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Nonoyama T, Nonoyama K, Shimazaki Y. Cross-sectional study of the factors associated with the number of teeth in middle-aged and older persons with intellectual disabilities. J Intellect Disabil Res 2022; 66:793-804. [PMID: 35929423 PMCID: PMC9544665 DOI: 10.1111/jir.12967] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND We investigated the number of teeth in middle-aged and older individuals with intellectual disability and evaluated the related factors. METHODS A questionnaire survey on oral health was administered to 604 persons over 40 years old with intellectual disabilities in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The questionnaire designed for this study included items on diagnosis of disability, severity of intellectual disability and type of residence. As oral-health-related factors, the proxy-reported number of teeth, family dentist, regular dental check-ups, problems during dental treatment and tooth-brushing frequency were evaluated. A multinomial logistic regression analysis was performed using the proxy-reported number of teeth (≥20, 10-19 or 0-9) as the dependent variable, and the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of independent variables were calculated. In addition, linear regression analysis was performed using the proxy-reported number of teeth as the dependent variable. RESULTS In the multivariate multinomial logistic regression analysis, age, diagnosis of disability and type of residence were significantly associated with having 10-19 versus ≥20 teeth. Participants with autism spectrum disorder had a significantly lower OR for 10-19 teeth compared with those with intellectual disability [OR (95% CI): 0.49 (0.22-1.08)]. Age, diagnosis of disability, regular dental check-ups and tooth-brushing frequency were significantly associated with having 0-9 versus ≥20teeth. Participants with Down syndrome had a significantly higher OR for 0-9 teeth compared with those with intellectual disability [OR (95% CI): 3.17 (1.09-9.23)]. The ORs for 0-9 teeth of participants who did not attend regular dental check-ups and who brushed their teeth 1 time/day compared with ≥3 times/day were significantly high, and the OR (95% CI) was 2.37 (1.06-5.30) and 4.76 (1.09-20.77), respectively. [Corrections made on 22 August 2022, after first online publication: in the previous sentence, "who attend" has been changed to "who did not attend".] In the multivariate linear regression analysis, age, diagnosis of disability and regular dental check-ups were significantly associated with the proxy-reported number of teeth. The proxy-reported number of teeth was -0.42 less with each 1-year increase in age. With autism spectrum disorder, the proxy-reported number of teeth was 0.74 more compared with intellectual disability. In Down syndrome, the proxy-reported number of teeth was -0.93 less compared with intellectual disability. The proxy-reported number of teeth was -2.12 less for those who did not have regular dental check-ups. CONCLUSIONS The number of teeth in middle-aged and older individuals with intellectual disability was related to age and the type of disability. Regular dental visits may be effective at preventing tooth loss in middle-aged and older persons with intellectual disability.
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- T. Nonoyama
- Department of Preventive Dentistry and Dental Public Health, School of DentistryAichi Gakuin UniversityNagoyaJapan
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry and Dental Public Health, School of DentistryAichi Gakuin UniversityNagoyaJapan
- Nonoyama Dental OfficeTogoJapan
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry and Dental Public Health, School of DentistryAichi Gakuin UniversityNagoyaJapan
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Wijerathne S, Pathirana M, Amarathunga I, Rao J, Van Sickle K, Wiersen J, Fatás Cabeza JA, Zaragoza-Fernández C, Marín J, Navarro F, Hayakawa T, Tanaka M, Shimizu Y, Hayakawa S, Yamamoto M, Yasuda K, Nonoyama K, Fujihata S, Watanabe K, Doerhoff C. Topic: Inguinal Hernia - Tailored surgery. Hernia 2015; 19 Suppl 1:S365-6. [PMID: 26518853 DOI: 10.1007/bf03355398] [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: 11/25/2022]
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- S Wijerathne
- Department of Surgery, National University Health System, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA
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- General Surgery, El Tomillar Hospital, Sevilla, Spain
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- St Eloi University Hospital, Montpellier, France
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- Kariya Toyota General Hospital, Kariya City, Japan
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- Kariya Toyota General Hospital, Kariya City, Japan
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- Kariya Toyota General Hospital, Kariya City, Japan
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- Kariya Toyota General Hospital, Kariya City, Japan
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- Kariya Toyota General Hospital, Kariya City, Japan
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- Kariya Toyota General Hospital, Kariya City, Japan
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- Kariya Toyota General Hospital, Kariya City, Japan
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- Kariya Toyota General Hospital, Kariya City, Japan
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- Kariya Toyota General Hospital, Kariya City, Japan
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- Capital Region - University of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO, USA
