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Maeda I. Potential of Phototrophic Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria to Fix Nitrogen in Rice Fields. Microorganisms 2021; 10:microorganisms10010028. [PMID: 35056477 PMCID: PMC8777916 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10010028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Biological nitrogen fixation catalyzed by Mo-nitrogenase of symbiotic diazotrophs has attracted interest because its potential to supply plant-available nitrogen offers an alternative way of using chemical fertilizers for sustainable agriculture. Phototrophic purple nonsulfur bacteria (PNSB) diazotrophically grow under light anaerobic conditions and can be isolated from photic and microaerobic zones of rice fields. Therefore, PNSB as asymbiotic diazotrophs contribute to nitrogen fixation in rice fields. An attempt to measure nitrogen in the oxidized surface layer of paddy soil estimates that approximately 6–8 kg N/ha/year might be accumulated by phototrophic microorganisms. Species of PNSB possess one of or both alternative nitrogenases, V-nitrogenase and Fe-nitrogenase, which are found in asymbiotic diazotrophs, in addition to Mo-nitrogenase. The regulatory networks control nitrogenase activity in response to ammonium, molecular oxygen, and light irradiation. Laboratory and field studies have revealed effectiveness of PNSB inoculation to rice cultures on increases of nitrogen gain, plant growth, and/or grain yield. In this review, properties of the nitrogenase isozymes and regulation of nitrogenase activities in PNSB are described, and research challenges and potential of PNSB inoculation to rice cultures are discussed from a viewpoint of their applications as nitrogen biofertilizer.
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- Isamu Maeda
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 350 Minemachi, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan
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Kitamura R, Kozaki T, Ishii K, Iigo M, Kurokura T, Yamane K, Maeda I, Iwabuchi K, Saito T. Utilizing Cattle Manure Compost Increases Ammonia Monooxygenase A Gene Expression and Ammonia-oxidizing Activity of Both Bacteria and Archaea in Biofiltration Media for Ammonia Deodorization. Microbes Environ 2021; 36. [PMID: 33907062 PMCID: PMC8209447 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me20148] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Malodorous emissions are a crucial and inevitable issue during the decomposition of biological waste and contain a high concentration of ammonia. Biofiltration technology is a feasible, low-cost, energy-saving method that reduces and eliminates malodors without environmental impact. In the present study, we evaluated the effectiveness of compost from cattle manure and food waste as deodorizing media based on their removal of ammonia and the expression of ammonia-oxidizing genes, and identified the bacterial and archaeal communities in these media. Ammonia was removed by cattle manure compost, but not by food waste compost. The next-generation sequencing of 16S ribosomal RNA obtained from cattle manure compost revealed the presence of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), including Cytophagia, Alphaproteobacteria, and Gammaproteobacteria, and ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA), such as Thaumarchaeota. In cattle manure compost, the bacterial and archaeal ammonia monooxygenase A (amoA) genes were both up-regulated after exposure to ammonia (fold ratio of 14.2±11.8 after/before), and the bacterial and archaeal communities were more homologous after than before exposure to ammonia, which indicates the adaptation of these communities to ammonia. These results suggest the potential of cattle manure compost as an efficient biological deodorization medium due to the activation of ammonia-oxidizing microbes, such as AOB and AOA, and the up-regulation of their amoA genes.
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- Rika Kitamura
- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University
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- Department of Agrobiology and Bioresources, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University
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- Department of Agrobiology and Bioresources, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University
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- Department of Bioresource and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University
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Ohashi Y, Huang S, Maeda I. Biosyntheses of geranic acid and citronellic acid from monoterpene alcohols by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2021; 85:1530-1535. [PMID: 33713103 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbab039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 12/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Geraniol is one of the important aromatic ingredients in alcoholic beverages. Bioconversions of geraniol to other terpenoids and genes involved in the oxidation of geraniol were investigated. Geranic acid and citronellic acid were detected in yeast culture, where geraniol or nerol was added. Addition of citral, a mixture of geranial and neral, resulted in the production of geranic acid and citronellic acid, whereas the addition of citral or citronellal resulted in the production of citronellic acid, suggesting that citronellic acid might be produced through the conversion of citral to citronellal followed by the oxidation of citronellal. Consumption of geraniol and production of geranic acid, citronellic acid, and citronellol were affected in adh1Δ, adh3Δ, adh4Δ, and sfa1Δ yeast strains, which possess single deletion of a gene encoding alcohol dehydrogenase. This is the first report of the bioconversion of monoterpene alcohols, geraniol and nerol, to geranic acid and citronellic acid in yeast culture.
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- Yuka Ohashi
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan
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Kusumah D, Wakui M, Murakami M, Xie X, Yukihito K, Maeda I. Linoleic acid, α-linolenic acid, and monolinolenins as antibacterial substances in the heat-processed soybean fermented with Rhizopus oligosporus. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2020; 84:1285-1290. [PMID: 32089087 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2020.1731299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [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: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Antibacterial activities against Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis were found in an ethanol fraction of tempe, an Indonesian fermented soybean produced using Rhizopus oligosporus. The ethanol fraction contained free fatty acids, monoglycerides, and fatty acid ethyl esters. Among these substances, linoleic acid and α-linolenic acid exhibited antibacterial activities against S. aureus and B. subtilis, whereas 1-monolinolenin and 2-monolinolenin exhibited antibacterial activity against B. subtilis. The other free fatty acids, 1-monoolein, monolinoleins, ethyl linoleate, and ethyl linolenate did not exhibit bactericidal activities. These results revealed that R. oligosporus produced the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and monolinolenins as antibacterial substances against the Gram-positive bacteria during the fungal growth and fermentation of heat-processed soybean.
