• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.20-27
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• 2004

It is widely accepted that smooth muscle contraction is triggered by intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ ($[Ca^{2+}]_i$) released from intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ stores such as sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and from the extracellular space, The increased $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ can phosphorylate the 20-kDa myosin light chain ($MLC_{20}$) by activating MLC kinase (MLCK), and this initiates smooth muscle contraction. In addition to the $[Ca^{2+}]_i$-MLCK-tension pathway, a number of intracellular signal molecules, including mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), protein kinase C (PKC), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), and Rho-associated coiled coil-forming protein kinase (ROCK), play important roles in the regulation of smooth muscle contraction. However, the mechanisms regulating contraction of caldesmon (CaD), actin-binding protein, are not entirely elucidated in the presence of $Ca^{2+}$. It is known that CaD tightly interacts with actin and inhibits actomyosin ATPase activity. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the roles of $Ca^{2+}$-dependent CaD in smooth muscle contraction. Endothelin-1 (ET-1), G-protein coupled receptor agonist and vasoconstrictor, increased both vascular smooth contraction and phosphorylation of CaD in the presence of $Ca^{2+}$. These results suggest that ET-1 induces contraction and phosphorylation of CaD in rat aortic smooth muscle, which may he mediated by the increase of $[Ca^{2+}]_i$.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.107-127
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• 2018

Objectives : The present study investigated the anti-obese and blood flow improvement activities of aqueous extracts of ginseng berry (GBe) on the mild diabetic obese mice as compared with metformin. Methods : After end of 56 days of continuous oral administrations of GBe 150, 100 and 50 mg/kg, or metformin 250 mg/kg, anti-obese and blood flow improvement effects - the changes of body weights, body and abdominal fat density by in live dual-energy x-ray absorptionmetry (DEXA), tail bleeding time, prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), serum total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low density lipoprotein (LDL) and high density lipoprotein (HDL) levels, aorta and serum cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), nitric oxide (NO) and endothelin (ET)-1 levels, aorta phosphorylated PI3K (pPI3K), phosphorylated Akt (pAkt) and phosphorylated p38 MAPK (pp38 MAPK) levels were systemically analyzed. In addition, aorta vascular dilation and constriction related gene mRNA expressions - PI3K, Akt, eNOS, p38 MAPK and ET-1 were also analyzed by realtime RT-PCR. Results : The obesity and related blood flow impairment, induced by 84 days of continuous HFD supply, were significantly inhibited by 56 days of continuous oral treatment of GBe 150, 100 and 50mg/kg, dose-dependently, and they also dramatically normalized the changes of the aorta vascular dilation and constriction related gene mRNA expressions, also dose-dependently. Especially, GBe 150 mg/kg constantly showed favorable inhibitory activities against type II diabetes related obesity and vascular disorders through PI3K/Akt pathway and p38 MAPK mediated cGMP, NO and ET-1 expression modulatory activities, as comparable to those of metformin 250 mg/kg in HFD mice. Conclusion : By assessing the key parameters for anti-obese and blood flow improvement activities on the HFD-induced mild diabetic obese mice, the present work demonstrated that GBe 150, 100 and 50 mg/kg showed favorable anti-obese and blood flow improvement effects in HFD-induced type II diabetic mice, through PI3K/Akt pathway and p38 MAPK mediated cGMP, NO and ET-1 expression modulatory activities.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2015

Objectives : Polygoni Multiflori Radix (Jeokhasuo in Korean) is a Oriental traditional herbs widely used in East Asian countries. Overconsumption of fructose results in hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity and impaired glucose tolerance which have documented as a risk of cardiovascular diseases. This experimental study was designed to investigate the beneficial effects of an ethanol extract from Polygoni Multiflori Radix (PMR) in high-fructose (HF) diet-induced metabolic syndrome rat model. Methods : Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were divided into three groups; Control group, receiving regular diet and tap water, HF group, and HF + PMR group both receiving supplemented with 65% fructose (n=10), respectively. The HF + PMR group initially received HF diet with PMR (100 mg/kg/day) for 8 weeks. Results : PMR significantly prevented the metabolic disturbances such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension and impaired glucose tolerance. Chronic treatment with PMR significantly decreased body weight, fat weight and adipocyte size, suggesting a role of anti-obesity effect. PMR led to improve the hyperlipidemia through the increase in HDL cholesterol level as well as the decrease in triglyceride and LDL cholesterol level. In addition, PMR suppressed adhesion molecules and endothelin-1 (ET-1) expression in aorta resulting in the decrease of hypertension. In muscle tissue, PMR significantly recovered the HF-induced insulin resistance through increase of insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1), p-$AMPK{\alpha}1/2$, and p-Akt expression. PMR improved HF-induced metabolic disorders and its action was caused by energy metabolism-mediated insulin signaling activation. Conclusions : These results demonstrate that PMR may be a beneficial therapeutic for metabolic syndrome through the improvement of hyperlipidemia, obesity, insulin resistance and hypertension.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.107-114
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• 2012

