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Matsuzaki S, Nakayama R, Yokoyama S, Hamahata K, Yoshida A. A case of Kawasaki disease with multiple pulmonary nodules of lymphohistiocytic proliferation. Pediatr Int 2022; 64:e14978. [PMID: 35139254 DOI: 10.1111/ped.14978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Sayaka Matsuzaki
- Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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Mizuno S, Matsuzaki S, Yokoyama K, Hamahata K, Yoshida A. Case Report: A Domestic Sponge Brush Used to Clean a Milk Feeding Bottle: The Source of Neonatal Meningitis Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:725940. [PMID: 34631623 PMCID: PMC8495192 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.725940] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a relatively rare cause of neonatal meningitis, and most patients have serious underlying diseases, prematurity, immunodeficiency, or anatomical abnormalities. We report the case of a 7-day-old girl with meningitis caused by P. aeruginosa. She was born full-term and had no immunodeficiency or anatomical abnormalities as far as our investigation ascertained. Through the use of anti-Pseudomonas antibiotics, she recovered without any complications other than a slight hearing disability revealed by audiology testing. P. aeruginosa was also isolated from a domestic sponge brush used to clean her milk bottle. Physicians should consider P. aeruginosa as a possible pathogen of neonatal meningitis even in full-term infants with no immunodeficiency or anatomical abnormalities. Physicians should give advice concerning appropriate hygiene practices to be applied to the neonate's environment.
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- Shinsuke Mizuno
- Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama City, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama City, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama City, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama City, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama City, Japan
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Shiba T, Hamahata K, Yoshida A. Acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion in Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Int 2017; 59:1276-1278. [PMID: 29265712 DOI: 10.1111/ped.13431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Revised: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Herein we describe the case of a 7-month-old girl with Kawasaki disease (KD) in whom status epilepticus with fever developed on day 3 and cluster of seizures on day 6 of illness, followed by severe disturbance of consciousness afterward. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging on day 6 of illness showed diffuse high signals in the bilateral subcortical white matter, while electroencephalogram indicated low-voltage slow waves. This indicated acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion (AESD); severe neurological sequelae remained. This is the first report of AESD as a complication of KD.
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- Takeshi Shiba
- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Shogoin, Sakyo, Kyoto.,Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama City, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama City, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama City, Wakayama, Japan
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Yamazaki T, Shibuya A, Ishii S, Miura N, Ohtake A, Sasaki N, Araki R, Ota Y, Fujiwara M, Miyajima Y, Uetake K, Hamahata K, Kato K, Kawakami K, Toyoda H, Moriguchi N, Okada M, Nishi M, Ogata Y, Takimoto T, Ohga S, Ohta S, Amemiya S. High-dose Cepharanthin for pediatric chronic immune thrombocytopenia in Japan. Pediatr Int 2017; 59:303-308. [PMID: 27596055 DOI: 10.1111/ped.13151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Revised: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND A nationwide, multicenter and observational study was retrospectively conducted to evaluate the clinical utility of Cepharanthin (CEP) for pediatric patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). METHODS Clinical and laboratory data for 46 Japanese patients aged <16 years who were diagnosed as having chronic ITP in 14 hospitals during 2001-2011, and were treated with CEP for >12 months, were analyzed. RESULTS Median daily CEP dose was 1 mg/kg (range, 0.12-2 mg/kg). Median platelet count prior to CEP was 20.5 × 109 /L (IQR, 8.3-53.0 × 109 /L), and then significantly increased to 58.5 × 109 /L (IQR, 22.8-115.0 × 109 /L) and 69.0 × 109 /L (IQR, 23.0-134.0 × 109 /L) at 12 and 24 months of treatment, respectively. No life-threatening bleeds or moderate-severe adverse events were reported. Of 38 patients who received both corticosteroids (CS) and CEP, 17 patients (45%) were weaned from CS, and 15 patients (39%) attained the reduced dose of CS. The duration from the start of CEP to the stopping of CS was a median of 413 days (range, 49-1734 days) in patients who were weaned from CS. CONCLUSIONS CEP alone or combined with CS was useful for the management of pediatric chronic ITPs.
