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Kondo M, Ohmichi T, Tsuji Y, Masanori M, Mizuno T. Constructive disturbance and abnormal regional cerebral blood flow distribution in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with dementia. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.1896] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Mohamed R, Mori K, Ohmichi T, Yamashita H. Preparation and characterisation of visible-light-driven BaCo 0.5Y0.5O3 photocatalyst. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1504/ijnm.2009.028133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nishio S, Tanaka T, Tada H, Nishiyama N, Fujii H, Ohmichi T, Katayama I, Yamashita H. Photo-induced super-hydrophilic property and photocatalysis on Ti-containing mesoporous silica thin films. Molecular Sieves: From Basic Research to Industrial Applications, Proceedings of the 3rd International Zeolite Symposium (3rd FEZA) 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2991(05)80516-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Ohmichi T, Nakamura M, Sugimoto N. Development of ribozyme synthesis system using a rolling-synchronization: effect of template DNA secondary structure on recognition of RNA polymerase. Nucleic Acids Res Suppl 2003:37-8. [PMID: 12836252 DOI: 10.1093/nass/1.1.37] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Circular DNA behaves as an efficient template for RNA polymerase (RNAP) in rolling circle transcription (RCT). We found that the short hairpin-stem structure in the circular DNA without promoter enhances the DNA recognition of T7 RNAP in RCT. The result indicates that T7 RNAP would distinguish the short DNA hairpin-stem structure.
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- T Ohmichi
- High Technology Research Center, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University, 8-9-1 Okamoto, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8501, Japan
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Nitani N, Kuramoto K, Yamashita T, Ohmichi T. Evaluation on chemical state of irradiated rock-like oxide fuels by nuclear and chemical modeling. Progress in Nuclear Energy 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0149-1970(00)00153-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Naturally occurring hammerhead ribozymes are produced by rolling circle replication followed by self-cleavage. This results in monomer-length catalytic RNAs which have self-complementary sequences that can occupy their trans -binding domains and potentially block their ability to cleave other RNA strands. Here we show, using small self-processed ribozymes, that this self-binding does not necessarily inhibit trans -cleavage and can result in greatly elevated discrimination against mismatches. We utilized a designed 63 nt circular DNA to encode the synthesis of a self-processed ribozyme, MDR63. Rolling circle transcription followed by self-processing produced the desired 63 nt ribozyme, which potentially can bind mdr-1 RNA with 9+9 nt of complementarity or bind itself with 4+5 nt of self-complementarity by folding back its ends to form hairpins. Kinetics of trans -cleavage of short complementary and mismatched RNAs were measured under multiple turnover conditions, in comparison to a standard 40 nt ribozyme (MDR40) that lacks the self-complementary ends. The results show that MDR63 cleaves an mdr-1 RNA target with a k (cat)/ K (m)almost the same as MDR40, but with discrimination against mismatches up to 20 times greater. Based on folding predictions, a second self-processed ribozyme (UG63) having a single point mutation was synthesized; this displays even higher specificity (up to 100-fold) against mismatches. The results suggest that self-binding ends may be generally useful for increasing sequence specificity of ribozymes.
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- T Ohmichi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
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Leadzyme is a ribozyme that requires Pb2+. The catalytic sequence, CUGGGAGUCC, binds to an RNA substrate, GGACC downward arrowGAGCCAG, cleaving the RNA substrate at one site. We have investigated the effect of the substrate sequence on the cleavage activity of leadzyme using mutant substrates in order to structurally understand the RNA catalysis. The results showed that leadzyme acted as a catalyst for single site cleavage of a C5 deletion mutant substrate, GGAC downward arrowGAGCCAG, as well as the wild-type substrate. However, a mutant substrate GGACCGACCAG, which had G8 deleted from the wild-type substrate, was not cleaved. Kinetic studies by surface plasmon resonance indicated that the difference between active and inactive structures reflected the slow association and dissociation rate constants of complex formation induced by Pb2+rather than differences in complex stability. CD spectra showed that the active form of the substrate-leadzyme complex was rearranged by Pb2+binding. The G8 of the wild-type substrate, which was absent in the inactive complex, is not near the cleavage site. Thus, these results show that the active substrate-leadzyme complex has a Pb2+binding site at the junction between the unpaired region (asymmetric internal loop) and the stem region, which is distal to the cleavage site. Pb2+may play a role in rearranging the bases in the asymmetric internal loop to the correct position for catalysis.
