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Shimobayashi SF, Hishida M, Kurimura T, Ichikawa M. Nanoscale hydration dynamics of DNA-lipid blend dry films: DNA-size dependency. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:31664-31669. [PMID: 27840865 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp06305e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this study, nanoscale hydration dynamics of DNA-lipid blend dry films are investigated via small angle X-ray diffraction. Compared to the hydration of lipid films, fragmented short DNA strands and counterions in stacked lipid layers dramatically accelerate both the relaxation of the lamellar distance to a metastable interval and the subsequent peeling-off process of lipid bilayers. Moreover, genome-sized long DNA and counterions accelerate the relaxation process, but suppress the peeling-off process and simultaneously induce a damped-oscillation of the lamellar interval; this is probably due to the viscoelastic properties of the entangled long DNA dissolved in hydrated water between the stacked lipid bilayers. This study's findings can pave the way for producing cell-sized liposomes, which efficiently encapsulate any arbitrary sized DNA through natural swelling.
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- S F Shimobayashi
- Department of Chemistry, Ecole Normale Supérieure-PSL Research University, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Kageyama S, Mimaya J, Yamada K, Kurimura T, Shiraki K. Polymorphism of CCR5 affecting HIV disease progression in the Japanese population. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2001; 17:991-5. [PMID: 11485615 DOI: 10.1089/088922201300343663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Among several factors associated with HIV-1 disease progression, genetic polymorphism of CCR2, CCR5, and CXCR4 in HIV-1 infection has been found. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the CCR2, CCR5, and CXCR4 genes as well as a 32-base pair deletion in the open reading frame of the CCR5 gene are associated with HIV disease progression among Caucasians and African-Americans in North America and Europe. However, in populations other than Caucasians and African-Americans, SNPs have not been fully examined. In our study SNPs in CCR2 coding and CCR5 regulatory regions have been examined in 98 Japanese HIV-positive individuals. The alleles of CCR5 regulatory regions at -2135T and -2086G are associated with late onset of AIDS (p < 0.05; odds ratio for the early onset of AIDS, 0.502 and 0.404, respectively). In contrast to this, the allele of CCR5 at -2086A is associated with the early onset of AIDS (p < 0.05; odds ratio for the early onset of AIDS, 2.133). A haplotype including two alleles at -2135G and -2086G is associated with the late onset of AIDS (p < 0.05; odds ratio for the early onset of AIDS, 0.372). Thus we found that a CCR5 SNP and haplotype polymorphism affect HIV disease progression even in the Japanese population. This indicates that the CCR5 genetic polymorphism affecting disease progression should be studied in a wider range of population.
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- S Kageyama
- Department of Virology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
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Kageyama S, Maniar JK, Iwasaki M, Zhang J, Saple DG, Tsuchie H, Tanabe-Tochikura A, Taniguchi K, Shiraki K, Kurimura T. Seronegative HIV-2 carriers in India. Int J STD AIDS 2000; 11:31-7. [PMID: 10667898 DOI: 10.1258/0956462001914878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The discordant cases of seronegative, but culture and proviral HIV-2 DNA positive were found in Mumbai, India. This was corroborated by the successful isolation of HIV-2-RNA in culture medium, HIV-2 cDNA sequence determination and the detection of the antigen. The sequence of the isolated HIV-2 genomic RNA does not seem to be altered to the extent that the change will alter antibody binding. Furthermore, antibody from the same individual (even at 8 months from initial sampling) from whom HIV-2 was isolated did not react with the antigen of this strain. Those evidences imply that extremely low or non-production of the antibody may be due to suboptimal immune stimulation due to extremely slow HIV-2 replication. This low virus-load may be responsible for the negative antibody results in the HIV-2 carriers.
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- S Kageyama
- Department of Virology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan
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Asamitsu K, Morishima T, Tsuchie H, Kurimura T, Okamoto T. Conservation of the central proline-rich (PxxP) motifs of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Nef protein during the disease progression in two hemophiliac patients. FEBS Lett 1999; 459:399-404. [PMID: 10526173 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01288-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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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The nef gene is considered to play a crucial role in the development of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). In this study, we analyzed the sequence of nef quasispecies obtained from replication-competent HIV-1 isolates from two Japanese hemophiliac patients infected with HIV-1. At least 10 nef clones were isolated at each time point and a total of 75 individual nef quasispecies were sequenced. We observed a gradual increase in genetic diversity of the nef gene over time. Among the various functional regions of Nef protein, myristoylation site and the central PXXP (SH3 ligand) motifs were well conserved. The scattered regions responsible for downregulation of CD4 and class I MHC were also conserved. These data suggest that these functions of Nef may be involved throughout the disease process.
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- K Asamitsu
- Department of Molecular Genetics Nagoya City University Medical School, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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Otake T, Mori H, Morimoto M, Miyano K, Ueba N, Oishi I, Kunita N, Kurimura T. Anti-HIV-1 activity of myo-inositol hexaphosphoric acid (IP6) and myo-inositol hexasulfate(IS6). Anticancer Res 1999; 19:3723-6. [PMID: 10625947] [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: 02/15/2023]
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It is known that polysulfates have some anti-HIV-1 activity. We investigated the anti-HIV-1 activity of myo-inositol hexaphosphoric acid (IP6) and myo-inositol hexasulfate(IS6), low molecular weight carbohydrates. IP6 and IS6 inhibited the replication of HIV-1 in a T cell line as well as that of a freshly isolated strain in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Neither substance inhibited HIV-1-induced giant cell formation, but addition of IS6 when infecting cells with HIV-1 inhibited the replication of HIV-1. Neither substance inhibited HIV-1 reverse transcriptase activity in vitro and no influence on late stage replication was noted. Although the mechanisms of IP6 and IS6 action remain unclear, it can be speculated that they act on HIV-1 early replicative stage. Although it is not possible to develop IP6 and IS6 themselves as anti-AIDS drugs, studies of these anti-HIV agents might be expected to provide seed for eventual production of superior drugs for AIDS treatment.
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- T Otake
- Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Japan.
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Kase T, Suzuki Y, Kawai T, Sakamoto T, Ohtani K, Eda S, Maeda A, Okuno Y, Kurimura T, Wakamiya N. Human mannan-binding lectin inhibits the infection of influenza A virus without complement. Immunology 1999; 97:385-92. [PMID: 10447758 PMCID: PMC2326860 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1999.00781.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mannan-binding lectin (MBL) is a C-type serum lectin that is believed to play an important role in innate immunity. It is one of the collectin family, which is characterized by having a collagen-like sequence and a carbohydrate recognition domain. MBL can bind to sugar determinants of several micro-organisms, neutralize them and inhibit infection by complement activation through the lectin pathway and opsonization by collectin receptors. Bovine conglutinin and mouse MBL inhibit the infective and haemagglutinating activities of influenza A viruses. To identify the direct antiviral activity of human MBL against influenza A viruses that does not depend on complement activation or opsonization, we isolated native MBL from human serum and produced a recombinant MBL in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells using a pNOW/CMV-A expression vector system. Native and recombinant human MBL exhibited neutralization activity against A/Ibaraki/1/90 (H3N2), with the plaque focus reduction assay at the viral attachment phase. Their activities were inhibited by EDTA, mannose and anti-human MBL antibody. Furthermore, at the viral expansion phase both MBL in culture medium prevented viral spreading from primary infected cells to neighbour cells. A virus recovery study using EDTA indicated that interaction between MBL and virus was reversible and non-damaging to the virus. Lectin blot and immunohistochemistry assays showed that these antiviral activities involved binding between MBL and two viral envelope proteins, haemagglutinin and neuraminidase. These findings suggest that human MBL can play an important role in innate immunity by direct viral neutralization and inhibition of viral spread, as well as an indirect role through opsonization and complement activation.
