• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2006

The effects of $Zn^{2+}$ on spontaneous glutamate and GABA release were tested in mechanically dissociated rat CA3 pyramidal neurons which retained functional presynaptic nerve terminals. The spontaneous miniature excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic currents (mEPSCs and mIPSCs, respectively) were pharmacologically isolated and recorded using whole-cell patch clamp technique under voltage-clamp conditions. $Zn^{2+}$ at a lower concentration $(30{\mu}M)$ increased GABAergic mIPSC frequency without affecting mIPSC amplitude, but it decreased both mIPSC frequency and amplitude at higher concentrations $({\ge}300{\mu}M)$. In contrast, $Zn^{2+}$ (3 to $100{\mu}M$) did not affect glutamatergic mEPSCs, although it slightly decreased both mIPSC frequency and amplitude at $300{\mu}M$ concentration. Facilitatory effect of $Zn^{2+}$ on GABAergic mIPSC frequency was occluded either in $Ca^{2+}$-free external solution or in the presence of $100{\mu}M$ 4-aminopyridine, a non-selective $K^{+}$ channel blocker. The results suggest that $Zn^{2+}$ at lower concentrations depolarizes GABAergic nerve terminals by blocking $K^{+}$ channels and increases the probability of spontaneous GABA release. This $Zn^{2+}$-mediated modulation of spontaneous GABAergic transmission is likely to play an important role in the regulation of neuronal excitability within the hippocampal CA3 area.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.1090-1093
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• 1997

The solvent effects on the isotropic NMR shifts in conformationally rigid ligands such as quinuclidine, pyridine, and 4-aminopyridine coordinated to the paramagnetic polyoxometalate, [SiW11CoⅡO39]6- (SiW11Co), are reported. For these complexes the ligand exchange is slow on the NMR time scale and pure 1H NMR signals have been observed at room temperature. The signals for the SiW11Co complexes are shifted upfield whe dimethyl sulfoxide-d6 (DMSO) is added to a D2O solution. The isotropic shifts are separated into contact and pseudocontact contributions by assuming that the contact shifts are proportional to the isotropic shifts of the same ligands coordinated to [SiW11NiⅡO39]6-. It is shown that both the contact and pseudocontact shifts decrease (the absolute values of the pseudocontact shifts increase), when D2O is replaced by DMSO. It is suggested that D2O, a strong hydrogen bond donor, withdraws electron density from [SiW11CoⅡO39]6-, increasing the acidity of the cobalt ion toward the axial ligand. When D2O is replaced by DMSO, the acidity of the cobalt ion in SiW11Co decreases, weakening the Co-N bond. Then both the contact and pseudocontact shifts are expected to decrease in agreement with the observed solvent effects.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.308-324
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• 2009

현재 수행하는 작업은 피페리딘 또는 암모늄 아세테이트 존재하에서 malononitrile와 $\beta$- aroylacrylic acid 유도체의 DMF 용매조건에서 상호작용에 대한 연구이며, 형성된 화합물을 이용한 퓨즈 되고 단리된 이중고리화 시스템의 합성에 관한 것이다. $\beta$-aroylacrylic acid (3)이 DMF 용매와 피페리딘 촉매조건에malononitrile와 반응하여 4H-피란유도체(4)를 형성한다. 촉매를 암모늄아세테이트로 바꿈으로서 피리딘 유도체를 얻었다. 또한 N-말레암산 유도체 (19)와 (27)은 말레 무수물과 함께 (4)와 (5)의 반응을 경유하여 합성되었다. 마이클 첨가 반응에서 이용되는 메틸렌화합물에 관한 이 연구는 B-aroylacrylic acid의 경우와 유사하게 형성된 말레암산 유도체의 반응성에 대한 것이다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.225-232
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• 1998

