• 대한약리학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.189-199
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• 1996

Myocardial ${\alpha}_1-adrenoceptors$ have been shown to mediate a biphaslc inotropic response that was characterized by a transient decline followed by a sustained increasing phase in guinea pig ventricular muscle. Recently one group reported that an ${\alpha}_1-adrenoceptors-induced$ intracellular $Na^+$ decrease is linked to fast $Na^+$ channel inhibition and another group reported that it is linked to $Na^+$-$K^+$ pump activation by ${\alpha}_{1b}-adrenoceptors$. But until now, its mechanism is not clear. Therefore, to see whether the $Na^+$channel or $Na^+-K^+$ pump is related to a decrease in intracellular $Na^+$ activity and/or the negative inotropic response, and which ${\alpha}_1-adrenoceptor$ subtype was involved in the decrease in intracellular $Na^+$activity by phenylephrine, we used conventional and sodium selective microelectrodes, and tension transducer to determine the effects of ${\alpha}_1-adrenergic$ stimulation on membrane potential, intracellular $Na^+$ activity, and twitch force in guinea pig ventricular muscles. $10^{-5}$ M Phenylephrine produced a slight hyperpolarization of the diastolic membrane potential, a decrease or increase in $a_N^i_a$, and a biphasic inotropic response. The negative inotropic response accompanied by a decrease in intracellular $Na^+$activity, whereas in muscles showing a remarkable positive inotropic response without initial negative inotropic effect was accompanied by an increase in intracellular $Na^+$ activity. The decrease in intracellular $Na^+$ activity was apparently inhibited by WB4101, an antagonist of the ${\alpha}_{1a}-adrenoceptors$. The decrease in intracellular $Na^+$ activity caused by phenylephrine was not abolished or reduced by a block of the fast $Na^+$ channels. $V_{max}$ also was not affected by phenylephrine. Phenylephrine produced an increase in intracellular $Na^+$ activity in the presence of a high concentration of extracellular $Ca^{2+}$ (in quiescent muscle) or phorbol dibutyrate, a protein kinase C activator(in beating muscle). These suggest that the ${\alpha}_{1a}-adrenoceptors-mediated$ decrease in intracellular $Na^+$ activity may be related to the protein kinase C.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.48.1-48.12
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• 2022

Background: The poor intracellular concentration of enrofloxacin might lead to treatment failure of cow mastitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants (SASCVs). Objectives: In this study, enrofloxacin composite nanogels were developed to increase the intracellular therapeutic drug concentrations and enhance the efficacy of enrofloxacin against cow mastitis caused by intracellular SASCVs. Methods: Enrofloxacin composite nanogels were formulated by an electrostatic interaction between gelatin (positive charge) and sodium alginate (SA; negative charge) with the help of CaCl₂ (ionic crosslinkers) and optimized by a single factor test using the particle diameter, zeta potential (ZP), polydispersity index (PDI), loading capacity (LC), and encapsulation efficiency (EE) as indexes. The formation mechanism, structural characteristics, bioadhesion ability, cellular uptake, and the antibacterial activity of the enrofloxacin composite nanogels against intracellular SASCVs strain were studied systematically. Results: The optimized formulation was comprised of 10 mg/mL (gelatin), 5 mg/mL (SA), and 0.25 mg/mL (CaCl₂). The size, LC, EE, PDI, and ZP of the optimized enrofloxacin composite nanogels were 323.2 ± 4.3 nm, 15.4% ± 0.2%, 69.6% ± 1.3%, 0.11 ± 0.02, and -34.4 ± 0.8 mV, respectively. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the enrofloxacin composite nanogels were spherical with a smooth surface and good particle size distributions. In addition, the enrofloxacin composite nanogels could enhance the bioadhesion capacity of enrofloxacin for the SASCVs strain by adhesive studies. The minimum inhibitory concentration, minimum bactericidal concentration, minimum biofilm inhibitory concentration, and minimum biofilm eradication concentration were 2, 4, 4, and 8 ㎍/mL, respectively. The killing rate curve had a concentration-dependent bactericidal effect as increasing drug concentrations induced swifter and more radical killing effects. Conclusions: This study provides a good tendency for developing enrofloxacin composite nanogels for treating cow mastitis caused by intracellular SASCVs and other intracellular bacterial infections.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.113-120
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• 1990

