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Yokota N, Inoue R, Kawamura K, Egashira K, Kuma H, Kato K. The effects of dienogest and combined oral contraceptives on protein S-specific activity in endometriosis patients. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2024; 295:67-74. [PMID: 38340593 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.01.028] [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: 08/26/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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OBJECTIVE One serious side effect of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) is venous thromboembolism. Reduced activity in activated protein C-related coagulation pathways is attributable to low protein S activity in one-third of Japanese patients with deep vein thrombosis. Herer, we quantified the behavior of protein S-specific activity in response to dienogest (DNG) and COCs using the protein S-specific activity assay system to explore its potential utility as a thrombosis marker. STUDY DESIGN This was a prospective cohort study. Female patients aged 20 - 49 years who were starting drug treatment for endometriosis using DNG or COCs were enrolled. Blood samples were taken before treatment and at the first, third, and sixth months of treatment. To analyze the primary endpoints, changes in total protein S antigen levels, total protein S activity, and protein S-specific activity from baseline to each time point were estimated using a linear mixed-effects model. All statistical analyses were performed in the SAS software version 9.4 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC). A two-sided P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS 64 patients took DNG and 34 patients took COCs. Protein S-specific activity did not change significantly from baseline in the six months after treatment started in either group. In the DNG group, total protein S activity and total protein S antigen levels increased slightly from baseline levels after the treatment. The means for total protein S activity and total protein S antigen levels in the COC group remained within reference limits, but they both decreased markedly in the first month and stayed low. Protein S-specific activity in four women remaind below the reference limit throughout the whole study period, suggesting they may have potential protein S deficiencies. CONCLUSION The effects of DNG on protein S were negligible, though both total protein S activity and antigen levels decreased soon after COC treatment began and remained low. As there was no VTE event during the study, further studies with larger numbers of patients will be needed to confirm that protein S-specific activity can be a surrogate maker of VTE risk.
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- Natsuko Yokota
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University. 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka, Japan.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University. 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka, Japan.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University. 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka, Japan.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University. 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka, Japan.
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University. 2825-7 Hausutenbosu-cho, Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki, Japan.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University. 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Sato Y, Sugi T, Sakai R, Kuma H. The role of epidermal growth factor-like domain-related abnormalities, protein S Tokushima, and anti-protein S autoantibodies in pregnancy loss. J Reprod Immunol 2022; 150:103476. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2022.103476] [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] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 01/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Jin X, Kinoshita S, Kuma H, Tsuda T, Yoshida T, Kang D, Hamasaki N. Reduced Activity of Protein S in Plasma: A Risk Factor for Venous Thromboembolism in the Japanese Population. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 2021; 27:10760296211033908. [PMID: 34286618 PMCID: PMC8299880 DOI: 10.1177/10760296211033908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The quantitative assay of protein S can help in rapidly identifying carriers of abnormal protein S molecules through a simple procedure (by determining the total protein S mass, total protein S activity, and protein S-specific activity in blood), without genetic testing. To clarify the relationship between venous thromboembolism (VTE) and protein S-specific activity, and its role in the diagnosis of thrombosis in Japanese persons, the protein S-specific activity was measured and compared between patients with thrombosis and healthy individuals. The protein S-specific activity of each participant was calculated from the ratio of total protein S activity to total protein S antigen level. Plasma samples were collected from 133 healthy individuals, 57 patients with venous thrombosis, 118 patients with arterial thrombosis, and 185 non-thrombotic patients. The protein S-specific activity of one-third of the patients with VTE was below the line of Y = 0.85X (−2 S.D.). Most protein S activities in the plasma of non-thrombotic patients were near the Y = X line, as observed in healthy individuals. In conclusion, it was clearly shown that monitoring protein S activity and protein S-specific activity in blood is useful for predicting the onset and preventing venous thrombosis in at least the Japanese population.
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- Xiuri Jin
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.,Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.,Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
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Kurano M, Nishikawa M, Kuma H, Jona M, Yatomi Y. Involvement of Band3 in the efflux of sphingosine 1-phosphate from erythrocytes. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0177543. [PMID: 28494002 PMCID: PMC5426782 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is a bioactive lipid mediator that is thought to be involved in various diseases. Although the main source of S1P in the plasma is erythrocytes, how S1P is exported from erythrocytes has not been elucidated. When we differentiated K562 cells into erythroblast-like cells with sodium butyrate, we observed that the efflux of S1P was increased without increased expression of previously proposed S1P transporters, while the expression levels of Band3 were increased. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the involvement of Band 3, the most characteristic membranous transporter for erythrocytes, in S1P efflux, using 4,4'-diisothiocyanatodihydrostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid, disodium salt (H2DIDS), which is an inhibitor of Band3. First, we treated human washed erythrocytes with H2DIDS and found that H2DIDS decreased the S1P levels in the supernatant, while it increased the cellular S1P contents. Next, when we injected H2DIDS into mice, the plasma S1P level was significantly decreased. Finally, when we overexpressed or suppressed Band3 in K562 cells, S1P efflux was enhanced or decreased, respectively, while the overexpression of Band3 in HEK293 cells did not modulate S1P efflux. These results suggested the possible involvement of Band3 in the transport of S1P, a multi-functional bioactive phospholipid, from erythrocytes.
