• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제48권10호
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• pp.1126-1131
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• 2005

목 적 : 기관지 과반응성은 천식의 주된 특징이다. 또한 천식 환자에서 혈청 호산구 양이온 단백의 농도가 증가되어 있음이 잘 알려져 있다. 혈청 호산구 양이온 단백의 농도와, 기관지 과반응성의 대표적 지표인 메타콜린 $PC_{20}$과의 관계에 대해서 결과가 다소 상반되는 여러 보고가 있어왔다. 본 연구의 목적은 혈청 호산구 양이온 단백의 농도와 기관지 과반응성의 또다른 지표로서 최대 기도 반응을 반영하는 ${\Delta}FVC$와의 상관관계를 살펴보는 것이다. 방 법 : 6-8세 천식 환아 109명을 대상으로 폐기능 검사 및 메타콜린 기관지 흡입 유발 시험을 시행하였다. 개개의 환자로부터 메타콜린 용량 반응 곡선에서 ${\Delta}FVC$ 및 $PC_{20}$을 계산하였다. 이들의 혈액 내 총 호산구 수 및 혈청 ECP 농도를 측정하여 ${\Delta}FVC$ 및 $PC_{20}$과 상관관계를 분석하였다. 결 과 : 혈청 ECP는 ${\Delta}FVC$(r=0.217, P=0.023) 및 $PC_{20}$(r=-0.208, P=0.030)과 상관관계를 나타내었다. 반면 혈액 내 총 호산구 수는 ${\Delta}FVC$(r=0.085, P=0.378) 및 $PC_{20}$(r=-0.148, P=0.125)과 상관관계를 보이지 않았다. ${\Delta}FVC$는 $PC_{20}$과도 상관관계를 보이지 않았다(r=-0.079, P=0.417). 결 론 : 6-8세 천식 환아에서 기관지 과반응성이, 민감성 증가뿐만 아니라 최대반응의 증가라는 측면에서도 호산구성 염증의 활성화와 관련이 있다.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.133-140
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• 1994

연구배경 : 방사선치료시, 작업장에서 또는 방사선사고시의 방사선에 피폭되었을 때 피폭선량을 정확하게, 가능한한 빨리 추정해 내고 적절한 의료대책을 세우기 위해서는 선량-반응관계의 표준곡선이 요구되어지는데 생물학적 선량측정방법으로는 피폭자의 말초혈액을 배양하여 관찰한 림프구에서 얻은 염색체이상의 빈도로써 피폭선량을 추정하는 방법이 많이 이용되고 있다. 이에 저자등은 갑상선기능항진증 및 갑상선암 환자에서 치료제로 투여되는 $^{131}I$을 체외에서 조사시켜 선량-반응관계의 표준곡선을 얻고 피폭시의 치료 및 추적관찰의 근거를 마련하고자 하였다. 방법 : 최근 3년간 0.01 Gy 이상의 방사선조사를 받은 적이 없는 건강한 사람의 말초혈액을 채취하여 $^{131}I$을 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.30, 0.50Gy의 저선량에서 0.75, 1.00, 2.00, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00Gy의 고선량이 되도록 체외에서 조사시켜 PHA를 첨가하고 림프구를 배양 관찰하였다. 실험동안에는 빛을 차단하고 $37^{\circ}C$의 체온과 같은 조건을 유지시켰고, 배양된 세포는 현미경 검경하여 dicentric 염색체, ring 염색체 및 acentric fragment 쌍등 불안정 염색체이상의 빈도를 관찰하였다. 결과 방사선조사를 받지 않은 세포에서는 염색체이 상을 관찰할 수 없었다. 관찰한 세포중 dicentric 염색체와 ring 염색체의 빈도로써 나타내는 Ydr값은 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.30, 0.50Gy에서 각각 0.003, 0.004, 0.004, 0.005, 0.005, 0.008이었고, 0.75, 1.00, 2.00, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00Gy에서는 각각 0.046, 0.057, 0.143, 0.302, 0.389, 0.842, 1.720으로써 선량이 증가함에 따라 증가하였으나, 이상염색체를 가진 림프구내에서의 이상염색체의 빈도인 Qdr값은 0.75Gy이하에서는 모두 1이었고, 1.00, 2.00, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00Gy에서는 각각 1.2, 1, 1.04, 1.09, 1.33, 2.53으로써 저선량에서는 차이가 없었다. 위와 같은 선량-반응관계를 비선형 회귀분석 한 결과 방사선량(D)과 염색체이상 빈도(Ydr)와의 관계는 Y=0.064351 $D^2$-0.13143 D+0.045684로 나타나 선량에 따른 염색체 이상의 빈도는 위와 같은 이차함수식으로 증가함을 알 수 있었다. 결론 : $^{131}I$의 방사선량이 증가함에 따라 이상염색체의 빈도는 이차함수식으로 증가하는 표준선량반응곡선을 얻었으므로 피폭선량을 추정하는 근거를 마련하였다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.335-348
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• 2015

