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Yamada F, Mori E, Yamaoka I. Methionine supplementation spares body protein by regulating the expression of mTORC1 downstream factors in rats fed a soy protein diet with sufficient sulfur amino acids: a pilot study. Amino Acids 2023; 55:1039-1048. [PMID: 37326859 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-023-03291-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Dietary supplementation with methionine and threonine spares body protein in rats fed a low protein diet, but the effect is not observed for other essential amino acids. Although the requirement for sulfur amino acids is relatively high in rodents, the precise mechanisms underlying protein retention are not fully understood. The aim of this study was to explore whether the activation of mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) downstream factors in skeletal muscle by supplementation with threonine and/or methionine contributes to protein retention under sufficient cystine requirement. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were freely fed a 0% protein diet for 2 weeks. These experimental rats were then fed a restricted diet (14.5 g/day) containing 12% soy protein supplemented with both cystine and, methionine and threonine (MT), methionine (M), threonine (T), or neither (NA) (n = 8) for an additional 12 days. Two additional groups were freely fed a diet containing 0% protein or 20% casein as controls (n = 6). Body weight and gastrocnemius muscle weight were higher, and blood urea nitrogen and urinary nitrogen excretion were lower, in the M and MT groups than in the T and NA groups, respectively. p70 S6 kinase 1 abundance was higher, and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 abundance and mRNA levels were lower, in the skeletal muscles of the M and MT groups. These results suggest that methionine regulates mTORC1 downstream factors in skeletal muscle, leading to spare body protein in rats fed a low protein diet meeting cystine requirements.
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- Fumiyo Yamada
- OS-1 Division, Medical Foods Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc., 115 Kuguhara, Tateiwa, Muya-Cho, Naruto, Tokushima, 772-8601, Japan.
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- OS-1 Division, Medical Foods Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc., 115 Kuguhara, Tateiwa, Muya-Cho, Naruto, Tokushima, 772-8601, Japan
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- OS-1 Division, Medical Foods Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc., 115 Kuguhara, Tateiwa, Muya-Cho, Naruto, Tokushima, 772-8601, Japan
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Hino K, Miyatake S, Yamada F, Endo N, Akiyama R, Ebisu G. Undigested low-methoxy pectin prevents diarrhea and induces colonic contraction during liquid-diet feeding in rats. Nutrition 2020; 78:110804. [PMID: 32544847 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2020.110804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Dietary fibers, such as pectins, are blended in liquid diets (LDs) to prevent diarrhea; however, which type of pectin is more effective, along with its mechanism of action, remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the gelling characteristics, fermentability, fecal properties, and motility of the colon during the administration of LDs blended with pectins. METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats were administered LDs containing high-methoxy pectin (HM), low-methoxy amidated pectin (LMA), low-methoxy pectin (LM), and very low-methoxy amidated pectin (VLMA) ad libitum. The amount of pectin in the feces was assessed by measuring galacturonic acid content. The contractile motility of the rats' descending colons was measured with a force transducer. RESULTS HM was well fermented, but VLMA was significantly less fermented. LM and LMA displayed intermediate fermentability. An LD that contained LM and VLMA gelled with calcium ions in artificial gastric juice did not cause diarrhea, as opposed to other pectin types. Contractile motility was significantly lower and stools were looser when pectin or calcium was excluded from the LD. CONCLUSIONS In the colon, LM or VLMA could form a water-holding gel with calcium ions to produce normal feces. The mechanical stimulation of the formed fecal mass might induce physiological colonic contractions.
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- Kazuo Hino
- Medical Foods Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc., Naruto, Tokushima, Japan.
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- Medical Foods Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc., Naruto, Tokushima, Japan
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- Medical Foods Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc., Naruto, Tokushima, Japan
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- Medical Foods Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc., Naruto, Tokushima, Japan
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- Medical Foods Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc., Naruto, Tokushima, Japan
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- Medical Foods Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc., Naruto, Tokushima, Japan
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Yamada F, Miyatake S, Natsui Y, Nagahama A, Hino K, Ebisu G. Combination of whey and milk protein prolongs elevated skeletal muscle protein synthesis in rats. Clin Nutr 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.06.1205] [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: 10/28/2022]
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Amano T, Onogi A, Yamada F, Kawai M, Shirai K, Ueda J. Genome-wide association mapping and examination of possible maternal effect for the pace trait of horses. Anim Genet 2018; 49:461-463. [DOI: 10.1111/age.12711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- T. Amano
- Laboratory of Animal Genetics; Department of Sustainable Agriculture; College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Sciences; Rakuno Gakuen University; Hokkaido 069-0836 Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo 113-8657 Japan
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- Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere; Hokkaido University; Hokkaido 056-0141 Japan
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- Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere; Hokkaido University; Hokkaido 056-0141 Japan
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- Hokkaido Native Horse Preservation Association; Hokkaido 063-0804 Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics; Department of Sustainable Agriculture; College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Sciences; Rakuno Gakuen University; Hokkaido 069-0836 Japan
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Takano T, Okutomi Y, Mochizuki M, Ochiai Y, Yamada F, Mori M, Ueda F. Biological index of environmental lead pollution: accumulation of lead in liver and kidney in mice. Environ Monit Assess 2015; 187:744. [PMID: 26563231 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4958-8] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Lead (Pb) is known to be highly poisonous, and the acute poisoning of Cd causes the abdominal pains, vomiting, and shock. The digestive and nervous symptom is observed in the chronic lead poisoning. It was also known that the defect in hemoglobin synthesis by Pb produce anemia. The release of Pb into the environment presents a source of exposure for wild animals. In this study, we examined the utility of a new Pb-monitoring index in mice administered Pb. A solution containing 0.02, 0.2, 2, or 4 ppm lead chloride (PbCl2) was administered intraperitoneally to mice, and the Pb contents of the kidney and liver were determined at designated time points. The mean Pb content of both organs increased depending on the administered Pb dosage. Although the results of control was near the detection limits, the administration of 4 ppm in 4 weeks resulted in Pb levels of 260 mg ppm/wet weight and 110 ppm wet weight in the kidney and liver, respectively. However, there were no significant relationships among administered dose, duration of Pb treatment, and liver or kidney Pb content. Then, values in all mice administered control or 0.02 mg Pb were located inside the ellipse, representing the confidence area of the new index, and values in all mice administered more than 2 mg Pb were located outside the ellipse. These results confirm that animals exposed to high concentrations of Pb would be detected by this new index.
