• The Korean Journal of Pharmacology
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.133-141
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• 1987

The effects of verapamil and tetracaine on acetylcholine-and oxytocin-induced contraction of uterus from estrogen-treated rat were examined. Isometric tensions were recorded on the Physiograph and stored in TriGem 20XT computer as digitized data for off-line analysis of the components, which described the contraction patterns: trought tension (T), peak tension (P), contraction frequency (F), and duration (D). In the acetylcholine-induced contraction, verapamil $(0.25\;{\mu}M)$ significantly decreased P and D. In contrast, tetracaine $(42{\mu}M)$ decreased F, but increased D. In the low oxytocin-induced contraction, verapamil $(0.25\;{\mu}M)$ decreased P and D, and tetracaine $(42{\mu}M)$ decreased F but increased D. In the high oxytocin-induced contraction, verapamil decreased P and D, but tetracaine decreased P without affecting on other components. These results suggest that the analysis of effects of a certain inhibitor on the components of contraction allow to postulate its specific inhibitory mechanism of the smooth muscle contraction.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.331-338
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• 1997

최근 동물의 진통 및 진정을 목적으로 널리 사용되고 있는 imidazole 유도체인 clonidine, medetomidine, etomidate 등의 약물과 xylazine의 효과를 발정정지기의 척출 돼지 자궁근에서 검토하였다. Clonidine($10^{-8}{\sim}10^{-6}M$)이나 medetomidine($10^{-8}{\sim}10^{-6}M$)은 xylazine과 비슷한 정도로 용량의존적인 자궁근의 수축을 일으켰다. Clonidine, medetomidine, xylazine 등의 $EC_{50}$는 각각 24.7nM, 19.9nM, 45.1nM이었다. 그러나 etomidate는 $10^{-6}M$ 미만의 농도에서 반응이 거의 없었으며, $10^{-6}M$ 이상에서 수축반응을 일으켰다. 이들 agonists의 효과는 yohimbine($10^{-8}{\sim}10^{-6}M$), idazoxan($10^{-7}{\sim}10^{-5}M$), tolazoline($10^{-7}{\sim}10^{-5}M$) 등의 ${\alpha}_2-adrenoceptor$ antagonists에 의해서 차단되었으나, ${\alpha}_1-adrenoceptor$ antagonist인 prazosin ($10^{-6}M$)에 의해서는 차단되지 않았다. 또한 $Ca^{2+}-free$ medium이나 verapamil($10^{-5}M$)의 전처치에 의해서 이들 agonist의 효과가 완전히 차단되었다. 결론적으로 발정정지기의 돼지 자궁근에서 clonidine, medetomidine, etomidate, xylazine 등은 ${\alpha}_2-adrenoceptors$의 흥분을 통해 자궁근의 수축을 일으키며, 이 효과는 voltage-dependent $Ca^{2+}$ channels을 통한 extracellular $Ca^{2+}$ influx의 증가에 의한 것으로 추론하였다.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.381-385
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• 1993

수의학 및 농업분야에서 널리 사용되고 있는 살충제인 amitraz의 효과를 척출 돼지 자궁근에서 검토하였다. Amitraz($10^{-8}{\sim}10^{-6}M$)는 발정정지기의 자궁근 수축성을 용량의존적으로 증가시켰다. Amitroaz의 이 효과는 yohimbine($10^{-8}{\sim}10^{-7}M$)에 의해 용량의존적으로 차단되었으나, prazosin($10^{-6}M$)에 의해서는 억제되지 않았다. 또한 $Ca^{2+}$-free Tyrode's solution에서나 verapamil($3{\times}10^{-5}M$)의 전처치에 의해서 amitraz의 수축효과는 완전히 억제되었다. 따라서 amitraz에 의한 발정정지기 돼지 자궁근의 수축은 ${\alpha}_2$-adrenoceptor가 중개하며 이 효과는 주로 $Ca^{2+}$ entry blocker에 감수성이 있는 $Ca^{2+}$ channel을 통한 extracellular $Ca^{2+}$ influx의 증가에 의한 것으로 여겨진다.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.17-22
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• 1988

