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Nakamura T, Matsumoto M, Amano K, Enokido Y, Zolensky ME, Mikouchi T, Genda H, Tanaka S, Zolotov MY, Kurosawa K, Wakita S, Hyodo R, Nagano H, Nakashima D, Takahashi Y, Fujioka Y, Kikuiri M, Kagawa E, Matsuoka M, Brearley AJ, Tsuchiyama A, Uesugi M, Matsuno J, Kimura Y, Sato M, Milliken RE, Tatsumi E, Sugita S, Hiroi T, Kitazato K, Brownlee D, Joswiak DJ, Takahashi M, Ninomiya K, Takahashi T, Osawa T, Terada K, Brenker FE, Tkalcec BJ, Vincze L, Brunetto R, Aléon-Toppani A, Chan QHS, Roskosz M, Viennet JC, Beck P, Alp EE, Michikami T, Nagaashi Y, Tsuji T, Ino Y, Martinez J, Han J, Dolocan A, Bodnar RJ, Tanaka M, Yoshida H, Sugiyama K, King AJ, Fukushi K, Suga H, Yamashita S, Kawai T, Inoue K, Nakato A, Noguchi T, Vilas F, Hendrix AR, Jaramillo-Correa C, Domingue DL, Dominguez G, Gainsforth Z, Engrand C, Duprat J, Russell SS, Bonato E, Ma C, Kawamoto T, Wada T, Watanabe S, Endo R, Enju S, Riu L, Rubino S, Tack P, Takeshita S, Takeichi Y, Takeuchi A, Takigawa A, Takir D, Tanigaki T, Taniguchi A, Tsukamoto K, Yagi T, Yamada S, Yamamoto K, Yamashita Y, Yasutake M, Uesugi K, Umegaki I, Chiu I, Ishizaki T, Okumura S, Palomba E, Pilorget C, Potin SM, Alasli A, Anada S, Araki Y, Sakatani N, Schultz C, Sekizawa O, Sitzman SD, Sugiura K, Sun M, Dartois E, De Pauw E, Dionnet Z, Djouadi Z, Falkenberg G, Fujita R, Fukuma T, Gearba IR, Hagiya K, Hu MY, Kato T, Kawamura T, Kimura M, Kubo MK, Langenhorst F, Lantz C, Lavina B, Lindner M, Zhao J, Vekemans B, Baklouti D, Bazi B, Borondics F, Nagasawa S, Nishiyama G, Nitta K, Mathurin J, Matsumoto T, Mitsukawa I, Miura H, Miyake A, Miyake Y, Yurimoto H, Okazaki R, Yabuta H, Naraoka H, Sakamoto K, Tachibana S, Connolly HC, Lauretta DS, Yoshitake M, Yoshikawa M, Yoshikawa K, Yoshihara K, Yokota Y, Yogata K, Yano H, Yamamoto Y, Yamamoto D, Yamada M, Yamada T, Yada T, Wada K, Usui T, Tsukizaki R, Terui F, Takeuchi H, Takei Y, Iwamae A, Soejima H, Shirai K, Shimaki Y, Senshu H, Sawada H, Saiki T, Ozaki M, Ono G, Okada T, Ogawa N, Ogawa K, Noguchi R, Noda H, Nishimura M, Namiki N, Nakazawa S, Morota T, Miyazaki A, Miura A, Mimasu Y, Matsumoto K, Kumagai K, Kouyama T, Kikuchi S, Kawahara K, Kameda S, Iwata T, Ishihara Y, Ishiguro M, Ikeda H, Hosoda S, Honda R, Honda C, Hitomi Y, Hirata N, Hirata N, Hayashi T, Hayakawa M, Hatakeda K, Furuya S, Fukai R, Fujii A, Cho Y, Arakawa M, Abe M, Watanabe S, Tsuda Y. Formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu: Direct evidence from returned samples. Science 2023; 379:eabn8671. [PMID: 36137011 DOI: 10.1126/science.abn8671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
Samples of the carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu were brought to Earth by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft. We analyzed 17 Ryugu samples measuring 1 to 8 millimeters. Carbon dioxide-bearing water inclusions are present within a pyrrhotite crystal, indicating that Ryugu's parent asteroid formed in the outer Solar System. The samples contain low abundances of materials that formed at high temperatures, such as chondrules and calcium- and aluminum-rich inclusions. The samples are rich in phyllosilicates and carbonates, which formed through aqueous alteration reactions at low temperature, high pH, and water/rock ratios of <1 (by mass). Less altered fragments contain olivine, pyroxene, amorphous silicates, calcite, and phosphide. Numerical simulations, based on the mineralogical and physical properties of the samples, indicate that Ryugu's parent body formed ~2 million years after the beginning of Solar System formation.
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Affiliation(s)
- T Nakamura
- Department of Earth Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
| | - M Matsumoto
- Department of Earth Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
| | - K Amano
- Department of Earth Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
| | - Y Enokido
- Department of Earth Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
| | - M E Zolensky
- NASA Johnson Space Center; Houston, TX 77058, USA
| | - T Mikouchi
- The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - H Genda
- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
| | - S Tanaka
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
| | - M Y Zolotov
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
| | - K Kurosawa
- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
| | - S Wakita
- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - R Hyodo
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - H Nagano
- Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
| | - D Nakashima
- Department of Earth Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
| | - Y Takahashi
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.,Isotope Science Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
| | - Y Fujioka
- Department of Earth Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
| | - M Kikuiri
- Department of Earth Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
| | - E Kagawa
- Department of Earth Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
| | - M Matsuoka
- Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA), Observatoire de Paris, Meudon 92195 France.,Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan
| | - A J Brearley
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
| | - A Tsuchiyama
- Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan.,Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Guangzhou 510640, China.,Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, CAS, Guangzhou 510640, China
| | - M Uesugi
- Scattering and Imaging Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo 679-5198, Japan
| | - J Matsuno
- Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan
| | - Y Kimura
- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan
| | - M Sato
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - R E Milliken
- Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
| | - E Tatsumi
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.,Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, University of La Laguna, Tenerife 38205, Spain
| | - S Sugita
- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan.,Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - T Hiroi
- Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
| | - K Kitazato
- Aizu Research Center for Space Informatics, The University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
| | - D Brownlee
- Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
| | - D J Joswiak
- Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
| | - M Takahashi
- Department of Earth Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
| | - K Ninomiya
- Institute for Radiation Sciences, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan
| | - T Takahashi
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583, Japan.,Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - T Osawa
- Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai 319-1195, Japan
| | - K Terada
- Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan
| | - F E Brenker
- Institute of Geoscience, Goethe University, Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
| | - B J Tkalcec
- Institute of Geoscience, Goethe University, Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
| | - L Vincze
- Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S12, Ghent, Belgium
| | - R Brunetto
- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France
| | - A Aléon-Toppani
- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France
| | - Q H S Chan
- Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
| | - M Roskosz
- Institut de Minéralogie, Physique des Matériaux et Cosmochimie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
| | - J-C Viennet
- Institut de Minéralogie, Physique des Matériaux et Cosmochimie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
| | - P Beck
- Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
| | - E E Alp
- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
| | - T Michikami
- Faculty of Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-2116, Japan
| | - Y Nagaashi
- Department of Earth Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.,Department of Planetology, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
| | - T Tsuji
- Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.,School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - Y Ino
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Physics, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda 669-1330, Japan
| | - J Martinez
- NASA Johnson Space Center; Houston, TX 77058, USA
| | - J Han
- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
| | - A Dolocan
- Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
| | - R J Bodnar
- Department of Geoscience, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
| | - M Tanaka
- Materials Analysis Station, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan
| | - H Yoshida
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - K Sugiyama
- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
| | - A J King
- Department of Earth Science, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
| | - K Fukushi
- Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
| | - H Suga
- Spectroscopy Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo 679-5198, Japan
| | - S Yamashita
- Department of Materials Structure Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan.,Institute of Materials Structure Science, High-Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - T Kawai
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - K Inoue
- Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
| | - A Nakato
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - T Noguchi
- Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.,Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
| | - F Vilas
- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
| | - A R Hendrix
- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
| | | | - D L Domingue
- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
| | - G Dominguez
- Department of Physics, California State University, San Marcos, CA 92096, USA
| | - Z Gainsforth
- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
| | - C Engrand
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 91405 Orsay, France
| | - J Duprat
- Institut de Minéralogie, Physique des Matériaux et Cosmochimie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
| | - S S Russell
- Department of Earth Science, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
| | - E Bonato
- Institute for Planetary Research, Deutsches Zentrum für Luftund Raumfahrt, Rutherfordstraße 2 12489 Berlin, Germany
| | - C Ma
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA 91125, USA
| | - T Kawamoto
- Department of Geosciences, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
| | - T Wada
- Department of Earth Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
| | - S Watanabe
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583, Japan
| | - R Endo
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
| | - S Enju
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan
| | - L Riu
- European Space Astronomy Centre, 28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
| | - S Rubino
- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France
| | - P Tack
- Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S12, Ghent, Belgium
| | - S Takeshita
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tokai 319-1106, Japan
| | - Y Takeichi