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- Dewi Kusumah
- Department of Applied Life Science, United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
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- Department of Applied Life Science, United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
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- Department of Applied Life Science, United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
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- Department of Applied Life Science, United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
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Watanabe M, Yamada C, Maeda I, Techapun C, Kuntiya A, Leksawasdi N, Seesuriyachan P, Chaiyaso T, Takenaka S, Shiono T, Nakamura K, Endo S. Evaluating of quality of rice bran protein concentrate prepared by a combination of isoelectronic precipitation and electrolyzed water treatment. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2018.09.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kusumah D, Kabuyama Y, Maeda I. Promotion of Fungal Growth, Antibacterial and Antioxidative Activities in Tempe Produced with Soybeans Thermally Treated Using Steam Pressure. FSTR 2018. [DOI: 10.3136/fstr.24.395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Dewi Kusumah
- Department of Applied Life Science, United Graduate School Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Department of Applied Life Science, United Graduate School Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
- Faculty of Agricultural Science, Utsunomiya University
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- Department of Applied Life Science, United Graduate School Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
- Faculty of Agricultural Science, Utsunomiya University
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Maeda I, Oana Y, Tsugawa K, Takagi M. Availability of immunocytochemistry using cocktail antibody targeting p63/cytokeratin14 for the differential diagnosis of fibroadenoma and ductal carcinoma in situ in fine needle aspiration cytology of the breast. Cytopathology 2017; 28:378-384. [DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- I. Maeda
- Department of Pathology; St. Marianna University School of Medicine; Kawasaki Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pathology; St. Marianna University Hospital; Kawasaki Japan
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- Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery; St. Marianna University School of Medicine; Kawasaki Japan
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- Department of Pathology; St. Marianna University School of Medicine; Kawasaki Japan
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Watanabe M, Techapun C, Kuntiya A, Leksawasdi N, Seesuriyachan P, Chaiyaso T, Takenaka S, Maeda I, Koyama M, Nakamura K. Extracellular protease derived from lactic acid bacteria stimulates the fermentative lactic acid production from the by-products of rice as a biomass refinery function. J Biosci Bioeng 2017; 123:245-251. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2016.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2016] [Revised: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Yamaguchi M, Naito T, Nagao Y, Kabuyama Y, Hashimoto K, Azuma N, Maeda I. Effect of increased feeding of dietary α-linolenic acid by grazing on formation of the cis9,trans11-18:2 isoform of conjugated linoleic acid in bovine milk. Anim Sci J 2016; 88:1006-1011. [PMID: 27878911 DOI: 10.1111/asj.12727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Feeding systems such as grazing affect the fatty acid profile of bovine milk fat. In addition, milk fat is formed as the product of fatty acid metabolism in cow bodies before being secreted into milk. However, how grazing influences milk fatty acid profile through the metabolism has not been completely characterized. When fatty acid concentrations in Holstein milk were compared between grazing and non-grazing periods, α-linolenic acid was significantly higher in the grazing period than in the non-grazing period. This could be explained with an increase in α-linolenic acid feeding with grazing. α-linolenic acid had a linear positive correlation with conjugated linoleic acid (9c,11t-18:2) (CLA) and vaccenic acid (VA) during the grazing period, whereas CLA had higher correlation with linoleic acid rather than with α-linolenic acid during the non-grazing period. These data indicate that the high content of dietary α-linolenic acid affects CLA and VA formation in milk of grazing periods via α-linolenic acid metabolism into VA.
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- Mio Yamaguchi
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan.,University Farm, Utsunomiya University, Mohka, Tochigi, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan.,University Farm, Utsunomiya University, Mohka, Tochigi, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan.,Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan.,Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan.,Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan.,Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
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Naito T, Sachuronggui, Ueki M, Maeda I. Light-enhanced bioaccumulation of molybdenum by nitrogen-deprived recombinant anoxygenic photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2016; 80:407-13. [DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2015.1086260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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As molybdenum (Mo) is an indispensable metal for plant nitrogen metabolisms, accumulation of dissolved Mo into bacterial cells may connect to the development of bacterial fertilizers that promote plant growth. In order to enhance Mo bioaccumulation, nitrogen removal and light illumination were examined in anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria (APB) because APB possess Mo nitrogenase whose synthesis is strictly regulated by ammonium ion concentration. In addition, an APB, Rhodopseudomonas palustris, transformed with a gene encoding Mo-responsive transcriptional regulator ModE was constructed. Mo content was most markedly enhanced by the removal of ammonium ion from medium and light illumination while their effects on other metal contents were limited. Increases in contents of trace metals including Mo by the genetic modification were observed. Thus, these results demonstrated an effective way to enrich Mo in the bacterial cells by the culture conditions and genetic modification.
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- Taki Naito
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
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Hiramoto S, Kikuchi A, Yoshioka A, Maeda I. 1506 Efficacy of palliative radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy for localized bleeding and obstruction caused by unresectable gastric cancer. Eur J Cancer 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(16)30596-2] [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: 10/22/2022]
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Amano K, Maeda I, Morita T, Miura T, Inoue S, Ikenaga M, Matsumoto Y, Baba M, Sekine R, Yamaguchi T, Hirohashi T, Tajima T, Tatara R, Watanabe H, Otani H, Takigawa C, Matsuda Y, Nagaoka H, Mori M, Kinoshita H. 1510 Clinical implications of C-reactive protein as a prognostic marker in advanced cancer patients in palliative settings. Eur J Cancer 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(16)30600-1] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Kitamura R, Ishii K, Maeda I, Kozaki T, Iwabuchi K, Saito T. Evaluation of bacterial communities by bacteriome analysis targeting 16S rRNA genes and quantitative analysis of ammonia monooxygenase gene in different types of compost. J Biosci Bioeng 2015; 121:57-65. [PMID: 26111599 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2015.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Revised: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Biofiltration technology based on microbial degradation and assimilation is used for the removal of malodorous compounds, such as ammonia. Microbes that degrade malodorous and/or organic substances are involved in composting and are retained after composting; therefore, mature composts can serve as an ideal candidate for a biofilter medium. In this study, we focused on different types of raw compost materials, as these are important factors determining the bacterial community profile and the chemical component of the compost. Therefore, bacterial community profiles, the abundance of the bacterial ammonia monooxygenase gene (amoA), and the quantities of chemical components were analyzed in composts produced from either food waste or cattle manure. The community profiles with the lowest beta diversity were obtained from single type of cattle manure compost. However, cattle manure composts showed greater alpha diversity, contained higher amounts of various rRNA gene fragments than those of food waste composts and contained the amoA gene by relative quantification, and Proteobacteria were abundantly found and nitrifying bacteria were detected in it. Nitrifying bacteria are responsible for ammonia oxidation and mainly belong to the Proteobacteria or Nitrospira phyla. The quantities of chemical components, such as salt, phosphorus, and nitrogen, differed between the cattle manure and food waste composts, indicating that the raw materials provided different fermentation environments that were crucial for the formation of different community profiles. The results also suggest that cattle manure might be a more suitable raw material for the production of composts to be used in the biofiltration of ammonia.
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- Rika Kitamura
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, 3-8-1 Harumi-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8538, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Bidg. 2 Room 319, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 350 Mine-machi, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Bidg. 2 Room 319, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Department of Bioresource and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 9 Kita 9 Jyou Nishi, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 350 Mine-machi, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
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Watanabe M, Maeda I, Koyama M, Nakamura K, Sasano K. Simultaneous recovery and purification of rice protein and phosphorus compounds from full-fat and defatted rice bran with organic solvent-free process. J Biosci Bioeng 2015; 119:206-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2014.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2014] [Revised: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Hanada H, Masuda D, Fushimi E, Takehashi M, Mugii S, Okubo M, Maeda I, Suehisa E, Hidaka Y, Yasushi S, Yamashita S. Serum adiponectin levels correlated with serum apolipoprotein b-48 and remnant lipoprotein–cholesterol concentrations and carotid intima-media thickness. Atherosclerosis 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.05.491] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Maeda I, Inaba A, Koike H, Yoneyama K, Ueda S, Yoshida K. Acyclic carotenoid and cyclic apocarotenoid cleavage by an orthologue of lignostilbene-α,β-dioxygenase in Rhodopseudomonas palustris. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 154:449-54. [DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvt075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Tsuboyama M, Maeda I. Combinatorial parallel display of polypeptides using bacteriophage T7 for development of fluorescent nano-bioprobes. J Biosci Bioeng 2013; 116:28-33. [PMID: 23419458 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2013.01.015] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2012] [Revised: 01/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Application of nano-particles to diagnostic fields has attracted much attention. Biotechnology can contribute to produce useful nano-materials by engineering bacteriophage nano-particles, which are easily prepared by infecting phages to bacterial host cells. In this study, establishment of nano-bioprobes was demonstrated, based on the T7 phage display system, by constructing phage particles displaying a ligand polypeptide S-tag and a green fluorescent protein (GFP) at the same time on the surface of phage head. To achieve this purpose, two types of phage particles were tested: One displayed S-tag and GFP as a single polypeptide (tandem display), and another displayed these molecules as two different polypeptides (parallel display). Only the parallelly displayed phage could be detected with ligand blotting using S-protein and with immunoblotting using an anti-GFP antibody. S-protein-coated magnetic beads and nano-particles were successively labeled with fluorescence using the parallelly displayed phage but could not be labeled with the tandemly displayed phage. Thus, the parallel display of a ligand molecule and fluorescent protein on the head surface of bacteriophage T7 could provide a new scheme of producing fluorescent nano-bioprobes for diagnostic applications.
