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Imajima T, Shirakawa T, Shimokawa M, Otsuka T, Shibuki T, Nakazawa J, Arima S, Miwa K, Okabe Y, Koga F, Kubotsu Y, Ueda Y, Hosokawa A, Takeshita S, Shimokawa H, Komori A, Kawahira M, Oda H, Sakai K, Arita S, Mizuta T, Mitsugi K. P-113 A multicenter observational study of liposomal irinotecan and fluorouracil/leucovorin in patients with unresectable or recurrent pancreatic cancer (NAPOLEON-2): Retrospective part. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.04.203] [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: 11/01/2022] Open
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Arita S, Hatta M, Uchida K, Kita T, Okamura K, Ryu T, Murakami H, Sakagami R, Yamazaki J. Peptidylarginine deiminase is involved in maintaining the cornified oral mucosa of rats. J Periodontal Res 2018; 53:750-761. [PMID: 29687476 DOI: 10.1111/jre.12561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Epithelial cells derived from different regions exhibit marked differences in their differentiation capacity, allowing them to provide a suitable protective barrier. We aimed to clarify the role of peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) in modifying the key epidermal proteins filaggrin (FLG) and keratin 1 (K1) during stratification of the rat palate and buccal mucosa. MATERIAL AND METHODS We performed immunofluorescence, immunoblotting, PAD activity assays and 2-dimensional electrophoresis, and developed an organotypic culture model. RESULTS PAD1 expression was highest in the palate, whereas PAD2, PAD3 and PAD4 expression was highest in the skin, suggesting the tissue-specific expression of PAD isozymes that leads to differences in calcium dependency. Immunoblotting showed that the FLG monomer, as well as its degradation products and precursor (proFLG), were most abundantly expressed in the skin but had low expression in the palate, whereas only faint proFLG expression was detected in the buccal mucosa. FLG and K1 were colocalized with PAD1 and were likely to be citrullinated in the cornified layers of the skin; this colocalization was not detected on the palatal surface, and dot-like presence of proFLG that might be citrullinated and that of PAD1 were found in the granules of the palate. Organotypic models derived from the rat palate revealed that PAD inhibition reduced the breakdown of FLG, increased its association with K1 together with epithelial compaction, and decreased permeability in a dye permeability assay. Conversely, PAD stimulation had the opposite effects. CONCLUSION Citrullination is likely a protein modification that plays an important role in maintaining the structure and function of oral cornified mucosa in a way that is distinctly different from that of the skin.
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- S Arita
- Department of Odontology, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Physiological Science & Molecular Biology, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Physiological Science & Molecular Biology, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Physiological Science & Molecular Biology, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Biology, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Odontology, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Odontology, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Odontology, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Physiological Science & Molecular Biology, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan
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Funakoshi T, Horimatsu T, Nakamura M, Suyama K, Mizukami T, Arita S, Ozaki Y, Yasui H, Satake H, Toyoda M, Yazumi S, Kirishima T, Nozaki A, Yoshioka A, Matsubara T, Yanagita M, Fukuhara S, Muto M. Chemotherapy in cancer patients undergoing hemodialysis: A multicenter study. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw390.40] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Yoshioka H, Nakagawa K, Shindou H, Ono Y, Kawakami A, Mabuchi N, Arita S, Fujii K, Hamada T, Ishida O, Miyakoshi K, Uto T. MR Imaging of the Liver before and after Transcatheter Hepatic Chemo-Embolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Acta Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/028418519003100112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Transcatheter chemo-embolization (TCE) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was performed in 38 patients. The patients were examined by MR imaging before TCE as well as one week and 4 to 5 weeks after TCE. The tumor signal intensity in T2 weighted images increased in 13 cases and decreased in 19 cases after TCE. Increased intensity seemed to reflect intra-tumoral hemorrhage or liquefaction accompanying tumor necrosis. Decreased intensity seemed to reflect coagulation necrosis. In 9 of 18 cases followed over a 2-month period the signal intensity had decreased in both T1 and T2 weighted images. In these patients the tumor showed no recurrence at angiography and the decreased signal seemed to reflect the completion of coagulation necrosis. A hyper- and/or hypointense rim around the tumor appeared in 22 cases. These changes were thought to be perifocal edema or granulation tissue around the tumor. MR imaging was useful in evaluating the necrotic process of the tumor after TCE.
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Nio K, Higashi D, Kumagai H, Arita S, Shirakawa T, Nakashima K, Shibata Y, Esaki M, Ueki T, Nakano M, Ariyama H, Kusaba H, Hirahashi M, Oda Y, Esaki T, Mitsugi K, Futami K, Akashi K, Baba E. 176P Safety analysis of chemotherapy for colitis-associated colorectal cancer in Japan. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv523.37] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Shirakawa T, Nakano M, Nio K, Tamura S, Kumagai H, Komoda M, Uchino K, Arita S, Ariyama H, Shibata Y, Kusaba H, Akashi K, Baba E. 520P Retrospective analysis of cardiovascular diseases in chemotherapies for advanced solid tumor patients in a single institution. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv535.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Sakai A, Ikeda S, Okimoto N, Matsumoto H, Teshima K, Okazaki Y, Fukuda F, Arita S, Tsurukami H, Nagashima M, Yoshioka T. Clinical efficacy and treatment persistence of monthly minodronate for osteoporotic patients unsatisfied with, and shifted from, daily or weekly bisphosphonates: the BP-MUSASHI study. Osteoporos Int 2014; 25:2245-53. [PMID: 24899103 PMCID: PMC4134483 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-014-2756-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2014] [Accepted: 05/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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UNLABELLED This multi-center, prospective, open-label, observational study evaluated the effects of once-monthly minodronate (50 mg) on treatment persistence, bone turnover markers, bone mineral density, low back pain, and upper gastrointestinal symptoms in outpatients with osteoporosis previously treated with daily or weekly bisphosphonate products. INTRODUCTION The purposes of this study were to investigate the effects of once-monthly oral minodronate (MIN 50 mg) on bone turnover markers and bone mineral density, low back pain, and upper gastrointestinal symptoms, as well as preference for and treatment persistence of MIN 50 mg among Japanese osteoporosis patients currently treated with daily or weekly bisphosphonates. METHODS Study patients were allocated based on their preference to either the Switch group (patients willing to switch over to MIN 50 mg) or the Continue group (patients wanting to continue their current therapies). Patients' treatment persistence and satisfaction levels with the therapies were assessed using a self-administered questionnaire. The study endpoints were serum TRACP-5b, serum P1NP, bone mineral density, upper gastrointestinal symptoms, and low back pain. RESULTS In total, 264 and 133 patients were allocated into the Switch and Continue groups, respectively. Approximately, 65 % of patients were willing to switch to MIN 50 mg, with the predominant reason being "less frequent dosing more convenient." Treatment persistence was significantly higher in the Switch group (MIN 50 mg) than the Continue group. Almost all patients with abnormal bone metabolism markers demonstrated normalization after switchover. MIN 50 mg alleviated low back pain and upper gastrointestinal symptoms induced by prior bisphosphonate use. CONCLUSIONS MIN 50 mg alleviates low back pain, reduces bone turnover markers and increases bone density, and induces fewer upper gastrointestinal symptoms after switchover from prior bisphosphonate products, and therefore, it may provide patients with a more convenient treatment option and enhance long-term treatment persistence.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, 807-8555, Japan,
