• 상하수도학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.141-148
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• 2012

시멘트를 이용한 고형화/안정화의 여러 기작 중 시멘트 페이스트의 구성물인 monosulfate와 ettringite에 초점을 맞춰 이들을 각 각 합성하고 인공비소폐수에서의 비소 제거 실험을 실시했다. 소성과 중탕 과정을 거쳐 $Ca^{2+}$와 $Al^{3+}$이 mainlayer를 이루고 있으며, $SO_4^{2-}$가 interlayer에 삽입되어 있는 CaAl-monosulfate와 $Ca^{2+}$와 $Al^{3+}$가 column형태의 구조로, $SO_4^{2-}$가 channel형태로 구성되어 있는 CaAl-ettringite를 합성했다. 순수하게 합성된 시료로 1.335 mmol/L As(V) 농도의 수용액을 각각 0.054 mmol/L As(V)와 0.300 mmol/L As(V)까지 감소시켰다. PXRD와 FESEM을 이용하여 반응 전 후의 시료 결정 구조와 상 분석을 행함으로써 이온교환에 의해 인공비소폐수의 비소가 제거 된 것을 알 수 있었다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.223-228
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• 2013

The calcium-activated $K^+$ ($BK_{Ca}$) channel is one of the potassium-selective ion channels that are present in the nervous and vascular systems. $Ca^{2+}$ is the main regulator of $BK_{Ca}$ channel activation. The $BK_{Ca}$ channel contains two high affinity $Ca^{2+}$ binding sites, namely, regulators of $K^+$ conductance, RCK1 and the $Ca^{2+}$ bowl. Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA, 1-radyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphate) is one of the neurolipids. LPA affects diverse cellular functions on many cell types through G protein-coupled LPA receptor subtypes. The activation of LPA receptors induces transient elevation of intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ levels through diverse G proteins such as $G{\alpha}_{q/11}$, $G{\alpha}_i$, $G{\alpha}_{12/13}$, and $G{\alpha}s$ and the related signal transduction pathway. In the present study, we examined LPA effects on $BK_{Ca}$ channel activity expressed in Xenopus oocytes, which are known to endogenously express the LPA receptor. Treatment with LPA induced a large outward current in a reversible and concentration-dependent manner. However, repeated treatment with LPA induced a rapid desensitization, and the LPA receptor antagonist Ki16425 blocked LPA action. LPA-mediated $BK_{Ca}$ channel activation was also attenuated by the PLC inhibitor U-73122, $IP_3$ inhibitor 2-APB, $Ca^{2+}$ chelator BAPTA, or PKC inhibitor calphostin. In addition, mutations in RCK1 and RCK2 also attenuated LPA-mediated $BK_{Ca}$ channel activation. The present study indicates that LPA-mediated activation of the $BK_{Ca}$ channel is achieved through the PLC, $IP_3$, $Ca^{2+}$, and PKC pathway and that LPA-mediated activation of the $BK_{Ca}$ channel could be one of the biological effects of LPA in the nervous and vascular systems.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.620-625
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 ICP-DRC/MS를 이용하여 비소(arsenic) 분석의 주요 방해물질인 $^{40}Ar^{35}Cl^+$과 $^{40}Ca^{35}Cl^+$에 의한 간섭의 영향 없이 극미량의 비소를 간편하고 신속하게 측정할 수 있는 방법을 제시하였다. 즉, 반응기체로 산소($O_2$)를 dynamic reaction cell에 도입하여 플라즈마 기체 내부에서 생성된 비소이온($As^+$)과 반응시켜 $AsO^+$를 생성시킨 후 m/z=91을 검출함으로써 기존의 m/z=75($As^+$) 검출방법에 비해 우수한 재현성과 검출한계를 얻을 수 있었다. 반응기체($O_2$)의 양은 0.5 mL/min 일 때 최적조건으로 나타났으며, 검출한계는 $0.02{\mu}g/L$, 정확도(RSD)는 3.4%, 회수율은 96%로 나타났다. 이 분석방법으로 서울시 한강 팔당 본류 유입 지류천에서 채취된 시료 중의 비소를 분석한 결과, $0.53{\sim}1.26{\mu}g/L$의 농도로 나타났으며 우수한 재현성을 나타냈다. 또한 이 방법은 다량의 염소(Cl)나 칼슘(Ca)을 함유한 해수, 식품, 하수 및 폐수 중의 비소 분석에도 유용하게 적용될 수 있으리라 기대된다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.3-12
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• 2001

