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Hario S, Le GNT, Sugimoto H, Takahashi-Yamashiro K, Nishinami S, Toda H, Li S, Marvin JS, Kuroda S, Drobizhev M, Terai T, Nasu Y, Campbell RE. High-Performance Genetically Encoded Green Fluorescent Biosensors for Intracellular l-Lactate. ACS Cent Sci 2024; 10:402-416. [PMID: 38435524 PMCID: PMC10906044 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.3c01250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
Abstract
l-Lactate is a monocarboxylate produced during the process of cellular glycolysis and has long generally been considered a waste product. However, studies in recent decades have provided new perspectives on the physiological roles of l-lactate as a major energy substrate and a signaling molecule. To enable further investigations of the physiological roles of l-lactate, we have developed a series of high-performance (ΔF/F = 15 to 30 in vitro), intensiometric, genetically encoded green fluorescent protein (GFP)-based intracellular l-lactate biosensors with a range of affinities. We evaluated these biosensors in cultured cells and demonstrated their application in an ex vivo preparation of Drosophila brain tissue. Using these biosensors, we were able to detect glycolytic oscillations, which we analyzed and mathematically modeled.
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Affiliation(s)
- Saaya Hario
- Department
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department
of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- International
Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- International
Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Howard
Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia 20147, United States
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- Department
of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department
of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana
State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- PRESTO,
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
- CERVO
Brain Research Center and Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology,
and Bioinformatics, Université Laval, Québec, Québec G1 V 0A6, Canada
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Nasu Y, Aggarwal A, Le GNT, Vo CT, Kambe Y, Wang X, Beinlich FRM, Lee AB, Ram TR, Wang F, Gorzo KA, Kamijo Y, Boisvert M, Nishinami S, Kawamura G, Ozawa T, Toda H, Gordon GR, Ge S, Hirase H, Nedergaard M, Paquet ME, Drobizhev M, Podgorski K, Campbell RE. Lactate biosensors for spectrally and spatially multiplexed fluorescence imaging. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6598. [PMID: 37891202 PMCID: PMC10611801 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42230-5] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
Abstract
L-Lactate is increasingly appreciated as a key metabolite and signaling molecule in mammals. However, investigations of the inter- and intra-cellular dynamics of L-lactate are currently hampered by the limited selection and performance of L-lactate-specific genetically encoded biosensors. Here we now report a spectrally and functionally orthogonal pair of high-performance genetically encoded biosensors: a green fluorescent extracellular L-lactate biosensor, designated eLACCO2.1, and a red fluorescent intracellular L-lactate biosensor, designated R-iLACCO1. eLACCO2.1 exhibits excellent membrane localization and robust fluorescence response. To the best of our knowledge, R-iLACCO1 and its affinity variants exhibit larger fluorescence responses than any previously reported intracellular L-lactate biosensor. We demonstrate spectrally and spatially multiplexed imaging of L-lactate dynamics by coexpression of eLACCO2.1 and R-iLACCO1 in cultured cells, and in vivo imaging of extracellular and intracellular L-lactate dynamics in mice.
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- Yusuke Nasu
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0075, Japan.
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, 20147, USA
- Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Center for Translational Neuromedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2200, Denmark
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- Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Kagoshima University, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8544, Japan
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Center for Translational Neuromedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2200, Denmark
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- Center for Translational Neuromedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2200, Denmark
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- CERVO Brain Research Centre, Québec, QC, G1J 2G3, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bioinformatics, Laval University, Québec, QC, G1E 1T2, Canada
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- International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Center for Translational Neuromedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2200, Denmark
- Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Center for Translational Neuromedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2200, Denmark
- Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- CERVO Brain Research Centre, Québec, QC, G1J 2G3, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bioinformatics, Laval University, Québec, QC, G1E 1T2, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, 20147, USA
- Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
- CERVO Brain Research Centre, Québec, QC, G1J 2G3, Canada.
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bioinformatics, Laval University, Québec, QC, G1E 1T2, Canada.
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Toda H, Tanaka Y, Yamade K, Tsujimoto M, Takada H, Ueno M, Tsuda Y, Kishino Y, Kubo S, Kamisako T, Yoshida K. Evaluation of the Analytical Performance of the Fully Automated Gene Analyzer µTASWako g1 for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2. Clin Lab 2023; 69. [PMID: 36787563 DOI: 10.7754/clin.lab.2022.220513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND The worldwide spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to an urgent need for nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Because NAAT has many manual processes, results may vary depending on the operator. Therefore, it has been required to develop a fully automated testing device and reagent that detects genetic material from SARS-CoV-2. The µTASWako g1 system (FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation, Osaka, Japan), a genetic analyzer, provides results in 75 minutes by performing a fully automated PCR process. METHODS We evaluated the analytical and clinical performance of the µTASWako g1 system for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. RESULTS The µTASWako g1 system had the limit of detection at 2,000 copies/mL using a known concentration of RNA. In clinical samples, the µTASWako g1 system had a sensitivity of 88.0% and 100% specificity compared to conventional RT-PCR. The µTAS Wako g1 system could detect three variants of concern carrying spike mutations including N501Y, E484K, and L452R. CONCLUSIONS As the assay on the µTASWako g1 system is highly accurate for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 regardless of the experience of operator, it can be widely applicable in clinical laboratories.
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Shimazaki K, Sugimoto T, Toda H, Takahashi H. A Polyimide Film-Based Simple Force Plate for Measuring the Body Mass of Tiny Insects. Sensors (Basel) 2022; 22:s22218352. [PMID: 36366048 PMCID: PMC9654976 DOI: 10.3390/s22218352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Insects exhibit excellent maneuvers such as running and flying despite their small bodies; therefore, their locomotion mechanism is expected to provide a design guideline for micromachines. Numerical simulations have been performed to elucidate this mechanism, whereby it is important to develop a model that is physically identical to the target insect's parts to reproduce kinematic dynamics. In particular, in flight, the shape and mass of wings, which flap at high frequencies, are significant parameters. However, small insects such as fruit flies have small, thin, and light wings; thus, their mass cannot be easily measured. In this study, we proposed a high-resolution and simple force plate to measure the mass of each part of a tiny insect. The device consists of a circular plate supported by flat spiral springs made of polyimide film, and a laser displacement meter that detects the displacement of the center of the plate. The simple plate fabrication process requires only a couple of minutes. A fabricated force plate with a sub-N/m spring constant achieved a resolution of less than 2 µg. As a demonstration, the wing mass of the fruit flies was measured. The experimental results suggest that the wings accounted for approximately 0.4% of the body mass.
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- Kenichiro Shimazaki
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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Van Der Does F, Saito T, Nagamine M, Van Der Wee N, Shigemura J, Yamamoto T, Takahashi Y, Koga M, Toda H, Yoshino A, Vermetten E, Giltay E. Risk and Resilience in Trajectories of Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms among First Responders after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake: a 7-year prospective cohort study. Eur Psychiatry 2022. [PMCID: PMC9566156 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Introduction First responders to disasters are at risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The trajectories of post-traumatic stress symptom severity differ among individuals, even if they are exposed to similar events. These trajectories have not yet been reported in non-Western first responders. Objectives We aimed to explore post-traumatic stress symptom severity trajectories and their risk factors in first responders to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE)— a historically large earthquake that resulted in a tsunami and a nuclear disaster. Methods 56 388 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) personnel dispatched to the GEJE were enrolled in this seven-year longitudinal cohort study. PTSD symptom severity was measured using the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R). Trajectories were identified using latent growth mixture models (LGMM). Nine potential risk factors for the symptom severity trajectories were analyzed using multinomial logistic regression. Results Five symptom severity trajectories were identified: “resilient” (54.7%), “recovery” (24.5%), “incomplete recovery” (10.7%), “late-onset” (5.7%), and “chronic” (4.3%). The main risk factors for the four non-resilient trajectories were older age, personal disaster experiences, and working conditions. These working conditions included duties involving body recovery or radiation exposure risk, longer deployment length, later or no post-deployment leave, and longer post-deployment overtime. Conclusions The majority of first responders to GEJE were resilient and developed few or no PTSD symptoms. A substantial minority experienced late-onset and chronic symptom severity trajectories. The identified risk factors can inform policies for prevention, early detection, and intervention in individuals at risk of developing symptomatic trajectories. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Yamazaki R, Matsukiyo S, Morita T, Tanaka SJ, Umeda T, Aihara K, Edamoto M, Egashira S, Hatsuyama R, Higuchi T, Hihara T, Horie Y, Hoshino M, Ishii A, Ishizaka N, Itadani Y, Izumi T, Kambayashi S, Kakuchi S, Katsuki N, Kawamura R, Kawamura Y, Kisaka S, Kojima T, Konuma A, Kumar R, Minami T, Miyata I, Moritaka T, Murakami Y, Nagashima K, Nakagawa Y, Nishimoto T, Nishioka Y, Ohira Y, Ohnishi N, Ota M, Ozaki N, Sano T, Sakai K, Sei S, Shiota J, Shoji Y, Sugiyama K, Suzuki D, Takagi M, Toda H, Tomita S, Tomiya S, Yoneda H, Takezaki T, Tomita K, Kuramitsu Y, Sakawa Y. High-power laser experiment forming a supercritical collisionless shock in a magnetized uniform plasma at rest. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:025203. [PMID: 35291161 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.025203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
We present an experimental method to generate quasiperpendicular supercritical magnetized collisionless shocks. In our experiment, ambient nitrogen (N) plasma is at rest and well magnetized, and it has uniform mass density. The plasma is pushed by laser-driven ablation aluminum (Al) plasma. Streaked optical pyrometry and spatially resolved laser collective Thomson scattering clarify structures of plasma density and temperatures, which are compared with one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. It is indicated that just after the laser irradiation, the Al plasma is magnetized by a self-generated Biermann battery field, and the plasma slaps the incident N plasma. The compressed external field in the N plasma reflects N ions, leading to counterstreaming magnetized N flows. Namely, we identify the edge of the reflected N ions. Such interacting plasmas form a magnetized collisionless shock.
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- R Yamazaki
- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-Koen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-Koen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikane-yama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germany
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikane-yama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Physical Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
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- Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikane-yama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Fundamental Physics Simulation Research Division, National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki 509-5292, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikane-yama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikane-yama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
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- Department of Creative Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu College, 5-20-1 Shii, Kokuraminamiku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 802-0985, Japan
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Toyama, 3190, Gofuku, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-Koen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
- Division of Quantum Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Kawamura K, Ejiri K, Toda H, Miyoshi T, Yamanaka T, Taniguchi M, Kawamoto K, Tokioka K, Naito Y, Yoshioka R, Karashima E, Fujio H, Fuke S, Nakamura K, Ito H. Association between adherence to home-based walking exercise with a pedometer and one-year adverse outcomes among lower extremity peripheral artery disease patients with endovascular treatment. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
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Background
Home-based exercise after endovascular treatment (EVT) for lower extremity peripheral artery disease (LE-PAD) patients with intermittent claudication is suggested as an alternative therapy for supervised exercise; however, an association of adherence to home-based exercise with clinical adverse events has not been fully investigated.
