• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.73-81
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• 2024

The substantia gelatinosa (SG) within the trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (Vc) is recognized as a pivotal site of integrating and modulating afferent fibers carrying orofacial nociceptive information. Although naringenin (4',5,7-thrihydroxyflavanone), a natural bioflavonoid, has been proven to possess various biological effects in the central nervous system (CNS), the activity of naringenin at the orofacial nociceptive site has not been reported yet. In this study, we explored the influence of naringenin on GABA response in SG neurons of Vc using whole-cell patch-clamp technique. The application of GABA in a bath induced two forms of GABA responses: slow and fast. Naringenin enhanced both amplitude and area under curve (AUC) of GABA-mediated responses in 57% (12/21) of tested neurons while decreasing both parameters in 33% (7/21) of neurons. The enhancing or suppressing effect of naringenin on GABA response have been observed, with enhancement occurring when the GABA response was slow, and suppression when it was fast. Furthermore, both the enhancement of slower GABA responses and the suppression of faster GABA responses by naringenin were concentration dependent. Interestingly, the nature of GABA response was also found to be sex-dependent. A majority of SG neurons from juvenile female mice exhibited slower GABA responses, whereas those from juvenile males predominantly displayed faster GABA responses. Taken together, this study indicates that naringenin plays a partial role in modulating orofacial nociception and may hold promise as a therapeutic target for treating orofacial pain, with effects that vary according to sex.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.335-344
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• 2024

Diphenyleneiodonium (DPI) has been widely used as an inhibitor of NADPH oxidase (Nox) to discover its function in cardiac myocytes under various stimuli. However, the effects of DPI itself on Ca²⁺ signaling and contraction in cardiac myocytes under control conditions have not been understood. We investigated the effects of DPI on contraction and Ca²⁺ signaling and their underlying mechanisms using video edge detection, confocal imaging, and whole-cell patch clamp technique in isolated rat cardiac myocytes. Application of DPI suppressed cell shortenings in a concentration-dependent manner (IC₅₀ of ≅0.17 µM) with a maximal inhibition of ~70% at ~100 µM. DPI decreased the magnitude of Ca²⁺ transient and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺ content by 20%-30% at 3 µM that is usually used to remove the Nox activity, with no effect on fractional release. There was no significant change in the half-decay time of Ca²⁺ transients by DPI. The L-type Ca²⁺ current (I_Ca) was decreased concentration-dependently by DPI (IC₅₀ of ≅40.3 µM) with ≅13.1%-inhibition at 3 µM. The frequency of Ca²⁺ sparks was reduced by 3 µM DPI (by ~25%), which was resistant to a brief removal of external Ca²⁺ and Na⁺. Mitochondrial superoxide level was reduced by DPI at 3-100 µM. Our data suggest that DPI may suppress L-type Ca²⁺ channel and RyR, thereby attenuating Ca²⁺-induced Ca²⁺ release and contractility in cardiac myocytes, and that such DPI effects may be related to mitochondrial metabolic suppression.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.89-99
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• 2004

