JP6234465B2 - Collagen fiber bundling ability enhancer - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a collagen fiber bundling ability enhancer, and more specifically, a collagen fiber bundling ability enhancer comprising, as an active ingredient, a fermentation product of a microorganism selected from Bifidobacterium and / or lactic acid bacteria, and It relates to its usage.

  Many Bifidobacterium and lactic acid bacteria that produce useful components in their fermentation products are known.

  For example, the present applicant has studied Bifidobacterium breve, which is a bacterium belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium, and the fermentation product obtained by fermenting the soybean extract has a moisturizing action and serves as a moisturizing agent. It is effective (patent document 1), and the skin external preparation which combined this fermentation product and vitamin A has a cell activation effect and a hyaluronic acid production effect, and is useful as a rough skin prevention and improvement agent ( Patent Document 2) was found. Furthermore, it has also been found and reported that a composition obtained by further extracting the fermentation product with an organic solvent has a higher skin roughening prevention effect and a skin aging prevention effect (Patent Document 3).

  Other than that, use the functionality of so-called fermentation products for cosmetics and the like, such as those obtained by allowing Rhizopus microorganisms to act on soy milk (Patent Document 4), those causing lactic acid bacteria to act (Patent Document 5), etc. Is also known.

  As described above, it has been found that fermentation products of microorganisms such as Bifidobacterium and other bacteria have various functions. Further, these fermentation products have been known so far. It is also expected to find new functionality.

JP-A-10-287540 JP 2002-187838 A WO00 / 21501 JP-A-1-102011 JP-A-3-127713

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to find a novel functionality possessed by a fermentation product using a Bifidobacterium genus bacterium or a lactic acid bacterium, and to provide a preparation using the same and a method for using the same.

  The present inventors have further advanced the research on the functionality of fermentation products using Bifidobacterium and lactic acid bacteria, and this is the amount of specific proteoglycans essential for the formation of collagen fiber bundles. The present invention was completed by finding that it has an effect of increasing and is effective as an agent for enhancing the binding ability of collagen fibers.

  That is, the present invention is a collagen fiber bundling ability enhancer comprising a fermentation product of a microorganism selected from Bifidobacterium and / or lactic acid bacteria as an active ingredient.

  The present invention also provides a method for repairing a biological tissue containing collagen, comprising administering the collagen fiber binding ability enhancer to the biological tissue containing collagen.

  Furthermore, the present invention is a method for preventing a decrease in strength of a biological tissue containing collagen, comprising administering the collagen fiber binding ability enhancer to the biological tissue containing collagen.

  Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for enhancing the strength of a regenerated tissue, characterized in that the collagen fiber binding ability enhancer is added and used during culture of regenerated tissue using collagen tissue or when applied to a tissue defect part. is there.

  Fermentation products by Bifidobacterium and lactic acid bacteria used as active ingredients of the collagen fiber binding ability enhancer of the present invention promote the formation of collagen fiber bundles by increasing the production of specific proteoglycans. It has the effect of enhancing the tissue strength and is highly safe.

  Therefore, the collagen fiber bundling ability enhancer of the present invention is used for biological tissues such as ligaments, tendons, cartilage, skin, and periodontal tissues whose strength has been reduced due to accidents, illnesses, etc., and restored to normal collagen tissues. It is something that can be done. In addition, it can be used in advance for a biological tissue containing collagen, which is concerned about a decrease in strength, and the decrease in strength can be prevented. Furthermore, it can also be used to increase the strength of tissue that is artificially created for regenerative medicine, which has been attracting attention in recent years.

  In the present invention, the “collagen fiber binding ability enhancer” means a preparation that has an action of binding collagen fibers and promoting the formation of collagen fiber bundles. In particular, it refers to a preparation that plays a role in bundling collagen fibers and exhibits a proteoglycan production promoting action essential for the formation of collagen fiber bundles. The collagen fiber here refers to a collection of one or more spiral structures (hereinafter referred to as tropocollagen) in which three polypeptide chains having a collagen-like sequence called α chain are combined, The number of tropocollagens in the collagen fibers is not particularly limited. This preparation is particularly used for the repair of biological tissue selected from ligaments, tendons, cartilage, skin, and periodontal tissues, or the prevention of reduced strength of biological tissues selected from ligaments, tendons, cartilage, skin, and periodontal tissues. It is.

  That is, collagen is a protein that is present in large amounts in connective tissues such as blood vessels, ligaments, tendons, bones, cartilage, periodontal tissue, and skin, and is the main component of the intercellular matrix, and as a scaffold for adjacent cells, cell proliferation And is involved in communication. In this connective tissue, collagen mainly forms a structure of collagen fibers called collagen fiber bundles. The collagen fibers are tightly bundled by proteoglycan and elastin and regularly arranged. Therefore, an appropriate strength is given to the tissue.

