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Tagawa H, Fushimi Y, Funaki T, Nakajima S, Sakata A, Okuchi S, Hinoda T, Grinstead J, Ahn S, Hidaka Y, Yoshida K, Miyamoto S, Nakamoto Y. Vessel wall MRI in moyamoya disease: arterial wall enhancement varies depending on age, arteries, and disease progression. Eur Radiol 2024; 34:2183-2194. [PMID: 37798407 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-023-10251-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship of followings for patients with moyamoya disease (MMD): arterial wall enhancement on vessel wall MRI (VW-MRI), cross-sectional area (CSA), time-of-flight MR angiography (MRA), age, locations from intracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) to proximal middle cerebral artery (MCA), disease progression, and transient ischemic attack (TIA). METHODS Patients who underwent VW-MRI between October 2018 and December 2020 were enrolled in this retrospective study. We measured arterial wall enhancement (enhancement ratio, ER) and CSA at five sections of ICA and MCA. Also, we scored MRA findings. Multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis was performed to explore the associations between ER, age, MRA score, CSA, history of TIA, and surgical revascularization. RESULTS We investigated 102 sides of 51 patients with MMD (35 women, 16 men, mean age 31 years ± 18 [standard deviation]). ER for MRA score 2 (signal discontinuity) was higher than ER for other scores in sections D (end of ICA) and E (proximal MCA) on MLR analysis. ER in section E was significantly higher in patients for MRA score 2 with TIA history than without. ER significantly increased as CSA increased in section E, which suggests ER becomes less in decreased CSA due to negative remodeling. CONCLUSION Arterial wall enhancement in MMD varies by age, location, and disease progression. Arterial wall enhancement may be stronger in the progressive stage of MMD. Arterial wall enhancement increases with history of TIA at proximal MCA, which may indicate the progression of the disease. CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT Arterial wall enhancement in moyamoya disease varies by age, location of arteries, and disease progression, and arterial wall enhancement may be used as an imaging biomarker of moyamoya disease. KEY POINTS It has not been clarified what arterial wall enhancement in moyamoya disease represents. Arterial wall enhancement in moyamoya disease varies by age, location of arteries, and disease progression. Arterial wall enhancement in moyamoya disease increases as the disease progresses.
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- Hiroshi Tagawa
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Siemens Healthineers, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Ito S, Okuchi S, Fushimi Y, Otani S, Wicaksono KP, Sakata A, Miyake KK, Numamoto H, Nakajima S, Tagawa H, Tanji M, Sano N, Kondo H, Imai R, Saga T, Fujimoto K, Arakawa Y, Nakamoto Y. Thin-slice reverse encoding distortion correction DWI facilitates visualization of non-functioning pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (PitNET)/pituitary adenoma and surrounding normal structures. Eur Radiol Exp 2024; 8:28. [PMID: 38448783 PMCID: PMC10917724 DOI: 10.1186/s41747-024-00430-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND To evaluate the clinical usefulness of thin-slice echo-planar imaging (EPI)-based diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with an on-console distortion correction technique, termed reverse encoding distortion correction DWI (RDC-DWI), in patients with non-functioning pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (PitNET)/pituitary adenoma. METHODS Patients with non-functioning PitNET/pituitary adenoma who underwent 3-T RDC-DWI between December 2021 and September 2022 were retrospectively enrolled. Image quality was compared among RDC-DWI, DWI with correction for distortion induced by B0 inhomogeneity alone (B0-corrected-DWI), and original EPI-based DWI with anterior-posterior phase-encoding direction (AP-DWI). Susceptibility artifact, anatomical visualization of cranial nerves, overall tumor visualization, and visualization of cavernous sinus invasion were assessed qualitatively. Quantitative assessment of geometric distortion was performed by evaluation of anterior and posterior displacement between each DWI and the corresponding three-dimensional T2-weighted imaging. Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), and apparent diffusion coefficient values were measured. RESULTS Sixty-four patients (age 70.8 ± 9.9 years [mean ± standard deviation]; 33 females) with non-functioning PitNET/pituitary adenoma were evaluated. In terms of susceptibility artifacts in the frontal and temporal lobes, visualization of left trigeminal nerve, overall tumor visualization, and anterior displacement, RDC-DWI performed the best and B0-corrected-DWI performed better than AP-DWI. The right oculomotor and right trigeminal nerves were better visualized by RDC-DWI than by B0-corrected-DWI and AP-DWI. Visualization of cavernous sinus invasion and posterior displacement were better by RDC-DWI and B0-corrected-DWI than by AP-DWI. SNR and CNR were the highest for RDC-DWI. CONCLUSIONS RDC-DWI achieved excellent image quality regarding susceptibility artifact, geometric distortion, and tumor visualization in patients with non-functioning PitNET/pituitary adenoma. RELEVANCE STATEMENT RDC-DWI facilitates excellent visualization of the pituitary region and surrounding normal structures, and its on-console distortion correction technique is convenient. RDC-DWI can clearly depict cavernous sinus invasion of PitNET/pituitary adenoma even without contrast medium. KEY POINTS • RDC-DWI is an EPI-based DWI technique with a novel on-console distortion correction technique. • RDC-DWI corrects distortion due to B0 field inhomogeneity and eddy current. • We evaluated the usefulness of thin-slice RDC-DWI in non-functioning PitNET/pituitary adenoma. • RDC-DWI exhibited excellent visualization in the pituitary region and surrounding structures. • In addition, the on-console distortion correction of RDC-DWI is clinically convenient.
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- Shuichi Ito
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Imaging in Medical Magnetic Resonance, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Imaging in Medical Magnetic Resonance, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- MRI Systems Division, Canon Medical Systems Corporation, 1385 Shimoishigami, Otawara, 324-8550, Japan
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- MRI Systems Division, Canon Medical Systems Corporation, 1385 Shimoishigami, Otawara, 324-8550, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Imaging in Medical Magnetic Resonance, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Imaging in Medical Magnetic Resonance, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Nakamura Y, Fushimi Y, Hinoda T, Nakajima S, Sakata A, Okuchi S, Otani S, Tagawa H, Wang Y, Ikeda S, Kawashima H, Uemura MT, Nakamoto AY. Hemosiderin Detection inside the Mammillary Bodies Using Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping on Patients with Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome. Magn Reson Med Sci 2024; 23:14-17. [PMID: 36517008 PMCID: PMC10838722 DOI: 10.2463/mrms.ici.2022-0109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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Hemorrhage inside the mammillary bodies (MMBs) is known to be one of the findings of Wernicke encephalopathy. Brain MRI of two patients with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS) demonstrated high susceptibility values representing hemosiderin deposition in MMBs by using quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM). QSM provided additional information of susceptibility values to susceptibility-weighted imaging in diagnosis of WKS.
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- Yuri Nakamura
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Departments of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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Takiya M, Fushimi Y, Sakamoto M, Yoshida T, Ueno K, Nakajima S, Sakata A, Okuchi S, Otani S, Tagawa H, Morimoto N, Nakamoto Y. Incidence of neurocutaneous melanosis in Japanese pediatric patients with congenital melanocytic nevi. Sci Rep 2023; 13:16442. [PMID: 37777590 PMCID: PMC10542349 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43829-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/02/2023] Open
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Neurocutaneous melanosis (NCM) is a rare, non-hereditary neurocutaneous disorder characterized by excessive melanocytic proliferation in the skin and central nervous system. As no major studies have covered the incidence of NCM among Japanese patients with congenital melanocytic nevi (CMN), we prospectively investigated the incidence of NCM among Japanese patients who underwent initial treatment for CMN. The relationship of CMN and NCM was also investigated. Japanese pediatric patients with CMN under 1 year of age were included between January 2020 and November 2022, and all patients underwent brain MRI to check for NCM in this study. NCM lesions were most frequently seen in the amygdala, followed by the cerebellum, brainstem, and cerebral hemispheres. NCM was diagnosed on brain MRI in 31.6% of the 38 patients with CMN and in 25.0% of patients with no prior examination or treatment. Distribution and size of CMN, number of satellite nevi, rugosity and nodules were strongly associated with the existence of NCM, and these findings may guide a future registry study with a large cohort of CMN patients.
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- Miyuki Takiya
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 6068507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 6068507, Japan.
