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Kaku Y, Kuwata T, Zahid HM, Hashiguchi T, Noda T, Kuramoto N, Biswas S, Matsumoto K, Shimizu M, Kawanami Y, Shimura K, Onishi C, Muramoto Y, Suzuki T, Sasaki J, Nagasaki Y, Minami R, Motozono C, Toyoda M, Takahashi H, Kishi H, Fujii K, Tatsuke T, Ikeda T, Maeda Y, Ueno T, Koyanagi Y, Iwagoe H, Matsushita S. Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 variants to neutralization by antibodies induced in convalescent patients with COVID-19. Cell Rep 2021; 36:109385. [PMID: 34237284 PMCID: PMC8226103 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Administration of convalescent plasma or neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is a potent therapeutic option for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. However, SARS-CoV-2 variants with mutations in the spike protein have emerged in many countries. To evaluate the efficacy of neutralizing antibodies induced in convalescent patients against emerging variants, we isolate anti-spike mAbs from two convalescent COVID-19 patients infected with prototypic SARS-CoV-2 by single-cell sorting of immunoglobulin-G-positive (IgG+) memory B cells. Anti-spike antibody induction is robust in these patients, and five mAbs have potent neutralizing activities. The efficacy of most neutralizing mAbs and convalescent plasma samples is maintained against B.1.1.7 and mink cluster 5 variants but is significantly decreased against variants B.1.351 from South Africa and P.1 from Brazil. However, mAbs with a high affinity for the receptor-binding domain remain effective against these neutralization-resistant variants. Rapid spread of these variants significantly impacts antibody-based therapies and vaccine strategies against SARS-CoV-2.
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- Yu Kaku
- Division of Clinical Retrovirology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Retrovirology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan.
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- Division of Clinical Retrovirology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Labolatory of Medical Virology, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Laboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Retrovirology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Retrovirology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Retrovirology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Retrovirology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Retrovirology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Laboratory of Systems Virology, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Laboratory of Systems Virology, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Laboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Clinical Research Institute, National Hospitalization Organization, Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Internal Medicine, Clinical Research Institute, National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Infection and immunity, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Division of Infection and immunity, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kumamoto City Hospital, Kumamoto 862-8505, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kumamoto City Hospital, Kumamoto 862-8505, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kumamoto City Hospital, Kumamoto 862-8505, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Virology and Genetics, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Division of Infection and immunity, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Laboratory of Systems Virology, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Kumamoto City Hospital, Kumamoto 862-8505, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Retrovirology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan.
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Alam MM, Kuwata T, Tanaka K, Alam M, Takahama S, Shimura K, Matsuoka M, Fukuda N, Morioka H, Tamamura H, Matsushita S. Synergistic inhibition of cell-to-cell HIV-1 infection by combinations of single chain variable fragments and fusion inhibitors. Biochem Biophys Rep 2019; 20:100687. [PMID: 31650039 PMCID: PMC6804516 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2019.100687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Cell-to-cell spread of HIV permits ongoing viral replication in the presence of antiretroviral therapy and is suggested to be a major contributor to sexual transmission by mucosal routes. Fusion inhibitors that prevent viral entry have been developed, but their clinical applications have been limited by weak antiviral activity, short half-life, and the low genetic barrier to development of resistance. We examined the inhibitory activities of a series of single-chain variable fragments (scFvs) targeting the V3 and CD4i epitopes against both cell-free and cell-to-cell HIV infection. We found that all anti-V3 scFvs, including two newly constructed scFvs, showed broad neutralization activity against a panel of subtype B viruses compared with the corresponding IgGs. All scFvs neutralized cell-free infection by HIV-1JR-FL WT and fusion inhibitor-resistant mutants. In addition, all anti-V3 scFvs and some CD4i scFvs significantly inhibited cell fusion, while their IgG counterparts did not. Furthermore, scFvs-fusion inhibitors combinations, such as C34 and SC34, showed synergistic inhibition of cell fusion by both HIV-1JR-FL WT and fusion inhibitor-resistant mutants. The most prominent combinational effect was observed for 916B2 CD4i scFv with SC34. The delayed fusion kinetics of fusion inhibitor-resistant mutants partly explain their synergistic inhibition by such combinations. Our data demonstrate the advantages of using scFvs over their parent IgGs for inhibiting both cell-free and cell-to-cell infection. High synergistic inhibition of cell fusion by using scFvs-fusion inhibitors combinations suggests the possibility of intensification therapy adding this combination to current anti-HIV treatment regimens. Newly constructed anti-V3 scFvs showed broader HIV-1 neutralization activity. HIV-1 cell fusion was inhibited by scFvs better than the corresponding IgGs. Combinations of scFvs with fusion inhibitors synergistically inhibit cell fusion. Combination therapy with scFvs and fusion inhibitors may be effective.
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- Mohammad Mamun Alam
- Clinical Retrovirology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection Clinical Retrovirology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Clinical Retrovirology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection Clinical Retrovirology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Clinical Retrovirology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection Clinical Retrovirology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Clinical Retrovirology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection Clinical Retrovirology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Clinical Retrovirology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection Clinical Retrovirology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Rheumatology and Infectious Disease, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Analytical and Biophysical Chemistry, Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Analytical and Biophysical Chemistry, Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Clinical Retrovirology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection Clinical Retrovirology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Mahgoub M, Yasunaga JI, Iwami S, Nakaoka S, Koizumi Y, Shimura K, Matsuoka M. Sporadic on/off switching of HTLV-1 Tax expression is crucial to maintain the whole population of virus-induced leukemic cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E1269-E1278. [PMID: 29358408 PMCID: PMC5819419 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1715724115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Viruses causing chronic infection artfully manipulate infected cells to enable viral persistence in vivo under the pressure of immunity. Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) establishes persistent infection mainly in CD4+ T cells in vivo and induces leukemia in this subset. HTLV-1-encoded Tax is a critical transactivator of viral replication and a potent oncoprotein, but its significance in pathogenesis remains obscure due to its very low level of expression in vivo. Here, we show that Tax is expressed in a minor fraction of leukemic cells at any given time, and importantly, its expression spontaneously switches between on and off states. Live cell imaging revealed that the average duration of one episode of Tax expression is ∼19 hours. Knockdown of Tax rapidly induced apoptosis in most cells, indicating that Tax is critical for maintaining the population, even if its short-term expression is limited to a small subpopulation. Single-cell analysis and computational simulation suggest that transient Tax expression triggers antiapoptotic machinery, and this effect continues even after Tax expression is diminished; this activation of the antiapoptotic machinery is the critical event for maintaining the population. In addition, Tax is induced by various cytotoxic stresses and also promotes HTLV-1 replication. Thus, it seems that Tax protects infected cells from apoptosis and increases the chance of viral transmission at a critical moment. Keeping the expression of Tax minimal but inducible on demand is, therefore, a fundamental strategy of HTLV-1 to promote persistent infection and leukemogenesis.