- Department of Materials Structure Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan.,Institute of Materials Structure Science, High-Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan.,Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
| | - A Takeuchi
- Scattering and Imaging Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo 679-5198, Japan
| | - A Takigawa
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - D Takir
- NASA Johnson Space Center; Houston, TX 77058, USA
| | | | - A Taniguchi
- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, Kumatori 590-0494, Japan
| | - K Tsukamoto
- Department of Earth Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
| | - T Yagi
- National Metrology Institute of Japan, AIST, Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan
| | - S Yamada
- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
| | - K Yamamoto
- Japan Fine Ceramics Center, Nagoya 456-8587, Japan
| | - Y Yamashita
- National Metrology Institute of Japan, AIST, Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan
| | - M Yasutake
- Scattering and Imaging Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo 679-5198, Japan
| | - K Uesugi
- Scattering and Imaging Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo 679-5198, Japan
| | - I Umegaki
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tokai 319-1106, Japan.,Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Nagakute 480-1192, Japan
| | - I Chiu
- Institute for Radiation Sciences, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan
| | - T Ishizaki
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - S Okumura
- Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
| | - E Palomba
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Rome 00133, Italy
| | - C Pilorget
- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France.,Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
| | - S M Potin
- Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA), Observatoire de Paris, Meudon 92195 France.,Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
| | - A Alasli
- Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
| | - S Anada
- Japan Fine Ceramics Center, Nagoya 456-8587, Japan
| | - Y Araki
- Department of Physical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga 525-0058, Japan
| | - N Sakatani
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
| | - C Schultz
- Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
| | - O Sekizawa
- Spectroscopy Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo 679-5198, Japan
| | - S D Sitzman
- Physical Sciences Laboratory, The Aerospace Corporation, CA 90245, USA
| | - K Sugiura
- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
| | - M Sun
- Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Guangzhou 510640, China.,Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, CAS, Guangzhou 510640, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
| | - E Dartois
- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 91405 Orsay, France
| | - E De Pauw
- Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S12, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Z Dionnet
- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France
| | - Z Djouadi
- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France
| | - G Falkenberg
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Photon Science, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
| | - R Fujita
- Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
| | - T Fukuma
- Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
| | - I R Gearba
- Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
| | - K Hagiya
- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
| | - M Y Hu
- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
| | - T Kato
- Japan Fine Ceramics Center, Nagoya 456-8587, Japan
| | - T Kawamura
- Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université de Paris, Paris 75205, France
| | - M Kimura
- Department of Materials Structure Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan.,Institute of Materials Structure Science, High-Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - M K Kubo
- Division of Natural Sciences, International Christian University, Mitaka 181-8585, Japan
| | - F Langenhorst
- Institute of Geosciences, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 07745 Jena, Germany
| | - C Lantz
- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France
| | - B Lavina
- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - M Lindner
- Institute of Geoscience, Goethe University, Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
| | - J Zhao
- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
| | - B Vekemans
- Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S12, Ghent, Belgium
| | - D Baklouti
- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France
| | - B Bazi
- Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S12, Ghent, Belgium
| | - F Borondics
- Optimized Light Source of Intermediate Energy to LURE (SOLEIL) L'Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette F-91192, France
| | - S Nagasawa
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583, Japan.,Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - G Nishiyama
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - K Nitta
- Spectroscopy Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo 679-5198, Japan
| | - J Mathurin
- Institut Chimie Physique, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 91405 Orsay, France
| | - T Matsumoto
- Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
| | - I Mitsukawa
- Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
| | - H Miura
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya City University, Nagoya 467-8501, Japan
| | - A Miyake
- Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
| | - Y Miyake
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tokai 319-1106, Japan
| | - H Yurimoto
- Department of Natural History Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
| | - R Okazaki
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
| | - H Yabuta
- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
| | - H Naraoka
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
| | - K Sakamoto
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - S Tachibana
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - H C Connolly
- Department of Geology, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA
| | - D S Lauretta
- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
| | - M Yoshitake
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - M Yoshikawa
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
| | - K Yoshikawa
- Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - K Yoshihara
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - Y Yokota
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - K Yogata
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - H Yano
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
| | - Y Yamamoto
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
| | - D Yamamoto
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - M Yamada
- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
| | - T Yamada
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - T Yada
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - K Wada
- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
| | - T Usui
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - R Tsukizaki
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - F Terui
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Atsugi 243-0292, Japan
| | - H Takeuchi
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
| | - Y Takei
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - A Iwamae
- Marine Works Japan, Yokosuka 237-0063, Japan
| | - H Soejima
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Marine Works Japan, Yokosuka 237-0063, Japan
| | - K Shirai
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - Y Shimaki
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - H Senshu
- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
| | - H Sawada
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan.,National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan.,National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Marine Works Japan, Yokosuka 237-0063, Japan
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- Digital Architecture Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan.,National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- JAXA Space Exploration Center, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Department of Information Science, Kochi University, Kochi 780-8520, Japan.,Center for Data Science, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan
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- Aizu Research Center for Space Informatics, The University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Marine Works Japan, Yokosuka 237-0063, Japan
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- Department of Planetology, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
| | - N Hirata
- Aizu Research Center for Space Informatics, The University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Marine Works Japan, Yokosuka 237-0063, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Planetology, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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Tachibana S, Sawada H, Okazaki R, Takano Y, Sakamoto K, Miura YN, Okamoto C, Yano H, Yamanouchi S, Michel P, Zhang Y, Schwartz S, Thuillet F, Yurimoto H, Nakamura T, Noguchi T, Yabuta H, Naraoka H, Tsuchiyama A, Imae N, Kurosawa K, Nakamura AM, Ogawa K, Sugita S, Morota T, Honda R, Kameda S, Tatsumi E, Cho Y, Yoshioka K, Yokota Y, Hayakawa M, Matsuoka M, Sakatani N, Yamada M, Kouyama T, Suzuki H, Honda C, Yoshimitsu T, Kubota T, Demura H, Yada T, Nishimura M, Yogata K, Nakato A, Yoshitake M, Suzuki AI, Furuya S, Hatakeda K, Miyazaki A, Kumagai K, Okada T, Abe M, Usui T, Ireland TR, Fujimoto M, Yamada T, Arakawa M, Connolly HC, Fujii A, Hasegawa S, Hirata N, Hirata N, Hirose C, Hosoda S, Iijima Y, Ikeda H, Ishiguro M, Ishihara Y, Iwata T, Kikuchi S, Kitazato K, Lauretta DS, Libourel G, Marty B, Matsumoto K, Michikami T, Mimasu Y, Miura A, Mori O, Nakamura-Messenger K, Namiki N, Nguyen AN, Nittler LR, Noda H, Noguchi R, Ogawa N, Ono G, Ozaki M, Senshu H, Shimada T, Shimaki Y, Shirai K, Soldini S, Takahashi T, Takei Y, Takeuchi H, Tsukizaki R, Wada K, Yamamoto Y, Yoshikawa K, Yumoto K, Zolensky ME, Nakazawa S, Terui F, Tanaka S, Saiki T, Yoshikawa M, Watanabe S, Tsuda Y. Pebbles and sand on asteroid (162173) Ryugu: In situ observation and particles returned to Earth. Science 2022; 375:1011-1016. [PMID: 35143255 DOI: 10.1126/science.abj8624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft investigated the C-type (carbonaceous) asteroid (162173) Ryugu. The mission performed two landing operations to collect samples of surface and subsurface material, the latter exposed by an artificial impact. We present images of the second touchdown site, finding that ejecta from the impact crater was present at the sample location. Surface pebbles at both landing sites show morphological variations ranging from rugged to smooth, similar to Ryugu's boulders, and shapes from quasi-spherical to flattened. The samples were returned to Earth on 6 December 2020. We describe the morphology of >5 grams of returned pebbles and sand. Their diverse color, shape, and structure are consistent with the observed materials of Ryugu; we conclude that they are a representative sample of the asteroid.
