The influences of $Ca^{2+}-antagonists$, verapamil and $Mn^{2+}$, upon the spontaneous electrical activity and contractions were studied in guinea-pig taenia coli. Spontaneous contractions were recorded with force transducer, and spike action potentials were measured extracellularly by use of suction electrode. All experiments were performed in tris-buffered Tyrode solution Which was aerated With 100% $O_2$ and kept at $35^{\circ}C$. The results obtained were as follows : 1) Verapamil suppressed the frequency and amplitude of spontaneous contractions dose dependently, and blocked completely mechanical responses at the concentration of 1 mg/1. 2) The frequency of bursts of spike discharge(bursts frequency) and the number of spikes in a burst(spikes frequency) were reduced in a dose·dependent manner within the concentration range of $10^{-5}$ to $10^{-3}g/l$, and bursts frequency was affected more readily at a low concentration of $10^{-5}g/l$ verapamil. 3) The verapamil_induced suppression of spontaneous contractions in the Tyrode solution containing 1 mM $Ca^{2+}$ was completely antagonized by the addition of extra $Ca^{2+}$ to the Tyrode solution $(2\;m\;MCa^{2+})$. 4) $Mn^{2+}$ suppressed the amplitude of spontaneous contractions, whereas $Mn^{2+}$ accelerated the frequency dose-dependently within the range of low concentrations$(10^{-7}\;to\;10^{-4}\;M\;Mn^{2+})$. 5) The bursts frequency determining frequency of spontaneous contractions was increased in a dose-dependent manner, whereas the spikes frequency known to determine the contractions amplitude was reduced within the range of low concentrations. At a high concentration of 1 mM $Mn^{2+}$, however, all spontaneous contractile responses were blocked simultaneously with the disapperance of electrical activity. 6) The frequency and amplitude of spontaneous contractions altered by $Mn^{2+}$ in 1mM $Ca^{2+}$ Tyrode were increased by extra $Ca^{2+}(2mM)$.

$(Na^++K^+)-ATPase$은 ${\alpha}$ 와 ${\beta}$의 두 subunits로 구성되어 있으며, 분자량이 약 300,000 daltons 정도되는 것으로 보아 ${\alpha}_2{\beta}_2$의 형태로 존재할 것으로 알려져 왔다 한편, 사람 적혈구막에 있는 $Na^+,\;K^+\;Pump$는 glycolytic enzymes과 complex를 이루고 있으리라는 보고도 있다. 우리는 이 실험에서 in situ상태의 사람 적혈구막$(Na^++K^+)-ATPase$의 분자량을 측정하기 위하여, 소위 말하는 ‘Target theory’를 radiation에 의한 ouabain sensitive한 $\Na^+$이동과, intact한 cells과 ghosts에서의 ATP가수분해능력의 inactivation data에 적용하였다. Intact한 cells은 cryoprotective agent의 존재하에서, ghosts는 직접적으로 액화질소의 용기속에 담고 온도를 $-45^{\circ}C$에서 $-50^{\circ}C$로 유지시키면서 1.5 MeV의 electron beam으로 조사한 후에 Pump의 기능내지 효소의 활성도를 측정하여 radiation에 따르는 inactivation의 정도를 측정하였다. 이득 활성도는 radiation의 양에 따라 simple exponential function으로 inactivation되었으며, 이로부터 radiation sensitive volume(target size)를 계산하였다. Target size는 intact한 cells을 사용하였을 경 우$(Na^++K^+)-ATPase$나 $Na^+,\;K^+\;Pump$ 모두 600,000 daltons으로 계산되었으며, 이 값은 만약 cells을 strophanthidin으로 먼저 처치하고 측정하면 약 325,000 daltons으로 감소하였다. Ghosts를 사용했을 경우에도$(Na^++K^+)-ATPase$의 target size는 역시 약 325,000 daltons이었다. 이상의 결과로 미루어 보아 intact한 cells에서는 $(Na^++K^+)-ATPase/Na^+,\;K^+\;Pump$가 $(\alpha\beta)_2$의 dimer 상태로 존재하거나 혹은 $(\alpha\beta)_2$의 monomer에 glycolytic enzymes과 같은 다른 enzymes이 붙어 functional한 구조를 이루고 있는 것이 아닌가 사료된다. 또한 실헐성적은 이러한 dimeric association 혹은 heterocomplex association은 ghost를 만드는 과정에서나 strophanthidin의 처치로 부서질 수 있음을 암시하고 있다.

