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Kamikawa R, Mochizuki T, Sakamoto M, Tanizawa Y, Nakayama T, Onuma R, Cenci U, Moog D, Speak S, Sarkozi K, Toseland A, van Oosterhout C, Oyama K, Kato M, Kume K, Kayama M, Azuma T, Ishii KI, Miyashita H, Henrissat B, Lombard V, Win J, Kamoun S, Kashiyama Y, Mayama S, Miyagishima SY, Tanifuji G, Mock T, Nakamura Y. Genome evolution of a nonparasitic secondary heterotroph, the diatom Nitzschia putrida. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabi5075. [PMID: 35486731 PMCID: PMC9054022 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abi5075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Secondary loss of photosynthesis is observed across almost all plastid-bearing branches of the eukaryotic tree of life. However, genome-based insights into the transition from a phototroph into a secondary heterotroph have so far only been revealed for parasitic species. Free-living organisms can yield unique insights into the evolutionary consequence of the loss of photosynthesis, as the parasitic lifestyle requires specific adaptations to host environments. Here, we report on the diploid genome of the free-living diatom Nitzschia putrida (35 Mbp), a nonphotosynthetic osmotroph whose photosynthetic relatives contribute ca. 40% of net oceanic primary production. Comparative analyses with photosynthetic diatoms and heterotrophic algae with parasitic lifestyle revealed that a combination of gene loss, the accumulation of genes involved in organic carbon degradation, a unique secretome, and the rapid divergence of conserved gene families involved in cell wall and extracellular metabolism appear to have facilitated the lifestyle of a free-living secondary heterotroph.
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- Ryoma Kamikawa
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Informatics, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Department of Informatics, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Department of Informatics, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Gene Function and Phenomics, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 – UGSF – Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Laboratory for Cell Biology, Philipps University Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 8
- SYNMIKRO Research Center, Hans-Meerwein-Str. 6, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (AFMB), CNRS, Université Aix-Marseille, 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille, France
- INRA, USC 1408 AFMB, 13288 Marseille, France
- Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (AFMB), CNRS, Université Aix-Marseille, 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille, France
- INRA, USC 1408 AFMB, 13288 Marseille, France
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Fukui University of Technology, Fukui, Japan
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- Advanced Support Center for Science Teachers, Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gene Function and Phenomics, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba 305-0005, Japan
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Department of Informatics, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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Azuma T, Pánek T, Tice AK, Kayama M, Kobayashi M, Miyashita H, Suzaki T, Yabuki A, Brown MW, Kamikawa R. An enigmatic stramenopile sheds light on early evolution in Ochrophyta plastid organellogenesis. Mol Biol Evol 2022; 39:6555011. [PMID: 35348760 PMCID: PMC9004409 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ochrophyta is an algal group belonging to the Stramenopiles and comprises diverse lineages of algae which contribute significantly to the oceanic ecosystems as primary producers. However, early evolution of the plastid organelle in Ochrophyta is not fully understood. In this study, we provide a well-supported tree of the Stramenopiles inferred by the large-scale phylogenomic analysis that unveils the eukaryvorous (nonphotosynthetic) protist Actinophrys sol (Actinophryidae) is closely related to Ochrophyta. We used genomic and transcriptomic data generated from A. sol to detect molecular traits of its plastid and we found no evidence of plastid genome and plastid-mediated biosynthesis, consistent with previous ultrastructural studies that did not identify any plastids in Actinophryidae. Moreover, our phylogenetic analyses of particular biosynthetic pathways provide no evidence of a current and past plastid in A. sol. However, we found more than a dozen organellar aminoacyl-tRNA synthases (aaRSs) that are of algal origin. Close relationships between aaRS from A. sol and their ochrophyte homologs document gene transfer of algal genes that happened before the divergence of Actinophryidae and Ochrophyta lineages. We further showed experimentally that organellar aaRSs of A. sol are targeted exclusively to mitochondria, although organellar aaRSs in Ochrophyta are dually targeted to mitochondria and plastids. Together, our findings suggested that the last common ancestor of Actinophryidae and Ochrophyta had not yet completed the establishment of host–plastid partnership as seen in the current Ochrophyta species, but acquired at least certain nuclear-encoded genes for the plastid functions.