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Affiliation(s)
- S Tachibana
- UTokyo Organization for Planetary and Space Science-Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.,Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
| | - Y Takano
- Biogeochemistry Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan
| | - K Sakamoto
- UTokyo Organization for Planetary and Space Science-Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.,Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - Y N Miura
- Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
| | - C Okamoto
- Department of Planetology, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
| | - H Yano
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - S Yamanouchi
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
| | - P Michel
- Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Laboratoire Lagrange, F-06304 Nice CEDEX 4, France
| | - Y Zhang
- Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Laboratoire Lagrange, F-06304 Nice CEDEX 4, France
| | - S Schwartz
- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85705, USA.,Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Laboratoire Lagrange, F-06304 Nice CEDEX 4, France
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.,Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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- Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan.,Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Polar Science Resources Center, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan
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- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
| | - A M Nakamura
- Department of Planetology, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- JAXA Space Exploration Center, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - S Sugita
- UTokyo Organization for Planetary and Space Science-Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- UTokyo Organization for Planetary and Space Science-Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - R Honda
- Department of Information Science, Kochi University, Kochi 780-8520, Japan
| | - S Kameda
- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- UTokyo Organization for Planetary and Space Science-Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.,Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, University of La Laguna, E-38205 Tenerife, Spain
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- UTokyo Organization for Planetary and Space Science-Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- UTokyo Organization for Planetary and Space Science-Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
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- Information Technology and Human Factors, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Meiji University, Kawasaki 214-8571, Japan
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- Aizu Research Center for Space Informatics, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Aizu Research Center for Space Informatics, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Marine Works Japan Ltd., Yokosuka 237-0063, Japan.,Department of Economics, Toyo University, Tokyo 112-8606, Japan
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- UTokyo Organization for Planetary and Space Science-Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.,Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Marine Works Japan Ltd., Yokosuka 237-0063, Japan
| | - A Miyazaki
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - K Kumagai
- Marine Works Japan Ltd., Yokosuka 237-0063, Japan
| | - T Okada
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - T R Ireland
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
| | - M Fujimoto
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - T Yamada
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - M Arakawa
- Department of Planetology, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
| | - H C Connolly
- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85705, USA.,Department of Geology, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA
| | - A Fujii
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - S Hasegawa
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - N Hirata
- Aizu Research Center for Space Informatics, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
| | - N Hirata
- Department of Planetology, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
| | - C Hirose
- Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - S Hosoda
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - Y Iijima
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - H Ikeda
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - M Ishiguro
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
| | - Y Ishihara
- JAXA Space Exploration Center, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
| | - S Kikuchi
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
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- Aizu Research Center for Space Informatics, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
| | - D S Lauretta
- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85705, USA
| | - G Libourel
- Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Laboratoire Lagrange, F-06304 Nice CEDEX 4, France
| | - B Marty
- Université de Lorraine, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, F-54000 Nancy, France
| | - K Matsumoto
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan.,Department of Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
| | - T Michikami
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-2116, Japan
| | - Y Mimasu
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - A Miura
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
| | - O Mori
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | | | - N Namiki
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan.,Department of Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
| | - A N Nguyen
- NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA
| | - L R Nittler
- Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC 20015, USA
| | - H Noda
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan.,Department of Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
| | - R Noguchi
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Science, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
| | - N Ogawa
- JAXA Space Exploration Center, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - G Ono
- Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - M Ozaki
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
| | - T Shimada
- JAXA Space Exploration Center, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - Y Shimaki
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
| | - K Wada
- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
| | - Y Yamamoto
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- UTokyo Organization for Planetary and Space Science-Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA
| | - S Nakazawa
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Space and Astronautical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
| | - Y Tsuda
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Torelló A, Lheritier P, Usui T, Nouchokgwe Y, Gérard M, Bouton O, Hirose S, Defay E. Giant temperature span in electrocaloric regenerator. Science 2020; 370:125-129. [DOI: 10.1126/science.abb8045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- A. Torelló
- Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 41 Rue du Brill, Belvaux L-4422, Luxembourg
- University of Luxembourg, 2 Avenue de l’Université, Esch-sur-Alzette L-4365, Luxembourg
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- Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 41 Rue du Brill, Belvaux L-4422, Luxembourg
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- Murata Manufacturing Co., Nagaokakyo, Kyoto 617-8555, Japan
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- Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 41 Rue du Brill, Belvaux L-4422, Luxembourg
- University of Luxembourg, 2 Avenue de l’Université, Esch-sur-Alzette L-4365, Luxembourg
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- Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 41 Rue du Brill, Belvaux L-4422, Luxembourg
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- Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 41 Rue du Brill, Belvaux L-4422, Luxembourg
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- Murata Manufacturing Co., Nagaokakyo, Kyoto 617-8555, Japan
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- Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 41 Rue du Brill, Belvaux L-4422, Luxembourg
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Kawasoe S, Ide K, Usui T, Kubozono T, Yoshifuku S, Miyahara H, Maenohara S, Ohishi M, Kawakami K. P5390Serum triglycerides are associated with arterial stiffness in subjects with low low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.p5390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- S Kawasoe
- Kagoshima University, Cardiovascular Medicine and Hypertension, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kagoshima University, Cardiovascular Medicine and Hypertension, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Kagoshima Kouseiren Medical Health Care Center, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Kagoshima Kouseiren Medical Health Care Center, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Kagoshima Kouseiren Medical Health Care Center, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Kagoshima University, Cardiovascular Medicine and Hypertension, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Kitatani K, Usui T, Sriraman SK, Toyoshima M, Ishibashi M, Shigeta S, Nagase S, Sakamoto M, Ogiso H, Okazaki T, Hannun YA, Torchilin VP, Yaegashi N. Ceramide limits phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase C2β-controlled cell motility in ovarian cancer: potential of ceramide as a metastasis-suppressor lipid. Oncogene 2015; 35:2801-12. [PMID: 26364609 PMCID: PMC4791218 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2015.330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2014] [Revised: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 07/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Targeting cell motility, which is required for dissemination and metastasis, has therapeutic potential for ovarian cancer metastasis, and regulatory mechanisms of cell motility need to be uncovered for developing novel therapeutics. Invasive ovarian cancer cells spontaneously formed protrusions, such as lamellipodia, which are required for generating locomotive force in cell motility. Short interfering RNA screening identified class II phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase C2β (PI3KC2β) as the predominant isoform of PI3K involved in lamellipodia formation of ovarian cancer cells. The bioactive sphingolipid ceramide has emerged as an antitumorigenic lipid, and treatment with short-chain C6-ceramide decreased the number of ovarian cancer cells with PI3KC2β-driven lamellipodia. Pharmacological analysis demonstrated that long-chain ceramide regenerated from C6-ceramide through the salvage/recycling pathway, at least in part, mediated the action of C6-ceramide. Mechanistically, ceramide was revealed to interact with the PIK-catalytic domain of PI3KC2β and affect its compartmentalization, thereby suppressing PI3KC2β activation and its driven cell motility. Ceramide treatment also suppressed cell motility promoted by epithelial growth factor, which is a prometastatic factor. To examine the role of ceramide in ovarian cancer metastasis, ceramide liposomes were employed and confirmed to suppress cell motility in vitro. Ceramide liposomes had an inhibitory effect on peritoneal metastasis in a murine xenograft model of human ovarian cancer. Metastasis of PI3KC2β knocked-down cells was insensitive to treatment with ceramide liposomes, suggesting specific involvement of ceramide interaction with PI3KC2β in metastasis suppression. Our study identified ceramide as a bioactive lipid that limits PI3KC2β-governed cell motility, and ceramide is proposed to serve as a metastasis-suppressor lipid in ovarian cancer. These findings could be translated into developing ceramide-based therapy for metastatic diseases.
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- K Kitatani
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.,Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Immunology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Stony Brook Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Usui T, Nijima R, Sakatsume T, Otani K, Kameshima S, Okada M, Yamawaki H. Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase controls proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2015; 213:472-80. [PMID: 25069823 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2014] [Revised: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIM Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K), also known as calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase (CaMK) III, is a unique member of CaMK family protein. We have recently found that expression of eEF2K protein increased in mesenteric artery from spontaneously hypertensive rats. As pathogenesis of hypertension is in part regulated by vascular structural remodelling via proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs), we tested the hypothesis that eEF2K controls SMCs proliferation and migration. METHODSAND RESULTS In rat mesenteric arterial SMCs, an eEF2K inhibitor, A-484954 (10 μm), significantly inhibited platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-BB (10 ng mL(-1) )-induced SMCs proliferation as determined by a cell counting and bromodeoxyuridine incorporation assay. PDGF-BB (10 ng mL(-1) )-induced SMCs migration was significantly inhibited by A-484954 (10 μm) as determined by a Boyden chamber assay. A-484954 (10 μm) significantly inhibited PDGF-BB (10 ng mL(-1) )-induced phosphorylation of eEF2K, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), Akt, p38 and heat-shock protein (HSP) 27 as determined by Western blotting. It was confirmed that a CaM inhibitor, W-7 (50 μm), inhibited PDGF-BB (10 ng mL(-1) )-induced phosphorylation of eEF2K. In an ex vivo mesenteric arterial ring assay, 10% foetal bovine serum-induced SMCs outgrowth was significantly inhibited by A-484954 (10 μm). CONCLUSION We for the first time revealed that eEF2K mediates PDGF-BB-induced SMCs proliferation and migration through activating ERK, Akt, p38 and HSP27 signals in a CaM-dependent manner. Our results suggest eEF2K as a novel pharmaceutical target for the prevention of hypertensive cardiovascular diseases.