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- Taro Yamazaki
- Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Iruma, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Iruma, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Iruma, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Iruma, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Iruma, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Iruma, Saitama, Japan
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- Community Health Science Center, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Saitama, Japan
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- Toyohira Ota Children's Clinic, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anjo, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Obihiro Kosei Hospital, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama City, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Medical Center, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kagoshima City Hospital, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mie University Hospital, Tsu, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Sakai Hospital, Kindai University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saga University Hospital, Saga City, Saga, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saga University Hospital, Saga City, Saga, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan.,Department of Pediatrics, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Clinical and Education of Doctor Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Iruma, Saitama, Japan
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Oka S, Takeuchi S, Shiragami H, Hamahata K, Nohgawa M. Successful management of venous thromboembolism with apixaban in a multiple myeloma patient on lenalidomide therapy. Rinsho Ketsueki 2017; 58:37-41. [PMID: 28190864 DOI: 10.11406/rinketsu.58.37] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A 69-year-old man was diagnosed with multiple myeloma (IgG-κ) in January 2012. He received autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in August 2012 and subsequently maintained a stringent complete remission. In March 2016, he relapsed and was treated with lenalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone (Ld). On day22, he developed an asymptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) despite receiving prophylactic aspirin treatment. Thus, heparin and warfarin were administered. However, his prothrombin time-international normalized ratio did not remain within the target range of 2-3. Therefore, 10 mg/day of apixaban, a factor Xa inhibitor, was administered. The apixaban treatment resulted in favorable and effective control of the patient's VTE on day33. He has continued to receive Ld treatment and has suffered no further VTE or bleeding. Further large studies are needed to assess the efficacy and safety of factor Xa inhibitors for the treatment of MM-associated VTE.
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- Satoko Oka
- Division of Hematology, Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center
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Morimoto Y, Oka S, Tashima M, Hamahata K, Nohgawa M. Chronic GVHD complicated with polymyositis and cardiomyopathy after myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Rinsho Ketsueki 2015; 56:485-90. [PMID: 26062670 DOI: 10.11406/rinketsu.56.485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A 50-year-old woman presented with leukocytosis, anemia, and thrombocytopenia in June 2013. She was diagnosed with de novo acute myeloid leukemia with the t(16;21)(q24;q22) translocation. She received an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant from an HLA-DRB1 locus-mismatched unrelated donor in June 2014. The myeloablative preparative regimen consisted of cyclophosphamide at 60 mg/kg for 2 days and total body irradiation at 12 Gy. On Day 55, she was treated with prednisolone at 20 mg/day for acute GVHD (Grade III; Skin Stage 2, Gut Stage 2, Liver Stage 0) and gradually improved. She had fever, myalgia in the upper limbs, and asymptomatic sinus tachycardia on Day 145. Laboratory tests showed elevated CK, CKMB, aldolase, and troponin I. Electromyographic examination revealed myopathic abnormalities compatible with the diagnosis of myositis. Electrocardiography showed tachycardia and anteroseptal ST elevation, and echocardiography showed hypokinesia of the left interventricular septal wall without evidence of infection or leukemia relapse. She was immediately treated with 40 mg/day prednisolone after the diagnosis of polymyositis and cardiomyopathy, associated with chronic GVHD. The polymyositis and cardiomyopathy improved promptly after the administration of prednisolone and the patient remains in remission with a current maintenance program of prednisolone at 5 mg/day.
