2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analysis of the metabolic pathway by the administration of lipoid acid
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26670310
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Epidemiology and preventive medicine
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIZUKAMI Tomoyuki 金沢大学, 理工研究域・自然システム学系, 助教 (80396811)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 抗酸化物質 / 顕微ラマンスペクトル / メタボローム / 包接化合物 / 代謝経路 / 光学異性体 / リポ酸 / 抗酸化ネットワーク |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Alpha-lipoic acid (LA) is a very powerful antioxidant. LA has two enantiomers, R(+)-LA and S(-)-LA (S-LA), of which R-LA is naturally occurring and an essential cofactor in energy metabolism. it is quite vulnerable to physical stimuli such as heat or irradiation. The inclusion complex of LA is promising to overcome this weakness. We prepared the CD-LA inclusion complex and analyzed its stability and spectroscopic characteristics. Raman spectroscopy showed the characteristics for its high sensitivity to C-S and S-S bonds, which can be applied to other bio-materials (protein). Next, we examined the time-course metabolites levels in LA-treated rat hepatoma and evaluated the effect of R-LA and the enantioselectivity. This study indicated that R-LA treatment inhibited the glycolysis pathway, the lactic acid production and the Gly-Thr-Ser pathway and finally caused the inhibition of the gluconeogenesis.
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| Free Research Field |
生物工学
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