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Yamazaki J, Jelinek J, Hisamoto S, Tsukamoto A, Inaba M. Dynamic changes in DNA methylation patterns in canine lymphoma cell lines demonstrated by genome-wide quantitative DNA methylation analysis. Vet J 2017; 231:48-54. [PMID: 29429487 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2017.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 03/17/2017] [Revised: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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DNA methylation is the conversion of cytosine to 5-methylcytosine, leading to changes in the interactions between DNA and proteins. Methylation of cytosine-guanine (CpG) islands (CGIs) is associated with gene expression silencing of the involved promoter. Although studies focussing on global changes or a few single loci in DNA methylation have been performed in dogs with certain diseases, genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation is required to prospectively identify specific regions with DNA methylation change. The hypothesis of this study was that next-generation sequencing with methylation-specific signatures created by sequential digestion of genomic DNA with SmaI and XmaI enzymes can provide quantitative information on methylation levels. Using blood from healthy dogs and cells obtained from canine lymphoma cell lines, approximately 100,000CpG sites across the dog genome were analysed with the novel method established in this study. CpG sites in CGIs broadly were shown to be either methylated or unmethylated in normal blood, while CpG sites not within CpG islands (NCGIs) were largely methylated. Thousands of CpG sites in lymphoma cell lines were found to gain methylation at normally unmethylated CGI sites and lose methylation at normally methylated NCGI sites. These hypermethylated CpG sites are located at promoter regions of hundreds of genes, such as TWIST2 and TLX3. In addition, genes annotated with 'Homeobox' and 'DNA-binding' characteristics have hypermethylated CpG sites in their promoter CGIs. Genome-wide quantitative DNA methylation analysis is a sensitive method that is likely to be suitable for studies of DNA methylation changes in cancer, as well as other common diseases in dogs.
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- J Yamazaki
- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan.
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- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
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- Laboratory of Laboratory Animal Science, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
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Ayano M, Tsukamoto H, Tanaka A, Nakano S, Ueki N, Ueda S, Hisamoto S, Ota SI, Akahoshi M, Arinobu Y, Niiro H, Horiuchi T, Akashi K. AB0201 Cell Surface Expression of DNAM-1 (CD226) on CD8+ T Cells is Increased in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.3217] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Sumida K, Shimoda S, Iwasaka S, Hisamoto S, Kawanaka H, Akahoshi T, Ikegami T, Shirabe K, Shimono N, Maehara Y, Selmi C, Gershwin ME, Akashi K. Characteristics of splenic CD8+ T cell exhaustion in patients with hepatitis C. Clin Exp Immunol 2013; 174:172-8. [PMID: 23773130 DOI: 10.1111/cei.12158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 06/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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There is increasing interest in the role of T cell exhaustion and it is well known that the natural history of chronic hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) is modulated by CD8(+) T cell immunobiology. There are many pathways that alter the presence of exhaustive T cells and, in particular, they are functionally impaired by inhibitory receptors, such as programmed death-1 (PD-1) and T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-containing protein 3 (Tim-3). We obtained spleen, liver and peripheral blood (before and after splenectomy) lymphoid cells from 25 patients with HCV-related cirrhosis undergoing liver transplantation for end-stage disease or splenectomy for portal hypertension. In all samples we performed an extensive phenotypic study of exhaustion markers [PD-1, Tim-3, interferon (IFN)-γ) and their ligands (PD-L1, PD-L2, galectin-9] in CD8(+) T cell subpopulations (both total and HCV-specific) and in antigen-presenting cells (APC; monocytes and dendritic cells). In the spleen, total and HCV-specific CD8(+) T cells demonstrated enhanced markers of exhaustion, predominantly in the effector memory subpopulation. Similarly, splenic APC over-expressed inhibitory receptor ligands when compared to peripheral blood. Finally, when peripheral blood CD8(+) T cells were compared before and after splenectomy, markers of exhaustion were reduced in splenic CD8(+) T cells and APC. Our data in HCV-related cirrhosis suggest that CD8(+) T cells in the spleen manifest a significantly higher exhaustion compared to peripheral blood and may thus contribute to the failure to control HCV. Counteracting this process may contribute to inducing an effective immune response to HCV.
