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Uneme M, Ishikawa K, Furuta K, Yamashita A, Kaito C. Overexpression of the flagellar motor protein MotB sensitizes Bacillus subtilis to aminoglycosides in a motility-independent manner. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0300634. [PMID: 38669243 PMCID: PMC11051680 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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The flagellar motor proteins, MotA and MotB, form a complex that rotates the flagella by utilizing the proton motive force (PMF) at the bacterial cell membrane. Although PMF affects the susceptibility to aminoglycosides, the effect of flagellar motor proteins on the susceptibility to aminoglycosides has not been investigated. Here, we found that MotB overexpression increased susceptibility to aminoglycosides, such as kanamycin and gentamicin, in Bacillus subtilis without affecting swimming motility. MotB overexpression did not affect susceptibility to ribosome-targeting antibiotics other than aminoglycosides, cell wall-targeting antibiotics, DNA synthesis-inhibiting antibiotics, or antibiotics inhibiting RNA synthesis. Meanwhile, MotB overexpression increased the susceptibility to aminoglycosides even in the motA-deletion mutant, which lacks swimming motility. Overexpression of the MotB mutant protein carrying an amino acid substitution at the proton-binding site (D24A) resulted in the loss of the enhanced aminoglycoside-sensitive phenotype. These results suggested that MotB overexpression sensitizes B. subtilis to aminoglycosides in a motility-independent manner. Notably, the aminoglycoside-sensitive phenotype induced by MotB requires the proton-binding site but not the MotA/MotB complex formation.
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- Mio Uneme
- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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Deguchi N, Ishikawa K, Tokioka S, Kobayashi D, Mori N. Relationship between blood culture time to positivity, mortality rate, and severity of bacteremia. Infect Dis Now 2024; 54:104843. [PMID: 38043910 DOI: 10.1016/j.idnow.2023.104843] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES We investigated the association between patient severity or mortality and time to positivity in bacteremia caused by various pathogens. PATIENTS AND METHODS This single-center retrospective study included patients with positive blood culture results. RESULTS Longer time to positivity was associated with 30-day mortality for Staphylococcus aureus (221 cases, time to positivity: 17.4 h in the 30-day mortality group vs. 14.1 h in the survival group). Age, chronic kidney disease, cerebrovascular disease, hypertensive drug use, consciousness disorder, and minimal systolic blood pressure were significant predictors of 30-day mortality. For S. aureus, mortality within 30 days was significantly higher when time to positivity was > 24 h (p = 0.04). The time to positivity of Streptococcus pneumoniae, α, β-hemolytic Streptococcus, Enterococcus sp., Enterobacteriaceae, glucose-nonfermenting Gram-negative rods, Candida sp., and anaerobe was not significantly associated with 30-day mortality. CONCLUSIONS Among various pathogens, time to positivity > 24 h was associated with 30-day mortality for S. aureus.
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- N Deguchi
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai Medical Center, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Primary Care and General Medicine Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Ishikawa K, Kodama Y. Bilirubin Distribution in Plants at the Subcellular and Tissue Levels. Plant Cell Physiol 2024:pcae017. [PMID: 38466577 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcae017] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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In heterotrophs, heme degradation produces bilirubin, a tetrapyrrole compound that has antioxidant activity. In plants, heme is degraded in plastids and is believed to be converted to phytochromobilin rather than bilirubin. Recently, we used the bilirubin-inducible fluorescent protein UnaG to reveal that plants produce bilirubin via a non-enzymatic reaction with NADPH. In the present study, we used an UnaG-based live imaging system to visualize bilirubin accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana benthamiana at the organelle and tissue levels. In chloroplasts, bilirubin preferentially accumulated in the stroma, and the stromal bilirubin level increased upon dark treatment. Investigation of intracellular bilirubin distribution in leaves and roots showed that it accumulated mostly in plastids, with low levels detected in the cytosol and other organelles, such as peroxisomes, mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum. A treatment that increased bilirubin production in chloroplasts decreased the bilirubin level in peroxisomes, implying that a bilirubin precursor is transported between the two organelles. At the cell and tissue levels, bilirubin showed substantial accumulation in the root elongation region but little or none in the root cap and guard cells. Intermediate bilirubin accumulation was observed in other shoot and root tissues, with lower levels in shoot tissues. Our data revealed the distribution of bilirubin in plants, which has implications for the transport and physiological function of tetrapyrroles.
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- Kazuya Ishikawa
- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
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Kano T, Ishikawa K, Furuta K, Kaito C. Knockout of adenylosuccinate synthase purA increases susceptibility to colistin in Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2024; 371:fnae007. [PMID: 38305138 PMCID: PMC10876104 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnae007] [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: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024] Open
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Colistin is a cationic cyclic antimicrobial peptide used as a last resort against multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria. To understand the factors involved in colistin susceptibility, we screened colistin-sensitive mutants from an E. coli gene-knockout library (Keio collection). The knockout of purA, whose product catalyzes the synthesis of adenylosuccinate from IMP in the de novo purine synthesis pathway, resulted in increased sensitivity to colistin. Adenylosuccinate is subsequently converted to AMP, which is phosphorylated to produce ADP, a substrate for ATP synthesis. The amount of ATP was lower in the purA-knockout mutant than that in the wild-type strain. ATP synthesis is coupled with proton transfer, and it contributes to the membrane potential. Using the membrane potential probe, 3,3'-diethyloxacarbocyanine iodide [DiOC2(3)], we found that the membrane was hyperpolarized in the purA-knockout mutant compared to that in the wild-type strain. Treatment with the proton uncoupler, carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone (CCCP), abolished the hyperpolarization and colistin sensitivity in the mutant. The purA-knockout mutant exhibited increased sensitivity to aminoglycosides, kanamycin, and gentamicin; their uptake requires a membrane potential. Therefore, the knockout of purA, an adenylosuccinate synthase, decreases ATP synthesis concurrently with membrane hyperpolarization, resulting in increased sensitivity to colistin.
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- Tomonori Kano
- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700–8530, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700–8530, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700–8530, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700–8530, Japan
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Emelyanenko AV, Rudyak VY, Shvetsov SA, Araoka F, Nishikawa H, Ishikawa K. Transformation of polar nematic phases in the presence of an electric field. Phys Rev E 2024; 109:014701. [PMID: 38366416 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.109.014701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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Only a few years have passed since the discovery of polar nematics, and now they are becoming the most actively studied liquid-crystal materials. Despite numerous breakthrough findings made recently, a theoretical systematization is still lacking. In the present paper, we take a step toward systematization. The powerful technique of molecular-statistical physics has been applied to an assembly of polar molecules influenced by electric field. Three polar nematic phases were found to be stable at various conditions: the double-splay ferroelectric nematic N_{F}^{2D} (observed in the lower-temperature range in the absence of or at low electric field), the double-splay antiferroelectric nematic N_{AF} (observed at intermediate temperature in the absence of or at low electric field), and the single-splay ferroelectric nematic N_{F}^{1D} (observed at moderate electric field at any temperature below transition into paraelectric nematic N and in the higher-temperature range (also below N) at low electric field or without it. A paradoxical transition from N_{F}^{1D} to N induced by application of higher electric field has been found and explained. A transformation of the structure of polar nematic phases at the application of electric field has also been investigated by Monte Carlo simulations and experimentally by observation of polarizing optical microscope images. In particular, it has been realized that, at planar anchoring, N_{AF} in the presence of a moderate out-of-plane electric field exhibits twofold splay modulation: antiferroelectric in the plane of the substrate and ferroelectric in the plane normal to the substrate. Several additional subtransitions related to fitting the confined geometry of the cell by the structure of polar phases were detected.
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), 2-1 Hirosawa Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), 2-1 Hirosawa Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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An S, Yamashita M, Iguchi S, Kihara T, Kamon E, Ishikawa K, Kobayashi M, Ishimizu T. Biochemical Characterization of Parsley Glycosyltransferases Involved in the Biosynthesis of a Flavonoid Glycoside, Apiin. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:17118. [PMID: 38069442 PMCID: PMC10706860 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242317118] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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The flavonoid glycoside apiin (apigenin 7-O-[β-D-apiosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucoside]) is abundant in apiaceous and asteraceous plants, including celery and parsley. Although several enzymes involved in apiin biosynthesis have been identified in celery, many of the enzymes in parsley (Petroselinum crispum) have not been identified. In this study, we identified parsley genes encoding the glucosyltransferase, PcGlcT, and the apiosyltransferase, PcApiT, that catalyze the glycosylation steps of apiin biosynthesis. Their substrate specificities showed that they were involved in the biosynthesis of some flavonoid 7-O-apiosylglucosides, including apiin. The expression profiles of PcGlcT and PcApiT were closely correlated with the accumulation of flavonoid 7-O-apiosylglucosides in parsley organs and developmental stages. These findings support the idea that PcGlcT and PcApiT are involved in the biosynthesis of flavonoid 7-O-apiosylglucosides in parsley. The identification of these genes will elucidate the physiological significance of apiin and the development of apiin production methods.
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- Song An
- College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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- College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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- College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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- College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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- College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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- College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
- Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Kyoto, Japan
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- College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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Inamoto T, Furuta K, Han C, Uneme M, Kano T, Ishikawa K, Kaito C. Short-chain fatty acids stimulate dendrite elongation in dendritic cells by inhibiting histone deacetylase. FEBS J 2023; 290:5794-5810. [PMID: 37646105 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16945] [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: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Dendritic cells activate immune responses by presenting pathogen-derived molecules. The dendrites of dendritic cells contribute to the incorporation of foreign antigens or presenting antigens to T cells. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), such as acetic, propionic, butyric and valeric acids, have many effects on immune responses by activating specific receptors or inhibiting a histone deacetylase (HDAC), although their effect on dendrite formation in dendritic cells is unknown. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the effect of SCFAs on dendrite elongation using a dendritic cell line (DC2.4 cells) and mouse bone marrow-derived dendritic cells. We found that SCFAs induced dendrite elongation. The elongation was reduced by inhibitors of Src family kinase (SFK), phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K), Rho family GTPases (Cdc42, Rac1) or actin polymerization, indicating that SCFAs promote dendrite elongation by activating actin polymerization via the SFK/PI3K/Rho family GTPase signaling pathway. We showed that agonists for SCFA receptors GPR43 and GPR109a did not promote dendrite elongation. By contrast, HDAC inhibitors, including trichostatin A, promoted dendrite elongation in DC2.4 cells, and the promoting activity of trichostatin A was decreased by inhibiting the SFK/PI3K/Rho family GTPase signaling pathway or actin polymerization. Furthermore, DC2.4 cells treated with valeric acid showed enhanced uptake of soluble proteins, insoluble beads and Staphylococcus aureus. We also found that treatment with valeric acid enhanced major histocompatibility complex class II-mediated antigen presentation in bone marrow-derived dendritic cells. These results suggest that SCFAs promote dendrite elongation by inhibiting HDAC, stimulating the SFK/PI3K/Rho family pathway and activating actin polymerization, resulting in increased antigen uptake and presentation in dendritic cells.