Purpose
We aimed to investigate the association of adherence to home-based exercise with 1-year major adverse events (MAE), patency, and leg symptoms after EVT in a contemporary Japanese registry.
Methods
A total of 500 patients with LE-PAD within the Long Term Outcome of Endovascular Therapy for PAD with Intermittent Claudication Observational Prospective Multicenter (ASHIMORI-IC) registry (UMINCTR, UMINehab724.203718753) who underwent EVT between January 2016 and March 2019 were included in the analysis. After EVT, all patients were instructed to do home-based walking exercise with a pedometer. The study population was divided and compared between 2 groups according to adherence to home-based exercise: well-adherence and poor-adherence. The adherence of home-based exercise was as defined by step count derived from a pedometer on sites. The primary outcome was MAE defined as composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction, stroke, target vessel revascularization, and major amputation of target lower limb for one year. The main secondary outcome was 1-year primary patency of the treated lesion, and the improvement of leg symptom (6-minute walk distance [6MWD] and claudication distance). The study followed the Consensus definitions from peripheral academic research consortium criteria.
Results
Overall, the mean age was 72.8 years, and 78% were men. At 1 year, MAE occurred in 45 patients (9.0%), and the primary patency rate was 85.3% (94.2% of EVT for aortoiliac and 71.9% of EVT for femoropopliteal). A significant difference in the incidence of MAE was observed between the well-adherence group and the poor-adherence group (10 of 233 patients [4.3%] vs. 35 of 267 patients [13.1%]; P<0.001). After multivariate Cox regression analysis, patients in the well-adherence group showed the lower hazard ratio for 1-year MAE (0.30; 95% confidence interval, 0.15–0.58; P<0.001) compared to those in the poor-adherence group. In the well-adherence group, compared with the poor-adherence group, higher primary patency rate (88.9% vs 81.5%; p=0.015), longer claudication onset distance (370 m [IQR 240–453 m] vs 240m [IQR 126–324 m]; P<0.001), and longer 6MWD (422 m [IQR 359–483 m] vs 325 m [IQR 213–400 m]; P<0.001) were observed even after adjusting for each baseline value.
Conclusion
Our study demonstrates the importance of adherence to home-based walking exercise after EVT in LE-PAD patients.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Tsuyama Central Hospital, Tsuyama, Japan
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- Fukuyama Cardiovascular Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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- Okayama City Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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- The Sakakibara Heart Institute of Okayama, Okayama, Japan
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- Shimonoseki City Hospital, Shimonoseki, Japan
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- Himeji Red Cross Hospital, Himeji, Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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Bedont JL, Toda H, Shi M, Park CH, Quake C, Stein C, Kolesnik A, Sehgal A. Short and long sleeping mutants reveal links between sleep and macroautophagy. eLife 2021; 10:64140. [PMID: 34085929 PMCID: PMC8177895 DOI: 10.7554/elife.64140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [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: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Sleep is a conserved and essential behavior, but its mechanistic and functional underpinnings remain poorly defined. Through unbiased genetic screening in Drosophila, we discovered a novel short-sleep mutant we named argus. Positional cloning and subsequent complementation, CRISPR/Cas9 knock-out, and RNAi studies identified Argus as a transmembrane protein that acts in adult peptidergic neurons to regulate sleep. argus mutants accumulate undigested Atg8a(+) autophagosomes, and genetic manipulations impeding autophagosome formation suppress argus sleep phenotypes, indicating that autophagosome accumulation drives argus short-sleep. Conversely, a blue cheese neurodegenerative mutant that impairs autophagosome formation was identified independently as a gain-of-sleep mutant, and targeted RNAi screens identified additional genes involved in autophagosome formation whose knockdown increases sleep. Finally, autophagosomes normally accumulate during the daytime and nighttime sleep deprivation extends this accumulation into the following morning, while daytime gaboxadol feeding promotes sleep and reduces autophagosome accumulation at nightfall. In sum, our results paradoxically demonstrate that wakefulness increases and sleep decreases autophagosome levels under unperturbed conditions, yet strong and sustained upregulation of autophagosomes decreases sleep, whereas strong and sustained downregulation of autophagosomes increases sleep. The complex relationship between sleep and autophagy suggested by our findings may have implications for pathological states including chronic sleep disorders and neurodegeneration, as well as for integration of sleep need with other homeostats, such as under conditions of starvation.
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- Joseph L Bedont
- Chronobiology and Sleep Institute, Perelman Medical School of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Chronobiology and Sleep Institute, Perelman Medical School of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Chronobiology and Sleep Institute, Perelman Medical School of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Chronobiology and Sleep Institute, Perelman Medical School of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Chronobiology and Sleep Institute, Perelman Medical School of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Chronobiology and Sleep Institute, Perelman Medical School of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Chronobiology and Sleep Institute, Perelman Medical School of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Chronobiology and Sleep Institute, Perelman Medical School of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Philadelphia, United States
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Yamazaki R, Toda H, Libourel PA, Hayashi Y, Vogt KE, Sakurai T. Evolutionary Origin of Distinct NREM and REM Sleep. Front Psychol 2021; 11:567618. [PMID: 33381062 PMCID: PMC7767968 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.567618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [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: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Sleep is mandatory in most animals that have the nervous system and is universally observed in model organisms ranging from the nematodes, zebrafish, to mammals. However, it is unclear whether different sleep states fulfill common functions and are driven by shared mechanisms in these different animal species. Mammals and birds exhibit two obviously distinct states of sleep, i.e., non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, but it is unknown why sleep should be so segregated. Studying sleep in other animal models might give us clues that help solve this puzzle. Recent studies suggest that REM sleep, or ancestral forms of REM sleep might be found in non-mammalian or -avian species such as reptiles. These observations suggest that REM sleep and NREM sleep evolved earlier than previously thought. In this review, we discuss the evolutionary origin of the distinct REM/NREM sleep states to gain insight into the mechanistic and functional reason for these two different types of sleep.
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- Risa Yamazaki
- CNRS UMR 5292, INSERM U1028, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Bron, France
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- International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- CNRS UMR 5292, INSERM U1028, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Bron, France
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- International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.,Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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Miki T, Miyoshi T, Suruga K, Ichikawa K, Otsuka H, Toda H, Yoshida M, Nakamura K, Morita H, Ito H. Triglyceride to HDL-cholesterol ratio is a predictor of future coronary events: a possible role of high-risk coronary plaques detected by coronary CT angiography. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.2930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
For the prevention of future cardiovascular events, control of residual risks such as triglyceride rich lipoproteins and HDL-cholesterol is an emerging problem beyond LDL-cholesterol. Triglyceride to HDL-cholesterol ratio (TG/HDL ratio) has been reported to be useful for risk classification of cardiovascular diseases. Meanwhile, several studies showed that high-risk plaque characteristics evaluated with coronary CT angiography (cCTA) was associated with the incidence of acute coronary syndrome. However, the relationship of TG/HDL ratio with coronary plaque characteristics and its impact of this association on future coronary events have not been fully elucidated.
Purpose
The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between TG/HDL ratio and high-risk plaque detected by cCTA and its impact on future coronary events.
Methods
A total of 944 patients suspected stable coronary artery disease who underwent cCTA at our institution were analyzed (mean 64-year-old, 55% male). Patients were divided into two groups by the median value of TG/HDL ratio (higher TG/HDL: TG/HDL ratio ≥2.0, lower TG/HDL: TG/HDL ratio <2.0). Coronary high-risk plaques were defined as a plaque with all three components; low attenuation plaque (<50H.U.), positive remodeling (remodeling index >1.1) and spotty calcification. Cardiovascular event was defined as cardiovascular death, acute coronary syndrome, and late coronary revascularization after 30 days of CT acquisition.
Results
The higher TG/HDL ratio was significantly associated with male gender (63% vs. 48%, P<0.001), body mass index (24.8±3.8 vs. 22.9±4.0, p<0.001), the prevalence of hypertension (65% vs. 54%, P<0.001), dyslipidemia (60% vs. 42%, P<0.001), diabetes mellitus (38% vs. 27%, P=0.001) and current smoking (26% vs. 10%, p<0.001). Regarding cCTA findings, the prevalence of significant stenosis, calcified plaque, non-calcified plaque, coronary plaques with low attenuation plaque, positive remodeling and spotty calcification in the higher TG/HDL group were greater than those in the lower group (Figure 1A). Of note, the difference in high-risk plaque between two groups was significant. (18% vs. 11%, p=0.004). Multivariate logistic analysis revealed that the TG/HDL ratio was an independent risk factor for high-risk plaque even after adjustment (OR, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.01–1.81; p=0.049). Regarding coronary events (median follow-up duration; 48 months), Kaplan-Meier curve showed poor event-free rate in the higher TG/HDL group (Figure 1B). At Cox proportional hazard analysis, higher TG/HDL ratio (HR, 1.94; 95% CI, 1.01–3.70; p=0.046) and CT-verified high-risk plaque (HR, 2.36; 95% CI, 1.27–4.38; p=0.006) were independent predictive factors for coronary events even after adjustment.
Conclusion
TG/HDL ratio is involved in the vulnerability of CT-verified coronary plaque characteristics. This association may play an important role in the prognostic impact of TG/HDL ratio on future cardiovascular events.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- T Miki
- Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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Toda H, Tanaka Y, Satoh K, Komatsu M, Wada Y, Tobe T, Kamisako T. Epidemiological and molecular characterization of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated following introduction of 7-valent conjugate vaccine in Kinki region, Japan, 2008-2013. J Infect Chemother 2019; 26:451-458. [PMID: 31870586 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2019.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 07/29/2019] [Revised: 09/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the most common bacteria causing community-acquired pneumonia and meningitis. The use of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) has reduced the incidence of pneumococcal disease while changing pneumococcal population through herd immunity and non-vaccine pneumococci replacement. This study investigated molecular epidemiologic characteristics of pneumococcal strains in the Kinki region of Japan from 2008 to 2013. A total of 159 invasive pneumococcal isolates were characterized by serotyping, antibiotic susceptibility testing, PCR analysis of penicillin-binding protein genes, multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). In adult populations, pediatric PCV7 introduction decreased isolates expressing PCV7 serotypes via herd immunity and increased isolates expressing non-PCV7 serotypes. The rate of penicillin resistance and isolates with alterations in all three pbp genes was higher in PCV7 type isolates than in non-PCV7 type isolates. In MLST analysis, all of serotype 19F isolates were of the same sequence type, ST236, which is the antimicrobial-resistant clone Taiwan19F-14, and the majority of serotypes 23F and 19A isolates were of ST1437 and ST3111 respectively, which are the predominant clones of antimicrobial-resistant pneumococci in Japan. In PFGE profiles, serotype 6B-ST2224, serotype 19F-ST236, serotype 19A-ST3111, and serotype 23F-ST1437 formed six separate clusters composed of genetically identical strains, and genetically identical serotype 22F-ST433 formed two different clusters between the pre- and post-PCV7 period. The results of molecular analysis suggest the spread and persistence of these identical antimicrobial resistant clones in the Kinki region and genetic changes of epidemic clone serotype 22F-ST433 before and after pediatric PCV7 introduction.