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Esaki T, Seto T, Hirai F, Arita S, Toyokawa G, Hashimoto J, Tanabe Y, Kodaira M, Yonemori K, Hoshino Y, Yamamoto H, Kawata T, Lindemann J, Tamura K. A Phase I Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of the Selective Akt Inhibitor Azd5363 in Japanese Patients with Advanced Solid Tumours. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu331.19] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nagase H, Nagasawa Y, Tachida Y, Sakakibara S, Okutsu J, Suematsu N, Arita S, Shimada K. Deiodinase 2 upregulation demonstrated in osteoarthritis patients cartilage causes cartilage destruction in tissue-specific transgenic rats. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2013; 21:514-23. [PMID: 23296253 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2012] [Revised: 12/19/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Chondrocyte hypertrophy followed by cartilage destruction is a crucial step for osteoarthritis (OA) development, however, the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown. The objectives of this study are to identify the gene that may cause cartilage hypertrophy and to elucidate its role on OA pathogenesis. DESIGN Gene expression profiles of cartilages from OA patients and normal subjects were examined by microarray analysis. Expression of deiodinases, enzymes for regulation of triiodothyronine (T3) biosynthesis, in human and rat articular cartilage (AC) were examined by real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Rat ACs and chondrocytes were treated with T3 to investigate its role on chondrocyte hypertrophy and inflammatory reaction. Cartilage-specific Type II deiodinase (DIO2) transgenic rats were generated using bacterial artificial chromosome harboring the entire rat Col2a1 and human DIO2 gene. An experimental OA model was created in the animal to examine the role of DIO2 on cartilage degeneration. RESULTS DIO2 is highly expressed in OA patient AC compared to normal control. In rat AC, DIO2 is specifically expressed among deiodinases and dominantly expressed the same as in brown adipose tissue. T3 induces hypertrophic markers in articular chondrocyte and cartilage explant culture, and enhances the effect of IL-1α on induction of cartilage degrading enzymes. Importantly, cartilage-specific DIO2 transgenic rats are more susceptible to knee joint destabilization and develop severe AC destruction. CONCLUSION Our findings demonstrate that upregulated expression of DIO2 in OA patient cartilage might be responsible for OA pathogenesis by enhancing the chondrocyte hypertrophy and inflammatory response.
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- H Nagase
- Frontier Research Laboratories, R&D Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
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Takahashi K, Minamoto Y, Arita S, Tomofumi I, Kadokura A. Re-Evaluation of Geomagnetic Field Observation Data at Syowa Station, Antarctica. Data Sci J 2013. [DOI: 10.2481/dsj.wds-044] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Arita S, Makiyama A, Oda H, Nakano M, Nishiyama KI, Esaki T. Practice and Problems in Conducting HER2-Testing and Trastuzumab-Combined Chemotherapy for Advanced/Recurrent Gastric Cancer. Ann Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-7534(20)32197-9] [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: 11/28/2022] Open
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Kim-Kaneyama JR, Miyauchi A, Lei XF, Arita S, Mino T, Takeda N, Kou K, Eto K, Yoshida T, Miyazaki T, Shioda S, Miyazaki A. Identification of Hic-5 as a novel regulatory factor for integrin αIIbβ3 activation and platelet aggregation in mice. J Thromb Haemost 2012; 10:1867-74. [PMID: 22812543 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04856.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Integrin αIIbβ3 plays key roles in platelet aggregation and subsequent thrombus formation. Hydrogen peroxide-inducible clone-5 (Hic-5), a member of the paxillin family, serves as a focal adhesion adaptor protein associated with αIIbβ3 at its cytoplasmic strand. OBJECTIVES Hic-5 function in αIIbβ3 activation and subsequent platelet aggregation remains unknown. To address this question, platelets from Hic-5(-/-) mice were analyzed. METHODS AND RESULTS Hic-5(-/-) mice displayed a significant hemostatic defect and resistance to thromboembolism, which were explained in part by weaker thrombin-induced aggregation in Hic-5(-/-) platelets. Mechanistically, Hic-5(-/-) platelets showed limited activation of αIIbβ3 upon thrombin treatment. Morphological alteration in Hic-5(-/-) platelets after thrombin stimulation on fibrinogen plates was also limited. As a direct consequence, the quantity of actin co-immunoprecipitating with the activated αIIbβ3 was smaller in Hic-5(-/-) platelets than in wild-type platelets. CONCLUSION We identified Hic-5 as a novel and specific regulatory factor for thrombin-induced αIIbβ3 activation and subsequent platelet aggregation in mice.
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- J R Kim-Kaneyama
- Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo Department of Clinical Toxicology, Showa University School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan.
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Nomura T, Abe Y, Kamada H, Inoue M, Kawara T, Arita S, Furuya T, Minowa K, Yoshioka Y, Shibata H, Kayamuro H, Yamashita T, Nagano K, Yoshikawa T, Mukai Y, Nakagawa S, Tsunoda S, Tsutsumi Y. Creation of an improved mutant TNF with TNFR1-selectivity and antagonistic activity by phage display technology. Pharmazie 2010; 65:93-96. [PMID: 20225650] [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: 05/28/2023]
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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF), which binds two types of TNF receptors (TNFR1 and TNFR2), regulates the onset and exacerbation of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease. In particular, TNFR1-mediated signals are predominantly related to the induction of inflammatory responses. We have previously generated a TNFR1-selective antagonistic TNF-mutant (mutTNF) and shown that mutTNF efficiently inhibits TNFR1-mediated bioactivity in vitro and attenuates inflammatory conditions in vivo. In this study, we aimed to improve the TNFR1-selectivity of mutTNF This was achieved by constructing a phage library displaying mutTNF-based variants, in which the amino acid residues at the predicted receptor binding sites were substituted to other amino acids. From this mutant TNF library, 20 candidate TNFR1-selective antagonists were isolated. Like mutTNF, all 20 candidates were found to have an inhibitory effect on TNFR1-mediated bioactivity. However, one of the mutants, N7, displayed significantly more than 40-fold greater TNFR1-selectivty than mutTNF. Therefore, N7 could be a promising anti-autoimmune agent that does not interfere with TNFR2-mediated signaling pathways.