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- Tomonori Azuma
- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida nihonmatsu cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida nihonmatsu cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida nihonmatsu cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa oiwake cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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Kayama M, Chen JF, Nakada T, Nishimura Y, Shikanai T, Azuma T, Miyashita H, Takaichi S, Kashiyama Y, Kamikawa R. A non-photosynthetic green alga illuminates the reductive evolution of plastid electron transport systems. BMC Biol 2020; 18:126. [PMID: 32938439 PMCID: PMC7495860 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-020-00853-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Plastid electron transport systems are essential not only for photosynthesis but also for dissipating excess reducing power and sinking excess electrons generated by various redox reactions. Although numerous organisms with plastids have lost their photoautotrophic lifestyles, there is a spectrum of known functions of remnant plastids in non-photosynthetic algal/plant lineages; some of non-photosynthetic plastids still retain diverse metabolic pathways involving redox reactions while others, such as apicoplasts of apicomplexan parasites, possess highly reduced sets of functions. However, little is known about underlying mechanisms for redox homeostasis in functionally versatile non-photosynthetic plastids and thus about the reductive evolution of plastid electron transport systems. Results Here we demonstrated that the central component for plastid electron transport systems, plastoquinone/plastoquinol pool, is still retained in a novel strain of an obligate heterotrophic green alga lacking the photosynthesis-related thylakoid membrane complexes. Microscopic and genome analyses revealed that the Volvocales green alga, chlamydomonad sp. strain NrCl902, has non-photosynthetic plastids and a plastid DNA that carries no genes for the photosynthetic electron transport system. Transcriptome-based in silico prediction of the metabolic map followed by liquid chromatography analyses demonstrated carotenoid and plastoquinol synthesis, but no trace of chlorophyll pigments in the non-photosynthetic green alga. Transient RNA interference knockdown leads to suppression of plastoquinone/plastoquinol synthesis. The alga appears to possess genes for an electron sink system mediated by plastid terminal oxidase, plastoquinone/plastoquinol, and type II NADH dehydrogenase. Other non-photosynthetic algae/land plants also possess key genes for this system, suggesting a broad distribution of an electron sink system in non-photosynthetic plastids. Conclusion The plastoquinone/plastoquinol pool and thus the involved electron transport systems reported herein might be retained for redox homeostasis and might represent an intermediate step towards a more reduced set of the electron transport system in many non-photosynthetic plastids. Our findings illuminate a broadly distributed but previously hidden step of reductive evolution of plastid electron transport systems after the loss of photosynthesis.
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- Motoki Kayama
- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida nihonmatsu cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida nihonmatsu cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida nihonmatsu cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida nihonmatsu cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Fukui University of Technology, Fukui, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida nihonmatsu cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan. .,Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa oiwake cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
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Kayama M, Maciszewski K, Yabuki A, Miyashita H, Karnkowska A, Kamikawa R. Highly Reduced Plastid Genomes of the Non-photosynthetic Dictyochophyceans Pteridomonas spp. (Ochrophyta, SAR) Are Retained for tRNA-Glu-Based Organellar Heme Biosynthesis. Front Plant Sci 2020; 11:602455. [PMID: 33329672 PMCID: PMC7728698 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.602455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Organisms that have lost their photosynthetic capabilities are present in a variety of eukaryotic lineages, such as plants and disparate algal groups. Most of such non-photosynthetic eukaryotes still carry plastids, as these organelles retain essential biological functions. Most non-photosynthetic plastids possess genomes with varied protein-coding contents. Such remnant plastids are known to be present in the non-photosynthetic, bacteriovorous alga Pteridomonas danica (Dictyochophyceae, Ochrophyta), which, regardless of its obligatory heterotrophic lifestyle, has been reported to retain the typically plastid-encoded gene for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) large subunit (rbcL). The presence of rbcL without photosynthetic activity suggests that investigating the function of plastids in Pteridomonas spp. would likely bring unique insights into understanding the reductive evolution of plastids, their genomes, and plastid functions retained after the loss of photosynthesis. In this study, we demonstrate that two newly established strains of the non-photosynthetic genus Pteridomonas possess highly reduced plastid genomes lacking rbcL gene, in contrast to the previous report. Interestingly, we discovered that all plastid-encoded proteins in Pteridomonas spp. are involved only in housekeeping processes (e.g., transcription, translation and protein degradation), indicating that all metabolite synthesis pathways in their plastids are supported fully by nuclear genome-encoded proteins. Moreover, through an in-depth survey of the available transcriptomic data of another strain of the genus, we detected no candidate sequences for nuclear-encoded, plastid-directed Fe-S cluster assembly pathway proteins, suggesting complete loss of this pathway in the organelle, despite its widespread conservation in non-photosynthetic plastids. Instead, the transcriptome contains plastid-targeted components of heme biosynthesis, glycolysis, and pentose phosphate pathways. The retention of the plastid genomes in Pteridomonas spp. is not explained by the Suf-mediated constraint against loss of plastid genomes, previously proposed for Alveolates, as they lack Suf genes. Bearing all these findings in mind, we propose the hypothesis that plastid DNA is retained in Pteridomonas spp. for the purpose of providing glutamyl-tRNA, encoded by trnE gene, as a substrate for the heme biosynthesis pathway.
