A Study on the Neurotransmitters Acting on the Medullospinal Tract Cells Related to the Cardiovascular Activity

심맥관계 활동과 관련있는 연수 척수로 세포에 작용하는 신경흥분전달물질에 대한 연구

  • Seo, Dong-Man (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Ulsan University) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Jeong (Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lim, Won-il (Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Jun (Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Chong-Whan (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University)
  • 서동만 (울산대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 김상정 (서울대학교 의과대학 생리학교실) ;
  • 임원일 (서울대학교 의과대학 생리학교실) ;
  • 김전 (서울대학교 의과대학 생리학교실) ;
  • 김종환 (서울대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실)
  • Published : 1998.05.01

Abstract

The medullospinal tract cells are known to play an important role in the control of the cardiovascular activities. To clarify the modes of action of the neurotransmitters on these cells, glutamate, GABA(${\gamma}$-aminobutyric acid) and bicuculline were applicated iontophoretically into the rostral ventrolateral medulla in adult cats anesthetised with ${\alpha}$-chloralose. Followings are the results obtained : 1. The spontaneous activities of the cardiac-related neurons in rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) were increased by the glutamate and decreased by the GABA. 2. Bicuculline, an antagonist of GABA, alone didn't increase the frequency of the action potentials, but could reverse the cellular response to the GABA, simultaneously applicated. 3. GABA seemed to decrease the peak as well as the basal discharge of the neurons in RVLM, but hardly changed their periodicities. 4. The cellular responses of RVLM evoked by the peripheral nerve stimulation could be inhibited by the iontophoretically released GABA. In conclusion, GABA seemed to act as an inhibitory neurotransmitter on the cardiac- related neurons in RVLM of the cats anesthetized with ${\alpha}$-chloralose. But the maintenance of the periodicities of these cells after the application of bicuculline suggested that the afferent activity of the baroreceptor didn't play a key role in the spontaneous activities of the RVLM neurons.

본 연구는 동맥혈압의 조절에 결정적 역할을 하는 상부연수 복외측부에 존재하는 심맥관계 활동과 관련 있는 신경세포들에 대해 iontophoresis 법으로 투여한 신경흥분전달물질의 작용기전을 규명하고자 하였다. 이를 위해서 $\alpha$-chloralose로 마취한 고양이를 실험동물로 하여 연수의 복외측부에 multibarrel 전극을 삽입하여 심맥관계 활동과 관련 있는 신경세포의 활동을 세포외기록법으로 확인한 후 세포에 iontophoresis법으로 투여한 glutamate, GABA(\ulcorner-aminobutyric acid) 및 bicuculline의 효과를 관찰하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1) 자발적으로 활동전압을 보이지 않는 세포에서 glutamate를 10초 주기로 5초간 iontophoresis할 때 주기적인 세포활동을 기록할 수 있었고 이 활동은 동시에 가한 GABA에 의하여 억제되었다. 2) 자발적으로 활동하고 있는 세포들에 대하여 glutamate를 투여하였을 때 활동전압의 빈도가 증가하였고 GABA에 의해서 억제되었다. 3) GABA억제제인 bicuculline을 단독으로 투여시 활동전압 빈도의 증가는 뚜렷하지 않았으나 GABA와 동시 투여시에는 GABA의 억제작용을 차단하였다. 4) GABA의 작용은 RVLM(rostral ventrolateral medulla) 세포의 주기적 활동과 basal discharge 모두를 감소시켰으나 주기적 양상이 없어진 세포는 드물었다. 5) 말초에 가한 유해자극에 의하여 유발된 신경세포 활동이 GABA에 의하여 억제되었다. 이상의 결과로부터 $\alpha$-chloralose로 마취한 고양이에서 GABA는 RVLM에 존재하는 심맥관계 신경세포들에 대하여 억제적으로 작용하나 bicuculline의 투여후에도 이들 세포들의 주기적 활동이 유지되는 점으로 보아 RVLM세포의 자발적 흥분에 대하여 감압반사의 흥분이 기여하는 바가 크지는 않을 것으로 사료된다.

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