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Barretto OCDO, Oshiro M, Oliveira RAG, Fedullo JDL, Nonoyama K. Erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from Brazilian opossum Didelphis marsupialis. Braz J Med Biol Res 2006; 39:611-4. [PMID: 16648898 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2006000500007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023] Open
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In a comparative study of erythrocyte metabolism of vertebrates, the specific activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) of the Brazilian opossum Didelphis marsupialis in a hemolysate was shown to be high, 207 +/- 38 IU g-1 Hb-1 min-1 at 37 degrees C, compared to the human erythrocyte activity of 12 +/- 2 IU g-1 Hb-1 min-1 at 37 degrees C. The apparent high specific activity of the mixture led us to investigate the physicochemical properties of the opossum enzyme. We report that reduced glutathione (GSH) in the erythrocytes was only 50% higher than in human erythrocytes, a value lower than expected from the high G6PD activity since GSH is maintained in a reduced state by G6PD activity. The molecular mass, determined by G-200 Sephadex column chromatography at pH 8.0, was 265 kDa, which is essentially the same as that of human G6PD (260 kDa). The Michaelis-Menten constants (Km: 55 microM) for glucose-6-phosphate and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (Km: 3.3 microM) were similar to those of the human enzyme (Km: 50-70 and Km: 2.9-4.4, respectively). A 450-fold purification of the opossum enzyme was achieved and the specific activity of the purified enzyme, 90 IU/mg protein, was actually lower than the 150 IU/mg protein observed for human G6PD. We conclude that G6PD after purification from the hemolysate of D. marsupialis does not have a high specific activity. Thus, it is quite probable that the red cell hyperactivity reported may be explained by increased synthesis of G6PD molecules per unit of hemoglobin or to reduced inactivation in the RBC hemolysate.
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- O C de O Barretto
- LIM-23, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
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Barretto OCDO, Satake M, Nonoyama K, Cardoso JLC. The calcium-dependent protease of Loxosceles gaucho venom acts preferentially upon red cell band 3 transmembrane protein. Braz J Med Biol Res 2003; 36:309-13. [PMID: 12640494 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2003000300004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 11/22/2022] Open
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Eighty micrograms red blood cell (RBC) ghosts from patients who had previously exhibited the cutaneous form of loxoscelism (presenting localized dermonecrosis) and the viscerocutaneous form of loxoscelism (presenting dermonecrosis, hemoglobinuria, hematuria, and jaundice) and from controls were incubated with 2.5 microg crude Loxosceles gaucho venom in 5 mM phosphate buffer, pH 7.4, at 37 C. Among all membrane proteins, quantitative proteolysis of the important integral transmembrane protein 3 increased with venom dose and with incubation time from 30 to 120 min, as demonstrated by gel densitometry. Similar quantitative data were obtained for RBC ghosts from patients and from control subjects, a fact that argues against the possibility of genetic factors favoring the hemolytic viscerocutaneous form. These data suggest that the clinical forms may be different types of the same disease, with the viscerocutaneous form being the result of large amounts of intravascularly injected venom and the superficial form being the result of in situ venom action. Since protein 3 is a housekeeping integral membrane protein, whose genetic deficiency leads to hemolytic anemia, it is reasonable to relate it to the hemolysis which occurs in the viscerocutaneous form of loxoscelism. The venom protease responsible for the process was not inhibited after 120-min incubation by 0.2 mM paramethylsulfonyl fluoride or by 0.2 mM N-ethylmaleimide but was inhibited by 25 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (a calcium-chelating agent) in 5 mM phosphate buffer at pH 7.4, which suggests that the enzyme is a calcium-dependent metalloprotease.
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- O C de O Barretto
- Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Lim-23, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
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Poli-Neto A, Nonoyama K, Oshiro M, Ebner-Filho W, Miguita K, Medeiros TM, Watanabe CI, Barretto OC. Increased fetal hemoglobin levels in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV1/2). Braz J Med Biol Res 2000; 33:1313-5. [PMID: 11050661 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2000001100008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Fetal hemoglobin was measured in HIV1/2 patients under treatment with combined therapy (zidovudine and a protease inhibitor). A total of 143 patients and 103 normal individuals were investigated by the quantitative method of Betke and the semi-quantitative acid elution method of Kleihauer. In the normal person, hemoglobin F makes up less than 1% and an increase higher than 1.5% was observed in 21.4% of HIV patients by the method of Betke and in 24.8% of HIV-infected patients by the method of Kleihauer. The quantitative biochemical method of Betke showed that the populations were significantly different (two-tailed Mann-Whitney test). The reason for this hemoglobin F increase might be ascribed to the effect of zidovudine or to direct viral action on gamma chain expression. The finding of a higher F cell frequency indicated by the method of Kleihauer rather suggests that there is an increased F cell clone proliferation rather than an increase in hemoglobin F level in every cell.
