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An antiarrhythmic drug for atrial fibrillation from Chelidonium majus

  • Eun, Jae-Soon;Kim, Dae-Keun;Kwak, Yong-Geun
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.126.2-127
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    • 2003
  • The therapeutic potential of currently available antiarrhythmic drugs is limited by their tendency to induce proarrhythmic and extracardiac side effects. An ideal antiarrhythmic agent would selectively prolong the action potential duration more in extraordinarily depolarized cardiac myocytes than in normal cells. and show tissue selectivity. Voltage-gated K+ (Kv) channels represent a structurally and functionally diverse group of membrane proteins. (omitted)

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Regulation of $Ca^{2+}$ Influx by Membrane Potential in Microglia

  • Lee, Jungsun;Uhm, Dae-Yong;Sungkwon Chung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Biophysical Society Conference
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    • 2002.06b
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    • pp.39-39
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    • 2002
  • Microglia are known to have an important function as brain macrophage during immunological processes, oncogenesis, and regeneration in the central nervous system (CNS). A wide variety of ion channels have been identified and characterized in microglia including inward rectifier $K^{+}$ channel (Kir), voltage dependent $K^{+}$ channel (Kv), $Ca^{2+}$-release activated $Ca^{2+}$ channel (CRAC).(omitted)

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Effect of chelidonine derivatives on atrial fibrillation

  • Eun, Jae-Soon;Kim, Dae-Keun;Won, Kyung-Sook;Jung, Young-Hoon;Kwak, Yong-Geun
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.84.2-84.2
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    • 2003
  • The number of patients suffering from atrial fibrillation is increasing and many cardiologists is trying to develop the ideal antiarrhythmic drugs for atrial fibrillation. An ideal antiarrhythmic agent would selectively prolong the action potential duration more in extraordinarily depolarized cardiac myocytes than in normal cells, and show tissue selectivity. Voltage-gated K$\^$+/ (Kv) channels represent a structurally and functionally diverse group of membrane proteins. These channels play an important role in determining the length of the cardiac action potential and are the targets for antiarrhythmic drugs. (omitted)

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A Study on the Measurements of Parameters Affecting the Breakdown Mechanism of a Large Air Spacing (이격거리가 큰 전극의 공기 절연파괴에 영향을 미치는 인자측정에 관한연구)

  • Cho, Yun-Ok;Choi, Young-Wook
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1988.07a
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    • pp.756-760
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    • 1988
  • The paper presents the measurement results on the parameters affecting the breakdown mechanism of a large air spacing under switching impulse voltages. Measured parameters are the velocities of leader channels, predischarge currents, electric charges injected into the rod-plane air gap and electric field intensities on the plane. For the 3m air gap under switching impulse voltages, the velocities of leader channel have been measured to be of 1cm/${\mu}s$ - 5cm/${\mu}s$, electric field intensity of 2kv/cm, predischarge current of 1.2A - 1.6A, the charges injected into the air gap of 11 - 40 ${\mu}$C for 400-887kV impulse voltages.

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A Study on the Measurements of Discharge Parameters in Case of the Switching Impulse Breakdown of a Large Air Spacing (이격거리가 큰 전국의 공기절연파괴 현상시 발생하는 인자측정에 관한 연구)

  • 최영욱;조연옥
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.40 no.12
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    • pp.1290-1295
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    • 1991
  • The paper presents the measurement results on the parameters affecting the breakdown mechanism of a large air spacing under switching impulse voltages. Measured parameters are the velocities of leader channels, predischarge currents, electric charges injected into the rod-plane air gap and electric field intensities on the plane. For the 3m air gap under switching impulse voltages, the velocities of leader channel have been measured to be of 1cm/x10S0-6Ts - 5cm/x10S0-6Ts, electric field intensity of 2kv/cm, predischarge current of 1.2-1.6A, the charges injected into the air gap of 11-40x10S0-6TC for 400-887kV impulse voltages.

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The agonistic action of URO-K10 on Kv7.4 and 7.5 channels is attenuated by co-expression of KCNE4 ancillary subunit

  • Lee, Jung Eun;Park, Christine Haewon;Kang, Hana;Ko, Juyeon;Cho, Suhan;Woo, JooHan;Chae, Mee Ree;Lee, Sung Won;Kim, Sung Joon;Kim, Jinsung;So, Insuk
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.503-516
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    • 2020
  • KCNQ family constitutes slowly-activating potassium channels among voltage-gated potassium channel superfamily. Recent studies suggested that KCNQ4 and 5 channels are abundantly expressed in smooth muscle cells, especially in lower urinary tract including corpus cavernosum and that both channels can exert membrane stabilizing effect in the tissues. In this article, we examined the electrophysiological characteristics of overexpressed KCNQ4, 5 channels in HEK293 cells with recently developed KCNQ-specific agonist. With submicromolar EC50, the drug not only increased the open probability of KCNQ4 channel but also increased slope conductance of the channel. The overall effect of the drug in whole-cell configuration was to increase maximal whole-cell conductance, to prolongate the activation process, and left-shift of the activation curve. The agonistic action of the drug, however, was highly attenuated by the co-expression of one of the β ancillary subunits of KCNQ family, KCNE4. Strong in vitro interactions between KCNQ4, 5 and KCNE4 were found through Foster Resonance Energy Transfer and co-immunoprecipitation. Although the expression levels of both KCNQ4 and KCNE4 are high in mesenteric arterial smooth muscle cells, we found that 1 μM of the agonist was sufficient to almost completely relax phenylephrine-induced contraction of the muscle strip. Significant expression of KCNQ4 and KCNE4 in corpus cavernosum together with high tonic contractility of the tissue grants highly promising relaxational effect of the KCNQ-specific agonist in the tissue.

