Abstract
Ixeris sonchifolia Hance (Godulbaegi), Oenanthe javanica (Dolminari), Fagopyrum esculentum Moench (Buckwheat>, Hizikia fusiforme (Seaweed Fusiforme) and Zingiber ojficinale Roscoe (Ginger) have been used respectively as one of folk remedies as well as food materials. However, reportedly few studies on their immunomodulating effects have been made, although it has been known from other preceding studies that the ex vivo supplementation of each Ish, OJ, Fem, Hf, Zor water extracts tends to enhance the proliferation of splenocyte in comparison to the control group. This study on the combined immunomodulative effect of water extract mixture of these five food materials (Ish + Oj + Fem +Hf+Zor) lasted covering seven or eight weeks. The old mice (balb/c) was fed ad libitum on chow diet, and the water extract of plant mixture was orally administrated every other day for four weeks at two different concentrations (50 and 500 mg/kg B.W) . After preparing the single cell suspension, the proliferation of splenocyte was determined by MTT (3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-y]-2,5-diphenyl terazolium bromide) assay. The production of cytokine ($IL-{\beta}$, IL-6, and $TNF-{\alpha}$) which was secreted by macrophages stimulated with LPS or not was detected by ELISA assay using the cytokine kit. After the 48 hours of incubation with the mitogen (ConA or LPS) stimulation, the proliferation of the mice splenocyt in the experimental group statisticaly increased at both of two different concentrations in comparison to the control group. The cytokines production was more significantly enhanced at the lower supplementation (50 mg/kg B.W.) group than at the higher concentration (500 mg/kg B.W.). The result of this study may suggest that the supplementation of water extract of plant mixture can regulate and enhance the immune function by increasing the splenocyte proliferation and regulating the cytokine production capacity by the activated macrophages in mice.
생체 내 (ex vivo) 실험에서 혼합 (고들빼기, 돌미나리, 메밀, 톳, 생강)시료의 물 추출물을 4주간 격일로 마우스 체중 kg 당 0, 50, 500 mg/kg B.W.의 농도로 마우스에 경구 투여한 후 비장세포 증식능, LPS에 의해 활성화된 복강 대식세포가 분비하는 염증성 사이토카인 ($IL-1{\beta}$, IL-6, $TNF-{\alpha}$)의 생성량을 측정하였다. 그 결과 혼합시료의 물추출물은 ConA나 LPS로 자극하지 않은 경우 50 mg./kg B.W. 농도에서 대조군에 비해 유의적으로 높은 비장 증식능을 보였다. LPS에 의해 활성화된 복강 대식세포의 사이토카인 분비량을 측정한 결과에서도 $IL-1{\beta}$, IL-6, $TNF-{\alpha}$의 분비량은 마우스 체중 kg 당 50 mg/kg B.W. 농도의 투여군에서 높은 생성량을 보여주었으나, 500 mg/kg B.W.의 농도 투여군에서는 IL-6 분비량은 대조군에 비해 높은 반면 $TNF-{\alpha}$의 분비량은 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 이상의 결과에 따라 비장세포 증식능과 사이토카인 분비능을 검색한 결과 고들빼기, 도미나리, 메밀, 톳, 생강을 혼합한 혼합시료의 추출물 50 mg/kg B.W. 농도 투여가 면역 세포와 면역 기관의 주요기능을 증진시키리 가능성이 있을 것으로 사료된다. 이러한 연구결과를 토대로 앞으로 혼합식을 통한 기능성 식품 개발에 기초 연구 자료가 될 것으로 기대된다.