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Sato S, Yamakawa H, Takemura T, Nakamura T, Nishizawa T, Oba T, Kawabe R, Akasaka K, Amano M, Matsushima H. Evaluation of large airway specimens obtained by transbronchial lung cryobiopsy in diffuse parenchymal lung diseases. BMC Pulm Med 2022; 22:384. [PMID: 36258160 PMCID: PMC9578247 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-022-02186-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background The difference in diagnostic yield between surgical lung biopsy and transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) in diffuse parenchymal lung diseases (DPLD) has been reported to be due to differences in the rate of interpathologist agreement, specimen size, and specimen adequacy. In TBLC, the specimens containing large airway components are generally believed as inadequate specimens for histological evaluation, but the detailed characteristics of TBLC specimens including the large airway and the impact on histological diagnostic rates of DPLD have not been investigated. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the specimen characteristics of patients with DPLD who underwent TBLC. Results Between February 2018 and January 2020, 74 patients and 177 specimens were included. There were 85 (48.0%) large airway specimens (LAS) that contained bronchial gland or bronchial cartilage. The ideal specimen ratio was significantly lower in the LAS-positive group than that in the LAS-negative group (5.8% vs. 45.6%), and the proportion of bronchioles, alveoli, and perilobular area were similarly lower in the LAS-positive group. The presence of traction bronchiectasis and diaphragm overlap sign on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) were also significantly higher in the LAS-positive group than those in the LAS-negative group. We observed a statistically significant trend in histological diagnostic yield (40.7% in LAS positive group; 60.8% in LAS positive and negative group; 91.6% in LAS negative group) (Cochran-Armitage trend test). Conclusion LAS is a specimen often collected in TBLC and contains a low percentage of bronchioles, alveoli, and perilobular area. Since the histological diagnostic yield tends to be higher in cases that do not contain LAS, it may be important to determine the biopsy site that reduces the frequency of LAS collection by referring to the HRCT findings in TBLC.
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- S Sato
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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Karim MRU, Harunari E, Sharma AR, Oku N, Akasaka K, Urabe D, Sibero MT, Igarashi Y. Nocarimidazoles C and D, antimicrobial alkanoylimidazoles from a coral-derived actinomycete Kocuria sp.: application of 1 J C,H coupling constants for the unequivocal determination of substituted imidazoles and stereochemical diversity of anteisoalkyl chains in microbial metabolites. Beilstein J Org Chem 2020; 16:2719-2727. [PMID: 33214797 PMCID: PMC7653330 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.16.222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Chemical investigation of secondary metabolites from a marine-derived actinomycete strain of the genus Kocuria, isolated from a stony coral Mycedium sp., led to the identification of two new alkanoylimidazoles, nocarimidazoles C (1) and D (2) as well as three known congeners, nocarimidazoles A (3) and B (4) and bulbimidazole A (5). Structure analysis of 1 and 2 by NMR and MS revealed that both are 4-alkanoyl-5-aminoimidazoles with a 6-methyloctanoyl or decanoyl chain, respectively. Two possible positions of the amino group on the imidazole rings (C-2 and C-5) posed a challenge in the structure study, which was settled by the measurement of 1JC,H coupling constants for comparison with those of synthetically prepared model imidazoles. The absolute configurations of the anteisoalkanoyl group present in 1, 4, and 5 were determined by low-temperature HPLC analysis of the degradation products labeled with a chiral anthracene reagent, which revealed that 1 is a mixture of the R- and S-enantiomers with a ratio of 73:27, 4 is the pure (S)-enantiomer, and 5 is the (S)-enantiomer with 98% ee. The present study illustrates the diversity in the stereochemistry of anteiso branching in bacterial metabolites. Compounds 1−4 were moderately antimicrobial against Gram-positive bacteria and fungi, with MIC ranges of 6.25–25 μg/mL.
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- Md Rokon Ul Karim
- Biotechnology Research Center and Department of Biotechnology, Toyama Prefectural University, 5180 Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center and Department of Biotechnology, Toyama Prefectural University, 5180 Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center and Department of Biotechnology, Toyama Prefectural University, 5180 Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center and Department of Biotechnology, Toyama Prefectural University, 5180 Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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- Shokei Gakuin University, 4-10-1 Yurigaoka, Natori, Miyagi 981-1295, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center and Department of Biotechnology, Toyama Prefectural University, 5180 Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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- Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Central Java 50275, Indonesia
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- Biotechnology Research Center and Department of Biotechnology, Toyama Prefectural University, 5180 Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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Karim MRU, Harunari E, Oku N, Akasaka K, Igarashi Y. Bulbimidazoles A-C, Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Alkanoyl Imidazoles from a Marine Gammaproteobacterium Microbulbifer Species. J Nat Prod 2020; 83:1295-1299. [PMID: 32191468 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Three new alkanoyl imidazoles, designated bulbimidazoles A-C (1-3), were found from the culture extract of the gammaproteobacterium Microbulbifer sp. DC3-6 isolated from a stony coral of the genus Tubastraea. The absolute configuration of the anteiso-methyl substitution in 1 was established to be a mixture of (R)- and (S)-configurations in a ratio of 9:91 by applying the Ohrui-Akasaka method. Compounds 1-3 displayed unique broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive and -negative bacteria and fungi with MICs ranging from 0.78 to 12.5 μg/mL. They also exhibited cytotoxicity toward P388 murine leukemia cells with IC50 in the micromolar range.