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- Takuho Inamoto
- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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Ota E, Hiyoshi Y, Matsuura N, Ishikawa K, Fujinami F, Mukai T, Yamaguchi T, Nagasaki T, Akiyoshi T, Fukunaga Y. Standardization of preoperative stoma site marking and its utility for preventing stoma leakage: a retrospective study of 519 patients who underwent laparoscopic/robotic rectal cancer surgery. Tech Coloproctol 2023; 27:1387-1392. [PMID: 37358669 DOI: 10.1007/s10151-023-02839-6] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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PURPOSE Stoma site marking is an important preoperative intervention for preventing various stoma-associated complications. In our institution, standardized stoma site marking is routinely performed before rectal cancer surgery with stoma creation, and various stoma-associated factors are recorded in the ostomy-record template. The present study investigated risk factors for stoma leakage. METHODS Our stoma site marking is standardized so that it can be performed by non-stoma specialists. To identify risk factors of stoma leakage at 3 months after surgery, various preoperative factors associated with stoma site marking in our ostomy-record template were retrospectively analyzed in 519 patients who underwent rectal cancer surgery with stoma creation from 2015 to 2020. RESULTS Stoma leakage was seen in 35 of the 519 patients (6.7%). The distance between the stoma site marking and the umbilicus was less than 60 mm in 27 of the 35 patients (77%) who experienced stoma leakage, so a distance of less than 60 mm was identified as an independent risk factor for stoma leakage. Aside from preoperative factors, stoma leakage was also caused by postoperative skin wrinkles or surgical scars near the stoma site in 8 of 35 patients (23%). CONCLUSION Preoperative standardized stoma site marking is necessary to achieve reliable marking that is easy to perform. To reduce the risk of stoma leakage, a distance of 60 mm or more between the stoma site marking and the umbilicus is ideal, and surgeons need to contrive ways to keep surgical scars away from the stoma site.
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- E Ota
- Gastroenterological Center, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, 3-8-31 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan
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- Gastroenterological Center, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, 3-8-31 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan.
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- Gastroenterological Center, Department of Wound, Ostomy and Continence (WOC) Nursing, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Gastroenterological Center, Department of Wound, Ostomy and Continence (WOC) Nursing, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Gastroenterological Center, Department of Wound, Ostomy and Continence (WOC) Nursing, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Gastroenterological Center, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, 3-8-31 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan
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- Gastroenterological Center, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, 3-8-31 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan
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- Gastroenterological Center, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, 3-8-31 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan
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- Gastroenterological Center, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, 3-8-31 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan
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- Gastroenterological Center, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, 3-8-31 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan
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Uehara T, Nishimura Y, Ishikawa K, Inada M, Matsumoto K, Doi H, Monzen H. Online Adaptive Radiotherapy for Pharyngeal Cancer: Dose-Volume Histogram Analysis between Adapted and Scheduled Plan. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e729. [PMID: 37786121 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.2247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) The present study aimed to evaluate whether online adapted plan with artificial intelligence (AI) driven work flow could be used in clinical settings with variable changes of the targets and organs at risk (OARs) for pharyngeal cancer. MATERIALS/METHODS Ten patients with pharyngeal cancer who underwent chemoradiotherapy at our institution between January and July 2020 were included for the analysis. All patients had been previously aligned daily with cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and treated by O-ring Linac. A simulated treatment was performed on the treatment emulator. Weekly fractions, once in every 4-5 fractions, were simulated in the treatment emulator for each patient using their previous on-treatment CBCTs. The dataset was divided into three groups according to the treatment period (1st-2nd week, 20 CBCTs), middle (3rd-4th week, 20 CBCTs), and late (5th-7th week, 30 CBCTs) period. In the present study, all of reference plan generation in treatment emulator were created on the initial plans of two-step method using 12 equidistant field IMRT. The prescribed dose was 70 Gy in 35 fractions and normalized to the dose of 68.6 Gy (98% dose) to 95% of the planning target volume (PTV). The adaptation process on treatment emulator includes auto-segmentation of daily anatomy, calculation of the dose in scheduled plans using the same monitor units and optimization and calculation of the dose in adapted plan. Dose-volume histogram (DVH) parameters between adapted and scheduled plans in terms of PTV (D98%, D95%, D50% and D2%), spinal cord (Dmax and D1cc), brain stem (Dmax), ipsilateral and contralateral parotid glands (Dmedian and Dmean) were evaluated in each period. RESULTS D98% of PTV of adapted plan was significantly higher than that of scheduled plan in early and middle period (p = 0.02 and <0.01, respectively). D95% of PTV of adapted plan was significantly higher than that of scheduled plan in all periods (p<0.01). D2% of PTV of adapted plan was significantly lower than that of scheduled plan in all periods (p = 0.04, 0.04 and 0.02 in each period, respectively). There was not significant difference in D50% of PTV between adapted and scheduled plan in all periods. In terms of OARs, Dmax of spinal cord of adapted plan was significantly lower than that of scheduled plan in all periods (p<0.01). Similarly, D1cc of spinal cord of adapted plan was lower than that of scheduled plan. Dmean of ipsilateral and contralateral parotid glands of adapted plan were lower than those of scheduled plan in the late period (p<0.01 and 0.03, respectively). CONCLUSION The present study revealed that adapted plan with AI driven work flow could create dosimetrically better plans for pharyngeal cancer compared to scheduled plan. It was suggested that online adaptive radiotherapy could be necessary to maintain PTV coverage while reducing the dose to OARs in all periods for pharyngeal cancer.
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- T Uehara
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan
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- Department of Medical Physics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan
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- Department of Medical Physics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan
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Tsugawa S, Shima H, Ishimoto Y, Ishikawa K. Thickness-stiffness trade-off improves lodging resistance in rice. Sci Rep 2023; 13:10828. [PMID: 37402826 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37992-3] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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Lodging of cereal crops significantly reduces grain yield and quality, making lodging resistance a prime target for breeding programs. However, lodging resistance among different rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars in the field remains largely unknown, as is the relationship between the major properties of culms such as their morphological and mechanical properties. Here, we investigated the morphological and mechanical properties of 12 rice cultivars by considering different internodes within culms. We detected variation in these two traits among cultivars: one set of cultivars had thicker but softer culms (thickness-type), while the other set of cultivars showed stiffer but thinner culms (stiffness-type). We designate this variation as a thickness-stiffness trade-off. We then constructed a mechanical model to dissect the mechanical and/or morphological constraints of rice culms subjected to their own weight (self-weight load). Through modeling, we discovered that ear weight and the morphology of the highest internode were important for reducing deflection, which may be important factors to achieve higher lodging resistance. The mechanical theory devised in this study could be used to predict the deflection of rice culms and may open new avenues for novel mechanics-based breeding techniques.
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- Satoru Tsugawa
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Systems Science and Technology, Akita Prefectural University, Yurihonjo, Akita, 015-0055, Japan.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8510, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Systems Science and Technology, Akita Prefectural University, Yurihonjo, Akita, 015-0055, Japan
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- Department of Genomics and Breeding, Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, 024-0003, Japan
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192, Japan
- Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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Ishikawa K, Xie X, Osaki Y, Miyawaki A, Numata K, Kodama Y. Bilirubin is produced nonenzymatically in plants to maintain chloroplast redox status. Sci Adv 2023; 9:eadh4787. [PMID: 37285441 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh4787] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Bilirubin, a potent antioxidant, is a product of heme catabolism in heterotrophs. Heterotrophs mitigate oxidative stress resulting from free heme by catabolism into bilirubin via biliverdin. Although plants also convert heme to biliverdin, they are generally thought to be incapable of producing bilirubin because they lack biliverdin reductase, the enzyme responsible for bilirubin biosynthesis in heterotrophs. Here, we demonstrate that bilirubin is produced in plant chloroplasts. Live-cell imaging using the bilirubin-dependent fluorescent protein UnaG revealed that bilirubin accumulated in chloroplasts. In vitro, bilirubin was produced nonenzymatically through a reaction between biliverdin and reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate at concentrations comparable to those in chloroplasts. In addition, increased bilirubin production led to lower reactive oxygen species levels in chloroplasts. Our data refute the generally accepted pathway of heme degradation in plants and suggest that bilirubin contributes to the maintenance of redox status in chloroplasts.
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- Kazuya Ishikawa
- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cell Function Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Biotechnological Optics Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics; Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University; Kyoto, 615-8246, Japan
- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Inaba H, Oikawa K, Ishikawa K, Kodama Y, Matsuura K, Numata K. Binding of Tau-derived peptide-fused GFP to plant microtubules in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0286421. [PMID: 37267323 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Studies on how exogenous molecules modulate properties of plant microtubules, such as their stability, structure, and dynamics, are important for understanding and modulating microtubule functions in plants. We have developed a Tau-derived peptide (TP) that binds to microtubules and modulates their properties by binding of TP-conjugated molecules in vitro. However, there was no investigation of TPs on microtubules in planta. Here, we generated transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants stably expressing TP-fused superfolder GFP (sfGFP-TP) and explored the binding properties and effects of sfGFP-TP on plant microtubules. Our results indicate that the expressed sfGFP-TP binds to the plant microtubules without inhibiting plant growth. A transgenic line strongly expressing sfGFP-TP produced thick fibrous structures that were stable under conditions where microtubules normally depolymerize. This study generates a new tool for analyzing and modulating plant microtubules.