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- Mie Tsuboyama
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Utsunomiya University, 350 Minemachi, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan
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Background From a human health viewpoint, contaminated milk and its products could be a source of long-term exposure to toxic metals. Simple, inexpensive, and on-site assays would enable constant monitoring of their contents. Bioassays that can measure toxic metals in milk or yoghurt might reduce the risk. For this purpose, the green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged trans factors, ArsR-GFP and CadC-GFP, together with their cis elements were used to develop such bioassays. Results ArsR-GFP or CadC-GFP, which binds either toxic metal or DNA fragment including cis element, was directly mixed with cow’s milk or yoghurt within a neutral pH range. The fluorescence of GFP, which is reflected by the association/dissociation ratio between cis element and trans factor, significantly changed with increasing externally added As (III) or Cd (II) whereas smaller responses to externally added Pb (II) and Zn (II) were found. Preparation and dilution of whey fraction at low pH were essential to intrinsic zinc quantification using CadC-GFP. Using the extraction procedure and bioassay, intrinsic Zn (II) concentrations ranging from 1.4 to 4.8 mg/l for milk brands and from 1.2 to 2.9 mg/kg for yoghurt brands were determined, which correlated to those determined using inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy. Conclusions GFP-tagged bacterial trans factors and cis elements can work in the neutralized whole composition and diluted whey fraction of milk and yoghurt. The feature of regulatory elements is advantageous for establishment of simple and rapid assays of toxic metals in dairy products.
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- Mohammad Shohel Rana Siddiki
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu 183-8509, Japan
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Maeda I, Sakurai H, Yoshida K, Siddiki M, Shimizu T, Fukami M, Ueda S. Monitoring of environmental arsenic by cultures of the photosynthetic bacterial sensor illuminated with a near-infrared light emitting diode array. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 21:1306-11. [PMID: 22210618 DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1105.05017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Recombinant Rhodopseudomonas palustris, harboring the carotenoid-metabolizing gene crtI (CrtIBS), and whose color changes from greenish yellow to red in response to inorganic As(III), was cultured in transparent microplate wells illuminated with a light emitting diode (LED) array. The cells were seen to grow better under near-infrared light, when compared with cells illuminated with blue or green LEDs. The absorbance ratio of 525 to 425 nm after cultivation for 24 h, which reflects red carotenoid accumulation, increased with an increase in As(III) concentrations. The detection limit of cultures illuminated with near-infrared LED was 5 microgram/l, which was equivalent to that of cultures in test tubes illuminated with an incandescent lamp. A near-infrared LED array, in combination with a microplate, enabled the simultaneous handling of multiple cultures, including CrtIBS and a control strain, for normalization by the illumination of those with equal photon flux densities. Thus, the introduction of a near-infrared LED array to the assay is advantageous for the monitoring of arsenic in natural water samples that may contain a number of unknown factors and, therefore, need normalization of the reporter event.
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- Isamu Maeda
- Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 350 Minemachi, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan.
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C30 carotenoids, which have shorter backbones than C40 carotenoids, are known to be produced in the pathogenic bacterium Staphylococcus aureus that causes opportunistic infection. The first committed enzyme in the C30 carotenoid synthetic pathway is dehydrosqualene synthase CrtM. CrtM converts farnesyl pyrophosphate to dehydrosqualene. Dehydrosqualene desaturase CrtN then converts dehydrosqualene to the yellow C30 carotenoid, 4,4'-diaponeurosporene. This chapter describes a method to synthesize C30 carotenoids in Bacillus subtilis, which is generally recognized as a safe (GRAS) organism. Introduction of S. aureus crtM and crtN genes into B. subtilis results in yellow pigmentation. The B. subtilis transformant accumulates two C30 carotenoids, 4,4'-diapolycopene and 4,4'-diaponeurosporene. Furthermore, together with crtMN, introduction of S. aureus crtP and crtQ genes, which encode mixed function oxidase and glycosyltransferase, respectively, donates the ability to produce glycosylated C30 carotenoic acid. Thus, carotenoid biosynthesis genes of S. aureus is applicable to genetically modify B. subtilis in order to construct a safe organism producing C30 carotenoids.
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- Isamu Maeda
- Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Bioproductive Science, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan.
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Okanami Y, Honma N, Arai T, Sawabe M, Maeda I, Takagi M, Younes M, Takubo K. P5-17-04: Association between Breast Cancer and Osteoporosis among Women 85 Years or Older. Cancer Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs11-p5-17-04] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: The pathogenesis of breast cancer in very elderly women is of interest, because estrogen levels are likely to be extremely low during the development of the disease. Estrogens have opposing effects on the pathogenesis of breast cancer and osteoporosis. In an effort to understand the significance of estrogens in the pathogenesis of breast cancer in this group, we examined the association between breast cancer and osteoporosis in women at least 85 years old, taking body mass index (BMI) and hormone receptors status into consideration.
Methods:Clinical records of consecutive elderly women (≥ 85 y/o) who underwent breast cancer surgery at Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital (BC) and control women of the same age group (Cont) were reviewed; osteoporosis and BMI status in both groups were recorded and compared. The status of estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) of breast cancers was examined immunohistochemically and compared between BC with and without osteoporosis (BC-OP and BC-nonOP, respectively).
Results:Frequency of osteoporosis was significantly lower among BC than Cont. There was no difference in BMI measured after 85 y/o between BC and Cont; however, percentage of women, whose BMI measured when they were in their sixties or seventies was ≥ 20% higher than BMI measured when they were 85 y/o or older, was significantly higher among BC than Cont (31% and 2%, respectively. P = 0.0001). ER positivity of breast cancer did not differ between BC-OP and BC-nonOP, whereas PR positivity was significantly higher among BC-nonOP than BC-OP (P = 0.0359).
