초록
SD계 흰쥐를 사용하여 평균적으로 하루에 솔잎 추출물의 BuOH 획분을 25, 50, 100mg/kg BW가 섭취하도록 사료에 첨가하여 45일 동안 투여하였다. BuOH-25 투여그룹을 제외한 BuOH-5- 및 BuOH-100 투여그룹의 mitochondria 및 microsomes은 대조그룹 대비 11.6%, 20.1% 및 10.5%, 13.5%의 매우 유의적인 간장 내 콜레스테롤 침착 억제효과가 인정되었다. BuOH-25, BuOH-50, BuOH-100 투여그룹의 mitochondria에서는 대조그룹 대비 2.9%, 13.3%, 18.5%의 .OH 라디칼 억제효과로서 BuOH-5- 및 Bu-OH-100 투여그룹에서 높은 유의성이 인정되었으며, microsome에서는 대조그룹 대비 15.7%, 20.0%, 20.6%의 매우 효과적인 .OH 라디칼의 생성 억제효과가 인정되었다. 또한 BuOH-25, BuOH-50, BuOH-100 투여그룹의 간장 cytosol 획분에서는 대조그룹 대비 5.2%, 8.0%, 11.1%의 $O_2$라디칼의 생성 억제효과로서 BuOH-50 및 BuOH-100 투여 그룹에서 유의성이 인정되었다. 간장 mitochondria 획분에서 BuOH-25, BuOH-50, BuOH-100 투여그룹의 Cu/Zn-SOD 활성은 대조그룹 대비 각각 4.6%, 10.3%, 15.9%의 Cu/Zn-SOD 활성 증가효과로서 BuOH-50 및 BuOH-100 투여그룹에서 유의성이 인정되었지만, Mn-SOD 활성은 세가지 BuOH 투여그룹의 유의성은 나타나지 않았다. BuOH-25, BuOH-50, BuOH-100 투여그룹의 간장 cytosol 획분에서는 대조그룹 대비 각각 9.0%, 19.4%, 25.6%의 매우 유의적인 GPx 활성 증가효과가 인정되었다. 따라서 솔잎의 BuOH 획분은 조직의 콜레스테롤의 침착을 효과적으로 억제효과할 뿐만 아니라 활성산소의 생성을 유의적으로 억제하고 제거 효소의 활성을 증가시킴으로써 노화과정을 효과적으로 억제할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.
This study was designed to investigate the effects of a butanol (BuOH) fraction from an extract of pine (Pinus densiflora Sieb et Zucc.) needles, on oxygen radicals and their scavenger enzymes in the liver membranes of rats. Twenty-eight male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were divided into four groups over a 45 days study period: the control group on a basic diet, and three experimental groups on three different dietary levels of the butanol fraction, specifically 25 mg (BuOH-25), 50 mg (BuOH-50), and 100 mg (BuOH-100) butanol fraction/kg body weight/day, thereby 0.025%, 0.05%, 0.1% of butanol extract of pine needles was added to basil diet respectively. At the end of the experimental period, body weights and food intakes were not different among the four groups. The results showed that cholesterol accumulation in the mitochondria and microsomes of liver cells was significantly inhibited in the BuOH-50 and BuOH-100 groups: by 11.6% and 20.1% in the mitochondria of the BuOH-50 and BuOH-100 groups, respectively; and by 10.5%, and 13.5% in the microsomes of the BuOH-50 and BuOH-100 groups, respectively, compared with the control group. The levels of hydroxyl radicals (.OH) were significantly) lower in the liver mitochondria of the BuOH-50 and BuOH-100 groups (by 13.3% and 18.5%, respectively), while OH radicals were significantly lower in the microsomes or all three experimental groups (by 15.7% in the BuOH-25 group, 20.0% in the BuOH-50 group, and 20.6% in the BuOH-100group), compared with the control group. Superoxide radical (O$_2$) formation was also significantly inhibited in the liver cytosol of both BuOH-50 and BuOH-100 groups; the levels of these radicals were 8.0% lower for the BuOH-50 group and 11.1% lower for the BuOH-100 group, compared to the control group. Copper/Zinc - superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn-SOD) activities were significantly increased (by 10.3% and 15.9%, respectively) in the liver cytosols of the BuOH-50 and BuOH-100 groups, but Mn-SOD activities were almost identical in the three RuOH groups, compared with the control group. Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities were significantly increased in the three experimental groups (by 9.0% in the BuOH-25 group, 19.4% in the BuOH-50 group, and by 25.6% in the BuOH-100 group), compared with the control group. These results suggest that the butanol extract of pine needles may play an effective role in attenuating oxygen radicals and activating scavenger enzymes; consequently, aging may be very effectively modulated and/or inhibited.