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- Hiroshi Inaba
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
- Centre for Research on Green Sustainable Chemistry, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan
- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
- Centre for Research on Green Sustainable Chemistry, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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Ohsaka H, Muramatsu KI, Fujita W, Jitsuiki K, Ishikawa K, Yanagawa Y. Evacuation from a military base via physician-staffed helicopters. BMJ Mil Health 2023:military-2023-002443. [PMID: 37217207 DOI: 10.1136/military-2023-002443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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- Hiromichi Ohsaka
- Acute Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo Daigaku Igakubu Fuzoku Shizuoka Byoin, Izunokuni, Japan
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- Acute Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo Daigaku Igakubu Fuzoku Shizuoka Byoin, Izunokuni, Japan
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- Acute Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo Daigaku Igakubu Fuzoku Shizuoka Byoin, Izunokuni, Japan
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- Acute Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo Daigaku Igakubu Fuzoku Shizuoka Byoin, Izunokuni, Japan
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- Acute Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo Daigaku Igakubu Fuzoku Shizuoka Byoin, Izunokuni, Japan
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- Acute Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo Daigaku Igakubu Fuzoku Shizuoka Byoin, Izunokuni, Japan
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Ishikawa K, Kobayashi M, Kusano M, Numata K, Kodama Y. Using the organelle glue technique to engineer the plant cell metabolome. Plant Cell Rep 2023; 42:599-607. [PMID: 36705704 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-023-02982-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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By using the organelle glue technique, we artificially manipulated organelle interactions and controlled the plant metabolome at the pathway level. Plant cell metabolic activity changes with fluctuating environmental conditions, in part via adjustments in the arrangement and interaction of organelles. This hints at the potential for designing plants with desirable metabolic activities for food and pharmaceutical industries by artificially controlling the interaction of organelles through genetic modification. We previously developed a method called the organelle glue technique, in which chloroplast-chloroplast adhesion is induced in plant cells using the multimerization properties of split fluorescent proteins. Here, we generated transgenic Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants in which chloroplasts adhere to each other and performed metabolome analysis to examine the metabolic changes in these lines. In plant cells expressing a construct encoding the red fluorescent protein mCherry targeted to the chloroplast outer envelope by fusion with a signal sequence (cTP-mCherry), chloroplasts adhered to each other and formed chloroplast aggregations. Mitochondria and peroxisomes were embedded in the aggregates, suggesting that normal interactions between chloroplasts and these organelles were also affected. Metabolome analysis of the cTP-mCherry-expressing Arabidopsis shoots revealed significantly higher levels of glycine, serine, and glycerate compared to control plants. Notably, these are photorespiratory metabolites that are normally transported between chloroplasts, mitochondria, and peroxisomes. Together, our data indicate that chloroplast-chloroplast adhesion alters organellar interactions with mitochondria and peroxisomes and disrupts photorespiratory metabolite transport. These results highlight the possibility of controlling plant metabolism at the pathway level by manipulating organelle interactions.
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- Kazuya Ishikawa
- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Tsukuba-Plant Innovation Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Biomacromolecules Research Team, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan.
- Biomacromolecules Research Team, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan.
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Shirakawa R, Ishikawa K, Furuta K, Kaito C. Knockout of ribosomal protein RpmJ leads to zinc resistance in Escherichia coli. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0277162. [PMID: 36961858 PMCID: PMC10038286 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Zinc is an essential metal for cells, but excess amounts are toxic. Other than by regulating the intracellular zinc concentration by zinc uptake or efflux, the mechanisms underlying bacterial resistance to excess zinc are unknown. In the present study, we searched for zinc-resistant mutant strains from the Keio collection, a gene knockout library of Escherichia coli, a model gram-negative bacteria. We found that knockout mutant of RpmJ (L36), a 50S ribosomal protein, exhibited zinc resistance. The rpmJ mutant was sensitive to protein synthesis inhibitors and had altered translation fidelity, indicating ribosomal dysfunction. In the rpmJ mutant, the intracellular zinc concentration was decreased under excess zinc conditions. Knockout of ZntA, a zinc efflux pump, abolished the zinc-resistant phenotype of the rpmJ mutant. RNA sequence analysis revealed that the rpmJ mutant exhibited altered gene expression of diverse functional categories, including translation, energy metabolism, and stress response. These findings suggest that knocking out RpmJ alters gene expression patterns and causes zinc resistance by lowering the intracellular zinc concentration. Knockouts of other ribosomal proteins, including RplA, RpmE, RpmI, and RpsT, also led to a zinc-resistant phenotype, suggesting that deletion of ribosomal proteins is closely related to zinc resistance.
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- Riko Shirakawa
- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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Inada M, Nishimura Y, Ishikura S, Ishikawa K, Murakami N, Kodaira T, Ito Y, Tsuchiya K, Murakami Y, Saitoh J, Akimoto T, Nakata K, Yoshimura M, Teshima T, Toshiyasu T, Ota Y, Minemura T, Shimizu H, Hiraoka M. The Organs-at-Risk Dose Constraints in Head and Neck Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Using Data from a Multi-Institutional Clinical Trial (JCOG1015A1). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.1346] [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: 10/31/2022]
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Ichikawa S, Ishikawa K, Miyakawa H, Kodama Y. Live-cell imaging of the chloroplast outer envelope membrane using fluorescent dyes. Plant Direct 2022; 6:e462. [PMID: 36398034 PMCID: PMC9666008 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 10/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
UNLABELLED Chloroplasts are organelles composed of sub-organellar compartments-stroma, thylakoids, and starch granules-and are surrounded by outer and inner envelope membranes (OEM and IEM, respectively). The chloroplast OEM and IEM play key roles not only as a barrier separating the chloroplast components from the cytosol but also in the interchange of numerous metabolites and proteins between the chloroplast interior and the cytosol. Fluorescent protein markers for the chloroplast OEM have been widely used to visualize the outermost border of chloroplasts. However, the use of marker proteins requires an established cellular genetic transformation method, which limits the plant species in which marker proteins can be used. Moreover, the high accumulation of OEM marker proteins often elicits abnormal morphological phenotypes of the OEM. Because the OEM can currently only be visualized using exogenous marker proteins, the behaviors of the chloroplast and/or its OEM remain unknown in wild-type cells of various plant species. Here, we visualized the OEM using live-cell staining with the fluorescent dyes rhodamine B and Nile red in several plant species, including crops. We propose rhodamine B and Nile red as new tools for visualizing the chloroplast OEM in living plant cells that do not require genetic transformation. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT We established a live-cell imaging method to visualize the chloroplast outer envelope membrane by staining living cells with fluorescent dyes. This method does not require genetic transformation and allows the observation of the chloroplast outer envelope membrane in various plant species.
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- Shintaro Ichikawa
- Center for Bioscience Research and EducationUtsunomiya UniversityTochigiJapan
- Graduate School of Regional Development and CreativityUtsunomiya UniversityTochigiJapan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and EducationUtsunomiya UniversityTochigiJapan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and EducationUtsunomiya UniversityTochigiJapan
- Graduate School of Regional Development and CreativityUtsunomiya UniversityTochigiJapan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and EducationUtsunomiya UniversityTochigiJapan
- Graduate School of Regional Development and CreativityUtsunomiya UniversityTochigiJapan
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Ichikawa S, Kato S, Fujii Y, Ishikawa K, Numata K, Kodama Y. Organellar Glue: A Molecular Tool to Artificially Control Chloroplast-Chloroplast Interactions. ACS Synth Biol 2022; 11:3190-3197. [PMID: 36178266 PMCID: PMC9594315 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.2c00367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Organelles can physically interact to facilitate various cellular processes such as metabolite exchange. Artificially regulating these interactions represents a promising approach for synthetic biology. Here, we artificially controlled chloroplast-chloroplast interactions in living plant cells with our organelle glue (ORGL) technique, which is based on reconstitution of a split fluorescent protein. We simultaneously targeted N-terminal and C-terminal fragments of a fluorescent protein to the chloroplast outer envelope membrane or cytosol, respectively, which induced chloroplast-chloroplast interactions. The cytosolic C-terminal fragment likely functions as a bridge between two N-terminal fragments, thereby bringing the chloroplasts in close proximity to interact. We modulated the frequency of chloroplast-chloroplast interactions by altering the ratio of N- and C-terminal fragments. We conclude that the ORGL technique can successfully control chloroplast-chloroplast interactions in plants, providing a proof of concept for the artificial regulation of organelle interactions in living cells.
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- Shintaro Ichikawa
- Center
for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya
University, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan,Graduate
School of Regional Development and Creativity, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
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- Center
for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya
University, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
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- Center
for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya
University, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
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- Center
for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya
University, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
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- Department
of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan,Biomacromolecules
Research Team, Center for Sustainable Resource
Science, RIKEN, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center
for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya
University, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan,Graduate
School of Regional Development and Creativity, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan,Biomacromolecules
Research Team, Center for Sustainable Resource
Science, RIKEN, Saitama 351-0198, Japan,
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Badimon JJ, Santos-Gallego CG, Requena-Ibanez JA, Picatoste B, Fardman B, Ishikawa K, Mazurek R, Pieper M, Fuster V. Cardioprotective effect of empagliflozin in acute myocardial infarction: the role of ketone bodies availability. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.1372] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
The cardio-renal benefits of SGLT2i have been clearly established by clinical trials. Of interest, despite not having any effect on the incidence of classic atherothrombotic events (MI and strokes), patients receiving SGLT2i treatment had a higher chance of surviving myocardial infarction (MI).
Purpose
We aim to evaluate the cardioprotective potential of empagliflozin on acute myocardial infarction.
We postulate that the benefits of SGLT2-I are mediated via an increase in circulating ketone bodies (KBs) induced by SGLT2i, and its preferential myocardial utilization energetically benefits the heart to better withstand an ischemic event.
Methods
The study was undertaken in our non-diabetic porcine model of ischemia/reperfusion. Animals were allocated to either one-week pre-treatment with empagliflozin or placebo before MI-induction. A third group received IV infusion of KBs at the time of the MI- induction to serve as positive-control. The acute effects of the treatments were studied 24 hours after MI-induction by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR). Immediately post-CMR, animals were sacrificed and heart samples collected for molecular analysis.
Results
(see Table and Figure): Despite similar initial ischemic injury (area at risk) in all groups, empagliflozin was associated with a significantly higher myocardial salvage (MSI 23.7±9.7 vs 4.5±3.6%, p<0.001) and better preserved cardiac function (LVEF 41.3±3.1 vs 33±5.5%, p<0.009) compared with placebo. The infusion of KBs replicated in part the beneficial profile of the empagliflozin group (MSI 16.7±8.8 and LVEF 39.1±3.6%). Histological analysis showed less cardiomyocyte apoptosis and less oxidative stress
Conclusions
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study evaluating in vivo the cardioprotective potential of a SGLT2 inhibitor in a well-stablished porcine translational model. Furthermore, effects are evaluated using the gold standard for visualization and quantification of MI, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR). Three are the main conclusions:
1. One-week treatment with empagliflozin raises circulating KBs levels and confers significant cardio-protection during a myocardial infarction. Acute post-MI benefits (greater myocardial salvage and better preserved cardiac function) are already seen within 24 hours as compared with placebo.
