• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.201-208
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• 2005

Earlier we have reported the antidiabetic activity of fresh juice of rhizomes of Zingiber officinale (Z. officinale) and its correlation with 5-HT receptor antagonism. Since 6-gingerol the marker compound of Z. officinale is reported to posses 5-HT anatgonistic activity, the present investigation, was undertaken to find out the concentration of 6-gingerol present in methanolic extract of Z. officinale and its different fractions (petroleum ether, toluene and chloroform). We also evaluated these fractions for antidiabetic activity in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced neonatal type 2 diabetic rats. Fasting glucose and insulin levels in non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) rats were found to be significantly (P < 0.05) higher than control rats and these were significantly decreased by treatment with methanolic extract of Z. officinale and its fractions. The results of oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) showed that methanolic extract and its fractions significantly (P < 0.05) decreased both STZ-induced increase in $AUC_{glucose}$ and $AUC_{insulin}$ values in NIDDM groups. Treatment with petroleum ether fraction produced a greater reduction in elevated glucose and $AUC_{glucose}$ levels as compared to treatment with other fractions. Treatment with methanolic extract of Z. officinale and its fractions also produced significant reduction in the elevated lipid, serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT) and serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) levels in NIDDM rats. The effect of petroleum ether fraction on elevated lipid, SGOT and SGPT levels was significantly greater as compared to treatment with other fractions. The concentration of 6-gingerol was found to be maximum in petroleum ether fraction (11.430%) and minimum in chloroform fraction (0.973%). The methanolic extract and toluene fraction was found to contain 3.080% and 2.191 %, 6-gingerol respectively. In conclusion, our data suggest that methonolic extract and its fractions possess significant antidiabetic activity in NIDDM rats. The extent of activity appears to be dependent on the concentration of 6-gingerol present in the extract or its fractions.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.213-221
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• 1996

In order to develop a suitable secondary renal disease model and diagnostic markers of renal disease in the rat, the change of PIIIP (aminoterminal procollagen III peptide) in serum and hydroxyproline levels in the renal tissue that reflect the synthesis of extracellular matrix (ECM) during development of experimental renal diseases were observed. Two types of experimental primary diseases, diabetes mellitus administrated by streptozotocin (STZ, 75 mg/kg, i.p.) and liver cirrhosis produced by bile duct ligation/scission (BDL/s) operation, were induced. The hydroxyproline level increased according to the high PIIIP and NCl(carboxyterminal procollagen IV peptide) in Western blot analysis as early as 1 week in the STZ treated-rat kidney. Increased renal ECM was observed at 15 weeks in STZ and BDL/s model under the microscopic examination. High PAS positive reaction was found in capillary basement membrane in STZ treated-rats and mesangium in BDL/s operated rats at this time, showing the histological characteristics of diabetic nephropathy and cirrhotic glomerulonephritis in human, respectively. Such secondary renal failure were supported by additional tests including urinalysis and renal function test. The serum PIIIP detected by ELISA was a useful parameter to estimate synthesis rate of renal ECM during development of renal disease without extrarenal fibrosis i.e. liver cirrhosis in rats. This study is proposed that STZ treatment or BDL/s operation may be a suitable experimental animal model for the induction and development of chronic secondary renal diseases. Morover, it was found that hydroxyproline level in renal tissues was a good parameter of the change of renal ECM at the early stage of the diseases without apparent histological changes. Especially, serum PIIIP could be a choice as a diagnostic or prognostic marker during the development of renal diseases in rats.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.1337-1343
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• 2003