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- K Sumida
- Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Tanaka A, Tsukamoto H, Ueda N, Ayano M, Ohta SI, Ueki N, Ueda S, Hisamoto S, Oryoji D, Hirosaki Y, Akahoshi M, Arinobu Y, Niiro H, Horiuchi T, Tada Y, Akashi K. THU0063 Serum Progranulin Levels are Elevated in Dermatomyositis Patients with Acute Interstitial Lung Disease, Reflecting Severity and Prognosis. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-eular.591] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Shimoda S, Tsuneyama K, Kikuchi K, Harada K, Nakanuma Y, Nakamura M, Ishibashi H, Hisamoto S, Niiro H, Leung PSC, Ansari AA, Gershwin ME, Akashi K. The role of natural killer (NK) and NK T cells in the loss of tolerance in murine primary biliary cirrhosis. Clin Exp Immunol 2012. [PMID: 22519590 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2012.04581.x.] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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One of the major obstacles in dissecting the mechanism of pathology in human primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) has been the absence of animal models. Our laboratory has focused on a model in which mice, following immunization with a xenobiotic chemical mimic of the immunodominant autoepitope of the E2 component of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC-E2), develop autoimmune cholangitis. In particular, following immunization with 2-octynoic acid (a synthetic chemical mimic of lipoic acid-lysine located within the inner domain of PDC-E2) coupled to bovine serum albumin (BSA), several strains of mice develop typical anti-mitochondrial autoantibodies and portal inflammation. The role of innate immune effector cells, such as natural killer (NK) cells and that NK T cells, was studied in this model based on the hypothesis that early events during immunization play an important role in the breakdown of tolerance. We report herein that, following in-vivo depletion of NK and NK T cells, there is a marked suppression of anti-mitochondrial autoantibodies and cytokine production from autoreactive T cells. However, there was no change in the clinical pathology of portal inflammation compared to controls. These data support the hypothesis that there are probably multiple steps in the natural history of PBC, including a role of NK and NK T cells in initiating the breakdown of tolerance. However, the data suggest that adaptive autoimmune effector mechanisms are required for the progression of clinical disease.
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- S Shimoda
- Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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Shimoda S, Tsuneyama K, Kikuchi K, Harada K, Nakanuma Y, Nakamura M, Ishibashi H, Hisamoto S, Niiro H, Leung PSC, Ansari AA, Gershwin ME, Akashi K. The role of natural killer (NK) and NK T cells in the loss of tolerance in murine primary biliary cirrhosis. Clin Exp Immunol 2012; 168:279-84. [PMID: 22519590 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2012.04581.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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One of the major obstacles in dissecting the mechanism of pathology in human primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) has been the absence of animal models. Our laboratory has focused on a model in which mice, following immunization with a xenobiotic chemical mimic of the immunodominant autoepitope of the E2 component of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC-E2), develop autoimmune cholangitis. In particular, following immunization with 2-octynoic acid (a synthetic chemical mimic of lipoic acid-lysine located within the inner domain of PDC-E2) coupled to bovine serum albumin (BSA), several strains of mice develop typical anti-mitochondrial autoantibodies and portal inflammation. The role of innate immune effector cells, such as natural killer (NK) cells and that NK T cells, was studied in this model based on the hypothesis that early events during immunization play an important role in the breakdown of tolerance. We report herein that, following in-vivo depletion of NK and NK T cells, there is a marked suppression of anti-mitochondrial autoantibodies and cytokine production from autoreactive T cells. However, there was no change in the clinical pathology of portal inflammation compared to controls. These data support the hypothesis that there are probably multiple steps in the natural history of PBC, including a role of NK and NK T cells in initiating the breakdown of tolerance. However, the data suggest that adaptive autoimmune effector mechanisms are required for the progression of clinical disease.
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- S Shimoda
- Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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Katsura T, Miura N, Hoshino A, Usui K, Takahashi Y, Hisamoto S. Visual recognition of the elderly concerning risks of falling or stumbling indoors in the home: -comparison of visual attention points among elderly, middle aged and young individuals-. J Rural Med 2011; 6:71-80. [PMID: 25648876 PMCID: PMC4309355 DOI: 10.2185/jrm.6.71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 07/04/2011] [Accepted: 10/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to verify the recognition of dangers and obstacles within a house in the elderly when walking based on analyses of gaze point fixation. MATERIALS AND METHODS The rate of recognizing indoor dangers was compared among 30 elderly, 14 middle-aged and 11 young individuals using the Eye Mark Recorder. RESULTS 1) All of the elderly, middle-aged and young individuals showed a high recognition rate of 100% or near 100% when ascending outdoor steps but a low rate of recognizing obstacles placed on the steps. They showed a recognition rate of about 60% when descending steps from residential premises to the street. The rate of recognizing middle steps in the elderly was significantly lower than that in younger and middle-aged individuals. Regarding recognition indoors, when ascending stairs, all of the elderly, middle-aged and young individuals showed a high recognition rate of nearly 100%. When descending stairs, they showed a recognition rate of 70-90%. However, although the recognition rate in the elderly was lower than in younger and middle-aged individuals, no significant difference was observed. 2) When moving indoors, all of the elderly, middle-aged and young individuals showed a recognition rate of 70%-80%. The recognition rate was high regarding obstacles such as floors, televisions and chests of drawers but low for obstacles in the bathroom and steps on the path. The rate of recognizing steps of doorsills forming the division between a Japanese-style room and corridor as well as obstacles in a Japanese-style room was low, and the rate in the elderly was low, being 40% or less. CONCLUSION The rate of recognizing steps of doorsills as well as obstacles in a Japanese-style room was lower in the elderly in comparison with middle-aged or young individuals.
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- Toshiki Katsura
- Division of Preventive Nursing, Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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- National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE), Japan
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- Graduate School of Nursing, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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- Division of Preventive Nursing, Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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