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Osada N, Nagae M, Nakano M, Hirata T, Kizuka Y. Examination of differential glycoprotein preferences of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-IV isozymes a and b. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102400. [PMID: 35988645 PMCID: PMC9478453 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Revised: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The N-glycans attached to proteins contain various N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) branches, the aberrant formation of which correlates with various diseases. N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferase-IVa (GnT-IVa or MGAT4A) and -IVb (GnT-IVb or MGAT4B) are isoenzymes that catalyze the formation of the β1,4-GlcNAc branch in N-glycans. However, the functional differences between these isozymes remain unresolved. Here, using cellular and UDP-Glo enzyme assays, we discovered that GnT-IVa and GnT-IVb have distinct glycoprotein preferences both in cells and in vitro. Notably, we show GnT-IVb acted efficiently on glycoproteins bearing an N-glycan pre-modified by GnT-IV. To further understand the mechanism of this reaction, we focused on the non-catalytic C-terminal lectin domain, which selectively recognizes the product glycans. Replacement of a non-conserved amino acid in the GnT-IVb lectin domain with the corresponding residue in GnT-IVa altered the glycoprotein preference of GnT-IVb to resemble that of GnT-IVa. Our findings demonstrate that the C-terminal lectin domain regulates differential substrate selectivity of GnT-IVa and -IVb, highlighting a new mechanism by which N-glycan branches are formed on glycoproteins.
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- Naoko Osada
- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Immunology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center (iFReC), Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
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- Institute for Glyco-Core Research (iGCORE), Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan; Institute for Glyco-Core Research (iGCORE), Gifu University, Gifu, Japan.
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Agelopoulos K, Rülander F, Dangelmaier J, Lotts T, Osada N, Metze D, Luger TA, Loser K, Ständer S. Neurokinin 1 receptor antagonists exhibit peripheral effects in prurigo nodularis including reduced
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1/2 activation. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2019; 33:2371-2379. [DOI: 10.1111/jdv.15905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- K. Agelopoulos
- Department of Dermatology and Center for Chronic Pruritus University Hospital Münster Münster Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Center for Chronic Pruritus University Hospital Münster Münster Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Center for Chronic Pruritus University Hospital Münster Münster Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Center for Chronic Pruritus University Hospital Münster Münster Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Center for Chronic Pruritus University Hospital Münster Münster Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Center for Chronic Pruritus University Hospital Münster Münster Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Center for Chronic Pruritus University Hospital Münster Münster Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Center for Chronic Pruritus University Hospital Münster Münster Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Center for Chronic Pruritus University Hospital Münster Münster Germany
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Schnitzler C, Rosen J, Szepietowski J, Reich A, Yosipovitch G, Reszke R, Nattkemper L, Osada N, Pihan D, Ständer S, Zeidler C. Validation of ‘ItchApp©’ in Poland and in the USA: multicentre validation study of an electronical diary for the assessment of pruritus. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2019; 33:398-404. [DOI: 10.1111/jdv.15300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- C. Schnitzler
- Center for Chronic Pruritus Department of Dermatology; University Hospital Münster; Münster Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery; Miami Itch Center; University of Miami; Miami FL USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology; Medical University Wroclaw; Wroclow Poland
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- Department of Dermatology; University of Rzeszow; Rzeszów Poland
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- Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery; Miami Itch Center; University of Miami; Miami FL USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology; Medical University Wroclaw; Wroclow Poland
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- Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery; Miami Itch Center; University of Miami; Miami FL USA
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- Center for Chronic Pruritus Department of Dermatology; University Hospital Münster; Münster Germany
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- Arone; Saint-Maur-des-Fossés France
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- Center for Chronic Pruritus Department of Dermatology; University Hospital Münster; Münster Germany
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- Center for Chronic Pruritus Department of Dermatology; University Hospital Münster; Münster Germany
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Schaefers J, Donas K, Panuccio G, Kasprzak B, Heine B, Torsello G, Osada N, Usai M. Outcomes of Surgical Explantation of Infected Aortic Grafts After Endovascular and Open Abdominal Aneurysm Repair. J Vasc Surg 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2018.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Pölking J, Zeidler C, Schedel F, Osada N, Augustin M, Metze D, Pereira MP, Yosipovitch G, Bernhard J, Ständer S. Prurigo Activity Score (PAS): validity and reliability of a new instrument to monitor chronic prurigo. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2018; 32:1754-1760. [DOI: 10.1111/jdv.15040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- J. Pölking
- Department of Dermatology; Center for Chronic Pruritus; University Hospital Münster; Münster Germany
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- Department of Dermatology; Center for Chronic Pruritus; University Hospital Münster; Münster Germany
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- Department of Dermatology; Center for Chronic Pruritus; University Hospital Münster; Münster Germany
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- Department of Dermatology; Center for Chronic Pruritus; University Hospital Münster; Münster Germany
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- Comprehensive Wound Center; Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing (IVDP); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE); Hamburg Germany
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- Department of Dermatology; Center for Chronic Pruritus; University Hospital Münster; Münster Germany
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- Department of Dermatology; Center for Chronic Pruritus; University Hospital Münster; Münster Germany
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- Miller School of Medicine; University of Miami; Miami FL USA
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- University of Massachusetts Medical School; Worcester MA USA
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- Department of Dermatology; Center for Chronic Pruritus; University Hospital Münster; Münster Germany
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Osada N, Kopeke W, Schaarschmidt K. The Clinic-specific Thesaurus: a Means of “Lean Documentation in Pediatric Surgery. Methods Inf Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1636843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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A one-hundred percent documentation rate of diagnoses and patient data is unfeasible and should not be pursued. Therefore, a “lean documentation” of diagnoses and basic patient data was introduced. Coding is done by a clinic-specific list of diagnoses (thesaurus) with a minimum of diagnostic codes, combined with optional free text. By recording the frequency of diagnoses for two years, a thesaurus of 188 diagnostic codes was developed. Bedside coding by treating physicians reduced medical and semantic mistakes of documentation. Cooperation of the clinicians was obtained by shortening the time required for coding to less than two minutes per patient. A documentation assistant supplemented incomplete data in collaboration with the treating surgeons. During a ten-year testing period 93.7% of the hospital-specific codes of our thesaurus were required for documentation, as compared to 13.1% if the same patients were coded by ICD-9. Consequently, coding by a clinic-specific code thesaurus is quick, flexible and accurate.