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- T Takano
- Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-8602, Japan
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- Department of Applied Science, School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-8602, Japan
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- Department of Applied Science, School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-8602, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-8602, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-8602, Japan
- Saitama Institute of Public Health, 410-1 Ewai, Yochimi-cho hiki-gun, Saitama, 335-0133, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-8602, Japan.
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Yamada F, Horie D, Nakamura A, Tanimura A, Yamamoto H, Segawa H, Ito M, Miyamoto KI, Taketani Y, Takeda E. Role of serine 249 of ezrin in the regulation of sodium-dependent phosphate transporter NaPi-IIa activity in renal proximal tubular cells. J Med Invest 2013; 60:27-34. [DOI: 10.2152/jmi.60.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Fumiyo Yamada
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
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- Department of Molecular Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
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- University of Hyogo School of Human Science and Environment
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- Department of Molecular Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
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We have operated on nine patients with a prepontine epidermoid extending to the bilateral cistern or the unilateral middle fossa using the anterior transpetrosal approach since 1986. The preoperative symptoms were unilateral trigeminal neuralgia, hearing disturbance, gait disturbance, double vision, facial hypesthesia, hemifacial spasm, and dysphagia. The most common neurological sign was unilateral trigeminal nerve disturbance. In two patients with useful hearing preoperatively lost, the labyrinth and mastoid air cells as well as the petrous apex were resected to extend the surgical field. Tumors were totally removed, except for capsules that were tightly adhered to the brain stem, cranial nerve, and vessels. The trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, and dysphagia disappeared, but double vision improved only one out of three cases, and facial hypesthesia was unchanged in all cases. There were no postoperative deaths. New abducens palsy appeared in four cases and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage appeared in three cases postoperatively, but later these symptoms disappeared. In one case, postoperative chemical meningitis developed, and a ventricular shunt was required later to treat hydrocephalus. Postoperative follow-up, an average of 5,7 years, did not show any increases in any of the tumors. Based on our experience, we conclude that the anterior transpetrosal approach is more useful than the retromastoid suboccipital approach to resect the epidermoid located mainly in the prepontine cistern.
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Tanimura A, Yamada F, Saito A, Ito M, Kimura T, Anzai N, Horie D, Yamamoto H, Miyamoto KI, Taketani Y, Takeda E. Analysis of different complexes of type IIa sodium-dependent phosphate transporter in rat renal cortex using blue-native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. J Med Invest 2011; 58:140-7. [PMID: 21372499 DOI: 10.2152/jmi.58.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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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Type IIa sodium-dependent phosphate transporter (NaPi-IIa) can be localized in the apical plasma membrane of renal proximal tubule to carry out a rate-limiting step of phosphate reabsorption. For the apical localization, NaPi-IIa is required to form a macromolecular complex with some adaptor proteins such as Na(+)/H(+) exchanger regulatory factor 1 (NHERF-1) and ezrin. However, the detail of macromolecular complex containing NaPi-IIa in the apical membrane of the renal proximal tubular cells has not been clarified. In this study, we identified at least four different complexes (220, 480, 920, 1,100 kDa) containing NaPi-IIa by using blue-native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Interestingly, LC-MS/MS analysis and immunoprecipitation analysis reveal that megalin is a component of larger complexes (920 and 1,100 kDa). In addition, NaPi-IIa can be heterogeneously co-localized with ezrin and megalin on the apical membrane of renal proximal tubuler cells by fluorescence microscopy analysis. These results suggest that NaPi-IIa can form some different complexes on the apical plasma membrane of renal proximal tubular cells.
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- Ayako Tanimura
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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Mohammadi A, Baba M, Ohuchi H, Kaga Y, Yamada F. On the Use of a Thick Carbon Target in the 90° Compton Spectroscopy for the Measurement of Diagnostic X-rays. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2008. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2008.10875856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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: 10/24/2022]
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Abe T, Saito T, Tsuchiya T, Sato Y, Kenjo A, Yamada F, Hoshino M, Shishido F, Gotoh M. Clinical usefulness of radionuclide angiography using 99mTc-DTPA-HSA in simultaneous cadaveric pancreas-kidney transplantation: a case report. Transplant Proc 2003; 35:472-3. [PMID: 12591490 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)03808-3] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- T Abe
- Department of Surgery I, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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Tsuchiya T, Abe T, Saito T, Sato Y, Kenjo A, Yamada F, Asari S, Nishi I, Tanaka K, Gotoh M. Successful living donor liver transplantation in a patient with preoperative fungal infection. Transplant Proc 2003; 35:401. [PMID: 12591459 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)03811-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- T Tsuchiya
- First Department of Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
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Ueda F, Sugamata M, Aota M, Mochizuki M, Yamada F, Hondo R. Swift and definite serotyping for isolated Listeria monocytogenes strains. New Microbiol 2002; 25:165-71. [PMID: 12019722] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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The serotype is most important for molecular epidemiological analysis of Listeria monocytogenes (L.m.) contaminating marketed meats. An improvement on the traditional method was thus attempted in the present study because of the requirement of swift and definite serotyping. In the determination of O-antigen, definite judgement was allowed by an immediate cooling at 80 degrees C after autoclaving the bacteria. In the determination of H-antigen, use of a culture plate without Craigie's tube yielded the active bacteria only by single culture. The stable and clear agglutination in many samples was also obtained with a microplate using less antiserum. The availability was confirmed with 123 strains and the serovar 1/2b was dominant in the Japanese strains.
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- F Ueda
- Department of Veterinary Public Health, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
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Sato Y, Kondo T, Yamada F. [Basic study on the sensitivity test for inhibiting fibroblast proliferation (II)]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2001; 28:1885-90. [PMID: 11729481] [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: 02/22/2023]
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The results of in vitro tests against solid tumors have been generally influenced by the mixing in of fibroblasts, and so have SDI tests. We demonstrated that the influence of fibroblasts can be excluded by performing the SDI test on an agar layer, thus significantly inhibiting the growth of fibroblasts in the liquid top layer. In the agar SDI test, SDS is used to dissolve formazan; however, this lowers the sensitivity to some extent. We added additional DMSO to SDS and to raise the sensitivity.
