• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.547-553
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• 2004

The pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), contained in a number of traditional remedies in Africa and Asia, show wide variations in metabolism between animal species but little work has been done to investigate differences between animal strains. The metabolism of the PA senecionine (SN) in Fischer 344 (F344) rats has been studied in order to compare to that found in the previously investigated Sprague-Dawley (SO) rats (Drug Metab. Dispos. 17: 387, 1989). There was no difference in the formation of ($\pm$) 6,7-dihydro-7-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethyl-5H-pyrrolizine (DHP, bioactivation) by hepatic microsomes from either sex of SO and F344 rats. However, hepatic microsomes from male and female F344 rats had greater activity in the Noxidation (detoxication) of SN by 88% and 180%, respectively, when compared to that of male and female SD rats. Experiments conducted at various pH showed an optimum pH of 8.5, the optimal pH for flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO), for SN N-oxidation by hepatic microsomes from F344 females. In F344 males, however, a bimodal pattern was obtained with activity peaks at pH 7.6 and 8.5 reflecting the possible involvement of both cytochrome P450 (CYP) and FMO. Use of specific inhibitors (SKF525A, 1-benzylimidazole and methimazole) showed that the N-oxide of SN was primarily produced by FMO in both sexes of F344 rats. In contrast, SN N-oxide formation is known to be catalyzed mainly by CYP2C11 rather than FMO in SD rats. This study, therefore, demonstrated that there were substantial differences in the formation of SN N-oxide by hepatic microsomes from F344 and SD rats and that this detoxification is catalyzed primarily by two different enzymes in the two rat strains. These findings suggest that significant variations in PA biotransformation can exist between different animal strains.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.253-260
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• 1991

Spirodela polyrhiza and Lemna aequinoctialis often occurred at the sites of high ammonium concentration and at the sites of high nitrate concentration, respectively. We investigated the different distribution between two species in relation to the type of nitrogen sources and their concentrations. Our experiments showed that L. aequinoctialis grew faster than S. polyrhiza in nitrate media with lower than 15 mM concentration. The nitrate uptake was also faster in L. aequinoctialis than in S. polyrhiza. However, neither differences in growth nor in uptake patterns between these two species were observed in ammonium media. Glutamine synthetase (GS), glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) and glutamate synthetase (GOGAT) activities were higher in L. aequinoctialis. In particular, nitrate reductase activity (NRA) in L. aequinoctialis was 12.1 times as high as that in S. polyrhiza. These results showed that the two species responded varyingly to the types of nitrogen sources and their concentrations. Therefore, the difference in geographic distribution between the two species appeared to reflect the interspecific differences in enzyme activities and, subsequently, nitrogen absorption abilities.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.83-89
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• 1988

The Fucales plants have very homogenous taxonomic characteristics at order level, but show many morphological variatations at species or subspecies levels. This study is one of the serial works to obtain more taxonomic data than morphotaxonomic ones and to clarify the taxonomic ranks and characteristics of Korean Fucales plants through physiological and biochemical analyses. Total lipid compositions of Korean Fucales plants were analyzed by the 3-dimensional TLC method. Major components of phospholipids (PA, PC, PG, PE, DPG, LPE, LPC), neutral fat TG and sterols were commonly contained in each species. Unknown lipids X1, X2 and X3 were contained in genus Sargassum, but Hizikia was lacking X3 and Myagropsis was lacking both X2 and X3. The latter contained unique X8. From the view-point of the phylogeny of lipid metabolism, Sargassum might be more closely related to Hizikia than to Myagropsis. A variant of S. patens from Seongsan showed minute metabolic difference from that of the typical plant; but a variant of S. serratifolium did not show any significant difference from that of the typical plant.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.25-36
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• 1964

The present paper deals with the comparative study on phylogenic difference in the patterns of energy metabolism of brain slices of several vertebrate species by measuring oxygen consumptionwith glucose-6-phosphate, glucose-1-phosphate, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate or glutamate as respiratory substrate employing Warburg's manometric method, by determination of the utilization rate of glucose using glucose-1-C14 by analyzing patterns of free amino acid distribution , and by histochemical determination using glucose-1-C14 by analyzing patterns of free amino acid distribution acid distribution , and by histochemical determination of glycogen contents. 1. Glucose enhances the oxygen consumption of brain slices of animals belinging to reptile, aves and mammalia while it shows a tendency to decrease that of animals belonging to pisces and amphibia. 2. Glucose-6--phosphate increase oxygen consumption more than glucose in every species examined, while glucose-1-phosphate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate increase that of Rana nigromaculata only . In general m, it appears that phosphosugars are more effective as a respiratory substrate to those species which have less endogenous respiration than to those having larger endogenous respiration. 3. Similar patterns of free amino acid distribution and the relative amount are found among the species and in every species examined glutamic acid is detected in the larges amount . ${\gamma}$-Amino butyric acid, glycine, alanine and aspartic acid are found in every species. 4. Ophicephalus showed less oxygen consumption than endogenous respiration when glutamate was added to the medium. When sodium fluoride was added, the oxygen consumption was some what increased . Such phenomenon wasnot found in the frog. 5. The result of histochemcial analysis of the brain showed that glycogen was abundantly present in the fish , amphibia , and especially in the reptile and that no distinctive grains of glycogen were found in the bird and mammal . From these facts, it may be supposed that anaerobic glycolysis as energy source dominates in fish and amphibia and aerobic respiration through the oxidation of glucose dominates in bird and mamal , the reptile occupying transitional position between these two categories. The way of obtaining energy for brain activity by the oxidation of glucose supplied from the circulating blood is seemed to be first acquired by reptile and the function is completed both in aves and mammal.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.691-698
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• 1995