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- T Kase
- Departments of Virology, Osaka Prefectural Instititute of Public Health, Japan
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Arai H, Petchclai B, Khupulsup K, Kurimura T, Takeda K. Evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic test for detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37:367-70. [PMID: 9889220 PMCID: PMC84310 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.367-370.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/1998] [Accepted: 11/12/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A new immunochromatographic rapid test, Determine HIV-1/2, for the detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and HIV-2 in human whole blood, serum, and plasma was evaluated. Determine HIV-1/2 is a sandwich immunoassay and uses a nitrocellulose strip with a capture site for the patient's results and a procedural control site to confirm the validity of the assay. The results can be read visually, and a positive result is indicated by the formation of a red line within 15 min after sample application. The test showed 100% sensitivity for HIV-1 with 102 whole-blood, 152 serum, and 144 plasma samples obtained from Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. The sensitivity of the test for HIV-2 was 100% with 100 serum or plasma samples obtained from Ivory Coast. The sensitivity of the test with 4 anti-HIV-1 seroconversion panels from Boston Biomedica Inc. was equivalent to or better than those of another agglutination assay with serum or plasma and the enzyme immunoassay licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The specificity was 100% with 367 sets of whole-blood, serum, and plasma samples from Ramathibodi Hospital. This method had an analytical sensitivity for the detection of HIV-1 equivalent to or better than that of another agglutination assay with serum or plasma. This test had an analytical sensitivity for the detection of HIV-1 better than that of another immunochromatographic test with whole blood. This evaluation demonstrated the excellent performance of this immunochromatographic test with EDTA-anticoagulated whole-blood, serum, and plasma samples. We conclude that this test is suitable for use in emerging countries and is an excellent alternative to HIV antibody testing at remote sites, as well as in traditional laboratories.
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- H Arai
- Research and Development Department, Dainabot Co., Ltd., Chiba, Japan.
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Mori H, Otake T, Oishi I, Kurimura T. Characterization of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 resistant to modified cyclodextrin sulphate (mCDS71) in vitro. Antivir Chem Chemother 1999; 10:15-21. [PMID: 10079875 DOI: 10.1177/095632029901000102] [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: 11/17/2022] Open
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Drug resistance of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) to modified cyclodextrin sulphate (mCDS71) has been analysed with respect to both the in vitro appearance of resistance to the compound and the mechanism of the acquisition of resistance. Resistant strains could be obtained in all three strains (NL432, KK-1 and A018) tested after serial passages in MT-4 cells with a gradual increase of the concentration of mCDS71. Cross-resistance both to mCDS71 and dextran sulphate 8000 was observed. As a result of sequencing analysis of the gp120 V3-C5 region of resistant strains, the mechanism of resistance can be explained in several ways: (i) substitution of sugar chain-binding amino acids, N and S; (ii) three to five amino acid deletion in V4 loop; and (iii) several mutations in V3 and V4 regions. The real cause of the resistance may be a combination of these three mechanisms. The results suggest that the target of mCDS71 is relatively widely distributed on the viral surface glycoprotein.
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- H Mori
- Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Japan.
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Gao M, Tsuchie H, Jin TQ, Zhang J, Detorio MA, Hossain MM, Taniguchi K, Kurimura T. Difference in susceptibility to CC-chemokines among HIV-1 isolates. Int J STD AIDS 1998; 9:471-5. [PMID: 9702596 DOI: 10.1258/0956462981922647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In this study, we examined the difference in susceptibility to anti-HIV activity of the CC-chemokines (RANTES, MIP-1 alpha and MIP-1 beta) among HIV-1 isolates and analysed its relation with phenotype (syncytium inducibility) and V3 domain of gp120 of the HIV-1 isolates. Of 11 cases tested in endogenous assay, at a concentration of 200 ng/ml, RANTES, MIP-1 alpha, and MIP-1 beta showed more than 80% suppression of HIV-1 replication in 10, 8, and 7 cases, respectively. HIV-1 isolates sensitive to more than one CC-chemokine showed non-syncytium-inducing phenotype, whereas HIV-1 isolates resistant to all of the 3 CC-chemokines showed syncytium-inducing phenotype. HIV-1 isolates resistant to all of the 3 CC-chemokines contained more positively charged amino acid residues in the V3 domain of the gp120. These results indicated that utilization of the CC-chemokine receptors as co-receptors for virus entry could vary among HIV-1 isolates.
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- M Gao
- Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan
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Taniguchi K, Tsuchie H, Kageyama S, Iwasaki M, Takagi T, Sasao F, Ueda S, Kurimura T. Slight difference in primary amino acid sequence of p17 matrix protein of HIV-1 exerts profound influence on its antigenicity. Arch Virol 1998; 143:881-90. [PMID: 9645195 DOI: 10.1007/s007050050339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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HIV-1 p17 antigen has been studied for its biological significance in vitro as well as its immunological roles in vivo. By immunological approach of antibody-binding to HIV-1 p17 antigens of several subtypes in combination with computerized analysis of those tertial structures, it became evident that, irrelevant of similarity of linear amino acid sequence of different HIV-1 subtypes, a few amino acid substitutions close to or distant from specified epitope(s) affected their tertial structure resulting in change in ability of its binding to selected antibody. ELISA employing two monoclonal antibodies, A144 and C415, could detect p17 of subtypes A and B, but not of subtypes C, D, and E. Since the epitope site corresponding to A144 has been reported to be important for biological activity of p17 of HIV-1, change in tertial structure around this epitope may explain some difference in biology of HIV-1, such as infectivity of subtypes B and E.