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- Motoki Kayama
- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- *Correspondence: Anna Karnkowska,
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Ryoma Kamikawa,
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Murakami Y, Matsumoto H, Roh M, Giani A, Kataoka K, Morizane Y, Kayama M, Thanos A, Nakatake S, Notomi S, Hisatomi T, Ikeda Y, Ishibashi T, Connor KM, Miller JW, Vavvas DG. Programmed necrosis, not apoptosis, is a key mediator of cell loss and DAMP-mediated inflammation in dsRNA-induced retinal degeneration. Cell Death Differ 2013; 21:270-7. [PMID: 23954861 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2013.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2013] [Revised: 06/15/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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There is no known treatment for the dry form of an age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Cell death and inflammation are important biological processes thought to have central role in AMD. Here we show that receptor-interacting protein (RIP) kinase mediates necrosis and enhances inflammation in a mouse model of retinal degeneration induced by dsRNA, a component of drusen in AMD. In contrast to photoreceptor-induced apoptosis, subretinal injection of the dsRNA analog poly(I : C) caused necrosis of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), as well as macrophage infiltration into the outer retinas. In Rip3(-/-) mice, both necrosis and inflammation were prevented, providing substantial protection against poly(I : C)-induced retinal degeneration. Moreover, after poly(I : C) injection, Rip3(-/-) mice displayed decreased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines (such as TNF-α and IL-6) in the retina, and attenuated intravitreal release of high-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1), a major damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP). In vitro, poly(I : C)-induced necrosis were inhibited in Rip3-deficient RPE cells, which in turn suppressed HMGB1 release and dampened TNF-α and IL-6 induction evoked by necrotic supernatants. On the other hand, Rip3 deficiency did not modulate directly TNF-α and IL-6 production after poly(I : C) stimulation in RPE cells or macrophages. Therefore, programmed necrosis is crucial in dsRNA-induced retinal degeneration and may promote inflammation by regulating the release of intracellular DAMPs, suggesting novel therapeutic targets for diseases such as AMD.
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- Y Murakami
- 1] Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Service, Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA [2] Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Service, Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Service, Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Service, Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Service, Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Service, Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Service, Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Service, Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Service, Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Service, Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Service, Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Mitsuma T, Hirooka Y, Kayama M, Izeki K, Nogimori T. Effects of acetylcholine on the release of thyrotropin-releasing hormone from the rat retina in vitro. Exp Clin Endocrinol 2009; 99:77-9. [PMID: 1639122 DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1211139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Effects of acetylcholine on the release of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) from the rat retina were studied in vitro. The retina was incubated in medium 199 (pH 7.4) with 1.0 mg/ml of bacitracin and 100 micrograms/ml of ascorbic acid (medium) for 20 min. The amount of TRH release into the medium was measured by radioimmunoassay. The TRH release from the rat retina was enhanced significantly in a dose-related manner with the addition of acetylcholine and inhibited with addition of atropine. The stimulatory effect of acetylcholine on TRH release from the retina was blocked with the addition of atropine. The elution profile of methanol-extract of the rat retina was identical to that of synthetic TRH. The findings suggest that the cholinergic system stimulates TRH release from the rat stomach in vitro.
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- T Mitsuma
- Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Japan
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Kitaoka S, Watanabe M, Watanabe Y, Kayama M, Nomura M, Sasa K. Growth of regenerated tree seedlings associated with microclimatic change in a mature larch plantation after harvesting. Landscape Ecol Eng 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s11355-009-0070-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kayama M, Nishido H, Kiyotaka N. Cathodoluminescence characterization of tridymite and cristobalite. Acta Crystallogr A 2008. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767308080756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Choi DS, Kayama M, Jin HO, Lee CH, Izuta T, Koike T. Growth and photosynthetic responses of two pine species (Pinus koraiensis and Pinus rigida) in a polluted industrial region in Korea. Environ Pollut 2006; 139:421-32. [PMID: 16112781 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.06.006] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2004] [Accepted: 06/09/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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We investigated the effects of pollutants on two pine species (Pinus koraiensis and Pinus rigida) in an industrial region in Korea, using a physiological approach. The concentrations of fluorine (F) and chlorine (Cl) in the atmosphere, in precipitation and soil water at the damaged site were all significantly higher than at a control site. Moreover, the concentrations of F, Cl and Mn in pine needles were significantly higher, and essential elements and chlorophyll in needles were significantly lower at the damaged site than at the control site. The photosynthetic capacities, shoot length and survival statistics of needles of the two pines were all significantly reduced at the damaged site compared to the control site, especially P. rigida. Based on our comparison of photosynthetic responses and the concentrations of F, Cl and Mn in needles of the two pine species, P. koraiensis is more resistant to excess Mn in its needles than P. rigida.
