Effect of Tyrosinase Inhibitors on the Melanogenesis of Gold Fish(Jet Black Color)

Tyrosinase 저해제가 검은툭눈붕어의 멜라닌 생성에 미치는 영향

The in vivo effect of tyrosinase inhibitors in the melanogenesis of gold fish (jet black color) was evaluated by measuring surface color and observing melanin pigment. The fish was firstly cultivated in 0.9% NaCl solution for 1 week to induce melanogenesis, and then, it was transferred to each treatment group containing tyrosinase inhibitor. The fish was grouped into control. food additive group (addition of 5 mM glutathione, 5 mM cysteine, and 1 mM benzoic acid), microbial inhibitor group (addition of culture broth of Aspergillus oryzae in shiitake and glucose medium), and plant extract group (addition of the mixed extracts of green tea, beet, red chicory, and nameko). After 6 days, the fish was anesthetized by electric shock, and color of pectoral region, lateral region, and dorsal fin was measured. Hunter's L and b values of treated group were generally higher than those of control group, indicating that the tyrosinase inhibitors could inhibit the melanogenesis of the fish. Effect of plant extract was apparent, though relatively weak, not because it did not work in vivo, but because a sufficient amount of extract could not be added to fish globes. If a large amount of extract was added, fish gradually died due to a microbial contamination. Microscopic observation of melanin in lateral scale and dorsal fin showed that in the treated groups with tyrosinase inhibitors, the number of melanophore per unit area and the size of one melanophore decreased.

검은툭눈붕어를 이용하여 tyrosinase 저해제가 어체의 melanogenesis에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 저해제로는 glutathione, cysteine, benzoic acid를 각각 5, 5, 1 mM씩울 혼합하여 첨가한 식품첨가물 처리구, 표고버섯을 주기질로 하여 Aspergillus oryzae를 발효시켜 얻은 microbial inhibitor 처리구, 설록차, 무, 팽이버섯, red chicory 등 4종의 식물체 추출액 혼합물 처리구로 나누어 효능을 평가하였다. 검은툭눈붕어를 0.9% NaCl 용액에서 일주일간 양식하면서 stress를 가하여 비늘의 melanin 농도를 높이고 다시 민물에 담고 각 처리구의 저해제를 첨가한 용액에서 6일간 양식한 후 가슴 부위, 측선 부위 및 등지느러미의 색을 색도계로 측정하고 현미경으로 melanin을 관찰하였을 때 식품 첨가물 처리구와 microbial inhibitor 처리구의 색은 대조구보다 명도와 yellowness가 높아진 것으로 나타나 melanogenesis 억제 효과가 뚜렷하였다. 한편, 농산물 처리구의 경우에도 미약하지만 효과가 인정되었다. 저해제를 처리한 검은툭눈붕어와 대조구 붕어의 측선 부위 비늘과 등지느러미를 설취하여 현미경으로 관찰한 결과 저해제 처리구에서는 단위 면적당 melanophore의 수가 감소하고 하나의 melanophore의 크기도 작아진 것으로 나타났다.