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- T Ohmichi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Konan University, 8-9-1 Okamoto, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8501, Japan
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Sugimoto N, Ohmichi T. Effect of nucleotide sequence and metal ions at the active site on a short ribozyme activation. Nucleic Acids Symp Ser 1998:299-300. [PMID: 9586118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Leadzyme, CUGGGAGUCC, is a ribozyme that requires Pb2+. We have investigated effects of target sequences and metal ions on a catalytic reaction of the leadyzme. The leadzyme plays as a catalyst for one site cleavage of a mutant substrate, GGAC decrease GAGCCAG, and a wild-type substrate, GGACC decrease GAGCCAG. The addition of 25 microM Nd3+ in the presence of 25 microM Pb2+ led to significant increase in the cleavage yield for the mutant substrate. But this increase of the yield is less than that for the wild-type substrate. The result suggests that the effect of Nd3+ on the leadzyme reaction depends on substrate sequence.
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- N Sugimoto
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Konan University, Kobe, Japan
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Lai MT, Ohmichi T, Ogawa T, Nishizaki K, Masuda Y. Electron spin resonance spin trapping assay and immunohistochemical localization of superoxide dismutases in the rat nasal mucosa. Acta Otolaryngol 1997; 117:437-46. [PMID: 9199532 DOI: 10.3109/00016489709113418] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The immunohistochemical method and electron spin resonance (ESR) spin trapping assay were employed to detect the localization and biochemical activity of superoxide dismutases (SODs) in the rat nasal mucosa. Manganese SOD and copper-zinc SOD were immunohistochemically illustrated to be richly expressed in the epithelial cells and the subepithelial glands of nasal mucosa. The olfactory vesicles also showed positive immunostaining for manganese SOD and copper-zinc SOD. ESR spin trapping assay revealed that SOD activity in the mucosa of olfactory areas was significantly higher than in the mucosa of respiratory areas; however, the ratio of SOD activity in the mitochondrial fraction to SOD activity in the cytosolic fraction was similar, approximating 17:83 in the mucosa of both the olfactory and respiratory areas. The predominant localization of SODs in epithelial cells of nasal mucosa suggests the importance of mucosal epithelium in protecting nasal mucosa against cytotoxic superoxide (O2-) radicals. Epithelial goblet cells and the connective tissue of lamina propria, which showed no positive immunostaining for SODs, are considered to be vulnerable to oxidative insults implicated in the generation of O2- radicals. The higher SODs activity in the mucosa of olfactory areas implies that there is a different requirement of SOD in mucosa of the respiratory and olfactory areas on scavenging microenvironmental O2- radicals.
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- M T Lai
- Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Shikata-Cho, Japan
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Leadzyme is a ribozyme that requires Pb2+. We have previously shown that the addition of Nd3+ in the presence of Pb2+ increased significantly the yield of the RNA cleavage reaction by a leadzyme, although other rare earth ions or divalent ions except Pb2+ did not promote the reaction [Sugimoto, N., & Ohmichi, T. (1996) FEBS Lett. 393, 97-100]. To investigate the combined effects of Nd3+ and Pb2+ on the binding and cleavage steps of a leadzyme, CUGGGAGUCC, with a substrate, GGACCGAGCCAG, kinetics for the leadzyme reaction have been measured at various concentration ratios of Nd3+ and Pb2+. At low concentration ratios of Nd3+ under a constant total concentration of metal ions, Nd3+ increased the stability of the complex between the leadzyme and the substrate. In contrast, at high concentration ratios of Nd3+, the addition of Nd3+ decreased the stability of the complex. The rate constant of the cleavage step was maximized when the ratio of Nd3+ to Pb2+ was 1:1. These results suggest that the complex between the leadzyme and the substrate has binding sites for Nd3+ ion that influence complex stability and catalyze directly the cleavage reaction. On the basis of the results, we propose a two-metal-ion mechanism in which Pb2+ and Nd3+ play the roles of base and acid catalyst, respectively.