Distribution of ion channels in trigeminal ganglion neuron of rat (흰쥐 삼차신경절 뉴론의 이온통로의 분포에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Ae-Kyung;Choi, Kyoung-Kyu;Choi, Ho-Young
    • Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.451-462
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    • 2002
  • 삼차신경은 구강악안면영역의 운동 및 감각을 담당하고 있으므로 치과임상에서 매우 중요하다. 삼차신경근 중 삼차신경절에 세포체를 갖는 뉴론은 주로 체성 감각을 전달하는 1차 구심신경으로 악안면영역의 촉각, 압각, 진동감각 온도각 및 통각을 담당한다. 이러한 감각의 전달은 기본적으로 신경세포의 이온통로의 활동에 의존하는데 삼차신경절 세포에 여러 종류의 이온통로가 존재하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 항체 염색법을 이용하여 이온통로가 존재를 확인 하고자 한다. 횐쥐의 삼차신경절로부터 통법에 따라 뉴론을 단일 세포로 분리하고 immunocytochemistry 방법으로 세포를 염색하여 관찰한 바 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 본 실험에서 이온전류의 측정 등으로 관찰된 여러 종류의 이온통로들을 면역 염색법으로 확인하였다. 횐쥐의 삼차신경절 뉴론에서 확인된 이온통로는 소디움통로와 N, P 및 Q-type의 칼슘통로 그리고 BK$_{Ca}$, Kv 4.2 및 Kir 2.1 등의 포타슘통로이었으며 이온통로의 종류에 따라 분포에 차이를 나타내었다.

Immunohistochemical study on the distribution of ion channels in rat trigeminal sensory nucleus (흰쥐 삼차신경 감각핵에 존재하는 이온통로의 분포에 관한 면역조직화학적 연구)

  • Park, Ho-Young;Choi, Gi-Woon;Choi, Ho-Young
    • Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.215-231
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    • 2002
  • 삼차신경절의 뉴론이 구강악안면영역에서의 촉각, 압각, 온도각 및 통각 등 다양한 감각을 중추신경계로 전달하는 역할을 하는 것은 주지의 사실이다. 이러한 신경전달에 있어서 이온통로는 감각정보를 전달하는데 핵심적인 역할을 수행한다. 이 중 소디움 통로는 활동전위의 발생에 중요하며, 칼슘 통로는 시냅스 전도에 있어서 필수적인 역할을 수행하고, 포타슘 통로는 안정막전압의 유지 및 재분극에 관여한다. 최근에 여러 가지의 이온통로들의 뇌조직내의 분포에 관한 연구가 시작되고 있는데 삼차신경의 일차구심뉴론이 종지하는 삼차신경핵 즉 삼차신경 척수감각핵, 삼차신경 주감각핵, 삼차신경 중뇌핵 및 삼차신경 운동핵에 존재하는 이온통로에 관한 연구는 매우 희소하여 본 연구에서는 횐쥐의 삼차신경 핵에 존재하는 소디움, 칼슘 및 포타슘 이온통로들을 면역조직화학적 방법으로 조사하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. (1) 소디움 통로는 삼차신경 척수감각핵, 삼차신경 주감각핵 및 삼차신경 운동핵 모두에서 강하게 염색되었다. (2) 칼슘 통로는 삼차신경 척수감각핵에서는 N-type 통로가 중등도로 염색되었으며 , P/Q-type 통로는 약하게 염색되었으나 R-type 통로는 거의 염색되지 않았다. 삼차신경 주감각핵에서는 P/Q-type 통로가 매우 약하게 염색되었다. (3) 포타슘 통로는 삼차신경 척수감각핵과 삼차신경 주감각핵에서 inwardly rectifying 포타슘 통로(Kir 2.1)가 중등도로 염색되었고, voltage-gated 포타슘 통로(Kv 4.2)가 약하게 염색되었으며, BKCa는 그 염색 정도가 매우 약하게 나타났다. 이상의 결과를 종합해 볼 때 삼차신경 감각핵에는 소디움 통로의 분포가 가장 많았으며, 칼슘통로에서는 N-type이, 포타슘 통로 중에는 inwardly rectifying 통로(Kir 2.1)가 가장 많이 분포함을 관찰할 수 있었다.