Objectives: We aimed to assess the risk of metabolic syndrome one year after the 2007 Hebei Spirit oil spill in Taean, Korea among people exposed to spilt oil during clean-up work. Methods: A total of 6,923 adults, including 3,019 males and 3,904 females, participated in the study. Health examinations and blood tests (total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, fasting blood sugar) were performed. A logistic regression model adjusting for age, gender, smoking history, drinking history, income, education, and marital status was used to estimate the risk of metabolic syndrome associated with the level of oil spill exposure. Results: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 24.9% among males and 18% among females. Compared with people living within 20 km of the coastline, the risk of metabolic syndrome among people living within 0.8 km of the coastline was significantly higher (male OR=1.696, 95% CI=1.320-2.178, female OR=1.992, 95% CI=1.549-2.561), including a significant dose-response relationship for distance from early contaminate coastline (p<0.001). The risk of metabolic syndrome was higher according to the increase of duration of cleaning work. The risk of metabolic syndrome among people who participated in the clean-up work for more than 116 days, compared with people who participated in the cleaning work for or less 14 days, was significantly higher (male OR=1.845, 95% CI=1.448-2.353, female OR=1.752, CI=1.378-2.228), with a significant dose-response relationship for days of clean-up work (p<0.001). Conclusion: This study showed that there is a significant association between exposure to the oil spill during the clean-up work, distance from early contaminate coastline and the risk of metabolic syndrome in a doseresponse manner.

• 환경생물
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.158-164
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• 2002

합성화학물질의 몇몇은 고등동물의 내분비계를 교란하는 물질로 작용하는 것이 알려져 있다. 다이옥신, 디디티, 피시비 및 비스페놀 에이 등이 내분비계 장애물질로 분류되어 선진 각국에서는 엄격한 통제하에 관리되고 있다. 본 연구는 자주달개비 미세핵 분석법을 이용하여 염색체이상 유발에 있어서의 BPA와 방사선의 상대적 효과를 비교하기 위하여 시행되었다. 홉수처리를 위하여 자주달개비 4430클론의 절취화서를 각각의 농도로 조제된 BPA용액에 여섯시간 동안 침지하고 폭기를 실시하였다. 한편 방사선의 영향을 평가하기 위하여 동일 식물체의 화서군을 양액에 침지한 상태로 0-0.5 Gy까지 선량별로 조사하였다. 실험선량의 범위에서 미세핵 생성률은 분명한 선량-반응 관계를 나타내었으며 BPA 실험농도 범위에 대해서도 농도-반응 관계를 나타내었다. 이들 두 가지 반응 관계식을 이용하여 동일한 미세핵 빈도를 유발하는 방사선량과 비스페놀 에이 농도를 산출할 수가 있는데, BPA $ll.8\mu{M}$은 방사선 피폭 후 임상증상이 나타나기 시작하는 선량인 0.25 Gy에 상응하는 염색체 이상을 유발하는 것으로 확인되었다 본 연구의 결과를 통하여 자주달개비 화분모세포는 비스페놀 에이, 옥틸페놀 또는 노닐페놀 등의 내분비계 장애물질의 생물학적 독성을 평가하는데 유용하게 활용할 수 있는 생물말단 점이라는 것이 입증되었다.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.67-82
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• 2002