산화적 스트레스를 많이 받는 당뇨상태에서 항산화활성이 높은 부추의 섭취가 지질 및 단백질 산화, 활성산소종의 생성, 항산화 효소계 활성 변화 및 lipofuscin생성에 미치는 영향을 조사하고자 S.D.계 쥐에게 streptozotocin을 복강투여하여 당뇨병을 유발시킨 후 대조군 식이와 10% 부추식이를 14주간 섭취시켰다. 부추의 섭취는 대조군식이에 비해 간보다는 피부조직에서 지질 및 단백질 산화를 유의적으로 감소 시켰고(p<0.05), 반응성이 큰 활성산소종인 hydroxyl radical의 생성도 당뇨군에 비해 유의적으로 감소된 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05).부추의 섭취는 간과 피부조직의 항산화 효소계 활성을 증가시키는 것으로 나타났으며 심장과 눈 조직에서 노화색소인 lipofuscin을 측정한 결과 당뇨군에 비해 당뇨부추군에서 감소하였고 특히 눈에서 유의적으로 감소하였다(p<0.001). 이상의 결과로 부추의 섭취는 당뇨 합병증을 일으키는 주요 원인인 산화적 스트레스를 억제하는 효과를 나타내었고, 당뇨 합병증의 증상완화에 도움을 줄 것으로 기대되어 진다.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.399-407
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• 2017

본 연구는 streptozotocin(STZ)으로 당뇨를 유발시킨 Sprague-Dawley계 수컷 흰쥐에게 4주간 삼채(Allium hookeri; AH) 뿌리를 식이에 보충한 정상대조군 normal-control(N-control)과 STZ-control, STZ-AH 5%와 STZ-AH 10% 첨가군을 당뇨실험군으로 하여 삼채의 잠재적인 항산화 식재료로써의 활용성을 확인하였다. 해당식이를 4주간 공급한 후, 간과 근육의 글리코겐, 간의 단백질과 MDA, 간의 세포질에서 XOD, GST, SOD, CAT, GR 및 GPX의 항산화효소 함량을 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 간의 글리코겐 함량은 N-control에 비해 STZ-control에서 유의적으로 낮았고, 당뇨실험군에서는 STZ-AH 5%에서 STZ-control보다 유의적으로 높은 함량 차이를 보였다. 근육의 글리코겐 함량은 N-control에 비해 STZ-control에서 유의적으로 낮았고, STZ-control에 비해 STZ-AH 5%와 STZ-AH 10%에서 유의적으로 높은 차이었다. 간의 단백질 함량은 N-control과 STZ-control에서는 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았으나, STZ-control보다 STZ-AH 첨가군 모두에서 유의적으로 높았다. 간의 MDA 함량은 N-control보다 STZ-control에서 유의적으로 높은 함량이었고, STZ-control보다 STZ-AH 첨가군 모두에서 낮은 함량이었다. 간의 세포질에서 측정한 XOD 함량은 N-control과 STZ-control은 유의적인 차이를 보였고, 당뇨실험군에서는 STZ-control보다 STZ-AH 5%와 STZ-AH 10% 첨가군 모두에서 유의적으로 낮은 함량 차이를 보였다. GST 함량은 N-control에 비해 STZ-control에서는 유의적으로 낮았고, STZ-control 보다 STZ-AH 5%와 STZ-AH 10% 첨가군 모두에서 유의적으로 높은 함량이었다. SOD는 N-control과 STZ-control에서 유의적인 함량 차이를 보였으나, 당뇨실험군 간에는 STZ-control과 유의성을 보이지 않았다. CAT는 N-control과 STZ-control에서 유의적인 차이는 아니었으나, STZ-control과 비교하여 STZ-AH 10%에서 유의적으로 높은 함량 차이를 보였다. GR과 GPX 함량에서는 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 이상의 연구결과, 삼채뿌리 분말을 식이로 첨가하였을 때 당뇨시 간과 근육의 글리코겐과 간의 단백질 함량이 높아졌고, MDA 함량은 낮아졌다. 효소 함량은 XOD에서 낮아졌고, CAT와 GST에서 높아지는 경향이었다. 삼채는 STZ에 의한 포도당의 과부하에 의해 증가된 과산화물의 생성억제와 조직 내 세포의 산화적 스트레스 감소작용으로 생체내 항산화 방어력을 증가시킬 수 있으며, 당뇨 예방 및 치료를 위한 식사요법에 이용 가능한 식품으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.167-171
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• 2001

The Hypoglycemic effect of exo-polymers (EPs) produced from submerged mycelial cultures of five types of mushrooms on streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats were investigated in this study. The five experimental groups were fed with EPs (50 mg/kg body weight) for 7 days. Significant reduction in plasma glucose, total cholesterol (TC), and triglyceride (TG) levels were observed in rats fed with Lentinus edodes and Cordyceps militaris EPs. Plasma glucose and TC were also reduced by administration of Phellinus linteus EPs, but the TG level was not changed significantly. The EPs of three mushroom species also demonstrated a marked reduction in the level of plasma glutamate-pyruvate transminase (GPT). The result proves the hypoglycemic activity of EPs of three fungal group in STZ-induced diabetic rats and indicates their potential in the control of diabetes mellitus.

