• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제38권sup2호
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• pp.299-308
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• 2008

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate adhesion and gene expression of the MC3T3-E1 cells cultured on machined titanium surface (MS) and anodized titanium surface (AS) using MTT test, Scanning electron micrograph and cDNA microarray. Materials and Methods: The MTT test assay was used for examining the proliferation of MC3T3-E1 cells, osteoblast like cells from Rat calvaria, on MS and AS for 24 hours and 48 hours. Cell cultures were incubated for 24 hours to evaluate the influence of the substrate geometry on both surfaces using a Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM). The cDNA microarray Agilent Rat 22K chip was used to monitor expressions of genes. Results: After 24 hours of adhesion, the cell density on AS was higher than MS (p < 0.05). After 48 hours the cell density on both titanium surfaces were similar (p > 0.05). AS had the irregular, rough and porous surface texture. After 48 hours incubation of the MC3T3-E1 cells, connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) was up-regulated on AS than MS (more than 2 fold) and the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor was down-regulated (more than 2 fold) on AS than MS. Conclusion: Microarray assay at 48 hours after culturing the cells on both surfaces revealed that osteoinductive molecules appeared more prominent on AS, whereas the adhesion molecules on the biomaterial were higher on MS than AS, which will affect the phenotype of the plated cells depending on the surface morphology.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.196-203
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• 2022

Objective: This study compared differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between groups with high and low numbers of fine marbling particles (NFMP) in the longissimus thoracis muscle (LT) of Korean cattle to understand the molecular events associated with fine marbling particle formation. Methods: The size and distribution of marbling particles in the LT were assessed with a computer image analysis method. Based on the NFMP, 10 LT samples were selected and assigned to either high- (n = 5) or low- (n = 5) NFMP groups. Using RNA sequencing, LT transcriptomic profiles were compared between the high- and low-NFMP groups. DEGs were selected at p<0.05 and |fold change| >2 and subjected to functional annotation. Results: In total, 328 DEGs were identified, with 207 up-regulated and 121 down-regulated genes in the high-NFMP group. Pathway analysis of these DEGs revealed five significant (p<0.05) Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes pathways; the significant terms included endocytosis (p = 0.023), protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum (p = 0.019), and adipocytokine signaling pathway (p = 0.024), which are thought to regulate adipocyte hypertrophy and hyperplasia. The expression of sirtuin4 (p<0.001) and insulin receptor substrate 2 (p = 0.043), which are associated with glucose uptake and adipocyte differentiation, was higher in the high-NFMP group than in the low-NFMP group. Conclusion: Transcriptome differences between the high- and low-NFMP groups suggest that pathways regulating adipocyte hyperplasia and hypertrophy are involved in the marbling fineness of the LT.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.570-579
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• 2019

당뇨병은 서구화된 식습관으로 발생하는 심각한 만성대사질환의 하나이며, 당뇨병의 치료는 혈당을 정상적인 수준으로 유지하며 당뇨 합병증을 예방하는 것이다. 따라서 본 연구는 당뇨병 및 인슐린 저항성에 대한 유전적 분석에 널리 이용되는 C57BL/Ksj-db/db 당뇨동물모델을 이용하여 갈색거저리 유충(밀웜) 추출물의 6주간 섭취가 혈당개선에 미치는 영향에 대해 조사하고 이에 인슐린 민감성 개선과 당대사 조절을 통한 항당뇨 효과를 규명하고자 하였다. 제 2형 당뇨동물모델 실험 결과, db/db-MWE군(식이 0.5%)이 db/db-control군에 비해 유의적(p<0.05)으로 혈당이 감소하였다. 약물군인 db/db-RG군(식이 0.05%)은 부작용에 의해 눈에 띄게 체중이 증가하였으나, db/db-MWE군에서는 약물군에서의 체중증가와 같은 큰 부작용 없이 혈당 감소효과를 나타내었다. HbA1c와 혈장인슐린 농도의 경우 db/db-control군에 비해 db/db-MWE군이 유의적(p<0.05)으로 낮았다. 또한 골격근에서 p-IRS, p-AKT, PM-GLUT4의 발현을 확인한 결과, db/db-MWE군에서 db/db-control군에 비해 p-IRS, p-AKT, PM-GLUT4의 발현이 증가된 것을 알 수 있었다. 이는 밀웜 추출물의 섭취가 골격근 내로 당이 원활이 유입되도록 도와주어 인슐린 민감성을 개선시키며, 고혈당 증상을 개선시킨 것으로 사료된다. 밀웜 추출물을 식이에 0.5% 첨가하여 6주간 C57BL/Ksj-db/db 당뇨동물모델에 제공한 결과, 공복혈당과 HbA1c의 감소 및 인슐린 저항성을 개선시켰다. 이는 인슐린 민감성을 증가시키고, 당 대사 조절을 통해 고혈당 증상의 완화에 기인한 것으로 보인다. 따라서 밀웜은 당뇨병의 예방과 치료에 유용한 소재가 될 것으로 기대되며, 향후 제 2형 당뇨병 개선을 위해 더욱 다양한 연구가 이루어져야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.274-282
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• 2023