Renal arterial infusion of renotropic agents has been a very useful technique in the renal function studies. This type of experiments have usually been conducted in the large animals such as dogs and sheep. In these animals a catheter can be placed in the site without much disturbances of renal blood flow. Rabbits as an experimental model, however, caused a disturbances of renal blood flow by a catheterization of renal artery by its properties. Therefore we have developed a new technique that allows a simple and selective access to one side of renal arteries and the other as a control, without any disturbances of renal function. The distance between the both bifurcations of renal arteries on abdominal aorta is about 7 mm. To locate the tip of catheter on one side renal artery, ascending cannulation performed via femoral artery was done. We did an experiment with the technique to clarify the effect of calmodulin inhibitor on the renal function. One of the phenothiazine derivatives, trifluoperazine known as a powerful calmodulin inhibitor. Trifluoperazine, actual dose ranges of $2.76-5.20\;ug\;{\cdot}\;kg^{-1}\;{\cdot}\;min^{-1}$, increased urine volume and glomerular filtration rate significantly. Significant increases in urinary excretion of sodium, chloride and potassium were found. Fractional excretion of sodium and free water clearance increased significantly. These data suggest that this new technique is very useful in field of renal physiology and that striking effect of trifluoperazine on the renal function may be caused by increasing the renal hemodynamics, and by the inhibition of sodium, chloride and potassium reabsorption in the renal tubules.

One of most frequently used anesthetic agents is barbiturate derivatives. Pentobarbital or thiopental sodium have been used most frequently in the laboratory or clinical practice. There have been reports on the renal effects of barbiturate anesthesia in human and laboartory animals. Renal effects of thiopental sodium anesthesia, however, are still controversial. One of the discrepancies may be derived from the doses used. It has been reported that subanesthetic small dose of thiopental sodium influences the renal function directly. To clarify possible central effects of very small amounts of thiopental sodium on the renal function, experiments have been done in conscious rabbits. Thiopental sodium was infused into the lateral cerebroventricle for 10 minutes. Intracerebroventricular thiopental sodium induced increased urinary volume, glomerular filtration rate and renal plasma flow by doses of $0.1{\sim}1.0\;mg/10 min/rabbit$. Filtration fractions were not changed. Sodium, chloride and potassium excretions were increased by 0.065 mg/10 min/rabbit of thiopental sodium without significant changes of renal hemodynamics. Higher doses of thiopental sodium $(0.1{\sim}1.0\;mg/10 min/rabbit)$ induced greater increases of electrolytes excretion and renal hemodynamics. Free water clearance was not changed by thiopental sodium, but the fractional excretion of free water showed a tendency of decrease. Fractional excretion of sodium was increased by doses of 0.065 to 1.0 mg of thiopental sodium . Highly significant correlation between the changes of glomerular filtration rate and the changes of sodium excretion were found in the higher doses. Plasma renin concentration (activity) was not changed by the centrally administered thiopental sodium. Intravenous thiopental sodium, 1.0 mg/rabbit, induced no changes of renal function in conscious rabbit. These data suggest that intracerebroyentricular thiopental sodium can increase urinary sodium excretion directly by inhibition of sodium reabsorption in the renal tubules and/or indirectly by increasing the renal hemodynamics.

The effects of anions on net accumulation of $(\rho-aminohippuric\;acid)$(PAH) were studied in rabbit kidney cortical slices. Experiments were carried while varying the major anionic composition of the incubation medium(replacement of $Cl^-$ by isethionate and $SCN^-$). The total replacement of $Cl^-$ with isethionate, $SO_4\;^{2-}$ and $SCN^-$ in the incubation medium decreased the 60-min slice-to-medium concentration(S/M) ratio of PAH to 60%, 40% and 50% of control value, respectively. The degree of inhibition in PAH accumulation by the replacement of isethionate and $SCN^-$ was increased with increasing of both preincubation and incubation time. The influence of isethionate and $SCN^-$ on PAH uptake was fully reversible. Both isethionate and $SCN^-$ increased the apparent Km value significantly with no change on the apparent Vmax value, suggesting a competitive inhibition on PAH uptake. And the inhibitory effect of $SCN^-$ on PAH uptake decreased with increase of pH in the incubation medium while that of isethionate increased with increase of pH. Intracellular water content, intracellular electrolyte concentration and oxygen consumption were not influenced by the replacement of $Cl^-$ with isethionate or $SCN^-$ in the incubation medium. These results suggest that both $isethionate^-$ and $SCN^-$ inhibit the PAH uptake by binding to some site necessary for normal PAH transport without affecting the cellular viability.