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Uno Y, Osada N, Sakurai S, Shimozawa N, Iwata T, Ikeo K, Yamazaki H. Development of genotyping method for functionally relevant variants of cytochromes P450 in cynomolgus macaques. J Vet Pharmacol Ther 2017; 41:e30-e34. [PMID: 28752932 DOI: 10.1111/jvp.12443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis), widely used in drug metabolism studies, CYP2C9, CYP2C76, CYP2D6, CYP3A4, and CYP3A5, important drug-metabolizing enzymes, are abundantly expressed in liver and metabolize cytochrome P450 substrates. CYP2C9 (c.334A>C), CYP2C76 (c.449TG>A), CYP2D6 (c.891A>G), CYP3A4 (IVS3 + 1G>del), and CYP3A5 (c.625A>T) substantially influence metabolic activity of enzymes, and thus are important variants in drug metabolism studies. In this study, a real-time PCR method was developed for genotyping these variants. The validity of the methods was verified by genotyping two wild type, two heterozygous, and two homozygous DNAs and was used to genotype 41 cynomolgus macaques (from Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, or Vietnam) for the five variants, along with another important variant CYP2C19 (c.308C>T). The CYP2C9 and CYP2C19 variants were found only in Cambodian and Vietnamese animals, while the CYP2C76 and CYP2D6 variants were found only in Indonesian and Philippine animals. The CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 variants were not found in any of the animals analyzed. Mauritian animals, genotyped using next-generation sequencing data for comparison, possessed the CYP2C19 and CYP2D6 variants, but not the other variants. These results indicated differences in prevalence of these important variants among animal groups. Therefore, the genotyping tool developed is useful for drug metabolism studies using cynomolgus macaques.
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- Y Uno
- Pharmacokinetics and Bioanalysis Center, Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories, Ltd., Kainan, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Tsukuba Primate Research Center, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Sensory Organs, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
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- Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Showa Pharmaceutical University, Machida, Tokyo, Japan
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Steinke S, Bruland P, Blome C, Osada N, Dugas M, Fritz F, Augustin M, Ständer S. Chronic pruritus: evaluation of patient needs and treatment goals with a special regard to differences according to pruritus classification and sex. Br J Dermatol 2017; 176:363-370. [DOI: 10.1111/bjd.14910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- S. Steinke
- Center for Chronic Pruritus Department of Dermatology University Hospital Münster Von‐Esmarch‐Straße 58 48149 Münster Germany
- German Center for Health Services Research in Dermatology (CVderm) Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing (IVDP) University Medical Center Hamburg‐Eppendorf (UKE) Hamburg Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics University of Münster Münster Germany
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- German Center for Health Services Research in Dermatology (CVderm) Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing (IVDP) University Medical Center Hamburg‐Eppendorf (UKE) Hamburg Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics University of Münster Münster Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics University of Münster Münster Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics University of Münster Münster Germany
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- German Center for Health Services Research in Dermatology (CVderm) Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing (IVDP) University Medical Center Hamburg‐Eppendorf (UKE) Hamburg Germany
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- Center for Chronic Pruritus Department of Dermatology University Hospital Münster Von‐Esmarch‐Straße 58 48149 Münster Germany
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Zeidler C, Lüling H, Dieckhöfer A, Osada N, Schedel F, Steinke S, Augustin M, Ständer S. Capsaicin 8% cutaneous patch: a promising treatment for brachioradial pruritus? Br J Dermatol 2015; 172:1669-1671. [PMID: 25354282 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- C Zeidler
- Department of Dermatology, Competence Center Chronic Pruritus, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Competence Center Chronic Pruritus, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Competence Center Chronic Pruritus, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Competence Center Chronic Pruritus, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Competence Center Chronic Pruritus, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute and German Center for Health Services Research in Dermatology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Competence Center Chronic Pruritus, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Takahashi T, Yamada S, Tanabe K, Nakayama M, Osada N, Itoh H, Murayama M. The effects of posture on the ventilatory responses during exercise. J Jpn Phys Ther Assoc 2015; 1:13-7. [PMID: 25792876 DOI: 10.1298/jjpta.1.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/1997] [Accepted: 12/20/1997] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This study was undertaken to evaluate the postural effect on ventilatory responses during both supine and sitting exercise. Seven healthy men performed two exercise tests utilizing the ramp protocol (20 watts/min) with a cycle ergometer in each position. The results were as follows: The oxygen uptake and the oxygen pulse measured at 180 watts and at anaerobic threshold in the sitting were significantly higher compared with those in the supine position. The average of carbon-dioxide output, minute ventilation and tidal volume at lower exercise intensities showed higher values in the sitting compared with those in the supine position, whereas there were no significant differences for respiratory rate. There was significant difference in the slope of the minute ventilation to carbon-dioxide output plot between sitting and supine position. In conclusion, the higher minute ventilation in the sitting position was mainly performed by higher tidal volume which may counteract the effects of an increase in physiological dead space. The lower slope of the minute ventilation to carbon-dioxide output plot which shows more effective ventilation in the supine position may be due to decreased physiological dead space and higher diffusion capacity.