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- D S Choi
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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Kayama M, Quoreshi AM, Kitaoka S, Kitahashi Y, Sakamoto Y, Maruyama Y, Kitao M, Koike T. Effects of deicing salt on the vitality and health of two spruce species, Picea abies Karst., and Picea glehnii Masters planted along roadsides in northern Japan. Environ Pollut 2003; 124:127-137. [PMID: 12683989 DOI: 10.1016/s0269-7491(02)00415-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In northern Japan, the growth of Picea abies Karst., and Picea glehnii Masters, which have been planted along the highways, is often suppressed due to several environmental stresses. To examine the adverse effects of deicing salt, the primary source of stress,we measured needle life span, photosynthetic capacity, and water potential and transpiration rate of the two spruce species at a site with damaged trees, near the roadside and a site with healthy trees, located far from the highway. Results from the analysis showed large amounts of sodium and chlorine in the soil and snow at the damaged site. These elements had accumulated in the needles of the spruce. Moreover, physiological traits of the spruce, at the damaged site were also affected. Therefore, we concluded that poor physiological traits might be attributed to an accumulation of deicing salt in the needles, resulting in the suppression of tree growth.
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- M Kayama
- Hokkaido University Forests, FSC, Sapporo 060-0809, Japan
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Yazaki K, Funada R, Mori S, Maruyama Y, Abaimov AP, Kayama M, Koike T. Growth and annual ring structure of Larix sibirica grown at different carbon dioxide concentrations and nutrient supply rates. Tree Physiol 2001; 21:1223-1229. [PMID: 11600344 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/21.16.1223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We compared effects of ambient (360 vpm) and elevated (720 vpm) carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) and high and low nutrient supply rates on stem growth, annual ring structure and tracheid anatomy of Siberian larch (Larix sibirica Ledeb.) seedlings over two growing seasons. Elevated [CO2] had no significant effect on either stem height or diameter growth; however, both stem height and diameter growth were enhanced by the high nutrient supply rate, and these increases were stimulated by elevated [CO2]. Elevated [CO2] tended to increase the width of the annual xylem ring, the number of cells in a radial file spanning the ring, and tracheid lumen diameter, whereas it tended to reduce cell wall thickness, although there were no statistically significant CO2 effects on tracheid anatomy. Changes in tracheid cell morphology seemed to be dependent on changes in shoot elongation rates.
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- K Yazaki
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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Kayama M, Zerwekh J, Thornton KA, Murashima S. Japanese Expert Public Health Nurses Empower Clients with SCHIZOPHRENIA Living in the Community. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv 2001; 39:40-5. [PMID: 11215030 DOI: 10.3928/0279-3695-20010201-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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1. Home visiting psychiatric public health nurses are integral to expanding community-based mental health services for Japanese citizens living with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. 2. Interviews with experienced psychiatric public health nurses revealed empowerment as the basic social process that guides their practice. Five empowering practice domains foster client autonomy. 3. Psychiatric public health nurses work with families, neighbors, educators, and employers to enable their clients' healthy living in the community.
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- M Kayama
- University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Kayama M, Asukai N, Miyake Y, Tanoue M, Minakawa K. [Effectiveness of home help service for psychiatric patients. The results of a model project in S city]. Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 2000; 47:773-82. [PMID: 11070596] [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: 04/15/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a home help service project for psychiatric patients in S city. METHODS To assess the effectiveness of the home help service, home help service providers at S city in 1997 were invited to hearings and the transcripts were examined qualitatively. Based on the results, interview questions were developed. We then interviewed 28 home help providers who were providing or had completed the service project, as well as care managers as of July 1998. Home help providers divided their patient stories retrospectively into three time frames: before starting home care, one month after starting providing care and at the present. Amount of care provided and patients' self care level were scored and averages ere compared for the three time frames. RESULTS The analysis of the hearing data revealed parameters for the effectiveness of home help service for psychiatric patients to be as follows: 1) enhanced ability of daily living, such as taking meals, maintaining hygiene and shopping, (primary effectiveness: 5 items); and 2) developing social function, such as being motivated, maintaining personal relationship, extending social life, and decreasing family burden, (secondary effectiveness: 9 items). The amount of care needed was found to be significantly decreased and social function was significantly enhanced on comparisons between before starting home care and one month later, as well as between before starting home care and the present. DISCUSSION Home help service for psychiatric patients is not only useful for enhancing patients' ability to succeed in daily living tasks, but also for developing their social functioning. Effectiveness was also identified in the level of patients' behavior. The results provide reasonable grounds for extended use of the home help service.
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Mitsuma T, Hirooka Y, Kayama M, Mori Y, Yokoi Y, Rhue N, Ping J, Izumi M, Ikai R, Adachi K, Nogimori T. Radioimmunoassay for orexin A. Life Sci 2000; 66:897-904. [PMID: 10714890 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(99)00673-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A radioimmunoassay for orexin A has been developed. Anti-orexin A antiserum was raised in New Zealand white rabbits immunized with a conjugate of synthetic orexin A with bovine serum albumin. This antibody did not crossreact with orexin B, hypothalamic hormones, pituitary hormones, neuropeptides or gut hormones. Radioiodination of orexin A was performed with the chloramin T method, followed by purification of radioiodinated material on Sephadex G-25 column. Orexin A was extracted from tissues using acid-acetone. The assay was performed with a double antibody system. The dilution curve of acid-acetone-extracts of rat hypothalamus in the radioimmunoassay system was parallel to the standard curve. The recovery of tissue orexin A was about 80%,and the intra-assay and inter-assay variations were 5.2% and 7.8%, respectively. Orexin A was found in the hypothalamus, cerebrum and testis. These data suggest that this assay system is suitable for the measurement of tissue orexin A and that orexin A is found in the central nervous system and testis.
