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Saito T, Tatara K, Shinno S, Sakoda S, Fujimura H. P1.11 Comparison between courses of home mechanical ventilation patients with muscular dystrophy and mechanical ventilation inpatients. Neuromuscul Disord 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2011.06.771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Matsumura T, Saito T, Fujimura H, Shinno S, Sakoda S. P1.17 A longitudinal analysis of cause-of-death in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Toneyama National Hospital. Neuromuscul Disord 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2011.06.777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Surblys D, Yamaguchi Y, Kuroda K, Nakajima T, Fujimura H. Analysis on wetting and local dynamic properties of single water droplet on a polarized solid surface: A molecular dynamics study. J Chem Phys 2011; 135:014703. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3601055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Fujimura H, Murakami N, Miwa S, Aruga C, Toriumi W. The suitability of rat hepatoma cell line H4IIE for evaluating the potentials of compounds to induce CYP3A23 expression. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 64:527-33. [PMID: 21146967 DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2010.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2009] [Accepted: 11/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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To investigate the suitability of H4IIE cells for detecting cytochrome P450 (CYP) induction in vitro, we compared CYP induction by typical CYP inducers in H4IIE cells and rat primary hepatocytes by examining gene expression and enzyme activity, and by immunocytochemistry. The cells were preincubated with 0.1 μM of dexamethasone (DEX) for 24 h, followed by 48 h of exposure to 10 μM of beta-naphthoflavone (bNF), 100 μM of phenobarbital (PB) and 10 μM of DEX. Cyp1a1, Cyp2b1/2 and Cyp3a23/3a1 (Cyp3a23) expressions in H4IIE cells were up-regulated 280-, 1.5- and 65-fold relative to those in vehicle-treated cells, respectively. The fold inductions of those expressions in rat primary hepatocytes were 80-, 33- and 152-fold, respectively. Comprehensive gene expression analysis using DNA microarrays showed that Cyp3a23, Gsta2, Ugt2b12, Udpgt and Sult2a1 expressions were up-regulated in H4IIE cells exposed to 10 μM of DEX. CYP3A activity was not increased, but some H4IIE cells exposed to DEX were stained strongly with anti-CYP3A antibody. We cloned these cells and obtained cloned H4IIE (cH4IIE) cells with expression level of Cyp3a23 higher than those of vehicle-treated cells. It was confirmed that preincubation with 0.1 μM of DEX increased pregnane X receptor (Pxr) expression level and enhanced the Cyp3a23 induction effects of test compounds significantly. Retrospective examination of in vitro CYP induction assay using cH4IIE cells resulted in 80% correlation with the data from in vivo rat toxicity studies. These results suggested that cH4IIE cells are suitable for evaluating the potentials of a compound to induce CYP3A23 expression.
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Kohri H, Ahn DS, Ahn JK, Akimune H, Asano Y, Chang WC, Daté S, Ejiri H, Fukui S, Fujimura H, Fujiwara M, Hasegawa S, Hicks K, Hosaka A, Hotta T, Imai K, Ishikawa T, Iwata T, Kawai H, Kim ZY, Kino K, Kumagai N, Makino S, Matsuda T, Matsumura T, Matsuoka N, Mibe T, Miyabe M, Miyachi Y, Morita M, Muramatsu N, Nakano T, Nam SI, Niiyama M, Nomachi M, Ohashi Y, Ohkuma H, Ooba T, Oshuev DS, Rangacharyulu C, Sakaguchi A, Sasaki T, Shagin PM, Shiino Y, Shimizu A, Shimizu H, Sugaya Y, Sumihama M, Titov AI, Toi Y, Toyokawa H, Wakai A, Wang CW, Wang SC, Yonehara K, Yorita T, Yoshimura M, Yosoi M, Zegers RGT. Near-threshold Lambda(1520) production by the gamma(p)-->K{+}Lambda(1520) reaction at forward K+ angles. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 104:172001. [PMID: 20482102 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.104.172001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2009] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Differential cross sections and photon-beam asymmetries for the gamma(p)-->K{+}Lambda(1520) reaction have been measured with linearly polarized photon beams at energies from the threshold to 2.4 GeV at 0.6<cos(theta){c.m.}{K}<1. A new bump structure was found at W approximately 2.11 GeV in the cross sections. The bump is not well reproduced by theoretical calculations introducing a nucleon resonance with J<or=3/2. This result suggests that the bump might be produced by a nucleon resonance possibly with J>or=5/2 or by a new reaction process, for example, an interference effect with the phi photoproduction having a similar bump structure in the cross sections.
