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Sumitomo K, Ashida S, Hiroi M, Shinohara T. Prostatic lymphangitis carcinomatosis with massive bilateral pleural effusion. Am J Med Sci 2023; 366:e62-e63. [PMID: 37277095 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjms.2023.05.011] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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- Kenya Sumitomo
- Division of Internal Medicine, Japan Agricultural Cooperatives Kochi Hospital, 526-1 Myoken-aza-Nakano, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8509, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, 185-1, Oko-cho, Kohasu, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi University Hospital, 185-1, Oko-cho, Kohasu, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Japan Agricultural Cooperatives Kochi Hospital, 526-1 Myoken-aza-Nakano, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8509, Japan; Department of Community Medicine for Respirology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.
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Pophale A, Shimizu K, Mano T, Iglesias TL, Martin K, Hiroi M, Asada K, Andaluz PG, Van Dinh TT, Meshulam L, Reiter S. Wake-like skin patterning and neural activity during octopus sleep. Nature 2023; 619:129-134. [PMID: 37380770 PMCID: PMC10322707 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06203-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
Abstract
While sleeping, many vertebrate groups alternate between at least two sleep stages: rapid eye movement and slow wave sleep1-4, in part characterized by wake-like and synchronous brain activity, respectively. Here we delineate neural and behavioural correlates of two stages of sleep in octopuses, marine invertebrates that evolutionarily diverged from vertebrates roughly 550 million years ago (ref. 5) and have independently evolved large brains and behavioural sophistication. 'Quiet' sleep in octopuses is rhythmically interrupted by approximately 60-s bouts of pronounced body movements and rapid changes in skin patterning and texture6. We show that these bouts are homeostatically regulated, rapidly reversible and come with increased arousal threshold, representing a distinct 'active' sleep stage. Computational analysis of active sleep skin patterning reveals diverse dynamics through a set of patterns conserved across octopuses and strongly resembling those seen while awake. High-density electrophysiological recordings from the central brain reveal that the local field potential (LFP) activity during active sleep resembles that of waking. LFP activity differs across brain regions, with the strongest activity during active sleep seen in the superior frontal and vertical lobes, anatomically connected regions associated with learning and memory function7-10. During quiet sleep, these regions are relatively silent but generate LFP oscillations resembling mammalian sleep spindles11,12 in frequency and duration. The range of similarities with vertebrates indicates that aspects of two-stage sleep in octopuses may represent convergent features of complex cognition.
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- Aditi Pophale
- Computational Neuroethology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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- Computational Neuroethology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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- Computational Neuroethology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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- Marine Animal Research Support Team, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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- Computational Neuroethology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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- Computational Neuroethology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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- Computational Neuroethology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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- Computational Neuroethology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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- Computational Neuroethology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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- Theoretical Sciences Visiting Program, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
- Computational Neuroscience Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Computational Neuroethology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan.
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Karashima T, Kuroda N, Taguchi T, Fukuhara H, Kuno T, Tamura K, Hiroi M, Inoue K, Yamaguchi T. Oncocytic variant, a novel subtype of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma: a report of two cases and a literature review. Int Cancer Conf J 2020; 10:100-106. [PMID: 33782641 PMCID: PMC7947131 DOI: 10.1007/s13691-020-00459-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
A novel variant of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma showing an oncocytic phenotype is proposed. Two new cases of this rare entity are presented and discussed along with six previous cases from our colleagues. A 76-year-old man and a 78-year-old man had a 3.4-cm and a 3.2-cm-diameter renal mass, respectively. On histopathological examination of surgical specimens, uniform eosinophilic cuboidal cells without a perinuclear halo growing in a tubular pattern were seen, and differential diagnosis from oncocytoma was necessary. Immunohistochemical staining for cytokeratin 7 and E-cadherin showed diffusely positive patterns in both, as in the previous reports. Although monosomy of chromosomes 7, 10, 13, and 17 was commonly observed in the previous reports, gains of chromosome 19 were observed in the two present cases. Immunohistochemical and cytogenetic approaches lead to exclusion of oncocytoma and the diagnosis of an oncocytic variant of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma.
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- Takashi Karashima
- Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505 Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Red Cross Hospital, Kochi, 780-0062 Japan
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- Human Health and Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Kochi University, Nankoku, 783-8505 Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505 Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505 Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505 Japan
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- Laboratory of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Nankoku, 783-8505 Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505 Japan
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Kawanishi Y, Kuwahara M, Utsunomiya M, Ishida N, Ishikawa Y, Hiroi M, Akimori T. Pneumothorax during lenvatinib treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma with lung metastasis. Clin J Gastroenterol 2020; 14:288-292. [PMID: 33108567 DOI: 10.1007/s12328-020-01273-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Lenvatinib is an inhibitor of tyrosine kinases, such as vascular endothelial growth factor receptor and fibroblast growth factor receptor, and was first approved for use in thyroid cancer in 2015 in Japan. Additional approval was given in March 2018 for its use as a first-line treatment for advanced or unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. Herein, we report a case of pneumothorax during lenvatinib treatment for multiple lung metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma in a 71-year-old man. Although the development of pneumothorax during treatment with anticancer agents for lung metastases is well-known, this is the first report of pneumothorax induced by lenvatinib during treatment for lung metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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- Yasuhiro Kawanishi
- Department of Surgery, Kochi Prefectural Hata Kenmin Hospital, 3-1Yoshina, Yamanachou, Sukumo, 788-0785, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, Kochi Prefectural Hata Kenmin Hospital, 3-1Yoshina, Yamanachou, Sukumo, 788-0785, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kochi Prefectural Hata Kenmin Hospital, 3-1Yoshina, Yamanachou, Sukumo, 788-0785, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kochi Prefectural Hata Kenmin Hospital, 3-1Yoshina, Yamanachou, Sukumo, 788-0785, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kochi Prefectural Hata Kenmin Hospital, 3-1Yoshina, Yamanachou, Sukumo, 788-0785, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kochi Prefectural Hata Kenmin Hospital, 3-1Yoshina, Yamanachou, Sukumo, 788-0785, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kochi Prefectural Hata Kenmin Hospital, 3-1Yoshina, Yamanachou, Sukumo, 788-0785, Japan
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Yamazaki D, Hiroi M, Abe T, Shimizu K, Minami-Ohtsubo M, Maeyama Y, Horiuchi J, Tabata T. Two Parallel Pathways Assign Opposing Odor Valences during Drosophila Memory Formation. Cell Rep 2019; 22:2346-2358. [PMID: 29490271 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Revised: 12/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
During olfactory associative learning in Drosophila, odors activate specific subsets of intrinsic mushroom body (MB) neurons. Coincident exposure to either rewards or punishments is thought to activate extrinsic dopaminergic neurons, which modulate synaptic connections between odor-encoding MB neurons and MB output neurons to alter behaviors. However, here we identify two classes of intrinsic MB γ neurons based on cAMP response element (CRE)-dependent expression, γCRE-p and γCRE-n, which encode aversive and appetitive valences. γCRE-p and γCRE-n neurons act antagonistically to maintain neutral valences for neutral odors. Activation or inhibition of either cell type upsets this balance, toggling odor preferences to either positive or negative values. The mushroom body output neurons, MBON-γ5β'2a/β'2mp and MBON-γ2α'1, mediate the actions of γCRE-p and γCRE-n neurons. Our data indicate that MB neurons encode valence information, as well as odor information, and this information is integrated through a process involving MBONs to regulate learning and memory.