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- Hirofumi Toda
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kindai University Hospital, Japan; Laboratory of Molecular Medical Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, Kindai University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Tenri Health Care University, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hyogo Medical University Hospital, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medical Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
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Toda H. A novel anti-microbial peptide, nemuri induces sleep in drosophila. Sleep Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1076] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ejiri K, Miyoshi T, Kihara H, Hata Y, Nagano T, Takaishi A, Toda H, Namba S, Nakamura Y, Akagi S, Sakuragi S, Minagawa T, Kawai Y, Nakamura K, Ito H. 1407Drug effect of luseogliflozin and voglibose on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in diabetic patients: a multicenter randomized-controlled trial. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
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Background
Recent randomized, placebo-controlled trial in patients with type 2 diabetes demonstrated that the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors reduced mortality, cardiovascular events and hospitalization for heart failure. However, those trials were not specialized design to investigate the effect of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in patients with heart failure, in particular with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Purpose
The aim of this study was to evaluate the drug efficacy of luseogliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor, compared with voglibose, an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor, using brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in type 2 diabetes patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Methods
This study was a prospective, multicenter, open-label, randomized-controlled trial, comparing luseogliflozin 2.5 mg once daily or voglibose 0.2 mg three times daily in patients with type 2 diabetes suffering from heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (left ventricular ejection fraction >45% and BNP ≥35 pg/ml2) in a 1:1 randomization fashion. Randomization was undertaken using a computer-generated random sequence web response system. The primary outcome was the difference from baseline in BNP after 12 weeks of treatment between two drugs. The key secondary outcomes were the change from baseline in left ventricular ejection fraction and E/e' in echocardiographic parameters, body weight, glycohemoglobin level after 12 weeks of treatment. The safety outcomes included the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events, hypoglycemic adverse events, and urinary tract infection.
Results
Between December 2015 and September 2018, 173 patients from 16 hospitals and clinics have been included in this study. Of those, 83 patients were assigned to receive luseogliflozin and 82 to receive voglibose. There was no significant difference in the reduction in the BNP concentration after 12 weeks from baseline between the two groups; the ratio of the average values at week 12 to the baseline value was 0.91 in the luseoglifllzin group as compared with 0.98 in the voglibose group (percent change, −9.0% vs. −1.9%, ratio of change with luseogliflozin vs. voglibose, 0.93; 95% confidence interval, 0.78 to 1.10; p=0.26). The key secondary outcomes including left ventricular ejection fraction, E/e', body weight, glycohemoglobin level and the safety outcomes did not differ significantly between the two groups.
Conclusions
In type 2 diabetes patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, the administration of luseogliflozin did not lead to a significant reduction in the BNP concentration than that of voglibose. Left ventricular ejection fraction, E/e', body weight and glycohemoglobin level after 12 weeks of treatment, comparing with at baseline did not differ significantly between the two groups. (UMIN Clinical Trial Registry number, UMINehz748.005618395)
Acknowledgement/Funding
Novartis
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- K Ejiri
- Okayama University, Cardiovascular Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University, Cardiovascular Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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- Kihara Cardiovascular Clinic, Internal Medicine, Asahikawa, Japan
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- Minamino Cardiovascular Hospital, Cardiology, Hachioji, Japan
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- Iwasa Hospital, Internal Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Mitoyo General Hospital, Cardiology, Kanonji, Japan
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- Okayama East Neurosurgery Hospital, Internal Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama Rosai Hospital, Cardiology, Okayama, Japan
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- Specified Clinic of Soyokaze Cardiovascular Medicine and Diabetes Care, Cardiovascular Medicine, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Akaiwa Medical Association Hospital, Internal Medicine, Akaiwa, Japan
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- Iwakuni Clinical Center, Cardiovascular Medicine, Iwakuni, Japan
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- Minagawa Cardiovascular Clinic, Internal Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Okayama City Hospital, Cardiovascular Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University, Cardiovascular Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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- Okayama University, Cardiovascular Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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Toda H, Williams JA, Gulledge M, Sehgal A. A sleep-inducing gene, nemuri, links sleep and immune function in Drosophila. Science 2019; 363:509-515. [PMID: 30705188 PMCID: PMC6505470 DOI: 10.1126/science.aat1650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Sleep remains a major mystery of biology. In particular, little is known about the mechanisms that account for the drive to sleep. In an unbiased screen of more than 12,000 Drosophila lines, we identified a single gene, nemuri, that induces sleep. The NEMURI protein is an antimicrobial peptide that can be secreted ectopically to drive prolonged sleep (with resistance to arousal) and to promote survival after infection. Loss of nemuri increased arousability during daily sleep and attenuated the acute increase in sleep induced by sleep deprivation or bacterial infection. Conditions that increase sleep drive induced expression of nemuri in a small number of fly brain neurons and targeted it to the sleep-promoting, dorsal fan-shaped body. We propose that NEMURI is a bona fide sleep homeostasis factor that is particularly important under conditions of high sleep need; because these conditions include sickness, our findings provide a link between sleep and immune function.
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chronobiology Program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Sleep is important for cognitive ability, and perturbations of sleep are associated with a myriad of brain disorders. However, how sleep promotes health and function during wake is poorly understood. To address the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying sleep, we use the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a genetic model. Forward genetic approaches in flies were critical for deciphering molecular mechanisms of the circadian clock. Using similar approaches, we and others are gaining insights into the pathways that control sleep amount.
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- Hirofumi Toda
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Suzuki R, Nakamiya Y, Watanabe M, Ando E, Tanichi M, Koga M, Kohno K, Usui J, Yamagata K, Ohkohchi N, Toda H, Saito T, Yoshino A, Takahara S, Yamauchi K, Yuzawa K. Relationship Between Stress Coping Mechanisms and Depression in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Transplant Proc 2019; 51:761-767. [PMID: 30979461 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.12.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 12/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND It has been reported that transplant recipients are exposed to physical and psychosocial stresses even after transplant surgery and exhibit psychological disorders such as depression. PURPOSE In this study, we extracted trends concerning how recipients of kidney transplants cope with stress, and we also examined how they cope with depression and its countermeasures. METHOD We administered questionnaire surveys to 109 kidney transplant recipients. These included items on personal attributes, medical information, depression, and stress-coping type scales. Statistical analysis was performed using factor analysis and multiple regression analysis. RESULTS Fifteen out of 109 (13.8%) were found to be high-risk patients for depression based on responses to the questionnaire using the depression scale. We extracted 2 factors of stress-coping type, namely Factor 1, "Directly coping with the problem," of patients who try to directly resolve the problem in a positive manner and Factor 2, "Stress-release while avoiding the problem," for those who relieve their feelings in response to the stress without resolving the problem itself. When multiple regression analysis was conducted with the depression scale as the dependent variable and the stress-coping factor as the independent variable, Factor 1 tended to be associated with reduced depression and Factor 2 with increased depression. CONCLUSIONS Results showed that to improve the mental health of those who receive kidney transplants, it is necessary to examine the depression and stress-coping types of such patients at an early stage and carry out education on stress-coping, focusing on resolving the actual problem.
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- R Suzuki
- Department of Psychiatry, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan; Department of Transplantation Surgery, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center, Higashiibaraki, Ibaraki, Japan; Graduate School of Health Management, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan; Department of Advanced Technology for Transplantation, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
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- Department of Transplantation Surgery, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center, Higashiibaraki, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Kanto Gakuin University College of Nursing, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Social and Environmental Health, Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Hitachino Family Clinic, Ushiku, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Mito Chuo Hospital, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Technology for Transplantation, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Management, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Transplantation Surgery, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center, Higashiibaraki, Ibaraki, Japan
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Kuchibiro T, Komatsu M, Yamasaki K, Nakamura T, Nishio H, Nishi I, Kimura K, Niki M, Ono T, Sueyoshi N, Kita M, Kida K, Ohama M, Satoh K, Toda H, Mizutani T, Fukuda N, Sawa K, Nakai I, Kofuku T, Orita T, Watari H, Shimura S, Fukuda S, Nakamura A, Wada Y. Evaluation of the modified carbapenem inactivation method for the detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. J Infect Chemother 2018; 24:262-266. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2017.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Revised: 11/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Toda H, Satoh K, Komatsu M, Fukuda S, Nakamura T, Jikimoto T, Nishio H, Yamasaki K, Maede T, Orita T, Sueyoshi N, Kita M, Toyokawa M, Nishi I, Akagi M, Higuchi T, Kofuku T, Nakai I, Ono T, Shimakawa K, Hikita Y, Moro K, Kida K, Oohama M, Wada Y, Tobe T, Kamisako T, Tanaka Y. Laboratory surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and multidrug resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in the Kinki region of Japan, 2001-2015. J Infect Chemother 2018; 24:171-176. [PMID: 29361416 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2017.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was introduced among children in Japan in 2010. There are no long-term multicenter surveillance studies of antimicrobial resistance in S. pneumoniae before and after the introduction of PCV7. Therefore, we examined chronological trends in antimicrobial resistance among 4534 strains of S. pneumoniae isolated from both children and adults in the Kinki region of Japan during 2001-2015. High-level penicillin and third-generation cephalosporin resistance in S. pneumoniae increased among both children and adults during the period before the introduction of PCV7 (2001-2010). Besides penicillin and cephalosporin, pneumococcal carbapenem and macrolide resistance increased among children. The rate of resistance to these antibiotics was higher among children than among adults. The introduction of PCV7 decreased the rate of non-susceptibility to β-lactam antibiotics and the rate of multidrug resistant S. pneumoniae among children, but not among adults.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kindai University Hospital, Japan; Laboratory of Molecular Medical Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kindai University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Tenri Health Care University, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Tenri Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shiga Medical Center for Adults, Japan
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- Department of Medical Life Science, Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, Japan
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- Bacteriological Testing Section of the Central Laboratory, FALCO Biosystems Ltd., Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Takarazuka City Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Japan Community Health Care Organization Shiga Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Japan Community Health Care Organization Shiga Hospital, Japan
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- Preparing Section for New Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University, Japan
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- Laboratory for Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Osaka Police Hospital, Japan
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- Laboratory for Clinical Investigation, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sumitomo Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sumitomo Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital, Japan
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- Satellite Laboratory Testing Unit, Kansai Division, SRL, Inc., Japan
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- Satellite Laboratory Testing Unit, Kansai Division, SRL, Inc., Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hikone Municipal Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Japanese Red Cross Otsu Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Japanese Red Cross Otsu Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hyogo Medical University Hospital, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medical Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
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Natsume A, Kato T, Kinjo S, Enomoto A, Toda H, Shimato S, Ohka F, Motomura K, Kondo Y, Miyata T, Takahashi M, Wakabayashi T. Girdin maintains the stemness of glioblastoma stem cells. Oncogene 2017; 36:3796. [PMID: 28218901 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2017.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/onc.2011.466.