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- Makoto Kurano
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Arakawa T, Kobayashi-Yurugi T, Alguel Y, Iwanari H, Hatae H, Iwata M, Abe Y, Hino T, Ikeda-Suno C, Kuma H, Kang D, Murata T, Hamakubo T, Cameron AD, Kobayashi T, Hamasaki N, Iwata S. Crystal structure of the anion exchanger domain of human erythrocyte band 3. Science 2015; 350:680-4. [PMID: 26542571 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa4335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Anion exchanger 1 (AE1), also known as band 3 or SLC4A1, plays a key role in the removal of carbon dioxide from tissues by facilitating the exchange of chloride and bicarbonate across the plasma membrane of erythrocytes. An isoform of AE1 is also present in the kidney. Specific mutations in human AE1 cause several types of hereditary hemolytic anemias and/or distal renal tubular acidosis. Here we report the crystal structure of the band 3 anion exchanger domain (AE1(CTD)) at 3.5 angstroms. The structure is locked in an outward-facing open conformation by an inhibitor. Comparing this structure with a substrate-bound structure of the uracil transporter UraA in an inward-facing conformation allowed us to identify the anion-binding position in the AE1(CTD), and to propose a possible transport mechanism that could explain why selected mutations lead to disease.
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- Takatoshi Arakawa
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) Human Receptor Crystallography Project, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. JST, Research Acceleration Program, Membrane Protein Crystallography Project, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Department of Cell Biology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) Human Receptor Crystallography Project, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Department of Cell Biology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Biosciences, Membrane Protein Crystallography group, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. Membrane Protein Laboratory, Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Chilton, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK. Research Complex at Harwell Rutherford, Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, UK
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- Department of Quantitative Biology and Medicine, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University, 2825-7 Huis Ten Bosch-cho, Sasebo, Nagasaki 859-3298, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Biosciences, Membrane Protein Crystallography group, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. Membrane Protein Laboratory, Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Chilton, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK
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- Department of Protein Structure, Function and Design, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) Human Receptor Crystallography Project, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Department of Cell Biology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) Human Receptor Crystallography Project, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. JST, Research Acceleration Program, Membrane Protein Crystallography Project, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Department of Cell Biology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University, 2825-7 Huis Ten Bosch-cho, Sasebo, Nagasaki 859-3298, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) Human Receptor Crystallography Project, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Department of Cell Biology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Quantitative Biology and Medicine, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) Human Receptor Crystallography Project, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Division of Molecular Biosciences, Membrane Protein Crystallography group, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. Membrane Protein Laboratory, Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Chilton, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK. Research Complex at Harwell Rutherford, Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, UK. School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) Human Receptor Crystallography Project, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. JST, Research Acceleration Program, Membrane Protein Crystallography Project, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Department of Cell Biology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Platform for Drug Discovery, Informatics, and Structural Life Science, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University, 2825-7 Huis Ten Bosch-cho, Sasebo, Nagasaki 859-3298, Japan
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- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) Human Receptor Crystallography Project, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. JST, Research Acceleration Program, Membrane Protein Crystallography Project, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Department of Cell Biology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Division of Molecular Biosciences, Membrane Protein Crystallography group, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. Membrane Protein Laboratory, Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Chilton, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK. Research Complex at Harwell Rutherford, Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, UK. Platform for Drug Discovery, Informatics, and Structural Life Science, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Kuma H, Nagashima R, Hatae H, Tsuda T, Hamasaki N. Beneficial effect of EPA (20:5 n-3 PUFA) on preventing venous thromboembolism: A rat tail thrombosis model experiment. Thromb Res 2013; 131:107-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2012.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Revised: 08/31/2012] [Accepted: 09/18/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Hamasaki N, Kuma H, Tsuda H. Activated protein C anticoagulant system dysfunction and thrombophilia in Asia. Ann Lab Med 2012; 33:8-13. [PMID: 23301217 PMCID: PMC3535202 DOI: 10.3343/alm.2013.33.1.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2012] [Revised: 09/21/2012] [Accepted: 11/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Thrombophilia that is common among Caucasians is caused by genetic polymorphisms of coagulation factor V Leiden (R506Q) and prothrombin G20210A. Unlike that in Caucasians, thrombophilia that is common in the Japanese and Chinese involve dysfunction of the activated protein C (APC) anticoagulant system caused by abnormal protein S and protein C molecules. Approximately 50% of Japanese and Chinese individuals who develop venous thrombosis have reduced activities of protein S. The abnormal sites causing the protein S molecule abnormalities are distributed throughout the protein S gene, PROS1. One of the most common abnormalities is protein S Tokushima (K155E), which accounts for about 30% of the protein S molecule abnormalities in the Japanese. Whether APC dysfunction occurs in other Asian countries is an important aspect of mapping thrombophilia among Asians. International surveys using an accurate assay system are needed to determine this.