Objectives : In this study, we investigated the anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory effects of water extract from leaves of Ligustrum japonicum (WLJ) in db/db mouse. Methods : The db/db mice were treated orally with WLJ (300 mg/kg/day) for 10 weeks to examine the long-term effects on hyperglycemia and glomerular tissue as well as biochemical and functional abnormalities in the kidney. Results : WLJ treatment markedly reduced plasma levels of glucose, triglyceride, creatinine, and systolic blood pressure in diabetic db/db mouse. Treatment of WLJ significantly increased plasma level of high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol. We also found that overexpressions of vascular cellular adhesion molecule (VCAM)-1 and endothelin (ET)-1 were observed in aortic tissue of db/db mouse, whereas, WLJ suppressed both expression of VCAM-1 and ET-1 in aorta. In renal tissue, overexpressions of ICAM-1 and TGF-${\beta}1$ were found in untreated db/db mouse, however, significantly decreased those levels by WLJ treatment. The insulin immunoreactivity of the pancreatic islets remarkably increased in WLJ treated db/db mouse compared with untreated db/db mouse. Taken together, WLJ treatment ameliorated hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia via improvement of insulin secretion and lipid metabolism, respectively. Furthermore, WLJ treatment also ameliorated hypertension via inhibition of inflammatory process in vascular and renal tissues. Conclusions : Ligustrum japonicum has an anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory effects in db/db mouse. Thus, these results suggested a beneficial effect of Ligustrum japonicum in treatment with diabetes and diabetic vasculopathy.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.29-37
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• 2005

저자득은 최근 논의되고 있는 정상체온 체외순환의 임상적 유용성과 생리학적 영향을 규명하기 위해 저체온 체외순환과의 비교 연구를 시행하게 되었다. 대상 및 방법: 심장수술이 계획된 36명의 성인 환자들을 연구목적에 따라 무작위로 중등도 저 체온 체외순환군(이하 저체온군, 비인두 온도$26\~28^{\circ}C,\;n=18)$과 정상체온 체외순환군(이하 정상체온군, 비인두 온도>,$35.5^{\circ}C,\;n=18)$으로 나누었다. 전체 환자들로부터 체외순환 전, 체외순환 중, 체외순환 종료 직후에 각각 혈액을 채취하여 총 백혈구 수, neuron-specific enolase 증가율(NSE), interleukin-6 증가율(IL-6), endothelin-1 (ET-1), cortisol 증가율, troponin I (TNI), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), creatinine, blood urea nitrogen (BUN)을 측정하였다. 그 외 수술 중 소변 배출량, 수술 후 페지수$(PaO_{2}/FiO_{2}),$ 기계호흡 보조시간, 중환자실 치료기간, 합병증, 재원일수 등을 조사하여 양 군 간에 비교 평가하였다 결과: 정상체온군이 저체온군에 비해 심장수술 동안 총 백혈구 수, NSE 증가율, IL-6 증가율, cortisol 증가율은 유의하게 더 높았으나 소변 배출량은 더 낮았다. 또한 기계 호흡 보조 시간, 중환자실 치료기간, 재원일수 역시 정상체온군이 저체온군보다 유의하게 더 길었다. 결론: 저자들의 연구 결과를 볼 때 정질 냉각 심정지액을 이용한 심장 수술 동안 정상체온 체외순환은 중등도저체온 체외순환보다 더 높은 염증 및 스트레스 반응을 유도하여 생리학적으로 유해할 것으로 생각된다. 그러나 좀더 많은 환자 수를 대상으로 한 추가적 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.193-199
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• 1998