Objectives: In recent years, extensive focus has been laid on adulteration of herbal medicine with heavy metals. This may be mainly due to soil contamination by environmental pollution. The objective of this study is to identify the contents of various heavy metals in the blood from Ohjeok-san (Wuji-san) Decoction (OD) treated-rats. Methods: For this study, 13 kinds of metals including essential and heavy metals, i.e. A1, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se and Zn were analyzed by a slight modification of EP A methods and the following results are obtained. Results: 1. There was no significant difference between the OD-treated groups and control group in liver, kidney, bone, brain and weight, especially no significant difference at the 5th and 10th days in weight and the amount of food intake. 2. The amount of each metal analyzed in the blood were as follows; A1: 2.3~3.07 mg/l, As: 2.90~3.66 mg/l, Cd: 0~0.001 mg/l, Co: 0~0.01 mg/l, Cr: 0.40~043 mg/l, Cu: 0.93~1.88 mg/l, Fe: 414.35~464.46 mg/l, Hg: 0.01 mg/l, Mn: 0.10~0.17 mg/l, Ni: 0.01 mg/l, Pb: 0.03~012 mg/l, Se: 0.73 mg/l, Zn: 3.41~4.13 mg/l by groups, respectively. In control and experimental group, Experimental I and other experimental II, III, IV, and V groups, there were no significant differences. 3. The amount of non-toxic metals (A1, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Se, Zn) were $64.1{\pm}7.71{\;}mg/l$ in the control group and 60.70~67.58 mg/l in the experimental groups I, II, III, IV and V. The amount of Toxic metals (As, Cd, Cr, Ag, Pb) were $0.68{\pm}0.21{\;}mg/l$ in the control group and 0.57 ~ 0.66mg/l in the experimental groups. The total amount of metals were 32.35 mg/l in the control group and 30.48~34.12 mg/l in the test groups I, II, III, IV and V, respectively. Conclusions: There was no significant difference of metal concentration in the blood from the OD-treated-rats compared to those of the control group even if higher dosage (1~8 times the dosage for a person) of OD was administered. This may be mainly due to a decoction treatment which contains only supernatants filtered from the herb-mass after boiling. This indicates the legal limitation for metal concentration in herbal medicine must be applied according to different treatment methods of herbal medicine.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.74-81
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• 2000

목적: 마우스를 전신조사한 다음 골수세포를 추출하여 중기염색체 분석법과 미소핵 검사법으로 방사선량별 염색체 이상의 빈도를 관찰하고 이를 통하여 표준선량반응곡선을 얻어내어 방사선이 인체 골수세포에 미치는 영향을 추정하기 위해 이 연구를 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법: ICR계 마우스를 대상으로 각각 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 Gy를 조사하고 대퇴골의 골수를 추출하여 중기염색체 분석법을 시행하였고, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, Gy를 조사한 후 미소핵 분석법을 시행하였다. 각각의 조사량에 따라 중기염색체에서 이중 중심체형 염색체와 반지형 염색체를 계수하였고, 다염성적혈구에서 관찰된 미소핵을 계수하였다. 결과: 중기염색체에서 이중 중심체형 염색체와 반지형 염색체의 빈도를 나타내는 Ydr 값은 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 Gy에서 각각 0.002, 0.107, 0.33, 0.625, 1.055, 1.662, 5.843이었고 선량-반응관계를 선형회귀분석한 결과 방사선량(D)과 염색체이상 빈도(YDR)와의 관계는 YDR=0.0176+0.0324D+0.0567$D^2$ (r=1.0, p<0.001)으로 나타났다. 다염성적혈구에서 관찰된 미소핵은 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, Gy에서 각각 0.001, 0.062, 0.218, 0.478, 0.841로 방사선량(D)과 미소핵의 빈도(mn)와의 관계는 F(mn)=0.0019+0.0073D+0.00506$D^2$ (r=1.0, p<0.001)로 나타나 선량에 따른 염색체이상의 빈도는 이차함수식으로 증가함을 알 수 있었다. 두 가지의 검사방법간에는 매우 강한 상관관계를 나타내었다(r=0.99, p<0.01). 결과: 마우스의 골수세포에서 중기염색체 분석법과 미소핵 검사법은 생체 내의 피폭선량을 평가하는데 매우 유용하였고, 이 두 가지 검사법 중 어느 방법을 사용하여도 방사선에 의한 생물학적 효과를 평가할 수 있을 것으로 사료되었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.2979-2982
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• 2016