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- T Mitsuma
- Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan
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Mitsuma T, Hirooka Y, Mori Y, Kayama M, Adachi K, Rhue N, Ping J, Nogimori T. Effects of orexin A on thyrotropin-releasing hormone and thyrotropin secretion in rats. Horm Metab Res 1999; 31:606-9. [PMID: 10598828 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-978805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Effects of orexin A on secretion of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and thyrotropin (TSH) in rats were studied. Orexin A (50 microg/kg) was injected iv, and the rats were serially decapitated. The effects of orexin A on TRH release from the rat hypothalamus in vitro and on TSH release from the anterior pituitary in vitro were also investigated. TRH and thyroid hormone were measured by individual radioimmunoassays. TSH was determined by the enzyme-immunoassay method. The hypothalamic TRH contents increased significantly after orexin A injection, whereas its plasma concentrations tended to decrease, but not significantly. The plasma TSH levels decreased significantly in a dose-related manner with a nadir at 15 min after injection. The plasma thyroid hormone levels showed no changes. TRH release from the rat hypothalamus in vitro was inhibited significantly in a dose-related manner with the addition of orexin A. TSH release from the anterior pituitary in vitro was not affected with the addition of orexin A. The findings suggest that orexin A acts on the hypothalamus to inhibit TRH release.
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- T Mitsuma
- Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan
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Mitsuma T, Rhue N, Kayama M, Mori Y, Yokoi Y, Adachi K, Ikai R, Nakamura A, Nakayashiki A, Nogimori T, Sakai J, Hirooka Y. Distribution of thyrotropin releasing hormone receptor type 2 in rats: an immunohistochemical study. Endocr Regul 1999; 33:135-9. [PMID: 10571965] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the organ distribution of thyrotropin releasing hormone receptor (TRHR) type 2 in rats by immunohistochemical method. METHODS TRHR type 2 was identified immunohistochemically in the rat tissues using specific anti-TRHR antiserum raised in New Zealand white rabbits immunized with a conjugate of synthetic TRHR type 2 (5-23) with bovine serum albumin. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed by avidin-biotin complex method. RESULTS TRHR type 2 immunoreactivity was visualized in the central nervous system, anterior pituitary, gastric mucosa, Auerbach's and Meissner's nervous branch of the stomach, small intestine and colon, retina amd testis. Significant stain was detected in neural perikarya, axons and dendrites. When using antiserum preincubated with synthetic TRHR type 2(5-23) or anterior pituitary homogenates, no significant stain of anterior pituitary was detected. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that TRHR type 2 is widely distributed and that the method used is valuable in studying the distribution of TRHR type 2 in rats.
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- T Mitsuma
- Fourth Department of Internal Medicine,Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1195 Japan
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Mori Y, Jing P, Kayama M, Fujieda K, Hasegawa T, Nogimori T, Hirooka Y, Mitsuma T. Gene amplification as a common cause of inherited thyroxine-binding globulin excess: analysis of one familial and two sporadic cases. Endocr J 1999; 46:613-9. [PMID: 10580756 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.46.613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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T4-binding globulin (TBG) is the major thyroid hormone transport protein in humans. Inherited abnormalities in the level of serum TBG have been classified as partial deficiency, complete deficiency and excess. A single nucleotide deletion or substitution in the TBG gene, located on Xq22, has been detected in partial and complete deficiencies. As for inherited TBG excess, the gene amplification has been recognized in two Japanese families recently. In this study, an additional three Japanese families, one familial (F-I) and two sporadic TBG excess (F-II, F-III), were analyzed. Serum TBG levels in hemizygous males were 73, 47 and 42 microg/ml, three- to two-fold the normal value. The molecule had normal properties in terms of heat stability and isoelectric focussing pattern. The gene dosage of TBG was evaluated by coamplification with autosomal betaGlobin or X-chromosomal Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and subsequent quantitation by HPLC. The TBG/betaGlobin ratios of the affected male and female of F-I were 3.09- and 3.86-times, respectively, compared to that of the normal males. The TBG/DMD ratios were 2.93- and 2.09-times, respectively. These results are compatible with three copies of the TBG gene on the affected X-chromosome. Similarly, a twofold increase in gene dosage was demonstrated in the affected males of sporadic cases. Their mothers with normal TBG values had the same TBG gene dosage as normal females, suggesting that de novo gene duplication arose in gametes probably during meiosis. Amplification of the TBG gene was not recognized in these three families by in situ hybridization of prometaphase chromosomes. Though the mechanism remains unproved, gene amplification of TBG was considered to be a common cause for inherited TBG excess.