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- A Poli-Neto
- Seção de Hematologia, Divisão de Patologia, Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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CONTEXT The preservative solution ADSOL (adenine, dextrose, sorbitol, sodium chloride and mannitol) maintains red cell viability for blood trans-fusion for 6 weeks. It would be useful to know about its preservation qualities over longer periods. OBJECTIVE To determine some red cell biochemical parameters for peri-ods of up to 14 weeks in order to determine whether the red cell metabo-lism integrity would justify further studies aiming at increasing red cell preservation and viability. DESIGN Biochemical evaluation designed to study red cell preservation. SETTING São Paulo University erythrocyte metabolism referral center. SAMPLE Six normal blood donors from the University Hospital of the Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil. MAIN MEASUREMENTS Weekly assay of erythrocyte adenosine-5;-triphosphate (ATP), 2, 3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3DPG), hexokinase (HX), phosphofructokinase (PFK), pyruvate kinase (PK), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD), 6-phosphogluconic dehydrogenase (6-PGD), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPD), glutathione reduc-tase (GR), glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx), plasma sodium and potas-sium, blood pH, and membrane proteins of red cells preserved in ADSOL were studied during storage for 14 weeks storage. RESULTS During ADSOL preservation, erythrocyte ATP concentration decreased 60% after 5 weeks, and 90% after 10 weeks; the pH fell from 6.8 to 6. 4 by the 14th week. 2,3-DPG concentration was stable during the first week, but fell 90% after 3 weeks and was exhausted after 5 weeks. By the end of the 5th week, an activity decrease of 16-30% for Hx, GAPD, GR, G-6-PD and 6-PGD, 35% for PFK and GSHPx, and 45% for PK were observed. Thereafter, a uniform 10% decay was observed for all enzymes up to the 14th week. The red blood cell membrane pro-teins did not show significant alterations in polyacrylamide gel electro-phoresis (SDS-PAGE) during the 14 weeks. CONCLUSION Although the blood viability was shown to be poor from the 6th week up to the 14th week of storage due to ATP and 2,3-DPG depletion, the other biochemical parameters remained in fairly good condition for longer storage. As there is a gradual and uniform decay in activity throughout these 14 weeks, it seems that ADSOL-preserved red cells may be used as red cell enzyme standards and membrane proteins as well.
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- M S Leonart
- Divisão de Saúde, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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Inoue M, Kuga A, Yano J, Shimauchi C, Nonoyama K, Okamoto R. [Bacterial sensitivity test to formulate an anti-infective strategy]. Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi 1998; 87:2179-84. [PMID: 9921198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Kaneko T, Bando Y, Kurihara H, Satomi K, Nonoyama K, Matsuura N. Fecal microflora in a patient with short-bowel syndrome and identification of dominant lactobacilli. J Clin Microbiol 1997; 35:3181-5. [PMID: 9399516 PMCID: PMC230144 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.12.3181-3185.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [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: 02/05/2023] Open
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Fecal microflora and lactate concentrations in blood and feces obtained from a patient (a 5 year-old boy) with short-bowel syndrome (SBS) were compared during acidosis to results for the normal condition (no SBS symptoms). The taxonomical position of the lactobacilli found predominantly in the feces sample obtained 2 days before the fifth attack was also studied. The D-lactate level in serum obtained 1 day after the fourth attack was 10-fold higher than that for the normal condition, although there was not a great difference in L-lactate levels. D-Lactate (3.91 mM) and L-lactate (2.86 mM) were also detected in the feces samples collected 2 days before the fifth attack, while no lactate was detected in the feces sample for the normal condition. The counts of total fecal bacteria, especially anaerobic bacteria such as members of the family Bacteroidaceae, were found to be low. The counts of lactobacilli and the total population of lactobacilli relative to total fecal bacteria in the feces 2 days before the fifth attack (40.4%) were extremely high. In this case, a majority of the lactobacilli were D-lactate producers as determined by homolactic fermentation. These lactobacilli were identified as Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis. The percentages of bifidobacteria relative to total fecal bacteria in feces samples obtained both 2 days before the fifth attack (50.9%) and for normal condition (61.9%) were also high, although these bacteria were L-lactate producers. In the feces samples for the normal condition, the D-lactate producers decreased to less than 10(9) per g, while the counts of L- or DL-lactate producers were 100-fold higher than the numbers in feces samples obtained 2 days before the fifth attack. These results suggested that an increase in the level of D-lactate producers, such as L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis, in the colon may be associated with the clinical expression of metabolic acidosis.