  On the other hand, if a strong collagen fiber bundle and arrangement cannot be maintained for some reason such as an accident or disease, the tissue cannot maintain normal strength, and the physiological function of the cells in the tissue as described above is also affected. There is concern.

  The collagen fiber binding ability enhancer of the present invention increases the amount of a specific proteoglycan, thereby promoting the formation of collagen fiber bundles and preventing a decrease in the strength of the collagen tissue. Also, when there is a problem with the formation and arrangement of collagen fiber bundles as described above, it promotes the production of specific proteoglycans, thereby helping to form collagen fiber bundles and consequently restoring normal collagen tissue Is. The collagen fiber bundling ability enhancer of the present invention preferably has an action of promoting decorin and / or dermatopontin production, among proteoglycans. Decorin and dermatopontin are proteoglycans that are particularly involved in the production of collagen fiber bundles, and by specifically increasing these, the ability to bind collagen fibers can be further enhanced. On the other hand, versican, which is one of proteoglycans, is known to inhibit the production of elastin that functions to bundle collagen fibers. Therefore, it is preferable that the collagen fiber binding ability enhancer of the present invention does not substantially promote versican production or selectively reduces the production amount. In skin tissue, collagen is contained only in the dermis, and it has been confirmed that the amount of proteoglycan increases in epidermal cells by using the collagen fiber binding ability enhancer of the present invention. In general, it is known that proteoglycans expressed in the epidermis are also involved in the binding of collagen fibers in the dermis. Therefore, the collagen fiber binding ability enhancer of the present invention can be applied to the entire skin tissue. .

  The effect of enhancing the binding ability of the collagen fibers of the present invention is another effect that is completely different from the collagen production promoting action. Collagen production promoting action increases the amount of collagen itself, but without specific proteoglycans, collagen fiber bundles are not formed, and the strength of collagen tissue cannot be maintained. The present application promotes the formation of collagen fiber bundles by increasing the amount of specific proteoglycans, not collagen itself.

  The collagen fiber bundling ability enhancer (hereinafter simply referred to as “collagen enhancer”) of the present invention is a fermentation product (hereinafter abbreviated as “fermentation product”) by a microorganism selected from Bifidobacterium and / or lactic acid bacteria. )) As an active ingredient. The fermentation product as used herein refers to a product obtained by fermenting a raw material that can be fermented by Bifidobacterium and / or lactic acid bacteria with these microorganisms. These fermentation products may or may not contain microbial cells of Bifidobacterium or lactic acid bacteria, and these microbial cells were removed from the culture by filtration or the like. Supernatant and the like are also included in the fermentation product of the present invention.

  The medium used as a raw material for the fermentation product is not particularly limited as long as it can be fermented with Bifidobacterium and / or lactic acid bacteria, for example, plant-derived raw materials such as aloe, beans, Examples thereof include medium containing animal-derived raw materials such as animal milk such as cow's milk, human milk, goat milk, cream, and skim milk powder. These raw materials may be subjected to a pulverization process using a mixer or the like, an extraction process, a filtration or a centrifugal separation process, a dissolution or dilution process using a solvent, an enzyme process, or the like. Further, among these raw materials, it is preferable to use a medium containing milk components such as animal milk such as milk, human milk, goat milk, cream, skim milk powder, or a medium containing legume extract. A medium containing is particularly preferred. Examples of beans include bean extracts such as soybean, black bean, empty bean, red bean, kidney bean, pea bean, and chick bean, with soybean extract being particularly preferred.

  The shape of the beans used as the raw material of the bean extract is not particularly limited, but preferred are beans containing fats and oils, molted beans, or flake beans. Further, the bean extract may be produced by any method. For example, after the bean used as a raw material is soaked in water, water or water containing 0.5 to 1.0% by mass of sodium carbonate is used. It is preferable to use a material that has been added, pulverized with a mixer, etc., and okara removed by filtration or the like, and may be appropriately subjected to heat treatment. In addition, the temperature of the said water is not limited, A hot water etc. are included. Moreover, it is preferable to use the culture medium containing this bean extract having a solid content concentration derived from the bean extract of 5 to 20% by mass (hereinafter simply indicated as “%”).

