• BMB Reports
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.603-611
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• 2004

Fluorescence probes located in different membrane regions were used to evaluate the effects of chlorpromazine HCl on structural parameters (transbilayer lateral mobility, annular lipid fluidity, protein distribution, and lipid bilayer thickness) of synaptosomal plasma membrane vesicles (SPMVs) isolated from bovine cerebral cortex. The experimental procedure was based on the selective quenching of 1,3-di(1-pyrenyl)propane (Py-3-Py) by trinitrophenyl groups, radiationless energy transfer from the tryptophan of membrane proteins to Py-3-Py, and energy transfer from Py-3-Py monomers to 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonic acid (ANS). In this study, chlorpromazine HCl decreased the lateral mobility of Py-3-Py in a concentration dependent-manner, showed a greater ordering effect on the inner monolayer than on the outer monolayer, decreased annular lipid fluidity in a dose dependent-manner, and contracted the membrane lipid bilayer. Furthermore, the drug was found to have a clustering effect on membrane proteins.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.653-661
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• 2004

Fluorescence probes located in different membrane regions were used to evaluate the effect of dopamine$.$HCI on the structural parameters (transbilayer lateral mobility, annular lipid fluidity, protein distribution, and thickness of the lipid bilayer) of synaptosomal plasma membrane vesicles (SPMV), which were obtained from the bovine cerebral cortex. An experimental procedure was used based on selective quenching of 1,3-di(1-pyrenyl)propane (Py-3-Py) by trinitrophenyl groups, and radiationless energy transfer from the tryptophan of membrane pro-teins to Py-3-Py and energy transfer from Py-3-Py monomers to 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonic acid (ANS) was also utilized. Dopamine$.$HCI increased both the bulk lateral mobility and annular lipid fluidity, and it had a greater fluidizing effect on the inner monolayer than on the outer monolayer. Furthermore, the drug had a clustering effect on membrane proteins.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.114-118
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• 1997

목적: 기능적 MR 영상은 외부자극에 따라, 이에 상응하는 특정한 뇌피질 부위의 혈류량의 변화를 신호강도의 차이로 나타내는 방법이다. 시각피질에 대한 기능적 MR은 환자가 광자극을 응시함으로써 수행될 수 있는 것으로, 이의 수행에는 적절한 형태의 광자극원이 필수적이다. 이에 저자는 광자극원의 크기가 시각피질 활성화에 영향을 미칠 수 있는지 알아보기 위하여 본 연구를 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 정상적인 시력을 가진 자원자 5명을 대상으로 시각활성화 기능적 MR을 시행하였다. 광자극원은 $11{\times}8cm$ 크기의 기판에 적색 LED(light-emitting diodes) 39개를 박고 직류전원을 사용하도록 만들었다. 이를 크기에 따라 full field, half field 및 focal central field의 3가지로 구분하고 8Hz로 점멸하였다. EPI 기법으로 6회의 광자극 기간과 6회의 휴식기간을 번갈아 3차례 시행하여 총 36회의 검사를 하고, Z-score로 통계처리하였다. 이 때 얻은 활성화 영상을 같은 부위의 T1강조영상에 결합시켰다. 각 경우에서 시각피질에서 활성화된 pixel의 수를 full field, half field 및 focal central field에서 얻어진 pixel 수의 합으로 나누어 활성화지수를 구하였다. 이 활성화지수를 토대로 광원크기와의 관계를 분석하였다. 결과: Full field로 자극을 주었을 때 시각피질의 평균 신호강도의 증가는 약 9.6%였다. 4명에서 활성화지수는 full field, half field, focal central field의 순으로 감소하였으며, 나머지 1명에서는 half field 시의 값이 full field 시의 값보다 컸다. 광원크기에 따른 활성화지수의 범위는 full field 43-73%(평균 55%), half field 22-40%(평균 32%), focal central field 5-24%(평균 13%)였다. 결론: 기능적 MR영상을 이용하여 시각피질의 활성화를 용이하게 확인할 수 있었으며 광자극원의 크기에 따라 증가되는 시각피질 활성화를 입증할 수 있었다.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.73-81
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• 2016

Objectives : $18{\beta}$-Glycyrrhetinic acid (18betaGA) is an metabolite of glycyrrhizin in Glycyrrhiza (licorice). The present study investigated anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptosis effect of 18betaGA on the brain tissue of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated C57BL/6 mice. Methods : 18betaGA was administered orally with low (30 mg/kg) and high (100 mg/kg) doses for 3 days prior to LPS (3 mg/kg) injection. Pro-inflammatory cytokines mRNA including tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$ (TNF-${\alpha}$), interleukin (IL)-$1{\beta}$, IL-6, and inflammatory enzyme cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) mRNA were measured in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and hypothalamus tissue using real-time polymerase chain reaction at 24 h after the LPS injection. Histological changes of Cornu ammonis area 1 (CA1) neurons, Bax, Bcl-2, and caspase-3 expression in the hippocampus was also evaluated by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting method. Results : 18betaGA significantly attenuated the up-regulation of TNF-${\alpha}$, IL-$1{\beta}$, IL-6 mRNA, and COX-2 mRNA expression in the brain tissues induced by the LPS injection. 18betaGA also significantly attenuated the reductions of the thickness of CA1 and the number of CA1 neurons. The up-regulation of Bax protein expression in the hippocampal tissue by the LPS injection was significantly attenuated, while the ratio of Bcl-2/Bax expression was increased by 18betaGA treatment. 18betaGA also significantly attenuated the up-regulation of Bax and caspase-3 expression in the CA1 of the hippocampus. Conclusion : This results indicate that 18betaGA has anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptosis effect under neuroinflammation induced by the LPS injection and suggest that 18betaGA may be a beneficial drug for various brain diseases accompanied with the brain tissue inflammation.