• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.116-121
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• 2018

Background: Black ginseng (BG) has greatly enhanced pharmacological activities relative to white or red ginseng. However, the effect and molecular mechanism of BG on muscle growth has not yet been examined. In this study, we investigated whether BG could regulate myoblast differentiation and myotube hypertrophy. Methods: BG-treated C2C12 myoblasts were differentiated, followed by immunoblotting for myogenic regulators, immunostaining for a muscle marker, myosin heavy chain or immunoprecipitation analysis for myogenic transcription factors. Results: BG treatment of C2C12 cells resulted in the activation of Akt, thereby enhancing hetero-dimerization of MyoD and E proteins, which in turn promoted muscle-specific gene expression and myoblast differentiation. BG-treated myoblasts formed larger multinucleated myotubes with increased diameter and thickness, accompanied by enhanced Akt/mTOR/p70S6K activation. Furthermore, the BG treatment of human rhabdomyosarcoma cells restored myogenic differentiation. Conclusion: BG enhances myoblast differentiation and myotube hypertrophy by activating Akt/mTOR/p70S6k axis. Thus, our study demonstrates that BG has promising potential to treat or prevent muscle loss related to aging or other pathological conditions, such as diabetes.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.823-828
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• 1998

명태 actomyosin 용액에 대한 옥수수전분 가수분해물의 동결 보호 효과는 전기영동상 패턴, 용해도 및 $Ca^{2+}$-ATPase 활성 변화로 알아보았다. 먼저 전기영동상 패턴에서 0일차와 저장 30일차를 비교하였을 때, control의 경우 저장온도에 관계없이 각 band들의 변화가 수반되었고, 특히 MHC의 변화가 두드러졌다. Sucrose 첨가구의 경우, 저장온도에 상관없이 band상의 변화가 거의 없는 것으로 나타났다. 전분가수분해물이 첨가된 시료들에서는 온도 의존성이 현저하여 $-5^{\circ}C$에서 저장한 시료들은 MHC band가 나타나지 않았고 반면에 $-20^{\circ}C$에서는 저장 30일 째에도 0일차와 거의 같은 양상을 보였다. 시료들을 $-5^{\circ}C$에서 저장할 때 용해도 변화는 sucrose의 경우 저장 30일 후에도 $90\%$ 이상의 높은 값을 유지한 반면에 나머지 시료들은 저장과 함께 급속히 감소하였다 $-20^{\circ}C$에서는 sucrose, D.E. 10, 15 및 20을 함유한 시료들은 약 $90\%$ 정도를 나타내었다. 잔존 활성 변화에서도 용해도 변화와 거의 유사한 경향을 나타내었다. 이상에서 살펴보았듯이 명태 actomyosin 용액의 동결변성에 대한 옥수수전분가수분해물들의 보호효과는 저장온도에 따라 많은 차이를 나타내었고, 특히 D.E. 10의 경우는 기존의 동결변성 방지제인 sucrose와 비교하여 $-12^{\circ}C$ 이하에서는 거의 같은 효과를 나타내는 것을 알았고, 저감미, 저열량의 동결변성 방지제로서 가능한 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.154-159
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• 2008

