• 생명과학회지
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1479-1484
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• 2008

해양심층수(deep seawater, DSW)는 청정성, 풍부한 무기물질 및 필수미량원소의 함유로 음료를 포함한 여러 분야에 응용하기 위하여 최근 많은 관심을 받고 있다. 본 연구실에서는 동해 양양 부근의 해저 1,100 m에서 취수하여 역삼투압 시스템으로 탈염과 농축을 한 심층수가 경도 600-1,000에서 배양한 흰쥐해마신경세포의 형태적 분화에 도움을 줌을 보고한 바 있다. 좀 더 구체적인 영향을 조사하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 경도 800 및 1,000 심층수가 25%(v/v) 포함된 minimal essential media에서 배양한 해마신경세포에서의 연접형성을 대조군(증류수 첨가)과 비교하였다. 경도 800 및 1000에서 자란 신경세포는 흥분성 연접후세포막의 신호전달복합체인 NRC/MASC 크러스터의 형성을 촉진하였다. 또한 연접전/후 구조가 밀접히 짝을 이룬 연접이 매우 현저히(p<0.01) 증가하였다. 이 결과는 심층수가 연접의 형성을 촉진하여 신경세포의 건강에 도움을 주는 것으로 해석된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.315-322
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• 2006

신경세포 간 정보교환이 이루어지고 있는 신경전달물질의 방출과정은 극히 복잡하여, 이 방면의 독창적인 연구를 수행하기 위해서는 신규작용을 갖는 특이적인 저분자 probe의 탐색은 필수적이다. PC12세포에 tritium-label된 norepinephrine ($[^3H]-NE$)을 incorporation시킨 후에 60 mM의 고농도의 $K^+$의 자극에 의해서 탈분극 후에 방출되는 $[^3H]-NE$의 양을 scintillation countering하여 생리 활성 물질을 탐색하기 위한 in vitro의 실험계를 세웠다. 이 탐색계를 이용하여 곰팡이, 방선균와 박테리아의 대사산물 1만 1000여 샘플을 탐색한 결과, PC12세포에서 고농도의 $K^+$의 자극에 의해서 탈분극 후에 유도되는 $[^3H]-NE$의 방출을 효과적으로 저해하는 FS11052를 방선균 유래의 대사산물로부터 얻었다. FS11052는 또한 PC12세포와 rat cortical neurons에서 동일한 고농도의 $K^+$의 자극에 의한 탈분극 후에 유도되는 신경전달 물질로서 ATP의 방출에도 유의한 저해효과를 나타냈으며, 이 저해 효과는 ionopore로 알려진 ionomycin ($1{\mu}M$)을 포함하는 저농도의 $K^+$의 버퍼를 처리하였을 때에도 보여졌다. 이틀 결과로부터 FS11052의 신경전달 물질의 방출에 대한 저해작용은 세포내 $Ca^{2+}$ 유입 이 후의 반응으로 추정하며 이 작용기구에 대한 해석을 하기위하여, 신경세포의 돌기신장 형태에 대한 영향을 관찰한 결과, 분화를 유도하는 적정 농도인 $5{\mu}g/ml$의 NGF 존재 하에서의 PC12 세포의 돌기 신장에 대하여서는 억제작용을 나타냈다. 또 rat의 대뇌 해마 세포에 대하여 특정적인 형태의 돌기를 내고 있어, FS11052 물질의 첨가에 의해 통상의 긴 축색돌기는 억제되고 얇은 침상의 돌기가 세포체로부터 돌출되어 있었으며, growth cone 를 갖고 있지 않은 뉴우런이 많이 관찰되었다. FS11052 물질의 작용에 관해서는, 탈분극된 synaptic membrane이 $Ca^{2+}$ 이온을 유입 후 활성화되어 신경전달물질을 방출에 중요한 역할을 하고 있는 synaptotagmin, syntaxin, synapsin, SNAP25 등의 synaptosome을 구성하는 단백질에 직접 혹은 이와 밀접한 관련을 갖고 있는 인자와 간접적으로 작용하며, 신경전달물질의 방출을 억제하여 growth cone의 전향과 신경세포의 가소성을 조절하는 물질로 사료되어, 이 물질이 $Ca^{2+}$ 이온을 유입 후 일어나는 exocytosis와 신경계의 기능연구를 위해 사용되어질 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.467-475
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• 2001