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- Mohamed Mahgoub
- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan;
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- Mathematical Biology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- Institute of Industrial Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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- School of Medicine, College of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan
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- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan;
- Department of Hematology, Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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Alam M, Kuwata T, Shimura K, Yokoyama M, Ramirez Valdez KP, Tanaka K, Maruta Y, Oishi S, Fujii N, Sato H, Matsuoka M, Matsushita S. Enhanced antibody-mediated neutralization of HIV-1 variants that are resistant to fusion inhibitors. Retrovirology 2016; 13:70. [PMID: 27670680 PMCID: PMC5037607 DOI: 10.1186/s12977-016-0304-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND HIV-1 typically develops resistance to any single antiretroviral agent. Combined anti-retroviral therapy to reduce drug-resistance development is necessary to control HIV-1 infection. Here, to assess the utility of a combination of antibody and fusion inhibitor treatments, we investigated the potency of monoclonal antibodies at neutralizing HIV-1 variants that are resistant to fusion inhibitors. RESULTS Mutations that confer resistance to four fusion inhibitors, enfuvirtide, C34, SC34, and SC34EK, were introduced into the envelope of HIV-1JR-FL, a CCR5-tropic tier 2 strain. Pseudoviruses with these mutations were prepared and used for the assessment of neutralization sensitivity to an array of antibodies. The resulting neutralization data indicate that the potencies of some antibodies, especially of those against the CD4 binding site, V3 loop, and membrane-proximal external region epitopes, were increased by the mutations in gp41 that conferred resistance to the fusion inhibitors. C34-, SC34-, and SC34EK-resistant mutants showed more sensitivity to monoclonal antibodies than enfuvirtide-resistant mutants. An analysis of C34-resistant mutations revealed that the I37K mutation in gp41 HR1 is a key mutation for C34 resistance, low infectivity, neutralization sensitivity, epitope exposure, and slow fusion kinetics. The N126K mutation in the gp41 HR2 domain contributed to C34 resistance and neutralization sensitivity to anti-CD4 binding site antibodies. In the absence of L204I, the effect of N126K was antagonistic to that of I37K. The results of a molecular dynamic simulation of the envelope trimer confirmation suggest that an I37K mutation induces the augmentation of structural fluctuations prominently in the interface between gp41 and gp120. Our observations indicate that the "conformational unmasking" of envelope glycoprotein by an I37K mutation is one of the mechanisms of neutralization sensitivity enhancement. Furthermore, the enhanced neutralization of C34-resistant mutants in vivo was shown by its high rate of neutralization by IgG from HIV patient samples. CONCLUSIONS Mutations in gp41 that confer fusion inhibitor resistance exert enhanced sensitivity to broad neutralizing antibodies (e.g., VRC01 and 10E8) and other conventional antibodies developed in HIV-1 infected patients. Therefore, next-generation fusion inhibitors and monoclonal antibodies could be a potential combination for future regimens of combined antiretroviral therapy.
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- Muntasir Alam
- Matsushita Project Laboratory, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan
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- Matsushita Project Laboratory, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan
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- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Matsushita Project Laboratory, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan
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- Matsushita Project Laboratory, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan
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- Matsushita Project Laboratory, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Matsushita Project Laboratory, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan
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Okazaki S, Oishi S, Mizuhara T, Shimura K, Murayama H, Ohno H, Matsuoka M, Fujii N. Investigations of possible prodrug structures for 2-(2-mercaptophenyl)tetrahydropyrimidines: reductive conversion from anti-HIV agents with pyrimidobenzothiazine and isothiazolopyrimidine scaffolds. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:4706-13. [PMID: 25800792 DOI: 10.1039/c5ob00301f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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3,4-Dihydro-2H,6H-pyrimido[1,2-c][1,3]benzothiazin-6-imine (PD 404182) and 3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[4,5]isothiazolo[2,3-a]pyrimidine are the heterocyclic antiretroviral agents against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. On the basis of similar structure-activity relationships of anti-HIV activities toward the early-stage of viral infection between these unique scaffolds, the transformations under the bioassay conditions were investigated. The distinctive S-N bond in the isothiazolopyrimidine scaffold was immediately cleaved under reductive conditions in the presence of GSH to generate a thiophenol derivative. A similar rapid conversion of PD 404182 into the same thiophenol derivative was observed, suggesting that pyrimidobenzothiazine and isothiazolopyrimidine scaffolds may work as prodrug forms of the common bioactive thiophenol derivatives.
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- Shiho Okazaki
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Shimura K, Miyazato P, Oishi S, Fujii N, Matsuoka M. Impact of HIV-1 infection pathways on susceptibility to antiviral drugs and on virus spread. Virology 2015; 484:364-376. [PMID: 26186575 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2015] [Revised: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The infection routes of HIV-1 can affect several viral properties, including dissemination, pathogenesis, and immune evasion. In this study, we evaluated the inhibitory activity of a wide variety of anti-HIV drugs, focusing on the impact that different infection pathways have on their efficacy. Compared to cell-free infection, inhibitory activities were reduced in cell-to-cell productive transmission for all drugs tested. We detected weak reporter-expressing target cells after cell-to-cell transmission in the presence of integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs). Further analysis revealed that this expression was mainly due to unintegrated circular HIV (cHIV) DNAs, consisting of 1-LTR and 2-LTR circles. When in vitro-constructed cHIV DNAs were introduced into cells, the production of infectious and intercellular transmittable virions was observed, suggesting that cHIV DNA could be a source of infectious virus. These results highlight some advantages of the cell-to-cell infection mode for viral expansion, particularly in the presence of anti-retroviral drugs.
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- Kazuya Shimura
- Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Okazaki S, Mizuhara T, Shimura K, Murayama H, Ohno H, Oishi S, Matsuoka M, Fujii N. Identification of anti-HIV agents with a novel benzo[4,5]isothiazolo[2,3-a]pyrimidine scaffold. Bioorg Med Chem 2015; 23:1447-52. [PMID: 25744188 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Revised: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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3,4-Dihydro-2H-benzo[4,5]isothiazolo[2,3-a]pyrimidine is a newly identified antiviral agent against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection, derived from 3,4-dihydro-2H,6H-pyrimido[1,2-c][1,3]benzothiazin-6-imine (PD 404182). The introduction of the hydrophobic 8-aryl substituent on the benzene substructure improved its anti-HIV activity, resulting in the identification of 6-fold more potent analogs. In addition, it was demonstrated that these isothiazolopyrimidine derivatives exert anti-HIV effects at an early stage of viral infection.
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- Shiho Okazaki
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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- Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Kanayama T, Mabuchi S, Shimura K, Hisamatsu T, Isohashi F, Hamasaki T, Kimura T. Prognostic factors for survival in cervical cancer patients with bone metastasis. EUR J GYNAECOL ONCOL 2015; 36:290-293. [PMID: 26189255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the prognostic factors for survival in uterine cervical cancer patients who developed bone metastasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cervical cancer patients with bone metastasis who were treated at the present institute from April 1996 to September 2010 were identified from the authors' institutional tumor registries. Primary disease, follow-up, and recurrence data were collected and retrospectively reviewed. Univariate and multivariate analyses of prognostic factors for survival were performed. RESULTS A total of 37 patients that developed cervical cancer bone metastasis were included in the authors' database. The median survival time after recurrence was 12 months. Univariate analysis revealed that patients with a disease-free interval (DFI) of ten months or less achieved significantly shorter survival after bone metastasis detection than those with a DFI of 11 months or more (median: 8.5 months versus 17 months, p < 0.0001). Multivariate analysis also showed that DFI of ten months or less was a significant predictor of short survival (p = 0.0018). CONCLUSIONS The DFI was found to be independent prognostic factors for survival in cervical cancer patients who developed bone metastasis.