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Kawamoto Y, Ito H, Kobayashi Y, Suzuki Y, Akiguchi I, Fujimura H, Sakoda S, Kusaka H, Hirano A, Takahashi R. HtrA2/Omi-immunoreactive intraneuronal inclusions in the anterior horn of patients with sporadic and Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) mutant amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2010; 36:331-44. [PMID: 20202124 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2010.01075.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS HtrA2/Omi is a mitochondrial serine protease that promotes the apoptotic processes, but the relationship between HtrA2/Omi and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is still unknown. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether abnormal expression of HtrA2/Omi occurs in patients with ALS. METHODS We prepared autopsied spinal cord tissues from 7 control subjects, 11 patients with sporadic ALS (SALS) and 4 patients with Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1)-related familial ALS (FALS). We then performed immunohistochemical studies on HtrA2/Omi using formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections from all of the cases. RESULTS In the control subjects, the anterior horn cells were mildly to moderately immunostained with HtrA2/Omi. In the patients with SALS, strong HtrA2/Omi immunoreactivity was found in some skein-like inclusions and round hyaline inclusions as well as many spheroids, but Bunina bodies were immunonegative for HtrA2/Omi. In the patients with SOD1-related FALS, Lewy body-like hyaline inclusions were observed in three cases and conglomerate inclusions were observed in the remaining case, and both types of inclusions were intensely immunopositive for HtrA2/Omi. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that abnormal accumulations of HtrA2/Omi may occur in several types of motor neuronal inclusions in the anterior horn from SALS and SOD1-linked FALS cases, and that HtrA2/Omi may be associated with the pathogenesis of both types of ALS.
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Sheikh MA, Fujimura H, Miyagi T, Uechi Y, Yokota T, Yasumura S, Oomori T. Detection and ecological threats of PSII herbicide diuron on coral reefs around the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2009; 58:1922-1926. [PMID: 19837441 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2009] [Revised: 09/09/2009] [Accepted: 09/09/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Fujimura H, Murakami N, Kurabe M, Toriumi W. In vitro assay for drug-induced hepatosteatosis using rat primary hepatocytes, a fluorescent lipid analog and gene expression analysis. J Appl Toxicol 2009; 29:356-63. [PMID: 19224547 DOI: 10.1002/jat.1420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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To evaluate new drugs' potential for hepatosteatosis, we developed a cell-based assay using a fluorescent fatty acid analog: BODIPY558/568 C12. Rat primary hepatocytes were exposed to positive reference compounds [cyclosporine A (CsA), clofibrate (CFR), tetracycline (TC), valproic acid (VPA), carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), tamoxifen (TMX)] in the presence of BODIPY558/568 C12. The formation of fluorscecent particles or lipid droplets in the cytoplasm was confirmed by confocal laser scanning microscopy and electron microscopy respectively. The accumulation of BODIPY558/568 C12 was measured by fluorometry and high content imaging method. All positive reference compounds increased fluorescent particles in number and fluorescence intensity. High content imaging was more sensitive and selective method than fluorometry to detect fluorescent particles. Gene expression analysis of the hepatocytes showed two patterns: genes related to lipid metabolism/synthesis were down-regulated by oxidative stress inducing compounds: CsA, TC and TMX, and up-regulated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha agonists: CFR and VPA. From these findings, we concluded that the cell-based assay developed in this study is an appropriate method to predict drugs' potential for hepatosteatosis, and gene expression analysis is useful to profile the mechanism of the hepatosteatosis.