본 시험은 제주지역 화산회토에서 pressure-vacuum soil water sampler를 이용하여 시비 양분의 토양깊이별 이동상태를 조사하기 위하여 실시하였다. lysimeter(single chamber : model SW-071)를 각각 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120cm의 깊이에 매설한 후 전작물로는 옥수수, 후작물로는 감자를 재배하면서 강우시 침투수를 채수하여 pH및 양, 음이온의 농도를 조사하였다. 시비량은 질소-인산-가리를 옥수수는 36-30-30kg씩, 감자는 28-22-24kg씩 각각 파종전에 시용하였다. 채취한 침투수중 Cl, $NO_3$-N, $Ca^{+2}$, $K^{+}$의 평균농도는 시비 1개월 후에 20~40cm 깊이에서 급격하게 높아진 후 농도가 점차 낮아지면서 심토층으로의 하향 이동이 계속되어 5개월 후에는 시험 전 토양과 비슷한 수준이 되었다. 심토층(120cm)에서의 $NO_3$-N은 시비 1~l.5개월 후 그 농도가 가장 높았고, 다른 양이온도 비슷한 경향을 보였다. 용탈수의 PH와 $NO_3$-N은 부의 상관을 보였고, $NO_3$-N과 양이온간에는 고도의 정의 상관을 보여 $NO_3$-N이 표토에서 심토층으로 하향이동시 $Ca^{+2}$, $K^{+}$, $Mg^{+2}$ 등의 양이온도 동반용탈되는 것으로 조사되었다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.57-68
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• 1995

Precipitation samples were collected by a wet-only automatic acid precipitation sampler at Kangwha island on the western coast in Korea, through January until December 1992. pH, electric conductivity and the concentrations of major water-soluble ion components such as N $H_{4}$$^{+}$, $Ca^{2+}$, $K^{+}$, $Mg^{2+}$, N $a^{+}$, N $O_{3}$$^{[-10]}$ , S $O_{4}$$^{2-}$ and C $l^{[-10]}$ were measured. From the result of checking the validity for assesment of pollution level of precipitation samples by pH using correlation analysis between pH and major components, and t-test of chemical composition between acid rain and non-acid rain, pH proved to be not satisfactory for its pillution level. A more comprehensive method is therefore required. In order to estimate the monthly analytical result of chemical composition of precipitation samples comprehensively, a cluster analysis was used among the various multivariate statistical analysis. As a result of making a cluster analysis for separating the monthly precipitation samples into homogeneous patterns by setting the concentrations of nine major water-soluble ion components as a variable, three homogeneous patterns were obtained. The first pattern was a group of months having average ion concentrations, the second a guoup of months having low ion concentration, and the third a group of months having high ion concentrations. Thus, it was indicated that the pollution level of precipitation was higher on February and lower on May, June, August and September than the other months. As a result, this analysis method could be estimated the chemical coposition of precipitation regionally as well as monthly.monthly.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.789-804
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• 2017