음압에 의한 세포막 신전으로 열리는 Stretch-activated channel(SAC)은 세포의 부피조적, 세포의 분화, 혈관 긴장도의 조절, 호르몬 분비 조절에서 SAC 존재 유무를 확인하기 위하여 patch clamp기법을 시행하여 SAC의 조절기전과 전기생리학적인 성질을 조사하였다. 음압이 주어지기 전에는 관찰되지 않던 단일통로 전류가 -20 cm$H_2O$이하의 음압이 주어졌을 때 관찰되었다. 음압에 의해 열리는 단일통로 전류는 $Na^+$이나 $K^+$과 같은 일가 양이온이 존재할 때 관찰되었으나 대신 비투과성인 tetramethylamonium이나 meglumine과 같은 양이온으로 교환해 주면 나타나지 않았다. 이는 이 단일 통로 전류가 양이온만을 투과시키는 nonselective cationic channel(NSC)을 통하여 이동하는 stretch-activated NSC(SA-NSC)임을 시사하였다. 이 SA-NSC 전류는 적혈구나 양서류 난자에서 관찰된 SAC의 전류-전압 관계와 유사한 inward rectification 양상을 나타내었으며 PKA에 의하여 통로활성이 증가하였다. 햄스터 난자에서 관찰되는 SA-NSC는 수정 전부터 2-세포 배아기까지 관찰되었으며 통로전류의 크기는 수정란과 1-세포기 배아에서 가장 크게 관찰되었으며 2-세포기 배아에서는 그 크기가 현저하게 감소하였다. 이와 같이 본 연구에서는 햄스터 난자의 발생 초기 단계에서 전기생리학적 기법을 사용하여 처음으로 SA-NSC존재를 직접 확인하였다. 세포 항상성 유지에 필수적인 이 통로의 일반적인 속성으로 미루어 보아, 햄스터 난자의 수정 전후 난자의 활성과 초기 배아 분화 및 발달에 필수적인 역할을 할 것으로 생각된다.}$1.50개였다. 또한 배란된 성숙난자의 채란 율은 각각 70.2, 74.7 및 54.3%로서 41~50시간째에 회수하였을 때가 가장 낮았다. 두당 회수율에 있어서도 8.25${\pm}$1.34, 8.87${\pm}$1.10 및 5.00${\pm}$1.30개로서 회수시간에 따른 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 회수한 난포내 미성숙 난자의 등급에 있어서 회수시간대별 1등급은 각각 24.2, 19.5 및 12.0%였으며, 2등급의 경우는 41~50시간이 4.0%로서 29~34시간과 35~40시간의 14.4% 및 16.2%보다 유의적(P<0.05)으로 낮았다. 난자의 pH 조절과 용적조절과 같은 생리적 환경 조성에 관여할 것으로 추정된다.았으며, 난포내 난자의 회수율은 투여 호르몬 및 반복사용 여부에 따른 차이는 없었다.떤 특정한 질환의 환자가 상대적으로 많을 가능성이 있으므로 국내에서의 소아 신질환의 발병형태를 보다 체계적으로 조사하고 이를 자료화하기 위해서는 개별 기관들의 연구결과만으로는 미흡하다고 생각되며, 이를 위해서는 전국적인 협동조사가 필요하다고 사료된다.9%$, 좌측 $22.2{\pm}3.9%$, 전체 $44.2{\pm}7.8%$보다 유의하게 감소되었다(p<0.01). 4) 양측성 미만성 결손을 보인 급성 신우신염시 상대적 신섭취율은 우측 $48.9{\pm}1.9%$, 좌측 $51.0{\pm}1.9%$로 대조군의 우측 $49.4{\pm}2.6%$, 좌측 $50.2{\pm}2.5%$에 비해 유의한 차이가 없었으나 절대적 신섭취율은 우측 $18.1{\pm}3.9%$,

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.127-135
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• 2016