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- Daisuke Yamazaki
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
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Yamamoto M, Hiroi M, Noguchi T, Orihashi K. Intramurally spreading aortic intimal sarcoma masquerading as ruptured aortic dissection. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2019; 26:328-330. [PMID: 29049833 DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivx277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Preoperative diagnosis of aortic sarcomas is often difficult. Herein, we describe a case of a 68-year-old man who had an aortic intimal sarcoma with aortic wall hypertrophy that masqueraded as a thrombosed aortic dissection or mural thrombus on computed tomography. Because of the sudden appearance and rapid growth of the tumour surrounding the left subclavian artery with precordial pain and haemosputum, left subclavian arterial rupture caused by aortic dissection was suspected, requiring emergent total arch replacement. Surgery revealed an intimal sarcoma, not an aortic dissection, with the thickening of the fragile intima spreading into the aorta. Thus, an intramurally spreading aortic intimal sarcoma should be suspected when computed tomography reveals an irregular thickening of the aortic intima.
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- Masaki Yamamoto
- Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
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- Laboratory of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
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Karashima T, Kuno T, Kuroda N, Satake H, Fukata S, Chikazawa M, Kawada C, Yamasaki I, Shuin T, Hiroi M, Inoue K. Bilateral Xp11.2 translocation renal cell carcinoma: a case report. BMC Urol 2018; 18:106. [PMID: 30458744 PMCID: PMC6245707 DOI: 10.1186/s12894-018-0419-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Xp11.2 translocation renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a rare variety of a kidney neoplasm. We report a case of bilateral Xp11.2 translocation RCC occurring metachronously and discuss this very rare entity with reference to the literature. Case presentation The patient was a 56-year-old woman who presented with a right renal tumor. The patient had undergone left radical nephrectomy 7 years previously, which resulted in a histopathological diagnosis of clear cell RCC. Open right partial nephrectomy was performed under the presumptive diagnosis of recurrence of clear cell RCC. The present right renal tumor was pathologically diagnosed Xp11.2 translocation RCC. More than 70% of the tumor cells in the present right tumor were strongly positive for transcription factor E3 (TFE3) expression by immunohistochemical analysis with an anti-TFE3 antibody. A break-apart of the TFE3 genes in the bilateral tumors was identified by fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis. Real time-polymerase chain reaction analysis for the alveolar soft part sarcoma locus-TFE3 fusion gene was performed, which gave a positive result in the bilateral tumors. Pathological comparison of each of the tumors might lead to a final diagnosis of Xp11.2 translocation RCC occurring metachronously. Conclusions We present the bilateral Xp11.2 translocation RCC. A combination of immunohistochemical, cytogenetic and molecular biological approaches allowed the final diagnosis of such a rare RCC.
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- Takashi Karashima
- Department of Urology, Kochi University, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan.
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- Department of Urology, Kochi University, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Red Cross Hospital, Kochi-Shi, Kochi, 780-0062, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi University, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi University, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Izumino Hospital, Kochi-Shi, Kochi, 781-0011, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi University, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi University, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi University, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Laboratory of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi University, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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Yamamoto M, Nakashima J, Iguchi M, Tashiro M, Noguchi T, Hiroi M, Inoue K, Hanazaki K, Orihashi K. Multiple coronary and cerebral aneurysms in a patient with chronic thromboangiitis. J Cardiol Cases 2018; 18:160-163. [PMID: 30416615 DOI: 10.1016/j.jccase.2018.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2018] [Revised: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
Abstract
A 73-year-old man had multiple coronary aneurysms that resulted in acute myocardial infarction on the day before surgery for cerebral aneurysms. Emergent coronary angiography revealed that the lesion that caused the myocardial infarction was a distal left circumflex artery, and two huge coronary aneurysms were also found in the left circumflex artery. A two-stage treatment strategy was planned, including coronary aneurysm surgery, followed by cerebral aneurysm surgery. He underwent coronary artery aneurysmorrhaphy with closure of the ostia of the afferent and efferent arteries, and coronary artery bypass grafting with a saphenous vein graft applied to the left circumflex artery. The pathological findings suggested chronic thromboangiitis, as the inflammatory cells were observed to have infiltrated the coronary artery wall. The tissue remodeling of the aneurysmal wall indicated a positive response to tenascin C. We report a case of multiple coronary aneurysms, focusing on the pathological findings. <Learning objective: Only few reports have described coronary aneurysms related to inflammatory, atherosclerotic, and connective tissue diseases. This report describes the simultaneous occurrence of coronary and cerebral artery aneurysms, focusing on the histopathological findings. The patient's histopathological examination revealed a positive response to tenascin C, which suggested tissue remodeling of the aneurysmal wall and chronic thromboangiitis.>.
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- Masaki Yamamoto
- Department of Operations Management, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan.,Department of Surgery 2, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan.,Center for Photodynamic Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Laboratory of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Laboratory of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery 2, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Laboratory of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Center for Photodynamic Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan.,Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Operations Management, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan.,Center for Photodynamic Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan.,Department of Surgery 1, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery 2, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan.,Center for Photodynamic Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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Maeda H, Okamoto K, Oba K, Shiga M, Fujieda Y, Namikawa T, Hiroi M, Murakami I, Hanazaki K, Kobayashi M. Lymph node retrieval after dissolution of surrounding adipose tissue for pathological examination of colorectal cancer. Oncol Lett 2017; 15:2495-2500. [PMID: 29434964 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2017.7629] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Examination of >12 lymph nodes (LNs) is important for the diagnostic accuracy of nodal status following resection of colorectal cancer. In the present study, the efficacy of a fat dissolution technique for LN retrieval was evaluated using resected colon and rectum mesentery. First, the resected mesentery was searched for LNs by inspection and palpation immediately after surgery. Subsequently, fat dissolution liquid was applied to the remnant fat and the LN search was repeated. The primary endpoint was whether the second assessment would increase the number of evaluated LNs. Recruitment of 20 patients was planned. The study was conducted after institutional review board approval and written informed consent was obtained. Among 20 participants, 1 patient was excluded because LN dissection was not performed. The median number of LNs identified at the first and second assessments was 13 and 6, respectively, producing a significant increase in total LNs evaluated (13 vs. 20, respectively; P<0.01; paired t-test). One positive node was identified among the additionally identified LNs (0.9%, 1/107). The second assessment increased the number of LNs assessed to >12 in 4 patients, and although staging was not changed, the treatment was potentially altered in 2 stage II patients. The maximum diameter of the additionally obtained LNs was significantly smaller compared with those from the first assessment (4 vs. 7.7 mm, respectively; P<0.01; Wilcoxon signed-rank test). After the fat dissolution technique, the tumor cells were satisfactorily stained by carcinoembryonic antigen and cytokeratin-20. In conclusion, applying fat dissolution liquid to the remnant adipose tissue of the mesentery of the colon and rectum identified additional LNs. This method should be considered when insufficient LNs are identified after conventional LN retrieval.
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- Hiromichi Maeda
- Cancer Treatment Center, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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- Cancer Treatment Center, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Biostatistics, Graduated School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Depatment of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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- Depatment of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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- Depatment of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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- Depatment of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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- Cancer Treatment Center, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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Namikawa T, Kawanishi Y, Fujisawa K, Munekage E, Munekage M, Sugase T, Maeda H, Kitagawa H, Kumon T, Hiroi M, Kobayashi M, Hanazaki K. Metachronous solitary splenic metastasis arising from early gastric cancer: a case report and literature review. BMC Surg 2017; 17:96. [PMID: 28851346 PMCID: PMC5576276 DOI: 10.1186/s12893-017-0292-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 04/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The metastasis of malignant tumors to the spleen is rare, and only a small percentage of cases can be treated surgically, as splenic metastases generally occur in the context of multivisceral metastatic cancer at a terminal stage. We report a rare case of metachronous solitary splenic metastasis arising from early gastric cancer. CASE PRESENTATION A 75-year-old man was initially referred to our hospital for examination of gastric cancer, diagnosed at a medical check-up. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed a slightly elevated lesion with a central irregular depression in the upper-third of the stomach. Biopsy specimens of the lesion showed a moderately-differentiated adenocarcinoma, and abdominal computed tomography showed no evidence of distant metastases. Endoscopic submucosal dissection was performed, with histological confirmation of a moderately-differentiated adenocarcinoma invading the submucosal layer. The patient subsequently underwent laparoscopic total gastrectomy with regional lymph node dissection, resulting in no residual carcinoma and no lymph node metastasis. Computed tomography, 28 months later, showed a well-defined mass measuring 4.2 cm in diameter in the spleen, and the patient underwent a splenectomy, since there was no evidence of further metastatic lesions in any other organs. Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma originating from the previous gastric cancer. The patient was alive 2 months after surgical resection of the splenic metastasis without any recurrence. CONCLUSION To the best of our knowledge, this is only the second case of a solitary splenic metastasis from early gastric cancer to be reported in the English literature. The present case suggests surgical resection may be the preferred treatment of choice for patients with a solitary splenic metastasis from gastric cancer.
