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Pawlak R, Lebioda M. Electrical and Thermal Properties of Heater-Sensor Microsystems Patterned in TCO Films for Wide-Range Temperature Applications from 15 K to 350 K. SENSORS 2018; 18:s18061831. [PMID: 29874822 PMCID: PMC6021818 DOI: 10.3390/s18061831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 06/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This paper presents an analysis of the electrical and thermal properties of miniature transparent heaters for use in a wide range of temperature applications, from 15 K to 350 K. The heater structures were produced in transparent conducting oxide (TCO) layers: indium tin oxide (ITO) and ITO/Ag/ITO on polymer substrates-polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET), by direct laser patterning. Thermo-resistors for temperature measurement were created in the same process, with geometry corresponding to the shape of the heating path. The thermo-resistors integrated with the heating structure allowed easy control of the thermal state of the heaters. Laser patterning provided high precision and repeatability in terms of the geometry and electrical properties of the heater-sensor structures. Measurements at temperatures from 15 K to above room temperature (350 K) confirmed the excellent dynamics of the heating and cooling processes, due to current flow. The largest value for surface heating power was over 3 W/cm2. A heater-sensor structure equipped with a small capacity chamber was successfully applied for controlled heating of small volumes of different liquids. Such structures have potential for use in research and measurements, where for various reasons controlled and accurate heating of small volumes of liquids is required.
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- Ryszard Pawlak
- Institute of Electrical Engineering Systems, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz 90-924, Poland.
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- Institute of Electrical Engineering Systems, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz 90-924, Poland.
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Biffi E, Regalia G, Ghezzi D, De Ceglia R, Menegon A, Ferrigno G, Fiore GB, Pedrocchi A. A novel environmental chamber for neuronal network multisite recordings. Biotechnol Bioeng 2012; 109:2553-66. [PMID: 22510865 DOI: 10.1002/bit.24526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2011] [Revised: 02/29/2012] [Accepted: 04/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Environmental stability is a critical issue for neuronal networks in vitro. Hence, the ability to control the physical and chemical environment of cell cultures during electrophysiological measurements is an important requirement in the experimental design. In this work, we describe the development and the experimental verification of a closed chamber for multisite electrophysiology and optical monitoring. The chamber provides stable temperature, pH and humidity and guarantees cell viability comparable to standard incubators. Besides, it integrates the electronics for long-term neuronal activity recording. The system is portable and adaptable for multiple network housings, which allows performing parallel experiments in the same environment. Our results show that this device can be a solution for long-term electrophysiology, for dual network experiments and for coupled optical and electrical measurements.
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- E Biffi
- Politecnico di Milano, Bioengineering Department, Neuroengineering and Medical Robotics Laboratory, p.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy.
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An observation chamber for studying temperature-dependent and drug-induced events in live neurons using fluorescence microscopy. Anal Biochem 2008; 386:105-12. [PMID: 19111514 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2008] [Accepted: 12/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Live-cell imaging chambers are used in a wide range of cell biology research. Recently, chambers capable of taking high-resolution and time-lapse images of live cells have been developed and become commercially available. However, because most of these chambers are designed to maintain a thermally stable environment for the cells under study, it is usually very difficult to use them to study temperature-dependent cellular events. Here we report the development of a chamber that is able to be used for the continuous monitoring of live neurons under most commercially available upright epifluorescence and confocal microscopes and in which the temperature and composition of the medium surrounding the neurons can be changed rapidly and reversibly. This live-cell observation chamber has been used successfully with cultured rat hippocampal neurons to study temperature-dependent changes in the dynamics of the microtubule cytoskeleton using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) together with the localization of alpha-tubulin in the dendritic spines. The success of these observations demonstrates the usefulness and applicability of the live-cell observation chamber described here to a wide range of cell biology experiments.
