• 약학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.282-286
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• 2001

To investigate the different mechanism between ATP and compound 48/80 (C$_{48}$80/)-induced histamine release, we observed effects of calcium antagonists in histamine release of rat peritoneal mast cells. Verapamil and diltiazem (voltage-dependent calcium channel blocker) and TMB-8 (a blocker of intracellular calcium release) significantly inhibited ATP-induced histamine release, but did not inhibit $C_{48}$80/-induced histamine release. Econazole (a blocker of receptor-operated calcium channel) dose-dependently inhibited both ATP and $C_{48}$80/-induced histamine release, but inhibitory effect of econazole in ATP-induced histamine release was more potent than that in $C_{48}$80/-induced histamine. EGTA dose-dependently inhibited ATP and $C_{48}$80/-induced histamine release, but $C_{48}$80/-induced histamine release was slightly inhibited by high concentrations (>2 mM) of EGTA. These results suggest that ATP-induced histamine release is related to broth intracellular calcium release and extracellular calcium influx via voltage-dependent calcium channel and receptor-operated calcium channel. $C_{48}$80/-induced histamine release is related to extracellular calcium influx, especially by receptor-operated calcium channel rather than voltage-dependent calcium channel.

• 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.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.297-306
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• 2020

Repetitive changes in the intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca²⁺]i) triggers egg activation, including cortical granule exocytosis, resumption of second meiosis, block to polyspermy, and initiating embryonic development. [Ca²⁺]i oscillations that continue for several hours, are required for the early events of egg activation and possibly connected to further development to the blastocyst stage. The sources of Ca²⁺ ion elevation during [Ca²⁺]i oscillations are Ca²⁺ release from endoplasmic reticulum through inositol 1,4,5 tri-phosphate receptor and Ca²⁺ ion influx through Ca²⁺ channel on the plasma membrane. Ca²⁺ channels have been characterized into voltage-dependent Ca²⁺ channels (VDCCs), ligand-gated Ca²⁺ channel, and leak-channel. VDCCs expressed on muscle cell or neuron is specified into L, T, N, P, Q, and R type VDCs by their activation threshold or their sensitivity to peptide toxins isolated from cone snails and spiders. The present study was aimed to investigate the localization pattern of N and P/Q type voltage-dependent calcium channels in mouse eggs and the role in fertilization. [Ca²⁺]i oscillation was observed in a Ca²⁺ contained medium with sperm factor or adenophostin A injection but disappeared in Ca²⁺ free medium. Ca²⁺ influx was decreased by Lat A. N-VDCC specific inhibitor, ω-Conotoxin CVIIA induced abnormal [Ca²⁺]i oscillation profiles in SrCl₂ treatment. N or P/Q type VDC were distributed on the plasma membrane in cortical cluster form, not in the cytoplasm. Ca²⁺ influx is essential for [Ca²⁺]i oscillation during mammalian fertilization. This Ca²⁺ influx might be controlled through the N or P/Q type VDCCs. Abnormal VDCCs expression of eggs could be tested in fertilization failure or low fertilization eggs in subfertility women.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.41-51
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• 1996