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- Md Rokon Ul Karim
- Biotechnology Research Center, Toyama Prefectural University, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Toyama Prefectural University, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Toyama Prefectural University, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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- Shokei Gakuin University, 4-10-1 Yurigaoka, Natori, Miyagi 981-1295, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Toyama Prefectural University, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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Sato S, Akasaka K, Ohta H, Tsukahara Y, Kida G, Tsumiyama E, Kusano K, Oba T, Nishizawa T, Kawabe R, Yamakawa H, Amano M, Matsushima H, Takada T. Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis developed during immunosuppressive treatment in polymyositis with interstitial lung disease: a case report. BMC Pulm Med 2020; 20:84. [PMID: 32252718 PMCID: PMC7132862 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-020-1110-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is characterized by the accumulation of surfactant proteins within the alveolar spaces. Autoimmune PAP (APAP) caused by elevated levels of GM-CSF autoantibodies (GM-Ab) is very rarely associated with systemic autoimmune disease. Here we report a case of APAP manifested during immunosuppressive treatment for polymyositis with interstitial lung disease. Case presentation A 52-year-old woman treated at our hospital because of polymyositis with interstitial pneumonia had maintained remission by immunosuppressive treatment for 15 years. She had progressive dyspnea subsequently over several months with her chest CT showing ground-glass opacities (GGO) in bilateral geographic distribution. Her bronchoalveolar lavage fluid with cloudy appearance revealed medium-sized foamy macrophages and PAS-positive amorphous eosinophilic materials by cytological examination. We diagnosed her as APAP due to an increased serum GM-CSF autoantibody level. Attenuating immunosuppression failed to lead GGO improvement, but whole lung lavage (WLL) was effective in her condition. Conclusions PAP should be considered as one of the differential diseases when the newly interstitial shadow was observed during immunosuppressive treatment. WLL should be regarded as the treatment option for APAP concurred in connective tissue disease (CTD).
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- S Sato
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Minami-Uonuma, Japan
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N-(9-Acridinyl)maleimide (NAM) reacts with sulfite in wine and gives strong fluorescent derivatives that lead to highly sensitive fluorometry of both total and bound sulfite in wine. Values of free and bound sulfite in wine determined by the NAM method and the modified Rankine method agreed. Sulfite was determined in <200 μL wine within 2 h.
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- Kazuaki Akasaka
- Tohoku University, Faculty of Agriculture, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba, Sendai 981, Japan
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- Tohoku University, Faculty of Agriculture, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba, Sendai 981, Japan
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- Tohoku University, Faculty of Agriculture, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba, Sendai 981, Japan
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- National Food Research Institute, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba 305, Japan
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- Ajinomoto Technical Center, 1-1 Suzukicho, Kawasaki, Kawasaki 210, Japan
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Suzuki K, Akasaka K, Otsudo T, Mizoguchi Y, Ono K, Tamura A, Hattori H, Hasebe Y, Takei K, Yamamoto M, Hall T. Functional movement screen score and baseball performance in Japanese high school baseball players after corrective exercises. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.1084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ono K, Akasaka K, Otsudo T, Mizoguchi Y, Suzuki K, Tamura A, Hattori H, Hasebe Y, Takei K, Yamamoto M, Hall T. Effects of neuromuscular training on ankle sprain in junior high school basketball players. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.1075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Akasaka K, Hasebe Y, Otsudo T, Hattori H, Tamura A. The effect of nordic hamstring exercise on preventing hamstrings injury on hamstring injury rate and time-loss injury rate in high school soccer players in Japan. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.1082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Hasebe Y, Akasaka K, Otsudo T, Takei K, Yamamoto M. Injury and disorder prevalence and current injury prevention methods in high school soccer players in Japan. Phys Ther Sport 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2017.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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p-tert-Butylcalix[4]arenedicarboxylic acid, in which two distal hydroxy groups of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene are replaced with carboxy groups, shows extraction selectivity toward Pd2+ ions by the formation of a 2 : 2 (M/L) complex.
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- N. Morohashi
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Tohoku University
- Aoba-ku
- Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Tohoku University
- Aoba-ku
- Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Tohoku University
- Aoba-ku
- Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Tohoku University
- Aoba-ku
- Japan
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Akasaka K, Yanase K, Tamura A, Otsudo T, Sawada Y, Okubo Y. A survey of joint mobilization education in physical therapy schools in Japan. Physiotherapy 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.158] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Nakai T, Yajima A, Akasaka K, Kaihoku T, Ohtaki M, Nukada T, Ohrui H, Yabuta G. Synthesis of the Four Stereoisomers of 2,6-Dimethyloctane-1,8-dioic Acid, a Component of the Copulation Release Pheromone of the Cowpea Weevil,Callosobruchus maculatus. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 69:2401-8. [PMID: 16377900 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.2401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 11/08/2022]
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A diastereomeric mixture and the four stereoisomers of 2,6-dimethyloctane-1,8-dioic acid (2), a copulation release pheromone of the cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus, were synthesized. The stereoisomeric purities of the four synthetic isomers of 2 were determined by the HPLC analyses of their bis-2-(2,3-anthracenedicarboximide)-1-cyclohexyl esters.
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- Tomonori Nakai
- Department of Fermentation Science, Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
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Ohrui H, Kato R, Kodaira T, Shimizu H, Akasaka K, Kitahara T. Development of Highly PotentD-Glucosamine-Based Chiral Fluorescent Labeling Reagents and a Microwave-Assisted β-Selective Glycosidation of a Methyl Glycoside Reagent. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 69:1054-7. [PMID: 15914934 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.1054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We synthesized new chiral fluorescence labeling reagents having a 2,3-anthracenedicarboximide group from D-glucosamine, and it was possible to introduce target alcohols at the anomeric positions of the reagents with beta-selectivity by glycosidations. Especially, it was possible to use methyl glycoside reagent as a glycosyl donor with a Lewis acid and microwave irradiation, and it gave selectively beta-glycoside while the reaction without microwave irradiation gave alpha- and beta-mixed glycosides. Those reagents showed very high chiral discrimination ability, and they made it possible to separate the eight stereoisomers of 4,8,12,16-tetramethylheptadecanol by HPLC after derivatizations.
