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Glycosaminoglycan Degradation-Inhibitory Lactic Acid Bacteria Ameliorate 2,4,6-Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid-Induced Colitis in Mice

  • Lee, Bo-Mi;Lee, Jung-Hee;Lee, Hye-Sung;Bae, Eun-Ah;Huh, Chul-Sung;Ahn, Young-Tae;Kim, Dong-Hyun
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.616-621
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    • 2009
  • To evaluate the effects of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), we measured the inhibitory effect of several LAB isolated from intestinal microflora and commercial probiotics against the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) degradation by intestinal bacteria. Bifidobacterium longum HY8004 and Lactobacillus plantarum AK8-4 exhibited the most potent inhibition. These LAB inhibited colon shortening and myeloperoxidase production in 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced experimental colitic mice. These LAB also blocked the expression of the proinflammatory cytokines, IL-$1{\beta}$ and TNF-$\alpha$, as well as of COX-2, in the colon. LAB also blocked activation of the transcription factor, NF-${\kappa}B$, and expression of TLR-4 induced by TNBS. In addition, LAB reduced the TNBS-induced bacterial degradation activities of chondroitin sulfate and hyaluronic acid. These findings suggest that GAG degradation-inhibitory LAB may improve colitis by inhibiting inflammatory cytokine expression via TLR-4-linked NF-${\kappa}B$ activation and by inhibiting intestinal bacterial GAG degradation.

Isolation of Iron and Calcium-Binding Peptides from Cottonseed Meal Protein Hydrolysates (면실박 단백질로부터 가수분해물 제조 및 철분, 칼슘 결합 펩타이드의 분리)

  • Choi, Dong-Won;Kim, Nam-Ho;Song, Kyung Bin
    • Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.55 no.4
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    • pp.263-266
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    • 2012
  • Isolation of iron and calcium-binding peptides derived from cottonseed meal protein (CMP) hydrolysates was investigated. The degree of hydrolysis of CMP by Flavourzyme was monitored using trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid method and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Enzymatic hydrolysis of CMP for 12 h was sufficient for the preparation of CMP hydrolysates, and the hydrolysates were membrane-filtered under 3 kDa as a molecular weight. The filtered solution was fractionated using Q-Sepharose fast flow, Sephadex G-15, and reversed phase-high performance liquid chromatography for iron and calcium-binding peptides. As a result, F51 fraction was obtained as the best candidate for calcium and iron chelation, and the isolated iron and calcium-binding peptides can be used as functional food additives, similar to iron and calcium supplements.

Lactobacillus plantarum C29 Alleviates TNBS-Induced Memory Impairment in Mice

  • Lee, Hae-Ji;Jeong, Jin-Ju;Han, Myung Joo;Kim, Dong-Hyun
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.175-179
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    • 2018
  • In a preliminary study, Lactobacillus plantarum C29 was found to suppress 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis in mice. Therefore, to understand whether an anti-colitic probiotic C29 could attenuate memory impairment, we examined the effects of C29 on TNBS-induced memory impairment in mice. Orally administered Lactobacillus plantarum C29 attenuated TNBS-induced memory impairment in mice in the Y-maze, noble object, and passive avoidance task tests. C29 treatment increased TNBS-suppressed hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression and inhibited TNBS-induced hippocampal NF-${\kappa}B$ activation and blood LPS levels. Moreover, C29 restored the TNBS-disturbed gut microbiota composition. These findings suggest that C29 can alleviate memory impairment presumably by restoring the gut microbiota composition.

Isolation of a Calcium-binding Peptide from Chlorella Protein Hydrolysates

  • Jeon, So-Jeong;Lee, Ji-Hye;Song, Kyung-Bin
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.282-286
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    • 2010
  • To isolate a calcium-binding peptide from chlorella protein hydrolysates, chlorella protein was extracted and hydrolyzed using Flavourzyme, a commercial protease. The degree of hydrolysis and calcium-binding capacity were determined using trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid and orthophenanthroline methods, respectively. The enzymatic hydrolysis of chlorella protein for 6 hr was sufficient for the preparation of chlorella protein hydrolysates. The hydrolysates of chlorella protein were then ultra-filtered under 5 kDa as molecular weight. The membrane-filtered solution was fractionated using ion exchange, reverse phase, normal phase chromatography, and fast protein liquid chromatography to identify a calcium-binding peptide. The purified calcium-binding peptide had a calcium binding activity of 0.166 mM and was determined to be 700.48 Da as molecular weight, and partially identified as a peptide containing Asn-Ser-Gly-Cys based on liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrum.