경골어류의 혈관평활근에 대한 adrenaline성 조절기작을 규명의 일환으로 틸라피아의 배대동맥을 사용하여 Adrenergic agonist의 효과와 그 매개에 관여하는 수용체의 subtype에 대한 연구를 하였으며 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. Epinephrine, norepinephrine, phenylephrine, clonidine 및 methoxamine은 tilapia의 배대동맥에 대하여 농도의존적인 혈관수축효과만을 나타내었으며, 효력은 epinephrine, norepinephrine, phenylnephrine, clonidine, methoxamine의 순이었으며, 이들 수축반응은 혈관내피세포의 존재유무에 영향을 받지 않았다. 2. Epinephrine, norepinephrine, phenylephrine 및 clonidine 의 농도의존적인 혈관수축반응곡선은 선택적인 $\alpha_2$-adrenergic 수용체 길항제인 yohimbine의 농도가 증가함에 따라 오른쪽으로 평행이동 되었으며, epinephrine과 norepinephrine은 선택적인 $\alpha_1$-수용체 길항제인 prazosin의 농도가 증가함에 따라 오른쪽으로 평행이동되었다. 3. Epinephrine과 norepinephrine의 혈관수축반응은 calcium제거 생리적 완충용액에서는 각각 약 41%, 51% 소실되었며, calcium 유입차단제인 verapamil에 의해서도 거의 유사한 경향을 보였다. 이상의 실험결과들을 종합하면 Catecholamine류는 수축효과만을 나타내었으며 혈관내피세포 존재유무와는 무관하였다. 이러한 수축작용은 $\alpha_1$- 및 $\alpha_2$-adrenergic receptor가 모두 매개하였으며 voltage dependent $Ca^{2+}$ channel을 통하여 유입된 세포외액의 $Ca^{2+}$과 세포내 $Ca^{2+}$의해 일어난다고 사료된다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1994년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.142-145
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• 1994

Calcium(Ca) ion plays an important role to trigger the secretion of important neurotransmitters. Since Ca ion flows into the cell thru the ion selective channel, the conductance of which depends on the transmembrane potential, the voltage-dependent characteristic of Ca ion channel is crucial to elucidate the stimulus-secretion coupling of exocytosis. The present study measured the Ca ion currents thru a whole-cell configuration patch at the transmembrane potential clamped at various desired levels in the rat chromaffin cell. The resultant current-voltage relationship was differentiated to obtain dynamic conductance at each clamped voltage. Based on these measured data, five numerical parameters were extracted to reveal electrical properties of Ca ion inflow process thru the voltage-gated channel. The present study can be applied to comparing the electrical characteristics of Ca channel under different experimental conditions. Also, further study is warranted to model the conformational changes of the channel molecules.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.882-890
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• 2004

간극결합(gap junction)은 이웃하는 두 세포사이에 형성된 막 구조물로 이를 통하여 각종 이온들과 여러 가지 분자들이 통과한다. 일반적으로 알려진 세포의 이온채널(예를 들어 $Na^{+}$ 이온채널과$K^+$이온채널)과 구별하여 두 세포사이에 형성된 간극결합을 세포간 채널(intercellular channel)이라고도 부른다. 간극결합채널(gap junction channel)은 단순히 수동적으로 열려있는 통로가 아니라 여러 가지 자극 즉 pH, 칼슘이온(calcium ion), 전압(voltage), 그리고 화학적인 변형(주로 인산화, phosphorylation)에 의해서 개폐(gating, opening and closing)가 조절되는 이온채널이다. 그 가운데서도 전압에 의한 간극결합채널 개폐 변화가 가장 많이 연구되었다. 세포안과 바깥에 형성된 전압차이(membrane potential, $V_m$) 보다는 주로 두 세포 사이에 형성된 전압차이(transjunctional voltage, $V_j$)에 의해서 간극결합채널은 민감하게 반응한다. 본 총설에서는 간극결합채널의 일반적인 특성을 정리해보고 전압-의존적인(voltage-dependent) 채널개폐에 관한 기전을 논의하고자 한다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제44권10호
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• pp.758-769
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• 2021

Calcium homeostasis modulator 1 (CALHM1) is a membrane protein with four transmembrane helices that form an octameric ion channel with voltage-dependent activation. There are four conserved cysteine (Cys) residues in the extracellular domain that form two intramolecular disulfide bonds. We investigated the roles of C42-C127 and C44-C161 in human CALHM1 channel biogenesis and the ionic current (I_CALHM1). Replacing Cys with Ser or Ala abolished the membrane trafficking as well as I_CALHM1. Immunoblotting analysis revealed dithiothreitol-sensitive multimeric CALHM1, which was markedly reduced in C44S and C161S, but preserved in C42S and C127S. The mixed expression of C42S and wild-type did not show a dominant-negative effect. While the heteromeric assembly of CALHM1 and CALHM3 formed active ion channels, the co-expression of C42S and CALHM3 did not produce functional channels. Despite the critical structural role of the extracellular cysteine residues, a treatment with the membrane-impermeable reducing agent tris(2-carboxyethyl) phosphine (TCEP, 2 mM) did not affect I_CALHM1 for up to 30 min. Interestingly, incubation with TCEP (2 mM) for 2-6 h reduced both I_CALHM1 and the surface expression of CALHM1 in a time-dependent manner. We propose that the intramolecular disulfide bonds are essential for folding, oligomerization, trafficking and maintenance of CALHM1 in the plasma membrane, but dispensable for the voltage-dependent activation once expressed on the plasma membrane.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.96-104
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• 2006