근육단백질과 카제인염 단백질간의 상호작용의 촉매제로서 TGase의 배양시간과 온도에 따른 물성효과를 측정하기 위하여 본 연구를 실시하였다. 돈육 등심부위의 근원섬유단백질을 추출하였고 배양온도는 $4^{\circ}C$, $37^{\circ}C$로, 배양시간은 0, 0.5, 2, 4시간으로 단백질의 열량분석, 점도, 겔 강도, 전기영동상 패턴의 변화를 측정하였다. 단백질열량변화는 각 단백질 별로 열량변화 패턴이 상이하게 나타났으며 근원섬유와 카제인염의 혼합액은 각각의 단백질 피크와 유사하게 나타났고 배양시간과 온도에 따라 차이를 보여 $4^{\circ}C$에 비하여 $37^{\circ}C$에서 열량변화의 차이가 크게 나타났다. 점도의 경우 배양하지 않은 것과 비교했을 때 $37^{\circ}C$에서 2시간 배양했을 때부터 유의적인 차이를 보이며 증가하였다. 근원섬유단백질을 4.5%의 농도로 가열에 의한 겔의 강도를 측정한 결과, 배양시간이나 온도에 따른 뚜렷한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 전기영동의 경우에도 $4^{\circ}C$ 와 $37^{\circ}C$의 배양의 경우 myosin heavy chain과 카제인 염 단백질 분획이 배양시간이 경과함에 따라 점차 감소하였고, 특히 $37^{\circ}C$에서 30분까지는 큰 변화를 나타내지 않았으나 2시간부터 32-34 kDa 분자량을 갖는 카제인 염단백질의 저분자의 밴드가 사라지고 고분자의 biopolymer를 형성하였다. 이상의 결과를 종합하면 $4^{\circ}C$보다 $37^{\circ}C$에서 단백질 분자간의 상호작용에 의한 TGase의 효과가 뚜렷하였으며 $37^{\circ}C$에서 2시간 이상 배양시 TGase에 의한 현저한 물성의 차이를 보인 것으로 평가된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.137-142
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• 2013

인체 중간엽 줄기세포는 지방세포, 골세포, 연골세포, 근육세포 등 여러 형태의 세포로의 분화되는 것이 특징이다. 특히, 최근 연구 결과를 살펴 보면, 중간엽 줄기세포는 생체 내에서 조직 특이적인 세포 형태로 분화 된다. 본 연구에서는 염증 상태에 존재하는 중간엽 줄기 세포가 혈관 형성에 관여하는지 알아보고, 염증 상태에 존재하는 줄기세포의 역할을 규명하고자 본 연구를 진행하였다. 생체 내 염증 상태와 유사한 환경을 만들고자, 강력한 염증 유발 물질인 LPS를 대식세포에 처리하여 그 배양액을 중간엽 줄기세포에 처리하여 변화를 관찰하였다. LPS 배양액을 처리한 중간엽 줄기세포는 평활근 세포로 분화가 촉진되는 것을 확인하였으며, LPS 배양액에 존재하는 분화 유도 물질이 $PGF2{\alpha}$임을 확인하였다. 이에 본 연구결과를 통해 염증 상태에서 존재하는 중간엽 줄기세포는 평활근 세포로의 분화가 촉진되는 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 염증성 미세환경 내에 존재하는 중간엽 줄기세포가 평활근 세포로 분화가 유도됨을 확인하였고, 혈관 형성을 촉진하는데 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 제시한다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.219-224
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• 2013

Muscular satellite cell (SC), which is stem cell of postnatal pig, is an important for study of differentiation into adipogenesis, myogenesis, and osteoblastogenesis. In this study, we isolated and examined from pig muscle tissue to determine capacity in proliferate, differentiate, and expression of various genes. Porcine satellite cells (PSC) were isolated from semimembranosus (SM) muscles of 90~100 days old pigs according to standard conditions. The cell proliferation increased in multi-potent cell by Masson's, oil red O, and Alizarin red staining respectively. We performed the expression levels of differentiation related genes using real-time PCR. We found that the differentiation into adipocyte increased expression levels of both fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP4) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma ($PPAR{\gamma}$) genes (p<0.01). Myocyte increased the expression levels of the myosin heavy chain (MHC), myogenic factor 5 (Myf5), myogenic regulatory factor (MyoD), and Myogenic factor 4 (myogenin) (p<0.01). Osteoblast increased the expression levels of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) (p<0.01). Finally, porcine satellite cells were induced to differentiate towards adipogenic, myogenic, and osteoblastogenic lineages. Our results suggest that muscle satellite cell in porcine may influence cell fate. Understanding the progression of PSC may lead to improved strategies for augmenting meat quality.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.1078-1087
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• 2021