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Fukuda S, Komatsu M, Nakamura T, Jikimoto T, Nishio H, Yamasaki K, Satoh K, Toda H, Orita T, Sueyoshi N, Kita M, Nishi I, Akagi M, Higuchi T, Kofuku T, Nakai I, Ono T, Kida K, Ohama M, Watari H, Shimura S, Niki M, Kuchibiro T, Wada Y. [The annual changes in antimicrobial susceptibility test results of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from the Kinki district]. Jpn J Antibiot 2016; 69:101-110. [PMID: 27544978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A study was conducted of the 1,225 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains that were isolated at 20 medical institutions in the Kinki district between 2011 and 2013 to determine their antimicrobial susceptibility and to characterize the strains of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDRP) and the metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) -producing strains. The MIC50/MIC90 values (μg/mL) of the various antimicrobial agents were as follows: imipenem, 2/>8; meropenem, 1/>8; doripenem, 0.5/8; biapenem, 1/>8; tazobactam/piperacillin, 8/>64; piperacillin, 8/>64; sulbactam/cefoperazone, 8/64; cefepime, 4/16; cefozopran, 2/>16; aztreonam, 8/>16; amikacin, 4/16; levofloxacin, 1/>4; and ciprofloxacin, 0.25/>2. From the viewpoint of the annual changes in the susceptibility rates (according to the CLSI guidelines [M100-S22]), the susceptibility to tazobactam/piperacillin, piperacillin, cefepime, cefozopran and aztreonam decreased in 2013. On the other hand, two antimicrobial agents showed high susceptibility rates each year; amikacin (94.0-95.6%) showed the highest rate, followed by doripenem (80.3-82.6%). With the exception of amikacin, there were substantial inter-institutional differences in antimicrobial susceptibility. In comparison to the previous CLSI guidelines (M100-S21), the new CLSI guidelines (M100-S22) on the use of carbapenems and penicillins show that the MIC80 has been affected. The MDRP detection rates in 2011, 2012 and 2013 were 1.8% (8 strains), 1.8% (8 strains), and 2.8% (10 strains), respectively. The MBL detection rates were as follows: bla(VIM-2), 0.2% (1 strain) in 2011; bla(IMP-1), 0.9% (4 strains) in 2012, and 1.7% (6 strains, including bla(IMP-1) [3 strains], bla(IMP-2) [2 strains] and bla(VIM-2) [1 strain]) in 2013.
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AIMS The aim of this study was to examine whether low serum potassium concentration could be a predictor of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in a community-based cohort. MATERIALS AND METHODS We enrolled 1001 subjects, median period of 5.7 years, and evaluated the risk factors for CKD, defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 60 ml/min/1.73 m(2), and assessed whether low serum potassium concentration could predict CKD. RESULTS Compared with the subjects without development of CKD, age, body mass index, fasting plasma glucose, uric acid (UA), creatinine and serum sodium concentration were higher, and serum potassium concentration was lower in subjects with development of CKD. Univariate Cox regression analyses demonstrated that age, body mass index, fasting plasma glucose, UA, creatinine, serum sodium concentration and serum potassium concentration were associated with progression of CKD. Multiple Cox regression analysis revealed that age, gender, creatinine and serum potassium concentration were independent predictors of CKD after adjustment for covariates. When serum potassium concentration was below 4.0 mmol/l at baseline, hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) of developing CKD was 2.65 (2.04-3.44; p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Serum potassium concentration could be a clinically relevant risk factor for the progression of CKD, defined as eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m(2) , in healthy subjects.
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Abdovic E, Abdovic S, Hristova K, Hristova K, Katova T, Katova T, Gocheva N, Gocheva N, Pavlova M, Pavlova M, Gurzun MM, Ionescu A, Canpolat U, Yorgun H, Sunman H, Sahiner L, Kaya E, Ozer N, Tokgozoglu L, Kabakci G, Aytemir K, Oto A, Gonella A, D'ascenzo F, Casasso F, Conte E, Margaria F, Grosso Marra W, Frea S, Morello M, Bobbio M, Gaita F, Seo H, Lee S, Lee J, Yoon Y, Park E, Kim H, Park S, Lee H, Kim Y, Sohn D, Nemes A, Domsik P, Kalapos A, Orosz A, Lengyel C, Forster T, Enache R, Muraru D, Popescu B, Calin A, Nastase O, Botezatu D, Purcarea F, Rosca M, Beladan C, Ginghina C, Canpolat U, Aytemir K, Ozer N, Yorgun H, Sahiner L, Kaya E, Oto A, Muraru D, Piasentini E, Mihaila S, Padayattil Jose' S, Peluso D, Ucci L, Naso P, Puma L, Iliceto S, Badano L, Cikes M, Jakus N, Sutherland G, Haemers P, D'hooge J, Claus P, Yurdakul S, Oner F, Direskeneli H, Sahin T, Cengiz B, Ercan G, Bozkurt A, Aytekin S, Osa Saez AM, Rodriguez-Serrano M, Lopez-Vilella R, Buendia-Fuentes F, Domingo-Valero D, Quesada-Carmona A, Miro-Palau V, Arnau-Vives M, Palencia-Perez M, Rueda-Soriano J, Lipczynska M, Piotr Szymanski P, Anna Klisiewicz A, Lukasz Mazurkiewicz L, Piotr Hoffman P, Kim K, Cho S, Ahn Y, Jeong M, Cho J, Park J, Chinali M, Franceschini A, Matteucci M, Doyon A, Esposito C, Del Pasqua A, Rinelli G, Schaefer F, Kowalik E, Klisiewicz A, Rybicka J, Szymanski P, Biernacka E, Hoffman P, Lee S, Kim W, Yun H, Jung L, Kim E, Ko J, Ruddox V, Norum I, Edvardsen T, Baekkevar M, Otterstad J, Erdei T, Edwards J, Braim D, Yousef Z, Fraser A, Melcher A, Reiner B, Hansen A, Strandberg L, Caidahl K, Wellnhofer E, Kriatselis C, Gerd-Li H, Furundzija V, Thnabalasingam U, Fleck E, Graefe M, Park Y, Moon J, Ahn T, Baydar O, Kadriye Kilickesmez K, Ugur Coskun U, Polat Canbolat P, Veysel Oktay V, Umit Yasar Sinan U, Okay Abaci O, Cuneyt Kocas C, Sinan Uner S, Serdar Kucukoglu S, Ferferieva V, Claus P, Rademakers F, D'hooge J, Le TT, Wong P, Tee N, Huang F, Tan R, Altman M, Logeart D, Bergerot C, Gellen B, Pare C, Gerard S, Sirol M, Vicaut E, Mercadier J, Derumeaux GA, Park TH, Park JI, Shin SW, Yun SH, Lee JE, Makavos G, Kouris N, Keramida K, Dagre A, Ntarladimas I, Kostopoulos V, Damaskos D, Olympios C, Leong D, Piers S, Hoogslag G, Hoke U, Thijssen J, Ajmone Marsan N, Schalij M, Bax J, Zeppenfeld K, Delgado V, Rio P, Branco L, Galrinho A, Cacela D, Abreu J, Timoteo A, Teixeira P, Pereira-Da-Silva T, Selas M, Cruz Ferreira R, Popa BA, Zamfir L, Novelli E, Lanzillo G, Karazanishvili L, Musica G, Stelian E, Benea D, Diena M, Cerin G, Fusini L, Mirea O, Tamborini G, Muratori M, Gripari P, Ghulam Ali S, Cefalu' C, Maffessanti F, Andreini D, Pepi M, Mamdoo F, Goncalves A, Peters F, Matioda H, Govender S, Dos Santos C, Essop M, Kuznetsov VA, Yaroslavskaya EI, Pushkarev GS, Krinochkin DV, Kolunin GV, Bennadji A, Hascoet S, Dulac Y, Hadeed K, Peyre M, Ricco L, Clement L, Acar P, Ding W, Zhao Y, Lindqvist P, Nilson J, Winter R, Holmgren A, Ruck A, Henein M, Illatopa V, Cordova F, Espinoza D, Ortega J, Cavalcante J, Patel M, Katz W, Schindler J, Crock F, Khanna M, Khandhar S, Tsuruta H, Kohsaka S, Murata M, Yasuda R, Tokuda H, Kawamura A, Maekawa Y, Hayashida K, Fukuda K, Le Tourneau T, Kyndt F, Lecointe S, Duval D, Rimbert A, Merot J, Trochu J, Probst V, Le Marec H, Schott J, Veronesi F, Addetia K, Corsi C, Lamberti C, Lang R, Mor-Avi V, Gjerdalen GF, Hisdal J, Solberg E, Andersen T, Radunovic Z, Steine K, Maffessanti F, Gripari P, Tamborini G, Muratori M, Fusini L, Ferrari C, Caiani E, Alamanni F, Bartorelli A, Pepi M, D'ascenzi F, Cameli M, Iadanza A, Lisi M, Reccia R, Curci V, Sinicropi G, Henein M, Pierli C, Mondillo S, Rekhraj S, Hoole S, Mcnab D, Densem C, Boyd J, Parker K, Shapiro L, Rana B, Kotrc M, Vandendriessche T, Bartunek J, Claeys M, Vanderheyden M, Paelinck B, De Bock D, De Maeyer C, Vrints C, Penicka M, Silveira C, Albuquerque E, Lamprea D, Larangeiras V, Moreira C, Victor Filho M, Alencar B, Silveira A, Castillo J, Zambon E, Iorio A, Carriere C, Pantano A, Barbati G, Bobbo M, Abate E, Pinamonti B, Di Lenarda A, Sinagra G, Salemi VMC, Tavares L, Ferreira Filho J, Oliveira A, Pessoa F, Ramires F, Fernandes F, Mady C, Cavarretta E, Lotrionte M, Abbate A, Mezzaroma E, De Marco E, Peruzzi M, Loperfido F, Biondi-Zoccai G, Frati G, Palazzoni G, Park TH, Lee JE, Lee DH, Park JS, Park K, Kim MH, Kim YD, Van 'T Sant J, Gathier W, Leenders G, Meine M, Doevendans P, Cramer M, Poyhonen P, Kivisto S, Holmstrom M, Hanninen H, Schnell F, Betancur