Two-pore 도메인 포타슘 채널(two-pore domain $K^+$ channel, K2P channel)은 세포내 pH, 생리 활성 지질, 신경 전달 물질과 같은 생리학적 자극의 표적이며 안정막전압(resting membrane potential)을 설정하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 일부 유형의 K2P 채널들은 세포 사멸 및 종양 형성 등에서 중요한 역할을 한다. K2P 채널 중 TREK2 채널의 길항제는 보고되지 않았다. 본 연구의 목적은 TREK2 채널을 과발현시킨 HEK293 세포(HEKT2)에서 플라보노이드에 의해 TREK2 채널이 억제되는지 그리고 HEKT2 세포의 증식이 플라보노이드에 의해 영향을 받는지 알아보고자 하였다. 전기생리학적 전류는 단일 채널 patch clamp 방법을 사용하여 기록하였고 세포 증식은 XTT 에세이방법을 이용하여 측정하였다. HEKT2 세포에서 전기생리학적 TREK2 채널 활성도는 에피갈로카테킨-3-갈레이트(EGCG) 및 케르세틴과 같은 플라보노이드에 의해 각각 $91.5{\pm}13.1%$(n=5), $82.2{\pm}13.7%$(n=5)까지 억제되었다. 반면, EGCG 유사체인 에피카테킨(EC)는 TREK2 단일 채널 활성도에 현저한 억제 효과는 없었다. 또한 HEKT2 세포에서 세포 증식이 EGCG에 의해 $69.4{\pm}14.0%$(n=4)까지 감소되었음을 확인하였다. 결과로부터 EGCG와 케르세틴이 TREK2 채널 억제제임을 처음으로 확인하였고, EGCG만 HEKT2 세포의 증식을 감소시킨다는 결론을 얻었다. 본 연구의 결과는 EGCG 및 케르세틴이 TREK2 채널을 억제함으로써 막전압의 변화 유도와 세포 증식에 필요한 세포내 신호 변화의 시작을 트리거하는데 일차적으로 작동할 수 있음을 시사한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권10호
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• pp.919-923
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• 1998

연구배경: 인체에 이식된 동종 혹은 이종조직은 궁극적으로 석회화 변성이 일어난다. 저자들은 독자적인 항석회화 처리법을 이용해 석회화에 내구성을 가진 심혈관용 조직첨포를 개발하였다. 재료 및 방법:도축장에서 채취한 신선한 소의 심막을 Hank 용액에 담아 실험실로 이송하였다. 불필요한 부분을 절제해 낸 심낭조직을 0.65% glutaraldehyde 용액(4$^{\circ}C$)에 1주일 동안 저장한 다음 phophate-buffered saline 용액(pH 7.4)로 세척하였다. 이후 2.5% 술폰산화 폴리에틸렌옥사이드(PEO-SO3) 용액으로 실온에서 2일 동안 처리한 다음 4$^{\circ}C$ NaBH4용액으로 16시간 동안 환원시켰다. 실험은 글루타르알데하이드 용액으로만 처리한 심막첨포와 항석회화 처리된 심막첨포를 각각 대조군(GA군, n=4)과 실험군(PEO-SO3군, n=4)으로 나누어 혈관벽에 이식하여 석회화 변성 정도를 비교하였다. 실험모델은 성견의 폐동맥과 대동맥 벽의 일부를 절제한 후 심막첨포로 재건하는 방법을 이용하였고, 수술 후 평균 1개월 째에 이식된 첨포를 적출하여 조직병리 변화와 칼슘 및 인 함량을 측정하였다. 결과: 실험군이 대조군에 비해 조직 위축 변성, 칼슘(폐동맥; 1.55$\pm$0.29 vs. 6.72$\pm$0.70 mg/g, 대동맥; 7.10$\pm$1.05 vs. 13.81$\pm$2.33 mg/g) 및 인의 침착량 (폐동맥; 2.58$\pm$0.40 vs. 12.60$\pm$3.40 mg/g, 대동맥; 8.11$\pm$1.07 mg/g vs. 19.33$\pm$4.31 mg/g)이 현저하게 적었다 (P<0.01). 결론:이상의 결과에서 PEO-SO$_3$로 처리한 조직첨포는, 비록 단기관찰 결과이지만, 충분한 석회화 내성을 보이며 이 조직첨포의 장기적인 안정성과 적합성에 대해서는 계속적인 연구가 필요할 것이다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.511-516
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• 2013