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- T Nomura
- National Institute of Biomedical Innovation (NiBio), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Kamata H, Inai K, Maeda K, Nishimura T, Arita S, Tsuda T, Sato M. Encephalomyelitis of cattle caused by Akabane virus in southern Japan in 2006. J Comp Pathol 2009; 140:187-93. [PMID: 19162275 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2008.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2008] [Revised: 11/21/2008] [Accepted: 12/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Six calves, aged between 55 days and 15 months, were presented between September and November 2006 with neurological signs including limb weakness and circling. Microscopical examination of the brain and spinal cord revealed the presence of non-suppurative encephalitis in all animals. Perivascular cuffing of lymphocytes and macrophages and diffuse gliosis was prominent in the cerebrum and degeneration and/or necrosis of neurons with vacuolation of the neuropil was present in the brainstem. Neuronal necrosis and neuronophagia were noted in the ventral horn of the spinal cord. The distribution of the lesions was closely related to the clinical signs displayed by each calf. Five calves presenting with astasia with low head carriage or torticollis had lesions throughout the central nervous system (CNS). The oldest calf displayed astasia caused by weakness of the "hindlimb" one word and had lesions largely restricted to the caudal spinal cord. Akabane virus (AKAV) antigens were detected immunohistochemically within neurons and axons in lesional tissue. Virus was not isolated from CNS tissue but the AKAV S gene was detected in this tissue from five calves by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). It is suggested that AKAV infection is likely to have occurred during the early life period in the calves of this study.
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- H Kamata
- Miyakonojo Livestock Hygiene Service Center, Miyazaki Prefecture, 4231-1 Omuta Takasaki Miyakonojo, Miyazaki 889-4505, Japan
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Hosoya Y, Taguchi T, Arita S, Tay FR. Clinical evaluation of polypropylene glycol-based caries detecting dyes for primary and permanent carious dentin. J Dent 2008; 36:1041-7. [PMID: 18938022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2008.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2008] [Revised: 08/29/2008] [Accepted: 08/29/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the clinical efficacy of new caries detecting dye Caries Check Blue (CCB) with Caries Check (CC) and Caries Detector (CD) using a laser fluorescence device (DIAGNOdent). METHOD Primary and permanent teeth with dentin caries were stained with polypropylene glycol (MW=300) based new caries detecting dyes CCB, CC, or propylene glycol (MW=76) based CD. In the CCB and CC groups, stained dentin was completely removed. In the CD groups, pink-stained dentin was retained according to the manufacturers' instructions. Cavities before and after caries removal were measured with the DIAGNOdent. Data were analyzed using ANOVA and Fisher's PLSD multiple comparison test at alpha=0.05. Regression analyses were performed between DIAGNOdent readings and scores obtained from the clinical parameters. RESULTS The DIAGNOdent readings after caries removal were: primary-CCB (13.2+/-10.4), primary-CC (14.3+/-16.7), primary-CD (9.0+/-5.2), permanent-CCB (22.7+/-13.4), permanent-CC (10.6+/-6.8) and permanent-CD (9.7+/-9.0). Significant differences were identified between the permanent-CCB and all other groups. Correlation coefficients between DIAGNOdent readings and clinical parameters were low. CONCLUSIONS When dentin stained with Caries Check Blue or Caries Check was completely removed, the DIAGNOdent readings were higher than those recorded when palely-stained pink dentin was retained with the Caries Detector, with significant difference observed for the permanent-CCB group. Caries Check Blue may be used clinically to avoid excessive removal of caries-affected or sound dentin in permanent teeth but not in primary teeth.
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- Y Hosoya
- Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Unit of Translational Medicine, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, 1-7-1, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8588, Japan.
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Aisaka K, Iriyama T, Arita S, Matsuoka R, Yasuda H, Takahashi K. Correlations between human infertile factors and harmful trace elements. Fertil Steril 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.750] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Aisaka K, Itabashi K, Arita S, Kuroda K, Ikezuki Y, Takane V. P-872. Fertil Steril 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.07.1262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Aisaka K, Arita S, Kuroda K, Itabashi K, Mori H. P-871. Fertil Steril 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.07.1261] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Aisaka K, Kuroda K, Arita S, Itabashi K, Mori H. P-355. Fertil Steril 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.07.711] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Yamaguchi Y, Suzuki T, Arita S, Iwashita C, Sakamoto K, Hatakeyama E, Shimmura H, Tanabe K, Ichinose M, Suzuki N, Yamada K. Possible Involvement of Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Release From Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes in the Pathophysiology of Chronic Allograft Nephropathy. Transplant Proc 2005; 37:4276-81. [PMID: 16387096 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.10.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Little is known of the fibrinolytic host immune mechanisms responsible for induction of chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN), defined as a loss in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) caused by tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis, often with fibrous intimal thickening in the small arteries. However, chronic rejection has been reported to be associated with decreased activity of the fibrinolytic system. In our previous study, [Deamino-Cys1, D-Arg8]-vasopressin (dDAVP) induced urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) release from human peripheral T lymphocytes via arginine vasopressin (AVP) V2-receptor-mediated reaction enhanced by an AVP V1-receptor antagonist. Therefore, we examined the level of uPA released from peripheral T lymphocytes by AVP in transplant patients with CAN in comparison with control groups. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this study, we evaluated in vitro uPA releasing activity of lymphocytes obtained from renal allograft patients with well-functioning grafts (n = 9), CAN (n = 5), or acute rejection episodes (n = 5) compared with lymphocytes from healthy volunteers with normal renal function (n = 12) or patients with renal insufficiency (n = 5). RESULTS Lymphocytes prepared from patients with chronic allograft nephropathy showed a significantly lower increase in uPA release induced by the combination of the V1-receptor antagonist and dDAVP compared with those from the other groups. CONCLUSION This finding suggested that a decrease in uPA release from human peripheral blood lymphocytes by AVP-related peptides may be potentially involved in the pathophysiology of CAN.
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- Y Yamaguchi
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Arita S, Kikkawa F, Kajiyama H, Shibata K, Kawai M, Mizuno K, Nagasaka T, Ino K, Nomura S. Prognostic importance of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors in the uterine sarcoma. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2005; 15:329-36. [PMID: 15823121 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2005.15225.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors play an important role in tumor progression; however, there is no report regarding this factor in uterine sarcoma. Thirty-nine patients with uterine sarcoma, 14 carcinosarcomas, 4 endometrial stromal sarcomas, and 21 leiomyosarcomas, were studied. By immunohistochemical staining, VEGF was not detected in normal uterine smooth muscle, but VEGF receptor-1 (flt-1) and VEGF receptor-2 (flk-1) were observed in 14 and 4 of 14 normal smooth muscles, respectively. Of 39 sarcomas, 25 expressed VEGF, and 38 and 34 sarcomas expressed flt-1 and flk-1 at various intensities, respectively. The staining intensity of VEGF, flt-1, and flk-1 was significantly higher in sarcoma than in normal uterine smooth muscle, but that of phospho-flt-1 (p-flt-1) was significantly lower in sarcoma than in normal uterine smooth muscle. When sarcomas were divided into two groups according to staining intensity, a significant difference in survival curves was observed in only p-flt-1 of leiomyosarcoma (P= 0.008), and in all sarcomas, a lower survival curve was also observed in the high staining intensity group than in the low staining intensity group, although there was no significant difference (P= 0.102). In conclusion, VEGF and its receptors are suggested to be involved in progression of uterine sarcoma, but only the p-flt-1 level significantly affected the survival of leiomyosarcoma patients.
