• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.819-828
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• 2016

Muscle fiber characteristics account for meat quality and muscle fibers are mainly classified into three or more types according to their contractile and metabolic properties. However, the majority of previous studies on bovine skeletal muscle are based on myosin ATPase activity. In the present study, the differences in the characteristics of muscle fibers classified by the expression of myosin heavy chain (MHC) among four bovine skeletal muscles such as longissimus thoracis (LT), psoas major (PM), semimembranosus (SM) and semi-tendinosus (ST) and their relationships to beef quality were investigated. MHCs 2x, 2a and slow were identified by LC-MS/MS and IIX, IIA and I fiber types were classified. PM, which had the smallest size and highest density of fibers regardless of type, showed the highest myoglobin content, CIE $L^*$, $a^*$, $b^*$ and sarcomere length (p<0.05), whereas ST with the highest composition of IIX, showed high shear force and low sarcomere length (p<0.05). The correlation coefficients between muscle fiber characteristics and meat quality showed that type IIX is closely related to poor beef quality and that a high density of small-sized fibers is related to redness and tenderness. Therefore, the differences in meat quality between muscles can be explained by the differences in muscle fiber characteristics, and especially, the muscles with good quality are composed of more small-sized fibers regardless of fiber type.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.1454-1461
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• 2008

In oriental medicine, it is known that Eucommiae Cortex (EC) has strengthening and rehabilitative effects on the bone-muscle dysfunction. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of EC on the skeletal muscle atrophy. The muscle atrophy was induced by unilateral transection of the sciatic nerve in Sprague-Dawley rats. EC (water-extract, 170mg/100 g body weight) was treated once a day for 12 days. In this study, the effect of EC examined the muscle weight of hind limb, cross section areas of muscle fibers, fiber type compositions, apoptosis related factors (Bax and Bcl-2). EC reduced muscle atrophy in soleus (SOL), medial gastrocnemius (MGT), extensor digitorum longus, and tibialis posterior significantly in the damaged hind limb. EC increased type-I muscle fibers and decreased type-II muscle fibers significantly in SOL of the damaged hind limb. EC enlarged cross section areas of type-I and type-II muscle fibers significantly in SOL. EC enlarged cross section areas of type-I and type-II muscle fibers significantly in. EC reduced apoptotic nuclei and atrophic muscle fibers in SOL and MGT. EC reduced Bax positive muscle nuclei in SOL and MGT. EC up-regulated Bcl-2 positive muscle fibers in SOL and MGT. These results suggest that EC has an anti-atrophic effect and anti-apoptotic effect against myonuclear apoptosis induced by the peripheral nerve damage.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.422-427
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• 2006

Helicobacter pylori에 대하여 항균효과가 가장 높은 Fomitopsis pinicola를 동정하고 저해물질의 성질에 관한 연구를 수행한 결과 다음과 같은 결론이 얻어졌다. H. pylori에 대한 항균력이 가장크게 나타난 네팔에서 채취한 F. pinicola의 동정결과는 F. pinicola AY854083로 밝혀졌다. F. pinicola의 균사체는 액상배양을 시작한 후 5일이 경과하면서 H. pylori에 대한 항균력이 나타났으며 8일 이후부터 가장 높았다. 그러나 균사체 추출물에서는 항균력이 나타나지 않았다. F. pinicola 균사체 8일 배양액의 H. pylori에 대한 최소억제 농도는 $0.25\;mg/m{\ell}$ 이었고, 배양액의 낮은 pH (pH 2.0)가 H. pylori의 생육억제에 영향을 주지만 중화를 하여도 H. pylori에 대한 항균력은 유지되었다. F. pinicola 균사체 8일 배양액을 DEAE-sephadex A-25 LC로 분리하여 Fp-P1, Fp-P2 및 Fp-P3를 얻었으며 H. pylori에 대한 항균력은 Fp-P1에서만 나타났다. Fp-P1을 thin layer chromatography로 분리하였으며 H. pylori에 대한 항균력은 $R_{f}$ 값이 0.67인 Fp-T3에서만 나타났다. F. pinicola 균사체 8일 배양액, Fp-P1, Fp-T3를 HPLC의 Waters symmetry $300\;C_{18}\;5\;{\mu}m$ column ($3.9{\times}150\;mm$)으로 분리한 결과 Fp-T3에서 단일 peak만 남았으며 이것이 H. pylori에 대한 항균력을 확인하였다. H. pylori에 대한 항균력을 나타내는 F. pinicola 균사체 배양액에서 분리 정제한 물질은 BioLC 분석과 TLC 발색결과로써 아미노기를 포함한 당으로 사료된다.