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- T Ohmichi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Konan University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan
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Lai MT, Ohmichi T, Yorizane S, Egusa K, Masuda Y. Immunohistochemical localization of manganese superoxide dismutase in rat vestibular dark cell regions. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1997; 106:69-74. [PMID: 9006364 DOI: 10.1177/000348949710600112] [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: 02/03/2023]
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A modified immunoglobulin peroxidase bridge sequence method was used to detect the localization of manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), a superoxide radical (O2-) scavenging enzyme locating in mitochondrial matrix, in the vestibular labyrinth of pigmented rats. Strong positive MnSOD immunostaining was demonstrated in the dark cell regions of the ampullae, utricle, and common crus. The result provides for the first time direct evidence demonstrating the existence of mitochondrial O2- scavengers in the vestibular labyrinth and illustrates that the specific sites for vestibular MnSOD immunolocalization are the dark cell regions. This site specificity of MnSOD immunolocalization suggests that dark cell regions may possess high metabolic activity and may encounter constant threat from O2-. We assume MnSOD is needed in protecting some physiologic functions of the dark cell regions. Cell types showing negative MnSOD immunostaining may conceivably be relatively vulnerable to acute O2- damage.
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- M T Lai
- Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Lead-dependent ribozyme (leadzyme) is a ribozyme working with Pb2+. In this paper, we have investigated the combined effect of metal ions, especially rare earth ions, on the cleavage reaction by the leadzyme. As a result, it was observed that although only a rare earth ion or another divalent ion except Pb2+ did not play a role as the catalyst, the addition of a rare earth ion in the presence of Pb2+ increased significantly the yield of the cleavage reaction. The result suggests that the complex between the leadzyme and the substrate should have two classes of metal ion binding sites.
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- N Sugimoto
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Konan University, Kobe, Japan.
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Lai MT, Ohmichi T, Egusa K, Okada S, Masuda Y. Immunohistochemical localization of manganese superoxide dismutase in the rat cochlea. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 1996; 253:273-7. [PMID: 8737784 DOI: 10.1007/bf00171142] [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: 02/01/2023]
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There has been recent increasing interest in the involvement of superoxide radicals (O2-) and their scavenging enzymes, the superoxide dismutases, in the patho-physiology of certain diseases. Since mitochondria are significant intracellular sources of O2- and important targets of oxidant injury, determining the intracochlear localization of mitochondrial O2- scavenging enzyme may provide important insight into the pathogenesis of injury due to cochlear oxidants. In order to locate the mitochondrial O2- scavenging enzyme, manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), the authors used a modified immunoglobulin peroxidase bridge sequence method to detect MnSOD in paraffin-embedded, formalin-fixed rat cochleas. Site-specific immunolocalization of MnSOD could be demonstrated in the cochlear labyrinth, suggesting that the generation of intracochlear O2- was possibly implicated in the metabolically active sites and sites rich in vascularity. This study also provided a useful probe for detecting MnSOD immunohistochemically from ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid-treated materials without requiring an antigen retrieval procedure.
