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Mashino K, Mitsuyama S, Masuda N, Kawasoe T, Yamaguchi M, Wakamatsu S, Taketani K, Yamamoto Y, Tanaka M, Tamura K. P216 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy of TCH: a phase II trial of Kyushu Breast Cancer Study Group. Breast 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9776(15)70250-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Ogawa R, Ma Y, Yamaguchi M, Ito T, Watanabe Y, Ohtani T, Murakami S, Uchida S, De Gaspari P, Uezumi A, Nakamura M, Miyagoe-Suzuki Y, Tsujikawa K, Hashimoto N, Braun T, Tanaka T, Takeda S, Yamamoto H, Fukada SI. Doublecortin marks a new population of transiently amplifying muscle progenitor cells and is required for myofiber maturation during skeletal muscle regeneration. Development 2015; 142:810. [DOI: 10.1242/dev.122317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ueshima E, Yamaguchi M, Okada T, Muradi A, Sofue K, Koide Y, Katayama N, Sugimoto K. Angiographic classification of uterine artery in patients with postpartum hemorrhage. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2014.12.420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Yamaguchi M, Matsui M, Higa R, Yamazaki Y, Ikari A, Miyake M, Miwa M, Ishii S, Sugatani J, Shimizu T. A platelet-activating factor (PAF) receptor deficiency exacerbates diet-induced obesity but PAF/PAF receptor signaling does not contribute to the development of obesity-induced chronic inflammation. Biochem Pharmacol 2015; 93:482-95. [PMID: 25577975 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2014.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Revised: 12/29/2014] [Accepted: 12/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is a well-known phospholipid that mediates acute inflammatory responses. In the present study, we investigated whether PAF/PAF receptor signaling contributed to chronic inflammation in the white adipose tissue (WAT) of PAF receptor-knockout (PAFR-KO) mice. Body and epididymal WAT weights were higher in PAFR-KO mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) than in wild-type (WT) mice. TNF-α mRNA expression levels in epididymal WAT and the infiltration of CD11c-positive macrophages into epididymal WAT, which led to chronic inflammation, were also elevated in HFD-fed PAFR-KO mice. HFD-fed PAFR-KO mice had higher levels of fasting serum glucose than HFD-fed WT mice as well as impaired glucose tolerance. Although PAF receptor signaling up-regulated the expression of TNF-α and lipopolysaccharide induced the expression of acyl-CoA:lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 2 (LPCAT2) mRNA in bone marrow-derived macrophages, no significant differences were observed in the expression of LPCAT2 mRNA and PAF levels in epididymal WAT between HFD-fed mice and normal diet-fed mice. In addition to our previous finding in which energy expenditure in PAF receptor (PAFR)-deficient mice was low due to impaired brown adipose tissue function, the present study demonstrated that PAF/PAF receptor signaling up-regulated the expression of Ucp1 mRNA, which is essential for cellular thermogenesis, in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. We concluded that the marked accumulation of abdominal fat due to HFD feeding led to more severe chronic inflammation in WAT, which is associated with glucose metabolism disorders, in PAFR-KO mice than in WT mice, and PAF/PAF receptor signaling may regulate energy expenditure and adiposity.
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- Masahiko Yamaguchi
- Department of Pharmaco-Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita City, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan.
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- Department of Lipid Signaling, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan
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Nagao Y, Abe T, Hara A, Sarentonglaga B, Yamaguchi M, Ogata K, Fukumori R, Hanazono Y. 334 FACTORS AFFECTING HEMATOPOIETIC ENGRAFTMENT OF MONKEY EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS IN SHEEP FETUSES. Reprod Fertil Dev 2015. [DOI: 10.1071/rdv27n1ab334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Previously, we generated monkey/sheep haematopoietic chimeras by in utero transplantation (IUT) of monkey embryonic stem (ES); however, the factors that control how the ES cells successfully engraft and differentiate into haematopoietic tissue in sheep fetuses remain uncertain. Here, we examined factors that might influence donor cells and recipient sheep and affect successful ES cell engraftment. We transplanted either undifferentiated monkey ES cells or ES-derived cells at an early haematopoietic differentiation stage into sheep fetuses. The latter cells were allowed to differentiate by culturing on OP9 cell layers for 6 days. Cells were transplanted into the liver or subcutaneous tissue of recipient sheep fetuses at 43 to 50 or 51 to 67 days of gestation (full term = 147 days) using ultrasound to identify the site for transplantation. After birth, monkey haematopoietic engraftment in the bone marrow was analysed in 40 lambs using colony-PCR with cells grown in methylcellulose in the presence of defined cytokines; teratoma formation was analysed by biopsy and immunohistochemistry. We found that haematopoietic engraftment was only observed when ES-derived cells at the early differentiation stage were transplanted into fetal livers at 51 to 67 days of gestation (6/9). However, teratoma formation with mature monkey tissue structures was only observed following transplantation of undifferentiated ES cells into fetal subcutaneous tissues at 43 to 50 days of gestation (4/6), but that was not observed when both types of cells were transplanted into the liver (0/18) or at 51 to 67 days of gestation (0/24). These results demonstrate that the differentiation status of the donor cells, the transplantation site, and the age of the fetus at transplantation are important factors in engraftment and differentiation into haematopoietic tissue or teratoma formation in sheep fetuses.
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Sato A, Sarentonglaga B, Ogata K, Yamaguchi M, Hara A, Ishii J, Wakabayashi M, Nishihara K, Fukumori R, Nagao Y. 312 EFFECTS OF TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA AND INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 1 SUPPLEMENTATION ON IN VITRO MATURATION OF CANINE OOCYTES. Reprod Fertil Dev 2015. [DOI: 10.1071/rdv27n1ab312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Although in vitro maturation (IVM) of oocytes has been successfully established for many species, the efficiency of IVM in canine oocytes is still very low. As growth factors have been shown to promote oocyte maturation in some species, we investigated whether use of transforming growth factor α (TGF-a) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) might overcome the difficulties of achieving meiotic maturation in cultured canine cumulus-oocyte complexes (COC). Ovaries were obtained from bitches at 6 months to 7 years of age by ovariohysterectomy and were sliced repeatedly to release COC. In the first experiment, the COC were cultured at 38.8°C for 48 h in 5% CO2 in air in medium 199 supplemented with either TGF-a (0, 1, 10, or 100 ng mL–1) or IGF-1 (0, 0.5, 5, 10, or 50 µg mL–1). In the second experiment, the synergistic effect of TGF-a and IGF-1 was investigated by culturing COC in medium 199 supplemented with both TGF-a (0, 1, 10, or 100 ng mL–1) and IGF-1 (0, 0.5, 5, 10, or 50 µg mL–1). At the end of the culture period, the oocytes were denuded of cumulus cells by pipetting with a fine bore glass pipette; the denuded oocytes were then fixed in Carnoy's solution and stained with Hoechst 33342. The nuclear configuration and chromatin morphology of the oocytes were evaluated under confocal laser scanning microscopy. The cells were assigned to 1 of the following meiotic stages: germinal vesicle (GV), germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD), metaphase I (MI), or metaphase II (MII). Data were analysed by ANOVA with Fisher's PLSD test. In experiment 1, no significant difference were observed in the rates of cells maturing to the MI and MII stages, but that in the 10 ng mL–1 of TGF-a group (56.3%) were larger than in the other treatment groups (38.8–51.0%). The frequencies of MII stage cells in the 5, 10, and 50 µg mL–1 of IGF-1 treatment groups (9.8, 13.3, and 12.2%, respectively) were significantly higher than in the 0.5 µg mL–1 of IGF-1 group and the control group (5.3 and 2.2%, respectively). In experiment 2, the frequency of MI and MII cells in the control, 1 ng mL–1 of TGF-a plus 0.5 µg mL–1 of IGF-1, 10 ng mL–1 of TGF-a plus 5 µg mL–1 of IGF-1, 10 ng mL–1 of TGF-a plus 10 µg mL–1 of IGF-1, and 100 ng mL–1 of TGF-a plus 50 µg mL–1 of IGF-1 group were 44.1, 36.1, 63.5, 70.8, and 50.8%, respectively. The frequency of MII cells in the control group and the same treatment groups were 2.8, 7.2, 10.4, 15.3, and 10.8%, respectively. Both frequencies in the 10 ng mL–1 of TGF-a plus 10 µg mL–1 of IGF-1 group were significantly higher than in the control group. The TGF-a may act in a paracrine fashion on the surrounding granulosa cells, and IGF-1 may play multiple roles in cellular metabolism, proliferation, growth, and differentiation in canine oocyte maturation, as has been reported for many other species. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that a synergistic effect between TGF-a and IGF-1 produces an increased rate of in vitro maturation to the MI and MII stages in canine oocytes.
