• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.449-457
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• 2021

The sleep-wake cycle is regulated by the alternating activity of sleep- and wake-promoting neurons. The dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) secretes 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin), promoting wakefulness. Melatonin secreted from the pineal gland also promotes wakefulness in rats. Our laboratory recently demonstrated that daily changes in nitric oxide (NO) production regulates a signaling pathway involving with-no-lysine kinase (WNK), Ste20-related proline alanine rich kinase (SPAK)/oxidative stress response kinase 1 (OSR1), and cation-chloride co-transporters (CCC) in rat DRN serotonergic neurons. This study was designed to investigate the effect of melatonin on NO-regulated WNK-SPAK/OSR1-CCC signaling in wake-inducing DRN neurons to elucidate the mechanism underlying melatonin's wake-promoting actions in rats. Ex vivo treatment of DRN slices with melatonin suppressed neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) expression and increased WNK4 expression without altering WNK1, 2, or 3. Melatonin increased phosphorylation of OSR1 and the expression of sodium-potassium-chloride co-transporter 1 (NKCC1), while potassium-chloride co-transporter 2 (KCC2) remained unchanged. Melatonin increased the expression of tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2, serotonin-synthesizing enzyme). The present study suggests that melatonin may promote its wakefulness by modulating NO-regulated WNK-SPAK/OSR1-KNCC1 signaling in rat DRN serotonergic neurons.

• 대한지하수환경학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.66-79
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• 1998

본 연구는 제주도 백록담 담수호에서 해안변 용천수에 이르는 고도별로 대표적인 55개 용천수에 대한 지역적 수질특성과 그 진화과정을 연구하였다. 조사지역 55개 용천수의 수질분석 결과 관음사물은 수소이온농도에서, 유수암천, 장수물, 덕지샘물, 신촌큰물, 영천사, 운량천, 하원통물, 동해물, 색달생수, 안덕계곡, 화순곤물, 돗물, 화강물, 정금물은 주변 육상오염원들에 의해서, 삼양제3수원, 신촌큰물, 명법사, 서느렁물, 토산물, 정금물, 곽지물, 애월하물, 고내물, 녹고물은 해수침입에 의해 오염이 진행중인 용천수들로 분류되었다. 용천수내의 전기전도도, pH, 질산성질소, 중탄산이온은 강수량이 많았을 때 그 농도가 증가하였으며, 나트륨, 염소이온, 황산이온은 강수량이 많았을 때 그 농도가 감소하였고, 칼륨과 마그네슘, 칼슘은 영향이 미미하였다. Piper의 삼각다이어그램을 통한 조사지역 용천수의 수질특성을 보면 고산지역은 Sodium or Potassium type과 bicarbonate type의 군을 이루었고, 중산간지 역은 Sodium or Potassium type과 No dominant type의 군을 형성하였으며, 저지대지역은 No dominant type과 Sulfate or Nitrate type의 군을, 해안지역은 Sodium or Potassium type과 Chloride type 및 No dominant type의 복잡한 용천수군을 형성하고 있었다. 즉 제주도 용천수는 해발고도가 높은 고산 및 중산간지역에서는 bicarbonate type이 우세한 수질조성에서 저지대 및 해안지역으로 유동되면서 non-bicarbonate type 형태의 수질로 변질되어가고 있었다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.87-92
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• 1990

Ergosterol을 생산하기 위하여 Saccharomyces sake KBA No. 6가 사용되었으며 ergosterol축적에 관여하는 각종 요인들이 검토되었다. 가장 효율적인 무기 질소원은 ammonium chloride이었으며, C/N 비율이 200/l이었을 경우 3.5%의 ergosterol이 세포 내에 축적되었다. Tween 80 0.2 %와 potassium nitrite 0.1 %를 동시에 사용하였을 경우, ergosterol 함량(%) 과 총 ergosterol량(mg/L)은 각각 56 %와 45% 증가하였다. 최적조건에서 ergosterol 함량은 1.73%에서 5.3%로 증가하였으며, 총 ergosterol량은 65.2 mg/L에서 135.15 mg/L로 증가하였다.