J, Daudin M, Simon A, Carre F, Tavard F, Hernandez A, Garreau M, Donal E, Calore C, Muraru D, Badano L, Melacini P, Mihaila S, Denas G, Naso P, Casablanca S, Santi F, Iliceto S, Aggeli C, Venieri E, Felekos I, Anastasakis A, Ritsatos K, Kakiouzi V, Kastellanos S, Cutajar I, Stefanadis C, Palecek T, Honzikova J, Poupetova H, Vlaskova H, Kuchynka P, Linhart A, Elmasry O, Mohamed M, Elguindy W, Bishara P, Garcia-Gonzalez P, Cozar-Santiago P, Bochard-Villanueva B, Fabregat-Andres O, Cubillos-Arango A, Valle-Munoz A, Ferrer-Rebolleda J, Paya-Serrano R, Estornell-Erill J, Ridocci-Soriano F, Jensen M, Havndrup O, Christiansen M, Andersen P, Axelsson A, Kober L, Bundgaard H, Karapinar H, Kaya A, Uysal E, Guven A, Kucukdurmaz Z, Oflaz M, Deveci K, Sancakdar E, Gul I, Yilmaz A, Tigen MK, Karaahmet T, Dundar C, Yalcinsoy M, Tasar O, Bulut M, Takir M, Akkaya E, Jedrzejewska I, Braksator W, Krol W, Swiatowiec A, Dluzniewski M, Lipari P, Bonapace S, Zenari L, Valbusa F, Rossi A, Lanzoni L, Molon G, Canali G, Campopiano E, Barbieri E, Rueda Calle E, Alfaro Rubio F, Gomez Gonzalez J, Gonzalez Santos P, Cameli M, Lisi M, Focardi M, D'ascenzi F, Solari M, Galderisi M, Mondillo S, Pratali L, Bruno RM, Corciu A, Comassi M, Passera M, Gastaldelli A, Mrakic-Sposta S, Vezzoli A, Picano E, Perry R, Penhall A, De Pasquale C, Selvanayagam J, Joseph M, Simova II, Katova TM, Kostova V, Hristova K, Lalov I, D'ascenzi F, Pelliccia A, Natali B, Cameli M, Alvino F, Zorzi A, Corrado D, Bonifazi M, Mondillo S, Rees E, Rakebrandt F, Rees D, Halcox J, Fraser A, O'driscoll J, Lau N, Perez-Lopez M, Sharma R, Lichodziejewska B, Goliszek S, Kurnicka K, Kostrubiec M, Dzikowska Diduch O, Krupa M, Grudzka K, Ciurzynski M, Palczewski P, Pruszczyk P, Gheorghe L, Castillo Ortiz J, Del Pozo Contreras R, Calle Perez G, Sancho Jaldon M, Cabeza Lainez P, Vazquez Garcia R, Fernandez Garcia P, Chueca Gonzalez E, Arana Granados R, Zhao X, Xu X, Bai Y, Qin Y, Leren I, Hasselberg N, Saberniak J, Leren T, Edvardsen T, Haugaa K, Daraban AM, Sutherland G, Claus P, Werner B, Gewillig M, Voigt J, Santoro A, Ierano P, De Stefano F, Esposito R, De Palma D, Ippolito R, Tufano A, Galderisi M, Costa R, Fischer C, Rodrigues A, Monaco C, Lira Filho E, Vieira M, Cordovil A, Oliveira E, Mohry S, Gaudron P, Niemann M, Herrmann S, Strotmann J, Beer M, Hu K, Bijnens B, Ertl G, Weidemann F, Baktir A, Sarli B, Cicek M, Karakas M, Saglam H, Arinc H, Akil M, Kaya H, Ertas F, Bilik M, Yildiz A, Oylumlu M, Acet H, Aydin M, Yuksel M, Alan S, O'driscoll J, Gravina A, Di Fino S, Thompson M, Karthigelasingham A, Ray K, Sharma R, De Chiara B, Russo C, Alloni M, Belli O, Spano' F, Botta L, Palmieri B, Martinelli L, Giannattasio C, Moreo A, Mateescu A, La Carrubba S, Vriz O, Di Bello V, Carerj S, Zito C, Ginghina C, Popescu B, Nicolosi G, Antonini-Canterin F, Malev E, Omelchenko M, Vasina L, Luneva E, Zemtsovsky E, Cikes M, Velagic V, Gasparovic H, Kopjar T, Colak Z, Hlupic L, Biocina B, Milicic D, Tomaszewski A, Kutarski A, Poterala M, Tomaszewski M, Brzozowski W, Kijima Y, Akagi T, Nakagawa K, Ikeda M, Watanabe N, Ueoka A, Takaya Y, Oe H, Toh N, Ito H, Bochard Villanueva B, Paya-Serrano R, Fabregat-Andres O, Garcia-Gonzalez P, Perez-Bosca J, Cubillos-Arango A, Chacon-Hernandez N, Higueras-Ortega L, De La Espriella-Juan R, Ridocci-Soriano F, Noack T, Mukherjee C, Ionasec R, Voigt I, Kiefer P, Hoebartner M, Misfeld M, Mohr FW, Seeburger J, Daraban AM, Baltussen L, Amzulescu M, Bogaert J, Jassens S, Voigt J, Duchateau N, Giraldeau G, Gabrielli L, Penela D, Evertz R, Mont L, Brugada J, Berruezo A, Bijnens B, Sitges M, Yoshikawa H, Suzuki M, Hashimoto G, Kusunose Y, Otsuka T, Nakamura M, Sugi K, Ruiz Ortiz M, Mesa D, Romo E, Delgado M, Seoane T, Martin M, Carrasco F, Lopez Granados A, Arizon J, Suarez De Lezo J, Magalhaes A, Cortez-Dias N, Silva D, Menezes M, Saraiva M, Santos L, Costa A, Costa L, Nunes Diogo A, Fiuza M, Ren B, De Groot-De Laat L, Mcghie J, Vletter W, Geleijnse M, Toda H, Oe H, Osawa K, Miyoshi T, Ugawa S, Toh N, Nakamura K, Kohno K, Morita H, Ito H, El Ghannudi S, Germain P, Samet H, Jeung M, Roy C, Gangi A, Orii M, Hirata K, Yamano T, Tanimoto T, Ino Y, Yamaguchi T, Kubo T, Imanishi T, Akasaka T, Sunbul M, Kivrak T, Oguz M, Ozguven S, Gungor S, Dede F, Turoglu H, Yildizeli B, Mutlu B, Mihaila S, Muraru D, Piasentini E, Peluso D, Cucchini U, Casablanca S, Naso P, Iliceto S, Vinereanu D, Badano L, Rodriguez Munoz D, Moya Mur J, Becker Filho D, Gonzalez A, Casas Rojo E, Garcia Martin A, Recio Vazquez M, Rincon L, Fernandez Golfin C, Zamorano Gomez J, Ledakowicz-Polak A, Polak L, Zielinska M, Kamiyama T, Nakade T, Nakamura Y, Ando T, Kirimura M, Inoue Y, Sasaki O, Nishioka T, Farouk H, Sakr B, Elchilali K, Said K, Sorour K, Salah H, Mahmoud G, Casanova Rodriguez C, Cano Carrizal R, Iglesias Del Valle D, Martin Penato Molina A, Garcia Garcia A, Prieto Moriche E, Alvarez Rubio J, De Juan Bagua J, Tejero Romero C, Plaza Perez I, Korlou P, Stefanidis A, Mpikakis N, Ikonomidis I, Anastasiadis S, Komninos K, Nikoloudi P, Margos P, Pentzeridis P. 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Funakoshi H, Iwasaki T, Mori K, Nakashima Y, Homma Y, Takahashi J, Kamura H, Toda H, Shiga T. Can We Appropriately Triage Emergency Patients Using the Simplified Japan Triage and Acuity Scale-Based Triage Scale?: Validation of a Triage Scale Emphasizing Physiologic Variables or Mechanism of Injuries. Ann Emerg Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.07.099] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Watanabe A, Kawada S, Tsushima S, Naito Y, Toda H, Dan K, Terasaka R, Nakahama M, Morita H, Ito H. Impact of unsaturated fatty acids on prediction of ventricular fibrillation and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation - importance of eicosapentaenoic acid to arachidonic acid ratio. Eur Heart J 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht310.p5581] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Toda H, Yamaguchi T, Kazumi Y, Nakae K, Kamisako T, Yoshida K. [An investigation of misidentification of Mycobacterium lentiflavum as Mycobacterium intracellulare by the COBAS TaqMan MAI test]. Kansenshogaku Zasshi 2013; 87:215-217. [PMID: 23713333 DOI: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi.87.215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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- Hirofumi Toda
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kinki University Hospital
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AIMS Serum androgen concentration is reported to be low in patients with Type 2 diabetes. There have been no studies comparing andropausal symptoms such as sleep disturbance, depression, erectile dysfunction and lower urinary tract symptoms simultaneously between men with Type 2 diabetes and subjects without diabetes. METHODS We compared andropausal symptom scores such as the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Self-Rating Depression Scale, the International Index of Erectile Function and the International Prostate Symptom Score in 296 men with Type 2 diabetes and in 267 subjects without diabetes. Furthermore, we evaluated relationships of andropausal symptom scores to various anthropometric factors and compared andropausal symptom scores according to diabetic complications in men with Type 2 diabetes. RESULTS Andropausal symptom scores such as the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Self-Rating Depression Scale, the International Index of Erectile Function and the International Prostate Symptom Score were 4.2 ± 2.6 vs. 5.0 ± 3.3, P<0.01 by unpaired Student's t-test, 34.8 ± 8.2 vs. 38.4 ± 9.3, P<0.0001, 11.5 ± 6.4 vs. 9.9 ± 6.9, P<0.01 and 7.3 ± 6.7 vs. 9.0 ± 7.1, P<0.01 in subjects without diabetes and in patients with diabetes, respectively. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was higher in patients with neuropathy than without. The Self-Rating Depression Scale was higher in patients with advanced retinopathy. The International Index of Erectile Function was lower in patients with advanced retinopathy and nephropathy. The International Index of Erectile Function was lower and the International Prostate Symptom Score was higher in patients with cardiovascular disease than without. CONCLUSIONS Our data demonstrated that men with Type 2 diabetes have higher prevalence of andropausal symptoms, especially those with diabetic complications.