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- Naotaka Hamasaki
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Natagaki International University, Nagasaki, Japan.
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Kuma H, Oyamada H, Tsukamoto A, Mizoguchi T, Kandori A, Sugiura Y, Yoshinaga K, Enpuku K, Hamasaki N. Liquid phase immunoassays utilizing magnetic markers and SQUID magnetometer. Clin Chem Lab Med 2011; 48:1263-9. [PMID: 20678032 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2010.259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Immunoassays are one main detection system used in the field of clinical chemistry. Recent developments of a new detection method utilizing a magnetic marker and magnetic sensor have enabled rapid and sensitive immunoassay without the need for bound/free (BF) separation. METHODS Newly-synthesized conjugated avidin was used as the magnetic marker for quantitative analysis of human interleukin-8 (hIL-8) and immunoglobulin E (hIgE) in several media. A superconducting quantum interference device sensor detected the magnetic fields from markers fixed to antigens by the sandwich method. Magnetic signals from unbound markers were nearly zero due to Brownian rotation. RESULTS Our magnetic immunoassay could detect four attomoles of model proteins (hIL-8, hIgE) in phosphate buffer without BF separation. Using our standard curve, the range of protein detected ranged from 40 femtomoles to 4 attomoles, and we observed a strong association between protein amounts and magnetic signals from the bound markers. The homogeneous immunoassay could also quantify three hundred cells from the fungus Candida albicans in phosphate buffer. CONCLUSIONS The present study demonstrates the ability of magnetic markers for measuring biological targets without BF separation. This detection system has great potential for use as the next generation's analytical system.
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- Hiroyuki Kuma
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University, Sasebo, Japan.
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Yamaguchi T, Ikeda Y, Abe Y, Kuma H, Kang D, Hamasaki N, Hirai T. Structure of the membrane domain of human erythrocyte anion exchanger 1 revealed by electron crystallography. J Mol Biol 2010; 397:179-89. [PMID: 20100494 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2009] [Revised: 01/08/2010] [Accepted: 01/13/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The membrane domain of human erythrocyte anion exchanger 1 (AE1) works as a Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) antiporter. This exchange is a key step for CO(2)/O(2) circulation in the blood. In spite of their importance, structural information about AE1 and the AE (anion exchanger) family are still very limited. We used electron microscopy to solve the three-dimensional structure of the AE1 membrane domain, fixed in an outward-open conformation by cross-linking, at 7.5-A resolution. A dimer of AE1 membrane domains packed in two-dimensional array showed a projection map similar to that of the prokaryotic homolog of the ClC chloride channel, a Cl(-)/H(+) antiporter. In a three-dimensional map, there are V-shaped densities near the center of the dimer and slightly narrower V-shaped clusters at a greater distance from the center of the dimer. These appear to be inserted into the membrane from opposite sides. The structural motifs, two homologous pairs of helices in internal repeats of the ClC transporter (helices B+C and J+K), are well fitted to those AE1 densities after simple domain movement.
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- Tomohiro Yamaguchi
- Three-Dimensional Microscopy Research Team, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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Maruyama T, Takata T, Ichinose H, Kamiya N, Kuma H, Hamasaki N, Morita H, Goto M. Detection of Point Mutations in the HBV Polymerase Gene Using a Fluorescence Intercalator in Reverse Micelles. Biotechnol Prog 2008; 21:575-9. [PMID: 15801801 DOI: 10.1021/bp0496474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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We report a novel and simple method for mutation detection in DNA oligonucleotides using a double-stranded DNA specific dye (SYBR Green I) in nanostructured molecular assemblies, called reverse micelles. The intercalation of SYBR Green I into the duplex DNA exhibits fluorescent emission in a CTAB/isooctane reverse micellar system as well as in an aqueous solution. We found marked differences in the fluorescence intensity between perfectly matched and mismatched 52-mer synthetic oligonucleotides, which were designed to contain the YMDD motif of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) polymerase gene, in a reverse micellar solution. Using this method, we successfully detected a mutation in PCR-amplified oligonucleotides of the HBV polymerase gene in sera of four patients with chronic hepatitis B. This detection method does not require DNA immobilization, chemical modification of DNA, or any special apparatus; it only needs a normal fluorescence spectrophotometer, an inexpensive dye, and just 10 pmol of sample DNA.