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Arisawa M, Ichikawa T, Yamaguchi M. Synthesis of thiiranes by rhodium-catalyzed sulfur addition reaction to reactive alkenes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:8821-4. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc01570g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A rhodium complex derived from RhH(PPh3)4, dppe, and 4-ethynyltoluene catalyzes the addition reaction of sulfur to norbornenes giving the corresponding thiiranes under acetone reflux conditions. The rhodium complex effectively transfers a sulfur atom to the double bond from sulfur, and exo-adducts are obtained.
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- Mieko Arisawa
- Department of Organic Chemistry
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Tohoku University
- Sendai
- Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Tohoku University
- Sendai
- Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Tohoku University
- Sendai
- Japan
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Shigeno M, Kushida Y, Yamaguchi M. Self-catalysis in thermal hysteresis during random-coil to helix-dimer transition of the sulfonamidohelicene tetramer. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:4040-3. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc10418h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The sulfonamidohelicene tetramer changes its structure between a random-coil and a helix-dimer, by which molecular thermal hysteresis appears.
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- Masanori Shigeno
- Department of Organic Chemistry
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Tohoku University
- Aoba
- Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Tohoku University
- Aoba
- Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Tohoku University
- Aoba
- Japan
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Ogawa R, Ma Y, Yamaguchi M, Ito T, Watanabe Y, Ohtani T, Murakami S, Uchida S, De Gaspari P, Uezumi A, Nakamura M, Miyagoe-Suzuki Y, Tsujikawa K, Hashimoto N, Braun T, Tanaka T, Takeda S, Yamamoto H, Fukada SI. Doublecortin marks a new population of transiently amplifying muscle progenitor cells and is required for myofiber maturation during skeletal muscle regeneration. Development 2015; 142:51-61. [DOI: 10.1242/dev.112557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Muscle satellite cells are indispensable for muscle regeneration, but the functional diversity of their daughter cells is unknown. Here, we show that many Pax7+MyoD− cells locate both beneath and outside the basal lamina during myofiber maturation. A large majority of these Pax7+MyoD− cells are not self-renewed satellite cells, but have different potentials for both proliferation and differentiation from Pax7+MyoD+ myoblasts (classical daughter cells), and are specifically marked by expression of the doublecortin (Dcx) gene. Transplantation and lineage-tracing experiments demonstrated that Dcx-expressing cells originate from quiescent satellite cells and that the microenvironment induces Dcx in myoblasts. Expression of Dcx seems to be necessary for myofiber maturation because Dcx-deficient mice exhibited impaired myofiber maturation resulting from a decrease in the number of myonuclei. Furthermore, in vitro and in vivo studies suggest that one function of Dcx in myogenic cells is acceleration of cell motility. These results indicate that Dcx is a new marker for the Pax7+MyoD− subpopulation, which contributes to myofiber maturation during muscle regeneration.
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- Ryo Ogawa
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Regeneration, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt am Main 60590, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Ludwigstrasse 43, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany
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- Division for Therapies Against Intractable Diseases, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 35 Gengo, Morioka, Oobu, Aichi 474-8522, Japan
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- Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Ludwigstrasse 43, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Yamaguchi M, Ohnishi K, Komohara Y, Saito F, Erdenebaatar C, Fujimoto K, Tashiro H, Takeya M, Katabuchi H. CD169-positive macrophages in regional lymph nodes are associated with a favorable prognosis in patients with endometrial cancer. J Reprod Immunol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2014.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yamaguchi M, Ohta K, Shiraishi A, Sakane Y, Zheng X, Kamao T, Yamamoto Y, Inoue Y, Ohashi Y. New method for viewing Krehbiel flow by polymethylmethacrylate particles suspended in fluorescein solution. Acta Ophthalmol 2014; 92:e676-80. [PMID: 24888637 DOI: 10.1111/aos.12444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate the changes in the tear flow velocities caused by ageing. METHODS Ninety-nine subjects (41 men, mean age 48.3 ± 20.7 years) were recruited from the Department of Ophthalmology of the Ehime University Hospital. None of the subjects had serious abnormalities of the external surface of the eye. The Krehbiel flow of tears was determined by 40-μm polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) beads suspended in a fluorescein sodium solution (PPF). The movement of the beads was video recorded through a slit-lamp during normal blinking. The flow of the beads was determined with a Motion ANALYZER(®) software (KEYENCE Co., Osaka, Japan). The velocity of the beads in young age, 20-40 years, middle age, 41-60 years and old age, ≥61 years, groups was determined. RESULTS The equation describing the velocity (mm/second) of the PMMA particles as a function of age in the lower tear meniscus measured in the direction of the lacrimal punctum was Y = 2.49-0.04X, where Y = velocity and X = age (r(2) = 0.214; p < 0.0001). For the upper meniscus, the equation was Y = 4.83-0.05X (r(2) = 0.195, p < 0.0001). The average velocity was 0.70 ± 1.66 mm/second in the lower and 2.16 ± 1.93 mm/second in the upper tear meniscus (p < 0.0001). The particle velocity decreased significantly with increasing age, but no significant difference between the male and female groups except for the lower tear meniscus when all subjects were analysed. CONCLUSION The PPF technique is a simple method of examining Krehbiel flow of tears and may be used for evaluating functional nasolacrimal duct obstruction quantitatively.