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 6068507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 6068507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 6068507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 6068507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 6068507, Japan
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 6068507, Japan
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Wicaksono KP, Fushimi Y, Nakajima S, Sakata A, Okuchi S, Hinoda T, Oshima S, Otani S, Tagawa H, Urushibata Y, Nakamoto Y. Accuracy, repeatability, and reproducibility of T 1 and T 2 relaxation times measurement by 3D magnetic resonance fingerprinting with different dictionary resolutions. Eur Radiol 2023; 33:2895-2904. [PMID: 36422648 PMCID: PMC10017611 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-022-09244-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To assess the accuracy, repeatability, and reproducibility of T1 and T2 relaxation time measurements by three-dimensional magnetic resonance fingerprinting (3D MRF) using various dictionary resolutions. METHODS The ISMRM/NIST phantom was scanned daily for 10 days in two 3 T MR scanners using a 3D MRF sequence reconstructed using four dictionaries with varying step sizes and one dictionary with wider ranges. Thirty-nine healthy volunteers were enrolled: 20 subjects underwent whole-brain MRF scans in both scanners and the rest in one scanner. ROI/VOI analyses were performed on phantom and brain MRF maps. Accuracy, repeatability, and reproducibility metrics were calculated. RESULTS In the phantom study, all dictionaries showed high T1 linearity to the reference values (R2 > 0.99), repeatability (CV < 3%), and reproducibility (CV < 3%) with lower linearity (R2 > 0.98), repeatability (CV < 6%), and reproducibility (CV ≤ 4%) for T2 measurement. The volunteer study demonstrated high T1 reproducibility of within-subject CV (wCV) < 4% by all dictionaries with the same ranges, both in the brain parenchyma and CSF. Yet, reproducibility was moderate for T2 measurement (wCV < 8%). In CSF measurement, dictionaries with a smaller range showed a seemingly better reproducibility (T1, wCV 3%; T2, wCV 8%) than the much wider range dictionary (T1, wCV 5%; T2, wCV 13%). Truncated CSF relaxometry values were evident in smaller range dictionaries. CONCLUSIONS The accuracy, repeatability, and reproducibility of 3D MRF across various dictionary resolutions were high for T1 and moderate for T2 measurements. A lower-resolution dictionary with a well-defined range may be adequate, thus significantly reducing the computational load. KEY POINTS • A lower-resolution dictionary with a well-defined range may be sufficient for 3D MRF reconstruction. • CSF relaxation times might be underestimated due to truncation by the upper dictionary range. • Dictionary with a higher upper range might be advisable, especially for CSF evaluation and elderly subjects whose perivascular spaces are more prominent.
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- Krishna Pandu Wicaksono
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Kakigi T, Sakamoto R, Tagawa H, Kuriyama S, Goto Y, Nambu M, Sagawa H, Numamoto H, Miyake KK, Saga T, Matsuda S, Nakamoto Y. Diagnostic advantage of thin slice 2D MRI and multiplanar reconstruction of the knee joint using deep learning based denoising approach. Sci Rep 2022; 12:10362. [PMID: 35725760 PMCID: PMC9209466 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14190-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether thin-slice high-resolution 2D fat-suppressed proton density-weighted image of the knee joint using denoising approach with deep learning-based reconstruction (dDLR) with MPR is more useful than 3D FS-PD multi planar voxel image. Twelve patients who underwent MRI of the knee at 3T and 13 knees were enrolled. Denoising effect was quantitatively evaluated by comparing the coefficient of variation (CV) before and after dDLR. For the qualitative assessment, two radiologists evaluated image quality, artifacts, anatomical structures, and abnormal findings using a 5-point Likert scale between 2D and 3D. All of them were statistically analyzed. Gwet’s agreement coefficients were also calculated. For the scores of abnormal findings, we calculated the percentages of the cases with agreement with high confidence. The CV after dDLR was significantly lower than the one before dDLR (p < 0.05). As for image quality, artifacts and anatomical structure, no significant differences were found except for flow artifact (p < 0.05). The agreement was significantly higher in 2D than in 3D in abnormal findings (p < 0.05). In abnormal findings, the percentage with high confidence was higher in 2D than in 3D (p < 0.05). By applying dDLR to 2D, almost equivalent image quality to 3D could be obtained. Furthermore, abnormal findings could be depicted with greater confidence and consistency, indicating that 2D with dDLR can be a promising imaging method for the knee joint disease evaluation.
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- Takahide Kakigi
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.,Preemptive Medicine and Lifestyle-Related Disease Research Center, Kyoto University Hospital, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- MRI Systems Division, Canon Medical Systems Corporation, 1385 Shimoishigami, Otawara, Tochigi, 324-8550, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Radiology Service, Kyoto University Hospital, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Medical Imaging Research, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.,Department of Advanced Medical Imaging Research, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.,Department of Advanced Medical Imaging Research, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Takahashi Y, Kitadate A, Ikeda S, Iwama S, Abe K, Matsuda Y, Tagawa H, Wakui H, Takahashi N. P1272: GP130/STAT3 AXIS IS A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR-RESISTANT CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMA. Hemasphere 2022. [PMCID: PMC9429465 DOI: 10.1097/01.hs9.0000847952.99146.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Tanito K, Oshiro Y, Tagawa H, Kishimura A, Mori T, Katayama Y. Comparative Evaluation of Natural Killer Cell-Mediated Cell Killing Assay Based on the Leakage of an Endogenous Enzyme or a Pre-Loaded Fluorophore. ANAL SCI 2021; 37:1571-1575. [PMID: 33967183 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.21p117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
A cell-killing ability of natural killer (NK) cells has been evaluated by the leakage of marker molecules from target cells. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and calcein are two major non-radioisotope markers used for the killing assay. The spontaneous death of NK cells during the killing-assay of cells is a major issue in the assay because it provides background signals to increase errors. In this study, the effect of the spontaneous death of NK cells on the killing assays based on LDH and the calcein method was comparatively evaluated. We found that the calcein method is much less sensitive to the spontaneous death of NK cells to enable an accurate evaluation of the cell killing.
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- Kenta Tanito
- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University.,Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University.,International Research Center for Molecular Systems, Kyushu University
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University.,Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University.,Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University.,International Research Center for Molecular Systems, Kyushu University.,Center for Advanced Medical Innovation, Kyushu University.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University
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Sasaki K, Harada M, Yoshikawa T, Tagawa H, Harada Y, Yonemitsu Y, Ryujin T, Kishimura A, Mori T, Katayama Y. Fc-Binding Antibody-Recruiting Molecules Targeting Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen: Defucosylation of Antibody for Efficacy Improvement*. Chembiochem 2020; 22:496-500. [PMID: 32969164 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202000577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 09/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Synthetic small molecules that redirect endogenous antibodies to target cells are promising drug candidates because they overcome the potential shortcomings of therapeutic antibodies, such as immunogenicity and the need for intravenous delivery. Previously, we reported a novel class of bispecific molecules targeting the antibody Fc region and folate receptor, named Fc-binding antibody-recruiting molecules (Fc-ARMs). Fc-ARMs can theoretically recruit most endogenous antibodies, inducing antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) to eliminate cancer cells. Herein, we describe new Fc-ARMs that target prostate cancer (Fc-ARM-Ps). Fc-ARM-Ps recruited antibodies to cancer cells expressing prostate-specific membrane antigen but did so with lower efficiency compared with Fc-ARMs targeting the folate receptor. Upon recruitment by Fc-ARM-P, defucosylated antibodies efficiently activated natural killer cells and induced ADCC, whereas antibodies with intact N-glycans did not. The results suggest that the affinity between recruited antibodies and CD16a, a type of Fc receptor expressed on immune cells, could be a key factor controlling immune activation in the Fc-ARM strategy.
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- Koichi Sasaki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishiku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.,Present address: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishiku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishiku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.,Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.,International Research Center for Molecular Systems, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishiku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.,Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishiku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.,Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.,International Research Center for Molecular Systems, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan, 32023, Taiwan
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Nakamatsu E, Morita T, Morishima A, Tagawa H, Furukawa M, Matsushita M, Yamane H. A 78-Year-Old Man With Repeated Dyspnea and Neutrophilia in Peripheral Blood and BAL. Chest 2020; 157:e17-e20. [PMID: 31916970 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.07.034] [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: 03/28/2019] [Revised: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 07/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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CASE PRESENTATION A 78-year-old man with asthma and COPD presented with shortness of breath, cough, and severe malaise for 4 days. Upon arrival, the patient was conscious and body temperature was 37.5°C. Arterial oxygen saturation (Spo2) was 80% on room air. Laboratory data demonstrated a WBC count of 17,400/μL (89.5% neutrophils) and C-reactive protein of 5.00 mg/dL. CT scan of chest revealed scattered ground-glass in the upper right lobe and thickening of the bronchial wall. Based on these findings, acute bronchopneumonia was diagnosed and antibacterial therapy was started. The day after admission, the patient's general condition and shortness of breath had gradually improved. We treated and observed him carefully for 10 days in the hospital on antibacterial therapy because of his underlying comorbidities (asthma and COPD) and his ongoing hypoxemia. Three days after discharge, the patient re-presented with shortness of breath, hypoxemia, and loss of appetite. The patient was hospitalized for a second time.
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- Erika Nakamatsu
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saiseikai Senri Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Allergy, Saiseikai Senri Hospital, Osaka, Japan; Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan; Laboratory of Immunopathology, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Suita City, Osaka, Japan.
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- Department of Rheumatology and Allergy, Saiseikai Senri Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saiseikai Senri Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saiseikai Senri Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Allergy, Saiseikai Senri Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saiseikai Senri Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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Yoshikawa T, Phan KQ, Tagawa H, Sasaki K, Feng H, Kishimura A, Mori T, Katayama Y. Modification of nitric oxide donors onto a monoclonal antibody boosts accumulation in solid tumors. Int J Pharm 2020; 583:119352. [PMID: 32325243 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Although monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have revolutionized cancer treatment, their accumulation in solid tumors is limited and requires improvement to enhance therapeutic efficacy. Here we developed a strategy to modify mAb with a donor of nitric oxide (NO) because NO functions to vasodilate as well as to enhance the permeability of vascular endothelium, which will contribute to enhancing the tumor accumulation of mAb. We selected S-nitrosothiol as a NO donor and established the procedure to modify S-nitrosothiol group on mAb under ambient conditions. The modified mAb (Ab-SNO) thus obtained released NO in a preferable speed and maintained its original properties such as binding affinity to a target antigen and efficacy to induce antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. We demonstrated that Ab-SNO enhanced the tumor accumulation of co-administered proteins such as antibody and serum albumin.