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- S Arita
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Arita S, Kikkawa F, Kajiyama H, Shibata K, Kawai M, Mizuno K, Nagasaka T, Ino K, Nomura S. Prognostic importance of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors in the uterine sarcoma. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2005. [DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-00009577-200503000-00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors play an important role in tumor progression; however, there is no report regarding this factor in uterine sarcoma. Thirty-nine patients with uterine sarcoma, 14 carcinosarcomas, 4 endometrial stromal sarcomas, and 21 leiomyosarcomas, were studied. By immunohistochemical staining, VEGF was not detected in normal uterine smooth muscle, but VEGF receptor-1 (flt-1) and VEGF receptor-2 (flk-1) were observed in 14 and 4 of 14 normal smooth muscles, respectively. Of 39 sarcomas, 25 expressed VEGF, and 38 and 34 sarcomas expressed flt-1 and flk-1 at various intensities, respectively. The staining intensity of VEGF, flt-1, and flk-1 was significantly higher in sarcoma than in normal uterine smooth muscle, but that of phospho-flt-1 (p-flt-1) was significantly lower in sarcoma than in normal uterine smooth muscle. When sarcomas were divided into two groups according to staining intensity, a significant difference in survival curves was observed in only p-flt-1 of leiomyosarcoma (P = 0.008), and in all sarcomas, a lower survival curve was also observed in the high staining intensity group than in the low staining intensity group, although there was no significant difference (P = 0.102). In conclusion, VEGF and its receptors are suggested to be involved in progression of uterine sarcoma, but only the p-flt-1 level significantly affected the survival of leiomyosarcoma patients.
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Maruyama M, Kenmochi T, Sakamoto K, Arita S, Iwashita C, Kashiwabara H. Simplified method for cryopreservation of islets using hydroxyethyl starch and dimethyl sulfoxide as cryoprotectants. Transplant Proc 2004; 36:1133-4. [PMID: 15194395 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.04.016] [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: 11/23/2022]
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Cryopreservation is an ideal method for long-term storage of human islets. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) has been used as an intracellular cryoprotectant. However, because of its toxicity, DMSO has to be added stepwise and diluted stepwise with sucrose. We combined hydroxyethyl starch (HES) as an extracellular cryoprotectant with DMSO to simplify the freeze-thawing procedure. Islets were isolated from the pancreas of beagle dogs by an automated digestion method and Ficoll purification. After overnight culture, the islets were cryogeneically stored using cooling by a programmed freezing system. After 4-week storage in liquid nitrogen, the container was rapidly thawed in a 37 degrees C water bath. The function of the islets was assessed upon static incubation immediately after thawing, showing a recovery rate of 71.16% +/- 20.14% and a stimulation index of 1.80 +/- 0.78. In conclusion use of HES allowed a decrease in DMSO concentration and simplified the freeze-thawing procedure for islets.
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- M Maruyama
- Department of Surgery, Sakura National Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
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Arita S, Yamada K, Yoshida S, Sakamoto K, Iwashita C, Kashiwabara H. Changes of anti-oxidant levels in human blood cells during early post-renal transplant period. Transplant Proc 2003; 35:255. [PMID: 12591387 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)03822-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- S Arita
- Department of Surgery and Internal Medicine, Sakura National Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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Joh K, Yamaguchi Y, Sakamoto K, Arita S, Iwashita C, Yamada K, Kashiwabara H. Immunohistochemical analysis of tubulointerstitial changes of chronic allograft nephropathy. Transplant Proc 2003; 35:169-71. [PMID: 12591352 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)03950-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- K Joh
- Division of Clinical Investigation, Sakura National Hospital, Chiba-ken, Japan
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Arita S, Kasraie A, Une S, Ohtsuka S, Smith CV, Mullen Y. Prolongation of islet allograft survival in mice by combined treatment with pravastatin and low-dose cyclosporine. Cell Transplant 2002; 10:639-44. [PMID: 11714199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Pravastatin, a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor, is known to have suppressive effects on immune and inflammatory cells. We have previously shown in mice and dogs that this agent prevents primary nonfunction of islet iso- and autografts by reducing inflammation at the graft site. The present study was designed to further investigate whether pravastatin has a synergistic effect with cyclosporine (Cs) to prolong islet allograft survival in mice. Unpurified 3000 BALB/c newborn islets were transplanted under the renal capsule of a streptozotocin-diabetic C57BL/6 mouse. Pravastatin and Cs were administered for 10 days starting on the day of grafting (day 0). Five groups were set up based on the treatment protocol: group 1, treatment with 40 mg/kg pravastatin; group 2, 30 mg/kg Cs; group 3, 50 mg/kg Cs; group 4, 40 mg/kg pravastatin and 30 mg/kg Cs; group 5, vehicle alone. Graft survival was indicated by blood glucose levels sustained at <200 mg/dl, and graft rejection by >250 mg/dl for 2 consecutive days. Hyperglycemia persisted in six of the eight (75%) mice and grafts were rejected in 3.6 +/- 0.5 days (mean +/- SD) in group 5. In group 1, grafts were also rejected in 3.8 +/- 0.8 days, but blood glucose was transiently <200 mg/dl in three of the five mice. Despite Cs, grafts were rejected between 7 and 15 days (10.3 +/- 2.4 days) in group 2. Among six mice in group 3, one maintained euglycemia for >60 days, the other rejected the graft on day 15, and the remaining four died with functioning grafts between 9 and 13 days due to Cs toxicity. A combination of a low dose of Cs and pravastatin (group 4) prolonged graft survival for >19 days in five of the eight mice, and for 7-13 days in the remaining three mice. Histological examination of the grafts in this group showed significantly reduced local inflammation. Results indicate a synergistic effect of pravastatin and Cs on prevention of islet allograft rejection.