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- K Taniguchi
- Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan
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OBJECTIVES To determine the genetic variability of HIV-1 amongst infected Filipinos and to analyze phylogenetic relationships, temporal introductions and transmission dynamics of identified variants. METHODS Polymerase chain reaction amplification and direct sequencing of a 204 base-pair fragment of the env C2-V3 region from uncultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells obtained from 51 HIV-1-positive Filipinos infected from 1987 to mid-1996. Evolutionary distance and phylogenetic relationships among the DNA sequences were estimated. RESULTS The 51 Philippine strains were classified into five env V3 subtypes, namely subtype B (n = 37), subtype E (n = 8), subtype A (n = 3), subtype C (n = 2) and subtype D (n = 1). The overall env nucleotide divergence ranged from 11.7 to 32.2%. The nucleotide variation appeared to be random and no temporal ordering was observed. The variation of the sequences at the tip of the V3 loop was very broad. Subtypes B and C isolates did not show close genetic relationship to other Asian variants. Only three of the subtype E strains had close affinity to known Asian sequences. The majority (94%) of the subjects acquired the infection by sexual transmission. About two-thirds were presumably infected outside the Philippines, whereas the remaining were infected indigenously. Information was limited to allow segregation of the identified subtypes by mode of transmission or risk groups. CONCLUSION Our findings demonstrate the presence of multiple genetic subtypes of HIV-1 in the Philippines. The apparent geographic range of previously reported genotypes in South and South-east Asia was extended and has obvious implications for env-based antiviral interventions.
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- F J Paladin
- Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Hossain MM, Tsuchie H, Detorio MA, Shirono H, Hara C, Nishimoto A, Saji A, Koga J, Takata N, Maniar JK, Saple DG, Taniguchi K, Kageyama S, Ichimura H, Kurimura T. Interleukin-9 receptor alpha chain mRNA formation in CD8+ T cells producing anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 substance(s). Acta Virol 1998; 42:47-53. [PMID: 9645243] [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: 02/07/2023]
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A search for gene(s) associated with anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) activity of CD8+ T cells was attempted using molecular cloning and the relation between the anti-HIV activity of CD8+ T cells and the interleukin-9 receptor alpha chain (IL-9R-alpha) mRNA expression from the cDNA clones obtained was examined. The anti-HIV-1 activity of CD8+ T cell culture supernatants was assessed by measuring the level of HIV-1 replication of a CD4+ T cell line transfected with an infectious HIV-1 DNA clone. IL-9R-alpha mRNA was assayed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Of 5 cases showing high level of anti-HIV-1 activity (more than 80% suppression of HIV-1 replication), the mRNA was detected in 4 cases. Of 10 cases showing low level of anti-HIV-1 activity (less than 80% suppression of HIV-1 replication), the mRNA was detected in one case. Soluble recombinant human IL-9 receptor (rhIL-9sR) did not suppress HIV-1 replication at a concentration of 1 microgram/ml. These data suggest that the IL-9R-alpha mRNA formation in CD8+ T cells may correlate with and play some role in the anti-HIV-1 activity of CD8+ T cells from HIV-1-infected individuals.
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- M M Hossain
- Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan
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To analyse the appearance of AZT-resistant HIV in HIV carriers after AZT treatment and compare the mutations responsible for resistance employing cloned HIV DNA derived from provirus and free virions in plasma, serial blood specimens were taken before and after AZT treatment. RNA in virions in plasma, proviral DNA and RNA from virus isolates by coculture of PBMCs of HIV carriers and healthy blood donors were cloned and sequenced. DNA clones were compared for their nucleotide sequences responsible for AZT resistance. AZT resistance was acquired as early as 2 months after the start of the treatment and follow-up study was performed for 16 months of the treatment. Population of DNA clones was different according to the origin of the DNA or RNA, which indicated that the provirus population in PBMC was different from that in virions in plasma. These data demonstrated the possibility of selective activation of provirus or activation of provirus in organs other than peripheral blood, although the number of cases was small.
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- T Sakamoto
- Department of Viral Infections, Osaka University, Japan
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Tsuchie H, Detorio MA, Hossain MM, Tesfamariam N, Trickett A, Lam-Po-Tang PR, Yamada O, Ichimura H, Dwyer JM, Kurimura T. Suppression of HIV replication in vitro by CD8+ T-cells from HIV-infected and HIV-seronegative individuals. Int J STD AIDS 1997; 8:307-10. [PMID: 9175652 DOI: 10.1258/0956462971920145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The inhibitory effect of CD8+ T-cells from HIV-infected or HIV-seronegative individuals on HIV replication in the naturally-infected CD4+ T-cells in vitro was examined. Not only autologous CD8+ T-cells from HIV-infected individuals but also allogeneic CD8+ T-cells from HIV-seronegative individuals prevented or delayed HIV replication, even in transwell cocultures using a semi-permeable 0.45 micron filter. The level of the inhibitory effect of allogeneic CD8+ T-cells from the HIV-seronegative individuals on the HIV replication was varied among CD4+ T-cells obtained from HIV-infected individuals used. The results suggested that CD8+ T-cells from HIV-seronegative individuals as well as HIV-infected individuals could produce some cytokine(s) which suppress HIV replication in vitro. The sensitivity to the cytokine(s) might be variable among HIV strains, depending on differences in the nucleotide sequence of different HIV-1 strains. Further studies of control of HIV replication by CD8+ anti-HIV cytokine(s) should provide new strategies for the therapy of HIV infection.
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- H Tsuchie
- Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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Eda S, Suzuki Y, Kawai T, Ohtani K, Kase T, Fujinaga Y, Sakamoto T, Kurimura T, Wakamiya N. Structure of a truncated human surfactant protein D is less effective in agglutinating bacteria than the native structure and fails to inhibit haemagglutination by influenza A virus. Biochem J 1997; 323 ( Pt 2):393-9. [PMID: 9163329 PMCID: PMC1218332 DOI: 10.1042/bj3230393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a lung-specific protein that is synthesized and secreted by lung epithelial cells and is believed to play an important role in lung host defence. This protein belongs to the C-type lectin family, which is characterized by an N-terminal cysteine-rich domain, a collagen-like domain, a neck domain and a carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD). To elucidate the biological actions of this animal lectin against such pathogens as micro-organisms, the biological activities of a recombinant partial SP-D lacking a collagen-like domain were examined. A recombinant human SP-D, consisting of a short collagen region (two repeats of Gly-Xaa-Yaa amino acid sequences), the neck domain and the CRD, was expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant SP-D was purified on a nickel column and then on a maltose-agarose column. This protein can form a trimeric structure owing to the neck domain and exhibits sugar-binding activity and specificity similar to those of native human SP-D. The recombinant SP-D caused dose-dependent and calcium-dependent agglutination of E. coli Y1088. The agglutination titre (the concentration required to achieve a 50% decrease in light transmission by agglutination) of recombinant SP-D was approx. 6-fold that of native SP-D. As for conglutination, the recombinant trimeric conglutinin required 8-16-fold higher concentrations than the native counterpart. In haemagglutination inhibition (HI) of influenza A virus, although native and recombinant conglutinin showed similar levels of HI activity, the recombinant SP-D was unable to inhibit haemagglutination, even at a concentration approx. 120-fold that of the native SP-D. The lectin precipitation and lectin blot assays showed that the truncated SP-D could bind to influenza A virus as well as native SP-D did. These results indicate that the agglutination activity of trimeric collectins can be largely retained, and furthermore that the oligomeric structure with several hands at opposite sites can enhance agglutination activity. The difference in HI activity against influenza A virus between native and recombinant SP-D suggests that SP-D uses a different mechanism from that of conglutinin to inhibit viral haemagglutination.
