Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology (한국식품과학회지)

Korean Society of Food Science and Technology (한국식품과학회)
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Safety evaluation of bacteriophages for application as sanitizers

박테리오파지의 살균소독제 응용을 위한 안전성 평가

  • Park, Do-Won (Department of Food Science and Biotechnololgy, College of BioNano Technology, Gachon University) ;
  • Lee, Young-Duck (Department of Food Science and Enginerring, Seowon University) ;
  • Park, Jong-Hyun (Department of Food Science and Biotechnololgy, College of BioNano Technology, Gachon University)
  • 박도원 (가천대학교 식품생물공학과) ;
  • 이영덕 (서원대학교 식품공학과) ;
  • 박종현 (가천대학교 식품생물공학과)
  • Received : 2019.12.27
  • Accepted : 2020.01.20
  • Published : 2020.02.29
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Abstract

To evaluate the safety of bacteriophages for application of sanitizer, endotoxin content and cell cytotoxicity of two Escherichia coli and four Staphylococcus aureus phages were determined. Endotoxin ratio was determined by the Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) assay as a test for representative biological endotoxin content. The average endotoxin average content of the 9 log PFU/mL lysate was 18.6 EU/mL and that of the 10 log PFU/mL lysate was 5.9 EU/mL, suggesting that the phage lysate was not suitable for clinical applications, but suitable for food pathogen control applications. To confirm the cell cytotoxicity of the phage lysates, MTT assay was performed using Raw 264.7 cells treated with 9 log PFU/mL phages. Results of the assay indicated that the phage lysates did not significantly decrease the cell viability (p>0.05). These results indicated that bacteriophages would be suitable as a food safety sanitizer.

본 연구에서는 6종의 E. coli 및 S. aureus 유래 박테리오파지 용액에 존재하는 내독소 함량 조사와 파지의 세포독성 여부에 대해 평가하였다. 대표적인 생물학적 내독소 시험법인 LAL assay을 시행하여 9-10 log PFU/mL 농도의 내독소 함량을 확인한 결과, 파지의 임상적용에는 부적합한 수치이나 식품에 존재하는 병원균의 살균 목적의 사용에는 매우 유해하지 않은 수치임을 확인할 수 있었다. 박테리오파지 용액의 세포독성평가를 확인하기 위해 MTT 분석을 시행하여 세포 생존율을 확인하였다. E. coli 파지 용액과 S. aureus 파지 용액 처리군 모두에서 98% 이상의 생존율이 관찰되어 파지용액에 존재하는 내독소 및 파지가 세포독성을 유발하지 않는다는 것을 확인하였다. 그러므로 일반적인 방법으로 증폭, 농축한 파지 용액은 인체에 대한 유해성이 적으며 식품에 살균소독제로 적용하더라도 문제가 없을 것으로 사료된다.

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