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- Y Sato
- Dept. of Pharmacy, Tokai Central Hospital
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Somei M, Teranishi S, Yamada K, Yamada F. The chemistry of indoles. CVII. A novel synthesis of 3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-7-hydroxy-1H-azepino[5,4,3-cd]indoles and a new finding on Pictet-Spengler reaction. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2001; 49:1159-65. [PMID: 11558603 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.49.1159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Serotonins were found to produce 3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-7-hydroxy-1H-azepino[5,4,3-cd]indoles by simple heating with amines under an oxygen atmosphere. Serotonins also reacted with various aldehydes to provide 3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-7-hydroxy-1H-azepino[5,4,3-cd]indoles rather than beta-carbolines under basic conditions. In these novel reactions, the presence of the 5-hydroxy group on the indole nucleus was suggested to be essential. Possible mechanisms are discussed.
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- M Somei
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Japan.
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Kondo T, Sato Y, Yamada F. [Fundamental study on the sensitivity test inhibiting fibroblast proliferation]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2001; 28:669-75. [PMID: 11383216] [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: 02/20/2023]
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Although many kinds of chemosensitivity test are available for the selection of suitable anticancer agents, the results of in vitro tests against solid tumors have been generally influenced by mixed in fibroblasts, as have SDI tests. We demonstrated that the influence of fibroblasts can be excluded by performing the SDI test on an agar layer, thus significantly inhibiting the growth of fibroblasts in the liquid top layer. The sensitivity of the agar SDI test was determined on the 3-4th day after incubation because cell proliferation tended to be delayed, and there were also somewhat higher cell counts of about 40,000 per well. The inhibition indices with and without agar in vitro were the same, showing no significant differences. With nude mice, the transplanted tumor index value of the agar SDI test is higher than that of SDI, and approaches in value the SDI of a pure tumor cell, which means that the sensitivity of a solid tumor might be more accurately shown by an agar SDI test than by an SDI test.
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- T Kondo
- Dept. of Surgery, Tokai Central Hospital
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Yagi A, Boucsein W, Yamada F. Psychophysiology in ergonomics. Introduction. Int J Psychophysiol 2001; 40:vii-ix. [PMID: 11228352 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8760(00)00184-7] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- A Yagi
- Department of Psychology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Uegahara, Hyogo, 662-8501, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Yamada F, Abe T, Saito T, Tsuciya T, Ishii S, Gotoh M. Ischemic preconditioning enhances regenerative capacity of hepatocytes after prolonged ischemia. Transplant Proc 2001; 33:956. [PMID: 11267143 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)02283-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- F Yamada
- Department of Surgery I, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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Somei M, Yamada F, Kurauchi T, Nagahama Y, Hasegawa M, Yamada K, Teranishi S, Sato H, Kaneko C. The chemistry of indoles. CIII. Simple syntheses of serotonin, N-methylserotonin, bufotenine, 5-methoxy-N-methyltryptamine, bufobutanoic acid, N-(indol-3-yl)methyl-5-methoxy-N-methyltryptamine, and lespedamine based on 1-hydroxyindole chemistry. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2001; 49:87-96. [PMID: 11201232 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.49.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Application of regioselective nucleophilic substitution reactions of 1-hydroxytryptamines to novel and simple syntheses of serotonin (1a), N-methylserotonin (1b), bufotenine (1c), 5-methoxy-N-methyltryptamine (2a), bufobutanoic acid (3a), N-(indol-3-yl)methyl-5-methoxy-N-methyltryptamine (4), and lespedamine (5) are described. Effective syntheses of 5-benzyloxytryptamine and 1-methoxy-2-oxindoles are also reported.
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- M Somei
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Japan.
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The characteristic features of surgically curable mucin-producing extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma (MPEBC) have not previously been elucidated. Three (6.5%) of 46 patients who underwent surgery in our department for bile duct carcinoma between 1986 and 1997 had MPEBC. Clinicopathological features, diagnostic procedures and operative methods for patients with MPEBC were investigated. Tumors in the bile duct were identified by cholangioscopy combined with cholangiography after removal of mucin balls. Tumors were located close to the hepatic confluence in these patients. Two patients underwent hepatic lobectomy together with caudate lobectomy while the other underwent resection of the hepatic confluence. Absence of residual tumors was confirmed histologically in these patients. All three patients remain alive without evidence of recurrence, 22-54 months after surgery. MPEBC is a curable disease. Accurate localization in the biliary tree is essential and can only be obtained after, i) removal of mucin balls, and ii) extensive diagnostic work-up including cholangiography, cholangioscopy and intraoperative pathological examination.
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- A Kenjo
- First Dept of Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, Hikarigaoka, Japan
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Tsuchiya T, Miyazawa M, Abe T, Saito T, Kanno H, Ishii S, Suzuki M, Kenjo A, Yamada F, Gunji T, Kimura T, Gotoh M. Hepatic regeneration and ischemia/reperfusion injury in fatty-liver rats. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:2324. [PMID: 11120184 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01683-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- T Tsuchiya
- First Department of Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
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Nagahama T, Maruyama M, Toukairin Y, Baba H, Yoshida T, Kure N, Ebuchi M, Yamada F, Ikeda T. [Hepatic arterial injection therapy (HAI) for metastatic liver tumor from gastric cancer]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2000; 27:1920-3. [PMID: 11086446] [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: 02/18/2023]
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The results and problems of hepatic artery infusion therapy (HAI) for gastric carcinoma with synchronous liver metastasis were evaluated. The response rate of HAI with CDDP and 5-FU for metastatic liver tumor was 55% (1 CR + 5 PR/11). The median survival time for responders was 16.5 months, which was statistically longer than that of non-responders at only 5.5 months. Histologically, most responder cases were with AFP producing tumors and NSE positive tumors without distant lymph node involvement. Non-responder cases developed marked distant lymph node involvement besides the liver metastasis. Most of responder patients died of lymph node recurrence or distant metastasis other than liver tumor. It may be concluded that additional therapy to HAI is needed to improve the prognosis of gastric cancer patients with multiple liver metastases.