Objective: Skeletal muscle satellite cells (SMSCs) are significant for the growth, regeneration, and maintenance of skeletal muscle after birth. However, currently, few studies have been performed on the isolation, culture and inducing differentiation of goose muscle satellite cells. Previous studies have shown that C1q and tumor necrosis factor-related protein 3 (CTRP3) participated in the process of muscle growth and development, but its role in the goose skeletal muscle development is not yet clear. This study aimed to isolate, culture, and identify the goose SMSCs in vitro. Additionally, to explore the function of CTRP3 in goose SMSCs. Methods: Goose SMSCs were isolated using 0.25% trypsin from leg muscle (LM) of 15 to 20 day fertilized goose eggs. Cell differentiation was induced by transferring the cells to differentiation medium with 2% horse serum and 1% penicillin streptomycin. Immunofluorescence staining of Desmin and Pax7 was used to identify goose SMSCs. Quantitative realtime polymerase chain reaction and western blot were applied to explore developmental expression profile of CTRP3 in LM and the regulation of CTRP3 on myosin heavy chains (MyHC), myogenin (MyoG) expression and Notch signaling pathway related genes expression. Results: The goose SMSCs were successfully isolated and cultured. The expression of Pax7 and Desmin were observed in the isolated cells. The expression of CTRP3 decreased significantly during leg muscle development. Overexpression of CTRP3 could enhance the expression of two myogenic differentiation marker genes, MyHC and MyoG. But knockdown of CTRP3 suppressed their expression. Furthermore, CTRP3 could repress the mRNA level of Notch signaling pathway-related genes, notch receptor 1, notch receptor 2 and hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif 1, which previously showed a negative regulation in myoblast differentiation. Conclusion: These findings provide a useful cell model for the future research on goose muscle development and suggest that CTRP3 may play an essential role in skeletal muscle growth of goose.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권9호
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• pp.1430-1438
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• 2019

Objective: This experiment was designed to determine the effects of coated cysteamine hydrochloride (CC) on muscle fiber characteristics, amino acid composition and transporters gene expression in the longissimus dorsi muscle (LDM) of finishing pigs. Methods: Two hundred and sixteen Duroc/Landrace/Yorkshire cross-bred male finishing pigs were fed with a corn-soybean basal diet supplemented with 0, 70, and 140 mg/kg cysteamine. Each group contained eight replicates of nine pigs per replicate. After 29 days, one pig was randomly selected from each replicate and slaughtered. Blood and LDM samples were collected and analyzed. Results: The results showed that supplemental dietary CC increased (p<0.05) the muscle fiber density. And CC supplementation also up-regulated (p<0.05) the expression of myosin heavy chain 1 (MyHC1) and MyHC2x mRNA levels, and down-regulated (p<0.05) MyHC2b expression in the LDM. Additionally, supplemental dietary CC reduced (p<0.05) the concentration of total cholesterol in the plasma and enhanced (p<0.05) the concentrations of essential amino acid and total amino acid in the LDM. The relative expression levels of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase 2, $b^{0,+}$ amino acid transporter, and $y^+$-L-type amino acid transporter 1 were upregulated (p<0.05) in the LDM when pigs were fed with the dietary CC of 70 mg/kg. Conclusion: Cysteamine supplementation could increase fiber density and distribution of fiber types. It also improved the deposition of protein in the LDM by up-regulated the expression of amino acid transporters.

• 현장농수산연구지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2022

본 연구는 사료비의 절감을 위해 배합사료 비율을 줄이고 조사료 비율을 높이면서 한우 고급육으로 생산할 수 있는 방법을 찾아내기 위해 수행하였다. 대조구(고급육 사양)와 옥수수 사일리지 급여구(대조구 대비 배합사료 66% 급여 및 옥수수 사일리지)의 성장, 도체성적 및 등심근육 내유전자 발현에 미치는 영향에 대하여 분석했다. 옥수수 사일리지 급여는 비육 후기의 일당 증체량 및 출하체중이 수치적으로 낮게 나타났지만 유의미한 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 도체특성에서도 옥수수 사일리지 급여구가 도체중, 등심단면적 및 근내 지방도가 수치적으로 낮게 나타났지만 유의미한 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 육량 A등급 출현은 옥수수 사일리지 급여구가 23% 높게 나타났으며, 육질 1⁺⁺등급 출현율은 대조구가 17% 높게 나타났다. 이는 옥수수 사일리지 급여구가 대조구 대비 배합사료 급여량이 적음으로 인해 나타난 결과로 보여진다. 등심내 유전자 발현에서는 옥수수 사일리지 급여구가 근육발달 유전자 발현이 높게 나타났으며, 지방발달 유전자 발현에서는 대조구가 높게 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과 배합사료의 고급육 사양 대비 옥수수 사일리지 사양이 육질 1⁺⁺등급의 출현이 다소 감소하지만 육량 A등급의 출현을 높여주므로 사료비 절감의 생산 방법 중 하나로 될 수 있을 것으로 보여진다.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.79-89
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• 2019