2. Periprocedural IV infusion of KBs induces similar benefits than the SGLT2-I group.
3. These observations strongly support our hypothesis that SGLT2 inhibition is associated with increased circulating KBs and its selective use as preferential myocardial source of energy as a potential mechanism of action involved in the cardio-renal benefits observed with SGLT2i.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Other. Main funding source(s): Spanish Society of Cardiology. Research Fellowship Grant.
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- J J Badimon
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , United States of America
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , United States of America
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , United States of America
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , United States of America
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , United States of America
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , United States of America
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , United States of America
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , United States of America
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Boehringer Ingelheim. Cardiometabolic Diseases Research. Germany. , New York , United States of America
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Takeda T, Takahashi M, Shimizu M, Sugihara Y, Yamashita T, Saitoh H, Fujisaki K, Ishikawa K, Utsushi H, Kanzaki E, Sakamoto Y, Abe A, Terauchi R. Rice apoplastic CBM1-interacting protein counters blast pathogen invasion by binding conserved carbohydrate binding module 1 motif of fungal proteins. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1010792. [PMID: 36173975 PMCID: PMC9521807 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
When infecting plants, fungal pathogens secrete cell wall-degrading enzymes (CWDEs) that break down cellulose and hemicellulose, the primary components of plant cell walls. Some fungal CWDEs contain a unique domain, named the carbohydrate binding module (CBM), that facilitates their access to polysaccharides. However, little is known about how plants counteract pathogen degradation of their cell walls. Here, we show that the rice cysteine-rich repeat secretion protein OsRMC binds to and inhibits xylanase MoCel10A of the blast fungus pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, interfering with its access to the rice cell wall and degradation of rice xylan. We found binding of OsRMC to various CBM1-containing enzymes, suggesting that it has a general role in inhibiting the action of CBM1. OsRMC is localized to the apoplast, and its expression is strongly induced in leaves infected with M. oryzae. Remarkably, knockdown and overexpression of OsRMC reduced and enhanced rice defense against M. oryzae, respectively, demonstrating that inhibition of CBM1-containing fungal enzymes by OsRMC is crucial for rice defense. We also identified additional CBM-interacting proteins (CBMIPs) from Arabidopsis thaliana and Setaria italica, indicating that a wide range of plants counteract pathogens through this mechanism. Plants have evolved various activity-inhibiting proteins as a defense against fungal cell wall-degrading enzymes (CWDEs), but how plants counteract the function of fungal enzymes containing carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs) remains unknown. Here, we demonstrate that OsRMC, a member of the cysteine-rich repeat secretion protein family, interacts with fungal CBM1. OsRMC binding to CBM1 of a blast fungal xylanase blocks access to cellulose, resulting in the inhibition of xylanase enzymatic activity. Our study provides significant insights into plant countermeasures against CWDEs in the apoplastic space during plant-fungal pathogen interactions. It also reveals a molecular function of the DUF26 domain widely distributed in plant proteins.
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- Takumi Takeda
- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
- * E-mail: (TT); (RT)
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
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- Laboratory of Crop Evolution, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Mozume, Muko, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
- Laboratory of Crop Evolution, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Mozume, Muko, Kyoto, Japan
- * E-mail: (TT); (RT)
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Ishikawa K, Konno R, Hirano S, Fujii Y, Fujiwara M, Fukao Y, Kodama Y. The endoplasmic reticulum membrane-bending protein RETICULON facilitates chloroplast relocation movement in Marchantia polymorpha. Plant J 2022; 111:205-216. [PMID: 35476214 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15787] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Revised: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Plant cells alter the intracellular positions of chloroplasts to ensure efficient photosynthesis, a process controlled by the blue light receptor phototropin. Chloroplasts migrate toward weak light (accumulation response) and move away from excess light (avoidance response). Chloroplasts are encircled by the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which forms a complex network throughout the cytoplasm. To ensure rapid chloroplast relocation, the ER must alter its structure in conjunction with chloroplast relocation movement, but little is known about the underlying mechanism. Here, we searched for interactors of phototropin in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and identified a RETICULON (RTN) family protein; RTN proteins play central roles in ER tubule formation and ER network maintenance by stabilizing the curvature of ER membranes in eukaryotic cells. Marchantia polymorpha RTN1 (MpRTN1) is localized to ER tubules and the rims of ER sheets, which is consistent with the localization of RTNs in other plants and heterotrophs. The Mprtn1 mutant showed an increased ER tubule diameter, pointing to a role for MpRTN1 in ER membrane constriction. Furthermore, Mprtn1 showed a delayed chloroplast avoidance response but a normal chloroplast accumulation response. The live cell imaging of ER dynamics revealed that ER restructuring was impaired in Mprtn1 during the chloroplast avoidance response. These results suggest that during the chloroplast avoidance response, MpRTN1 restructures the ER network and facilitates chloroplast movement via an interaction with phototropin. Our findings provide evidence that plant cells respond to fluctuating environmental conditions by controlling the movements of multiple organelles in a synchronized manner.
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- Kazuya Ishikawa
- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Plant Global Education Project, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
- YANMAR HOLDINGS Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan
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- Plant Global Education Project, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan
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Saito H, Matsue Y, Maeda D, Kasai T, Kagiyama N, Endo Y, Zoda M, Mizukami A, Yoshioka K, Hashimoto T, Ishikawa K, Minamino T. Prognostic values of muscle mass assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and bioelectrical impedance analysis in older patients with heart failure. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2022; 22:610-615. [PMID: 35751442 DOI: 10.1111/ggi.14424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIM This study aimed to compare bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) in measuring skeletal muscle mass (MM), and its prognostic implications in old patients with heart failure. METHODS We prospectively evaluated MM measured by both BIA and DEXA in 226 hospitalized elderly (≥65 years) patients with heart failure. The cut-off values proposed by the Asian Working Group in Sarcopenia were used to define low MM. The prognostic endpoint was all-cause death. RESULTS The median age of the cohort was 82 years (interquartile range: 75-87), and 51.8% of patients were men. According to the BIA and DEXA, 177 (78.3%) and 120 (53.1%) patients were diagnosed with low MM, respectively, and the two assessment tools showed poor agreement (Cohen's kappa coefficient: 0.294). During the follow-up, 32 patients (14.2%) died; only low MM defined by DEXA (hazard ratio 2.45, 95% confidence interval 1.05-5.72, P = 0.039), but not BIA (hazard ratio 1.03, 95% confidence interval 0.35-3.06, P = 0.955), was associated with poor prognosis after adjusting for pre-existing risk factors. Moreover, low MM defined by DEXA (net reclassification improvement: 0.58, P < 0.001), but not BIA (net reclassification improvement: -0.005, P = 0.975), provides incremental prognostic predictability when considered with pre-existing risk factors and brain natriuretic peptide level at discharge. CONCLUSIONS In elderly hospitalized patients with heart failure, low MM defined by DEXA and BIA show significant discordance. The MM defined by DEXA, but not BIA, provides additional prognostic value to pre-existing prognostic models. Geriatr Gerontol Int ••; ••: ••-•• Geriatr Gerontol Int 2022; ••: ••-••.
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- Hiroshi Saito
- Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Rehabilitation, Kameda Medical center, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Cardiovascular Respiratory Sleep Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Cardiovascular Respiratory Sleep Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Digital Health and Telemedicine R&D, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Kameda Medical center, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Kameda Medical center, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Kameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Kameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development-Core Research for Evolutionary Medical Science and Technology (AMED-CREST), Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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Emelyanenko AV, Rudyak VY, Shvetsov SA, Araoka F, Nishikawa H, Ishikawa K. Emergence of paraelectric, improper antiferroelectric, and proper ferroelectric nematic phases in a liquid crystal composed of polar molecules. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:064701. [PMID: 35854528 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.064701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We have elaborated a theoretical approach for the description of polar nematic phases observed by Nishikawa et al. [Adv. Mater. 29, 1702354 (2017)0935-964810.1002/adma.201702354], their structures, and transitions between them. Specific symmetry contributions to the pair molecular potentials provide the molecular mechanisms responsible for the formation of proper and improper polarity on the macroscopic level. An improper antiferroelectric nematic M2 phase can arise between paraelectric nematic M1 and proper ferroelectric nematic MP in the temperature scale. The local polarization in M2 arises mostly due to the local splay deformation. The director distribution in M2 represents the conjugation of cylindrical waves with opposite splay and polarization signs. The director and polarization are parallel to the cylindrical domain axes in the middle of each cylinder but exhibit considerable (mostly radial) deformation on the periphery of each cylinder. Polarization vectors are mostly stacked antiparallel on the borders between the domains without the director disruption. The domain size decreases with the decreasing temperature, the percentage of the antiferroelectric decouplings increases, and M2 exhibits the first-order phase transition into proper ferroelectric MP. With the increasing temperature the domain size in the M2 phase increases, the domination of particular polar orientation of molecules reduces, and finally, the domain size diverges at particular temperature corresponding to the second-order phase transition from M2 to paraelectric M1. Variations of the polar and nonpolar orientational order parameters are estimated within each phase and between the phases. Our experimental and computer simulation results (also presented in the paper) fully support our theoretical findings.