Background: Ginsenoside compound K (CK) stimulated activation of the PI3K-Akt signaling is one of the major mechanisms in promoting cell survival after stroke. However, the underlying mediators remain poorly understood. This study aimed to explore the docking protein of ginsenoside CK mediating the neuroprotective effects. Materials and methods: Molecular docking, surface plasmon resonance, and cellular thermal shift assay were performed to explore ginsenoside CK interacting proteins. Neuroscreen-1 cells and middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model in rats were utilized as in-vitro and in-vivo models. Results: Ginsenoside CK interacted with recombinant human PTP1B protein and impaired its tyrosine phosphatase activity. Pathway and process enrichment analysis confirmed the involvement of PTP1B and its interacting proteins in PI3K-Akt signaling pathway. PTP1B overexpression reduced the tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) after oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R) in neuroscreen-1 cells. These regulations were confirmed in the ipsilateral ischemic hemisphere of the rat brains after MCAO/R. Ginsenoside CK treatment reversed these alterations and attenuated neuronal apoptosis. Conclusion: Ginsenoside CK binds to PTP1B with a high affinity and inhibits PTP1B-mediated IRS1 tyrosine dephosphorylation. This novel mechanism helps explain the role of ginsenoside CK in activating the neuronal protective PI3K-Akt signaling pathway after ischemia-reperfusion injury.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.762-770
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• 2022

제 2형 당뇨병은 고혈당을 특징으로 하는 만성 대사성 질환으로 인슐린 민감성및 저항성을 개선하여 세포속으로 포도당 흡수를 촉진시킴으로서 완화될 수 있다. 본 연구는 triterpenoid 화합물인 betulinic acid가 3T3-L1 지방세포에서 인슐린 신호전달체계를 개선하여 포도당 흡수를 촉진시키는지를 조사하고 그 작용기전을 규명하였다. Betulinic acid는 3T3-L1 지방세포에서 농도의존적으로 포도당 흡수를 유의하게 증가시켰으며, 이는 PM-GLUT4의 발현 증가와 관련이 있음을 관찰하였다. Betulinic acid는 인슐린 신호전달 경로에서 PI3K의 활성화 및 IRS-1tyr, Akt의 인산화를 대조군에 비해 유의하게 증가시켰다. 또한 AMPK의 활성화를 나타내는 pAMPK와 AMPK 하위인자인 pACC의 수준을 유의하게 증가시켰다. Betulinic acid에 의한 PI3K 및 AMPK 경로의 활성화를 증명하기 위해, PI3K 억제제(Wortmannin)와 AMPK의 억제제(Compound C)를 사용하여 이들 처리에 의한 포도당 흡수능과 PM-GLUT4의 발현을 측정한 결과 이들의 발현이 유의하게 저해되었다. 본 연구에서 betulinic acid는 3T3-L1 지방세포에서 PI3K 및 AMPK 경로의 활성화를 통해 세포막으로 포도당 수송체인 GLUT4 전위를 촉진시키고 포도당 흡수를 증가시킬 수 있음을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과는 betulinic acid가 인슐린 민감성을 증진시키고 고혈당을 완화하는데 도움이 될 수 있음을 시사한다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.603-617
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• 2021