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- S Eda
- Department of Pathology, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, 1-3-69 Nakamichi, Higashinari, Osaka 537, Japan
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Gao M, Tsuchie H, Detorio MA, Hossain MM, Owatari S, Zhang J, Taniguchi K, Nishimoto A, Shirono H, Koga J, Takata N, Matsumoto T, Yoshizaki K, Kurimura T. Interleukin-16 does not suppress HIV-1 replication in naturally infected peripheral blood mononuclear cells. AIDS 1997; 11:538-9. [PMID: 9084805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Kawai T, Suzuki Y, Eda S, Ohtani K, Kase T, Fujinaga Y, Sakamoto T, Kurimura T, Wakamiya N. Cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding bovine mannan-binding protein. Gene 1997; 186:161-5. [PMID: 9074491 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(96)00664-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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: 02/04/2023]
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To identify the bovine mannan-binding protein (MBP), a search for the cDNA homologue of human MBP was carried out. cDNA clones encoding bovine MBP were isolated from a bovine liver cDNA library using a cDNA fragment encoding a short collagen region, neck domain and carbohydrate recognition domain of human MBP. The cDNA carried an insert of 747 bp encoding a protein of 249 amino acid (aa) residues with a signal peptide of 19 aa. The mannan-binding protein fraction of bovine serum that eluted with 100 mM mannose from a mannan-Sepharose column was analyzed under reducing conditions by SDS-PAGE. The major band of 33 kDa obtained reacted with anti-human MBP rabbit serum. The partial aa sequence of the purified 33-kDa protein was identical to the aa sequence deduced from the obtained cDNA. Results of the passive hemolysis experiment using sheep erythrocytes coated with yeast mannan suggest that this MBP has the ability to activate complement. Northern blot analysis showed a 1.8-kb mRNA that was expressed only in the liver. Based on results of genomic analysis, this bovine MBP is likely to be a homologue of human MBP and to also have homology to rat and mouse MBP-C which are localized in liver cells rather than to rat and mouse MBP-A found in serum. Alignments of bovine collectins show that bovine MBP cannot be included among the other bovine collectins, such as bovine SP-D, conglutinin and CL-43. Finally, these genomic and biological analyses indicate that the cDNA obtained here encoded a bovine serum MBP.
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- T Kawai
- Department of Food Microbiology, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Japan
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Tsuchie H, Oda K, Vythilingam I, Thayan R, Vijayamalar B, Sinniah M, Singh J, Wada T, Tanaka H, Kurimura T, Igarashi A. Genotypes of Japanese encephalitis virus isolated in three states in Malaysia. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997; 56:153-8. [PMID: 9080873 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Two hundred forty nucleotides from the pre-membrane gene region of 12 Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) strains isolated from three different regions of Malaysia from 1993 to 1994 were sequenced and compared with each other and with the JEV strains from different geographic areas in Asia. These 12 Malaysian isolates were classified into two genotypes. The four JEV strains isolated from Sarawak in 1994 and the four JEV strains isolated from Sepang, Selangor in 1993 were classified into one genotype that included earlier isolated strains from Malaysia (JE-827 from Sarawak in 1968 and WTP/70/22 from Kuala Lumpur in 1970). The four JEV strains from Ipoh, Perak in 1994 were classified into another genotype that included JEV strains isolated from northern Thailand and Cambodia. In an earlier report, 10 JEV strains from Sabak Bernam, Selangor in 1992 were classified into the largest genotype that included strains isolated in temperate regions such as Japan, China, and Taiwan. The data indicate that at least three genotypes of JEV have been circulating in Malaysia.
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- H Tsuchie
- Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan
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Owatari S, Zhang J, Gao M, Tanabe-Tochikura A, Wakamiya N, Tsuchie H, Kurimura T. Contribution to the regulation of virus replication in cells latently infected with human immunodeficiency virus 1. Acta Virol 1997; 41:21-6. [PMID: 9199710] [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: 02/04/2023]
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Monocytes/macrophages have been known to play an important role in the initiation and propagation of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) infection. To analyze the function of these cells during the clinical asymptomatic period of infection, we examined the effect of murine peritoneal macrophages and human peripheral blood macrophages on two cell lines latently infected with HIV-1, a promonocytic cell line, U1, and a T-cell line, ACH-2. Monokines of the murine peritoneal macrophages induced significant viral expression in U1, but not in ACH-2 cells. Experiments employing transient transfection of U937 and CEM cells with HIV long terminal repeat (LTR)-chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) plasmids indicated that the effect of these monokines was due to specific activation of the HIV LTR. In contrast, supernatants of human macrophages induced viral expression in both ACH-2 and U1 cells. These results suggest that several monokines are active in regulating the transition from the clinical asymptomatic period of HIV infection to progression to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
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- S Owatari
- Department of Viral Infections, Osaka University, Japan
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Ohkura T, Shin YS, Wakamiya N, Iwa N, Kurimura T. Detection of proviruses and viral RNA in the early stages of feline immunodeficiency virus infection in cats: a possible model of the early stage of HIV infection. Exp Anim 1997; 46:31-9. [PMID: 9027469 DOI: 10.1538/expanim.46.31] [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: 02/03/2023] Open
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Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in cats has been reported to be a useful animal model for human AIDS studies, especially in the early stages of infection. We examined the temporal changes in provirus detection in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and the distribution of FIV-DNA and RNA in feline tissues by the polymerase chain reaction at 10, 35, 70 days after intravenous inoculation of FIV. Viral DNA in the PBMC was detected three to four weeks after infection and its fluctuation was demonstrated for the first time. Ten days after infection, before seroconversion, proviruses were detected only in the mesenteric lymph nodes and intestines. At 35 and 70 days after infection, after seroconversion, proviruses were detected in most lymphoid organs and the salivary glands, but the expression of FIV-RNA was limited to the thymus at 70 days after infection. These results show that FIV-RNA is transcribed from proviral DNA exclusively in the thymus at this stage. We suggest that the quantitative changes in detectable proviruses in the PBMC depend on the relation between the decrease in infected cells caused by cytolytic T lymphocytes and/or apoptosis and their increase caused by the release of a new supply of lymphocytes from the thymus.
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- T Ohkura
- Department of Viral Infections, Osaka University, Japan
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Kageyama S, Katsumoto T, Taniguchi K, Ismail SI, Shimmen T, Sasao F, Gao M, Owatari S, Wakamiya N, Tsuchie H, Ueda S, Shiraki K, Kurimura T. Neutralization of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) with antibody from carriers' plasma against HIV-1 protein p17. Acta Virol 1996; 40:195-200. [PMID: 9014009] [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: 02/03/2023]
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It was investigated whether human antibody against HIV-1 protein p17 (anti-p17) in HIV carriers' plasma has the ability to neutralize the infectivity of HIV. By the pretreatment of HIV-1 with anti-p17 from HIV carriers, progeny HIV-1 production from cells infected with virus pretreated with anti-p17 was suppressed and/or delayed. The neutralizing activity of anti-p17 was decreased in the presence of recombinant p17. The latter obviously masked the neutralizing activity of anti-p17. The relevant epitope(s) on p17 is located apparently on the surface of HIV virions and the binding of anti-p17 to p17 impairs the infectivity of HIV. This implies that anti-p17, if stably present in HIV carriers' plasma, may also play an important role in reducing the infectivity of HIV-1 in vivo.