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- Yuki Morimoto
- Division of Hematology, Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center
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Hamahata K, Kotani SI, Oka S, Ukyo N, Watanabe N, Nogawa M. [Development of donor cell leukemia mimicking hematogones after unrelated cord blood transplantation for relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia]. Rinsho Ketsueki 2013; 54:473-477. [PMID: 23727687] [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: 06/02/2023]
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A 26-year-old woman, who developed ALL when she was eighteen years old, achieved remission after chemotherapy. Her ALL relapsed when she was twenty-two years old. After re-induction therapy, she underwent cord blood transplantation. Her bone marrow examination on the 42nd day revealed a lymphoblast count of 16%. She was observed without any therapy, but her bone marrow blast count continued to be around 6% for three years without any symptoms. The bone marrow blast fraction originated from the cord blood. Surface marker analysis of the blast fraction initially revealed a pattern of hematogones that was CD10 and CD19 positive, but then showed a myeloblast pattern that was CD13 and CD33 positive. AML developed as donor cell leukemia. When blasts appear in the early phase after transplantation and persist, an observation period is necessary with molecular chimerism, morphology, and surface marker analysis of the blast fraction to consider relapse, hematogones, or donor cell leukemia.
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- Keigo Hamahata
- Department of Hematology, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center
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Nagai A, Zou N, Kubota M, Kojima C, Adachi S, Usami I, Okada M, Tanizawa A, Hamahata K, Matsubara K, Higuchi M, Imaizumi M. Fatigue in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemia in Japan. Pediatr Int 2012; 54:272-6. [PMID: 22136577 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2011.03530.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Fatigue in cancer survivors is a serious problem in pediatric oncology, but reports on this issue are limited, especially in Asian countries. METHODS Sixty-three patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and 18 patients with acute myeloid leukemia who attended a follow-up outpatient clinic were enrolled. Participants were required to be >8 years of age, in remission, and without any cancer treatment for at least the previous 1 year. A control group consisted of 243 subjects whose age and gender were matched with the patient group. A questionnaire consisting of 12 items was devised for fatigue measurement. RESULTS Principal factor analysis identified three dimensions, defined as physical fatigue, decreased function, and altered mood. The mean total and the three fatigue dimension scores tended to be higher in the control group, but significant differences between the scores were seen only in the total and physical fatigue scores. Multiple regression analysis indicated an association of present older age or shorter duration after completion of treatment with total and physical fatigue, and an association of presence of total body irradiation with decreased function. CONCLUSION Pediatric leukemia survivors in Japan experience equal or less fatigue compared with that of controls in different fatigue dimensions. Elucidation of underlying mechanisms of cancer-related fatigue including the differences of cultural background among different countries is necessary for future study of this issue.
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- Ayako Nagai
- Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University, Nara, Japan
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Saida S, Yoshida A, Tanaka R, Abe J, Hamahata K, Okumura M, Momoi T. A case of drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome-like symptoms following HHV-6 encephalopathy. Allergol Int 2010; 59:83-6. [PMID: 19946201 DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.09-cr-0090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2009] [Accepted: 06/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS) is a rare but severe disorder due to a systemic hypersensitivity reaction. We report on a case with DIHS-like symptoms following human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6) infection complicated with encephalopathy. CASE SUMMARY An 11-month-old girl suffered from a human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6) infection (exanthema subitum) complicated with encephalopathy. We treated the patient with continuous infusion of thiopental, assisted mechanical ventilation, methylprednisolone pulse therapy, and gamma-globulin infusion therapy starting on the fifth day of the illness and started phenobarbital administration on the eleventh day. The patient developed a fever, systemic erythematous exanthema, lymphadenopathy, and eosinophilia two weeks after the start of phenobarbital administration. Steroid therapy, methylprednisolone (4 mg/kg/day) followed by oral prednisolone (1 mg/kg/day), was started on the 28th day and was tapered off on the 72nd day after admission. Serum anti-HHV-6 IgG antibody elevation and the presence of HHV-6 DNA in the peripheral blood detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis suggested reactivation of HHV-6 after the primary infection of HHV-6. Lymphocyte transformation test for phenobarbital was positive three weeks after the DIHS crisis. DISCUSSION HHV-6 reactivation is a unique feature in DIHS. In general one develops DIHS accompanied by reactivation of HHV-6 which has been residing in the body since the initial infection (exanthema subitum) in early childhood. This is the first report of a patient with DIHS-like symptoms which developed immediately following the primary infection of HHV-6.
