• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2015

Objective : Cerebral vessels, such as intracerebral perforating arterioles isolated from rat brain, have been widely used as an ex vivo model to study the cerebrovascular function associated with cerebrovascular disorders and the therapeutic effects of various pharmacological agents. These perforating arterioles, however, have demonstrated differences in the vascular architecture and reactivity compared with a larger leptomeningeal artery which has been commonly implicated in cerebrovascular disease. In this study, therefore, we developed the method for studying cerebrovascular function utilizing the olfactory artery isolated from the mouse brain. Methods : The olfactory artery (OA) was isolated from the C57/BL6 wild-type mouse brain. After removing connective tissues, one side of the isolated vessel segment (approximately $-500{\mu}m$ in length) was cannulated and the opposite end of the vessel was completely sealed while being viewed with an inverted microscope. After verifying the absence of pressure leakage, we examined the vascular reactivity to various vasoactive agents under the fixed intravascular pressure (60 mm Hg). Results : We found that the isolated mouse OAs were able to constrict in response to vasoconstrictors, including KCl, phenylephrine, endothelin-1, and prostaglandin $PGH_2$. Moreover, this isolated vessel demonstrated vasodilation in a dose-dependent manner when vasodilatory agents, acetylcholine and bradykinin, were applied. Conclusion : Our findings suggest that the isolated olfactory artery would provide as a useful ex vivo model to study the molecular and cellular mechanisms of vascular function underlying cerebrovascular disorders and the direct effects of such disease-modifying pathways on cerebrovascular function utilizing pharmacological agents and genetically modified mouse models.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제36권7호
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• pp.926-931
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• 2007

LC-MS/MS법에 의하여 설사성 패류독소 7종(okadaic acid, dinophysistoxin-1, -3, pectebotoxin-1, -2, -6, yessotoxin)의 동시 분석 조건을 확립하였고, 2006년 3월부터 9월까지 매월 5종의 이매패(굴, 진주담치, 반지락, 가리비, 개조개, 6월부터 9월까지는 가리비 대신 피조개)를 정기적으로 통영시장에서 구입하여 분석하였으며, 기존의 마우스 검사법과 비교하였다. 마우스 검사법으로는 총 35종 시료 중 3월의 굴과 진주담치에서 0.05${\sim}$0.1 MU/g의 독성을 나타내었으나, 이미 알려진 설사성 패류독소는 전혀 검출되지 않아 다른 성분에 의한 것으로 판단되었다. 한편, LC-MS/MS법에 의하여서는 6월 진주담치에서 dinophysistoxin-1(DTX1)이 0.05 ${\mu}g/g$ 검출되었으며, 8월의 모든 시료에서 okadaic acid(OA)가 0.01${\sim}$0.02 ${\mu}g/g$ 검출되었다. 이들은 외국의 기준치[0.05 MU/g(일본), OAs(OA+DTX1) 0.16 ${\mu}g/g$(EU)]보다 매우 낮은 함량으로 식품 위생상 안전하였다.