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- S Kageyama
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan
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Eda S, Suzuki Y, Kase T, Kawai T, Ohtani K, Sakamoto T, Kurimura T, Wakamiya N. Recombinant bovine conglutinin, lacking the N-terminal and collagenous domains, has less conglutination activity but is able to inhibit haemagglutination by influenza A virus. Biochem J 1996; 316 ( Pt 1):43-8. [PMID: 8645231 PMCID: PMC1217348 DOI: 10.1042/bj3160043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Conglutinin is a bovine serum protein which was first described as a vertebrate lectin. This protein belongs to the family of C-type lectins. These lectins are composed of four characteristic domains: (1) an N-terminal cysteine-rich domain, (2) a collagen-like domain, (3) a neck domain and (4) a carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD). Recently lectins have been shown to function as immunoglobulin-independent defence molecules due to a complement-mediated mechanism or opsonization. Our previous study showed that bovine conglutinin can inhibit haemagglutination by influenza A viruses and act by directly neutralizing them due to its lectin properties. In order to elucidate the biological role of the collagen-like domain, a recombinant partial conglutinin lacking this collagen-like domain was produced in an Escherichia coli system and its biological activities were examined. A 497 bp sequence, consisting of a short collagen region (two repeats of G-X-Y amino acid sequences), the neck domain, and the CRD of conglutinin cDNA, was amplified by the reverse-transcriptase PCR technique. The cDNA was transferred to a bacterial expression vector system (pRSET-A) and stable transfectants with a high level of conglutinin production were obtained. SDS/PAGE and Western blotting analyses showed a recombinant fusion protein of 27 kDa. Results of a cross-linking study and gel-filtration assay indicated that the recombinant conglutinin can form a trimeric structure and that it has sugar binding activity and specificity similar to that of native conglutinin. The recombinant conglutinin was also found to inhibit haemagglutination caused by influenza A virus as well as to possess less conglutination activity. These results suggest that in order for conglutinin to inhibit haemagglutination caused by the influenza virus, as well as to have sugar binding activity or to form trimers, it does not require the N-terminal and collagenous domains; however, they are essential for full conglutination activity.
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- S Eda
- Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Department of Pathology, Japan
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Tsuchie H, Detorio M, Hossain M, Ohwatari S, Zhang J, Taniguchi K, Nishimoto A, Shirono H, Koga J, Kurimura T. Substance(s) produced by CD8∗ T cells from HIV-1-infected individuals can inhibit replication of HIV-1 and HIV-2 via suppression of transcription. Antiviral Res 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0166-3542(96)80302-0] [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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Ichimura H, Kurimura O, Tamura I, Tsukue I, Tsuchie H, Kurimura T. Prevalence of blood-borne viruses among intravenous drug users and alcoholics in Hiroshima, Japan. Int J STD AIDS 1995; 6:441-3. [PMID: 8845404 DOI: 10.1177/095646249500600613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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: 02/02/2023]
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We investigated the prevalence of human immunodeficiency viruses-1 and 2 (HIV-1 and HIV-2), human T-lymphotropic virus type I and II, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis D virus among intravenous drug users (IVDU) in Hiroshima, Japan, where little is known about their present levels. From June to December 1993, serum samples were collected from 47 IVDU and 98 alcoholics in Hiroshima, Japan, and examined for markers of virus infection. The prevalence of antibody to HCV (anti-HCV) and/or HCV-RNA was significantly higher in IVDU than alcoholics (74.5% vs 20.4%, 44.7% vs 10.2% respectively, P < 0.001). In contrast, the prevalence of antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen and/or core antigen (anti-HBs and/or anti-HBc) showed no significant difference between the 2 groups (57.4% vs 66.3%). HIV-1 infection was found in one (2.1%) IVDU and genome analysis indicated that it was subtype B according to Myers' classification. Thus, an extremely low level of HIV infection and a high level of HCV infection was found in IVDU. Careful follow-up of this group is thought to be needed to minimize an outbreak of HIV-1 infection in Japan.
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- H Ichimura
- Institute of Clinical Research, Kure National Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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Liu X, Ota A, Watanabe M, Ueda S, Saitoh A, Shinagawa H, Nakata A, Kurimura T, Wang X, Zhao Y. Three antigenic regions in p17 of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) revealed by mouse monoclonal antibodies and human antibodies in HIV-1 carrier sera. Microbiol Immunol 1995; 39:775-85. [PMID: 8577268 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1995.tb03270.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 01/31/2023]
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We investigated the murine antibody response to recombinant p17 (rp17) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and the human antibody response directed to p17 in HIV-1 infection. Three large peptides covering residues 12-29, 53-87 and 87-115 of p17 were synthesized. The cysteine residues 57 and 87 of peptide 53-87 were reoxidized to form a disulfide bridge. Eighteen out of 19 murine monoclonal anti-rp17 antibodies had relatively high affinities (KA = 1.9 x 10(5)-1.4 x 10(8) M-1) with one of the 3 p17 peptides in the liquid phase. Each monoclonal antibody reacted only with one particular peptide and had no reactivity with the other 2 p17 peptides. All the monoclonal antibodies reacted with rp17 in the liquid phase with a reasonable degree of affinity (KA = 2.0 x 10(5)-1.8 x 10(7) M-1). Four HIV-1 carrier sera, which were positive in ELISA using rp17 as the antigen, reacted positively in an ELISA using 3 p17 peptides which were used to titrate murine monoclonal antibodies. Murine monoclonal antibodies having specificity for the 3 p17 peptides stained live HIV-1-infected cells by means of indirect membrane immunofluorescence, irrespective of their specificity. This suggests that the various portions of p17 (at least 3 regions of p17) were exposed on the surface of live infected cells, probably as short polypeptide chains.
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- X Liu
- Department of Immunochemistry, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan
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Tanabe-Tochikura A, Ang Singh MT, Tsuchie H, Zhang J, Paladin FJ, Kurimura T. A newly developed immunofluorescence assay for simultaneous detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and type 2. J Virol Methods 1995; 52:239-46. [PMID: 7601900 DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(94)00107-r] [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: 01/26/2023]
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Immunofluorescence assays (IFA) that simultaneously distinguish between antibodies against closely related human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and type 2 (HIV-2) infections have not been readily available. Serum specimens from 95 HIV-1-infected, 26 HIV-2-infected and 3 HIV-1/HIV-2 dually infected individuals and 106 seronegative blood donors were evaluated for the ability to serologically discriminate HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections by means of IFA employing three types of cells whose morphology varied within one field of microscopy. Mixtures of HIV-1-infected, HIV-2-infected and uninfected cells were used in the present study. In consequence, all serum specimens from individuals infected with HIV were confirmed to contain antibodies to HIV-1 and/or HIV-2. None of the sera from the blood donors were positive. Serum specimens from HIV-1-infected or HIV-2-infected individuals were diagnosed as single infection with HIV-1 (85/95) and HIV-2 (22/26), respectively, by this new assay. Although another 14 (10/95 and 4/26) were shown to be seropositive for both HIV-1-infected and HIV-2-infected cells, these results suggest that this assay is potentially simple and useful for screening and confirming both HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections simultaneously.