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Muramatsu N, Chen JY, Chang WC, Ahn DS, Ahn JK, Akimune H, Asano Y, Daté S, Ejiri H, Fujimura H, Fujiwara M, Fukui S, Hasegawa S, Hicks K, Horie K, Hotta T, Imai K, Ishikawa T, Iwata T, Kato Y, Kawai H, Kino K, Kohri H, Kumagai N, Makino S, Matsuda T, Matsumura T, Matsuoka N, Mibe T, Miyabe M, Miyachi M, Nakano T, Niiyama M, Nomachi M, Ohashi Y, Ohkuma H, Ooba T, Oshuev DS, Rangacharyulu C, Sakaguchi A, Shagin PM, Shiino Y, Shimizu H, Sugaya Y, Sumihama M, Toi Y, Toyokawa H, Wakai A, Wang CW, Wang SC, Yonehara K, Yorita T, Yoshimura M, Yosoi M, Zegers RGT. Near-threshold photoproduction of Lambda(1520) from protons and deuterons. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2009; 103:012001. [PMID: 19659135 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.012001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Photoproduction of Lambda(1520) with liquid hydrogen and deuterium targets was examined at photon energies below 2.4 GeV in the SPring-8 LEPS experiment. For the first time, the differential cross sections were measured at low energies and with a deuterium target. A large asymmetry of the production cross sections from protons and neutrons was observed at backward K+/0 angles. This suggests the importance of the contact term, which coexists with t-channel K exchange under gauge invariance. This interpretation was compatible with the differential cross sections, decay asymmetry, and photon beam asymmetry measured in the production from protons at forward K+ angles.
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Hicks K, Keller D, Kohri H, Ahn DS, Ahn JK, Akimune H, Asano Y, Chang WC, Daté S, Ejiri H, Fukui S, Fujimura H, Fujiwara M, Hasegawa S, Hotta T, Imai K, Ishikawa T, Iwata T, Kato Y, Kawai H, Kim ZY, Kino K, Kumagai N, Makino S, Matsuda T, Matsumura T, Matsuoka N, Mibe T, Miyabe M, Miyachi Y, Morita M, Muramatsu N, Nakano T, Niiyama M, Nomachi M, Oh Y, Ohashi Y, Ohkuma H, Ooba T, Parker J, Rangacharyulu C, Sakaguchi A, Sasaki T, Shagin PM, Shiino Y, Shimizu A, Shimizu H, Sugaya Y, Sumihama M, Toi Y, Toyokawa H, Wakai A, Wang CW, Wang SC, Yonehara K, Yorita T, Yoshimura M, Yosoi M, Zegers RGT. Cross sections and beam asymmetry for K;{+}Sigma;{*-} photoproduction from the deuteron at E_{gamma}=1.5-2.4 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2009; 102:012501. [PMID: 19257183 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.012501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The Sigma(1385) resonance, or Sigma;{*}, is well known as part of the standard baryon decuplet with spin J=3/2. Measurements of the reaction gammap-->K;{+}Sigma;{*0} are difficult to extract due to overlap with the nearby Lambda(1405) resonance. However, the reaction gamman-->K;{+}Sigma;{*-} has no overlap with the Lambda(1405) due to its charge. Here we report the first measurement of cross sections and beam asymmetries for photoproduction of the Sigma;{*-} from a deuteron target. The cross sections at forward angles range from 0.4 to 1.2 mub, with a broad maximum near E_{gamma} approximately 1.8 GeV. The beam asymmetries are negative, in contrast with positive values for the gamman-->K;{+}Sigma;{-} reaction.