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- Takuma Yoshikawa
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; International Research Center for Molecular Systems, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; International Research Center for Molecular Systems, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; Center for Advanced Medical Innovation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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Sasaki K, Harada M, Miyashita Y, Tagawa H, Kishimura A, Mori T, Katayama Y. Fc-binding antibody-recruiting molecules exploit endogenous antibodies for anti-tumor immune responses. Chem Sci 2020; 11:3208-3214. [PMID: 34122826 PMCID: PMC8157400 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc00017e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Redirecting endogenous antibodies in the bloodstream to tumor cells using synthetic molecules is a promising approach to trigger anti-tumor immune responses. However, current molecular designs only enable the use of a small fraction of endogenous antibodies, limiting the therapeutic potential. Here, we report Fc-binding antibody-recruiting molecules (Fc-ARMs) as the first example addressing this issue. Fc-ARMs are composed of an Fc-binding peptide and a targeting ligand, enabling the exploitation of endogenous antibodies through constant affinity to the Fc region of antibodies, whose sequence is conserved in contrast to the Fab region. We show that Fc-ARM targeting folate receptor-α (FR-α) redirects a clinically used antibody mixture to FR-α+ cancer cells, resulting in cancer cell lysis by natural killer cells in vitro. Fc-ARMs successfully interacted with antibodies in vivo and accumulated in tumors. Furthermore, Fc-ARMs recruited antibodies to suppress tumor growth in a mouse model. Thus, Fc-ARMs have the potential to be a novel class of cancer immunotherapeutic agents. Fc-binding antibody-recruiting molecules provide robust and sufficient opportunities to employ endogenous antibodies for anti-tumor immune responses.![]()
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- Koichi Sasaki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan .,Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan.,International Research Center for Molecular Systems, Kyushu University Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan .,Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan .,Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan.,International Research Center for Molecular Systems, Kyushu University Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University Taoyuan Taiwan
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Tagawa H, Maruyama K, Sasaki K, Konoue N, Kishimura A, Kanai M, Mori T, Oisaki K, Katayama Y. Induction of ADCC by a folic acid–mAb conjugate prepared by tryptophan-selective reaction toward folate-receptor-positive cancer cells. RSC Adv 2020; 10:16727-16731. [PMID: 35498849 PMCID: PMC9053046 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra03291c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We developed conjugates between monoclonal antibody (mAb) and folic acid (FA) by using a tryptophan (Trp)-selective reaction, which yields relatively homogenous products compared to conventional methods. The obtained mAb–FA conjugates showed significant cellular cytotoxicity toward folate receptor-expressing cancer cells, demonstrating that the conjugates retained the Fc region's original function. mAb–folic acid conjugates were prepared by a tryptophan-selective reaction using an organic radical under ambient conditions, which showed significant induction ability of antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity.![]()
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- Hiroshi Tagawa
- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- The University of Tokyo
- Tokyo
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Faculty of Engineering
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- The University of Tokyo
- Tokyo
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka
- Japan
- Department of Applied Chemistry
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- The University of Tokyo
- Tokyo
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka
- Japan
- Department of Applied Chemistry
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- The University of Tokyo
- Tokyo
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka
- Japan
- Department of Applied Chemistry
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Kitadate A, Ikeda S, Teshima K, Ito M, Toyota I, Hasunuma N, Takahashi N, Miyagaki T, Sugaya M, Tagawa H. MicroRNA-16 mediates the regulation of a senescence-apoptosis switch in cutaneous T-cell and other non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Oncogene 2015; 35:3692-704. [PMID: 26640145 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2015.435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2015] [Revised: 10/09/2015] [Accepted: 10/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Multiple sequential genetic and epigenetic alterations underlie cancer development and progression. Overcoming cellular senescence is an early step in cancer pathogenesis. Here, we demonstrate that a noncoding regulatory RNA, microRNA-16 (miR-16), has the potential to induce cellular senescence. First, we examined the expression of miR-16 in primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) and other non-Hodgkin T/natural killer (NK)-cell lymphomas and found that miR-16 was downregulated than that in the corresponding normal cells. Notably, miR-16 expression was reduced as the primary CTCL progressed from the early stage to the advanced stage. Next, we transduced CTCL cells with miR-16 to examine whether this miRNA exhibited tumor-suppressive effects in CTCL cells. In CTCL cells expressing wild-type p53, forced expression of miR-16 enhanced p21 expression via downregulation of the polycomb group protein Bmi1, thereby inducing cellular senescence. Alternatively, in CTCL cells lacking functional p53, miR-16 induced compensatory apoptosis. The miR-16 transfection significantly decreased senescent cells and increased apoptotic cells in p21-knockdown CTCL cells expressing wild-type p53, suggesting that the presence or absence of p21 may be the most important condition in the senescence-apoptosis switch in CTCL lymphomagenesis. Furthermore, we found that the histone deacetylase inhibitor suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) restored the expression of miR-16 and its essential targets, induced senescence in CTCL cells expressing wild-type p53 and promoted apoptosis in cells with nonfunctional p53. Moreover, we found that other T/NK-cell lymphoma cell lines showed similar tumor-suppressive effects in response to miR-16 and SAHA and that these effects were dependent on p53 status. These results suggested that epigenetic silencing of miR-16 may be a key step during lymphoma development. Elucidation of the essential targets of miR-16 and SAHA provides a basis for the clinical application of SAHA in the treatment of CTCL and other non-Hodgkin T/NK-cell lymphomas.
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- A Kitadate
- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Akita University, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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Akazawa Y, Taniguchi Y, Mima H, Tagawa H, Niki T, Funakoshi T. [A case of metastatic cancer of unknown primary origin that progressed rapidly after complete remission via second-line chemotherapy]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2015; 42:249-251. [PMID: 25743150] [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: 06/04/2023]
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Leptomeningeal metastasis occurs in approximately 5% of patients with metastatic solid carcinomas, and it is often diagnosed in patients with breast cancer, lung cancer, malignant melanoma, and digestive cancer. Herein, we report a case of a metastatic cancer of unknown primary origin. The leptomeningeal metastasis progressed quite rapidly, and the patient died despite achieving complete remission via second-line chemotherapy.
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- Yuki Akazawa
- Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Saiseikai Senri Hospital
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Teshima K, Nara M, Watanabe A, Ito M, Ikeda S, Hatano Y, Oshima K, Seto M, Sawada K, Tagawa H. Dysregulation of BMI1 and microRNA-16 collaborate to enhance an anti-apoptotic potential in the side population of refractory mantle cell lymphoma. Oncogene 2013; 33:2191-203. [PMID: 23686310 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2013.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2012] [Revised: 03/23/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The proto-oncogene BMI1 and its product, Bmi1, is overexpressed in various types of tumors, particularly in aggressive tumors and tumors resistant to conventional chemotherapy. BMI1/Bmi1 is also crucially involved in cancer-initiating cell maintenance, and is recurrently upregulated in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), especially aggressive variants. Recently, side population (SP) cells were shown to exhibit tumor-initiating characteristics in various types of tumors. In this study, we show that recurrent MCL cases significantly exhibit upregulation of BMI1/Bmi1. We further demonstrate that clonogenic MCL SP shows such tumor-initiating characteristics as high tumorigenicity and self-renewal capability, and that BMI1 was upregulated in the SP from recurrent MCL cases and MCL cell lines. On screening for upstream regulators of BMI1, we found that expression of microRNA-16 (miR-16) was downregulated in MCL SP cells by regulating Bmi1 in the SPs, leading to reductions in tumor size following lymphoma xenografts. Moreover, to investigate downstream targets of BMI1 in MCL, we performed cross-linking/chromatin immunoprecipitation assay against MCL cell lines and demonstrated that Bmi1 directly regulated pro-apoptotic genes such as BCL2L11/Bim and PMAIP1/Noxa, leading to enhance anti-apoptotic potential of MCL. Finally, we found that a proteasome inhibitor bortezomib, which has been recently used for relapsed MCL, effectively induced apoptosis among MCL cells while reducing expression of Bmi1 and increasing miR-16 in MCL SP. These results suggest that upregulation of BMI1 and downregulation of miR-16 in MCL SP has a key role in the disease's progression by reducing MCL cell apoptosis. Our results provide important new insight into the pathogenesis of MCL and strongly suggest that targeting BMI1/Bmi1 might be an effective approach to treating MCL, particularly refractory and recurrent cases.
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- K Teshima
- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yamamoto Kumiai General Hospital, Noshiro, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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Nakanishi D, Tanio Y, Tagawa H, Akiyama T, Takashima J, Motone M, Kawai T, Kondo T, Shimazu H, Fushimi H, Miki Y. [An autopsy of a case of pulmonary hypertension secondary to pulmonary embolization of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2013; 40:499-502. [PMID: 23848019] [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: 06/02/2023]
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A 70-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for one month because of progressive dyspnea. Her medical history included an operation for hepatolithiasis at age 47. She was a current smoker. Chest CT revealed emphysematous change and honeycombing in the lung and bilateral subpleural opacifications. Cardiac ultrasound examination showed pulmonary hypertension. Treatments with antibiotics, corticosteroids and heparin were unsuccessful. Despite mechanical ventilation, she died of respiratory failure. Autopsy revealed that intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma had spread via the hematogeneous route, formed multiple emboli into the pulmonary small arteries, and led to severe pulmonary hypertension and lung infarction.