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- S Arita
- Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center/West Los Angeles, CA, USA
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The digestion of pancreatic tissue with collagenase is an essential part of the islet isolation procedure. However, the process exposes islets to various types of harmful factors, including collagenase contaminants, enzymes released from the acinar cells, warm ischemia, and mechanical agitation. Nitrogen oxide production and cytokine release may also contribute to islet cell damage. Protection of islets from such damage would improve the islet yield, survival, and function. Beraprost sodium (BPS) is a prostaglandin I2 analogue, is stable in aqueous solution, and has a cytoprotective effect on various types of cells. BPS has been shown to improve the yield and function of cryopreserved and/or cultured islets. These findings prompted us to examine its cytoprotective effect on islets during the islet isolation process. Canine islets were isolated by means of a two-step digestion method and purified on Euro-Ficoll density gradient solutions (the procedure used for human islets). BPS at a concentration of 100 nM was added to the collagenase solution. After purification, the islet yield was 434,561 +/- 35.691 islet number expressed as 150 microm equivalent size (IEQ)/pancreas or 8,799 +/- 345 IEQ/g of pancreas in the BPS group and 349,987 +/- 52,887 IEQ/pancreas or 7,998 +/-1610 IEQ/g of pancreas in the control group (n = 8, each). The percent viability was 88.5 +/- 0.7% in the BPS group and 82.0 +/-0.9% in the control group (P < 0.01). Therefore, the recovery of viable islets (calculated by islet number x % viability) was 384,586 +/- 46,804 IEQ/pancreas (7,743 IEQ/g) in the BPS group and 286,989 +/- 43,367 IEQ/pancreas (6,558 IEQ/g) in the control group (P < 0.02). After culture, significantly higher numbers of islets were also recovered in the BPS group than in the control group. The islet insulin content was significantly higher in the BPS group than controls (237.8 +/- 38.5 versus 92.3 +/- 25.6 microU/IEQ; P < 0.02), although islets of both groups responded with high stimulation indices (>6). These results indicate that the addition of BPS to the collagenase solution increases the recovery of viable islets, and improves beta cell function.
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- S Arita
- Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center/West Los Angeles, 90073, USA
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In the biological study of Chlamydia, it is very important to determine the infectivity titer of the organism. For many years researchers used the serial dilution method to determine this titer. This method consists of diluting the material to be examined, inoculating suitable dilutions into susceptible cell cultures and cultivating them. The number of inclusions formed in host cells can be calculated with the naked eye under a microscope. The precision and accuracy of this method, however, depend on the number of inclusions per field and the number of fields counted. In this report, we present a simple and rapid method for counting a large number of inclusions using an image analysis system and an appropriate number of samples, and propose a sampling method based on a statistical analysis of the data obtained with 84 microscopic fields.
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- H Bessho
- Department of Microbiology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan.
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Yamada K, Hatakeyama E, Sakamaki T, Nishimura M, Arita S, Sakamoto K, Hamaguchi K, Nakajima K, Otsuka M, Tanabe K. INVOLVEMENT OF PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR AND HISTOCOMPATIBILITY OF DRB 1 IN CHRONIC RENAL ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY1. Transplantation 2001; 71:936-41. [PMID: 11349729 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200104150-00019] [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: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND The role of activated T cells in graft arteriosclerosis, which is observed in chronic renal allograft nephropathy, and the involvement of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) incompatibility remain to be determined. We examined the effect of T lymphocytes that were obtained from renal transplant patients undergoing chronic rejection treated with cyclosporine (CsA) on platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-induced proliferation of cultured human vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) and compared the proliferation activity of T lymphocytes with MHC incompatibility, especially DRB 1 mismatch. METHODS Renal transplant patients with continued allograft function, who survived more than 1 year after transplantation, were recruited. Chronic rejection was documented by graft-biopsy findings together with increasing serum creatinine levels (10-20% per year). After the incubation of supernatant (conditioning medium) of cultured T cells from CsA-treated renal transplant patients with chronic rejection (n=18) and with normal renal function (n=14) as control, normal subjects (n=11) and chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients (n=5) with cultured SMC in the presence or absence of PDGF, DNA synthesis (3H-thymidine uptake) of SMC was examined. The in vitro effects of CsA on DNA synthesis of cultured SMC were also evaluated. RESULTS The supernatant of cultured T cells from renal transplant patients with chronic rejection stimulated PDGF-induced DNA synthesis of SMC in a dose-dependent manner, showing significant enhancement as compared with control transplant patients, normal subjects, and chronic HD patients. The supernatant itself did not significantly stimulate DNA synthesis of SMC. No significant in vitro stimulation of CsA on DNA synthesis was observed. The supernatant of T cells obtained from recipients undergoing chronic rejection with two DRB 1 mismatches showed significantly higher enhanced activity of PDGF-induced DNA synthesis than the supernatant from those recipients without mismatch of DRB 1. On the other hand, no significant correlation of the enhanced activity by T cell supernatant to HLA A and B mismatch numbers was observed. CONCLUSIONS Growth factor-promoting factors(s) derived from activated T cells associated with MHC class II DR expression, which promotes PDGF-induced proliferation of SMC, exists in renal transplant patients with chronic renal allograft nephropathy, and is probably involved in arteriosclerosis of the graft kidney.
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- K Yamada
- Sakura National Hospital (National Kidney Transplantation Center, Japan), Division of Clinical Research, Chiba.
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PURPOSE We provide a relative cost comparison of medical versus surgical androgen suppressive therapy for prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Comparison is based on a cohort of 96 patients who began androgen suppressive therapy for prostate cancer between 1988 and 1990. Patients were followed until death or the end point of study in June 2000 at which time 15% were alive. Current Medicare orchiectomy reimbursements were compared to 1999 wholesale drug costs. RESULTS For an individual patient the cost of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH-RH) agonist treatment surpassed the cost of surgery at less than 4.2 to 5.3 months, and for combined androgen blockade (LH-RH agonists and nonsteroidal antiandrogens) at less than 2.7 to 3.4 months. For 5 (5.2%) patients on combined androgen blockade and 6 (6.3%) on LH-RH agonists alone, medical therapy would have had a cost advantage over bilateral orchiectomy. For the androgen suppression cohort the cost of LH-RH agonist treatment was 10.7 to 13.5 times and combined androgen blockade was 17.3 to 20.9 times the cost of bilateral orchiectomy. Urology resource use comparisons are provided. These findings significantly underestimate the cost advantage of surgery. A seventh of the patients were alive at study end point, and prostate specific antigen induced stage shifting and changes in practice patterns resulted in earlier and more frequent androgen suppressive treatment. CONCLUSIONS Except for patients with short anticipated survivals current medical androgen suppressive treatment options are more costly than bilateral orchiectomy. There is a need for a cost comparable medical option to orchiectomy.