  In the medium that is the fermentation raw material, if necessary, prior to fermentation treatment, sugars used in foods such as sucrose, glucose, fructose, invert sugar, meat extract, yeast extract, vitamins, peptides, amino acids, Nutrients necessary for the growth of microorganisms such as minerals, salts, surfactants, fatty acids and metals may be added. Moreover, in order to adjust a raw material to the optimal pH of microorganisms, you may add the acid used for foodstuffs, such as a citric acid, malic acid, ascorbic acid, lactic acid, and an acetic acid.

  The microorganism used for producing the fermentation product is not particularly limited as long as it is a Bifidobacterium bacterium or a lactic acid bacterium. Among these, specific examples of Bifidobacterium include Bifidobacterium breve, Bifidobacterium longum, Bifidobacterium infantis, Bifidobacterium addresscentis, Bifidobacterium・ Bifidum, Bifidobacterium angularum, Bifidobacterium catenatum, etc. are mentioned, and specific examples of microorganisms belonging to lactic acid bacteria include Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, Lactococcus, Pediococcus, Leuco Examples include microorganisms belonging to the genus Nostock. These microorganisms may be used alone or in combination of two or more.

  Among these, when using a medium containing a bean extract as a raw material, Bifidobacterium bacteria are preferable, Bifidobacterium breve is more preferable, Bifidobacterium breve YIT 4065 (FERM BP- 6223, deposit date: February 29, 1996), Bifidobacterium breve YIT 12272 (FERM BP-11320, deposit date: February 16, 2010) is particularly preferred. Of the above Bifidobacterium breve strains, Bifidobacterium breve YIT 4065 is the Institute of Biotechnology, Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (1-3 Higashi 1-chome, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan) No. 305), but now, the National Center for Biological Biology, National Institute for Product Evaluation and Technology (Room No. 120, 2-5, Kazusa Kamashi, Kisarazu-shi, Chiba, Japan (zip code 292-0818)) Among the above Bifidobacterium breve strains, Bifidobacterium breve YIT 12272 is an independent administrative agency, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Patent Biological Deposit Center (1st East, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan) No. 1 No. 1 Central No. 6 (zip code 305-8666)), but now the above-mentioned independent administrative corporation product evaluation Operative foundation mechanism has been transferred to the International Patent Organism Depositary.

  In the production of the fermentation product, the culturing may be mixed fermentation in which a plurality of strains are combined, or continuous fermentation in which a plurality of strains are combined. In the culture, microorganisms other than the above include bacteria such as Bacillus genus, Acetobacter genus, Gluconobacter genus, or Saccharomyces genus, Candida genus, Rhodotorula genus, Pichia genus, Schizosaccharomyces genus, Torula genus, Tigo genus Yeasts such as Saccharomyces, or filamentous fungi such as Aspergillus, Eurothium, Monascus, Mucor, Neurospora, Penicillium, Rhizopus and the like can also be used.

  The method of allowing the microorganism to act on the raw material medium prepared as described above is not particularly limited. For example, 0.01 to 10%, preferably 0.1 to 5%, of a microorganism solution cultured in advance in the medium. After inoculation, the cells may be cultured at 20 to 45 ° C., preferably 25 to 42 ° C. for 5 to 96 hours, preferably 10 to 60 hours. In addition, other culture conditions at this time include standing, stirring, shaking, aeration, anaerobic and the like, and a method suitable for culture may be appropriately selected from these according to the microorganism.

  The fermentation product thus obtained can be used as it is, but further, known filtration, dialysis, separation such as centrifugation, purification treatment, extraction treatment with a solvent, heat treatment, deodorization treatment, pH adjustment, Freeze-drying treatment, concentration-drying treatment, etc. can be performed. In addition, it is preferable to use after removing a polymer substance or an insoluble substance by centrifugation, filtration or the like, and in particular, after adding a lower alcohol such as ethanol or a polyhydric alcohol such as 1,3-butylene glycol, centrifugation is performed. It is preferable to perform treatments such as separation and filtration.

  The fermentation product obtained as described above can be appropriately blended with components used in known pharmaceuticals, topical skin preparations, or cosmetics to obtain a desired form of collagen enhancer.

  As a form of this collagen enhancer, it is administered by direct injection by injection or the like to a site (affected area) required to restore normal collagen tissue, or by applying or pasting on the skin adjacent to the site. The form of the medicine, the external preparation for skin, or the cosmetic can be mentioned. Specific examples of product forms include injections, liquids, ointments, emulsions, creams, patches, tapes, packs, bathing agents, and the like, and in particular, emulsions, creams or liquids. preferable. Further, as another form, an additive added at the time of culturing a tissue artificially made for regenerative medicine, for example, artificial skin, can be mentioned.