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- T Nagahama
- Dept. of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Ohkubo Hospital
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Ikushima M, Matsui K, Yamada F, Kawahashi S, Nishikawa SK. Specific immune response to a synthetic peptide derived from outer surface protein C of Borrelia burgdorferi predicts protective borreliacidal antibodies. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 2000; 29:15-21. [PMID: 10967255 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2000.tb01499.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In a previous study, we described the development of a new specific serodiagnostic test for Lyme disease involving enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and a synthetic peptide, OspC-I. The OspC-I peptide is derived from part of the outer surface protein C (OspC) amino acid sequence of Borrelia burgdorferi and is located in the region conserved among B. burgdorferi sensu stricto or sensu lato isolates. In this study, we demonstrate that sera containing antibodies against OspC-I from patients with early Lyme disease had borreliacidal activity against isolates of three genospecies of Lyme disease spirochete, B. burgdoreferi B31, B. garinii HPI and B. afzelii HT61. However, the borreliacidal activity against B. burgdorferi, which has not been isolated in Japan, was weaker than that against the other species. Vaccination of mice with OspC-I induced the production of anti-OspC-I antibodies in serum with borreliacidal activity. The immune mouse serum had significantly higher levels of borreliacidal activity against HP1 and HT61, than against B31. Neutralization of borreliacidal activity with anti-IgM antibodies showed that the borreliacidal activity of anti-OspC-I antibodies in serum was due to IgM. Furthermore. mice vaccinated with OspC-I were protected against challenge with HPI and HT61. but not fully protected against infection with B31. These results suggest that OspC-I is not only a specific antigen for use in serodiagnostic tests for Lyme disease, but is also a potential candidate for a Lyme disease vaccine in Japan.
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- M Ikushima
- Division of Clinical Microbiology, Saitama Institute of Public Health, Japan
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In our continuing work on synthesizing 4-substituted indole alkaloids as simple as possible by creating suitable reactions, we developed synthetic methods for 4-substituted indoles having a nitrogen or oxygen functional group at the 4-position starting from indole-3-carbaldehyde and one step conversion method of indole-3-carbaldehydes into indole-3-acetonitriles. Utilizing them, we could establish a practical synthetic route to 1,3,4,5-tetrahydropyrrolo[4,3,2-de]-quinoline in three steps from indole-3-carbaldehyde. On the basis of these results, short step total syntheses of marine indole alkaloids, such as isobatzelline C, batzelline C, makaluvamine A, and damirones A and B, were achieved. Furthermore, a novel preparative method of psilocin was established in only five steps from indole-3-carbaldehyde. The syntheses of psilocin analogs having a formyl group or bromine in the benzene part were also achieved.
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- F Yamada
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Japan
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Ikushima M, Yamada F, Kawahashi S, Okuyama Y, Matsui K. Antibody response to OspC-I synthetic peptide derived from outer surface protein C of Borrelia burgdorferi in sera from Japanese forestry workers. Epidemiol Infect 1999; 122:429-33. [PMID: 10459646 PMCID: PMC2809637 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268899002320] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The prevalence of antibodies against Lyme disease spirochaetes in serum samples from 80 forestry workers at high occupational risk of Lyme disease was surveyed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with the OspC-I synthetic peptide. The peptide is part of the outer surface protein C (OspC) amino acid sequence located in the region conserved among Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto or sensu lato. Positivity for antibodies against OspC-I was observed in 25 (313%) of the forestry workers. Of these positive cases, 12 (15.0%) and 19 (23.8%) were positive for immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG antibody, respectively. Among 62 workers who were negative for IgG antibody against B. garinii or B. japonica in our previous study, 9 (14.5%) and 4 (6.5%) were positive for IgM and IgG antibody, respectively, in OspC-I ELISA. These results demonstrate for the first time that Lyme disease in forestry workers can be revealed using OspC-I ELISA. We conclude that forestry workers who show positive results for antibodies against OspC-I have very likely been exposed to Lyme disease spirochaetes, and that those who show positivity for IgM antibody against OspC-I may be in the early stage of Lyme disease.
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- M Ikushima
- Division of Clinical Microbiology, Saitama Institute of Public Health, Japan
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Yamada F. Frontal midline theta rhythm and eyeblinking activity during a VDT task and a video game: useful tools for psychophysiology in ergonomics. Ergonomics 1998; 41:678-688. [PMID: 9613228 DOI: 10.1080/001401398186847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The necessity of psychophysiological research in ergonomics has gradually been recognized in Japan. In this paper, frontal midline theta rhythm (Fm-theta) and eyeblinking are recommended as tools in this field, especially for assessing workers' attention concentration, mental workload, fatigue, and interest during VDT work at the workplace and playing video games at home. In experiment 1, Fm-theta and eyeblink rates were measured in 10 Japanese abacus experts (Group E) and 10 normal students (Group C) during a visual search task with VDT. Memory load affected all measures. The amount of Fm-theta appeared more in Group E than Group C, but blink rate was lower in Group E than in Group C. As abacus experts have such highly developed skills in concentration, the result indicates that the amount of Fm-theta would be a good index of attention concentration in VDT workers. The second experiment was done with 10 school-aged children as subjects during three visual tasks: video game, mental test and animation. Amounts of Fm-theta and the degree of blink inhibition were maximum while playing the video game, which all subjects reported they most preferred, and minimum while watching animation, which eight subjects reported to be most boring. An interesting task would seem to provoke Fm-theta and inhibit eyeblink activity. From these two experiments, Fm-theta and eyeblink rate would appear to be good indices of attention concentration and task pleasantness of a mental task using VDT.