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Nakamori M, Kimura T, Kubota T, Matsumura T, Sumi H, Fujimura H, Takahashi MP, Sakoda S. Aberrantly spliced alpha-dystrobrevin alters alpha-syntrophin binding in myotonic dystrophy type 1. Neurology 2008; 70:677-85. [PMID: 18299519 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000302174.08951.cf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a multisystemic disorder caused by a CTG repeat expansion in the DMPK gene. Aberrant messenger RNA (mRNA) splicing of several genes has been reported to explain some of the symptoms in DM1, but the cause of muscle wasting is still unknown. By contrast, many forms of muscular dystrophy are caused by abnormalities of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC). alpha-Dystrobrevin is a key component of the DGC in striated muscle and plays important roles in maturation and signal transduction by interacting with alpha-syntrophin. The goal of this study was to investigate alternative splicing of alpha-dystrobrevin in DM1 and examine alpha-syntrophin binding of different alpha-dystrobrevin splice isoforms. METHODS Splicing patterns of alpha-dystrobrevin in DM1 muscle were studied by reverse-transcriptase PCR. Expression of the variant splice isoform was examined by immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry. Alternatively spliced isoforms were expressed in cultured cells to investigate interaction with alpha-syntrophin. alpha-Syntrophin expression was examined by immunoblotting. RESULTS alpha-Dystrobrevin mRNA including exons 11A and 12 was increased in both skeletal and cardiac muscle of DM1 patients. The aberrantly spliced alpha-dystrobrevin isoform was localized to the sarcolemma, and showed increased binding with alpha-syntrophin. Furthermore, levels of alpha-syntrophin associated with the DGC were increased in DM1 muscle. CONCLUSION Alternative splicing of alpha-dystrobrevin is dysregulated in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) muscle, resulting in changes in alpha-syntrophin binding. These results raise the possibility that effects on alpha-dystrobrevin splicing may influence signaling in DM1 muscle cells.
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Sato H, Shinozuka J, Tanaka M, Fujimura H, Toriumi W. Acute Thrombus Formation in the Lungs of Phenylhydrazine-treated Rats. J Toxicol Pathol 2008. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.21.249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Matsumura T, Iwahashi H, Takahashi P, Saito T, Yasui K, Saito T, Iyama A, Toyooka K, Fujimura H, Shinno S. G.P.14.03 A cross-sectional study for glucose intolerance of myotonic dystrophy. Neuromuscul Disord 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2007.06.312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Fujimura H, Dekura E, Kurabe M, Shimazu N, Koitabashi M, Toriumi W. Cell-based fluorescence assay for evaluation of new-drugs potential for phospholipidosis in an early stage of drug development. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 58:375-82. [PMID: 17408938 DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2007.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2006] [Accepted: 01/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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To evaluate new-drugs potential for phospholipidosis (PL), we developed a cell-based fluorescence assay using a fluorescent-labeled phospholipid analogue (NBD-PE). CHL/IU cells derived from newborn hamster lung were exposed to positive reference compounds (amiodarone, imipramine, chloroquine, propranolol, chlorpromazine and amantadine) in the presence of NBD-PE, and the level of PL, as indicated by accumulation of fluorescent inclusions in the cytoplasm, was evaluated using fluorescence microscopy and fluorometry. All positive reference compounds induced accumulation of fluorescent inclusions in a concentration-dependent manner with an increase in fluorescence intensity. Fluorescence microscopically, the positive dose of test compound was determined as the concentration with a grade equivalent to or above that of 3.13 microM of amiodarone. Based on this criterion, 8 of 20 test compounds including PL-positive or -negative compounds were judged positive that were concurrent with the pathological results from rat toxicity studies. Furthermore, a positive criterion for fluorometry was decided as equivalent to or above 25% of maximum intensity induced by 1.56-25.0 microM amiodarone. In comparison of fluorometry methods with fluorescence microscopy method, 19 of 20 compounds were judged same. From these findings, we concluded that the assay developed in this study is a rapid and reliable method to predict new-drugs potential for PL at an early stage of drug development.
