• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.261-266
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• 2021

This study aim to report 4 cases with chronic abdominal pain whose symptoms are alleviated by Sihogyeji-tanggagam with Korean medicine treatments. The patients were decided to administer Sihogyeji-tanggagam through abdominal examination. The patients were treated by Korean medicine, including acupuncture, moxibustion, and herbal medicine (Sihogyeji-tanggagam). We used Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS), Abdominal examination, Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and Subjective Unit of Clinical Symptoms to evaluate the progress of treatments. The improvement of clinical symptoms appeared to be effective with out any remarkable side effects. The abdominal pain of all patients stared to improve as soon as treatment begin, and disappeared in 1-2 weeks. We also confirmed that the abdominal symptoms improved together with the improvement of clinical symptoms. This study suggests that Sihogyeji-tanggagam is effective on reducing symptoms of chronic abdominal pain, but further studies should be followed.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.39-49
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• 1990

bombesin의 생물학적 활성중 하나는 위장관의 평활근을 수축시키는 작용이다. 그러므로, 본 실험에서는 bombesin이 위장관의 운동성과 관계가 깊은 평활근의 전기적 활동에 미치는 영향과 신경기전을 밝히고자 하였다. 고양이 60마리로부터 urethane마취하에 위를 적출한 다음 대만 쪽에서 체부와 유문부가 포함된 평활근 절편을 얻었으며 또한 체부에서 윤상근 절편을 얻었다. 평활근 절편을 Krebs-Ringer 용액으로 채워진 기록용기에 넣고 Ag-AgCl전극을 사용하여 체부와 유문부에서 서파를 기록하는 한편 윤상근 절편의 자발적 수축을 기록하였다. 기록용기 속의 용액에는 5% $Co_{2}$를 내포한 $O_{2}$를 계속 공급하였으며, 용액의 온도는 $36^{\circ}C$가 유지되도록 하였다. 기록용기 속에서 1시간 동안 안정시킨 다음 서파빈도와 수축빈도가 일정하여지면 bombesin과 그 유도체, substance P와 그 유도체 그리고 몇가지 종류의 신경차단제를 각각 투여하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1) bombesin은 $10^{-9}\;M$에서부터 $3\;{\times}\;10^{-8}\;M$ 사이의 농도에서 서파빈도와 수축빈도를 농도-의존적으로 증가시켰다. 2) bombesin 유도체인 $D-leu^{13}-{\psi}\;(CH_{2}NH)-D-leu^{14}-bombesin$은 서파빈도를 증가시키는 bombesin의 작용을 억제하였다. 3) 서파빈도를 증가시키는 bombesin의 작용에 대하여 tetrodotoxin과 hexamethonium은 억제적으로 작용하였으나 atropine, phentolamine 그리고 propranolol은 이렇다할 영향을 비치지 않았다. 4) 서파빈도를 증가시키는 bombesin의 작용에 대하여 substance P 유도체인 $D-pro^{2}-D-trp^{7,9}-substance\;P$는 억제적으로 작용하였다. 5) sunstance P 자체는 서파빈도에는 영향을 미치지 않았다. 이상의 결과로 보아 (1) bombesin은 적출한 고양이 위 평활근의 서파빈도와 체부 윤상근의 수축빈도를 증가시키며, (2) bombesin은 신경-근 연접에서 acetylcholine이나 noradrenalin을 신경전달물질로 사용하지 않는 내원성 신경을 거쳐 서파빈도를 증가시키는 것으로 생각된다. (3) 그러나, bombesin이 서파의 발생빈도를 증가시키는 과정에 substance P를 신경전달물질로 사용하는 신경이 개재하는 것 같지는 않았다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.23-31
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• 1973