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Miura M, Takahashi N, Nara M, Fujishima N, Kagaya H, Kameoka Y, Saitoh H, Tagawa H, Sawada K. A simple, sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography -ultraviolet method for the quantification of concentration and steady-state pharmacokinetics of itraconazole and hydroxyitraconazole. Ann Clin Biochem 2010; 47:432-9. [DOI: 10.1258/acb.2010.010029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Background A steady-state trough plasma itraconazole concentration greater than 500 ng/mL is a therapeutic target for itraconazole. A simple, rapid and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography-based method was developed for quantitation of itraconazole and hydroxyitraconazole in human plasma. Methods Itraconazole and hydroxyitraconazole were separated using a mobile phase of 0.5% KH2PO4 (pH 6.0)-acetonitrile (30:70, v/v) on a CAPCELLPAK C18 MGII column at a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min and ultraviolet absorbance at 260 nm. Results The analysis required 200 μL of plasma and involved a rapid, simple solid-phase extraction with an Oasis HLB cartridge, which resulted in recoveries of 87–92% for itraconazole and 91–94% for hydroxyitraconazole. The lower limit of quantification for itraconazole and hydroxyitraconazole was 5 ng/mL each. Intra- and interday coefficients of variation for itraconazole and hydroxyitraconazole were less than 11.3% and 12.2%, respectively, and accuracies were within 11.7% and 4.5% over the linear range, respectively. Although the steady-state plasma concentrations of itraconazole and hydroxyitraconazole ranged from 506 to 2482 ng/mL and from 766 to 2444 ng/mL, respectively, after a two-day loading dose of 400 mg/day intravenous itraconazole followed by the administration of 200 mg/day itraconazole oral solution, calibration curves of itraconazole and hydroxyitraconazole showed positive linearity in a concentration range of 5–2500 and 50–2500 ng/mL, respectively. Conclusions Our results indicate that this method is applicable for the monitoring of plasma levels of itraconazole and hydroxyitraconazole in a clinical setting. Furthermore, the regimen presented here might also be effective in preventing infection, but further studies with large sample sizes are necessary to investigate this avenue.
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- M Miura
- Department of Pharmacy, Akita University Hospital, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8543
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Akita University Hospital, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8543
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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Mise N, Ono Y, Kurita N, Sai K, Nishi T, Tagawa H, Sugimoto T. Aureobasidium pullulans peritonitis: case report and review of the literature. Perit Dial Int 2008; 28:679-681. [PMID: 18981405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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Mise N, Ono Y, Kurita N, Sai K, Nishi T, Tagawa H, Sugimoto T. Aureobasidium Pullulans Peritonitis: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Perit Dial Int 2008. [DOI: 10.1177/089686080802800626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- N. Mise
- Department of Nephrology Mitsui Memorial Hospital Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbiology Mitsui Memorial Hospital Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology Mitsui Memorial Hospital Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology Mitsui Memorial Hospital Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology Mitsui Memorial Hospital Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology Mitsui Memorial Hospital Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology Mitsui Memorial Hospital Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshimoto T, Matsuura K, Karnan S, Tagawa H, Nakada C, Tanigawa M, Tsukamoto Y, Uchida T, Kashima K, Akizuki S, Takeuchi I, Sato F, Mimata H, Seto M, Moriyama M. High-resolution analysis of DNA copy number alterations and gene expression in renal clear cell carcinoma. J Pathol 2008; 213:392-401. [PMID: 17922474 DOI: 10.1002/path.2239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We analysed chromosomal copy number aberrations (CNAs) in renal cell carcinomas by array-based comparative genomic hybridization, using a genome-wide scanning array with 2304 BAC and PAC clones covering the whole human genome at a resolution of roughly 1.3 Mb. A total of 30 samples of renal cell carcinoma were analysed, including 26 cases of clear cell carcinoma (CCC) and four cases of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (ChCC). In CCCs, gains of chromosomes 5q33.1-qter (58%), 7q11.22-q35 (35%) and 16p12.3-p13.12 (19%), and losses of chromosomes 3p25.1-p25.3 (77%), 3p21.31-p22.3 (81%), 3p14.1-p14.2 (77%), 8p23.3 (31%), 9q21.13-qter (19%) and 14q32.32-qter (38%) were detected. On the other hand, the patterns of CNAs differed markedly between CCCs and ChCCs. Next, we examined the correlation of CNAs with expression profiles in the same tumour samples in 22/26 cases of CCC, using oligonucleotide microarray. We extracted genes that were differentially expressed between cases with and without CNAs, and found that significantly more up-regulated genes were localized on chromosomes 5 and 7, where recurrent genomic gains have been detected. Conversely, significantly more down-regulated genes were localized on chromosomes 14 and 3, where recurrent genomic losses have been detected. These results revealed that CNAs were correlated with deregulation of gene expression in CCCs. Furthermore, we compared the patterns of genomic imbalance with histopathological features, and found that loss of 14q appeared to be a specific and additional genetic abnormality in high-grade CCC. When we compared the expression profiles of low-grade CCCs with those of high-grade CCCs, differentially down-regulated genes tended to be localized on chromosomes 14 and 9. Thus, it is suggested that copy number loss at 14q in high-grade CCC may be involved in the down-regulation of genes located in this region.
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- T Yoshimoto
- Department of Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
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Tagawa H, Karube K, Guo Y, Takeshita M, Kikuchi M, Morishima Y, Nakamura S, Ohshima K, Seto M. Trisomy 3 is a specific genomic aberration of t(14;18) negative follicular lymphoma. Leukemia 2007; 21:2549-51. [PMID: 17611568 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9/genetics
- DNA, Neoplasm/genetics
- Female
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Lymphoma, Follicular/genetics
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Translocation, Genetic
- Trisomy
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- Yoshinori Mitamura
- Department of Opthalmology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan.
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Fujiwara O, Mitamura Y, Tagawa H, Ohba M, Hashimoto M, Suzuki Y, Konno S, Sato A, Sato H, Takaya M, Tashimo A, Shizukawa N, Yakuwa N, Kawaguchi S, Shimizu M, Nagai S, Inatomi S, Miyanishi K, Ito H, Saito Y, Nishizaka K, Hatakeyama R, Matuda T, Ohtsuka K. [Epidemic nosocomial keratoconjunctivitis caused by adenovirus type 4]. Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi 2003; 107:388-92. [PMID: 12894746] [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: 03/04/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical features of nosocomial epidemic keratoconjunctivitis(EKC) occurring in the ophthalmology ward of Sapporo Medical University Hospital and to devise preventive measures for it. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied the symptoms and clinical course of 2 patients who had EKC and 16 patients who had EKC caused by nosocomial infections in our hospital. We attempted to detect adenovirus antigen and viral DNA from conjunctival swabs and also to isolate the virus. RESULTS The clinical symptoms of EKC were conjunctival hyperemia in 18 patients(100%), conjunctival follicles in 11 patients (61.1%), discharge in 8 patients(44.4%), superficial punctate keratopathy in 7 patients(38.9%), swelling of the eyelids in 3 patients(16.7%), and fever in 3 patients(16.7%). 72% were positive for Adeno-check. Adenovirus type 4 was isolated from the conjunctival swabs. We considered that the route of hospital infection was infection from the doctor's hands, from eye drops, and from contact lenses. We disclosed that nosocomical EKC had occurred in our hospital. The hospital infection was eliminated by closing the ophthalmology ward and sterilizing instruments and washing hands. CONCLUSIONS The delay of proper measures increased the risk of nosocomical infection. We recognized the importance of careful observation of patients and immediate preventive efforts in nosocomical infection.
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- Osamutaro Fujiwara
- Department of Ophthalmology, Sapporo Medical University, S-1, W-16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan
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Mitamura Y, Tashimo A, Nakamura Y, Tagawa H, Ohtsuka K, Mizue Y, Nishihira J. Vitreous levels of placenta growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes Care 2002; 25:2352. [PMID: 12453985 DOI: 10.2337/diacare.25.12.2352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Yoshinori Mitamura
- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Japan.
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Sugimoto T, Yamakado M, Matsushita K, Iwamoto T, Tagawa H. Pharmacodynamics of menatetrenone and effects on bone metabolism in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients. J Int Med Res 2002; 30:566-75. [PMID: 12526283 DOI: 10.1177/147323000203000604] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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Prevention of osteoporosis and renal osteodystrophy are important for the long-term quality of life in dialysis patients. We examined whether administration of menatetrenone (vitamin K2) improves bone metabolism in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients. Administration of a single dose of menatetrenone (15 mg) revealed that the 24-h pharmacodynamics in CAPD patients were comparable to those in control individuals. In a 12-month period of oral menatetrenone administration (45 mg/day), eight stable CAPD patients were studied for blood-bone metabolism parameters and for bone mineral content. Blood concentration of menatetrenone was detectable during the experiment period. Only at 12 months did active vitamin D3 and bone-type alkaline phosphatase (ALP) fall significantly, while total ALP rose significantly. Bone mineral density measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry remained at the same level throughout the study period, suggesting that menatetrenone may protect against bone mineral loss in CAPD patients. These results show that the same dose of oral menatetrenone can be given to CAPD patients as to control individuals, and that menatetrenone can be used safely for 1 year in CAPD patients.