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- Tatsuo Maruyama
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Kuma H, Tsukamoto A, Saitoh K, Sugiura Y, Yoshinaga K, Enpuku K, Hamasaki N. [Development of liquid phase immunoassay system using magnetic nanoparticles]. Rinsho Byori 2007; 55:351-7. [PMID: 17514827] [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: 05/15/2023]
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Biological immunoassay is a major detection system of biological materials from patient samples. Our group has been developing a highly sensitive immunoassay system using magnetic nanoparticles made from Fe3O4. Since unbound magnetic markers randomly move in solvent due to Brownian motion, there is no magnetic signal from unbound magnetic markers; therefore, the separation of bound from unbound markers (B/F separation) is not required. This advantage means that the detection time is greatly decreased in comparison with a normal method using fluorescent/enzyme reagent. In this paper, we describe the configuration of the developed system and demonstrate the performance of the detection of magnetic nanoparticles.
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- Hiroyuki Kuma
- Division of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University, Sasebo, 859-3298
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Park LC, Maruyama T, Kamiya N, Goto M, Kuma H, Hamasaki N. Mutation detection in the drug-resistant hepatitis B virus polymerase gene using nanostructured reverse micelles. ANAL SCI 2004; 20:1609-11. [PMID: 15566158 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.20.1609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The emergence of drug-resistant hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been reported in patients with prolonged administration of lamivudine, which is a potent drug for the prevention of HBV infection. Lamivudine-resistant HBV has several types of mutations at the YMDD motif of its DNA polymerase. We successfully demonstrated that monitoring the hybridization behavior in nanostructured reverse micelles enables us to detect single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). With the aid of reverse micelles, a model 40-mer oligonucleotide containing a single-base substitution was clearly distinguished from the normal, complementary oligonucleotide. In addition, we extended this technique to a high-throughput analysis. The results obtained with a 96-well micro-plate reader indicated the possibility of SNPs detection toward multiple samples of patients.
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- Lian-Chun Park
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Chumpia W, Ohsato T, Kuma H, Ikeda S, Hamasaki N, Kang D. Affinity purification of antibodies by using Ni2+-resins on which inclusion body-forming proteins are immobilized. Protein Expr Purif 2003; 32:147-50. [PMID: 14680952 DOI: 10.1016/s1046-5928(03)00227-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2003] [Revised: 07/03/2003] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bacterially expressed recombinant proteins are widely used for producing specific antibodies. Unfortunately, many recombinant proteins are recovered as insoluble materials, so-called inclusion bodies. Inclusion bodies are rather advantageous from a point of view of immunogens because fairly pure proteins can be feasibly extracted from the inclusion bodies. However, we encounter a problem with an insoluble protein when we make an antigen-immobilized column for affinity purification of antibodies because we need a soluble protein in usual immobilization methods. Histidine-tagged proteins can be bound to Ni(2+)-resins in buffer containing 6M guanidine-HCl, in which most insoluble proteins are solubilized. Taking advantage of this feature, we have successfully purified antigen-specific antibodies by directly using Ni(2+)-resins onto which denatured proteins are bound.
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- Worawan Chumpia
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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The topology of the band 3 (AE1) polypeptide of the erythrocyte membrane is not fully established despite extensive study. Residues near lysine 743 (K743) have been reported to be extracellular in some studies and cytoplasmic in others. In the work presented here, we have attempted to establish the sidedness of K743 using in situ proteolysis. Trypsin, papain, and proteinase K do not cleave band 3 at or near K743 in intact red cells, even under conditions that cause cleavage on the C-terminal side of the glycosylation site (N642) in extracellular loop 4. In contrast, trypsin sealed inside red cell ghosts cleaves at K743, as does trypsin treatment of inside-out vesicles (IOVs). The transport inhibitor 4,4'-diisothiocyanatodihydrostilbene-2,2'-disulfonate (H(2)DIDS), acting from the extracellular side, blocks trypsin cleavage at K743 in unsealed membranes by inducing a protease-resistant conformation. H(2)DIDS added to IOVs does not prevent cleavage at K743; therefore, trypsin cleavage at K743 in IOVs is not a consequence of cleavage of right-side-out or leaky vesicles. Finally, microsomes were prepared from HEK293 cells expressing the membrane domain of AE1 lacking the normal glycosylation site. This polypeptide does not traffic to the surface membrane; trypsin treatment of microsomes containing this polypeptide produces the 20 kDa fragment, providing further evidence that K743 is exposed at the cytoplasmic surface. Therefore, the actions of trypsin on intact cells, resealed ghosts, unsealed ghosts, inside-out vesicles, and microsomes from HEK293 cells all indicate that K743 is cytoplasmic and not extracellular.