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan.
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Toda H, Zhao X, Dickson B. The Drosophila Female Aphrodisiac Pheromone Activates ppk23+ Sensory Neurons to Elicit Male Courtship Behavior. Cell Rep 2012; 1:599-607. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Revised: 04/17/2012] [Accepted: 05/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Nakamura T, Komatsu M, Yamasaki K, Fukuda S, Miyamoto Y, Higuchi T, Ono T, Nishio H, Sueyoshi N, Kida K, Satoh K, Toda H, Toyokawa M, Nishi I, Sakamoto M, Akagi M, Nakai I, Kofuku T, Orita T, Wada Y, Zikimoto T, Koike C, Kinoshita S, Hirai I, Takahashi H, Matsuura N, Yamamoto Y. Epidemiology of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella species, and Proteus mirabilis strains producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases from clinical samples in the Kinki Region of Japan. Am J Clin Pathol 2012; 137:620-6. [PMID: 22431539 DOI: 10.1309/ajcp48pdvkwqoxez] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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In the present study, nonduplicate, clinical isolates of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp, and Proteus mirabilis were collected during a 10-year period from 2000 to 2009 at several hospitals in the Kinki region, Japan. The detection rate of E coli markedly increased from 0.24% to 7.25%. The detection rate of Klebsiella pneumoniae increased from 0% to 2.44% and that of P mirabilis from 6.97% to 12.85%. The most frequently detected genotypes were the CTX-M9 group for E coli, the CTX-M2 group for K pneumoniae, and the CTX-M2 group for P mirabilis. E coli clone O25:H4-ST131 producing CTX-M-15, which is spreading worldwide, was first detected in 2007. The most common replicon type of E coli was the IncF type, particularly FIB, detected in 466 strains (69.7%). Of the K pneumoniae strains, 47 (55.3%) were of the IncN type; 77 P mirabilis strains (96.3%) were of the IncT type. In the future, the surveillance of various resistant bacteria, mainly ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae, should be expanded to prevent their spread.
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Natsume A, Kato T, Kinjo S, Enomoto A, Toda H, Shimato S, Ohka F, Motomura K, Kondo Y, Miyata T, Takahashi M, Wakabayashi T. Girdin maintains the stemness of glioblastoma stem cells. Oncogene 2011; 31:2715-24. [PMID: 22020337 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2011.466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Glioblastomas (GBMs) are the most common and aggressive type of brain tumor. GBMs usually show hyperactivation of the PI3K-Akt pathway, a pro-tumorigenic signaling cascade that contributes to pathogenesis. Girdin, an actin-binding protein identified as a novel substrate of Akt, regulates the sprouting of axons and the migration of neural progenitor cells during early postnatal-stage neurogenesis in the hippocampus. Here, we show that Girdin is highly expressed in human glioblastoma (GBM). Stable Girdin knockdown in isolated GBM stem cells resulted in decreased expression of stem cell markers, including CD133, induced multilineage neural differentiation, and inhibited in vitro cell motility, ex vivo invasion, sphere-forming capacity and in vivo tumor formation. Furthermore, exogenous expression of the Akt-binding domain of Girdin, which competitively inhibits its Akt-mediated phosphorylation, diminished the expression of stem cell markers, SOX2 and nestin, and migration on the brain slice and induced the expression of neural differentiation markers glial fibrillary acidic protein/βIII Tubulin. Our results reveal that Girdin is required for GBM-initiating stem cells to sustain the stemness and invasive properties.
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- A Natsume
- Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
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LeClere DJ, Ohkawa Y, Toda H, Kobayashi M, Suzuki Y, Takeuchi A, Uesugi K. Novel combination of 3DXRD and grain boundary tracking for mapping polycrystaline Al-alloys. Acta Crystallogr A 2011. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767311083462] [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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Mochizuki H, Toda H, Ando M, Kurusu M, Tomoda T, Furukubo-Tokunaga K. Unc-51/ATG1 controls axonal and dendritic development via kinesin-mediated vesicle transport in the Drosophila brain. PLoS One 2011; 6:e19632. [PMID: 21589871 PMCID: PMC3093397 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2010] [Accepted: 04/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Members of the evolutionary conserved Ser/Thr kinase Unc-51 family are key regulatory proteins that control neural development in both vertebrates and invertebrates. Previous studies have suggested diverse functions for the Unc-51 protein, including axonal elongation, growth cone guidance, and synaptic vesicle transport. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In this work, we have investigated the functional significance of Unc-51-mediated vesicle transport in the development of complex brain structures in Drosophila. We show that Unc-51 preferentially accumulates in newly elongating axons of the mushroom body, a center of olfactory learning in flies. Mutations in unc-51 cause disintegration of the core of the developing mushroom body, with mislocalization of Fasciclin II (Fas II), an IgG-family cell adhesion molecule important for axonal guidance and fasciculation. In unc-51 mutants, Fas II accumulates in the cell bodies, calyx, and the proximal peduncle. Furthermore, we show that mutations in unc-51 cause aberrant overshooting of dendrites in the mushroom body and the antennal lobe. Loss of unc-51 function leads to marked accumulation of Rab5 and Golgi components, whereas the localization of dendrite-specific proteins, such as Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule (DSCAM) and No distributive disjunction (Nod), remains unaltered. Genetic analyses of kinesin light chain (Klc) and unc-51 double heterozygotes suggest the importance of kinesin-mediated membrane transport for axonal and dendritic development. Moreover, our data demonstrate that loss of Klc activity causes similar axonal and dendritic defects in mushroom body neurons, recapitulating the salient feature of the developmental abnormalities caused by unc-51 mutations. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Unc-51 plays pivotal roles in the axonal and dendritic development of the Drosophila brain. Unc-51-mediated membrane vesicle transport is important in targeted localization of guidance molecules and organelles that regulate elongation and compartmentalization of developing neurons.
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- Hiroaki Mochizuki
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Division of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Structural Biology Center, National Institute of Genetics, and Department of Genetics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Division of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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Toda H, Yamamoto K, Yoshida M, Katayose M. Relationship between clavicle length and scapular resting alignment in healthy subject. Br J Sports Med 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2011.084038.188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Kwong W, Neilson AL, Hamilton RM, Chiu CC, Stephenson EA, Gross GJ, Soucie L, Kirsh JA, xian-hui Z, Bao-peng T, Jin-xin L, Yu Z, Yan-yi Z, Jiang-hua Z, Hirahara T, Sugawara Y, Suga C, Ako J, Momomura S, Ardashev AV, Zhelyakov EG, Konev AV, Rybachenko MS, Belenkov YN, Bai R, Di Biase L, Santangeli P, Saenz LC, Verma A, Sanchez J, Tondo C, Natale A, Safari F, Hajizadeh S, Mani A, Khoshbaten A, Foadoddini M, Forush SS, Bayat G, Kim SH, Chong D, Ching CK, Liew R, Galalardin, Khin MW, Teo WS, Chong D, Tan BY, Liew R, Ching CK, Teo WS, Sakamoto T, Al Mehairi M, Al Ghamdi SA, Dagriri K, Al Fagih A, Selvaraj R, Ezhumalai B, Satheesh S, Ajit A, Gobu P, Balachander J, Liu XQ, Zhou X, Yang G, Zhong GZ, Shi L, Tian Y, Li YB, Wang AH, Yang XC, Takenaka S, Ozaki H, Nakamura M, Otsuka M, Tsurumi Y, Nolker G, Gutleben KJ, Ritscher G, Sinha AM, Muntean B, Heintze J, Vogt J, Brachmann J, Horstkotte D, Katsuyuki T, Katsuyuki T, McGrew F, Johnson E, Coppess M, Fan I, Li S, Zhiyu L, Zengzhang L, Xianbin L, Yuehui Y, Min L, Shu-long Z, Dong C, Zhi-tao Z, Xian-jing W, Ying-xue D, Shu-Long Z, Dong C, Zhi-Tao Z, Xian-Jing W, Ying-Xue D, Liu P, Guo JH, Zhang Z, Li J, Liu HG, Zhang HC, Zvereva V, Rillig A, Meyerfeldt U, Jung W, Wei L, Qi G, Zhang Q, Xia Y, Doi A, Satomi K, Nakajima I, Makimoto H, Yokoyama T, Yamada Y, Okamura H, Noda T, Aiba T, Shimizu W, Aihara N, Kamakura S, Li Z, Zhao QY, Huang CX, Doi A, Satomi K, Nakajima I, Makimoto H, Yokoyama T, Yamada Y, Okamura H, Noda T, Aiba T, Shimizu W, Aihara N, Kamakura S, Min-Seok C, Jeong-Wook P, Young-Woong H, Sung-Eun P, Jae-Sun U, Yong-Seog O, Woo-Seung