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MESH Headings
- Acidosis, Lactic/etiology
- Acidosis, Lactic/metabolism
- Acidosis, Lactic/microbiology
- Base Composition
- Base Sequence
- Child, Preschool
- Colony Count, Microbial
- DNA Primers/genetics
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- Fatty Acids, Volatile/blood
- Fatty Acids, Volatile/metabolism
- Feces/chemistry
- Feces/microbiology
- Humans
- Lactic Acid/blood
- Lactic Acid/metabolism
- Lactobacillus/genetics
- Lactobacillus/isolation & purification
- Lactobacillus/metabolism
- Male
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Short Bowel Syndrome/complications
- Short Bowel Syndrome/metabolism
- Short Bowel Syndrome/microbiology
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- T Kaneko
- Central Research Institute, Meiji Milk Products Co., Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan.
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Leonart MS, Nascimento AJ, Nonoyama K, Pelissari CB, Stinghen AE, Barretto OC. Correlation of discocyte frequency and ATP concentration in preserved blood. A morphological indicator of red blood cell viability. Braz J Med Biol Res 1997; 30:745-7. [PMID: 9292111 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x1997000600007] [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: 02/05/2023] Open
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Red blood cells (RBC) are viable if kept in an adequate preservative solution, although gradual changes in morphology and metabolism may occur. There is a gradual decrease in adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) concentration, pH, glucose consumption, and enzyme activity during preservation. The normal discocyte shapes are initially replaced by echinocytes and stomatocytes and, at final stages, by spherocytes, the last step before splenic sequestration. Post-transfusional survival has been correlated with the ATP concentration. RBC preserved in ADSOL, a solution containing adenine, dextrose, sodium chloride, and mannitol, are viable for transfusion for up to 6 weeks. Erythrocytes from 10 blood units taken from healthy adult donors were preserved for 12 weeks in ADSOL at 4 degrees C. We now report a significant correlation (r2 = 0.98) between the percentage of discocytes (89 to 7%) and ATP (100 to 10%) concentration in ADSOL-preserved RBC. The results suggest that the percent of discocyte shapes used as an indicator of ATP concentration may be a useful indicator for quality control of RBC viability in centers which have limited assay facilities.
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- M S Leonart
- Departamento de Patologia Médica, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
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In order to search for any difference in riboflavin and pyridoxine nutrition between term appropriate for gestational age (TAGA), term small for gestational age (TSGA) and preterm appropriate for gestational age (PTAGA) newborns, cord blood from 23, 19 and 20 infants, respectively, were studied, and red cell glutathione reductase (riboflavin-dependent) and glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (pyridoxine-dependent) activities were measured, as well as their respective activity coefficients (GRase AC and GOT AC). Red cell enzymes were assayed according to BEUTLER [4] in a Gilford recording spectrophotometer model 2451 at 37 degrees C. Values of 1.42, 1.39 and 1.32 of GRase AC and values of 1.17, 1.02 and 1.08 GOT AC, respectively were obtained. These data indicate that there is no significant difference between the three categories of newborns with regard to riboflavin and pyridoxine nutrition, and suggest that neither maturity nor adequacy of intrauterine growth were related to differences in the availability of these vitamins. All groups demonstrate a uniform mild deficiency of riboflavin and an adequate level of pyridoxine, probably the effect of maternal diet.