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- Hiroyuki Kuma
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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Kuma H, Abe Y, Askin D, Bruce LJ, Hamasaki T, Tanner MJA, Hamasaki N. Molecular basis and functional consequences of the dominant effects of the mutant band 3 on the structure of normal band 3 in Southeast Asian ovalocytosis. Biochemistry 2002; 41:3311-20. [PMID: 11876639 DOI: 10.1021/bi011678+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Southeast Asian ovalocytosis (SAO) human red cell membranes contain similar proportions of normal band 3 and a mutant band 3 with a nine amino acid deletion (band 3 SAO). We employed specific chemical modification and proteolytic cleavage to probe the structures of band 3 in normal and SAO membranes. When the membranes were modified specifically at lysine residues with N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide-SS-biotin, band 3 Lys-851 was not modified in normal membranes but quantitatively modified in SAO membranes. Normal and SAO membranes showed different patterns of band 3 proteolytic cleavage. Notably, many sites cleaved in normal membranes were not cleaved in SAO membranes, despite the presence of normal band 3 in these membranes. The mutant band 3 changes the structure of essentially all the normal band 3 present in the SAO membranes, and these changes extend throughout the normal band 3 molecules. The results also imply that band 3 in SAO membranes is present as hetero-tetramers or higher hetero-oligomers. The dominant structural effects of band 3 SAO on the other band 3 allele have important consequences on the functional and hematological properties of human red cells heterozygous for band 3 SAO. Analysis of the altered profile of biotinylation and protease cleavage sites suggests the location of exposed surfaces in the band 3 membrane domain and identifies likely interacting regions within the molecule. Our approach provides a sensitive method for studying structural changes in polytopic membrane proteins.
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- Hiroyuki Kuma
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Nakagawara A, Ohira M, Kageyama H, Mihara M, Furuta S, Machida T, Takayasu H, Islam A, Nakamura Y, Takahashi M, Shishikura T, Kaneko Y, Toyoda A, Hattori M, Sakaki Y, Ohki M, Horii A, Soeda E, Inazawa J, Seki N, Kuma H, Nozawa I, Sakiyama S. Identification of the homozygously deleted region at chromosome 1p36.2 in human neuroblastoma. Med Pediatr Oncol 2000; 35:516-21. [PMID: 11107106 DOI: 10.1002/1096-911x(20001201)35:6<516::aid-mpo3>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND We have identified for the first time a homozygously deleted region within the smallest region of overlap at 1p36.2-3 in two neuroblastoma cell lines. PROCEDURE The 800-kb PAC contig covering the entire homozygously deleted region was made and sequenced. To date, approximately 70% of sequencing has been accomplished, and the estimated length of the deleted region was 500 kb. RESULTS Currently, we have found six genes within the region, which include three known genes as well as three other genes that have been reported during processing of our present project for the last 3(1/2) years. We report here the results of expression and mutation analyses of those genes. CONCLUSIONS Full sequencing for the region of homozygous deletion as well as further analyses of the genes mapped within the region may reveal whether or not there is a neuroblastoma suppressor gene as proposed by the Knudson's two-hit hypothesis.
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- A Nakagawara
- Division of Biochemistry, Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute, Chiba, Japan.
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Ohira M, Shishikura T, Kawamoto T, Inuzuka H, Morohashi A, Takayasu H, Kageyama H, Takada N, Takahashi M, Sakiyama S, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Kuma H, Nozawa I, Nakagawara A. Hunting the subset-specific genes of neuroblastoma: expression profiling and differential screening of the full-length-enriched oligo-capping cDNA libraries. Med Pediatr Oncol 2000; 35:547-9. [PMID: 11107114 DOI: 10.1002/1096-911x(20001201)35:6<547::aid-mpo11>3.0.co;2-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neuroblastoma (NBL) has a distinct nature in different prognostic subgroups. PROCEDURE To understand the molecular mechanism of NBL's genesis and biology as well as that of the neural crest development, we constructed full-length-enriched cDNA libraries by an oligo-capping method from two different subsets of primary NBL, one with favorable biology and the other with MYCN amplification. RESULTS Sequencing analysis of these libraries revealed that the expression profile was markedly different between both subsets. To identify the genes differentially expressed between the subsets, semi-quantitative RT-PCR analyses are proceeding. CONCLUSION So far, 54 transcripts have been found to be expressed at high levels in favorable NBLs, and significantly at low levels in unfavorable NBLs.