• ALGAE
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.315-326
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• 2021

Ion channels are membrane protein complexes mediating passive ion flux across the cell membranes. Every organism has a certain set of ion channels that define its physiology. Dinoflagellates are ecologically important microorganisms characterized by effective physiological adaptability, which backs up their massive proliferations that often result in harmful blooms (red tides). In this study, we used a bioinformatics approach to identify homologs of known ion channels that belong to 36 ion channel families. We demonstrated that the versatility of the dinoflagellate physiology is underpinned by a high diversity of ion channels including homologs of animal and plant proteins, as well as channels unique to protists. The analysis of 27 transcriptomes allowed reconstructing a consensus ion channel repertoire (channelome) of dinoflagellates including the members of 31 ion channel families: inwardly-rectifying potassium channels, two-pore domain potassium channels, voltage-gated potassium channels (K_v), tandem K_v, cyclic nucleotide-binding domain-containing channels (CNBD), tandem CNBD, eukaryotic ionotropic glutamate receptors, large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels, intermediate/small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels, eukaryotic single-domain voltage-gated cation channels, transient receptor potential channels, two-pore domain calcium channels, four-domain voltage-gated cation channels, cation and anion Cys-loop receptors, small-conductivity mechanosensitive channels, large-conductivity mechanosensitive channels, voltage-gated proton channels, inositole-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors, slow anion channels, aluminum-activated malate transporters and quick anion channels, mitochondrial calcium uniporters, voltage-dependent anion channels, vesicular chloride channels, ionotropic purinergic receptors, animal volage-insensitive cation channels, channelrhodopsins, bestrophins, voltage-gated chloride channels H⁺/Cl^- exchangers, plant calcium-permeable mechanosensitive channels, and trimeric intracellular cation channels. Overall, dinoflagellates represent cells able to respond to physical and chemical stimuli utilizing a wide range of G-protein coupled receptors- and Ca²⁺-dependent signaling pathways. The applied approach not only shed light on the ion channel set in dinoflagellates, but also provided the information on possible molecular mechanisms underlying vital cellular processes dependent on the ion transport.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.743-745
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• 1996

가축 특히 대동물에 있어서 전방수의 화학조성에 관한 보고는 극히 드물다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 한우 및 유우(Holstein)를 대상으로 전방수에 대해 화학조성을 검토하였다. 유의의 protein, urea nitrogen, creatinine, cholesterol, calcium, sodium, potassium과 chloride 등이 분석 검출되었다. 이러한 조성분포는 혈장에서 보다는 수액(cerebrospinal fluid)의 조성에 더 유사한 것으로 나타났으며, 한우 및 유우에 있어서 조성에 관한 차이는 거의 인정되지 않았다.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2010

The zinc electroplating with respect to the chloride concentration was investigated by X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and cathodic polarization measurement. The cathodic overpotential during electroplating was first decreased and then increased with increase of chloride concentration in electrolyte. The decreased cathodic overpotential leads to preferred orientation of (002) plane, high current efficiency and satisfactory zinc deposits. The increased cathodic overpotential causes random orientation, low current efficiency and edge burning. The cathodic overpotential was affected by chloride concentration in electrolyte, not by the kind of chloride, such as NaCl and KCl. An optimized chloride concentration was 3 M for zinc electroplating. Also, it is considered that NaCl can be a alternation for KCl as a main salt of zinc electroplating bath.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.63-68
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• 1994

432 samples of raw goat milk were analyzed for sodium, calcium, potassium, chloride, and ashes content. The samples came from 16 pure breed goats, 2 to 4 years of age kept in semi-feedlots. They were basically fed soy bran, cotton bran, triturated Guandu hay and disintegrated corn with its straw and corncob (according to requirements for due preservation and production). The mean values found were: sodium, $45{\pm}10.2mg%$ (24.5-65.6 mg%); potassium, $206{\pm}44.7mg%$ (116.6-295 mg%); calcium, $111{\pm}22mg%$ (66.5-155.4 mg %); ashes, $0.82{\pm}0.06mg%$ (0.68-0.95%); chloride, $235{\pm}39mg%$ (157-313 mg%). Results were related to: a) breed, the Brown and the Saanen revealed superior values for calcium and ashes, b) climate, which in the rain season led to higher contents of sodium, potassium, and calcium when compared to the local dry season, c) time of lactation which increasingly affected the contents of calcium, sodium and ashes, and d) the time between milking, when higher concentration of chloride and ashes were mostly concentrated in the evening and calcium in the morning. These results have important implications in the handling and management of the goat herd.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제16권1호통권29호
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• pp.319-338
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• 1995