S, Ji-Hoon K, Seong-Won J, Man-Young L, Tae-Ho R, Uhm JS, Oh YS, Choi MS, Park JW, Ha YW, Park SE, Jang SW, Shin WS, Kim JH, Lee MY, Rho TH, Nielsen JB, Olesen MS, Tango M, Haunso S, Holst AG, Svendsen JH, Poci D, Thogersen AM, Riahi S, Linde P, Edvardsson N, Khoo CW, Krishnamoorthy S, Dwivedi G, Balakrishnan B, Lim HS, Lip GYH, Khoo CW, Krishnamoorthy S, Dwivedi G, Balakrishnan B, Lim HS, Lip GYH, D'Ascia S, D'ascia C, Marino V, Chiariello M, Santulli G, Music L, Anderson K, Benzaquen BS, Saponieri C, Yassin H, Fridman V, Vasavada BC, Turitto G, El-Sherif N, Saponieri C, Prabhu H, Yassin H, Fridman V, Huang Y, Vasavada BC, Turitto G, El-Sherif N, Ortega MC, Sosa ESH, Ugalde AN, Al Jamil A, Abu Siddique M, Haque KMHSS, Suga C, Hirahara T, Sugawara Y, Ako J, Momomura SI, Mlynarski R, Mlynarska A, Ilczuk G, Mlynarski R, Mlynarska A, Wilczek J, Mlynarska A, Mlynarski R, Wilczek J, Mlynarska A, Mlynarski R, Wilczek J, Sosnowski M, Kohno R, Abe H, Nagatomo T, Oginosawa Y, Minamiguchi H, Otsuji Y, Kohno R, Abe H, Minamiguchi H, Oginosawa Y, Nagatomo T, Otsuji Y, Minamiguchi H, Abe H, Kohno R, Oginosawa Y, Otsuji Y, Ekinci S, Yesil M, Bayata S, Vurgun VK, Arikan E, Postaci N, Xiaoqing R, Jielin P, Shu Z, Liang M, Fangzheng W, Takahashi K, Tokano T, Nakazato Y, Doi S, Shiozawa T, Konishi H, Hiki M, Kato Y, Komatsu S, Takahashi S, Kubota N, Tamura H, Suwa S, Ohki M, Katsumata T, Kizu K, Bito F, Sumiyoshi M, Juntendo HD, Yamada Y, Okamura H, Nakajima I, Doi A, Makimoto H, Yukoyama T, Noda T, Satomi K, Aiba T, Shimizu W, Aihara N, Kamakura S, Perna F, Leo M, Leccisotti L, Casella M, Pelargonio G, Lago M, Bencardino G, Narducci ML, Russo E, Santangeli P, Giordano A, Bellocci F, Song T, Yang J, Huang C, Zhang J, Huang C, Wu P, Yang J, Song T, Chen Y, Fan X, Wang T, Wang X, Tang Y, Wu P, Huang CX, Zhang J, Fan XR, Chen YJ, Li XW, Yang J, Song T, Chiu CC, Buescher T, Obias-Manno D, Yoo CJ, Huh J, Ortega MC, Nakanishi H, Hirata A, Wada M, Kashiwase K, Okada M, Ueda Y, Su D, Niu XL, Song AQ, Kohno R, Abe H, Minamiguchi H, Oginosawa Y, Nagatomo T, Otsuji Y, Fujii S, Yambe Y, Shiiba K, Sakakibara M, Takenaka S, Watanabe A, Wada T, Koide Y, Ikeda M, Toda H, Hashimoto K, Terasaka R, Nakahama M, Wada T, Watanabe A, Koide Y, Ikeda M, Toda H, Hashimoto K, Terasaka R, Nakahama M, Okada Y, Mizuno H, Ide H, Ueno T, Kogaki S, Ozono K, Nanto S, Statescu C, Bercea R, Sascau RA, Georgescu CA, Ortega MC, Athanas E, Ortega MC, Athanas E, Mironov NY, Bakalov SA, Jarova EA, Rodionova ES, Mironova NA, Kim J, Ahn MS, Han DC, Choo JTL, Chen CK, Tan TH, Ong KK, Kam R, Curnis A, Bontempi L, Coppola G, Cerini M, Vassanelli F, Lipari A, Gennaro F, Pagnoni C, Ashofair N, Cas LD, Gourineni V, Wong KL, Davoudi R, Hamid N, Chong D, Yew TB, Liew R, Keong CC, Siong TW, Fuke E, Shimizu H, Kimura S, Hao K, Watanabe R, Seo JB, Chung WY, Kim SH, Kim MA, Zo ZH, Krishinan S, Skuratova NA, Belyaeva LM, Bae MH, Lee JH, Lee HS, Yang DH, Park HS, Cho Y, Chae SC, Jun JE, Rychkova LV, Dolgikh VV, Zurbanova LV, Zurbanov AV, Aleksanyan A, Matevosyan A, Podosyan G, Zelveian P, Aleksanyan A, Podosyan G, Matevosyan A, Zelveian P, Choi HO, Nam GB, Kim YR, Kim KH, Kim SH, Choi KJ, Kim YH, Pakpahan HAP, Wei D, Qizhu T, Xiaofei Y, Kai G, Siting F, Ji H, Sato A, Tanabe Y, Hayashi Y, Yoshida T, Ito E, Chinushi M, Hasegawa K, Yagihara N, Iijima K, Izumi D, Watanabe H, Furushima H, Aizawa Y, Dong YX, Dong YX, Burnett JC, Chen HH, Sandberg S, Zhang Y, Chen PS, Cha YM, Mlynarski R, Mlynarska A, Wilczek J, Sosnowski M, Zhou XH, Tang BP, Li JX, Zhang Y, Li YD, Zhang JH, Arsenos P, Gatzoulis K, Gialernios T, Dilaveris P, Sideris S, Archontakis S, Tsiachris D, Christodoulos S, Feng Z, Baogui S, Li L, Ming L, Bai R, Di Biase L, Mohanty P, Hesselson AB, De Ruvo E, Gallagher PL, Minati M, Natale LCA, Tomassoni GF, Gan T, Tang B, Xu G, Li J, Zhang Y, Zhou X, Zhang Y, Hosoda J, Ishikawa T, Matsushita K, Matsumoto K, Kimura Y, Miyamoto M, Sugano T, Ishigami T, Uchino K, Kimura K, Umemura S, Nakajima I, Noda T, Shimizu W, Yokoyama T, Makimoto H, Doi A, Yamada Y, Okamura H, Satomi K, Aiba T, Aihara N, Kamakura S, Nakajima I, Noda T, Shimizu W, Kurita T, Yokoyama T, Makimoto H, Doi A, Yamada Y, Okamura H, Satomi K, Aiba T, Aihara N, Kamakura S, Wang T, Huang CX, Wang T, Huang CX, Ruan L, Zhang C, Cai S, Bai R, Liu N, Ruan Y, Quan X, Kang JK, Kim NY, Park SH, Lee JH, Park HS, Cho Y, Chae SC, Jun JE, Park WH, Sapelnikov OV, Latypov RS, Grishin IR, Mareev YV, Saidova MA, Akchurin RS, Arsenos P, Gatzoulis K, Manis G, Dilaveris P, Archontakis S, Tsiachris D, Mytas D, Papafanis T, Papavasileiou MV, Stefanadis C, Ren LN, Fang XH, Wang YQ, Qi GX, Zeng QX, Zheng ZT, Zhong JQ, Wang YL, Liu HZ, Liu DL, Meng XL, Li JS, Zhang Y, Liu HZ, Zhong JQ, Zeng QX, Liu DL, Meng XL, Li JS, Su GY, Wang J, Zhang Y, Liu HZ, Zhong JQ, Zeng QX, Wang YL, Liu DL, Meng XL, Li JS, Su GY, Zhang Y, Li JS, Zhong JQ, Zeng QX, Liu HZ, Su GY, Zhang Y, Li JS, Zhong JQ, Zeng QX, Liu HZ, Meng XL, Liu DL, Su GY, Zhang Y, Li JS, Zhong JQ, Zeng QX, Liu HZ, Meng XL, Liu DL, Su GY, Zhang Y, Nicolson WB, Kundu S, Tyagi N, Meatcher PDS, Yusuf S, Jeilan M, Stafford PJ, Sandilands AJ, Loke I, Ng GA, Nicolson WB, Kundu S, Tyagi N, Meatcher PDS, Yusuf S, Jeilan M, Stafford PJ, Sandilands AJ, Loke I, Ng GA, Solak Y, Gul EE, Atalay H, Abdulhalikov T, Kayrak M, Turk S, Kang JK, Kim NY, Park SH, Lee JH, Park HS, Cho Y, Chae SC, Jun JE, Park WH, Belyaeva LM, Skuratova NA, Pogodina AV, Dolgikh VV, Valjavskaja OV, Zurbanov AV, Chen YX, Luo NS, Wang JF, Zhang S, Ishimaru S, Miyakawa M, Kakinoki R, Tadokoro M, Kitani S, Sugaya T, Nishimura K, Igarashi T, Okabayashi H, Furuya J, Igarashi Y, Igarashi K, Su T, Winlaw D, Chard R, Nicholson I, Sholler G, Lau K, Sun Q, Cheng KP, Cheng R, Hua W, Pu JL, Zhang S, Lim CP, Chan LL, Teo LW, Kwok BWK, Sim DKL, Ching CK, Lim CP, Chan LL, Teo LW, Kwok BWK, Sim DKL, Ching CK, Curnis A, Bontempi L, Cerini M, Lipari A, Vassanelli F, Pagnoni C, Ashofair N, Moneghini D, Cestari R, Cas LD, Al Fagih A, Al Shurafa H, Al Ghamdi S, Dagriri K, Al Khadra A, Iijima K, Chinushi M, Hasegawa K, Yagihara N, Sato A, Izumi D, Watanabe H, Furushima H, Aizawa Y, Furushima H, Chinushi M, Iijima K, Izumi D, Hasegawa K, Yagihara N, Watanabe H, Sato A, Aizawa Y, Agacdiken A, Yalug I, Vural A, Celikyurt U, Ural D, Aker T, Agacdiken A, Yalug I, Vural A, Celikyurt U, Ural D, Aker T, Heintze J, Schloss E, Auricchio A, Zeng C, Sterns L, Farooqi F, Kamdar R, Adhya S, Bayne S, Jackson T, Pollock L, Sterns L, Gall N, Murgatroyd F, Guo Y, Wang Y, Yang T, Zhu P, Liu H, Zhao Y, Zhang L, Gao W, Gao M. 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Nishida N, Saiki H, Nagata R, Yamanegi M, Murakami T, Kadoh K, Ueda K, Matsumoto S, Takahashi J, Ishikawa M, Toda H. P5-20 Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus retrieves the normal REM stage with atonia in Parkinson's disease. Clin Neurophysiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(10)60542-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kurosawa M, Toda H, Maruyama H, Fujisawa S, Budgell B. P9.4 Effects of noxious cutaneous mechanical stimulation on dorsal spinal cord blood flow in anesthetized rats. Auton Neurosci 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2009.05.247] [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: 10/20/2022]
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Toda H, Mochizuki H, Flores R, Josowitz R, Krasieva TB, Lamorte VJ, Suzuki E, Gindhart JG, Furukubo-Tokunaga K, Tomoda T. UNC-51/ATG1 kinase regulates axonal transport by mediating motor-cargo assembly. Genes Dev 2009; 22:3292-307. [PMID: 19056884 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1734608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Axonal transport mediated by microtubule-dependent motors is vital for neuronal function and viability. Selective sets of cargoes, including macromolecules and organelles, are transported long range along axons to specific destinations. Despite intensive studies focusing on the motor machinery, the regulatory mechanisms that control motor-cargo assembly are not well understood. Here we show that UNC-51/ATG1 kinase regulates the interaction between synaptic vesicles and motor complexes during transport in Drosophila. UNC-51 binds UNC-76, a kinesin heavy chain (KHC) adaptor protein. Loss of unc-51 or unc-76 leads to severe axonal transport defects in which synaptic vesicles are segregated from the motor complexes and accumulate along axons. Genetic studies show that unc-51 and unc-76 functionally interact in vivo to regulate axonal transport. UNC-51 phosphorylates UNC-76 on Ser(143), and the phosphorylated UNC-76 binds Synaptotagmin-1, a synaptic vesicle protein, suggesting that motor-cargo interactions are regulated in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. In addition, defective axonal transport in unc-76 mutants is rescued by a phospho-mimetic UNC-76, but not a phospho-defective UNC-76, demonstrating the essential role of UNC-76 Ser(143) phosphorylation in axonal transport. Thus, our data provide insight into axonal transport regulation that depends on the phosphorylation of adaptor proteins.