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- M Ohira
- Division of Biochemistry, Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute, Chiba, Japan
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Ohira M, Kageyama H, Mihara M, Furuta S, Machida T, Shishikura T, Takayasu H, Islam A, Nakamura Y, Takahashi M, Tomioka N, Sakiyama S, Kaneko Y, Toyoda A, Hattori M, Sakaki Y, Ohki M, Horii A, Soeda E, Inazawa J, Seki N, Kuma H, Nozawa I, Nakagawara A. Identification and characterization of a 500-kb homozygously deleted region at 1p36.2-p36.3 in a neuroblastoma cell line. Oncogene 2000; 19:4302-7. [PMID: 10980605 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1203786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Loss of heterozygosity of the distal region of chromosome 1p where tumor suppressor gene(s) might harbor is frequently observed in many human cancers including neuroblastoma (NBL) with MYCN amplification and poor prognosis. We have identified for the first time a homozygously deleted region at the marker D1S244 within the smallest region of overlap at 1p36.2-p36.3 in two NBL cell lines, NB-1 and NB-C201 (MASS-NB-SCH1), although our genotyping has suggested the possibility that both lines are derived from the same origin. The 800-kb PAC contig covering the entire region of homozygous deletion was made and partially sequenced (about 60%). The estimated length of the deleted region was 500 kb. We have, thus far, identified six genes within the region which include three known genes (DFF45, PGD, and CORT) as well as three other genes which have been reported during processing our present project for the last 3(1/2) years (HDNB1/UFD2, KIAA0591F/KIF1B-beta, and PEX14). They include the genes related to apoptosis, glucose metabolism, ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, a neuronal microtubule-associated motor molecule and biogenesis of peroxisome. At least three genes (HDNB1/UFD2, KIAA0591F/KIF1B-beta, and PEX14) were differentially expressed at high levels in favorable and at low levels in unfavorable subsets of primary neuroblastoma. Since the 1p distal region is reported to be imprinted, those differentially expressed genes could be the new members of the candidate NBL suppressor, although RT-PCR-SSCP analysis has demonstrated infrequent mutation of the genes so far identified. Full-sequencing and gene prediction for the region of homozygous deletion would elucidate more detailed structure of this region and might lead to discovery of additional candidate genes. Oncogene (2000) 19, 4302 - 4307
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- M Ohira
- Division of Biochemistry, Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute, Chiba 260-8717, Japan
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Li HO, Zhu YF, Asakawa M, Kuma H, Hirata T, Ueda Y, Lee YS, Fukumura M, Iida A, Kato A, Nagai Y, Hasegawa M. A cytoplasmic RNA vector derived from nontransmissible Sendai virus with efficient gene transfer and expression. J Virol 2000; 74:6564-9. [PMID: 10864670 PMCID: PMC112166 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.14.6564-6569.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We have recovered a virion from defective cDNA of Sendai virus (SeV) that is capable of self-replication but incapable of transmissible-virion production. This virion delivers and expresses foreign genes in infected cells, and this is the first report of a gene expression vector derived from a defective viral genome of the Paramyxoviridae. First, functional ribonucleoprotein complexes (RNPs) were recovered from SeV cloned cDNA defective in the F (envelope fusion protein) gene, in the presence of plasmids expressing nucleocapsid protein and viral RNA polymerase. Then the RNPs were transfected to the cells inducibly expressing F protein. Virion-like particles thus obtained had a titer of 0.5 x 10(8) to 1. 0 x 10(8) cell infectious units/ml and contained F-defective RNA genome. This defective vector amplified specifically in an F-expressing packaging cell line in a trypsin-dependent manner but did not spread to F-nonexpressing cells. This vector infected and expressed an enhanced green fluorescent protein reporter gene in various types of animal and human cells, including nondividing cells, with high efficiency. These results suggest that this vector has great potential for use in human gene therapy and vaccine delivery systems.
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- H O Li
- DNAVEC Research Inc., Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
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Hamasaki N, Kuma H, Ota K, Sakaguchi M, Mihara K. A new concept in polytopic membrane proteins following from the study of band 3 protein. Biochem Cell Biol 1999; 76:729-33. [PMID: 10353705 DOI: 10.1139/bcb-76-5-729] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In the present communication, we introduce a novel concept in multispanning polytopic membrane proteins revealed by the study of the band 3 protein. The transmembrane domain of such proteins can be divided into three categories, that is, hydrophilic loops connecting transmembrane peptides (category 1), portions embedded by peptide-peptide interactions (category 2), and portions embedded by peptide-lipid interactions (category 3). Category 2 peptides of polytopic membrane proteins were found to stably reside in the lipid bilayer without peptide-lipid interactions that had been thought to be essential for transmembrane segments. Category 3 peptides are equivalent to single-spanning segments of bitopic membrane proteins. Three different experiments, namely proteolytic digestion, chemical modification of the band 3 protein, and cell free transcription and translation, were used to categorize the transmembrane peptides.
