• 폴리머
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.108-114
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• 2001

Krebs회로 산인 L-malic acid와 glycerol의 -OH와 -COOH의 몰비를 달리하면서 가교공중합체 poly(glycerol-co-malate)s를 합성하였다. 단량체 및 합성된 가교공중합체를 적외선흡수 분광기법에 의하여 확인하였으며, pH에 따른 수팽윤도를 측정하였다. 용액의 pH가 증가함에 따라 그 공중합체 수화겔의 수팽윤도는 증가하였으며, 각 pH에서 가교공중합체는 -COOH에 대한 -OH기의 몰비가 증가할수록 수팽윤도가 감소하였다. 용액의 pH 변화에 따른 가교공중합체의 가수분해도를 37${\circ}C$에서 조사한 결과 용액의 pH가 증가함에 따라 가수분해는 빨리 진행되었다. 모델 약물로는 diclofenac monosodium salt를 사용하여 pH에 따른 약물방출 거동을 조사한 결과 약물의 방출은 pH가 증가할수록 더 빨리 방출되었고, 합성된 가교공중합 에스테르는 미반응 카르복실기와 하이드록실기로 인해 pH에 의해 크게 영향을 받음을 확인하였다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.1003-1010
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• 2008

The objective of the present study was to identify differences in the expression levels of liver proteins between healthy and ketotic cows, establish a liver metabolic interrelationship of ketosis and elucidate the metabolic characteristics of the liver during ketosis. Liver samples from 8 healthy multiparous Hostein cows and 8 ketotic cows were pooled by health status and the proteins were separated by two-dimensional-electrophoresis (2D-E). Statistical analysis of gels was performed using PDQuest software 8.0. The differences in the expression levels of liver proteins (p<0.05) between ketotic and healthy cows were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF-TOF) tandem mass spectrometry. Five enzymes/proteins were identified as being differentially expressed in the livers of ketotic cows: expression of 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase type-2 (HCDH), acetyl-coenzyme A acetyltransferase 2 (ACAT) and elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) were down-regulated, whereas that of alpha-enolase and creatine kinase were up-regulated. On the basis of this evidence, it could be presumed that the decreased expression of HCDH, which is caused by high concentrations of acetyl-CoA in hepatic cells, in the livers of ketotic cows, implies reduced fatty acid ??oxidation. The resultant high concentrations of acetyl-CoA and acetoacetyl CoA would depress the level of ACAT and generate more ??hydroxybutyric acid; high concentrations of acetyl-CoA would also accelerate the Krebs Cycle and produce more ATP, which is stored as phosphocreatine, as a consequence of increased expression of creatine kinase. The low expression level of elongation factor Tu in the livers of ketotic cows indicates decreased levels of protein synthesis due to the limited availability of amino acids, because the most glucogenic amino acids sustain the glyconeogenesis pathway; thus increasing the level of alpha-enolase. Decreased protein synthesis also promotes the conversion of amino acids to oxaloacetate, which drives the Krebs Cycle under conditions of high levels of acetyl-CoA. It is concluded that the livers of ketotic cows possess high concentrations of acetyl-CoA, which through negative feedback inhibited fatty acid oxidation; show decreased fatty acid oxidation, ketogenesis and protein synthesis; and increased gluconeogenesis and energy production.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.89-97
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• 1992

In hypoxic tissue conditions, pyruvate can not enter the Krebs cycle and lactic acid, produced from pyruvate, accumulates to induce lactic acidosis. Pyruvate, However, can also be converted to alanine by glutamate pyruvate transaminase, that could be enhanced by glutamate. Therefore, it would be a fundamental measure to treat the lactic acidosis in tissue hypoxic conditions when one can convert the accumulated lactic acid, through pyruvate, to alanine. To test the above hypothesis, we induced a lactic acidosis in cats and the effect of glutamate on recovery of acid base state and removal of the lactic acid from blood were assessed and the results were compared with those of bicarbonate administration, which is one of the most frequently used conventional measure for correction of the acid base state during lactic acidosis. The results were that glutamate and combined glutamate bicarbonate solutions not only restored the acid base status completely from the lactic acidosis in an hour or two, but also restored the blood level of lactate partially. We concluded that administration of glutamate solution to convert pyruvate into alanine is effective in preventing lactic acid accumulation and treating lactic acidosis.