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Nakaseko Y, Shiba H, Yamanouchi E, Takano Y, Sakamoto T, Imazu H, Ashida H, Yanaga K. Successful Treatment of Stricture of Duct-to-Duct Biliary Anastomosis After Living-Donor Liver Transplantation of the Left Lobe: A Case Report. Transplant Proc 2018; 49:1644-1648. [PMID: 28838456 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Biliary complications, such as stricture or obstruction, after living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) remain major problems to be solved. Magnetic compression anastomosis (MCA) is a minimally invasive method of biliary anastomosis without surgery in patients with biliary stricture or obstruction. A 66-year-old woman had undergone LDLT for end-stage liver disease for primary biliary cholangitis 20 months previously at another hospital. Computerized tomography showed dilation of the intrahepatic bile duct (B2). Because B2 was invisible with the use of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) was performed for treatment of cholangitis. The rendezvous technique failed because a guidewire could not pass through the biliary stricture. Therefore, we decided to perform MCA. A parent magnet was endoscopically placed distally in the common bile duct of the stricture, and a daughter magnet attached to a guidewire was inserted proximally through the fistula tract of the PTBD. Both magnets were positioned across the stricture, and the 2 magnets were pulled to each other by magnetic power, to sandwich the stricture. By 14 days after MCA, a fistula between B2 and the common bile duct was created. At 28 days after MCA, the magnets were removed distally and a 16-French tube was placed across the fistula. At 7 months after MCA, that tube was removed. In conclusion, when a conventional endoscopic or percutaneous approach including the rendezvous technique fails, MCA is a good technique for biliary stricture after LDLT.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Anastomosis, Surgical/adverse effects
- Anastomosis, Surgical/methods
- Bile Ducts/diagnostic imaging
- Bile Ducts/pathology
- Bile Ducts/surgery
- Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic/diagnostic imaging
- Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic/surgery
- Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures/adverse effects
- Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures/methods
- Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde/methods
- Cholangitis/etiology
- Cholangitis/pathology
- Cholangitis/surgery
- Constriction, Pathologic/etiology
- Constriction, Pathologic/surgery
- Drainage/adverse effects
- Drainage/methods
- End Stage Liver Disease/etiology
- End Stage Liver Disease/surgery
- Female
- Humans
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary/complications
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary/surgery
- Liver Transplantation/adverse effects
- Liver Transplantation/methods
- Living Donors
- Magnetics
- Postoperative Complications/etiology
- Postoperative Complications/pathology
- Postoperative Complications/surgery
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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- Y Nakaseko
- Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, International University of Health and Welfare Hospital, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Endoscopy, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Iizuka Y, Koda E, Tsutsumi Y, Konishi Y, Ashida H, Nakanishi T, Funabiki M. Neonatal dural arteriovenous fistula at the confluence presenting with paralysis of the orbicularis oris muscle. Neuroradiol J 2013; 26:47-51. [PMID: 23859167 DOI: 10.1177/197140091302600108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Accepted: 01/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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A male neonate presented a dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) at the confluence with paralysis of the orbicularis oris muscle. The interesting features in our case were the clinical symptoms (orbicularis oris muscle paralysis at birth), angioarchitecture (high-flow arteriovenous shunts at the confluence) and the size and hemodynamic flow (mid-sized venous pouch) of the fistula. Additionally, the embolization technique (i.e., occipital artery approach, closing shunts with pure glue) automatically resulted in the immediate and complete closure of accessory feeders without any additional treatment, and the midterm clinical outcome was good. We succeeded improving the symptoms of a neonate with a congenital high-flow DAVF by closing a fistula using a small amount of glue.
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- Y Iizuka
- Department of Radiology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center; Tokyo, Japan.
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Takemura H, Ashida H, Amano K, Kitaoka A, Murakami I. Neural correlates of induced motion revealed by fMRI. J Vis 2012. [DOI: 10.1167/12.9.755] [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: 11/24/2022] Open
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Uesaki M, Morland A, Gouws A, Hymers M, Alvares I, Aslet M, Bird J, Dearden R, Maslanka S, Ashida H. Negative BOLD in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus: Neuronal Implications and Cortico-Thalamic Feedback. Iperception 2011. [PMCID: PMC5393770 DOI: 10.1068/ic314] [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: 11/25/2022] Open
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Previous research has demonstrated a sustained negative BOLD response (NBR) that is negatively correlated with the spatio-temporal properties of a visual stimulus. Whilst it has been suggested that the NBR surrounding the positive BOLD response (PBR) may reflect blood-stealing, evidence indicates that the extensive NBR distal to the PBR is a manifestation of neuronal suppression. This study aimed to evaluate NBR in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), and to explore the source of the NBR. fMRI data were obtained from six subjects, while they viewed a grating stimulus. The NBR was identified in the LGN ipsilateral to the stimulus. The results also verified the NBR in V1 ipsilateral to the stimulus and revealed the PBR in bilateral V5. It was concluded that the NBR can be found in the LGN, and is most likely driven by feedback from ipsilateral V1. The finding that the stimulus that stimulates the LGN in one hemisphere can cause extensive suppression in the LGN of the opposite hemisphere rejects the notion that the effect is purely a blood-stealing effect as the two LGN have different blood supplies. The results, together with previous research, indicate that the NBR may reflect neuronal suppression.