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Ehime University School of Medicine; Ehime Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Ehime University School of Medicine; Ehime Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Ehime University School of Medicine; Ehime Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Ehime University School of Medicine; Ehime Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Ehime University School of Medicine; Ehime Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Ehime University School of Medicine; Ehime Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Ehime University School of Medicine; Ehime Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Ehime University School of Medicine; Ehime Japan
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In this study, we first investigated the expressions of Jagged1, Notch2, the receptor activator of nuclear factor–kappa B ligand (RANKL), and interleukin (IL)-6 in areas of root resorption during experimental tooth movement in rats in vivo. We then assessed the effects of compression force (CF) with or without GSI (an inhibitor of Notch signaling) on Jagged1, RANKL, and IL-6 release from human periodontal ligament (hPDL) cells. Twelve male 6-wk-old Wistar rats were subjected to an orthodontic force of 50 g to induce mesially tipping movement of the upper first molars for 7 d. The expression levels of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, Jagged1, Notch2, IL-6, and RANKL proteins in the dental root were determined using an immunohistochemical analysis. Furthermore, the effects of the CF on Jagged1, IL-6, and RANKL production were investigated using hPDL cells in vitro. The effects of the cell-conditioned medium obtained from the hPDL cells subjected to CF (CFM) and Jagged 1 on osteoclastogenesis of human osteoclast precursor cells (hOCPs) were also investigated. Under the conditions of experimental tooth movement in vivo, resorption lacunae with multinucleated cells were observed in the 50 g group. In addition, immunoreactivity for Jagged1, Notch2, IL-6, and RANKL was detected on day 7 in the PDL tissue subjected to the orthodontic force. In the in vitro study, the compression force increased the production of Jagged1, IL-6, and RANKL from the hPDL cells, whereas treatment with GSI inhibited the production of these factors in vitro. The osteoclastogenesis increased with the CFM and rhJagged1, and the increase in the osteoclastogenesis was almost inhibited by GSI. These results suggest that the Notch signaling response to excessive orthodontic forces stimulates the process of root resorption via RANKL and IL-6 production from hPDL cells.
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- J. Kikuta
- Department of Orthodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Matsudo, Japan
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- Department of Orthodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Matsudo, Japan
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- Department of Orthodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Matsudo, Japan
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- Department of Orthodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Matsudo, Japan
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- Department of Orthodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Matsudo, Japan
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Miyagawa M, Yagi A, Shigeno M, Yamaguchi M. Equilibrium crossing exhibited by an ethynylhelicene (M)-nonamer during random-coil-to-double-helix thermal transition in solution. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:14447-50. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc06955b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Saito M, Yamaguchi M, Oda M. Research report on patients who underwent an intraoral examination prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2014.06.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Adachi D, Fukutani N, Nishiguchi S, Hotta T, Morino S, Tashiro Y, Hirata H, Nozaki Y, Shirooka H, Yamaguchi M, Yamada M, Aoyama T. P218: Differences in chest wall mobility and respiratory function among age groups: a cross-sectional study of the healthy elderly. Eur Geriatr Med 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s1878-7649(14)70392-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Shigeno M, Kushida Y, Kobayashi Y, Yamaguchi M. Molecular Function of Counting the Numbers 1 and 2 Exhibited by a Sulfoneamidohelicene Tetramer. Chemistry 2014; 20:12759-62. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Sugatani J, Hattori Y, Noguchi Y, Yamaguchi M, Yamazaki Y, Ikari A. Threonine-290 regulates nuclear translocation of the human pregnane X receptor through its phosphorylation/dephosphorylation by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and protein phosphatase 1. Drug Metab Dispos 2014; 42:1708-18. [PMID: 25074870 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.114.059139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The human pregnane X receptor (hPXR) is recognized as a xenobiotic-sensing nuclear receptor that transcriptionally regulates the gene expression of drug-metabolizing enzymes and transporters. Our study elucidates the mechanism by which the localization of hPXR is regulated through threonine-290. A phosphomimetic mutation at threonine-290 (T290D) retained hPXR in the cytoplasm of HepG2, HuH6, and SW480 cells in vitro and the mouse liver in vivo even after treatment with rifampicin, and a phosphodeficient mutation (T290A) translocated from the cytoplasm to the nucleus as the wild-type hPXR. The amount of the unphosphorylated wild-type yellow fluorescent protein-hPXR fusion protein but not the T290A mutant increased on Phos-tag gels in response to stimulations with rifampicin and cyclin-dependent kinase 2 inhibitor roscovitine, and a marked increase was observed in the unphosphorylated levels of the T290A mutant in nontreated cells. The Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) inhibitor KN93 [2-[N-(2-hydroxyethyl)]-N-(4-methoxybenzenesulfonyl)]amino-N-(4-chlorocinnamyl)-N-methylbenzylamine)] and transfection with anti-CaMKII small-interfering RNA (siRNA) enhanced the unphosphorylated levels of the wild-type protein. CaMKII directly phosphorylated the threonine-290 of hPXR, and the T290A mutant conferred resistance to CaMKII. The protein phosphatase (PP) inhibitor okadaic acid (100 nM) and transfection with anti-PP1 siRNA but not anti-PP2A siRNA led to reduced expression of CYP3A4 mRNA. After the rifampicin and roscovitine stimulations, PP1 was recruited to the wild-type hPXR but not the T290A mutant. These results suggest that phosphorylation at threonine-290 by CaMKII may impair the function of hPXR by repressing its translocation to the nucleus, and dephosphorylation by PP1 is necessary for the xenobiotic-dependent nuclear translocation of hPXR.
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- Junko Sugatani
- Department of Pharmaco-Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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Ikari A, Watanabe R, Sato T, Taga S, Shimobaba S, Yamaguchi M, Yamazaki Y, Endo S, Matsunaga T, Sugatani J. Nuclear distribution of claudin-2 increases cell proliferation in human lung adenocarcinoma cells. Biochim Biophys Acta 2014; 1843:2079-88. [PMID: 24907662 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2014] [Revised: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 05/29/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Claudin-2 is expressed in human lung adenocarcinoma tissue and cell lines, although it is absent in normal lung tissue. However, the role of claudin-2 in cell proliferation and the regulatory mechanism of intracellular distribution remain undefined. Proliferation of human adenocarcinoma A549 cells was decreased by claudin-2 knockdown together with a decrease in the percentage of S phase cells. This knockdown decreased the expression levels of ZONAB and cell cycle regulators. Claudin-2 was distributed in the nucleus in human adenocarcinoma tissues and proliferating A549 cells. The nuclear distribution of ZONAB and percentage of S phase cells were higher in cells exogenously expressing claudin-2 with a nuclear localization signal than in cells expressing claudin-2 with a nuclear export signal. Nuclear claudin-2 formed a complex with ZO-1, ZONAB, and cyclin D1. Nuclear distribution of S208A mutant, a dephosphorylated form of claudin-2, was higher than that of wild type. We suggest that nuclear distribution of claudin-2 is up-regulated by dephosphorylation and claudin-2 serves to retain ZONAB and cyclin D1 in the nucleus, resulting in the enhancement of cell proliferation in lung adenocarcinoma cells.
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- Akira Ikari
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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Shigeno M, Kushida Y, Yamaguchi M. Heating/cooling stimulus induces three-state molecular switching of pseudoenantiomeric aminomethylenehelicene oligomers: reversible nonequilibrium thermodynamic processes. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:7972-80. [PMID: 24821116 DOI: 10.1021/ja502009f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A 1:1 mixture of pseudoenantiomeric aminomethylenehelicene (P)-tetramer and (M)-pentamer formed three states, namely, the heterodouble helices B and C and the random coil A. At high temperatures, A is the most stable. At low temperatures, C is the most stable, and the structural changes from A to the metastable state B to the product C occur, where B and C have pseudoenantiomeric helical structures. Heating then converts C to A. Essentially, all the molecules change their structure from A to B to C to A. Various nonequilibrium reversible thermodynamic responses appeared depending on thermal conditions: The metastable states A and B can be interconverted with thermal hysteresis without forming C in a far-from-equilibrium manner; three-state hysteresis occurs; states A and B can be frozen at low temperatures and defrosted by warming. An energy and population model for the three-state switching is given, involving inversion of thermodynamic stability and thermal hysteresis.