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- Hiroshi Ohrui
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai.
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Akasaka K, Ohtaki T, Kabuto C, Kitahara T, Ohrui H. Crystalline Structure ofN-(S)-2-Heptyl (1R,2R)-2-(2,3-Anthracenedicarboximido)cyclohexanecarboxamide That Differs from Its Preferred Conformation in the Solvent Used for Crystallization. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 69:2002-4. [PMID: 16244459 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 11/08/2022]
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The crystalline structure of N-(S)-2-heptyl (1R,2R)-2-(2,3-anthracenedicarboximido)cyclohexamide (1), which was crystallized from methanol, was determined by an X-ray analysis and had a different conformation from its preferred one in CD3OD by a 1H-NMR analysis. Inter- and intra-molecular CH-pi interaction in a crystal plays a very important role in crystal packing. The preferred conformation of the amide derivative in a solution allows us to exploit (1R,2R)-2-(2,3-anthracenedicarboximido)cyclohexanecarbonyl chloride as a conversion reagent to determine the absolute configuration of chiral amines by 1H-NMR.
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- Kazuaki Akasaka
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan.
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The chemiluminescence of gallic acid by hydrogen peroxide had completely inhibited by the presence of ascorbate. After ascorbate had disappeared by oxidation, chemiluminescence returned. The concentration of gallic acid was virtually unchanged by presence of ascorbate, but started to decrease after the disappearance of ascorbate. This might be attributable to the rapid reduction of quinone, which was the first product of the chemiluminescence reactions, to gallic acid by ascorbate or the donation of proton to the phenoxy radical from ascorbate to stop the chemiluminescence reaction at the first stage. The effects of ascorbate on the chemiluminescence of other polyphenols depended on their oxidation rate.
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- Naoko Inoue
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
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Akasaka K, Ohrui H. Chiral Discrimination of Branched-chain Fatty Acids by Reversed-phase HPLC after Labeling with a Chiral Fluorescent Conversion Reagent. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 68:153-8. [PMID: 14745178 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Anteiso fatty acids having 16 to 29 carbon atoms were labeled with the chiral fluorescent conversion reagents, (1R,2R)- and (1S,2S)-2-(2,3-anthracenedicarboximido)cyclohexanol. The diastereomeric esters of anteiso acids having up to 20 carbon atoms were separated into two peaks in an ODS column under low column-temperature conditions, while those having more than 21 carbon atoms were not separated. A C30 column made it possible to separate diastereomeric esters up to C29 anteiso acid. It was possible to predict the absolute configuration of each acid by the elution order of the derivatives.
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- Kazuaki Akasaka
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Mori K, Akasaka K, Matsunaga S. Chemoenzymatic synthesis and HPLC analysis of the stereoisomers of miyakosyne A [(4E,24E)-14-methyloctacosa-4,24-diene-1,27-diyne-3,26-diol], a cytotoxic metabolite of a marine sponge Petrosia sp., to determine the absolute configuration of its major component as 3R,14R,26R. Tetrahedron 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2013.11.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Shikichi Y, Akasaka K, Tamogami S, Shankar S, Yew JY, Mori K. Pheromone synthesis. Part 250: Determination of the stereostructure of CH503, a sex pheromone of male Drosophila melanogaster, as (3R,11Z,19Z)-3-acetoxy-11,19-octacosadien-1-ol by synthesis and chromatographic analysis of its eight isomers. Tetrahedron 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2012.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Lu Y, Beeman RW, Campbell JF, Park Y, Aikins MJ, Mori K, Akasaka K, Tamogami S, Phillips TW. Anatomical localization and stereoisomeric composition of Tribolium castaneum aggregation pheromones. Naturwissenschaften 2011; 98:755-61. [PMID: 21814811 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0824-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2011] [Revised: 06/30/2011] [Accepted: 07/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We report that the abdominal epidermis and associated tissues are the predominant sources of male-produced pheromones in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum and, for the first time, describe the stereoisomeric composition of the natural blend of isomers of the aggregation pheromone 4,8-dimethyldecanal (DMD) in this important pest species. Quantitative analyses via gas chromatography-mass spectrometry showed that the average amount of DMD released daily by single feeding males of T. castaneum was 878 ± 72 ng (SE). Analysis of different body parts identified the abdominal epidermis as the major source of aggregation pheromone; the thorax was a minor source, while no DMD was detectable in the head. No internal organs or obvious male-specific glands were associated with pheromone deposition. Complete separation of all four stereoisomers of DMD was achieved following oxidation to the corresponding acid, derivatization with (1R, 2R)- and (1S, 2S)-2-(anthracene-2,3-dicarboximido)cyclohexanol to diastereomeric esters, and their separation on reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography at -54°C. Analysis of the hexane eluate from Porapak-Q-collected volatiles from feeding males revealed the presence of all four isomers (4R,8R)/(4R,8S)/(4S,8R)/(4S,8S) at a ratio of approximately 4:4:1:1. A walking orientation bioassay in a wind tunnel with various blends of the four synthetic isomers further indicated that the attractive potency of the reconstituted natural blend of 4:4:1:1 was equivalent to that of the natural pheromone and greater than that of the 1:1 blend of (4R,8R)/(4R,8S) used in commercial lures.