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Buchner O, Lütz C, Holzinger A. Design and construction of a new temperature-controlled chamber for light and confocal microscopy under monitored conditions: biological application for plant samples. J Microsc 2007; 225:183-91. [PMID: 17359253 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01730.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A new light microscope-temperature-controlled chamber (LM-TCC) has been constructed. The special feature of the light microscope-temperature-controlled chamber is the Peltier-element temperature control of a specimen holder for biological samples, with a volume capacity of 1 mL. This system has marked advantages when compared to other approaches for temperature-controlled microscopy. It works in a temperature range of -10 degrees C to +95 degrees C with an accuracy of +/-0.1 degrees C in the stationary phase. The light microscope-temperature-controlled chamber allows rapid temperature shift rates. A maximum heating rate of 12.9 degrees C min(-1) and a maximum cooling rate of 6.0 degrees C min(-1) are achieved with minimized overshoots (<or=1.9 degrees C). This machinery operates at low cost and external coolants are not required. Especially with samples absorbing irradiation strongly, temperature control during microscopy is necessary to avoid overheating of samples. For example, leaf segments of Ficaria verna exposed to 4500 micromol photons m(-2) s(-1) in a standard microscopic preparation show a temperature increase (deltaT) of 18.0 degrees C, whereas in the light microscope-temperature-controlled chamber this is reduced to 4 degrees C. The kinetics of microscope-light induced deltaT are described and infrared thermography demonstrates the dissipation of the temperature. Chloroplasts of the cold adapted plant Ranunculus glacialis show the tendency to form stroma-filled protrusions in relation to the exposure temperature. The relative number of chloroplasts with protrusions is reduced at 5 degrees C when compared to 25 degrees C. This effect is reversible. The new light microscope-temperature-controlled chamber will be useful in a wide range of biological applications where a rapid change of temperature during microscopic observations is necessary or has to be avoided allowing a simulation of ecologically relevant temperature scenarios.
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- O Buchner
- University of Innsbruck, Institute of Botany, Sternwartestrasse 15, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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We describe a novel temperature-controlled, all-on-board design platform for intravital microscopy of thin tissues in small laboratory animals. The apparatus uses transparent heaters and miniature controllers to control independently the temperature of the tissue pedestal and animal heating pad, as well as the animal core temperature. The system ensures a uniform temperature for a thin tissue placed on the surface of a transparent window and maintenance of the animal's core temperature without overheating. This platform provides an alternative to warm superfusion solution for in vivo microscopy, under circumstances where a well-controlled temperature is required. All components of the apparatus are commercially available, inexpensive and reliable, thereby simplifying its assembly. The platform is convenient for use with trans- and epi-illumination and does not interfere with movement of the microscope stage.
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- Aleksander S Golub
- Department of Physiology, P.O. Box 980551, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0551, USA
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In the adult cerebellum, corticotropin releasing factor (CRF), that is localized in climbing fibers, mossy fibers, and a fine varicose plexus along the Purkinje cell layer, modulates the responsiveness of Purkinje cells to excitatory amino acids. During development, CRF has been detected in the primitive cerebellar anlage as early as embryonic day (E)10, and is continuously expressed throughout embryonic and postnatal cerebellar ontogeny. To investigate a possible trophic role for CRF during cerebellar development, cerebellar culture studies using E18 mouse embryos were carried out. In our culture paradigm, that used serum-free defined medium to suppress cell proliferation, CRF induced proliferation of cells in a dose-dependent manner in a range of concentrations between 0.1-10 microM. The proliferating cells were identified as astrocytes based on their expression of vimentin and GFAP. BrdU incorporation studies supported the proposed mitogenic effect of CRF on developing astrocytes. The mitogenic effects of CRF seemed to be primarily on immature astrocytes determined by their differential expression of vimentin and GFAP. Astrocytes at more advanced stages of development, as determined by the extent of process outgrowth and GFAP expression, incorporated less BrdU compared to immature astrocytes. CRF receptors were localized in astrocytes, and the proliferation of astrocytes induced by CRF was inhibited by astressin, a competitive CRF receptor antagonist. In conclusion, CRF induces proliferation of astrocytes derived from the developing cerebellum, that suggests a gliotrophic role for CRF during cerebellar development.