Numerous factors concern with the absorption of substances through the membrane of the gastrointestinal tract. To simplify the experimental condition, present work has been restricted to observe the disappearance rate of substance from the intestinal loop which was made in the jejunum, 70 cm apart from the pylorus of the adult rabbit. The purpose of the study is to clarify the absorption of urea through the jejunal wall is solely attributable to the concentration difference between the luminal fluid and plasma, and to observe the effect of adding red pepper upon the rate of absorption. The rabbits were anesthetized with nembutal, 35mg/kg I.V. Jejunal loop was made by ligating at 2 spots, 70 cm and 80cm apart from the pylorus. After rinsing with normal saline solution through the polyethylene tubing inserted from the end of the loop, 8 ml of test solution was placed through the same tubing. The test solution contained 200 mg% of urea and 150mg% of polyethylene glycol(M.W. 4,000) in normal saline solution. Right after placing the test solution the first specimen was taken through the tubing, and successive samplings were performed at 5, 10, 20, and 30 minutes. Logarithm of the difference of urea concentration between the luminal fluid and plasma was plotted against time elapsed after the onset of the experiment. If straight line is revealed, it would verify the nature of transport mechanism as diffusion, obeying the Fick's principle. The concentration of polyethylene glycol (PEG) was also measured in order to examine the change in the volume. PEG was used as the marker substance because it is not absorbable in the intestinal tract. Consequently the concentration of PEG relates inversely to the volume of the loop. Instantaneous concentration of urea in the loop times the volume will give the amount of urea remaining in the luminal fluid. The change in the amount of any substance is directly relate to the volume of the compartment and differs from the change in the concentration which is independent of the volume. After completion of the experiment without red pepper, it was added in the test solution and was centrifuged after thorough mixing. Supernatant of the mixture was placed in the loop and similar sampling were performed with the same time intervals that of previous run in order to observe the effects of the red pepper on the passive transport of the water soluble small substance, urea. The results obtained were as follows: 1. Logarithm of the concentration difference of urea between the luminal fluid and plasma was diminished exponentially as time elapsed. The decay constant in the experiment without red pepper was 0.0563/min. By adding red pepper in the test solution as much as the concentration rose to 4,000 mg% and 8,000 mg%, the decay constants were lowered to 0.0493/min and to 0.0506/min, respectively. The time interval by which the concentration difference dropped to one half of the initial value was prolonged. Without red pepper the half concentration time was 13.30 minutes, and by adding extract of red pepper, 15.31 minutes and 15.71 minutes were revealed. 2. The profile of the diminishing rate of tile amount of urea was quite different from that of the concentration because of the change in the volume of the loop during the observed period. 3. By adding the extract of red pepper, it slowed down the rate of absorption of urea in the intestinal loop, suggesting an increase in the diffusional barrier. 4. Larger dosage of red pepper brought an increase in the secretion of intestinal fluid with concomitant expansion of the luminal volume, and the retardation of the absorption of urea was noticed. This effect was largely dependent on the sensitivity of the individual animal to the red pepper, extract. The amount of urea remained after 10 minutes interval was 55.5% of the initial amount in the experiment without red pepper. On the other hand it was not consistent after administration of red pepper, showing 50.6% and 66.5% of the initial figures by adding 400 mg and 800 mg of red pepper in the test solution, respectively. It was postulated that symptom of diarrhea often encountered by taking a hot (red pepper) food might be attributable to the increase of secretion and the retardation of absorption in the intestinal tract.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 1986