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Kataoka J, Toizumi T, Nakamori T, Yatsu Y, Tsubuku Y, Kuramoto Y, Enomoto T, Usui R, Kawai N, Ashida H, Omagari K, Fujihashi K, Inagawa S, Miura Y, Konda Y, Miyashita N, Matsunaga S, Ishikawa Y, Matsunaga Y, Kawabata N. In-orbit performance of avalanche photodiode as radiation detector on board the picosatellite Cute-1.7+APD II. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2009ja014699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- J. Kataoka
- Research Institute for Science and Engineering; Waseda University; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Experimental Astrophysics, Department of Physics; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Experimental Astrophysics, Department of Physics; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Experimental Astrophysics, Department of Physics; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Experimental Astrophysics, Department of Physics; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Experimental Astrophysics, Department of Physics; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Experimental Astrophysics, Department of Physics; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Experimental Astrophysics, Department of Physics; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Experimental Astrophysics, Department of Physics; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Space Systems, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Space Systems, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Space Systems, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Space Systems, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Space Systems, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Space Systems, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Space Systems, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory for Space Systems, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Solid State Division; Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.; Hamamatsu Japan
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- Solid State Division; Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.; Hamamatsu Japan
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- Solid State Division; Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.; Hamamatsu Japan
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Murakami I, Kitaoka A, Ashida H. Artificial image oscillation enhances the rotating snakes illusion. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/6.6.551] [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: 11/24/2022] Open
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Ashida H, Lingnau A, Wall MB, Smith AT. Independent fMRI adaptation for first-order and second-order motion. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/6.6.1041] [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: 11/24/2022] Open
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Yoshida T, Ashida H, Osaka N. Reaction time reveals that visual search has more memory. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/3.9.713] [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: 11/24/2022] Open
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Ashida H. 'Representational momentum' in reaching action. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/2.7.59] [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: 11/24/2022] Open
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Yoshida T, Ashida H, Osaka N. Capacity of short term implicit memory is larger than visuospatial working memory in visual search. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/2.7.292] [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: 11/24/2022] Open
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Ashida H, Yamagishi N. Movement-related positional bias for luminance and colour motion. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/1.3.159] [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: 11/24/2022] Open
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Tamura H, Saito Y, Ashida H, Matsumura H, Kai Y, Yokota A, Inoue T. Crystal structure of RuBisCO-like protein from Bacillus subtilis. Acta Crystallogr A 2008. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767308091617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Ashida H, Ikeda T, Tikuisis P, Nishi RY. Relationship between two different functions derived from diffusion-based decompression theory. Undersea Hyperb Med 2005; 32:429-35. [PMID: 16509285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Hempleman's diffusion-based decompression theory yields two different functions; one is expressed by a simple root function and the other by a complex series function. Although both functions predict the same rate of gas uptake for relatively short exposure times, no clear mathematical explanation has been published that describes the relationship between the two functions. We clarified that (1) the root function is the solution of the one-dimensional diffusion equation for a semi-infinite slab, (2) the series function is an applicable solution for a finite slab thickness, (3) the parameter values of the root function can be used to determine the parameter values of the series function, and (4) the predictions of gas kinetics from both functions agree until an adequate amount of diffusing inert gas reaches the boundary at the opposite end of the finite slab. The last point allows the use of the simpler root function for predicting short no-stop decompression limits. Experience dictates that the inert gas accumulation for a 22 min at 100 feet of seawater (fsw) dive is considered safe for no-stop decompression. Although the constraint, Depth square root of Bottom Time = 100 square root of 22, has been applied as an index to determine either the safe depth or bottom time (given the other) for no-stop decompression, it should not be applied more broadly to dives requiring decompression stops.
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- H Ashida
- Division of Biomedical Information Sciences, National Defense Medical College Research Institute, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan
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Tamura H, Matsumura H, Inoue T, Ashida H, Saito Y, Yokota A, Kai Y. Crystal structure of methylthioribose-1-phosphate isomerase from Bacillus subtilis. Acta Crystallogr A 2005. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767305091166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Sato S, Ogura M, Ishihara M, Kawauchi S, Arai T, Matsui T, Kurita A, Obara M, Kikuchi M, Ashida H. Nanosecond, high-intensity pulsed laser ablation of myocardium tissue at the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths: in-vitro study. Lasers Surg Med 2002; 29:464-73. [PMID: 11891735 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE A large number of clinical trials of transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMLR) have been conducted to treat severe ischemic heart diseases. A variety of laser sources have been used or tested for this treatment, however, no comprehensive study has been performed to reveal the mechanism and the optimum laser irradiation condition for the myocardium tissue ablation. There have been reported limited experimental data of the high-intensity pulsed laser ablation of myocardium tissues. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS A 1064-nm Q-switched Nd:YAG laser and its 2nd (532 nm), 3rd (355 nm), and 4th (266 nm) harmonics were used for ablation experiments. At each wavelength, 25 laser pulses irradiated the porcine myocardium tissue samples at a constant laser intensity (peak laser power divided by laser spot area) of approximately 2 GW/cm(2) and the ablation depths were measured. During ablation, laser-induced optical and acoustic emissions were measured to investigate the ablation mechanism at each laser wavelength. For the ablated tissues, histological observation was made with a polarization optical microscope. RESULTS It was shown that the ablation efficiency did not directly depend on the linear absorption coefficient of the tissue; the ablation depth was maximized at 355 and 1064 nm, and minimized at 532 nm. Strong laser-induced optical and acoustic emissions were observed for the 266- and 1064-nm laser irradiations. The histology showed that thermal denaturation of the tissue near the ablation walls decreased with decreasing wavelength for 266, 355, and 532 nm, but it was limited for 1064 nm. CONCLUSION At the laser intensity of approximately 2 GW/cm(2), ablation characteristics were drastically changed for the different laser wavelengths. The results indicated that for 266, 355, and 532 nm, the tissue removal was achieved mainly through a photothermal process, but for 266 nm the intense laser-induced plasma formation would result in a reduced laser energy coupling to the tissue. For 1064 nm, a photodisruption was most probable as a dominant tissue removal process. Because of the high ablation rate and limited thermal denaturation, the 355- and 1064-nm lasers could be potential laser sources for TMLR, although further investigation is needed to discuss the clinical issues.
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- S Sato
- Division of Biomedical Information Sciences, National Defense Medical College Research Institute, 3-2, Namiki, Tokorozawa 359-8513, Japan.
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Hiramatsu N, Shime N, Kageyama K, Ashida H, Itoi T, Tanaka Y. Intention myoclonus in paediatric patients following severe cardiopulmonary failure: a report of three cases. CRIT CARE RESUSC 2002; 4:104-6. [PMID: 16573412] [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: 02/19/2002] [Accepted: 04/23/2002] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We describe the development of intention myoclonus following severe cardiopulmonary failure in three paediatric patients. Symptoms occurred during the withdrawal of midazolam and fentanyl, which were used for prolonged sedation, and resolved spontaneously. Because the three patients had concomitant brain injury secondary to cardiopulmonary failure.related hypoxia, we propose that the combination of hypoxic brain injury and sedative withdrawal may predispose to intention myoclonus.
