• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2010

Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors ($InsP_3Rs$) modulate $Ca^{2+}$ release from intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ store and are extensively expressed in the membrane of endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum and Golgi. Although caffeine and 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB) have been widely used to block $InsP_3Rs$, the use of these is limited due to their multiple actions. In the present study, we examined and compared the ability of caffeine and 2-APB as a blocker of $Ca^{2+}$ release from intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ stores and $Ca^{2+}$ entry through store-operated $Ca^{2+}$ (SOC) channel in the mouse pancreatic acinar cell. Caffeine did not block the $Ca^{2+}$ entry, but significantly inhibited carbamylcholine (CCh)-induced $Ca^{2+}$ release. In contrast, 2-APB did not block CCh-induced $Ca^{2+}$ release, but remarkably blocked SOC-mediated $Ca^{2+}$ entry at lower concentrations. In permeabilized acinar cell, caffeine had an inhibitory effect on InsP3-induced $Ca^{2+}$ release, but 2-APB at lower concentration, which effectively blocked $Ca^{2+}$ entry, had no inhibitory action. At higher concentrations, 2-APB has multiple paradoxical effects including inhibition of Ins$P_3$-induced $Ca^{2+}$ release and direct stimulation of $Ca^{2+}$ release. Based on the results, we concluded that caffeine is useful as an inhibitor of $InsP_3R$, and 2-APB at lower concentration is considered a blocker of $Ca^{2+}$ entry through SOC channels in the pancreatic acinar cell.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.73-79
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• 2009

Cytosolic $Ca^{2+}$ is an important regulator of tumor cell proliferation and metastasis. Recently, the strategy of blocking receptors and channels specific to certain cancer cell types has emerged as a potentially viable future treatment. Oral squamous cell carcinoma is an aggressive form of cancer with a high metastasis rate but the receptor-mechanisms involved in $Ca^{2+}$ signaling in these tumors have not yet been elucidated. In our present study, we report that bradykinin induces $Ca^{2+}$ signaling and its modulation in the human oral squamous carcinoma cell line, HSC-3. Bradykinin was found to increase the cytosolic $Ca^{2+}$ levels in a concentration-dependent manner. This increase was inhibited by pretreatment with the phospholipase C-${\beta}$ inhibitor, U73122, and also by 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate, an inhibitor of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor. Pretreatment with extracellular ATP also inhibited the peak bradykinin-induced $Ca^{2+}$ rise. In contrast, the ATP-induced rise in cytosolic $Ca^{2+}$ was not affected by pretreatment with bradykinin. Pretreatment of the cells with either forskolin or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (activators of adenylyl cyclase and protein kinase C, respectively) prior to bradykinin application accelerated the recovery of cytosolic $Ca^{2+}$ to baseline levels. These data suggest that bradykinin receptors are functional in $Ca^{2+}$ signaling in HSC-3 cells and may therefore represent a future target in treatment strategies for human oral squamous cell carcinoma.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제66권
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• pp.221-226
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• 2023

혈소판의 적절한 활성화와 응집이 필요하지만 과도하거나 비정상적인 응집은 뇌졸중, 혈전증, 동맥경화증과 같은 심혈관 질환을 유발할 수 있다. 따라서 이러한 질병을 예방하고 치료하기 위해서는 혈소판 응집을 조절하거나 억제할 수 있는 물질을 찾는 것이 중요하다. 여러 연구에서 Panax 인삼의 특정 ginsenoside 화합물이 혈소판 응집을 억제할 수 있음이 알려져 있다. 이들 화합물 중 Panax ginseng의 Rk3 (G-Rk3)는 혈소판 응집 억제의 기전이 불확실 하기에 이를 밝히기 위한 연구가 필요하다. G-Rk3는 cAMP의 양을 강하게 증가시켰고 cAMP 의존성 kinase의 기질인 VASP 및 IP3R의 인산화를 유도했다. 또한, G-Rk3의 효과는 PI3K/Akt 인산화의 억제를 일으켜 세포 내 과립의 분비를 감소시켰다. 궁극적으로 G-Rk3는 혈소판 응집을 효과적으로 억제하였다. 따라서 우리는 과도한 혈소판 응집으로 인한 심혈관 질환의 예방 또는 치료제로서의 G-Rk3의 가능성을 제안한다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제30권9호
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• pp.826-833
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• 2020