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- Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi-ken, Japan
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Mitsuma T, Rhue N, Kayama M, Mori Y, Adachi K, Yokoi Y, Ping J, Nogimori T, Hirooka Y. Distribution of calcium sensing receptor in rats: an immunohistochemical study. Endocr Regul 1999; 33:55-9. [PMID: 10467425] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the organ distribution of calcium sensing receptor (CaR) in rats by immunohistochemical method. METHODS CaR was identified immunohistochemically in the rat tissues using specific anti-CaR antiserum raised in New Zealand white rabbits immunized with a conjugate of synthetic CaR peptide (186-204) with bovine serum albumin. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed by avidin-biotin complex method. RESULTS CaR immunoreactivity was visualized in the central nervous system, anterior pituitary, gastric mucosa, small intestine and colon, Auerbach,s and Meissner,s gastric nervous branch, small intestine and colon, pancreas, adrenal medulla, kidney and testis. When using antiserum preincubated with synthetic CaR peptide (186-206) or kidney homogenates, no significant stain of kidney was detected. CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest that CaR is widely distributed and that the method used is valuable in studying the distribution of caR in rat.
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- T Mitsuma
- Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi 4801195 Japan
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Mitsuma T, Hirooka Y, Mori Y, Kayama M, Adachi K, Rhue N, Ping J, Ikai R, Nakayashiki A, Nogimori T. Nociceptin stimulates thyrotropin secretion in rats. Horm Res Paediatr 1999; 52:140-4. [PMID: 10725778 DOI: 10.1159/000023450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Effects of nociceptin on thyrotropin (TSH) and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) secretion in rats were studied. Nociceptin (150 microgram/kg) was injected intravenously and rats were serially decapitated after the injection. The effects of nociceptin on TRH release from the hypothalamus and TSH release from the anterior pituitary in vitro were also investigated. TRH and thyroid hormones were measured by individual radioimmunoassays. TSH was determined by enzyme immunoassay. TRH contents in the hypothalamus decreased significantly after nociceptin injection, whereas plasma TRH concentrations showed no changes. Plasma TSH concentrations increased significantly in a dose-related manner. The TRH release from the hypothalamus was enhanced significantly in a dose-related manner with the addition of nociceptin. The TSH release from the anterior pituitary in vitro was not affected by the addition of nociceptin. The plasma thyroxine and 3,3',5-triiodothyronine levels did not change significantly after nociceptin administration. The inactivation of TRH by plasma or hypothalamus in vitro after nociceptin injection did not differ from that of controls. The findings suggest that nociceptin acts on the hypothalamus to stimulate TRH and TSH secretion.
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- T Mitsuma
- Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan
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Mitsuma T, Hirooka Y, Kayama M, Mori Y, Adacht K, Takagi J, Wago T, Ping J, Nogimori T. Thyrotropin-releasing hormone and somatostatin inhibit each others release in vitro in the rat retina. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 1998; 106:140-2. [PMID: 9628246 DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1211966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The effect of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), somatostatin (SS) or octreotide, an analogue of SS, on release of TRH or SS from the rat retina was studied in vitro. The retina was incubated in medium 199 (pH 7.4) with 1.0 mg/ml of bacitracin (medium) for 20 min. The amount of TRH or SS release into the medium was measured by individual radioimmunoassays. The TRH release from the rat retina was inhibited significantly in a dose-related manner by the addition of SS or octreotide. The SS release from the retina was inhibited by TRH, and the inhibitory effect of TRH on SS release from the rat retina was blocked by the addition of anti-TRH receptor antiserum immunoglobulin fraction. The findings suggest an interaction between TRH and SS in the rat retina by which the addition of one inhibits the release of the other.
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- T Mitsuma
- Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan
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Taniuchi Y, Sakai Y, Hisamichi N, Kayama M, Mano Y, Sato K, Hirayama F, Koshio H, Matsumoto Y, Kawasaki T. Biochemical and pharmacological characterization of YM-60828, a newly synthesized and orally active inhibitor of human factor Xa. Thromb Haemost 1998; 79:543-8. [PMID: 9531037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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YM-60828 was found to potently inhibit human factor Xa following oral administration. YM-60828 showed high affinity for factor Xa (Ki = 1.3 nM), but did not affect thrombin (Ki > 100 microM). YM-60828 doubled factor Xa clotting time, prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) at 0.10, 0.21, 0.24 microM, respectively. Importantly, it did not prolong thrombin time at 100 microM. YM-60828 also inhibited factor Xa in the prothrombinase complex with an IC50 value of 7.7 nM. In addition to its anticoagulant activity, YM-60828 inhibited platelet aggregation induced by various agonists (IC50 = 3 to 23 microM). Squirrel monkeys were used to study the ex vivo anticoagulant activity and pharmacokinetic properties of YM-60828. One hour after oral administration at 3 mg/kg, YM-60828 strongly prolonged PT and APTT by 4.8- and 1.9-fold, respectively, and plasma concentration reached 788 +/- 167 ng/ml. Bioavailability was calculated to be 20.3%. These results strongly suggest that YM-60828 will be a valuable orally active and potent anticoagulant agent showing potential antithrombotic activity.