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- Tsutomu Namikawa
- Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Cancer Treatment Center, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Noichi Central Hospital, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
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- Cancer Treatment Center, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kochi, Japan.,Department of Human Health and Medical Sciences, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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Ueoka Y, Hiroi M, Abe T, Tabata T. Suppression of a single pair of mushroom body output neurons in Drosophila triggers aversive associations. FEBS Open Bio 2017; 7:562-576. [PMID: 28396840 PMCID: PMC5377409 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 01/22/2017] [Revised: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Memory includes the processes of acquisition, consolidation and retrieval. In the study of aversive olfactory memory in Drosophila melanogaster, flies are first exposed to an odor (conditioned stimulus, CS+) that is associated with an electric shock (unconditioned stimulus, US), then to another odor (CS−) without the US, before allowing the flies to choose to avoid one of the two odors. The center for memory formation is the mushroom body which consists of Kenyon cells (KCs), dopaminergic neurons (DANs) and mushroom body output neurons (MBONs). However, the roles of individual neurons are not fully understood. We focused on the role of a single pair of GABAergic neurons (MBON‐γ1pedc) and found that it could inhibit the effects of DANs, resulting in the suppression of aversive memory acquisition during the CS− odor presentation, but not during the CS+ odor presentation. We propose that MBON‐γ1pedc suppresses the DAN‐dependent effect that can convey the aversive US during the CS− odor presentation, and thereby prevents an insignificant stimulus from becoming an aversive US.
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- Yutaro Ueoka
- Department of Biological SciencesGraduate School of ScienceThe University of TokyoBunkyo‐kuJapan
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular BiosciencesThe University of TokyoBunkyo‐kuJapan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular BiosciencesThe University of TokyoBunkyo‐kuJapan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular BiosciencesThe University of TokyoBunkyo‐kuJapan
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- Department of Biological SciencesGraduate School of ScienceThe University of TokyoBunkyo‐kuJapan
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular BiosciencesThe University of TokyoBunkyo‐kuJapan
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Munekage M, Maeda H, Namikawa T, Kosaki T, Kigi A, Hiroi M, Kobayashi M, Hanazaki K. Neuroendocrine tumor within main pancreatic duct: a case report. ACRT 2017. [DOI: 10.4993/acrt.25.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Masaya Munekage
- Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University
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- Department of diagnostic pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University
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Maeda H, Okamoto K, Maehara H, Namikawa T, Tamura S, Hiroi M, Hanazaki K, Kobayashi M. Laparoscopic resection of villous adenoma of the appendix. ACRT 2017. [DOI: 10.4993/acrt.25.44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Cancer Treatment Center, Kochi Medical School Hospital
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- Department of diagnostic pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University
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Maeda H, Namikawa T, Okamoto K, Munekage E, Toi M, Hiroi M, Takeshita A, Hanazaki K, Kobayashi M. Dilation and stasis: a rare but important late complication of jejunal pouch interposition after proximal gastrectomy. ACRT 2017. [DOI: 10.4993/acrt.25.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Cancer Treatment Center, Kochi Medical School Hospital
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- Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Medical School Hospital
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Medical School Hospital
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Massive activation of dopamine neurons is critical for natural reward and drug abuse. In contrast, the significance of their spontaneous activity remains elusive. In Drosophila melanogaster, depolarization of the protocerebral anterior medial (PAM) cluster dopamine neurons en masse signals reward to the mushroom body (MB) and drives appetitive memory. Focusing on the functional heterogeneity of PAM cluster neurons, we identified that a single class of PAM neurons, PAM-γ3, mediates sugar reward by suppressing their own activity. PAM-γ3 is selectively required for appetitive olfactory learning, while activation of these neurons in turn induces aversive memory. Ongoing activity of PAM-γ3 gets suppressed upon sugar ingestion. Strikingly, transient inactivation of basal PAM-γ3 activity can substitute for reward and induces appetitive memory. Furthermore, we identified the satiety-signaling neuropeptide Allatostatin A (AstA) as a key mediator that conveys inhibitory input onto PAM-γ3. Our results suggest the significance of basal dopamine release in reward signaling and reveal a circuit mechanism for negative regulation. Dopamine neurons in the midbrain of mammals fire action potentials in response to rewarding stimuli, while punitive stimuli or omission of reward suppress their activity. Different signs in the activity of dopamine neurons thus can encode appetitive and aversive values; however, how these bidirectional activities directly relate to behavior has yet to be elucidated. In fruit flies Drosophila, en masse activation of dopaminergic neurons in the protocerebral anterior medial (PAM) cluster has been shown to signal reward. Here, we demonstrate that a specific sub-class of these dopaminergic neurons, called PAM-γ3, mediates both aversive and appetitive reinforcement through activation and suppression of their activity, respectively. Notably, transient inactivation of the basal activity of PAM-γ3 neurons substitutes for reward and induces appetitive memory formation. Interestingly, we found that Allatostatin A, a neuropeptide that signals satiety, conveys inhibitory input onto PAM-γ3 neurons. Our results highlight the bidirectional activity of defined dopaminergic neurons, which underlies encoding of behaviorally relevant appetitive and aversive values. Transient suppression of a specific subset of dopamine neurons signals reward in the fruit fly Drosophila, suggesting that basal dopamine activity underlies behaviorally relevant valence coding.
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- Nobuhiro Yamagata
- Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences, Sendai, Japan
- * E-mail: (NY); (HT)
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- The University of Tokyo, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences, Sendai, Japan
- * E-mail: (NY); (HT)
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Nitta Y, Yamazaki D, Sugie A, Hiroi M, Tabata T. DISCO Interacting Protein 2 regulates axonal bifurcation and guidance of Drosophila mushroom body neurons. Dev Biol 2016; 421:233-244. [PMID: 27908785 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Revised: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Axonal branching is one of the key processes within the enormous complexity of the nervous system to enable a single neuron to send information to multiple targets. However, the molecular mechanisms that control branch formation are poorly understood. In particular, previous studies have rarely addressed the mechanisms underlying axonal bifurcation, in which axons form new branches via splitting of the growth cone. We demonstrate that DISCO Interacting Protein 2 (DIP2) is required for precise axonal bifurcation in Drosophila mushroom body (MB) neurons by suppressing ectopic bifurcation and regulating the guidance of sister axons. We also found that DIP2 localize to the plasma membrane. Domain function analysis revealed that the AMP-synthetase domains of DIP2 are essential for its function, which may involve exerting a catalytic activity that modifies fatty acids. Genetic analysis and subsequent biochemical analysis suggested that DIP2 is involved in the fatty acid metabolization of acyl-CoA. Taken together, our results reveal a function of DIP2 in the developing nervous system and provide a potential functional relationship between fatty acid metabolism and axon morphogenesis.