운동종목별(運動種目別) 선수(選手)들의 심기능(心機能)을 비교(比較)하기 위하며 운동경력(運動經歷)이 3년이상(年以上)이 된 고등학교(高等學校)의 투척(投擲)(7명), 도약(跳躍)(11명), 단거리(短距離)(8명), 장거리(長距離)(14명), 권투(拳鬪)(7명), 배구(排球)(8명) 및 야구(野球)(9명) 선수(選手)와 비선수(非選手)(19명)들의 안정시(安靜時)심전도상(心電圖上)에 나타난 시간간격(時間間隔), 파고(波高) 및 vector를 비교(比較) 분석(分析)하였다. 안정시(安靜時)의 R-R(간격)間隔은 각종목별(各種目別) 선수(選手)들은$0.96{\sim}1.09$ 초(秒)로 비선수군(非選手群)의 0.78초(秒)에 비(比)해 유의(有意)한 서맥(徐脈)을 보여주었다. R-R간격(間隔)은 P-R, Q-T 및 T-P간격(間隔)의 합(合)으르 나타나는데, P-R 및 Q-T간격(間隔)은 각(各 선수군(選手群)과 비선수군간(非選手群間)에 차이(差異)가 없었으나 T-P간격(間隔)은 도약(跳躍), 단거리(短距離), 장거리(長距離) 및 권투선수(拳鬪選手)들에서 비선수군(非選手群)보다 유의(有意)하게 높았다. R-R간격(間隔)은 T-P 및 Q-T간격(間隔)과 유의(有意)한 상관관계(相關關係)가 있었으나 P-R 및 QRS간격(間隔)과는 상관관계(相關關係)가 없었다. 심전도(心電圖)의 파고(波高)를 비교(比較)해 보면 lead $V_5$에서의 P파고(波高)$(Pv_5)$는 비선수군(非選手群)에 비(比)해서 각종목(各種目) 선수군(選手群)이 전반적(全般的)으로 낮은 경향(傾向)을 보여주었고, 특(特)히 투척(投擲) 및 도약선수군(跳躍選手群)은 유의(有意)하게 낮았다. T파고(波高)$(Tv_5)$는 투척선수군(投擲選手群)이 비선수군(非選手群)보다 유의(有意)하게 낮았으나 다른 선수군(選手群)들은 차이(差異)가 없었다. R파고(波高)$(Rv_5)$는 장거리선수군(長距離選手群)을 제외(除外)한 다른 종목선수(種目選手)들과 비선수(非選手)사이에 차이(差異)가 없었다. 장거리선수군(長距離選手群)의 $(Rv_5)$파고(波高)는 비선수(非選手)뿐만 아니라 다른 종목선수군(種目選手群)보다도 유의(有意)하게 높았다. Lead $V_1$에서의 S파고(波高)$(Sv_1)$는 선수군(選手群)과 비선수군(非選手群)사이에 차이(差異)가 없었다. $Rv_5$와 $Sv_1$파고(波高)의 합(合)은 장거리선수군(長距離選手群)만이 다른 종목선수군(種目選手群)들이나 비선수군(非選手群)보다 유의(有意)하게 높았으며 다른 선수군(選手群)들은 비선수군(非選手群)과 차이(差異)가 없었다. 심전도(心電圖)의 vector를 비교(比較)해 보면 P, QRS, T축(軸)의 각도(角度)는 frontal 및 horizontal plane 상(上)에서 각선수군(各選手群)과 비선수군(非選手群)사이에 차이(差異)가 없었다. P vector의 길이는 각선수군(各選手群)이 비선수(非選手)보다 낮은 경향(傾向) 나타냈으며, 특(特)히 horizontal plane에서 투척(投擲), 도약(跳躍), 단거리(短距離) 및 야구선수(野球選手)들이 비선수군(非選手群)보다 유의(有意)하게 낮았다. QRS와 T vector의 길이는 선수군(選手群)과 비선수군간(非選手群間)에 차이(差異)가 없었고, 야구선수(野球選手)만이 frontal plane에서 QRS vector의 길이가 비선수군(非選手群)보다 높았다. 이상(以上)의 결과(結果)를 종합(綜合)해 보면 각종목(各種目) 운동선수군(運動選手群) 전반(全般)은 비선수(非選手)보다 유의(有意)한 서맥(徐脈)을 나타내며 이는 주로 T-P 간격(間隔)이 길기 때문이다. 파고(波高)의 높이와 vector를 비교(比較)해 볼때 각종목(各種目) 운동선수(運動選手)는 전반적(全般的)으로 비선수군(非選手群)보다 P파(波)가 낮았다. 특(特)히 장거리선수군(長距離選手群)은 다른 종목(種目) 선수군(選手群)이나 비선수군(非選手群)보다 $Rv_5$와$Sv_1$파고(波高)의 합(合)이 유의(有意)하게 높았으므로 좌심실(左心室)이 비대(肥大)해 있음을 알 수 있다. 이는 장거리선수(長距離選手)들이 다른 종목선수(種目選手)들에 비(比)해 더 우수(優秀)한 스포츠심장(心臟)임을 시사(示唆)해 주고 있다.