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- Satoshi Saida
- Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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Kubota M, Adachi S, Usami I, Okada M, Kitoh T, Shiota M, Taniguchi Y, Tanizawa A, Nanbu M, Hamahata K, Fujino H, Matsubara K, Wakazono Y, Nakahata T. Characterization of chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in Japanese children: a retrospective multi-center study. Int J Hematol 2010; 91:252-7. [PMID: 20049564 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-009-0484-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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] [Received: 10/25/2009] [Revised: 12/15/2009] [Accepted: 12/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The objectives of this study are to clarify (1) the difference in demographic and clinical variables at initial presentation between acute and chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), and (2) the prognostic factors of patients with chronic ITP. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 247 children with newly diagnosed ITP between April 1991 and March 2006 who visited one of the 12 hospitals belonging to the Kyoto University Pediatric Hematologic Study Group. 180 and 67 cases were classified as the acute type and as the chronic type, respectively. Older age, higher initial platelet count, positive medical history or concomitant medical diagnosis, the absence of preceding infection or vaccination, and the absence of an increase in immunoglobulin were risk factors for the chronicity. The prognostic factors in chronic ITP were evaluated in 53 patients after excluding patients receiving splenectomy or having insufficient follow-up data. The overall time required for 50% resolution in patients with chronic ITP was approximately 5.6 years. Age at presentation of less than 3 years and higher platelet counts at the time of chronic ITP diagnosis were good prognostic factors. On the other hand, gender, initial platelet counts, and preceding infection or vaccination were not associated with the prognosis.
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- Masaru Kubota
- Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University, Kitauoya-nishi Machi, Nara, Japan.
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Hamahata K, Adachi S, Matsubara H, Okada M, Imai T, Watanabe KI, Toyokuni SY, Ueno M, Wakabayashi S, Katanosaka Y, Akiba S, Kubota M, Nakahata T. Mitochondrial dysfunction is related to necrosis-like programmed cell death induced by A23187 in CEM cells. Eur J Pharmacol 2005; 516:187-96. [PMID: 15963976 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.04.018] [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] [Received: 04/05/2005] [Accepted: 04/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We have previously reported that calcium ionophore A23187 differentially induces necrosis in CEM cells, a T-lymphoblastic leukemia cell line, and apoptosis in HL60 cells, a promyelocytic leukemia cell line. Stimulation with VP16, however, induces typical apoptosis in both cell lines. Necrosis in CEM cells, characterized by cell shrinkage and clustering, began within 5 min of treatment. Swelling of the mitochondria, lumpy chromatin condensation and intact plasma membranes were evident by electron microscopy. These A23187-mediated changes in CEM cells were suppressed by clonazepam or CGP37157, inhibitors of the mitochondrial Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger. The changes, however, were not affected by cyclosporin A, an inhibitor of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore. In both CEM and HL60 cells, intra-cellular calcium increased with similar amplitude within 1 min of treatment with 2 microM A23187. Intra-mitochondrial calcium increased with clonazepam pre-treatment alone in both CEM and HL60 cells. However, intra-mitochondrial calcium did not change drastically in response to A23187 in CEM or HL60 cells, either untreated or pre-treated with clonazepam. A23187 induces necrosis in CEM cells concurrent with mitochondrial dysfunction, which is independent of the mitochondrial permeability transition, but affected by intra-mitochondrial calcium, while HL60 cells lack these early changes. Differences in the responses to A23187 between these two cell lines might derive from differences in the susceptibility of the mitochondrial membrane to rapid increases in intra-cellular calcium.