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- Yohei Nitta
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience Disease, Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Niigata University, 757, Ichibancho, Asahimachidori, Chuo-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata 951-8585, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
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Kuroda N, Sugimoto T, Takahashi T, Moriki T, Toi M, Miyazaki E, Hiroi M, Enzan H. Invasive Micropapillary Carcinoma of the Breast: An Immunohistochemical Study of Neoplastic and Stromal Cells. Int J Surg Pathol 2016; 13:51-5. [PMID: 15735855 DOI: 10.1177/106689690501300107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 11/16/2022]
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A 59-year-old woman complained of a palpable mass in the right breast, and a needle biopsy disclosed small clusters of neoplastic cells in the fibrous stroma. The small clusters did not contain fibrovascular cores but exhibited micropapillary configuration. Epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) immunohistochemistry confirmed the reverse polarity of the neoplastic cells. Additionally, the plasma membrane of many neoplastic cells stained with E-cadherin and f-catenin. Myofibroblasts, which were positive for alpha smooth muscle actin (ASMA) and negative for cytokeratin 14, were abundant in the neoplastic stroma, but no CD34-positive stromal cells were observed in the neoplastic stroma. For comparison, 3 additional cases of invasive micropapillary carcinoma (IMC) and 4 cases of invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) were studied. Similar results for stromal cells were obtained in all cases. Our results from this preliminary investigation suggest that CD34-positive stromal cells may disappear from the stroma of IMC as well as IDC.
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- Naoto Kuroda
- Department of Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
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Karashima T, Kuroda N, Taguchi T, Matsumoto M, Hiroi M, Nao T, Fukata S, Inoue K, Shuin T. Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma, eosinophilic variant with papillary growth: a case report. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2015; 8:13590-13595. [PMID: 26722580 PMCID: PMC4680525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We report the case of an 80-year-old man who presented with pathologically diagnosed chromophobe renal cell carcinoma composed of eosinophilic cells with partial papillary growth. The patient had a 2.5 cm diameter renal mass incidentally detected by abdominal ultrasound examination. Laparoscopic left partial nephrectomy was performed under a diagnosis of left renal tumor. Histopathology demonstrated uniform eosinophilic cuboidal cells growing with a partially papillary pattern: differential diagnosis of oncocytoma, papillary renal cell carcinoma, or oncocytic papillary renal cell carcinoma was necessary. Immunohistochemical staining with anti-monoclonal antibody 31 and -CD82 antibody, and choroid iron staining, were positive. Cytogenetic analysis by comparative genomic hybridization showed gains of chromosomes 1p, 9q, 19q, 20, and 21q, and losses of chromosomes 1p and q, 2q, 6q and 7q, leading to diagnosis of chromophobe RCC. We describe differential diagnosis for chromophobe renal cell carcinoma, eosinophilic variant, growing in a papillary fashion in the kidney.
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Red Cross HospitalKochi 780-0062, Japan
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- Human Health and Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Kochi UniversityNankoku 783-8505, Japan
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- Laboratory of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Medical School HospitalNankoku 783-8505, Japan
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- Laboratory of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Medical School HospitalNankoku 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi Medical SchoolNankoku 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi Medical SchoolNankoku 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi Medical SchoolNankoku 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi Medical SchoolNankoku 783-8505, Japan
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Sakai M, Togitani K, Tsukuda T, Arakawa Y, Ikezoe T, Hiroi M, Yokoyama A. Young adult onset systemic Epstein-Barr virus-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders of childhood. Rinsho Ketsueki 2015; 56:501-5. [PMID: 26062673 DOI: 10.11406/rinketsu.56.501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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 20-year-old woman had a fever, pancytopenia, and liver failure, and was suspected to be suffering from chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection, based on the detection of high EBV-DNA and EBV antibody titers at another hospital. At our institution one month later, clinical manifestations had diminished, and antibody titers had decreased but remained elevated relative to normal levels. Four days later, the patient required hospitalization due to fever, liver damage, and cervical lymphadenopathy. Bone marrow examination and lymph node biopsy results showed EBV-positive cytotoxic T-cells that were predominantly CD4-positive. The disease followed a fulminant course and the patient died of multiple organ failure on hospitalization day 11. Because complicated chromosomal aberrations and T-cell receptor gene rearrangements were identified, we diagnosed her as having systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of childhood. This disease type includes a lymphoproliferative disorder that is associated with chronic active EBV infection. However, it is clinically different from the type following acute EBV infection. We consider distinguishing between these two types to be important for selecting an early diagnostic procedure and the optimal therapy.
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- Mizu Sakai
- Department of Hematology and Respiratory Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University
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Abe T, Yamazaki D, Murakami S, Hiroi M, Nitta Y, Maeyama Y, Tabata T. Correction: the NAV2 homolog Sickie regulates F-actin-mediated axonal growth in Drosophila mushroom body neurons via the non-canonical Rac-Cofilin pathway. Development 2015; 142:1021. [PMID: 25715401 DOI: 10.1242/dev.122713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kitagawa H, Munekage M, Namikawa T, Kosaki T, Toi M, Hiroi M, Hanazaki K. [A case of serous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas with stenosis of the main pancreatic duct]. Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi 2015; 112:736-40. [PMID: 25843463 DOI: 10.11405/nisshoshi.112.736] [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: 02/05/2023]
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A 64-year-old woman was accidentally detected to have multiple cystic tumors measuring 30 mm in diameter in the pancreatic head in 2009. The probable diagnosis was a serous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas. However, the tumor had grown to 52 mm in diameter in 4 years, and endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERCP) showed stenosis of the main pancreatic duct. We performed subtotal stomach-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy, and histopathological diagnosis was serous cystadenoma.
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Hashida Y, Taniguchi A, Yawata T, Hosokawa S, Murakami M, Hiroi M, Ueba T, Daibata M. Prevalence of human cytomegalovirus, polyomaviruses, and oncogenic viruses in glioblastoma among Japanese subjects. Infect Agent Cancer 2015; 10:3. [PMID: 25685179 PMCID: PMC4328287 DOI: 10.1186/1750-9378-10-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 10/29/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background The association between human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is becoming a new concept. However, information on the geographic variability of HCMV prevalence in GBM remains scarce. Moreover, the potential roles of various viruses, such as polyomaviruses and oncogenic viruses, in gliomagenesis remain unclear. Our aim was to investigate the prevalence of HCMV in GBM among Japanese patients. Furthermore, this was the first study that evaluated infection with four new human polyomaviruses in GBMs. This study also provided the first data on the detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) in GBM in the Eastern world. Methods We measured the number of various viral genomes in GBM samples from 39 Japanese patients using real-time quantitative PCR. The tested viruses included HCMV, Merkel cell polyomavirus, human polyomavirus (HPyV) 6, HPyV7, HPyV9, Epstein–Barr virus, human herpesvirus 8, and HPV. Our quantitative PCR analysis led to the detection of eight copies of the HCMV DNA mixed with DNA extracted from 104 HCMV-negative cells. The presence of HCMV and HPV genomes was also assessed by nested PCR. Immunohistochemical study was also carried out to detect HPV-derived protein in GBM tissues. Results The viral DNAs were not detectable, with the exception of HPV, which was present in eight out of 39 (21%) GBMs. All HPV-positive cases harbored high-risk-type HPV (HPV16 and HPV18). Moreover, the HPV major capsid protein was detected in GBM tumor cells. Conclusions In contrast with previous reports from Caucasian patients, we did not obtain direct evidence in support of the association between HCMV and GBM. However, high-risk-type HPV infection may play a potential etiological role in gliomagenesis in a subset of patients. These findings should prompt further worldwide epidemiological studies aimed at defining the pathogenicity of virus-associated GBM.