Cardiac arrest, hypoxia, shock or seizure has been known to induce cerebral ischemia. This study was designed to investigate the effect of ischemia on hippocampal pyramidal layer induced by transient bilateral occlusion of the common carotid arteries. Mature Mongolian gerbils were sacrificed at days 2, 4, and 7 after carotid occlusion for 10 minutes. Sham-operated gerbils of control group were subjected to the same protocol except for carotid occlusion. During operation for ischemia, body temperature was maintained $37{\pm}0.5^{\circ}C$ in all gerbils. Paraffin-embedded brain tissue blocks were cut into coronal slices and stained with H-E stain or immunostain by TUNEL method. Neurons with the oval and prominent nucleus and without the eosinophilic cytoplasm in the subfield of hippocamapal pyramidal layer were calculated as to be viable neurons. Their chromatins were condensed or clumped. Their nuclei appeared multiangular or irregularly shrinked. The width of the pyramidal layer was reduced due to the loss of nuclei. At day 2 after reperfusion, some neurons in the CA1 subfield were slightly eosinophilic. But most neurons in the CA2 subfield were strongly eosinophilic. At day 4 day, most neurons in the CA1 subfield were severely damaged and at day 7 day, only a few survived neurons were observed. Survived neurons per longitudinal 1mm sector in the CA1, CA2, CA3, and CA4 subfields of pyramidal layer were investigated. At day 2, the mean numbers of pyramidal neurons in CA1, CA2, CA3, and CA4 subfiedls were 104.5/mm (54.3%), 51.0/mm (33.8%), 105.5/mm (85.6%), and 124.3/mm (93.5%) compared to the nonischemic control group, respectively. At day 4, the mean numbers of pyramidal neurons in CA1, CA2, CA3, and CA4 subfields were 3.2/mm (1.7%), 51.5/mm(34.2%), 95.3/mm (77.4%), and 112.5/mm (84.6%), respectively. At day 7, the mean numbers of pyramidal neurons in CA1, CA2, CA3, and CA4 subfiedls were 0.8/mm (0.4%), 5.7/mm(3.8%), 9.8/mm (8.0%), and 5.0/mm (3.7%), respectively. The mean numbers of apoptotic positive neurons in the CA1 subfield at day 2, 4, and 7 after reperfusion were 67.8/mm, 153.2/mm and 123.7/mm, respectively. These results suggest that the transient cerebral ischemia cause severe damages in most neurons at day 7 and that the prosminent apoptotic positive neurons in hippocampal pyramidal layer are the delayed neuronal death induced by ischemia.

• BMB Reports
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.109-110
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• 2017

The nature of encoded information in neural circuits is determined by neuronal firing patterns and frequencies. This paper discusses the molecular identity and cellular mechanisms of spike-frequency adaptation in the central nervous system (CNS). Spike-frequency adaptation in thalamocortical (TC) and CA1 hippocampal neurons is mediated by the $Ca^{2+}$-activated $Cl^-$ channel (CACC) anoctamin-2 (ANO2). Knockdown of ANO2 in these neurons results in increased number of spikes, in conjunction with significantly reduced spike-frequency adaptation. No study has so far demonstrated that CACCs mediate afterhyperpolarization currents, which result in the modulation of neuronal spike patterns in the CNS. Our study therefore proposes a novel role for ANO2 in spike-frequency adaptation and transmission of information in the brain.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.457-466
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• 2001

Glutamate is the most common excitatory amino acid in the brain. Responsiveness of dendrites to the glutamate greatly varies depending on the application sites. Especially, a point of the maximal response to the glutamate of the dendrite is called as 'hot spot'. In our experiment, the responsiveness of the hot spot to the glutamate was investigated in the CA1 pyramidal neuron of the rat hippocampal slice. CNQX, the antagonist of AMPA receptor, blocked 95% of membrane current to the glutamate focal application $(I_{gl}).$ Train ejection of glutamate on one point of the dendrite increased or decreased the amplitude of $I_{gl}$ with the pattern of train, and the changes were maintained at least for 30 min. In some cases, glutamate train ejection also induced calcium dependent action potentials. To evoke long-term change of synaptic plasticity, we adopted ${\theta}-burst$ in the glutamate train ejection. The ${\theta}-burst$ decreased the amplitude of glutamate response by 60%. However, after ${\theta}-burst$ glutamate train ejection, the calcium dependent action potential appeared. These results indicated that the focal application of glutamate on the neuronal dendrite induced response similar to the synaptic transmission and the trains of glutamate ejection modulated the change of AMPA receptor.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제17권2호통권82호
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• pp.198-203
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• 2007

