• Molecules and Cells
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• 제43권7호
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• pp.600-606
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• 2020

Numerous physiological processes in nature have multiple oscillations within 24 h, that is, ultradian rhythms. Compared to the circadian rhythm, which has a period of approximately one day, these short oscillations range from seconds to hours, and the mechanisms underlying ultradian rhythms remain largely unknown. This review aims to explore and emphasize the implications of ultradian rhythms and their underlying regulations. Reproduction and developmental processes show ultradian rhythms, and these physiological systems can be regulated by short biological rhythms. Specifically, we recently uncovered synchronized calcium oscillations in the organotypic culture of hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARN) kisspeptin neurons that regulate reproduction. Synchronized calcium oscillations were dependent on voltage-gated ion channel-mediated action potentials and were repressed by chemogenetic inhibition, suggesting that the network within the ARN and between the kisspeptin population mediates the oscillation. This minireview describes that ultradian rhythms are a general theme that underlies biological features, with special reference to calcium oscillations in the hypothalamic ARN from a developmental perspective. We expect that more attention to these oscillations might provide insight into physiological or developmental mechanisms, since many oscillatory features in nature still remain to be explored.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.985-991
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• 2018

생물시계(Biological clock)는 생명체에서 나타나는 반복되는 자율적인 리듬을 말하며, 단일세포는 물론 다세포 생명체의 기본적인 대사와 이에 따른 표현형과 행동을 직접적으로 조절하고 있다. 이러한 생물시계는 동면 리듬, 수면 리듬, 심장박동 리듬 및 짝짓기 노래 리듬 등 매우 다양하며, 24시간 이상의 주기를 infradian rhythm, 24시간 주기를 circadian rhythm, 24시간 이내의 짧은 주기를 ultradian rhythm으로 구분한다. 효모 Saccharomyces cerevisiae는 최소 5종 이상의 반복되는 자율적인 리듬이 알려져 있으며, 이중 일부는 생체시계로 인식되고 있다. 본 리뷰에서는 Saccharomyces cerevisiae의 glycolytic oscillation (T= 1~30분), cell cycle-dependent oscillation (T= 2~16 시간), ultradian metabolic oscillation (T= 15~50분), yeast colony oscillation (T= 수 시간) 및 circadian oscillation (T= 24시간)에 대한 연구 결과를 제시하고, 특히 ultradian metabolic oscillation의 특징, 집단 동조인자(population synchronizer), 동조인자의 조절 기작 및 효모 생물시계의 대사공학 분야의 이용성을 제시하여 효모를 이용한 동적 대사조절 및 생물시계 연구가 가능함을 제시하였다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제48권12호
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• pp.677-684
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• 2015

Cardiovascular function is regulated by the rhythmicity of circadian, infradian and ultradian clocks. Specific time scales of different cell types drive their functions: circadian gene regulation at hours scale, activation-inactivation cycles of ion channels at millisecond scales, the heart's beating rate at hundreds of millisecond scales, and low frequency autonomic signaling at cycles of tens of seconds. Heart rate and rhythm are modulated by a hierarchical clock system: autonomic signaling from the brain releases neurotransmitters from the vagus and sympathetic nerves to the heart's pacemaker cells and activate receptors on the cell. These receptors activating ultradian clock functions embedded within pacemaker cells include sarcoplasmic reticulum rhythmic spontaneous Ca²⁺ cycling, rhythmic ion channel current activation and inactivation, and rhythmic oscillatory mitochondria ATP production. Here we summarize the evidence that intrinsic pacemaker cell mechanisms are the end effector of the hierarchical brain-heart circadian clock system.

• 한국미생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물학회 2002년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.206-208
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• 2002

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.375-380
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• 2005

Autonomous ultradian metabolic oscillation (T$\simeq$50 min) was detected in an aerobic chemostat culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A pulse injection of GSH (a reduced form of glutathione) into the culture induced a perturbation in metabolic oscillation, with respiratory inhibition caused by $H_2S$ burst pro-duction. As the production of $H_2S$ in the culture was controlled by different amino acids, we attempted to characterize the effects of GSH on amino acid metabolism, particularly with regard to branched chain and sulfur-containing amino acids. During stable metabolic oscillation, concentrations of intra-cellular glutamate, aspartate, threonine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, and cysteine were observed to oscil-late with the same periods of dissolved $O_2$ oscillation, although the oscillation amplitudes and maximal phases were shown to differ. The methionine concentration was stably maintained at 0.05 mM. When GSH (100 $\mu$M) was injected into the culture, cellular levels of branched chain amino acids increased dramatically with continuous $H_2S$production, whereas the cysteine and methionine concentrations were noticeably reduced. These results indicate that GSH-dependent perturbation occurs as the result of the promotion of branched chain amino acid synthesis and an attenuation of cysteine and methionine synthesis, both of which activate the generation of $H_2S$. In a low sulfate medium containing 2.5 mM sulfate, the GSH injections did not result in perturbations of dissolved $O_2$ NAD(P)H redox oscillations without burst $H_2S$ production. This suggests that GSH-dependent perturbation is intimately linked with the metabolism of branched-chain amino acids and $H_2S$ generation, rather than with direct GSH-GSSG redox control.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.147-155
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• 1997