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- M T Lai
- Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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We report a case of bilateral congenital cholesteatoma in a 6-year-old boy. Cholesteatoma was present in both ears around the tympanic isthmus (the only open passage from the tympanic cavity to the attic), extending to behind the horizontal portion of the facial nerve. This patient underwent a total of three canal wall up operations on each side to remove the cholesteatoma completely and improve hearing. This case fulfills the criteria proposed by Derlacki and Clemis in 1965. Bilateral congenital cholesteatoma is a rare condition, but the incidence of congenital cholesteatoma in children has increased recently for the following reasons: Reassessment of the criteria, the introduction of computed tomography, and increased awareness of congenital cholesteatoma. When operating on patients with bilateral cholesteatoma, the best method for preservation of hearing should be chosen. We discuss these problems in the present report.
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- K Nishizaki
- Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Lai MT, Ohmichi T, Miyahara S, Mori A, Masuda Y. Superoxide dismutases in human palatine tonsils. Acta Otolaryngol Suppl 1996; 523:120-3. [PMID: 9082755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In order to investigate the protective system of human palatine tonsils against the cytotoxic superoxide radicals (O(-)(2)) generated from the oxygen-related bactericidal system, immunohistochemistry and electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometry were used to detect the distribution and activities of superoxide dismutases (SODs) in tonsils of different related systemic diseases. Immunohistochemistry showed that SODs distribute in extrafollicular lymphatic tissue and crypt epithelium. No distribution difference could be found between tonsils of different related systemic diseases. ESR revealed no significant difference between SODs activities in tonsils of different related systemic diseases. However, the mitochondrial SOD activity was found to constitute approximately 50%-60% of the total tonsillar cellular SODs activity. The results suggest: i)tonsils possess the ability to control cytotoxic O(-)(2), ii) crypt epithelium and extrafollicular lymphatic tissue may encounter more O(-)(2) threat, iii) SODs may be important in protecting germinal centers from O(-)(2) injury, and iv) systemic diseases are less related to the local expression of tonsillar SODs.
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- M T Lai
- Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Sugimoto N, Nakano S, Katoh M, Matsumura A, Nakamuta H, Ohmichi T, Yoneyama M, Sasaki M. Thermodynamic parameters to predict stability of RNA/DNA hybrid duplexes. Biochemistry 1995; 34:11211-6. [PMID: 7545436 DOI: 10.1021/bi00035a029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 533] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [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: 01/25/2023]
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The thermodynamic parameters (delta H degree, delta S degree, and delta G degree 37) for 16 nearest-neighbor sets and one initiation factor are presented here in order to predict stability of RNA/DNA hybrid duplexes. To determine the nearest-neighbor parameters, thermodynamics for 68 different hybrid sequences (136 single-stranded oligonucleotides) with 5-13 nucleotide length including several duplexes with identical nearest-neighbors were measured by UV melting procedure. These sequences were selected to have many different combinations of nearest-neighbor pairs, and so that the number of the 16 nearest-neighbor sequences in the oligomers were as equal as possible. The structures of the hybrids were also investigated by measuring circular dichroism spectra. Comparing delta G degree 37 values of the hybrids with DNA/DNA and RNA/RNA parameters reported previously (Breslauer, K.J., Frank, R., Blöcker, H., & Marky, L.A. (1986) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83, 3746-3750; Freier, S.M., Kierzek, R., Jaeger, J.A., Sugimoto, N., Caruthers, M.H., Neilson, T., & Turner, D.H. (1986) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83, 9373-9377), RNA/RNA double helix is the most stable of the three kinds of helixes with the same nearest-neighbor sequences. Which is more stable between DNA/DNA and RNA/DNA hybrid duplexes depends on its sequence. Calculated thermodynamic values of hybrid formation with the present parameters reproduce the experimental values within reasonable errors.
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- N Sugimoto
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Konan University, Kobe, Japan
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Lai MT, Ohmichi T, Yuen K, Egusa K, Yorizane S, Masuda Y. Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system: a case with an unruptured intracranial aneurysm. J Laryngol Otol 1995; 109:549-52. [PMID: 7643000 DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100130683] [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: 01/26/2023]
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We present a case of superficial siderosis (SS) of the central nervous system (CNS) with an unruptured intracranial aneurysm to illustrate that the commonly encountered unexplainable progressive sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) can be an important sign for the early awareness of this rare disorder. The literature on SS is reviewed and the pathogenesis of SS is discussed.