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Ichimura H, Tamura I, Kurimura O, Koda T, Mizui M, Tsuchie H, Kurimura T. Hepatitis C virus genotypes, reactivity to recombinant immunoblot assay 2 antigens and liver disease. J Med Virol 1994; 43:212-5. [PMID: 7523579 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890430303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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: 01/25/2023]
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To clarify the relationship between hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes and liver disease, we typed HCV genomes in the sera of 151 blood donors, 180 patients with type C chronic liver disease (CLD), and 30 haemophiliacs residing in Hiroshima, Japan. All of the subjects were positive for anti-HCV and HCV-RNA, and were examined for seroreactivity to HCV-specific antigens. The HCV genotypes were determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with type-specific primers deduced from the putative core region of the HCV genome. Significantly more (P < 0.001) type III HCV was found in the samples from the CLD patients (80%) than in those from the blood donors (55%). Significantly more (P < 0.001) type III HCV was found in the samples from the blood donors (29.1%) than in those from the CLD patients (11.7%). There was no significant difference in the distribution of the HCV types among the patients with chronic active hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. A four-antigen recombinant immunoblot assay (RIBA-2) assay was used to compare the serum samples for their reactivity to a range of structural and nonstructural peptides specific for HCV (5-1-1, C100-3, C33c, and C22-3). The frequency of seropositivity to 5-1-1 and C100-3 was significantly higher (P < 0.001) in type II HCV-infected blood donors than in type III HCV-infected donors (68.2% and 65.9% vs. 4.5% and 22.7%, respectively). Among the type III HCV-infected individuals, the CLD patients had a significantly higher (P < 0.01) frequency of seropositivity to 5-1-1 than the blood donors (33.3% vs. 4.5%).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- H Ichimura
- Institute of Clinical Research, Kure National Hospital, Japan
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Kuwabara M, Konishi F, Yokoyama T, Kodama T, Santoh T, Nakai S, Miyoshi N, Kurimura T, Miyazawa T, Arita K. [Clinical efficacy of arbekacin in deep MRSA infection. Including follow-up study after the termination of chemotherapy]. Jpn J Antibiot 1994; 47:771-80. [PMID: 8072186] [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: 01/28/2023]
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We analyzed the efficacy of arbekacin (ABK) using monotherapy or combined therapy on deep MRSA infection to find the most adequate usage of the drug. We also followed-up the isolation incidence of MRSA after the end of chemotherapy. The results are summarized as follows: 1. Clinical efficacy of ABK on 29 pneumonia and 3 septicemia due to MRSA was 42.9% in ABK monotherapy (9 patients), 62.5% in combined therapy with ABK and minocycline (9 patients), 100% with ABK and imipenem/cilastatin (IPM/CS) (7 patients), and 100% with ABK and other drugs (7 patients). 2. As for microbiological efficacy, combined therapy with ABK and IPM/CS or other drug was superior to other methods. Among patients from whom two or more species of bacteria were isolated, causative bacteria persisted in many cases, and some replacements occurred. 3. Kidney functions deteriorated in two patients that underwent monotherapy or combined therapy with ABK and IPM/CS, but they recovered when therapy was completed the completion. 4. In the three month follow-up study after ABK therapy, we found four cases of renewed infections after disappearance of MRSA. When just decreases in the number of MRSA resulted upon the chemotherapy, the relapse occurred in all cases. 5. Above results indicate that ABK is effective in MRSA infection, and combined therapy with beta-lactams is superior to other methods in serious MRSA infections. We also suggest that chemotherapy should be continued until the complete disappearance of MRSA is achieved.
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- M Kuwabara
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital
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Tsuchie H, Oda K, Vythilingam I, Thayan R, Vijayamalar B, Sinniah M, Hossain MM, Kurimura T, Igarashi A. Genetic study of Japanese encephalitis viruses isolated in Malaysia. Jpn J Med Sci Biol 1994; 47:101-7. [PMID: 7853748 DOI: 10.7883/yoken1952.47.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Two hundred and forty nucleotides from the pre-M gene region of 10 Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus strains isolated in Malaysia in 1992 were sequenced and compared with the other JE virus strains from different geographic areas in Asia. Our JE virus strains belong to the largest genotypic group that includes strains isolated in temperate regions such as Japan, China, and Taiwan. Our Malaysian JE virus strains differed in 32 nucleotides (13.3%) from WTP/70/22 strain isolated from Malaysia in 1970, which belonged to another distinct genotypic group.
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- H Tsuchie
- Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University
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Kunakorn M, Wichukchinda N, Raksakait K, Petchclai B, Jutavijittum P, Mandee Y, Kamthon N, Kurimura T. Screening of HIV-1 proviral DNA using simple protocol polymerase chain reaction in Thai blood donors. AIDS 1993; 7:1681-2. [PMID: 8286084 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199312000-00025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Igarashi T, Yamashita M, Miura T, Osei-Kwasi M, Aysi NK, Shiraki H, Kurimura T, Hayami M. Isolation and genomic analysis of human T lymphotropic virus type II from Ghana. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1993; 9:1039-42. [PMID: 7904168 DOI: 10.1089/aid.1993.9.1039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [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: 01/27/2023] Open
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An HTLV-II was isolated from a Ghanaian female patient with ARC and anti-HTLV-II antibody by cocultivation of PBMC with Molt-4 cells. A part of the 5' LTR of this virus was sequenced. Sequence homology between this virus and the corresponding sequence of Mo, the prototype of HTLV-II, is 97.4%. Furthermore, this virus is a member of the HTLV-IIa group, which was proposed by Hall et al. This is the first report of an HTLV-II sequence from Africa confirmed not only by serological evidence, but also by genomic analysis. This finding will provide useful information for considering the spread of HTLV-II in the world and the evolution of the HTLV group.
