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Suzuki T, Masui A, Nakamura J, Shiozawa H, Aoki J, Nakae H, Tsuda S, Imai J, Hideki O, Matsushima M, Mine T, Tamura A, Ohtsu T, Asami Y, Takagi A. Yogurt Containing Lactobacillus gasseri Mitigates Aspirin-Induced Small Bowel Injuries: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Digestion 2017; 95:49-54. [PMID: 28052291 DOI: 10.1159/000452361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although there is evidence about the beneficial effects of probiotics, their effects on aspirin-induced small bowel injuries have not been well examined. We evaluated the effects of the probiotic Lactobacillus gasseri OLL2716 (LG) on aspirin-induced small intestinal lesions, such as ulcers, erosions, reddened lesions, and bleeding. SUMMARY This study enrolled 64 patients who received aspirin for more than 1 month and provided written informed consent to be part of the study. The patients received 112 ml of yogurt containing LG or placebo twice daily for 6 weeks. Small bowel injuries were evaluated by capsule endoscopy before and after consuming the yogurt. The effect of LG on patient symptoms was also assessed using the Frequency Scale for the Symptoms of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (FSSG) and Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) questionnaires before and after 6 weeks of treatment. There was no significant difference in any baseline characteristics and the number of small bowel mucosal breaks between the 2 groups. In contrast with the placebo group, the LG group had significantly fewer small bowel mucosal breaks and reddened lesions after 6 weeks (p < 0.01). The FSSG and GSRS scores were also significantly improved in the LG group but not in the placebo group. Key Messages: This double-blind, placebo-controlled study found that LG may be useful in reducing aspirin-induced small bowel injuries and in mitigating gastrointestinal symptoms.
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- Takayoshi Suzuki
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Takasu A, Masui A, Hamada M, Imai T, Iwai S, Yura Y. Immunogenic cell death by oncolytic herpes simplex virus type 1 in squamous cell carcinoma cells. Cancer Gene Ther 2016; 23:107-13. [PMID: 26987291 DOI: 10.1038/cgt.2016.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Revised: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Molecules essential for the induction of immunogenic cell death (ICD) are called damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). The effects of oncolytic herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) on the production of DAMPs were examined in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cells. The cytopathic effects of HSV-1 RH2 were observed in mouse SCCVII cells infected at a high multiplicity of infection (MOI), and the amounts of viable cells were decreased. After being infected with RH2, ATP and high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) were released extracellulary, while calreticulin (CRT) translocated to the cell membrane. A flow-cytometric analysis revealed an increase in the number of annexin-V and propidium iodide (PI)-stained cells; and the amount of cleaved poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) was increased. The killing effect of RH2 was reduced by pan-caspase inhibitor z-VAD-fmk and the caspase-1 inhibitor z-YVAD-fmk, suggesting the involvement of apoptosis and pyroptosis. In C3H mice bearing synergic SCCVII tumors, the growth of tumors injected with the supernatant of RH2-infected cells was less than that of tumors injected with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). These results indicate that oncolytic HSV-1 RH2 produces DAMPs from SCC cells to induce cell death. This may contribute to the enhancement of tumor immunity by oncolytic HSV-1.
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- A Takasu
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery II, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery II, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery II, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery II, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery II, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery II, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Suzuki T, Matsushima M, Masui A, Tsuda S, Imai J, Nakamura J, Tsukune Y, Uchida T, Yuhara H, Igarashi M, Koike J, Mine T. Irsogladine maleate and rabeprazole in non-erosive reflux disease: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21:5023-5031. [PMID: 25945018 PMCID: PMC4408477 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i16.5023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2014] [Revised: 12/09/2014] [Accepted: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To evaluate the efficacy of adding irsogladine maleate (IM) to proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy in non-erosive reflux disease (NERD) treatment.
METHODS: One hundred patients with NERD were recruited and randomized to receive rabeprazole plus IM (group I) or rabeprazole plus placebo (group P). The efficacy of the treatment was assessed using the Frequency Scale for the Symptoms of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (FSSG) and the short form (SF)-36 quality of life questionnaires after four weeks of treatment. We also assessed whether patients with NERD with minimal changes (grade M) had different responses to the therapies compared with patients who did not have minimal changes (grade N).
RESULTS: Group I and group P showed significant improvements in their FSSG scores after the treatment (from 17.9 ± 7.9 to 9.0 ± 7.6, and from 17.7 ± 7.3 to 11.2 ± 7.9, respectively, P = 0.0001), but there was no statistically significant difference between the FSSG scores in group I and those in group P. Subgroup analysis showed that significant improvements in the FSSG scores occurred in the patients in group I who had NERD grade N (modified Los Angeles classification) (7.8 ± 7.4 vs 12.5 ± 9.8, P = 0.041). The SF-36 scores for patients with NERD grade N who had received IM and rabeprazole were significantly improved in relation to their vitality and mental health scores.
CONCLUSION: The addition of IM to rabeprazole significantly improves gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms and the quality of the lives of patients with NERD grade N.
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Kishimoto S, Adachi S, Masui A, Suzuki R, Beppu T, Fukushima S. [Basic studies on the lipiodolization of miriplatin in combination with CDDP]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2014; 41:2104-2106. [PMID: 25731437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Platinum release and initial hepatic toxicity of a formulation containing both miriplatin (MPT) and cisplatin (CDDP), prepared to improve the weak initial effect of MPT-Lipiodol (LPD) suspension, were evaluated. No difference in platinum release from CDDP was found between CDDP-LPD and MPT·CDDP-LPD, which suggested that platinum release was not affected by the viscosity of MPT-LPD. On the day following administration into rat portal vein, drugs suspended in LPD increased liver function values, and these values returned to the previous levels 3 days after administration. Both the CDDP-LPD and MPT· CDDP-LPD groups showed higher liver function values than the MPT-LPD group, and there was little difference in liver function values between the CDDP-LPD and MPT·CDDP-LPD groups. Thus, MPT·CDDP-LPD retains the characteristics of MPTLPD and CDDP-LPD without reducing the effects of either drug or enhancing their side effects.
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Kishimoto S, Adachi S, Masui A, Suzuki R, Fukushima S. [Improvement of the viscosity and the intrahepatic distribution of miriplatin-lipiodol suspension]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2014; 41:2101-2103. [PMID: 25731436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The effects of warming or emulsification with the water-soluble contrast medium, Iomeron (IOM), on reducing the viscosity of miriplatin-lipiodol (MPT-LPD) suspension were studied. Reduction in the viscosity of MPT-LPD suspension was ob- served upon increasing the temperature. Although the O/W MPT-LPD emulsion with a low ratio of MPT-LPD to IOM reduced the viscosity, the effect was lesser than that achieved with the warming treatment. Radiographic images of the liver obtained after administration of the emulsion into the rat portal vein showed that warming resulted in improved intrahepatic distribution of the formulation, which was dependent on the reduction of viscosity. Emulsification also led to better intrahepatic distribution, but this distribution did not depend on the viscosity of the formulation. The MPT-LPD emulsion showed different distribution properties from the MPT-LPD suspension, and it was difficult to estimate the intrahepatic distribution property from the viscosity of the emulsion. Thus, we suggest that emulsification and warming of MPT-LPD are effective methods for improving the intrahepatic distribution of the MPT formulation.