이제까지 제시된 수면/각성과 관련된 연구의 결과들이 아직은 부족하거나 일관성이 결여되어 있기 때문에 인간의 수면/각성 리듬에 대한 모텔은 확립되지 않았다. 주 수면시간, 서파 수면, 렘수면, 수면의 깊이, 아침에 깨어남, 각성 수준 등의 주 리듬은 일중리듬을 보여준다. 주 수면시간은 중심체온과 이전의 깨어있는 기간에 의해 결정되는 것으로 알려져 있다. 렘수면 발생의 경향은 통상적인 아침 기상시간 이후 오전 내내 높은 수준으로 남아있게 된다. 수면경향이 갖는 일중 반주기의 내인성 생물학적 특성은 모든 연령에서 독특하게 보여지는 현상이다. 오후의 졸리움이나 수면에 대한 증거는 수면잠복기 반복검사, 수면연장 연구, 비동승상태 연구, 자유질주 연구 등과 같은 여러 연구방법에서 보여진 오후의 졸리움, 수행능력, 다양한 수면장애의 병리적 특성, 그리고 시에스타 문화에서 증명된다. 일중 12 시간 수면리듬의 모델은 아직도 일중 반주기 리듬이 일중리듬이 고유한 이형식의 리듬으로 표현되는 것인지 아니면 별개의 독립적 인 현상인지에 대한 결론이 내려지지 않았기 때문에 확립되지 않았다. 수면-각성의 주기에는 하루에 3-4회, 즉 6-8 시간의 주기를 갖는 중간 단주기 리듬이 내재되어 있고, 또 성인의 야간수면은 90-120 분의 주기를 갖는 비-램 수면과 렘수면의 리듬미칼한 극단 주기적 교대를 보여준다. 그뿐 아니라 주간의 기본적인 휴식 -활동 주기는 야간의 렘 수면주기에 상응한다는 가설이 제시되기도 하였다. 수면의 단주기 리듬에 대한 연구는 전통적인 수면다원 검사, 낮잠 연구, 휴식 및 일상지속법 연구, 수면연장 연구, 보행감찰, 극 초단적 수면일정, 시간격리연구 등을 통해 시행되고 있다. 내재하는 다양한 신체의 리듬들이 어떻게, 또 어느 정도 상호작용하여 수면의 시작과 종결을 조절하며, 반일주기 수면경향의 본질은 어떠하고, 또 렘 주기와 수면과의 관계는 어떠한가에 대한 의문은 앞으로 해결해야 할 중요한 쟁점들이다.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 2003년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.165.3-165
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• 2003

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• Molecules and Cells
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.497-502
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• 2009

In mouse embryos, somite formation occurs every two hours, and this periodic event is regulated by a biological clock called the segmentation clock, which involves cyclic expression of the basic helix-loop-helix gene Hes7. Hes7 expression oscillates by negative feedback and is cooperatively regulated by Fgf and Notch signaling. Both loss of expression and sustained expression of Hes7 result in severe somite fusion, suggesting that Hes7 oscillation is required for proper somite segmentation. Expression of a related gene, Hes1, also oscillates by negative feedback with a period of about two hours in many cell types such as neural progenitor cells. Hes1 is required for maintenance of neural progenitor cells, but persistent Hes1 expression inhibits proliferation and differentiation of these cells, suggesting that Hes1 oscillation is required for their proper activities. Hes1 oscillation regulates cyclic expression of the proneural gene Neurogenin2 (Ngn2) and the Notch ligand Delta1, which in turn lead to maintenance of neural progenitor cells by mutual activation of Notch signaling. Taken together, these results suggest that oscillatory expression with short periods (ultradian oscillation) plays an important role in many biological events.

• 한국생명과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생명과학회 2003년도 제39회 학술심포지움
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• pp.114-114
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• 2003

• 수면정신생리
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2020

An infant's sleep varies considerably from that of adults in terms of structure, amount, and breathing pattern. After birth, sleep becomes evenly distributed throughout the day and night. Nighttime sleep gradually increases with the maturation of circadian rhythm, and sleep is gradually consolidated. Electroencephalography characteristics change with age, from early and dominant active (REM) sleep in newborns to increasing NREM sleep. Similar to other elements of growth, the upper respiratory tract and ribcage gradually increase in size with age, and respiratory control also improves. With these changes, sleep patterns also change. At this time that various sleep disorders may appear. Improved understanding of age-dependent changes in infant sleep can help determine the etiology and facilitate diagnosis of infant sleep diseases.