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- Yujie Lu
- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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Akasaka K, Tamogami S, Beeman RW, Mori K. Pheromone synthesis. Part 245: Synthesis and chromatographic analysis of the four stereoisomers of 4,8-dimethyldecanal, the male aggregation pheromone of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Tetrahedron 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2010.10.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kato T, Ishigami K, Akasaka K, Watanabe H. Enantioselective synthesis of phomallenic acid C by In- and Pd-mediated anti-SN2′ coupling. Tetrahedron 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2009.06.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Akasaka K, Carlson DA, Ohtaka T, Ohrui H, Mori K, Berkebile DR. Determination by HPLC fluorescence analysis of the natural enantiomers of sex pheromones in the New World screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax. Med Vet Entomol 2009; 23 Suppl 1:126-130. [PMID: 19335839 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00781.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Bioassays of six racemic synthesized candidate sex pheromone compounds against male New World screwworm Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel) flies showed that the most potent bioactivity was found with 6-acetoxy-19-methylnonacosane and 7-acetoxy-15-methylnonacosane compared with four other isomeric acetoxy nonacosanes and a larger aliphatic ketone. As all these methyl-branched compounds have two asymmetric carbons and four possible enantiomers, characterization of the natural enantiomers was essential. All four enantiomers for the two most bioactive isomers of the natural sex pheromone were synthesized for bioassay. Hydrolysis and derivatization of these enantiomers with different fluorescent reagents was followed by column-switched high-performance liquid chromatography. The use of two linked, reversed-phase columns of different polarity held at sub-ambient temperatures allowed good separation of each enantiomer. This analysis applied to natural material was successful, as (6R,19R)-6-acetoxy-19-methylnonanocosane, and (7R,15R)- and (7R,15S)-7-acetoxy-15-methylnonanocosane were detected in extracts of recently colonized female flies.
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- K Akasaka
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Watanabe K, Makino R, Takahashi H, Iguchi K, Ohrui H, Akasaka K. Structure of an Unsaturated Fatty Acid with Unique Vicinal Dimethyl Branches Isolated from the Okinawan Soft Coral of the Genus Sinularia. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2008; 56:861-3. [DOI: 10.1248/cpb.56.861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Kinzo Watanabe
- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
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- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
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- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
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- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
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Yajima A, Akasaka K, Yamamoto M, Ohmori S, Nukada T, Yabuta G. Direct Determination of the Stereoisomeric Composition of Callosobruchusic Acid, the Copulation Release Pheromone of the Azuki Bean Weevil, Callosobruchus chinensis L., by the 2D-Ohrui-Akasaka Method. J Chem Ecol 2007; 33:1328-35. [PMID: 17516029 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9311-4] [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] [Received: 02/13/2007] [Revised: 04/23/2007] [Accepted: 05/07/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The stereoisomeric composition of the copulation release pheromone of the azuki bean weevil, Callosobruchus chinensis L., was determined to be R:S=3.3-3.4:1 by the 2D-Ohrui-Akasaka method.
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- Arata Yajima
- Department of Fermentation Science, Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture (NODAI), Sakuragaoka 1-1-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan.
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Meguro H, Akasaka K, Ohrui H, Matsui SI. HIGHLY SENSITIVEN-(9-ACRIDINYL)MALEIMIDE (NAM) FLUOROMETRY TO DETERMINE SULFITE BELOW PPM LEVEL IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1081/tma-120015608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Shundo A, Fukui M, Takafuji M, Akasaka K, Ohrui H, Berek D, Ihara H. Selectivity Enhancement for trans-2-(2,3-Anthracenedicarboximido)-cyclohexane-derived Diastereomers in HPLC by Using an Ordered Organic Stationary Phase. ANAL SCI 2007; 23:311-5. [PMID: 17372374 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.23.311] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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2-(2,3-anthracenedicarboximido)cyclohexane derivatives (AC) have been known as the evolutionary diastereomerizing reagents for enantiomer discrimination in HPLC with ODS. However, a substantial separation of diastereomers can be observed only at lower temperatures, such as -40 degrees C. Therefore, in this work, poly(octadecyl acrylate)-grafted silica, ODAn was applied as an alternative stationary phase to ODS for the separation of AC-derived diastereomers. As a result, complete separation was achieved even under the conventional condition: for example, methanol as the mobile phase and 0 degrees C as the column temperature. An investigation on the temperature dependency of the selectivity demonstrated that ODAn shows a remarkable increase in selectivity at temperatures below 30 degrees C, which almost agreed with the peak-top temperature of the endothermic peak in a DSC thermogram for ODA35 immersed in a mobile phase. The better separation would be derived from a highly ordered structure of ODAn and a carbonyl-pi interaction with AC-derived diastereomers.