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- Masanori Shigeno
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University , Aoba, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Saito N, Terakawa R, Yamaguchi M. Back Cover: Synthesis, π-Face-Selective Aggregation, and π-Face Chiral Recognition of Configurationally Stable C3-Symmetric Propeller-Chiral Molecules with a π-Core (Chem. Eur. J. 19/2014). Chemistry 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201490078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Yanai H, Yoshioka Y, Yoshida H, Nakao Y, Plessis A, Yamaguchi M. Drosophila myeloid leukemia factor acts with DREF to activate the JNK signaling pathway. Oncogenesis 2014; 3:e98. [PMID: 24752236 PMCID: PMC4007195 DOI: 10.1038/oncsis.2014.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Revised: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Drosophila myelodysplasia/myeloid leukemia factor (dMLF), a homolog of human MLF1, oncogene was first identified by yeast two-hybrid screen using the DNA replication-related element-binding factor (DREF) as bait. DREF is a transcription factor that regulates proliferation-related genes in Drosophila. It is known that overexpression of dMLF in the wing imaginal discs through the engrailed-GAL4 driver causes an atrophied wing phenotype associated with the induction of apoptosis. However, the precise mechanisms involved have yet to be clarified. Here, we found the atrophied phenotype to be suppressed by loss-of-function mutation of Drosophila Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), basket (bsk). Overexpression of dMLF induced ectopic JNK activation in the wing disc monitored with the puckered-lacZ reporter line, resulting in induction of apoptosis. The DREF-binding consensus DRE sequence could be shown to exist in the bsk promoter. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays in S2 cells with anti-dMLF IgG and quantitative real-time PCR revealed that dMLF binds specifically to the bsk promoter region containing the DRE sequence. Furthermore, using a transient luciferase expression assay, we provide evidence that knockdown of dMLF reduced bsk gene promoter activity in S2 cells. Finally, we show that dMLF interacts with DREF in vivo. Altogether, these data indicate that dMLF acts with DREF to stimulate the bsk promoter and consequently activates the JNK pathway to promote apoptosis.
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- H Yanai
- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
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- 1] Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan [2] Insect Biomedical Research Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, UMR 7592, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- 1] Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan [2] Insect Biomedical Research Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
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Saito N, Terakawa R, Yamaguchi M. Synthesis, π-face-selective aggregation, and π-face chiral recognition of configurationally stable C(3)-symmetric propeller-chiral molecules with a π-core. Chemistry 2014; 20:5601-7. [PMID: 24737294 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201400094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The C3 -symmetric propeller-chiral compounds (P,P,P)-1 and (M,M,M)-1 with planar π-cores perpendicular to the C3 -axis were synthesized in optically pure states. (P,P,P)-1 possesses two distinguishable propeller-chiral π-faces with rims of different heights named the (P/L)-face and (P/H)-face. Each face is configurationally stable because of the rigid structure of the helicenes contained in the π-core. (P,P,P)-1 formed dimeric aggregates in organic solutions as indicated by the results of (1) H NMR, CD, and UV/Vis spectroscopy and vapor pressure osmometry analyses. The (P/L)/(P/L) interactions were observed in the solid state by single-crystal X-ray analysis, and they were also predominant over the (P/H)/(P/H) and (P/L)/(P/H) interactions in solution, as indicated by the results of (1) H and 2D NMR spectroscopy analyses. The dimerization constant was obtained for a racemic mixture, which showed that the heterochiral (P,P,P)-1/(M,M,M)-1 interactions were much weaker than the homochiral (P,P,P)-1/(P,P,P)-1 interactions. The results indicated that the propeller-chiral (P/L)-face interacts with the (P/L)-face more strongly than with the (P/H)-face, (M/L)-face, and (M/H)-face. The study showed the π-face-selective aggregation and π-face chiral recognition of the configurationally stable propeller-chiral molecules.
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- Nozomi Saito
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Sendai 980-8578 (Japan), Fax: (+81) 22-795-6811; Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Sendai 980-8578 (Japan)
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Ikari A, Tonegawa C, Sanada A, Kimura T, Sakai H, Hayashi H, Hasegawa H, Yamaguchi M, Yamazaki Y, Endo S, Matsunaga T, Sugatani J. Tight junctional localization of claudin-16 is regulated by syntaxin 8 in renal tubular epithelial cells. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:13112-23. [PMID: 24659781 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.541193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Claudin-16 (CLDN16) regulates the paracellular reabsorption of Mg(2+) in the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop. However, the mechanism regulating the tight junctional localization of CLDN16 remains unknown. In yeast two-hybrid systems, we found that CLDN16 bound to syntaxin 8 (STX8), a target soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor. We have examined the effect of STX8 on the localization and function of CLDN16 using Madin-Darby canine kidney cells expressing FLAG-tagged CLDN16. A pulldown assay showed that the carboxyl cytoplasmic region of human CLDN16 bound to STX8. CLDN16 was localized in the thick ascending limb, whereas STX8 was widely distributed throughout the rat kidney. An association between CLDN16 and STX8 was observed in rat renal homogenates and Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. STX8 siRNA decreased the cell surface localization of CLDN16 and transepithelial electrical resistance and permeability to Mg(2+) but increased the co-localization of CLDN16 with early endosome and lysosome markers. Dephosphorylation of CLDN16 by protein kinase A inhibitors and S217A mutant, a dephosphorylated form, decreased the association with STX8 and the cell surface localization of CLDN16. Recycling assays indicated that STX8 siRNA decreased the trafficking of CLDN16 to the plasma membrane without affecting endocytosis. Dominant negative Rab11 and recycling inhibitor primaquine decreased the cell surface localization of CLDN16, which was similar to that in STX8 siRNA-transfected cells. These results suggest that STX8 mediates the recycling of CLDN16 and constitutes an important component of the CLDN16 trafficking machinery in the kidney.
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- Akira Ikari
- From the Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan
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Nakamura Y, Yamaguchi M, Nakamura A, Muto M. Tender, red nodules and arthralgia in a young woman with mastitis. Clin Exp Dermatol 2014; 39:410-2. [PMID: 24635090 DOI: 10.1111/ced.12276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Y Nakamura
- Department of Dermatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Zheng X, Kamao T, Yamaguchi M, Sakane Y, Goto T, Inoue Y, Shiraishi A, Ohashi Y. New method for evaluation of early phase tear clearance by anterior segment optical coherence tomography. Acta Ophthalmol 2014; 92:e105-11. [PMID: 24020793 DOI: 10.1111/aos.12260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE To describe a new method of measuring early phase tear clearance by anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT). METHODS Sixty normal subjects were divided into a young group (30 subjects; 29.6 ± 7.2 years) and an elder group (30 subjects; 71.4 ± 10.8 years). AS-OCT (CASIA SS-1000, Tomey, Japan) with customized software was used to record the tear meniscus at the centre of the lower eyelid. Five microlitres of lukewarm saline solution was dropped into the lower conjunctival sac, and an image of the tear meniscus was obtained immediately and again 30 seconds after natural blinking. The tear meniscus height (TMH) and tear meniscus area (TMA) were measured in the AS-OCT images, and the percentage decrease in the TMH and TMA was used as a measure of the tear clearance. Correlations between tear clearance and clinical features including degree of conjunctivochalasis, degree of protrusion of inferior lacrimal punctum, distance of lacrimal punctum from the Marx line and fluorescein clearance rates were also determined in another healthy population consisting of 30 subjects. RESULTS The OCT tear clearance rate was 35.2 ± 11% for TMH and 28.1 ± 12.4% for TMA in the young group, and 12.4 ± 7.3% and 6.2 ± 9.1%, respectively in the elder group. The differences were significant for both the TMH (p = 0.017) and the TMA (p = 0.024). The OCT-determined tear clearance was positively correlated with the fluorescein clearance rate, and negatively correlated with the distance between the lacrimal punctum and Marx line, degree of conjunctivochalasis and degree of lacrimal punctum protrusion. CONCLUSION AS-OCT can be used as a rapid, non-invasive and quantitative method of determining the early phase tear clearance rate in a normal healthy population.