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- N Hiramatsu
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Hatanaka Y, Nakae D, Mutai M, Hashizume K, Kamihara Y, Kinoshita N, Tani Y, Danno Gi G, Ohta S, Konishi Y, Ashida H. Decreased expression of Bcl-x protein during hepatocarcinogenesis induced exogenously and endogenously in rats. Jpn J Cancer Res 2001; 92:1270-7. [PMID: 11749691 PMCID: PMC5926673 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2001.tb02149.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Dysregulations of apoptosis have been widely recognized as important events in multi-stage carcinogenesis. Bcl-x, a member of the Bcl-2 family, is known to act as a regulator of apoptosis. The present study was conducted to assess the role of altered Bcl-x protein expression in exogenous and endogenous hepatocarcinogenesis in rats. In the short-term exogenous models, male Fischer 344 rats, 6 weeks old, were given a single intraperitoneal injection of diethylnitrosamine (DEN) at a dose of 200 mg / kg body weight, partially hepatectomized at the end of week 3, administered phenobarbital at a concentration of 0.05% from the end of week 2 for 6 weeks, and sacrificed. In the livers, glutathione S-transferase (GST-P)-positive, putative preneoplastic lesions were induced, and Bcl-x protein expression was decreased in 24.7% of such lesions. The incidence of GST-P-positive lesions with decreased Bcl-x increased depending on the size of the lesions; 18.9%, 32.4% and 86.5% in the lesions smaller than 0.03, between 0.03 and 0.3, and larger than 0.3 mm(2), respectively. In GST-P-positive lesions larger than 0.3 mm(2), both apoptosis induction and cell proliferation activity were enhanced when Bcl-x protein expression was decreased. In the long-term exogenous models, rats were given 10 mg / kg of DEN, partially hepatectomized 4 h after treatment, administered 0.5 mg / kg of colchicine at the end of days 1 and 3, subjected to a selection procedure, and sacrificed at the end of week 45. Hepatocellular carcinomas were induced with the decreased Bcl-x protein expression. In the endogenous model, rats were fed a choline-deficient, L-amino acid-defined diet for 16 or 80 weeks and sacrificed. Bcl-x protein expression was decreased both in GST-P-positive lesions and hepatocellular carcinoma. These results suggest that this decrease of Bcl-x protein might serve as an indicator of the advanced form of preneoplastic lesions, and that this decrease could also be associated with a potential to progress into carcinoma in both exogenous and endogenous hepatocarcinogenesis of rats.
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- Y Hatanaka
- Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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Ashida H, Kihara K, Nonaka Y, Fukuda I, Shiotani B, Hashimoto T. The heterocyclic amine, 3-amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole induces apoptosis in cocultures of rat parenchymal and nonparenchymal liver cells. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2001; 177:59-67. [PMID: 11708901 DOI: 10.1006/taap.2001.9290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In this study, we investigated the mechanism of apoptosis by 3-amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (Trp-P-1) in cocultures of parenchymal and nonparenchymal liver cells, since the liver consists of various cell types and they cooperatively respond to chemicals. It was found that cocultures were more susceptible to cell death by Trp-P-1 than culture of each cell type alone. In cocultures, Trp-P-1 induced DNA fragmentation accompanied by the activation of 18-kDa endonuclease. Trp-P-1 (30 microM) caused a rapid increase in Bid protein level in mitochondria and the leakage of cytochrome c from mitochondria into the cytosol 15 min after treatment. On the other hand, an increase in Bax protein and a decrease in Bcl-2 protein were detected in the mitochondrial fraction 2 h after treatment following the increases in p53 protein level and DNA binding activity of NF-kappa B. Caspase-8 was activated within 30 min followed by the activation of downstream caspases as measured using the corresponding peptide substrates. The activation of caspases was also confirmed by cleavage of caspase-3, poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase, and protein kinase C-delta as analyzed by Western blotting. A peptide inhibitor of caspase-8 diminished DNA ladder formation and the activation of downstream caspases, but a caspase-9 inhibitor and pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate as an inhibitor of NF-kappa B showed only partial inhibition, suggesting that caspase-8 is the apical caspase in the cascade. These results led to the conclusion that Trp-P-1 mainly drives the caspase-8-mediated pathway that involves Bid, accompanied by a delay in the p53/NF-kappa B-mediated side pathway that involves Bax, Bcl-2, and caspase-9.
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- H Ashida
- Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Rokkodai-cho 1, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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When a visual stimulus is continuously moved behind a small stationary window, the window appears displaced in the direction of motion of the stimulus. In this study we showed that the magnitude of this illusion is dependent on (i) whether a perceptual or visuomotor task is used for judging the location of the window (ii) the directional signature of the stimulus, and (iii) whether or not there is a significant delay between the end of the visual presentation and the initiation of the localization measure. Our stimulus was a drifting sinusoidal grating windowed in space by a stationary, two-dimensional, Gaussian envelope (sigma=1 cycle of sinusoid). Localization measures were made following either a short (200 ms) or long (4.2 s) post-stimulus delay. The visuomotor localization error was up to three times greater than the perceptual error for a short delay. However, the visuomotor and perceptual localization measures were similar for a long delay. Our results provide evidence in support of the hypothesis that separate cortical pathways exist for visual perception and visually guided action and that delayed actions rely on stored perceptual information.
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- N Yamagishi
- Information Sciences Division, ATR International, Soraku-gun, Kyoto, Japan
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Tsuda N, Hirose M, Ashida H, Tojo H, Mizobe T, Tanaka Y. [Anesthesia for a patient with alcoholic heart disease and transient complete heart block]. Masui 2001; 50:1126-8. [PMID: 11712350] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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A 70-year-old man who had been drinking a bottle of whisky each day was scheduled for laser resection of a tongue tumor. His electrocardiogram showed sinus bradycardia (heart rate was 35-40 bpm), and transient complete heart block was observed. Echocardiography showed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. After a temporary transvenous pacemaker had been inserted, anesthesia was induced with thiopental and vecuronium bromide, and maintained with sevoflurane and fentanyl. Heart rate was 45.min-1 before the induction of anesthesia, and after the induction increased to 70-80.min-1. Analysis of heart rate variability suggested that the increase in heart rate was due to augmentation of sympathetic nervous activity after intubation and operation stress. After the operation his bradycardia improved gradually, and after 3 months heart rate settled at about 55.min-1. Cadiomyopathy is known to be one of the complications of alcoholism. It was reported that alcoholic heart disease was improved promptly by abstinence from alcohol. During his long hospitalization, abstinence might have improved his severe bradycardia. Thiopental is useful for induction of anesthesia in a patient with severe bradycardia from alcoholic cadiomyopathy.