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- J L Ramos
- Children's Institute, Medical School of University of Sãa Paulo, Brazil
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As the available hemoglobin A1 at birth ranges from 20 to 30% a possible mechanism to favor oxygen release to the tissues could be a decrease of hemoglobin A1 affinity to oxygen. This may be accomplished by an increase in blood pH soon after birth and by an elevation in red cell 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG). This hypothesis is supported by Valleri and Hirsch, who described a rapid 2,3-DPG recovery of transfused depleted 2,3-DPG red cells. That being so, we carried out this current study by assaying the 2,3-DPG of cord blood from 22 newborns and at 6, 24 and 72 hours after birth, as well as those enzymes assumed to be envolved in the 2,3-DPG levels regulation. 2,3-DPG (nmoles g-1 Hb) demonstrated the following values: cord blood: 9,770 +/- 1,026; 6h: 12,773 +/- 1,726; 72 h: 11,990 +/- 728, unveiling a distinct behavior of a sharp increase of 30% by the sixth hour. This confirmed our hypothesis. Regarding the metabolic mechanisms which can account for the 2,3-DPG increase, besides the rise of blood pH, we detected a significant decrease of the 2,3-DPG phosphatase activity, which might diminish the 2,3-DPG breakdown.
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- O C Barretto
- Institute of Psychiatry LIM-23, University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil
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Haptoglobin assay, a highly sensitive method to detect intravascular hemolysis was carried out in the sera of 19 patients referred to Hospital Vital Brazil with the cutaneous form of loxoscelism in order to investigate the occurrence of mild intravascular hemolysis. Data from this series did not show decreased levels haptoglobin, ruling out intravascular hemolysis in these patients with cutaneous form of loxoscelism.
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- P Morena
- Laboratório de Fisiopatologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brasil
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dos Santos RC, Barretto OC, Nonoyama K, Castro NH, Ferraz OP, Walter-Moura J, Vescio CC, Beçak W. X-linked syndrome: mental retardation, hip luxation, and G6PD variant [Gd(+) Butantan]. Am J Med Genet 1991; 39:133-6. [PMID: 2063914 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320390204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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An apparently new X-linked syndrome is presented. It occurred in four male first cousins. The main manifestations of this syndrome are severe mental retardation, bilateral congenital hip luxation, and short stature. Three of the affected males showed a new glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase variant.
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- R C dos Santos
- Serviço de Genética, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brasil
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Ramos JL, Nonoyama K, Quintal VS, Barretto OC. Red cell enzymes and intermediates in AGA term newborns, AGA preterm newborns and SGA term newborns. Acta Paediatr Scand 1990; 79:32-5. [PMID: 2138402 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1990.tb11326.x] [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: 12/30/2022]
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Red cell enzyme activities and 2,3-diphosphoglycerate and adenosine-triphosphate levels in cord blood of three groups of newborn infants were studied. The groups were classified according to birthweight in relation to intrauterine growth and gestational age. Only phosphofructokinase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and enolase activity values differed significantly among the groups. The activity of phosphofructokinase was lower in small-for-date term infants (TSGA) and preterm adequate for gestational age (PTAGA) in comparison to term infants adequate for gestational age (TAGA). Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity was higher in TAGA, in comparison to PTAGA, with no other difference among the groups. Enolase activity was found to be higher in TSGA compared to TAGA and higher in PTAGA compared to TAGA. No differences were found between PTAGA and TSGA.
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- J L Ramos
- Children's Institute, General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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Barretto OC, De Cillo DM, Nonoyama K, Antonio LC, Morena P, Cardoso JL. Methemoglobinemia associated with loxoscelism. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 1990; 32:1-5. [PMID: 2259827 DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651990000100001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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In twenty five patients who presented the cutaneous form of loxoscelism, serum haptoglobin and lactic dehydrogenase, erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, glutathione reductase, glutathione peroxidase, methemoglobin, bilirubin and reticulocytes were investigated after bite. No hemolysis was detected but an increase in methemoglobin was found in 54% of the cases; in 7% it was between 1.1% and 2%, in 27% it ranged from 2.1% to 4%, and in 20% from 4.1% to 8%. Blood samples of a normal, blood group 0 individual and of a patient who exhibited methemoglobinemia after Loxosceles bite were incubated separately with antisera against Loxosceles gaucho, Crotalus terrificus, Bothrops jararaca, with Loxosceles gaucho venom and 0.3% phenol. No methemoglobin was found after 1, 4, 8 and 15 days in both sets of samples. At the 25th day all the samples, including the controls, exhibited similar methemoglobin reductase decrease. The data suggest that the methemoglobinemia which occurs in 50% of the patients probably arises from in vivo venom metabolism, inasmuch as the crude venom does not induce methemoglobinemia.