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- A J Mariani
- Department of Urology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii and Kaiser Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Izuno T, Sugita M, Arita S, Otahara Y, Nasu I, Tsuchiya K, Hayashi Y. Validity of cadmium concentration in rice as the "dose" of the dose-response relationship between cadmium intake and renal dysfunction. Environ Res 2000; 84:275-281. [PMID: 11097801 DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2000.4093] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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It is well known that cadmium (Cd) causes renal dysfunction such as increase of beta(2)-microglobulin excretion into urine. Although Cd in rice seems to be one of the largest sources of total Cd intake in Japan, there are very few studies that have epidemiologically clarified the relationship between Cd concentration in rice (Cd-R) and renal dysfunction, because such studies are basically ecological studies, in which confounding factors are difficult to take into consideration. To derive safety levels for foodstuff from Cd-R, it is essential to evaluate the effect of confounding factors. Thus, we investigated the dose-response relationship between renal dysfunction and not only Cd-R but also confounding factors, and we tried to determine whether Cd-R is an adequate indicator of "dose" in the dose-response relationship between Cd intake and renal dysfunction. In 1971, Cd-R data were obtained from rice samples collected by the Environment Agency, Government of Japan in the Fuchu area of Toyama Prefecture, which is known as a place where many itai-itai disease patients were found, and medical data were collected during 1979-1984 by Toyama Prefecture. First, the dose-response relationship between Cd-R and renal dysfunction was analyzed using the data from the Fuchu area. Second, to investigate the effect of confounding factors, analysis using the data from both the Fuchu area and an unpolluted area with environmental factors different from those of the Fuchu area was performed. The results showed that the cause of renal dysfunction could not be explained by Cd-R alone, and confounding factors were not negligible. Although it is difficult to clarify precisely the confounding factors from the available data, it is concluded that deriving a safety level for foodstuffs using only the Cd-R level as a reference is not appropriate.
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- T Izuno
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo 143-8540, Japan
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Sakamoto K, Arita S, Sakamaki T, Yamada H, Kusume K, Yoshida T, Okazaki Y, Yamada K, Gunji Y, Shimada H, Ochiai T, Kashiwabara H, Yokoyama T. Better clinical outcome in renal transplant recipients with peripheral blood microchimerism. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:1793-4. [PMID: 11119940 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01370-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- K Sakamoto
- Department of Surgery, Sakura National Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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Shimada H, Nakajima K, Sakamoto K, Takeda A, Hori S, Hayashi H, Kenmochi T, Gunji Y, Suzuki T, Asano T, Kashiwabara H, Yokoyama K, Arita S, Ochiai T. Existence of serum p53 antibodies in cyclosporine A-treated transplant patients: possible detection of p53 protein over-expression. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:1779. [PMID: 11119931 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01379-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- H Shimada
- Department of Surgery, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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Shimada H, Sakamoto K, Hori S, Asano T, Suzuki T, Gunji Y, Nakajima K, Kenmochi T, Hayashi H, Takeda A, Arita S, Kashiwabara H, Yokoyama T, Ochiai T. Quality of life after cadaveric renal transplantation from a non-heart-beating donor. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:1606-7. [PMID: 11119857 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01453-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- H Shimada
- Department of Surgery, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
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- S Arita
- UCLA-VA Islet Transplant Program, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine and VAMC/WLA, Los Angeles, California 90073, USA
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Sakamoto K, Arita S, Yoshida T, Yamada H, Kusume K, Kenmochi T, Hori S, Gunji Y, Suzuki T, Asano T, Ochiai T, Kashiwabara H, Yokoyama T. Graft survival rates of kidneys harvested from non-heart-beating donors using in situ machine washout. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:273-4. [PMID: 10715414 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(99)00954-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- K Sakamoto
- Department of Surgery, Sakura National Hospital, Sakura, Japan
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Harima Y, Harima K, Sawada S, Tanaka Y, Arita S, Ohnishi T. Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 6p21.2 as a potential marker for recurrence after radiotherapy of human cervical cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2000; 6:1079-85. [PMID: 10741737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Cervical carcinomas develop as a result of multiple genetic alterations, and specific alterations lead to specific clinical behavior. However, the effect of such alterations on the recurrence of cervical cancer after radiotherapy remains unknown. Chromosome arm 6p is one of those most frequently involved in a loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in patients with cervical carcinoma. The aim of this study was to identify the correlation between the LOH on chromosome 6p21.2 and the recurrence of cervical cancer after radiotherapy. A total of 62 patients with cervical cancer (stage I, 4 patients; stage II, 9 patients; stage III, 37 patients; and stage IV, 12 patients) were included in this study. All patients were treated with definitive radiotherapy. We analyzed specimens from the tumors and venous blood of all patients. Tumors and normal DNA were analyzed by PCR for genetic losses at three polymorphic microsatellite loci (D6S276, D6S1624, and D6S1583). Chromosome 6p21.2 is involved in the LOH in 46.8% (29 of 62) of the informative carcinomas. Ten patients had a local recurrence, 4 had distant metastases, and 13 had both local recurrence and distant metastases after radiotherapy. To evaluate the relationship between the recurrence after radiotherapy and LOH on chromosome 6p21.2, we divided the patients into those with cancer recurrence (n = 27) and those without recurrence (n = 35). LOH on chromosome 6p21.2 was correlated with recurrence after radiotherapy (P = 0.006). The tumors in patients with recurrence were significantly larger than those in patients without recurrence (P = 0.003). However, there was no correlation between the sizes and stages of tumors and the LOH on chromosome 6p21.2. In addition, both overall survival and relapse-free survival were significantly worse for the patients with LOH as compared with those without LOH (P = 0.02 and P = 0.002, respectively). The results of this study suggest that LOH on 6p21.2 is correlated with recurrence of cervical carcinoma after radiotherapy.
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- Department of Radiology, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi City, Osaka, Japan.
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Itoh T, Fukushima T, Inoue Y, Arita S, Miyazaki K. Effect of water, saliva and blood contamination on bonding of metal brackets with a 4-META/MMA/TBB resin to etched enamel. Am J Dent 1999; 12:299-304. [PMID: 10850251] [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: 02/16/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the influence of contamination by water, human saliva, and blood on the bonding of metal brackets with a 4-META/MMA/TBB resin to etched enamel. MATERIALS & METHODS For compressive shear bond strength measurements, the surfaces of bovine enamel were prepared either by etching with 37% phosphoric acid solution for 10, 30, or 60 s and then dried with oil-free compressed air for 10 s, or by contaminating with water, human saliva, and blood. Brackets were applied with Super Bond under loads of 200, 400, or 600 g. The bonded samples were immersed in water for 1 d or thermo-cycled for 500 cycles, and the mean shear bond strengths were compared using two-way ANOVA and Scheffé's multiple comparisons test at P = 0.05. RESULTS The bond strengths to enamel etched for 60 s were independent of the variable load, regardless of the type of contamination. A short etching duration provided higher bond strengths than extended etching of samples contaminated with saliva and blood. The bond strengths to enamel etched for 10 s after thermal stress and immersion in water were from 11.4 to 30.4 MPa. The samples contaminated by saliva showed the lowest bond strength, and thermal stress did not reduce the bond strengths.