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Takemoto N, Koyanagi A, Yamamoto H, Shimura K, Fujii R. Comparison of the Indocyanine Green Dye Method Versus the Combined Method of Indigo Carmine Blue Dye with Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients with Stage I Or II Breast Cancer. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu063.1] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Hirashima T, Tsumori T, Shinzaki W, Yamadori T, Suzuki H, Shimura K, Iwata K, Hino H, Shigeoka H, Goya S. Introduction of the Early Palliative Care Using Central Venous Access Port Device (Cv Port) in Patients with Lung Cancer. Ann Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt459.138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Mizuhara T, Kato T, Hirai A, Kurihara H, Shimada Y, Taniguchi M, Maeta H, Togami H, Shimura K, Matsuoka M, Okazaki S, Takeuchi T, Ohno H, Oishi S, Fujii N. Structure-activity relationship study of phenylpyrazole derivatives as a novel class of anti-HIV agents. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2013; 23:4557-61. [PMID: 23845222 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2013] [Revised: 06/05/2013] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The structure-activity relationship of phenylpyrazole derivative 1 was investigated for the development of novel anti-HIV agents. Initial efforts revealed that the diazenyl group can be replaced by an aminomethylene group. In addition, we synthesized various derivatives by the reductive amination of benzaldehydes with 5-aminopyrazoles and carried out parallel structural optimization on the benzyl group and the pyrazole ring. This optimization led to a six-fold more potent derivative 32j than the lead compound 1, and this derivative has a 3',4'-dichloro-(1,1'-biphenyl)-3-yl group.
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- Tsukasa Mizuhara
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Ohnishi M, Okatani A, Esaki H, Harada K, Sawada T, Murakami M, Marumo K, Kato Y, Sato R, Shimura K, Hatanaka N, Takahashi T. Herd prevalence of Enterobacteriaceae
producing CTX-M-type and CMY-2 β
-lactamases among Japanese dairy farms. J Appl Microbiol 2013; 115:282-9. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.12211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2013] [Revised: 03/11/2013] [Accepted: 03/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- M. Ohnishi
- Veterinary Clinical Laboratory; Nemuro District Agricultural Mutual Aid Association; Nakashibetsu Hokkaido Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health II; School of Veterinary Medicine; Azabu University; Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology; Research Institute for Animal Science in Biochemistry and Toxicology; Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine; Tottori University; Tottori-shi Tottori Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology; School of Veterinary Medicine; Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University; Musashino Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology; School of Veterinary Medicine; Azabu University; Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Showa University School of Medicine; Shinagawa Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health II; School of Veterinary Medicine; Azabu University; Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan
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- Laboratory of Gynecology and Obstetrics; School of Veterinary Medicine; Azabu University; Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology; Research Institute for Animal Science in Biochemistry and Toxicology; Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health II; School of Veterinary Medicine; Azabu University; Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology; School of Veterinary Medicine; Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University; Musashino Tokyo Japan
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Izumi K, Kawaji K, Miyamoto F, Shimane K, Shimura K, Sakagami Y, Hattori T, Watanabe K, Oishi S, Fujii N, Matsuoka M, Kaku M, Sarafianos SG, Kodama EN. Mechanism of resistance to S138A substituted enfuvirtide and its application to peptide design. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2013; 45:908-15. [PMID: 23357451 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2013.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Revised: 01/15/2013] [Accepted: 01/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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T-20 (enfuvirtide) resistance is caused by the N43D primary resistance mutation at its presumed binding site at the N-terminal heptad repeat (N-HR) of gp41, accompanied by the S138A secondary mutation at the C-terminal HR of gp41 (C-HR). We have discovered that modifying T-20 to include S138A (T-20S138A) allows it to efficiently block wild-type and T20-resistant viruses, by a mechanism that involves improved binding of T-20S138A to the N-HR that contains the N43D primary mutation. To determine how HIV-1 in turn escapes T-20S138A we used a dose escalation method to select T-20S138A-resistant HIV-1 starting with either wild-type (HIV-1WT) or T-20-resistant (HIV-1N43D/S138A) virus. We found that when starting with WT background, I37N and L44M emerged in the N-HR of gp41, and N126K in the C-HR. However, when starting with HIV-1N43D/S138A, L33S and I69L emerged in N-HR, and E137K in C-HR. T-20S138A-resistant recombinant HIV-1 showed cross-resistance to other T-20 derivatives, but not to C34 derivatives, suggesting that T-20S138A suppressed HIV-1 replication by a similar mechanism to T-20. Furthermore, E137K enhanced viral replication kinetics and restored binding affinity with N-HR containing N43D, indicating that it acts as a secondary, compensatory mutation. We therefore introduced E137K into T-20S138A (T-20E137K/S138A) and revealed that T-20E137K/S138A moderately suppressed replication of T-20S138A-resistant HIV-1. T-20E137K/S138A retained activity to HIV-1 without L33S, which seems to be a key mutation for T-20 derivatives. Our data demonstrate that secondary mutations can be consistently used for the design of peptide inhibitors that block replication of HIV resistant to fusion inhibitors.
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- Kazuki Izumi
- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawaramachi, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Mizuhara T, Oishi S, Ohno H, Shimura K, Matsuoka M, Fujii N. Structure-activity relationship study of pyrimido[1,2-c][1,3]benzothiazin-6-imine derivatives for potent anti-HIV agents. Bioorg Med Chem 2012; 20:6434-41. [PMID: 23022280 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.08.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2012] [Revised: 08/22/2012] [Accepted: 08/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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3,4-Dihydro-2H,6H-pyrimido[1,2-c][1,3]benzothiazin-6-imine (PD 404182) is an antiretroviral agent with submicromolar inhibitory activity against human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) and HIV-2 infection. In the current study, the structure-activity relationships of accessory groups at the 3- and 9-positions of pyrimido[1,2-c][1,3]benzothiazin-6-imine were investigated for the development of more potent anti-HIV agents. Several different derivatives containing a 9-aryl group were designed and synthesized using Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling and Ullmann coupling reactions. Modification of the m-methoxyphenyl or benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl group resulted in improved anti-HIV activity. In addition, the 2,4-diazaspiro[5.5]undec-2-ene-fused benzo[e][1,3]thiazine derivatives were designed and tested for their anti-HIV activities. The most potent 9-(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl) derivative was two-threefold more effective against several strains of HIV-1 and HIV-2 than the parent compound, PD 404182.
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- Tsukasa Mizuhara
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Mizuhara T, Oishi S, Ohno H, Shimura K, Matsuoka M, Fujii N. Concise synthesis and anti-HIV activity of pyrimido[1,2-c][1,3]benzothiazin-6-imines and related tricyclic heterocycles. Org Biomol Chem 2012; 10:6792-802. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ob25904d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Inokuchi E, Oishi S, Kubo T, Ohno H, Shimura K, Matsuoka M, Fujii N. Potent CXCR4 antagonists containing amidine type Peptide bond isosteres. ACS Med Chem Lett 2011; 2:477-80. [PMID: 24900333 DOI: 10.1021/ml200047e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 02/15/2011] [Accepted: 03/27/2011] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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A series of FC131 [cyclo(-d-Tyr-Arg-Arg-Nal-Gly-)] analogues containing amidine type peptide bond isosteres were synthesized as selective CXC chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) antagonists. An isosteric amidine substructure was constructed by a macrocyclization process using nitrile oxide-mediated C-N bond formation. All of the amidine-containing FC131 analogues exhibited potent SDF-1 binding inhibition to CXCR4. The Nal-Gly-substituted analogue was characterized as one of the most potent cyclic pentapeptide-based CXCR4 antagonists reported to date. The improved activity against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type-1 X4 strains suggested that addition of another basic amidine group to the peptide backbone effectively increases the selective binding of the peptides to CXCR4 receptor.