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- F Yamada
- Laboratory of Psychophysiology, Osaka Prefectural College of Nursing, Japan
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Yamada F, Fukuda S, Ajimi Y, Yamaguchi N, Katayama M, Kurokawa R. Spontaneous occlusion of the circle of Willis(Moya-Moya disease): One disease entity, both juvenile and adult type. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0303-8467(97)81558-2] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Takao M, Koto A, Fukuuchi Y, Yamada F, Okabe T. [Ruptured fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery with minimal atherosclerosis--report of a case]. No To Shinkei 1997; 49:553-7. [PMID: 9198097] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We reported a case of ruptured fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery with minimal atherosclerosis. A 51-year-old man was admitted because of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). He had no previous illness and family history. Computed tomographic scan revealed subarachnoid hemorrhage and a fusiform aneurysm in the basilar artery. Cerebral angiography confirmed the presence of the basilar fusiform aneurysm. After four days, the consciousness level worsened and a respiratory support was initiated. The patient died on the fifth hospital day. Autopsy was permitted only to the brain. The brain weighed 1,700 g. Massive subarachnoid hemorrhage was noted at the base of the brain and in the sylvian fissures. A large fusiform aneurysm (30 x 20 x 17 mm) was located in the proximal portion of the basilar artery. Atherosclerotic changes were minimal in the aneurysmal wall and the major extracerebral arteries. SAH was most severe around the aneurysm. The pons showed focal necrosis due to compression by the aneurysm. Microscopically, the aneurysmal wall revealed diffuse attenuation of the muscularis. The elastica also showed a focal defect. We suggest that in the present case of fusiform aneurysm, the pathogenesis is not atherosclerosis but a congenital defect of the muscularis and elastic lamina.
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- M Takao
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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Ohori M, Umekita N, Maeshiro T, Miyamoto S, Yamada F, Awane Y. [Common bile duct fistula caused by hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1996; 23:1565-7. [PMID: 8854806] [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: 02/02/2023]
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We often use hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy to control recurrence of metastatic cancer of liver. Recently, we encountered a case of common bile duct fistula caused by hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy. A 61-year-old man had undergone right hepatic lobectomy for liver metastasis of gastric cancer, 7 months after total gastrectomy. A hepatic arterial infusion catheter was placed. Since then he has received continuous and/or bolus hepatic artery infusion of 5-FU, ADR and CDDP+5-FU. There was a recurrence of gastric cancer in segment 2 of the liver. On his second admission, when we administered contrast medium to the infusion port, a common bile duct was found.
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- M Ohori
- Dept. of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital
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Umekita N, Maeshiro T, Miyamoto S, Yamada F, Awane Y. [Indication of prophylactic hepatic arterial-infusion chemotherapy after hepatic resection for liver metastases from colorectal cancer]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1996; 23:1457-60. [PMID: 8854779] [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: 02/02/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to clarify the indication of prophylactic hepatic arterial-infusion chemotherapy (PHAIC) after hepatic resection for liver metastases from colorectal cancer. Sixty-one patients underwent curative hepatectomy, and 27 of them were treated with PHAIC using implantable port. According to clinicopathological factors of primary colorectal cancer and liver metastases, the prognoses were analyzed. In conclusion, PHAIC was not useful for patients who had distant lymph node metastases (paraaortic lymph node) from primary cancer.
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- N Umekita
- Dept. of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital
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Suzuki T, Sakurabayashi S, Yoshino K, Yamamoto Y, Nishimura S, Abe K, Iwase T, Hirano M, Oka H, Kajiwara S, Yamada F. [A case of the hypoplasia of the hepatic left lobe complicated with cholangiocarcinoma]. Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi 1996; 93:276-81. [PMID: 8656572] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- T Suzuki
- Division of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital, Japan
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Yokoyama K, Fujii H, Yamada F, Suzuki K, Ka WJ, Kondo M, Ito H, Kubo A. [The long-term results of the irradiation therapy for the dural arteriovenous malformation]. Nihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi 1996; 56:187-194. [PMID: 8992455] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Although radiotherapy has been used to treat non-neoplastic vascular diseases, it is not widely accepted as a standardized treatment for dural arteriovenous malformations (DAVM). The uncertainties regarding the therapeutic outcome and the benign nature of DAVM are the major factors that limit the indication of radiotherapy. In an attempt to assess the long-term benefits and risks of the treatment, we analyzed 24 patients with DAVM treated with radiotherapy. The cavernous sinuses were involved in 12 and the transversesigmoid sinuses in 12. Doses ranging from 10 to 56 Gy (median 44.9 Gy) were delivered by multiple fractionation. In terms of clinical improvement, complete response was achieved in 19 patients and partial response in five. Four patients had recurrence of symptoms; two patients were reirradiated with the result of good symptomatic relief, one patient was successfully treated with transarterial embolization and the other patient with less disabling symptoms was managed conservatively. No adverse side effects attributed to radiation were encountered during the follow-up period of 0.5-17 years (median 8.5 years). Radiotherapy is a safe and effective method for the treatment of DAVM and is warranted in patients who are unsuitable for transarterial embolization or surgical procedure.
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- K Yokoyama
- Department of Radiology, Shizuoka Red Cross Hospital
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Funahashi H, Imai T, Tanaka Y, Tobinaga J, Wada M, Morita T, Yamada F, Tsukamura K, Oiwa M, Kikumori T, Narita T, Takagi H. Suppressive effect of iodine on DMBA-induced breast tumor growth in the rat. J Surg Oncol 1996; 61:209-13. [PMID: 8637209 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9098(199603)61:3<209::aid-jso9>3.0.co;2-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 02/01/2023]
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Concerning the suppressive effect of inorganic iodine on the growth of 7,12-dimethyl-benz(a)anthracene (DMBA)-induced breast tumor in female Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats, we previously reported that although iodine itself had a suppressive effect on the tumor growth, its effect was not as strong as that of MPA (medroxy-progesterone acetate). However, the combined medication of iodine at a low concentration + MPA showed a stronger effect than MPA alone. The purpose of the present study is to elucidate this mechanism of action by determining the uptake of the administered iodine into breast tumor tissue. Breast tumors were induced with DMBA in female SD rats, and these animals were treated with MPA + inorganic iodine at various concentrations for 4 weeks to determine tumor growth and tumor iodine content. In the comparison of tissue iodine content in growth-suppressive tumors with that in nonsuppressive tumors, the former showed a much higher iodine content. This suggests that direct uptake of inorganic iodine by breast tumors led to the suppression of tumor growth.