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- O C Barretto
- Laboratório de Pesquisas Hemotológicas-LIM/31 Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil
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A 33-year-old Brazilian male of Portuguese extraction was found to have a new glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase variant, herein named Gd(+)Cuiabá. The enzyme variant is characterized by normal activity, normal electrophoretic mobility, high Km for glucose-6-phosphate, high Ki for NADPH, decreased thermal stability, normal utilization of substrate analogues and normal pH curve.
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- O C Barretto
- Laboratório de Pesquisas Hematológicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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Barretto OC, Martins JA, Nonoyama K, Ramos JL. [Fetal hemoglobin in the newborn infant and gestational age]. Rev Paul Med 1986; 104:107-8. [PMID: 2433724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Barretto OC, Pinheiro ED, Nonoyama K. [Erythrocyte enzyme changes in hemophilia A]. Rev Paul Med 1985; 103:44-5. [PMID: 2994200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Barretto OC, Halsman MW, Nonoyama K, Tamigaki M, Maspes V. [Congenital deficiency of erythrocyte NADH-dependent methemoglobin reductase (diaphorase)]. Sangre (Barc) 1984; 29:62-66. [PMID: 6719320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Barretto OC, Nonoyama K. Biochemical characteristics of erythrocyte sorbitol dehydrogenase from selected mammals. Comp Biochem Physiol B 1984; 77:387-9. [PMID: 6697697 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(84)90349-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The erythrocyte sorbitol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.14) activity, regarding its action on sorbitol oxidation to fructose, was studied in 19 species of mammals, showing a striking variability, with high activity in rodents. Enzyme activity was studied against other polyols, namely xylitol, inositol, manitol and dulcitol. Most animals showed activity against all the polyols studied, but hamster and red deer only presented activity on sorbitol and xylitol. Michaelis-Menten constant determinations for sorbitol were performed, and it was observed that animals which presented high activity had a high Km. pH curves were obtained from 8 animals, with an optimum pH ranging from pH 8.0 to pH 10.0; four of the animals presented an optimum pH at 8.5.
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Barretto OC, Amato Neto V, Castilho EA, Moreira AA, Nonoyama K, Tanaka K, Sawastani E, Pinto PL, Okumura Y, Campos R. [Effect of amphotericin B on erythrocyte viability. Perspectives on its use in the prevention of Chagas' disease induced by blood transfusion]. Rev Paul Med 1983; 101:212-6. [PMID: 6429825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Barretto OC, Nonoyama K, Sawatani E, Tanaka K, Okumura Y, Jamra M. [Viability of blood stored in receptacles of different sources]. AMB Rev Assoc Med Bras 1983; 29:102-5. [PMID: 6228964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Tonoue T, Minagawa S, Kato N, Kan M, Terao T, Nonoyama K, Ohki K. The effect of metal complex of thyrotropin-releasing hormone on locomotor activity of neonatal chicken. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1979; 10:201-4. [PMID: 109864 DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(79)90087-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Neonatal chickens were injected intraventricularly with Ni(II), Pd(II), Cu(II) or Zn(II) complex of TRH and the potencies of stimulating locomotor activity were compared with that of TRH, Ni(II)-TRH was more potent than the ligand while Pd(II)-TRH was inert. Cu(II)- and Zn(II)-TRH induced the response to the same extent of the ligand. These results indicate that the action of TRH in the CNS resulting in the locomotor hyperactivity is dependent on the tertiary conformation of molecule which is modified by chelate formation.
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Barretto OC, Nonoyama K. [Malaria-dependent polymorphism related to erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and glutathione among Brazilian Indians]. Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo 1978; 33:231-3. [PMID: 741146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Ojima H, Nonoyama K. Syntheses of N,N?-Bis(salicylideneiminoethyl)oxamidatodicopper(II), N,N?-Bis(salicylideneiminoisopropyl)-oxamidatodicopper(II), and N,N?-Bis(2-pyridylideneiminopropyl)oxamidatodicopper(II) Nitrate and Corresponding Perchlorate. Z Anorg Allg Chem 1977. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.19774290134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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: 11/12/2022]
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Barretto OC, Jamra M, Nonoyama K. [Improved turbidity technic for the determination of lysozyme activity]. Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo 1976; 31:446-8. [PMID: 1016443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Ojima H, Nonoyama K. Isolation and characterization of Five-coordinated Copper(II) Mixed-Ligand Complexes with dialkylenetriamine and aromatic diamines. Z Anorg Allg Chem 1973. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.19734010212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 11/10/2022]
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