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- Institute for Drug Discovery Research, Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Kayama M, Naruki H, Katahira Y. [Transitions of nursing students' uniforms for practicum at St. Luke's College of Nursing]. Seiroka Kango Daigaku Kiyo 1998; 21:57-62. [PMID: 9479183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Tanaka T, Shibata K, Hino H, Murashita T, Kayama M, Satouchi K. Purification and gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric characterization of non-methylene interrupted fatty acid incorporated in rat liver. J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl 1997; 700:1-8. [PMID: 9390709 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(97)00331-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A C20 non-methylene interrupted trienoic acid detected in the liver of rat fed with a pine (Pinus koraiensis) seed oil diet was purified by two-step argentation thin-layer chromatography (AgTLC) and characterized by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). First, a C20 methyl trienoate fraction was obtained from fatty acid methyl esters prepared from rat liver by 5% AgTLC developed with petroleum ether-diethyl ether-acetic acid (70:20:2, v/v) as a solvent system. The fraction was then subjected to AgTLC developed with benzene-acetone-diethyl ether-acetic acid (65:15:15:5, v/v) which could separate non-methylene interrupted fatty acids (NMIFA) from usual MIFAs. The purified C20 NMIFA was partially hydrogenated, and the resulting three kinds of the C20 monoenoate were analyzed by GC-MS after conversion to their dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) adducts. The results revealed that the original C20 non-methylene interrupted trienoic acid detected in the liver of rats fed with a pine seed oil diet was delta-5,11,14/20:3, a minor component of pine seed oil.
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- T Tanaka
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Fukuyama University, Japan
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Mitsuma T, Rhue N, Kayama M, Yokoi Y, Izumi M, Adachi K, Wago T, Hirooka Y, Nogimori T. Effects of gamma-butyric acid on the release of thyrotropin-releasing hormone from the rat retina in vitro. Horm Metab Res 1997; 29:427-9. [PMID: 9370109 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979070] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Effects of gamma-butyric acid (GABA) on the release of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) from the rat retina in vitro were studied. The rat retina was incubated in medium 199 (pH 7.4) with 1.0 mg/ml of bacitracin and 100 micrograms/ml of ascorbic acid (medium). The amount of TRH release into the medium was measured by radioimmunoassay. The TRH release from the rat retina was inhibited significantly in a dose-related manner with the addition of GABA, but not with bicuculline. The inhibitory effect of GABA on TRH release from the retina was blocked by adding bicuculline to the medium. The findings suggest that the GABAergic system inhibits TRH release from the rat retina in vitro.
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- T Mitsuma
- Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Japan
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Mitsuma T, Kayama M, Yokoi Y, Rhue N, Izumi M, Takatsu S, Adachi K, Hirooka Y, Nogimori T. Effects of serotonin on the release of thyrotropin-releasing hormone from the rat retina in vitro. Horm Metab Res 1996; 28:220-2. [PMID: 8738109 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Effects of serotonin on the release of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) from the rat retina were studied in vitro. The retina was incubated in medium 199 (pH 7.4) with 1.0 mg/ml of bacitracin and 100 micrograms/ml of ascorbic acid (medium) for 20 min. The amount of TRH release into the medium was measured by radioimmunoassay. The TRH release from the rat retina was inhibited significantly in a dose-related manner with the addition of serotonin and enhanced with cyproheptadine. The inhibitory effect of serotonin on TRH release from the retina was blocked with the addition of cyproheptadine. The elution profile of methanol extract of the rat retina was identical to that of synthetic TRH. The findings suggest that the serotonergic system inhibits TRH release from the rat retina in vitro.
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- T Mitsuma
- Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Japan
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Nakayama Y, Katahira Y, Kayama M. [Empowerment and the nursing administration system]. Kango Kenkyu 1996; 29:509-18. [PMID: 9282024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Hirooka Y, Kayama M, Ohga S, Kimura M, Hasegawa M, Shin K, Nogimori T, Ishizuki Y, Mitsuma T. Deregulated production of interleukin-4 (IL4) in autoimmune thyroid disease assayed with a new radioimmunoassay. Clin Chim Acta 1993; 216:1-10. [PMID: 8222259 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(93)90134-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A sensitive, reproducible and specific radioimmunoassay for human interleukin-4 (IL4) has been developed. Using 125I-labeled IL4 and polyclonal rabbit antisera raised against recombinant human IL4, a competitive inhibition assay was developed which could detect 5 pg/ml of human IL4. Other interleukins, growth factors, hormones, peptides and lectins did not affect the assay. IL4 was measured in supernatants of culture media of stimulated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Kinetics of IL4 production in PHA-stimulated PBMC from seven normal subjects revealed that the peak levels of IL4 were seen at 24 h and then declined. Peak IL4 levels in PHA stimulation of PBMC from untreated patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases (Graves' disease and chronic thyroiditis) were significantly higher than normal controls. However, after treatment, IL4 production decreased to normal. The present study demonstrates the usefulness of quantitating human IL4 produced by PBMC and that there exists a deregulated production of IL4 in autoimmune thyroid diseases.