Phospholipase C gamma (PLCγ)는 phosphatidylinositol을 가수분해하여 신호전달 과정에 참여하는 PLC의 주요한 isotype으로 γ-specific array의 특징적인 구조를 바탕으로 receptor tyrosine kinases 및 non-receptor tyrosine kinase 신호를 주로 매개한다. PLCγ1과 PLCγ2의 두 isozyme이 존재하며 다양한 세포에서 발현하여 cell proliferation, migration 및 differentiation 등 여러 세포작용을 조절하고 있다. 최근의 연구들에서 PLCγ 돌연변이가 cancer와 immune disease 및 brain disorder 등에 연관된다는 것이 밝혀지고 있으며 genetic model을 통해 PLCγ의 생리적·병리적 기능이 제시되었다. 본 리뷰에서는 최신의 연구 결과들을 바탕으로 PLCγ의 구조와 활성 조절 기전에 대해 기술하고 나아가 여러 질병의 발병과 진행에서 보고된 PLCγ의 돌연변이와 knockout 마우스를 활용한 연구 결과를 바탕으로 생리적·병리적 관점에서 PLCγ의 역할에 대해 고찰하였다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.347-355
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• 1999

배경: Phospholipase C(PLC)는 세포의 성장, 분화, 변형(transformation)과 관련된 세포내 신호 전달과정에 중추적인 역할을 하는 효소이다. 이들 중 PLC-$\gamma$는 tyrosine kinase의 인산화에 의해 주로 활성화되는 데, 최근에 phosphatidic acid(PA), phosphatidy-linositol 3, 4, 5-trisphosphate($PIP_3$), tau 단백에 의한 활성화 기전이 밝혀진 바 있다. 특히 tau 단백은 bovine brain에서 arachidonic acid와 함께 PLC-$\gamma$를 활성화시키는 것으로 알려져 PLC-$\gamma$와 $PLA_2$ 사이의 cross-talk이 이루어질 가능성이 제시되고 있다. 최근 보고에 의하면 tau 단백과 같은 기전으로 PLC-${\gamma}1$ 활성화시키는 단백이 bovine lung에서 발견되었고, 이 활성화 단백을 정제 및 클론하여 AHNAK 단백임이 확인된 바 있다. 또한 PLC-${\gamma}1$이 유방암, 대장암, 위암 등에서 증가되어 있어 발암 과정과 연관되어 있음이 보고되어 왔으나 PLC-${\gamma}1$의 활성화 단백인 AHNAK 단백에 대해서는 질병과 관련되어 연구된 것이 아직 없는 실정이며 저자 등은 폐암 조직과 정상 폐조직에서 AHNAK 단백의 발현 양상을 연구하여 폐암의 발암과정에 AHNAK 단백이 관여함을 밝히고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 아주대학교 병원에 내원하여 폐암으로 수술을 받은 환자의 폐암 조직과 동일 환자의 정상 폐조직에서 AHNAK 단백의 발현양상을 western blot 분석과 면역조직화학적 염색방법을 통하여 조사하였다. 결과: 14예의 편평상피암 세포조직 중 8예 (57.1 %)와 14예의 선암 세포조직 모두에서 정상 대조군에 비해 AHNAK 단백의 발현이 증가하였고, 70 kDa~200kDa의 여러가지 분자량을 가지는 띠모양으로 나타났다. 면역조직화학적 염색에서도 정상 폐조직보다 폐암 조직내에서 강한 발색반응을 보였다. 결론: PLC-${\gamma}1$의 활성화 단백인 AHNAK 단백이 폐암 조직에서 정상 조직보다 과발현된 것은, AHNAK 단백이 PLC-${\gamma}1$을 활성화시켜 폐암의 발생 기전에 관여할 수 있음을 뒷받침한다고 하겠다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.310-322
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• 2000