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- T. Usui
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology; School of Veterinary Medicine; Kitasato University; Towada Aomori Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology; School of Veterinary Medicine; Kitasato University; Towada Aomori Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology; School of Veterinary Medicine; Kitasato University; Towada Aomori Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology; School of Veterinary Medicine; Kitasato University; Towada Aomori Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology; School of Veterinary Medicine; Kitasato University; Towada Aomori Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology; School of Veterinary Medicine; Kitasato University; Towada Aomori Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology; School of Veterinary Medicine; Kitasato University; Towada Aomori Japan
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Usui T, Naruo A, Okada M, Hayabe Y, Yamawaki H. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor promotes angiogenic tube formation through generation of oxidative stress in human vascular endothelial cells. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2014; 211:385-94. [PMID: 24612679 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2013] [Revised: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 01/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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AIM Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a major type of neurotrophins, plays a role in the regulation of synaptic function. Recent studies suggest that BDNF promotes angiogenesis through its specific receptor, tropomyosin-related kinase B (TrkB). However, the detailed mechanisms for this still remain to be determined. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation contributes to the regulation of angiogenesis. Thus, we investigated the mechanisms by which BDNF regulates angiogenesis with focusing on ROS in cultured human vascular endothelial cells (ECs). METHODS AND RESULTS In human umbilical vein ECs, BDNF increased ROS generation as measured fluorometrically using 2' 7'-dichlorofluorescein diacetate as well as NADPH oxidase (NOX) activity as measured by lucigenin assay. BDNF-induced ROS generation and NOX activity were inhibited by K252a, a TrkB receptor inhibitor. BDNF induced phosphorylation of p47 phox, a regulatory component of NOX, which was inhibited by K252a as measured by Western blotting. BDNF increased angiogenic tube formation in ECs, which was completely inhibited by K252a or gp91ds-tat, a NOX inhibitor. BDNF caused Akt phosphorylation in ECs, which was inhibited by K252a or gp91ds-tat. CONCLUSION The present results for the first time demonstrate that BDNF induces NOX-derived ROS generation through activation of p47 phox in a TrkB receptor-dependent manner, which leads to the promotion of angiogenic tube formation possibly via Akt activation.
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- T. Usui
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology; School of Veterinary Medicine; Kitasato University; Towada Aomori Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology; School of Veterinary Medicine; Kitasato University; Towada Aomori Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology; School of Veterinary Medicine; Kitasato University; Towada Aomori Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology; School of Veterinary Medicine; Kitasato University; Towada Aomori Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology; School of Veterinary Medicine; Kitasato University; Towada Aomori Japan
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Usui T, Tanaka Y, Nakajima H, Taguchi M, Chainani A, Oura M, Shin S, Katayama N, Sawa H, Wakabayashi Y, Kimura T. Observation of quadrupole helix chirality and its domain structure in DyFe3(BO3)4. Nat Mater 2014; 13:611-618. [PMID: 24705382 DOI: 10.1038/nmat3942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Resonant X-ray diffraction (RXD) uses X-rays in the vicinity of a specific atomic absorption edge and is a powerful technique for studying symmetry breaking by motifs of various multipole moments, such as electric monopoles (charge), magnetic dipoles (spin) and electric quadrupoles (orbital). Using circularly polarized X-rays, this technique has been developed to verify symmetry breaking effects arising from chirality, the asymmetry of an object upon its mirroring. Chirality plays a crucial role in the emergence of functionalities such as optical rotatory power and multiferroicity. Here we apply spatially resolved RXD to reveal the helix chirality of Dy 4f electric quadrupole orientations and its domain structure in DyFe3(BO3)4, which shows a reversible phase transition into an enantiomorphic space-group pair. The present study provides evidence for a helix chiral motif of quadrupole moments developed in crystallographic helix chirality.
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- T Usui
- Division of Materials Physics, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Division of Materials Physics, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Division of Materials Physics, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Materials Physics, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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Vlahu CA, De Graaff M, Struijk DG, Krediet RT, Shin HS, Ryu ES, Choi HS, Ryu DR, Choi KB, Kang DH, Sanchez-Alvarez E, Rodriguez-Suarez C, Galvan-.Hernandez JA, Kim YL, Kee YK, Lee MJ, Oh HJ, Park JT, Han SH, Yoo TH, Kang SW, Zhu F, Abbas SR, Bologa R, Lanto B, Kotanko P, Parikova A, Smit W, Struijk DG, Krediet RT, Rroji ( Molla) M, Seferi S, Cafka M, Thereska N, Huang CC, Wang IK, Shiao YT, Teixeira L, Sousa I, Rodrigues A, Mendonca D, Ueda A, Iwase M, Usui T, Hirayama A, Nagai K, Saito C, Yamagata K, La Milia V, Pontoriero G, Locatelli F, Kim SM, Kim TY, Lee JE, Teta D, Guillodo MP, Kolko-Labadens A, Lasseur C, Levannier M, Panaye M, Fouque D, HAMADA C, Hara K, Kang SH, Cho KH, Park JW, Yoon KW, Do JY, Dogan I, Biro Dr B, Zakar Dr G, Foldine Z, Staudt S, Martins AR, Vizinho R, Branco PQ, Gaspar MA, Barata JD, Sikorska D, Klysz P, Posnik B, Baum E, Hoppe K, Schwermer K, Wanic-Kossowska M, Frankiewicz D, Pawlaczyk K, Lindholm B, Oko A, Busuioc M, Trolliet P, Guerraoui A, Caillette-Beaudoin A, Hallonet P, Yang JO, Gursu M, Topcuoglu D, Koc LK, Yucel L, Sumnu A, Cebeci E, Doner B, Ozkan O, Behlul A, Koc L, Ozturk S, Kazancioglu R, Casas Parra AII, Gonzalez MTT, Sandoval DA, Carlota GC, Grinyo JMM, Tseng CH, Chao CT, Yen CJ, Chiang CK, Hung KY, Huang JW, Al Wakeel JS, Al Ghonaim M, Al Suwaida A, Al Harbi A, Makoshi Z, Abdullah S, Matsushita Y, Basic-Jukic N, Coen-Herak D, Martinovic Z, Radi -Antoli M, Kes P, Wu TJ, Chen JS, Lin SH, Shiang JC, Wu CC, Munteanu D, Gemene M, Mircescu G, Opatrna S, Popperlova A, Tesar V, Rychlik I, Viklicky O, Jin K, Park BS, Jeong HJ, Kim YW, Hogas S, Voroneanu L, Onofriescu M, Nistor I, Apetrii M, Siriopol D, Cujba M, Hogas M, Covic A. PERITONEAL DIALYSIS 2. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Nanba K, Usui T, Nakakuki T, Shimatsu A. Tension pneumocephalus after administration of two 0.25 mg cabergoline tablets in MEN1-related macroprolactinoma. Case Reports 2013; 2013:bcr-2013-009986. [DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009986] [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: 11/03/2022] Open
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Uno Y, Usui T, Fujimoto Y, Ito T, Yamaguchi T. Quantification of interferon, interleukin, and Toll-like receptor 7 mRNA in quail splenocytes using real-time PCR. Poult Sci 2012; 91:2496-501. [PMID: 22991533 DOI: 10.3382/ps.2012-02283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) are farmed worldwide as poultry. Quail have been used as experimental animals in various scientific fields, but their immunological characteristics have not been well characterized. In this study, to develop a method for analyzing the innate immune response of quail to infectious pathogens, we determined the nucleotide sequences of major interleukins (IL) and Toll-like receptor (TLR)-7 of quail and developed quantitative real-time PCR assays. The nucleotide sequences of quail IL-1β, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12a, IL-12b, IL-13, IL-18, and TLR-7 were determined based on the sequences of the chicken genes. Specific primers for each of these genes and previously reported interferon (IFN)-α, IFN-γ, and IL-2 genes were designed for quantitative real-time PCR. Standard curves for quantification were established using serial dilutions of external standard plasmids containing real-time PCR products. Then, real-time PCR was performed to monitor the kinetics of quail immune-related gene expression induced in splenocytes stimulated with concanavalin A. After amplification, the r(2) values of the standard curves for all target genes were above 0.980. Melting analysis of real-time PCR revealed specific amplification of each gene that could be visualized clearly as a single peak of melting temperature in a melt peak chart. These data show that the mRNA expressions of quail immune-related genes can be accurately quantified using this real-time PCR assay. In this study, we showed the nucleotide sequences of several quail cytokine mRNA and constructed the quantitative real-time PCR for quail immune-related genes.
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- Y Uno
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan.
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Villarreal R, Quirion G, Plumer ML, Poirier M, Usui T, Kimura T. Magnetic phase diagram of CuO via high-resolution ultrasonic velocity measurements. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 109:167206. [PMID: 23215123 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.167206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2012] [Revised: 07/27/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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High-resolution ultrasonic velocity measurements have been used to determine the temperature-magnetic-field phase diagram of the monoclinic multiferroic CuO. A new transition at T(N3)=230 K, corresponding to an intermediate state between the antiferromagnetic noncollinear spiral phase observed below T(N2)=229.3 K and the paramagnetic phase, is revealed. Anomalies associated with a first order transition to the commensurate collinear phase are also observed at T(N1)=213 K. For fields with B || b, a spin-flop transition is detected between 11 T-13 T at lower temperatures. Moreover, our analysis using a Landau-type free energy clearly reveals the necessity for an incommensurate collinear phase between the spiral and the paramagnetic phase. This model is also relevant to the phase diagrams of other monoclinic multiferroic systems.