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- Keigo Hamahata
- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Hamahata K, Kubota M, Usami I, Lin YW, Shimizu K, Morimoto A, Nakahata T. Somatic cell mutation in pediatric patients undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Mutat Res 2002; 517:21-8. [PMID: 12034305 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(02)00023-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [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: 10/17/2022]
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In order to examine whether bone marrow transplantation (BMT) has genotoxic effects in vivo, mutant frequencies (Mfs) at the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (Hprt) locus were evaluated. Thirty-seven pediatric patients who had received allogeneic BMT for various hematologic or immunologic disorders were enrolled. Nine out of the 37 patients (24.3%) were found to have Hprt-Mfs exceeding the 99% confidence limits calculated from observation of healthy controls. Among factors including gender, primary disease of the patient, donor-recipient histocompatibility relationship, age of donor, and total body irradiation as conditioning regimen, none was associated with an increased Hprt-Mf. In three patients who had chimerism in their peripheral blood after BMT, Hprt mutant clones turned out to be of donor- or recipient-origin. Mfs at the T-cell receptor (TCR) locus were examined in 28 patients. Four patients (14.3%) were found to have increased TCR-Mfs. However, there were not any patients who showed elevation of both Hprt-and TCR-Mfs. These data, taken together, suggest that BMT may cause genotoxicity in vivo in some patients.
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- Keigo Hamahata
- Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Miyazaki M, Lin YW, Okada M, Hamahata K, Kubota M. Childhood cutaneous natural killer/T lymphoma successfully treated with only one course of chemotherapy and incomplete tumor resection. Haematologica 2001; 86:883-4. [PMID: 11524256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023] Open
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Lin YW, Hamahata K, Watanabe K, Adachi S, Akiyama Y, Kubota M, Nakahata T. Repetitious appearance and disappearance of different kinds of clonal cytogenetic abnormalities after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Int J Hematol 2001; 74:86-9. [PMID: 11530811 DOI: 10.1007/bf02982555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We report a childhood case that showed the repeated appearance and disappearance of various kinds of cytogenetic abnormalities (CA) for 5.5 years after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The patient underwent allogeneic BMT from an HLA-matched unrelated donor during the second complete remission of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The conditioning regimen for BMT consisted of etoposide, cyclophosphamide, anti-human thymocyte immunoglobulin, and total body irradiation. There were no leukemic relapses or secondary acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome (AML/MDS) since the BMT. The CA occurred from residual recipient cells, which were damaged by chemotherapy or radiation prior to BMT. Although previous studies about post-BMT CA had reported the continuous emergence of identical clones, the present case showed the appearance of one different type of clone after another. Although the appearance of different types of CA may mean that these clones did not obtain any growth advantages, it may be a sign of genomic instability, which is probably a risk factor for the development of secondary AML/MDS.
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- Y W Lin
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
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Lin YW, Watanabe K, Hamahata K, Adachi S, Akiyama Y, Usami I, Kubota M, Tsutsui T, Shimizu K, Ohta S, Sawada M, Kitoh T, Kataoka A, Wakazono Y, Nakahata T. [Childhood t(8;21) acute myelocytic leukemia: a comparison of clinical features and risk factors with adult cases]. Rinsho Ketsueki 2001; 42:8-14. [PMID: 11235136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Despite the abundance of reports describing adult cases of t(8;21) acute myelocytic leukemia (AML), childhood cases have received little attention. We retrospectively investigated 14 childhood cases of t(8;21) AML, and compared their clinical characteristics with those of adult cases, focusing on the risk factors for poor prognosis. Seventy-one percent of the patients had fever. Their mean leukocyte count was 12,700/microliter, and they showed decreased NAP activity. The cell surface showed positivity for CD13, 33, 19, 34, and HLA-DR. The complete remission rate was 100%, and relapse was observed in three of the patients. Bone marrow eosinophilia was present in a smaller proportion of the childhood cases than in the adult cases. Although an increased leukocyte count, tumor formation, and other risk factors have been reported in adults, there was no correlation between these factors and prognosis in our childhood cases. As children who showed AML relapse had TdT-positive blasts, detectable blast TdT activity may be a risk factor for relapse in childhood cases of t(8;21) AML. However, to confirm this, a study with a larger subject base should be conducted.