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- T Itoh
- Department of Orthodontics, Fukuoka Dental College, Japan.
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Yamashiki N, Seki T, Wakabayashi M, Nakagawa T, Imamura M, Tamai T, Nishimura A, Inoue K, Okamura A, Arita S, Harada K. Usefulness of Lens culinaris agglutinin A-reactive fraction of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP-L3) as a marker of distant metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncol Rep 1999; 6:1229-32. [PMID: 10523686 DOI: 10.3892/or.6.6.1229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to clarify the relationship between the serum level of the Lens culinaris agglutinin A-reactive fraction of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP-L3) and the clinical features including sex, age, Child's classification, virus markers, tumour size, tumour stage, distant metastasis, histopathologic findings, portal thrombus and outcome of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We measured the AFP-L3 levels in 170 HCC cases at the time of diagnosis using lectin-affinity electrophoresis followed by antibody-affinity blotting. The patients were divided into two groups, those who were AFP-L3 positive (n=56; AFP-L3 >/=15% relative to the total alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) concentration) and those who were AFP-L3 negative (n=114; AFP-L3 <15%). Then we examined the association between the serum AFP-L3 level and the clinical features of HCC. No significant differences were found in age, sex, and virus markers between the AFP-L3-positive and -negative groups. However, patients in the positive group had worse liver function and larger tumours compared to the negative group. They also had more advanced cancer with poor tumour histology compared to the negative group. Distant metastasis was diagnosed significantly more often in the positive group than that in the negative group. There was no significant correlation between the AFP-L3 level and portal thrombus. Although the follow-up period was brief the prognosis for the positive group clearly was poor. These results suggest that AFP-L3 is a useful indicator of distant metastasis and a poor prognosis for HCC.
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- N Yamashiki
- The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka 570-8506, Japan
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Cryopreservation of pancreatic islets provides many advantages for clinical transplantation. Unfortunately, the freezing and thawing processes lead to a significant loss of islets. In this study, an attempt was made to increase the yield and viability of islets after cryopreservation and thawing. By using canine islets, we evaluated whether beraprost sodium (BPS), a stable prostacyclin analog, protects islets during the freeze-thaw processes and improves the recovery of frozen-thawed islets. Canine islets were frozen and thawed by the procedures used routinely for storage of human islets. In this study, we deliberately used islets of lower purity (60+/-3.6%), which is undesirable for cryopreservation. The recovery of viable islets after thawing is poorer with islets of lower purity than with highly purified islets. BPS was added to both the cryopreservation solutions containing dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and the thawing solution containing sucrose. After thawing, the islet recovery (islet number after thawing divided by islet number before freezing) was 71.1+/-12.7% with 1 nM BPS, 77.8+/-5.6% with 10 nM BPS, 79.3+/-6.7% with 100 nM BPS, and 69.2+/-7.2% in control preparations without BPS. Islet viability assessed by supravital staining was 57.5+/-5.6%, 64.7+/-7.0%, 67.5+/-6.5%, and 57.7+/-4.9% with 1 nM, 10 nM, and 100 nM BPS and controls, respectively. Both islet recovery and viability were significantly better with 10 nM and 100 nM BPS than with the controls (p<0.03). After 3 days in culture, islet numbers in the 10 nM and 100 nM BPS groups were significantly higher and showed better insulin-release responses than those from the 1 nM BPS and control groups. Histologically, islet structure was well preserved in the 10 nM and 100 nM BPS groups, whereas many islets of the control group were smaller and fragmented. Electron microscopic examination revealed that 10 nM and 100 nM BPS preserved the microstructure of islet cells, and signs of apoptosis or necrosis were rare. It was concluded that BPS improved the recovery and viability of canine islets after cryopreservation and thawing. BPS would be a useful agent for improving the recovery of cryopreserved human islets for clinical transplantation.
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- S Arita
- Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Los Angeles, California 90073, USA
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Arita S, Smith CV, Nagai T, Sakamoto Y, Ochiai M, Maruyama M, Tanabe Y, Shelvin L, Mullen Y. Improved human islet isolation by a tube method for collagenase infusion. Transplantation 1999; 68:705-7. [PMID: 10507493 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199909150-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Collagenase infusion into the pancreatic duct is an essential step in human islet isolation. We developed a new method for ductal canulation and collagenese infusion. METHODS A total of 53 pancreata were divided into two groups: group 1 (n=23), the new tube method, and group 2 (n=30), the standard angiocatheter method. In group 1, a polyethylene tube was inserted into the duct and pushed to the tail. The tail was first expanded, followed by expansion of the body and then the head, by pulling out the tube. RESULTS Total islet number and number/g pancreas (mean+/-SE) were significantly higher in group 1 (481,123+/-43,218 and 8,010+/-722) (mean+/-SE) than in group 2 (300,974+/-35,122 and 5,090+/-515, P<0.01). Total islet equivalent number and islet equivalent number per gram pancreas were also significantly higher in group 1 (319,176+/-39,354 and 5,455+/-652) than in group 2 (202,022+/-23,331 and 3,722+/-468, P<0.04). Islet purity and fragmentation showed no differences between the groups. CONCLUSIONS The tube method improved islet yields. We recommended this method for human islet isolation.
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- S Arita
- Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center/West Los Angeles, California 90073, USA
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Nakamura G, Arita S, Tanaka K, Hioki K, Tsubura A, Shikata N. Correlation between microvessel density and tumor cell proliferation with clinical factors in breast carcinomas. Oncol Rep 1999; 6:1023-7. [PMID: 10425297 DOI: 10.3892/or.6.5.1023] [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: 11/05/2022] Open
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Fifty-nine methacarn-fixed, paraffin-embedded human breast carcinomas were immunostained by QB-END/10 (an antibody to CD34 antigen) to observe microvessels and by PC10 (an antibody to proliferating cell nuclear antigen; PCNA) to determine tumor cell proliferation; 9 normal human breast tissue specimens were also immunostained by QB-END/10. The number of microvessels in the periphery of the breast carcinoma was significantly greater than both that in the center of the breast carcinoma and that in the normal breast. There was also a significant relationship between the number of microvessels in the periphery of breast carcinomas and the histological tumor size and lymph node status. However, there was no significant relationship between the tumor cell proliferation activity (PCNA positive cell ratio) and any clinical or histopathological variables. The number of microvessels and the tumor cell proliferation activity showed a weak negative correlation.