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- Atsuomi Shundo
- Department of Applied Chemistry & Biochemistry, Kumamoto University, Japan
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Akasaka K, Suzuki T, Meguro H. A Fluorometric Assay ofL-Aspartate: 2-oxoglutarate Aminotransferase in Human Serum with N-(9-Acridinyl) maleimide. ANAL LETT 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/00032718508066138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 10/17/2022]
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Ohshiro T, Namatame I, Nagai K, Sekiguchi T, Doi T, Takahashi T, Akasaka K, Rudel LL, Tomoda H, Ōmura S. Absolute Stereochemistry of Fungal Beauveriolide III and ACAT Inhibitory Activity of Four Stereoisomers. J Org Chem 2006. [DOI: 10.1021/jo062058n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ohshiro T, Namatame I, Nagai K, Sekiguchi T, Doi T, Takahashi T, Akasaka K, Rudel LL, Tomoda H, Omura S. Absolute Stereochemistry of Fungal Beauveriolide III and ACAT Inhibitory Activity of Four Stereoisomers. J Org Chem 2006; 71:7643-9. [PMID: 16995669 DOI: 10.1021/jo0611667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fungal beauveriolide III (BeauIII, 1b), a cyclodepsipeptide inhibiting acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) and showing antiatherogenic activity in mouse models, consists of L-Phe, L-Ala, D-allo-Ile, and 3-hydroxy-4-methyloctanoic acid (HMA) moieties, but the stereochemistry of the HMA part has not until now been fully defined. To determine it, four HMA stereoisomers were synthesized and labeled with (S)-(+)-2-(anthracene-2,3-dicarboximido)-1-propyl trifluoromethane sulfonate (AP-OTf), a chiral fluorescent reagent. The derivatives were separated by HPLC and compared with the natural HMA derivative, which was thereby identified as (3S,4S)HMA in BeauIII. Furthermore, the four beauveriolide III isomers ((3S,4S)BeauIII (23a), (3R,4R)BeauIII (23b), (3R,4S)BeauIII (23c), and (3S,4R)BeauIII (23d)) were synthesized, and it was shown that all the spectral data for 23a were identical with those for natural 1b. Isomers 23a and 23d showed potent inhibitory activity of lipid droplet accumulation in macrophages, while the other two isomers caused weak inhibition. Thus, the 3S configuration of BeauIII is important for this activity. Furthermore, 23a and 23d showed rather specific inhibition against the ACAT1 isozyme.
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- Taichi Ohshiro
- Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences and Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan
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Akasaka K, Ohtaki T, Ohrui H. Chiral discrimination of primary amines by HPLC after labeling with a chiral derivatization reagent,trans-2-(2,3-anthracenedicarboximido)-cyclohexanecarbonyl chloride. J Sep Sci 2006; 29:1390-8. [PMID: 16894783 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200600025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 11/10/2022]
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Enantiomeric discrimination of chiral primary amines was performed by both reversed-phase HPLC and normal-phase HPLC after labeling with a chiral fluorescent derivatization reagent, (1R,2R)- and (1S,2S)-trans-2-(2,3-anthracenedicarboximido)cyclohexanecarbonyl chloride. Use of HPLC permits separation of diastereomeric derivatives of amines up to C30 which have a primary amino group at the middle of the alkyl chain. The derivatives of primary amines having an anteiso alkyl chain, which has a chiral branched-methyl at the n-3 position of the alkyl chain, were also separated by HPLC, and it was also possible to separate niphatesine D by reversed-phase HPLC after derivatization.
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- Kazuaki Akasaka
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
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Mitsunaga-Nakatsubo K, Harada Y, Satoh N, Shimada H, Akasaka K. Brachyury homolog (HpTa) is involved in the formation of archenteron and secondary mesenchyme cell differentiation in the sea urchin embryo. ZOOLOGY 2006; 104:99-102. [PMID: 16351823 DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-2410018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2001] [Accepted: 08/01/2001] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Sea urchin Brachyury homolog (HpTa) is expressed exclusively in the vegetal plate and secondary mesenchyme cells in the embryos of sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus. In order to gain insights into the role of HpTa during sea urchin development, we designed experiments to perturb the embryo by inducing ectopic overexpression of HpTa by injecting fertilized eggs with HpTa mRNA. The overexpression of HpTa resulted in suppression of the formation of vegetal plate and secondary mesenchyme cells. We assume that the interaction of HpTa with unknown factors is required for the activation of the HpTa target genes, and that the excess amount of HpTa proteins produced from injected HpTa mRNA depletes the co-factors. In consequence, the target genes of HpTa would be repressed by the overexpression of HpTa. We suggest that HpTa is involved in the formation of the vegetal plate and the differentiation of secondary mesenchyme cells.
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- K Mitsunaga-Nakatsubo
- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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Gyimesi-Forrás K, Leitner A, Akasaka K, Lindner W. Comparative study on the use of ortho-phthalaldehyde, naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde and anthracene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde reagents for alpha-amino acids followed by the enantiomer separation of the formed isoindolin-1-one derivatives using quinine-type chiral stationary phases. J Chromatogr A 2005; 1083:80-8. [PMID: 16078691 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Cinchona alkaloid based chiral stationary phases (CSPs) were evaluated and compared for the enantiomer separation of a set of alpha-amino acid derivatives as selectands (SA), using ortho-phthalaldehyde (OPA), naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde (NDA) and anthracene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde (ADA) as reagents in the presence of acetonitrile. Protocols have been developed for the derivatization of most common amino acids in the absence of the usual thiol components (2-mercaptoethanol, mercaptosulphonic acid, sodium sulfite) under acidic and neutral conditions providing the corresponding isoindolin-1-one (phthalimidine) derivatives. They are stable for hours at various reaction conditions compared to thiol or sulfide modified isoindoles resulted by the OPA-thiol reaction type. Among the derivatizing agents, ADA afforded the highest retention factors (k) and for the majority of the analytes also resolution (Rs) and enantioselectivity (alpha) values (i.e. for tryptophan k1 = 23, Rs = 4.93 and alpha = 1.43). Structure variation of the CSPs and selector (SO), respectively indicates that steric arrangement around the binding cleft plays a major role in the enantiodiscriminating events. To provide more detailed information about the derivatization reaction itself, the proposed mechanism for the formation of the OPA derivative (isoindolin-l-one) was further evaluated by deuterium labeling and LC-MS analysis.