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- Y W Lin
- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
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The occurrence of a second neoplasm is one of the major obstacles in cancer chemotherapy. The elucidation of the genotoxic effects induced by anti-cancer drugs is considered to be helpful in identifying the degree of cancer risk. Numerous investigations on cancer patients after chemotherapy have demonstrated: (i) an increase in the in vivo somatic cell mutant frequency (Mf) at three genetic loci, including hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl-transferase (hprt), glycophorin A (GPA), and the T-cell receptor (TCR), and (ii) alterations in the mutational spectra of hprt mutants. However, the time required for and the degree of such changes are quite variable among patients even if they have received the same chemotherapy, suggesting the existence of underlying genetic factor(s). Accordingly, some cancer patients prior to chemotherapy as well as patients with cancer-prone syndrome have been found to show an elevated Mf. Based on the information obtained from somatic cell mutation assays, an individualized chemotherapy should be considered in order to minimize the risk of a second neoplasm.
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- M Kubota
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kawahara-cho 54, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, 606-8507, Kyoto, Japan.
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Watanabe K, Kubota M, Hamahata K, Lin Y, Usami I. Prevention of etoposide-induced apoptosis by proteasome inhibitors in a human leukemic cell line but not in fresh acute leukemia blasts. A differential role of NF-kappab activation. Biochem Pharmacol 2000; 60:823-30. [PMID: 10930537 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(00)00387-7] [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: 02/07/2023]
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Recent research indicates that the proteasome is one of the non-caspase proteases involved in apoptotic signaling pathways. Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation, one of the key factors in apoptosis, can be prevented through abrogation of IkappaBalpha degradation by proteasome inhibition. We have investigated the effects of the proteasome inhibitors carbobenzoxyl-L-leucyl-L-leucyl-L-leucinal (MG132) and N-acetyl-L-leucinyl-L-leucinyl-L-norleucinal (LLnL) on apoptosis and NF-kappaB activation induced by etoposide, using a human leukemia cell line (U937) and leukemia blasts freshly isolated from patients with acute leukemia. Pretreatment of U937 cells with MG132 or LLnL inhibited etoposide-induced morphological apoptosis and caspase-3 activation. Furthermore, MG132 or LLnL prevented NF-kappaB activation and IkappaBalpha degradation, but not IkappaBalpha phosphorylation at Ser32. Other inhibitors of NF-kappaB activation, including pyrrrolidine dithiocarbamate (an antioxidant) and the peptide SN50 (an inhibitor of translocation of activated NF-kappaB into the nucleus), also attenuated etoposide-induced apoptosis. In leukemia blasts, although proteasome inhibitors suppressed NF-kappaB activation induced by etoposide, they were unable to prevent morphological apoptosis. Moreover, proteasome inhibitors by themselves caused apoptosis in leukemia blasts at the concentrations employed in this study. These results suggest that the role that NF-kappaB plays in apoptosis induced by etoposide in a human leukemia cell line may be different from the role it plays in freshly isolated leukemia blasts.
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- K Watanabe
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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Kubota M, Hamahata K, Watanabe K, Lin YW, Koishi S, Usami I, Nakahata T, Akiyama Y. [Three pediatric cases of erythroleukemia: review of the literature on prognostic factors]. Rinsho Ketsueki 2000; 41:212-7. [PMID: 10774250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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We encountered 3 patients with erythroleukemia who showed differing outcomes. The first patient was an 11-year-old girl who was treated with an ANLL 91 national protocol followed by bone marrow transplantation from an HLA-identical brother. She is still in complete remission after 6 years. The second patient was a 15-year-old girl. Treatment with low dose Ara-C was effective. She experienced a relapse once, but achieved her second remission with low dose-Ara-C plus vitamin D. Up to the present, she has maintained remission for 5 years. The third patient was a 1-month-old girl who initially presented with an increase of proerythroblasts with infiltration to the liver. Although her response to Ara-C and etoposide was favorable, she died of a generalized fungal infection in the leukopenic phase. Chromosomal analyses of bone marrow cells were normal for patients 1 and 2, but patient 3 had an abnormal complex karyotype. We think the prognosis for erythroleukemia in childhood is not necessarily poor in all cases. Appropriate treatment should be based on the patient's age, the proportion of proerythroblasts, and the presence of chromosomal abnormalities.