혈당 조절에 유익한 천연 식품을 발굴하고 그 효과를 밝혀보고자 본 연구에서는 아마란스 종자에 주목하여 몇 가지 혈당조절 연관 지표의 증감 정도를 알아보았다. 아마란스 종자의 색과 발아 여부에 따라 효능에 차이가 있는지 알아보기 위하여 발아 흑색 아마란스는 germinated black amaranth (GBA), 비발아 흑색 아마란스는 black amaranth (BA), 발아 황색 아마란스는 germinated yellow amaranth (GYA), 비발아 황색 아마란스는 yellow amaranth (YA)로 구분하였고 각각의 시료는 80% 에탄올 추출물을 만들어 사용하였다. 본 연구에서 α-amylase 및 α-glucosidase 저해 활성을 측정한 결과 GBA, BA, GYA, YA 순으로 높은 저해 활성을 나타냈으며 특히 α-amylase 저해 활성 실험에서 GBA는 양성 대조물질인 acarbose와 거의 비슷한 수준을 나타내어 높은 저해 활성을 가지는 것으로 판단된다. HepG2 세포에서 포도당 흡수를 측정한 결과 모든 추출물에서 농도 의존적으로 증가하였고 GBA > BA > GYA > YA 순으로 높게 나타났다. 특히 50 ㎍/mL 농도에서 GBA는 인슐린과 유사한 값을 나타내었다. GBA를 농도별로 처리한 HepG2 세포에서 ACC, GLUT-2, GLUT-4, IRS-1, IRS-2 mRNA 발현 정도는 모두 농도 의존적으로 증가하였다. 이상의 결과로 아마란스 종자는 혈당 조절 및 개선에 효능이 있다고 평가되며 특히 발아한 흑색 종자가 혈당 조절 효능이 높게 나타남을 보여 혈당 조절에 유익한 효능을 가지는 식품 소재가 될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.257-267
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• 2017

Background: Heat-processed ginseng, sun ginseng (SG), has been reported to have improved therapeutic properties compared with raw forms, such as increased antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, and antihyperglycemic effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the antiobesity effects of SG through the suppression of cell differentiation and proliferation of mouse 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cells and the lipid accumulation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods: To investigate the effect of SG on adipocyte differentiation, levels of stained intracellular lipid droplets were quantified by measuring the oil red O signal in the lipid extracts of cells on differentiation Day 7. To study the effect of SG on fat accumulation in C. elegans, L4 stage worms were cultured on an Escherichia coli OP50 diet supplemented with $10{\mu}g/mL$ of SG, followed by Nile red staining. To determine the effect of SG on gene expression of lipid and glucose metabolism-regulation molecules, messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of genes were analyzed by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis. In addition, the phosphorylation of Akt was examined by Western blotting. Results: SG suppressed the differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells stimulated by a mixture of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, dexamethasone, and insulin (MDI), and inhibited the proliferation of adipocytes during differentiation. Treatment of C. elegans with SG showed reductions in lipid accumulation by Nile red staining, thus directly demonstrating an antiobesity effect for SG. Furthermore, SG treatment down-regulated mRNA and protein expression levels of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor subtype ${\gamma}$ ($PPAR{\gamma}$) and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-alpha ($C/EBP{\alpha}$) and decreased the mRNA level of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c in MDI-treated adipocytes in a dose-dependent manner. In differentiated 3T3-L1 cells, mRNA expression levels of lipid metabolism-regulating factors, such as amplifying mouse fatty acid-binding protein 2, leptin, lipoprotein lipase, fatty acid transporter protein 1, fatty acid synthase, and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase, were increased, whereas that of the lipolytic enzyme carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 was decreased. Our data demonstrate that SG inversely regulated the expression of these genes in differentiated adipocytes. SG induced increases in the mRNA expression of glycolytic enzymes such as glucokinase and pyruvate kinase, and a decrease in the mRNA level of the glycogenic enzyme phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase. In addition, mRNA levels of the glucose transporters GLUT1, GLUT4, and insulin receptor substrate-1 were elevated by MDI stimulation, whereas SG dose-dependently inhibited the expression of these genes in differentiated adipocytes. SG also inhibited the phosphorylation of Akt (Ser473) at an early phase of MDI stimulation. Intracellular nitric oxide (NO) production and endothelial nitric oxide synthase mRNA levels were markedly decreased by MDI stimulation and recovered by SG treatment of adipocytes. Conclusion: Our results suggest that SG effectively inhibits adipocyte proliferation and differentiation through the downregulation of $PPAR{\gamma}$ and $C/EBP{\alpha}$, by suppressing Akt (Ser473) phosphorylation and enhancing NO production. These results provide strong evidence to support the development of SG for antiobesity treatment.