배경 : Phospholipase C는 세포내 신호 전달과정의 초기 단계에 있어서， 매우 중요한 역할을 하는 효소로 알려져 있으며, 세포막에 존재하는 인지질 가운데 중요한 부분을 차지하는 $PIP_2$를 분해하여 제2전령물질인 DAG와 IP3를 생성한다. 이들 제2전령물질은 각각 PKC를 활성화시키고, 세포내의 $Ca^{2+}$농도를 증가 시켜서 세포내 여러 단백질 효소들을 활성화시키는 동시에, PLC 효소는 자체적으로 갖고 있는 고유의 SH2, SH3 및 PH domains 등의 기능 영역을 통해, 다른 신호 전달 인자들과 상호 작용하고, 세포막의 재구성이나, 세포분열, 발안과정에 관여 하게 된다. 이에 저자 등은 이전의 연구에서, 인체 정상 폐조직에서 PLC-${\beta}1$, -${\beta}3$, -${\gamma}1$ 및 -${\delta}1$ 동위효소가 존재함을 보고하였으며, bovine lung 내에서 PLC-${\gamma}1$ 동위 효소를 활성화 시키는 AHNAK 단백을 분리, 정제 및 클로닝 하였고, 이 AHNAK 단백이 인체 폐암조직내에서 정상조직에 비해 증가 되어 있음을 보고하여, 폐암의 발암과정에 있어서 칼슘-inositol 신호전달체계의 이상이 연관 되어있음을 제시하였다. 하지만 아직 인체 폐암조직이나 다른 종류의 폐질환에 대해서는， PLC 동위효소의 발현양상에 대한 보고가 없었으므로, 이에 저자 등은 수술로 적출한 인체 폐암 조직 내에서 PLC 동위 효소의 발현을 연구하여, 폐암의 발암과정에서 이들 효과가 갖는 역할을 규명하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 아주 대학교 병원에 내원하여 원발성 폐암으로 수술적 절제술을 받은 환자중에서, 신선냉동상태의 암조직과 동일환자의 정상폐조직이 확보가, 가능했던 37예의 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 이들조직을 대상으로 PLC-${\beta}1$, -${\beta}3$, -${\gamma}1$ 및 -${\delta}1$ 동위효소에 대해 Western blot 분석을 시행하였고, 대표적인 표본에 대해서는 PLC-${\gamma}1$에 대한 면역조직화학검사를 시행하였다. 결과 : 연구의 대상이었던 15예의 선암조직 모두에서, PLC-${\gamma}1$ 동위효소의 과발현을 관찰할 수 있었으며, 편평상피세포암 19예 중 16예에서 PLC-${\gamma}1$의 발현이 정상조직에 비해 증가하였음이 확인되었다. PLC-${\delta}1$ 동위효소의 경우, 대부분의 폐암조직에 감소되어 있었다. 하지만 이와는 반대로, 일부 선암 및 편평상피 암 조식(각3예)에서는, 현저한 증가를 보이기도 했다. 또한, 비록 그 증례수가 적기는 하였지만, 소세포 폐암 4예에서는, 모두에서 정상 폐조직보다, PLC-${\delta}1$ 효소의 발현이 현저히 감소되어 있음을 관찰하였다. 결론 : 이상의 결과로 미루어 폐암 조직 내에서 PLC-${\gamma}1$ 동위효소의 발현이 증가되어 있었는데, 이는 저자등이, 이미 보고한바 있는, PLC-${\gamma}1$의 활성화 AHNAK의 과발현과 함께, 폐암의 발암과정에, 칼슘-inositol 신호전달 채계의 이상이 관여할것이라는 실험적인 증거가 될수 있다고 하겠다. 하지만, PLC-${\delta}1$ 동위효소의 감소에 대해서는, 좀더 구체적인 기전의 규명 및 PLC-${\delta}1$ 효소의 역할에 대한 보다 많은 연구가 필요할것으로 사료된다.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1994년도 춘계학술대회 and 제3회 신약개발 연구발표회
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• pp.186-186
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• 1994

Many agonists have been known to activate the hydrolysis of membrane phospholipids through the bindings with corresponding receptors on the various cells. Diacylglycerol and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate(IP3) generated by the action of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) are well known second messengers for the activation of protein kinase C and the mobilization of Ca2+ in many cells. Three types of PI-PLC isozyme (${\alpha}$,${\gamma}$, and $\delta$) and several subtrpes for each type have been identified from mammalian sources by purification of enzymes and cloning of their cDNAs. Each type PI-PLC isozyme is coupled to different receptors and mediators, for example, ${\beta}$-types are coupled to the seven-transmembrane-receptors via Gq family of G-proteins and ${\beta}$-types directly to the receptor tyrosine kinases. Specific modulators for the signaling pathway through each type of PI-PLC should be very useful as potential potential candidates for lend substances in developing novel drugs. To establish the sensitive and convenient screening systems for searching modulators on PI-PLC mediated signaling, two kinds of approaches have been tried. (1) Establishment of in vitro assay condition for each type of PI-PLC isozyme: Overexpression by using vaccinia virus and purification of each isozyme was carried out for the preparation of large amounts of enaymes. Optimum and sensitive assay condition for the measurements of PI-ELC activities were established. (2) Development of the cell lines in which each type of PI-PLC is permanently overexpressed: A fibroblast cell line (3T3${\gamma}$1-7) in which PI-PLC-${\gamma}$1 was overexpressed by using pZip-neo expression vector was developed and used for the measurement of PDGF-induced IP3 formation. The responses for IP3 formed in 3T3${\gamma}$1-7 cells by the treatment of PDGF is 8 times more sensitive than those in control cells. 3T3${\gamma}$l-7 cell is useful for the screening of the inhibitors on the PDGF-induced cellular responses from large number of samples in a small volume(50 ${\mu}$l) and short time(5-15 min). Using these systems, we screened hundreds of herb-extracts for the inhibition of PDGF-induced IP3 formation and selected several extracts that showed the inhibition as the candidates for isolation and characterization of active substances. The determination of the acting point of selected extracts or fractions in the PDGF signaling pathway has been analyzing.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.27-34
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• 1997