We used rats as the experimental animal for the elucidation of metabolic patterns and pharmacokinetic profiles of SMZ in the rat, by use of the urine and plasma from predetermined intervals, respectively. Information herefrom would give some insight into species differences and sex differences in the metabolism and pharamcokinetics of drugs, at least SMZ in particular. Results would be summarized as follows: 1. There were two hydorxy metabolites(5-hydroxysulfamethazine and 6-hydroxyethylsulfamethazine) and an acetyl derivative($N_4$-acetyl sulfamethazine) in the 24h-collected urine, on confirmation with each standard materials. There were also two unknown metabolites therein. 2. In the viewpoint of quantitative aspect, $N_4$-acetylsulfamethazine was the largest, hence it is assumed that the acetyl pathway is the major one in the metabolism of SMZ in the rat. 3. As regards sex difference in the rat, the male had more metabolic capacity than the female in metabolism of SMZ. 4. The concenteration-time curves of sulfamethazine(20mg/kg, po) in the plasma compartment were fitted to a one-compartment open model by use of a computer program(NONLIN). 5. There were significant differences(P<0.05) in the pharmacokinetics of sulfamethazine between two sexes in the rat, with higher disposition rate in the male. 6. The emergence of $N_4AcSMZ$ metabolized from SMZ was fast in the plasma of the rat. Half-life of $N_4AcSMZ$ was also. significantly different(P<0.05) between two sexes, suggesting differences in the eliminatory capacity of $N_4AcSMZ$.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.356-361
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• 2006

The present study was conducted to determine plant growth and physiological responses of corn, barnyardgrass, and soybean to ALA (5-aminolevulinic acid). ALA effect on early seedling growth of test plants was greatly concentration dependant, suggesting that it inhibits at higher concentrations. No significant difference in herbicidal activity of two types of ALA on plant height and weight of test plants was observed. Barnyardgrass was the most sensitive to ALA and followed by corn and soybean, indicating that both crop plants were less affected by ALA concentration as well as different growth stages than barnyardgrass. Greatly reduced chlorophyll contents from leaves of three plant species were observed with increasing of ALA concentration. Compared with untreated controls, higher amounts of three tetrapyrroles were detected from three crop plants, indicating more accumulation in ALA-treated plants. The differential selectivity among plant species would be explained with the differences in tetrapyrrole accumulating capabilities, the susceptibility of various greening groups of plant species to the accumulation of various tetrapyrroles, and their metabolism in various plant tissues. The results indicate that negative biological potential of ALA exhibited differently on plant species, and that the photodynamic herbicidal activity against susceptible plants highly correlated with the extent of tetrapyrrole accumulation by the species.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제61권2호
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• pp.165-172
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• 2018

경제발전으로 인해 한국인의 식습관이 점차 서구화됨에 따라 웰빙(Well-being)의 문제가 야기되고 있다. 웰빙은 장내 미생물 군집과 밀접하게 연관되어 있으며, 이는 섭취한 음식에 따라 가변적이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 장내 미생물의 16S rRNA 유전자를 기반으로 하여 MiSeq을 진행하였고, 고지방 식이(HFD) 및 저식이섬유 식이(LFD)로 인한 장내의 미생물 생태 비교 및 분석하고자 수행되었다. 일반 대조군(CTL) 그룹과 비교하여 각각 LFD 그룹과 HFD 그룹은 species richness가 유의적으로 감소하였고, species evenness에서는 차이가 나타나지 않았다. phylum 수준에서는 Proteobacteria는 두 처리군에서 유의적으로 증가하였고(p<0.05), 그 중 Sutterella genus가 유의적으로 가장 많이 증가하였다. Bacteroidetes는 HFD 그룹에서 유의적으로 감소하였고, S24-7 family가 가장 큰 비율로 감소하였다. 한편 Firmicutes는 HFD:LFD 그룹에서 차이를 보였고, LFD 그룹에서 Lachnospiraceae family가 유의적으로 낮은 비율로 나타난 것이 확인되었다(p<0.05). PICUSt 기반 신진대사 분석에서 LFD 그룹은 아미노산 대사 및 탄수화물 대사에 관여하는 미생물 수가 유의적으로 감소하는 양상을 보였고(p<0.05), 에너지 대사에서는 메탄 대사에 관여하는 미생물이 유의적으로 감소하였다(p<0.01). 한편 HFD 그룹에서는 아미노산 대사에 관여하는 미생물 수가 유의적으로 증가하였다(p<0.05). 글리칸 생합성 및 대사에 관여하는 미생물은 LFD 그룹과 HFD 그룹에서 유의적으로 증가하는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.01). 이상의 결과를 통해 지속적으로 불균형한 식단을 섭취하는 것은 장내 환경을 dysbiosis시켜, 대사성 질환 및 장 기능 저하를 유발할 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국잡초학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.187-194
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• 1991