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- B K Ha
- Department of Neuroscience, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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László F, Pávó I, Szepes Z, Varga CS, László FA. Deleterious action of vasopressin in gastroduodenal ulceration: experimental and clinical observations. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. SUPPLEMENT 1998; 228:62-7. [PMID: 9867115 DOI: 10.1080/003655298750026589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Vasopressin, released from the posterior pituitary and from the vascular endothelium, can cause vasoconstriction and provoke platelet aggregation, leading to an impaired tissue blood supply. In humans with pituitary diabetes insipidus the central release of vasopressin is diminished, and in the Brattleboro homozygous rat there is congenitally no synthesis of this hormone. The gastroduodenal intramucosal vasopressin level is elevated in normal rats following various acute ulcerogenic challenges (after ethanol, reserpine, indomethacin, cold-restraint stress, endotoxin shock and hemorrhagic shock), and vasopressin-deficient rats are less sensitive to these stimuli. In a hospital- and population-based case-control, age-matched retrospective study, the incidence of human gastroduodenal ulceration is significantly higher in the normal population (in whom the release of vasopressin is presumed to be intact) than in the vasopressin-deficient one (central diabetes insipidus patients). In conclusion, endogenous vasopressin plays an aggressive role in development of gastroduodenal ulceration, especially that related to stress.
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- F László
- First Dept. of Medicine and Endocrine Unit, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary
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Rieder CL, Cole RW. Perfusion chambers for high-resolution video light microscopic studies of vertebrate cell monolayers: some considerations and a design. Methods Cell Biol 1998; 56:253-75. [PMID: 9500142 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(08)60430-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- C L Rieder
- Division of Molecular Medicine, Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201-0509, USA
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Considerable progress has been made in the understanding of the formation of gastric erosions by the use of animals. The role of gastric acid secretion in their pathogenesis has been clarified. Gastric erosions are associated with the presence of acid in the stomach and slow gastric contractions. With several different experimental procedures, the animal's body temperature falls; preventing the fall averts erosions. A fall in body temperature or exposure to cold are associated with the secretion of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), and both increased and decreased concentration of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRH) in discrete regions of rat brains. Thyrotropin-releasing hormone when injected into specific sites in the brain produces gastric erosions and increases acid secretion and slow contractions, whereas CRH has the opposite effects. One of the major sites of interaction of the two peptides is in the dorsal motor complex of the vagus nerve. Thyrotropin-releasing hormone increases serotonin (5-HT) secretion into the stomach. Serotonin counter-regulates acid secretion and slow contractions. Many other peptides injected into discrete brain sites stimulate or inhibit gastric acid secretion.
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- H Weiner
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, School of Medicine 90095, USA
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The rate of binding of a ligand to receptors on the cell surface can be diffusion limited. We analyze the kinetics of binding, diffusion-limited in a stationary liquid, in the presence of convective mass transport. We derive a formula that expresses the reaction kinetics in terms of the mass transfer coefficient. A moderately transport-limited kinetics is not readily recognizable from the shape of the binding curve and may lead to erroneous estimates of the rate coefficients. We apply our results to practically important cases: a cell suspension in a stirred volume of liquid and a confluent cell colony under a laminar stream. Using typical numbers characterizing the ligand-receptor interactions, we show that stirring and perfusion can be important factors determining the reaction rates. With the confluent colony, the early reaction kinetics requires a different treatment, and we provide it for the case of low receptor occupancy. We show that, even with a fast perfusion, a cell monolayer can transiently generate a zone of depletion of the ligand, and that would affect the early stages of the reaction. Our results are expressed in a simple analytical form and can be used for the design and interpretation of experimental data.
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- M A Model
- Biophysics Research Division, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48105, USA
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Gross GW, Schwalm FU. A closed flow chamber for long-term multichannel recording and optical monitoring. J Neurosci Methods 1994; 52:73-85. [PMID: 8090021 DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(94)90059-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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An autoclavable chamber and associated medium circulation system has been constructed to provide a stable environment for mammalian cultures for long periods of time. The chamber was specifically designed for (a) multichannel electrophysiological recording from monolayer networks with photoetched multielectrode matrices, (b) for microscope observations of networks in the living state and (c) for the manipulation of such networks with laser cell surgery. The chamber components can be assembled under sterile conditions in less than 30 s to minimize pH and osmolarity stress to the monolayer cultures. An open chamber version provides a constant medium bath for pharmacological studies. The closed chamber version, attached to a 10-ml medium reservoir and a peristaltic pump, has so far provided constant conditions for continual recording over an 8-day period. Flow characteristics within the closed chamber, optical properties, pH maintenance, and schemes for drug addition are described.