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- T Takahashi
- Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa-ken 216, Japan
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- Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa-ken 216, Japan
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- Dept. of 2nd Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa-ken 216, Japan
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- Dept. of 2nd Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa-ken 216, Japan
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- Dept. of 2nd Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa-ken 216, Japan
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- Dept. of 2nd Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa-ken 216, Japan
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- Dept. of 2nd Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa-ken 216, Japan
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Osada N, Oshima T, Kuwahara S, Toyoda T, Shen Q, Katayama K. Photoexcited carrier dynamics of double-layered CdS/CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cells measured by heterodyne transient grating and transient absorption methods. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:5774-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp55177f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Schönefeld E, Torsello G, Osada N, Herten M, Bisdas T, Donas KP. Long-term outcome of femoropopliteal stenting. Results of a prospective study. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2013; 54:617-623. [PMID: 24002391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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AIM Aim of the study was to assess the long-term clinical results of primary stent placement in patients with femoro-popliteal lesions and intermittent claudication (IC) or critical limb ischemia (CLI). METHODS Prospectively collected data of 517 patients (543 limbs) treated for IC (N.=422; 77.5%) and CLI (N.=121; 22.5%), between September 2006 and December 2010 were evaluated. Survival, limb salvage and patency rates were analyzed and multivariate analysis was performed to evaluate possible risk factors for the development of restenosis. RESULTS Mean patients' age was 70.6 years (SD ±10); 64.8% of the patients (N.=335) were male. Angiography revealed TASC A or B lesions in 64.5% (N.=350), TASC C or D lesions in 35.5% (N.=193) of the patients. Two hundred thirty-two patients had evidence of occluded femoropopliteal artery (42.7%) and the remaining patients had evidence of high grade (>70%) stenosis. In total, 827 bare metal nitinol stents (1.53±0.9 per limb) were used. No early (<30-day) procedure-related death was recorded. After a mean follow-up period of 60 months (SD ±13.5), 69 patients died (13.4%). Eight (1.5%) patients underwent major amputation. The amputation rate was significantly higher in the CLI group compared to the IC group (P=0.03). Primary patency rates were 86.2%, 79.1%, 75.1% and 62.2% after 1, 2, 3 and 5 years, respectively. No difference in terms of patency rates was found between the results of the treatment of TASC A/B versus TASC C/D lesions and the patient groups with IC versus CLI. CONCLUSION The endovascular-first line treatment with use of nitinol stents for patients with femoropopliteal artery lesions is associated with acceptable long-term patency rates, even in patients with long lesions.
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- E Schönefeld
- Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
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Kamijima R, Izumo M, Suzuki K, Mizukoshi K, Kou S, Takai M, Osada N, Omiya K, Akashi YJ, Miyake F. Prognostic significance of exercise capacity in patients with asymptomatic degenerative mitral regurgitation. Eur Heart J 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht310.p5821] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ständer S, Stumpf A, Osada N, Wilp S, Chatzigeorgakidis E, Pfleiderer B. Gender differences in chronic pruritus: women present different morbidity, more scratch lesions and higher burden. Br J Dermatol 2013; 168:1273-80. [DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- S. Ständer
- Competence Centre Chronic Pruritus; Department of Dermatology; University Hospital of Münster; Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1; D-48149; Münster; Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy; University Hospital of Münster; Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1; D-48149; Münster; Germany
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- Department of Medical Informatics and Biomathematics; University Hospital of Münster; Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1; D-48149; Münster; Germany
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- Department of Clinical Radiology; University Hospital of Münster; Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1; D-48149; Münster; Germany
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- Competence Centre Chronic Pruritus; Department of Dermatology; University Hospital of Münster; Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1; D-48149; Münster; Germany
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- Department of Clinical Radiology; University Hospital of Münster; Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1; D-48149; Münster; Germany
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Izawa KP, Watanabe S, Tochimoto S, Hiraki K, Morio Y, Kasahara Y, Watanabe Y, Tsukamoto T, Osada N, Omiya K. Relation between maximum phonation time and exercise capacity in chronic heart failure patients. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2012; 48:593-599. [PMID: 22669135] [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: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) commonly fatigue easily due to low peak oxygen uptake (peak VO(2)), an important index of exercise capacity. Maximum phonation time (MPT) is widely used to evaluate maximum vocal capabilities because it is non-invasive, quick, and inexpensive. AIM The aim of this study was to determine the relation between MPT and exercise capacity, and MPT required to attain an exercise capacity of ≥5 metabolic equivalents (METs) in CHF outpatients. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation unit. POPULATION We enrolled 111 CHF outpatients (mean age 54.2±10.1 years). METHODS Peak VO(2) was assessed during cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) as the index of exercise capacity. After CPX, we divided the patients into two groups according to exercise capacity: ≥5 METs group (N.=68) and <5 METs group (N.=43). Measurements of MPT were taken in the seated position. All patients were asked to produce a sustained vowel /a:/ for as long as possible and were verbally encouraged during respiratory effort. RESULTS After adjustment for patient clinical characteristics, MPT in the CHF patients was found to be significantly higher in the ≥5 METs group than in the <5 METs group (22.1±8.4 vs. 17.0±11.6 s, F=13.5, P<0.001). Receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis of exercise capacity of ≥5 METs extracted a cutoff value for MPT of 18.27 s, with a sensitivity of 0.76, 1-specificity of 0.33, and AUC value of 0.81 (95% CI: 0.70-0.87, P<0.001). CONCLUSION There were differences in MPT in relation to an exercise capacity threshold of ≥5 METs in CHF outpatients. A MPT of 18.27 sec may be the best cutoff value to identify people with or without exercise capacity of ≥5 METs. CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT Measurement of MPT may be a useful method for estimating exercise capacity in CHF outpatients.