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- N Tsuda
- Department of Anesthesiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602-0841
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Shime N, Ashida H, Hiramatsu N, Kageyama K, Katoh Y, Hashimoto S, Tanaka Y. Arterial ketone body ratio for the assessment of the severity of illness in pediatric patients following cardiac surgery. J Crit Care 2001; 16:102-7. [PMID: 11689766 DOI: 10.1053/jcrc.2001.28786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess whether the arterial ketone body ratio (AKBR) can be effectively used to evaluate the severity of illness in children following cardiac surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS AKBR was measured in 157 consecutive pediatric patients following heart surgery on the odd numbers of postoperative days. The relationship between AKBR and patient outcome was analyzed using the data of 141 patients with cardiopulmonary bypass. RESULTS Initial AKBR was frequently lower than 1.0, and this was associated with the increases in total ketone body counts. Insufficient glucose metabolism appeared to contribute to the low initial AKBR. As a result, the specificity of initial AKBR as a mortality predictor was lower than that of initial blood lactate. In the sequential analysis of AKBR for the 48 patients with PICU stay longer than 5 days, patients showing a sustained lower level <1.0 had significantly higher development of organ dysfunction (liver, heart) and greater mortality (56%). CONCLUSIONS Sustained postoperative decrease in AKBR <1.0 represents lethal outcome. The analysis of AKBR trend in combination with a measurement of blood lactate level in early postoperative period appears to be useful for the assessment of the severity of illness in pediatric patients following heart surgery.
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- N Shime
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Visual search rate was used to assess attentional resources required for detection of opposing motions defined either by luminance or by modulations of texture contrast, flicker, or size. Though luminance-based targets were detected quickly, search through second-order motion was slow. Control experiments ruled out stimuli visibility, complexity, eccentricity sensitivity, and attributes of the carrier as possible accounts. Results suggest separate processing of the two types of stimuli: Luminance-based motion is detected by spatiotemporal filters, whereas second-order motion is likely processed by a capacity-limited, later stage. Rate-reducing effects of increased contrast and speed mirrored previous research suggesting that effortful feature tracking may be the mechanism.
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- H Ashida
- College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.
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Nishiwaki M, Sumimoto H, Ashida H, Nakagawa K, Yamamura T, Sakagami T, Oka H, Shimoyama T, Nishigami T, Hayashi H. [A case of portal hypertension secondary to arteriovenous malformation involving the inferior mesenteric vessels]. Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi 2001; 98:1083-8. [PMID: 11579494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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- M Nishiwaki
- Second Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine
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Yoshino A, Shigemura J, Kobayashi Y, Nomura S, Shishikura K, Den R, Wakisaka H, Kamata S, Ashida H. Telepsychiatry: assessment of televideo psychiatric interview reliability with present- and next-generation internet infrastructures. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2001; 104:223-6. [PMID: 11531660 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2001.00236.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We assessed the reliability of remote video psychiatric interviews conducted via the internet using narrow and broad bandwidths. METHOD Televideo psychiatric interviews conducted with 42 in-patients with chronic schizophrenia using two bandwidths (narrow, 128 kilobits/s; broad, 2 megabits/s) were assessed in terms of agreement with face-to-face interviews in a test-retest fashion. As a control, agreement was assessed between face-to-face interviews. Psychiatric symptoms were rated using the Oxford version of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), and agreement between interviews was estimated as the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). RESULTS The ICC was significantly lower in the narrow bandwidth than in the broad bandwidth and the control for both positive symptoms score and total score. CONCLUSION While reliability of televideo psychiatric interviews is insufficient using the present narrow-band internet infrastructure, the next generation of infrastructure (broad-band) may permit reliable diagnostic interviews.
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- A Yoshino
- Department of Psychiatry, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the usefulness of the modified sequential organ failure assessment (m/SOFA) score for assessing morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients after cardiac surgery. DESIGN Analysis of a prospectively collected database. SETTING Pediatric intensive care unit of a university-affiliated hospital. PARTICIPANTS Consecutive pediatric patients (n = 142) undergoing cardiac surgery. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The m/SOFA score, consisting of 5 organ scores (maximum score of 20 points), was calculated on admission (initial) and at 12 and 36 hours postoperatively. An initial score of >5 points with an unchanged or upward postoperative trend predicted a higher postoperative mortality and a greater need for intensive care intervention. In neonates, sustained higher score >10 points predicted an outcome of death with a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 87%. Given the higher mortality related to immature organ function and a greater complexity of heart defects, the application of the m/SOFA score, a less invasive and simple way to assess organ damage, is especially suitable in neonates. The m/SOFA score would be more appropriately assessed according to the congenital heart defect or surgical procedure because the types of cardiac defect after the surgical repair affect each organ score measurement. CONCLUSION Application of the m/SOFA score in the early postoperative period, which reflects cumulative perioperative organ damage, would provide some direction to eventual outcomes of morbidity and mortality in patients with congenital heart defects undergoing surgery.
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- N Shime
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
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Ashida H, Anderson K, Nakayama J, Maskos K, Chou CW, Cole RB, Li SC, Li YT. A novel endo-beta-galactosidase from Clostridium perfringens that liberates the disaccharide GlcNAcalpha 1-->Gal from glycans specifically expressed in the gastric gland mucous cell-type mucin. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:28226-32. [PMID: 11382776 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m103589200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We found that commercially available sialidases prepared from Clostridium perfringens ATCC10543 were contaminated with an endoglycosidase capable of releasing the disaccharide GlcNAcalpha1-->4Gal from glycans expressed in the gastric gland mucous cell-type mucin. We have isolated this enzyme in electrophoretically homogeneous form from the culture supernatant of this organism by ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by affinity chromatography using a Sephacryl S-200 HR column. The enzyme was specifically retained by and eluted from the column with methyl-alpha-Glc. By NMR spectroscopy, the structure of the disaccharide released from porcine gastric mucin by this enzyme was established to be GlcNAcalpha1-->4Gal. The specificity of this enzyme as an endo-beta-galactosidase was established by analyzing the liberation of GlcNAcalpha1-->4Gal from GlcNAcalpha1-->4Galbeta1-->4GlcNAcbeta1-->6(GlcNAcalpha1--> 4Galbeta1-->3)GalNAc-ol by mass spectrometry. Because this novel endo-beta-galactosidase specifically releases the GlcNAcalpha1-->4Gal moiety from porcine gastric mucin, we propose to call this enzyme a GlcNAcalpha1-->4Gal-releasing endo-beta-galactosidase (Endo-beta-Gal(GnGa)). Endo-beta-Gal(GnGa) was found to remove the GlcNAcalpha1-->4Gal epitope expressed in gastric adenocarcinoma AGS cells transfected with alpha1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase cDNA. Endo-beta-Gal(GnGa) should become useful for studying the structure and function of glycoconjugates containing the terminal GlcNAcalpha1-->4Gal epitope.