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- T Sugimoto
- Kidney Centre, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Sugimoto T, Tagawa H. [Nutritional support and fluid therapy in the elderly patients]. Nihon Rinsho 2001; 59 Suppl 5:833-6. [PMID: 11439661] [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: 02/20/2023]
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- T Sugimoto
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mitsui Memorial Hospital
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Sadamatsu K, Urabe Y, Tsutsui H, Tagawa H, Maruoka F, Igarashi-Saito K, Takeda K, Kawachi Y, Yasui H, Takeshita A. Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ regulatory protein gene expression in human right atrium under hemodynamic overload. Heart Vessels 2000; 14:208-15. [PMID: 10830916 DOI: 10.1007/bf01747849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) mRNA expression is reduced in the failing human myocardium. However, it is not known whether SR Ca2+-regulatory protein gene expression is altered in human myocardial tissue subjected to pressure overload or volume overload. We sought to determine whether SR Ca2+-regulatory protein gene expression is altered in human atrial tissue subjected to mechanical overload. We obtained right atrial myocardial tissue (about 250mg) at open-heart surgery from three groups of patients: no hemodynamic overload to the right atrium (control group; 12 patients), atrial septal defect (ASD group; 8 patients), and tricuspid regurgitation (TR group; 7 patients). We measured the myocyte size, the area of interstitial fibrosis, SR Ca2+,-ATPase, and ryanodine receptor mRNA abundance. The isolated cardiocyte area and the percent area of interstitial fibrosis were in the order TR > ASD > control (P < 0.05). The SR Ca2+-ATPase mRNA level in TR was significantly decreased (P = 0.004) compared with the control, whereas in the ASD group it did not differ significantly from control. There were no significant differences in ryanodine receptor mRNA levels among the three groups. SR Ca2+-ATPase gene expression was downregulated in human atrial tissue with TR but not in ASD, which might have resulted from the differences in the degree and/or the type of hemodynamic overload to the myocardium.
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- K Sadamatsu
- Research Institute of Angiocardiology, Cardiovascular Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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Matsushita K, Sngimoto T, Tagawa H, Iwamoto T, Oike Y, Kimura N, Ogura A. Potential factors regulating serum parathyroid hormone in maintenance hemodialysis patients: 4-year retrospective study. Clin Exp Nephrol 2000. [DOI: 10.1007/pl00012165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Maeda S, Yoshida H, Ogura K, Yamaji Y, Ikenoue T, Mitsushima T, Tagawa H, Kawaguchi R, Mori K, Mafune KI, Kawabe T, Shiratori Y, Omata M. Assessment of gastric carcinoma risk associated with Helicobacter pylori may vary depending on the antigen used: CagA specific enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay (ELISA) versus commercially available H. pylori ELISAs. Cancer 2000. [PMID: 10738209 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(20000401)88:7<1530::aid-cncr5>3.0.co;2-4] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous epidemiologic studies produced inconsistent results when examining the relation between Helicobacter pylori infection and the risk of gastric carcinoma by measuring various anti-H. pylori antibodies. This study investigated the increased risk of cancer by examining different antibodies, including the specific anti-CagA antibody and antibodies from two commercially available kits. METHODS An ELISA for the detection of serum anti-CagA was established using a recombinant CagA protein that the authors previously reported. Serum anti-CagA titer was determined for 80 patients with gastric carcinoma and 80 gender- and age-matched controls. Two anti-H. pylori antibodies from the commercially available kits HEL-p (Amrad, Kew Vic, Australia) and HM-CAP (Enteric Product Inc., Westbury, NY) were also evaluated. RESULTS Anti-CagA seropositivity differed significantly between gastric carcinoma patients and controls (92.5% vs. 55.0%; P = 0. 0001), showing an odds ratio of 10.4 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.23-29.74). The difference was less prominent for the seropositivity of HEL-p (77.5% vs. 58.8%; P = 0.0139; odds ratio: 2. 38; 95% CI: 1.20-4.82) and insignificant for that of HM-CAP (65.0% vs. 57.5%; P = 0.4325; odds ratio: 1.30; 95% CI: 0.68-2.49). CONCLUSIONS The current study revealed that the antibody assay system used could be one important factor in the assessment of gastric carcinoma risk for patients with H. pylori.
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- S Maeda
- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Maeda S, Yoshida H, Ogura K, Yamaji Y, Ikenoue T, Mitsushima T, Tagawa H, Kawaguchi R, Mori K, Mafune KI, Kawabe T, Shiratori Y, Omata M. Assessment of gastric carcinoma risk associated with Helicobacter pylori may vary depending on the antigen used: CagA specific enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay (ELISA) versus commercially available H. pylori ELISAs. Cancer 2000. [PMID: 10738209 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(20000401)88:7<1530::aid-cncr5>3.3.co;2-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous epidemiologic studies produced inconsistent results when examining the relation between Helicobacter pylori infection and the risk of gastric carcinoma by measuring various anti-H. pylori antibodies. This study investigated the increased risk of cancer by examining different antibodies, including the specific anti-CagA antibody and antibodies from two commercially available kits. METHODS An ELISA for the detection of serum anti-CagA was established using a recombinant CagA protein that the authors previously reported. Serum anti-CagA titer was determined for 80 patients with gastric carcinoma and 80 gender- and age-matched controls. Two anti-H. pylori antibodies from the commercially available kits HEL-p (Amrad, Kew Vic, Australia) and HM-CAP (Enteric Product Inc., Westbury, NY) were also evaluated. RESULTS Anti-CagA seropositivity differed significantly between gastric carcinoma patients and controls (92.5% vs. 55.0%; P = 0. 0001), showing an odds ratio of 10.4 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.23-29.74). The difference was less prominent for the seropositivity of HEL-p (77.5% vs. 58.8%; P = 0.0139; odds ratio: 2. 38; 95% CI: 1.20-4.82) and insignificant for that of HM-CAP (65.0% vs. 57.5%; P = 0.4325; odds ratio: 1.30; 95% CI: 0.68-2.49). CONCLUSIONS The current study revealed that the antibody assay system used could be one important factor in the assessment of gastric carcinoma risk for patients with H. pylori.
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- S Maeda
- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Nagatsu M, Spinale FG, Koide M, Tagawa H, DeFreitas G, Cooper G, Carabello BA. Bradycardia and the role of beta-blockade in the amelioration of left ventricular dysfunction. Circulation 2000; 101:653-9. [PMID: 10673258 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.101.6.653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND It is clear that beta-blockers are effective for treatment of congestive heart failure, but their mechanism of action remains controversial. Hypothesized mechanisms include normalization of beta-receptor function and myocardial protection from the effects of catecholamines, possibly by the institution of bradycardia. We hypothesized that beta-blockade-induced bradycardia was an important mechanism by which these agents were effective for correction of LV dysfunction. METHODS AND RESULTS In 2 groups of dogs with mitral regurgitation and LV dysfunction, beta-blockers were instituted. In 1 group that received beta-blockers and pacing (group beta+P), a pacemaker prevented the natural bradycardia that beta-blockers cause. In both groups, substantial LV dysfunction developed. Before beta-blockade, the end-systolic stiffness constant decreased from 3. 5+/-0.1 to 2.7+/-0.2 (P<0.01) at 3 months in group beta+P. A similar reduction occurred in the group that eventually received only beta-blockers (group betaB). In group betaB, end-systolic stiffness improved after 3 months of beta-blockade from 2.9+/-0.2 to 3.5+/-0.4 and was not different from baseline. However, in group beta+P, end-systolic stiffness failed to improve (2.7+/-0.2) after 3 months of mitral regurgitation, and was 2.9+/-0.2 at the end of the studies. The contractile function of cardiocytes isolated from the ventricles at the end of the studies confirmed these in vivo estimates of contractility. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that institution of bradycardia is a major mechanism by which beta-blockers are effective for restoration of contractile function in a model of LV dysfunction.
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- M Nagatsu
- Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, and the Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
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Mohri M, Tagawa H, Egashira K, Takeshita A. Intracoronary enalaprilat improves metabolic coronary vasodilation in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2000; 35:249-55. [PMID: 10672857 DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200002000-00011] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Coronary flow reserve is reduced in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). We examined acute effects of intracoronary enalaprilat on metabolic coronary vasodilation during pacing tachycardia in patients. Coronary blood flow (Doppler guidewire) and diameter (quantitative angiography) were measured in seven patients with DCM and seven control subjects. In the DCM group, tachypacing increased coronary blood flow by 37 +/- 22% from the baseline before enalaprilat and by 65 +/- 22% (p < 0.01 vs. before treatment) after enalaprilat (0.5 microg/kg/min for 5 min, i.c.) at comparable double product. Pacing-induced dilation of the epicardial coronary artery also was greater after enalaprilat (p < 0.05). Effects of enalaprilat on coronary blood flow and diameter during pacing tachycardia were abolished by pretreatment with intracoronary administration of the nitric oxide (NO) synthesis inhibitor, N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine. These beneficial effects of enalaprilat on large and small coronary vasodilation were not observed in control patients. Thus, intracoronary enalaprilat acutely augmented dilator responses of the large and small coronary arteries to pacing tachycardia in patients with DCM, and NO appeared to play an important role in mediating the effects of enalaprilat. These favorable effects of enalaprilat on the coronary circulation may be of clinical significance in patients with heart failure due to nonischemic DCM. Further long-term studies of the effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition on coronary vasodilation will be needed in this population.