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- R Villarreal
- Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3X7.
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Tomoo K, Saito K, Usui T, Ishida T, Miyamoto K, Tsujibo H, Hirose R, Hamada K, Nakamura Y, Ueno G, Yamamoto M. Structural studies of β- D-xylosidase from Streptomyces thermoviolaceusOPC-520. Acta Crystallogr A 2011. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767311080238] [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: 11/10/2022] Open
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Takeda N, Nojima T, Terao C, Yukawa N, Kawabata D, Ohmura K, Usui T, Fujii T, Ito Y, Iinuma Y, Mimori T. Interferon-gamma release assay for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus 2011; 20:792-800. [DOI: 10.1177/0961203310397966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Our aim was to analyze the performance of an interferon-gamma release assay, QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-2G), for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We performed the QFT-2G and tuberculin skin test (TST) in 71 SLE patients. The QFT-2G results of 279 patients with other connective tissue diseases (CTD) and 35 healthy controls were analyzed. Of the 71 SLE patients, two (2.8%) were positive and 46 (64.8%) were negative by QFT-2G. All SLE patients had no evidence of active MTB infection, apart from one. QFT-2G produced a significantly higher number of indeterminate results in patients with SLE (23/71, 32.4%) compared with those with other CTD (5.7%) or healthy controls (0%) ( p < 0.0001 and p < 0.0001). Decreased lymphocyte counts and high SLEDAI scores in SLE patients were shown to be risk factors for indeterminate results by multivariate analysis ( p = 0.02 and p = 0.04). Among all patients with CTD, SLE itself and lymphocytopenia were found to be independent risks for indeterminate results ( p = 0.00000625 and p = 0.000107). In conclusion, QFT-2G may have more potential to assist in the diagnosis of active and latent MTB infection than TST in SLE patients. However, because of the high frequency of indeterminate results, caution must be used when interpreting the results of QFT-2G among SLE patients, especially those who have parallel or subsequent flares.
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- N Takeda
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Infection Disease, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Matsui T, Suzuki S, Ujikawa K, Usui T, Gotoh S, Sugamata M, Abe S. The development of a non-contact screening system for rapid medical inspection at a quarantine depot using a laser Doppler blood-flow meter, microwave radar and infrared thermography. J Med Eng Technol 2010; 33:481-7. [PMID: 19484686 DOI: 10.1080/03091900902952675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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In order to conduct fast screening of passengers with infections such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or pandemic influenza at a quarantine depot, we developed a non-contact screening system with self-produced program to conduct a human screening within five seconds, via a linear discriminant function from non-contact derived variables, i.e. palmer pulse derived from a laser Doppler blood-flow meter, respiration rate determined by a 10-GHz microwave radar, and facial temperature measured by thermography. The system evaluation was conducted on seven healthy male subjects (23 +/- 1 years). In order to achieve a pseudo-infection condition, the subjects maintained an ergometer exercise load (100 W, 10 minutes). Before (normal condition) and after (pseudo-infection condition) exercise, a significant linear discriminant function (p < 0.001) was determined to distinguish pseudo-infection condition from normal condition (Mahalanobis D-square = 20.3, classification error rate <5%). The proposed system appears promising for future application in fast screening of infection at a quarantine depot.
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- T Matsui
- Department of Management Systems Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hino, Tokyo, Japan.
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Kim D, Shiozawa S, Usui T, Yoshimatsu K, Ogawa K. A phase I clinical trial of combination therapy with gemcitabine and epitope peptides derived from human vascular endothelial growth factor receptor for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.e13138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nakamizo S, Kobayashi S, Usui T, Miyachi Y, Kabashima K. Clopidogrel-induced acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis with elevated Th17 cytokine levels as determined by a drug lymphocyte stimulation test. Br J Dermatol 2010; 162:1402-3. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09705.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mimura FT, Usui T, Mori M, Funatsu H, Noma H, Aixinjueluo W, Yamamoto H, Amano S. Rapid immunochromatography of total tear immunoglobulin E in allergic conjunctivitis with Allerwatch. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2010; 20:627-628. [PMID: 21314011] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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- F T Mimura
- Department of Ophthalmology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
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Matsui T, Suzuki S, Ujikawa K, Usui T, Gotoh S, Sugamata M, Badarch Z, Abe S. Development of a non-contact screening system for rapid medical inspection at a quarantine depot using a laser Doppler blood-flow meter, microwave radar and infrared thermography. J Med Eng Technol 2009; 33:403-9. [PMID: 19440915 DOI: 10.1080/03091900902821151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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In order to conduct fast screening of passengers with infections such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or pandemic influenza at a quarantine depot, we developed a non-contact screening system with a self-produced program to conduct a human screening within five seconds, via a linear discriminant function from non-contact derived variables, i.e. palmer pulse derived from a laser Doppler blood-flow meter, respiration rate determined by a 10-GHz microwave radar, and facial temperature measured by a thermography. The system evaluation was conducted on seven healthy male subjects (23+1 years). In order to achieve a pseudo-infection condition, the subjects maintained an ergo-meter exercise load (100 W, 10 minutes). Before (normal condition) and after (pseudo-infection condition) exercise, a significant linear discriminant function (p50.001) was determined to distinguish the pseudo-infection condition from the normal condition (Mahalanobis D-square 1/4 20.3, classification error rate55%). The proposed system appears promising for future application in fast screening of infection at a quarantine depot.
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- Department of Management Systems Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hino, Tokyo, Japan.
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Umehara KI, Susaki Y, Van Teylingen RHJ, Neat JN, Ndikum-Moffor F, Noguchi K, Usui T, Parkinson A, Kamimura H. Evaluation of the inhibitory and induction potential of YM758, a novel If channel inhibitor, for human P450-mediated metabolism. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2009; 33:211-23. [PMID: 19230594 DOI: 10.1007/bf03190875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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This study was designed to examine the in vitro metabolism of YM758, a novel cardiovascular agent, and to evaluate its potential to cause drug interactions and induction of CYP isozymes. After incubation with pooled human liver microsomes, YM758 was converted to two major metabolites (AS2036313-00, and YM-394111 or YM-394112). The formation of AS2036313-00, and YM-394111 or YM-394112 were mediated by CYP2D6 and CYP3A4, respectively, which was elucidated by using a bank of human liver microsomes and recombinant CYP enzymes in combination with the utilization of typical substrates and inhibitors. The Ki values of YM758 for midazolam, nifedipine, and metoprolol metabolism ranged from 59 to 340 microM, being much higher than the YM758 concentration in human plasma. The formation of AS2036313-00, and YM-394111 or YM-394112 was inhibited by quinidine and ketoconazole with Ki values of 140 and 0.24 microM, respectively, which indicates that YM758 metabolism may be affected by coadministration of strong CYP2D6 and 3A4 inhibitors in vivo, given the clinical plasma concentrations of quinidine and ketoconazole. After human hepatocytes were exposed to 10 microM YM758, microsomal activity and mRNA level for CYP1A2 were not induced while those for CYP3A4 were slightly induced. The tested concentration was much higher than that in human plasma, which suggests that the induction potential of YM758 is also negligible.
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- Drug Metabolism Research Laboratories, Drug Discovery Research, Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, Japan
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Umehara KI, Seya K, Sonoda T, Nakamura E, Noguchi K, Usui T, Kamimura H. Comparative evaluation of absorption, distribution, and excretion of YM758, a novel If channel inhibitor, between albino and non-albino rats. Xenobiotica 2008; 38:527-39. [DOI: 10.1080/00498250801995788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Minematsu T, Sohda KY, Hashimoto T, Imai H, Usui T, Kamimura H. Identification of metabolites of [14C]zonampanel, an α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate receptor antagonist, following intravenous infusion in healthy volunteers. Xenobiotica 2008; 35:359-71. [PMID: 16019957 DOI: 10.1080/00498250500066220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 10/25/2022]
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This study determined the pharmacokinetics, metabolism and excretion of an a-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate receptor antagonist zonampanel monohydrate (YM872) after intravenous infusion of [14C]YM872 at 1 mg kg-1 h-1 for 2 h to four healthy male volunteers. Mean pharmacokinetic parameters of unchanged YM872 were 0.78 h for terminal half-life, 25.9 l h-1 for total clearance, 22.9 l h-1 for renal clearance, and 15.6 l for volume of distribution at steady-state. Urinary excretion of radioactivity accounted for 94.9% of the dose, and faecal excretion for only 0.5% of the dose. Measurement of YM872 concentrations by a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-ultraviolet method and radiometric HPLC metabolite profiling revealed that almost all of [14C]YM872 was excreted unchanged in the urine and that unchanged [14C]YM872 was the major circulating [14C] component in the plasma. Two minor metabolites, H1 and H2, detected in the urine and identified as the same chemical structures as those of the rat urinary metabolites, have a hydroxyamino group and an amino group, respectively, which were probably formed by reduction of the nitro group of YM872. These results show that virtually all of the administered YM872 remains unchanged, with urinary excretion representing the major elimination pathway. The high renal clearance implies tubular secretion of this drug.