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MESH Headings
- 9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene/adverse effects
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacokinetics
- Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use
- Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal/pharmacokinetics
- Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal/therapeutic use
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Female
- Growth Inhibitors/pharmacokinetics
- Growth Inhibitors/therapeutic use
- Iodine/pharmacokinetics
- Iodine/therapeutic use
- Mammary Glands, Animal/metabolism
- Mammary Glands, Animal/pathology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/metabolism
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/prevention & control
- Medroxyprogesterone Acetate/pharmacokinetics
- Medroxyprogesterone Acetate/therapeutic use
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Thyroid Gland/metabolism
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- H Funahashi
- Department of Surgery II, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan
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Tobinaga J, Imai T, Funahashi H, Tanaka Y, Wada M, Morita T, Yamada F, Tsukamura K, Oiwa M, Kikumori T, Sasano H, Takagi H. Incidentally discovered adrenocortical adenomas are not fully nonfunctioning: immunohistochemical and dispersed adrenocortical cell study. Endocr J 1996; 43:79-86. [PMID: 8732456 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.43.79] [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: 02/01/2023] Open
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To clarify the precise function of incidentally discovered adrenocortical adenoma, immunohistochemical and dispersed adrenal cell studies were performed. We have recently seen five patients with so-called nonfunctioning adrenocortical adenoma. Diurnal variation in plasma cortisol and suppression of plasma cortisol and urine 17-hydroxycorticosteroids in response to dexamethasone administration revealed adrenocortical function within normal limits in all cases, and no signs or symptoms of adrenal steroid hormone excess were evident. Since a high uptake of iodomethylnorcholesterol was recognized in each adrenal mass, it was supposed that these adrenal tumors produced steroid hormone to a certain extent, and each patient received unilateral adrenalectomy. P450c17, a key enzyme involved in cortisol production, was expressed in the tumor region in all cases in an immunohistochemical study. Upon in vitro steroidogenesis with dispersed adrenal cells in two cases, all steroid hormones measured except for aldosterone (progesterone, 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, pregnenolone, 17 alpha-hydroxypregnenolone, 11-deoxycortisol, cortisol, 11-deoxycorticosterone, corticosterone, 18-hydroxydeoxycorticosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone and androstenedione) were produced in a culture medium. The results indicated that these tumors possessed the capacity for cortisol production, which was in agreement with the results of an iodomethyl-norcholesterol scintigraphy. All patients with mild hypertension or diabetes mellitus had no signs or symptoms of steroid hormone excess, but they could potentially develop a steroid excess syndrome such as Cushing's syndrome in the future.
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- J Tobinaga
- Department of Surgery II, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan
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A 63-year-old male presented with a cerebral arteriovenous malformation in the dominant motor area which subsequently disappeared spontaneously. He had suffered from epileptic attacks in his right extremities for 2 years before he first presented aged 53 years. He was treated with anticonvulsants and was followed up. Bleeding from the cerebral arteriovenous malformation occurred when he was 61 years old. Two years later, angiography revealed the complete disappearance of the cerebral arteriovenous malformation. Such spontaneous disappearance is rare, and the patient should be followed up as the nidus may reappear later.
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- K Shimizu
- Department of Neurosurgery, Keio University, Tokyo
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Hanada H, Umekita N, Maeshiro T, Miyamoto S, Yamada F, Awane Y. [Study of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy for prophylaxis of liver metastases of colorectal cancer after hepatic resection]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1995; 22:1497-9. [PMID: 7574742] [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: 01/26/2023]
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We examined the significance of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) for prophylaxis of liver metastases of colorectal cancer after hepatic resection using an implantable port. Fifty-five patients operated at the hospital from August 1988 to December 1994 were divided into two groups consisting of 23 patients with HAIC group: (HAIC (+)), and 32 patients without HAIC group: (HAIC (-)) retrospectively. The cumulative survival rates and recurrent rates of cancer free in remnant liver of HAIC (+) were improved, compared with HAIC (-). This suggests that HAIC was effective in improving the prognosis and preventing recurrence in remnant liver.
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- H Hanada
- Dept. of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutou Hospital
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Maeshiro T, Miyamoto S, Umekita N, Fukutome A, Yamada F, Awane Y. [Two cases of catheter tip dislocation to the duodenal bulb: a rare complication of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1995; 22:1687-9. [PMID: 7574793] [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: 01/26/2023]
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Case 1: A 63-year-old woman underwent transverse colectomy and hepatectomy for colonic cancer and liver metastasis. A hepatic arterial infusion port (HAIP) was implanted. Continuous infusion of 5-FU (total amount, 7,500 mg) caused a hemorrhagic duodenal ulcer 15 months after. Follow-up endoscopy revealed the catheter tip was in the duodenal bulb. Case 2: A 62-year-old man underwent abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer. Repeated hepatectomy for liver metastases was performed at 3 and 5 years after the first operation. HAIP was implanted at the last operation, but was not available at all due to the wound infection. The port was removed, but the catheter remained. Three years after, the catheter tip was found in the duodenal bulb by endoscopy.
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- T Maeshiro
- Dept. of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh General Hospital
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Yano Y, Sakon M, Kambayashi J, Kawasaki T, Senda T, Tanaka K, Yamada F, Shibata N. Cytoskeletal reorganization of human platelets induced by the protein phosphatase 1/2 A inhibitors okadaic acid and calyculin A. Biochem J 1995; 307 ( Pt 2):439-49. [PMID: 7733881 PMCID: PMC1136668 DOI: 10.1042/bj3070439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 01/26/2023]
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Okadaic acid (OA) and calyculin A (CLA), which are potent and specific inhibitors of serine/threonine protein phosphatases type 1 and 2A, have been shown to induce drastic changes in platelet morphology. The aim of this study was to analyse the molecular mechanisms of OA- or CLA-induced cytoskeletal reorganization, with a specific focus on microtubules and actin filaments. Confocal fluorescence microscopy revealed that OA or CLA altered the distribution of microtubules from marginal band arrangements to homogeneous patterns, consistent with the transmission-electron-microscopic finding that microtubules were fragmented and redistributed into pseudopod-like processes. In thrombin-activated platelets, OA or CLA induced extremely long pseudopods containing an array of microtubules and actin filaments, and a condensed mass of actin filaments in the centre of platelets. OA or CLA induced the constriction of actin filaments without an increase in filamentous (F)-actin, and also rather significantly inhibited actin polymerization in thrombin-activated platelets. Furthermore, neither OA or CLA enhanced phosphorylation of myosin light chain (MLC). By immunoprecipitation of platelet lysate with anti-alpha-tubulin antibody, a 90 kDa protein was co-precipitated with tubulin and was predominantly phosphorylated in the presence of OA. As the time-dependent phosphorylation of 90 kDa protein correlated well with the reorganization of microtubules, these data suggest that phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of this protein might play a role in the regulation of microtubule organization. These findings indicate that OA or CLA induces reorganization of microtubules and actin filaments via the phosphorylation of a microtubule-associated 90 kDa protein and an MLC-phosphorylation-independent mechanism. mechanism.