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Mano T, Takizawa S, Mohri I, Okinaga T, Shimono K, Imai K, Taniike M, Ozono K, Fujimura H. Neuronal intranuclear hyaline inclusion disease with rapidly progressive neurological symptoms. J Child Neurol 2007; 22:60-6. [PMID: 17608307 DOI: 10.1177/0883073807299952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This report describes a male patient who presented with symptoms suggestive of spinocerebellar degeneration and who died of respiratory failure at the age of 7 years but was diagnosed, at autopsy, as having neuronal intranuclear hyaline inclusion disease. Neuronal intranuclear hyaline inclusion disease is a progressive and degenerative disease; diagnosis is possible only by neuropathological analysis. This is a rare disorder; few cases with early childhood onset and rapidly progressive neurologic symptoms have been documented. According to previous reports, most neurons in the central nervous system exhibited intranuclear eosinophilic inclusion bodies; neuronal depletion appeared to be restricted to the cerebellar cortex and the medullary inferior olivary nuclei, consistent with the fact that clinical deficit appears to correspond to the site of neuronal depletion and not to where eosinophilic bodies are detected. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that these inclusions were positive for ubiquitin. The case presented herein clearly indicates that neuronal intranuclear hyaline inclusion disease should be considered as a differential diagnosis of cases involving spinocerebellar degeneration with childhood onset.
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Matsumura T, Yoshio T, Okazaki T, Saito T, Fujimura H, Shinno S. G.P.6 04 Autoantibodies to myocardium are elevated at high rate in patients with muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscul Disord 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2006.05.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Kohri H, Ahn DS, Ahn JK, Akimune H, Asano Y, Chang WC, Date' S, Ejiri H, Fukui S, Fujimura H, Fujiwara M, Hasegawa S, Hicks K, Hotta T, Imai K, Ishikawa T, Iwata T, Kawai H, Kim ZY, Kino K, Kumagai N, Makino S, Mart T, Matsuda T, Matsumura T, Matsuoka N, Mibe T, Miyabe M, Miyachi Y, Morita M, Muramatsu N, Nakano T, Niiyama M, Nomachi M, Ohashi Y, Ohkuma H, Ooba T, Oshuev DS, Rangacharyulu C, Sakaguchi A, Sasaki T, Shagin PM, Shiino Y, Shimizu A, Shimizu H, Sugaya Y, Sumihama M, Toi Y, Toyokawa H, Wakai A, Wang CW, Wang SC, Yonehara K, Yorita T, Yoshimura M, Yosoi M, Zegers RGT. Differential cross section and photon-beam asymmetry for the gamma n --> K+ Sigma- reaction at E gamma = 1.5-2.4 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:082003. [PMID: 17026294 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.082003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Differential cross sections and photon-beam asymmetries have been measured for the gamma n --> K+ Sigma- and gamma p --> K+Sigma0 reactions separately using liquid deuterium and hydrogen targets with incident linearly polarized photon beams of E gamma = 1.5-2.4 GeV at 0.6 < cos ThetacmK< 1. The cross section ratio of sigma K+ Sigma-/sigma K+ Sigma0, expected to be 2 on the basis of the isospin 1/2 exchange, is found to be close to 1. For the K+ Sigma- reaction, large positive asymmetries are observed, indicating the dominance of K* exchange. The large difference between the asymmetries for the K+ Sigma- and K+ Sigma0 reactions cannot be explained by simple theoretical considerations based on Regge model calculations.