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- Drug Metabolism Laboratories, Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical, Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Japan.
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Umehara KI, Seya K, Iwatsubo T, Noguchi K, Usui T, Kamimura H. Tissue distribution of YM758, a novel If channel inhibitor, in pregnant and lactating rats. Xenobiotica 2008; 38:1274-88. [PMID: 18800311 DOI: 10.1080/00498250802426106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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In this study the tissue distribution of radioactivity in pregnant and lactating rats was investigated by quantitatively determining radioactivity concentrations and by whole-body autoradioluminograms after a single oral administration of 14C-YM758. In addition, the transfer of radioactivity into the reproductive tissues, foetus, and milk is discussed in terms of the localization of transporters in syncytiotrophoblast and mammary gland. The radioactivity concentrations in the liver were the highest of all the tissues and organs tested at all the sampling times. The radioactivity in main tissues (liver and kidney), including reproductive tissues (amniotic fluid, placenta, ovary, and uterus), was not retained for a long time, as in the plasma. The tissue/plasma (T/P) ratio of radioactivity in the foetus was below 1.0, which might be due to Mdr1-mediated export of YM758 into blood via the blood-placenta barrier since YM758 is a substrate for hMDR1, not for hBCRP/rBcrp. The T/P ratio of radioactivity in the maternal milk 1 and 4 h after oral administration of 14C-YM758 was 7.2 and 11.0, respectively. To understand better the distribution of new drugs into the reproductive tissues/milk, and to interpret further the results of reproductive safety studies for drug development, the contribution of transporters expressed in the blood-placenta barrier and mammary gland to the drug-transfer into placenta and milk should be considered.
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- K-I Umehara
- Drug Metabolism Research Laboratories, Drug Discovery Research, Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
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Umehara KI, Iwatsubo T, Noguchi K, Usui T, Kamimura H. Effect of cationic drugs on the transporting activity of human and rat OCT/Oct 1–3in vitroand implications for drug–drug interactions. Xenobiotica 2008; 38:1203-18. [DOI: 10.1080/00498250802334409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Shirayama-Suzuki M, Amano S, Honda N, Usui T, Yamagami S, Oshika T. Longitudinal analysis of corneal topography in suspected keratoconus. Br J Ophthalmol 2008; 93:815-9. [DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.140012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Hidari KIPJ, Murata T, Yoshida K, Takahashi Y, Minamijima YH, Miwa Y, Adachi S, Ogata M, Usui T, Suzuki Y, Suzuki T. Chemoenzymatic synthesis, characterization, and application of glycopolymers carrying lactosamine repeats as entry inhibitors against influenza virus infection. Glycobiology 2008; 18:779-88. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwn067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Umehara KI, Nakamata T, Suzuki K, Noguchi K, Usui T, Kamimura H. Pharmacokinetics of YK754, a novel If channel inhibitor in rats, dogs and humans. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2008; 33:117-27. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03191028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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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Minematsu T, Hashimoto T, Usui T, Kamimura H. Characterization of renal tubular apical efflux of zonampanel, anα-amino-3-hydroxy-5- methylisoxazole-4-propionate receptor antagonist, in humans. Xenobiotica 2008; 38:1191-202. [DOI: 10.1080/00498250802187286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Suzuki H, Fujisawa M, Matsumoto T, Takeda M, Usui T, Matsuda T, Ozono S, Kumon H, Ichikawa T, Miki T. Alternative non-steroidal antiandrogen therapy for advanced prostate cancer that has relapsed after initial maximum androgen blockade. J Clin Oncol 2008. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.26.15_suppl.5135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Shigeta M, Mita K, Shoji K, Marukawa K, Toyota N, Usui T. Renal Artery Pseudoaneurysm Occurring after Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy. Urol Int 2008; 80:332-4. [DOI: 10.1159/000127353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2006] [Accepted: 09/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Usui T, Uematsu S, Kanegae H, Morimoto T, Kurihara S. Change in maximum occlusal force in association with maxillofacial growth. Orthod Craniofac Res 2007; 10:226-34. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-6343.2007.00405.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Misawa Y, Akimoto T, Amarume S, Murata T, Usui T. Enzymatic Synthesis of Spacer-Linked Divalent Glycosides Carrying N-Acetylglucosamine and N-Acetyllactosamine: Analysis of Cross-Linking Activities with WGA. J Biochem 2007; 143:21-30. [DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvm200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Saito B, Shiozawa E, Usui T, Nakashima H, Maeda T, Hattori N, Shimozuma J, Adachi D, Yamochi-Onizuka T, Takimoto M, Nakamaki T, Ota H, Tomoyasu S. Rituximab with chemotherapy improves survival of non-germinal center type untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Leukemia 2007; 21:2563-6. [PMID: 17597802 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
MESH Headings
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Cyclophosphamide/administration & dosage
- Disease-Free Survival
- Doxorubicin/administration & dosage
- Doxorubicin/analogs & derivatives
- Drug Evaluation
- Female
- Genes, bcl-2
- Humans
- Immunotherapy
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/classification
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/drug therapy
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/mortality
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- NF-kappa B/antagonists & inhibitors
- Prednisolone/administration & dosage
- Retrospective Studies
- Rituximab
- Survival Analysis
- Treatment Outcome
- Vincristine/administration & dosage
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Saeki N, Kim DH, Usui T, Aoyagi K, Tatsuta T, Aoki K, Yanagihara K, Tamura M, Mizushima H, Sakamoto H, Ogawa K, Ohki M, Shiroishi T, Yoshida T, Sasaki H. GASDERMIN, suppressed frequently in gastric cancer, is a target of LMO1 in TGF-β-dependent apoptotic signalling. Oncogene 2007; 26:6488-98. [PMID: 17471240 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [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: 11/09/2022]
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Defining apoptosis-regulatory cascades of the epithelium is important for understanding carcinogenesis, since cancer cells are considered to arise as a result of the collapse of the cascades. We previously reported that a novel gene GASDERMIN (GSDM) is expressed in the stomach but suppressed in gastric cancer cell lines. Furthermore, in this study, we demonstrated that GSDM is expressed in the mucus-secreting pit cells of the gastric epithelium and frequently silenced in primary gastric cancers. We found that GSDM has a highly apoptotic activity and its expression is regulated by a transcription factor LIM domain only 1 (LMO1) through a sequence to which Runt-related transcription factor 3 (RUNX3) binds, in a GSDM promoter region. We observed coexpression of GSDM with LMO1, RUNX3 and type II transforming growth factor-beta receptor (TGF-betaRII) in the pit cells, and found that TGF-beta upregulates the LMO1- and GSDM-expression in the gastric epithelial cell line and induces apoptosis, which was confirmed by the finding that the apoptosis induction is inhibited by suppression of each LMO1-, RUNX3- and GSDM expression, respectively. The present data suggest that TGF-beta, LMO1, possibly RUNX3, and GSDM form a regulatory pathway for directing the pit cells to apoptosis.
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- N Saeki
- Center for Medical Genomics, Genetics Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Tei H, Uchiyama S, Usui T. Clinical-diffusion mismatch defined by NIHSS and ASPECTS in non-lacunar anterior circulation infarction. J Neurol 2007; 254:340-6. [PMID: 17345045 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0368-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2006] [Accepted: 08/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Instead of the mismatch in MRI between the perfusion-weighted imaging (PWI) lesion and the smaller diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) lesion (PWI-DWI mismatch), clinical-DWI mismatch (CDM) has been proposed as a new diagnostic marker of brain tissue at risk of infarction in acute ischemic stroke. The Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) has recently been applied to detect early ischemic change of acute ischemic stroke. The present study applies the CDM concept to DWI data and investigated the utility of the CDM defined by the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and ASPECTS in patients with non-lacunar anterior circulation infarction. METHODS Eighty-seven patients with first ever ischemic stroke within 24 hours of onset with symptoms of non-lacunar anterior circulation infarction with the NIHSS score>or=8 were enrolled. Initial lesion extent was measured by the ASPECTS on DWI within 24 hours, and initial neurological score was measured by the NIHSS. As NIHSS>or=8 has been suggested as a clinical indicator of a large volume of ischemic brain tissue, and the majority of patients with non-lacunar anterior infarction with score of NIHSS<8 had lesions with ASPECTS>or=8 on DWI, so CDM was defined as NIHSS>or=8 and DWI-ASPECTS 8>or=. We divided patients into matched and mismatched patient groups, and compared them with respect to background characteristics, neurological findings, laboratory data, radiological findings and outcome. RESULTS There were 35 CDM-positive patients (P group, 40.2%) and 52 CDM-negative patients (N group , 59.8%). P group patients had a higher risk of early neurological deterioration (END) than N group patients (37.1% vs 13.5%, p<0.05), which were always accompanied by lesion growth defined by 2 or more points decrease on ASPECTS (36 to 72 hours after onset on CT). The NIHSS at entry were significantly lower in the P group, but there was no difference in the outcome at three months measured by the modified Rankin Scale. However, CDM was not an independent predictor of END by multiple logistic regression analysis. CONCLUSIONS Patients with CDM had high rate of early neurological deterioration and lesion growth. CDM defined as NIHSS>or=8 and DWI-ASPECTS>or=8 can be another marker for detecting patients with tissue at risk of infarction, but more work is needed to clarify whether this CDM method is useful in acute stroke management.