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- Eriko Inokuchi
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Shimura K, Nameki D, Kajiwara K, Watanabe K, Sakagami Y, Oishi S, Fujii N, Matsuoka M, Sarafianos SG, Kodama EN. Resistance profiles of novel electrostatically constrained HIV-1 fusion inhibitors. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:39471-80. [PMID: 20937812 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.145789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) gp41 plays a key role in viral fusion; the N- and C-terminal heptad repeats (N-HR and C-HR) of gp41 form a stable 6-helical conformation for fusion. Therefore, HR-derived peptides, such as enfuvirtide (T-20), inhibit HIV-1 fusion by acting as decoys, and have been used for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. However, the efficacy of T-20 is attenuated by resistance mutations in gp41, including V38A and N43D. To suppress the resistant variants, we previously developed electrostatically constrained peptides, SC34 and SC34EK, and showed that both exhibited potent anti-HIV-1 activity against wild-type and T-20-resistant variants. In this study, to clarify the resistance mechanism to this next generation of fusion inhibitors, we selected variants with resistance to SC34 and SC34EK in vitro. The resistant variants had multiple mutations in gp41. All of these mutations individually caused less than 6-fold resistance to SC34 and SC34EK, indicating that there is a significant genetic barrier for high-level resistance. Cross-resistance to SC34 and SC34EK was reduced by a simple difference in the polarity of two intramolecular electrostatic pairs. Furthermore, the selected mutations enhanced the physicochemical interactions with N-HR variants and restored activities of the parental peptide, C34, even to resistant variants. These results demonstrate that our approach of designing gp41-binding inhibitors using electrostatic constraints and information derived from resistance studies produces inhibitors with enhanced activity, high genetic barrier, and distinct resistance profile from T-20 and other inhibitors. Hence, this is a promising approach for the design of future generation peptide fusion inhibitors.
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- Kazuya Shimura
- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, 606-8507 Kyoto, Japan.
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Izumi K, Nakamura S, Nakano H, Shimura K, Sakagami Y, Oishi S, Uchiyama S, Ohkubo T, Kobayashi Y, Fujii N, Matsuoka M, Kodama EN. Characterization of HIV-1 resistance to a fusion inhibitor, N36, derived from the gp41 amino-terminal heptad repeat. Antiviral Res 2010; 87:179-86. [PMID: 20438763 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2010.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2010] [Revised: 04/22/2010] [Accepted: 04/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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A transmembrane glycoprotein of HIV-1, gp41, plays a central role in membrane fusion of HIV-1 and host cells. Peptides derived from the amino- and carboxyl-terminal heptad repeat (N-HR and C-HR, respectively) of gp41 inhibit this fusion. The mechanism of resistance to enfuvirtide, a C-HR-derived peptide, is well defined; however the mechanism of resistance to N-HR-derived peptides remains unclear. We characterized an HIV-1 isolate resistant to the N-HR-derived peptide, N36. This HIV-1 acquired a total of four amino acid substitutions, D36G, N126K and E137Q in gp41, and P183Q in gp120. Among these substitutions, N126K and/or E137Q conferred resistance to not only N36, but also C34, which is the corresponding C-HR-derived peptide fusion inhibitor. We performed crystallographic and biochemical analysis of the 6-helix bundle formed by synthetic gp41-derived peptides containing the N126K/E137Q substitutions. The structure of the 6-helix bundle with N126K/E137Q was identical to that in wild-type HIV-1 except for the presence of a new hydrogen bond. Denaturing experiments revealed that the stability of the 6-helix bundle of N126K/E137Q is greater than in the wild-type. These results suggest that the stabilizing effect of N126K/E137Q provides resistance to N36 and C34.
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- Kazuki Izumi
- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, 53 Kawaramachi Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Niino T, Hata M, Sezai A, Yoshitake I, Unosawa S, Fujita K, Shimura K, Osaka S, Minami K. Efficacy of neutrophil elastase inhibitor on type A acute aortic dissection. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 58:164-8. [PMID: 20376727 DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1240846] [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: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Surgery for type A acute aortic dissection (AAD) is associated with a high mortality and incidence of postoperative complications, including acute respiratory failure and coagulopathy. Aim of the study was to investigate the effects of sivelestat on pulmonary function and coagulopathy in patients undergoing surgery for AAD. METHODS Sixty patients undergoing emergency ascending replacement for AAD were divided into two groups. Group I was administered sivelestat intravenously from the beginning of surgery until extubation. Group II was not treated with sivelestat. The platelet count, antithrombin III (AT III) level, leukocyte count, C-reactive protein (CRP) level, prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thrombin time (APTT), and prothrombin time-international normalized ratio (PT-INR) were measured. RESULTS The postoperative decrease of AT III and the platelet count on admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and 3 hours later were significantly less in group I. The leukocyte count and the values of CRP, PT, APTT, and PT-INR did not differ significantly between the groups. The duration of mechanical ventilation after surgery tended to be shorter in group I. CONCLUSIONS Sivelestat significantly reduced the postoperative decreases in AT III and platelet count in patients undergoing emergency surgery for AAD.
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- T Niino
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Integration is a distinctive and essential process in the HIV infection cycle and thus represents an attractive antiviral drug target. Integrase inhibitors combined with other classes of drug might contribute to long-lasting suppression of HIV type-1 (HIV-1) replication for many patients. Of the numerous potential integrase inhibitor leads that have been reported, few have reached clinical trials and only one, raltegravir, has been approved (in late 2007) for the treatment of HIV-1-infected patients. Another integrase inhibitor, elvitegravir, is currently showing promise in Phase III clinical studies. Once-daily administration of elvitegravir has a comparable antiviral activity to twice-daily of raltegravir in HIV-1-infected patients. Here, we highlight the salient features of elvitegravir: its chemical structure compared with representative integrase inhibitors, mechanism of action, in vitro and in vivo activity against HIV and other retroviruses, and the effect of integrase polymorphisms and resistance mutations on its anti-HIV activity.
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- Kazuya Shimura
- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Okamoto Y, Shimura K, Katsu M, Inoue H, Kaga S, Ogata K, Suzuki S, Shindo S, Matsumoto M. [Aortic valve replacement and repeat coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with a patent internal thoracic artery bypass graft; report of a case]. Kyobu Geka 2009; 62:413-416. [PMID: 19425385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We report a case of aortic valve replacement and repeat coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with a patent internal thoracic artery bypass graft. A 77-year-old man, who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) 10 years ago, was admitted to the hospital for aortic stenosis and angina pectoris. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated severe aortic calcification with an 86 mmHg gradient across the aortic valve. Coronary angiography demonstrated the patency of all grafts and 90% stenosis of the left circumflex coronary artery. At surgery, a full median sternotomy was performed. The adhesions around the heart and great vessels were severe and the left internal thoracic artery (LITA) was found adherent to the heart and sternum. The LITA and saphenous vein graft (SVG) graft were dissected carefully. Retrograde coronary sinus (CS) perfusion was performed with antegrade myocardial protection for cardiac arrest. We performed aortic valve replacement (AVR) with a 17 mm St. Jude Medical Regent Valve and CABG to the circumflex artery with the saphenous vein under cardiopulmonary bypass. His postoperative course was uneventful. He was discharged from our hospital without major complications.
