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Sato T, Honda S, Tominaga Y, Miyakoshi Y, Ueda T, Sawashita J. A probiotic blend improves defecation, mental health, and productivity in healthy Japanese volunteers under stressful situations. Heliyon 2022; 8:e10614. [PMID: 36185155 PMCID: PMC9520207 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We investigated whether a blend of probiotics (KABP-021, KABP-022, and KABP-023) improved diarrhea-related problems in healthy Japanese adults who routinely lived under stressful conditions. Twenty-six females and 34 males were divided randomly into the probiotic and placebo groups in this double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group comparison study. All participants ingested 1 capsule of probiotics or placebo per day for 4 weeks. Intervention with probiotics significantly reduced diarrhea-related problems assessed by the Izumo scale compared with placebo treatment (P < 0.001). In the Short Form-8 questionnaire, probiotic intervention improved mental component scores (P = 0.002), role emotional scores (P = 0.002), and mental health scores (P < 0.001). Treatment with probiotics also reduced the effects of diarrhea on daily activities (P < 0.001) and overall working habits (P = 0.010), including missing work (absenteeism) and impaired productivity (presenteeism), as assessed by the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire: General Health. Furthermore, there was a correlation between improved scores for diarrhea on the Izumo scale and increased abundance of Faecalibacterium, a butyric acid-producing bacterium, in the gut in the probiotic group (P = 0.047), whereas no such a correlation or trend was found in the placebo group. Our strategy of supplementation for 4 weeks with a specific blend of probiotics reduced diarrhea-related symptoms and may improve the mental health and daily activities of healthy individuals under stress.
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- Takumi Sato
- Probiotics Project Team, Supplement Strategic Unit, Pharma & Supplemental Nutrition Solutions Vehicle, Kaneka Corporation, 1-12-32 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6028, Japan
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- Bioproducts Research Group, Biotechnology Research Laboratories, Pharma & Supplemental Nutrition Solutions Vehicle, Kaneka Corporation, 1-8 Miyamae-cho, Takasago-cho, Takasago-shi, Hyogo 676-8688, Japan
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- Bioproducts Research Group, Biotechnology Research Laboratories, Pharma & Supplemental Nutrition Solutions Vehicle, Kaneka Corporation, 1-8 Miyamae-cho, Takasago-cho, Takasago-shi, Hyogo 676-8688, Japan
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- Probiotics Project Team, Supplement Strategic Unit, Pharma & Supplemental Nutrition Solutions Vehicle, Kaneka Corporation, 1-12-32 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6028, Japan
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- Probiotics Project Team, Supplement Strategic Unit, Pharma & Supplemental Nutrition Solutions Vehicle, Kaneka Corporation, 1-12-32 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6028, Japan
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- Products Technology Team, Supplement Strategic Unit, Pharma & Supplemental Nutrition Solutions Vehicle, Kaneka Corporation, 2-3-18 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8288, Japan
- Corresponding author.
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Endoh D, Ishii K, Kohno K, Virgona N, Miyakoshi Y, Yano T, Ishida T. CHEMORESISTANCE RELATED TO HYPOXIA ADAPTATION IN MESOTHELIOMA CELLS FROM TUMOR SPHEROIDS. Exp Oncol 2022; 44:121-125. [PMID: 35964640 DOI: 10.32471/exp-oncology.2312-8852.vol-44-no-2.18045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hypoxia has been noted as a key factor for induction and maintenance of cancer stemness thereby leading to therapy resistance. Three-dimensional (3D) spheroid models demonstrate a heterogeneity of hypoxic regions replicating the in vivo situation within tumors. Utilizing an established 3D spheroid model, we investigated whether extrinsic hypoxia reinforced chemoresistance in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) spheroids. MATERIALS AND METHODS Tumor spheres were generated from Meso-1 (a typical human MPM cell line) cells having high spheroid-forming ability. To induce hypoxia condition, we utilized a hypoxia chamber with regulation of O2 and CO2 levels. Cell viability was estimated by a WST-8 assay. Real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot were performed to evaluate the expression at mRNA and protein levels. RESULTS Compared with cells cultured in the two-dimensional monolayer model, tumor sphere cells showed elevated mRNA levels of cancer stemness markers (CD26, CD44 and ABCG2) and protein levels of the stemness and hypoxia adaptation markers (ABCG2, ALDH1A1 and HIFs). Correlating with this, 3D spheroid cells were more resistant to permetrexed and topotecan than the two-dimensional cells, indicative of their potential for hypoxic adaptation. Furthermore, significantly stronger resistance to both chemotherapeutic agents was observed in spheroid cells upon hypoxic challenge compared to spheroid cells under normoxia. CONCLUSION From the present data, it is concluded that hypoxia adaptation of MPM cells from tumor spheres could enhance their chemoresistance.