평골근(平滑筋)으로 된 자궁근(子宮筋)은 자동성(自動性)을 가지고 있어서 신경지배(神徑支配)와 관계(關係)없이 근자체(筋自體)로 운동(運動)을 하게 된다. 그러나 이러한 자궁근(子宮筋)의 형태적(形態的) 및 기능적(機能的) 정상상태유지(正常狀態維持)에는 estrogen의 작용(作用)이 불가결(不可缺)한 요소(要素)로 되어 있으며 이 estrogen의 작용(作用)에 의하여 histamine의 자궁근(子宮筋)에 대한 (작용)作用이 수용체(受容體)의 어떤 기전에 의한 것인지를 알기 위하여 본(本) 연구(硏究)는 histamine과 5-hydroxytryptamine 및 이들 길항물질(拮抗物質)들의 자궁근(子宮筋) 운동성(運動性)에 대한 수축(收縮) 및 이완작용(弛緩作用)을 조사(調査)하였다. 자궁근(子宮筋)의 운동성(運動性)은 physiograph를 통(通)해 자궁수축(子宮收縮)의 빈도(頻度)와 크기를 기록하여 아래와 같은 결론(結論)을 얻었다. 1. 5-hydroxytryptamine에 대한 phenoxybenzamine의 억제작용(抑制作用)은 phenoxybenzamine의 길항성(拮抗性)의 결과(結果)이다. 2. histamine은 $H_1$-receptor를 통해서 흰쥐의 자궁평활근(子宮平滑筋)의 운동성(運動性)은 증가(增加)한다. 3. 반면 histamine은 $H_2$-receptor를 통해서는 자궁평활근(子宮平滑筋)의 운동성(運動性)을 이완(弛緩)시켰다. 4. 흰쥐의 자궁근(子官筋)에서 $H_2$-receptor 차단제(遮斷劑)가 $H_1$-receptor 차단제(遮斷劑)의 작용(作用)보다 더욱 강하였다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.359-381
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• 1992

This study was designed to investigate the effect of diazepam on the spontaneous contraction and oxytocin induced contraction of the isolated rat uterus. Female rat(Sprague-Dawley) pretreated with oophorectomy and 4 days administration of estrogen, weighing about 200 g, was sacrificed by cervical dislocation, and the uteruses were isolated. A longitudinal muscle strip was placed in temperature controlled($37^{\circ}C$) muscle chamber containing Locke's solution and myographied isometrically. Diazepam inhibited the spontaneous contraction and oxytocin induced contraction of the isolated rat uterus in a concentration-dependent manner. GABA, muscimol, a GABA A receptor agonist, bicuculline, a competitive GAGA A receptor antagonist, picrotoxin, a non competitive GABA A receptor antagonist, baclofen, a GABA B receptor agonist, and delta-aminovaleric acid, a GABA B receptor antagonist, did not affect on the spontaneous and oxytocin induced contraction of the isolated rat uterus. The inhibitory actions of diazepam on the spontaneous and oxytocin induced contraction were not affected by all the GABA receptor agonists and antagonists, but exceptionally potentiated by bicuculline. This potentiation-effect by bicuculline was not antagonized by muscimol. In normal calcium PSS, addition of calcium restored the spontaneous contraction preinhibited by diazepam and recovered the contractile of oxytocin preinhibited by diazepam. A23187, a calcium inophore, enhanced the restoration of both the spontaneous and oxytocin induced contraction by addition of calcium. In calcium-free PSS, diazepam suppressed the restoration of spontaneous motility by addition of calcium but allowed the recovery of spontaneous motility to a considerable extent. Diazepam could not inhibit some development of contractility by oxytocin in calcium-free PSS, but inhibited the increase in contractility by subsequent addition of calcium. These results suggest that the inhibitory action of diazepam on the rat uterine motility does not depend on or related to GABA receptors and that diazepam inhibits the extracellular calcium influx to suppress the spontaneous and oxytocin induced contractilities.