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- Krisztina Gyimesi-Forrás
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Strasse 38, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Gyimesi-Forrás K, Akasaka K, Lämmerhofer M, Maier NM, Fujita T, Watanabe M, Harada N, Lindner W. Enantiomer separation of a powerful chiral auxiliary, 2-methoxy-2-(1-naphthyl)propionic acid by liquid chromatography using chiral anion exchanger-type stationary phases in polar-organic mode; investigation of molecular recognition aspects. Chirality 2005; 17 Suppl:S134-42. [PMID: 15806575 DOI: 10.1002/chir.20123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The enantiodiscriminating potential of the weak anion exchange-type quinine-based chiral stationary phases (CSPs) for direct enantiomer separation of racemic 2-methoxy-2-(1-naphthyl)propionic acid (selectand, SA) was studied. The influence of structure variations of the selector (SO) in the carbamate functional group and/or in the C6' position of quinoline moiety on retention and enantioselectivity was investigated. Systematic chromatographic studies were made to gain more insight into the overall chiral recognition mechanism for a given mobile phase. In this context, the tert-butylcarbamoyl quinine and the corresponding diisopropylphenyl-derived selector provided the highest resolution and enantioselectivity under polar-organic conditions with the elution order of (R) before the (S) enantiomer. When the bulkiness of the substituents in the C6' position of the SO was increased, the selectivity was decreased in all cases. Alkylation of the nitrogen atom in the carbamate functionality of the SO resulted in the complete loss of enantiomer separation, confirming the crucial importance of the hydrogen-bond formation involved in the stereodiscriminating events. In addition, ten different mono-, bi-, or trivalent acids, necessary as competitor molecules (counter-ions) of the mobile phase, were screened to judge their influence on retention and overall enantioselectivity. Among them, acetic acid, formic acid, N-acetylglycine, and glycolic acid proved to be the most promising counter-ions with R(S) values of 6.35, 6.81, 8.19, and 7.34, respectively. On the basis of chromatographic data, a tentative molecular recognition model was proposed. Simultaneous ion-pairing and hydrogen bonding, in concert with pi-pi stacking and steric interactions, were expected to be responsible for chiral recognition mechanism. This was partially corroborated by structural and/or conformational analysis of the tert-butylcarbamoyl quinine-2-methoxy-2-(1-naphthyl)propionic acid (SO-SA) complex.
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Ohtaki T, Akasaka K, Kabuto C, Ohrui H. Chiral discrimination of secondary alcohols by both1H-NMR and HPLC after labeling with a chiral derivatization reagent, 2-(2,3-anthracenedicarboximide)cyclohexane carboxylic acid. Chirality 2005; 17 Suppl:S171-6. [PMID: 15856524 DOI: 10.1002/chir.20141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Enantiomeric discrimination of chiral secondary alcohols was performed by both reversed-phase HPLC and 1H-NMR after labeling with a chiral fluorescent derivatization reagent, 2-(2,3-anthracenedicarboximide)cyclohexanecarboxylic acid. It was possible to discriminate by HPLC the chirality of alcohols up to C30 having a chiral hydroxyl group at the middle of the straight alkyl chain, and, by 1H-NMR, alcohols up to C16. For alcohols having one straight alkyl and one isoalkyl group with the same carbon numbers at both sides of a hydroxyl group, it was possible to discriminate the chiralities of alcohols up to C19 by both 1H-NMR and HPLC. The 1H-NMR methods also made it possible to determine absolute configurations empirically.
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- Takashi Ohtaki
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Akasaka K, Gyimesi-Forrás K, Lämmerhofer M, Fujita T, Watanabe M, Harada N, Lindner W. Investigations of molecular recognition aspects related to the enantiomer separation of 2-methoxy-2-(1-naphthyl)propionic acid using quinine carbamate as chiral selector: An NMR and FT-IR spectroscopic as well as X-ray crystallographic study. Chirality 2005; 17:544-55. [PMID: 16189833 DOI: 10.1002/chir.20203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The chiral recognition mechanism of a cinchona alkaloid-based chiral stationary phase (CSP) showing high enantiomer discrimination potential for 2-methoxy-2-(1-naphthyl)propionic acid (MalphaNP acid) was investigated. Conformational and structural analyses of the 1:1 complexes of 9-O-(tert-butylcarbamoyl) quinine selector (SO) and MalphaNP acid (selectand, SA) were carried out employing NMR spectroscopy in solution, Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, and solid-state X-ray diffraction analysis. Intramolecular NOEs of a soluble analogue of the CSP afforded the conformational states of the free and complexed form of the selector. The (1)H-NMR spectra revealed that the free form of the SO constitutes anti-open as well as anti-closed and/or syn-closed conformers. Upon complexation with the (S)-MalphaNP acid enantiomer to form the more stable diastereomeric associate, a conformational transition of the selector takes place, resulting in the synthesis of the anti-open conformer nearly exclusively. FT-IR spectra reveal that, besides the primary ion-pairing interaction, stereoselective hydrogen bonding stabilizes the more stable complex via the amide hydrogen of the SO. X-ray diffraction analysis of 9-O-(tert-butylcarbamoyl)quinine and (S)-MalphaNP acid complex further revealed the occurrence of a bidentate H-bond-mediated ionic interaction between SO and SA as well as the lack of pi-pi interaction in the 1:1 complex, and corroborated the conclusions derived from spectroscopic and chromatographic studies.