  The collagen enhancer is blended with an amount of fermentation product according to the dosage form. This amount is not particularly limited. For example, in the composition, 0.0001 to 50%, preferably 0.01 to 20%, particularly preferably 0.5 to 10% as a fermentation product. Good.

  In the production of the collagen enhancer of the present invention, raw materials usually used in pharmaceuticals, quasi drugs, cosmetics, bathing agents, etc., for example, surfactants, , Alcohols, moisturizers, thickeners, water-soluble polymers, preservatives, antioxidants, chelating agents, pH adjusters, foaming agents, fragrances, dyes, pigments, UV absorbers / scatterers, powders, vitamins Amino acids, antibacterial agents, plant extracts, animal-derived components, seaweed extracts, various drugs, additives, water, and the like can be blended as optional components.

  Among these, sorbitan monolaurate, sorbitan monopalmitate, sorbitan sesquioleate, sorbitan trioleate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate, polyoxetylene sorbitan monostearate, polyethylene glycol monooleate, polyethylene glycol Non-ionic surfactant such as alkylate, polyoxyethylene alkyl ether, polyglycol diether, lauroyl diethanolamide, fatty acid isopropanol amide, maltitol hydroxy fatty acid ether, alkylated polysaccharide, alkyl glucoside, sugar ester, lipophilic glycerin Monostearate, self-emulsifying glycerin monostearate, polyglycerin monostearate, polyglycerin alkyle Sorbitan monooleate, polyethylene glycol monostearate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, polyoxyethylene cetyl ether, polyoxyethylenated sterol, polyoxyethylenated lanolin, polyoxyethylenated beeswax, polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil Nonionic surfactant such as sodium stearate, potassium palmitate, sodium cetyl sulfate, sodium lauryl phosphate, sodium polyoxyethylene lauryl sulfate, triethanolamine palmitate, sodium polyoxyethylene lauryl phosphate, N-acyl glutamic acid Anionic surfactants such as sodium, stearyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride, stearyltrimethylammonium chloride, benzalkonium chloride Cationic surfactants such as lauryl amine oxide, hydrochloric alkylamino ethyl glycine solution, can be exemplified amphoteric surfactants such as lecithin.

  Oils include vegetable oils such as macadamia nut oil, castor oil, olive oil, cacao oil, coconut oil, palm oil, tree wax, jojoba oil, grape seed oil, avocado oil, animal oils such as mink oil and egg yolk oil, honey Waxes such as wax, whale wax, lanolin, carnauba wax and candelilla wax, hydrocarbons such as liquid paraffin, squalane, microcrystalline wax, ceresin wax, paraffin wax, petrolatum, lauric acid, myristic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid , Natural and synthetic fatty acids such as isostearic acid, behenic acid, palmitic acid, capric acid, lanolin fatty acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, cetanol, stearyl alcohol, hexyldecanol, octyldodecanol, lauryl alcohol, capryl alcohol, myristylua Call, natural and synthetic higher alcohols such as cetyl alcohol, cholesterol, phytosterol, may isopropyl myristate, isopropyl palmitate, octyldodecyl myristate, octyldodecyl oleate, be exemplified by esters such as cholesterol oleate.

  Examples of humectants include glycerin, erythritol, xylitol, maltitol, propylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, sorbitol, polyglycerin, polyethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, 1,2-pentanediol, and other pentylene glycols, isoprene. Polyhydric alcohols such as glycol, natural moisturizing ingredients (NMF) such as amino acids, sodium lactate, sodium pyrrolidone carboxylate, xyloglucan, quince seed, carrageenan, pectin, mannan, curdlan, galactan, dermatan sulfate, glycogen, keratan sulfate , Chondroitin, mucoitin sulfate, keratosulfate, locust bean gum, succinoglucan, caronic acid, heparan sulfate, sodium hyaluronate, hyaluronic acid, coller Emissions can be exemplified mucopolysaccharide, water-soluble polymer such as chondroitin sulfate.

  Thickeners include sodium alginate, xanthan gum, aluminum oxalate, quince seed extract, tragacanth gum, starch, gum arabic, hydroxyethyl guar gum, carboxymethyl guar gum, guar gum, dextran, chitin, chitosan, carboxymethyl chitin, agar, etc. Natural polymer materials, semi-synthetic polymer materials such as methylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, soluble starch, and cationized cellulose, synthetic polymer materials such as carboxyvinyl polymer, polyvinyl alcohol, and alkyl methacrylate methacrylate copolymer It can be illustrated.