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- Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Japan
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Tsugawa N, Okano T, Takeuchi A, Kayama M, Kobayashi T. Metabolism of orally administered ergosterol and 7-dehydrocholesterol in rats and lack of evidence for their vitamin D biological activity. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 1992; 38:15-25. [PMID: 1629783 DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.38.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Metabolism of orally administered ergosterol (Erg) and 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) in rats and their vitamin D biological activity were investigated. Most of orally administered Erg and 7-DHC were excreted in feces and the remaining sterols were absorbed through intestine. The absorbed sterols were not transported in skin as the intact forms but metabolized into brassicasterol and cholesterol, respectively, within 25 h. Neither increment of intestinal calcium absorption nor plasma calcium concentrations were observed by oral administration of Erg and 7-DHC to vitamin D-deficient rats. Therefore, we have concluded that orally administered Erg and 7-DHC have no vitamin D biological activity.
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- N Tsugawa
- Department of Hygienic Sciences, Kobe Women's College of Pharmacy, Japan
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1. Prostaglandin (PG) syntheses from labelled highly unsaturated fatty acids were investigated in washed thrombocyte suspensions of four species of marine fish, flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus), black seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegeli), black rockfish (Sebastes schlegeli), and red seabream (Pagrus major). 2. Synthesized PGs were analyzed by thin-layer radiochromatogram scanner and high-performance liquid chromatography. 3. When [1-(14)C]arachidonic acid (AA) was incubated with washer thrombocyte suspension, AA was mainly converted to PGF(2alpha), PGE2, and PGD2 in all species. 4. It was suggested that [1-(14)C]eicosapentaenoic acid was mainly converted in PGs only in black rockfish thrombocytes, and the metabolites were mainly PGE3 and PGD3. 5 However, [1-(14)C]docosahexaenoic acid was not cyclized into PGs in all the species.
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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Sahashi K, Ibi T, Tsuchiya I, Kayama M, Koga H. [Clinical characteristics of myotonia congenita--analyses of seven cases and review of Japanese cases]. Rinsho Shinkeigaku 1988; 28:401-8. [PMID: 3063422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Tsuchiya I, Sahashi K, Ibi T, Kayama M, Koga H. [Chronic thyrotoxic myopathy resembling the distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles--a case report]. Rinsho Shinkeigaku 1987; 27:223-7. [PMID: 3581598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Hirai T, Fujisaki M, Igarashi M, Asada T, Shiba T, Takeuchi S, Yamaguchi R, Shirai T, Kayama M. Analysis of thromboxane B3 converted from eicosapentaenoic acid in human platelet rich plasma by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Thromb Res 1986; 41:637-47. [PMID: 3008371 DOI: 10.1016/0049-3848(86)90360-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Gas chromatographic mass spectrometric determination of thromboxane B3 (TXB3) synthesized from platelet is described. Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) was added to human platelet rich plasma and after the reaction the exstraction was carried out. Plasma thromboxanes were run through an Amberlite XAD-2 and SEP-PAK silica cartridge, and then chromatographed using silicagel thin layer plate to remove interfering materials, such as 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha. Extracted thromboxanes were converted into the methoxime-dimethylisopropylsilylmethyl ester derivatives and they were measured by gas chromatography/ammonia chemical ionization mass spectrometry. Three peaks were obtained on the gas chromatogram which were presumed to be 3-series metabolite product TXB3 and their related substances. Results indicates the human platelet may easily convert EPA to TXB3 by adding EPA to PRP without adding arachidonic acid.
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It was found that the supernatant of hepatopancreas homogenate of the carp, Cyprinus carpio, contained enzymes involved in the hydrolysis and esterification of wax esters. The enzymes were salted out by 30% saturation with ammonium sulfate. This fraction also contained the highest activities of lipase and esterase. The enzyme for the hydrolysis of wax esters, together with lipase and esterase, was eluted in tube numbers 20 to 22 (void volume) from a Sephadex G-200 column. On the other hand, the enzyme for the synthesis of wax esters was eluted in tube numbers 33 to 35. It thus appears that the two activities belong to different enzyme proteins. The synthetic enzyme was activated by the addition of ATP, CoA, and NADH.
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Miyasaki K, Kayama M, Nakanoin A, Matsuo T. A study on the endemic goiter in Madjalengka district of the Republic of Indonesia. Kobe J Med Sci 1967; 13:181-220. [PMID: 6077200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Nagashima S, Aoyama W, Nakahara I, Misaka A, Kayama M. [2 cases of hemangioma with extensive phleboliths radiographically demonstrated]. Rinsho Hoshasen 1966; 11:114-9. [PMID: 5180957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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