To elucidate the mechanism involved in the cerebral vascular spasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), the effects of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained from the SAH patients on the resting tension and its influence on the contractile responses to various vasoactive agents and to hypoxia were investigated in isolated porcine cerebral arteries. All the CSFs containing hemoglobin (Hb) produced contraction and some Hb-free CSFs also elicited contraction. When the Hb-free CSF was separated by microfilter, the filtrate of ＜30,000 MW did not produce contraction, while the fraction above 30,000 MW elicited more marked contractile responses than the unfractionated CSF. The CSF contraction was significantly attenuated in the presence of indomethacin or nimodipine, whereas the contractions induced by KCl, prostaglandin $F_{2{\alpha}}$ ($PGF_{2{\alpha}}$), or endothelin-1 (ET-1) were not affected by the CSF pretreatment. However, the contractile responses induced by 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and phenylephrine (PE) were markedly potentiated by the pretreatment. Hypoxia-induced vasoconstriction was significantly potentiated by the pretreatment with either unfractionated CSF or the CSF fraction of above 30,000 MW. These results suggest that unknown vasocontractile substance(s) exists in the Hb-free CSF and that the substance, with its MW above 30,000, is activated by hypoxia and acts synergistically with 5-HT and PE, and that extracellular calcium influx and cyclooxygenase are also involved in the cerebral vasoconstrictory effect of Hb-free CSF.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.109-116
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• 2009

Purpose: $17\beta$-estradiol is the most active endogenous estrogen, which is related to favorable changes in the plasma lipid profile, to relaxation of the coronary vessels, and to a decrease in platelet aggregation and vascular smooth muscle cell migration. However, although the beneficial effect of estrogens on plasma lipoproteins (ie, lowering low-density lipoprotein and increasing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) contributes to cardiovascular protection, it does not fully account for the protective effect, particularly in the application of physical therapy, including low frequency electrical stimulation. Methods: The aim of this study was to demonstrate the inhibition of stressors, such as endothelin-1 (ET-1), serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT), prostaglandin $F2\alpha$ ($PGF2\alpha$), and a protein kinase C (PKC) activator 12-deoxyphorbol 13-isobutyrate (DPB), induced isometric tension by $17\beta$-estradiol in vascular smooth muscle strips, respectively. In addition, the effects of low frequency electrical stimulation at the meridian points (CV-3, -4, Ki-12, SP-6, LR-3, BL-25, -28, -32, -52) on the indirect antihypertensive effect were examined by monitoring the changes in the serum $17\beta$-estradiol concentration in healthy volunteers. Results: Isometric tension analysis showed that the responses of inhibited tension by $17\beta$-estradiol were similar to the same stressors in rat aortic smooth muscle strips. Furthermore, although the continued amplitude modulation (AM) type of electrical stimulation was not increased significantly by electrical stimulation, the current of the frequency modulation (FM) type of low frequency electrical stimulation increased the serum $17\beta$-estradiol concentration in normal volunteers. Conclusion: These results, in part, suggest that $17\beta$-estradiol has the capacity to supress stressor-induced muscle tension, and electrical stimulation, particularly current of the FM type, has a modulatory effect on the sex steroid hormones, particularly $17\beta$-estradiol, in healthy volunteers.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.375-383
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• 2014

본 연구는 복분자 완숙과 50% 에탄올 추출물을 이용하여 인간제대정맥내피세포주(HUVEC)에서 복분자 추출물이 NO의 생성에 미치는 영향과 ACE 단백질 발현을 조사하였으며, 본태성 고혈압 흰쥐(SHR)에서 혈압강하 효과 및 혈압의 조절과 관련 깊은 인자들(renin, AT1-R, ET-1, IL-6)의 유전자 발현 그리고 혈관조직의 변화를 조사하였다. 그 결과 복분자 완숙과 50% 에탄올 추출물은 HUVEC 세포주에서 NO의 생성을 촉진하였으며 혈관수축활성을 가지는 ACE 단백질의 발현을 억제하였고 본태성 고혈압 흰쥐에게 복분자 완숙과 에탄올 50% 추출물을 8주간 투여한 결과 혈액 내 ACE의 활성이 억제되었으며 renin 및 혈관 수축인자인 ET-1 유전자의 발현이 억제되고 염증관련 유전자인 IL-6의 발현이 억제됨을 확인하였다. 그리고 신세동맥의 두께 및 심근 호산성세포수를 감소시켜 혈관내피세포의 손상을 보호하며 심장의 병변을 경감시키는 효과가 있음을 확인하였다. 본 연구 결과 복분자 완숙과 추출물은 혈압 조절과 연관된 단백질 및 유전자의 발현과 활성을 조절하고, 혈관의 두께 및 심근의 변성을 감소시켜 혈압 강하에 도움이 되는 것으로 나타났으며 향후 심혈관계 질환을 개선시킬 수 있는 식품소재로서의 가능성이 있음을 확인하였다.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.745-758
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• 2001