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- T Igarashi
- Research Center for Immunodeficiency Viruses, Kyoto University, Japan
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Tsuchie H, Sakamoto T, Kurimura T. [HIV drug resistance and its genetic basis]. Nihon Rinsho 1993; 51 Suppl:610-614. [PMID: 7505854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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- H Tsuchie
- Department of Pathology, Osaka University
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Kurimura T. [Target cells for HIV and the mechanism of its penetration into the cells]. Nihon Rinsho 1993; 51 Suppl:73-5. [PMID: 8271452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- T Kurimura
- Department of Pathology, Osaka University
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Kurimura T. [The structure of the virion of HIV and its entrance into the cell]. Nihon Rinsho 1993; 51 Suppl:10-2. [PMID: 8271371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- T Kurimura
- Department of Pathology, Osaka University
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Tsuchie H, Tochikura A, Kageyama S, Kurimura T. [Anti-HIV-1 p17 antibody as anti-HIV agent]. Nihon Rinsho 1993; 51 Suppl:213-8. [PMID: 8271386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- H Tsuchie
- Department of Pathology, Osaka University
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Kageyama S, Kurimura T. [Targets and possible therapeutic interventions for HIV carriers]. Nihon Rinsho 1993; 51 Suppl:351-6. [PMID: 8271402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- S Kageyama
- Department of Pathology, Osaka University
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Katsumoto T, Kurimura T. [The structure of HIV virions]. Nihon Rinsho 1993; 51 Suppl:27-30. [PMID: 8271393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- T Katsumoto
- Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University
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Kageyama S, Kurimura T. [Interferon therapy of HIV carriers]. Nihon Rinsho 1993; 51 Suppl:334-7. [PMID: 8271400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- S Kageyama
- Department of Pathology, Osaka University
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Tamura I, Kurimura O, Koda T, Ichimura H, Katayama S, Kurimura T, Inaba Y. Risk of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in subjects with hepatitis B and delta virus infection: a study from Kure, Japan. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1993; 8:433-6. [PMID: 8218990 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1993.tb01543.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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To investigate the effect of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) superinfection on the long-term outcome of Japanese subjects with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, we examined the presence of antibodies to hepatitis delta antigen (anti-HD) in serial serum samples collected from 1127 subjects with chronic HBV infection. The subjects were followed for at least 36 months (mean: 121.3 months) between 1973 and 1991. Among 69 cases where anti-HD was detected, eight (12%) developed liver cirrhosis (LC) and six (9%) developed hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, among 1058 cases without anti-HD, there were 43 patients (4%) who developed LC and 29 (3%) who developed HCC. The prevalence of LC and HCC was significantly higher among the cases with anti-HD than those without anti-HD. The proportion of LC and HCC per 1000 person years was 10.46 and 7.84, respectively among cases with anti-HD, and 4.05 and 2.73 among those without anti-HD, respectively. The overall relative risk of LC and HCC was 2.58 and 2.87, respectively; 95% confidence interval (CI): LC, 1.14-5.13; HCC, 1.03-6.23. These results indicate that in the Kure district in Japan, where HDV infection of persons infected with HBV is about 6%, such superinfection increases the risk of LC and HCC.
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- I Tamura
- Institute of Clinical Research, Kure National Hospital, Japan
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Wakamiya N, Maru M, Haraguchi M, Higashi H, Kato S, Kurimura T, Naiki M. S15.10 Anti-tumor effects of sphingolipids. Glycoconj J 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01210096] [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: 10/25/2022]
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Suzuki Y, Yin Y, Makino M, Kurimura T, Wakamiya N. S12.5 Cloning and sequencing of a cDNA coding for bovine conglutinin. Glycoconj J 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01210039] [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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Hagari Y, Shibata M, Mihara M, Shimao S, Kurimura T. Detection of human papillomavirus type 2a DNA in verrucae vulgares by electron microscopic in situ hybridization. Arch Dermatol Res 1993; 285:255-60. [PMID: 8397493 DOI: 10.1007/bf00371593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 01/30/2023]
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Electron microscopic in situ hybridization (EMISH) of common warts (verrucae vulgares) of the hands was performed using a biotinylated human papillomavirus type 2a (HPV-2a) DNA probe and immunogold labelling of ultrathin sections of 2% glutaraldehyde-fixed, Lowicryl K4M-embedded tissues. It was first established that the warts contained HPV-2a DNA by light microscopic in situ hybridization. The HPV-2a probe chiefly labelled cells in the horny, granular and upper spinous layers of the epidermis, and labelling decreased towards the basal cell layer. The gold particles were located precisely on the viral particles in the nuclei of granular cells. The lower limit of detection by EMISH was found to be the keratinocytes of the third cellular layer above the basal cells. These keratinocytes showed evidence of a viral cytopathic effect, suggesting that vegetative DNA replication in infected keratinocytes occurs at least as early as this level of the epidermis.
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- Y Hagari
- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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Tsuchie H, Maniar JK, Yoshihara N, Imai M, Kurimura T, Kitamura T. Sequence analysis of V3 loop region of HIV-1 strains prevalent in India. Jpn J Med Sci Biol 1993; 46:95-100. [PMID: 7903712 DOI: 10.7883/yoken1952.46.95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The third variable (V3) domain of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) env gene has been found to elicit type-specific neutralizing antibodies as well as a cytotoxic and helper T-cell response in both humans and animals. We analyzed the V3 domain of 8 HIV-1 isolates from India by using polymerase chain reactions. The V3 loops of 7 Indian isolates contained the apical tetra peptide GPGQ, while the V3 loop of one Indian isolate carried the apical tetra peptide GPGK. The amino acid sequences of the seven Indian isolates were closely related to each other, with an average of the nucleotide sequence homology of 96.0% (94.6 to 97.6%). The marked relatedness of the amino acid sequences among the seven Indian HIV-1 isolates indicated a recent and very rapid spread of this HIV-1 variant in Bombay. The amino acid sequence of the C2/V3 region of env gene of the 7 Indian isolates were homologous to the C subtype reported by Meyers et al. These findings could be useful in assessing the sources of infection and developing an AIDS vaccine.
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- H Tsuchie
- Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan
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Fujimura Y, Honda M, Ito M, Yamada O, Mimaya J, Meguro T, Kurimura T, Yamada K, Mizumoto Y, Nishida S. [Isolation of HIV-1 and its correlation with various HIV-markers in Japan]. Nihon Rinsho 1993; 51:1051-64. [PMID: 8097795] [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: 01/28/2023]
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In Japan, the isolation rate of HIV-1 has increased in recent years, and has become as high as 36.7% in 1991. In order to evaluate the onset of AIDS, we have collected various HIV markers, which were obtained from surveillance committee of Natural History. These data include a total of 1991 specimens (actual number 556 individuals) from Japanese hemophiliacs and non-hemophiliacs since 1985. The data analysed CDC stage, leucocyte counts, lymphocyte counts, CD4+ cell counts, CD8+ cell counts, CD4/CD8 ratio and immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG, IgM). The results indicate that in HIV-isolation positive patients, leucocyte counts, lymphocyte counts, CD4+ cell counts, CD8+ cell counts and CD4/CD8 ratio were significantly lower than those of HIV-isolation negative patients in both hemophiliacs and non-hemophiliacs. IgA value of the positive patients was significantly higher than that of the negative patients, while the IgM value showed converse results to the IgA, in hemophiliacs only. In general, the difference of each HIV marker in non-hemophiliacs was more conspicuous than those in hemophiliacs.