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- Yumiko Hashida
- Department of Microbiology and Infection, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505 Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Respiratory Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505 Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505 Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Infection, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505 Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Infection, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505 Japan
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- Laboratory of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505 Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505 Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Infection, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505 Japan
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Abe T, Yamazaki D, Murakami S, Hiroi M, Nitta Y, Maeyama Y, Tabata T. The NAV2 homolog Sickie regulates F-actin-mediated axonal growth in Drosophila mushroom body neurons via the non-canonical Rac-Cofilin pathway. Development 2014; 141:4716-28. [DOI: 10.1242/dev.113308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The Rac-Cofilin pathway is essential for cytoskeletal remodeling to control axonal development. Rac signals through the canonical Rac-Pak-LIMK pathway to suppress Cofilin-dependent axonal growth and through a Pak-independent non-canonical pathway to promote outgrowth. Whether this non-canonical pathway converges to promote Cofilin-dependent F-actin reorganization in axonal growth remains elusive. We demonstrate that Sickie, a homolog of the human microtubule-associated protein neuron navigator 2, cell-autonomously regulates axonal growth of Drosophila mushroom body (MB) neurons via the non-canonical pathway. Sickie was prominently expressed in the newborn F-actin-rich axons of MB neurons. A sickie mutant exhibited axonal growth defects, and its phenotypes were rescued by exogenous expression of Sickie. We observed phenotypic similarities and genetic interactions among sickie and Rac-Cofilin signaling components. Using the MARCM technique, distinct F-actin and phospho-Cofilin patterns were detected in developing axons mutant for sickie and Rac-Cofilin signaling regulators. The upregulation of Cofilin function alleviated the axonal defect of the sickie mutant. Epistasis analyses revealed that Sickie suppresses the LIMK overexpression phenotype and is required for Pak-independent Rac1 and Slingshot phosphatase to counteract LIMK. We propose that Sickie regulates F-actin-mediated axonal growth via the non-canonical Rac-Cofilin pathway in a Slingshot-dependent manner.
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- Takashi Abe
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
- Graduate Program in Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
- Graduate Program in Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Hiroi M, Ohkura M, Nakai J, Masuda N, Hashimoto K, Inoue K, Fiala A, Tabata T. Principal component analysis of odor coding at the level of third-order olfactory neurons in Drosophila. Genes Cells 2013; 18:1070-81. [PMID: 24118654 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12094] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 08/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Olfactory information in Drosophila is conveyed by projection neurons from olfactory sensory neurons to Kenyon cells (KCs) in the mushroom body (MB). A subset of KCs responds to a given odor molecule, and the combination of these KCs represents a part of the neuronal olfactory code. KCs are also thought to function as coincidence detectors for memory formation, associating odor information with a coincident punishment or reward stimulus. Associative conditioning has been shown to modify KC output. This plasticity occurs in the vertical lobes of MBs containing α/α' branches of KCs, which is shown by measuring the average Ca(2+) levels in the branch of each lobe. We devised a method to quantitatively describe the population activity patterns recorded from axons of >1000 KCs at the α/α' branches using two-photon Ca(2+) imaging. Principal component analysis of the population activity patterns clearly differentiated the responses to distinct odors.
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- Makoto Hiroi
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan
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Nakatani H, Kumon T, Kumon M, Hamada S, Okanoue T, Kawamura A, Nakatani K, Hiroi M, Hanazaki K. High serum levels of both carcinoembryonic antigen and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 in a patient with sigmoid colon cancer without metastasis. J Med Invest 2013; 59:280-3. [PMID: 23037201 DOI: 10.2152/jmi.59.280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and carbohydrate antigen (CA)19-9 are well known as the most common tumor markers of colon cancer, and levels are used not only for preoperative assessment of extent and outcome of cancer, but also postoperative monitoring of recurrence. We encountered a patient with sigmoid colon cancer showing abnormally high serum levels of CEA (311.1 ng/ml) and CA19-9 (5731.2 U/ml) preoperatively. We could not detect any metastases on computed tomography (CT) or (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT. Sigmoidectomy and lymph node dissection were performed. Pathological analysis revealed well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon with cancer cells infiltrating to the subserosa, but no lymph node metastases. As of postoperative day 60, serum levels of CEA and CA19-9 were 3.4 ng/ml and 9.2 U/ml, respectively, without any further anti-tumor treatment. This represents a rare case of sigmoid colon cancer with high levels of tumor markers in sera that improved following sigmoidectomy without further anti-cancer treatment.
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- Hajime Nakatani
- Department of Surgery, Noichi Central Hospital, Kohnan, Kochi, Japan
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Nakatani H, Hamada S, Okanoue T, Kawamura A, Inoue Y, Yamamoto S, Chikai T, Hiroi M, Hanazaki K. Acute abdomen caused by both acute appendicitis and epididymitis. J Med Invest 2011; 58:252-4. [PMID: 21921427 DOI: 10.2152/jmi.58.252] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Acute appendicitis often presents as right lower quadrant (RLQ) pain, severe tenderness at the point of McBurny or Lanz, and Blumberg's sign. Scrotal events with appendicitis are very rare. In our case, a 63-year-old Japanese man presented with severe RLQ pain and high fever. Physical examination revealed severe tenderness (including both points of McBurny and Lanz) and Blumberg's sign. The scrotum was slightly swollen and showed local heat with severe testicular pain. Abdominal computed tomography revealed ascites in a pelvic space and the right side of the spermatic cord was swollen. Emergency operation was performed and the final diagnosis was catarrhal appendicitis and acute epididymitis. This is the first report of acute appendicitis concomitant with acute epididymitis.
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Yamahatsu K, Matsuda Y, Yamamoto T, Aimoto T, Nakamura Y, Hiroi M, Uchida E, Naito Z, Ishiwata T. Abstract 5145: Nestin as a novel angiogenic marker and target for anti-angiogenic therapy in human pancreatic cancer. Cancer Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2011-5145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Tumor angiogenesis is an important factor in the proliferation and metastasis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). CD34, CD31 and factor VIII-related antigen are commonly used as endothelial cell markers for tumor vessels. However, these markers identify not only newly formed small tumor vessels, but also pre-existing large blood vessels. Nestin, a class VI intermediate filament protein, has been reported to be up-regulated in endothelial cells accompanying the process of angiogenesis. In an acute pancreatitis murine model, we have previously reported that nestin is strongly expressed in proliferating endothelial cells. Furthermore, we have reported that nestin-positive blood vessels correlated with a poor prognosis in colorectal cancer. In this study, we examined the effectiveness of nestin as an angiogenic marker and potent target for anti-angiogenic therapy in PDAC. Methods: Tissues from 45 patients with PDAC were immunostained with nestin and other common vascular endothelial markers including CD34, CD31 and factor VIII-related antigen. We measured the number and dimension of the nestin- and CD34-positive blood vessels using image analyzing software. In addition, we compared proliferation activity between nestin- and CD34-positive vessels as determined by PCNA-labeling indices. To clarify the roles of nestin in endothelial cells, we transfected siRNA targeting nestin transcripts to mouse endothelial TKD2cells, and performed cell growth and migration assays. Results: Immunohistochemically, CD34, CD31 and factor VIII-related antigen were localized in blood vessels of all sizes, while nestin was localized only in the small blood vessels in PDAC tissues. Nestin was also expressed in myofibroblasts and nerve fibers, but not in lymphatic vessels. In image analyzing software, nestin-positive vessels were small in number, and they formed small lumen compare with CD34-positive blood vessels. Nestin-positive vessels showed higher PCNA-labeling indices than those of CD34-positive vessels. Nestin was expressed in small and proliferating blood vessels in PDAC tissues, suggesting that nestin plays important roles in tumor angiogenesis in cancer. Knock down of nestin in mouse endothelial cells using siRNA inhibited the cell growth, but not cell migration in vitro. Conclusion: Nestin was specifically expressed in small and proliferating blood vessels in pancreatic cancer tissues, indicating that nestin is a useful angiogenic marker in cancer. Furthermore, nestin may be a novel therapeutic target for inhibition of tumor angiogenesis in pancreatic cancer patients.
Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2011 Apr 2-6; Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2011;71(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 5145. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2011-5145
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- Kazuya Yamahatsu
- 1Department of Pathology, Integrative Oncological Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1Department of Pathology, Integrative Oncological Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1Department of Pathology, Integrative Oncological Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- 2Surgery for Organ and Biological Regulation, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- 2Surgery for Organ and Biological Regulation, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- 2Surgery for Organ and Biological Regulation, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- 2Surgery for Organ and Biological Regulation, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1Department of Pathology, Integrative Oncological Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1Department of Pathology, Integrative Oncological Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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ABSTRACTGas source silicon molecular beam epitaxial (Si-MBE) growth is microscopically governed by a disociative adsorption of silicon hydrides, such as Si2H6 source gas molecules on Si surface. The dissociative adsorption generates SiH species on the surface. From this hydride phase, hydrogen desorbs thermaly. The temperature dependence of the growth rate indicated that the hydrogen desorption from the SiH is the rate limiting step. In HBO2 Knudsen cell doping, B adsorbates block the surface migration. Such a blocking effect can be avoided by B2H6 gas dopant, because of the similar incorpration mechanism of B2H6 to that of Si2H6. However, in PH3 gas doping, a crystal quality degradation was observed at a high doping range due to the preferentially high sticking coefficient of PH3 and the resulting surface dangling bond termination. The selective epitaxial growth of a B doped layer using Si2H6 and B2H6 was applied to a novel structured base fabrication for super self-aligned selectively grown base transistor (SSSBT). A successful achievement of the SSSBT fabrication indicates the high potentiality of gas source Si-MBE to the sub-micron size ultra-high speed bipolar large scale integrated (LSI) circuits.
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Ueda J, Aimoto T, Nakamura Y, Hiroi M, Yamahatsu K, Hayakawa T, Naito Z, Uchida E. [Pancreaticoduodenal lymph node metastasis of neuroendocrine carcinoma of unknown primary associated with duodenal carcinoma]. Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi 2010; 107:1941-1946. [PMID: 21139363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A 73-year-old man was admitted with bloody stool. Duodenoscopy showed a hemorrhagic ulceration in the duodenum on the side opposite to the papilla of Vater. Abdominal CT demonstrated a well-defined hypervascular mass, adjacent to the lesion of the duodenum. Although as duodenal GIST was diagnosed, histologic examination for frozen sections during the procedure revealed tubular adenocarcinoma of the duodenum and pancreaticoduodenal lymph node metastasis of neuroendocrine carcinoma. He underwent a subtotal stomach-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy. Clinicopathologically, the neuroendocrine carcinoma of the pancreaticoduodenal lymph node was considered to be metastasis from an unknown primary lesion.
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- Junji Ueda
- Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Japan.
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Namikawa T, Kobayashi M, Iwabu J, Kitagawa H, Maeda H, Okabayashi T, Iguchi M, Hiroi M, Hanazaki K. Primary undifferentiated carcinoma of the small intestine: an immunohistochemical study and review of the literature. Med Mol Morphol 2010; 43:91-5. [PMID: 20683696 DOI: 10.1007/s00795-009-0448-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2009] [Accepted: 02/26/2009] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Primary undifferentiated carcinoma of the small intestine is an extremely rare neoplasm. Here, we report a case of primary undifferentiated carcinoma that arose from the ileum in a 65-year-old woman. Laboratory data revealed anemia and slightly elevated inflammatory parameters. Computed tomography showed a heterogeneous mass in the pelvic cavity, and magnetic resonance imaging revealed that the margin of the tumor mass was clear. Positron emission tomography using (18)F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D: -glucose (FDG) showed accumulation of FDG on the tumor mass with a standardized uptake value of 8.3. Partial resection of the ileum to remove the tumor was performed under a clinical diagnosis of small intestinal carcinoma. The tumor was nodulated and had a circumscribed margin 6.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm in diameter. Microscopically, the tumor was composed of giant polygonal cells with cellular atypia. Immunohistochemical examination revealed that the tumor cells expressed epithelial markers including AE1/AE3, CAM5.2, and EMA; however, lymphocytic, mesenchymal, and gastrointestinal stromal tumor markers were not expressed. We made a final diagnosis of primary undifferentiated carcinoma of the small intestine. The prognosis of patients with undifferentiated carcinoma of the small intestine is very poor. To improve the outcome of treatment, early and accurate diagnosis is essential, and additional therapy, including multimodality adjuvant therapy or the administration of novel molecular targeted drugs, should be considered.
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- Tsutomu Namikawa
- Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu-Okocho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan.
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Nemoto Y, Taniguchi A, Kamioka M, Nakaoka Y, Hiroi M, Yokoyama A, Enzan H, Daibata M. Epstein–Barr virus-infected subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma associated with methotrexate treatment. Int J Hematol 2010; 92:364-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s12185-010-0642-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2010] [Revised: 07/04/2010] [Accepted: 07/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Kurabayashi A, Iguchi M, Matsumoto M, Hiroi M, Kume M, Furihata M. Thymic mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma with immunoglobulin-storing histiocytosis in Sjögren's syndrome. Pathol Int 2010; 60:125-30. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2009.02486.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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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Horino T, Ogata K, Terada Y, Matsumoto M, Hiroi M. IgG4(+)MOLPS associated with inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm, interstitial pneumonia and interstitial nephritis. NDT Plus 2010; 3:102-3. [PMID: 25949419 PMCID: PMC4421540 DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfp170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Taro Horino
- Department of Endocrinology Metabolism and Nephrology
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- Department of Endocrinology Metabolism and Nephrology
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- Department of Endocrinology Metabolism and Nephrology
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- Laboratory of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Medical School Kohasu, Okoh-cho, Nankoku Kochi 783-8505 , Japan E-mail:
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- Laboratory of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Medical School Kohasu, Okoh-cho, Nankoku Kochi 783-8505 , Japan E-mail:
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Ueda J, Nakamura Y, Aimoto T, Hiroi M, Cho K, Yamahatsu K, Kawamoto M, Uchida E. Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy Preserving Spleen and Splenic Vessels for Pancreatic Insulinoma. J NIPPON MED SCH 2010; 77:175-80. [DOI: 10.1272/jnms.77.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Junji Ueda
- Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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- Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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- Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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- Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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- Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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- Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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- Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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- Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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Yamada T, Tamura S, Onishi S, Hiroi M. A comparison of magnifying chromoendoscopy versus histopathology of forceps biopsy specimen in the diagnosis of minute flat adenoma of the colon. Dig Dis Sci 2009; 54:2002-8. [PMID: 19037726 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0573-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2008] [Accepted: 10/03/2008] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Having noted a discrepancy between endoscopic and histopathological diagnoses in cases of minute adenomas of the colon, a prospective study was designed to clarify which is appropriate, magnifying chromoendoscopy or histopathology of a specimen obtained by biopsy forceps. A total of 208 patients comprised the study population. The endoscopic diagnoses were performed with magnifying colonoscopies. We separated the detected lesions with type III(L) pit pattern following Kudo's classification into two groups at random: in group A (n = 104) resected specimens were fixed with 20% buffered formalin without being flattened, whereas in group B (n = 104) the resected specimens were flattened using forceps before fixation and the specimens were cut under observation of their surface structure with stereomicroscopy. Comparison of the initial diagnoses between groups A and B showed that a total of 84.6% (88/104) of the lesions were diagnosed to be tubular adenomas histopathologically in group A, compared with 100% (104/104) in group B (P < 0.0001). Results for comparison of the secondary diagnoses between group A and group B showed that 14 of the 16 lesions were diagnosed as tubular adenomas histopathologically. Thereafter, 98.1% (102/104) of the lesions were diagnosed to be tubular adenomas histopathologically in group A (P = 0.4976). In conclusion, high-resolution magnifying chromoendoscopy is an appropriate procedure for the diagnosis of minute adenomas in comparison with histopathology of specimens obtained by biopsy forceps in this prospective study.
