• 대한화학회지
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• 제66권3호
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• pp.209-217
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• 2022

본 연구그룹에서는 투명 전도성 기판이 필요 없는 광감응형 전기변색 소자를 개발하였다. 이전의 연구에서 백금 촉매 적용에 의한 빠른 착색 및 탈색을 확인하였고, 저온소성형 WO₃졸과 TiO₂ 졸을 적용하여 플렉시블 필름형 소자를 구현하였으나, 이러한 소자가 4~5 시간 동안 태양광에 노출될 경우 과착색 되어 암막상태에서도 탈색이 되지 않는 현상을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 과착색 현상을 해결하기 위하여 광감응형 전기변색 소자의 전해질에(4-Hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl (TEMPOL)을 첨가하였다. TEMPOL을 첨가제로 사용한 광감응형 전기변색 소자의 경우 4시간 이상 햇빛에 노출되어도 과착색이 되지 않고, 가역성이 크게 향상되는 것을 확인하였다. 다양한 농도의 TEMPOL을 적용하여 가시광 투과율 변화 및 착/탈색 속도를 비교하였고, 에너지 레벨 관점에서 가능한 TEMPOL의 과착색 방지 메커니즘을 제시하였다.

• Yonsei Medical Journal
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• 제59권9호
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• pp.1079-1087
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• 2018

Purpose: Obstructive sleep apnea and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are independent risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and their coexistence is known as overlap syndrome (OS). Endothelial dysfunction is the initial stage of CVD; however, underlying mechanisms linking OS and CVD are not well understood. The aim of this study was to explore whether OS can lead to more severe inflammation and endothelial apoptosis by promoting endothelial dysfunction, and to assess the intervention effects of antioxidant tempol. Materials and Methods: Male Wistar rats (n=66) were exposed to normal oxygen [normal control (NC) group], intermittent hypoxia (IH group), cigarette smoke (CH group), as well as cigarette smoke and IH (OS group). Tempol intervention was assessed in OS group treated with tempol (OST group) or NaCl (OSN group). After an 8-week challenge, lung tissues, serum, and fresh blood were harvested for analysis of endothelial markers and apoptosis. Results: The levels of intracellular adhesion molecule-1, vascular cellular adhesion molecule-1, and apoptosis in circulating epithelial cells were the highest in OS group and the lowest in NC group. These levels were all greater in IH group than in CH group, and were lower in OST group than in OS and OSN groups (all p<0.001). Conclusion: Synergistic effects of IH with cigarette smoke-induced emphysema produce a greater inflammatory status and endothelial apoptosis. OS-related inflammation and endothelial cell apoptosis may play important roles in promoting cardiovascular dysfunction, and antioxidant tempol could achieve a partial protective effect.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제57권6호
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• pp.868-873
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 유기물인 메틸 바이올로겐(methyl viologen, MV)과 템폴(4-hydroxy-TEMPO, TEMPOL)을 활물질로 사용하고 NaCl의 중성 전해질 기반 수계 유기 레독스 흐름전지 성능이 멤브레인에 따라 어떻게 영향을 받는지 분석하였다. 메틸 바이올로겐(MV)과 템폴(TEMPOL)은 중성 전해질인 염화나트륨(NaCl) 전해질에 대해 높은 셀전압(1.37 V)을 얻을 수 있다. 성능 비교를 위해 사용한 멤브레인은 두 가지이다. 첫째로, 상용 양이온 교환막 중 하나인 Nafion 117를 사용하였을 때 성능은 첫번째 사이클에서 충전만 일어났을 뿐 그 후 높은 저항 때문에 완전지가 작동하지 않았다. 하지만 두번째로 사용한 Fumasep 음이온 교환막(FAA-3-50)은 Nafion 117 멤브레인을 사용했을 때와는 다르게 비교적 안정적인 충방전 사이클링을 보였다. 전류 밀도 $40mA{\cdot}cm^{-2}$, 컷-오프 전압 0.55~1.7 V에서 전류 효율(charge efficiency)은 97%, 전압 효율(voltage efficiency)은 78%로 높게 나타났다. 방전 용량(discharge capacity)은 10사이클에서 $1.44Ah{\cdot}L^{-1}$로 이론 용량($2.68Ah{\cdot}L^{-1}$)의 54%를 나타내었다. 방전 용량의 용량 손실율(capacity loss rate)은 $0.0015Ah{\cdot}L^{-1}/cycle$ 로 나타났다. 순환주사전류 실험을 통해 Nafion 117 멤브레인과 Fumasep 음이온 교환막 사이의 이러한 성능차이는 활물질의 크로스 오버(cross over) 현상으로 인한 방전 용량 손실이 아닌 멤브레인과 활물질의 화학적 반응으로 인한 저항 증가가 원인임을 파악할 수 있었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.311-329
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• 1991