  Examples of preservatives include benzoate, salicylate, sorbate, dehydroacetate, p-hydroxybenzoate, 2,4,4′-trichloro-2′-hydroxydiphenyl ether, 3,4,4′-trichlorocarbani Lido, benzalkonium chloride, hinokitiol, resorcin, ethanol and the like can be exemplified.

  As an antioxidant, dibutylhydroxytoluene, butylhydroxyanisole, propyl gallate, ascorbic acid, etc., and as a chelating agent, edetate, pyrophosphate, hexametaphosphate, citric acid, tartaric acid, gluconic acid, etc. Examples of the pH adjuster include sodium hydroxide, triethanolamine, citric acid, sodium citrate, boric acid, borax, and potassium hydrogen phosphate.

  Examples of UV absorbers / scatterers include p-aminobenzoic acid UV absorbers, anthranilic acid UV absorbers, salicylic acid UV absorbers, cinnamic acid UV absorbers, benzophenone UV absorbers, sugar UV absorbers, 3- (4′-methylbenzylidene) -d-camphor, 3-benzylidene-d, 1-camphor, urocanic acid, urocanic acid ethyl ester, 2-phenyl-5-methylbenzoxazole, 2- (2′-hydroxy-5) '-T-octylphenyl) benzotriazole, 2- (2'-hydroxy-5'-methylphenyl) benzotriazole, dibenzalazine, dianisoylmethane, 4-methoxy-4'-t-butyldibenzoylmethane, 5- ( 3,3-dimethyl-2-norbornylidene) -3-pentan-2-one, 2-hydro Shi-4-methoxybenzophenone, octyl dimethyl para amino benzoate, can be exemplified ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate, titanium oxide, kaolin, talc and the like.

As vitamins, vitamin B ₆ hydrochloride, vitamin B ₆ tripalmitate, vitamin B ₆ dioctanoate, vitamin B ₂ and its derivatives, vitamin B ₁₂ such as vitamin B ₁₂ , vitamin B ₁₅ and its derivatives, ascorbic acid Ascorbic acid sulfate and its salts, Ascorbic acid phosphate and its salts, Ascorbic acid dipalmitate, Ascorbic acid glucoside, Acyl ascorbic acid glucoside, Ascorbic acid tetraisopalmitate, etc. Vitamin C, Vitamin D, α-tocopherol, Vitamin E such as β-tocopherol, γ-tocopherol, vitamin E acetate, vitamin F, vitamin K, pantothenic acid, pantethine, vitamin H, vitamin P, vitamin U, carnitine, ferulic acid, γ-oryza Lumpur, alpha-lipoic acid, can be exemplified orotic acid and their derivatives.

  Amino acids include glycine, alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, serine, threonine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, asparagine, glutamine, taurine, tryptophan, cystine, cysteine, methionine, proline, hydroxyproline, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, arginine, histidine. And lysine and derivatives thereof.

  Examples of the antibacterial agent include benzoic acid, salicylic acid, sorbic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid ester, hexachlorophene and the like.

  Plant extracts include scallops, borage, clara, corn, orange, sage, yarrow, mallow, thyme, thyme, spruce, spruce, birch, horsetail, loofah, maronier, yukinoshita, arnica, lily, mugwort, peonies, aloe Examples include extracts from gardenia, sawara, bukuryo, sanshishi, ougon, licorice, kawara mugwort, kujin, yokuinin, nindou, peonies, sakuhakuhi, hawthorn, buttonpi, cephalanthin and the like.

  As seaweed extracts, brown algae such as Ascofilm, kombu, macomb, wakame, hijiki, hibamata, mozuku, okinawa mozuku, himantalia, red algae such as primrose, coral, palmaria, tsunomata, nori, green algae such as aosa, anaaaosa An example is an extract from cyanobacteria.

  Various drugs include nicotinamide, benzyl nicotinate, γ-oryzanol, allantoin, glycyrrhizic acid and its salts, glycyrrhetinic acid and its derivatives, hinokitiol, bisabolol, eucarptone, thymol, inositol, saikosaponin, carrot saponin, and loofah Examples thereof include saponins such as saponin and muclodisaponin, pantothenyl ethyl ether, ethinyl estradiol, tranexamic acid, arbutin, and placenta extract.

  Among these raw materials, in particular, it is preferable to use a raw material having a collagen production promoting action or a collagen inhibiting action in combination, and examples of the raw material having these effects include Fuyubodaiju extract, Ascofilm nodosum extract, Ascorbic acid, ascorbic acid sulfate and its salt, ascorbic acid phosphate and its salt, ascorbic acid dipalmitate, ascorbic acid glucoside, acylascorbic acid glucoside, ascorbic acid tetraisopalmitate and the like can be mentioned.