In the present study, it was aimed to further indentify the intracellular action mechansm of cromakalim and levcromakalim in the porcine coronary artery. In intact porcine coronary arterial strips loaded with fura-2/AM, acetylcholine caused an increase in intracellular free $Ca^{2+}$ $([Ca^{2+}]_i)$ in association with a contraction in a concentration-dependent manner. Cromakalim (1 ${\mu}M$) caused a reduction in acetylcholine-induced increased $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ not only in the mormal physiological salt solution (PSS) but also in $Ca^{2+}$-free PSS (containing 1 mM EGTA). In the skinned strips prepared by exposure of tissue to 20 .${\mu}M$ B-escin, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate ($IP_3$) evoked an increase in $[Ca^{2+}]_i$, but it was without effect on the intact strips. The $IP_3$-induced increase in $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ was inhibited by cromakalim by 78% and levcromakalim by 59% (1 .${\mu}M$, each). Pretreatment with glibenclamide (a blocker of ATP-sensitive $K^+$ channels, 10 .${\mu}M$) and apamin (a blocker of small conductance $Ca^{2+}$-activated $K^+$ channels, 1 .${\mu}M$) strongly blocked the effect of cromakalim and levcromakalim. However, charybdotoxin (a blocker of large conductance $Ca^{2+}$-activated $K^+$ channels, 1 .${\mu}M$) was without effect. In addition, cromakalim inhibited the $GTP{\gamma}S$ (100 .${\mu}M$, non-hydrolysable analogue of GTP)-induced increase in $[Ca^{2+}]_i$. Based on these results, it is suggested that cromakalim and levcromakalim exert a potent vasorelaxation, in part, by acting on the $K^+$ channels of the intracellular sites (e.g., sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane), thereby, resulting in decrease in release of $Ca^{2+}$ from the intracellular storage site.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.215-223
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• 2018

Intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ mobilization is closely linked with the initiation of salivary secretion in parotid acinar cells. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are known to be related to a variety of oxidative stress-induced cellular disorders and believed to be involved in salivary impairments. In this study, we investigated the underlying mechanism of hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$) on cytosolic $Ca^{2+}$ accumulation in mouse parotid acinar cells. Intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ levels were slowly elevated when $1mM\;H_2O_2$ was perfused in the presence of normal extracellular $Ca^{2+}$. In a $Ca^{2+}-free$ medium, $1mM\;H_2O_2$ still enhanced the intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ level. $Ca^{2+}$ entry tested using manganese quenching technique was not affected by perfusion of $1mM\;H_2O_2$. On the other hand, $10mM\;H_2O_2$ induced more rapid $Ca^{2+}$ accumulation and facilitated $Ca^{2+}$ entry from extracellular fluid. $Ca^{2+}$ refill into intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ store and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate ($1{\mu}M$)-induced $Ca^{2+}$ release from $Ca^{2+}$ store was not affected by $1mM\;H_2O_2$ in permeabilized cells. $Ca^{2+}$ efflux through plasma membrane $Ca^{2+}-ATPase$ (PMCA) was markedly blocked by $1mM\;H_2O_2$ in thapsigargin-treated intact acinar cells. Antioxidants, either catalase or dithiothreitol, completely protected $H_2O_2-induced$ $Ca^{2+}$ accumulation through PMCA inactivation. From the above results, we suggest that excessive production of $H_2O_2$ under pathological conditions may lead to cytosolic $Ca^{2+}$ accumulation and that the primary mechanism of $H_2O_2-induced$ $Ca^{2+}$ accumulation is likely to inhibit $Ca^{2+}$ efflux through PMCA rather than mobilize $Ca^{2+}$ ions from extracellular medium or intracellular stores in mouse parotid acinar cells.

• 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.