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- H Tei
- Department of Neurology, Toda Central General Hospital, 1-19-3 Hon-cho, Toda City, Saitama, 3350023, and Neurological Institute, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan.
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Chen Y, Pacyna-Gengelbach M, Ye F, Knösel T, Lund P, Deutschmann N, Schlüns K, Kotb WFMA, Sers C, Yasumoto H, Usui T, Petersen I. Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-related protein 1 (IGFBP-rP1) has potential tumour-suppressive activity in human lung cancer. J Pathol 2007; 211:431-8. [PMID: 17236181 DOI: 10.1002/path.2132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The expression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-related protein 1 (IGFBP-rP1) is decreased in various tumours, but the role of IGFBP-rP1 in lung cancer is not yet clear. In this study, IGFBP-rP1 expression in lung cancer cell lines was evaluated and reduced expression of IGFBP-rP1 was found. In tissue microarrays containing 138 primary tumours and 20 normal lung tissues analysed by immunohistochemistry, 58 tumours (42%) exhibited no expression of IGFBP-rP1, while all 20 normal lung tissues showed high expression. In squamous cell lung cancer, low expression of IGFBP-rP1 was significantly linked to high-grade tumours. Treatment with 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine restored the expression of IGFBP-rP1 in three of four lung cancer cell lines. Sequencing of PCR products of sodium bisulphite-treated genomic DNA from the three lung cancer cell lines revealed a heterogeneous methylation pattern in the region of exon 1 and intron 1. Stable transfection of IGFBP-rP1 full-length cDNA into the H2170 lung cancer cell line led to increased expression of IGFBP-rP1 protein. IGFBP-rP1-positive transfectants exhibited remarkably reduced colony-forming ability in soft agar, suppression of tumour growth rate in nude mice, and increased apoptotic cell number as well as activated caspase-3 expression level. The data suggest that IGFBP-rP1 is a tumour suppressor inactivated by DNA methylation in human lung cancer.
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Charité, Schumannstr 20-21, D-10098 Berlin, Germany
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Sugino Y, Usui T, Okubo K, Nagahama K, Takahashi T, Okuno H, Hatayama H, Ogawa O, Shimatsu A, Nishiyama H. Genotyping of congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency presenting as male infertility: case report and literature review. J Assist Reprod Genet 2006; 23:377-80. [PMID: 17033937 PMCID: PMC3455103 DOI: 10.1007/s10815-006-9062-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2006] [Accepted: 08/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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We describe here two infertile male patients who were referred to our hospital with azoospermia at the ages of 33 and 30 years, respectively. Hormonal examinations led to a diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency in both patients. Genotyping revealed that the patients had a homozygous I172N and a heterozygous compound I172N/IVS2-13A/C>G mutation, respectively. Glucocorticoid replacement therapy succeeded in improving the seminal status of one patient, but not the other. For the latter patient and his wife, a pregnancy was achieved by testicular sperm extraction (TESE) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) following genetic counseling. It is important to investigate genotyping and to classify patients on the basis of genotypic information in order to arrive at better treatment strategies for male infertility; especially in counseling of TESE-ICSI.
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- />Clinical Research Center and The Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan
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- />Department of Urology, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507 Japan
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- />Department of Urology, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507 Japan
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- />Department of Urology, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507 Japan
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- />The Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan
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- />Department of Urology, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507 Japan
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- />Clinical Research Center and The Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan
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- />Department of Urology, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507 Japan
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OBJECTIVE We investigated the predictors of good prognosis in total anterior circulation infarction (TACI), under conventional therapy. METHODS We enrolled 166 patients with first-ever ischemic stroke within 6 h after onset with symptoms of TACI. Sixty-three patients (38.0%) with good outcome [G group, the modified Rankin Disability Scale (mRS) after 3 months < or =3] and 103 patients (62.0%) with bad outcome (B group, mRS >3) were compared. RESULTS On univariate analysis, G group patients were significantly younger, had lower score in the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) of total and consciousness sub-score, had lower rate of clinical deterioration. On cranial CT at entry, three early CT signs [hyperdense middle cerebral artery (MCA) sign, hypodensity of >1/3 MCA and brain swelling] were significantly more frequent in the B group. On the second CT at 24-48 h, infarct area as assessed by the Alberta Stroke Programme Early CT Score (ASPECTS) was significantly smaller in the G group. Multivariate analysis with logistic regression revealed age <7 0 years, NIHSS < or =15, no clinical deterioration, and only no brain swelling in early CT signs, and ASPECTS > or =7 as independent predictors of good prognosis. CONCLUSIONS Some clinical variables are useful in predicting outcome in TACI within the early period after stroke onset.
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- Department of Neurology, Toda Central General Hospital, Toda City, Saitama, Japan.
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Inoue S, Mita K, Shigeta M, Mochizuki H, Tanabe T, Moriyama H, Usui T. Retroperitoneoscopic Radical Nephrectomy in Obese Patients: Outcomes and Considerations. Urol Int 2006; 76:252-5. [PMID: 16601389 DOI: 10.1159/000091629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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] [Received: 08/05/2005] [Accepted: 11/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether obesity is associated with surgical outcome in Japanese patients undergoing retroperitoneoscopic radical nephrectomy (RRN). PATIENTS AND METHODS Between November 1999 and March 2005, we performed 98 RRN procedures for patients with renal cell carcinoma. Patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 25.0 or more were defined as obese (group A, n=33) and those with a BMI of <25.0 were defined as non-obese (group B, n=65), in accordance with the criteria of the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity. Patient background, degree of surgical invasiveness, and period of convalescence were compared between groups A and B. RESULTS No statistically significant differences were observed between the groups in terms of age, gender, tumor laterality, tumor size, and time until resumption of oral intake and ambulation. However group A had a significantly longer insufflation time (172.1 vs. 137.4 min), greater blood loss (195.3 vs. 48.4 ml) and higher renal specimen weight (440.0 vs. 306.0 g) than group B. CONCLUSION Obesity is not a factor that affects patient eligibility for RRN, but is a risk factor for longer insufflation time and greater blood loss.
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- S Inoue
- Department of Urology, Onomichi General Hospital, Onomichi, and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
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Miyake Y, Yura A, Misaki H, Ikeda Y, Usui T, Iki M, Shimizu T. Relationship between distance of schools from the nearest municipal waste incineration plant and child health in Japan. Eur J Epidemiol 2006; 20:1023-9. [PMID: 16331434 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-005-4116-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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] [Accepted: 10/17/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In Japan, the main source of dioxins is incinerators. This study examined the relationship between the distance of schools from municipal waste incineration plants and the prevalence of allergic disorders and general symptoms in Japanese children. Study subjects were 450,807 elementary school children aged 6-12 years who attended 996 public elementary schools in Osaka Prefecture in Japan. Parents of school children completed a questionnaire that included items about illnesses and symptoms in the study child. Distance of each of the public elementary schools from all of the 37 municipal waste incineration plants in Osaka Prefecture was measured using geographical information systems packages. Adjustment was made for grade, socioeconomic status and access to health care per municipality. Decreases in the distance of schools from the nearest municipal waste incineration plant were independently associated with an increased prevalence of wheeze, headache, stomach ache, and fatigue (adjusted odds ratios [95% confidence intervals] for shortest vs. longest distance categories =1.08 [1.01-1.15], 1.05 [1.00-1.11], 1.06 [1.01-1.11], and 1.12 [1.08-1.17], respectively). A positive association with fatigue was pronounced in schools within 4 km of the second nearest municipal waste incineration plant. There was no evident relationship between the distance of schools from such a plant and the prevalence of atopic dermatitis or allergic rhinitis. The findings suggest that proximity of schools to municipal waste incineration plants may be associated with an increased prevalence of wheeze, headache, stomach ache, and fatigue in Japanese children.