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- M Mohri
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Muroga Y, Sano Y, Inoue H, Suzuki K, Miyata T, Hiyoshi T, Yokota K, Watanabe Y, Liu X, Ichikawa S, Tagawa H, Hiragi Y. Small angle X-ray scattering studies on local structure of tobacco mosaic virus RNA in solution. Biophys Chem 2000; 83:197-209. [PMID: 10647850 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-4622(99)00141-6] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Effects of temperature and ionic strength (S) on the local structure of tobacco mosaic virus RNA in phosphate buffer solution are studied by analyzing the small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) curves. The root-mean-square radius of a cross-section of RNA chain was kept at 0.845+/-0.005 nm over a wide range of S from 0.2 to 0.003 at 20 degrees C, whereas it gradually diminished from 0.85 to 0.61 nm when the temperature is raised from 20 to 50 degrees C at S = 0.2. Nevertheless, all of SAXS curves reflecting the backbone structures were equally mimicked by theoretical ones of freely hinged rod (FHR) models, i.e. several straight rods joined with freely hinged joints in the form of a combination of the letter Y, if the constituent rod lengths in the models are adjusted. From these facts, it is suggested that the local structure of the RNA chain in aqueous solution is characterized by an essential feature that unpaired bases in the partially double-stranded helix are constantly far isolated from each other along the helix and the rod-like structure of the helix is preserved over a range of helical contents. Such a characteristic local structure of the chain is entirely collapsed in the formamide solution at 50 degrees C.
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- Y Muroga
- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Aichi, Japan
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Ohmoto Y, Ayabe M, Hara K, Sugimoto T, Tagawa H, Fukuda S, Suma H, Wanibuchi Y, Tamura T. Long-term outcome of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with end-stage renal disease. Jpn Circ J 1999; 63:981-7. [PMID: 10614845 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.63.981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This study was conducted to investigate therapeutic methods for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) by retrospectively analyzing in-hospital outcome and long-term outcome in patients who underwent either percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Ninety-two patients underwent PTCA and 47 underwent CABG, and the initial success rates were 87% and 85%, respectively. As major in-hospital complications, in the PTCA group 1 died (1%), 2 required emergency CABG (2%), and 2 had Q-wave myocardial infarction (2%); in the CABG group, 7 died (15%) and 3 had Q-wave myocardial infarction (6%). As for the long-term outcome, although there were no differences in the incidence of death or the incidence of cardiac death between the 2 groups, the cumulative proportion of patients free of death, myocardial infarction, CABG and repeat PTCA was lower in the PTCA group, which was mainly due to a higher incidence of repeat PTCA in that group. The incidence of cardiac death was low for both groups among the patients attaining complete revascularization. Twenty-three percent of the patients required cross-over implementation of PTCA and CABG. In conclusion, it is necessary to aim for complete revascularization using both treatments for a better prognosis in patients with ESRD.
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- Y Ohmoto
- Cardiovascular Center, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Tsutsui H, Ishibashi Y, Takahashi M, Namba T, Tagawa H, Imanaka-Yoshida K, Takeshita A. Chronic colchicine administration attenuates cardiac hypertrophy in spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Mol Cell Cardiol 1999; 31:1203-13. [PMID: 10371695 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1999.0953] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To determine whether the long-term inhibition of microtubule integrity in vivo by colchicine could attenuate the development of cardiac hypertrophy, we studied five groups of rats: Wistar-Kyoto rats receiving saline for 4 weeks (WKYsaline); WKY receiving colchicine, which depolymerizes microtubules (WKYcolchicine); spontaneously hypertensive rats receiving saline (SHRsaline); SHRs receiving colchicine (SHRcolchicine); and SHRs receiving lumicolchicine, an inactive stereoisomer of colchicine (SHRlumicolchicine). Seven-week-old animals were administered drugs or control substances via alternate day intraperitoneal injection for a period of 4 weeks. Dosage was gradually increased from 0.6 to 1.0 mg/kg to avoid drug toxicity. Depolymerization of myocardial microtubules by the in vivo administration of colchicine into the rats was confirmed by both Western blot analysis and immunofluorescence of tubulin protein in the hearts. Body weight (BW) was lower, while systolic blood pressure was significantly elevated in SHRs vs the WKY rats. No significant difference was found in either of these parameters between the control or treatment groups of each strain. Left ventricular (LV) weight-to-BW ratio was elevated and showed significant increases in the SHRs as compared to WKY animals, indicative of cardiac hypertrophy. When the SHRs were treated with colchicine but not vehicle or lumicolchicine, LV/BW was similar to the WKY. Changes of myocyte cross-sectional area determined using LV mid-free wall specimens were concordant with the LV/BW data. No significant changes were found in collagen volume fraction between groups. Thus the inhibition of microtubule polymerization abolished the progression of cardiac myocyte hypertrophy in SHRs independently of blood pressure.
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- H Tsutsui
- Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
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Tagawa H, Shimokawa H, Tagawa T, Kuroiwa-Matsumoto M, Hirooka Y, Takeshita A. Long-term treatment with eicosapentaenoic acid augments both nitric oxide-mediated and non-nitric oxide-mediated endothelium-dependent forearm vasodilatation in patients with coronary artery disease. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1999; 33:633-40. [PMID: 10218735 DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199904000-00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Long-term treatment with eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is known to improve impaired endothelium-dependent relaxations of atherosclerotic blood vessels in animals and humans. However, it remains to be determined which mechanisms are involved in this beneficial effect of EPA. In this study, we investigated our hypothesis that EPA improves both nitric oxide (NO)-mediated and non-NO-mediated endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in patients with coronary artery disease. The study included eight patients with documented coronary artery disease. The forearm vascular responses to the endothelium-dependent vasodilator acetylcholine and substance P were examined before and after intraarterial infusion of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA). Same measurements were repeated after the treatment with EPA (1,800 mg/day) for 6 weeks. The long-term treatment with EPA augmented forearm blood-flow response to both acetylcholine and substance P. Furthermore, acute administration of L-NMMA significantly inhibited the EPA-induced augmented response to acetylcholine but not that to substance P. The forearm vascular response to sodium nitroprusside was unchanged by the EPA treatment. These results indicate that long-term treatment with EPA augments both NO-dependent and non-NO-dependent endothelium-dependent forearm vasodilatation in patients with coronary artery disease. Thus the beneficial effects of EPA appear to extend to non-NO-dependent mechanism(s).
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- H Tagawa
- Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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Matsumoto A, Hirata Y, Kakoki M, Nagata D, Momomura SI, Sugimoto T, Tagawa H, Omata M. Increased excretion of nitric oxide in exhaled air of patients with chronic renal failure. Clin Sci (Lond) 1999; 96:67-74. [PMID: 9857108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Nitric oxide exerts multiple effects on renal function. It remains unclear whether endogenous nitric oxide production is increased or decreased in patients with chronic renal failure. To evaluate endogenous nitric oxide production in these patients we studied exhaled nitric oxide output by an ozone chemiluminescence method and plasma NO2(-)/NO3(-) levels by the Griess method in 40 patients with end-stage chronic renal failure who underwent regular continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (n=30) or haemodialysis (n=10), and in 28 healthy subjects. Patients with chronic renal failure had a higher exhaled nitric oxide concentration [39+/-3 versus 19+/-1 parts per billion, (mean+/-S.E.M.), P<0.0001], a greater nitric oxide output (177+/-11 versus 96+/-7 nl.min-1.m-2, P<0.001) and a higher plasma NO2(-)/NO3(-) concentration (96+/-14 versus 33+/-4 micromol, P<0.01) than controls. These values did not differ between patients on haemodialysis and those on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Patients with chronic renal failure had significantly higher plasma concentrations of both interleukin-1beta and interferon-gamma than controls. The exhaled nitric oxide output did not correlate with plasma NO2(-)/NO3(-) or with peritoneal dialysate NO2(-)/NO3(-), but plasma NO2(-)/NO3(-) correlated with dialysate NO2(-)/NO3(-) in patients who underwent continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (r=0.77, P<0.01). Haemodialysis for 4 h acutely decreased plasma NO2(-)/NO3(-) (92+/-17 versus 50+/-8 micromol, P<0.05) and cGMP concentration (16.5+/-4.3 versus 5.1+/-1. 7 pmol/ml, P<0.01), but did not decrease exhaled nitric oxide output. The increase in exhaled nitric oxide with the simultaneous increase in circulating cytokines suggests that nitric oxide synthase seems to be induced significantly in patients with chronic renal failure. Increased endogenous nitric oxide production may have a pathophysiological role in patients with uraemia.