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- Hirofumi Toda
- Division of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, California 91010, USA
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- Faculty of Technology Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Koganei–shi Tokyo Japan
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- Faculty of Technology Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Koganei–shi Tokyo Japan
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- Faculty of Technology Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Koganei–shi Tokyo Japan
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- The Textile Research Institute of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Hachiouji–shi Tokyo Japan 192
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- The Textile Research Institute of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Hachiouji–shi Tokyo Japan 192
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- The Textile Research Institute of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Hachiouji–shi Tokyo Japan 192
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Kobayashi T, Sakai N, Kobayakawa T, Akiyama S, Toda H, Saito S. Effects of Cognitive Factors on Perceived Odor Intensity in Adaptation/Habituation Processes: from 2 Different Odor Presentation Methods. Chem Senses 2007; 33:163-71. [DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjm075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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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Toda H, Ding WG, Yasuda Y, Toyoda F, Ito M, Matsuura H, Horie M. Stimulatory action of protein kinase C(epsilon) isoform on the slow component of delayed rectifier K+ current in guinea-pig atrial myocytes. Br J Pharmacol 2007; 150:1011-21. [PMID: 17339832 PMCID: PMC2013919 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Protein kinase C (PKC) comprises at least twelve isoforms and has an isoform-specific action on cardiac electrical activity. The slow component of delayed rectifier K(+) current (I (Ks)) is one of the major repolarizing currents in the hearts of many species and is also potentiated by PKC activation. Little is known, however, about PKC isoform(s) functionally involved in the potentiation of I (Ks) in native cardiac myocytes. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH I (Ks) was recorded from guinea-pig atrial myocytes, using the whole-cell configuration of patch-clamp method. KEY RESULTS Bath application of phenylephrine enhanced I (Ks) concentration-dependently with EC(50) of 5.4 microM and the maximal response (97.1+/-11.9% increase, n=16) was obtained at 30 microM. Prazosin (1 microM) almost totally abolished the potentiation of I (Ks) by phenylephrine, supporting the involvement of alpha(1)-adrenoceptors. The stimulatory action of phenylephrine was significantly, if not entirely, inhibited by the general PKC inhibitor bisindolylmaleimide I but was little affected by Gö-6976, Gö-6983 and rottlerin. Furthermore, this stimulatory effect was significantly reduced by dialyzing atrial myocytes with PKCepsilon-selective inhibitory peptide epsilonV1-2 but was not significantly affected by conventional PKC isoform-selective inhibitory peptide betaC2-4. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) at 100 nM substantially increased I (Ks) by 64.2+/-1.3% (n=6), which was also significantly attenuated by an internal dialysis with epsilonV1-2 but not with betaC2-4. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS The present study provides experimental evidence to suggest that, in native guinea-pig cardiac myocytes, activation of PKC contributes to alpha(1)-adrenoceptor-mediated potentiation of I (Ks) and that epsilon is the isoform predominantly involved in this PKC action.
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- H Toda
- Department of Physiology, Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu, Shiga, Japan
- Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu, Shiga, Japan
- Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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Mochizuki H, Toda H, Tomoda T, Furukubo-Tokunaga K. UNC-51 regulates axonal and dendritic patterning in the Drosophila brain. Neurosci Res 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2007.06.1072] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Maruyama Y, Ando T, Honjo K, Shimoda M, Mochizuki H, Toda H, Kamiya A, Ishida N, Tomoda T, Sawa A, Furukubo-Tokunaga K. Overexpression of DISC1 impairs associative learning and arousal in Drosophila. Neurosci Res 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2007.06.1287] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Yoshioka K, Yoshida T, Umekawa T, Takakura Y, Kogure A, Toda H, Yoshikawa T. Association study of the 804C/A and 252A/G polymorphisms in the lymphotoxin-alpha gene for microalbuminuria in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients. Horm Metab Res 2006; 38:773-5. [PMID: 17111307 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-955091] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- K Yoshioka
- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Moriguchi, Japan.
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Toda H, Sato K, Iimori M, Yamazumi T, Furuta I, Satoh A, Katsukawa C. [A case of Mycobacterium goodii infection wifh isolation from blood and a pacemaker lead]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 80:262-6. [PMID: 16780134 DOI: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.80.262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We report a case of blood stream infection due to Mycobacterium goodii in a patient who had an implanting pacemaker. The patient injured left thorax where the pacemaker was implanted several days before septicemia. The microorganism was isolated from both blood cultures and leads of the pacemaker. The serial isolates were identified as M. goodii by conventional biochemical methods, tobramycin susceptibility test and 16Sr-RNA sequencing. This is the first reported case of M. goodii septicemia in Japan. M. goodii is regarded as an environmental bacterium and its pathogenicity has been recognized recently. The present case suggests that its ability as a primary invader should not be underestimated, especially in a patient with indwelling devices.
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- Hirofumi Toda
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kinki University Hospital
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Toda H, Saito S, Yamada H, Kobayakawa T. High-speed gas sensor for chemosensory event-related potentials or magnetic fields. J Neurosci Methods 2005; 152:91-6. [PMID: 16257056 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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: 05/03/2005] [Revised: 08/03/2005] [Accepted: 08/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The observation of odor and air exchange with high temporal accuracy is necessary to obtain strict chemosensory event-related potentials (CSERPs) or magnetic fields, as proposed by Evans et al. [Evans W, Kobal G, Lorig T, Prah J. Suggestions for collection and reporting of chemosensory (olfactory) event-related potentials. Chem Senses, 1993; 18: 751- 6]. No suitable method for real time observation of gas stimuli, however, has been available until now. We have developed a technique to measure accurately gas molecule concentrations with a high temporal resolution. We determined that attenuation of sound amplitude varies in a manner dependent on the average molecular weight through which the sound wave passes. Based on this principle, we have designed a high-speed gas concentration sensor utilizing ultrasound. We investigated the practical potential of this sensor using a chemosensory stimulator (olfactometer); we succeeded in observing rapid gas exchange between air and nitrogen with a 2 kHz sampling rate. The signal/noise ratio of the stimulus was greater than 42 dB. In a 20 min experiment we determined that, for this olfactometer, the gas onset latency was 79 ms and the rise time was 16 ms. No significant artifact to magnetic fields was observed, even when the sensor was situated near a whole head magnetoencephalography (MEG) system. These results indicate that this sensor could be used for the observation of odor and air exchange, as well as, for real time monitoring of odor stimuli during actual experiments with a participant.
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- H Toda
- Doctoral Program of Systems and Information Engineering, Unversity of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan.
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Yoshioka K, Yoshida T, Takakura Y, Umekawa T, Kogure A, Toda H, Yoshikawa T. Adiponectin gene polymorphism (G276T) and diabetic retinopathy in Japanese patients with Type 2 diabetes. Diabet Med 2004; 21:1158-9. [PMID: 15384969 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01308.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yoshioka K, Yoshida T, Umekawa T, Kogure A, Takakura Y, Toda H, Yoshikawa T. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphism is not related to diabetic nephropathy in Japanese Type 2 diabetic patients. Diabet Med 2004; 21:1051-2. [PMID: 15317615 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01192.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mikawa A, Honda S, Sugita I, Okamoto N, Toda H. Severe post-laser suprachoroidal haemorrhaging in a diabetic patient receiving anticoagulants. Br J Ophthalmol 2004; 88:1101-2. [PMID: 15258040 PMCID: PMC1772275 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.043489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- A Mikawa
- Department of Ophthalmology, Kitano Hospital, Tazukekofukai Medical Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kitano Hospital, Tazukekofukai Medical Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kitano Hospital, Tazukekofukai Medical Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kitano Hospital, Tazukekofukai Medical Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kitano Hospital, Tazukekofukai Medical Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
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Ribozymes are RNA molecules with enzymatic activity that can cleave target RNA molecules in a sequence specific manner. To date, various types of ribozyme have been constructed to cleave other RNAs and such trans-acting ribozymes include hammerhead, hairpin and HDV ribozymes. External guide sequence (EGS) can also induce the suppression of a gene-expression by taking advantage of cellular RNase P. Here we compared the activities of various functional RNA cleavers both in vitro and in vivo. The first purpose of this comparison was intended to determine the best ribozyme motif with the highest activity in cells. The second purpose is to know the correlation between the activities of ribozymes in vitro and in vivo. Our results indicated that the intrinsic cleavage activity of ribozymes is not the sole determinant that is responsible for the activity of a ribozyme in cultured cells.
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- Y Kato
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Yoshioka K, Yoshida T, Takakura Y, Umekawa T, Kogure A, Toda H, Yoshikawa T. Fatty acid binding protein gene 2 polymorphism is not associated with diabetic retinopathy in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients. Horm Metab Res 2003; 35:625-7. [PMID: 14605999 DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-43511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- K Yoshioka
- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Moriguchi, Japan.
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Murakami N, Tsukahara T, Toda H, Kawakami O, Hatano T. Radiation-induced cerebral aneurysm successfully treated with endovascular coil embolization. Acta Neurochir Suppl 2003; 82:55-8. [PMID: 12378992 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6736-6_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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In a 30-year-old male, multiple cerebral aneurysms developed 19 years after receiving 60 Gy of irradiation for craniophariginoma. Angiogram revealed right IC-PC and upper basilar trunk aneurysms in addition to atherosclerotic change. The right IC-PC aneurysm was wrapped and the basilar trunk aneurysm located between the origins of SCA and AICA was treated by endovascular coil embolization. The packing of the aneurysm was complete, but stenosis of the basilar artery appeared. The patient was discharged uneventfully and follow-up angiogram 6 months later demonstrated that the aneurysm had disappeared and the patency of the basilary artery had been preserved. Radiation-induced intracranial vasculopathy is a well-recognized phenomenon, but aneurysm formation is less common than arterial occlusive lesion. However, the mortality rate after bleeding is so high that immediate diagnosis and treatment by direct surgery or coil embolization are necessary.
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- N Murakami
- Department of Neurosurgery and Clinical Research Unit, Kyoto National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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