Discussion: The inverse relationship between the incidence of breast cancer and osteoporosis suggests an important role for estrogens in the pathogenesis of breast cancer in the very elderly women. Our finding that one third of BC had ≥ 20% higher BMI when they were in their sixties or seventies suggests they may also had elevated serum estrogens during these earlier years, because increased BMI has been reported to be associated with increased serum estrogens in postmenopausal women. Expression of PR is regulated by estrogen-ER signaling, and PR positivity is considered to reflect the effectiveness of estrogen-ER pathway. Significant difference of PR positivity between BC-nonOP and BC-OP suggests the more importance of estrogens in BC-nonOP than BC-OP.
Conclusion:Estrogens seem to play an important role in the pathogenesis of breast cancers in very elderly women, especially without osteoporosis. With increasing aging population in developed countries, those findings may have implications for breast cancer prevention in this age group.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2011;71(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P5-17-04.
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- Y Okanami
- 1St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology; Baylor College of Medicine
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- 1St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology; Baylor College of Medicine
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- 1St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology; Baylor College of Medicine
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- 1St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology; Baylor College of Medicine
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- 1St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology; Baylor College of Medicine
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- 1St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology; Baylor College of Medicine
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- 1St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology; Baylor College of Medicine
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- 1St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology; Baylor College of Medicine
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Siddiki MSR, Kawakami Y, Ueda S, Maeda I. Solid phase biosensors for arsenic or cadmium composed of A trans factor and cis element complex. Sensors (Basel) 2011; 11:10063-73. [PMID: 22346629 PMCID: PMC3274271 DOI: 10.3390/s111110063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2011] [Revised: 10/18/2011] [Accepted: 10/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The presence of toxic metals in drinking water has hazardous effects on human health. This study was conducted to develop GFP-based-metal-binding biosensors for on-site assay of toxic metal ions. GFP-tagged ArsR and CadC proteins bound to a cis element, and lost the capability of binding to it in their As- and Cd-binding conformational states, respectively. Water samples containing toxic metals were incubated on a complex of GFP-tagged ArsR or CadC and cis element which was immobilized on a solid surface. Metal concentrations were quantified with fluorescence intensity of the metal-binding states released from the cis element. Fluorescence intensity obtained with the assay significantly increased with increasing concentrations of toxic metals. Detection limits of 1 μg/L for Cd(II) and 5 μg/L for As(III) in purified water and 10 µg/L for Cd(II) and As(III) in tap water and bottled mineral water were achieved by measurement with a battery-powered portable fluorometer after 15-min and 30-min incubation, respectively. A complex of freeze dried GFP-tagged ArsR or CadC binding to cis element was stable at 4 °C and responded to 5 μg/L As(III) or Cd(II). The solid phase biosensors are sensitive, less time-consuming, portable, and could offer a protocol for on-site evaluation of the toxic metals in drinking water.
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- Mohammad Shohel Rana Siddiki
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu 183-8509, Japan; E-Mails: (M.S.R.S.); (S.U.)
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 350 Minemachi, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan; E-Mail: (Y.K.)
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- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu 183-8509, Japan; E-Mails: (M.S.R.S.); (S.U.)
- Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 350 Minemachi, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan; E-Mail: (Y.K.)
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- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu 183-8509, Japan; E-Mails: (M.S.R.S.); (S.U.)
- Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 350 Minemachi, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan; E-Mail: (Y.K.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +81-28-649-5477; Fax: +81-28-649-5477
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Rahman ML, Yoshida K, Maeda I, Tanaka H, Sugita S. Distribution of retinal cone photoreceptor oil droplets, and identification of associated carotenoids in crow (Corvus macrorhynchos). Zoolog Sci 2010; 27:514-21. [PMID: 20528159 DOI: 10.2108/zsj.27.514] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The topography of cone oil droplets and their carotenoids were investigated in the retina of jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos). Fresh retina was sampled for the study of retinal cone oil droplets, and extracted retinal carotenoids were saponified using methods adapted from a recent study, then identified with reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). To assess the effects of saponification conditions on carotenoid recovery from crow retina, we varied base concentration and total time of saponification across a wide range of conditions, and again used HPLC to compare carotenoid concentrations. Based on colors, at least four types of oil droplets were recognized, i.e., red, orange, green, and translucent, across the retina. With an average of 91,202 /mm(2), density gradually declines in an eccentric manner from optic disc. In retina, the density and size of droplets are inversely related. In the peripheral zone, oil droplets were significantly larger than those of the central area. The proportion of orange oil droplets (33%) was higher in the central area, whereas green was predominant in other areas. Three types of carotenoid (astaxanthin, galloxanthin and lutein), together with one unknown carotenoid, were recovered from the crow retina; astaxanthin was the dominant carotenoid among them. The recovery of carotenoids was affected by saponification conditions. Astaxanthin was well recovered in weak alkali (0.06 M KOH), in contrast, xanthophyllic carotenoids were best recovered in strong alkali (0.6 M KOH) after 12 h of saponification at freeze temperature.
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- Mohammad Lutfur Rahman
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 350 Minemachi, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan.
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Kawakami Y, Siddiki MSR, Inoue K, Otabayashi H, Yoshida K, Ueda S, Miyasaka H, Maeda I. Application of fluorescent protein-tagged trans factors and immobilized cis elements to monitoring of toxic metals based on in vitro protein-DNA interactions. Biosens Bioelectron 2010; 26:1466-73. [PMID: 20724137 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2010.07.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2010] [Revised: 07/16/2010] [Accepted: 07/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Environmental toxic metals cause serious global public health problems. On-site monitoring protects people from exposure to such harmful elements. In this study, the bacterial transcriptional switches were applied to monitoring of toxic metals. ArsR and CadC, trans factors of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, were fused to GFP. The fusion proteins, ArsR-GFP and CadC-GFP, associated with cis elements, P(ars)-O(ars) and P(cad)-O(cad), respectively and dissociated from those upon recognition of As(III) or Pb/Cd. Cell lysates containing ArsR-GFP were pre-incubated with As(III) standard solutions for 15 min and loaded into P(ars)-O(ars)-immobilized microplate wells. Cell lysates containing CadC-GFP were pre-incubated with Pb or Cd solutions and loaded into P(cad)-O(cad)-immobilized wells. The cell lysates were incubated for 15 min and removed from the wells. Fluorescence intensity in the wells dose-dependently decreased in response to As(III) up to 200 μg/l or Pb/Cd up to 100 μg/l. Detection limits were 10 μg/l for As(III) 10 μg/l for Cd, and 20 μg/l for Pb with a microplate fluororeader, whereas 5.0 μg/l for As(III), 1.0 μg/l for Cd, and 10 μg/l for Pb with a handheld fluorometer. This method was available to detect Pb/Cd or As(III) in water containing soil extracts. This is the first demonstration of a simple and rapid fluorometry to detect analytes based on in vitro interaction between a cis element and a trans factor.