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- A Matsumoto
- The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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Yamamoto S, Tsutsui H, Takahashi M, Ishibashi Y, Tagawa H, Imanaka-Yoshida K, Saeki Y, Takeshita A. Role of microtubules in the viscoelastic properties of isolated cardiac muscle. J Mol Cell Cardiol 1998; 30:1841-53. [PMID: 9769239 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1998.0747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Myocardial viscoelastic properties are determined by both interstitial collagens and intramocyte structures, including sarcolemma, contractile proteins and the cytoskeleton. It is not known whether myocyte microtubules are significant constituents that contribute to the viscoelastic properties of cardiac muscle. We examined the passive properties of isolated right-ventricular papillary muscles before and after altering the polymerization states of microtubules. The muscles were subjected to sinusoidal changes in length (strain) and the resultant changes in resting tension (stress) were measured. The elastic constant was determined by the slope of the stress-strain relation during the slow increase in muscle length (duration 60 s). The viscous constant was determined by the loop area between the stress-strain relation obtained during the rapid increase and decrease in muscle length (duration 1 s). Colchicine (1 micromol/l, 1 h), which depolymerized microtubules, had little effect on either the elastic constant or viscous constant. In contrast, taxol (10 micromol/l), which hyperpolymerized and stabilized microtubules, exerted a time-dependent increase in the viscous constant (133+/-9% of control; n=9, P<0.05), but did not affect the elastic constant (18. 9+/-2.2 to 17.7+/-2.1; n=7, P=n.s.). The increase of viscosity by taxol closely paralleled the increase in the strain rate. The specificity of each pharmacological intervention for the microtubule polymerization state was confirmed by both a Western blot analysis and the immunofluorescence micrographs of myocyte tubulin. Like other cytoskeleton and extracellular collagens, the increase in the myocyte microtubule density was able to modify the viscous component of the passive properties of the isolated cardiac muscle.
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- S Yamamoto
- Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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Takahashi M, Tsutsui H, Tagawa H, Igarashi-Saito K, Imanaka-Yoshida K, Takeshita A. Microtubules are involved in early hypertrophic responses of myocardium during pressure overload. Am J Physiol 1998; 275:H341-8. [PMID: 9683419 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.275.2.h341] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Mechanical overloading to cardiac muscle causes fetal contractile protein gene expression and acceleration of protein synthesis. Myocyte microtubules might be involved in these pressure overload-induced hypertrophic responses. We assessed c-fos and fetal contractile protein genes such as beta-myosin heavy chain (MHC) and alpha-skeletal actin using Northern blot analysis and quantified total cardiac protein, DNA, and RNA content in the left ventricular myocardium obtained from four groups of rats: sham-operated rats; sham-operated rats treated with colchicine, which depolymerized microtubules; rats in which acute pressure overload was imposed by abdominal aortic constriction for 3 days (AoC); and AoC rats treated with colchicine (AoC + colchicine). Systolic arterial pressure was elevated to a similar degree in AoC and AoC + colchicine rats. c-fos and beta-MHC mRNA levels were significantly upregulated in AoC rats, which was attenuated by microtubule inhibition. Both RNA content and RNA-to-DNA ratio, the index of the protein synthesis capacity, were increased in AoC rats, which effect was also abolished by colchicine. Furthermore, induction of nonfunctioning microtubules by taxol or deuterium oxide exerted the same inhibitory effects. Thus the hypertrophic responses of the myocardium during pressure overload might depend on the integrity of myocyte microtubules.
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- M Takahashi
- Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka 812-82, Japan
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Igarashi-Saito K, Tsutsui H, Yamamoto S, Takahashi M, Kinugawa S, Tagawa H, Usui M, Yamamoto M, Egashira K, Takeshita A. Role of SR Ca2+-ATPase in contractile dysfunction of myocytes in tachycardia-induced heart failure. Am J Physiol 1998; 275:H31-40. [PMID: 9688893 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.275.1.h31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-ATPase gene expression is reduced in the failing myocardium. However, the functional relevance of these changes to myocardial contractility is not yet established. We assessed myocardial contractile function by analyzing sarcomere motion of isolated myocytes and also quantified SR Ca2+ regulatory protein gene expression by Northern blot analysis in the same hearts obtained from 10 dogs with pacing-induced heart failure (HF; 240 beats/min, 4 wk) and 7 control dogs. Sarcomere-shortening velocity was depressed in HF myocytes, accompanied by the prolongation of intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) transient measured by indo 1 fluorescence ratio. SR Ca2+-ATPase mRNA levels (normalized to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA) were significantly depressed in HF, and calsequestrin mRNA was increased. For control and HF dogs, sarcomere-shortening velocity correlated positively with Ca2+-ATPase mRNA levels (r = 0.73, n = 17, P < 0.01) but not with calsequestrin mRNA. Ca2+-ATPase mRNA levels were correlated with 45Ca2+ uptake rate by SR, which was also reduced in HF. Moreover, the inhibition of SR Ca2+-ATPase with thapsigargin or cyclopiazonic acid reproduced in normal myocytes the abnormalities observed in HF myocytes, such as depressed contractility and the prolonged [Ca2+]i transient duration. A downregulation of Ca2+-ATPase gene expression and a resultant decrease in Ca2+ uptake by SR may be responsible for the contractile dysfunction and the alterations of [Ca2+]i transient in HF.
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- K Igarashi-Saito
- Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka 812-82, Japan
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Takahashi M, Tsutsui H, Kinugawa S, Igarashi-Saito K, Yamamoto S, Yamamoto M, Tagawa H, Imanaka-Yoshida K, Egashira K, Takeshita A. Role of microtubules in the contractile dysfunction of myocytes from tachycardia-induced dilated cardiomyopathy. J Mol Cell Cardiol 1998; 30:1047-57. [PMID: 9618245 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1998.0674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Microtubules of cardiac myocytes are increased in pressure-overloaded cardiac hypertrophy, which interfere with the actin-myosin crossbridge motion and depress muscle contractility. However, it is unknown whether microtubules are increased in non-hypertrophied, dilated cardiomyopathy and, if so, their increase could contribute to the depressed contractility. We assessed the contractile function of isolated left-ventricular (LV) myocytes and also quantitated tubulin mRNA levels as well as free and polymerized tubulin proteins using the LV myocardium obtained from dogs with rapid pacing (240 beats/min, 4 weeks)-induced dilated failing cardiomyopathy (HF; n = 6) and control dogs (n = 6). Myocyte contractility was significantly depressed in HF compared to control. Northern blot analysis indicated that tubulin mRNA levels (normalized to GAPDH mRNA) in HF dogs were upregulated (0.43 +/- 0.04 v 0.13 +/- 0.02; P < 0.01). In contrast, the amount of total tubulins (633 +/- 52 v 697 +/- 42 micrograms/g wet weight; P = N.S.) and the ratio of polymerized tubulin fraction-to-total tubulin (0.44 +/- 0.02 v 0.44 +/- 0.01; P = N.S.) did not differ between the two groups. Immunohistochemical studies showed no apparent differences in the distribution or density of intracellular microtubule network. Further, the exposure of myocytes to colchicine (1 mumol/l, 30 min), which depolymerizes microtubules, did not promote any improvement of the depressed myocyte contraction. Pacing-induced tachycardia increased myocardial tubulin mRNA, but the amount of total and polymerized tubulins were not increased, indicating that alterations in myocyte microtubules do not contribute to the contractile abnormalities in this model of HF.
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- M Takahashi
- Research Institute of Angiocardiology, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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Tagawa H, Koide M, Sato H, Zile MR, Carabello BA, Cooper G. Cytoskeletal role in the transition from compensated to decompensated hypertrophy during adult canine left ventricular pressure overloading. Circ Res 1998; 82:751-61. [PMID: 9562434 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.82.7.751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Increased microtubule density causes cardiocyte contractile dysfunction in right ventricular (RV) pressure-overload hypertrophy, and these linked phenotypic and contractile abnormalities persist and progress during the transition to failure. Although more severe in cells from failing than hypertrophied RVs, the mechanical defects are normalized in each case by microtubule depolymerization. To define the role of increased microtubule density in left ventricular (LV) pressure-overload hypertrophy and failure, in a given LV we examined ventricular mechanics, sarcomere mechanics, and free tubulin and microtubule levels in control dogs and in dogs with aortic stenosis both with LV hypertrophy alone and with initially compensated hypertrophy that had progressed to LV muscle failure. In comparing initial values with those at study 8 weeks later, dogs with hypertrophy alone had a very substantial increase in LV mass but preservation of a normal ejection fraction and mean systolic wall stress. Dogs with hypertrophy and associated failure had a substantial but lesser increase in LV mass and a reduction in ejection fraction, as well as a marked increase in mean systolic wall stress. Cardiocyte contractile function was equivalent, and unaffected by microtubule depolymerization, in cells from control LVs and those with compensated hypertrophy. In contrast, cardiocyte contractile function in cells from failing LVs was quite depressed but was normalized by microtubule depolymerization. Microtubules were increased only in failing LVs. These contractile and cytoskeletal changes, when assayed longitudinally in a given dog by biopsy, appeared in failing ventricles only when wall stress began to increase and function began to decrease. Thus, the microtubule-based cardiocyte contractile dysfunction characteristic of pressure-hypertrophied myocardium, originally described in the RV, obtains equally in the LV but is shown here to have a specific association with increased wall stress.