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- D Endoh
- Graduate School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Toyo University, 1-1-1 Izumino, Oura-gun, Gunma 374-0193, Japan
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- Graduate School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Toyo University, 1-1-1 Izumino, Oura-gun, Gunma 374-0193, Japan
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- Research Institute of Life Innovation, Toyo University, 1-1-1 Izumino, Oura-gun, Gunma 374-0193, Japan.
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- Research Institute of Life Innovation, Toyo University, 1-1-1 Izumino, Oura-gun, Gunma 374-0193, Japan.
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- Research Institute of Life Innovation, Toyo University, 1-1-1 Izumino, Oura-gun, Gunma 374-0193, Japan.
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- Research Institute of Life Innovation, Toyo University, 1-1-1 Izumino, Oura-gun, Gunma 374-0193, Japan.
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- Research Institute of Life Innovation, Toyo University, 1-1-1 Izumino, Oura-gun, Gunma 374-0193, Japan.
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Suzuki S, Gotoda T, Kusano C, Ikehara H, Miyakoshi Y, Fujii K. Effect of Ubiquinol Intake on Defecation Frequency and Stool Form: A Prospective, Double-Blinded, Randomized Control Study. J Med Food 2018; 22:81-86. [PMID: 30192695 DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2018.4233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 02/06/2023] Open
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Bowel habits affect the quality of life (QOL) of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders. This study evaluated the effects of reduced form coenzyme Q 10 (ubiquinol) intake on defecation frequency and stool form in patients with daily abdominal symptoms. This was a single-center, prospective, double-blind, randomized control study. Forty-one patients who had the daily symptom of constipation or diarrhea were randomly assigned at a 1:1 ratio to receive either ubiquinol (150 mg/day) or placebo for 12 weeks. Patients completed a daily diary to collect information regarding their numbers of defecations and stool forms according to the Bristol Stool Form (BSF) Scale for 7 days at baseline and 12 weeks. QOL was assessed using the 36-item short-form (SF-36) at baseline and 12 weeks. Twenty-one patients were assigned to the ubiquinol group, and 20 were assigned to the placebo group. At 12 weeks, the mean defecation frequency, compared to baseline, significantly decreased in the ubiquinol group (-0.1 times/day, P = .034) and increased in the placebo group (+0.3 times/day, P = .004). There was no significant change in the 12-week BSF Scale score of the ubiquinol group (+0.2, P = .123), whereas that of the placebo group was increased (+0.5, P < .001). The 12-week general health perception SF-36 score was significantly increased in the ubiquinol group (+3.5, P = .045), whereas there was no significant difference in that score in the placebo group (+1.2, P = .178). In conclusion, taking ubiquinol for 12 weeks decreased defecation frequencies and increased the QOL score, suggesting that ubiquinol may change the bowel habits and improve QOL in patients with abdominal distress.
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- Sho Suzuki
- 1 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,2 Department of Gastroenterology, Yuri Kumiai General Hospital, Akita, Japan
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- 3 Supplemental Nutrition Division, Kaneka Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- 3 Supplemental Nutrition Division, Kaneka Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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Miyakoshi Y, Otsuka K, Sato S, Hata Y, Sugawara Y, Takagi K, Tamura S, Mishima H, Osaka H, Mishima A. [Design and development of one-handed denture brush for bedridden people]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1999; 26 Suppl 2:309-12. [PMID: 10630239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Oral care for elderly bedridden people is one of the most necessary forms of care, not only for prevention of oral infection or aspiration pneumonia, but also in order to savor the taste of food and to recover and maintain mental vitality through the improvement in oral function. We designed denture brush that can be handled with one-hand in order to support independence. People require cooperation between medical treatment, health, and welfare services. We introduced the newly designed denture brush as a means to support the improvement of QOL for elderly bedridden people, and we hope to see the spread and promotion of oral care.