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- N Hamasaki
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Hamasaki N, Kuma H, Ota K, Sakaguchi M, Mihara K. A new concept in polytopic membrane proteins following from the study of band 3 protein. Biochem Cell Biol 1998. [DOI: 10.1139/o98-085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In the present communication, we introduce a novel concept in multispanning polytopic membrane proteins revealed by the study of the band 3 protein. The transmembrane domain of such proteins can be divided into three categories, that is, hydrophilic loops connecting transmembrane peptides (category 1), portions embedded by peptide-peptide interactions (category 2), and portions embedded by peptide-lipid interactions (category 3). Category 2 peptides of polytopic membrane proteins were found to stably reside in the lipid bilayer without peptide-lipid interactions that had been thought to be essential for transmembrane segments. Category 3 peptides are equivalent to single-spanning segments of bitopic membrane proteins. Three different experiments, namely proteolytic digestion, chemical modification of the band 3 protein, and cell free transcription and translation, were used to categorize the transmembrane peptides.Key words: band 3 protein, transmembrane (TM) peptide, classification of TM, category 2-TM, polytopic membrane protein.
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Kuma H, Inoue K, Fu G, Ando S, Lee S, Sugihara G, Hamasaki N. Secondary structures of synthetic peptides corresponding to the first membrane-contact portion of normal band 3 and its deletion mutant (Southeast Asian ovalocytosis). J Biochem 1998; 124:509-18. [PMID: 9722659 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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The conformations of synthetic peptides corresponding to the first membrane-contact portion from Tyr390 to Lys430 of band 3 (band 3-1a) and the counterpart portion of South-East Asian ovalocytosis (SAO) band 3 (band 3-1b) in lipid bilayers were examined by means of circular dichroism (CD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy as well as a proteolytic digestion method. The CD and FTIR studies showed that band 3-1a and band 3-1b in a membrane lipid bilayer cannot assume an alpha-helix rich structure but instead assume a beta-structure rich conformation. The proteolytic digestion experiments demonstrated that the cleavage sites of Tyr392 and Phe423 were common to both the model and erythrocyte membranes. Taken together with our previous work, which indicated that the first membrane-contact portion was the portion embedded in the erythrocyte membrane without tight lipid-peptide interactions [Hamasaki et al. (1997) J. Biochem. 122, 577-585], we imply herein that the first membrane-contact portion of band 3 by itself can not assume the ordinary alpha-helix conformation in the membrane lipid bilayers. A proteinase-resistant portion, from Ser402 to Phe423, was observed when liposomes containing band 3-1a were digested with proteinase K, while no proteinase-resistant core portion was found in the case of band 3-1b (DeltaAla400-Ala408). This suggests the crucial role of the deleted portion, from Ala400 to Ala408, in the interaction of the first membrane-contact portion of band 3 with a membrane lipid bilayer.
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- H Kuma
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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Hamasaki N, Okubo K, Kuma H, Kang D, Yae Y. Proteolytic cleavage sites of band 3 protein in alkali-treated membranes: fidelity of hydropathy prediction for band 3 protein. J Biochem 1997; 122:577-85. [PMID: 9348087 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 02/05/2023] Open
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To assess the fidelity of hydropathy prediction for band 3 protein, we determined the cleavage sites of the protein and the portions of the protein tightly bound to the membrane lipid bilayer by means of in situ proteolytic digestion. For the removal of all anticipated hydrophilic connector loops from membranes, we had to denature the band 3 protein molecule in situ by alkali treatment. When the alkali-treated membranes were digested with trypsin, chymotrypsin, and pepsin, the majority of the anticipated transmembrane portions remained in the membrane fraction. However, five anticipated transmembrane portions were released into the supernatant fraction. Thus, the first, second, third, sixth and tenth anticipated transmembrane portions, in accordance with the hydropathy prediction, were released into the supernatant with the proteolytic digestion method. This indicates that these anticipated transmembrane portions are not bound with the boundary lipids although the hydrophobicity of these portions is comparable to that of the portions experimentally remaining in the membrane fraction. It is conceivable that the membrane peptide portions of band 3 protein could be classified into at least two categories, i.e. one bound to the boundary lipids and the other free from the boundary lipids. Approximately 90% of the transmembrane domain of the band 3 protein are recovered in either the supernatant fraction or the membrane fraction. The fidelity of hydropathy prediction for polytopic membrane proteins and the nature of the membrane embedded peptide portions are discussed.