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- K P Izawa
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Milberg P, Fink M, Pott C, Frommeyer G, Biertz J, Osada N, Stypmann J, Mönnig G, Koopmann M, Breithardt G, Eckardt L. Blockade of I(Ca) suppresses early afterdepolarizations and reduces transmural dispersion of repolarization in a whole heart model of chronic heart failure. Br J Pharmacol 2012; 166:557-68. [PMID: 22013922 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01721.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Chronic heart failure (CHF) is associated with action potential prolongation and Ca(2+) overload, increasing risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VT). We therefore investigated whether I(Ca) blockade was anti-arrhythmic in an intact perfused heart model of CHF. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH CHF was induced in rabbits after 4 weeks of rapid ventricular pacing. Hearts from CHF and sham-operated rabbits were isolated and perfused (Langendorff preparation), with ablation of the AV node. VT was induced by erythromycin and low [K(+) ] (1.5mM). Electrophysiology of cardiac myocytes, with block of cation currents, was simulated by a mathematical model. KEY RESULTS Repolarization was prolonged in CHF hearts compared with sham-operated hearts. Action potential duration (APD) and overall dispersion of repolarization were further increased by erythromycin (300 µM) to block I(Kr) in CHF hearts. After lowering [K(+) ] to 1.5mM, CHF and sham hearts showed spontaneous episodes of polymorphic non-sustained VT. Additional infusion of verapamil (0.75 µM) suppressed early afterdepolarizations (EAD) and VT in 75% of sham and CHF hearts. Verapamil shortened APD and dispersion of repolarization, mainly by reducing transmural dispersion of repolarization via shortening of endocardial action potentials. Mathematical simulations showed that EADs were more effectively reduced by verapamil assuming a state-dependent block than a simple block of I(Ca) . CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Blockade of I(Ca) was highly effective in suppressing VT via reduction of transmural dispersion of repolarization and suppression of EAD. Such blockade might represent a novel therapeutic option to reduce risk of VT in structurally normal hearts and also in heart failure. LINKED ARTICLE This article is commented on by Stams et al., pp. 554-556 of this issue. To view this commentary visit http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01818.x.
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- Division of Experimental and Clinical Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany.
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Schönefeld E, Höwler S, Osada N, Torsello G. [Effectiveness of nephroprotection by the selection of contrast media used during vascular interventions in patients with chronic renal failure?]. Zentralbl Chir 2011; 136:426-30. [PMID: 22009540 DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1283759] [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: 10/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The increasing number of endovascular procedures made aware of a kidney disease induced by contrast media (CM). Contrast-induced nephropathy (= CIN) can develop in 0.6-44 % of the treated patients by angiography and / or endovascular intervention. The incidence in high-risk patients ranges from 50 to 70 %. In most cases CIN is inconspicuous and reversible. But pre-existing chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, age and variable different risk factors (e. g., PAOD) can induce irreversible renal impairment. The purpose of the presented trial is to investigate incidence, predictors, and out-come of CIN in chronic renal failure patients using two different CM; one non-ionic isoosmolar -iodixanol and the other non-ionic low-osmolar iopromide. METHODS To evaluate the incidence of CIN after endovascular diagnostics and intervention two collectives of 100 patients with chronic renal insufficiency were treated with different contrast media (CM). Inclusion followed prospectively in two collectives. One collective received iopromide (Ultravist™, Bayer Health Care, Lever-kusen, Germany), and the second hundred patients received iodixanol (Visipaque™, Nycomed Amersham, Princeton, New Jersey). Demographics, comorbidities, procedure-related data were completed by serum creatinine levels and GFR (= glomerular filtration rate). Inclusion criteria were a serum creatinine level ≥ 1.5 mg% and a GFR ≤ 60 mL / min. Those parameters were measured twice pre-interventionally, and one time 48-72 hours after the endovascular procedure. RESULTS Collectives were homogenous and comparable concerning pre-existing risk factors, age and gender. Renal function stayed at a constant level and was independent of contrast medium selection, repectively. Average creatinine levels ranged around 1.77 mg% ± 0.75 standard deviation (SD) pre-interventionally; postinterventional measurement exposed a creatinine level of 1.74 mg% ± 0.74 SD as mean of both collectives. GFR (preinterventional 39.64 mL / min ± 12.48 SD) increased non-significantly to 45.48 mL / min ± 16.82 SD. Pre-existing chronic kidney disease had no effect on renal function parameters; no other risk factors could be evaluated. CONCLUSION According to cost-effectiveness a low-osmolar monomeric contrast medium (LOCM) is a sufficient selection, under careful renal function control.