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- G W Gross
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton 76203
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Taché Y, Saperas E. Potent inhibition of gastric acid secretion and ulcer formation by centrally and peripherally administered interleukin-1. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1992; 664:353-68. [PMID: 1456663 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1992.tb39774.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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IL-1 beta is one of the most potent centrally acting inhibitors of gastric acid secretion in rats. Sites of action have been located in the anterior/preoptic area and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus where other biological activities of IL-1 have also been described. IL-1 beta action is, so far, quite unique to this cytokine and its action is not reproduced by IL-2 or TNF alpha. The IL-1 effect involves prostaglandin pathways and is unrelated to CRF. Similarly, systemic injection of IL-1 induces a long lasting inhibition of acid secretion through prostaglandin-dependent mechanisms. Several findings support the possibility that the effect of systemic IL-1 can be CNS-mediated and/or exerted at the periphery through local release of PG in the stomach. Exogenous IL-1 given into either the circulation or the cerebrospinal fluid also inhibits gastric injury induced by a variety of experimental models (stress, aspirin, ethanol). Such a protective effect is mediated through the inhibition of acid secretion and prostaglandin release, although other mechanisms may also contribute. Whether endogenously released IL-1 beta exerts a protective role in the gastric mucosa is still to be investigated.
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- Y Taché
- Center for Ulcer Research and Education, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90073
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Shimoni Y, Clark RB, Giles WR. Role of an inwardly rectifying potassium current in rabbit ventricular action potential. J Physiol 1992; 448:709-27. [PMID: 1593485 PMCID: PMC1176224 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1992.sp019066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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1. Whole-cell voltage-clamp measurements were made of the time- and voltage-dependent properties of the inwardly rectifying background potassium current IK1, in single myocytes from rabbit ventricle. The main goal of these experiments was to define the role of IK1 in the plateau and repolarization phases of the action potential (AP). 2. Action potentials from single ventricular myocytes were used as the command signals for voltage-clamp measurements. In these 'action potential voltage-clamp' experiments, IK1 was isolated from other membrane currents by taking the difference between control currents and currents in K(+)-free bathing solution. The results show that IK1 is small during the plateau, but then rapidly increases during repolarization and declines in early diastole. 3. Evidence of an important functional role for IK1 in AP repolarization was obtained by comparing the magnitude of IK1 and the rate of change of membrane potential (dVm/dt) in the same cell during the AP. The time courses of IK1 and dVm/dt during the AP were closely correlated, indicating that IK1 was the principal current responsible for final repolarization. 4. Rectangular voltage-clamp steps were used to study time- and voltage-dependent changes in IK1 at membrane potentials corresponding to the repolarization phase of the AP. 'Slow' relaxations or tail currents, lasting 100-300 ms, were consistently recorded when the cell was repolarized to potentials in the range -30 to -70 mV, following depolarizations between +10 and -10 mV. 5. The close correlation between the magnitude of the steady-state IK1 (in an external K+ concentration of 5.4 mM), which was outward for membrane potentials in the range -30 to -70 mV, and the magnitude of the tail currents, suggests that they resulted from a slow increase, or reactivation, of IK1. 6. The component of the slow tails due to reactivation of IK1 can be separated from a previously described component due to Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange since the IK1 component: (i) does not depend on the presence of the calcium current, ICa; (ii) can be recorded when internal EGTA (5 mM) suppresses large changes in [Ca2+]i; (iii) does not depend on the Na+ electrochemical gradient; (iv) is abolished in K(+)-free external solution; and (v) is not present in rabbit atrial myocytes, in which IK1 is very small. 7. The time- and voltage-dependent properties of IK1 revealed by these tail current experiments suggest that the measured magnitude of IK1 will be dependent on the voltage-clamp protocol.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- Y Shimoni
- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- H J Lenz
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego 92103
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Taché Y, Yang H. Brain regulation of gastric acid secretion by peptides. Sites and mechanisms of action. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1990; 597:128-45. [PMID: 2201237 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1990.tb16163.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Y Taché
- Center for Ulcer Research and Education, Veterans Administration Wadsworth Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90073
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Momose Y, Sasayama S. Effect of OPC-8490 on the membrane potentials and membrane currents of single guinea-pig myocytes. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 1990; 4:713-7. [PMID: 1963791 DOI: 10.1007/bf01856559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The direct actions of OPC-8490 on mammalian myocardium were examined by determination of the drug's effects on the action potentials of isolated guinea-pig single ventricular cells and on the underlying ionic currents. OPC-8490 (10(-6) to 10(-4) M) did not alter the resting membrane potential, but rather produced a dose-dependent prolongation of the duration of the action potential. The amplitude of the action-potential plateau was also increased by OPC-8490. Whole-cell voltage clamp experiments revealed that OPC-8490 blocks myocardial delayed outward K+ current (IK), which regulates repolarization of the action potentials. However Ik1, which regulates the resting membrane potential, was not changed by OPC-8490. Ca current (ICa) was increased by OPC-8490 in a dose-dependent and reversible manner. These results suggest that OPC-8490 augments the plateau amplitude and increases the duration of the action potentials by not only increasing ICa, but also by decreasing delayed outward K+ currents. Moreover, OPC-8490 did not affect the intracellular concentration of cyclic AMP in single cells. The OPC-8490 increase in ICa was thus unlikely to be mediated by a process involving cyclic AMP.
