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Inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress in high-fat-diet-induced obese C57BL/6 mice: Efficacy of a novel extract from mulberry (Morus alba) leaves fermented with Cordyceps militaris

  • Lee, Mi Rim;Bae, Su Ji;Kim, Ji Eun;Song, Bo Ram;Choi, Jun Young;Park, Jin Ju;Park, Ji Won;Kang, Mi Ju;Choi, Hyeon Jun;Choi, Young Whan;Kim, Kyung Mi;Hwang, Dae Youn
    • Laboraroty Animal Research
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    • 제34권4호
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    • pp.288-294
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    • 2018

  • A few clues about correlation between endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and mulberry (Morus alba) leaves were investigated in only the experimental autoimmune myocarditis and streptozotocin-induced diabetes. To investigate whether a novel extract of mulberry leaves fermented with Cordyceps militaris (EMfC) could suppress ER in fatty liver, alterations in the key parameters for ER stress response were measured in high fat diet (HFD)-induced obese C57L/6 mice treated with EMfC for 12 weeks. The area of adipocytes in the liver section were significantly decreased in the HFD+EMfC treated group as compared to the HFD+Vehicle treated group, while their level was higher in HFD+Vehicle treated group than No treated group. The level of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha ($eIF2{\alpha}$) and inositol-requiring enzyme 1 beta ($IRE1{\alpha}$) phosphorylation and CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein homologous protein (CHOP) expression were remarkably enhanced in the HFD+Vehicle treated group. However, their levels were restored in the HFD+EMfC treated group, although some differences were detected in the decrease rate. Similar recovery was observed on the ER stress-induced apoptosis. The level of Caspase-3, Bcl-2 and Bax were decreased in the HFD+EMfC and HFD+orlistat (OT) treated group compared to the HFD+Vehicle treated group. The results of the present study therefore provide first evidence that EMfC with the anti-obesity effects can be suppressed ER stress and ER stress-induced apoptosis in the hepatic steatosis of HFD-induced obesity model.

  • https://doi.org/10.5625/lar.2018.34.4.288 인용 KSCI

Delineating Transcription Factor Networks Governing Virulence of a Global Human Meningitis Fungal Pathogen, Cryptococcus neoformans

  • Jung, Kwang-Woo;Yang, Dong-Hoon;Maeng, Shinae;Lee, Kyung-Tae;So, Yee-Seul;Hong, Joohyeon;Choi, Jaeyoung;Byun, Hyo-Jeong;Kim, Hyelim;Bang, Soohyun;Song, Min-Hee;Lee, Jang-Won;Kim, Min Su;Kim, Seo-Young;Ji, Je-Hyun;Park, Goun;Kwon, Hyojeong;Cha, Sooyeon;Meyers, Gena Lee;Wang, Li Li;Jang, Jooyoung;Janbon, Guilhem;Adedoyin, Gloria;Kim, Taeyup;Averette, Anna K.;Heitman, Joseph;Cheong, Eunji;Lee, Yong-Hwan;Lee, Yin-Won;Bahn, Yong-Sun
    • 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국균학회 2015년도 춘계학술대회 및 임시총회
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    • pp.59-59
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    • 2015

  • Cryptococcus neoformans causes life-threatening meningoencephalitis in humans, but the treatment of cryptococcosis remains challenging. To develop novel therapeutic targets and approaches, signaling cascades controlling pathogenicity of C. neoformans have been extensively studied but the underlying biological regulatory circuits remain elusive, particularly due to the presence of an evolutionarily divergent set of transcription factors (TFs) in this basidiomycetous fungus. In this study, we constructed a high-quality of 322 signature-tagged gene deletion strains for 155 putative TF genes, which were previously predicted using the DNA-binding domain TF database (http://www.transcriptionfactor.org/). We tested in vivo and in vitro phenotypic traits under 32 distinct growth conditions using 322 TF gene deletion strains. At least one phenotypic trait was exhibited by 145 out of 155 TF mutants (93%) and approximately 85% of the TFs (132/155) have been functionally characterized for the first time in this study. Through high-coverage phenome analysis, we discovered myriad novel TFs that play critical roles in growth, differentiation, virulence-factor (melanin, capsule, and urease) formation, stress responses, antifungal drug resistance, and virulence. Large-scale virulence and infectivity assays in insect (Galleria mellonella) and mouse host models identified 34 novel TFs that are critical for pathogenicity. The genotypic and phenotypic data for each TF are available in the C. neoformans TF phenome database (http://tf.cryptococcus.org). In conclusion, our phenome-based functional analysis of the C. neoformans TF mutant library provides key insights into transcriptional networks of basidiomycetous fungi and ubiquitous human fungal pathogens.

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들깻잎의 방향성 정유성분의 화학적 조성과 함량 비교 (Chemical Composition and Comparison of Essential Oil Contents of Perilla frutescens Britton var. japonica HARA Leaves)

  • 김석주;강은영;서은원;곽태식;김재우;김은혜;서수현;송홍근;안종국;유창연;정일민
    • 한국약용작물학회지
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    • 제16권4호
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    • pp.242-254
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    • 2008

  • 들깻잎 신품종 도입을 위해 재배된 30계통의 선발 품종의 정유성분 분석 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 30 품종 모두 40가지 이상의 정유 성분들을 함유하고 있고 상위 3순위의 주요 성분들이 강원도 횡성군 동산면에서 재배된 15 품종은 D104 (56%), D107 (67.6%)을 제외하고 $71{\sim}86%$까지 차지하고 있었고 강원대학교 교내 포장에서 재배된 15 품종은 S114 (63.8%), S140 (68.3%)를 제외하고 $77{\sim}88%$까지 함유하고 있었다. 30 품종 모두 가장 많이 함유하고 있는 정유 성분이 75%를 넘지 않았고 다양한 성분 조성을 갖고 있어 다양한 화학형을 보였으나 정확한 품종 분류를 위해서는 GC/MS를 통한 후속연구가 필요하다. 본 연구 결과 perillaketone의 함량을 줄이고 대신 다른 향기 성분이 증가된 잎 들깨 도입 및 신품종 육성을 위한 기본정보로서 부합된다고 판단된다.

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