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- H Ashida
- Department of Biochemistry, Tulane University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
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Shime N, Kageyama K, Ashida H, Ueda M, Kitamura Y, Tanaka Y. [Perioperative assessment of blood lactate levels in pediatric heart surgery]. Masui 2001; 50:752-7. [PMID: 11510065] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Measuring arterial lactate concentration is a prompt, easy and relatively non-invasive way to estimate tissue oxygen metabolism. We evaluated whether perioperative levels of the arterial lactate concentrations can reflect the general severity of a pediatric patient's condition. A consecutive series of 112 patients, aged 5 days to 17 years (median age: 12 months), admitted to our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) following cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass were studied. Arterial blood lactate concentration was measured preoperatively, immediately upon termination of the cardiopulmonary bypass (postCPB), immediately following the operation, and 16th hours postoperatively (D1). Trends within arterial lactate concentrations were examined in relation to mortality rates, the duration of PICU stays and the patient's ages. The studied population had a mortality rate of 5.7% (6 patients). Lactate levels increased significantly and exceeded 4.0 mmol.l-1 during postCPB measurements in a majority of the patients. The increases in lactate levels are affected by the changes in interorgan blood flow, blood glucose levels and/or blood pH in addition to the effects of the CPB-priming lactated Ringer's solution. Thus, higher cut off values have to be determined, and lower probabilities assigned, when using postCPB lactate levels to predict the severity of an outcome. Significantly and sustained increases in D1 lactate levels were noted in neonates, patients with longer PICU stays (> 15 days) and those died later. Hyperlactemia greater than 2.2 mmol.l-1 at D1 predicted death with a sensitivity of 82% and a specificity of 72%. The measurement of early postoperative lactate levels, reflecting postoperative ability to eliminate intraoperative hyperlactemia, is a better way of assessing the severity of a pediatric patient's condition following cardiac surgery. The ideal time to measure early postoperative lactate levels should be determined by further research.
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- N Shime
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Kyoto Prefectural Children's Research Institute, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602-0841
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Ashida H, Tamaki H, Fujimoto T, Yamamoto K, Kumagai H. Molecular cloning of cDNA encoding alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase from Acremonium sp. and its expression in yeast. Arch Biochem Biophys 2001; 384:305-10. [PMID: 11368317 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.2114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase (alpha-GalNAc-ase; EC 3.2.1.49) is an exoglycosidase specific for the hydrolysis of terminal alpha-linked N-acetylgalactosamine in various sugar chains. The cDNA, nagA, encoding alpha-GalNAc-ase from Acremonium sp. was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The nagA contains an open reading frame which encodes for 547 amino acid residues including 21 residues of a signal peptide in its N-terminal. The calculated molecular mass of mature protein from the deduced amino acid sequence of nagA is 57260 Da, which corresponds to the value obtained from SDS-PAGE of native and recombinant enzymes treated with endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase H. The amino acid sequence of NagA showed significant similarity to those of eukaryotic alpha-GalNAc-ases and alpha-galactosidases (alpha-Gal-ases), particularly alpha-Gal-ase A (AglA) from Aspergillus niger. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that NagA does not belong to the cluster of vertebrate alpha-GalNAc-ase and alpha-Gal-ase but forms another cluster with AglA and yeast alpha-Gal-ases. Thus, the evolutionary origin of the fungal alpha-GalNAc-ase is suggested to be different from that of vertebrate alpha-GalNAc-ase. This is the first report of a microbial alpha-GalNAc-ase gene.
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- H Ashida
- Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Japan
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Hashimoto T, Ashida H, Sano T, Furuyashiki T, Hatanaka Y, Minato K, Mizuno M, Nomura K, Kumatori A, Kanazawa K, Danno G. 3-Amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (Trp-P-1) induces caspase-dependent apoptosis in mononuclear cells. Biochim Biophys Acta 2001; 1539:44-57. [PMID: 11389967 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4889(01)00088-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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3-Amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (Trp-P-1), one of the tryptophan pyrolysates, is a dietary carcinogen and is formed in cooked meat and fish in our daily diet. Trp-P-1 will affect the cells in the blood circulation system before it causes carcinogenicity in target organs such as the liver. In this study, the cytotoxicity of Trp-P-1 was investigated in mononuclear cells (MNCs) from blood. Trp-P-1 (10-15 microM) decreased cell viability and induced apoptosis characterized both by morphological changes and by DNA fragmentation 4 h after treatment. DNA fragmentation was also observed following treatment at 1 nM after 24 h in culture. This result suggested that apoptosis would occur in the body following unexpected intake of foods containing Trp-P-1. To determine the mechanism of apoptosis, we investigated the activation of the caspase cascade in MNCs. Trp-P-1 (10-15 microM) activated the caspase cascade, i.e. the activity of caspase-3, -6, -7, -8 and -9 increased dose-dependently using peptide substrates, the active forms of caspase-3, -8 and -9 were detected by immunoblotting, and cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and protein kinase C-delta as the intracellular substrates for caspases was observed. A peptide inhibitor of caspase-8 completely suppressed activation of all other caspases, while an inhibitor of caspase-9 did not. These results indicated that caspase-8 may act as an apical caspase in the Trp-P-1-activated cascade.
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- T Hashimoto
- Division of Life Science, Graduaute School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Japan
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Mochizuki H, Hanajima R, Kowa H, Motoyoshi Y, Ashida H, Kamakura K, Motoyoshi K, Ugawa Y. Somatosensory evoked potential recovery in myotonic dystrophy. Clin Neurophysiol 2001; 112:793-9. [PMID: 11336894 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(01)00512-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate recovery functions of the sensory cortex using somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) elicited by paired stimuli of the median nerve in patients with myotonic dystrophy (MD). SUBJECTS/METHODS Twelve MD patients were enrolled in the present investigation. Five patients with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSH) and 12 healthy volunteers were studied as control groups. SEP was recorded from the hand sensory area contralateral to the median nerve stimulated at the wrist. Single pulse or paired-pulse stimuli at various interstimulus intervals (ISIs) (10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 150, 200 and 300 ms) were given. Recovery functions of N9, N20onset-N20peak, N20-P25 and P25-N33 components were studied. RESULTS Conventional SEPs to a single stimulus were normal in the latency and amplitude in all the patients. Recovery functions of both N9 and N20o-N20p components were normal in the patients. In contrast, in MD patients, disinhibited or hyperexcitable recovery pattern was observed in recovery curves of the N20-P25 or P25-N33 components, whereas those were normal in FSH patients. CONCLUSIONS Disinhibited cortical excitability (or hyperexcitability) is present in the sensory cortex in patients with myotonic dystrophy. This may reflect cortical pathology or functional alteration of the sensory cortex in MD.