  The collagen enhancer obtained as described above is used for biological tissues containing collagen whose strength has been reduced due to accidents, diseases, etc., that is, biological tissues such as ligaments, tendons, cartilage, skin, periodontal tissues, etc. Restoration can be performed, or strength reduction of the tissue can be prevented.

  For example, the elasticity of knee cartilage is maintained by collagen fibers, but when the strength of collagen decreases, the function of the cushion decreases and the cartilage tends to collapse, causing pain and deforming when it gets worse. Causes arthropathy. In contrast, by administering the collagen enhancer of the present invention directly to an injured site such as the knee joint by direct injection or the like, proteoglycan production in the surrounding tissue is promoted, collagen binding ability is enhanced, Since the strength can be increased, it is possible to prevent the cartilage from being worn away.

  In addition, collagen tissue that is a component of periodontal tissue is also destroyed when suffering from periodontal disease, so in order to regenerate collagen and normalize gums during periodontal tissue treatment, bundle collagen fibers, It is important to strengthen. On the other hand, by using the collagen enhancer of the present invention mixed with a dentifrice or the like, proteoglycan production in the gums can be promoted and collagen binding ability can be enhanced, thereby repairing / preventing gum recession. At the same time, the treatment and improvement of the gums damaged by the above-mentioned periodontal diseases can be supported, so that it is effective in maintaining gums and normalizing from periodontal diseases.

  Furthermore, tendons and ligaments play a role in connecting bones and muscles, and bones, and are a tissue that exerts a large force during exercise, and are known to be easily damaged when excessive force is applied. . By using the collagen enhancer of the present invention for the tendons and ligaments damaged in this way, it helps to recover them.

  Furthermore, the collagen enhancer of the present invention is also useful for repairing skin tissue that has been damaged by an accident or surgery, resulting in scars. By applying the collagen enhancer of the present invention directly to damaged skin tissue by injection, injection, etc., proteoglycan production in the skin tissue is promoted, collagen binding ability is enhanced, and skin tissue repair is promoted. it can.

  In addition, the collagen enhancer of the present invention is used not only directly in the living body but also in artificial skin using collagen tissue or blood vessels artificially created for regenerative medicine, during its cultivation, application, etc. Thus, the strength of the regenerated tissue can be increased. For example, when a regenerated tissue such as artificial skin or artificial blood vessel is cultured, the collagen enhancer of the present invention is added to the medium, or when the regenerated tissue is applied to a tissue defect part, the collagen enhancer of the present invention is regenerated. By adding to the tissue by application, injection or the like, proteoglycan production in the regenerated tissue can be promoted and collagen binding ability can be enhanced, so that the strength of the regenerated tissue can be enhanced.

  Next, although a manufacture example, a test example, and a formulation example are given and this invention is demonstrated in more detail, this invention is not restrict | limited at all by these.

Manufacturing example 1
Production of fermentation product (1):
Soy flakes were washed with water and immersed in water overnight to allow sufficient water absorption. Four times by weight of water was added to the soybean and pulverized into a paste using a mixer. This was heated at 100 ° C. for 30 minutes, cooled and filtered, and steam sterilized at 100 ° C. for 90 minutes to produce soy milk (solid content concentration of about 10% by mass).

After inoculating a pre-cultured Bifidobacterium breve YIT 4065 (FERM BP-6223) solution to 1.0% of the total amount of soymilk, the cells were cultured in a nitrogen atmosphere at 30 ° C. for 45 hours. The number of viable bacteria of the obtained fermented soymilk was about 1 × 10 ⁷ cells / ml. The fermented soymilk was filtered with a filter paper to produce a fermented product 1.

Manufacturing example 2
Production of fermentation product (2):
Fermented soymilk produced in the same manner as in Production Example 1 was added with 3 times the weight of 1,3-butylene glycol and filtered through filter paper to produce fermentation product 2.

Manufacturing example 3
Production of fermentation product (3):
Fermentation product 3 was produced in the same manner as in Production Example 1 except that Bifidobacterium breve YIT 12272 (FERM BP-11320) was used.

Manufacturing example 4
Production of fermentation product (4):
Fermentation product 4 was produced in the same manner as in Production Example 2 except that Bifidobacterium breve YIT 12272 (FERM BP-11320) was used.

Test example 1
Measurement of decorin (1)
(1) Fibroblasts (NHDF) were seeded in a 24-well plate and cultured in D-MEM medium until the coverage was 70 to 80%. Subsequently, 1% or 2% of the fermentation product 1 was added to the medium, and cultured at 37 ° C. for 48 hours. In addition, as a control, D-MEM medium to which no fermentation product was added was used, and culture was performed in the same manner.