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- Y Momose
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan
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Shibasaki T, Yamauchi N, Hotta M, Masuda A, Oono H, Wakabayashi I, Ling N, Demura H. Brain corticotropin-releasing factor acts as inhibitor of stress-induced gastric erosion in rats. Life Sci 1990; 47:925-32. [PMID: 2215074 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(90)90539-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Gastric lesions are known to be caused by stress. Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) is a key peptide initiating various stress response. This study was designed to investigate how brain CRF is involved in the occurrence of stress-induced gastric erosion in rats. Intracerebroventricular (icv) administration of CRF suppressed the occurrence of gastric erosion induced by water-immersion restraint stress, and its suppressive effect was blocked by coadministration of a CRF receptor antagonist in rats. The peripheral administration of CRF had no influence on the occurrence of erosion. The icv administration of a CRF receptor antagonist or anti-rat CRF gamma-globulin increased gastric erosion induced by the stress. Ganglionic blockade with chlorisondamine, muscarinic blockade with atropine, or bilateral adrenalectomy by itself significantly inhibited the occurrence of stress-induced gastric erosion, and no additional effect of CRF on these treatments-induced inhibition of erosion was found. These results, therefore, suggest that the occurrence of stress-induced gastric erosion is mediated by the autonomic nervous system- and adrenal-dependent pathway, and that brain CRF reduces the occurrence of stress-induced gastric lesions by acting on its specific receptor within the central nervous system, probably through the autonomic nervous system- and adrenal-dependent mechanism.
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- T Shibasaki
- Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan
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Abstract Several peptides have been implicated as central nervous system transmitters regulating various peripheral organ systems. This study examined the central nervous system effects of rat corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF), salmon calcitonin (CT), beta-endorphin (beta-End), neurotensin (NT), rat calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and bombesin (BOM) on gastric acid secretion, gastric emptying and left gastric artery flow in conscious dogs. All of these peptides, injected into the third cerebral ventricle, significantly inhibited gastric acid secretion but not plasma gastrin concentrations stimulated by a liquid protein meal. Ganglionic blockade with chlorisondamine abolished the gastric inhibitory action of CRF, CT, beta-End and NT but not of CGRP and BOM. Truncal, subdiaphragmatic vagotomy prevented the gastric inhibitory actions of beta-End and NT only, while bilateral adrenalectomy did not affect gastric acid inhibition induced by any of the six peptides. Cerebroventricular administration of CRF, NT and BOM significantly delayed gastric emptying of the protein meal while beta-End, CT and CGRP were not effective. Only BOM significantly increased left gastric artery flow. These results indicate that various neuropeptides alter gastric functions in a differentiated fashion and via distinct pathways. CRF and CT inhibit meal-stimulated gastric acid secretion by activation of sympathetic efferents. beta-End and NT inhibit meal-stimulated acid secretion by inhibition of vagal efferents while the pathways that mediate CT- and CGRP-induced gastric acid inhibition in the dog are unknown. Gastrin, the adrenal glands and changes in gastric emptying or blood flow do not play a role in mediating gastric acid inhibition produced by Cerebroventricular administration of CRF, CT, beta-End, NT, CGRP and BOM.
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- H J Lenz
- Neurogastroenterology Laboratory, Departments of Medicine, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, FRG and University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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