This article is to investigate the effects of Euphorbia Pekinensis RUPR. on rats with acute renal failure induced by gentamicin sulfate. So this experimental research was focused on measuring (1)the levels of creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, glutamic pyruvic transaminase, total protein, sodium, potassium, chloride in the serum and (2)the levels of protein, blood, sodium, potassium, chloride, pH, specific gravity and volume in the urine and (3)intake water. The results were summarized as follows. 1. While the levels of creatinine and glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, glutamic pyruvic transaminase in the serum were significantly increased, the level of BUN in the serum were partially increased and the levels of sodium and potassium in the serum were partially decreased on the Euphorbia Pekinensis $R_{UPR}$. group. 2. While the urine volume was significantly increased, the levels of protein, blood, sodium and chloride in the urine were partially increased and the specific gravity, pH in the urine were partially decreased. According to the above results, it is shown that Euphorbia Pekinensis $R_{UPR}$. without refinning had a diuretic effect on rats with acute renal failure induced by gentamicin sulfate, but aggravated the glomerular filtration rate and tubular reabsorption. So, it is supposed that Euphorbia Pekinensis $R_{UPR}$. without refinning needs to be used carefully on renal disease and futhermore research about the kinds of extracts form is necessary.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.617-623
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• 2017

The vascular actions and mechanisms of taurine were investigated in the isolated human radial artery (RA). RA rings were suspended in isolated organ baths and tension was recorded isometrically. First, a precontraction was achieved by adding potassium chloride (KCl, 45 mM) or serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT, $30{\mu}M$) to organ baths. When the precontractions were stable, taurine (20, 40, 80 mM) was added cumulatively. Antagonistic effect of taurine on calcium chloride ($10{\mu}M$ to 10 mM) -induced contractions was investigated. Taurine-induced relaxations were also tested in the presence of the $K^+$ channel inhibitors tetraethylammonium (1 mM), glibenclamide ($10{\mu}M$) and 4-aminopyridine (1 mM). Taurine did not affect the basal tone but inhibited the contraction induced by 5-HT and KCl. Calcium chloride-induced contractions were significantly inhibited in the presence of taurine (20, 40, 80 mM) (p<0.05). The relaxation to taurine was inhibited by tetraethylammonium (p<0.05). However, glibenclamide and 4-aminopyridine did not affect taurine -induced relaxations. Present experiments show that taurine inhibits 5-HT and KCl -induced contractions in RA, and suggest that large conductance $Ca^{2+}$-activated $K^+$ channels may be involved in taurine -induced relaxation of RA.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.38-44
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• 2017

시멘트 제조 공정에서 발생하는 바이패스 더스트는 지정폐기물로서 고가의 처리비용이 요구되고 있다. 바이패스 더스트의 주성분은 KCl이며, KCl은 주로 비료에 사용되고 있다. 비료에 사용하기 위해서는 pH 수준이 중성 혹은 약산성 이어야 한다. 그러나 바이패스 더스트의 pH는 12.0~12.5 수준으로, 또다른 전처리 없이 비료로 사용될 수 없다. 본 연구에서는 시멘트 바이패스 더스트에서 KCl을 수득하는 과정 중, 이산화탄소를 사용하여 산화칼슘을 제거하고, 동시에 pH 변화량을 제어하고자 하였다. 탄산화시험기 내부 분위기를 $25^{\circ}C$-50RH%로 고정한 후, 이산화탄소 20 vol% 조건에서 0~7시간으로 유지하고, 각 시간별 산화칼슘 함량 및 pH 값을 분석하였다. 이산화탄소 유지시간 증가에 따라 산화칼슘 함량 및 pH 값은 감소하였으며, 6시간 경과 후 pH 값은 7에 근접하였다.