Moxi-tar Herbal Acupuncture of BL25 Acupoint Ameliorates TNBS-Induced Colitis in Mice (TNBS로 유도된 만성 염증성 대장염에 대한 대장유(大腸兪) 구진약침(灸津藥鍼)의 효과)

  • Baek, Dae-Bong;Kwon, Oh-Sang;Choi, Won-Jong;Kim, Jae-Hyo;Jeon, Hee-Young;Kim, Kyung-Sik;Sohn, In-Chul
    • Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.149-164
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    • 2007
  • Objectives : Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic relapsing inflammatory disease in the gastrointestinal tract. The sources and pathologic mechanisms of IBD are still unknown. Moreover conventional therapies for IBD are not always effective, and they often have serious side effects. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of Moxi-tar herbal acupuncture in IBD affected mice. Methods : Mice were treated with 5 % 2, 4, 6 - trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS) on day 1 and day 7. To assume the preemptive effect and therapeutic effect, herbal acupuncture was practiced with Moxi-tar at BL25 (Daejangsu) on day 0, day 3, and day 6. The end of day in treatment with Moxi-tar herbal acupuncture, the mortality and the inflammatory factors of the colon were measured by the various methods. Results TNBS induced high mortality but herbal acupuncture with Moxi-tar at BL25 sup-pressed the mortality caused by TNBS. TNBS induced infiltration of immune cells in all layers of the colon and increased myeloperoxygenase (MPO) activity, while the treatment with Moxi-tar herbal acupuncture at BL25 suppressed the infiltration of immune cells and the increase of MPO activity caused by TNBS to normal levels, Herbal acupuncture with Moxi-tar regulated $NF-{\kappa}B$ activity, which is an important factor for the pathogenesis of chronic colitis, and reduced the expressions of $TNF-{\alpha}$, $IL-1{\beta}$, and ICAM-1 in the colons of TNBS treated mice. Furthermore herbal acupuncture suppressed macro- and micro- colonic damages caused by TNBS. Conclusions : This study demonstrates that herbal acupuncture with Moxi-tar at BL25 isa potential preemptive and/or therapeutic method targeting the chronic IBD.

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The Preventive and Curative Effect of Cyanidin-3β-D-Glycoside and Its Metabolite Protocatechuic Acid Against TNBS-induced Colitis in Mice

  • Jang, Se-Eun;Choi, Jong-Ryul;Han, Myung Joo;Kim, Dong-Hyun
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.282-286
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    • 2016
  • Cyanidin-$3{\beta}$-D-glycoside (C3G), which is widely distributed in herbal medicines and functional foods, exhibits anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and anti-scratching behavioral effects. Orally administered C3G is metabolized to protocatechuic acid (PA) by gut microbiota. Therefore, we compared the anti-colitic effect of C3G to that of PA in mice with 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis. Orally administered C3G and PA preventively and curatively ameliorated TNBS-induced colitis parameters, including macroscopic colitis score, colon shortening, and increase of myeloperoxidase activity. Treatment with C3G or PA also inhibited the expression of cyclooxygenase-2, inducible NO synthatase, $IL-1{\beta}$, IL-6, and $TNF-{\alpha}$ and the activation of $NF-{\kappa}B$ in the colon of mice with TNBS-induced colitis. Furthermore, these also inhibited lipopolysaccharide-induced $NF-{\kappa}B$ activation and $TNF-{\alpha}$ expression in peritoneal macrophages. The anti-colitic effect of PA was more effective than C3G. Orally administered PA more potently attenuate colitis than C3G by inhibiting $NF-{\kappa}B$ activation and the anti-colitic efficacy of C3G may be dependent on the biotransformation of C3G to PA by gut microbiota.

Mechanisms of Motility Change on Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid-Induced Colonic Inflammation in Mice

  • Cheon, Gab Jin;Cui, Yuan;Yeon, Dong-Soo;Kwon, Seong-Chun;Park, Byong-Gon
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.437-446
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    • 2012
  • Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) characterized by recurrent episodes of colonic inflammation and tissue degeneration in human or animal models. The contractile force generated by the smooth muscle is significantly attenuated, resulting in altered motility leading to diarrhea or constipation in IBD. The aim of this study is to clarify the altered contractility of circular and longitudinal smooth muscle layers in proximal colon of trinitrobenzen sulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis mouse. Colitis was induced by direct injection of TNBS (120 mg/kg, 50% ethanol) in proximal colon of ICR mouse using a 30 G needle anesthetized with ketamin (50 mg/kg), whereas animals in the control group were injected of 50% ethanol alone. In TNBS-induced colitis, the wall of the proximal colon is diffusely thickened with loss of haustration, and showed mucosal and mucular edema with inflammatory infiltration. The colonic inflammation is significantly induced the reduction of colonic contractile activity including spontaneous contractile activity, depolarization-induced contractility, and muscarinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated contractile response in circular muscle layer compared to the longitudinal muscle layer. The inward rectification of currents, especially, important to $Ca^{2+}$ and $Na^+$ influx-induced depolarization and contraction, was markedly reduced in the TNBS-induced colitis compared to the control. The muscarinic acetylcholine-mediated contractile responses were significantly attenuated in the circular and longitudinal smooth muscle strips induced by the reduction of membrane expression of canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) channel isoforms from the proximal colon of the TNBS-induced colitis mouse than the control.