• Women's Health Nursing
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.109-116
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• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to test effects of music therapy on stress due to preterm labor and uterine contraction in pregnant women with preterm labor. Methods: An experimental research design was used. Participants were 35 pregnant women with preterm labor who were between 20 to 37 weeks of pregnancy: control group (n=18) received only tocolytic drugs, while experimental group (n=17) received additional music therapy. In the experimental group, Traumerei was applied before Non-Stress Test (NST) from the second day to fifth day after admission as music therapy. Results: There was a statistically significant difference in stress due to preterm labor (z=-3.368, p<.001) between the two groups. Conclusion: The music therapy is an effective method for reducing the stress of pregnant women with preterm labor.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.125-137
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• 1984

The effects of external $Ca^{2+}$ ana the inhibition of Na-pump on vanadate-induced contraction in isolated human and rat uterine smooth muscle were studied and the following results were observed. 1) Vanadate induced contraction in rat uterine muscle and showed maximal contraction at concentration of $5{\times}10^{-4}$M, and the contractile response to vanadate was more sensitive in human than rat uterine muscle. 2) Vanadate-induced contraction was not completely inhibited by $Ca^{2+}$ removal from PSS and the response to $Ca^{2+}$ removal was more sensitive in human than rat uterine muscle. 3) Vanadate-induced contraction decreased with increasing concentration of verapamil, but even in the presence of $3{\times}10^{-5}M$ verapamil which inhibited 100 K-induced contraction completely. about 40% of maximal contraction remained, and its amplitude was similar to that of contraction in $Ca^{2+}$-free solution. 4) Vanadate-induced contraction was increased by the inhibition of Na-pump and this increase also could be observed in the presence of $3{\times}10^{-5}M$ verapamil. 5) After pretreatment with $Ca^{2+}$-free PSS containing ouabain Vanadate-induced contraction was not increased, but the contractile response of these tissues to the addition of external $Ca^{2+}$ was remarkably increased in the presence of vanadate. 6) $3{\times}10^{-5}$M verapamil inhibited vanadate-induced $Ca^{45}$ influx completely, but after pretreatment with ouabain vanadate could induce remarkable $Ca^{45}$ influx even in the presence of verapmil. 7) With increasing the time of pretreatment with ouabain or $K^+$-free solution, the degree of increase in contraction by vanadate was more remarkable. 8) $10^{-4}M$ papaverine stowed a considerable inhibition of the increase in the vanadate-induced contraction by pretreatment with ouabain. 9) Acetylcholine-induced contraction increased with lengthening the duration of Na-pump inhibition even in the presence of verapamil. Considering above results it seems that the uterine muscle of human is more sensitive to vanadate than that of rat, and both internal and external $Ca^{2+}$ is utilized in vanadate·induced contraction. In the case of Na-pump inhibition several smooth muscle contracting agents seems to induce $Ca^{2+}$ influx which is not inhibited by verapamil. This $Ca^{2+}$ influx seems to be inhibited by papaverine and to be associated with membrane potential, although its precise characteristics is not certain.

• The Monthly Diabetes
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• s.125
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• pp.40-41
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• 2000

조깅, 서서하는 자전거 운동을 실시할 경우 자궁수축이 일어나기 때문에 운동강도 조절이 필요하며 임신 전에 하던 운동도 임신중에는 운동강도를 조절해야 한다. 운동강도는 최대심박수의 40$\~$60$\%$로 정도가 적절하며 주 3회 정도 하는 것이 바람직하다.

• Korean Journal of Animal Reproduction
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.101-104
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• 1994

The purpose of the present study was to examine the in vivo activity of oxytocin antagonist I (AI)in the nonpregnant estrous rat. Cannulas were placed in the jugular vein for infusing compounds and a water-filled balloon-tipped cannula placed in one uterine horn for assessing uterine activity. Uterine contractions were monitored with a Grass Polygraph and contractile activity determined as the integrated area for 10 minutes. Five minutes after infusing 5 ${\mu}\textrm{g}$ of AI, 100mU of oxytocin was given as an in bolus injection and repeated every hour for 5 hours. At five minutes, 1 and 2 hours after injection AI the uterine contractile response to 100 mU of oxytocin was significantly inhibited compared to controls(p<0.05). At 3, 4 and 5 hours no differences in response were detected compared to controls(p>0.05). These results in conjunction with other reports from our laboratory suggest that AI has the potential of being a potent and specific tocolytic for prevention of preterm labor in humans.

• 가정의 벗
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• v.36 no.10 s.422
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• pp.10-11
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• 2003

골반근육은 방광아래와 직장, 질, 자궁 등을 지탱해준다. 골반 근육이 수축하면 소변과 대변이 새지 않게 되는 것이다. 그러나 여성들은 분만하거나 나이가 들어 근육이 약해지고 처지게 되면 기침을 하거나 뛸때 소변이 새는 요실금을 경험하게 된다.