The purpose of study to phenomenological examine and the mechanism regarding the gene(DNA, RNA, Protein) and sports to studied, analyzed. and evaluated. This review considers the evidence for genetic effects in several determinants of endurance performance and resistance performance, namely: body measurements and physique, body fat pulmonary functions, cardiac and circulatory functions, muscle characteristics. substrate utilization, maximal aerobic power and other. Moreover, the response to aerobic training of indicators aerobic work metabolism and endurance performance is reviewed, with emphasis on the specificity of the response and the individual differences observed in training ability. This study indicate that improvement of 'Enhancer Action' in RNA genes changed by exercise or sports. Moreover exercise was effect on Central Dogma with DNA makes RNA makes Protein. and think that occurred with exercise influence on skeletal muscle into cell have to Myosin Heavy Chain (MHC) changed was after exercise performance, which accompanied into skeletal muscle that were exercise-induces gene-modulation that is, take gene mutations. This study known that existed hormone(epinephrine)-immune system with interaction. Exercise were altered insulin binding and MAP Kinase signaling increased into immune cells. This review suggested that the high rate of glutamine utilization by cells of the immune system serves to maintain a high intra cellular concentration of the intermediates of biosynthetic pathways such that optimal rates of DNA, RNA and protein synthesis can be maintained. In the absence of glutamine, lymphocytes do not proliferate in vitro: proliferation increase greatly as the glutamine concentration increase. Glutamine is synthesized in skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscle and plasma glutamine levels are lowered by sepsis, injury, bums, surgery and endurance exercise and in the overtrained athlete. The study of result show that production of ET-1 is markedly increased tissue specifically in the heart by exercise without appreciable changes in endothelin-converting enzyme and endothelial receptor expressions, suggest that myocardial ET-1 may participate in modulation of cardiac function during exercise. Conclusionally, this study indicate that improvement of 'Enhancer Action' in RNA genes changed by exercise or sports. Moreover exercise was effect on Central Dogma with DNA makes RNA makes Protein. This study is expected to contribute the area of sports science, medicine, hereafter more effort is required to establish the relation between gene alters and exercise amount.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1493-1498
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• 2008

본 연구는 심폐바이패스를 이용한 성인 심장수술 시 수술 후 환자의 회복 결과에 영향을 미치는 인자들을 규명하기 위해 시행하였다. 성인 심장수술 환자 32명을 대상으로 하여 연구하였다. 심장수술 시 밸혈구 수, GOT, troponin-I (cTNI), interleukin-6 (IL-6), endothelin-1 (ET-1), D-dimer, neuron-specific enolase (NSE) 등의 혈장농도는 유의하게 증가한데 비해 혈소판 수는 감소하였다. 수술 직후 GOT 및 D-dimer 농도와 24 시간 및 총출혈량, 기계호흡보조 시간, 중환자실 치료기간, 재원일수와 각각 양의 상관성이 있었다. 혈소판 수와 기계호흡보조 시간, 중환자실 치료기간, 재원일수와 각각 음의 상관관계가 있었다. Creatinine 농도와 기계호흡보조 시간, 중환자실 치료기간 사이에 양의 상관성이 있었다. NSE 농도와 24 시간 출혈량 사이에 양의 상관관계를 보였다. cTNI 농도와 재원일수 간에 양의 상관성이 있었다. 대동맥 교차차단 및 총심폐바이패스 실시 시간과 24 시간 및 총 출혈량, 재원일수 사이에 양의 상관관계를 나타내었다. 결론적으로 본 연구의 결과들은 심폐바이패스를 적용한 성인 심장수술 시 수술 후 환자의 결과와 회복에 영향을 미치는 가장 중요한 변수는 수술 종료 직후(CPB-off)의 GOT, BUN, creatinine, D-dimer 등의 농도와 혈소판 수임을 시사하고 있다.