본 연구자를 위시한 많은 연구자에 의해 칼슘이 N형 칼슘통로의 비활성화를 촉진시킨다는 것이 보고되었다. 그러나 칼슘에 의한 비활성화 촉진 효과가 고전적인 칼슘의존성 기전에 의해 기인하는지는 아직 확실하지 않다. L형 칼슘통로의 칼슘의존성 비활성화기전을 밝히기 위하여 지금까지 사용해온 방법의 하나는 세포내, 외의 칼슘농도를 변화시켜보는 것이다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 칼슘의존성 비활성화기전의 존재 여부를 알아보기 위하여 2가 양이온을 1가 양이온인 메틸아민($MA^+$)으로 치환하였다. 선행 연구를 통해 우리는 5초 동안의 긴 저분극 자극 시 바륨과 칼슘을 사용하여 얻은 전류에서 모두 빠른 성분(${\tau}{\sim}150ms$)과 느린 성분(${\tau}{\sim}2,500ms$)의 비활성화가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 세포외 2가 양이온의 농도가 0이 되도록 하였을 때 빠른 비활성화가 소실된 반면 느린 비활성화에는 영향이 거의 없었다. 또한 바륨를 사용하였을 때보다 10 mV씩 과분극시킨 전압에서의 메틸암모늄 전류 데이터를 비교하여 보았을 때 느린 비활성화의 시정수가 서로 잘 일치하였으며 이 시정수는 막전압이 저분극될수록 감소하는 막전압의존성 비활성화의 특성을 보였다. 본 연구결과와 선행연구의 결과를 종합하여 볼 때 세포외 2가 양이온의 존재는 N형 칼슘통로의 빠른 비활성화가 일어나기 위하여 필수적인 조건이며 이러한 2가 양이온의존성 비활성화기전은 기존의 칼슘의존성 또는 막전압의존성 기전과 다르다는 가설을 제안한다.

• 한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물물리학회 2001년도 학술 발표회 진행표 및 논문초록
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• pp.26-26
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• 2001

Inactivation of N-type calcium current has been reported to be both voltage dependent and Ca$\^$2＋/ dependent. We have investigated the effects of Ba$\^$2＋/ and Ca$\^$2＋/ on N-channel inactivation in rat superior cervical ganglion neurons using the whole cell configuration of patch clamp technique. Inactivation was larger in Ca$\^$2＋/ than in Ba$\^$2＋/ even with 20 mM BAPTA.(omitted)

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2000

This study investigated the effects of Siegesbeckia glabrescens, an antihypertensive remedy, on the contraction evoked by phenylephrine and KCl in isolated rat thoracic arata, and also analyzed antioxidative status in vitro. Siegesbeckia glabrescens revealed dose-dependent relaxation on phenylephrine(PE)/KCl-induced arterial contraction and more markedly on PE-induced contraction. Siegesbeckia glabrescens reduced malondialdehyde(MDA)levels, Phosphatidyl choline-liposome(PC-OOH) contents, linoleic acid-induced lipid peroxidation and exerted 1,1-diphenyl-2- picryl-hydrazyl(DPPH) radical scavenging effect, in vitro. These results indicated that Siegesbeckia glabrescens doesn't relaxe artery through a blocking α-adrenergic receptor and calcium channel mediated by voltage-operated calcium channel, and it s antioxidative effects may be involved in endothelium-dependent relaxation of arteries via vascular protective properites. (J Korean Oriental Med 2000;21(1):77-83)