형질전환은 유전자의 기능을 이해하는데 매우 중요한 기법이다. $Ca^{2+}$-인산 침전법은 시간과 비용이 저렴하여 가장 흔히 사용된다. 그러나 성숙 신경세포는 어린 신경세포나 다른 세포종에 비하여 형질전환이 어렵고 쉽게 죽는다. 본 연구에서는 Clontech사의 $CalPhos^{TM}$ Mammalian Transfection 방법을 수정하여 성숙한 신경세포를 효율적으로 형질전환할 수 있는 방법을 고안하였다. 대뇌 신경교세포를 DMEM/10% 말혈청에서 70-80% confluence까지 키우고 배지를 혈청이 첨가되지 않은 Neurobasal/Ara-C로 바꾸어 주어 더 이상 신경교세포가 분열하지 않게 한 다음, 여기에 E19 해마신경세포를 접종하여 배양하였다. $DNA/Ca^{2+}$-인산 침전물은 Clontech사의 $CalPhos^{TM}$ Mammalian Transfection Kit을 이용하여 크기($0.5-1\;{\mu}m$ in diameter) 및 농도(약 10 particles/$100\;{\mu}m^2$)를 배지에서 배양시간을 변화시켜 적당히 조절하였다. 이렇게 하면 in vitro에서 2주 이상 배양한 신경세포도 24-well plate 한 well당 10-15개의 형질전환된 건강한 신경세포를 얻을 수 있었다. 이 방법의 효용성을 검증하기 위하여 연접단백질인 $EGFP-CaMKII{\alpha}$ 융합단백질과 RFP 단백질 유전자(각각 $pEGFP-CaMKII{\alpha}$ 및 pDsRed2)를 형질전환한 결과 전자는 점박이 모양, 후자는 세포전체에 퍼진 양상의 표현을 관찰할 수 있었다. 따라서 본 연구는 성숙한 신경세포를 효율적으로 형질전환할 수 있는 방법을 제공한다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.326-334
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• 2019

Background: The objective of our study was to analyze the neuroprotective effects of ginsenoside derivatives Rb1, Rb2, Rc, Rd, Rg1, and Rg3 against glutamate-mediated neurotoxicity in HT22 hippocampal mouse neuron cells. Methods: The neuroprotective effect of ginsenosides were evaluated by measuring cell viability. Protein expressions of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), Bcl2, Bax, and apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) were determined by Western blot analysis. The occurrence of apoptotic and death cells was determined by flow cytometry. Cellular level of $Ca^{2+}$ and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels were evaluated by image analysis using the fluorescent probes Fluor-3 and 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate, respectively. In vivo efficacy of neuroprotection was evaluated using the Mongolian gerbil of ischemic brain injury model. Result: Reduction of cell viability by glutamate (5 mM) was significantly suppressed by treatment with ginsenoside Rb2. Phosphorylation of MAPKs, Bax, and nuclear AIF was gradually increased by treatment with 5 mM of glutamate and decreased by co-treatment with Rb2. The occurrence of apoptotic cells was decreased by treatment with Rb2 ($25.7{\mu}M$). Cellular $Ca^{2+}$ and ROS levels were decreased in the presence of Rb2, and in vivo data indicated that Rb2 treatment (10 mg/kg) significantly diminished the number of degenerated neurons. Conclusion: Our results suggest that Rb2 possesses neuroprotective properties that suppress glutamate-induced neurotoxicity. The molecular mechanism of Rb2 is by suppressing the MAPKs activity and AIF translocation.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.671-682
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• 1998

Electrophysiological phenomena of pyramidal cells in the CA1 area of the dorsal hippocampus were recorded from and filled with neurobiotin in anesthetized rats. The electropharmacological properties of membrane as well as the cellular-synaptic generation of rhythmic slow activity (theta) were examined. The intracellular response characteristics of these pyramidal cells were distinctly different from responses of interneurons. Pyramidal cells had a high resting membrane potential, a low input resistance, and a large amplitude action potential. A afterhyperpolarization was followed a single action potential. Most of pyramidal cells did not display a spontaneous firing. Pyramidal cells displayed weak inward rectification and anodal break excitation. The slope of the frequency-current relation was 53.4 Hz/nA for the first interspike interval and 15.9 Hz/nA for the last intervals, suggesting the presence of spike frequency adaptation. Neurobiotin-filled neurons showed pyramidal morphology. Cells were generally bipolar dendritc processes ramifying in stratum lacunosum-moleculare, radiatum, and oriens. Commissural stimulation discharged pyramidal cells, followed by excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs and IPSPs). The frequency of theta-related membrane potential oscillation was voltage-independent in pyramidal neurons. At strong depolarization levels (less than 30 mV) pyramidal cells emitted sodium spike oscillation, phase-locked to theta. The observations provide direct evidence that theta-related rhythmic hyperpolarization of principal cells is brought by the rhythmically discharging interneurons. Furthermore, the findings in which interneurons were also paced by rhythmic inhibitory postsynaptic potentials during theta suggest that they were periodically hyperpolarized by their GABAergic septal afferents.