본 논문은 염(NaCl) 처리 시 눈개승마의 생육과 생리활성에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 0, 100, 200, 300 mM의 농도로 염 처리를 하였다. 처리 30일 후 초장, 엽폭, 엽장 및 무기 이온 함량을 측정하여 생육에 미치는 영향을 조사하였고 생리활성에 미치는 영향을 확인하기 위해 항산화 활성 및 염증 생성 물질인 NO 생산량을 측정하였다. 그 결과, 염 처리 시 대조구에 비하여 생육 저하되었으며 염 농도 100, 200, 300 mM 처리구 간의 차이는 뚜렷하게 나타나지 않았다. 무기이온 함량은 염 처리시 $Na^+$의 함량은 증가하였고 $K^+$의 함량은 감소하였으며 $Ca^{2+}$ 함량은 염 처리 시 대조구에 비해 증가하였고 $Mg^{2+}$ 함량에서는 차이를 보이지 않았으나, 100 mM 이상의 농도에서는 $Na^+$ 함량이 현저하게 증가됨에 따라 식물 생장에 불리한 $K^+/Na^+$, $Ca^{2+}/Na^+$, $Mg^{2+}/Na^+$ 비를 초래하였다. 총 폴리페놀 함량과 플라보노이드 함량은 100 mM 이상의 염 농도에서 모두 감소하였으며 염 농도가 증가함에 따라 감소하는 경향을 보였다. DPPH, ABTS radical 소거활성 및 환원력에서도 대조구에 비해 염 처리농도가 증가함에 따라 감소하였다. 염 처리 시 눈개승마의 마우스 대식세포 Raw 264.7 cell에서의 세포독성 및 항염증 활성에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 CCK assay와 염증 생성 물질인 NO 생산량을 측정한 결과, 염 처리구에서 모두 100% 이상의 생존율을 보여 세포독성이 없음을 확인하였다. 또한, NO 생산량의 경우 항산화 활성의 경향과 마찬가지로 대조구에 비해 100 mM 이상의 염 처리구에서 NO 생산 억제 활성이 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 따라서, 염 처리시 100 mM 이상의 농도에서 눈개승마의 생육과 항산화, 항염증 활성이 저하됨을 확인하였으며, 이는 염 스트레스로 인해 생장과 생리활성 저하를 유발된 것으로 생각된다. 따라서, 눈개승마의 경우 100 mM 미만의 농도에서 생육 및 생리활성 유지에 적합한 조건을 확립하기 위한 추가 연구가 이루어져야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.105-116
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• 1992

The present study was examined to clarify the role of calcium ion as a factor for the maturation of mouse oocytes. Follicles and cumulus-enclosed oocytes were isolated with two sharp needles under a stereomicroscope from female mouse (ICR) ovaries which were treated PMSG 5 IU 45-46 hours previously. Isolated follicles and cumulus-enclosed oocytes were cultured for 14-16 hours in an organ culture system at $37^{\circ}C$, 5% $CO_2$ in air and 100% humudified in incubator. MHBS was the basic medium used from which A23187, verapamil, $NiCl_{2.}$ $6H_2O$ and $LaCl_{3.}$ $7H_2O$ were added depending on the experimental groups. In follicle- or cumulus-enclosed oocytes wre cultured in these differently treated media. Following results were obtained from the present study. 1. The calcium ionophore A23187 directly or indirectly seems to stimulate GVBD of follicle-enclosed mouse oocytes. Increasing concentration of ionophore A23187 1ed to an increase in oocytes degeneration from the cumulus-enclosed mouse oocytes. 2. The organic $Ca^{++}$ channel blocker, verapamil does not induce GVBD of follicle-enclosed mouse oocytes. Specially, higher dose of 1 mM verapamil induced GVBD of follicle-enclosed mouse oocytes. However, cytoplasm of GVBD oocytes in 1 mM verapamil treated groups appeared shrunk. In the cumulus-enclosed oocytes, polar body formation was reduced in verapamil treated groups and degeneration increased. Verapamil inhibit oocyte maturation (polar body formation). 3. The $Ca^{++}$ inhibitor, Nickel ($NiCl_{2.}$ $6H_2O$) inhibits maturation of the follicle-enclosed oocytes. In the cumulus-enclosed oocytes the progression to MII (PB formation) was reduced and degeneration of mouse oocytes increased as the concentration of $Ni^{++}$ increase. The results indicates that nickel act as an inhibitor of calcium. 4. The $Ca^{++}$ inhibitors, Lanthanum ($LaCl_{3.}$ $7H_2O$) has shown different effect from that of nickel. In follicle-enclosed oocytes, 0.01mM lanthanum induced maturation of mouse oocytes. Polar body formation was reduced in the cumulus-enclosed oocytes all lanthanum treated group.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.13-29
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• 1988