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Mibe T, Chang WC, Nakano T, Ahn DS, Ahn JK, Akimune H, Asano Y, Daté S, Ejiri H, Fujimura H, Fujiwara M, Hicks K, Hotta T, Imai K, Ishikawa T, Iwata T, Kawai H, Kim ZY, Kino K, Kohri H, Kumagai N, Makino S, Matsuda T, Matsumura T, Matsuoka N, Miwa K, Miyabe M, Miyachi Y, Morita M, Muramatsu N, Niiyama M, Nomachi M, Ohashi Y, Ooba T, Ohkuma H, Oshuev DS, Rangacharyulu C, Sakaguchi A, Sasaki T, Shagin PM, Shiino Y, Shimizu H, Sugaya Y, Sumihama M, Titov AI, Toi Y, Toyokawa H, Wakai A, Wang CW, Wang SC, Yonehara K, Yorita T, Yoshimura M, Yosoi M, Zegers RGT. Near-threshold diffractive psi-meson photoproduction from the proton. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2005; 95:182001. [PMID: 16383894 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.182001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2005] [Revised: 10/12/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Photoproduction of a phi meson on protons was studied by means of linearly polarized photons at forward angles in the low-energy region from threshold to Egamma = 2.37 GeV. The differential cross sections at t = -|t|min do not increase smoothly as Egamma increases but show a local maximum at around 2.0 GeV. The angular distributions demonstrate that phi mesons are photoproduced predominantly by helicity-conserving processes, and the local maximum is not likely due to unnatural-parity processes.
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Kume E, Aruga C, Takahashi K, Miwa S, Dekura E, Itoh M, Ishizuka Y, Fujimura H, Toriumi W, Doi K. Morphological and gene expression analysis in mouse primary cultured hepatocytes exposed to streptozotocin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 56:245-53. [PMID: 15816353 DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2004.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Streptozotocin (SZ) is known to exert toxic effects not only on pancreatic islet beta cells but also on other organs including the liver. For analyzing direct effects of SZ on hepatocytes, we performed morphological analysis and DNA microarray analysis on mouse primary cultured hepatocytes. Hepatocytes were taken from non-treated Crj:CD-1(ICR) mice. The primary cultured hepatocytes were treated with SZ at concentrations of 0, 1, 3, 10, 30 and 100 mM. After the treatment for about 6 or 24h, cell survival assay using tetrazolium salt (WST-1), light microscopic/electron microscopic analysis and gene expression analysis were performed. For the gene expression analysis, target (labeled cRNA) prepared from total RNA of the hepatocytes was hybridized to the GeneChip Murine Genome U74A V.2 (Affymetrix). The signal intensity calculation and scaling were performed using Microarray Suite Software Ver 5.0. IC50 of the cell survival assay was around 62 mM at 6 h exposure and 7 mM at 24 h exposure. Marked chromatin margination was observed in nuclei of the hepatocytes treated with SZ at concentrations of 3 or 10mM. Gene expression analysis revealed similar expression changes to those of in vivo, i.e. up-regulation in cell proliferation/ apoptosis related genes, and down-regulation of lipid metabolism related genes. These results potently supported the hypothesis that many of the hepatic alteration including histopathological and gene expression changes are induced by direct effect of SZ rather than by the secondary effect of the hyperglycemia or hypoinsulinemia.
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Kume E, Aruga C, Ishizuka Y, Takahashi K, Miwa S, Itoh M, Fujimura H, Toriumi W, Kitamura K, Doi K. Gene expression profiling in streptozotocin treated mouse liver using DNA microarray. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 56:235-44. [PMID: 15816352 DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2004.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Streptozotocin (SZ) is known to exert toxic effects not only on pancreatic islet beta cells but also on other organs including liver. For analyzing changes in genes expression associated with SZ toxicity, we performed DNA microarray analyses on the liver obtained from SZ-treated mice. Eight-week-old male ICR mice were treated i.p. with 200 mg/kg of SZ, and the blood and liver were taken at 6, 24 and 48 h after the treatment. Labeled cRNA prepared from total RNA of the liver was hybridized to the GeneChip Murine Genome U74A V.2 (Affymetrix). The number of the probe sets, which were clearly up-regulated or down-regulated, were over 100 at 6 and 24h after the SZ-treatment, and it decreased at 48 h after the treatment. Many of the up-regulated genes were categorized into cell cycle/apoptosis related genes, immune/allergy related genes and stress response/xenobiotic metabolism related genes. On the other hand, genes related to glucose, lipid and protein metabolisms were down-regulated. These changes started prior to the elevation of the serum glucose levels, indicating the direct action of SZ on the liver rather than the secondary effect of diabetes. This may be related with the previously reported hepatic changes such as lipid peroxidation, mitochondrial swelling and inhibition of hepatocyte proliferation observed before the development of hyperglycemia.