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A 912 bp bovine cDNA fragment encoding bovine conglutinin was amplified by the RT-PCR technique. cDNA clones encoding the bovine conglutinin were isolated from a bovine liver cDNA library using a specific probe obtained from the PCR product. These cDNAs carry an insert of 1113 bp coding for a protein of 371 amino acid residues with a signal peptide of 20 residues. The deduced amino acid sequence of cDNA agrees with that determined by conventional amino acid sequence analysis. Two polyadenylation signal sequences were detected in the DNA sequence downstream of the 3' end of the gene. Southern blot analysis of total bovine genomic DNA indicated that there is only one copy of the gene encoding bovine conglutinin. Northern blot analysis of bovine tissues showed that conglutinin mRNA of about 1.5 kb is expressed in the liver and also slightly in the lung.
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- Y Suzuki
- Department of Pathology, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Japan
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Maru M, Haraguchi M, Higashi H, Kato S, Kurimura T, Naiki M, Wakamiya N. Anti-tumor activity of ceramides and glycosphingolipids in a murine tumor system. Int J Cancer 1993; 53:645-50. [PMID: 8436438 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910530420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 01/30/2023]
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The anti-tumor activity of 7 sphingolipids, 2 ceramides and 5 glycosphingolipids against the syngeneic murine ascitic tumors MH134 and MM102 in C3H mice was examined. Five of these compounds showed anti-tumor activity against the tumors, ceramide type-IV (Cer-IV) having the highest activity without cytotoxic or cytostatic activity. These results indicate that the fatty acid in ceramide and sugar chains binding to it affect the anti-tumor activity in vivo. The anti-tumor activity of Cer-IV depended on the time of treatment. Mice treated with Cer-IV one day after tumor implantation showed the highest rate of survival. The cured mice were resistant to rechallenge with the same tumor (MH134-->MH134, MM102-->MM102) but not with a heterologous tumor (MH134-->X5563, MM102-->X5563), indicating that the effect of Cer-IV may be due to in vivo induction of specific immunity. Studies with various antibodies demonstrated that the anti-tumor effect of Cer-IV was inhibited by all the antibodies tested (L3T4, Lyt-2, and Thy-1,2 T cells, macrophages, and TNF alpha) in the induction phase (before Cer-IV administration) and by the antibodies of L3T4 and TNF alpha in the effector phase (after Cer-IV administration). Therefore, the anti-tumor effect of Cer-IV in this system depended on the host immune response rather than on its direct cytotoxic and/or cytostatic action.
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- M Maru
- Shionogi Research Laboratories, Shionogi and Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan
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The presence of nucleotide sequences specific for each of herpes simplex virus (HSV) serotypes was demonstrated. These sequences were applied for dot DNA-DNA hybridization and for PCR for rapid DNA diagnosis of HSV infections. These sequences were found by molecular cloning of HSV-DNA fragments after digestion of DNA by KpnI enzyme. The type 1-specific sequence was found around the 5' end of BamHI B-fragment in the L region of type 1 DNA (corresponds to alpha gene 27, promoter-regulatory region) and the type 2-specific sequence was around the junction region of the L and S of type 2 DNA (corresponds to a' sequence). Both simple dot blot hybridization and PCR of HSV DNA's, employing these type-specific nucleotide sequences, were proven to be much more useful than immunofluorescence in terms of type-specific diagnosis of HSV infections.
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- T Matsumoto
- Department of Pathology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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Wakamiya N, Okuno Y, Sasao F, Ueda S, Yoshimatsu K, Naiki M, Kurimura T. Isolation and characterization of conglutinin as an influenza A virus inhibitor. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1992; 187:1270-8. [PMID: 1417803 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(92)90440-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [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: 12/26/2022]
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Normal horse and guinea pig sera contain alpha 2-macroglobulin which inhibits the infectivity and hemagglutinating activity of influenza A viruses of the H2 and H3 subtypes. On the other hand, normal bovine serum contains a component termed beta inhibitor that inhibits the infectivity and hemagglutinating activity of influenza A viruses of the H1 and H3 subtypes. To investigate the nature of the beta inhibitor of influenza A virus, we purified the conglutinin and examined its characteristics. First, we found a high correlation between the hemagglutination inhibition(HI) titer and conglutinin titer in several bovine sera (r = 0.906, p less than 0.005). The HI of bovine serum was mainly dependent on conglutinin because the HI activity was abrogated by N-acetylglucosamine but not by D-mannose. The conglutinin, purified from bovine serum, had neutralizing-activity as well as HI activity on influenza A viruses of the H1 and H3 subtypes. The HI activity of conglutinin was heat stable (56 degrees C, 30 min), Ca(++)-dependent, and resistant to both neuraminidase and periodate treatments. The HI activity of purified conglutinin was blocked by N-acetylglucosamine but not by D-mannose. The conglutinin was bound to hemagglutinin which had high mannose and complex sugar chains and its binding was inhibited by N-acetylglucosamine and dependent on divalent cations. These data indicate that the beta-like inhibitor activity of bovine serum is mainly dependent on conglutinin which inhibits hemagglutination and neutralizes the virus infectivity by its binding to a carbohydrate site at the HA.
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- N Wakamiya
- Department of Pathology, Osaka University, Japan
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Choudhury AM, Yamada O, Wakamiya N, Kurimura T. A prospective study on correlation between the decrease in anti-P17 antibody level and progression to AIDS in asymptomatic carriers of HIV. Microbiol Immunol 1992; 36:833-40. [PMID: 1474934 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1992.tb02085.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 12/27/2022]
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As the majority of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) carriers are in asymptomatic stage for a long period of time, it is important to investigate the factors or surrogate markers for conversion from asymptomatic to symptomatic stage. Our study is designed to evaluate the relationship among virus isolation rate, anti-p17 antibody status and progression to AIDS. We studied anti-p17 antibody status along with virus isolation in 56 asymptomatic carriers and 46 AIDS cases. Progression to AIDS was markedly associated with high rate of virus isolation and loss of anti-p17 antibody. In order to know the meaning of loss of anti-p17 antibody during the clinical course, 15 anti-p17 antibody positive and 16 anti-p17 antibody negative cases were followed up prospectively for the development of AIDS. None of the anti-p17 antibody positive cases developed AIDS while 6 out of 16 anti-p17 negative cases developed AIDS during observation period (P < 0.05). Progression to AIDS was associated with loss of anti-p17 antibody. Identification of cases losing anti-p17 antibody in peripheral blood during asymptomatic period may help high-risk group who are in need of chemoprophylaxis. Moreover, study of anti-p17 antibody may be helpful in designing vaccine in future if it works as a neutralizing antibody to HIV in vivo.
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- A M Choudhury
- Department of Pathology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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Kurimura T, Sakamoto T. [DNA diagnosis of HIV-1 carriers by PCR]. Nihon Rinsho 1992; 50 Suppl:294-300. [PMID: 1404913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- T Kurimura
- Department of Pathology, Osaka University
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