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- Xiaodong Zheng
- Department of Ophthalmology; Ehime University School of Medicine; Toon City Ehime Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Minami- Matsuyama Hospital; Toon City Ehime Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Ehime University School of Medicine; Toon City Ehime Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Ehime University School of Medicine; Toon City Ehime Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Ehime University School of Medicine; Toon City Ehime Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Ehime University School of Medicine; Toon City Ehime Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Ehime University School of Medicine; Toon City Ehime Japan
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Asahi Y, Noiri Y, Miura J, Maezono H, Yamaguchi M, Yamamoto R, Azakami H, Hayashi M, Ebisu S. Effects of the tea catechin epigallocatechin gallate on Porphyromonas gingivalis biofilms. J Appl Microbiol 2014; 116:1164-71. [PMID: 24471579 DOI: 10.1111/jam.12458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2013] [Revised: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIMS The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of tea catechin epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg) on established biofilms and biofilm formation by Porphyromonas gingivalis, a major pathogen of periodontal disease. METHODS AND RESULTS Biofilm cell survival was measured using adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence. In the presence of EGCg, the ATP level in cells of established biofilms was significantly decreased compared to the controls (P < 0·0001). Transmission electron microscopy revealed that EGCg damaged the cell membrane and cell wall of P. gingivalis. Confocal laser-scanning microscopy revealed that the proportion of dead cells was higher in biofilms treated with EGCg. Moreover, the effects of subminimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of EGCg on P. gingivalis biofilm formation were dose-dependent (P < 0·0001). CONCLUSION Our results suggest that EGCg destroys established P. gingivalis biofilms and inhibits biofilm formation. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Development of chemical control agents against oral biofilms is necessary, because oral biofilms can be only removed using mechanical debridement. This article indicates that EGCg may represent a novel antibiofilm agent that prevents infections involving bacterial biofilms such as periodontitis.
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Kiyomoto M, Hamanaka G, Hirose M, Yamaguchi M. Preserved echinoderm gametes as a useful and ready-to-use bioassay material. Mar Environ Res 2014; 93:102-105. [PMID: 24129269 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2013] [Revised: 08/22/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Marine animals, and sea urchin species in particular, have several advantages for use in environmental research. However, the spawned eggs of the sea urchin quickly lose fertility, although the fertile period can be lengthened by the addition of antibiotics to the sea water (Epel et al., 2004). We evaluated five species of Japanese sea urchin and the gametes of Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus could be maintained for 2 weeks or more at low temperature with the addition of antibiotics to sea water. We also demonstrated the practicality of shipping these preserved gametes as experimental material for universities and schools to use immediately for bioassays of physical and chemical impacts on the marine environment.
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- M Kiyomoto
- Tateyama Marine Laboratory, Marine and Coastal Research Center, Ochanomizu University, Kou-yatsu 11, Tateyama, Chiba 294-0301, Japan.
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- Tateyama Marine Laboratory, Marine and Coastal Research Center, Ochanomizu University, Kou-yatsu 11, Tateyama, Chiba 294-0301, Japan
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- Tateyama Marine Laboratory, Marine and Coastal Research Center, Ochanomizu University, Kou-yatsu 11, Tateyama, Chiba 294-0301, Japan
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- Tateyama Marine Laboratory, Marine and Coastal Research Center, Ochanomizu University, Kou-yatsu 11, Tateyama, Chiba 294-0301, Japan
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Yamaguchi M, Chiba A, Yanagawa T, Mato T, Hirai K, Inoue T, Oya Y, Kusunoki S, Ito K, Yamamoto K. Guillain-Barré syndrome following herpes zoster in a patient with systemic sclerosis. Mod Rheumatol 2014; 11:251-4. [PMID: 24383736 DOI: 10.3109/s101650170014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Abstract We report the case of a patient with systemic sclerosis (SSc) who developed Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) 6 weeks after herpes zoster. Muscle weakness developed first, and thereafter severely in the muscles in the same segment as the zoster. Serum anti-GM1 and -GD1b IgM autoantibodies were detected in the acute phase. The clinical course and the findings of nerve conduction studies and a sural nerve biopsy were compatible with GBS accompanied by underlying chronic polyneuropathy. SSc might have affected the neurological manifestation via the development of underlying neuropathy and a possible contribution to the autoimmune basis in GBS.
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- M Yamaguchi
- Department of Medicine and Physical Therapy, University of Tokyo School of Medicine , 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655 , Japan
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Li G, Arisawa M, Yamaguchi M. Rhodium-catalyzed synthesis of unsymmetrical di(aryl/heteroaryl)methanes using aryl/heteroarylmethyl ketones via CO–C bond cleavage. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:4328-30. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc00816b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The RhH(PPh3)4 complex catalyzes the reaction of aryl/heteroarylmethyl ketones and aryl heteroaryl ethers giving unsymmetrical diarylmethanes containing one or two heteroarenes.
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- Guangzhe Li
- Department of Organic Chemistry
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Tohoku University
- Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Tohoku University
- Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Tohoku University
- Sendai, Japan
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Ogata K, Sarentonglaga B, Yamaguchi M, Sasaki A, Kato Y, Wakabayashi M, Nishihara K, Yanagisawa Y, Fukui R, Takano H, Nagao Y. 62 EFFECTS OF VARYING GLUTATHIONE CONCENTRATIONS IN SEMEN EXTENDER ON THE QUALITY OF FROZEN–THAWED CANINE SPERM. Reprod Fertil Dev 2014. [DOI: 10.1071/rdv26n1ab62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Trans-cervical insemination (TCI) with cryopreserved semen offers a potentially effective approach for breeding canids with specific genetic traits, such as guide dogs for the blind. However, there are technical difficulties in canine sperm cryopreservation, such as the composition of semen extender. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of glutathione (GSH) as an antioxidant in the semen extender to improve the quality of frozen-thawed dog sperm. A Tris-egg yolk-citrate extender containing 15.7 mg mL–1 of TRIS, 8.8 mg mL–1 of citric acid, 14.1 mg mL–1 of lactose, 25.4 mg mL–1 of raffinose, 1% (vol/vol) antibiotics, and 20% (vol/vol) egg yolk in ultra-pure water was used as the base medium. Twelve ejaculates were collected from 7 dogs. Each ejaculate was divided into 2 to 5 aliquots and extended with base extender supplemented with 0, 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10 mM GSH as first dilution. The extended semen was equilibrated for 3 h at 4°C. An equal volume of second extender was added to obtain a final concentration of 6.5% glycerol and sperm per milliliter. The sperm samples were loaded in straws and frozen at 6 cm above the surface of LN2 for 15 min in a styrene foam box and plunged into the LN2. The frozen semen was thawed for evaluation. The motility of sperm was estimated with a phase-contrast microscope and the motile patterns were classified into the following grades: progressively motile at a high speed (+++), progressively motile at a moderate and low speed (++), motile without progression (+), and immotile (–). Then, the sperm motility index (SMI) was determined from the following formula as described previously (Iritani et al., 1975), with some modifications: the percentage of (+++) sperm + the percentage of (++) sperm × 0.75 + the percentage of (+) sperm × 0.5. Sperm motility and the SMI were determined at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, and 24 h after thawing. Acrosome status was evaluated at 4 h after thawing. Lipid peroxidation (LP) levels at 0 and 12 h after thawing were used to examine the antioxidant ability of GSH. Trans-cervical insemination was carried out on 5 bitches to evaluate the fertility of GSH-treated sperm. The TCI were performed nonsurgically with a laparoscope and deposited 2 mL of semen through a catheter. Each bitch was inseminated 1 to 2 times during oestrus. Data were analysed using ANOVA with the Tukey-Kramer method. We found that the rate of (+++) sperm in the 5 mM GSH group was higher than that in the 0 mM group from 1 to 24 h after thawing (P < 0.05). The SMI was higher in the 5 and 7.5 mM GSH groups than in the 0 mM group (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in the control and 2.5 and 10 mM GSH groups. Long-term survival was increased in the 5 mM GSH group. Acrosome integrity was higher in the GSH-treated group. The level of LP was lower in the GSH-treated groups at 0 h after thawing (P < 0.05). Trans-cervical insemination with the 5 mM GSH-treated semen resulted in the delivery of 5 pups from 2 bitches. These results indicate that the cryopreservation with 5 mM GSH can improve the motility, viability, and fertility of frozen-thawed canine sperm by its antioxidant effects on the sperm membrane.