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- Kazuaki Akasaka
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Hino S, Fan J, Taguwa S, Akasaka K, Matsuoka M. Sea urchin insulator protects lentiviral vector from silencing by maintaining active chromatin structure. Gene Ther 2004; 11:819-28. [PMID: 14985785 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [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: 11/09/2022]
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Suppressed expression of transgenes in vivo is the major obstacle in the gene therapy. For the long-term expression, we utilized a chromatin insulator from sea urchin arylsulfatase (Ars) gene locus (Ars insulator, ArsI), which has been shown to epigenetically regulate gene expression across species. ArsI was able to prevent silencing of the transgene in a myeloid cell line, HL-60, and a murine embryonic stem cell line, CCE, in an orientation-dependent manner, but not in Huh-7, K562 and MCF-7 cells, indicating that the effect of ArsI on gene silencing was cell type dependent. Although anti-silencing effect of ArsI was almost equivalent to that of chicken beta-globin insulator, incorporation of ArsI into lentiviral vector had little effect on the virus titer compared with chicken beta-globin insulator. Clonal analysis of transduced HL-60 cells revealed that ArsI protects the lentiviral vector from position effects regardless of its orientation. Furthermore, chromatin immunoprecipitation assays revealed that a high acetylation level was observed in the promoter of the insulated vector, whereas that of ArsI was independent of its anti-silencing capacity. In addition to it having little deteriorative effect on the virus titer, the identified anti-silencing effect of ArsI suggested its possibility for application in gene therapy.
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- S Hino
- Laboratory of Virus Immunology, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Hata K, Kono R, Fujisawa M, Kitahara R, Kamatari YO, Akasaka K, Xu Y. High pressure nmr study of dihydrofolate reductase from a deep-sea bacterium Moritella profunda. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 2004; 50:311-6. [PMID: 15529739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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We have investigated the effect of pressure and temperature on the structural and thermodynamic stability of a protein dihydrofolate reductase from a deep-sea bacterium Moritella profunda in its folate-bound form in the pressure range between 3 and 375 MPa and the temperature range between -5 and 30 degrees C. The on-line cell variable pressure 1H NMR spectroscopy has been used to analyze the chemical shift and signal intensity in one-dimensional 1H NMR spectra. Thermodynamic analysis based on signal intensities from protons in the core part indicates that the thermodynamic stability of Moritella profunda DHFR is relatively low over the temperature range between -5 and 30 degrees C (deltaG0=15.8 +/- 4.1 kJ/mol at 15 degrees C), but is well adapted to the living environment of the bacterium (2 degrees C and 28 MPa), with the maximum stability around 5 degrees C (at 0.1 MPa) and a relatively small volume change upon unfolding (deltaV= 66 +/- 19 ml/mol). Despite the relatively low overall stability, the conformation in the core part of the folded protein remains intact up to approximately 200 MPa, showing marked stability of the core of this protein.
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- K Hata
- Department of Biotechnological Science, School of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kinki University, Wakayama, Japan
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Highly sensitive chiral labeling reagents, (1R,2R)- and (1S,2S)-2-(2,3-anthracenedicarboximido)cyclohexanecarboxylic acids [(1R,2R)- and (1S,2S)-A] and (1R,2R)- and (1S,2S)-2-(2,3-naphthalenedicarboximido)cyclohexanecarboxylic acids [(1R,2R)- and (1S,2S)-A'], were prepared. Reagent A has enabled us to discriminate the enantiomers of anteiso fatty alcohols up to C9 methyl branching by 1H NMR, and both reagents A and A' have allowed up to C16 methyl branching at the 10(-15) molar level by fluorescence detected reversed-phase HPLC.
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Tashiro T, Akasaka K, Ohrui H, Fattorusso E, Mori K. Determination of the Absolute Configuration at the Two Cyclopropane Moieties of Plakoside A, an Immunosuppressive Marine Galactosphingolipid. European J Org Chem 2002. [DOI: 10.1002/1099-0690(200211)2002:21<3659::aid-ejoc3659>3.0.co;2-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Akasaka K, Shichijyukari S, Meguro H, Ohrui H. Determination of the absolute configurations of the anteiso acid moieties of glycoglycerolipid S365A isolated from Corynebacterium aquaticum. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2002; 66:1719-22. [PMID: 12353633 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.1719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The absolute configurations of the two acid moieties, 12-methyltetradecanoate and 14-methylhexadecanoate, of glycoglycerolipid S365A isolated from Corynebacterium aquaticum were determined by an HPLC analysis after their conversion with the chiral fluorescent labeling reagents, (1S,2S)- and (1R,2R)-2-(2,3-anthracenedicarboximido)cyclohexanol. Both anteiso acids had the S configuration.
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- Kazuaki Akasaka
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan
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Schmid G, Fukuyama T, Akasaka K, Kishi Y. Synthetic studies on polyether antibiotics. 4. Total synthesis of monensin. 1. Stereocontrolled synthesis of the left half of monensin. J Am Chem Soc 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/ja00495a064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fukuyama T, Akasaka K, Karanewsky DS, Wang CLJ, Schmid G, Kishi Y. Synthetic studies on polyether antibiotics. 6. Total synthesis of monensin. 3. Stereocontrolled total synthesis of monensin. J Am Chem Soc 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/ja00495a066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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For the purpose of deducing the digestive behavior of dietary fat in the digestive organs, a fluorimetric method for the measurement of hydrolysis by porcine pancreatic lipase was performed using intermediate- and long- acyl chain glycerides as substrates. Insoluble glycerides constituted by C10-C16 acyl chains were mechanically dispersed in 100% buffer and hydrolyzed by porcine pancreatic lipase. After the reaction, fatty acid released by the enzyme was extracted and its carboxyl group was fluorescently labeled with 9-bromomethylacridine. The 9-acridinylmethyl derivative of the fatty acid was separated and determined by HPLC. The sensitivity of this method was about 1000 times higher than that of the titrimetric method. Only 0.5 ng of porcine pancreatic lipase was sufficient for one routine assay. This assay method was successfully applied to investigate the enzymatic properties of porcine pancreatic lipase with respect to dietary lipids. The effects of some physiological factors concerned with lipid digestion, such as bile salt and colipase, on the lipase hydrolysis were also examined. The method established in the present study could contribute to a highly sensitive assay of some hydrolases containing lipase with regard to insoluble substrates.