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Yoneda J, Masui A, Tenma N, Nagao J. Triaxial testing system for pressure core analysis using image processing technique. Rev Sci Instrum 2013; 84:114503. [PMID: 24289418 DOI: 10.1063/1.4831799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In this study, a newly developed innovative triaxial testing system to investigate strength, deformation behavior, and/or permeability of gas hydrate bearing-sediments in deep sea is described. Transport of the pressure core from the storage chamber to the interior of the sealing sleeve of a triaxial cell without depressurization was achieved. An image processing technique was used to capture the motion and local deformation of a specimen in a transparent acrylic triaxial pressure cell and digital photographs were obtained at each strain level during the compression test. The material strength was successfully measured and the failure mode was evaluated under high confining and pore water pressures.
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- J Yoneda
- Reservoir Simulator Team, Methane Hydrate Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
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Masui A, Tamura K, Tarumi N, Kamihata H, Karakawa M, Takehana K, Sugiura T, Iwasaka T, Inada M. Resolution of late potentials with improvement in left ventricular systolic function in patients with first acute myocardial infarction. Clin Cardiol 2009; 20:466-70. [PMID: 9134279 PMCID: PMC6655914 DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960200512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Ventricular late potentials predict subsequent arrhythmic events and sudden death in postinfarction patients. Late potentials are recorded in the infarcted area, but it should be pointed out that they probably represent micropotentials in the area of delayed conduction found among isolated areas of scar tissue and normal myocardium. HYPOTHESIS The study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between chronic reversible myocardial ischemia, such as stunned or hibernating myocardium, and late potentials in 38 patients with a first myocardial infarction. METHODS The patients were divided into two groups, one with (Group 1) and one without (Group 2) resolution of late potentials recorded by signal-averaged electrocardiogram at 6 months after onset of myocardial infarction. We investigated the clinical, echocardiographic, and signal-averaged electrocardiographic characteristics of Groups 1 and 2. RESULTS In the chronic phase of myocardial infarction, a higher incidence of patency of the infarct-related artery and an improvement of wall motion score were found in Group 1, and left ventricular ejection fraction was better preserved in Group 1 than in Group 2. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that the resolution of late potentials was influenced by the improvement of left ventricular systolic function and patency of the infarct-related artery. We concluded that chronic reversible myocardial ischemia, such as stunned or hibernating myocardium, might be the substrate that generated late potentials.
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- A Masui
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Cranberry is a fruit that originated in North America, and it has been used by Native Americans for bacterial infections. Recent studies have revealed it to be effective for preventing refractory urinary infections, while also suggesting that it plays a possible role in the eradication of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). METHODS The H. pylori strains used in the present study were NCTC11637 and 11638. Sugar and organic acid-rich, and polyphenol-rich fractions were obtained from cranberry juice concentrate by Amberlite XAD7HP-column chromatography. The H. pylori growth inhibition was estimated by OD(660) and titration in liquid culture, and by an agar dilution plate method. The shapes of the bacteria were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. RESULTS Cranberry extract suppressed bacterial proliferation in a dose-dependent manner. In the comparison with other juices, polyphenol-rich fruits (cranberries, blueberries, and red grapes) showed similar growth inhibitory activity, whereas polyphenol-poor fruits (oranges, pineapples, apples, and white grapes) did not show any activity. The polyphenol-rich fraction of cranberry maintained the H. pylori-growth inhibitory activity. More bacteria in a coccoid form were observed after culture with cranberry. CONCLUSION Cranberry extract inhibited H. pylori proliferation and it is suggested that polyphenols are responsible for this action. The morphological analysis suggested that cranberry induces H. pylori to develop a coccoid form, thereby inhibiting its growth bacteriostatically. Further basic studies to clarify these mechanisms in combination with in vivo studies are needed.
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- Masashi Matsushima
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Suzuki T, Matsushima M, Shirakura K, Koike J, Masui A, Takagi A, Shirasugi Y, Ogawa Y, Shirai T, Mine T. Association of inflammatory cytokine gene polymorphisms with platelet recovery in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura patients after the eradication of Helicobacter pylori. Digestion 2008; 77:73-8. [PMID: 18354254 DOI: 10.1159/000121392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2007] [Accepted: 12/26/2007] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is associated with the cytokine response and dysregulation of the cytokine network. Gene polymorphisms of proinflammatory cytokines are associated with several diseases including ITP. Recently, the successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori has been reported to improve the platelet counts in some patients with ITP. The aim of this study was to elucidate the relationship between cytokine gene polymorphisms and platelet recovery in ITP patients after the eradication of H. pylori. MATERIALS AND METHODS Gastric H. pylori infection was confirmed using a culture method or specific IgG antibodies against H. pylori in the serum. Thirty-six adult H. pylori-positive ITP patients received antibiotic therapy for H. pylori. The response to treatment was defined as complete response (CR) if the platelet count was above 150 x 10(3)/microl and partial response (PR) if the platelet count increased by more than 50 x 10(3)/mul above the pretreatment count. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood and polymorphisms in IL-1B (-31, -511), IL-1RN (long or short), TNFA (-308) and TNFB (+252) were analyzed using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). RESULTS Of the 36 ITP patients, twenty patients (responders) exhibited a platelet response after successful H. pylori eradication therapy, but the other patients (nonresponders) did not. There were no statistical differences in the frequencies of polymorphisms in IL-1B, IL-1RN and TNFA genes between responders and nonresponders. In contrast, the frequency of responders in ITP patients with the TNFB G/G or G/A genotype was significantly higher (69.6%) than that with the TNFB A/A genotype (30.8%). CONCLUSION The TNFB (+252) G/G or G/A genotype may therefore be a good predictor of platelet recovery in ITP patients after the eradication of H. pylori.
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- Takayoshi Suzuki
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.
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Matsushima M, Suzuki T, Kurumada T, Watanabe S, Watanabe K, Kobayashi K, Deguchi R, Masui A, Takagi A, Shirai T, Muraoka H, Kobayashi I, Mine T. Tetracycline, metronidazole and amoxicillin-metronidazole combinations in proton pump inhibitor-based triple therapies are equally effective as alternative therapies against Helicobacter pylori infection. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006; 21:232-6. [PMID: 16460479 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04171.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND A proton pump inhibitor (PPI)-based triple therapy with clarithromycin (CAM) and amoxicillin (AMPC) is now a standard regimen for Helicobacter pylori (HP) eradication in Japan. However, the CAM-resistant rate has increased recently and alternative therapies are sorely needed. Therefore the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the PPI-tetracycline (TC)-metronidazole (MNZ) regimen (the PTM regimen) as an alternative therapy in comparison with the PPI-AMPC-MNZ (PAM) regimen. METHODS Sixty-four HP-positive patients visiting the HP-eradication clinic in Tokai University Hospital from July 1998 to March 2003 were treated with either PTM or PAM as alternative therapies. The HP eradication was assessed by urea breath test (UBT), HP stool antigen test, or HP culture method more than 2 months after completion of the treatments. The drug resistances against CAM, AMPC, TC, and MNZ were assessed by the agar dilution method. RESULTS Fifty-six patients (26 PTM and 30 PAM) completed medication and evaluation of the eradication. The eradication rates of PTM were 82.8% (24/29) and 92.3% (24/26), while those of PAM were 74.3% (26/35) and 89.7% (26/29) by intention-to-treat and per-protocol analysis, respectively. The differences between the regimens were not statistically significant. There were no severe adverse effects observed in either of the regimens. The drug-resistance analyses showed 15 CAM- and one MNZ-resistant cases but no TC or AMPC resistance in the available 25 samples. CONCLUSION The PTM and PAM regimens were equally effective and safe as alternative HP eradication therapies. And PTM would be particularly useful in penicillin allergy cases.
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- Masashi Matsushima
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.