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- Yuki Okamoto
- Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Japan
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Ueno M, Kodama EN, Shimura K, Sakurai Y, Kajiwara K, Sakagami Y, Oishi S, Fujii N, Matsuoka M. Synonymous mutations in stem-loop III of Rev responsive elements enhance HIV-1 replication impaired by primary mutations for resistance to enfuvirtide. Antiviral Res 2009; 82:67-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2009.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2008] [Revised: 12/16/2008] [Accepted: 02/03/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Izumi K, Kodama E, Shimura K, Sakagami Y, Watanabe K, Ito S, Watabe T, Terakawa Y, Nishikawa H, Sarafianos SG, Kitaura K, Oishi S, Fujii N, Matsuoka M. Design of peptide-based inhibitors for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 strains resistant to T-20. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:4914-20. [PMID: 19073606 PMCID: PMC2643509 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m807169200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2008] [Revised: 12/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Enfuvirtide (T-20) is a fusion inhibitor that suppresses replication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) variants with multi-drug resistance to reverse transcriptase and protease inhibitors. It is a peptide derived from the C-terminal heptad repeat (C-HR) of HIV-1 gp41, and it prevents interactions between the C-HR and the N-terminal HR (N-HR) of gp41, thus interfering with conformational changes that are required for viral fusion. However, prolonged therapies with T-20 result in the emergence of T-20-resistant strains that contain primary mutations such as N43D in the N-HR of gp41 (where T-20 and C-HR bind) that help the virus escape at a fitness cost. Such variants often go on to acquire a secondary mutation, S138A, in the C-HR of gp41 region that corresponds to the sequence of T-20. We demonstrate here that the role of S138A is to compensate for the impaired fusion kinetics of HIV-1s carrying primary mutations that abrogate binding of T-20. To preempt this escape strategy, we designed a modified T-20 variant containing the S138A substitution and showed that it is a potent inhibitor of both T-20-sensitive and T-20-resistant viruses. Circular dichroism analysis revealed that the S138A provided increased stability of the 6-helix bundle. We validated our approach on another fusion inhibitor, C34. In this case, we designed a variant of C34 with the secondary escape mutation N126K and showed that it can effectively inhibit replication of C34-resistant HIV-1. These results prove that it is possible to design improved peptide-based fusion inhibitors that are efficient against a major mechanism of drug resistance.
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- Kazuki Izumi
- Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, 53 Kawaramachi, Shogoin, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Okamoto Y, Shimura K, Mitsumori Y, Katsu M, Kaga S, Inoue H, Ogata K, Suzuki S, Shindo S, Matsumoto M. [Recurrent cardiac myxoma that developed rapidly in a short period]. Kyobu Geka 2009; 62:129-132. [PMID: 19202933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A 55-year-old woman, who had undergone extirpation of left atrial myxoma 3-years before, was admitted to our hospital with dyspnea. Chest computed tomography revealed a low density mass in the left atrium (LA) with a diameter of 54 mm. Transthoracic echocardiography showed that the mass was attached to the left atrial septal wall and had a pendulum-like movement. We urgently performed an operation for recurrent left atrial myxoma. Through atrial transseptal approach, a huge myxomatus tumor was observed in the LA. The stalk was on the endocardium at the cranial side of the previous autologous pericardial patch. The tumor was completely excised along with the patch. We repaired the disrupted endocardium and performed Dacron patch repair of the atrial septal defect. The patient recovered uneventfully and was discharged 14 days after surgery. The excised tumor was found to be myxoma on pathological examination similar to the previous tumor. We report a case of recurrent left atrial myxoma with rapid growth in a short time period.
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- Y Okamoto
- Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yamanashi University, Chuo, Japan
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Sata N, Endo K, Shimura K, Koizumi M, Nagai H. A new 3-D diagnosis strategy for duodenal malignant lesions using multidetector row CT, CT virtual duodenoscopy, duodenography, and 3-D multicholangiography. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 32:66-72. [PMID: 16802199 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-006-9008-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Recent advances in multidetector row computed tomography (MD-CT) technology provide new opportunities for clinical diagnoses of various diseases. Here we assessed CT virtual duodenoscopy, duodenography, and three-dimensional (3D) multicholangiography created by MD-CT for clinical diagnosis of duodenal malignant lesions. The study involved seven cases of periduodenal carcinoma (four ampullary carcinomas, two duodenal carcinomas, one pancreatic carcinoma). Biliary contrast medium was administered intravenously, followed by intravenous administration of an anticholinergic agent and oral administration of effervescent granules for expanding the upper gastrointestinal tract. Following intravenous administration of a nonionic contrast medium, an upper abdominal MD-CT scan was performed in the left lateral position. Scan data were processed on a workstation to create CT virtual duodenoscopy, duodenography, 3D multicholangiography, and various postprocessing images, which were then evaluated for their effectiveness as preoperative diagnostic tools. Carcinoma location and extent were clearly demonstrated as defects or colored low-density areas in 3-D multicholangiography images and as protruding lesions in virtual duodenography and duodenoscopy images. These findings were confirmed using multiplanar or curved planar reformation images. In conclusion, CT virtual duodenoscopy, doudenography, 3-D multicholangiography, and various images created by MD-CT alone provided necessary and adequate preoperative diagnostic information.
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- N Sata
- Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Minami-kawachi, Tochigi, 329-0498, Japan.
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- T Tsutsui
- Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Animal Health, 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan
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Kaji Y, Tsuji H, Fujita M, Xu Y, Yoshida K, Mashiko S, Shimura K, Miyakawa S, Asino S. Development of a knowledge based system linked to a materials database. Data Sci J 2004. [DOI: 10.2481/dsj.3.88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Tsutsui T, Minami N, Koiwai M, Hamaoka T, Yamane I, Shimura K. A stochastic-modeling evaluation of the foot-and-mouth-disease survey conducted after the outbreak in Miyazaki, Japan in 2000. Prev Vet Med 2003; 61:45-58. [PMID: 14516716 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5877(03)00160-0] [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: 11/24/2022]
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When foot-and-mouth-disease (FMD) was identified in Miyazaki prefecture in March 2000, Japan conducted an intensive serological and clinical survey in the areas surrounding the index herd. As a result of the survey during the 21 days of the movement-restriction period, two infected herds were detected and destroyed; there were no other cases in the months that followed. To evaluate the survey used for screening the disease-control area and surveillance area, we estimated the herd-level sensitivity of the survey (HSe) through a spreadsheet model using Monte-Carlo methods. The Reed-Frost model was incorporated to simulate the spread of FMD within an infected herd. In the simulations, 4, 8 and 12 effective-contact scenarios during the 5-day period were examined. The estimated HSes of serological tests (HSeE) were 71.0, 75.3 and 76.3% under the 4, 8 and 12 contact scenarios, respectively. The sensitivity analysis showed that increasing the number of contacts beyond 12 did not improve HSeE, but increasing the number of sampled animals and delaying the dates of sampling did raise HSeEs. Small herd size in the outbreak area (>80% of herds have <20 animals) seems to have helped in maintaining HSeE relatively high, although the serological inspection was carried out before sero-positive animals had a chance to increase in infected herds. The estimated herd-level specificity of serological tests (HSpE) was 98.6%. This HSpE predicted 224 false-positive herds (5th percentile estimate was 200 and 95th percentile was 249), which proved close to the 232 false-positive herds actually observed. The combined-test herd-level sensitivity (serological and clinical inspections combined; CTHSe), averaged 85.5, 87.6 and 88.1% for the 4, 8 and 12 contact scenarios, respectively. Using these CTHSes, the calculated probability that no infected herd was overlooked by the survey was > or =62.5% under the most-conservative, four-contact scenario. The probability that no more than one infected herd was overlooked was > or =89.7%.
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- T Tsutsui
- Applied Epidemiology Section, National Institute of Animal Health, 3-1-5, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan.
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To investigate how human motor regulatory systems are modified by prior knowledge of a predictable external perturbation, six normal human subjects, each when sitting on a chair, were required to maintain a stable elbow flexion angle (90 degrees) while different weight perturbations were applied (0.5 kg or 2-kg loads). Loads were applied either by the experimenter Without Anticipation or With Anticipation by the subject's own contralateral hand. Acceleration of the forearm movement (elbow extension and flexion) by loads and electromyograms (EMGs) of the biceps brachii (BB) and the triceps brachii (TB) muscle were recorded. Under With Anticipation conditions, preceding EMG activities of BB and TB muscles prior to the onset time of perturbation were clearly observed. Furthermore, the amount of these preceding EMG activities was larger in the heavy load perturbation than in the light load perturbation. Under Without Anticipation conditions, however, these preceding EMG activities were not observed. In the preceding EMG activities, EMG bursts (latency 20 msec.) of a presumed stretch reflex induced by the perturbation were clearly observed. Thus, the function of anticipatory adjustment of mainitaining the elbow angle definitely appears to optimize limb stability in the case of the mechanical self-applied perturbation. Furthermore, the extent of the anticipatory adjustment of the elbow angle was dependent on the predicted magnitude of load.