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- Y Yano
- Department of Surgery II, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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Fukuda T, Okano Y, Kodama N, Yamada F, Hara S, Yoon DH. Growth of bubble-free Ti-doped Al2O3 single crystal by the czochralski method. Cryst Res Technol 1995. [DOI: 10.1002/crat.2170300208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Murata N, Ozawa A, Hanabusa Y, Ohta H, Yamada F, Suzuki H, Takeda H, Katouno E, Techigawara M, Oowada K. [Post operative mediastinitis: the experience of two cases after graft replacement of the ascending aorta]. Kyobu Geka 1995; 48:71-5. [PMID: 7869639] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A mediastinitis after a graft replacement of the ascending aorta is serious complication and sometimes could be lethal. We have experienced two cases of such a condition, recently. In both cases, the debridement of the mediastinum and omental transposition were performed. Case 1 had a recurrent mediastinitis due to residual dead space infection, but was cured by a percutaneous drainage and a continuous irrigation. In case 2, the omentum was carefully positioned to occupy the dead space around the graft, because of the experience of the first case and gave a good result. We believe that omental transposition is an effective treatment for the postoperative mediastinitis.
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- N Murata
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ohta-Nishinouchi Hospital, Kohriyama, Japan
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Yamada F, Kurazono T, Yamaguchi M, Ohzeki Y, Okuyama Y. [Biological characters of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli isolates from diarrhea patients in Saitama (1990-1992)]. Kansenshogaku Zasshi 1994; 68:1451-8. [PMID: 7876666 DOI: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.68.1451] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A total of 16 strains of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) isolated from diarrea patients in Saitama from 1990 to 1992 were tested for their serotype, verotoxin production, biochemical characteristics, antibiotics sensitivity and plasmid profiles. By serotype analysis, 14 strains from two outbreaks and 12 sporadic cases were classified as type O157:H7, one as O111:H-(not motility) and one as O128:H2. Typing of verotoxin by gene analysis using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) showed that 9 of O157:H7 strains including two cases from outbreaks and O128:H2 have VT1 and VT2 genes, other O157:H7 have the VT2 gene and O111:H-has only the VT1 gene. Biochemical characteristic analysis indicated two strains of O157:H7 type from outbreaks were biotype II and the rest of O157:H7 were biotype I. One of the O157:H7 strain from a sporadic case showed positive for urease production. According to sensitivity tests against antibiotics, out of the O157:H7 group, one strain was resistant against ABPC, one against SM and two strains resistant to SM-TC. For plasmid profiles, all strains had 94 Kb plasmids and several smaller sizes of plasmids. But 5 strains of O157:H7 had 94 Kb plasmid only.
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- F Yamada
- Saitama Institute of Public Health
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Funahashi H, Imai T, Tanaka Y, Tobinaga J, Wada M, Matsuyama T, Tsukamura K, Yamada F, Takagi H, Narita T. Discrepancy between PNMT presence and relative lack of adrenaline production in extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma. J Surg Oncol 1994; 57:196-200. [PMID: 7967610 DOI: 10.1002/jso.2930570312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [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: 01/28/2023]
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Among catecholamine synthesizing enzymes, phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PNMT) exists only in adrenal and extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma has been believed not to produce adrenaline. However, adrenaline production is clinically active in some extra-adrenal cases. To investigate this controversy, the localization of catecholamine synthesizing enzymes was studied by immunohistochemical staining in extra-adrenal and adrenal cases. The results showed that PNMT was expressed not only in many cases of adrenal pheochromocytoma, but also in extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma. It is suspected that little adrenaline production in extra-adrenal cases is attributable to a lack of a good environment for the activation of PNMT by a high concentration of glucocorticoids.
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- H Funahashi
- Department of Surgery II, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan
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Shimamoto Y, Shimazaki K, Ochiai M, Yamada F. [A juvenile onset case of moyamoya disease with intraventricular hemorrhage during pregnancy: case report]. No Shinkei Geka 1994; 22:867-70. [PMID: 8090271] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We report a primipara with intracranial bleeding during pregnancy. The patient, a 23-year-old female, had history of cerebral ischemic attack during childhood and was diagnosed as having moyamoya disease at the age of ten. She did not undergo reconstructive vascular surgery but had not suffered from the cerebral ischemic attack in the last ten years. She suddenly lost consciousness in the eighth month of pregnancy and was admitted to our hospital. The brain CT scan revealed right paraventricular hemorrhage with ventricular perforation. After the newborn baby was delivered by cesarean section under spinal anesthesia, an emergency ventricle drainage was performed. The angiography demonstrated the occlusion of the internal carotid arteries at C1 portion with evidence of a moderate basal moyamoya network on both sides. Marked dilatation of the posterior lateral choroidal arteries was also seen on both sides, but no aneurysms were found. We supposed that the source of intracranial hemorrhage was a breakdown of the dilated perforating moyamoya vessels that formed the basal collateral network. We also supposed that the time of onset of intracranial hemorrhage might be related to the hemodynamic and hormonal changes occurring during pregnancy. Appropriate counterplans to pregnancy should be made by females with moyamoya disease, because pregnancy may be risky for them.