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Kobayashi K, Itow Y, Shiozawa M, Yosoi M, Toyokawa H, Akimune H, Ejiri H, Fujimura H, Fujiwara M, Hara K, Hara K, Ishikawa T, Itoh M, Kawabata T, Nakamura M, Sakaguchi H, Sakemi Y, Takeda H, Uchida M, Yamada T, Yasuda Y, Yoshida H, Zegers R. Detection of nuclear de-excitation gamma-rays in water Cherenkov detector. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2004.11.206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kume E, Fujimura H, Matsuki N, Ito M, Aruga C, Toriumi W, Kitamura K, Doi K. Hepatic changes in the acute phase of streptozotocin (SZ)-induced diabetes in mice. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 55:467-80. [PMID: 15384252 DOI: 10.1078/0940-2993-00351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We have reported the streptozotocin (SZ)-induced hepatic lesions in the subacute phase (4 to 12 weeks after the treatment), which are characterized by appearance of oncocytic hepatocytes, cytomegalic hepatocytes and bile duct hyperplasia. In this study, we focused on the acute phase (6 to 48 hours after the treatment) of the SZ-induced hepatic lesions of mice to clarify the onset of the hepatic alterations, especially before the induction of hyperglycemia. Livers were taken from 8-week-old Crj:CD-1 (ICR) male mice at 6, 12, 24, 36 and 48 hours after the 200 mg/kg b.w. of SZ-injection. SZ-induced hyperglycemia was noted at 36 and 48 hours after the treatment, but the hepatic changes including lipid peroxidation, mitochondrial swelling, peroxisome proliferation and inhibition of hepatocyte proliferation occurred before the elevation of the serum glucose levels. The present findings indicate the direct effects of SZ on hepatocytes rather than the secondary effects of diabetes, and certain correlations between the hepatocytic changes in the acute phase and those in the subacute one. In addition, ulcer and submucosal edema of the gallbladder were observed at 36 or 48 hours after the SZ-treatment, which can be a novel finding in SZ-treated animal.
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Kai M, Irie M, Okutsu T, Inoue K, Ogonuki N, Miki H, Yokoyama M, Migishima R, Muguruma K, Fujimura H, Kohda T, Ogura A, Kaneko-Ishino T, Ishino F. The novel dominant mutation Dspd leads to a severe spermiogenesis defect in mice. Biol Reprod 2003; 70:1213-21. [PMID: 14695912 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.024802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Spermiogenesis is a complex process that is regulated by a plethora of genes and interactions between germ and somatic cells. Here we report a novel mutant mouse strain that carries a transgene insertional/translocational mutation and exhibits dominant male sterility. We named the mutation dominant spermiogenesis defect (Dspd). In the testes of Dspd mutant mice, spermatids detached from the seminiferous epithelium at different steps of the differentiation process before the completion of spermiogenesis. Microinsemination using spermatids collected from the mutant testes resulted in the birth of normal offspring. These observations indicate that the major cause of Dspd infertility is (are) a defect(s) in the Sertoli cell-spermatid interaction or communication in the seminiferous tubules. Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis revealed a translocation between chromosomes 7F and 14C at the transgene insertion site. The deletion of a genomic region of chromosome 7F greater than 1 megabase and containing at least six genes (Cttn, Fadd, Fgf3, Fgf4, Fgf15, and Ccnd1) was associated with the translocation. Cttn encodes the actin-binding protein cortactin. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed localization of cortactin beside elongated spermatids in wild-type testes; abnormality of cortactin localization was found in mutant testes. These data suggest an important role of cortactin in Sertoli cell-spermatid interactions and in the Dspd phenotype.