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
- Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), 2-1 Hirosawa Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), 2-1 Hirosawa Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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Hayashi K, Sasaki H, Mugita T, Tomiyama T, Koizumi S, Kurokawa I, Matsubara E, Saito K, Fuji K, Ishikawa K, Fukagai T. Effect of long-term administration of Tadalafil on arteriosclerosis: A prospective cohort study. J Sex Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.03.481] [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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Hayashi K, Sasaki H, Mugita T, Tomiyama T, Koizumi S, Kurokawa I, Saito K, Fuji K, Ishikawa K, Fukagai T. Association between vascular lesion and penile erection hardness in Japanese patients with erectile dysfunction. J Sex Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.03.455] [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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Ishikawa K, Sasaki H, Ogushi Y, Niikura A, Ota T, Ichimura Y, Hashimoto Y, Kurokawa I, Sugishita H, Tanifuji S, Yamagishi M, Shimoyama H, Ota M, Oshinomi K, Hayashi K, Morita J, Shichijo T, Fukagai T, Sugawara S. Lipid abnormality, current diabetes and age affect erectile hardness ∼ An analysis of data from complete medical checkups performed at a single hospital in Japan. J Sex Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.03.421] [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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Yamagishi M, Sasaki H, Ogushi Y, Niikura A, Ota T, Ichimura Y, Hashimoto Y, Sugishita H, Kurokawa I, Tanifuji S, Imamura Y, Shimoyama H, Ota M, Ishikawa K, Hayashi K, Fukagai T. A study of erectile dysfunction in men 40 years of age or younger. J Sex Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.03.422] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Shimoyama H, Sasaki H, Ogushi Y, Niikura A, Ota T, Ichimura Y, Hshimoto Y, Kurokawa I, Sugishita H, Tanifuji S, Yamagishi M, Imamura Y, Ota M, Ishikawa K, Hayashi K. Clinical analysis on the pharmaceutical formulation of VIAGRA OD Film. J Sex Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.03.434] [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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Hosonuma M, Isozaki T, Furuya H, Yamazaki Y, Ikari Y, Nishimi S, Ishii S, Maeoka A, Tokunaga T, Wakabayashi K, Konishi N, Fukuse S, Ishikawa K, Sakai N, Inagaki K, Kasama T. AB0065 HGF/C-MET SIGNALING PROMOTE ANGIOGENESIS THROUGH CXCL16 IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. Ann Rheum Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.3491] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) binds to the receptor tyrosine kinase c-Met and is a multifunctional cytokine that promotes processes such as cell proliferation, survival, differentiation, migration and angiogenesis [1]. We previously reported that HGF is produced by inflammation in the RA synovium, and activates monocyte migration to the synovium and promotes bone destruction through its own chemotactic effect and enhanced chemokine production in the synovium [2].Objectives:Therefore, we next aimed to determine the role of HGF in RA angiogenesis.Methods:The expression of HGF / c-Met in the serum and synovial tissues (STs) of RA patients and controls and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) was evaluated by ELISA and immunostaining. The effect of HGF/c-Met signaling on the promotion of CXCL16 production from HUVECs and RA fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) was determined by ELISA. To examine the role of HGF in angiogenesis, we performed in vitro Matrigel assays using HUVECs treated with HGF.Results:HGF in serum in treatment-naive RA patients was significantly higher than that in controls and HGF in serum in treatment-resistant RA showed a significant positive correlation with CXCL16. c-Met were expressed on vascular endothelial cells of RA STs and HUVECs. Stimulation of HUVECs with HGF dose-dependently increased CXCL16 production. c-Met signal inhibition by SU11274 suppressed TNF-α stimulation-enhanced CXCL16 production by RA FLSs in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, HGF induced HUVEC tube formation by 1.8-fold.Conclusion:HGF is produced by inflammation in the RA synovium, and activates angiogenesis through its own potent angiogenic effect and enhanced production of CXCL16 in the synovium. These results indicate that a strategy targeting c-Met signalling may be important for resolving treatment-resistant RA.References:[1]Nakamura T, Nishizawa T, Hagiya M, et al. Molecular cloning and expression of human hepatocyte growth factor. Nature. 1989 Nov 23;342(6248):440-3.[2]Hosonuma M, Sakai N, Furuya H, et al. Inhibition of hepatocyte growth factor/c-Met signalling abrogates joint destruction by suppressing monocyte migration in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Jan 5;60(1):408-419.Disclosure of Interests:None declared
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Hosonuma M, Isozaki T, Furuya H, Yamazaki Y, Ikari Y, Nishimi S, Maeoka A, Ishii S, Tokunaga T, Wakabayashi K, Konishi N, Fukuse S, Ishikawa K, Sakai N, Inagaki K, Kasama T. POS0429 INTERLEUKIN-4 ACTIVATES EOSINOPHILS AND CCR3-POSITIVE T HELPER CELLS MIGRATION TO FASCIA AND PROMOTES FIBROSIS IN EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS. Ann Rheum Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.3542] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is a rare disease that causes inflammation and fibrosis mainly in the fascia of the extremities with eosinophilia. It has been reported that the hypertrophied fascia in EF shows inflammatory cell infiltration by the lymphocytes and eosinophils and increased expression of fibrosis-related cytokines genes in fibroblast [1]. However, its pathophysiology in the fascia remains unresolved.Objectives:Therefore, we focused on fascial fibroblasts and aimed to determine the role of interleukin-4 (IL-4) in eosinophil and helper T cell infiltration and fibrosis in fascial fibroblast in EF.Methods:Fascial fibroblasts were obtained from fascia biopsy of a patient with EF, and were stimulated with pre- and post-treatment serum of a patient with EF and healthy control, followed by microarray to analyze gene expression. Fascial fibroblasts were stimulated with IL-4 10 ng/mL, and gene expression of IL-4 receptor and CCR3 ligands, CCL7 and CCL11 were measured by qPCR. Transforming growth factor (TGF) -β and periostin in the pre- and post-treatment serum of a patient with EF and conditioned medium of fascial fibroblasts stimulated with IL-4 were measured by ELISA. To examine the role of IL-4 in proliferation, we performed in proliferation assays using fascial fibroblasts treated with IL-4. CCR3-positive T cells in the fascial tissue of EF, dermatomyositis, and polymyositis patients were evaluated by immunostaining.Results:By microarray analysis, CCL7 and CCL11 expression of fascial fibroblasts stimulated with pre-treatment EF serum was higher than that in post-treatment EF serum and control serum. CCL7 and CCL11 mRNA in IL-4 stimulated facial fibroblasts were increased by 5.1-fold and 7.3-fold, respectively. TGF-β and periostin in IL-4 stimulated facial fibroblast conditioned medium were also increased. In addition, TGF-β and periostin in EF serum were gradually decreased by treatment for 4 and 10 weeks, compared to before treatment. Finally, fascial fibroblast proliferation was significantly increased by stimulation with IL-4. Furthermore, infiltration of CCR3-positive T cells was specific to the fascial tissue of EF.Conclusion:In EF, IL-4 enhances the production of CCR3 ligands, TGF-β, and periostin from fascial fibroblasts. As a result, it promotes the migration of eosinophils and CCR3-positive T helper cells to the fascia and fibrosis. These results suggest that inhibition of IL-4 pathway could be a novel strategy for eosinophilic fasciitis.References:[1]Igarashi A, Nashiro K, Kikuchi K, et al. Connective tissue growth factor gene expression in tissue sections from localized scleroderma, keloid, and other fibrotic skin disorders. J Invest Dermatol. 1996 Apr;106(4):729-33.Disclosure of Interests:None declared
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Makita H, Endo K, Kasahara Y, Nakata A, Moriyama-Kita M, Ishikawa K, Ueno T, Nakanishi Y, Kondo S, Wakisaka N, Gotoh N, Yoshizaki T. Xenografts derived from patients with head and neck cancer recapitulate patient tumour properties. Oncol Lett 2021; 21:385. [PMID: 33777208 PMCID: PMC7988720 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2021.12646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Rodent models mimic the heterogeneity of head and neck cancer (HNC) malignancies and are used to investigate HNC-associated biomarkers and evaluate drug responses. To assess the utility of patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) as an HNC model, 18 tumour samples were obtained from surgical specimens of patients with HNC and implanted into non-obese diabetic severe combined immunodeficient mice. The histological features of PDXs and corresponding patient samples were compared. Furthermore, the present study investigated how PDX responses to anticancer drugs mimic patient clinical responses, as well as the expression of adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporters through chemotherapy in an HNC-PDX model. A total of five PDXs from patients with HNC exhibiting high correspondence with histopathological features of the original patient samples were established (establishment rate, 28%). The responses of three PDXs to cisplatin were associated with clinical responses of the patients. ABC transporter expression was augmented in one PDX model after anticancer drug treatment, but not in PBS-treated passaged PDXs. PDX models exhibited similar biological and chemosensitive characteristics to those of the primary tumours. PDXs could be a useful preclinical tool to test novel therapeutic agents and identify novel targets and biomarkers in HNC.
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- Haruna Makita
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan
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- Department of Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan
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- Department of Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan
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Oikawa K, Imai T, Thagun C, Toyooka K, Yoshizumi T, Ishikawa K, Kodama Y, Numata K. Mitochondrial movement during its association with chloroplasts in Arabidopsis thaliana. Commun Biol 2021; 4:292. [PMID: 33674706 PMCID: PMC7935954 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01833-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Plant mitochondria move dynamically inside cells and this movement is classified into two types: directional movement, in which mitochondria travel long distances, and wiggling, in which mitochondria travel short distances. However, the underlying mechanisms and roles of both types of mitochondrial movement, especially wiggling, remain to be determined. Here, we used confocal laser-scanning microscopy to quantitatively characterize mitochondrial movement (rate and trajectory) in Arabidopsis thaliana mesophyll cells. Directional movement leading to long-distance migration occurred at high speed with a low angle-change rate, whereas wiggling leading to short-distance migration occurred at low speed with a high angle-change rate. The mean square displacement (MSD) analysis could separate these two movements. Directional movement was dependent on filamentous actin (F-actin), whereas mitochondrial wiggling was not, but slightly influenced by F-actin. In mesophyll cells, mitochondria could migrate by wiggling, and most of these mitochondria associated with chloroplasts. Thus, mitochondria migrate via F-actin-independent wiggling under the influence of F-actin during their association with chloroplasts in Arabidopsis. Oikawa et al. investigate the rate and trajectory of mitochondria in Arabidopsis thaliana mesophyll cells, using confocal laser-scanning microscopy. They find that mitochondria migrate via wiggling during their association with chloroplasts, providing insights into how mitochondria-chloroplast interaction affects the movement of mitochondria.
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- Kazusato Oikawa
- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Saitama, Japan
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Saitama, Japan
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- Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Saitama, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Saitama, Japan. .,Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan.
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. .,Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Saitama, Japan.