  The amount of decorin produced in each culture supernatant was measured by the following Western blot method. First, electrophoresis was performed on the culture supernatant, and the protein in the acrylamide gel was transferred to the immobilon PVDF membrane using a semi-dry type transfer apparatus. After the transfer, the membrane was blocked with skim milk and immersed in a primary antibody (mouse anti-decolin antibody) solution at 4 ° C. overnight. Further, after immersing in a secondary antibody (HRP-labeled goat anti-mouse IgG antibody) solution at room temperature for 2 hours, decorin, which is the target protein on the membrane, was detected using ChemiluminescenceOneSuper (Nacalai Tesque). The emission intensity of the detected band was determined using MultiGauge (FUJI FILM), and the amount of decorin produced in each sample was measured. The obtained value was divided by the amount of decorin produced by the control, and the amount of decorin relative to the control was calculated. The results are shown in Table 1.

(2) RNA was extracted from cells cultured for 24 hours in the same manner as in (1) using RNeasy mini kit (QIAGEN) according to the instructions attached to the product. After RNA extraction, reverse transcription was performed using Reverse Ace qPCR RT kit (TOYOBO) to synthesize cDNA. For RT-qPCR, a THUNDERBIRD SYBR qPCR kit (TOYOBO) was used, and amplification was performed with a 7500 Realtime PCR system (Applied Biosystems) under the following conditions.

(I) Primer Human decorin Sense primer 5'-ATGAAGGCCACTATCATCCTCC-3 '
Human decorin antisense primer 5'-GTCGCGGTCATCAGGAACTT-3 '
Human 36B4 sense primer 5'-ATGCAGCAGATCCGCATGT-3 '
Human 36B4 antisense primer 5'-TTGCGCATCATGGTGTTCTT-3 '
(Ii) Reaction conditions: 95 ° C, 1 minute, 1 cycle
95 ° C, 30 seconds → 60 ° C, 1 minute 40 cycles
95 ° C, 15 seconds → 60 ° C, 1 minute → 95 ° C, 15 seconds 1 cycle

  After completion of the reaction, the decorin gene expression level was normalized using 36B4 as an internal standard gene. The used primers are as follows. As a control, cells cultured in a D-MEM medium to which no fermentation product was added were used, and the decorin gene expression level of each sample was calculated as a relative amount to the control. The results are also shown in Table 1. In addition, the numerical value in a table | surface is an average value of 3 wells.

  In this test and the following tests, the number of cells after addition of control, 1%, and 2% was almost the same in visual confirmation. Therefore, the amount of decorin and dermatopontin expressed or produced by each cell were It is thought that it increased. The gene expression level and the production amount in the medium are generally correlated values, and it was also confirmed in this test that the gene production level increases when the gene expression level increases.

Test example 2
Measurement of decorin (2)
Decorin production and gene expression were examined in the same manner as in Test Example 1 except that the fermentation product 2 was used. In addition, as a comparison, an unfermented product (in Production Example 2, only the bacterial solution inoculation was not performed and the others were subjected to the same process) was used. The results are shown in Table 2.

  As a result, it was shown that when the fermentation product was used, an increase in the production amount of decorin was recognized, but in the unfermented product, an increase in the production amount of decorin was not observed.

Test example 3
Measurement of decorin (3)
The expression level of the decorin gene was examined in the same manner as in Test Example 2 except that the fibroblasts were changed to epidermal keratinocytes. For comparison, butylene glycol was used. The results are shown in Table 3.

Test example 4
Measurement of dermatopontin level In the same manner as in Test Example 1, the gene expression level of dermatopontin was examined. The used primers are as follows. The results are shown in Table 4.

(I) Primer human dermatopontin sense primer 5'-TGGGTGAATTTGAACCGGCAA-3 '
Human dermatopontin antisense primer 5'-CGTAGTTCCATTGTCTGTCAGAA-3 '

Test example 5
Measurement of Versican Gene Expression Level In the same manner as in Test Example 1, versican gene expression level was examined. The used primers are as follows. The results are shown in Table 5.

(I) Primer human versican sense primer 5'GTAACCCATGCGCTACATAAAGT- 3 '
Human versican antisense primer 5'-GGCAAAGTAGGCATCGTTGAAA-3 '

  From these results, it was confirmed that the collagen enhancer of the present invention did not increase the amount of versican, and unexpectedly decreased the amount of versican as the amount added increased.

Test example 6
Measurement of decorin (4)
Decorin gene expression level was examined in the same manner as in Test Example 1 except that epidermal keratinocytes (NHEK) were used.