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Zegers RGT, Sumihama M, Ahn DS, Ahn JK, Akimune H, Asano Y, Chang WC, Daté S, Ejiri H, Fujimura H, Fujiwara M, Hicks K, Hotta T, Imai K, Ishikawa T, Iwata T, Kawai H, Kim ZY, Kino K, Kohri H, Kumagai N, Makino S, Matsumura T, Matsuoka N, Mibe T, Miwa K, Miyabe M, Miyachi Y, Morita M, Muramatsu N, Nakano T, Niiyama M, Nomachi M, Ohashi Y, Ooba T, Ohkuma H, Oshuev DS, Rangacharyulu C, Sakaguchi A, Sasaki T, Shagin PM, Shiino Y, Shimizu H, Sugaya Y, Toyokawa H, Wakai A, Wang CW, Wang SC, Yonehara K, Yorita T, Yoshimura M, Yosoi M. Beam-polarization asymmetries for the p(gamma-->, K+)Lambda and p(gamma-->, K+)Sigma(0) reactions for E(gamma)=1.5-2.4 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2003; 91:092001. [PMID: 14525171 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.91.092001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Beam polarization asymmetries for the p(gamma-->,K+)Lambda and p(gamma-->,K+)Sigma(0) reactions are measured for the first time for E(gamma)=1.5-2.4 GeV and 0.6<cos((theta(c.m.)(K+))<1.0 by using linearly polarized photons at the Laser-Electron-Photon facility at SPring-8 (LEPS). The observed asymmetries are positive and gradually increase with rising photon energy. The data are not consistent with theoretical predictions based on tree-level effective-Lagrangian approaches. Including the new results in the development of the models is, therefore, crucial for understanding the reaction mechanism and to test the presence of baryon resonances which are predicted in quark models but are thus far undiscovered.
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Nakano T, Ahn DS, Ahn JK, Akimune H, Asano Y, Chang WC, Daté S, Ejiri H, Fujimura H, Fujiwara M, Hicks K, Hotta T, Imai K, Ishikawa T, Iwata T, Kawai H, Kim ZY, Kino K, Kohri H, Kumagai N, Makino S, Matsumura T, Matsuoka N, Mibe T, Miwa K, Miyabe M, Miyachi Y, Morita M, Muramatsu N, Niiyama M, Nomachi M, Ohashi Y, Ooba T, Ohkuma H, Oshuev DS, Rangacharyulu C, Sakaguchi A, Sasaki T, Shagin PM, Shiino Y, Shimizu H, Sugaya Y, Sumihama M, Toyokawa H, Wakai A, Wang CW, Wang SC, Yonehara K, Yorita T, Yoshimura M, Yosoi M, Zegers RGT. Evidence for a narrow S = +1 baryon resonance in photoproduction from the neutron. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2003; 91:012002. [PMID: 12906534 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.91.012002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The gamman-->K(+)K(-)n reaction on 12C has been studied by measuring both K+ and K- at forward angles. A sharp baryon resonance peak was observed at 1.54+/-0.01 GeV/c(2) with a width smaller than 25 MeV/c(2) and a Gaussian significance of 4.6sigma. The strangeness quantum number (S) of the baryon resonance is +1. It can be interpreted as a molecular meson-baryon resonance or alternatively as an exotic five-quark state (uuddsmacr;) that decays into a K+ and a neutron. The resonance is consistent with the lowest member of an antidecuplet of baryons predicted by the chiral soliton model.
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