전기장 자극으로 수축을 유발한 흰쥐 좌심방에서, 자극 빈도 변경에 따른 수축 운동의 변동에 미치는, 여러 경로를 통한 수축 유발 calcium의 영향을 검색하므로, 각 경로가 심근 수축에 미치는 영향을 추구하였다. 흰쥐 좌심방은 자극 빈도를 급격하게 낮추므로, 특징적인 삼단계 변동을 나타내었다. 즉, 처음의 급격한 수축 장력증가와, 두번째 일시적인 빠른 장력감소, 이어서 세번째로 수축장력의 유지단계로 나타났으며, 이때 수축장력은 고빈도 자극시의 2배 정도가 되었다. Caffeine처치는 이와같은 자극빈도 하강에 따른 수축 장력의 증가를 현저하게 억압하였다. Verapamil은 고빈도 자극시 수축 운동을 완전히 소실시켰으나, 저빈도 자극으로 변경시에는 verapamil 존재하에서도 수축 운동이 소생되었다. 한편 ouabain처치나 영양액내 sodium 배제시에는 저빈도 자극으로 나타나는 특징적인 두번째 단계의 변동이 소실되었다. 이러한 결과로 보아, 심근막의 calcium통로는 세포내 유지에 필수불가결한 경로이며, 심근 수축 유발 calcium의 주된 기원은 근 소포체로 부터 유리되는 것으로 믿어진다. 또한 sodium-calcium교환은 세포내 sodium농도의 변동에 따라 수축 유발 calcium양 형성에 조절 인자로서의 기능을 갖는 것으로 추측된다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.299-304
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• 1992

An intracellular protease form cells of Pseudomonas carboxydovorans DSM 1227 grown on carbon monoxide was purified 57-fold in six steps to homogeneity with a yield of 4.3% using azocoll as a substrate. The molecular weight of the enzyme was determined to be 150,000. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis revealed the purified enzyme to be a dimer with two identical subunits of molecular weight 72,000. The enzyme was stimulated by $Mg^{2+}$ but was inhibited completely by $Cd^{2+}$ $Fe^{2+}$ $Hg^{2+}$, and $^Zn{2+}$ The enzyme activity was also inhibited by EDTA, EGTA, phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, and phenyl glyoxal, but was increased by 1-ethyl-3(dimethyl aminopropyl fluoride, and phenyl glyoxal, but was increased by 1-ethyl-3(dimethyl aminopropyl)carbodiimide, iodoacetamide and dithiothereitol. The optimal pH and temperature for the enzyme reaction were found to be 7-8 and 50.deg.C, respectively. Casein and bovine serum albumin were hydrolyzed by the enzyme, but carbon monoxide dehydrogenase was not.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.167-171
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• 1991

An intracellular protease from cells of Pseudomonas carboxydohydrogena grown on nutrient broth was purified to better than 95% homogeneity in five steps using azocaseine as a substrate. The molecular weight of the native enzyme was determined to be 125, 000. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis revealedat least two non-identical subunits of molecular weight 70, 000 and 56, 000. The enzyme activity was completely ingibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride and diisopropyl fluorophosphate. The enzyme was also inhibited by $Mg^{2+}$ , $Zn^{2+}$ , $Cd^{2+}$, $Cu^{2+}$ , and $Fe^{2+}$ , but was stimulated by iodoacetamide. Maximal reaction rate of the enzyme was observed at pH8.0 and 30.deg.C. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was found to be 7.5. The enzyme was unable to hydrolyze carbon monoxide dehydrogenase.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.237-244
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• 1989