  As a result, as in Test Example 1, it was confirmed that the gene expression level of decorin was increased as compared with the control.

Test example 7
Measurement of the expression level of decorin protein in a three-dimensional cultured epidermis model (epidermal keratinocytes) The effect of fermentation products was evaluated using a human three-dimensional cultured epidermis model (Labcyte Epi-model 24 (manufactured by J-TEC)). . First, fermentation product 2 diluted with PBS buffer so that the final concentration was 2 or 5% was added to the stratum corneum side, and cultured at 37 ° C. for 48 hours. As a control, a PBS buffer solution to which no fermentation product was added was used, and culture was performed in the same manner.

  After the culture, the amount of decorin produced in the culture supernatant of each basal layer side was measured by the method described in Test Example 1 by Western blotting. The results are shown in Table 6.

  As a result, it was confirmed that the fermentation product 2 promotes decorin production even in a system closer to the physiological condition of the skin. From these results, it was suggested that the amount of proteoglycan is increased and the binding ability of collagen fibers is enhanced by applying the collagen enhancer of the present invention also in actual skin tissue and artificial skin.

Product example 1
Emulsion preparation:
An emulsion was prepared with the composition described in Table 7. The emulsion was prepared by adding 6, 7 and 8 to 9 and heating, adding 1 to 5 at 80 ° C. to emulsify, and cooling to room temperature.

Product example 2
Cream preparation:
Creams were prepared with the compositions listed in Table 8. In addition, preparation of cream was performed by adding 7, 8, and 9 to 10 and heating, adding 1-6 at 80 degreeC, emulsifying, and cooling to room temperature.

Product example 3
Preparation of lotion:
A lotion was prepared with the composition shown in Table 9. The lotion was prepared by adding 1 to 7 to 8 and stirring sufficiently, and then adding 9 to adjust the pH to slightly acidic.

Product example 4
Emulsion preparation:
An emulsion was prepared with the composition described in Table 10. The emulsion is prepared by adding 1 to 7 to 13 and heating, adding 8 to 12 at 80 ° C., emulsifying, adding 14 and 15, then cooling to room temperature, and adding 16 to 18. went.

Product example 5
Preparation of lotion:
A lotion was prepared by the method described in Formulation Example 3 except that fermentation product 3 or 4 was used.

Product example 6
Emulsion preparation:
An emulsion was prepared by the method described in Formulation Example 4 except that fermentation product 3 or 4 was used.

  The fermentation product, which is an active ingredient of the collagen fiber binding ability enhancer of the present invention, has the effect of increasing the amount of proteoglycan such as decorin and dermatopontin, and this proteoglycan promotes the formation of collagen fiber bundles to enhance tissue strength. Is to strengthen.

  Therefore, the collagen fiber bundling ability enhancer of the present invention can be used in a specific tissue such as a ligament, tendon, cartilage, skin, periodontium, etc. whose strength has been reduced due to an accident, disease, etc. It can increase the amount of proteoglycan and restore it to normal collagen tissue, and can be used as a pharmaceutical, an external preparation for skin, a cosmetic, and the like. It can also be used as an additive for increasing the strength of artificially produced tissue for regenerative medicine, which has attracted attention in recent years.

Claims (8)

Coupling ability of collagen fibers used for the repair and / or prevention of strength reduction of living tissues selected from ligaments, tendons, cartilage, dermis of the skin and periodontal tissues, comprising fermented soymilk by Bifidobacterium breve Enhancer.   The collagen fiber bundling ability enhancer according to claim 1, which has a proteoglycan production promoting action.   The collagen fiber bundling ability enhancer according to claim 2, wherein the proteoglycan is decorin and / or dermatopontin.   The agent for enhancing the binding ability of collagen fibers according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which does not substantially promote the production of versican. The collagen fiber bundling ability enhancer according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , which is an emulsion, cream or liquid. The collagen fiber bundling ability enhancer according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which is used for repairing a living tissue selected from ligament, tendon, cartilage and periodontal tissue and / or preventing strength reduction. During the cultivation of regenerated tissue using collagen tissue , repair and / or repair of biological tissue selected from ligaments, tendons, cartilage, dermis of skin and periodontal tissue, comprising fermented soymilk by Bifidobacterium breve as an active ingredient A method for enhancing the strength of regenerated tissue, comprising adding and using a collagen fiber bundling ability enhancer used for prevention of strength reduction . The method for enhancing the strength of a regenerated tissue according to claim 7 , wherein the regenerated tissue using the collagen tissue is artificial skin and / or artificial blood vessel.