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Shimura K, Milster TD. Vector diffraction analysis by discrete-dipole approximation. J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis 2001; 18:2895-2900. [PMID: 11688879 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.18.002895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The discrete-dipole approximation is applied to vector diffraction analysis in a system with large-numerical-aperture (NA) optics and subwavelength targets. Distributions of light diffracted by subwavelength dielectric targets are calculated in a solid angle that corresponds to a NA of 0.9, and their dependence on incident polarization, target shape, and target size is studied. Electric field distributions inside the target are also shown. Basic features of the vector diffraction are clearly demonstrated. This technique facilitates understanding of the vectorial effects in systems that are expected to be applied in the future to optical data storage.
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- K Shimura
- Mechanical Systems Laboratory, Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan
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Shimura K, Tamada K, Asada M, Watabiki N, Wada I, Tanaka N, Suzuki Y. Intraductal ultrasonography of traumatic neuroma of the bile duct. Abdom Imaging 2001; 26:632-4. [PMID: 11907729 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-001-0016-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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We report a case of a 70-year-old female with traumatic neuroma of the bile duct. Transpapillary intraductal ultrasonography showed a cystic duct stump, from which a smooth and homogeneous hypoechoic mass arose; the adjacent bile duct wall had a normal structure. Intraductal ultrasonography is useful for distinguishing traumatic neuroma from bile duct carcinoma.
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- K Shimura
- Department of Gastroenterology, Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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Ichimura T, Ishiko O, Nishimura S, Kojima T, Shimura K. Primary peritoneal clear cell carcinoma: excellent results from paclitaxel and carboplatin combination chemotherapy. Oncol Rep 2001; 8:1243-5. [PMID: 11605041 DOI: 10.3892/or.8.6.1243] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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While papillary serous adenocarcinomas are histocytologically common in primary peritoneal carcinomas, clear cell carcinomas are rare. We report a new regimen for the treatment of recurrent clear cell carcinomas of the peritoneum. A 45-year-old woman was referred to our hospital and underwent optimal debulking surgery. Thirty-two months after the operation, lymph node swelling and elevation of serum CA19-9 were detected and recurrence was diagnosed. Paclitaxel (175 mg/m(2)) in a 3-hour and carboplatin (300 mg/m(2)) in a 1-hour infusion were repeated at three-week intervals. After completion of four courses, abdominal CT and serum CA19-9 were undertaken and results compared. Lymph node swelling was significantly decreased and the serum CA19-9 level was decreased to within a normal range. Paclitaxel and carboplatin combination chemotherapy may be effective in preventing the recurrence of peritoneal carcinomas.
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- T Ichimura
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sumitomo Hospital, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005, Japan.
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The suppression of evaporation of water from small volumes of sample solutions or reagents for capillary electrophoresis by the use of a mineral-oil overlay was investigated in affinophoresis applications, in which the affinity constant of a mutant protein of recombinant human galectin-1 to a lactose affinophore, a triply negative charged ion having a lactoside as an affinity ligand, was determined. When an injection was carried out from a minimum of 20 microL of an aqueous solution beneath the oil overlay, no oil contamination inside the capillary was observed, provided the capillary was cleanly cut so that the end was flat, and the polyimide coating had been removed for a distance of about 2 mm from the end. Affinophoresis was carried out using 20 microL of an affinophore solution covered with an oil overlay. The abnormalities in the electropherograms as the result of the evaporation of the water from the solution during storage prior to use in an automatic operation of a capillary electrophoresis instrument were suppressed, with respect to the formation of a base line gap, an increase in the detection time of a marker ion and an increase in the initial current. A solution in a vial could be used repeatedly for a longer period of time when overlaid with mineral oil than in the absence of an overlay. The use of a mineral-oil overlay is a simple but very efficient technique for solving the problem of the evaporation of water from small volumes of aqueous solutions for use in capillary electrophoresis.
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- K Shimura
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Kojima T, Ishiko O, Ichimura T, Nishimura S, Sumi T, Ueda J, Tsujimura T, Shimura K. The usefulness and limits of magnetic resonance imaging in the differential diagnosis of pelvic tumors. Oncol Rep 2001; 8:867-9. [PMID: 11410800 DOI: 10.3892/or.8.4.867] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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Three cases of benign pelvic tumors are presented (2 leiomyomas and 1 fibroma). All three tumors were suspected of being malignant neoplasms because they were visualized as heterogeneous high signal intensity on T2-weighted images, and thus they were difficult to diagnose preoperatively. One of the leiomyomas was located in the retroperitoneum and had been misdiagnosed as an ovarian tumor. All three tumors exhibited secondary myxoid changes, these changes may have been responsible for the high signal intensity on the T2-weighted MR images. Since benign tumors sometimes mimic malignant tumors on MR images, exploratory laparotomy is essential to make a definitive diagnosis.
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- T Kojima
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sumitomo Hospital, 5-3-20 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005, Japan.
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Shimura K, Shimazaki C, Okano A, Hatsuse M, Okamoto A, Takahashi R, Hirai H, Sumikuma T, Ashihara E, Inaba T, Fujita N, Yasuda J, Nakagawa M. [Therapy-related myeloid leukemia following platinum-based chemotherapy for ovarian cancer]. Rinsho Ketsueki 2001; 42:99-103. [PMID: 11280924] [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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A 40-year-old woman, who had suffered from AML (M1) in 1983, developed ovarian cancer (stage IIIc) in December 1996 after long-term remission. She underwent surgical resection of the cancer, 10 courses of standard chemotherapy and tandem PBSCT (total dose: CBDCA 6,750 mg, CDDP 200 mg, CPA 16,000 mg, THP-ADR 450 mg). After receiving the last course of chemotherapy in June 1998, she was referred to our hospital in September 1998 because of pancytopenia. Laboratory findings showed pancytopenia with 34% leukemic cells, which were positive for alpha NBE and negative for POX and CAE. Surface-marker analysis of the leukemic cells showed positivity for CD11c, CD33, CD56, and DR, and chromosome analysis revealed 47, XX, +8. The patient was diagnosed as having AML (M5a), and received induction therapy consisting of IDR and Ara-C, which led to complete remission. As she had not received etoposide, this case was thought to have been therapy-related leukemia due to the platinum agents used for treating the ovarian cancer.
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- K Shimura
- Second Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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Shimura K, Zhi W, Matsumoto H, Kasai K. Accuracy in the determination of isoelectric points of some proteins and a peptide by capillary isoelectric focusing: utility of synthetic peptides as isoelectric point markers. Anal Chem 2000; 72:4747-57. [PMID: 11028642 DOI: 10.1021/ac000387o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 11/29/2022]
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To evaluate the accuracy ofisoelectric point determination by capillary isoelectric focusing, the pI values of nine proteins and a peptide, the pI values of which had been determined by other methods and ranging pI 3.55-9.60, were determined by capillary isoelectric focusing by cofocusing of recently developed peptide pI markers ranging 3.38-10.17, and the consistency of the pI values was examined. Isoelectric focusing was carried out in neutral polymer-coated capillaries, and the pH gradient was mobilized by pressure toward the cathode, to detect samples with absorption at 280 nm at a fixed detection point. Carrier ampholytes from two different suppliers and in different pH ranges were used. The sharp peaks of the highly pure peptide pI markers greatly facilitated the unambiguous identification of the peaks. When a carrier ampholyte ranging over the acidic side was used, the detection of acidic pI samples was anomalously delayed. This could be partly mitigated by reducing the viscosity of the anode solution in comparison with the pH gradient formed in the capillary. Since the detection times vs the pH relationships were not linear in most cases, the use of a linear calibration line over an entire pH gradient would be erroneous. Instead, the pI values of samples were calculated by assuming a linear relation for pH against detection time between two flanking marker peptides. Close agreement between the pI values, determined by capillary isoelectric focusing, and the reference values of the samples was observed within an average difference range of 0.04-0.08 pH unit with a sample consumption of 10-100 ng within 30-60 min. Some carrier ampholytes were preferentially more effective at either the acidic or the basic side of the pH gradient. For confirmation of the completion of focusing, the use of two different focusing times is recommended.