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- Y Miyake
- Department of Public Health, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
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Mimura T, Yamagami S, Amano S, Funatsu H, Arimoto A, Usui T, Ono K, Araie M, Okamoto S. Allergens in Japanese patients with allergic conjunctivitis in autumn. Eye (Lond) 2006; 19:995-9. [PMID: 15389269 DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 11/08/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the relation between various specific class E immunoglobulins (IgE) in the serum and allergic conjunctivitis in autumn. METHODS Total IgE and specific IgE to 12 inhalant allergens were measured using the CAP system in 32 patients with allergic conjunctivitis in spring (spring group), 27 patients with allergic conjunctivitis in autumn (autumn group), and 40 healthy volunteers (control group). RESULTS Specific IgE levels caused by house dust, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, and orchard grass were higher in the autumn group than in the spring group. The highest positivity rate for a specific allergen was 51.9% for house dust, followed by D. pteronyssinus(48.1%) in the autumn group, while the highest rate was 68.8 % for cedar pollen, followed by cypress pollen (59.4%) in the spring group. Correlation analysis showed that house dust was significantly correlated with animal epithelia, D. pteronyssinus, acarus, and Alternaria tenuis in the autumn group (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that house dust is the main cause of allergic conjunctivitis during autumn. In spring, cypress pollen is the largest cause of allergic conjunctivitis, while indoor allergens such as house dust, animal epithelia, D. pteronyssinus, and acarus are not causative allergens in Japan.
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- T Mimura
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Hase K, Obinata G, Nakayama A, Ogihara N, Usui T, Tasaki Y. Large-scale forward dynamics simulation with a whole-body musculoskeletal model. J Biomech 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9290(06)83058-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Konnai S, Usui T, Ikeda M, Kohara J, Hirata T, Okada K, Ohashi K, Onuma M. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha up-regulation in spontaneously proliferating cells derived from bovine leukemia virus-infected cattle. Arch Virol 2005; 151:347-60. [PMID: 16155729 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-005-0622-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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] [Received: 03/31/2005] [Accepted: 05/19/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We previously reported that tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) was one of the cytokines that contributed to the leukemogenesis caused by bovine leukemia virus (BLV). To determine if the spontaneous cell proliferation observed in the late disease stages, such as persistent lymphocytosis and lymphosarcoma, correlated with the expression level of TNF-alpha, we analyzed the mRNA expression levels for TNF-alpha in spontaneously proliferating PBMCs derived from BLV-infected cattle. The mean mRNA expression level for TNF-alpha was higher in the spontaneously proliferating PBMCs derived from BLV-infected cattle than in non-spontaneously proliferating PBMCs from normal cattle. The TNF-alpha protein level in the PBMCs was determined by flow cytometric analysis, and it was noted that most of the cells expressing membrane-bound TNF-alpha in the spontaneously proliferating cells were CD5+ or sIgM+-cells. Additionally, in order to determine if this spontaneous proliferation can be blocked by anti-bovine TNF-alpha MAb, the spontaneously proliferating PBMCs from a BLV-infected cattle were cultured in the presence of the MAb. The addition of this MAb at the beginning of the 72 h-cultivation clearly inhibited spontaneous proliferation of cells in a dose-dependent manner, indicating the direct involvement of TNF-alpha in the spontaneous proliferation of PBMCs during the late disease stage. These data suggest that an aberrant expression of TNF-alpha might contribute to the progression of bovine leukosis in animals which develop persistent lymphocytosis of B-cells or B-cell lymphosarcoma.
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- S Konnai
- Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Pham HM, Konnai S, Usui T, Chang KS, Murata S, Mase M, Ohashi K, Onuma M. Rapid detection and differentiation of Newcastle disease virus by real-time PCR with melting-curve analysis. Arch Virol 2005; 150:2429-38. [PMID: 16052279 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-005-0603-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2005] [Accepted: 06/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In order to rapidly detect and differentiate Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolates, a method based on real-time PCR SYBR Green I melting-curve analysis of the fusion (F) protein gene was developed. The detection limit of real-time PCR was 9 x 10(2) plasmid copies and was 100 times more sensitive than conventional PCR. Thirty eight reference NDV strains were rapidly identified by their distinctive melting temperatures (T(m)s): 89.23 +/- 0.27 degrees C for velogenic strains, 90.17 +/- 0.35 degrees C for pigeon mesogenic strains, 91.25 +/- 0.14 degrees C for two lentogenic strains (B1 and Ishii). No amplification was detected from unrelated RNA samples by this method. This real-time PCR directly detected NDV from infected tissues and eliminated the gel electrophoretic step for analyzing PCR product using ethidium bromide. The total time for a PCR run was less than 1 hour. The results obtained in this study showed that the real-time PCR presented here is a good screening test for the identification of NDV.
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- H M Pham
- Department of Disease Control, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Yamashiro K, Tsujikawa A, Ishida S, Usui T, Kaji Y, Honda Y, Ogura Y, Adamis A. Platelets accumulate in the diabetic retinal vasculature following endothelial death and suppress blood-retinal barrier breakdown. Am J Ophthalmol 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2003.10.012] [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: 11/15/2022]
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Storer RD, French JE, Donehower LA, Gulezian D, Mitsumori K, Recio L, Schiestl RH, Sistare FD, Tamaoki N, Usui T, van Steeg H. Transgenic tumor models for carcinogen identification: the heterozygous Trp53-deficient and RasH2 mouse lines. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis 2003; 540:165-76. [PMID: 14550500 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2003.07.006] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Genetically altered mouse models (GAMM) for human cancers have been critical to the investigation and characterization of oncogene and tumor suppressor gene expression and function and the associated cancer phenotype. Similarly, several of the mouse models with defined genetic alterations have shown promise for identification of potential human carcinogens and investigation of mechanisms of carcinogen-gene interactions and tumorigenesis. In particular, both the B6.129N5-Trp53 mouse, heterozygous for a p53 null allele, and the CB6F1-RasH2 mouse, hemizygous for the human H-ras transgene, have been extensively investigated. Using 26-week exposure protocols at or approaching the maximum tolerated dose, the summary results to date indicate the potential for GAMM to identify and, possibly, classify chemicals of potential risk to humans using short-term carcinogenicity experiments. This IWGT session focused on: (1) the development of recommendations for genetic/molecular characterization required in animals, tissues, and tumors before and after treatment for identification of presumptive human carcinogens based on the current state of knowledge, (2) identification of data gaps in our current state of knowledge, and (3) development of recommendations for research strategies for further development of our knowledge base of these particular models. By optimization of protocols and identification of significant outcomes and responses to chemical exposure in appropriate short-term mechanism-based genetically altered rodent models, strategies for prevention and intervention may be developed and employed to the benefit of public health.
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- R D Storer
- Department of Genetic and Cellular Toxicology, Merck Research Laboratories, WP45-311, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
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Usui T, Maki K, Toki Y, Shibasaki Y, Takanobu H, Takanishi A, Hatcher D, Miller A. Measurement of mechanical strain on mandibular surface with mastication robot: influence of muscle loading direction and magnitude. Orthod Craniofac Res 2003; 6 Suppl 1:163-7; discussion 179-82. [PMID: 14606551 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0544.2003.250.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the mechanical effects of mastication on the mandible, we developed computational controlled mastication robot system with human dry skull and analyzed the strain distribution on the mandibular bone surface. DESIGN In the mastication robot, the mandible was suspended by eight wires, which simulated masticatory muscles. A non-linear spring damper generated viscoelastic properties, and tension sensors for simulation of jaw reflection to avoid unusual biting force were applied as a biological feedback mechanism. By using this robot system, various patterns of muscle loading (change of wire direction and magnitude) were performed. RESULTS From the results, significant differences in the amount of principal strain and its distribution were demonstrated in each condition (ANOVA, post hoc test, and p < 0.05). The value of maximum principal strain ranged from 79.66 x 10(-6) [at anterior border of ramus (Buccal side), 128 N] to -1.42 x 10(-6) [at foramen mentale (Buccal side), 32 N]. CONCLUSION These results suggested that the muscle loading generated the mechanical strain on the mandibular bone surface and it was affected by the changes in loading direction and magnitude.
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- T Usui
- Department of Orthodontics, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Hyaluronan is present in the trabecular meshwork where it is involved in the pathophysiology of aqueous outflow environment. In this study, the expression and regulation of hyaluronan synthase (HAS), which is the enzyme synthesising hyaluronan, in trabecular meshwork cells were investigated. METHODS Cultured bovine trabecular meshwork cells (BTMCs) were used. HAS expression in BTMCs was examined by RT-PCR. The effects of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) and platelet derived growth factor BB (PDGF-BB) on HAS expression in BTMCs were examined by quantitative RT-PCR. The HAS2 expression by TGF-beta and PDGF-BB at the protein level was also confirmed immunohistochemically. The production of hyaluronan from BTMCs was detected by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). RESULTS Three HAS isoforms were expressed in BTMCs at the mRNA level. Among HAS isoforms, only the expression of HAS2 mRNA was increased by the administration of TGF-beta or PDGF-BB. HAS2 upregulation by these growth factors was also confirmed at the protein level. Further, hyaluronan production from BTMCs was stimulated by TGF-beta or PDGF-BB. CONCLUSION Expression of HAS in trabecular meshwork may maintain the hyaluronan content in the aqueous outflow pathway. Its production is regulated by TGF-beta and PDGF-BB. The regulation of the expression of HAS in trabecular meshwork might be useful for modulating the aqueous outflow environment.
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- T Usui
- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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