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- M Kubota
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University
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Several investigators have reported patients with acute pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) caused by anticonvulsants, antibiotics, or antithyroid agents. Allopurinol is known to be a causative agent of aplastic anemia, but there have been few reports of acute PRCA induced by allopurinol. We describe here a 15-year-old boy who suffered from anemia 6 weeks after initiation of allopurinol therapy; his anemia immediately improved after cessation of the drug. His bone marrow showed severe erythroid hypoplasia with a myeloid/erythroid ratio of 18.6 and low expression of glycophorin A detected on cell-surface antigen analysis. No morphological abnormalities were observed in myeloid series and megakaryocytes. The prolonged plasma iron disappearance rate and the decreased plasma iron turnover rate also indicated erythroid hypoplasia. He had been free from any infections, including parvovirus B19, before manifestation of PRCA. Taken together, these results suggest a diagnosis of acute PRCA. This side effect of allopurinol should be taken into consideration.
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- Y W Lin
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Okura K, Kamimura K, Hamahata K, Iijima M, Yoshimoto M, Yamakawa T, Yamakawa M, Kuroki S, Kiriyama I, Haruta T. Effects of the recent great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake on emergency pediatric care. Acta Paediatr Jpn 1995; 37:717-25. [PMID: 8775560 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1995.tb03413.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- K Okura
- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe City General Hospital, Japan
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Lee K, Miwa S, Koshimura K, Hasegawa H, Hamahata K, Fujiwara M. Effects of hypoxia on the catecholamine release, Ca2+ uptake, and cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration in cultured bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. J Neurochem 1990; 55:1131-7. [PMID: 2398351 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1990.tb03115.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The purpose of the present study is to clarify the effects of hypoxia on catecholamine release and its mechanism of action. For this purpose, using cultured bovine adrenal chromaffin cells, we examined the effects of hypoxia on high (55 mM) K(+)-induced increases in catecholamine release, in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), and in 45Ca2+ uptake. Experiments were carried out in media preequilibrated with a gas mixture of either 21% O2/79% N2 (control) or 100% N2 (hypoxia). High K(+)-induced catecholamine release was inhibited by hypoxia to approximately 40% of the control value, but on reoxygenation the release returned to control levels. Hypoxia had little effect on ATP concentrations in the cells. In the hypoxic medium, [Ca2+]i (measured using fura-2) gradually increased and reached a plateau of approximately 1.0 microM at 30 min, whereas the level was constant in the control medium (approximately 200 nM). High K(+)-induced increases in [Ca2+]i were inhibited by hypoxia to approximately 30% of the control value. In the cells permeabilized by digitonin, catecholamine release induced by Ca2+ was unaffected by hypoxia. Hypoxia had little effect on basal 45Ca2+ uptake into the cells, but high K(+)-induced 45Ca2+ uptake was inhibited by hypoxia. These results suggest that hypoxia inhibits high K(+)-induced catecholamine release and that this inhibition is mainly the result of the inhibition of high K(+)-induced increases in [Ca2+]i subsequent to the inhibition of Ca2+ influx through voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels.
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- K Lee
- Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
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Hayashi Y, Miwa S, Lee K, Koshimura K, Hamahata K, Hasegawa H, Fujiwara M, Watanabe Y. Enhancement of in vivo tyrosine hydroxylation in the rat adrenal gland under hypoxic conditions. J Neurochem 1990; 54:1115-21. [PMID: 1968954 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1990.tb01937.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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: 12/29/2022]
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We examined the effects of hypoxia (8% O2) on in vivo tyrosine hydroxylation, a rate-limiting step for catecholamine synthesis, in the rat adrenal gland. The hydroxylation rate was determined by measuring the rate of accumulation of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) after decarboxylase inhibition. One hour after hypoxic exposure, DOPA accumulation decreased to 60% of control values, but within 2 h it doubled. At 2 h, the apparent Km values for tyrosine and for biopterin cofactor of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) in the soluble fraction were unchanged, whereas the Vmax value increased by 30%. The content of total or reduced biopterin was unchanged, but the content of tyrosine increased by 80%. Tyrosine administration had little effect on DOPA accumulation under room air conditions but enhanced DOPA accumulation under hypoxia. After denervation of the adrenal gland, the hypoxia-induced increase in DOPA accumulation and in the Vmax value was abolished, whereas the hypoxia-induced increase in tyrosine content was persistent. These results suggest that in vivo tyrosine hydroxylation is enhanced under hypoxia, although availability of oxygen is reduced. The enhancement is the result of both an increase in tyrosine content coupled with increased sensitivity of TH to changes in tyrosine tissue content and of an increase in dependence of TH on tyrosine levels. The increase in the sensitivity of TH and in the Vmax value is neurally induced, whereas the increase in tyrosine content is regulated by a different mechanism.
