• 자연과학논문집
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.55-63
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• 2007

칼슘용액을 사과나무에 살포하였을 때 과실로 칼슘이 축적되는 양상을 구명하기 위하여 본 연구를 수행하였다. 과실 발육 전반기보다 후반기에 칼슘용액을 처리하는 것이 과실의 칼슘함량 증가 효과가 높았다. 과실 주위의 잎 표면에 처리된 칼슘은 과실로 거의 전류되지 않았으나 과경에는 일부 축적되었으며 과실 표면에 처리하였을 때 과실의 칼슘함량이 증가되었다.

• 자연과학논문집
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.49-54
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• 1993

사과나무에 대한 칼슘용액의 수관살포 시 칼슘염의 종류에 따른 과실 내 칼슘함량증가효과를 구명하고 자 본 연구를 수행하였다. $CaCl_2$, $CaCO_3$, Ca$(CH_3COO)_2$ 및 Ca$(NO_3)_2$ 등의 칼슘염을 수관살포한 결과 "쓰가루" 품종에는 Ca$(NO_3)_2$, $CaCl_2$ 및 $CaCO_3$, 그리고 "후지" 품종에는 $CaCl_2$와 $CaCO_3$가 과실의 칼슘함량증가에 효과적이었다. 수관살포에 의하여 과실로 흡수된 칼슘은 과피와 과피직하의 과육에 국한되었다. Ca$(CH_3COO)_2$를 살포한 과실은 저장 중에 에틸렌 발생량이 감소하는 경향이었다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.787-794
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• 2010

Calcium plays a role as a signaling molecule in various cellular events. It has been reported that calcium suppresses adipocyte differentiation only in the early phase of adipogenesis. Herein, we demonstrate that treatment of A23187, a mobilizer of intracellular calcium, on day 4 post adipocyte differentiation could still reduce lipid accumulation in differentiating 3T3-L1 cells for 48 h. In addition, luciferase reporter gene and RT-Q-PCR assays demonstrate that A23187 can selectively inhibit transcriptional activities and expression of PPAR$\gamma$ and LXR$\alpha$, suggesting that A23187 may reduce lipid accumulation in the late phase of adipogenesis via downregulation of PPAR$\gamma$ and LXR$\alpha$ expression and transactivation. Moreover, inhibition of HDAC activity by trichostatin A (TSA) partially blocked A23187-mediated downregulation of transcriptional activities of PPAR$\gamma$ and LXR$\alpha$. Together, our data demonstrate that calcium mobilization inhibits expression and transcriptional activities of PPAR$\gamma$ and LXR$\alpha$, resulting in reduced lipid accumulation in differentiating adipocytes, and thus, mobilization of intracellular calcium in adipocytes may serve as a new preventive and therapeutic approach for obesity.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.132-136
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• 1996

Exogenously applied oxygen free radical generating agent, pyrogallol, highly elevated extracellular glutamate accumulation and augmented N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced glutamate accumulation in cerebellar granule neuronal cells, but did not in astrocytes. Superoxide dismutase remarkably decreased the pyrogallol-induced glutamate accumulation, but either NMDA or kainate antagonists did not. In addition, pyrogallol did not affect the NMDAinduced intracellular calcium elevation. Pyrogallol partially blocked glutamate uptake into astrocytes. These results suggest that oxygen free radicals elevate extracellular glutamate accumulation by stimulating the release of glutamate as well as blocking the glutamate uptake.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.344-353
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• 2014

비소의 종류에 따른 봉의꼬리의 생육 반응 및 비소 축적능을 분석하기 위해 sodium arsenate, calcium arsenate, sodium arsenite 및 potassium arsenite 등의 4종류를 선정하여 $500mg{\cdot}kg^{-1}$의 농도로 토양에 처리하여 봉의꼬리를 12주간 재배하였다. 그 결과, calcium arsenate 처리구의 봉의꼬리 생육은 다소 감소하였으나, 나머지 비소 처리구에서는 무처리구에서 재배한 생육과 비슷하였다. Sodium arsenate 처리구의 봉의꼬리 지상부는 4주의 단기간 재배만으로 $2,289.5mg{\cdot}kg^{-1}DW$의 높은 비소 축적능을 보였으며, 12주에는 비소 축적능이 $2,956.0mg{\cdot}kg^{-1}DW$로 더욱 증가하였다. 반면, 지하부는 potassium arsenite 처리구에서 $2,470.2mg{\cdot}kg^{-1}DW$로 가장 높았으며, calcium arsenate 처리구는 $1,060.7mg{\cdot}kg^{-1}DW$의 비소를 축적하였다. 봉의꼬리 지상부의 비소 축적능은 비소의 종류에 관계없이 $1,000mg{\cdot}kg^{-1}DW$ 이상으로 매우 우수하였다. 그리고 토양의 비소 제거량도 높았다. 따라서 봉의꼬리는 다양한 비소 오염 지역의 식물상 정화기법 소재로 활용이 가능할 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1996년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.97-99
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• 1996