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- E Schönefeld
- Klinik für Gefäßchirurgie, St-Franziskushospital, Gefäßchirurgie, Münster, Deutschland.
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Lippert J, Halfter H, Osada N, Young P. Expression zirkadianer Rhythmikgene in dermalen Fibroblasten von Patienten mit idiopathischer Hypersomnie und gesunden Kontrollprobanden. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1285852] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Illgner U, Schnieder K, Seintsch H, Osada N, Wetz HH. ["Münsteraner foot- and shoe score"--objectivation of patient satisfaction after provision with orthopedic shoes]. Z Orthop Unfall 2011; 149:418-23. [PMID: 21842454 DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1280026] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Means to improve patient satisfaction and their compliance are essential for the successful outcome of medical interventions, e.g. supply of orthopedic shoes or orthoses in orthopedic patients. A useful validated questionnaire to monitor the subjective opinion of the patients is still lacking. METHODS In a randomised single blinded study we created a new questionnaire with two parts. Part one deals with ten questions on patient data and illness. Part two consists of 13 questions about pain, disabilities in activities of daily life (ADL), use of painkillers, satisfaction, history of ulceration, correction of shoes and orthoses, handling and compliance using a scale of 1-6. Questions were chosen by asking a group of experts (four experienced physicians of two universities and four shoemaker master-craftsmen). Then an items reduction was performed. The reliability was tested in a pre- and retest in 20 patients of our orthopedic clinic. Then the questionnaire was validated by comparing 40 patients of our orthopedic clinic (intervention group) with 180 subjects without orthopedic treatment (control group) chosen at random. The questionnaire was always done anonymously and without the help of the interviewer. Exclusion criteria for the control group were any kind of orthopedic treatment of the lower limb in the last 2 years, orthopedic shoes or lumbar sciatic pain. Exclusion criteria for both groups were minor or major amputations, inability to walk outdoors without help. RESULTS We demonstrated highly significant differences for each single question and the total score between orthopedic patients and healthy probands. Additionally, we saw significantly poorer scores for patients suffering from diabetes in the control group, patients with polyneuropathy and those without polyneuropathy, as well as for women vs. men. There was a high rate of diabetics (11 %) in the control group in analogy to the current literature. DISCUSSION The new questionnaire discriminates highly significantly between healthy and ill probands. Interindividually a screening of people at risk is possible or a comparison of different interventions. Intraindividually it could be used to monitor patient satisfaction after interventions. Objectivation of patient satisfaction is important to improve their compliance and outcome.
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- Technische Orthopädie, Uniklinik Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Straße 33, Münster.
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Suttrup I, Oberdiek D, Suttrup J, Osada N, Evers S, Marziniak M. Hypästhesie verschiedener Qualitäten bei Patienten mit idiopathischer Handdystonie. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1272722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Izumo M, Suzuki K, Moonen M, Kou S, Shimozato T, Hayashi A, Akashi YJ, Osada N, Omiya K, Miyake F, Ohtaki E, Lancellotti P. Changes in mitral regurgitation and left ventricular geometry during exercise affect exercise capacity in patients with systolic heart failure. European Journal of Echocardiography 2010; 12:54-60. [DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Izumo M, Lancellotti P, Suzuki K, Kou S, Shimozato T, Hayashi A, Akashi YJ, Osada N, Omiya K, Nobuoka S, Ohtaki E, Miyake F. Three-dimensional echocardiographic assessments of exercise-induced changes in left ventricular shape and dyssynchrony in patients with dynamic functional mitral regurgitation. European Journal of Echocardiography 2009; 10:961-7. [DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Schönefeld E, Schönefeld T, Osada N, Austermann M, Torsello G. Lange femoro-popliteale Läsionen erfordern lange Stents – erste Erfahrungen mit 128 Protégé-Stents. Zentralbl Chir 2009; 134:310-5. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1224533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 10/20/2022]