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Nagao Y, Yamamoto H, Sarentonglaga B, Ogata K, Yamaguchi M, Kato Y. 182 EFFECTS OF MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVITY OF INJECTED SPERM ON EARLY DEVELOPMENT IN BOVINE INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION-DERIVED EMBRYOS. Reprod Fertil Dev 2014. [DOI: 10.1071/rdv26n1ab182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) has become the method of choice for bovine ovum pick-up and IVF. However, there are many difficulties with the ICSI technique to obtain viable fetuses. One of the major problems associated with this technique is our lack of knowledge concerning the status of the sperm mitochondria when injected into the oocyte and its effect on embryo development. First, we examined the mitochondrial activity of sperm that had been activated by culturing with methyl-β cyclodextrin (MBCD), in ICSI and in IVF. In vitro-matured oocytes and JC1-labelled sperm were used for the ICSI and IVF. The fluorescence intensity of injected/penetrated sperm mitochondria was measured using confocal laser scanning microscopy. Then, the relative membrane potential of the mitochondria was analysed by a ratiometric method. Second, the reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and capacitation status of the sperm exhibiting normal motility and of the sperm that had been activated by culturing with MBCD were analysed. The ROS levels produced by the sperm were estimated using the luminol assay. The chlortetracycline stain was used to evaluate capacitation status of the sperm. Third, the effect of ROS produced by these sperm types upon embryogenesis following ICSI and IVF was studied. Early developing embryos were examined with a stereomicroscope for cleavage and development to the blastocyst stage after 7 days of culture. Chromosome samples stained with Giemsa solution from the blastocysts were used to analyse the chromosomal integrity. Data were analysed by t-test for Experiments 1 and 2, and ANOVA with Fisher's PLSD test for Experiment 3. The mitochondrial activity immediately after ICSI was higher than at 3 h after insemination (immediately after sperm penetration) in IVF (P < 0.05). The sperm exhibiting activation were capacitated and produced more ROS than the sperm exhibiting normal motility (P < 0.05). The rates of cleaved embryo and blastocyst after ICSI with activated sperm were the same as that in ICSI with normal motility sperm and in IVF (cleaved rate: 66.7, 71.8, and 85.0%, respectively; blastocyst rate: 24.4, 23.3, and 32.0%, respectively). However, chromosomal integrity of blastocysts derived from ICSI with activated sperm was lower than that for ICSI with normal motility sperm or for IVF (23.1, 75.0, and 63.6%, respectively; P < 0.01). In conclusion, capacitated, activated sperm induced chromosomal aberrations during early embryo development following ICSI. Conceivably, the selection of sperm exhibiting progressive motility, which is expected to be activated and to fertilize, would not always be better for early embryo development and fetal growth following ICSI due to the ROS derived from the sperm mitochondria. Injection of sperm exhibiting normal motility, or of mitochondria reduced activated sperm, could improve the quality of ICSI-derived embryos.
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Hara Y, Shiraishi A, Yamaguchi M, Kawasaki S, Uno T, Ohashi Y. Evaluation of Allergic Conjunctivitis by Thermography. Ophthalmic Res 2014; 51:161-6. [DOI: 10.1159/000357105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Miyagawa M, Ichinose W, Yamaguchi M. Equilibrium Shift in Solution: Molecular Shape Recognition and Precipitation of a Synthetic Double Helix Using Helicene-Grafted Silica Nanoparticles. Chemistry 2013; 20:1272-8. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201303486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Yamaguchi M, Shigeno M, Saito N, Yamamoto K. Synthesis, Double-Helix Formation, and Higher-Assembly Formation of Chiral Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds: Conceptual Development of Polyketide Aldol Synthesis. CHEM REC 2013; 14:15-27. [DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201300014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Masahiko Yamaguchi
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Tohoku University; Aoba Sendai 980-8578 Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Tohoku University; Aoba Sendai 980-8578 Japan
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- International Advanced Research and Education Organization; Tohoku University; Sendai 980-8578 Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Tohoku University; Aoba Sendai 980-8578 Japan
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Sakane Y, Yamaguchi M, Yokoi N, Uchino M, Dogru M, Oishi T, Ohashi Y, Ohashi Y. Development and validation of the Dry Eye-Related Quality-of-Life Score questionnaire. JAMA Ophthalmol 2013; 131:1331-8. [PMID: 23949096 DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.4503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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IMPORTANCE A validated questionnaire that assesses symptoms and the effect of dry eye disease (DED) on the patient's daily life is needed to evaluate the condition. OBJECTIVE To develop and validate the Dry Eye-Related Quality-of-Life Score (DEQS) questionnaire in Japan. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Development and evaluation of the DEQS questionnaire were conducted in 4 phases: (1) item generation, (2) pilot study to assess content and face validity, (3) preliminary psychometric validation study to examine factor structure and reduce the number of items, and (4) final psychometric validation with 224 participants (203 with DED and 21 serving as controls). Participants completed the DEQS questionnaire, the Short Form-8, and the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25. To evaluate reproducibility and responsiveness, individuals with DED completed the DEQS questionnaire twice. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Internal consistency, reproducibility, discriminant validity, concurrent validity, and responsiveness. RESULTS Items were generated from a literature review, and 35 items were selected for the draft version. In the pilot study, 11 items were deleted; furthermore, 9 items were deleted based on the results of item analysis and factor analysis in the preliminary validation study. The final 15-item DEQS questionnaire consisted of an Overall Summary scale and 2 multi-item subscales: Impact on Daily Life and Bothersome Ocular Symptoms. The psychometric analysis revealed that the DEQS questionnaire has good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, discriminant validity, and responsiveness to change. The DEQS questionnaire correlated well with the mental component of the Short Form-8 and showed strong correlations with 4 subscales (Ocular Pain, Near Vision, Distance Vision, and Mental Health) of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE The DEQS questionnaire is valid and reliable for evaluating the multifaceted effect of DED on the patient's daily life, including mental health, and it can be used easily in routine clinical practice.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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Uemura H, Katsuura-Kamano S, Yamaguchi M, Nakamoto M, Hiyoshi M, Arisawa K. Abundant daily non-sedentary activity is associated with reduced prevalence of metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance. J Endocrinol Invest 2013; 36:1069-75. [PMID: 23886980 DOI: 10.3275/9066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Non-exercise activity thermogenesis has recently drawn attention because of its potential to prevent weight gain. AIM This study evaluated the relationships between the duration of daily non-sedentary activities and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance (IR) in the Japanese population. MATERIAL/SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 518 eligible subjects (380 men and 138 women) who attended the Tokushima Prefectural General Health Checkup Center and participated in the baseline survey of a cohort study conducted in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan were analyzed. Information about lifestyle characteristics including leisure-time exercise and daily non-exercise activities was obtained from a questionnaire. Logistic and multiple linear regression analyses were performed to evaluate the associations between the duration of daily non-exercise non-sedentary activities (beyond sitting) and prevalence of metabolic syndrome (and its components) and IR. RESULTS Subjects with longer duration of daily non-sedentary activities had significantly lower adjusted odds ratios for metabolic syndrome (p for trend =0.024), abdominal obesity (p for trend =0.023), and low HDLcholesterol levels (p for trend =0.002), after adjustment for sex, age, and other probable covariates including leisure-time exercise. Longer duration of daily non-sedentary activities was further associated with lower homeostasis model of assessment- IR (HOMA-IR) values (p for trend =0.009). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that abundant daily non-sedentary activity might be associated with a lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome, especially for the components of central obesity and low HDL-cholesterol levels, and with a lower prevalence of IR, independent of leisure-time exercise.