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- K Shimura
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University, Sagamiko, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Hatsuse M, Okano A, Okamoto A, Shimura K, Takahashi R, Hirai H, Ashihara E, Inaba T, Fujita N, Shimazaki C, Nakagawa M. [Autologous transplantation of Ph-negative peripheral blood stem cells for treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia]. Rinsho Ketsueki 2000; 41:671-5. [PMID: 11020996] [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: 02/17/2023]
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A 21-year-old man, diagnosed in March 1997 as having chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), received hydroxyurea followed by daily interferon (IFN) until December 1998, when the additional chromosome abnormality of +8 appeared. As no suitable matched donor was available, the patient received mobilization therapy consisting of mini-ICE (idarubicin, cytarabine, etoposide) followed by G-CSF subcutaneously. During hematopoietic recovery, a total of 12 x 10(6)/kg CD34-positive cells were harvested. Cytogenetic analysis of peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) products using FISH revealed 1% BCR/ABL fusion signals. In March 1999, he received conditioning therapy consisting of busulfan (16 mg/kg) and cyclophosphamide (120 mg/kg) followed by infusion of 5 x 10(6)/kg CD34-positive cells. A neutrophil count of 500/microliter and a platelet count of 5 x 10(4)/microliter were attained by days 20 and 38, respectively. Bone marrow aspirates showed 2.6% BCR/ABL fusion signals on day 35 after autologous PBSC transplantation, and the patient remained in chronic phase until the sixth month, when a cytogenetic relapse (Ph, +8:4/20) occurred. These observations suggest that Ph-negative progenitor cells can be harvested using a mini-ICE regimen followed by G-CSF, and that autologous PBSC transplantation is feasible in patients with CML resistant to IFN.
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- M Hatsuse
- Second Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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Tanaka M, Motomura T, Kawada M, Anzai T, Kasori Y, Shiroya T, Shimura K, Onishi M, Mochizuki A. Blood compatible aspects of poly(2-methoxyethylacrylate) (PMEA)--relationship between protein adsorption and platelet adhesion on PMEA surface. Biomaterials 2000; 21:1471-81. [PMID: 10872776 DOI: 10.1016/s0142-9612(00)00031-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 351] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Platelet adhesion and spreading is suppressed when a poly(2-methoxyethylacrylate) (PMEA) surface is used, compared with other polymer surfaces. To clarify the reason for this suppression, the relationship among the amount of the plasma protein adsorbed onto PMEA, its secondary structure and platelet adhesion was investigated. Poly(2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate) (PHEMA) and polyacrylate analogous were used as references. The amount of protein adsorbed onto PMEA was very low and similar to that absorbed onto PHEMA. Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy was applied to examine changes in the secondary structure of the proteins after adsorption onto the polymer surface. The conformation of the proteins adsorbed onto PHEMA changed considerably, but that of proteins adsorbed onto PMEA differed only a little from the native one. These results suggest that low platelet adhesion and spreading are closely related to the low degree of the denaturation of the protein adsorbed onto PMEA. PMEA could be developed as a promising material to produce a useful blood-contacting surface for medical devices.
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- M Tanaka
- Research and Development Center, Terumo Corporation, Nakai-machi, Ashigarakami-gun, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Yamane I, Kitani H, Kokuho T, Shibahara T, Haritani M, Hamaoka T, Shimizu S, Koiwai M, Shimura K, Yokomizo Y. The inhibitory effect of interferon gamma and tumor necrosis factor alpha on intracellular multiplication of Neospora caninum in primary bovine brain cells. J Vet Med Sci 2000; 62:347-51. [PMID: 10770613 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.62.347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Primary culture of bovine brain cells was examined for its susceptibility to Neospora caninum infections, and this model was used to investigate the effects of bovine interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) and tumor necrosis factors alpha (TNF-alpha) on tachyzoite growth. Tachyzoites of N. caninum grew well in this culture, and tachyzoite growth in astroglia and microglia were confirmed by immunocytochemical staining. IFN-gamma inhibited the tachyzoite growth, and this inhibition was not reversed by the addition of nitric oxide antagonist. TNF-alpha, to a lesser extent, also inhibited the tachyzoite growth. Th-1 type cytokines may play an important role in host defense mechanisms in N. caninum infection.
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- I Yamane
- National Institute of Animal Health, Ibaraki, Japan
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Shimura K, Shimazaki C, Okamoto A, Takahashi R, Hirai H, Sumikuma T, Ashihara E, Inaba T, Fujita N, Komatsu S, Hirano S, Nakagawa M. [Werner's syndrome associated with acute myelofibrosis]. Rinsho Ketsueki 2000; 41:123-8. [PMID: 10723241] [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: 02/15/2023]
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A 47-year-old man was admitted to our hospital in June 1997 because of nasal bleeding. He presented with anemia in addition to physical characteristics of Werner's syndrome (WS). Peripheral blood examination disclosed pancytopenia with 4% blasts. Bone marrow aspiration was a dry tap; biopsy specimens revealed myelofibrosis. Chromosomal analysis of peripheral blood revealed hypodiploidy with complex abnormalities including -5 and del(7)(q21). Serum levels of PDGF, FGF, and TGF beta 1 were normal. A diagnosis of acute myelofibrosis was made. The patient's condition became quickly deteriorated and he died of pneumonia in October 1997. In the literature, we found 6 reported cases of myelofibrosis associated with WS. Considering that only approximately 1,100 cases of WS have been reported so far, the incidence of myelofibrosis in WS seems relatively high. This case suggested a link between WS and myelofibrosis, and the mechanism of myelofibrosis in WS was discussed.
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- K Shimura
- Second Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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Sixteen peptides (trimers to hexamers) were designed for use as a set of pI markers for capillary isoelectric focusing (CIEF). Each peptide contains one tryptophan residue for detection by UV absorption and other amino acid residues having ionic side chains, which are responsible for focusing to its pI. The pIs of these peptides were determined by slab-gel IEF using commercial carrier ampholytes. The focused peptides in the gel were detected by absorption measurement at 280 nm using a scanning densitometer and the pH gradient was determined by measuring the pH of the gel using an oxidized metal membrane electrode. The pI values of the peptides ranged from 3.38 to 10.17. The obtained values agreed well with the predicted ones, which were calculated based on amino acid compositions, with root mean square differences of 0.15 pH unit. The peptides were detected at 280 nm as very sharp peaks when separated by CIEF. The pI values of some standard proteins were redetermined by CIEF by using this set of peptide pI markers and the values agreed closely with those reported previously. The sharp focusing, stability, high purity and high solubility of these synthetic pI markers should facilitate the profiling of a pH gradient in a capillary and the determination of the pI values of proteins.
