• 대한약리학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.63-74
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• 1995

저산소 상태에서는 부신수질로부터 카테콜아민 (CA) 유리작용이 활성화되지만 반면에 소의 배양 chromaffin cell에서는 고통도의 $K^+$에 의한 CA 분비작용이 억제된다고 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 적출 흰쥐 관류부신에서 콜린성 자극과 막탈분극에 의한 CA 분비작용에 대한 저산소증의 영향을 검색하고 그 작용기전을 규명코자 하였다. 본 연구목적을 위하여, 적출 흰쥐 관류부신을 이용, 저산소증이 니코틴($N_1$), 무스카린($M_1$) 수용체 흥분약, 막탈분극 약물, 칼슘채널 활성화 약물, 세포내 칼슘유리 약물 및 ACh에 의한 CA 분비에 미치는 영향을 연구하였으며, 저산소증은 95% 질소 및 5% 이산화탄소 혼합가스를 Krebs액에 주입하여 유발시켰으며, $3{\sim}4$시간동안 유지하였다. 저산소증 유발시, DMPP ($100{\mu}M$), McN-A-343 ($100{\mu}M$), ACh (5.32 mM), Bay-K-8644 ($10{\mu}M$) 및 high $K^+$ (56 mM)에 의한 CA 분비작용을 시간의존적으로 점차 유의성인 감소를 나타내었다. 그러나, cyclopiazonic acid ($10{\mu}M$)에 의한 CA 분비반응에는 하등의 영향을 일으키지 못하였다. 또한 저산소증 자체가 CA의 기초분비 작용에는 영향을 미치지 않았다. 이와같은 실험결과로 보아, 저산소증시 콜린성 자극 및 막탈분극에 의한 CA 분비 작용이 억제되며, 이러한 억제작용은 chromaffin cell내로 $Ca^{++}$ 유입을 직접적으로 억제시키는 결과에 기인되며, 세포내 칼슘저장고로부터 칼슘유리작용과는 관계없는 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.87-100
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• 1994

도파민 함유세포가 교감신경절에 존재하는 것으로 알려져 있으나, 말초에서 신경전달 물질로써 그의 역할과 작용기전에 대해서 아직까지 알려진 바가 많지 않다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 도파민 $D_2$-수용체의 선택적인 효능약으로 알려진 apomorphine이 흰쥐 적출 관류 부신에서 카테콜아민(CA)분비작용에 미치는 영향을 연구코자 시도하여 다음과 같은 연구결과를 얻었다. $10{\um}M\;Apomorphine$의 비교적 낮은 농도를 부신정맥내에 20분간 관류 하였을때 5.32mM ACh, 56mM KCl, $100{\mu}M$ DMPP 및 $100{\mu}M$ McN-A-343 등의 투여에 의한 CA 분비작용이 의의 있게 감소되었다. Apomorphine 농도를 $30{\mu}M$로 증가시켜 관류하였을때 상기약물에 의한 CA 분비작용은 더욱 억제되었으며 또한 Bay-K-8644에 의한 $100{\mu}M$의 고농도로 전처치 하였을때, ACh, excess $K^+$, DMPP 및 McN-A-343에 의한 CA분비작용은 현저히 차단되었다. 도파민 $D_2$-수용체 차단제인 metoclopramide $(30{\mu}M)$으로 20분간 관류 하였을때 ACh, DMPP 및 McN-A-343에 의한 CA 분비작용은 유의하게 억제된 효과를 나타내었으나 $excess\;{K^+}$에 의한 CA분비작용은 별다른 영향을 받지 않았다. 그러나 metoclopramide $(30{\mu}M)$ 존재하에서 $30{\mu}M$ apomorphine으로 20분간 전처치 하였을때 $excess{K^+}$ 뿐만 아니라 DMPP의 CA 분비작용은 별다른 변화를 받지 않았다. 이상과 같은 실험 연구결과를 종합하여 보면, apomorphine은 cholinergic receptor stimulation과 membrane depolarization에 의한 CA 분비작용을 용량의존적으로 억제하여, 이러한 작용은 억제성 도파민 수용체를 활성화 시킴으로써 흰쥐 부신 수질의 chromaffin cell 내로 칼슘의 유입을 억제하여 나타나는 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.299-311
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• 1994