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- Y Hayashi
- Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
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Koshimura K, Miwa S, Lee K, Hayashi Y, Hasegawa H, Hamahata K, Fujiwara M, Kimura M, Itokawa Y. Effects of choline administration on in vivo release and biosynthesis of acetylcholine in the rat striatum as studied by in vivo brain microdialysis. J Neurochem 1990; 54:533-9. [PMID: 2299351 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1990.tb01904.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 12/31/2022]
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The purpose of the present study is to clarify the effects of the administration of choline on the in vivo release and biosynthesis of acetylcholine (ACh) in the brain. For this purpose, the changes in the extracellular concentration of choline and ACh in the rat striatum following intracerebroventricular administration of choline were determined using brain microdialysis. We also determined changes in the tissue content of choline and ACh. When the striatum was dialyzed with Ringer solution containing 10 microM physostigmine, ACh levels in dialysates rapidly and dose dependently increased following administration of various doses of choline and reached a maximum within 20 min. In contrast, choline levels in dialysates increased after a lag period of 20 min following the administration. When the striatum was dialyzed with physostigmine-free Ringer solution, ACh could not be detected in dialysates both before and even after choline administration. After addition of hemicholinium-3 to the perfusion fluid, the choline-induced increase in ACh levels in dialysates was abolished. Following administration of choline, the tissue content of choline and ACh increased within 20 min. These results suggest that administered choline is rapidly taken up into the intracellular compartment of the cholinergic neurons, where it enhances both the release and the biosynthesis of ACh.
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- K Koshimura
- Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
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Hayashi Y, Miwa S, Lee K, Koshimura K, Kamel A, Hamahata K, Fujiwara M. A nonisotopic method for determination of the in vivo activities of tyrosine hydroxylase in the rat adrenal gland. Anal Biochem 1988; 168:176-83. [PMID: 2896473 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(88)90026-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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: 01/03/2023]
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A rapid and reliable method for determination of in vivo activities of tyrosine hydroxylase in the rat adrenal gland is presented. This method involves determining the rate of accumulation of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (Dopa) in the adrenal gland after decarboxylase inhibition by NSD 1015, using HPLC with electrochemical detection after purification of the acid-deproteinized tissue extract with Bio-Rex 70 columns followed by alumina batch method. Purification of the sample with alumina adsorption alone, a method usually used for purification of catecholamines and Dopa, was ineffective: epinephrine and norepinephrine, which are present in high concentrations, interfered with an accurate determination of Dopa, and dopamine, which is retained strongly on the reverse-phase column, interfered with a rapid analysis. Purification with Sephadex G-10 columns followed by alumina adsorption was also ineffective. After purification with columns of weak cation-exchange resins such as Bio-Rex 70 or Amberlite CG-50 followed by alumina adsorption, most of the epinephrine and norepinephrine was removed and dopamine was eliminated. Thus a rapid and accurate determination of Dopa could be made. Of the two cation exchangers, Bio-Rex 70 was more effective. Accumulation of Dopa in the adrenal gland was linear up to 30 min after administration of NSD 1015 and a plateau was reached with doses over 10 mg/kg. Using this method, we investigated the effects of immobilization stress, reserpine, and hypoxia on in vivo activities of tyrosine hydroxylase in the adrenal gland.
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- Y Hayashi
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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