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- K Shimura
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University, Sagamiko, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Inaba T, Shimazaki C, Sumikuma T, Okamoto A, Shimura K, Takahashi R, Hirai H, Ashihara E, Hibi S, Fujita N, Yoshimura M, Nakagawa M. CD45-negative acute leukemia in adulthood. Eur J Haematol 2000; 64:66-7. [PMID: 10680709 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2000.9l040.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, CD/blood
- Bone Marrow Cells/immunology
- Bone Marrow Cells/pathology
- Female
- Humans
- Karyotyping
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/blood
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/classification
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/immunology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Leukocyte Common Antigens/blood
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
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Tsuji N, Ohta M, Kawazu S, Kamio T, Isobe T, Shimura K, Fujisaki K. DNA polymorphism of srRNA gene among Eimeria tenella strains isolated in Japan. J Vet Med Sci 1999; 61:1331-3. [PMID: 10651056 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.61.1331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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DNA polymorphism in twelve starains of Eimeria tenella isolated from various places in Japan was examined using 1.l kb small subunits ribosomal RNA amplified by PCR. Genetic variation was evaluated by random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. DNA fingerprint patterns were grouped into two, indicating that at least two DNA polymorphisms exist in Japanese E. tenella strains.
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- N Tsuji
- National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Ashihara E, Shimazaki C, Okamoto A, Shimura K, Takahashi R, Sumikuma T, Hirai H, Inaba T, Fujita N, Nakagawa M. Successful peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for myelodysplastic syndrome. Bone Marrow Transplant 1999; 24:1343-5. [PMID: 10627645 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Wilms' tumor (WT1) gene expression is increased in patients with leukemia as well as myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and is useful for detection of minimal residual disease (MRD). A 47-year-old man given a diagnosis of refractory anemia with excess of blasts in transformation (RAEB-T) received myeloablative therapy followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT). MRD by WT1 expression was not detected in the graft. The patient has been in CR for 25 months after PBSCT. These observations suggest that PBSCT is feasible for patients with RAEB-T and analysis of WT1 expression can be applied for patients with high risk MDS.
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- E Ashihara
- Second Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Hirai H, Shimura K, Takahashi R, Kikuta T, Ashihara E, Inada T, Fujita N, Shimazaki C, Akasaka T, Ohno H, Nakagawa M. [CD5 positive B cell leukemic lymphoma associated with BCL6 rearrangement]. Rinsho Ketsueki 1999; 40:1198-200. [PMID: 10624132] [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: 02/15/2023]
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A 59-year-old man was admitted in December 1995 because of general fatigue without lymphadenopathy. Increased abnormal lymphocytes (70%) were observed in peripheral blood. Bone marrow aspiration was a dry tap. Biopsy specimens revealed hypercellularity with infiltration of abnormal lymphocytes. Surface marker analysis of tumor cells was positive for CD5, CD19, CD20, HLA -DR, kappa, and sIgM and negative for CD10. Cytogenetic analysis disclosed a complex abnormal karyotype including t(3;22) and rearrangement of the BCL6 gene. The patient was given a diagnosis of CD5 positive B-cell lymphoma, but died in January 1997 despite repeated chemotherapy. This case was unique because BCL6 rearrangement has been reported in various types of B-cell lymphoma but rarely associated with leukemic types without lymphadenopathy.
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- H Hirai
- Second Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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Shibahara T, Kokuho T, Eto M, Haritani M, Hamaoka T, Shimura K, Nakamura K, Yokomizo Y, Yamane I. Pathological and immunological findings of athymic nude and congenic wild type BALB/c mice experimentally infected with Neospora caninum. Vet Pathol 1999; 36:321-7. [PMID: 10421099 DOI: 10.1354/vp.36-4-321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Neospora is a cyst-forming coccidian parasite that causes abortions and neuromuscular disorders in a wide variety of mammals. Japanese bovine isolate JPA1 was inoculated intraperitoneally into BALB/c nu/ nu (athymic nude) and BALB/c (congenic wild type) female mice to examine the distribution of parasites and resistance mechanisms to Neospora infection. All the athymic nude mice died within 28 days after intraperitoneal injection of 2 x 10(5) JPA1 tachyzoites, whereas all the congenic wild type mice survived without exhibiting any clinical signs. Tachyzoites were identified in the uterus and pancreas and later spread to many other organs. Most tachyzoites identified in the necrotic foci were localized in the epithelium of the venules and capillaries. Nude mice developed high level of serum interferon-gamma and interleukin-6 as infection proceeded. Inflammatory response to Neospora infection might be mediated by Th1-type dependent cellular immunity.
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- T Shibahara
- National Institute of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Kawanishi M, Yahagi S, Shimura K, Kasai T. Dependence of deltoid muscle activity upon initial angles of shoulder abduction prior to flexion. Percept Mot Skills 1999; 88:879-91. [PMID: 10407894 DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.88.3.879] [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: 11/15/2022]
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The present study was undertaken to investigate the hypothesis that the direction and selectivity of an appropriately modified version of shoulder flexion is dependent upon initial angles of shoulder abduction. Analysis indicated that initial small angles of shoulder abduction were associated with longer electromyographic (EMG) durations of the agonist (anterior deltoid) muscle. Moreover, as initial angles became smaller, EMG onsets of the antagonist (posterior deltoid muscle) occurred nearer to those of the agonist. Modulations of duration of the agonist EMG activity can be explained by changes in amplitude of movement. Two possible interpretations of the changes of EMG onset of the antagonist in accordance with different initial angles of shoulder abduction are considered. One concerns the effect of the change on the load of the upper limb, dependent on different angles of shoulder abduction. The second concerns the changing role of the antagonist to a synergist, dependent upon decreased initial angles of shoulder abduction prior to the shoulder flexion. Based on the present findings, it is suggested that angles of shoulder abduction are an important determinant of agonist-antagonist muscle activity of the deltoid during flexion of the shoulder.
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- M Kawanishi
- Division of Sports and Health Sciences, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, Japan
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Milster TD, Shimura K, Jo JS, Hirota K. Pupil-plane filtering for improved signal detection in an optical data-storage system incorporating a solid immersion lens. Opt Lett 1999; 24:605-607. [PMID: 18073797 DOI: 10.1364/ol.24.000605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A pupil-plane filtering technique is applied to data-signal detection in an optical data-storage system that uses a solid immersion lens (SIL) and a four-layered phase-change recording medium. We have confirmed by numerical calculations and experiment that the technique improves signal contrast and makes the contrast less sensitive to the gap width between the bottom surface of the SIL and the top surface of the recording medium. Light that is incident upon the objective lens that is used with the SIL is linearly polarized, and the full vectorial feature of the light is considered in the calculations.
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES The authors clarify the detection rates for breast cancerous tumors and clustered microcalcifications with computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) based on Fuji Computed Radiography. The authors also determine whether mammographic reading with CAD contributes to the discovery of breast cancer. METHODS Data acquired by Fuji Computed Radiography 9000, which consisted of 4148 digital mammograms including 267 cases of breast cancer, was transferred directly to an analysis workstation where an original software program determined extraction rates for breast tumors and clustered microcalcifications. Furthermore, using another 344 mammograms from 86 women, observer performance studies were conducted on five doctors for receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. RESULTS Sensitivity to breast cancerous tumors and clustered microcalcifications were 89.9% and 92.8%, respectively false-positive rates were 1.35 and 0.40 per image, respectively. The observer performance studies indicate that an average Az value for the five doctors was greater with the CAD system than with a film-only reading without CAD, and that a reading with CAD was significantly superior at P < 0.022. CONCLUSIONS It has been shown that CAD based on Fuji Computed Radiography offers good detection rates for both breast cancerous tumors and clustered microcalcifications, and that the reading of mammograms with this CAD system would provide potential improvement in diagnostic accuracy for breast cancer.
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- S Nawano
- Department of Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital, East, Chiba, Japan
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