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
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Uchida E, Matsushita A, Yanagi K, Hiroi M, Aimoto T, Nakamura Y, Yokoyama T, Tajiri T. Experimental pancreatic cancer model using PGHAM-1 cells: characteristics and experimental therapeutic trials. J NIPPON MED SCH 2009; 75:325-31. [PMID: 19155568 DOI: 10.1272/jnms.75.325] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We developed short-term pancreatic cancer models in hamsters using PGHAM-1 cells and examined the utility of the models for research on metastasis and for therapeutic trials. With 3 PGHAM-1 models, including 1) primary pancreatic cancer and simultaneous liver metastasis by intrapancreatic transplantation, 2) liver metastasis alone by intrasplenic transplantation, 3) peritoneal dissemination by intraperitoneal transplantation, within 21 days after inoculation, we studied the specific characteristics of metastases and the effects of several antiangiogenic substances on primary and metastatic pancreatic tumors. Several experiments showed that vascular endotherial growth factor and anatomical characteristics were important factors for metastasis. In therapeutic experiments, the incidence, size, diameter, microvessel density, and apoptotic index of the tumors were preferably influenced by the antiangiogenic substances. In addition, PGHAM-1-Luc, which is luciferase-positive PGHAM-1 cell line, was newly developed and is expected to be a useful new animal model. These models would be suitable for the study of pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer and its metastasis and for preclinical trials of chemotherapeutic agents, such as antiangiogenic substances.
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- Eiji Uchida
- Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
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Anchi T, Tamura K, Inoue K, Ashida S, Yasuda M, Kataoka S, Saito K, Kuriyama M, Hiroi M, Sasaguri S, Shuin T. [Localized Fournier's gangrene of the penis: a case report]. Hinyokika Kiyo 2009; 55:153-156. [PMID: 19378828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Fournier's gangrene is a rare disease with rapidly progressive necrotising fasciitis of the genital, perineal and perianal regions and leads to sepsis and death. We reported a case of localized Fournier's gangrene of the penis. A 23-year-old man suffered an abrasion of the penis during oral sex with a commercial sex worker. Because pain as well as redness and swelling appeared on the penile surface, he consulted the nearest hospital. Since Fournier's gangrene was suspected, he was admitted to our hospital. According to the clinical symptoms and diagnostic imaging by using magnetic resonance imaging, we diagnosed Fournier's gangrene. Immediately, we started broad-spectrum antibacterial chemotherapy and performed debridement. The postoperative course was good and then the open wound was closed with artificial corium and full thickness skin graft to avoid erectile disturbance.
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- Takashi Anchi
- Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi university
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Tanimura T, Hiroi M, Inoshita T, Marion-Poll F. Neurophysiology of gustatory receptor neurones in Drosophila. SEB Exp Biol Ser 2009; 63:59-76. [PMID: 19174989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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- Teiichi Tanimura
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Oue S, Hiroi M, Ogawa S, Hira S, Hasegawa M, Yamaoka S, Yasui M, Tamai H, Ogihara T. Association of gastric fluid microbes at birth with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2009; 94:F17-22. [PMID: 18676413 DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.138321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Gastric fluid microbes were examined in preterm infants at birth to assess their influence on the postnatal outcome. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Level III neonatal intensive care unit. PATIENTS A total of 103 premature neonates with a gestational age of less than 32 weeks. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Gastric fluid microbes were identified by analysis of bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene. Additionally, the urease gene of Ureaplasma species was detected by polymerase chain reaction of gastric fluid obtained at birth and/or tracheal aspirate from ventilated preterm infants. The association between detection of microbes and bronchopulmonary dysplasia was investigated through assessment from clinical features and by a lung injury marker (KL-6). RESULTS Forty-two of 103 gastric fluid specimens were positive for microbes. Ureaplasma species were detected in 23 of the 42 (55%) gastric fluid specimens. All infants with Ureaplasma species in tracheal aspirate fluid also had positive gastric fluid specimens. Compared to infants negative for gastric fluid microbes, infants positive for microbes had higher rates of maternal chorioamnionitis (18% vs 78%), premature rupture of membranes (11% vs 55%), severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (1.6% vs 14%) and showed higher plasma KL-6 levels during the initial 4 weeks of life. CONCLUSION Detection of gastric fluid microbes was correlated well with antenatal infection and severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Detection of Ureaplasma species in gastric fluid was associated with subsequent respiratory colonisation. These results suggest that antenatal exposure of the immature fetus to microbes may cause lung injury and promote the onset of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
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- S Oue
- Department of Neonatal Medicine and Pediatrics, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan.
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Hashimoto N, Yachida S, Okano K, Wakabayashi H, Imaida K, Kurokohchi K, Masaki T, Kinoshita H, Tominaga M, Ajiki T, Ku Y, Okabayashi T, Hanazaki K, Hiroi M, Izumi S, Mano S, Okada S, Karasawa Y, Maeba T, Suzuki Y. Immunohistochemically detected expression of p27(Kip1) and Skp2 predicts survival in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas. Ann Surg Oncol 2008; 16:395-403. [PMID: 19034576 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0236-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [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] [Received: 07/07/2008] [Revised: 10/17/2008] [Accepted: 10/17/2008] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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In intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas (ICCs), the prognostic significance of p27(Kip1), a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, remains controversial, and there have been no studies of degradation pathway associated proteins, S-phase kinase-interacting protein (Skp2), and Jun activation domain-binding protein-1 (Jab1). In the present study of 74 patients with ICC-mass forming type (ICC-MF) undergoing radical surgery, we determined immunohistochemical expression of p27(Kip1), Skp2, and Jab1 and examined relationships with clinicopathologic findings and patient survival. On the basis of the average of labeling indices, we set cutoff values to define high and low expressors and divided the cases into two groups. A statistically significant correlation was found between low p27(Kip1) expression and lymph node metastasis (P = .009). Patient survival in the low p27(Kip1) expression group (n = 25) was also significantly worse than that in the high p27(Kip1) expression group (n = 49, P = .0007). A significant inverse correlation was found between p27(Kip1) and Skp2 expression (P = .016). High Skp2 expression (n = 36) was significantly associated with poor prognosis (P = .0046). High Jab1 expression was observed in 32 cases, but there was no statistically significant relationship with clinicopathologic findings or patient survival. The multivariate analysis revealed that low p27(Kip1) and high Skp2 expression are independent and significant factors of poor prognosis. The results suggest that low p27(Kip1) and high Skp2 expression are associated with aggressive tumor behavior, and these cell-cycle regulators are useful markers to predict outcome of patients with ICC-MF.
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- Nozomi Hashimoto
- Departments of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, Japan
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Matsumoto M, Hayashi Y, Ohtsuki Y, Ikegami N, Toi M, Iguchi M, Hiroi M. Signet-ring stromal tumor of the ovary: an immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study with a review of the literature. Med Mol Morphol 2008; 41:165-70. [DOI: 10.1007/s00795-008-0404-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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] [Received: 03/11/2008] [Accepted: 04/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hiroi M, Tanimura T, Marion-Poll F. Hedonic taste in Drosophila revealed by olfactory receptors expressed in taste neurons. PLoS One 2008; 3:e2610. [PMID: 18612414 PMCID: PMC2440521 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2008] [Accepted: 06/04/2008] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Taste and olfaction are each tuned to a unique set of chemicals in the outside world, and their corresponding sensory spaces are mapped in different areas in the brain. This dichotomy matches categories of receptors detecting molecules either in the gaseous or in the liquid phase in terrestrial animals. However, in Drosophila olfactory and gustatory neurons express receptors which belong to the same family of 7-transmembrane domain proteins. Striking overlaps exist in their sequence structure and in their expression pattern, suggesting that there might be some functional commonalities between them. In this work, we tested the assumption that Drosophila olfactory receptor proteins are compatible with taste neurons by ectopically expressing an olfactory receptor (OR22a and OR83b) for which ligands are known. Using electrophysiological recordings, we show that the transformed taste neurons are excited by odor ligands as by their cognate tastants. The wiring of these neurons to the brain seems unchanged and no additional connections to the antennal lobe were detected. The odor ligands detected by the olfactory receptor acquire a new hedonic value, inducing appetitive or aversive behaviors depending on the categories of taste neurons in which they are expressed i.e. sugar- or bitter-sensing cells expressing either Gr5a or Gr66a receptors. Taste neurons expressing ectopic olfactory receptors can sense odors at close range either in the aerial phase or by contact, in a lipophilic phase. The responses of the transformed taste neurons to the odorant are similar to those obtained with tastants. The hedonic value attributed to tastants is directly linked to the taste neurons in which their receptors are expressed.