Effects of Ginseng Radix herbal acupuncture on TNBS-induced colitis in rats (TNBS 유발 대장염(大腸炎)에 의한 체중 및 혈액상 변화에 대한 인삼(人蔘) 약침(藥鍼)의 효과)

  • Kim Jong-Sung;Chun Sang-Woo;Park Sang-Yeon;Park Sung-Ik;Kim Kyung-Sik;Kim Jae-Hyo;Koo Sung-Tae;Sohn In-Chul
    • Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.147-156
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    • 2006
  • Objectives : The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the effects of herbal acupuncture with Ginseng Radix for the treatment to intestinal disease in the rat with 2, 4, 6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS) induced colitis. Methods : All animals were subjected to the injection of saline $(300{\mu}{\ell},\;500{\mu}{\ell})$ for a study control or TNBS $(300{\mu}{\ell},\;500{\mu}{\ell})$ into the lumen of the colon, 8cm proximal to the anus through the intestine. Ginseng Radix herbal acupuncture ($20mg/m{\ell},\;0.4m{\ell}$) were injected to the both $Hapgok(LI_4)$ acupoints at 2nd injection of TNBS in rats. Thus, the body weight, RBC count, WBC count, total protein, IgG levels and IgM levels were observed to study the effects of Ginseng Radix herbal acupuncture. Results : Ginseng Radix herbal acupuncture on $Hapgok(LI_4)$ for TNBS-induced colitis inhibited the body weight loss rate but did not affect RBC and WBC counts. Furthermore, it inhibited the reduction of total protein concentration and serum IgG and IgM levels in TNBS induced colitis were recovered. Conclusions : Herbal acupuncture with Ginseng Radix helps recover the TNBS-induced colonic damage and may be an important method for treatment of the colitis.

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Network pharmacology and molecular docking reveal the mechanism of Qinghua Xiaoyong Formula in Crohn's disease

  • Chenyang Fang;Yanni Pei;Yunhua Peng;Hong Lu;Yin Qu;Chunsheng Luo;Yafeng Lu;Wei Yang
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.365-374
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    • 2023
  • Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory illness of the digestive system with unknown etiology, and its incidence is increasing worldwide. However, there are currently no effective treatments or medications available for individuals with CD. Therefore, novel therapeutic strategies are urgently needed. The bioactive compounds and targets associated with compounds of Qinghua Xiaoyong Formula (QHXYF) were examined using The Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology database, and 5 disease target databases were also used to identify CD-related disease targets. A total of 166 overlapping targets were identified from QHXYF-related and CD-related disease targets and they were found to be enriched in oxidative stress-related pathways and the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. Molecular docking was then used to predict how the bioactive compounds would bind to the hub targets. It was found that quercetin could be the core bioactive compound and had good binding affinity to the top 5 hub targets. Finally, animal experiments were performed to further validate the findings, and the results revealed that QHXYF or quercetin inhibited 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid-induced inflammation and oxidative stress processes by inhibiting the PI3K/AKT pathway, thereby improving CD symptoms. These findings suggest that QHXYF and quercetin may be potential novel treatments for CD.

Effects of Moxi-tar Herbal Acupuncture of LI11 on inflammatory bowel disease induced by TNBS in mice (생쥐의 급 ${\cdot}$ 만성 대장염에 대한 곡지의 구진 약침 효과)

  • Song, Moon-Young;Gwon, Oh-Sang;Jang, Jae-Hoon;Jang, Jae-Yeong;Park, Sung-Ik;Kim, Jae-Hyo;Kim, Kyung-Sik;Sohn, In-Chul
    • Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.131-149
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    • 2007
  • Objectives : The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the effects of herbal acupuncture (HA) with Moxi-tar for the treatment to intestinal disease in mice with 2, 4, 6 - trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS) induced colitis. Methods : Mice were administered with 5% TNBS at day 1 and day 7. To investigate effects of HA with Moxi-tar at LI11, treatments were carried out at day -1, day 1, day 3, day 5, and day 7. It was checked on the weight and width of colon, diarrhea, edema, survival rate, changes of body weight, and myeloperoxygenase (MPO) activity. Furthermore, we carried out immunohistochemical staining and Western blot and analyzed mRNA expression by RT-PCR. Results : HA of Moxi-tar at LI11 in preventive mode suppressed macroscopic damages and damages of intestinal epithelial cells and infiltration of immune cells in the colon by TNBS. HA in early and preventive mode ameliorated various symptoms by TNBS. TNBS injection increased MPO activity in colon while HA in preventive mode suppressed increase of MPO activity. HA down-regulated NF-kB activity and reduced expression of TNF-a, IL-1b, and ICAM-1 in colon of TNBS treated mice. Similar to experiment at colon, HA down-regulated NF-kB activity and reduced expression of TNF-a, IL-1b, and ICAM-1 by TNBS in mesenteric lymph node. HA in therapeutic mode suppressed errosion and shortening of colon and MPO activity by TNBS and suppressed mRNA expression of TNF-a, IL-1b, and ICAM-1 in the colon. Conclusions : This study demonstrates that HA with Moxi-tar at LI11 represents a potential therapeutic method of inflammatory bowel diseases.

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