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Suzuki T, Matsushima M, Masui A, Watanabe KI, Takagi A, Ogawa Y, Shirai T, Mine T. Effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication in patients with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura-a randomized controlled trial. Am J Gastroenterol 2005; 100:1265-70. [PMID: 15929755 DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41641.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Eradication of Helicobacter pylori was reported to increase the platelet counts in some H. pylori-positive patients with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (cITP). However, the efficacy of the eradication was quite different according to the previous reports. To determine whether H. pylori infection can contribute to cITP, we performed a randomized controlled trial for the first time. In addition, to investigate the possible pathogenic mechanisms and to predict the platelet response after eradication of H. pylori in each cITP patient, several H. pylori virulence factors, the urease activities of the infected H. pylori strains, and the titers of anti-CagA IgG antibodies were analyzed. METHODS Patients with cITP underwent gastroscopy and gastric H. pylori infection was confirmed by culture. H. pylori-positive cITP patients were randomly assigned to either the eradication or the non-eradication group. The eradication group received a standard antibiotic therapy for H. pylori. Response to treatment was defined as complete (CR) if the platelet count was above 150x10(3)/microl and partial (PR) if the platelet count increased by more than 50x10(3)/microl above the pretreatment count. The virulence factors were investigated by PCR and PCR-based direct sequencing. Anti-CagA IgG antibody titer of each patient's serum was measured by ELISA. RESULTS Of the 36 ITP patients, 25 (69.4%) were positive for H. pylori and eradication was achieved in 84.6% of these patients. The platelet response was significantly different between the eradication group (46.2%) and the non-eradication group (0%). No significant differences were found in clinical factors between the responders and the nonresponders. H. pylori virulence factors and the urease activity were not associated with the response. The titers of anti-CagA antibodies in the responders were significantly higher than those in the nonresponders (p=0.04). CONCLUSIONS H. pylori eradication treatment is a favorable therapeutic option for H. pylori-positive patients with cITP. Moreover, an ELISA titer of serum anti-CagA antibody may be a good predictor of platelet recovery, and immunological reaction between platelet and anti-CagA antibodies may have some relation to the pathogenesis of H. pylori-positive patients with cITP.
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- Takayoshi Suzuki
- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medical, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
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Ueda Y, Hagihara M, Gansuvd B, Yu Y, Masui A, Okamoto A, Higuchi A, Tazume K, Kato S, Hotta T. The effects of alphaGalCer-induced TCRValpha24 Vbeta11(+) natural killer T cells on NK cell cytotoxicity in umbilical cord blood. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2003; 52:625-31. [PMID: 12802518 PMCID: PMC11032769 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-003-0398-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 12/02/2002] [Accepted: 04/02/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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PURPOSE The first objective of this study was to investigate in vitro effects of alpha-galactosylceramide (alphaGalCer) on the proliferation of umbilical cord blood (UCB) natural killer T (NKT) cells and enhancement of their cytotoxicity. The second one is to examine whether purified NKT cells could affect the cytotoxicity of UCB-NK cells either in the presence or absence of dendritic cells (DCs). METHODS Mononuclear cells (MNCs) from UCB were cultured for 2 weeks in the presence of IL-2 (100 U/ml), with or without alphaGalCer. The effect of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (MoAb) against TCRValpha24 and CD1d was also examined. TCRValpha24 Vbeta11 double positive NKT cells were purified by FACS sorter and then cocultured with syngeneic isolated UCB(-)CD56(+)NK cells in either the presence or absence of DCs. The cytotoxicity against various malignant cell targets and cytokine production was determined. RESULTS The addition of alphaGalCer induced human NKT cells to proliferate in UCB-MNCs to a greater extent than in adult PB-MNCs. However, it suppressed the cytotoxic activity against malignant cell targets. Anti-TCRValpha24 and CD1d MoAb recovered the cytotoxicity by inhibiting the proliferation of UCB-NKT cells. NKT cells cocultured with auto-DCs significantly increased NK cell cytotoxicity against K562, and Raji cells and produced IFN-gamma at much higher levels than UCB-NKT cells alone. CONCLUSION In UCB samples, alphaGalCer-pulsed DCs and NKT cells acted together to enhance NK cytotoxicity in vitro.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigens, CD1/analysis
- Antigens, CD1/immunology
- Antigens, CD1d
- Antigens, Neoplasm/analysis
- Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology
- Cell Division
- Coculture Techniques
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Fetal Blood
- Flow Cytometry
- Galactosylceramides/pharmacology
- Humans
- Interleukins/pharmacology
- K562 Cells
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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- Yoko Ueda
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, 259-1193 Isehara, Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, 259-1193 Isehara, Kanagawa Japan
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- Division of Transplant of Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California USA
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- Department of Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Tokai University, 259-1193 Isehara, Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, 259-1193 Isehara, Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Tokai University, 259-1193 Isehara, Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, 259-1193 Isehara, Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Tokai University, 259-1193 Isehara, Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, 259-1193 Isehara, Kanagawa Japan
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Hagihara M, Tsuchiya T, Hyodo O, Ueda Y, Tazume K, Masui A, Kanemura A, Yoshiba F, Takashimizu S, Matzusaki S, Kato S, Hotta T. Clinical effects of infusing anti-Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes into patients with severe chronic active EBV infection. Int J Hematol 2003; 78:62-8. [PMID: 12894853 DOI: 10.1007/bf02983242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Immune cell therapy with autologous Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) or lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells was performed in 2 adults with severe chronic active EBV infection (SCAEBV). The patient in case 1, who had complications of pancytopenia, high fever, and massive splenomegaly, was treated with 13 doses of LAK cell infusion followed by 4 doses of autologous CTL infusion. The patient in case 2, who had liver dysfunction due to natural killer cell-type infection, was treated with 4 doses of autologous CTL infusion. In case 1, the LAK cell infusions were effective in lowering the viral load and improving several biochemical parameters (lactate dehydrogenase, soluble interleukin 2 receptor) and resulted in complete amelioration of the high fever. Subsequent infusions of autologous CTLs reduced the viral load only temporarily and were accompanied by an increase in frequency of EBV-specific T-cells in the blood. However, the patient's main problem of pancytopenia was not resolved. In case 2, infusion of autologous CTLs did not improve the patient's hepatic dysfunction or viral load but caused a significant increase in autoantibody levels. Thus the effect of auto-CTL treatment was limited or deteriorative in SCAEBV patients.
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- Masao Hagihara
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Jinde S, Masui A, Morinobu S, Noda A, Kato N. Differential changes in messenger RNA expressions and binding sites of neuropeptide Y Y1, Y2 and Y5 receptors in the hippocampus of an epileptic mutant rat: Noda epileptic rat. Neuroscience 2003; 115:1035-45. [PMID: 12453477 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(02)00545-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The anti-convulsive effects of neuropeptide Y have been suggested in several animal models of epilepsy. We have found the sustained increase of neuropeptide Y contents and the seizure-induced elevation of hippocampal messenger RNA in a novel spontaneous epileptic mutant rat: Noda epileptic rat. In the present study, we investigated the change of neuropeptide Y Y1 and Y2 receptor messenger RNA expressions and binding sites in the hippocampus following a spontaneous generalized tonic-clonic seizure of Noda epileptic rat. Furthermore, the binding sites of a more recently isolated receptor subtype, neuropeptide Y Y5 receptors, were also evaluated by receptor autoradiography. A marked elevation of neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity in the mossy fiber, and Y2-receptor up-regulation in the dentate gyrus were observed in the hippocampus of Noda epileptic rat, which coincided with the previous results of the other epileptic models. In contrast, Y1-receptor down-regulation was not found after a spontaneous seizure of Noda epileptic rat while this occurs in kindling and after kainic acid-induced seizures. [125I][Leu31, Pro34]peptide YY/BIBP 3226-insensitive (Y5 receptor) binding sites in CA1 stratum radiatum were significantly decreased following a spontaneous seizure of Noda epileptic rat. The present results suggest that a spontaneous seizure of Noda epileptic rat induces significant changes in neuropeptide Y-mediated transmission in the hippocampus via Y2 and Y5 receptors, but not Y1 receptors. Therefore, specific subset of neuropeptide Y receptor subtypes might be involved in the epileptogenesis of Noda epileptic rat.