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- Yasunari Kawakami
- Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 350 Minemachi, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan
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Yoshida K, Ueda S, Maeda I. Carotenoid production in Bacillus subtilis achieved by metabolic engineering. Biotechnol Lett 2009; 31:1789-93. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-009-0082-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2009] [Revised: 06/23/2009] [Accepted: 06/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Maeda I, Hayashi S, Takeoka K, Suehisa E, Kabutomori O, Imai N, Iyama S, Hosotsubo H, Fushimi R, Amino N. Development of a Clinical Laboratory Supervised System (CLASSY). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.3109/14639239509025342] [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: 11/13/2022]
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Maeda I, Hirata A, Shoji M, Ueda S, Yoshida K. Functional substitution of the transient membrane-anchor domain inEscherichia coliFtsY with an N-terminal hydrophobic segment ofStreptomyces lividansFtsY. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2008; 287:85-90. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01297.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Maeda I, Yamada H, Takano T, Nishihara E, Ito Y, Matsuzuka F, Miya A, Kobayashi K, Yoshida H, Miyauchi A, Hidaka Y. Increased expression levels of tensin3 mRNA in thyroid functional adenomas as compared to non-functioning adenomas. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2008; 117:191-3. [PMID: 18561090 DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078742] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Tensin3 is a member of tensin family which is localized in focal adhesion. In our previous study, a high level of tensin3 mRNA expression was observed in the thyroid but not in other tissues, thus, tensin3 gene was regarded as a novel thyroid-specific gene. The high expression level of tensin3 mRNA in normal thyroid tissue suggests some fundamental roles in thyroid functions. In fact, the expression level of tensin3 mRNA was low in most thyroid carcinomas and non-functioning thyroid follicular adenomas which do not produce thyroid hormone. In the present study, we measured the expression levels of tensin3 mRNA in twelve functional adenomas and compared the results with those in normal thyroid tissues, adenomatous goiters and non-functioning thyroid follicular adenomas. Tensin3 mRNA was expressed abundantly in all twelve functional adenomas at almost the same level as in normal thyroid tissues and adenomatous goiters, while its expression was significantly lower in non-functioning follicular adenomas. Considering these facts, an abundant expression of tensin3 mRNA is observed in tissues that produce thyroid hormone, which suggests some fundamental roles in basic thyroid functions.
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- I Maeda
- Central Laboratory for Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Hospital, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Yoshida K, Yoshioka D, Inoue K, Takaichi S, Maeda I. Evaluation of colors in green mutants isolated from purple bacteria as a host for colorimetric whole-cell biosensors. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 76:1043-50. [PMID: 17609942 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1079-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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] [Received: 05/09/2007] [Revised: 06/01/2007] [Accepted: 06/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The change in carotenoid-based bacterial color from yellow to red can be applied to whole-cell biosensors. We generated several green mutants to emphasize the color change in such biosensors. The blue-green crtI-deleted mutant, Rhodopseudomonas palustris no.711, accumulated the colorless carotenoid precursor, phytoene. Green Rhodovulum sulfidophilum M31 accumulated neurosporene, a downstream product of phytoene. Another green mutant, Rhodobacter sphaeroides Ga, accumulated neurosporene and chloroxanthin, which are both downstream products of phytoene. All green mutants accumulated bacteriochlorophyll a. Photosynthetic membrane obtained from the green mutants all exhibited decreased absorption of wavelength range at 510-570 nm. Therefore, these indicate that the greenish bacterial colors were mainly caused by the existence of bacteriochlorophyll a and the changes in carotenoid composition in photosynthetic membrane. The colors of the green mutants and their wild-type strains were plotted in the CIE-L*a*b* color space, and the color difference (DeltaE*ab) values between a green mutant and its wild type were calculated. DeltaE*ab values were higher in the green mutants than in Rdv. sulfidophilum CDM2, the yellowish host strain of reported biosensors. These data indicate that change in bacterial color from green to red is more distinguishable than that from yellow to red as a reporter signal of carotenoid-based whole-cell biosensors.
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- Kazuyuki Yoshida
- Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Minemachi, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan
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Yoshida K, Isoda K, Yagi K, Maeda I. Development of Whole-Cell Biosensors Based on Color Change by Accumulation of Carotenoids. BUNSEKI KAGAKU 2007. [DOI: 10.2116/bunsekikagaku.56.993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Kazuyuki Yoshida
- Department of Bioproductive Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University
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- Department of Bioproductive Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University
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Konno N, Habu N, Maeda I, Azuma N, Isogai A. Cellouronate (β-1,4-linked polyglucuronate) lyase from Brevundimonas sp. SH203: Purification and characterization. Carbohydr Polym 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2005.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fujimoto H, Wakabayashi M, Yamashiro H, Maeda I, Isoda K, Kondoh M, Kawase M, Miyasaka H, Yagi K. Whole-cell arsenite biosensor using photosynthetic bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum. Rhodovulum sulfidophilum as an arsenite biosensor. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 73:332-8. [PMID: 16733729 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0483-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2006] [Revised: 04/20/2006] [Accepted: 04/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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An arsenite biosensor plasmid was constructed in Escherichia coli by inserting the operator/promoter region of the ars operon and the arsR gene from E. coli and the crtA gene, which is responsible for carotenoid synthesis in the photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodovulum sulfidophilum, into the broad-host-range plasmid vector, pRK415. The biosensor plasmid, pSENSE-As, was introduced into a crtA-deleted mutant strain of R. sulfidophilum (CDM2), which is yellow in culture due to its content of spheroiden (SE) and demethylspheroidene (DMSE). CDM2 containing pSENSE-As changed from yellow to red by the addition of arsenite, which caused enzymatic transformation of SE and DMSE to spheroidenone (SO) and demethylspheroidenone (DMSO). Reverse transcriptase PCR analysis showed that the color change depended on transcription of the crtA gene in pSENSE-As. The color change could be clearly recognized with the naked eye at 5 microg/l arsenite. The biosensor strain did not respond to other metals except for bismuth and antimony, which caused significant accumulation of SO and DMSO in the cells at 60 and 600 microg/l, respectively. This biosensor indicates the presence of arsenite with a bacterial color change without the need to add a special reagent or substrate for color development, enabling this pollutant to be monitored in samples by the naked eye in sunlight, even where electricity is not available.
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- Hiroyuki Fujimoto
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Maeda I, Yamashiro H, Yoshioka D, Onodera M, Ueda S, Kawase M, Miyasaka H, Yagi K. Colorimetric dimethyl sulfide sensor using Rhodovulum sulfidophilum cells based on intrinsic pigment conversion by CrtA. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 70:397-402. [PMID: 16158287 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-0117-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2005] [Revised: 07/21/2005] [Accepted: 07/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A colorimetric whole-cell sensor for dimethyl sulfide (DMS) was constructed based on the in vivo conversion of intrinsic pigments in response to the analyte. In a marine bacterium, Rhodovulum sulfidophilum, carotenoids are synthesized via the spheroidene pathway. In this pathway, demethylspheroidene, a yellow carotenoid, is converted to spheroidene under catalysis of O-methyltransferase. Spheroidene monooxygenase (CrtA) catalyzes the terminal step of the pathway and converts spheroidene to spheroidenone, a red carotenoid. Here, the CrtA gene in R. sulfidophilum was removed and then reintroduced downstream of the DMS dehydrogenase gene promoter. Using this whole-cell sensor, 3 muM DMS or dimethyl sulfoxide can be detected without adding any color-forming reagent. The ratio of the red spheroidenone to total carotenoids increased, as the DMS concentration was raised to 0.3 mM. Comparison of the signal to the background color indicated a shift in the color coordinate from a yellow to a red hue. An intense signal was obtained with 1-day incubation at a high cell density when sensor cells at the exponential growth phase were used. These results show that the genetically engineered R. sulfidophilum cells can be used to monitor the quality of marine aquacultural environments by the naked eye.