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Chattipakorn SC, Kumfu S, Srichairattanakool S, Fucharoen S, Chattipakorn N, Moreno Planas J, Quintanilla JG, Archondo T, Usandizaga E, Perez-Castellano N, Nunez I, Macaya C, Perez-Villacastin J, Guasch E, Gay-Jordi G, Benito B, Mont L, Sirenko V, Brugada J, Serrano-Mollar A, Milberg P, Kleideiter A, Pott C, Moennig G, Osada N, Breithardt G, Fehr M, Eckardt L, Moreno Planas J, Quintanilla JG, Lopez-Farre AJ, Usandizaga E, Archondo T, Aragoncillo P, Macaya C, Perez-Villacastin J, Fortmueller L, Blana A, Laakmann S, Carmeliet E, Carmeliet P, Breithardt G, Kirchhof P, Fabritz L. Abstracts: Basic Science in arrhythmias: mechanisms. Europace 2009. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq223] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Tanabe K, Osada N, Suzuki N, Nakayama M, Yokoyama Y, Yamamoto A, Oya M, Murabayashi T, Yamamoto M, Omiya K, Itoh H, Murayama M. Erythrocyte magnesium and prostaglandin dynamics in chronic sleep deprivation. Clin Cardiol 2009; 20:265-8. [PMID: 9068914 PMCID: PMC6655760 DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960200315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS The mechanism of sudden cardiac death occurring in patients with chronic fatigue is controversial. This study was designed to define a hypothesis that coronary arterial spasm and thrombus formation can occur during chronic fatigue. METHODS For evaluating the feasibility of coronary arterial spasm, erythrocyte magnesium (Mg) was measured. Blood coagulability was evaluated by the change of prostaglandin concentration. Subjects included 16 healthy male volunteers (mean age 21.6 +/- 2.5 years). Test conditions were as follows: (A) control state: a day following a night of good sleep; (B) temporary sleep deprivation: a day preceded by < 3 h of sleep; (C) chronic sleep deprivation: a day preceded by a month during which sleep lasted < 60% of that in condition (A) above. The erythrocyte Mg concentration was measured by the atomic absorption method. The plasma concentration of thromboxane B2 and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha were measured in eight subjects by radioimmunoassay method. RESULTS (1) Mean erythrocyte Mg concentration was significantly less in chronic sleep deprivation (1.1 +/- 0.4 mg/dl) than in the control state (1.8 +/- 0.4 mg/dl, p < 0.01) or in temporary sleep deprivation (1.6 +/- 0.4, p < 0.01). (2) The level of thromboxane B2 was significantly higher during chronic sleep deprivation than under control conditions (104.4 +/- 78.0 vs. 20.4 +/- 9.0 pg/ml, p < 0.05). (3) There were no significant intergroup differences in 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha level. CONCLUSION These findings could support the hypothesis that coronary arterial spasm and thrombus formation occur in chronic sleep deprivation.
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
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Puesken M, Juergens K, Edenfeld A, Buerke B, Seifarth H, Beyer F, Suehling M, Osada N, Heindel W, Weßling J. Einfluss des Vaskularisationsgrades auf die automatische Segmentierung und Messung von Lebertumoren nach RECIST in einer biphasischen Multi-Slice-CT (MSCT). ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2008; 181:67-73. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kawabata K, Tashiro K, Sakurai F, Osada N, Kusuda J, Hayakawa T, Yamanishi K, Mizuguchi H. Positive and negative regulation of adenovirus infection by CAR-like soluble protein, CLSP. Gene Ther 2007; 14:1199-207. [PMID: 17538635 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR) is a member of the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily and a component of epithelial tight junction. CAR also functions as a primary receptor for coxsackievirus B and adenovirus (Ad) infection. In this study, we report the identification of a novel protein, CAR-like soluble protein (CLSP), which is closely related to CAR. Mouse CLSP (mCLSP) was composed of 390 amino acids, including three Ig domains, and showed strong homology to the IgV domain of CAR. Interestingly, mCLSP lacks a transmembrane domain, indicating that this is a soluble protein. mCLSP mRNA was detected primarily in the brain and ovary. When mCLSP cDNA was introduced into SK HEP-1 cells, which were known to be CAR positive and easily infected with Ad vector, the infection with Ad vector was severely inhibited. On the other hand, mCLSP promoted the infection with Ad vector in CAR-negative NIH3T3 cells. Furthermore, recombinant CLSP directly bound to Ad and inhibited the Ad vector-mediated transduction in SK HEP-1 cells. Computational analysis for a genome database showed that the CLSP gene is rodent-specific, and that human and bovine lack this gene. These results suggest that CLSP may play a role in the antiviral defense of the host in rodent animals.
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- Laboratory of Gene Transfer and Regulation, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Osaka, Japan
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Many women report an increase in foot size during their pregnancy. Our objective was to verify this anecdotal evidence. In an initial survey of 21 mothers in 2 Münster nursery schools we found a tendency towards an increase in foot size during pregnancy. We therefore developed a measuring system to measure changes in foot length, width, height and volume. A total of 40 women recruited from the antenatal clinic of the University Hospital of Münster and a participating practice were seen three times during their pregnancy. The results were analysed using the Wilcoxon test. We found a statistically significant increase in foot length, width and volume, whereas foot height decreased slightly. This difference was, however, not significant. Especially in diabetic women with polyneuropathy it is important to pay attention to shoe size to prevent pressure sores.
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- H H Wetz
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Technische Orthopädie und Rehabilitation, Universitätsklinikum, Robert-Koch-Strasse 30, 48149, Münster.