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- S Jinde
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8655, Tokyo, Japan.
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Hagihara M, Gansuvd B, Ueda Y, Tsuchiya T, Masui A, Tazume K, Inoue H, Kato S, Hotta T. Killing activity of human umbilical cord blood-derived TCRValpha24(+) NKT cells against normal and malignant hematological cells in vitro: a comparative study with NK cells or OKT3 activated T lymphocytes or with adult peripheral blood NKT cells. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2002; 51:1-8. [PMID: 11845254 PMCID: PMC11032967 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-001-0246-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 08/01/2001] [Accepted: 10/19/2001] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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PURPOSE We aimed to determine the effects of human umbilical cord blood (UCB)-derived natural killer T (NKT) cells as immunological effectors against hematological malignancies, as well as auto- or allo-dendritic cells (DCs) or EB transformed cell lines (EBCLs). MATERIALS TCRValpha24(+) Vbeta11(+) UCB- or PB-NKT cells were isolated by sorting and activated by alpha-galactosylceramide-pulsed autologous DCs. UCB-NK cells were induced from CD34(+) cells by stem cell factor plus IL-15. UCB-T cells were primarily activated by anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody. All those effectors were cultured with IL-2 (100 U/ml), and their cytotoxic activities were evaluated by (51)Cr-release assay. UCB-NKT cells were cultured with IL-12, IL-18 or higher dose of IL-2 (1000 U/ml), and again tested for the cytotoxicity against selected targets. RESULTS UCB-NKT cells exhibited a pattern of killing activity against various hematological malignancies similar to that of UCB-NK cells, but could not kill K562, which was a vulnerable target for NK cells. The level of activity was quite similar to that of PB-NKT cells. In contrast, OKT-3-activated UCB-T lymphocytes showed a stronger and wider spectrum of killing compared with UCB-NK or NKT cells. IL-12, IL-18 or a higher dose of IL-2 upregulated the activity; however several targets, including fresh leukemic cells, still remained resistant. NKT cells killed auto- or allo-DCs at a level similar to that of T cells, but could not kill allo-EBCLs, which were efficiently killed by T cells. While NK cells showed only marginal or no killing against DC or EBCLs. DISCUSSION The anti-cancer activity of human NKT cells depends on the concentrations or the combination of Th1-cytokines. Basically, those cells might not be contributing to the immune surveillance of hematological malignancies, as shown by a relatively low cytotoxicity against malignant cells, together with the quite strong killing against auto-DCs.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, CD1/analysis
- Antigens, CD1/immunology
- Antigens, CD1d
- Antigens, Neoplasm/analysis
- Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology
- Autoimmunity
- Blood Cells
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Cell Separation
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/drug effects
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Fetal Blood/cytology
- Fetal Blood/immunology
- Flow Cytometry
- Galactosylceramides/immunology
- Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Hematologic Neoplasms/immunology
- Hematologic Neoplasms/pathology
- Humans
- Interleukin-12/pharmacology
- Interleukin-18/pharmacology
- Killer Cells, Natural/drug effects
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects
- Muromonab-CD3/pharmacology
- Neoplastic Stem Cells
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/drug effects
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- Masao Hagihara
- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan 259-1193.
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Gansuvd B, Hagihara M, Yu Y, Inoue H, Ueda Y, Tsuchiya T, Masui A, Ando K, Nakamura Y, Munkhtuvshin N, Kato S, Thomas JM, Hotta T. Human umbilical cord blood NK T cells kill tumors by multiple cytotoxic mechanisms. Hum Immunol 2002; 63:164-75. [PMID: 11872234 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(01)00382-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Natural killer (NK) T cells are restricted by CD1d and play an important role in the rejection of malignant tumors, but how kill these tumors is unclear. To investigate this, we cultured Valpha24+CD4+ NK T cells in human umbilical cord blood, which was enriched by immunomagnetic beads. In short-term (4 h) cytotoxicity assays, the NK T cells could kill only those targets expressing CD1d. In longer cytotoxicity assays (20 h), however, the NK T cells were able to kill all the tumors, regardless of CD1d expression. When each of the perforin, Fas-FasL, and TNF-alpha cytotoxic mechanisms were blocked, it was apparent that perforin killing dominated in both the short- and long-term assays. In the short-term assay, perforin killing required that the targets expressed CD1d, but killing was more efficient if Fas was present because then the Fas-FasL mechanism was also used. Thus, cells that lacked Fas and CD1d and were not killed in the 4-h assay, were instead lysed in 20-h assay through a combination of perforin and TNF-alpha killing. NK T cells can kill tumor targets by perforin, Fas-FasL, and TNF-alpha mechanisms. TNF-alpha killing requires longer contact between effectors and targets, suggesting that TNF-alpha acts by enhancing perforin killing.
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Hagihara M, Tsuchiya T, Ueda Y, Masui A, Gansuvd B, Munkhbat B, Inoue H, Hyodo O, Ando K, Kato S, Hotta T. Successful in vitro generation of Epstein-Barr virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes from severe chronic active EBV patients. Med Microbiol Immunol 2001; 189:137-45. [PMID: 11388611 DOI: 10.1007/s430-001-8020-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Severe chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection (SCAEBV) is a rare but life-threatening disorder. Poor cytotoxic activity against the virus is widely believed to contribute to the development of this disease. We wished to determine whether it is possible to generate autologous EBV-specific cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) in vitro that can be infused back into the patient to treat his/her viremia. To do this, we first had to establish autologous EBV-transformed B cells (EBCL) as antigen-presenting cells, which is known to be difficult to do with B cells from SCAEBV patients. In one patient, the standard method of incubating B cells with EBV-containing B95-8 supernatant was sufficient. In a second patient, however, the B cells apoptosed too rapidly in culture to permit transformation. However, apoptosis could be blocked by the presence of CD40 ligand-transfectant cells, and EBV transformation was successful when performed with this transfectant. Indicating a native immune response to EBV, peripheral blood lymphocytes from both patients proliferated in response to autologous EBCL. Furthermore, patient T cells had higher frequencies of IFN-gamma-producing CD8 cells after stimulation with autologous EBCL than sero-positive healthy controls. EBV-specific CTLs could be generated from both patients after repeated stimulation with autologous EBCL. These CTL lines were predominantly composed of CD4+ cells, and autologous EBCL killing was largely inhibited by an antibody against HLA-DR. These findings support the possibility of adoptive immune therapy to treat SCAEBV patients.
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- M Hagihara
- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Jinde S, Masui A, Morinobu S, Takahashi Y, Tsunashima K, Noda A, Yamada N, Kato N. Elevated neuropeptide Y and corticotropin-releasing factor in the brain of a novel epileptic mutant rat: Noda epileptic rat. Brain Res 1999; 833:286-90. [PMID: 10375706 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01510-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Noda epileptic rat (NER) is a new epileptic rat strain, which was developed by inbreeding rats with spontaneous tonic-clonic seizures in a stock of Crj:Wistar. In the present study, possible changes of two neuropeptides, neuropeptide Y (NPY) and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), in the brains of NER were investigated. Increased contents of immunoreactive (IR) NPY were found in the striatum and amygdala of 8-week NERs with partial seizure, while these changes extended to the limbic region including hippocampus in 16-week NERs with fully developed generalized tonic-clonic seizure. IR-CRF were elevated only in the entorhinal and pyriform cortex of both 8-week and 16-week NERs. Generalized tonic-clonic seizure in NERs induced a transient increase of NPY mRNA in the granular layer of dentate gyrus. These results suggest that NPY metabolism in the limbic brain contributes to the seizure susceptibility in this model of epilepsy.