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- Isamu Maeda
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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Maeda I, Delessert S, Hasegawa S, Seto Y, Zuber S, Poirier Y. The peroxisomal Acyl-CoA thioesterase Pte1p from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is required for efficient degradation of short straight chain and branched chain fatty acids. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:11729-35. [PMID: 16490786 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m511762200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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The role of the Saccharomyces cerevisae peroxisomal acyl-coenzyme A (acyl-CoA) thioesterase (Pte1p) in fatty acid beta-oxidation was studied by analyzing the in vitro kinetic activity of the purified protein as well as by measuring the carbon flux through the beta-oxidation cycle in vivo using the synthesis of peroxisomal polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) from the polymerization of the 3-hydroxyacyl-CoAs as a marker. The amount of PHA synthesized from the degradation of 10-cis-heptadecenoic, tridecanoic, undecanoic, or nonanoic acids was equivalent or slightly reduced in the pte1Delta strain compared with wild type. In contrast, a strong reduction in PHA synthesized from heptanoic acid and 8-methyl-nonanoic acid was observed for the pte1Delta strain compared with wild type. The poor catabolism of 8-methyl-nonanoic acid via beta-oxidation in pte1Delta negatively impacted the degradation of 10-cis-heptadecenoic acid and reduced the ability of the cells to efficiently grow in medium containing such fatty acids. An increase in the proportion of the short chain 3-hydroxyacid monomers was observed in PHA synthesized in pte1Delta cells grown on a variety of fatty acids, indicating a reduction in the metabolism of short chain acyl-CoAs in these cells. A purified histidine-tagged Pte1p showed high activity toward short and medium chain length acyl-CoAs, including butyryl-CoA, decanoyl-CoA and 8-methyl-nonanoyl-CoA. The kinetic parameters measured for the purified Pte1p fit well with the implication of this enzyme in the efficient metabolism of short straight and branched chain fatty acyl-CoAs by the beta-oxidation cycle.
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- Isamu Maeda
- Department of Bioproductive Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 350 Minemachi, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan
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Maeda I, Seto Y, Ueda S, Cheng Y, Hari J, Kawase M, Miyasaka H, Yagi K. Simultaneous control of turbidity and dilution rate through adjustment of medium composition in semi-continuousChlamydomonas cultures. Biotechnol Bioeng 2006; 94:722-9. [PMID: 16470602 DOI: 10.1002/bit.20884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 11/08/2022]
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For production of starch in algal cultures, a growth rate limited by a nutrient is an important factor. Under phototrophic conditions, turbidity must be also paid attention, as the shading effect may affect its productivity. Semi-continuous cultivation methods, which enable control of turbidity and dilution rate (D) at the same time, have been developed for evaluation of those factors on starch production in Chlamydomonas sp. A specific feature of the methods is in a process of alternately feeding medium adjusted at two different nitrogen (N) concentrations. In the turbidostat-based method, a turbidostat culture was operated repeating three steps of determining D within a preset interval, alternating media by comparing the D with a preset value, and adjusting D in the next interval by feeding the selected medium. In the chemostat-based method, turbidity of a chemostat culture was controlled by repeating two steps of alternating media by comparing transmitted photon flux intensity (I) with a preset value and adjusting I by feeding the selected medium. D controlled by the turbidostat-based method reached quickly a preset value as low as 0.010/h, and then it was dispersed around but above the preset value. On the other hand, mean N concentrations of fed media formed a plateau. In the chemostat-based method, I was well controlled to a preset value while the mean N concentrations were a bit fluctuated. Starch concentration varied from 0.052 to 0.41 g/L with turbidity and D defined by these methods.
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- Isamu Maeda
- Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
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Ouji Y, Yoshida-Terakura A, Hayashi Y, Maeda I, Kawase M, Yamato E, Miyazaki JI, Yagi K. Polyethyleneimine/chitosan hexamer-mediated gene transfection into intestinal epithelial cell cultured in serum-containing medium. J Biosci Bioeng 2005; 94:81-3. [PMID: 16233274 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.94.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2002] [Accepted: 03/27/2002] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In search of an efficient nonviral vector, polyethyleneimine (PEI)-based vectors were examined. In general, the transfection efficiency of nonviral vectors is suppressed by serum. Here we show that PEI based vectors, particularly, the chitosan hexamer-PEI vector, could perform efficient gene transfection into intestinal epithelial cells (IEC-6) in the presence of serum. The conjugation order of the two polymers with a plasmid (first, chitosan hexamer; second, PEI) was found to be an important factor in enhancing transfection efficiency.
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- Yukiteru Ouji
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Maeda I, Yamashiro H, Yoshioka D, Onodera M, Ueda S, Miyasaka H, Umeda F, Kawase M, Takaichi S, Yagi K. Unusual Accumulation of Demethylspheroidene in Anaerobic-Phototrophic Growth of crtA-Deleted Mutants of Rhodovulum sulfidophilum. Curr Microbiol 2005; 51:193-7. [PMID: 16086104 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-4560-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Received: 01/18/2005] [Accepted: 03/25/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Rhodovulum sulfidophilum produces carotenoids in the spheroidene pathway. Spheroidene monooxygenase, CrtA, catalyzes the conversion of spheroidene to spheroidenone. crtA-deleted mutants of R. sulfidophilum did not produce spheroidenone and demethylspheroidenone. In these mutants, the ratio of demethylspheroidene to spheroidene increased with exposure to light. One mutant exhibiting a spheroidene-predominant phenotype did not grow under anaerobic-light conditions and was devoid of bacteriochlorophyll a, even under semiaerobic-light conditions There was no difference in the growth of the mutants under aerobic-dark conditions. These data suggest that demethylspheroidene is important for photosynthesis in R. sulfidophilum.
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- Isamu Maeda
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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De Oliveira VC, Maeda I, Delessert S, Poirier Y. Increasing the carbon flux toward synthesis of short-chain-length--medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate in the peroxisome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae through modification of the beta-oxidation cycle. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:5685-7. [PMID: 15345460 PMCID: PMC520895 DOI: 10.1128/aem.70.9.5685-5687.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Short-chain-length-medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates were synthesized in Saccharomyces cerevisiae from intermediates of the beta-oxidation cycle by expressing the polyhydroxyalkanoate synthases from Aeromonas caviae and Ralstonia eutropha in the peroxisomes. The quantity of polymer produced was increased by using a mutant of the beta-oxidation-associated multifunctional enzyme with low dehydrogenase activity toward R-3-hydroxybutyryl coenzyme A.