온도조건(溫度條件)에 따른 수도(水稻)와 잡초간(雜草間) Naproanilide의 선택성(選擇性) 기작(機作)을 구명(究明)하고자 벼, 피 올미 및 너도방동사니에서 $^{14}C$-naproanilide의 흡수(吸收), 이행(移行) 및 대사(代謝) 실험(實驗)을 수행(遂行)하였다. 1. $^{14}C$-naproanilide 흡수(吸收)도 수도(水稻)와 피보다는 감수성(感受性) 초종(草種)인 너도방동사니와 올미에서 전반적으로 많은 경향(傾向)이었으며 특히 올미에서는 $32^{\circ}C$에서 48시간 처리(處理)한 경우 흡수량(吸收量)이 배(倍) 정도 증가되었다. 2. $^{14}C$-naproanilide 이행(移行)은 수도(水稻)와 피, 너도방동사니에서 매우 적으며 거의 온도(溫度)에 영향(影響)을 받지 않았으나, 올미는 $32^{\circ}C$에서 다른 초종(草種)에 비해 이행량(移行量)도 다소 많은 경향이었다. 3. Naproanilide에 내성(耐性)을 보인 벼와 피에서 보다 감수성(感受性)을 나타낸 올미와 너도방동사니에서는 제초활성(除草活性) 대사물질(代謝物質)일 NOP와 NOPM가 Naproanilide에 비하여 현저히 많았으며 특히 올미에서는 다른 초종(草種)에 비하여 $32^{\circ}C$에서 그 경향(順向)이 현저하였다. 따라서 초종간(草種間) Naproanilide 선택성(選擇性)은 주로 활성화(活性化) 대사작용(代謝作用) 속도(速度)의 차이(差異)에 기인(基因)되며 또한 흡수량(吸收量)도 관련(關聯)되는 것으로 사료(思料)된다.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.5-10
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• 1963

농촌에서 식용으로 사용하는 두종의 죽순에 대하여 함유하는 아미노산을 생장부위에 따라 정성분석하였다. 대체로 한 종류가 함유하는 아미노산은 5종 내지 15종이었으며 축순의 생장과정에 따라 함유된 아미노산의 종류는 명명 상위하였다. 식용 죽순에 함유된 필수 아미노산의 종류는 4종에서 9종임을 정성분석 할 수 있었다. 식용죽순에 잇어서도 다른 식물성 식품과 같이 영양가치가 있음을 알아 내었다. 선단부 보다 기부에 아미노산의 종류가 많이 분석된 것은 기부에서 부터 질소대사가 촉진되어 간다는 것을 추측케 하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.2228-2236
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• 2017

During menopausal transition, the imbalance of estrogen causes body weight gain. Although gut microbiome dysbiosis has been reported in postmenopausal obesity, it is not clear whether there is any difference in the microbiome profile between dietary-induced obesity and postmenopausal obesity. Therefore, in this study, we analyzed intestinal samples from ovariectomized mice and compared them with those of mice with high-fat diet-induced obesity. To further evaluate the presence of menopause-specific bacteria-gene interactions, we also analyzed the liver transcriptome. Investigation of the 16S rRNA V3-V4 region amplicon sequence profile revealed that menopausal obesity and dietary obesity resulted in similar gut microbiome structures. However, Bifidobacterium animalis was exclusively observed in the ovariectomized mice, which indicated that menopausal obesity resulted in a different intestinal microbiome than dietary obesity. Additionally, several bacterial taxa (Dorea species, Akkermansia muciniphila, and Desulfovibrio species) were found when the ovariectomized mice were treated with a high-fat diet. A significant correlation between the above-mentioned menopause-specific bacteria and the genes for female hormone metabolism was also observed, suggesting the possibility of bacteria-gene interactions in menopausal obesity. Our findings revealed the characteristics of the intestinal microbiome in menopausal obesity in the mouse model, which is very similar to the dietary obesity microbiome but having its own diagnostic bacteria.