산화주석전극 위에 LB 법에 의해 단분자층상으로 흡착된 양친매성 Os 착체의 전기화학적 거동을 살펴보았다. 또한 단분자막형태로 흡착된 redox 종의 전극반응의 이론식을 가역, 비가역, 준가역파에 대하여 검토하였고, 이들막이 진공증착된 $SnO_2$ 전극 위로 전이될 때, 그 전극에서 흐른 전체 전하를 cyclic voltammogram 의 그림적분법에 의해 구하였다. 그리고 이들 단분자막을 이용한 전자이동 중개반응의 응용면도 $Fe^{2+}$, TEMPOL 등을 이용해 해석하였다. 이들 측정된 cyclic voltammogram을 이론식으로부터 유도하여 분자들간의 상호작용 parameter를 고려해서 simultation 하였다. 이들로부터 구해진 parameter 들은 측정된 cyclic voltammogram 과 거의 일치함을 확인할수 있었다. 마지막으로 LB 법을 이용한 최근의 연구동향 및 응용분야를 소개하였다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.27-32
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• 2009

The effects of oxidized low-density lipoprotein(OxLDL) and its major lipid constituent lysophosphatidylcholine(LPC) on $Ca^{2+}$ entry were investigated in cultured human umbilical endothelial cells(HUVECs) using fura-2 fluorescence and patch-clamp methods. OxLDL or LPC increased intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ concentration($[Ca^{2+}]_i$), and the increase of $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ by OxLDL or by LPC was inhibited by $La^{3+}$ or heparin. LPC failed to increase $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ in the presence of an antioxidant tempol. In addition, store-operated $Ca^{2+}$ entry(SOC), which was evoked by intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ store depletion in $Ca^{2+}$-free solution using the sarcoplasmic reticulum $Ca^{2+}$ pump blocker, 2, 5-di-t-butyl-l,4-benzohydroquinone(BHQ), was further enhanced by OxLDL or by LPC. Increased SOC by OxLDL or by LPC was inhibited by U73122. In voltage-clamped cells, OxLDL or LPC increased $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ and simultaneously activated non-selective cation(NSC) currents. LPC-induced NSC currents were inhibited by 2-APB, $La^{3+}$ or U73122, and NSC currents were not activated by LPC in the presence of tempol. Furthermore, in voltage-clamped HUVECs, OxLDL enhanced SOC and evoked outward currents simultaneously. Clamping intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ to 1 ${\mu}M$ activated large-conductance $Ca^{2+}$-activated $K^+(BK_{ca})$ current spontaneously, and this activated $BK_{ca}$ current was further enhanced by OxLDL or by LPC. From these results, we concluded that OxLDL or its main component LPC activates $Ca^{2+}$-permeable $Ca^{2+}$-activated NSC current and $BK_{ca}$ current simultaneously, thereby increasing SOC.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.486-493
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• 2011

Nitric oxide (NO) donors는 heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1)의 강력한 유도제이다. 그러나 NO donors에 의한 HO-1의 발현이 NO donor에 의해 방출되는 NO에 의한 직접적인 영향인지는 불분명하다. 본 연구에서 흰쥐의 무릎으로부터 분리 배양한 관절연골세포에서 HO-1의 발현에 NO donors의 영향을 조사하였다. NO donors (SIN-1, SNAP 그리고 SNP)는 HO-1의 mRNA와 단백질의 합성을 크게 증가시켰다. 그리고 NO의 표적 분자인 guanylate cyclase와 protein kinase G의 관련성을 살펴본 결과, NO donors에 의한 Nrf2와 HO-1의 발현증가와는 무관한 것으로 보였다. 흥미롭게도, NO scavenger인 carboxy-PTIO와 SOD mimetic TEMPOL은 NO donors에 의한 HO-1의 발현을 억제하였다. 게다가, peroxynitrite scavenger인 MnTBAP에 의해서도 Nrf2와 HO-1의 발현이 완전히 억제되었다. Peroxynitrite는 NO와 superoxide의 반응에 의해 세포 내에서 자연적으로 형성되는 물질이므로 peroxynitrite가 관절연골세포에서 HO-1의 발현에 직접적인 영향을 주는지를 관찰하였다. 관절연골세포에 peroxynitrite를 처리한 결과, 시간과 농도 의존적으로 Nrf2와 HO-1의 발현을 크게 증가시켰다. 본 실험 자료 는 NO donors에 의한 HO-1의 발현증가는 방출되는 NO의 직접적인 영향이라기 보다는 NO와 superoxide의 반응으로 형성되는 peroxynitrite에 의해 유도된다는 것을 시사한다.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2012