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- G Nakamura
- Department of Pathology II, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka 570-8506, Japan
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Mullen Y, Arita S, Kenmochi T, Une S, Smith CV. A two-step digestion process and LAP-I cold preservation solution for human islet isolation. Ann Transplant 1998; 2:40-5. [PMID: 9869863] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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Pancreatic islet transplantation has a high potential for treating diabetes mellitus, but long-lasting insulin independence has not been achieved in type I diabetic patients. In order to obtain better results, improvement is needed in many areas. The first area is the islet isolation process. The requirements for an islet isolation method are: 1) to produce a maximum number of healthy islets without demanding a high quality of donor pancreas; 2) to be able to perform the procedure with fewer numbers of personnel who may be without extensive skills and expertise; and 3) to lower isolation costs. In order to achieve these objectives, we have made two important modifications to the isolation process. One is the development of a new preservation solution, LAP-I and the other is the use of a two-step process for pancreas digestion, involving a short warm collagenase digestion, followed by cold mechanical digestion without collagenase. We also use a clear plastic digestion chamber in order to visualize the process. The chamber cover is designed to facilitate frequent removal of digested tissue fragments. The overall procedure is simple and straightforward, requires less manpower and is cost effective. Our procedure is described in detail, and its advantages are discussed.
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- Y Mullen
- Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, USA.
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BACKGROUND Nonspecific inflammatory damage in the early stages of transplantation is the major cause of primary islet graft nonfunction. Using murine isografts, we attempted to prevent this islet graft damage by treating recipients with pravastatin (Pravacol), a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitor. Nicotinamide was also tested to determine the synergistic effect of both agents. METHODS Unpurified newborn BALB/c islets, ranging in number from 1800 to 2500, were transplanted into the left renal subcapsular space of a syngeneic adult mouse made diabetic with streptozotocin. Recipient mice were divided into the following four groups, based on treatment protocols: treatment with 40 mg/kg pravastatin (group 1), 500 mg/kg nicotinamide (group 2), 40 mg/kg pravastatin and 500 mg/kg nicotinamide (group 3), and vehicle alone (group 4). Pravastatin and nicotinamide were administered orally every day for 14 days, starting on the day of transplantation (day 0). Nonfasting blood glucose levels, urine glucose levels, and the intravenous glucose tolerance test were used to monitor the diabetic state. The reversal of diabetes was defined by normoglycemia and negative urine glucose maintained for more than 7 days. RESULTS After islet transplantation, levels of blood and urine glucose were significantly lower in groups 1 and 3, compared with those in group 4. K-values of an intravenous glucose tolerance test performed on day 14 were significantly higher in groups 1 and 3 than those of group 4. Reversal of diabetes had occurred in 63% of mice in group 1 and 67% in group 3, levels that were higher than those in group 2 (17%) and group 4 (0%) (P<0.02, groups 1 and 3 vs. group 4). Histological examination of grafts, biopsied on day 21, revealed well preserved islets with little sign of inflammation in groups 1 and 3, whereas grafts in groups 2 and 4 contained broken, smaller islets surrounded by severe fibrosis and mononuclear cell infiltration. CONCLUSION Our results in mice have shown the effectiveness of pravastatin for protecting islets from nonspecific inflammatory damage. Nicotinamide did not show a synergistic effect with pravastatin at the dosage used in this study. These results indicate that pravastatin may be a useful agent for clinical islet transplantation.
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- S Arita
- Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center/West Los Angeles, California 90073, USA
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Senzaki H, Iwamoto S, Ogura E, Kiyozuka Y, Arita S, Kurebayashi J, Takada H, Hioki K, Tsubura A. Dietary effects of fatty acids on growth and metastasis of KPL-1 human breast cancer cells in vivo and in vitro. Anticancer Res 1998; 18:1621-7. [PMID: 9673380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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To evaluate the effects of dietary fats on breast cancer growth and metastasis, KPL-1 human breast carcinoma cells which have a propensity for axillary lymph node metastasis when inoculated into the thoracic mammary fat pad of female nude mice were examined. The mice were fed one of three semipurified diets containing 9.5% eicosapentaenoic acid plus 0.5% linoleic acid (EPA diet), 10% linoleic acid (LA diet), or 9.5% palmitic acid plus 0.5% linoleic acid (PA diet), or commercial laboratory chow containing 8.5% fat of which 4.1% was LA, 1.1% was PA, 0.06% was EPA, and 3.24% was other (Standard diet) starting 19 days before tumor cell inoculation and continuing until the end of the experiment (43 days after tumor cell inoculation). The tumor growth was faster and at a higher incidence in the mice fed the LA diet, and much slower and at a lower incidence in the EPA diet group compared with the mice fed the PA or Standard diet; the two separate experiment demonstrated identical results. The differences in tumor weight between the LA and PA groups and between the PA and EPA groups were significant (P < 0.05, respectively) at the termination of the experiment; the differences were due to different tumor cell proliferation rates. In an in vitro MTT assay, fatty acids showed direct stimulatory or inhibitory effects on the KPL-1 cells. Lymph node metastasis was seen in the LA and Standard diet groups, whereas it was not seen in the PA or EPA groups. The body weights were significantly lighter in the LA and EPA groups compared with the PA and Standard diet groups (P < 0.05, respectively). The results indicate that the EPA diet produced a reduction in tumor cell growth and metastasis whereas the LA diet had an enhancing effect on these parameters; dietary fatty acids may thus have a direct role in the growth and metastasis of human breast carcinoma independent of their systemic effects.
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- H Senzaki
- Department of Pathology II, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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We report a case of an aneurysm of a persistent sciatic artery which caused buttock pain. Preoperative diagnosis is very difficult. However, awareness of the presence of this rare embryonic abnormality is important, especially in elderly persons with atherosclerotic changes. Sagittal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was very useful in reaching this diagnosis.
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- T Shinozaki
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Showa Maebashi, Japan
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Arita S, Kasraie A, Une S, Ohtsuka S, Atiya A, Shevlin L, Mullen Y. Pravastatin and low-dose cyclosporine treatment prevent islet allograft rejection in mice. Transplant Proc 1998; 30:522. [PMID: 9532158 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(97)01386-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- S Arita
- Department of Surgery, UCLA, USA
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Smith CV, Imagawa DK, Stock PG, Arita S, Une S, Kawahara T, Sakamoto Y, Ochiai M, Nagai T, Shevlin L, Mullen Y. Simultaneous islet-liver transplantation: preliminary results from the UC Islet Transplantation Consortium. Transplant Proc 1998; 30:295-6. [PMID: 9532048 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(97)01277-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- C V Smith
- Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center/UCLA-VA Islet Transplant Program 90095-7054, USA
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- S Arita
- Human Islet Program, Department of Surgery, VAMC/WLA, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
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- M Ochiai
- Department of Surgery, VAMC/WLA, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
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