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, 3-18-15, Kuramoto- cho, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.
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Fukada SI, Ma Y, Ohtani T, Watanabe Y, Murakami S, Yamaguchi M. Isolation, characterization, and molecular regulation of muscle stem cells. Front Physiol 2013; 4:317. [PMID: 24273513 PMCID: PMC3824104 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2013] [Accepted: 10/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Skeletal muscle has great regenerative capacity which is dependent on muscle stem cells, also known as satellite cells. A loss of satellite cells and/or their function impairs skeletal muscle regeneration and leads to a loss of skeletal muscle power; therefore, the molecular mechanisms for maintaining satellite cells in a quiescent and undifferentiated state are of great interest in skeletal muscle biology. Many studies have demonstrated proteins expressed by satellite cells, including Pax7, M-cadherin, Cxcr4, syndecan3/4, and c-met. To further characterize satellite cells, we established a method to directly isolate satellite cells using a monoclonal antibody, SM/C-2.6. Using SM/C-2.6 and microarrays, we measured the genes expressed in quiescent satellite cells and demonstrated that Hesr3 may complement Hesr1 in generating quiescent satellite cells. Although Hesr1- or Hesr3-single knockout mice show a normal skeletal muscle phenotype, including satellite cells, Hesr1/Hesr3-double knockout mice show a gradual decrease in the number of satellite cells and increase in regenerative defects dependent on satellite cell numbers. We also observed that a mouse's genetic background affects the regenerative capacity of its skeletal muscle and have established a line of DBA/2-background mdx mice that has a much more severe phenotype than the frequently used C57BL/10-mdx mice. The phenotype of DBA/2-mdx mice also seems to depend on the function of satellite cells. In this review, we summarize the methodology of direct isolation, characterization, and molecular regulation of satellite cells based on our results. The relationship between the regenerative capacity of satellite cells and progression of muscular disorders is also summarized. In the last part, we discuss application of the accumulating scientific information on satellite cells to treatment of patients with muscular disorders.
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University Osaka, Japan
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Sawazaki A, Sugimori C, Ueda M, Yamaguchi M. A Case of Primary Plasma Cell Leukemia with a Favorable Response to Retreatment with Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone. Ann Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt459.93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Nakamura N, Matsubara K, Sanoh S, Ohta S, Uramaru N, Kitamura S, Yamaguchi M, Sugihara K, Fujimoto N. Cell type-dependent agonist/antagonist activities of polybrominated diphenyl ethers. Toxicol Lett 2013; 223:192-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Revised: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Yamamoto K, Oyamada N, Xia S, Kobayashi Y, Yamaguchi M, Maeda H, Nishihara H, Uchimaru T, Kwon E. Equatorenes: Synthesis and Properties of Chiral Naphthalene, Phenanthrene, Chrysene, and Pyrene Possessing Bis(1-adamantyl) Groups at the Peri-position. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:16526-32. [DOI: 10.1021/ja407800e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Nanosystem
Research Institute, AIST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan
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- Research
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Sugatani J, Sadamitsu S, Yamaguchi M, Yamazaki Y, Higa R, Hattori Y, Uchida T, Ikari A, Sugiyama W, Watanabe T, Ishii S, Miwa M, Shimizu T. Antiobese function of platelet‐activating factor: increased adiposity in platelet‐activating factor receptor‐deficient mice with age. FASEB J 2013; 28:440-52. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-233262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Junko Sugatani
- Department of Pharmaco‐BiochemistrySchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SurugakuShizuoka CityJapan
- Global Center of Excellence for Innovation in Human Health SciencesSchool of Pharmaceutical SciencesSurugakuShizuoka CityJapan
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- Department of Pharmaco‐BiochemistrySchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SurugakuShizuoka CityJapan
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- Department of Pharmaco‐BiochemistrySchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SurugakuShizuoka CityJapan
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- Department of Pharmaco‐BiochemistrySchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SurugakuShizuoka CityJapan
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- Department of Pharmaco‐BiochemistrySchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SurugakuShizuoka CityJapan
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- Department of Pharmaco‐BiochemistrySchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SurugakuShizuoka CityJapan
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- Department of Pharmaco‐BiochemistrySchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SurugakuShizuoka CityJapan
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- Department of Pharmaco‐BiochemistrySchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SurugakuShizuoka CityJapan
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- School of Food and Nutritional SciencesUniversity of ShizuokaSurugakuShizuoka CityJapan
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- Global Center of Excellence for Innovation in Human Health SciencesSchool of Pharmaceutical SciencesSurugakuShizuoka CityJapan
- School of Food and Nutritional SciencesUniversity of ShizuokaSurugakuShizuoka CityJapan
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- Department of ImmunologyGraduate School of MedicineAkita UniversityAkita CityJapan
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- Department of Pharmaco‐BiochemistrySchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SurugakuShizuoka CityJapan
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- Department of Lipid SignalingNational Center for Global Health and MedicineTokyoJapan
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Honda T, Honda R, Yamaguchi M, Uchino K, Ohba T, Katabuchi H. Direct injection of methotrexate preserves fertility in patients with ectopic pregnancy in lower uterine segment. Fertil Steril 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.1466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Arita R, Shirakawa R, Maeda S, Yamaguchi M, Ohashi Y, Amano S. Decreased surface temperature of tarsal conjunctiva in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction. JAMA Ophthalmol 2013; 131:818-9. [PMID: 23579390 DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.1895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Arisawa M, Ichikawa T, Yamaguchi M. Synthesis of unsymmetrical polyfluorinated diaryl sulfides by rhodium-catalyzed aryl exchange reaction. Tetrahedron Lett 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Hashino E, Kuboniwa M, Alghamdi SA, Yamaguchi M, Yamamoto R, Cho H, Amano A. Erythritol alters microstructure and metabolomic profiles of biofilm composed of Streptococcus gordonii and Porphyromonas gingivalis. Mol Oral Microbiol 2013; 28:435-51. [PMID: 23890177 DOI: 10.1111/omi.12037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The effects of sugar alcohols such as erythritol, xylitol, and sorbitol on periodontopathic biofilm are poorly understood, though they have often been reported to be non-cariogenic sweeteners. In the present study, we evaluated the efficacy of sugar alcohols for inhibiting periodontopathic biofilm formation using a heterotypic biofilm model composed of an oral inhabitant Streptococcus gordonii and a periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis. Confocal microscopic observations showed that the most effective reagent to reduce P. gingivalis accumulation onto an S. gordonii substratum was erythritol, as compared with xylitol and sorbitol. In addition, erythritol moderately suppressed S. gordonii monotypic biofilm formation. To examine the inhibitory effects of erythritol, we analyzed the metabolomic profiles of erythritol-treated P. gingivalis and S. gordonii cells. Metabolome analyses using capillary electrophoresis time-of-flight mass spectrometry revealed that a number of nucleic intermediates and constituents of the extracellular matrix, such as nucleotide sugars, were decreased by erythritol in a dose-dependent manner. Next, comparative analyses of metabolites of erythritol- and sorbitol-treated cells were performed using both organisms to determine the erythritol-specific effects. In P. gingivalis, all detected dipeptides, including Glu-Glu, Ser-Glu, Tyr-Glu, Ala-Ala and Thr-Asp, were significantly decreased by erythritol, whereas they tended to be increased by sorbitol. Meanwhile, sorbitol promoted trehalose 6-phosphate accumulation in S. gordonii cells. These results suggest that erythritol has inhibitory effects on dual species biofilm development via several pathways, including suppression of growth resulting from DNA and RNA depletion, attenuated extracellular matrix production, and alterations of dipeptide acquisition and amino acid metabolism.