Pentazocine은 opioid 수용체에 대한 흥분작용과 길항작용을 겸유한 opioid계 약물로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서 흰쥐 적출 관류부신으로 부터 pentazocine의 catecholamine(CA) 분비작용을 관찰하여 그 기전을 규명하고 또한 다른 opioid의 작용과 비교하여 얻어진 결과는 다음과 같다. Pentazocine$(30{\sim}300\;ug)$을 부신정맥내에 주사하였을때 현저한 용량의 존성의 CA 분비작용을 나타내었다. Pentazocine의 이러한 CA 분비작용은 chlorisondamine $(10^{-6}\;M)$, naloxone $(1.22{\times}10^{-7}\;M)$, morphine $(1.73{\times}10^{-5}\;M)$, enkephalin $(9.68{\times}10^{-6}\;M)$, nicardipine $(10^{-6}\;M)$ 및 TMB-8$(10^{-5}\;M)$등의 전처치로 뚜렷이 억제되었으나 pirenzepine (2과$10^{-6}\;M)$의 전처치에 의해서는 영향을 받지 않았다. $Ca^{++}$-free Krebs 용액으로 30분간 관류한 후에 pentazocine의 CA 분비작용은 현저한 감소를 나타냈었다. Pentazocine $(1.75{\times}10^{-4}\;M)$을 20분간 관류시킨 후에 ACh $(5.32{\times}10^{-3}\;M)$과 DMPP $(10^{-4}\;M)$에 의한 CA 분비작용이 의의 있게 감약되었다. 이상과 같은 연구결과를 종합하면, pentazocine은 횐쥐 적출 관류부신에 투여시 현저한 CA 분비작용을 일으키고 있는 칼슘의존성 exocytotic mechanism에 의한 것으로 생각되며, 이러한 pentazocine의 CA 분비작용은 부신 chromaffin cell에 있는 opioid 수용체의 활성화를 통하여 나타나며, 또한 부신의 nicotine 수용체의 흥분작용과도 관련성이 있는 것으로 사료된다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.270-275
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• 2010

Catecholamines are among the first molecules that displayed a kind of response to prolonged or repeated stress. It is well established that long-term stress leads to the induction of catecholamine biosynthetic enzymes such as tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and dopamine ${\beta}$-hydroxylase (DBH) in adrenal medulla. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of ginseng on TH and DBH mRNA expression. Repeated (2 h daily, 14 days) immobilization stress resulted in a significant increase of TH and DBH mRNA levels in rat adrenal medulla. However, ginseng treatment reversed the stress-induced increase of TH and DBH mRNA expression in the immobilization-stressed rats. Nicotine as a ligand of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) in adrenal medulla stimulates catecholamine secretion and activates TH and DBH gene expression. Nicotine treatment increased mRNA levels of TH and DBH by 3.3- and 3.1-fold in PC12 cells. The ginseng total saponin exhibited a significant reversal in the nicotine-induced increase of TH and DBH mRNA expression, decreasing the mRNA levels of TH and DBH by 57.2% and 48.9%, respectively in PC12 cells. In conclusion, immobilization stress induced catecholamine biosynthetic enzymes gene expression, while ginseng appeared to restore homeostasis via suppression of TH and DBH gene expression. In part, the regulatory activity in the TH and DBH gene expression of ginseng may account for the anti-stress action produced by ginseng.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.68-77
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• 2007

The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of green tea extract (CUMS6335) on the release of CA evoked by cholinergic stimulation and direct membrane-depolarization in the perfused model of the adrenal gland isolated from the spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs), and to establish the mechanism of action. Furthermore, it was also to test whether there is species difference between animals, and between CUMS6335 and EGCG, one of biologically the most powerful catechin compounds found in green tea. CUMS6335 $(100\;{\mu}g/ml)$, when perfused into an adrenal vein for 60 min, time-dependently inhibited the CA secretory responses evoked by ACh (5.32mM), high $K^+$(56 mM), DMPP $(100\;{\mu}M)$, and McN-A-343 $(100\;{\mu}M)$ from the isolated perfused adrenal glands of SHRs. However, CUMS6335 itself did fail to affect basal catecholamine output. Also, in adrenal glands loaded with CUMS6335 $(100\;{\mu}g/ml)$, the CA secretory responses evoked by Bay-K-8644 $(10\;{\mu}M)$ and cyclopiazonic acid $(10\;{\mu}M)$ were also inhibited in a relatively time-dependent fashion. However, in the Presence of EGCG $(8.0\;{\mu}g/ml)$ for 60 min, the CA secretory response evoked by ACh, high $K^+$, DMPP, McN-A-343, Bay-K-8644 and cyclopiazonic acid were not affected except for last period. Collectively, these results indicate that CUMS6335 inhibits the CA secretion evoked by stimulation of cholinergic (both nicotinic and muscarinic) receptors as well as by direct membrane-depolarization from the perfused adrenal gland of the SHR. It seems that this inhibitory effect of CUMS6335 is exerted by blocking both the calcium influx into the rat adrenal medullary chromaffin cells and the uptake of $Ca^{2+}$ into the cytoplasmic calcium store, which are at least partly relevant to the direct interaction with the nicotinic receptor itself. It seems likely that there is much difference in mode of the CA-releasing action between CUMS6335 and EGCG.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.147-160
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• 2008