Bladder cancer is the seventh most common cancer in men that smoke, and the incidence of disease increases with age. The mechanism of occurrence has not yet been established. Potassium channels have been linked with cell proliferation. Some two-pore domain $K^+$ channels (K2P), such as TASK3 and TREK1, have recently been shown to be overexpressed in cancer cells. Here we focused on the relationship between cell growth and the mechanosensitive K2P channel, TREK2, in the human bladder cancer cell line, 253J. We confirmed that TREK2 was expressed in bladder cancer cell lines by Western blot and quantitative real-time PCR. Using the patch-clamp technique, the mechanosensitive TREK2 channel was recorded in the presence of symmetrical 150 mM KCl solutions. In 253J cells, the TREK2 channel was activated by polyunsaturated fatty acids, intracellular acidosis at -60 mV and mechanical stretch at -40 mV or 40 mV. Furthermore, small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated TREK2 knockdown resulted in a slight depolarization from $-19.9mV{\pm}0.8$ (n=116) to $-8.5mV{\pm}1.4$ (n=74) and decreased proliferation of 253J cells, compared to negative control siRNA. 253J cells treated with TREK2 siRNA showed a significant increase in the expression of cell cycle boundary proteins p21 and p53 and also a remarkable decrease in protein expression of cyclins D1 and D3. Taken together, the TREK2 channel is present in bladder cancer cell lines and may, at least in part, contribute to cell cycle-dependent growth.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.111-119
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• 2020

In vascular smooth muscle, K⁺ channels, such as voltage-gated K⁺ channels (Kv), inward-rectifier K⁺ channels (Kir), and big-conductance Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels (BK_Ca), establish a hyperpolarized membrane potential and counterbalance the depolarizing vasoactive stimuli. Additionally, Kir mediates endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization and the active hyperemia response in various vessels, including the coronary artery. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) induces right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH), thereby elevating the risk of ischemia and right heart failure. Here, using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique, we compared Kv and Kir current densities (I_Kv and I_Kir) in the left (LCSMCs), right (RCSMCs), and septal branches of coronary smooth muscle cells (SCSMCs) from control and monocrotaline (MCT)-induced PAH rats exhibiting RVH. In control rats, (1) I_Kv was larger in RCSMCs than that in SCSMCs and LCSMCs, (2) I_Kv inactivation occurred at more negative voltages in SCSMCs than those in RCSMCs and LCSMCs, (3) I_Kir was smaller in SCSMCs than that in RCSMCs and LCSMCs, and (4) I_BKCa did not differ between branches. Moreover, in PAH rats, I_Kir and I_Kv decreased in SCSMCs, but not in RCSMCs or LCSMCs, and I_BKCa did not change in any of the branches. These results demonstrated that SCSMC-specific decreases in I_Kv and I_Kir occur in an MCT-induced PAH model, thereby offering insights into the potential pathophysiological implications of coronary blood flow regulation in right heart disease. Furthermore, the relatively smaller I_Kir in SCSMCs suggested a less effective vasodilatory response in the septal region to the moderate increase in extracellular K⁺ concentration under increased activity of the myocardium.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2010

In this study, we studied whether hydrogen sulfide ($H_2S$) has an effect on the pacemaker activity of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC), in the small intestine of mice. The actions of $H_2S$ on pacemaker activity were investigated using whole-cell patch-clamp technique, intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ analysis at $30^{\circ}C$ and RT-PCR in cultured mouse intestinal ICC. Exogenously applied sodium hydrogen sulfide (NaHS), a donor of hydrogen sulfide, caused a slight tonic inward current on pacemaker activity in ICC at low concentrations (50 and $100{\mu}m$), but at high concentration ($500{\mu}m$ and 1 mM) it seemed to cause light tonic inward currents and then inhibited pacemaker amplitude and pacemaker frequency, and also an increase in the resting currents in the outward direction. Glibenclamide or other potassium channel blockers (TEA, $BaCl_2$, apamin or 4-aminopydirine) did not have an effect on NaHS-induced action in ICC. The exogenous application of carbonilcyanide p-triflouromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP) and thapsigargin also inhibited the pacemaker activity of ICC as NaHS. Also, we found NaHS inhibited the spontaneous intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ ($[Ca^{2+}]_i$) oscillations in cultured ICC. In doing an RT-PCR experiment, we found that ICC enriched population lacked mRNA for both CSE and CBS, but was prominently detected in unsorted muscle. In conclusion, $H_2S$ inhibited the pacemaker activity of ICC by modulating intracellular $Ca^{2+}$. These results can serve as evidence of the physiological action of $H_2S$ as acting on the ICC in gastrointestinal (GI) motility.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.3-15
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• 1997