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- H Mochizuki
- Department of Neurology, National Shimoshizu Hospital, Shikawatashi 934-5, Yotsukaido, 284-0003, Chiba, Japan
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Hashimoto N, Ashida H. Analysis of postoperative pancreatitis in DSRS with SPD. Hepatogastroenterology 2001; 48:872-4. [PMID: 11462945] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Distal splenorenal shunt with splenopancreatic disconnection (DSRS + SPD) evolved to prevent the development of a pancreatic siphon, to improve maintenance as well as quality of portal perfusion and to achieve better long-term survival. We report several cases of postoperative pancreatitis in DSRS + SPD. Recently, oxygen-derived free radicals have been reported to play an important role in pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis. METHODOLOGY In this study, ten cases of DSRS + SPD were examined intraoperatively. The local changes in oxygen-derived free radicals were obtained by measuring lipid peroxide and an endogenous scavenger (SOD) in the development of DSRS + SPD-induced pancreatitis. RESULTS Lipid peroxide activity as the offense system was not changed before or after SPD. However, SOD activity as a defense system was significantly lowered after SPD compared to before SPD. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that an imbalance of both systems might be the cause of postoperative pancreatitis.
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- N Hashimoto
- Kinki University, School of Medicine, Second Department of Surgery, 377-2, Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-0014, Japan
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Shiotani B, Nonaka Y, Hashimoto T, Kihara K, Kanazawa K, Danno G, Ashida H. DNA-damaging carcinogen 3-amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (Trp-P-1) induces apoptosis via caspase-9 in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. Carcinogenesis 2001; 22:693-700. [PMID: 11323386 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/22.5.693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The mechanism of cytotoxicity induced by the DNA-damaging carcinogen 3-amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b] indole (Trp-P-1) was investigated in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. Cytotoxicity was caused by intact Trp-P-1 and not by metabolically activated derivatives prepared using a recombinant yeast strain AH22/pAMR2 expressing rat cytochrome P450 1A1, and not by metabolically activated derivatives. We also found internucleosomal DNA fragmentation 6 h after treatment with 30 microM Trp-P-1, indicating that the cytotoxicity was due to the induction of apoptosis. After treatment with Trp-P-1, c-Myc protein level increased in a time-dependent manner and p53 protein also increased transiently with a subsequent increase in Bax protein level. This apoptotic pathway required the activation of caspase-9 as an initiator after leakage of cytochrome c into the cytosol from mitochondria and the activation of caspase-3 and -7 as executioners, but not caspase-1, -6 or -8 as measured using the corresponding peptide inhibitors and substrates or western blotting. The activated caspases in turn cleaved poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase as an intracellular substrate. Furthermore, we detected NUC18-like endonuclease activity during apoptosis induced by Trp-P-1. These findings suggest that this apoptosis may have a role against heterocyclic amine-type carcinogens in normal cells.
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- B Shiotani
- Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology and Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Japan
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We found that the motion aftereffect measured using a directionally ambiguous counterphase grating (flicker MAE) can be stronger when it is measured for the non-adapted eye than when measured for the adapted eye. The monocularly viewed adaptation stimulus was the movement of a missing-fundamental grating (2f+3f motion), for which the movement of the higher-order spatial structure was dominantly perceived, while the first-order structure was physically moving in the opposite direction. For observers who perceived the MAE consistently in the direction opposite to the movement of the higher-order structures, the MAE was larger for the non-adapted eye than for the adapted eye. This finding of 'over-100% transfer' invalidates the standard view that the IOT is a direct measure of the binocularity of the adapted neurones. In addition, the finding provides convincing support for the hypothesis that the flicker MAE reflects adaptation at multiple processing stages
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- S Nishida
- Human and Information Science Laboratory, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, 3-1 Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0198, Japan.
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Ashida H, Yamamoto K, Kumagai H. Enzymatic syntheses of T antigen-containing glycolipid mimicry using the transglycosylation activity of endo-alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase. Carbohydr Res 2001; 330:487-93. [PMID: 11269400 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(01)00008-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen (T antigen) disaccharide, beta-D-galactose-(1-->3)-alpha-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine (beta-D-Gal-(1-->3)-alpha-D-GalNAc), containing glycolipid mimicry was synthesized using the transglycosylation activity of endo-alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase from Bacillus sp. This enzyme could transfer the disaccharide from a p-nitrophenyl substrate to water-soluble 1-alkanols and other alcohols at a transfer ratio of 70% or more. Although the transfer ratios were lower for water-insoluble than water-soluble alcohols, they were shown to increase by adding sodium cholate to the reaction mixtures. The enzyme also transferred the disaccharide directly from asialofetuin to 1-alkanols. The anomeric bond between the disaccharide and 1-alkanols of the transglycosylation product is in the alpha configuration as determined by sequential digestion of jack bean beta-galactosidase and Acremonium alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase. Since the transglycosylation product, beta-D-Gal-(1-->3)-alpha-D-GalNAc-(1-->O)-hexyl, efficiently inhibits the binding of anti-T antigen monoclonal antibody to asialofetuin, it has potential as an agent for blocking T antigen-mediated cancer metastasis.
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- H Ashida
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Bioresponse, Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Japan.
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Namba M, Chihara E, Ibuki T, Ashida H, Fukushima H, Tanaka Y. [Clinical evaluation of roxatidine acetate hydrochlorides as a preanesthetic medication]. Masui 2001; 50:127-35. [PMID: 11244765] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Roxatidine acetate hydrochloride capsule is slowly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, and its acid suppressive effect on the stomach is long-lasting compared with other H2-blockers. The reduction of gastric juice in perioperative period is considered advantageous for patients not only because it decreases the risk for aspiration pneumonia but also because it reduces the risk of bronchial spasm induced by gastroesophageal reflux of acidic gastric content. The effects of single oral administration of roxatidine acetate hydrochloride 150 mg at night before the operation on the volume and pH of gastric juice were investigated during anesthesia using two types of anesthetic agents (isoflurane and propofol) in 93 patients of three age groups (group Y: age 20-40, group M: age 41-64, group O: age 65 <). The effect of roxatidine on reduction of gastric juice was found at the time of anesthetic induction and 2 hours after the induction in any age group with either anesthetic agent. The serum concentration of roxatidine at the time of induction was much higher in group O. The value of residual concentration of roxatidine 20 hours after oral intake was estimated from the intraoperative measurements of serum concentration. The results suggest that single administration at night before the operation is sufficient for the oldest group, but an additive dose is recommended for the younger groups.