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Müller-Gliemann C, Drerup B, Osada N, Wetz HH. [The influence of proprioceptive insoles (Bourdiol) on the sagittal curvature and inclination of the trunk]. Orthopade 2006; 35:1131-2, 1134-6. [PMID: 17036233 DOI: 10.1007/s00132-006-1013-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Proprioceptive insoles rely on the concept of Réné-Jaques Bourdiol, a French neurologist. The aim is to modulate plantar surface sensibility and to influence posture and statics of patients: it is hypothesized that the effect of modified afferent sensory input through proprioceptive stimulation of terminal muscle chains will have either a relaxing or stimulating effect on the whole body, which may be realized by affecting the posture. Small pads with a thickness of typically 1-3 mm are embedded into the insole to provide a specific stimulation. In fitting the insoles selectively to the individual patient the effect of the insoles on the trunk posture is taken as a feedback. This study investigates the influence of proprioceptive insoles on the sagittal curve in 20 selected patients. The protocol used a repeated measures research design. The measures of the sagittal curve were obtained using raster stereography. The four different conditions were: (1) barefoot, (2) convenient shoes without the insoles, (3) the same shoes with a placebo insole, and (4) the same shoes with neurological insoles. Evaluation of raster stereographs provided the kyphotic angle between T4 and T12 and lordotic angle between T12 and S1. Statistical evaluation was performed with the t-test for paired measurements. No significant differences were found in the sagittal profile. Only trunk inclination in normal posture was found to yield a significant difference (0.38 degrees) between placebo and neurological insoles. However, no clear statement on the efficiency of neurological insoles can be made.
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- C Müller-Gliemann
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Technische Orthopädie, Universität, Robert-Koch-Strasse 30, 48129, Münster.
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Orlowski O, Bullmann V, Vieth V, Filler T, Osada N, Van Aken H, Weber TP. Perivascular axillary brachial plexus block and patient positioning: the influence of a lateral, head-down position. Anaesthesia 2006; 61:528-34. [PMID: 16704585 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04618.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The aim of this study was to examine the effect of a 20 degrees Trendelenburg position on the blockade of nerves that exit the brachial plexus proximally in patients undergoing single-injection axillary brachial plexus block. After a pilot study of eight cadavers suggested that a head-down and lateral position would encourage the proximal spread of local anaesthetic, 72 patients undergoing elective surgery were divided into two equal groups: a Supine group and a Modified Position group (lateral position, 20 degrees head-down tilt). Patients were left in the allocated position for 30 min after an axillary block had been performed with alkalinised mepivacaine 1% 49.5 ml. Sensory and motor blockade evaluation showed that there was a significantly higher proportion of axillary nerve (76% vs. 0%, p < 0.001), thoracodorsal nerve (86% vs. 0%, p < 0.001) and subscapular nerve (89% vs. 0%, p < 0.001) blockade in the Modified Position group. Sensory block of the radial nerve was also improved by the modified position (100% vs. 86%, p < 0.05).
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Münster, Germany.
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Götze C, Tschugunow A, Wiegelmann F, Osada N, Götze HG, Böttner F. Langfristiger Einfluss der anatomisch angepassten spongiösen Endoprothese auf den periprothetischen Knochen. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 144:192-8. [PMID: 16625450 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-921573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The anatomically shaped, cementless total hip replacement (THR) (S and G, ESKA Lübeck) has a fully porous coating for secondary osseointegration. The aim of the present study was to analyse the long-term effect of the prosthesis on periprosthetic bone remodelling. METHODS 137 THR in 117 patients were analysed clinically and radiographically 12.8 years (10-14.9 years) postoperatively. The average age at the last follow-up was 71.8 years (range: 34-87 years). Osteodensitometric DEXA measurements of the periprosthetic bone in comparison to the contralateral non-operated femora were performed. RESULTS Cumulative survival rates of all implanted THR (n = 231) at 14.9 years were 86.2 % (+/-5.3 %) for the fully porous coated stem and 90.1 % (+/- 8 %) for the cup. Five stem fractures (3.6 %) at the middle part were recorded. The Harris hip score of the non-revised THR at the last follow-up averaged 88.3 (34-100) points. Bony atrophy in the proximal periprosthetic femora in Gruen zones I (16.8 %) and VII (34.6 %) confirmed a proximal stress-shielding. Osteodensitometric analyses demonstrated in comparison to the contralateral femora (BMD 1.3 g/cm (2)) a significantly reduced bone density at the calcar femoris (BMD 0.9 g/cm (2)) (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION The original goal of a physiological load transfer has not been realised with this fully porous, cementless THR. The anatomic S & G stem will mainly be osseointegrated by distal load transfer.
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- C Götze
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemeine Orthopädie des Universitätsklinikum Münster.
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Gellner R, Wassenaar LH, Osada N, Hengst K, Domschke W. Homecare.diabetes – Telemedizinisches Monitoring insulinbehandelter Patienten mit Diabetes mellitus Typ 2. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-943781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Mühlisch J, Schwering A, Grotzer M, Vince GH, Roggendorf W, Hagemann C, Sörensen N, Rickert CH, Osada N, Jürgens H, Frühwald MC. Epigenetic repression of RASSF1A but not CASP8 in supratentorial PNET (sPNET) and atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (AT/RT) of childhood. Oncogene 2005; 25:1111-7. [PMID: 16186793 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors (sPNET) and atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (AT/RT) of the CNS represent a biological and clinical enigma, despite advances in both molecular techniques and clinical management for these two rare embryonal brain tumors of childhood. Epigenetic changes hold great potential as possible disease mechanisms and may be manipulated therapeutically. We thus studied aberrant methylation of the genes RASSF1A and CASP8 and its consequence on expression in cell lines and primary tumors using a combination of semiquantitative methylation specific PCR (MSP), bisulfite sequencing and RT-PCR. In all, 17 samples of autopsy-derived normal appearing brain served as controls. Opposed to control tissues 19/24 sPNET and 4/6 AT/RT demonstrated aberrant methylation for the RASSF1A promoter region. Treatment of cell lines using 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5AZA) alone or in combination with trichostatin A (TSA) succeeded in re-establishing expression of RASSF1A in cell lines derived from a renal rhabdoid, an AT/RT and a medulloblastoma. A 5' CpG-rich region of CASP8 was methylated in normal tissues and in tumors. However, CASP8 showed inconsistent expression patterns in normal and tumor tissues. Our results indicate that aberrant methylation of the RASSF1A promoter region may be of importance in the origin and progression of sPNET and AT/RT while the analysed 5'-CpG rich region of the CASP8 gene does not seem to play an important role in these tumors. Further studies of epigenetic changes in these rare tumors are warranted as their biology remains obscure and treatment efforts have been rather unsuccessfull.