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Tong Y, Ishikawa K, Sasaki R, Takeshita I, Sakamoto J, Okita M. The effects of wheel-running using the upper limbs following immobilization after inducing arthritis in the knees of rats. Physiol Res 2021; 70:79-87. [PMID: 33453715 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.934469] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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This study investigated the effects of wheel-running using the upper limbs following immobilization after inducing arthritis in the knees of rats. Forty male Wistar rats (aged 8 weeks) divided into four groups randomly: arthritis (AR), immobilization after arthritis (Im), wheel-running exercise with the upper limbs following immobilization after arthritis induction (Im+Ex) and sham arthritis induction (Con). The knee joints of the Im and Im+Ex groups were immobilized with a cast for 4 weeks. In the Im+Ex group, wheel-running exercise was administered for 60 min/day (5 times/week). The swelling and the pressure pain threshold (PPT) of the knee joint were evaluated for observing the condition of inflammatory symptoms in affected area, and the paw withdraw response (PWR) was evaluated for observing the condition of secondary hyperalgesia in distant area. Especially, in order to evaluate histological inflammation in the knee joint, the number of macrophage (CD68-positive cells) in the synovium was examined. The expression of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in the spinal dorsal horn (L2-3 and L4-5) was examined to evaluate central sensitization. The Im+Ex group showed a significantly better recovery than the Im group in the swelling, PPTs, and PWRs. Additionally, CGRP expression of the spinal dorsal horn (L2-3 and L4-5) in the Im+Ex group was significantly decreased compared with the Im group. According to the results, upper limb exercise can decrease pain in the affected area, reduce hyperalgesia in distant areas, and suppress the central sensitization in the spinal dorsal horn by triggering exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH).
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- Y Tong
- Department of Physical Therapy Science, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
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Maeda T, Funayama E, Yamamoto Y, Murao N, Osawa M, Ishikawa K, Hayashi T. Long-term outcomes and recurrence-free interval after the treatment of keloids with a standardized protocol. J Tissue Viability 2020; 30:128-132. [PMID: 33288386 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2020.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recurrence rates of keloids have generally been reported at one time point. However, the longer the duration after treatment, the greater the likelihood that such lesions will recur. In this study, we analysed the time to recurrence during long-term follow-up. MATERIAL AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed recurrence-free interval in 52 patients with keloid (age 8-79 years) who had been treated between June 2006 and January 2011 using a standardised protocol developed by our group. RESULTS Mean duration of follow-up was 37.5 (range, 7-120) months in patients with keloid. Kaplan-Meier survival curves revealed a statistically significant difference in recurrence-free interval between ear keloids and keloids excluding ear keloids. Recurrence rate for keloids was high in the first 2 years after treatment. CONCLUSIONS Kaplan-Meier analysis was useful for understanding the tendency of recurrence of keloids after treatment using a standardised protocol.
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan.
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Satou T, Kitahara H, Ishikawa K, Nakayama T, Fujimoto Y, Sano K, Kobayashi Y. Short-term risk stratification using CADILLAC risk score in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.1352] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background
The recent reperfusion therapy for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has made the length of hospital stay shorter without adverse events. CADILLAC risk score is reportedly one of the risk scores predicting the long-term prognosis in STEMI patients.
Purpose
To invenstigate the usefulness of CADILLAC risk score for predicting short-term outcomes in STEMI patients.
Methods
Consecutive patients admitted to our university hospital and our medical center with STEMI (excluding shock, arrest case) who underwent primary PCI between January 2012 and April 2018 (n=387) were enrolled in this study. The patients were classified into 3 groups according to the CADILLAC risk score: low risk (n=176), intermediate risk (n=87), and high risk (n=124). Data on adverse events within 30 days after hospitalization, including in-hospital death, sustained ventricular arrhythmia, recurrent myocardial infarction, heart failure requiring intravenous treatment, stroke, or clinical hemorrhage, were collected.
Results
In the low risk group, adverse events within 30 days were significantly less observed, compared to the intermediate and high risk groups (n=13, 7.4% vs. n=13, 14.9% vs. n=58, 46.8%, p<0.001). In particular, all adverse events occurred within 3 days in the low risk group, although adverse events, such as heart failure (n=4), recurrent myocardial infarction (n=1), stroke (n=1), and gastrointestinal bleeding (n=1), were substantially observed after day 4 of hospitalization in the intermediate and high risk groups.
Conclusions
In STEMI patients with low CADILLAC risk score, better short-term prognosis was observed compared to the intermediate and high risk groups, and all adverse events occurred within 3 days of hospitalization, suggesting that discharge at day 4 might be safe in this study population. CADILLAC risk score may help stratify patient risk for short-term prognosis and adjust management of STEMI patients.
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Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- T Satou
- Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Cardiology, Chiba, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Cardiology, Chiba, Japan
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Wakae K, Kondo S, Pham HT, Wakisaka N, Que L, Li Y, Zheng X, Fukano K, Kitamura K, Watashi K, Aizaki H, Ueno T, Moriyama‐Kita M, Ishikawa K, Nakanishi Y, Endo K, Muramatsu M, Yoshizaki T. EBV-LMP1 induces APOBEC3s and mitochondrial DNA hypermutation in nasopharyngeal cancer. Cancer Med 2020; 9:7663-7671. [PMID: 32815637 PMCID: PMC7571841 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.3357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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An Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) is a principal oncogene that plays a pivotal role in EBV-associated malignant tumors including nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). Recent genomic landscape studies revealed that NPC also contained many genomic mutations, suggesting the role of LMP1 as a driver gene for the induction of these genomic mutations. Nonetheless, its exact mechanism has not been investigated. In this study, we report that LMP1 alters the expression profile of APOBEC3s(A3s), host deaminases that introduce consecutive C-to-U mutations (hypermutation). In vitro, LMP1 induces APOBEC3B (A3B) and 3F(A3F), in a nasopharyngeal cell line, AdAH. Overexpression of LMP1, A3B, or A3F induces mtDNA hypermutation, which is also detectable from NPC specimens. Expression of LMP1 and A3B in NPC was correlated with neck metastasis. These results provide evidence as to which LMP1 induces A3s and mtDNA hypermutation, and how LMP1 facilitates metastasis is also discussed.
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- Kousho Wakae
- Department of Molecular GeneticsGraduate School of Medical ScienceKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
- Department of Virology IINational Institute of Infectious DiseasesTokyoJapan
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck SurgeryKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck SurgeryKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck SurgeryKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
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- Department of Molecular GeneticsGraduate School of Medical ScienceKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
- Department of Virology IINational Institute of Infectious DiseasesTokyoJapan
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- Department of Molecular GeneticsGraduate School of Medical ScienceKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
- Department of Virology IINational Institute of Infectious DiseasesTokyoJapan
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- Department of Virology IINational Institute of Infectious DiseasesTokyoJapan
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- Department of Virology IINational Institute of Infectious DiseasesTokyoJapan
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- Department of Molecular GeneticsGraduate School of Medical ScienceKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
- Department of Virology IINational Institute of Infectious DiseasesMusashi‐MurayamaTokyoJapan
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- Department of Virology IINational Institute of Infectious DiseasesTokyoJapan
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- Department of Virology IINational Institute of Infectious DiseasesTokyoJapan
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck SurgeryKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck SurgeryKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck SurgeryKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck SurgeryKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck SurgeryKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
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- Department of Molecular GeneticsGraduate School of Medical ScienceKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
- Department of Virology IINational Institute of Infectious DiseasesTokyoJapan
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck SurgeryKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
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Izuishi Y, Isaka N, Li H, Nakanishi K, Kageyama J, Ishikawa K, Shimada T, Masuta C, Yoshikawa N, Kusano H, Yazaki K. Apple latent spherical virus (ALSV)-induced gene silencing in a medicinal plant, Lithospermum erythrorhizon. Sci Rep 2020; 10:13555. [PMID: 32782359 PMCID: PMC7421898 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70469-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Lithospermum erythrorhizon is a medicinal plant that produces shikonin, a red lipophilic naphthoquinone derivative that accumulates exclusively in roots. The biosynthetic steps required to complete the naphthalene ring of shikonin and its mechanism of secretion remain unclear. Multiple omics studies identified several candidate genes involved in shikonin production. The functions of these genes can be evaluated using virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) systems, which have been shown advantageous in introducing iRNA genes into non-model plants. This study describes the development of a VIGS system using an apple latent spherical virus (ALSV) vector and a target gene, phytoene desaturase (LePDS1). Virus particles packaged in Nicotiana benthamiana were inoculated into L. erythrorhizon seedlings, yielding new leaves with albino phenotype but without disease symptoms. The levels of LePDS1 mRNAs were significantly lower in the albino plants than in mock control or escape plants. Virus-derived mRNA was detected in infected plants but not in escape and mock plants. Quantitative PCR and deep sequencing analysis indicated that transcription of another hypothetical PDS gene (LePDS2) also decreased in the defective leaves. Virus infection, however, had no effect on shikonin production. These results suggest that virus-based genetic transformation and the VIGS system silence target genes in soil-grown L. erythrorhizon.
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- Yuki Izuishi
- Laboratory of Plant Gene Expression, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, 611-0011, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Gene Expression, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, 611-0011, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Gene Expression, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, 611-0011, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Gene Expression, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, 611-0011, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Gene Expression, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, 611-0011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita 9 Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
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- Agri-Innovation Center, Iwate University, Morioka 3-18-8, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Gene Expression, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, 611-0011, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Gene Expression, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, 611-0011, Japan.
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Ishikawa K, Tamura K, Fukao Y, Shimada T. Structural and functional relationships between plasmodesmata and plant endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane contact sites consisting of three synaptotagmins. New Phytol 2020; 226:798-808. [PMID: 31869440 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 09/28/2019] [Accepted: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Synaptotagmin 1 (SYT1) has been recognised as a tethering factor of plant endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-plasma membrane (PM) contact sites (EPCSs) and partially localises to around plasmodesmata (PD). However, other components of EPCSs associated with SYT1 and functional links between the EPCSs and PD have not been identified. We explored interactors of SYT1 by immunoprecipitation and mass analysis. The dynamics, morphology and spatial arrangement of the ER in Arabidopsis mutants lacking the EPCS components were investigated using confocal microscopy and electron microscopy. PD permeability of EPCS mutants was assessed using a virus movement protein and free green fluorescent protein (GFP) as indicators. We identified two additional components of the EPCSs, SYT5 and SYT7, that interact with SYT1. The mutants of the three SYTs were defective in the anchoring of the ER to the PM. The ER near the PD entrance appeared to be weakly squeezed in the triple mutant compared with the wild-type. The triple mutant suppressed cell-to-cell movement of the virus movement protein, but not GFP diffusion. We revealed major additional components of EPCS associated with SYT1 and suggested that the EPCSs arranged around the PD squeeze the ER to regulate active transport via PD.