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- M Namba
- Department of Anesthesiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602-8566
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Hashimoto T, Ashida H, Sano T, Furuyashiki T, Shiotani B, Kanazawa K, Danno G. 3-Amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (Trp-P-1) induces apoptosis in rat splenocytes and thymocytes by different mechanisms. Mutat Res 2000; 457:57-67. [PMID: 11106798 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(00)00123-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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3-Amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (Trp-P-1) is a potent carcinogen present in cooked meat. Although the target of this carcinogen is mainly in the liver, Trp-P-1 is distributed in the thymus and spleen as well as in the liver after administration. However, the cytotoxic effect of Trp-P-1 on lymphocytes has not been examined in detail. In the present study, we investigated the cytotoxicity of Trp-P-1 against rat splenocytes and thymocytes. Trp-P-1 reduced viability of both types of cells in the same manner, the LD(50) at 6h in culture was 15 microM, and the time for the 50% decrease in cell viability (t(1/2)) at 20 microM was 3h. In both types of cells, Trp-P-1 caused the activation of caspase-3-like proteases and the cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase, both of which are biochemical markers of apoptosis. On the other hand, DNA fragmentation occurred in splenocytes, but not in thymocytes although Trp-P-1 activated 32-34kDa nucleases that may not be able to degrade DNA into nucleosomal units. These results indicated that Trp-P-1 induces apoptosis in both splenocytes and thymocytes by different mechanisms in which distinct apoptotic pathways may exist downstream of the caspase cascade.
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- T Hashimoto
- Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Rokkodai-cho 1, Nada-ku, 657-8501, Kobe, Japan
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Sun M, Sakakibara H, Ashida H, Danno G, Kanazawa K. Dietary antioxidants fail in protection against oxidative genetic damage in in vitro evaluation. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2000; 64:2395-401. [PMID: 11193407 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.2395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Carcinogenesis is believed to be induced through the oxidative damage of DNA, and antioxidants are expected to suppress it. So, the polyphenolic antioxidants in daily foods were investigated to see whether they protect against genetic damage by active oxygen. In the evaluation, we used a bioassay and a chemical determination, a Salmonella mutagenicity test for mutation by a N-hydroxyl radical from one of the dietary carcinogens 3-amino-1-methyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole and the formation of 8-hydroxyl (8-OHdG) from 2'-deoxyguanosine (2'-dG) in a Fenton OH-radical generating system. Thirty-one antioxidants including flavonoids were compared in terms of radical-trapping activity with bacterial DNA and 2'-dG. Antioxidants inhibited the mutation but the IC50 values were in the mM order. Against 8-OHdG formation, only alpha-tocopherol had a suppressive effect with an IC50 of 1.5 microM. Thus, except alpha-tocopherol, the dietary antioxidants did not scavenge the biological radicals faster than bacterial DNA and intact 2'-dG, indicating that they failed to prevent oxidative gene damage and probably carcinogenesis.
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- M Sun
- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Japan
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In the motion aftereffect (MAE), a stationary pattern appears to move in the opposite direction to previously viewed motion. Here we report an MAE that is observed for a putatively high level of visual analysis-attentive tracking. These high-level MAEs, visible on dynamic (but not static) tests, suggest that attentive tracking does not simply enhance low-level motion signals but, rather, acts at a subsequent stage. MAEs from tracking (1) can overrule competing MAEs from adaptation to low-level motion, (2) can be established opposite to low-level MAEs seen on static tests at the same location, and (3), most striking, are specific to the overall direction of object motion, even at nonadapted locations. These distinctive properties suggest MAEs from attentive tracking can serve as valuable probes for understanding the mechanisms of high-level vision and attention.
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- J C Culham
- Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
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Ashida H, Yamamoto K, Kumagai H. Trypsin inhibitory activity of bovine fetuin de-O-glycosylated by endo-alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2000; 64:2266-8. [PMID: 11129611 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.2266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The effects of bovine fetuin O-glycans on its trypsin inhibitory activity were examined. De-sialylated (asialo-) and de-O-glycosylated fetuin were prepared from native fetuin using Arthrobacter neuraminidase and the mixture of it and Bacillus endo-alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase, respectively. De-sialylation and de-O-glycosylation from fetuin were confirmed with SDS-PAGE followed by western blotting using anti-human Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen (T antigen) antibody which recognizes O-linked galactosyl beta1,3 N-acetylgalactosamine (Gal beta1-->3GalNAc). Native fetuin completely inhibited the trypsin activity at about a 1:1 molar ratio. In contrast, the trypsin inhibitory activity of asialo- and de-O-glycosylated fetuin decreased about a half and one-third of that of native fetuin, respectively.
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- H Ashida
- Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Japan.
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Ashida H, Kihara K, Shiotani B, Hashimoto T, Kanazawa K, Danno G. Detection of biomarkers for apoptosis in rat liver after perfusion with 3-amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (Trp-P-1). Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2000; 64:2021-4. [PMID: 11055418 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We previously demonstrated that 3-amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (Trp-P-1) induced apoptosis in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. In this study, we investigated apoptotic biomarkers in rat liver after perfusion with 30 microM Trp-P-1 as preliminary experiments for in vivo study. Induction of c-Myc and p53 protein and the activities of caspase-3, -6, and -8 were detected in Trp-P-1-perfused liver. In addition, Trp-P-1 modulated the DNA binding activity of the apoptosis-related transcription factors, NF-kappaB and AP-1. These results imply a possibility that Trp-P-1 would induce apoptosis in vivo.
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- H Ashida
- Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Japan.