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- Wakako Tsuzuki
- National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- K Akasaka
- Department of Molecular Science, Kobe University, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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Structure formation in two species of the two-disulfide variant of hen lysozyme was investigated by means of CD spectroscopy, disulfide exchange measurement, and 1H-NMR spectroscopy. One species, 2SS [6-127, 30-115], which contained the two disulfide bonds found in the alpha-domain of authentic lysozyme, had amounts of secondary and tertiary structures, and bacteriolytic activity comparable to those of authentic lysozyme, and showed a cooperative thermal unfolding. By contrast, the other species, 2SS [64-80, 76-94], which contained the beta-domain disulfide bond as well as the inter-domain one, had a limited amount of secondary structure and little tertiary structure. Disulfide-exchange did not occur for 2SS [6-127, 30-115], whereas it occurred for 2SS [64-80, 76-94], indicating that the protein main-chain fold coupled with the formation of two disulfide bonds is relatively stable for the former variant, while unstable for the latter. 1H-NMR spectra of 2SS [6-127, 30-115] showed that native-like local environment is present within the region that corresponds to the alpha-domain, while it is absent within the region that corresponds to the beta or inter-domain. These results indicate that the alpha-domain of hen lysozyme can be an independent folding domain at equilibrium. Although the bipartite nature in the structure formation of hen lysozyme is similar to that reported for alpha-lactalbumin, differences exist between the disulfide-intermediates of the two proteins in terms of the structural domain that accomplishes tertiary structure.
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- H Tachibana
- Department of Biology, Kobe University, Japan.
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High-pressure 15N/1H two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy has been utilized to study conformational fluctuation of a 76-residue protein ubiquitin at pH 4.5 at 20 degrees C. The on-line variable pressure cell technique is used in conjunction with a high-field NMR spectrometer operating at 750 MHz for 1H in the pressure range between 30 and 3500 bar. Large, continuous and reversible pressure-induced 1H and 15N chemical shifts were observed for 68 backbone amide groups, including the 7.52 ppm 15N shift of Val70 at 3500 bar, indicating a large-scale conformational change of ubiquitin with pressure. On the basis of the analysis of sigmoid-shaped pressure shifts, we conclude that ubiquitin exists as an equilibrium mixture of two major folded conformers mutually converting at a rate exceeding approximately 10(4) s(-1) at 20 degrees C at 2000 bar. The second conformer exists at a population of approximately 15% (DeltaG(0) = 4.2 kJ/mol) and is characterized with a significantly smaller partial molar volume (DeltaV(0) = -24 mL/mol) than that of the well-known basic native conformer. The analysis of 1H and 15N pressure shifts of individual amide groups indicates that the second conformer has a loosened core structure with weakened hydrogen bonds in the five-stranded beta-sheet. Furthermore, hydrogen bonds of residues 67-72 belonging to beta5 are substantially weakened or partially broken, giving increased freedom of motion for the C-terminal segment. The latter is confirmed by the significant decrease in 15N[1H] nuclear Overhauser effect for residues beyond 70 at high pressure. Since the C-terminal carboxyl group constitutes the reactive site for producing a multi-ubiquitin structure, the finding of the second folded conformer with a substantially altered conformation and mobility in the C-terminal region will shed new light on the reaction mechanism of ubiquitin.
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- R Kitahara
- Department of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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Inoue K, Maurer T, Yamada H, Herrmann C, Horn G, Kalbitzer HR, Akasaka K. High-pressure NMR study of the complex of a GTPase Rap1A with its effector RalGDS. A conformational switch in RalGDS revealed from non-linear pressure shifts. FEBS Lett 2001; 506:180-4. [PMID: 11602241 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02809-5] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Unusually large non-linear 1H and 15N nuclear magnetic resonance chemical shifts against pressure have been detected for individual amide groups of the Ras-binding domain of Ral guanine dissociation stimulator (GDS). The non-linear response is largest in the region of the protein remote from the Rap1A-binding site, which increases by about two-fold by the complex formation with its effector protein Rap1A. The unusual non-linearity is explained by the increasing population of another conformer (N'), lying energetically above the basic native conformer (N), at higher pressure. It is considered likely that the conformational change from N to N' in the Ras-binding domain of RalGDS works as a switch to transmit the effector signal further to molecules of different RalGDS-dependent signaling pathways.
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- K Inoue
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Japan
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Lassalle MW, Yamada H, Morii H, Ogata K, Sarai A, Akasaka K. Filling a cavity dramatically increases pressure stability of the c-Myb R2 subdomain. Proteins 2001; 45:96-101. [PMID: 11536365 DOI: 10.1002/prot.1128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Cavities or packing defects in proteins may generally be related with the dynamics and function of a protein. In the c-Myb R2 subdomain, its single cavity has been shown to be crucial for its DNA recognition. Cavities are also considered important in determining the pressure stability of a protein. In the present work, high-pressure proton nuclear magnetic resonance ((1)H NMR) spectroscopy at 750 MHz is used to study the effect of a cavity-filling mutation (V103L) on the stability of the c-Myb R2 subdomain in the pressure range between 1 and 3,700 bar at 5 degrees C. A dramatic increase in the pressure stability of the c-Myb R2 subdomain is attained, from which we estimate the cavity size to be 35.3 A(3), in good agreement with literature values. We also evaluated the increase in thermodynamic stability DeltaG(0)(1bar) from 5.35 kJ/mol to 7.34 kJ/mol by the mutation, giving a clear example of the effect of a cavity on the global stability of a globular protein.
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- M W Lassalle
- Department of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- K Akasaka
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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