본 연구는 고서당식이에 첨가된 안정화미강이 혈당조절에 미치는 영향에 대하여 조사하여 향후 안정화미강 첨가 식품을 인체실험에 적용하는데 기초자료로서 이용되고자 하였다. 4주령의 수컷 C57BL/6 mice를 정상식이 대조군 (ND), 고서당식이 대조군 (HSD), 안정화미강 첨가 식이군 (HSD-SRB)으로 배정하였다. 안정화미강 첨가 식이는 선행연구에 근거하여 식이 중량의 20%로 설정하였다. 12주 동안 식이 섭취 후 혈당, 혈청 인슐린, 간 조직의 글리코겐, 혈청 아디포넥틴, 혈청 및 간 조직의 중성지방을 측정하였다. 그 결과 HSD군에 비해 HSD-SRB군에서 체중 및 부고환지방 무게를 감소하는 경향이 있었고 공복혈당과 혈당반응곡선면적을 감소하였다. 또한 안정화미강 첨가 식이를 섭취하였을 때 혈청 및 간의 중성지방 농도가 감소됨에 따라 인슐린 저항성과 췌장의 베타세포 기능을 개선한 것으로 제안한다. 이로써 고서당식이에 안정화미강을 20% 첨가하였을 때 혈당조절 개선효과 가능성을 확인할 수 있었으며, 향후 안정화미강을 첨가한 건강 지향적인 제품 개발과 이 제품을 인체에 적용하기 위한 기초자료로 활용 가능할 것으로 사료된다.
Purpose: Rice bran is a byproduct of the hulling of rice and contains a variety of bioactive components. Various studies have reported on the antioxidative, anticancer, immune-enhancing, and hypocholesterolemic effects of rice bran. Howev-er, few studies about the physiological activity of stabilized rice bran supplement on dietary intake of sugars is limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of stabilized rice bran supplement on blood glucose in C57BL/6 mice fed a high sucrose diet. Methods: Animals were andomly divided into three groups respectively, and were fed a normal diet (ND group), a high sucrose diet (HSD group) or a high sucrose diet containing 20% stabilized rice bran (HSD-SRB group) for 12 weeks. Results: In the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), after seven weeks of feeding on the experimental diets, a significantly lower result was observed for HSD-SRB than for HSD at 30 and 60 minutes after oral administration in glu-cose solution (2 g/kg body weight). The incremental area under the curve (IAUC) of HSD-SRB was significantly lower than that of HSD. After 12 weeks, fasting blood glucose level of HSD-SRB was significantly lower than that of HSD. No signifi-cant difference in the serum insulin level was observed between HSD and HSD-SRB. However, HOMA-IR was signifi-cantly decreased in HSD-SRB compared to HSD. In addition, HOMA β-cell was significantly increased in HSD-SRB com-pared to HSD. Triglyceride in liver of HSD-SRB was significantly lower than that of HSD. Conclusion: Feeding diets con-taining 20% rice bran improved insulin resistance and insulin secretion by decreasing triglyceride in liver. Thus, rice bran has a positive effect on glycemic control. In addition, the results are expected to be utilized as a basis for human study and development of food products with added rice bran.