• Nutritional Sciences
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.97-105
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• 2006

Beans are well known to be high-protein diets. Bean seeds contain arginine, lysine, or glycine-rich proteins which are effective to maintain lower glucose levels. In this study, the synergistic effect of fermented small soybean (Chounggukjang) and mulberry leaf on metabolism and hexokinase activity was investigated in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. We divided 8 groups as follows: non-diabetic rat group fed with only water diet (NC: control), and STZ-induced diabetic rat groups fed with water (DC), fermented Rhynchosia Nulubilis (Bbc), fermented Glycine max Merr (Ybc), Bbc and YBc (BYbc), mulberry leaf and Bbc (MBbc), mulberry leaf and Ybc (MYbc), or the mulberry leaf, Bbc, and Ybc (MBYbc). Diabetes mellitus was induced in rats by subcutaneous STZ administration (70 mg/kg of body weight). All diet groups were fed with Chounggukjang in a powder form. Three ml of Chounggukjang solution (0.75 mg per gram of body weight) dissolved in distilled water was orally administered to all rat groups after STZ administration except for NC rat group. In groups fed with fermented soybeans, the body weight (increased), food efficiency ratio (FER) (increased), glucose level (decreased) and hexokinase (HK) activity (increased) significantly differed to NC. Among them, particularly in the groups fed with both fermented soybeans and mulberry leaf, kidney weight significantly decreased, whereas HK activity significantly increased compared to DC. These results suggest that Chounggukjang of both fermented soybeans and mulberry leaf is potentially used as an effective functional food to prevent diabetes complications.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.403-412
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• 2020

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a hyperglycemia-induced progressive development of renal insufficiency. Excessive glucose can increase mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) and induce cell damage, causing mitochondrial dysfunction. Our previous study indicated that cilostazol (CTZ) can reduce ROS levels and decelerate DN progression in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced type 1 diabetes. This study investigated the potential mechanisms of CTZ in rats with DN and in high glucose-treated mesangial cells. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed 5 mg/kg/day of CTZ after developing STZ-induced diabetes mellitus. Electron microscopy revealed that CTZ reduced the thickness of the glomerular basement membrane and improved mitochondrial morphology in mesangial cells of diabetic kidney. CTZ treatment reduced excessive kidney mitochondrial DNA copy numbers induced by hyperglycemia and interacted with the intrinsic pathway for regulating cell apoptosis as an antiapoptotic mechanism. In high-glucose-treated mesangial cells, CTZ reduced ROS production, altered the apoptotic status, and down-regulated transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) and nuclear factor kappa light chain enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB). Base on the results of our previous and current studies, CTZ deceleration of hyperglycemia-induced DN is attributable to ROS reduction and thereby maintenance of the mitochondrial function and reduction in TGF-β and NF-κB levels.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.689-696
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• 1997