췌장의 분비기능에 대한 자율신경계의 영향은 이미 잘 알려져있다. 그러나 자율신경계를 거쳐 위장계의 기능을 조절하는 중추신경계가 췌장의 분비기능에 미치는 영향은 아직 알려져 있지 않다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 자율신경계의 작용을 통합하는 기능을 지닌 것으로 여겨지는 중뇌의 망상체가 췌장의 분비기능에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 24시간 절식시킨 흰쥐 22마리를 urethane으로 마취하고 췌장액을 채취하기 위하여 췌장관에 가는 관을 삽입하였으며 담즙은 공장으로 우회시켰다. 또한 위액이 십이지장으로 넘어오지 못하도록 위-십이지장 연결부를 결찰하였다. 뇌정위 고정장치를 이용하여 중뇌의 망상체에 양측성으로 전극을 삽입하였다. 10분간에 흘러나오는 췌장액의 분비량이 일정하게 되었을때 전기자극 발생장치에서 얻어지는 1.3 V, 40Hz, 2msec의 전기자극을 이미 삽입한 전극을 통하여 망상체에 10분간 가하였다. 이어서 경부에서 미주신경을 양측성으로 절단하거나 또는 ${\beta}-adrenoceptor$의 길항체인 propranolol을 0.1mg/kg되게 경정맥을 통하여 주입하였으며, 10분이 경과한 다음에 망상체의 전기자극을 반복하였다. 이상의 실험이 끝나면 10% formalinedyddor을 심장을 통하여 관류하여 뇌를 고정하였으며 후에 전극의 위치를 조직학적으로 확인하였다. 채취한 췌장액으로부터 단백질 분비량과 amylase 분비량을 측정하였다. 중뇌의 망상체를 전기자극하면 췌장액의 분비량$({\mu}l/10min)$, 단백질분비량$({\mu}g/10min)$ 그리고 amylase분비량(U/10min) 모두가 유의하게 증가하였다. 이러한 망상체의 자극효과는 미주신경의 절단에 의하여서는 아무런 영향을 받지 않았으나 propranolol의 투여에 의하여서는 완전히 억제되었다. 또한 미주신경의 절단과 propranolol의 투여에 의하여 췌장의 분비기능이 유의하게 감소함을 관찰하겠다. 이상의 결과로 미루어보아 마취된 흰쥐에서 중뇌의 망상체는 췌장의 분비기능에 촉진적인 영향을 미치며, 이러한 영향은 교감신경계의 ${\beta}-receptor$를 거쳐 일어나는 것으로 생각된다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.219-228
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• 2016

The aim of this study was to collect and analyze the clinical studies of traditional herbal medicine and acupuncture treatments for colorectal cancer patients searched in Pubmed and Cochrane library in English. We collected the clinical studies, including randomized controlled trial, case control study and cohort study, in the PubMed and Cochrane library using keywords 'Colorectal Cancer', 'Korean Medicine', 'Traditional Chinese Medicine', 'Kampo' and 'Acupuncture'. Then we analyzed them according to the objective of the therapy, i.e. improving therapy prognosis, reducing chemotherapy's adverse event and reducing operational adverse event. In case RCT, we evaluate the quality of the study with jadad scale. Total 18 studies were selected. There were 3 studies about improving therapy prognosis, 6 studies about reducing chemotherapy's adverse event and 9 studies about reducing operational adverse event. Traditional medicine might improve therapy prognosis in terms of the survival rate, relapse/metastasis rate, quality of life and immune function. The specific herbal formula, 'Goshajinkigan' might not be successful about reducing chemotherapy's adverse event, peripheral neurotoxicity. 'Hangeshanshinto' might reduce the duration of oral mucositis but it is not clear to reduce the incidence of that. 'PHY906' might reduce the incidence of diarrhea. Acupuncture might reduce operational adverse event such as gastrointestinal dysfunction and pain. And 'Daikenchuto' might not be successful in reducing operational adverse event, gastrointestinal dysfunction. Further studies are needed to clarify the efficacy of traditional herbal medicine and acupuncture for colorectal cancer patients.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.185-191
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• 2020

Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) are known as the pacemaker cells of gastrointestinal tract, and it has been reported that acute gastroenteritis induces intestinal dysmotility through antibody to vinculin, a cytoskeletal protein in gut, resulting in small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, so that anti-vinculin antibody can be used as a biomarker for irritable bowel syndrome. This study aimed to determine correlation between serum anti-vinculin antibody and ICC density in human stomach. Gastric specimens from 45 patients with gastric cancer who received gastric surgery at Kangwon National University Hospital from 2013 to 2017 were used. ICC in inner circular muscle, and myenteric plexus were counted. Corresponding patient's blood samples were used to determine the amount of anti-vinculin antibody by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Analysis was done to determine correlation between anti-vinculin antibody and ICC numbers. Patients with elevated anti-vinculin antibody titer (above median value) had significantly lower number of ICC in inner circular muscle (71.0 vs. 240.5, p = 0.047), and myenteric plexus (12.0 vs. 68.5, p < 0.01) compared to patients with lower anti-vinculin antibody titer. Level of serum anti-vinculin antibody correlated significantly with density of ICC in myenteric plexus (r = -0.379, p = 0.01; Spearman correlation). Increased level of circulating anti-vinculin antibody was significantly correlated with decreased density of ICC in myenteric plexus of human stomach.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.630-635
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Naeso-san in interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) in murine small intestine. First, we isolated ICCs from murine small intestine. After that, we cultured these cells for 1 days. The patch-clamp technique was applied on ICCs that formed network-like structures in culture (1 days). Spontaneous rhythms were routinely recorded from cultured ICCs under current-clamp conditions, and the ICCs within networks displayed more robust electrical rhythms (pacemaker potentials). To understand the relationship between Naeso-san and pacemaker activity in ICCs, we examined the effects of Naeso-san on pacemaker potentials of ICCs. In current clamp mode (I = 0), the addition of Naeso-san (10 mg/ml - 50 mg/ml) decreased the amplitude and frequency of the pacemaker potentials of ICCs in a dose dependent manner. However, these effects were blocked by intracellular $GDP{\beta}S$, a G-protein inhibitor, and glibenclamide, a specific ATP-sensitive K+ channels blocker. Pretreatment with SQ-22536, an adenylate cyclase inhibitor, did not block the Naeso-san induced effects, whereas pretreatment with ODQ, a guanylate cyclase inhibitor, or L-NAME, an inhibitor of nitric oxide (NO) synthase blocked the Naeso-san induced effects. Our findings provide insight into unraveling the modulation of Naeso-san in pacemaker potentials of ICCs and developing therapeutic agents against gastrointestinal motility disorders.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.145-153
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• 2005

침(鍼) 치료효과(治療效果)에 영향을 주는 자극(刺戟) 시간(時間)과 자침(刺鍼) 깊이 및 시술(施術) 기간(期間)에 따른 효과차리(效果差異)를 관찰하기 위하여 족삼리(足三里)에 전침(電鍼)을 사용하여 위산분비를 촉진시키는 호르몬인 혈중 gastrin 농도의 변화를 관찰하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 자침 시간의 비교에서 10분, 30분 실험군에서는 대조군에 비하여 혈중 gastrin 농도를 유의하게 증가시켰으나, 60분 실험군에서는 변화를 관찰할 수 없었다. 2. 시술 기간의 비교에서 5일과 10일 실험군에서는 대조군에 비하여 혈중 gastrin 농도를 유의하게 증가시켰으나, 1일 실험군에서는 변화를 관찰할 수 없었다. 3. 자침 깊이의 비교에서 전체자극군과 피부자극군에서는 대조군에 비해 혈중 gastrin 농도를 유의하게 증가시켰으나, 심부자극군에서는 변화를 관찰할 수 없었다. 이상의 결과로 미루어 침 치료효과를 실질적으로 향상시키기 위해서는 영향을 줄 수 있는 다양한 인자들에 대한 실험적, 임상적 비교 연구가 진행되어 임상과 기초이론에 활용할 수 있는 자료가 구축되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.287-297
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• 2001