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- Y Miyakoshi
- Hakuyoukai Medical Inc., Mishima Dental Office
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Micronuclei is induced in cytoplasm as a consequence of the formation of chromosomal fragments or remaining chromosomes during cell division by the cause of clastogens or spindle poisons, and is used as an indicator of genotoxicity screening tests. There are few short-term genotoxicity screening tests using brain cells. We attempted to establish a new in vitro micronucleus test (MN test) system by use of central nervous system cells. Primary cultured astrocytes were prepared from newborn male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. In growth curve of astrocytes, doubling time was determined to be 31 h. In time study, the highest frequency of micronuclei was observed at 48 h, 72 h and 6 h-exposure-66 h-recovery by vincristine (VCR), mitomycin C (MMC) without metabolic activation system and cyclophosphamide (CPM) with metabolic activation system, respectively. Dose-response relationships between micronucleus frequency and concentrations of MMC, VCR and CPM were observed, respectively. It is suggested that the in vitro MN test using new born rat-astrocytes could be used as a screening test of environmental and occupational genotoxic chemicals in the central nervous system cells.
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- Y Miyakoshi
- Department of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshida R, Oikawa S, Ogawa Y, Miyakoshi Y, Ooida M, Asanuma K, Shimizu H. Mutagenicity of p-aminophenol in E. coli WP2uvrA/pKM101 and its relevance to oxidative DNA damage. Mutat Res 1998; 415:139-50. [PMID: 9711270 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(98)00058-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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It was recently reported that p-aminophenol (p-AP) induces DNA cleavage in mouse lymphoma cells, CHO cells and human lymphoblastoid cells. The mutagenicity of p-AP has not, however, been detected by reverse mutation assays. The purpose of this study was to assess the mutagenicity of p-AP by reverse mutation assay using Escherichia coli WP2uvrA/pKM101, which has a spectrum for detecting mutations different from those of other strains in the family with an AT base pair at the mutation site and has higher sensitivity to certain oxidative mutagens as compared to other strains. We found that p-AP was mutagenic to E. coli WP2uvrA/pKM101. The mutagenic activity of this compound was suppressed with the addition of dimethylsulfoxide or catalase, suggesting the involvement of active oxygen species in the mutagenic process induced by p-AP. To further elucidate the underlying mechanism, we used isolated DNA for the following experiments. It was revealed, by gel electrophoretic analysis, that p-AP induced DNA cleavage in the presence of Fe(III). However, p-AP alone did not induce this cleavage. Formation of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine by p-AP in calf thymus DNA was also detected in the presence of Fe(III) by HPLC with an electrochemical detector. ESR-spin trapping experiments using DMPO detected the production of hydroxyl radical (.OH) in the solution of p-AP with Fe(III). Both p-AP mediated DNA damages and .OH production by p-AP in the presence of Fe(III) were completely inhibited by .OH scavengers (ethanol, mannitol, sodium formate, dimethylsulfoxide) and catalase. These results suggest that .OH derived from the reaction between H2O2 and Fe(III) (Fenton reaction) participates in the oxidative DNA damage. Accordingly, the same mechanism might be working in E. coli WP2uvrA/pKM101 during induction of the mutation by p-AP.
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- R Yoshida
- Department of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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To elucidate the biological effect of static magnetic fields (SMF), we measured lipid peroxidation in the liver, kidneys, heart, lungs and brain of mice exposed to SMF and also evaluated the combined effect of SMF exposure on the hepatotoxicity induced by treatment with carbon tetrachloride (CCl4). Lipid peroxidation in the liver was significantly increased by exposure to 4.7 T of SMF for 3, 6, 24, or 48 h, whereas that in the kidneys, heart, lungs and brain was not changed compared to the control. The combination of CCl4 injection and SMF exposure caused an increase in lipid peroxidation in the liver exceeding that caused by either treatment alone. Furthermore, the increase in activities of both GOT and GPT caused by CCl4 administration were also enhanced by SMF exposure. These results indicate that the exposure to strong SMF induces lipid peroxidation in the liver of mice and enhances the hepatotoxicity caused by CCl4 administration.