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- M T Lai
- Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Arai Y, Ohmichi T. A Consideration of the Thermodynamic and Magnetic Properties of NaCl-Type Uranium, Neptunium, and Plutonium Compounds. J SOLID STATE CHEM 1995. [DOI: 10.1006/jssc.1995.1102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Energetic behaviors of eight pairs of RNA/DNA hybrid duplexes with identical nearest neighbors have been investigated by UV melting analysis. In the pairs with identical nearest-neighbor pairs, the melting curve traces at the same strand concentration were very similar. The average difference in stabilization energy of these pairs was 4%, which was about expected within experimental error. These results indicate that the nearest-neighbor model is valid for predicting the stability of RNA/DNA hybrid duplexes as well as RNA/RNA and DNA/DNA duplexes.
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- N Sugimoto
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Konan University, Kobe, Japan
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Selective sectioning of the singular nerve has proven successful in the relief of incapacitating benign positional vertigo (BPV), presumably on the histopathologic basis of posterior ampullary cupulolithiasis. Although the surgical techniques of transmeatal and the recently introduced retrosigmoid IAC approach have been well described, little has been written about the singular nerve's anatomical relationships determined histologically for each surgical approach. The anatomical relationships of the singular nerve in both the transmeatal and retrosigmoid IAC approaches are discussed. Histologic evidence presented suggests that other mechanisms may also be ultimately responsible for improvement in the symptoms of BPV following transmeatal surgery. Moreover, the high incidence of injury to the endolymphatic duct during retrosigmoid surgery raises questions about the exact role of the endolymphatic duct and sac in inner ear homeostasis.
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- T Ohmichi
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Toronto
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Ohmichi T, Fukushima N, Rutka J, Hawke M. Computer-generated three-dimensional reconstruction of the singular nerve. J Otolaryngol 1988; 17:343-5. [PMID: 3230605] [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: 01/04/2023]
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Advances in computer technology have made it possible for detailed and accurate three-dimensional images of complex anatomical structures to be reconstructed from serial histologic sections. This technique is useful in visualizing the morphologic nature and relationships between many intratemporal structures. In this paper, the three-dimensional anatomy of the singular nerve was examined by means of a three-dimensional computer reconstruction. Future applications for this technique are discussed.
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- T Ohmichi
- Ear Pathology Research Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Toronto, Ontario
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Saito R, Ohmichi T, Hayashi S, Fujimoto M, Maeta M, Ogura Y, Kikuta A. Visualization of human vestibular aqueduct with computer-aided serial section reconstruction system. Acta Otolaryngol Suppl 1988; 447:100-4. [PMID: 3263746 DOI: 10.3109/00016488809102864] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The computer-aided serial section reconstruction system (SERSERS) was employed to elucidate the entire configuration of the vestibular aqueduct in the human temporal bone. The advantages and the disadvantages of this system are discussed in comparison with several conventional methods such as X-ray visualization, plastic casting and graphic reconstruction. In spite of some limitations encountered, such as difficulty in placing a marker on each section or time consumption in data input, SERSERS can be useful in the study of the vestibular aqueduct, since a three-dimensional structure which can be observed from multidirectional aspects is reconstructed.
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- R Saito
- Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Ohmichi T. [The vascular architecture of the vestibule and the endolymphatic duct and sac of the rat]. Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho 1987; 90:1772-80. [PMID: 3502265 DOI: 10.3950/jibiinkoka.90.1772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Fukushima S, Ohmichi T, Handa M. The effect of rare earths on thermal conductivity of uranium, plutonium and their mived ovide fuels. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/0022-5088(86)90579-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tanaka T, Saito R, Ishihara M, Ohmichi T, Ogura Y. Glandular tumors of the external auditory canal. Hiroshima J Med Sci 1984; 33:17-22. [PMID: 6090347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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