In order to elucidate the regulatory mechanism of intracellular calcium ion concentrations, contractions or contractures induced by $Na^{+}-removal$, calcium-application or ouabain-treatment as an index of $Na^+/Ca^{2+}$ exchange activity were studied in atrial muscle or vascular smooth muscle (aorta and renal artery) of the rabbit. The magnitude of low sodium contractures in atrial trabeculae increased with sigmoid shape when external sodium concentrations were reduced to sodium-free condition, whereas that of calcium contracture intensified in a parabolic pattern when external calcium concentrations were elevated to 8 mM. $Na^{+}-removal$ contractures were induced in a duration-dependent manner to $K^{+}-free$ exposure and same findings were observed with ouabain treatment. $Na^{+}-free$ contractures were not affected by verapamil treatment, but stimulated by $100{\mu}M\;Mn^{2+}$ and inhibited by high concentrations of $Mn^{2+}\;(2{\sim}8mM)$ in a dose-dependent manner. Ryanodine which is known to suppress the release of calcium from internal store abolished spontaneous twitch contractions induced by $K^{+}-free$ solution, but had no effect on the development $Na^{+}-free$ contractures. Na-free contractures were not always induced in vascular smooth muscle preparations. Contractures by $O\;mM\;Na^+$ were usually seen in aorta, but not often in renal artery.$50\;mM\;K^+$, noradrenaline (NA) and angiotensin II (AII) always evoked very large contraction in all preparations of vascular smooth muscle. Contractures developed by $O\;mM\;Na^+$ were not sensitive to verapamil treatment as in atrial trabeculae, but were abolished by $100{\mu}M\;Mn^{2+}$. In contrast to $Na^{+}-free$ contractures, $Mn^{2+}(100{\mu}M)$ had no effect on the contractures induced by NA or 50 mM$K^+$. Caffeine in the concentration of 10 mM evoked transient contracture in the distal renal artery. The rate of spontaneous relaxation in caffeine contracture was dependent upon the concentrations of external sodium, and had double component of relaxation when the rate of relaxation was plotted in the semilogarithmic scale of relative tension versus time. Especially late components of relaxation had more direct relation to $Na^+$ concentrations. It could be concluded that $Na^+/Ca^{2+}$ exchange mechanism in the heart has a large capacity, inhibited by $Mn^{2+}$ but not by verapamil and ryanodine, while $Na^+/Ca^{2+}$ exchange system in vascular smooth muscle has a very low capacity especially in small artery, inhibited by low concentration of $Mn^{2+}\;(100{\mu}M)$ but not affected by verapamil and ryanodine.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.550-555
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• 2012

TRPA1 and TRPV1 are members of the TRP superfamily of structurally related, nonselective cation channels. TRPA1 and TRPV1 are often co-expressed in sensory neurons and play an important role in somatosense such as cold, pain, and irritants. The first leaves of Kalopanax pictus Nakai (Araliaceae) have long been used as a culinary ingredient in Korea because of their unique chemesthetic flavor. In this study, we observed the intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ response to cultured cells expressing human TRPA1 (hTRPA1) and human TRPV1 (hTRPV1) by $Ca^{2+}$ imaging analysis to investigate the ability of the first leaves of K. pictus to activate the hTRPA1 and hTRPV1. An 80% ethanol extract of K. pictus (KPEx) increased intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ influx in a response time- and concentration-dependent manner via either hTRPA1 or hTRPV1. KPEx-induced response to hTRPA1 was markedly attenuated by ruthenium red, a general blocker of TRP channels, and HC-030031, a specific antagonist of TRPA1. In addition, the intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ influx attained with KPEx to hTRPV1 was mostly blocked by ruthenium red, and capsazepine, a specific antagonist of TRPV1. These results indicate that KPEx selectively activates both hTRPA1 and hTRPV1, which may provide evidence that the first leaves of K. pictus primarily activate TRPA1 and TRPV1 to induce their unique chemesthetic sense.

• 한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물물리학회 2003년도 정기총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.46-46
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• 2003

Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix has been used for treatment of cardiovascular diseases in oriental medicine. To investigate the possible involvement of cardiac ion channel in this effect, we examined electrophysiological effects of the extract of Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix on action potentials and ionic currents in rat ventricular myocytes. The extracts of Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix were fractionated into nine fractions, and the effect of each fraction on action potential was tested. The fraction containing monomethyl lithospermic acid-A (LSA-A) induced a significant prolongation of action potential duration (APD). LSA-B which is a major component of Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix, however, did not cause a significant effect. In voltage clamp experiments, the effects of LSA-A on K currents, Ca currents and Na currents were tested. Neither K currents nor L-type Ca currents were affected by LSA-A. On the contrary, LSA-A significantly slowed down the inactivation kinetics of the Na current with no effect on the fast component of the inactivation process. The amplitude of the peak current and the voltage-dependence of activation were not changed by LSA-A. The effect of LSA-A on Na current was abolished when high concentration of $Ca^{2+}$ buffer (10 mM BAPTA) was included in the pipette solution or when Ca2+ current was blocked by nicardipine (1 $\mu$M) in the bath solution.n.