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- S Jinde
- Department of Psychiatry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, 520-2192, Japan.
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PURPOSE We report a pedigree of familial paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis (PKC) in which five of 18 members are affected. The pathophysiologic basis for PKC is still uncertain; reflex epilepsy versus dysfunction of basal ganglia. We examined (a) whether there were ictal discharges during the attacks, and (b) a linkage between PKC and possible DNA markers linked to several familial epileptic or movement disorders. METHODS Video-monitoring EEG was performed in two patients with PKC during attacks elicited by movements of the lower extremities. Blood samples for DNA studies were obtained from 15 members of the pedigree. Fourteen polymorphic markers on chromosomes 1p, 2q, 6p, 10q, and 20q were genotyped, and two-point lod scores were calculated for each marker under a dominant model. RESULTS No ictal discharges were found during the attacks in both patients. We could not obtain significant linkage of PKC with any marker examined. CONCLUSIONS The video-monitoring EEG findings in our cases strongly suggested that the etiology of PKC should be considered distinct from that of reflex epilepsy. However, the patients in this pedigree had experienced generalized convulsions in their infancies; thus we could not deny the possibility of an epileptogenic basis for PKC. There was no strong evidence for a linkage of the gene for PKC with the candidate regions on 1p, 2q, 6p, 10q, or 20q.
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- M Sadamatsu
- Department of Psychiatry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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Ishida N, Akaike M, Tsutsumi S, Kanai H, Masui A, Sadamatsu M, Kuroda Y, Watanabe Y, McEwen BS, Kato N. Trimethyltin syndrome as a hippocampal degeneration model: temporal changes and neurochemical features of seizure susceptibility and learning impairment. Neuroscience 1997; 81:1183-91. [PMID: 9330376 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(97)00220-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The effects of trimethyltin on the hippocampus were investigated in terms of changes in histology, depth electroencephalography, learning acquisition and memory retention, choline acetyltransferase and neuropeptides, and seizure-induced c-fos messenger RNA expression. The results were as follows. (1) Morphologically, trimethyltin produced a progressive loss of hippocampal CA3 and CA4 pyramidal cells, starting from four days after peroral treatment with trimethyltin hydroxide (9 mg/kg), as described previously. (2) Neurophysiologically, the increased seizure susceptibility to pentylenetetrazol treatment reached a maximum at four days post-trimethyltin and then declined after five days post-trimethyltin. The maximal seizure susceptibility at four days post-trimethyltin was confirmed by the immediate and long-lasting appearance of spike discharge in the hippocampus. However, this was not verified by the expression of c-fos messenger RNA in the hippocampus, which was comparable between trimethyltin-treated and control rats. (3) Behaviorally, the time-courses of aggression and learning impairment were similar to that of the seizure susceptibility. (4) Neurochemically, trimethyltin treatment caused changes of neurochemical markers, which were manifested by the elevation of neuropeptide Y content in the entorhinal cortex, and of choline acetyltransferase in the hippocampal CA3 subfield. Trimethyltin may offer potential as a tool for investigations on the relationship between neuronal death in the hippocampus and the development of seizure susceptibility and learning impairment. Alterations in glucocorticoids, glutamate and neuropeptides may all contribute to the manifestation of the trimethyltin syndrome.
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- N Ishida
- Department of Psychiatry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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Takahashi Y, Sadamatsu M, Kanai H, Masui A, Amano S, Ihara N, Kato N. Changes of immunoreactive neuropeptide Y, somatostatin and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) in the brain of a novel epileptic mutant rat, Ihara's genetically epileptic rat (IGER). Brain Res 1997; 776:255-60. [PMID: 9439821 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(97)01119-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Ihara's genetically epileptic rat (IGER) is a rat mutant with genetically scheduled spontaneous convulsions mimicking human limbic seizures. In the present study, the possible changes of three neuropeptides, neuropeptide Y (NPY), somatostatin (SRIF) and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), in the brains of IGER were investigated. Increased contents of immunoreactive (IR) NPY were found only in the hippocampus of 2-month IGERs before developing convulsive seizures, while similar increases of IR-NPY were discovered in the striatum and pyriform and entorhinal cortex as well as hippocampus in 8-month IGERs with repetitive seizures. There were no significant differences in the brain contents of IR-SRIF and IR-CRF between IGERs and the controls at both ages. These findings indicate an enhanced rate of NPY synthesis in this experimental model of epilepsy which may play a critical role in the development of epileptogenesis.
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- Y Takahashi
- Department of Psychiatry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.
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Patients with myotonic dystrophy are reported to have a higher frequency of sudden death than the general population. Although causes of sudden death in myotonic dystrophy are suggested to be due to conduction of defects progressing, the HV interval cannot predict whether conduction system disease would develop or progress. We report two cases of myotonic dystrophy complicated with sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardias (VT), which can cause sudden death. In Case No. 1, although the patient was treated successfully for sustained VT with verapamil in electrophysiologic studies, another sustained VT was confirmed 2 years later. In Case No. 2, the patient showed decreased left ventricular ejection fraction and late potentials, and induced sustained VT that was identical to clinically documented VT. Although VT is believed to be rare in patients with myotonic dystrophy, these cases suggest that VT is a possible cause of sudden death.
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- K Tamura
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Tamura K, Tsuji H, Masui A, Tarumi N, Karakawa M, Iwasaka T, Inada M. Prevalence, resolution, and determinants of late potentials in patients with unstable angina and left ventricular wall motion abnormalities. Am Heart J 1996; 131:731-5. [PMID: 8721647 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8703(96)90279-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Although transient myocardial ischemia such as exercise-induced ischemia has not been reported to be associated with the occurrence of late potentials, the association of late potentials with more profound ischemic damage, which is represented by reversible but prolonged left ventricular wall motion abnormalities, has not been demonstrated. We prospectively evaluated 37 unstable angina patients who had reversible but prolonged wall motion abnormalities after resolution of chest pain and electrocardiogram (ECG) changes. Signal-averaged ECG (SAECG) and echocardiogram were recorded during the acute phase and before hospital discharge. Late potentials were present in 6 (16 percent) patients on the initial SAECG recording and resolved in all 6 patients on the second recording before hospital discharge. Normalization of inferior left ventricular wall motion abnormality and multivessel disease were observed more frequently in patients with late potentials on the initial recording than in patients without (p < 0.05 and p < 0.05, respectively). In conclusion, late potentials were observed in patients who had reversible but prolonged wall motion abnormalities; these late potentials were resolved with improvement of left ventricular wall motion abnormalities. These results suggest that myocardial ischemia with prolonged wall motion abnormalities is a possible mechanism of the occurrence of late potentials.