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- Makoto Hiroi
- UMR n°1272, Physiologie de l'Insecte: Signalisation and Communication, INRA / UPMC / AgroParisTech, Route de Saint Cyr, Versailles, France
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University, Ropponmatsu, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University, Ropponmatsu, Fukuoka, Japan
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- UMR n°1272, Physiologie de l'Insecte: Signalisation and Communication, INRA / UPMC / AgroParisTech, Route de Saint Cyr, Versailles, France
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Shindo G, Endo T, Onda M, Hiroi M, Tsutae W. Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (Siiyama) as indication for lung transplantation: proper timing for surgical intervention. MINERVA CHIR 2008; 63:241-247. [PMID: 18577911] [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: 05/26/2023]
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The authors report a new familial case of alpha-1- antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency with severe pulmonary emphysema and hemoptysis. A severely reduced serum AAT level of the proband, a 56-year-old farmer's wife and her sister were observed. Mutation analysis of the AAT gene was performed using allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis followed by direct sequencing. The proband and her younger sister proved to be homozygous for PISiiyama. Although home oxygen therapy was induced in addition to previous medications including bronchodilators and cardiovascular conditioning, the proband's rate of decline of forced expiratory volume at one second (FEV1) was progressing. Lung transplantation was therefore advisable for the patient. Clinical analysis on Japanese cases reported in the literature shows that the rate of decline of FEV1 is one of the most convenient prognostic factors to find proper timing for surgical intervention. Lung transplantation is one of the best reliable current therapies to improve quality of life of severely impaired patients.
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- G Shindo
- Cardiothoracic Department, Meditopia Numazu Medical Clinic, Numazu City, Japan.
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Nakayama H, Itoh H, Kunita S, Kuroda N, Hiroi M, Matsuura H, Yasui W, Enzan H. Presence of perivenular elastic fibers in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis Fibrosis Stage III. Histol Histopathol 2008; 23:407-9. [PMID: 18228197 DOI: 10.14670/hh-23.407] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Elastic fibers appear in extensive old fibrotic foci in general. We examined an association between hepatic fibrosis stage and the presence of perivenular elastic fibers in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). A total of 48 liver needle biopsy specimens were used, taken from 48 cases with NASH. Fibrosis Stage (Brunt E, et al. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 1999) of the cases was as follows; six Fibrosis Stage I, twenty-two Fibrosis Stage II, and twenty Fibrosis Stage III. We examined Orcein stain sections in all of the liver needle biopsy specimens. In all twenty Fibrosis Stage III cases, perivenular elastic fiber bundles were observed. In contrast, perivenular elastic fibers were detected only in one of the six Fibrosis Stage I and two of the twenty-two Fibrosis Stage II cases. In liver needle biopsy specimens of NASH, detection of perivenular elastic fibers is useful in deciding Fibrosis Stage III.
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- H Nakayama
- Department of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan.
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Aimoto T, Uchida E, Yamahatsu K, Yoshida H, Hiroi M, Tajiri T. Surgical Treatment for Isolated Multiple Pancreatic Metastases from Renal Cell Carcinoma: Report of a Case. J NIPPON MED SCH 2008; 75:221-4. [DOI: 10.1272/jnms.75.221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Takayuki Aimoto
- Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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- Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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- Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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- Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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- Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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- Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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Shimasaki N, Kuroda N, Miyazaki E, Hayashi Y, Toi M, Hiroi M, Enzan H, Shuin T. Distribution and role of myofibroblasts in human normal seminal vesicle stroma. Med Mol Morphol 2007; 40:208-11. [DOI: 10.1007/s00795-007-0378-3] [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] [Received: 05/25/2007] [Accepted: 08/20/2007] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Nakajo K, Tamura S, Hiroi M, Onishi S, Yasuda N. EVALUATION OF THE RISK FACTORS OF LYMPH NODE METASTASIS IN PT1 STAGE COLORECTAL CARCINOMA: INDICATION FOR AN ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION. Dig Endosc 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2007.00752.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Matsutani T, Sasajima K, Miyamoto M, Yokoyama T, Hiroi M, Maruyama H, Suzuki S, Tajiri T. Pancreatic cyst associated with pancreas divisum treated by laparoscopy-assisted cystgastrostomy in the intragastric approach: a case report and a review of the literature. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2007; 17:317-20. [PMID: 17570778 DOI: 10.1089/lap.2006.0091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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A 39-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital after experiencing recurrent episodes of pancreatitis over the previous 2 years. On the first episode, he had been admitted to our hospital with elevated serum amylase levels and epigastralgia. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed a diffuse, uncircumscribed area with heterogeneous density in the pancreas. No previous history of pancreatitis, gallstones, drinking, or abdominal injury was elicited. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) demonstrated that the Wirsung duct was unconnected to the Santorini's duct. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography through the papilla of Vater and accessory papilla revealed an enlarged ventral pancreatic duct, pancreas divisum, and a cystic lesion in the pancreatic body. On the second and third episodes, endoscopic drainage of the pancreatic pseudocysts through the accessory papilla and ultrasonography-guided transmural drainage were unsuccessful. A follow-up CT and MRCP demonstrated that the pancreatic cyst had enlarged to 9 x 8 cm in diameter. A laparoscopy-assisted cystgastrostomy was performed with an intragastric approach. An anastomosis was performed using an endoscopic linear stapler through the small cystotomy and gastrotomy openings on the posterior wall of the stomach. The postoperative clinical course was uneventful. Over 6 months later, the patient remains well and with a good quality of life. A laparoscopy-assisted cystgastrostomy, using an intragastric surgical technique, offers a safe, less-invasive procedure for cyst drainage by the pancreas divisum.
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- Takeshi Matsutani
- Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
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Lacaille F, Hiroi M, Twele R, Inoshita T, Umemoto D, Manière G, Marion-Poll F, Ozaki M, Francke W, Cobb M, Everaerts C, Tanimura T, Ferveur JF. An inhibitory sex pheromone tastes bitter for Drosophila males. PLoS One 2007; 2:e661. [PMID: 17710124 PMCID: PMC1937024 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2007] [Accepted: 06/15/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sexual behavior requires animals to distinguish between the sexes and to respond appropriately to each of them. In Drosophila melanogaster, as in many insects, cuticular hydrocarbons are thought to be involved in sex recognition and in mating behavior, but there is no direct neuronal evidence of their pheromonal effect. Using behavioral and electrophysiological measures of responses to natural and synthetic compounds, we show that Z-7-tricosene, a Drosophila male cuticular hydrocarbon, acts as a sex pheromone and inhibits male-male courtship. These data provide the first direct demonstration that an insect cuticular hydrocarbon is detected as a sex pheromone. Intriguingly, we show that a particular type of gustatory neurons of the labial palps respond both to Z-7-tricosene and to bitter stimuli. Cross-adaptation between Z-7-tricosene and bitter stimuli further indicates that these two very different substances are processed by the same neural pathways. Furthermore, the two substances induced similar behavioral responses both in courtship and feeding tests. We conclude that the inhibitory pheromone tastes bitter to the fly.
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- INRA-UMR1272,Versailles, France
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Organic Chemistry, Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Textile Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Textile Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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