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- Y Watanabe
- Department of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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A follow-up study of 26 patients with vestibular neuronitis is reported. The disease is characterized by an acute attack of severe vertigo with complete loss of unilateral caloric response. The following results were obtained: 1) The average period of spontaneous nystagmus was 136 days and the standard error was 39 days. 2) No correlation could be found between age and the period of spontaneous nystagmus. 3) Six patients showed direction reversal in their spontaneous nystagmus (recovery nystagmus), and their outcome was good. 4) On the most recent caloric test, 42% of the patients had bilateral normal responses, 27% displayed partial improvement on the affected side, and no reaction was observed in 31% of patients. We suggest that three types of clinical courses may occur in vestibular neuronitis: i) complete recovery of the function of the affected vestibular nerve, ii) partial recovery of vestibular function, and iii) no recovery of the affected vestibular nerve, but central nervous system compensates for the vestibular imbalance.
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- H Ichijo
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine
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To clarify the genetic relationship between Swamp and River buffaloes, the restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) of nuclear genomic ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and cytoplasmic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were analysed. Blood or liver samples from 73 Swamp and three River buffaloes were collected in East and South-east Asian countries. DNA samples from cattle, goats and sheep were used for comparisons. The analysis of rDNA allowed water buffaloes, cattle, goats and sheep to be characterized by four distinct repeat-types. However, swamp and river buffaloes showed the same repeat-type. Divergence of water buffalo and cattle is considered to have occurred approximately four to six million years ago. The RFLPs for mtDNA divided water buffaloes into three haplotypes, swamp-1, swamp-2 and river types. Swamp-1 accounted for 91% of all swamp buffaloes while swamp-2 was observed only in water buffaloes from Thailand (9%). All river buffaloes were of the same haplotype. No differences were observed between swamp and river buffaloes at the rDNA level. In contrast, a few distinct differences between them were found at the mtDNA level. Therefore, mtDNA polymorphisms provide an adequate means for classifying water buffaloes into either swamp or river buffaloes.
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- T Amano
- Department of Zootechnical Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
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Miyazaki K, Miyakoshi Y, Enomoto M, Kato M, Otani M. [Methods in teaching technology at a 2-year junior college course]. Kango Kyoiku 1988; 29:262-70. [PMID: 3379815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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For young female patients with cardiac diseases, to be married, pregnancy and delivery are serious problems. Ninety-two post-operative patients (138 deliveries) and 57 non-surgical patients (86 deliveries) were subjected to analysis of their cardiac and obstetric conditions. A stable course and successful delivery were observed in the patients treated whose cardiac diseases were treated with surgical therapy. Among the non-surgical patients, however, impairment of their clinical condition was experienced including 3 maternal deaths. Incidence of various complications occurring during the course of pregnancy and delivery was 12.3% in the surgical and 18.6% in the non-surgical groups. It was clinically demonstrated that women suffering from cardiac diseases might well tolerate their pregnancy and delivery if accorded proper surgical treatment.
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Okada H, Higashi Y, Ahara M, Nishimura T, Miyakoshi Y. [Metabolism of 6-dehydro-6-chloro-17-alpha-acetoxy-progesterone in rabbits. 1]. Nihon Naibunpi Gakkai Zasshi 1969; 44:1103-6. [PMID: 4306189 DOI: 10.1507/endocrine1927.44.10_1103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Okada H, Ishihara S, Murata S, Higashi Y, Miyakoshi Y. [Progesterone metabolism in the rabbit small intestine. I]. Nihon Naibunpi Gakkai Zasshi 1968; 43:1164-7. [PMID: 5691506 DOI: 10.1507/endocrine1927.43.12_1164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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