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- K Tamura
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Japan
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Ikeda M, Kanai H, Akaike M, Tsutsumi S, Sadamatsu M, Masui A, Kato N. Nitric oxide synthase-containing neurons in the hippocampus are preserved in trimethyltin intoxication. Brain Res 1996; 712:168-70. [PMID: 8705302 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01530-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We studied the effects of trimethyltin (TMT) (9 mg/kg, p.o.) on the nitric oxide synthase (NOS)-containing neurons in the rat hippocampus by NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry and a biochemical assay of NOS activity. TMT exposure caused the typical behavioral changes and a loss of the CA3/4 pyramidal cells, which were NADPH diaphorase-negative. The scattered interneurons and the CA1 pyramidal cells, which were NADPH diaphorase-positive, were spared. Hippocampal NOS activity showed no reduction in the TMT-treated rats compared with the controls. These results provide evidence of the preservation of the NOS-containing neurons in TMT intoxication.
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- M Ikeda
- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
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Sadamatsu M, Kanai H, Masui A, Serikawa T, Yamada J, Sasa M, Kato N. Altered brain contents of neuropeptides in spontaneously epileptic rats (SER) and tremor rats with absence seizures. Life Sci 1995; 57:523-31. [PMID: 7623620 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(95)00302-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Immunoreactive- (IR-) somatostatin (SRIF), neuropeptide Y (NPY) and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) contents were investigated in the brain of tremor rats with absence-like seizure and spontaneously epileptic rats (SER), which is a genetically defined double-mutant (zi/zi, tm/tm) obtained by mating zitter homozygote (zi/zi) with tremor heterozygote (tm/+) and shows both absence-like seizure and tonic convulsions. Increased levels of IR-NPY and IR-CRF were observed in several regions including the amygdala and hippocampus in homozygous SER compared to heterozygous SER (zi/zi, tm/+ or +/+). Homozygous tremor rats (tm/tm) showed lower levels of IR-NPY and IR-CRF contents mainly in the hippocampus and mesolimbic system (entorhinal and pyriform cortex and nucleus accumbens) than heterozygous tremor rats. IR-SRIF contents of homozygous SER were higher in frontal cortex than heterozygous SER and in amygdala than homozygous tremor rats. No change of IR-SRIF between groups was noted in the hippocampus among brain structures underlying epileptogenicity. The results suggest that the change of neuropeptide levels, most conspicuous in NPY among three peptides tested, may be involved in the phenotypical manifestation of seizures in SER and tremor rats, and that the development of tonic convulsion and absence seizures may be differently associated with the change of brain neuropeptide levels.
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- M Sadamatsu
- Department of Psychiatry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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Masui A, Fujiwara N, Imanaka T. Stabilization and rational design of serine protease AprM under highly alkaline and high-temperature conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol 1994; 60:3579-84. [PMID: 7986036 PMCID: PMC201858 DOI: 10.1128/aem.60.10.3579-3584.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Rational shift of the optimum pH toward alkalinity and enhancement of thermostability were investigated by using a thermostable extremely alkaline protease (optimum pH, 12 to 13) from the alkaliphilic and thermophilic Bacillus sp. strain B18'. The protease gene (aprM) was cloned, and the sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame of 361 amino acids that was composed of a putative signal sequence (24 amino acids), a prosequence (69 amino acids), and a mature enzyme (268 amino acids) (molecular weight, 27,664). The amino acid sequence of this protease was compared with those of other serine proteases. A direct correlation of higher optimum pH with an increase in the number of arginine residues was observed. An even more thermostable mutant enzyme was created by introducing a point mutation. When the position of the beta-turn, Thr-203, was replaced by Pro, the residual activity of this mutant enzyme at 80 degrees C for 30 min was higher than that of the wild-type enzyme (50% versus 10%). The specific activity of this mutant enzyme at 70 degrees C was 105% of that of the wild-type enzyme under nondenaturation condition. These data suggest that the higher content of Arg residues favors the alkalinity of the serine protease and that introduction of a Pro residue into the beta-turn structure stabilizes the enzyme.
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- A Masui
- Osaka Prefectural Industrial Technology Research Institute, Japan
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Yamamoto K, Masui A, Ishida H. Kramers-Kronig analysis of infrared reflection spectra with perpendicular polarization. Appl Opt 1994; 33:6285-6293. [PMID: 20941159 DOI: 10.1364/ao.33.006285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The application of Kramers-Kronig analysis for reflection spectra from a single interface with perpendicular (s) polarization has been studied theoretically with regard to a phase correction term. The errors in phase shift and complex refractive index obtained by the use of Kramers-Kronig analysis have been examined for such techniques as external, internal, and total internal reflection spectroscopies by the use of spectral simulation and the complex refractive index based on dispersion theory. The advantages and disadvantages of the various measurement techniques used to obtain the complex refractive index of a sample material have been compared. It is concluded that the external reflection technique can be used until the sample thickness becomes too thin to provide the edge shape necessary to avoid the detection of reflection from the back surface. The total internal reflection technique should be used only for a thin-film sample because knowledge of the refractive index at some frequency is required and bcause this technique may yield larger errors than the other techniques in the complex refractive index obtained by the use of Kramers-Kronig analysis.
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Masui A, Tsuji H, Tamura K, Kamihata H, Karakawa M, Sugiura T, Iwasaka T, Inada M. The effect of successful angioplasty on variables of signal-averaged electrocardiogram and ventricular wall motion in patients with a first myocardial infarction. Clin Cardiol 1994; 17:479-83. [PMID: 8001311 DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960170904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The correlation among three variables of late potentials (LPs) obtained by signal-averaged electrocardiography (SAECG) and improvement of ventricular wall motion estimated by echocardiography were studied in 66 patients with a first acute myocardial infarction (MI). Patients with bundle-branch block, intraventricular conduction delay, multi-vessel disease, previous MI, repeat percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), or evidence of reinfarction during a 6-month follow-up were excluded. A total of 66 patients was divided into two groups, with (Group 1: n = 27, age 56 +/- 11) or without (Group 2: n = 39, age 61 +/- 10) improvement of ventricular wall motion. Three variables of LPs and ventricular wall motion index (WMI) estimated and scored by echocardiography at admission (WMI 1) and at 6 months after MI (WMI 2) were compared in each group. In Group 1 (WMI 1 vs. WMI 2, p < 0.002), 20 of 27 patients underwent successful angioplasty; in Group 2 (WMI 1 vs. WMI 2, p = NS), 7 of 39 patients had successful emergency angioplasty. There were significant differences in three variables of LPs between the time of admission and at 6 months after MI in Group 1 but not in Group 2. Higher incidence of LPs and greater frequency of successful emergency PTCA were found in Group 1 compared with Group 2. These results suggest that because myocardial ischemia is reversed by successful angioplasty, ventricular wall motion is improved and the arrhythmogenic substrate that generates LPs is stabilized electrically. Stunned or hibernating myocardium may be the arrhythmogenic substrate that generates LPs.
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- A Masui
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Masui A, Tsuji H, Tamura K, Tarumi N, Sugiura T, Iwasaka T, Inada M. Effect of body characteristics on the variables of signal-averaged electrocardiograms in healthy subjects. Chest 1994; 105:1357-9. [PMID: 8181319 DOI: 10.1378/chest.105.5.1357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Late potentials have been reported to be affected by body size or left ventricular mass. To our knowledge, however, the effect of subadipose tissue, which is known to influence QRS amplitudes of the surface ECG on the variables of late potentials, has not been evaluated. The relationships between the variables of late potentials and various obesity indices were assessed in 45 men, aged 24 to 38 years, without structural heart disease and bundle branch blocks. QRS duration (DUR), root mean square voltage in the last 40 ms (RMS), and low-amplitude signals < 40 microV (LAS) were obtained by signal-averaged ECG. Left ventricular mass (LV mass) was determined by echocardiography. The DUR and RMS had no correlation with body height, weight, body mass index (BMI), sum of skin folds (triceps and subscapular), or LV mass. Positive linear correlations were found between LAS and weight (r = 0.48, p < 0.002), BMI (r = 0.54, p < 0.002), sum of skin folds (r = 0.57, p < 0.002), and percent BMI (r = 0.54, p < 0.002). Subadipose tissue may shift the onset of the 40-microV point of LAS to the left with a consequent prolongation of LAS by attenuation of the QRS complex. These data suggest that the use of LAS alone or as a combination in an obese population for the definition of positive late potentials is inappropriate.