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- H Tagawa
- Department of Medicine, Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, Medical University of South Carolina and the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston 29425-2221, USA
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BACKGROUND Microvascular angina can occur during exercise and at rest. Reduced vasodilator capacity of the coronary microvessels is implicated as a cause of angina during exercise, but the mechanism of angina at rest is not known. Our aim was to test the hypothesis that primary hyperconstriction (spasm) of coronary microvessels causes myocardial ischaemia at rest. METHODS Acetylcholine induces coronary artery spasm in patients with variant angina. We tested the effects of intracoronary acetylcholine at graded doses in 117 consecutive patients with chest pain (at rest, during exertion, or both) and no flow-limiting (>50%) organic stenosis in the large epicardial coronary arteries. We also assessed the metabolism of myocardial lactate during acetylcholine administration in 36 of the patients by measurement of lactate in paired blood samples from the coronary artery and coronary sinus vein. FINDINGS Of the 117 patients, 63 (54%) had large-artery spasm, 29 (25%) had microvascular spasm, and 25 (21%) had atypical chest pain. The 29 patients with microvascular spasm developed angina-like chest pain, ischaemic electrocardiogram (ECG) changes, or both spontaneously (two patients) or after administration of acetylcholine (27 patients) without spasm of the large epicardial coronary arteries. Testing of paired samples of arterial and coronary sinus venous blood showed that lactate was produced during angina attack in nine of 11 patients with microvascular spasm. There was more women (p<0.01) and fewer coronary risk factors (p<0.01) in patients with microvascular spasm than in those with large-artery spasm. INTERPRETATION Coronary microvascular spasm and resultant myocardial ischaemia may be the cause of chest pain in a subgroup of patients with microvascular angina.
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- M Mohri
- Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Kyushu University, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Matsuo E, Suzu H, Tagawa H. [A case of ovarian cyst presenting as urinary retention]. Hinyokika Kiyo 1998; 44:293-5. [PMID: 9617629] [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: 02/07/2023]
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A 54-year-old woman presented with repeated episodes of urinary retention during an approximately 7-month period of dysuria. Computerized tomography scan revealed a right ovarian cyst and a small uterine myoma. At operation, the ovarian cyst was deeply incarcerated into the pouch of Douglas displacing the bladder neck and the uterine cervix in the anterocephalad direction. Histological diagnosis of the resected cyst was benign mucinous cystadenoma. This is the 5th reported case of urinary retention caused by ovarian cyst in the Japanese literature.
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- Matsuo Clinic for Dermatology and Urology
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Ishibashi Y, Urabe Y, Tsutsui H, Kinugawa S, Sugimachi M, Takahashi M, Yamamoto S, Tagawa H, Sunagawa K, Takeshita A. Negative inotropic effect of basic fibroblast growth factor on adult rat cardiac myocyte. Circulation 1997; 96:2501-4. [PMID: 9355884 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.96.8.2501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is highly expressed in the myocardium in some cardiac disorders, such as ischemia-reperfusion and cardiac allograft rejection. However, whether bFGF has any effects on myocardial contraction is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined the effects of bFGF on myocardial contractility using isolated adult rat cardiac myocyte preparations. bFGF exerted a direct negative inotropic effect that was concentration and time dependent. The pretreatment of myocytes with a neutralizing anti-bFGF antibody (100 ng/mL) abolished the negative inotropic effects of bFGF (100 ng/mL). Platelet-derived growth factor (12.5 ng/mL) and transforming growth factor-beta (1 ng/mL) did not exert such effects, which indicated that bFGF-induced negative inotropism was considered to be specific for this growth factor. bFGF decreased the peak intracellular Ca2+ transient by 46% during systole. The enhanced production of nitric oxide was unlikely to be responsible for the bFGF-induced negative inotropic effect. CONCLUSIONS bFGF, primarily a potent growth promoter, produced acute negative inotropic effects in the adult cardiac myocyte that could have resulted from alterations in intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis. The negative inotropic effect of bFGF may contribute to myocardial dysfunction associated with ischemia-reperfusion injury and heart transplant rejection.
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- Y Ishibashi
- Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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Tagawa H, Shimokawa H, Tagawa T, Kuroiwa-Matsumoto M, Hirooka Y, Takeshita A. Short-term estrogen augments both nitric oxide-mediated and non-nitric oxide-mediated endothelium-dependent forearm vasodilation in postmenopausal women. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1997; 30:481-8. [PMID: 9335408 DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199710000-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 02/05/2023]
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Estrogen is known to improve in the short term the impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilating responses in postmenopausal women, which may account in part for the beneficial cardiovascular effects of the female hormone. Endothelium-dependent vasodilation is achieved by combined effects of endothelium-derived prostacyclin, nitric oxide (NO), and hyperpolarizing factor. In this study, we investigated our hypothesis that short-term estrogen improves both NO-mediated and non-NO-mediated endothelium-dependent vasodilation in postmenopausal women. The study included 12 postmenopausal women (aged 64 +/- 3 years). The forearm blood flow was measured by strain-gauge plethysmography. The forearm vascular responses to the endothelium-dependent vasodilators, acetylcholine and substance P, were examined before and after intravenous administration of conjugated estrogen and subsequently after intraarterial infusion of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), an inhibitor of NO synthesis. Short-term estrogen augmented the forearm vasodilating responses to both acetylcholine and substance P. The treatment with L-NMMA almost abolished the augmented response to acetylcholine but did not affect that to substance P. The forearm vascular response to sodium nitroprusside was unchanged by the estrogen administration. These results indicate that estrogen augments (in the short-term) both NO-mediated and non-NO-mediated endothelium-dependent forearm vasodilation in postmenopausal women. Thus the beneficial effect of estrogen on endothelial vasodilator function appears to extend to non-NO-dependent mechanism(s).
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- H Tagawa
- Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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Mohri M, Egashira K, Tagawa T, Kuga T, Tagawa H, Harasawa Y, Shimokawa H, Takeshita A. Basal release of nitric oxide is decreased in the coronary circulation in patients with heart failure. Hypertension 1997; 30:50-6. [PMID: 9231820 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.30.1.50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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It is unknown whether basal release of endothelium-derived nitric oxide in the coronary artery is altered in heart failure in humans. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis on basal tone of the conduit and resistance coronary arteries in awake patients. Coronary blood flow velocity (Doppler guide wire) and coronary arterial diameter (quantitative coronary angiography) were measured in 14 patients with heart failure caused by nonischemic left ventricular dysfunction (7 idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and 7 valvular insufficiency) and 7 patients with normal ventricular function (controls). Intracoronary N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis, at graded doses decreased coronary blood flow in both groups. However, the magnitude of flow reduction was smaller in patients with heart failure than in control patients (P<.0001). The magnitude of coronary blood flow reduction in response to L-NMMA inversely correlated to indexes of left ventricular contractile function (P<.01) but was not affected by the cause of heart failure. Constriction of the large epicardial coronary artery with L-NMMA also tended to be attenuated in patients with heart failure. In summary, vasoconstricting response to L-NMMA was blunted in the coronary resistance artery in heart failure in vivo. These findings suggest that basal release of nitric oxide in the coronary circulation is decreased in patients with heart failure.
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- M Mohri
- Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Kyushu University, Faculty of Medicine, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Namba T, Tsutsui H, Tagawa H, Takahashi M, Saito K, Kozai T, Usui M, Imanaka-Yoshida K, Imaizumi T, Takeshita A. Regulation of fibrillar collagen gene expression and protein accumulation in volume-overloaded cardiac hypertrophy. Circulation 1997; 95:2448-54. [PMID: 9170409 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.95.10.2448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Interstitial collagen accumulation has been extensively demonstrated to be increased at both mRNA and protein levels in pressure-overloaded cardiac hypertrophy. However, few data are available regarding the effects of volume overload on myocardial collagens. METHODS AND RESULTS To determine whether the alterations of collagens may occur in volume-overloaded cardiac hypertrophy, we measured collagen types I and III mRNA levels and protein accumulation in left ventricular (LV) myocardium of rats at 3, 7, and 28 days after the creation of an aortocaval (AC) shunt. Eccentric LV hypertrophy was produced in rats with AC shunting. Northern blot analysis on RNA extracted from LV tissue indicated that the steady state mRNA levels for both type I and III collagen were persistently upregulated in AC shunt rats compared with sham-operated operated control rats. In contrast, the biochemical collagen protein concentration and morphometric collagen volume fraction were comparable between sham-operated control and AC shunt rats at any study time point. Furthermore, the immunohistochemical staining of types I and III collagen and Sirius red staining on myocardial tissue sections revealed no significant alterations in the distribution or density of fibrillar collagens in AC shunt rats. Tissue collagenase activity was not different between control and AC shunt rats after 28 days. CONCLUSIONS Cardiac volume overload increases LV collagen mRNA as does pressure overload. However, in contrast to pressure-overloaded hypertrophy, the upregulation of collagen transcriptional activity does not result in subsequent myocardial fibrosis in volume-overloaded hypertrophy due to AC shunting. Therefore, the upregulation of collagen gene expression and protein accumulation might be different in pressure-overloaded and volume overloaded hypertrophy.
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- T Namba
- Research Institute of Angiocardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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