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita-Osaka, Japan
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Yamaguchi M. Suppressive role of regucalcin in liver cell proliferation: involvement in carcinogenesis. Cell Prolif 2013; 46:243-53. [PMID: 23692083 DOI: 10.1111/cpr.12036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2013] [Accepted: 02/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Regucalcin (RGN/SMP30) was discovered in 1978 and is a unique calcium-binding protein contains no EF-hand motif calcium-binding domain. Its name, regucalcin, was proposed as it suppresses activation of enzymes related to calcium signalling. The regucalcin gene (rgn) is localized on the X chromosome. Regucalcin plays its role of suppressor protein in intracellular signalling pathways, including of protein kinases and protein phosphatase activities, protein synthesis, and DNA and RNA synthesis in liver cells. Overexpression of endogenous regucalcin has a suppressive effect on cell proliferation in modelled rat hepatoma H4-II-E cells, which are induced by various signalling stimulations in vitro. This suppressive effect is independent of apoptosis. Endogenous regucalcin plays a suppressive role on overproduction of proliferating cells in regenerating rat liver in vivo. Regucalcin mRNA expression is uniquely down-regulated in development of carcinogenesis in liver of rats in vivo. Regucalcin mRNA and protein expressions are also depressed in human hepatoma HepG2 cells, MCF-7 breast cancer cells, and prostate cancer LNCaP cells. Depression of regucalcin expression may be associated with activity progression of carcinogens. Regucalcin may be a key molecule suppressor protein in cell proliferation and carcinogenesis.
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- Department of Hematology and Biomedical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Yamazaki Y, Yasuda K, Matsuyama T, Ishihara T, Higa R, Sawairi T, Yamaguchi M, Egi M, Akai S, Miyase T, Ikari A, Miwa M, Sugatani J. A Penicillium sp. F33 metabolite and its synthetic derivatives inhibit acetyl-CoA:1-O-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine acetyltransferase (a key enzyme in platelet-activating factor biosynthesis) and carrageenan-induced paw edema in mice. Biochem Pharmacol 2013; 86:632-44. [PMID: 23817078 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2013.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2013] [Revised: 06/20/2013] [Accepted: 06/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Acetyl-CoA:1-O-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (lyso-PAF) acetyltransferase is a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PAF) in inflammatory cells. Substances which inhibit this enzyme are of therapeutic interest. In this study, we screened for new inhibitors of lyso-PAF acetyltransferase with anti-inflammatory effects. In a metabolite from Penicillium sp. F33, we isolated an acetyltransferase inhibitor identified as dihydrofumigatin (2-methoxy-1,3,4-trihydroxy-5-methylbenzene) from high resolution mass spectrometer and NMR data. Dihydrofumigatin had strong acetyltransferase inhibitory activity, but was not stable in aqueous solution. Thus, we chemically synthesized its oxidized form fumigatin (3-hydroxy-2-methoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone) and derivatives thereof, and evaluated their inhibitory effects. Strong inhibitory activity was observed for saturated fatty acid esters of fumigatin; the order of inhibition was 3-decanoyloxy-2-methoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone (termed FUD-7, IC₅₀ = 3 μM)>2-methoxy-5-methyl-3-tetradecanoyloxy-1,4-benzoquinone (termed FUD-8, IC₅₀ = 20 μM)>3-hexanoyloxy-2-methoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone (IC₅₀ = 139 μM). Interestingly, these compounds also significantly suppressed the gene expression of lyso-PAF acetyltransferase/LPCAT2 in mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages stimulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). We further evaluated the effect of these substances on anti-inflammatory activity in vivo using the carrageenan-induced mouse paw edema test. FUD-7 and FUD-8 at 2.5 mg/kg showed significant, 47.9-51.7%, inhibition stronger than that of prednisolone at 10 mg/kg (41.9%). These results suggest that FUD-7 and FUD-8 are potent inhibitors with anti-inflammatory activity.
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Key Words
- 1,4-diacetoxy-2-methoxy-5-methyl-3-tetradecanoyloxybenzene
- 1-O-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
- 1-hexadecyl-2-N-methylcarbamyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
- 2-methoxy-5-methyl-1,3,4-triacetoxybenzene
- 2-methoxy-5-methyl-3-octadecanoyloxy-1,4-benzoquinone
- 2-methoxy-5-methyl-3-tetradecanoyloxy-1,4-benzoquinone
- 3,4-dihydroxy-1,2-dimethoxy-5-methylbenzene
- 3-acetoxy-2-methoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone
- 3-decanoyloxy-2-methoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone
- 3-hexanoyloxy-2-methoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone
- 3-hydroxy-2-methoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone (fumigatin)
- BMDMs
- Carrageenan-induced edema
- DART
- FUD-1
- FUD-2
- FUD-3
- FUD-4
- FUD-5
- FUD-6
- FUD-7
- FUD-8
- FUD-9
- Fumigatin
- HPLC
- HRMS
- LPCAT2
- LPS
- Lyso-PAF acetyltransferase
- NDGA
- PAF
- PAF biosynthesis
- Platelet activating factor
- TCA
- TLC
- bone marrow-derived macrophages
- c-PAF
- direct analysis in real time
- high resolution mass spectrometer
- high-performance liquid chromatography
- lipopolysaccharide
- lyso-PAF
- lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 2
- nordihydroguaiaretic acid
- platelet-activating factor, 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
- thin layer chromatography
- trichloroacetic acid
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Affiliation(s)
- Yasuhiro Yamazaki
- Department of Pharmaco-Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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Yamamoto K, An Z, Saito N, Yamaguchi M. Fluorescent Gold Nanoparticles: Synthesis of Composite Materials of Two-Component Disulfide Gels and Gold Nanoparticles. Chemistry 2013; 19:10580-8. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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