Azocasein을 기질로 사용하여 nutrient broth에서 성장한 Pseudomonas carboxydovorans로부터 다섯 단계의 순화 과정을 거쳐 68배 순화된 세포내 가용성 단백질 가수 분해 효소를 얻었다. Pyruvate나 succinate, acetate, 또는 일산화탄소를 이용하여 성장한 세균들은 이 효소의 활성을 나타내지 않았다. 순화된 효소의 크기는 약 53,000이었고, 한개의 polypeptide로 구성되어 있었다. 이 효소는 serinerp통의 단백질 가수분해 효소로 $Cd^{2+}, Cu^{2+}, Hg^{2+}$, 등의 2가 양이온과 EGTA에 의해 활성이 완전히 억제되었고 iodoacetamide에 의해 활성이 증가되었다. 이 효소는 pH 8.0과 $50^{\circ}C$에서 최대 활성을 나타내었으며, 일산화탄소 산화효소를 가수분해 시키지 못하였다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.53-59
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• 1998

수종의 두과작물과 수도에서 분리한 Rhizobium 및 Azospirillum들의 내염성을 조사하고 salt stress에 의하여 유도되는 균주의 생리적 특성 및 식물이나 미생물에서 osmoprotectant 로 작용하는 proline, glycine betaine 및 glutamate가 질소고정균의 생육이나 질소고정력에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. 분리된 대부분의 질소고정균들은 0.6 M NaCl 농도에서 생육이 현저히 감소되었지만 Acacia rhizobia sp86 은 1.4 M NaCl 농도에서도 생육이 가능하였다. Osmotic stress에 의하여 증가되는 intracellular 유리아미노산은 Rhizobium 및 Azospirillum에서 glutamate 였으며, 특히 Acacia rhizobia sp86은 salt stress에 의하여 5배정도 glutamate를 축적하였다. Osmoprotectant (proline, glycine betaine, glutamate)를 배지내에 1 mM 첨가함으로서 salt stress에 의하여 감소되는 질소고정균의 생육과 질소고정력을 방지하였으며, glycine betaine이 가장 효과적이었다.

• 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.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.1087-1097
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• 2016

An intracellular lipase from Anoxybacillus flavithermus HBB 134 was purified to 7.4-fold. The molecular mass of the enzyme was found to be about 64 kDa. The maximum activity of the enzyme was at pH 9.0 and 50℃. The enzyme was stable between pH 6.0 and 11.0 at 25℃, 40℃, and 50℃ for 24 h. The K_m and V_max of the enzyme for pNPL substrate were determined as 0.084 mM and 500 U/mg, respectively. Glycerol, sorbitol, and mannitol enhanced the enzyme thermostability. The enzyme was found to be highly stable against acetone, ethyl acetate, and diethyl ether. The presence of PMSF, NBS, DTT and β-mercaptoethanol inhibited the enzyme activity. Hg²⁺, Fe³⁺, Pb²⁺, Al³⁺, and Zn²⁺ strongly inhibited the enzyme whereas Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, and NH₄⁺ slightly activated it. At least 60% of the enzyme activity and stability were retained against sodium deoxycholate, sodium taurocholate, n-octyl-β-D-glucopyranoside, and CHAPS. The presence of 1% Triton X-100 caused about 34% increase in the enzyme activity. The enzyme is thought to be a true lipase since it has preferred the long-chain triacylglycerols. The lipase of HBB 134 cleaved triolein at the 1- or 3-position.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.103-111
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• 1995

Intracellular recordings were obtained from Purkinje cells in rat cerebellar slices maintained in vitro. Adding tetrodotoxin to the superfusion solution produced a typical pattern of repetitive burst firing consisting of a cluster of action potentials followed by a long hyperpolarization. TTX-induced oscillatory activity was not due to modulation of membrane potential although underlying mechanisms for maintenance of oscillatory activity were influenced by membrane voltage. The mechanism of TTX-induced oscillation was not related to the presence or amplitude of $I_h$ and could still induce the oscillatory activity after blockade of $I_h$ by cesium. The result from an experiment in which QX-314 was injected intracellularly strongly suggested that TTX-induced oscillatory firing activity was due to blockade of post-synaptic $Na^{+}$ currents intrinsic to PCs.