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- Y Shimamoto
- Department of Neurosurgery, Shizuoka Red Cross Hospital
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A case of mixed germ cell tumor (germinoma and immature teratoma) of right cranial basal ganglia is presented. We followed the natural course for 8 months, and the change in his clinical, radiologic, and endocrinologic features was remarkable.
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- S Furuhata
- Department of Neurosurgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Nishiyama T, Shioi H, Korenaga K, Tun R, Yamada F. Antioxidant activities of tetrakis(4-hydroxyphenyl)pentanes and tetrakis(4-hydroxyphenyl)- p-xylenes. CAN J CHEM 1994. [DOI: 10.1139/v94-183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A series of tetrakis(4-hydroxyphenyl)pentanes and tetrakis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-p-xylenes having relatively high molecular weights (550−810) were prepared and evaluated as antioxidants for tetralin at 60 °C by means of an oxygen-absorption method. Introduction of alkyl groups to the ortho positions of the phenolic hydroxyl group was shown to improve antioxidant activities for both series of compounds.
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Nishiyama T, Kagimasa T, Yamada F. Comparison of heteroatom-bridged analogues of methylenebisphenols for antioxidant activities. CAN J CHEM 1994. [DOI: 10.1139/v94-176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A series of methylenebisphenols, thiobisphenols, oxybisphenols, and iminobisphenols were evaluated as antioxidants for tetralin at 60 °C by means of an oxygen-obsorption method. It was found that replacement of the bridged methylene group of methylenebisphenols by a nitrogen atom showed considerably better antioxidant effects. The antioxidant effects of these compounds were influenced by the positions of the phenolic hydroxyl groups in their molecules.
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Shimamoto Y, Sugiyama E, Inaba M, Shinoda J, Shimazaki K, Yamada F. [Cerebral cysticercosis treated with praziquantel--a case report]. No To Shinkei 1994; 46:381-6. [PMID: 8024838] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We report a patient with cerebral cysticercosis treated with praziquantel. The patient, a 30-year-old man, was admitted to our hospital with a 12-year-history of generalized convulsion. MRI of the brain showed multiple cysts and the largest one in the right frontal lobe measured 3 cm in diameter. The intensity of cyst contents was same as that of the CSF on T1- and T2-weighted images. X-Ray of extremities and blood examinations showed no abnormal findings. The immunological testing for cysticercosis was negative in the serum. An operation was performed for the largest cyst in the right frontal lobe. The cyst was pathologically confirmed as cysticercosis. He was treated with praziquantel 50 mg/kg body weight in 3 divided doses per day with steroid cover for 7 days. The same therapy was repeated at an interval of 14 days. The patient was suffering from headache and scintilating scotoma only for a few days during the therapy. MRI revealed reduction in the size of the cysts in the right occipital lobe but no change in the other cysts. He was given praziquantel 600 mg per day for two months. As a result, the cysts in the right occipital lobe disappeared and the other cysts diminished on MRI.
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- Y Shimamoto
- Department of Neurosurgery, Shizuoka Red Cross Hospital, Japan
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Kurazono T, Yamada F, Yamaguchi M, Ohzeki Y, Okuyama Y, Itoh K, Shimada T. [The first report of traveler's diarrhea associated with a newly described toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O139 strain in Japan]. Kansenshogaku Zasshi 1994; 68:8-12. [PMID: 8138681 DOI: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.68.8] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A newly described Vibrio cholerae O139 was isolated from a patient who had traveled in India on April 1993. The patient experienced 5 to 6 watery diarrhea per day after he returned to Japan. The isolated strain registered as K111 did not agglutinate with O1-O138 antiserum and agglutinated with O139 antiserum. This strain resembled V. cholerae O1 strain in biochemical characters and had ctx and zot, although was resistant to the vibrio static agent O/129. This is the first report of cholera-like illness by the newly described toxigenic V. cholerae O139 strain in Japan.
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Fujio Y, Yamada F, Takahashi K, Shibata N. Altered fibronectin-dependent cell adhesion by PDGF accompanies phenotypic modulation of vascular smooth muscle cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1993; 196:997-1002. [PMID: 7694583 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1993.2348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 01/26/2023]
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PDGF promotes growth of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and induces morphological changes. We investigated the effects of PDGF on cell-matrix adhesion of SMCs. PDGF reorganized integrin distribution as well as actin filament structure. PDGF-treated cells attached more loosely to fibronectin than non-treated cells. Decreased expression of alpha-actin by PDGF was antagonized by coating culture dishes with fibronectin but not with vitronectin and laminin. The inhibition of cell adhesion by GRGDSP oligopeptide and anti-fibronectin receptor antibody led to the reduction in alpha-actin expression. These results suggest that PDGF may modulate phenotype of SMCs by altering fibronectin-integrin interaction.
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- Y Fujio
- Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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Three patients with rare epidermoid cyst in the callosal region are described, two adjacent and one in the corpus callosum. Computed tomography revealed atypical features, i.e. a large, well-defined high-density mass unenhanced postcontrast and a well-defined hypodense mass with marginal calcification in one case each. Such a diffuse high-density mass may be caused by hemorrhage, highly concentrated protein or calcification of keratinized debris within the cyst. Marginal calcification may occur for unknown reasons. The cysts were subtotally removed.
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- S Furuhata
- Department of Neurosurgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo
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Fujio Y, Yamada F, Takahashi K, Shibata N. Responses of smooth muscle cells to platelet-derived growth factor are inhibited by herbimycin-A tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1993; 195:79-83. [PMID: 7689842 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1993.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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: 01/26/2023]
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Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) plays important roles in proliferation of smooth muscle cells (SMCs). PDGF is also known to induce the cytoskeletal reorganization as a chemoattractant. In this communication, we demonstrate that the tyrosine kinase inhibitor herbimycin-A (HM-A) inhibited the effects of PDGF on SMCs in proliferation, phenotypic modulation, and reorganization of F-actin. Another tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein also inhibited reorganization of F-actin. Since both tyrosine kinase inhibitors reduced PDGF-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation, tyrosine kinase activities may be involved not only in proliferation but also in reorganization of F-actin.
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- Y Fujio
- Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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