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- Kazuya Ishikawa
- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 321-8505, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, 527-8577, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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Nishi H, Hosomi N, Ohta K, Aoki S, Nakamori M, Nezu T, Shigeishi H, Shintani T, Obayashi T, Ishikawa K, Kinoshita N, Shiga Y, Sugiyama M, Ohge H, Maruyama H, Kawaguchi H, Kurihara H. Serum immunoglobulin G antibody titer to Fusobacterium nucleatum is associated with unfavorable outcome after stroke. Clin Exp Immunol 2020; 200:302-309. [PMID: 32155293 DOI: 10.1111/cei.13430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 07/27/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Stroke can be a cause of death, while in non-fatal cases it is a common cause of various disabilities resulting from associated brain damage. However, whether a specific periodontal pathogen is associated with increased risk of unfavorable outcome after stroke remains unknown. We examined risk factors for unfavorable outcome following stroke occurrence, including serum antibody titers to periodontal pathogens. The enrolled cohort included 534 patients who had experienced an acute stroke, who were divided into favorable (n = 337) and unfavorable (n = 197) outcome groups according to modified ranking scale (mRS) score determined at 3 months after onset (favorable = score 0 or 1; unfavorable = score 2-6). The associations of risk factors with unfavorable outcome, including serum titers of IgG antibodies to 16 periodontal pathogens, were examined. Logistic regression analysis showed that the initial National Institutes of Health stroke scale score [odds ratio (OR) = 1·24, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1·18-1·31, P < 0·001] and C-reactive protein (OR = 1·29, 95% CI = 1·10-1·51, P = 0·002) were independently associated with unfavorable outcome after stroke. Following adjustment with those, detection of the antibody for Fusobacterium nucleatum ATCC 10953 in serum remained an independent predictor of unfavorable outcome (OR = 3·12, 95% CI = 1·55-6·29, P = 0·002). Determination of the antibody titer to F. nucleatum ATCC 10953 in serum may be useful as a predictor of unfavorable outcome after stroke.
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- H Nishi
- Department of General Dentistry, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Chikamori Hospital, Kochi, Japan.,Department of Disease Model, Research Institute of Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Public Oral Health, Program of Oral Health Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Public Oral Health, Program of Oral Health Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Center of Oral Examination, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of General Dentistry, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.,Department of Neurology, Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Public Oral Health, Program of Oral Health Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of General Dentistry, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Goto H, Takaoka H, Sakai T, Ochi S, Wakabayashi S, Ishikawa K, Kanaeda T, Daimon M, Ueda M, Funabashi N, Sano K, Kobayashi Y. P599Native T1 mapping is useful for detection of myocardial fibrosis in cases with ischemic and non-ischemic myocardial diseases. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0208] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Evaluation of myocardial fibrosis (MF) as late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on MRI is useful for differential diagnosis of various myocardial diseases and prediction of future adverse cardiac events in some specific myocardial diseases. Gadolinium contrast is contraindicated for cases with severe renal dysfunction, therefore non contrast MRI is necessary for detection of MF in cases with both myocardial disease and severe renal dysfunction.
Purpose
We aimed to evaluate diagnostic accuracy of native T1 mapping for detection of MF compared with LGE in cases with various myocardial diseases, including ischemic and non-ischemic myocardial diseases.
Methods
We selected consecutive 40 patients who were suspected of having various myocardial diseases and underwent cardiac MRI, using 1.5T MRI (Ingenia, Philips) in 10 cases (25%) or 3T MRI (Ingenia, Philips) in 30 cases (75%), including native T1 mapping (without contrast) and LGE using contrast media from Jan 2018 to Feb 2019 in our institution. We evaluated diagnostic accuracy for detection of MF in left ventricular myocardium (LVM) of native T1 mapping image compared with LGE as the gold standard, in a patient-based and segment-based analysis. In T1 mapping images, segmental high T1 lesions were defined as MF. In a segment-based analysis, MF was evaluated using 17 LVM segments model in American Heart Association.
Results
MF was detected in 139 LVM segments in 25 (63%) cases. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and diagnostic accuracy of native T1 mapping for detection of MF were 90%, 89%, 95%, 80% and 90% in a patient-based analysis, and 63%, 96%, 84%, 89% and 88% in a segment-based analysis (left figure). Native T1-values of LVM with MF were significantly higher than LVM without LGE (1351±79 vs 1093±124 in 1.5T and 1562±131 vs 1291±43 in 3T) (p<0.05 and p<0.01). Interobserver agreement of native T1 mapping and LGE were not significantly different (0.88 and 0.89, P=0.70). Overall diagnostic accuracy of native T1 mapping for detection of MF in a patient-based analysis, was not significantly different in between the cases with ischemic (n=18) and non-ischemic (n=22) myocardial disease (90% and 83.3%, P=0.10).
Conclusion
Native T1 mapping (without contrast) is useful for detection of MF in various myocardial diseases and high diagnostic accuracy is expected especially in a patient-based analysis.
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Cardiology, Togane, Japan
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- Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Radiology, Togane, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Radiology, Togane, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Cardiology, Togane, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Cardiology, Togane, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Cardiology, Togane, Japan
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- Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Cardiology, Togane, Japan
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- Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Cardiology, Togane, Japan
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- Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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Goto H, Takaoka H, Sakai T, Ochi S, Wakabayashi S, Ishikawa K, Kanaeda T, Ueda M, Funabashi N, Sano K, Kobayashi Y. P6182Combination of a new iterative reconstruction technique with low tube voltage and high tube current has important role of detection of late enhancement on 320 slice CT. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz746.0788] [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
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Background
New iterative reconstruction tecniques, including Adaptive Iterative Dose Reduction 3D (AIDR 3D) and Forward Projected Model-based Iterative Reconstruction SoluTion (FIRST), have been recently available on new generation 320 slice CT, and they can provide high-quality CT images.
Purpose
The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of detection of abnormal late enhancement (LE) in left ventricular (LV) myocardium (LVM) using 320-slice CT with new iterative reconstruction techiniques, AIDR 3D (Figure A) and FIRST (Figure B).
Methods
A total of 100 patients who were suspected of having various myocardial diseases and underwent late phase acquisition both on cardiac CT and CMR within 3 months were analyzed. The first 50 consecutive patients (Group 1) underwent 320-slice CT with AIDR 3D, 120 Kv tube voltage, 519±71 mA tube current. The next 50 consecutive patients (Group 2) underwent 320-slice CT with FIRST, 80 or 100Kv tube voltage, 803±20 mA tube current. We compared diagnostic accuracy of CT for detection of LE in LVM against that of CMR (the gold standard) in between the 2 groups.
Results
On patient-by-patient analysis, sensitivity, specificity, positive (PPV) and negative predictive values (NPV), and overall accuracy for detection of LE on CT vs CMR were 87, 95, 96, 82, and 90% in Group 1, and 97, 83, 91, 88, and 90% in Group 2. There were no significant difference of diagnostic accuracy on patient-by-patient analysis in between the 2 groups (Figure C). However, on a segment-by-segment analysis (using 17 American Heart Association LV segment model), these values for detection of LE on CT vs CMR were 60, 95, 73, 91, and 88% in Group 1, and 85, 95, 86, 95, and 93% in Group 2. Sensitivity, PPV, NPV and overall accuracy were significantly higher in Group 2 than in Group 1 (all P<0.01) (Figure D).
Conclusions
Diagnostic accuracy of detection of LE in LVM on CT combining low tube voltage and high tube current acquisition on a new generation 320-slice CT with FIRST was superior to 320-slice CT with AIDR 3D.
Acknowledgement/Funding
TSUCHIYA MEMORIAL MEDICAL FOUNDATION
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- H Goto
- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Cardiology, Togane, Japan
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- Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Radiology, Togane, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Radiology, Togane, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Cardiology, Togane, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Cardiology, Togane, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Cardiology, Togane, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Cardiology, Togane, Japan
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- Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Cardiology, Togane, Japan
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- Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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Ishizawa M, Noma T, Ishikawa S, Matsunaga K, Kawakami R, Miyake Y, Ishikawa K, Tsuji T, Murakami K, Minamino T. P6578Development of the novel program to diagnose atrial fibrillation using automated blood pressure monitor. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz746.1166] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is often asymptomatic and contributes to an increased risk of strokes. The development of proper screening device of AF is unmet medical needs worldwide. Recently, we had reported that multiple measurements using Omron automated blood pressure (BP) monitor with irregular heartbeat detection showed high sensitivity and specificity for AF detection in general cardiac patients, however, this method had limitations in discriminating between AF and other arrhythmias.
Purpose
The aim of this study is to develop a novel program that can accurately diagnose AF by discriminating it from other arrhythmias using the pressure pulse waveform data outputted from Omron automated BP monitor.
Methods
In our previous clinical research, BP measurements were performed 3 times each for 303 general cardiac patients (mean age: 72.2 years, 69.8% male) with recording the real-time single lead ECG, and a total of 909 pressure pulse waveforms were obtained. Among them, 840 pressure pulse waveforms from 280 patients (include 40 AF patients) used for further analysis. We developed a program to analyze and visualize uniquely the characteristics of AF waveform through the autocorrelation-based waveform processing system produced by Melody International Ltd, Kagawa, Japan. All visualized results were judged and classified into Sinus, Non-AF and AF by two individuals blinded to the results. For each patient who obtained 3 results, a two by two contingency table was created and sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy for diagnosing AF were calculated.
Results
Among 840 pressure pulse waveforms, only 21 (2 Sinus and 19 Non-AF) out of 720 Sinus and Non-AF waveforms were judged as AF, and 7 out of 120 AF waveforms were judged as Non-AF. None of AF waveforms was absolutely misjudged as Sinus. In analysis for each patient, when one or more AF judgements were found in 3 waveforms, the diagnosis of AF has sensitivity and specificity of 100% and 95.8%, respectively. When two or more AF judgements were found in 3 waveforms, the diagnosis of AF has sensitivity and specificity of 100% and 97.9%, respectively. In this rule, the diagnostic accuracy of AF reached up to 98.8%, and no sinus patients were misjudged as AF.
Conclusion
The novel program, which applied autocorrelation methods uniquely to analysis of the pressure pulse waveforms recorded by automated BP monitor, showed high sensitivity and high specificity for AF diagnosis in general cardiac patients. This program is expected to be useful for early diagnosis for asymptomatic AF patients.
Acknowledgement/Funding
The present research is supported by a grant through the SCOPE from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan.