The present study was designed to examine effects of polyphenolic compounds isolated from red wine (PCRW) on the release of catecholamines (CA) from the isolated perfused model of the rat adrenal medulla, and to clarify its mechanism of action. PCRW (20${\sim}$180 ${\mu}$g/mL), given into an adrenal vein for 90 min, caused inhibition of the CA secretory responses evoked by ACh (5.32 mM), high $K^+$ (a direct membrane-depolarizer, 56 mM), DMPP (a selective neuronal nicotinic $N_N$ receptor agonist, 100 ${\mu}$M) and McN-A-343 (a selective muscarinic $M_1$ receptor agonist, 100 ${\mu}$M) in dose- and time-dependent fashion. PCRW itself did not affect basal CA secretion (data not shown). Following the perfusion of PCRW (60 ${\mu}$g/mL), the secretory responses of CA evoked by Bay-K-8644 (a L-type dihydropyridine $Ca^{2+}$ channel activator, 10 ${\mu}$M), cyclopiazonic acid (a cytoplasmic $Ca^{2+}$-ATPase inhibitor, 10 ${\mu}$M) and veratridine (an activator of voltage-dependent $Na^+$ channels, 10 ${\mu}$M) were also markedly blocked, respectively. Interestingly, in the simultaneous presence of PCRW (60 ${\mu}$g/mL) and L-NAME (a selective inhibitor of NO synthase, 30 ${\mu}$M), the inhibitory responses of PCRW on the CA secretion evoked by ACh, high $K^+$, DMPP, McN-A-343, Bay-K-8644 and cyclpiazonic acid were recovered to considerable level of the corresponding control release compared with those effects of PCRW-treatment alone. Practically, the amount of NO released from adrenal medulla after loading of PCRW (180 ${\mu}$g/mL) was significantly increased in comparison to the corresponding basal released level. Collectively, these results obtained here demonstrate that PCRW inhibits the CA secretory responses evoked by stimulation of cholinergic (both muscarinic and nicotinic) receptors as well as by direct membrane-depolarization from the isolated perfused adrenal gland of the normotensive rats. It seems that this inhibitory effect of PCRW is mediated by blocking the influx of both ions through $Na^+$ and $Ca^+{2$} channels into the rat adrenomedullary chromaffin cells as well as by inhibiting the release of $Ca^{2+}$ from the cytoplasmic calcium store, which are due at least partly to the increased NO production through the activation of nitric oxide synthase. Based on these data, it is also thought that PCRW may be beneficial to prevent or alleviate the cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension and angina pectoris.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.13-23
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• 2008

The aim of the present study was designed to establish comparatively the inhibitory effects of $D_1$-like and $D_2$-like dopaminergic receptor agonists, SKF81297 and R(-)-TNPA on the release of catecholamines (CA) evoked by cholinergic stimulation and membrane depolarization from the isolated perfused model of the rat adrenal medulla. SKF81297 $(30{\mu}M)$ and R-(-)-TNPA $(30{\mu}M)$ perfused into an adrenal vein for 60 min, produced great inhibition in the CA secretory responses evoked by ACh $(5.32{\times}10^{-3}\;M)$, DMPP $(10^{-4}\;M)$, McN-A-343 $(10^{-4}\;M)$, high $K^+$ $(5.6{\times}10^{-2}\;M)$, Bay-K-8644 $(10{\mu}M)$, and cyclopiazonic acid $(10{\mu}M)$, respectively. For the release of CA evoked by ACh, high $K^+$, DMPP, McN-A-343, Bay-K-8644 and cyclopiazonic acid, the following rank order of inhibitory potency was obtained: SKF81297>R-(-)-TNPA. However, R(+)-SCH23390, a selectve $D_1$-like dopaminergic receptor antagonist, and S(-)-raclopride, a selectve $D_2$-like dopaminergic receptor antagonist, enhanced the CA secretory responses evoked by ACh, high $K^+$, DMPP, McN-A-343, Bay-K-8644 and cyclopiazonic acid only for $0{\sim}4$ min. The rank order for the enhancement of CA release evoked by high $K^+$, McN-A-343 and cyclopiazonic acid was R(+)-SCH23390>S(-)-raclopride. Also, the rank order for ACh, DMPP and Bay-K-8644 was S(-)-raclopride > R(+)-SCH23390. Taken together, these results demonstrate that both SKF81297 and R-(-)-TNPA inhibit the CA release evoked by stimulation of cholinergic (both nicotinic and muscarinic) receptors and the membrane depolarization from the isolated perfused rat adrenal gland without affecting the basal release, respectively, but both R(+)-SCH23390 and S(-)-raclopride facilitate the CA release evoked by them. It seems likely that the inhibitory effects of SKF81297 and R-(-)-TNPA are mediated by the activation of $D_1$-like and $D_2$-like dopaminergic receptors located on the rat adrenomedullary chromaffin cells, respectively, whereas the facilitatory effects of R(+)-SCH23390 and S(-)-raclopride are mediated by the blockade of $D_1$-like and $D_2$-like dopaminergic receptors, respectively: this action is possibly associated with extra- and intracellular calcium mobilization. Based on these results, it is thought that the presence of dopaminergic $D_1$ receptors may play an important role in regulation of the rat adrenomedullary CA secretion, in addition to well-known dopaminergic $D_2$ receptors.