FSH levels and testosterone levels after 6 months of supplementation of antioxidant SP-Power but these differences were not statistically significant (p=not significant and p=0.06, respectively). Conclusion: Supplementation with SP-Power tablets improved sperm quality parameters, sperm DFI, some reproductive hormones, and pregnancy rates in men with infertility and idiopathic OAT, which could be attributed to the supplement's synergistic antioxidant action. Further studies are needed to determine the effects of supplementation on oxidative stress markers.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.20-29
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 항고지혈, 항당뇨, 항동맥경화 등의 기능성이 잘 알려진 naringin을 이용하여 빛, 열, 산소 등의 산화환경을 개선시킴으로써 지질대사 개선에 대한 유용성이 증가되는지를 알아보고자 하였다. 즉, 불안정한 naringin 등의 flavonoid를 cyclodextrin 분자의 소수성 공동에 포접시켜 안정성을 증가시킴으로써 지질대사가 naringin 단독 보충에 비해 개선되는지를 분석하고, 이 연구 결과를 토대로 건강 기능식품에 적용 가능한지에 대한 여부를 검토하고자 하였다. 이에 20% 고지방식이에 0.02% naringin 및 naringin이 0.02% 첨가되도록 CD-naringin 량을 조절하여 10주간 C57BL/6 mice에 보충한 결과, 체중 및 식이 섭취량에는 차이가 없었으나, HFC 군에 비해 CD-N군 및 N군에서 백색지방 무게가 유의적으로 감소되었다. 뿐만 아니라, CD-N군 및 N군에서 혈장 총콜레스테롤, 유리지방산, 혈당 및 간 조직 콜레스테롤과 중성지방 농도가 HFC군에 비해 유의적으로 감소하였고, 혈장 HDL-콜레스테롤 농도는 유의적으로 증가하였다. 혈장 및 간조직 지질 농도는 간 조직 지질대사 관련 효소 활성도와 일치하는 경향을 보여주었는데, CD-naringin 및 naringin 보충은 지방산 산화 증가에는 효과가 없었으나, 간 조직 지방산, 중성지방 및 콜레스테롤 합성 억제에는 매우 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 또한 지질대사 관련 호르몬 및 adipokine 농도 비교결과, 혈장 인슐린 농도는 CD-naringin 및 naringin 보충에 의해 유의 적으로 감소되었으나, leptin, adiponectin, resistin, IL-$1{\beta}$, IL-6 등은 유의적인 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 또한 췌장 lipase 억제제로서 비만 치료제로 이용되고 있는 orlistat에 비해 지질대사 개선 효과가 비슷하게 나타났으나, orlistat와는 다른 기전에 의한 지질대사 개선 효과로 보인다. 결론적으로, CD-naringin inclusion complex 및 naringin 단독 보충은 장기간의 고지방식이에 의한 지질대사 이상 및 인슐린 저항성 개선 효능을 기대해 볼 수 있으나, 혈장 leptin, resistin, IL-$1{\beta}$ 등의 염증성, 인슐린 저항성을 증가시키는 호르몬/adipokine 농도 감소 및 인슐린 저항성 개선 또는 항염증성 adipokine인 혈장 adiponectin 및 IL-6 농도 증가에 대한 효과는 나타나지 않는 것으로 판단되며, 두 물질의 효능 차이 또한 나타나지 않아 건강기능식품에 적용하기 위해서는 항산화 효과에 대한 CD-naringin의 유용성 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제36권12호
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• pp.1537-1543
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 포도씨열수추출물을 이용하여 고지방식이로 비만을 유도한 마우스의 지질대사 및 적혈구의 항산화방어계에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 4주령의 C57BL/6 마우스(n=24)를 1주일간 적응시킨 후 정상식이를 급여한 정상군, 고지방(열량의 37%를 지방으로 대체)을 급여한 고지방대조군과 고지방-포도씨열수추출물군으로 나누어 6주간 사육하였다. 포도씨열수추출물은 1%수준으로 식이에 첨가하였으며 동일한 열량, 질소량 및 섬유소가 함유되도록 조제하여 급여하였다. 고지방식이는 정상식이에 비하여 체중, 일일 열량섭취량, 백색지방 무게, 혈장과 간조직의 지질함량 및 혈장 leptin 함량을 유의적으로 증가시켰다. 본 실험에서 첨가된 식이 1%의 포도씨열수추출물 보충은 고지방을 급여한 마우스의 체중과 장기무게에는 영향을 미치지 않았으나, 혈장의 중성지질과 간조직의 콜레스테롤 함량을 현저히 저하하는 것으로 나타났다. 특히, 혈장 중의 중성지질은 포도씨열수추출군에서 정상수준으로 개선되었으며, 포도씨열수추출물은 변으로 중성지질 배설을 고지방대조군에 비하여 유의적으로 높였다. 간조직의 지질대사 효소인 FAS, ${\beta}$-oxidation, CPT 활성은 고지방대조군에서 정상군에 비하여 유의적으로 낮았으나 포도씨열수추출물군의 CPT 활성은 고지방대조군에 비하여 유의적으로 높았고, ${\beta}$-oxidation 활성도 증가경향을 보였다. 또한 적혈구의 SOD와 GSH-Px 활성이 포도씨열수추출물 급여시 활성화될 뿐만 아니라 고지방식이로 유도한 비만마우스의 적혈구내 지질과산화물 함량이 유의적으로 낮아졌다. 이와 같이 포도씨열수추출물은 고지방 섭취시 혈 중 지질개선 및 항산화제로서의 가능성을 제시하였다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.789-796
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• 2016

본 연구에서 고당식이로 비알코올성 지방간을 유도한 마우스의 체중 변화는 대조군보다 백미군, 혼합잡곡군, 항비만혼합잡곡군에서 체중증가율이 낮았고 간 무게 또한 유의적으로 감소했으며, 간 내 조직학적 지방구 수와 크기가 감소한 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 혈청 지질 수치 역시 개선 효과를 보였는데 모든 실험군이 대조군보다 중성지방, 총콜레스테롤 및 저밀도 콜레스테롤의 농도가 감소하였고, 혈청 고밀도 콜레스테롤은 모두 증가하였다. 간 조직 내 지질합성 및 지방산 침투와 관련 유전자 인자에서 대조군보다 SREBP-1c mRNA 유전자 발현 수준은 백미군, 혼합잡곡군 및 항비만혼합잡곡군에서, ACC 및 FAS mRNA 유전자 발현 수준은 혼합잡곡군과 항비만혼합잡곡군에서, SCD-1 mRNA 유전자 발현 수준은 항비만혼합잡곡군에서 감소하였다. CD36 및 $PPAR-{\gamma}$ mRNA 유전자 발현 수준 또한 대조군보다 백미군, 혼합잡곡군, 항비만혼합잡곡군에서 감소하였다. 간 내 ${\beta}$산화로 지방축적 억제와 관련된 유전자 인자인 $PPAR-{\alpha}$ 및 CPT-1 mRNA 유전자 발현 수준은 대조군보다 혼합잡곡군, 항비만혼합잡곡군에서 증가하였다. 본 실험 결과를 종합해 볼 때 고당식이로 비알코올성 지방간질환을 유도한 마우스에서 백미군, 혼합잡곡군 및 항비만혼합잡곡군 모두 지질 대사 개선 효과가 나타났으며 항비만혼합잡곡군이 가장 효과적이었다.