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- Valeria Cora De Oliveira
- Département de Biologie Moléculaire Végétale, Université de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Tsutsui T, Koide H, Fukahori H, Isoda K, Higashiyama S, Maeda I, Tashiro F, Yamato E, Miyazaki JI, Yodoi J, Kawase M, Yagi K. Adenoviral transfection of hepatocytes with the thioredoxin gene confers protection against apoptosis and necrosis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 307:765-70. [PMID: 12878175 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)01253-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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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A recombinant adenovirus vector containing the human thioredoxin (TRX) gene was constructed using the Cre-loxP recombination system and used to transfect rat hepatocytes with very high efficiency. The TRX gene was expressed in a dose-dependent manner and significantly modulated rat cellular functions. The TRX gene conferred resistance to oxidative stress, such as hydrogen peroxide treatment, on the host hepatocytes. FACS analysis of DNA fragmentation showed that the TRX gene suppressed hepatocyte apoptosis. It also significantly extended the life span of hepatocytes cultured conventionally on polystyrene plates. Liver-specific functions were maintained in the viability-modulated hepatocytes. Moreover, TRX expression did not affect hepatocyte spheroid formation and it extensively suppressed necrosis in the internal cells. Thus, the transfection of hepatocytes with the TRX gene successfully confers global maintenance of liver functions. These findings provide important information for the development of bioartificial liver support systems and gene therapy for liver diseases.
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- Toshio Tsutsui
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Maeda I, Hirose N, Yamashiro H, Ichibori A, Ohshima S, Fujimoto T, Kawase M, Yagi K. Comparative study of the N-terminal hydrophilic region in Streptomyces lividans and E. coli FtsY. Curr Microbiol 2003; 47:22-5. [PMID: 12783188 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3928-x] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Streptomyces lividans FtsY (SlFtsY) was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Analysis of the amino acid (aa) sequence showed a concentration of hydrophilic aa's in the N-terminal half region of SlFtsY as observed in that of E. coli FtsY (EcFtsY). However, the length of the hydrophilic region was shorter in SlFtsY than in EcFtsY. Overexpression of SlFtsY in E. coli resulted in growth suppression as in the case of the overexpression of EcFtsY, while growth suppression as a result of the overexpression of the C-terminal half region of SlFtsY was limited. This result suggests that the N-terminal hydrophilic region of SlFtsY, regardless of its short length, would behave like its counterpart region of EcFtsY in E. coli.
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- Isamu Maeda
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Maeda I, Miyasaka H, Umeda F, Kawase M, Yagi K. Maximization of hydrogen production ability in high-density suspension of Rhodovulum sulfidophilum cells using intracellular poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) as sole substrate. Biotechnol Bioeng 2003; 81:474-81. [PMID: 12491532 DOI: 10.1002/bit.10494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 11/08/2022]
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Growth of and hydrogen production by wild-type (WT) Rhodovulum sulfidophilum were compared with those by one of its mutants lacking the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) biosynthesis ability (PNM2). During phototrophic growth under aerobic conditions with fixed illumination, changes in the extinction coefficient and PHB content of WT and PNM2 cells revealed interference of light penetration by PHB. WT cells synthesized PHB at an early stage of the cultivation. PHB degradation after exhaustion of acetate during the cultivation of WT resulted in a decrease of the extinction coefficient. The hydrogen production rate under anaerobic conditions with fixed illumination was examined in WT and PNM2 cell suspensions at different densities. The hydrogen production rate was determined not by the light penetration but by the kinds of hydrogen donors and the density of suspension. The highest value of the rate of hydrogen production from PHB, 33.0 ml/l/h, was improved compared with 26.6 ml/l/h, which was the highest value in hydrogen production from succinate. Under the same illumination, conversion to hydrogen from PHB is more efficient than that from succinate, which is one of the best substrates for hydrogen production. These results suggest that the hydrogen production rate can be maximized in the hydrogen production system based on PHB degradation, which is achieved in high-density suspension under external-substrate-depleted conditions after aerobic cultivation in the presence of an excess amount of acetate.
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- Isamu Maeda
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Wang Z, Itoh Y, Hosaka Y, Kobayashi I, Nakano Y, Maeda I, Umeda F, Yamakawa J, Kawase M, Yag K. Novel transdermal drug delivery system with polyhydroxyalkanoate and starburst polyamidoamine dendrimer. J Biosci Bioeng 2003; 95:541-3. [PMID: 16233454 DOI: 10.1016/s1389-1723(03)80059-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2002] [Accepted: 01/17/2003] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In search of an efficient transdermal drug delivery system (TDDS), a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-based system with a polyamidoamine dendrimer was examined. Tamsulosin was used as the model drug. The dendrimer was found to act as the weak enhancer. By adding the dendrimer, the dendrimer-containing PHA matrix achieved the clinically required amount of tamsulosin permeating through the skin model. This is also the first report of the application of PHA and dendrimer to the TDDS.
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- Zhioxiong Wang
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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Wang Z, Itoh Y, Hosaka Y, Kobayashi I, Nakano Y, Maeda I, Umeda F, Yamakawa J, Nishimine M, Suenobu T, Fukuzumi S, Kawase M, Yagi K. Mechanism of enhancement effect of dendrimer on transdermal drug permeation through polyhydroxyalkanoate matrix. J Biosci Bioeng 2003; 96:537-40. [PMID: 16233570 DOI: 10.1016/s1389-1723(04)70146-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2002] [Accepted: 09/02/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The possible application of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) in transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDSs) for tamsulosin was previously reported. PHAs containing the drugs, ketoprofen, clonidine and tamsulosin showed good adhesiveness to the skin model used, that is, shed snake skin, and dispersed well all model drugs tested. The model drugs hardly permeated through snake skin in solution form. However, these drugs permeated well through snake skin from the PHA matrix. It was previously reported that the addition of a dendrimer, a polymeric permeation enhancer, is effective for the TDDS for tamsulosin to establish an effective clinical TDDS. The effect of dendrimer addition was examined in TDDSs for ketoprofen and clonidine. The dendrimer added did not show an enhancement effect on the TDDSs for the two drugs. To investigate the mechanism of the enhancement effect of a dendrimer on the tamsulosin TDDS, X-ray analyses were performed. With dendrimer addition, drug crystallization in PHA was promoted. The crystal in PHA had highly ordered and changed its space group. These findings are very important for exploiting high-performance PHA-based TDDSs.