Recent studies indicate that reactive oxygen species (ROS) are critically involved in persistent pain primarily through spinal mechanisms, and that mitochondria are the main source of ROS in the spinal dorsal horn. To investigate whether mitochondrial ROS can induce changes in membrane excitability on spinal substantia gelatonosa (SG) neurons, we examined the effects of mitochondrial electron transport complex (ETC) substrates and inhibitors on the membrane potential of SG neurons in spinal slices. Application of ETC inhibitors, rotenone or antimycin A, resulted in a slowly developing and slight membrane depolarization in SG neurons. Also, application of both malate, a complex I substrate, and succinate, a complex II substrate, caused reversible membrane depolarization and enhanced firing activity. Changes in membrane potential after malate exposure were more prominent than succinate exposure. When slices were pretreated with ROS scavengers such as phenyl-N-tert-buthylnitrone (PBN), catalase and 4- hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPOL), malate-induced depolarization was significantly decreased. Intracellular calcium above $100{\mu}M$ increased malateinduced depolarization, witch was suppressed by cyclosporin A, a mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) inhibitor. These results suggest that enhanced production of spinal mitochondrial ROS can induce nociception through central sensitization.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.18-25
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• 2008

Arsenic trioxide (ATO) can affect many biological functions such as apoptosis and differentiation in various cells. We investigated the involvement of ROS and GSH in ATO-induced HeLa cell death using ROS scavengers, especially N-acetylcysteine (NAC). ATO increased intracellular ${O_2}^{{\cdot}-}$ levels and reduced intracellular GSH content. The ROS scavengers, Tempol, Tiron and Trimetazidine, did not significantly reduce levels of ROS or GSH depletion in ATO-treated HeLa cells. Nor did they reduce the apoptosis induced by ATO. In contrast, treatment with NAC reduced ROS levels and GSH depletion in the ATO-treated HeLa cells and prevented ATO-induced apoptosis. Treatment with exogenous SOD and catalase reduced the depletion of GSH content in ATO-treated cells. Catalase strongly protected the cells from ATO-induced apoptosis. In addition, treatment with SOD, catalase and NAC slightly inhibited the G1 phase accumulation induced by ATO. In conclusion, NAC protects HeLa cells from apoptosis induced by ATO by up-regulating intracellular GSH content and partially reducing the production of ${O_2}^{{\cdot}-}$.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2015

Growing evidence suggests that mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) are involved in various pain states. This study was performed to investigate whether ROS-induced changes in neuronal excitability in trigeminal subnucleus caudalis are related to ROS generation in mitochondria. Confocal scanning laser microscopy was used to measure ROS-induced fluorescence intensity in live rat trigeminal caudalis slices. The ROS level increased during the perfusion of malate, a mitochondrial substrate, after loading of 2',7'-dichlorofluorescin diacetate ($H_2DCF-DA$), an indicator of the intracellular ROS; the ROS level recovered to the control condition after washout. When pre-treated with phenyl N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN) and 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidene-1-oxyl (TEMPOL), malate-induced increase of ROS level was suppressed. To identify the direct relation between elevated ROS levels and mitochondria, we applied the malate after double-loading of $H_2DCF-DA$ and chloromethyl-X-rosamine (CMXRos; MitoTracker Red), which is a mitochondria-specific fluorescent probe. As a result, increase of both intracellular ROS and mitochondrial ROS were observed simultaneously. This study demonstrated that elevated ROS in trigeminal subnucleus caudalis neuron can be induced through mitochondrial-ROS pathway, primarily by the leakage of ROS from the mitochondrial electron transport chain.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.144-154
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• 2023

Background: As the major pathophysiological feature of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) is vital for the occurrence of cardiovascular complications. The activation of calpain-1 mediates the production of endothelial reactive oxygen species (ROS) and impairs nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability, resulting in vascular endothelial dysfunction (VED). Ginsenoside Rg1 is thought to against endothelial cell dysfunction, but the potential mechanism of CIH-induced VED remains unclear. Methods: C57BL/6 mice and human coronary artery endothelial cells (HCAECs) were exposed to CIH following knockout or overexpression of calpain-1. The effect of ginsenoside Rg1 on VED, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and the expression levels of calpain-1, PP2A and p-eNOS were detected both in vivo and in vitro. Results: CIH promoted VED, oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction accompanied by enhanced levels of calpain-1 and PP2A and reduced levels of p-eNOS in mice and cellular levels. Ginsenoside Rg1, calpain-1 knockout, OKA, NAC and TEMPOL treatment protected against CIH-induced VED, oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction, which is likely concomitant with the downregulated protein expression of calpain-1 and PP2A and the upregulation of p-eNOS in mice and cellular levels. Calpain-1 overexpression increased the expression of PP2A, reduced the level of p-eNOS, and accelerated the occurrence and development of VED, oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in HCAECs exposed to CIH. Moreover, scavengers of O₂^·-, H₂O₂, complex I or mitoKATP abolished CIH-induced impairment in endothelial-dependent relaxation. Conclusion: Ginsenoside Rg1 may alleviate CIH-induced vascular endothelial dysfunction by suppressing the formation of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species through the calpain-1 pathway.