Contraction of smooth muscle is initiated by an increase in cytosolic $Ca^{2+}$ leading to activation of $Ca^{2+}$/ calmodulin-dependnet myosin light chain (MLC) kinase and phosphorylation of MLC. The types of contraction and signaling mechanisms mediating contraction differ depending on the region. The involvement of these different mechanisms varies depending on the source of $Ca^{2+}$ and the kinetic of $Ca^{2+}$ mobilization. $Ca^{2+}$ mobilizing agonists stimulate different phospholipases $(PLC-{\beta},\;PLD\;and\;PLA_2)$ to generate one or more $Ca^{2+}$ mobilizing messengers $(IP_3\;and\;AA),$ and diacylglycerol (DAG), an activator of protein kinase C (PKC). The relative contributions of $PLC-{\beta},\;PLA_2$ and PLD to generate second messengers vary greatly between cells and types of contraction. In smooth muscle cell derived form the circular muscle layer of the intestine, preferential hydrolysis of $PIP_2$ and generation of $IP_3$ and $IP_3-dependent\;Ca^{2+}$ release initiate the contraction. In smooth muscle cells derived from longitudinal muscle layer of the intestine, preferential hydrolysis of PC by PLA2, generation of AA and AA-mediated $Ca^{2+}$ influx, cADP ribose formation and $Ca^{2+}-induced\;Ca^{2+}$ release initiate the contraction. Sustained contraction, however, in both cell types is mediated by $Ca^{2+}-independent$ mechanism involving activation of $PKC-{\varepsilon}$ by DAG derived form PLD. A functional linkage between $G_{13},$ RhoA, ROCK, $PKC-{\varepsilon},$ CPI-17 and MLC phosphorylation in sustained contraction has been implicated. Contraction of normal esophageal circular muscle (ESO) in response to acetylcholine (ACh) is linked to $M_2$ muscarinic receptors activating at least three intracellular phospholipases, i.e. phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C (PC-PLC), phospholipase D (PLD) and the high molecular weight (85 kDa) cytosolic phospholipase $A_2\;(cPLA_2)$ to induce phosphatidylcholine (PC) metabolism, production of diacylglycerol (DAG) and arachidonic acid (AA), resulting in activation of a protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent pathway. In contrast, lower esophageal sphincter (LES) contraction induced by maximally effective doses of ACh is mediated by muscarinic $M_3$ receptors, linked to pertussis toxin-insensitive GTP-binding proteins of the $G_{q/11}$ type. They activate phospholipase C, which hydrolyzes phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate $(PIP_2),$ producing inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate $(IP_3)$ and DAG. $IP_3$ causes release of intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ and formation of a $Ca^{2+}$-calmodulin complex, resulting in activation of myosin light chain kinase and contraction through a calmodulin-dependent pathway.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.365-372
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• 2002

The mineral medicines mean a sort of mineral or rock for medical treatment and natural material using their chemical components and physical properties. In this study, it was apprehended the mineralogical characteristics of As-bearing group mineral medicines. The extraction test is an vitro test system for predicting the bioavailability of the major and minor elements from mineral medicines and incorporates gastrointestinal tract parameters representative of a human(including stomach and small intestinal pH, stomach mixing time and velocity). The results of the extraction test are used for reaction path modeling in human body. Reaction path modeling in human body can predict digestion with gastric juice as well as bioavailability, speciation. Also, it can predict accumulation of arsenic as pH condition. As the results of the extraction test for digestion, the amounts of Fe extraction was the highest, followed by As, Ca, Ni. In addition, as the results of the reaction path modeling between arsenic compounds and gastric juice using thermodynamic data, when absorbed, major species are followed by H₃As₃S/sub 6/(aq), As₃S/sub 6/ (aq), AsO/sup +/, H₂As₃S/sup 6-/, H₂AsO/sup 3-/, HAs₃S6/sup 2-/, HAsO/sub 3//sup 2-/ and AsO/sub 3//sup 3-/. Specifically the concentration of H₃As₃S/sub 6/(aq) is the highest. As pH increases, the concentration of H₂AsO/sup 3-/, HAsO/sub 3//sup 2-/, HAsO/sub 3//sup 3-/, HAs₃S/sub 6//sup 2-/, H₂As₃S/sup 6-/, and H₃As₃S/sub 6/ increases, whereas the concentration of H₃As₃S/sub 6/ and AsO/sup +/ decreases. On the results of this study, it is able to find out effective and toxic components of poisonous arsenic group of mineral medicines and expected to be widely used for the development of new medicines.