황백피와 두릅나무(AP)의 혼합 추출물이 당뇨에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위한 실험으로 streptozotocin으로 당뇨가 유도된 생쥐에게 혼합 추출물을 5일간과 10일간 복강투여하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 50, 150, 250mg/kg B.W. AP추출물 투여군(DI1, DI2, DI3)의 몸무게는 당뇨 대조군(DIC)에 비해 유의적 (p<0.05)인 증가를 보였으며 , 간과 췌장의 무게는 DIC군에서 증가하였으나 AP추출물의 투여로 감소되었다. 특히, 10일 복강투여군에서 장기무게의 감소정도는 5일 복강투여 군에 비해 현저하였다. 혈장 포도당수준의 변화는 AP 추출물의 투여로 유의적 (p<0.05)으로 감소하였으며 감소정도는 AP추출물의 양에 비례하는 수준이었다. 혈장 cholesterol(total, LDL, VLDL)과 TG수준은 AP추출물의 투여로 감소되었으나(p<0.05), 생쥐에는 choles-teryl ester transfer protein이 없어 HDL cholesterol의 수준은 AP추출물의 투여 후에도 변화를 보이지 않았다. TBARS 함량은 당뇨 대조군이 정상군에 비해 증가하였으나 AP추출물의 투여 후 유의적 (p<0.05)으로 감소하였다. 이러한 감소정도는 10일 복강투여군에서 현저하게 나타났으며 특히 췌장조직에서 효율적인 감소 효과를 보였다. GPx의 활성도는 DIC군에서 유의적 (p< 0.05)으로 증가하였으며 AP추출물의 투여로 감소되었다. GR의 활성도는 유의적이지 않으나 GPx와 같은 양상을 보였다. 이상의 결과에서 황백피와 두릅나무추출물은 streptozotocin으로 당뇨를 유도한 생쥐에서 몸무게의 증가, 혈당 및 혈중 지질수준의 개선, 항산화 효과를 지니고 있음이 추정되었으며, 차후 이들AP추출물의 subfraction을 통한 계속적인 연구로 혈당강하 효과의 확인 및 효과 성분의 분리에까지 연구범위를 넓힐 수 있기를 기대한다.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.90-102
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• 2010

Effect of ethanol (ASE) and water (ASW) extracts of Argyreia speciosa on blood glucose and lipid profile was investigated in normoglycemic and Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic animals. In oral glucose and sucrose tolerance test, treatment with ASE and ASW (100 and 200 mg/kg) and Glidenclamide (10 mg/kg) significantly improved the glucose and sucrose tolerance in normal animals. In addition, respective treatment for fifteen-day resulted in significant percentage reduction in serum glucose (SG) ie., 30.39% (lower dose of ASE) and 33.21% (higher dose of ASW). In standardized STZ (50 mg/kg, iv)-induced diabetic rats, a single dose of ASE and ASW treatment exhibited reduction in SG levels at different time intervals compared to basal levels. Administration of both the doses of ASE and ASW for fifteen-day days exhibited greater percentage reduction in glycemia (24.6%, 24.7%, 23.9% and 21.9% respectively) and also ameliorated restored to near normal value of all tested lipid parameters. Further, treatment also exhibited significantly improved glucose tolerance over the period of 120 min compared to diabetic control group. Eventhough treatment failed to increase serum insulin levels significantly but peripheral utilization of insulin was increased as evident by insulin tolerance test. Taken together, present study supports the traditional usage of title plant in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.

• Laboraroty Animal Research
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.185-194
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• 2018

The different polymorphisms of the transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene promote variances in diabetes susceptibility in humans. We investigated whether these genotypes also promote differences in diabetic susceptibility in commercial pigs. Growing pigs (Landrace, both sex, 50-60 kg) with the C/C (n=4) and T/T (n=5) TCF7L2 genotypes were identified and intravenously injected with streptozotocin (STZ, 40 mg/kg) twice in weekly intervals, then a high-energy diet was offered. Oral glucose tolerance tests, blood analyses and the homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) index calculations were performed. The animals were sacrificed at the end of 12 weeks of treatment to reveal the pancreas histomorphometry. The results showed that all of the treated pigs grew normally despite exhibiting hyperglycemia at two weeks after the induction. The glycemic level of the fasting or postprandial pigs gradually returned to normal. The fasting insulin concentration was significantly decreased for the T/T carriers but not for the C/C carriers, and the resulting HOMA-IR index was significantly increased for the C/C genotype, indicating that the models of insulin dependence and resistance were respectively developed by T/T and C/C carriers. The histopathological results illustrated a significant reduction in the pancreas mass and insulin active sites, which suggested increased damage. The results obtained here could not be compared with previous studies because the TCF7L2 background has not been reported. Growing pigs may be an excellent model for diabetic in children if the animals are genetically pre-selected.