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- A Masui
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Tamura K, Iwasaka T, Tsuji H, Karakawa M, Kamihata H, Masui A, Takehana K, Wakayama Y, Inada M. Late potentials during left ventricular healing of acute myocardial infarction. Coron Artery Dis 1994; 5:243-7. [PMID: 8199739 DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199403000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Late potentials and left ventricular remodeling are important factors in the prognosis of acute myocardial infarction. However, the relationship between late potentials and ventricular remodelling has not been fully evaluated. METHODS We evaluated clinical characteristics, coronary angiographic findings and radionuclide angiographic measures about 1 month after an acute myocardial infarction in patients with and without late potentials. RESULTS Although the left ventricular ejection fraction of patients with late potentials was not different from that of patients without late potentials, the left ventricular end-diastolic volume of patients with late potentials was larger than that of patients without late potentials (P < 0.05). There was a significant positive correlation between the left ventricular end-diastolic volume and the filtered QRS duration (r = 0.53, P < 0.001). The root mean square of the voltage in the terminal 40 ms and the low-amplitude signal duration of < 40 microV in the terminal QRS sequence were also correlated with the left ventricular end-diastolic volume (r = 0.40, P < 0.02, and r = 0.39, P < 0.02, respectively). Patency of the infarct-related vessel in the late phase of an acute myocardial infarction was an important factor associated with the occurrence of late potentials (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION A larger left ventricular end-diastolic volume in patients with late potentials might be associated with left ventricular remodeling during the first month after an acute myocardial infarction.
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- K Tamura
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Masui A, Kato N, Itoshima T, Tsunashima K, Nakajima T, Yanaihara N. A novel synthetic phyllolitorin analogue [desTrp3,Leu8]phyllolitorin inhibits scratching behavior induced by neuromedin C in rats. Brain Res 1994; 637:331-4. [PMID: 8180814 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)91255-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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[DesTrp3,Leu8]phyllolitorin (DTP) (pGlu-Leu-Ala-Val-Gly-Ser-Leu-Met-NH2) was synthesized as an analogue of phyllolitorins, a new member of bombesin family, and examined if it antagonized neuromedin C (NMC)-induced scratching. DTP inhibited dose-dependently the scratching behavior by NMC (1 microgram), whereas it did not alter any element of other grooming behaviors. DTP (6 micrograms) alone was found to be neither toxic nor active in inducing both scratching and grooming, which were comparable to vehicle alone. Assuming that the scratching behavior is commonly and specifically elicited by bombesin family peptides, DTP might be classified as a new type of bombesin antagonist.
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- A Masui
- Department of Psychiatry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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Tsunashima K, Kato N, Masui A, Takahashi K. The effect of delta sleep-inducing peptide (DSIP) on the changes of body (core) temperature induced by serotonergic agonists in rats. Peptides 1994; 15:61-5. [PMID: 8015981 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(94)90171-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Hyperthermia induced by high doses of 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyl-tryptamine (5-MeODMT) was diminished and hypothermia induced by low doses of 5-MeODMT was enhanced by pretreatment with delta sleep-inducing peptide (DSIP). Delta sleep-inducing peptide had an enhancing effect of hypothermia induced by 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino) tetralin (8-OH-DPAT). This action of DSIP was completely inhibited by ICV injection of anti-DSIP. Pindolol prevented the enhancing action of DSIP on both 8-OH-DPAT- and apomorphine-induced hypothermia. It is suggested that the thermoregulatory action of DSIP is primarily exerted by a 5-HT1A mechanism in the rat.
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- K Tsunashima
- National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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Fujiwara N, Masui A, Imanaka T. Purification and properties of the highly thermostable alkaline protease from an alkaliphilic and thermophilic Bacillus sp. J Biotechnol 1993; 30:245-56. [PMID: 7764036 DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(93)90117-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Thermostable alkaline protease from an alkaliphilic thermophile Bacillus sp. B18' was purified by using DEAE- and CM-Toyopearl 650M column chromatographies. Molecular weights of the enzyme determined by SDS-PAGE and gel filtration were 30,000 and 28,000, respectively. The optimum pH and temperature toward the hydrolysis of casein were pH 12-13 and 85 degrees C, both of which are higher than those of a mesophilic alkaline protease from an alkaliphile, Bacillus sp. B21-2. The enzyme was stable at pH 5.0-12.0 and about 60% of the initial enzymatic activity was retained after a 60 min incubation period at pH 10.0 and 70 degrees C. Thermostability of the enzyme was enhanced by Ca2+. The enzyme activity was inhibited by DFP, suggesting that the enzyme is a serine protease. The NH2-terminal amino acid is Gln, which is that of many subtilisin-type proteases. The 20 residues of the NH2-terminal amino acid sequence have a comparative high homology with those of other alkaline proteases from alkaliphiles (40-50%), especially thermostable alkaline protease from Bacillus sp. No. AH-101 (95%) and Thermoactinomyces sp. HS682 (95%).
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- N Fujiwara
- Osaka Prefectural Industrial Technology Research Institute, Japan
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Masui A, Kato N, Itoshima T, Tsunashima K, Nakajima T, Yanaihara N. Scratching behavior induced by bombesin-related peptides. Comparison of bombesin, gastrin-releasing peptide and phyllolitorins. Eur J Pharmacol 1993; 238:297-301. [PMID: 7691621 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(93)90860-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Bombesin and 10 bombesin-related peptides were administered intracerebroventricularly to conscious and freely moving rats. All peptides tested were found to elicit excessive grooming, especially scratching behavior. Bombesin itself had the most potent and long-lasting activity in eliciting scratching behavior. Naturally occurring peptides such as neuromedin B and gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP)-(18-27) were short-acting compared with exogenous peptides such as bombesin and synthesized analogs. Two phyllolitorins, a new bombesin subfamily, were also examined in this study. [Leu8]phyllolitorin induced more scratching than [Phe8]phyllolitorin and proved to be virtually equipotent to bombesin. Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and substance P induced considerable excessive grooming, but both peptides were strikingly weak in inducing scratching behavior. It is suggested that (1) scratching represents a specific behavior commonly induced by bombesin-related peptides and (2) the relative potency to induce scratching behavior reflects the metabolic stability of the peptide, e.g. endogenous versus exogenous, shorter versus longer sequences, or chemical protection of N-terminus.
