• 약학회지
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.247-250
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• 2011

An increase in ventricular pressure can alter cardiac excitation and contraction. Recent report has demonstrated that fluid pressure (FP) suppresses L-type $Ca^{2+}$ current with acceleration of the current inactivation in ventricular myocytes. Since the L-type $Ca^{2+}$ channels known to be regulated by intracellular pH ($pH_i$), this study was designed to explore whether pressurized fluid flow affects pHi in isolated rat ventricular myocytes. A flow of pressurized (~16 dyne/$cm^2$) fluid, identical to that bathing the myocytes, was applied onto single myocytes, and intracellular $H^+$ concentration was monitored using confocal $H^+$ imaging. FP significantly decreased $pH_i$ by $0.07{\pm}0.01$ pH units (n=16, P<0.01). Intracellular acidosis enhances the activity of $Na^+-H^+$ exchanger (NHE). Therefore, we examined if the NHE activity is increased by FP using the NHE inhibitor, HOE642. Although HOE642 did not alter $pH_i$ in control conditions, it decreased $pH_i$ in cells pre-exposed to FP, suggesting enhancement of NHE activity by FP. In addition, FP-induced intracellular acidosis was larger in cells pre-treated with HOE642 than in cells under the control conditions. These results suggest that FP induces intracellular acidosis and that NHE may contribute to extrude $H^+$ during the FP-induced acidosis in rat ventricular myocytes.

• BMB Reports
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.642-647
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• 2006

Botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT/A) has been used therapeutically to treat muscular hypercontractions and sudomotor hyperactivity and it has been reported that BoNT/A might have analgesic properties in headache. PEP-1 peptide is a known carrier peptide that delivers fulll-ength native proteins in vitro and in vivo. In this study, a BoNT/A gene were fused with PEP-1 peptide in a bacterial expression vector to produce a genetic in-frame PEP-1-BoNT/A fusion protein. The expressed and purified PEP-1-BoNT/A fusion proteins were efficiently transduced into cells in a time- and dose-dependent manner when added exogenously in a culture medium. In addition, immuno-histochemical analysis revealed that PEP-1-BoNT/A fusion protein efficiently penetrated into the epidermis as well as the dermis of the subcutaneous layer, when sprayed on mice skin. These results suggest that PEP-1-BoNT/A fusion protein provide an efficient strategy for therapeutic delivery in various human diseases related to this protein.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.217-225
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• 2019

본 연구의 목적은 CT와 3.0T MRI 기기를 이용하여 간문맥을 묘출하는데 있어서 신호대 잡음비와 대조 도대 잡음비의 정량적인 수치를 비교 분석 하여 최적의 영상장치를 알아보고자 하였다. 2018년 2월부터 2018년 4월까지 C대학교병원에서 CT와 3.0T MRI 간 검사를 시행한 20명의 환자를 대상으로 의료영상저장전송시스템로 전송된 데이터를 무작위로 선정하였다. 정량적 평가를 위하여 간문맥의 4부위(주문맥, 우문맥, 좌문맥, 중간문맥)의 동일한 관심영역을 선정 후 신호평균값과 표준편차를 측정하여 SNR과 CNR값을 평가하였다. 평가결과 SNR은 CT에서 우문맥 : $9.18{\pm}0.72$, 좌문맥 : $9.41{\pm}0.84$, 중간문맥 : $9.54{\pm}0.59$, 주문맥 : $9.55{\pm}0.75$이고 3.0T MRI에서 우문맥 : $22.29{\pm}2.03$, 좌문맥 : $25.89{\pm}3.19$, 중간문맥 : $24.39{\pm}2.87$, 주문맥 : $26.64{\pm}2.30$으로 측정되었다(p<0.05). CNR은 CT에서 우문맥 : $3.75{\pm}0.66$, 좌문맥 : $3.44{\pm}0.65$, 중간문맥 : $3.71{\pm}0.39$, 주문맥 : $3.79{\pm}0.68$이고 3.0T MRI에서 우문맥 : $9.49{\pm}0.65$, 좌문맥 : $11.00{\pm}01.90$, 중간문맥 : $12.70{\pm}1.75$, 주문맥 : $10.01{\pm}0.98$으로 3.0T MRI가 CT보다 높은 수치로 측정되었다(p<0.05). 결론적으로 4부위의 간문맥을 분석한 결과 SNR과 CNR값이 3.0T MRI에서 높은 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 CT와 3.0T MRI에서 간문맥을 묘출하기 위한 최적의 영상장비는 비전리 방사선을 이용하는 3.0T MRI가 우위로 나타났다.