Background: High dose ionizing radiation can induce ovarian cancer, but the effect of low dose radiation on the development of ovarian cancer has not been extensively studied. We evaluated the effect of low dose radiation and total background radiation, and the radiation delivered to the ovaries during the treatment of rectosigmoid cancer and breast cancer on ovarian cancer incidence. Materials and Methods: Background radiation measurements are from Assessment of Variations in Radiation Exposure in the United States, 2011. Ovarian cancer incidence data are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Standardized incidence ratios (SIR) of ovarian cancer following breast cancer and rectosigmoid cancer are from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data. Obesity data by US state are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mean ages of US state populations are from the United States Census Bureau. Results: We calculated standardized incidence ratios (SIR) from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data, which reveal that in 194,042 cases of breast cancer treated with beam radiation, there were 796 cases of ovarian cancer by 120+ months of treatment (0.41%); in 283, 875 cases of breast cancer not treated with radiation, there were 1,531 cases of ovarian cancer by 120+ months (0.54%). The difference in ovarian cancer incidence in the two groups was significant (p < 0.001, two tailed Fisher exact test). The small dose of scattered ovarian radiation (about 3.09 cGy) from beam radiation to the breast appears to have reduced the risk of ovarian cancer by 24%. In 13,099 cases of rectal or rectosigmoid junction cancer treated with beam radiation in the SEER data, there were 20 cases of ovarian cancer by 120+ months of treatment (0.15%). In 33,305 cases of rectal or rectosigmoid junction cancer not treated with radiation, there were 91 cases of ovarian cancer by 120+ months (0.27%). The difference in ovarian cancer incidence in the two groups was significant (p = 0.017, two tailed Fisher exact test). In other words, the beam radiation to rectum and rectosigmoid that also reached the ovaries reduced the risk of ovarian cancer by 44%. In addition, there was a significant inverse relationship between ovarian cancer in white women and radon background radiation (r = - 0.465. p = 0.002) and total background radiation (r = -0.456, p = 0.002). Because increasing age and obesity are risk factors for ovarian cancer, multivariate linear regression was performed. The inverse relationship between ovarian cancer incidence and radon background was significant (${\beta}=-0.463$, p = 0.002) but unrelated to age (${\beta}=-0.080$, p = 0.570) or obesity (${\beta}=-0.180$, p = 0.208). Conclusions: The reduction of ovarian cancer risk following low dose radiation may be the result of radiation hormesis. Hormesis is a favorable biological response to low toxin exposure. A pollutant or toxin demonstrating hormesis has the opposite effect in small doses as in large doses. In the case of radiation, large doses are carcinogenic. However, lower overall cancer rates are found in U.S. states with high impact radiation. Moreover, there is reduced lung cancer incidence in high radiation background US states where nuclear weapons testing was done. Women at increased risk of ovarian cancer have two choices. They may be closely followed (surveillance) or undergo immediate prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. However, the efficacy of surveillance is questionable. Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is considered preferable, although it carries the risk of surgical complications. The data analysis above suggests that low-dose pelvic irradiation might be a good third choice to reduce ovarian cancer risk. Further studies would be worthwhile to establish the lowest optimum radiation dose.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.101-107
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• 1999

Objectives. To determine the effects of exposure to hexavalent chromium, 93 male Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to hexavalent chromium solution. Methods. Rats were divided into 4 groups and exposed to 0.1ml of 0 mM, 0.4 mM, 2.0 mM, and 10.0 mM potassium chromate in the first experiment, and to 0.1 ml of 0 mM, 20 mM, 40 mM, and 80 mM in the second for consecutive 3 days by tracheal instillation. Three and 10 rats were the controls for the first and the second experiments, respectively. Lung tissues were then removed to measure the 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OH-dG) level using the HPLC-ECD method, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity using the cytochrome C method, and 8-hydroxyguanine endonuclease activity using the oligonucleotide nicking assay. Results. The results showed no significant linear relationship between chromium exposure level and 8-OH-dG level or 8-hydroxyguanine endonuclease activity. In the first experiment, 8-OH-dG level and 8-hydroxyguanine endonuclease activity increased in 0.4 mM group, and then decreased in 2.0 mM and 10.0 mM groups. The correlation coefficients between 8-OH-dG level and 8-hydroxyguanine endonuclease activity was statistically significant (P<0.01), and total SOD activity was elevated by chromium exposure in a dose-dependent manner (P<0.05). In contrast, there was no significant dose-response pattern or correlation in the secod experiment. Conclusions. Based on the fact that there was no linear relationship between chromium dose and 8-OH-dG level or activity of the repair enzyme, it seems unlikely that 8-OH-dG formation is the major mechanism of chromium carcinogenesis.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.379-384
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• 1997