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- A Masui
- Department of Psychiatry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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Masui A, Tsuji H, Tamura K, Sugiura T, Matsui Y, Iwasaka T, Inada M. Effect of subadipose tissue on the variables of signal-averaged electrocardiography in healthy subjects. Am J Cardiol 1993; 71:465-7. [PMID: 8430645 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90459-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- A Masui
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, CCU, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Masui A, Tsuji H, Tamura K, Sugiura T, Matsui Y, Iwasaka T, Inada M. Effect of subadipose tissue on the variables of signal-averaged electrocardiograms in healthy subjects. Cardiology 1993; 82:51-5. [PMID: 8519010 DOI: 10.1159/000175854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Ventricular late potentials are obtained by signal averaging of surface electrocardiograms. Late potentials have been reported to be affected by body size or left ventricular mass. However, the effect of subadipose tissue, which is known to influence QRS amplitudes of surface ECG, on the variables of late potentials has not been evaluated. The relationships between the variables of late potentials and various obesity indices were assessed in 45 men, aged 24-38 years, without structural heart disease and bundle branch blocks. QRS duration, root mean square voltage in the last 40 ms and low-amplitude signals < 40 microV were obtained by signal-averaged ECG. Left ventricular mass was determined by echocardiography. QRS duration and root mean square voltage had no correlation with body height, weight, body mass index, sum of skin folds (triceps and subscapular) or left ventricular mass. Positive linear correlations were found between low-amplitude signals and weight (r = 0.48, p < 0.002) body mass index (r = 0.54, p < 0.002), sum of skin folds (r = 0.57, p < 0.002), percent body mass index (r = 0.54, p < 0.002). Subadipose tissue may shift the onset of the 40-microV point of low-amplitude signals to the left with a consequent prolongation of low-amplitude signals by attenuation of the QRS complex. These data suggest that the use of low-amplitude signals alone or as a combination in an obese population for the definition of positive late potentials is inappropriate. The low-amplitude signal has to be used with caution in obese patients.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- A Masui
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Iwasaka T, Usui H, Masui A, Tamura K, Sugiura T, Karakawa M, Inada M. Effect of body characteristics on the variables of signal-averaged electrocardiogram in healthy teenage subjects. Cardiology 1993; 83:71-5. [PMID: 8261490 DOI: 10.1159/000175950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Ventricular late potentials are obtained by signal-averaged surface electrocardiography. Late potentials have been reported to be affected by body characteristics or left ventricular mass. To evaluate late potentials in relation to body characteristics, 52 healthy Japanese young volunteers (21 girls, 31 boys) aged 15-16 years were studied. QRS duration in men was significantly longer than in women. There were no significant differences in low-amplitude signal and root mean square voltage between women and men. When relations between signal-averaged electrocardiographic parameters and body characteristics were examined, QRS duration had positive linear correlations with weight and body mass index. The slope of QRS duration and weight relation, and QRS duration and body mass index relation was significantly steeper in men compared to those in women; a prolongation of QRS duration in men compared to women as weight and body mass index increased. Our results indicated that QRS duration in teenage healthy subjects should be used with caution because it is affected by gender.
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- T Iwasaka
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Changes in immunoreactive somatostatin (SOM) and cholecystokinin (CCK-8) levels in the cerebellum and cerebrum were investigated in three types of genetically-determined ataxic mutant mice: rolling mouse Nagoya (RMN), weaver, and Purkinje cell degeneration (PCD) mice. The cerebellar pathology in each of these types differs. The concentration of both SOM and CCK-8 (ng/mg weight) was significantly higher in the cerebellum and the cerebrum of the three types of ataxic mutant mice than in these regions in the respective controls. SOM and CCK-8 content (ng/organ) was significantly higher in PCD and RMN than in controls but this was not in the weaver mice. The possible involvement of both peptides in manifestations of ataxia is discussed.
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- K Matsui
- National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan
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Sadamatsu M, Kanai H, Masui A, Serikawa T, Yamada J, Sasa M, Kato N. Animal Models: Changes of Immunoreactive Somatostatin, Neuropeptide Y, and Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) in the Brain of Spontaneously Epileptic Rats (SER). Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 1992; 46:531-3. [PMID: 1359184 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1992.tb00926.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- M Sadamatsu
- Department of Psychiatry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu
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Miki K, Masui A, Kasai N, Goonewardena W, Shibakami M, Takemoto K, Miyata M. Structures of 1:1 addition compounds of methyl cholate with methanol and with 2-propanol. Acta Crystallogr C 1992. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108270191009307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Miki K, Ezoe T, Masui A, Yoshisaka T, Mimuro M, Fujiwara-Arasaki T, Kasai N. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of C-phycocyanin from a red alga, Porphyra tenera. J Biochem 1990; 108:646-9. [PMID: 2292593 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a123256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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C-Phycocyanin from a red alga, Porphyra tenera, has been crystallized by the vapor-diffusion procedure. Both orthorhombic and hexagonal forms were obtained from ammonium sulfate solutions, whereas only the orthohombic form was selectively grown from sodium citrate solutions. The orthorhombic crystals are more suitable for further crystallographic work; their space group is P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell dimensions of a = 105, b = 121, and c = 184 A. The asymmetric unit comprises two (alpha beta)3 trimer molecules of C-phycocyanin. These crystals diffract X-rays up to about 3 A resolution.
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- K Miki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University
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Ohmori H, Murakami T, Furutani A, Higashi K, Hirano H, Gotoh S, Kuroiwa A, Masui A, Nakamura T, Amalric F. Simultaneous activation of heat shock protein (hsp 70) and nucleolin genes during in vivo and in vitro prereplicative stages of rat hepatocytes. Exp Cell Res 1990; 189:227-32. [PMID: 1695156 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(90)90240-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Rapidly growing cells usually have high levels of ribosome biogenesis. The sequential expression of protooncogenes during the transition of quiescent hepatocytes to the replicative stage was assumed to be followed by activation of cellular genes related to cell growth such as ribosome biosynthesis. First, the expression of major nucleolar protein (nucleolin or C23) and major heat-shock protein (hsp 70) genes was examined during rat liver regeneration. hsp 70 may function in cell growth and has a characteristic nucleolar location after heat shock. Both nucleolin and hsp 70 mRNA began to increase simultaneously after peaks of c-fos and c-myc, showed a peak 6 h after partial hepatectomy, and declined to the control levels around 20 h. That is, the peaks of nucleolin and hsp 70 mRNA precede the peak of ribosome formation (12-20 h) and DNA replication (24 h). Second, the behavior of nucleolin and hsp 70 mRNA was examined in primary cultured hepatocytes during their G0-G1 transition. Although the amounts of c-myc mRNA reached a plateau around 20 h after the initiation of culture and remained at these levels, DNA synthesis has never been found to start without the addition of EGF and insulin to this system. Both nucleolin and hsp 70 mRNA began to increase at around 20 h (prereplicative stage) and simultaneously decreased in inverse proportion to DNA synthesis induced by these growth factors. Thus, it is possible that the simultaneous enhancement of nucleolin and hsp 70 genes as described above is not merely coincidental, but is important biologically during the transition of quiescent hepatocytes to proliferative cells.
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- H Ohmori
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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Tsunashima K, Masui A, Kato N. The effect of delta sleep-inducing peptide (DSIP) and phosphorylated DSIP (P-DSIP) on the apomorphine-induced hypothermia in rats. Brain Res 1990; 510:171-4. [PMID: 2322843 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)90748-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Delta sleep-inducing peptide (DSIP) and P-DSIP, phosphorylated analogue, were found to have enhancing effects on hypothermia induced by i.p. injection of apomorphine (2 mg/kg), a dopamine agonist. Further, the action of P-DSIP appeared and diminished more quickly than that of DSIP. A minimal effective dose of these peptides was 10 ng and the dose-response relationship exhibited an inverted bell-shape with a maximal effective dose of 1 microgram. By the pretreatment of anti-DSIP the enhancing effect of DSIP but not P-DSIP, was totally abolished and the action of both peptides was antagonized by haloperidol. These findings suggest that DSIP and P-DSIP have a close relation to the dopaminergic system on the thermoregulatory mechanisms.
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- K Tsunashima
- National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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Miki K, Masui A, Kasai N, Miyata M, Goonewardena W, Shibakami M, Takemoto K. Structure of a 2:1 addition compound of methyl deoxycholate with methanol. Acta Crystallogr C 1989. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108270188009746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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