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To study the long-term effect of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on the DNA-binding activity of nuclear transcription factors; a single dose of TCDD was injected intraperitoneally to male guinea pigs (1 microgram/kg i.p.). The animals were killed after 1, 2, 10, 20, 28, and 40 days, and DNA-binding activities in liver nuclear fraction were assessed through electrophoretic gel mobility shift assay (EMSA). As expected, the nuclear protein binding to dioxin or xenobiotic response element (DRE or XRE) increased as a result of TCDD's action (1-20 days). In addition, protein binding to 32P-labeled activator protein-1 (AP-1) response element (RE) (1-28 days) and activator protein-2 (AP-2) RE (1-28 days) were all increased by the action of TCDD. On the other hand, TCDD treatment significantly lowered the nuclear protein binding to both specific protein-1 (Sp-1) RE and c-MycRE at all time points (1-40 days). In the case of protein binding to 32P-labeled cAMP response element (CRE), we found two groups of binding bands being affected by TCDD. The intensity of the upper band group decreased, and that of the lower band group increased. As for AP-1 proteins, judging by the results of the Western blotting assay, the level of c-Fos increased while that of c-Jun decreased with TCDD treatment both at day 1 and 28. It is known that the rise in AP-1 and AP-2 activities often results in lowering certain cell differentiation signaling messengers in the nucleus. In agreement with this scenario, binding of C/EBP (CCAAT enhancer binding protein) to its response element site was found to be suppressed for 1 through 28 days. Among hormone receptors, TCDD treatment decreased the binding to retinoic acid RE but increased the binding to thyroid hormone RE.
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- H Ashida
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
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Hiramatsu N, Hashimoto S, Fujita N, Kageyama K, Ashida H, Kimura A, Kobayashi A, Tanaka Y. [The influence of the use of mupirocin nasal ointment on the incidence of endogenous MRSA infections in an intensive care unit]. Masui 2000; 49:867-71. [PMID: 10998878] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Nasal carriage of MRSA is a significant risk-factor for the endogenous MRSA infection in immunocompromised patients. MRSA infection in ICU patients is thus mostly endogenous infection. To evaluate the impact of mupirocin use on the incidence of endogenous infection caused by MRSA in an intensive care unit, we prospectively treated all patients in the unit with mupirocin, 3 times daily for 3 days. This routine use of mupirocin led to eradication of nasal MRSA carriage in 81.8% of surveillance cultures and to a significant reduction in the total incidence of MRSA infection among MRSA carrier patients (0 episode in 11 patients) when compared to historical controls prior to the use of mupirocin (3 episodes in 7 patients). Mupirocin nasal ointment was significantly effective to prevent endogenous MRSA infection.
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- N Hiramatsu
- Department of Anesthesiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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Ashida H, Fukuda I, Yamashita T, Kanazawa K. Flavones and flavonols at dietary levels inhibit a transformation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor induced by dioxin. FEBS Lett 2000; 476:213-7. [PMID: 10913616 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01730-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Dioxins invade the body mainly through the diet, and produce toxicity through the transformation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). An inhibitor of the transformation should therefore protect against the toxicity and ideally be part of the diet. We examined flavonoids ubiquitously expressed in plant foods as one of the best candidates, and found that the subclasses flavones and flavonols suppressed antagonistically the transformation of AhR induced by 1 nM of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, without exhibiting agonistic effects that transform AhR. The antagonistic IC(50) values ranged from 0.14 to 10 microM, close to the physiological levels in human.
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- H Ashida
- Laboratory of Food and Nutritional Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada-ku, 657-8501, Kobe, Japan
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Imai Y, Harada T, Yamada H, Kurihara H, Seko Y, Yamazaki T, Komuro I, Yamaoki K, Sugiyama T, Ashida H, Takamoto S, Yazaki Y. Left cervical aortic arch with aortic coarctation and saccular aneurysm. Jpn Circ J 2000; 64:544-6. [PMID: 10929787 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cervical aortic arch is a very rare malformation and is occasionally accompanied by other cardiovascular anomalies. A 48-year-old male patient had a left cervical aortic arch with aortic coarctation and saccular aneurysm distal to the coarcted segment. The major clinical manifestations were upper body hypertension with a 50-mmHg discrepancy between the upper and lower limbs and a loud continuous murmur in the upper chest and back. Magnetic resonance angiography successfully depicted the anomalous aorta, and the aortic coarctation and aneurysm were surgically resected and the thoracic aorta was reconstructed. The discrepancy in blood pressure diminished after the operation, but antihypertensive medication was continued to satisfactorily control the hypertension.
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- Y Imai
- The Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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Sun M, Sakakibara H, Ashida H, Danno G, Kanazawa K. Cytochrome P4501A1-inhibitory action of antimutagenic anthraquinones in medicinal plants and the structure-activity relationship. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2000; 64:1373-8. [PMID: 10945253 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We have earlier found that flavones and flavonols in vegetables specifically inhibited one of the carcinogenesis-related enzymes, cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1A1, and subsequently suppressed the mutagenicity of food-derived carcinogens. In this study, we explored other candidates for the enzyme inhibitor in Chinese medicinal plants. Some of them were antimutagenic toward 3-amino-1-methyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (Trp-P-2). For example, Rheum officinale contained large amounts of anthraquinones as the active compounds, 3.4 mg of emodin, 2.1 mg of chrysophanol and 1.8 mg of rhein in 10 g of dry matter. Anthraquinones showed similar IC50 values for antimutagenicity against Trp-P-2 to those for inhibition of the N-hydroxylation activity of CYP1A1 toward Trp-P-2, indicating that the antimutagenicity was attributable to CYP inhibition. The structure-activity relationships were then examined with 14 commercial chemicals, and it was found that the interaction with an enzyme required three rings and an oxygen group in the side ring. This characteristic is similar to that of flavones and flavonols.
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- M Sun
- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Japan
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Interocular transfer of the motion aftereffect (MAE) has been extensively investigated for the purpose of analysing the binocularity of the underlying motion mechanism. Previous studies unanimously reported that the transfer of the classical static MAE is partial, but there is a controversy as to whether the transfer of the flicker MAE (MAE measured using counterphase gratings) is partial or perfect. To gain insight into the discrepancy between studies, we investigated whether the interocular transfer of the flicker MAE is influenced by the MAE measurement method, retinal eccentricity and attention. Our results showed that the transfer was perfect or nearly so when the MAE duration was measured in the central visual field with observers paying attention to the adaptation stimulus, but the transfer was partial when the MAE nulling strength was measured, when the MAE duration was measured in the peripheral visual field, or when the observers' attention was distracted by a secondary task. These results not only resolve discrepancies between previous studies, but also suggest that the flicker MAE reflects adaptation at multiple stages in the hierarchical architecture of motion processing.
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- S Nishida
- Human and Information Science Laboratory, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Kanagawa, Japan.
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