To investigate the possible involvement of outward potassium ($K^+$) currents in nitric oxide-induced relaxation in intestinal smooth muscle, we used whole-cell patch clamp technique in freshly dispersed guinea-pig ileum longitudinal smooth muscle cells. When cells were held at -60 mV and depolarized from -40 mV to -50 mV in 10 mV increments, sustained outward $K^+$ currents were evoked. The outward $K^+$ currents were markedly increased by the addition of 10 ${\mu}M$ sodium nitroprusside (SNP). 10 ${\mu}M$ S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) and 1 mM 8-Bromo-cyclic GMP (8-Br-cGMP) also showed a similar effect to that of SNP. 1 mM tetraethylammonium (TEA) significantly reduced depolarization-activated outward $K^+$ currents. SNP-enhanced outward $K^+$ currents were blocked by the application of TEA. High EGTA containing pipette solution (10 mM) reduced the control currents and also inhibited the SNP-enhanced outward $K^+$ currents. 5 mM 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) significantly reduced the control currents but showed no effect on SNP-enhanced outward $K^+$ currents. 0.3 ${\mu}M$ apamin and 10 ${\mu}M$ glibenclamide showed no effect on SNP-enhanced outward $K^+$ currents. 10 ${\mu}M$ 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo [4,3-a]quinoxaline-1-one (ODQ), a specific inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase, significantly blocked SNP-enhanced $K^+$ currents. We conclude that NO donors activate the $Ca^{2+}-activated$ $K^+$ channels in guinea-pig ileal smooth muscle via activation of guanylate cyclase.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.592-597
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• 2010

Cinnamomi Ramulus is one of the medicinal plants that have been used to improve various diseases caused by insufficient blood circulation. This study was performed for the investigation of vasodilation efficacy ethanol extract of Cinnamomi Ramulus (CR). CR exhibited vascular relaxation against phenylephrine (PE, $10^{-6}M$)-, KCl- and NaF-induced contraction in rat thoracic aorta. In addition, its relaxation was endothelium-independent. Treatment of potassium channel blockers such as gilbenclamide (Gli, $10^{-5}M$), tetraethylammonium (TEA, 1 mM) and 4-aminopyridine (4-AP, 0.2 mM) did not effect on the relaxation of CR. The relaxant effects were also not inhibited by pre-treatment of rat aorta with L-NAME ($10^{-4}M$), methylene blue ($10^{-5}M$), indomethacin ($10^{-5}M$), and atropine ($10^{-6}M$). However, nifedipine ($10^{-5}M$), L-type $Ca^{2+}$ channel blocker, in part attenuated the relaxation of CR ($0.2\;mg/m{\ell}$), but SK&F96365 ($3{\times}10^{-5}M$), receptor activated $Ca^{2+}$ channel blocker and 2-APB ($10^{-4}M$), store operated $Ca^{2+}$ channel blocker did not affact dilation of CR. These findings suggest that the endothelium-independent relaxation effect of CR is partly related with inhibition of $Ca^{2+}$ influx via voltage dependent $Ca^{2+}$ channel.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.143-147
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• 2002

Granule cells in dentate gyrus of hippocampus relay information from entorhinal cortex via perforant fiber to pyramidal cells in CA3 region. Their electrical activities are known to be closely associated with seizure activity as well as memory acquisition. Since action potential is a stereotypic phenomena which is based on all-or-none principle of $Na^+$ current, the neuronal firing pattern is mostly dependent on afterpotentials which follows the stereotypic $Na^+$ spike. Granule cells in dentate gyrus show afterdepolarization (ADP), while interneurons in dentate gyrus have afterhyperpolarizaton. In the present study, we investigated the ionic mechanism of afterdepolarization in hippocampal dentate granule cell. Action potential of dentate granule cells showed afterdepolarization, which was characterized by a sharp notch followed by a depolarizing hump starting at about $-49.04{\pm}1.69\;mV\;(n=43,\;mean{\pm}SD)$ and lasting $3{\sim}7$ ms. Increase of extracellular $Ca^{2+}$ from 2 mM to 10 mM significantly enhanced the ADP both in amplitude and in duration. A $K^+$ channel blocker, 4-aminopyridine (4-AP, 2 mM), enhanced the ADP and often induced burst firings. These effects of 10 mM $Ca^{2+}$ and 4-AP were additive. On the contrary, the ADP was significantly suppressed by removal of external $Ca^{2+},$ even in the presence of 4-AP (2 mM). A $Na^+$ channel blocker, TTX (100 nM), did not affect the ADP. From these results, it is concluded that the extracellular $Ca^{2+}$ influx contributes to the generation of ADP in granule cells.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.169-183
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• 1997