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- Zhixiong Wang
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Nishikawa T, Ogawa K, Kohda R, Zhixiong W, Miyasaka H, Umeda F, Maeda I, Kawase M, Yagi K. Cloning and molecular analysis of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) biosynthesis genes in Pseudomonas aureofaciens. Curr Microbiol 2002; 44:132-5. [PMID: 11815858 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-001-0063-z] [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] [Received: 01/10/2001] [Accepted: 06/07/2001] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Pseudomonas aureofaciens grown on octanoate or gluconate synthesized medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHAs). To clone the PHA synthase gene(s) (phaC), the genomic library of P. aureofaciens was constructed using a cosmid vector. The recombinant cosmids that clone phaC were detected by the complementation with a PHA-negative mutant, P. putida GPp104. The resulting recombinant cosmid, named pVK6, contained a 13-kbp DNA insert. Genetic analysis of the pha locus in pVK6 revealed the presence of six ORFs, genes encoding two PHA synthases, 1 and 2 (phaC1 and phaC2), PHA depolymerase (phaZ), two PHA granule-associated proteins (phaF and phaI), and an unknown protein (phaD). The heterologous expression of pha genes from P. aureofaciens was confirmed. P. putida GPp104 regained the ability to accumulate PHA on introduction of pVK6. Wild-type strains P. oleovorans and P. fluorescens, which were unable to accumulate PHA when grown on gluconate, acquired the ability to accumulate PHA from gluconate when they possessed pVK6.
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- Tomohiro Nishikawa
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Maeda I, Sugimoto A. [Systematic functional analysis of the C. elegans genome]. Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 2001; 46:2432-5. [PMID: 11802406] [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: 02/23/2023]
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Umeda F, Nishikawa T, Miyasaka H, Maeda I, Kawase M, Yagi K. Homology study of two polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthases from Pseudomonas aureofaciens. DNA Seq 2001; 12:281-4. [PMID: 11916262 DOI: 10.3109/10425170109025003] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Recently, we have cloned and analyzed two polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase genes (phaC1 and phaC2 in the pha cluster) from Pseudomonas aureofaciens. In this report, the deduced amino acid (AA) sequences of PHA synthase 1 and PHA synthase 2 from P. aureofaciens are compared with those from three other bacterial strains (Pseudomonas sp. 61-3, P. oleovorans and P. aeruginosa) containing the homologous pha cluster. The level of homology of either PHA synthase 1 or PHA synthase 2 was high with each enzyme from these three bacterial strains. Furthermore, multialignment of PHA synthase AA sequences implied that both enzymes of PHA synthase 1 and PHA synthase 2 were highly conserved in the four strains including P. aureofaciens.
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- F Umeda
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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Hashizume R, Fukuda M, Maeda I, Nishikawa H, Oyake D, Yabuki Y, Ogata H, Ohta T. The RING heterodimer BRCA1-BARD1 is a ubiquitin ligase inactivated by a breast cancer-derived mutation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:14537-40. [PMID: 11278247 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c000881200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 515] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [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: 01/12/2023] Open
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BRCA1-BARD1 constitutes a heterodimeric RING finger complex associated through its N-terminal regions. Here we demonstrate that the BRCA1-BARD1 heterodimeric RING finger complex contains significant ubiquitin ligase activity that can be disrupted by a breast cancer-derived RING finger mutation in BRCA1. Whereas individually BRCA1 and BARD1 have very low ubiquitin ligase activities in vitro, BRCA1 combined with BARD1 exhibits dramatically higher activity. Bacterially purified RING finger domains comprising residues 1-304 of BRCA1 and residues 25-189 of BARD1 are capable of polymerizing ubiquitin. The steady-state level of transfected BRCA1 in vivo was increased by co-transfection of BARD1, and reciprocally that of transfected BARD1 was increased by BRCA1 in a dose-dependent manner. The breast cancer-derived BARD1-interaction-deficient mutant, BRCA1(C61G), does not exhibit ubiquitin ligase activity in vitro. These results suggest that the BRCA1-BARD1 complex contains a ubiquitin ligase activity that is important in prevention of breast and ovarian cancer development.
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- R Hashizume
- Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, 216-8511 Japan
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Overexpression of cyclin D1 has been implicated in a variety of tumors, such as breast cancers, gastrointestinal cancers and lymphomas. Both gene amplification and protein degradation mediated by ubiquitin (Ub)-dependent proteolysis regulate the abundance of cyclin D1. Here we report that ROC1 interacted with all three D type cyclins in vivo but did not bind to other cyclins tested. The ROC1-CUL1 and ROC1-CUL3, but not ROC1-CUL2, -CUL3 and -CUL4, immunocomplexes promoted polyubiquitination of bacterially purified cyclin D1 in vitro. RING finger mutations of ROC1 eliminated the Ub ligase activity toward cyclin D1. In all cases the ubiquitination of cyclin D1 was accompanied by autoubiquitination of the cullins. The results suggest the involvement of ROC1-cullin ligases in cyclin D1 ubiquitination and a potential mechanism whereby the cullin subunit is ubiquitinated itself while ubiquitinating a substrate.
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- I Maeda
- Department of Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao, Niyamae-ku, Kawasaki 216-8511, Japan
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Maeda I, Hikawa H, Mizoguchi T, Yagi K. Repression of starch degradation under anaerobic conditions by irregularly high levels of ATP in Chlamydomonas sp. MGA161. Plant Sci 2001; 160:629-634. [PMID: 11448738 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9452(00)00438-6] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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It is generally known that in green algal species the acceleration of starch degradation upon transition from aerobic to anaerobic conditions is a result of the Pasteur effect in glycolysis. However, the acceleration of starch degradation did not occur in cells of Chlamydomonas sp. MGA161. In MGA161 cells, the anaerobic ATP level, which decreased to about half of the aerobic ATP level in cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii after fermentation for 2 h, was kept higher than its aerobic ATP level. Gramicidin D, a monovalent cation ionophore, markedly decreased the anaerobic and aerobic ATP levels due to the increase in ATP demand, accompanied by the acceleration of starch degradation in MGA161 cells. Although the anaerobic ATP level of C. reinhardtii cells was partially decreased by gramicidin D, starch degradation did not accelerate markedly when compared with the result in MGA161 cells. Therefore, starch was degraded at nearly the maximum rate in C. reinhardtii cells under anaerobic conditions; in contrast, the high level of ATP in MGA161 cells repressed starch degradation even under anaerobic conditions, resulting in the absence of the Pasteur effect.
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- I Maeda
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, 565-0871, Osaka, Japan
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Hayashi S, Suehisa E, Asari S, Maeda I, Nishi I, Iwatani Y, Kanakura Y. [Informed consent for the use of the remaining portion of laboratory specimens for education, research, and quality control of laboratory tests]. Rinsho Byori 2001; 49:273-7. [PMID: 11307328] [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: 02/19/2023]
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The remaining portion of a laboratory specimen is usually used for education, research, and quality control of laboratory tests in hospitals, but informed consent has not been obtained because of the high volume of patients who undergo laboratory tests. However, patients must be informed in some manner. Therefore, we decided to inform patients that any remaining specimen would be used for various purposes by placing such a notice on walls in the central clinical laboratory and hospital lobby. We then obtained a signature on a dissent document, instead of a consent document, from any patient who dissented from such use. This indirect process for obtaining informed consent was approved by the ethics committee of Osaka University Medical School. The number of dissent documents sent in to the director was 54 of about 400,000 patients who underwent laboratory tests over the last 3 years, and there was no complaint against this "informed consent process".
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- S Hayashi
- Laboratory for Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Hospital, Suita 565-0871
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