Adrenal chromaffin cells secrete catecholamine in response to acetylcholine. The secretory response has absolute requirement for extracellular calcium, indication that $Ca^{2+}$ influx through voltage dependent $Ca^{2+}$ channel (VDCC) is the primary trigger of the secretion cascade. Although the existence of various types of $Ca^{2+}$ channels has been explored using patch clamp technique in adrenal chromaffin cells, the contribution of different types of $Ca^{2+}$ channels to catecholamine secretion remains to be established. To investigate the quantative contribution of different types of $Ca^{2+}$ channels to cate-cholamine secretion, $Ca^{2+}$ current($I_{Ca}$) and the resultant membrane capacitance increment($\Delta{C}_{m}$) were simultaneoulsy measured. Software based phasor detector technique was used to monitor $\Delta{C}_{m}$. After blockade of L type VDCC with nicardipine (1$\mu$M), $I_{ca}$ was blocked to 43.85$\pm$6.72%(mean$\pm$SEM) of control and the resultant ㅿC$_{m}$ was reduced ot 30.10$\pm$16.44% of control. In the presence of nicardipine and $\omega$-conotoxin in GVIA(l$\mu$M), an N type VDCC antagonist, $I_{ca}$ was blocked to 11.62$\pm$2.96% of control and the resultant $\Delta{C}_{m}$ was reduced to 26.13$\pm$8.25% of control. Finally, in the presence of L, N, and P type $Ca^{2\pm}$ channel antagonists(nicardipine, $\omega$-Conotoxin GVIA, and $\omega$-agatoxin IVA, respectively), $I_{ca}$ and resultant $\Delta{C}_{m}$ were almost completely blocked. From the observation of parallel effects of $Ca^{2+}$ channel antagonists on $I_{ca}$ and $\Delta{C}_{m}$, it was concluded that L, N, and also P type $Ca^{2+}$ channels served and $Ca^{2+}$ source for exocytosis and no difference was observed in their efficiency to evoke exocytosis amost L, N, and P type $Ca^{2+}$ channels.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.485-495
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• 2001

It was investigated whether $Ca^{2+}$ and $K^+$ channels were involved in the inhibitory action of nitric oxide (NO) on the contractile and slow wave activity of guinea pig gastric antral circular muscle. The gastric antral circular muscle showed spontaneous phasic contraction and slow wave. NO donors, 3-morpholinosydnonimine hydrochloride (SIN-1, $0.01{\sim}100{\mu}M$) and S-nitroso-L-cysteine (CysNO, $0.001{\sim}10{\mu}M$), reduced not only the amplitude of phasic contraction but also that of slow wave in a concentration-dependent manner. Both the perfusion of $Ca^{2+}$-free solution and the administration of $Ni^{2+}$, a nonselective $Ca^{2+}$ channel blocker, reduced the phasic contraction as well as the amplitude and frequency of the slow wave. The effects of these treatments were similar to those of NO donors. Nifedipine ($10{\mu}M$), a specific L-type $Ca^{2+}$ channel blocker, abolished the phasic contraction and remarkably reduced the plateau of slow wave but had no profound effect on the upstroke of slow wave. In the whole-cell patch clamp mode, CysNO shifted the steady-state activation curve for L-type $Ca^{2+}$ current to the right and the steady-state inactivation curve to the left. Pretreatment of various $K^+$ channel blockers such as tetraethylammonium (1 mM), 4-aminopyridine (0.5 mM), glibenclamide (10 mM), apamin ($0.1{\mu}M$), and iberiotoxin ($0.1{\mu}M$) did not affect the inhibitory action of SIN-1. These results suggest that NO donors suppress mechanical and electrical activity of guinea pig gastric antral circular muscle by inhibition of L-type $Ca^{2+}$ channel rather than by activation of $K^+$ channels.