외인성 성선자극 호르몬에 의한 과배란처리는 난모세포의 질, 수정, 배발달, 착상, 임신유지 등에 해로운 영향을 수반하는 광범위한 배란전후의 호르몬 분비이상을 야기한다. 최근 본 연구에서 흰쥐에서의 IGF-1이 착상전 및 자궁의 환경적 조절에 미치는 잠재적 역할을 확인하였다. 그 결과는 IGF-1이 아마도 탈락막의 조절과 배발달에 적합한 자궁환경유지에 중요한 역할을 수행한다는 것을 보여주었다. 과배란후 배의 손실과 착상의 실패는, 본 연구에서 관찰되었듯이 부분적인 자궁내 IGF-1의 작용저해에 기인하리라 사료된다. 또한 본 연구진들은 생쥐의 배에서 염색체 이상빈도에 대한 과배란을 유도하는 성선자극 호르몬의 영향에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. PMSG 5, 10 및 15 I.U.를 투여하여 과배란된 생쥐에서 생쥐의 수정란과 8-16 세포기 배의 염색체 분석을 실시하였다. 이수체(aneuploidy), 다배체(polyploidy) 또한 염색체의 구조적 이상은 4개군에서 관찰되었따. 그러나 다배체만이 과배란과 상관관계가 있엇따. PMSG 10, 15 I.U. 처리군에서 다배체 발생율은 각각 2.9%와 10.5%였다. 더욱이 PMSG 용량에 따른 배의 다배체 발생빈도 사이에는 투여량에 따른 상관관계가 확인되었다(P<0.0001). 과배란과 성선자극호르몬은 양의 상관관계가 있었으며 염색체와 과배란의 정도에는 투여량에 따른 상관관계가 있었다. 과배란된 난모세포의 발달 잠재력은 모축의 내분비적 환경뿐만 아니라 생존에 필요한 내인성 요인들 즉 유전적 상태 그리고 난자의 전체적 성숙등에 연관되어 있다고 사료된다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.355-362
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• 2002

Pathophysiological elevation of intracellular calcium concentration ($[Ca^{2+}]_1$) in the neuron has been considered as an important responsible factor in the neuronal cell damages. However the mechanism of increase of $[Ca^{2+}]_1$ and the relationship between $[Ca^{2+}]_1$ level and cytotocixity have not been fully demonstrated. In the present study, real-time alteration of $[Ca^{2+}]_1$and cellular response (cell damages) in the pheochromocytoma cells (PC12) stimulated by glutamate were investigated. Glutamate dose dependently decreased cell viability determined propidium iodide fluorescence method and morphology change. Conversely related with cell damages, glutamate dose dependently increased the level of［Ca$^{2+}$］$_{i}$ . To investigate the mechanism of glutamate-induced increase of $[Ca^{2+}]_1$,$[Ca^{2+}]_1$, was first measured in the cell cultured in calcium free media and in the presence of dantrolene, an inhibitor of calcium release from ryanodine receptor located in endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Similar to the increase$[Ca^{2+}]_1$ in the calcium-containing media, glutamate dose dependently increased $[Ca^{2+}]_1$ in the cell cultured in free calcium media. However pretreatment (2 hr) with 20~50 $\mu\textrm{M}$ dantrolene substantial lowered glutamate-induced increase of $[Ca^{2+}]_1$, suggesting that release of calcium from ER may be major sourse of increase of $[Ca^{2+}]_1$ in PC12 cells. Dantrolene-induced inhibition of $[Ca^{2+}]_1$ resulted in recovery of cytotoxicity by glutamate. Relevance of N-methy-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, a type of glutamte receptor on glutamate-induced incense of $[Ca^{2+}]_1$,$[Ca^{2+}]_1$ was also determined in the cells pretreated (2 hr) with NMDA receptor antagonist MK-80l. Glutamate-induced increase of $[Ca^{2+}]_1$ was reduced by MK-801 dose dependently. Furthermore, glutamate-induced cytotoxicity was also prevented by MK-80l. These results demonstrate that glutamte increase $[Ca^{2+}]_1$ dose dependently and thereby cause cytotoxicity. The increase of $[Ca^{2+}]_1$ may release from ER, especially through ryanodine receptor and/or through NMDA receptor Alteration of calcium homeostasis through disturbance of ER system and/or calcium influx through NMDA receptor could contribute glutamate-induced cell damages.s.