Objective : This study investigated the anti-diabetic effects of DM1, a herbal mixture with Atractylodis Rhizoma, Anemarrhenae Rhizoma, and Cinnamomi Cortex in high fat diet (HFD)-induced diabetic mice and the mechanism in C2C12 mouse skeletal muscle cells. Methods : The C57B/6 mice were fed high fat for 12 weeks, and then administrated DM1 extract (500 mg/kg, p.o.) for 4 weeks. The changes of body weight, calorie and water intakes, fasting blood glucose levels and the serum levels of glucose, insulin, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol, AST and ALT were measured in mice. The histological changes of liver and pancreas tissues were also observed by H&E stain. C2C12 myoblasts were differentiated into myotubes and then treated with DM1 extract (0.5, 1, and 2 mg/㎖) for 24 hr. The expression of myosin heavy chain (MHC), PGC1α, Sirt1 and NRF1, and the AMPK phosphorylation were determined in the myotubes by western blot, respectively. Results : The DM1 extract administration significantly decreased the calorie and water intakes, glucose, triglyceride, AST and ALT levels and increased insulin and HDL-cholesterol in HFD-induced diabetic mice. DM1 extract inhibited lipid accumulation in liver tissue and improved glucose tolerance. In C2C12 myotubes, DM1 treatment increased the expression of MHC, PGC1α, Sirt-1, NRF-1 and the AMPK phosphorylation. Conclusion : In our results indicate that DM1 can improve diabetic symptoms by decreasing the obesity, glucose tolerance and fatty liver in HFD-induced diabetic mice, and responsible mechanism is might be related with energy enhancement.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권10호
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• pp.1545-1555
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• 2022

Objective: Our study aimed to investigate the effects of a 2% increase in dietary total digestible nutrients (TDN) value during the growing (7 to 12 mo of age) and fattening (13 to 30 mo of age) period of Hanwoo steers. Methods: Two hundred and twenty Hanwoo steers were assigned to one of two treatments: i) a control group (basal TDN, BTDN, n = 111 steers, growing = 70.5%, early fattening = 71.0%, late fattening = 74.0%) or high TDN (HTDN, n = 109 steers, growing = 72.6%, early = 73.1%, late = 76.2%). Growth performance, carcass traits, blood parameters, and gene expression of longissimus dorsi (LD) (7, 18, and 30 mo) were quantified. Results: Steers on the BTDN diets had increased (p≤0.02) DMI throughout the feeding trial compared to HTDN, but gain did not differ appreciably. A greater proportion of cattle in HTDN received Korean quality grade 1 (82%) or greater compared to BTDN (77%), while HTDN had a greater yield grade (29%) than BTDN (20%). Redness (a^*) of LD muscle was improved (p = 0.021) in steers fed HTDN. Feeding the HTDN diet did not alter blood parameters. Steers fed HTDN diet increased (p = 0.015) the proportion of stearic acid and tended to alter linoleic acid. Overall, saturated, unsaturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids of LD muscle were not impacted by the HTDN treatment. A treatment by age interaction was noted for mRNA expression of myosin heavy chain (MHC) IIA, IIX, and stearoyl CoA desaturase (SCD) (p≤0.026). No treatment effect was detected on gene expression from LD muscle biopsies at 7, 18, and 30 mo of age; however, an age effect was detected for all variables measured (p≤0.001). Conclusion: Our results indicated that feeding HTDN diet could improve overall quality grade while minimum effects were noted in gene expression, blood parameters, and growing performance. Cattle performance prediction in the feedlot is a critical decision-making tool for optimal planning of cattle fattening and these data provide both benchmark physiological parameters and growth performance measures for Hanwoo cattle feeding enterprises.