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- N Hamasaki
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka.
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Yokoi H, Kuma H. Optimum apportionment of presentation time in visual display. Front Med Biol Eng 1994; 6:209-232. [PMID: 7727319] [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: 05/21/2023]
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With regard to the better display of visual stimuli, one of the key parameters to match with human short-term memory is the presentation time of the information. We have studied the optimum-apportionment modes of the presentation time of seven Roman alphabet letters sequentially presented to five young males by means of our time-continuous model of short-term memory. These modes are thought to allow for the easiest retention by the short-term memory. The average optimum-apportionment mode, as an average of individual scores of the optimum-apportionment mode, was also obtained. With free-recall experiments using the Roman characters, four constants for the model were determined for the subjects. Then, the theoretical optimum-apportionment modes were calculated using a computer simulation for each subject. With slight modifications of these results, eight types of apportionment modes were obtained. The most efficient mode for the recall of the Roman characters in the free-recall experiment was determined as the optimum-apportionment mode of the individual.
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- H Yokoi
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan
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Okasaka R, Kawabe K, Kawamoto S, Tani M, Kuma H, Iwai T, Mita K, Iwamae A. Excitation functions of He(n=3) levels in the intermediate-velocity regime of He+-He collisions. Phys Rev A 1994; 49:246-254. [PMID: 9910226 DOI: 10.1103/physreva.49.246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Morinaga K, Kuma H, Kuroki M, Kusaba A, Okadome K, Miyazaki T, Ohtsuka K, Inokuchi K. Occluded persistent sciatic artery. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 1985; 26:82-5. [PMID: 3968167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The case of a patient with ischemic symptoms due to occlusion of a persistent left sciatic artery is presented. Femoral arteriography revealed a tapering hypoplastic superficial femoral artery terminating as small branches in the distal thigh and a hyperplastic profunda femoris artery. Also, translumbar aortography demonstrated an abrupt occlusion of a hyperplastic left hypogastric artery just distal to the inferior gluteal artery. The popliteal artery was found to be patent and perfused by collaterals. A bypass graft using a composite E-PTFE prosthesis and an autogenous vein graft was successfully performed.
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Watanabe T, Kusaba A, Kuma H, Kina M, Okadome K, Inokuchi K. Failure of dacron arterial prostheses caused by structural defects. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 1983; 24:95-100. [PMID: 6221021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We have observed unusual aneurysmal complications associated with structural defects of Dacron fabrics in three patients. The first patient had beadshape aneurysms along the course of the bilateral axillo-femoral prosthetic bypasses 4 or 5 years after surgery. Round defects or longitudinal rents in the lower third of the prostheses (Vascular-D knitted Dacron graft of high porosity, USCI) were the source of the aneurysmal complications. In the second patient, the transverse diameter of the aorto-femoral Dacron graft (Vascular-D, USCI) was increased to twice that of the original graft with formation of an anastomotic false aneurysm in the groin 3 1/2 years after surgery. The defective prostheses in these two cases were successfully replaced by Cooley double velour knitted Dacron grafts. The third patient developed an arterio-ureteral fistula originating from a round defect of the aorto-femoral prosthesis (Tetoron that is woven Dacron graft with a low porosity, Nakao-Filter, Japan) 8 years postoperatively and died from massive hematuria and subsequent disseminated intravascular coagulopathy. Microscopic examination of the removed prostheses revealed a complete loss of the conformation of the weave with fragmentation and disruption of the graft fibers. Therefore, patients with Dacron arterial prostheses should be followed up regularly and with great care.
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Kuma H, Morishita K. [Development of a distributed total hospital information system, DTHIS (author's transl)]. Iyodenshi To Seitai Kogaku 1982; 20:8-9. [PMID: 7109319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Ehara N, Chigira E, Ishikawa T, Kuma H. [Applicability of medical information codes in medium-sized general hospitals]. Iyodenshi To Seitai Kogaku 1975; 13:362-3. [PMID: 1241016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Kaneoka H, Miyanaga O, Kashiwagi S, Inaba S, Kuma H. [Follow-up study on HB Ag positive families in Iriomote Island, Okinawa (author's transl)]. Fukuoka Igaku Zasshi 1975; 66:523-31. [PMID: 1239407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Yamada S, Kuge Y, Yamayoshi T, Kuma H. Synthesis and properties of nickel(II) complexes with Schiff bases obtained from pyridoxal and amines. Inorganica Chim Acta 1974. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1693(00)93717-4] [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: 10/17/2022]
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Yamada S, Kuma H, Yamanouchi K. Synthesis and properties of cobalt complexes with Schiff bases obtained from pyridoxal and amines. Inorganica Chim Acta 1974. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1693(00)86725-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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