We have investigated the two types of voltage-dependent outward potassium (K) currents, i.e. delayed rectifier K current ($I_{K(V)}$) and 'A-like' transient outward K current ($I_{to}$) with patch-clamp technique in single smooth muscle cells (SMCs) isolated from rabbit basilar artery, and investigated the characteristics of them. The time-courses of activation were well fitted by exponential function raised to second power ($n^2$) in $I_{K(V)}$ and fourth power ($n^4$) in $I_{to}$. The activation, inactivation and recovery time courses of $I_{to}$ were much faster than that of $I_{K(V)}$. The steady-state activation and inactivation of $I_{K(V)}$ was at the more hyperpolarized range than that of $I_{to}$ contrary to the reports in other vascular SMCs. Tetraethylammonium chloride (TEA; 10 mM) markedly inhibited $I_{K(V)}$ but little affected $I_{to}$. 4-Aminopyridine (4-AP) had similar inhibitory potency on both currents. While a low concentration of $Cd^{2+}$ (0.5 mM) shifted the current- voltage relationship of $I_{to}$ to the positive direction without change of maximum conductance, $Cd^{2+}$ did not cause any appreciable change for $I_{K(V)}$.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.99-108
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• 1991

Racemic ketamine을 사용하여 개구리의 좌골신경 및 toe muscle에 대한 작용을 관찰하였다. 실험방법으로는 214 mM sucrose을 사용하여 서로 다른 두 종류의 투여 방법으로 세포막의 활동 전압에 대한 영향을 electric recording으로 관찰하였다. 즉, intracellular 투여는 single sucrose gap technique으로, extracellar 투여는 double sucrose gap technique을 사용하였으며 그 실험 결과는 아래와 같았다. 1. Racemic ketamine은 개구리의 좌골신경 및 toe muscle의 활동전압을 intracellular 및 extracellular 투여시 모두 의의 있게 억제하였다. 2. 개구의 toe muscle에서 $K^+$-수축을 억제하였다. 3. naloxone은 ketamine의 억제작용을 완전히 차단하지는 못하였다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.131-135
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• 2008

The profile of membrane currents was investigated in differentiated neuronal cells derived from human neural stem cells (hNSCs) that were obtained from aborted fetal cortex. Whole-cell voltage clamp recording revealed at least 4 different currents: a tetrodotoxin (TTX)-sensitive $Na^+$ current, a hyperpolarization-activated inward current, and A-type and delayed rectifier-type $K^+$ outward currents. Both types of $K^+$ outward currents were blocked by either 5 mM tetraethylammonium (TEA) or 5 mM 4-aminopyridine (4-AP). The hyperpolarization-activated current resembled the classical $K^+$ inward current in that it exhibited a voltage-dependent block in the presence of external $Ba^{2+}$ (30 ${\mu}$M) or $Cs^+$ (3${\mu}$M). However, the reversal potentials did not match well with the predicted $K^+$ equilibrium potentials, suggesting that it was not a classical $K^+$ inward rectifier current. The other $Na^+$ inward current resembled the classical $Na^+$ current observed in pharmacological studies. The expression of these channels may contribute to generation and repolarization of action potential and might be regarded as functional markers for hNSCs-derived neurons.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.145-151
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• 1986

3-CN, 4-CN, $3-NH_2$ 및 $4-NH_2$ 치환피리딘의 해리상수를 온도(15 ∼ 40${\circ}C$)와 압력(1-2500bar)을 변화시키면서 측정하였다. 측정방법은 전도도법을 적용했으나 낮은 해리상수를 가진 물질에서도 적용되는 피리딘류의 염용액의 전도도를 측정하므로 계산가능한 방법을 모색하여 응용하였다. 이 방법은 어떤 조건에서의 해리상수를 알고 있어야 하는 것과 실험값을 외삽하여 피리딘염의 전도도를 알아야 하는 번거로움도 있으나 측정이 가능하다는 것을 확인할 수 있다. 이들 치환체의 해리상수는 온도가 증가하면 커지고 압력이 높아지면 해리상수는 작아진다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또 반응의 열역학적 성질을 계산하여 반응성도 고찰하였다.