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- M Ishizawa
- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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Murakami Y, Ishikawa K, Sakayauchi T, Itasaka S, Negoro Y, Jingu K, Nishimura Y, Nagata Y, Ogawa K. Association between Severe Gastrointestinal Toxicity and Molecular Targeted Therapy in Patients Received Radiotherapy for Metastatic Bone Tumor or Myeloma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.06.163] [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: 10/26/2022]
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Hayashi K, Kishida R, Tsuchiya A, Ishikawa K. Honeycomb blocks composed of carbonate apatite, β-tricalcium phosphate, and hydroxyapatite for bone regeneration: effects of composition on biological responses. Mater Today Bio 2019; 4:100031. [PMID: 32159156 PMCID: PMC7061555 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2019.100031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Revised: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/14/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Synthetic scaffolds exhibiting bone repair ability equal to that of autogenous bone are required in the fields of orthopedics and dentistry. A suitable synthetic bone graft substitute should induce osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells, osteogenesis, and angiogenesis. In this study, three types of honeycomb blocks (HCBs), composed of hydroxyapatite (HAp), β-tricalcium phosphate (TCP), and carbonate apatite (CO3Ap), were fabricated, and the effects of HCB composition on bone formation and maturation were investigated. The HC structure was selected to promote cell penetration and tissue ingrowth. HAp and β-TCP HCBs were fabricated by extrusion molding followed by sintering. The CO3Ap HCBs were fabricated by extrusion molding followed by sintering and dissolution-precipitation reactions. These HCBs had similar macroporous structures: all harbored uniformly distributed macropores (∼160 μm) that were regularly arrayed and penetrated the blocks unidirectionally. Moreover, the volumes of macropores were nearly equal (∼0.15 cm3/g). The compressive strengths of CO3Ap, HAp, and β-TCP HCBs were 22.8 ± 3.5, 34.2 ± 3.3, and 24.4 ± 2.4 MPa, respectively. Owing to the honeycomb-type macroporous structure, the compressive strengths of these HCBs were higher than those of commercial scaffolds with intricate three-dimensional or unidirectional macroporous structure. Notably, bone maturation was markedly faster in CO3Ap HCB grafting than in β-TCP and HAp HCB grafting, and the mature bone area percentages for CO3Ap HCBs at postsurgery weeks 4 and 12 were 14.3- and 4.3-fold higher and 7.5- and 1.4-fold higher than those for HAp and β-TCP HCBs, respectively. The differences in bone maturation and formation were probably caused by the disparity in concentrations of calcium ions surrounding the HCBs, which were dictated by the inherent material resorption behavior and mechanism; generally, CO3Ap is resorbed only by osteoclastic resorption, HAp is not resorbed, and β-TCP is rapidly dissolved even in the absence of osteoclasts. Besides the composition, the microporous structure of HC struts, inevitably generated during the formation of HCBs of various compositions, may contribute to the differences in bone maturation and formation.
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Key Words
- Bone regeneration
- Bone-graft substitute
- Fourier transform infrared, FTIR
- Osteogenesis
- Osteogenic differentiation
- Scaffold
- blood vessels, BV
- calcium phosphate, CaP
- carbonate apatite, CO3Ap
- hematoxylin-eosin, HE
- honeycomb blocks, HCBs
- honeycomb, HC
- hydroxyapatite, HAp
- mesenchymal stem cells, MSCs
- osteoblast, OB
- osteoclasts, OCs
- postoperative week, POW
- tricalcium phosphate, TCP
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- K. Hayashi
- Department of Biomaterials, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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Kano M, Kondo S, Wakisaka N, Wakae K, Aga M, Moriyama-Kita M, Ishikawa K, Ueno T, Nakanishi Y, Hatano M, Endo K, Sugimoto H, Kitamura K, Muramatsu M, Yoshizaki T. Expression of estrogen receptor alpha is associated with pathogenesis and prognosis of human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancer. Int J Cancer 2019; 145:1547-1557. [PMID: 31228270 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.32500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [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: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been identified as a causative agent of cervical cancer and oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). Intriguingly, estrogen and HPV were shown to play synergistic roles in cervical carcinogenesis. We recently demonstrated that the apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing catalytic polypeptide 3 (APOBEC3, A3) family, which is inducible by estrogen, could lead to HPV DNA hypermutation and cause viral DNA integration. In the present study, we examined the relationships between estrogen-estrogen receptor α (ERα) and A3s in HPV-positive OPC. ERα expression was associated with HPV positivity in OPC biopsy samples using immunohistochemical analysis and reverse-transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction. In addition, ERα was significantly associated with improved overall survival in HPV-positive OPC (hazard ratio, 0.26; p = 0.029). APOBEC3A (A3A) mRNA was induced by estrogen in HPV and ERα-positive OPC cells. Furthermore, A3A mRNA and protein expression were significantly higher in ERα-positive cases than in ERα-negative ones, among HPV-positive biopsy samples (p = 0.037 and 0.047). These findings suggest that A3A is associated with a good prognosis in ERα-positive OPC, and indicate the prognostic significance of ERα in HPV-positive OPC. This is the first study to demonstrate the prognostic role of ERα in HPV-positive OPC.
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- Makoto Kano
- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.,Department of Otolaryngology, National Hospital Organization Kanazawa Medical Center, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.,Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.,Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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Wakisaka N, Endo K, Kitazawa T, Shimode Y, Kato K, Moriyama-Kita M, Koda W, Ikeda H, Ishikawa K, Ueno T, Nakanishi Y, Kondo S, Sugimoto H, Yoshimura K, Tsuji H, Kawashiri S, Omoto K, Yoshizaki T. Detection of sentinel lymph node using contrast-enhanced agent, Sonazoid ™, and evaluation of its metastasis with superb microvascular imaging in oral and oropharyngeal cancers: a preliminary clinical study. Acta Otolaryngol 2019; 139:94-99. [PMID: 30676845 DOI: 10.1080/00016489.2018.1535193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND In sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy for head and neck cancers, the radioisotope method has been the gold standard. However, this method has several problems, such as unavoidable radiation exposure and requirements of expensive equipment. AIMS/OBJECTIVES To overcome these problems, we evaluated the contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS)-guided SLN-detection method, and predicted the SLN metastatic status using novel ultrasound technology, superb microvascular imaging (SMI). METHODS Ten patients (6 with oral and 4 with oropharyngeal cancers) without neck lymph node metastasis were enrolled in this study. Ultrasound contrast agent, Sonazoid™, was infiltrated into the mucosa at the primary site to observe the lymphatic ducts and SLNs in the neck field. The detected SLNs were examined for blood flow using SMI to categorize the SLNs metastases-positive or negative. RESULTS SLNs were successfully detected in 8 out of 10 cases. In 7 out of the 8 cases, in whom SLNs were successfully detected, the metastatic status of SLNs was correctly diagnosed with SMI. CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE Although more clinical data are needed based on a larger cohort, establishing the CEUS-guided SLN-detection and criteria for the accurate diagnosis of SLN-metastases using SMI would be valuable as an alternative to radioisotope method, in oral and oropharyngeal cancers.
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- Naohiro Wakisaka
- Department of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Statistics, Innovative Clinical Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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Nishimura Y, Kodaira T, Ito Y, Tsuchiya K, Murakami Y, Saitoh J, Akimoto T, Nakata K, Yoshimura M, Teshima T, Toshiyasu T, Ota Y, Ishikawa K, Shimizu H, Minemura T, Ishikura S, Shibata T, Nakamura K, Shibata T, Hiraoka M. A Phase II Study of Two-Step Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) with Chemotherapy for Loco-Regionally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Cancer (NPC) (JCOG1015). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.06.314] [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: 10/28/2022]
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Ishikawa K, Tamura K, Ueda H, Ito Y, Nakano A, Hara-Nishimura I, Shimada T. Synaptotagmin-Associated Endoplasmic Reticulum-Plasma Membrane Contact Sites Are Localized to Immobile ER Tubules. Plant Physiol 2018; 178:641-653. [PMID: 30126867 PMCID: PMC6181054 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.00498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 08/01/2018] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
The plant endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which is morphologically divided into tubules and sheets, seems to flow continuously as a whole, but locally, mobile and immobile regions exist. In eukaryotes, the ER physically and functionally interacts with the plasma membrane (PM) at domains called ER-PM contact sites (EPCSs). Extended synaptotagmin family proteins are concentrated in the cortical ER to form one type of EPCS; however, it is unclear whether the localization of extended synaptotagmin corresponds to the EPCS and where in the cortical ER the EPCSs are formed. Here, we analyzed the spatiotemporal localization of SYNAPTOTAGMIN1 (SYT1), a synaptotagmin in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), to investigate the precise distribution of SYT1-associated EPCSs in the cortical ER. Three-dimensional imaging using superresolution confocal live imaging microscopy demonstrated that SYT1 was specifically localized to the ER-PM boundary. Time-lapse imaging revealed that SYT1 was distributed to immobile ER tubules, but not to mobile tubules. Moreover, SYT1 was frequently localized to the edges of ER sheets that were transformed into immobile ER tubules over time. A lower intracellular calcium ion concentration resulted in an increased EPCS area and disrupted the ER network. Finally, SYT1 deficiency caused a reduction of the immobile tubules and enlargement of the ER meshes. Taken together, our findings show that SYT1-associated EPCS are distributed to immobile tubules and play an important role in the formation of the tubular ER network. This provides important insight into the relationship between the function and dynamics/morphology of the cortical ER.
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- Kazuya Ishikawa
- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University, Kobe 658-8501, Japan
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- Live Cell Super-Resolution Imaging Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- UMR 5200 Membrane Biogenesis Laboratory, CNRS-University of Bordeaux, 33140 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Live Cell Super-Resolution Imaging Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Ishizawa M, Inoue T, Tobiume A, Hasui Y, Yokoyama S, Ishikawa S, Matsunaga K, Mantani K, Miyake Y, Ishikawa K, Tsuji T, Murakami K, Nishimoto N, Noma T, Minamino T. P1936Multiple measurements with an automated blood pressure monitor can detect atrial fibrillation with high sensitivity and specificity in general cardiac patients. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy565.p1936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- M Ishizawa
- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Clinical Research Support Center, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Kagawa University, Cardiorenal Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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Bikou O, Aguero J, Fish K, Watanabe S, Hammoudi N, Hajjar RJ, Ishikawa K. P6516Impact of pulmonary hypertension on the left ventricular stiffness: Pressure-volume relationship study. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.p6516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- O Bikou
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, United States of America
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- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, United States of America
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- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, United States of America
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- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, United States of America
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- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, United States of America
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- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, United States of America
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- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, United States of America
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