Intracellular gradients of the free calcium concentration are thought to be critical for the localization of functional responses within a cell. The mechanism of mechanotransduction may be associated with the localized accumulation of calcium stores for shear stress-exposed endothelial cells. The distribution of the calcium stores and the formation of the stress fibers were investigated by the indirect double immunofluorescent staining method with the calreticulin antibody and rhodamine phalloidin under flow condition. The shear stress of steady flow reorganized the cytoskeleton structure including the bundling and translocation to focal contacts. The calcium stores translocated from the cytoplasm to the focal contacting area. Consequently. accumulation of the calcium stores may participate in the shear stress-induced cytoskeleton organization of endothelial cells.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.259-264
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• 2004

The present study describes the ameliorating effect of $Ca^{++}\;on\;Cd^{++}$ toxicity on the germination, early growth of mungbean seedlings, nitrogen assimilation enzyme. s-nitrate reductase (NR), nitrite reductase (NIR), anti-oxidant enzymes (POD, CAT and SOD) and on the accumulation of hydrogen peroxide and sulphydryls. $Cd^{++}$ inhibited seed germination and root and shoot length of seedlings. While NR activity was down- regulated, the activities of NIR, POD and SOD were up- regulated with $Cd^{++}$ treatment. $Cd^{++}$ treatment also increased the accumulation of sulphydryls and peroxides, which is reflective of increased thiol rich proteins and oxidative stress. $Ca^{++}$ reversed the toxic effects of $Cd^{++}$ on germination and on early growth of seedlings as well as on the enzyme activities, which were in turn differentially inhibited with a combined treatment with calcium specific chelator EGTA. The results indicate that the external application of $Ca^{++}$ may increase the tolerance capacity of plants to environmental pollutants by both up and down regulating metabolic activities. Abbreviations: $Cd^{++}= cadmium,\;Ca^{++} = calcium$, NR= nitrate reductase, NIR=nitrite reductase, POD = peroxidse, SOD= superoxide dismutase, CAT= catalase, EGTA= ethylene glycol-bis( $\beta-aminoethyl ether$)-N,N,N,N-tetraacetic acid.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.7-12
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• 1997

Glutamate uptake inhibitor, L-trans-pyrrolidine-2, 4-dicarboxylate (PDC, $20{\mu}M$) elevated basal and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA, $100{\mu}M$)-induced extracellular glutamate accumulation, while it did not augment kainate $100{\mu}M$-induced glutamate accumulation in cultured cerebellar granule neurons. However, pretreatment with PDC for 1 h significantly reduced NMDA-induced glutamate accumulation, but did not affect kainate-induced response. Pretreatment with glutamate $(5{\mu}M)$ for 1 h also reduced NMDA-induced glutamate accumulation, but did not kainate-induced response. Upon a brief application (3-10 min), PDC did neither induce elevation of intracellular calcium concentration $([Ca^{2+}]_i)$ nor modulate NMDA-indLiced $[Ca^{2+}]_1$ elevation. Pretreatment with PDC for 1 h reduced NMDA-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_1$ elevation, but it did not reduce kainate-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_1$ elevation. These results suggest that glutamate concentration in synaptic clefts of neurana cells is increased by prolonged exposure (1 h) of the cells to PDC, and the accumulated glutamate subsequently induces selective desensitization of NMDA receptor.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.24-29
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• 1998

Effect of extracellular calcium in vitellogenin (VTG) production in response to estradiol-17 $\beta$ $(E_2,\;2\times10^{-6}M)$ was examined in primary hepatocyte culture of rainbow trout, Onchorhynchus mykiss. Total calcium in estrogenized sera significantly increased, compared with the control, while diffusible calcium was insignificant. However, diffusible calcium in the incubation medium with $E_2$ was significantly reduced, compared with the control. The uptake of extracellular calcium by cultured hepatocytes signifIcantly increased 90 min after $E_2$ addition. Moreover, the accumulation of intracellular calcium increased in the cultures with $E_2$, regardless of the calcium concentrations in the incubation media. In addition, $E_2-primed $ VTG production was significantly decreased by withdrawal of E_2$ from the incubation medium. Moreover, VTG production by $E_2-primed$ hepatocytes was reduced by removing calcium from the incubation medium with or without $E_2$. These results suggest that the entry of extracellular calcium into the cytoplasm is an important step for VTG production in primary hepatocyte cultures in rainbow trout.

• 약학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.45-60
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• 1991

lonophores, uniquely, create specific pathways of ion permeability in model and cell membranes. Calcium-transporting ionophores of microbiological origin, such as A23187 and ionomycin, have been used as experimental tools to elucidate the physiological role of calcium as a second messenger in many cell types. These ionophores are believed to bypass the initial ligand-receptor step in the activation of cells by increasing membrane permeability to calcium. In this report, we shall discuss several naturally occurring substances that share some properties of calcium-ionophores, primarily concentrating on oxidized fatty acids. We have previously demonstrated that oxidized linoteic and arachidonic acids, obtained either by lipoxygenase catalysis or nonenzymatic processes, significantly promote calcium translocation in a two-phase partition model and modulate calcium-transporting function in the isolated sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles obtained from mammalian hearts. We have also confirmed that calcium-ionophoric properties are due not to their general amphiphilic nature of certain lipids, but to distinct structural characteristics. Although there are some skeptical views on the occurrence of ionophores in higher organisms, increasing evidence suggests that membrane lipids or their derivatives may serve as physiological calcium-ionophores. Abnormal accumulation of lipid peroxidation products(particularly end products), however, may be associated with the general oxidative damages as seen in many pathological conditions.