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital Muenster, Germany
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Milberg P, Reinsch N, Osada N, Wasmer K, Mönnig G, Stypmann J, Breithardt G, Haverkamp W, Eckardt L. Verapamil prevents torsade de pointes by reduction of transmural dispersion of repolarization and suppression of early afterdepolarizations in an intact heart model of LQT3. Basic Res Cardiol 2005; 100:365-71. [PMID: 15944809 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-005-0533-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2005] [Revised: 02/15/2005] [Accepted: 04/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND In long QT syndrome (LQTS), prolongation of the QT-interval is associated with sudden cardiac death resulting from potentially life-threatening polymorphic tachycardia of the torsade de pointes (TdP) type. Experimental as well as clinical reports support the hypothesis that calcium channel blockers such as verapamil may be an appropriate therapeutic approach in LQTS. We investigated the electrophysiologic mechanism by which verapamil suppresses TdP, in a recently developed intact heart model of LQT3. METHODS AND RESULTS In 8 Langendorff-perfused rabbit hearts, veratridine (0.1 microM), an inhibitor of sodium channel inactivation, led to a marked increase in QT-interval and simultaneously recorded monophasic ventricular action potentials (MAPs) (p < 0.05) thereby mimicking LQT3. In bradycardic (AV-blocked) hearts, simultaneous recording of up to eight epi- and endocardial MAPs demonstrated a significant increase in total dispersion of repolarization (56%, p < 0.05) and reverse frequency-dependence. After lowering potassium concentration, veratridine reproducibly led to early afterdepolarizations (EADs) and TdP in 6 of 8 (75%) hearts. Additional infusion of verapamil (0.75 microM) suppressed EADs and consecutively TdP in all hearts. Verapamil significantly shortened endocardial but not epicardial MAPs which resulted in significant reduction of ventricular transmural dispersion of repolarization. CONCLUSIONS Verapamil is highly effective in preventing TdP via shortening of endocardial MAPs, reduction of left ventricular transmural dispersion of repolarization and suppression of EADs in an intact heart model of LQT3. These data suggest a possible therapeutic role of verapamil in the treatment of LQT3 patients.
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- P Milberg
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik C, Kardiologie und Angiologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Albert-Schweitzer Str. 33 , 48149, Münster, Germany.
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van Dooren MAP, Steinhard J, Osada N, Klockenbusch W, Baez E. Bluttflussgeschwindigkeiten in der ACM in Abhängigkeit von Platzierung des Dopplerfensters und Winkelkorrektur. Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-818308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Iwata Y, Matsumoto H, Minabe Y, Osada N, Nakamura K, Sekizawa T, Suzuki K, Sekine Y, Takei N, Mori N. Early-onset schizophrenia and dopamine-related gene polymorphism. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2003; 116B:23-6. [PMID: 12497608 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.10759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 11/09/2022]
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Schizophrenic patients with an onset before age 16 years (early-onset schizophrenia, EOS) would be a rare but attractive subpopulation for genetic studies. This study explored the relationship between the polymorphism of four dopamine-regulating-enzymes (tyrosine hydroxylase, dopamine-beta-hydroxylase, catechol-O-methyltransferase, monoamine oxidase-A) genes, four dopamine-receptors (dopamine D1, D2, D3, D4 receptors) genes and susceptibility to EOS in a Japanese sample. Subjects comprised 51 Japanese patients who met DSM-IV criteria for schizophrenia with an onset before age 16 (by age 15) and 148 Japanese healthy controls. DNA was extracted from whole blood and genotyping was carried out by PCR-RELP using each restriction endonuclease. No significant difference was found in the allele frequencies or genotype distributions of any of the eight genes examined between EOS and the control groups. We did not find the relationship between the polymorphism of eight dopamine-related genes and susceptibility to EOS in a Japanese sample.
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- Yasuhide Iwata
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
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Osada N, Hida M, Kusuda J, Tanuma R, Iseki K, Hirata M, Suto Y, Hirai M, Terao K, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Hashimoto K, Kususda J. Assignment of 118 novel cDNAs of cynomolgus monkey brain to human chromosomes. Gene 2001; 275:31-7. [PMID: 11574149 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(01)00665-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In order to isolate genes that may not be represented in current human brain cDNA libraries, we have sequenced about 20,000 sequence tags of cDNA clones derived from cerebellum and parietal lobe of cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis). We determined the entire cDNA sequence of approximately 700 clones whose 5'-terminal sequences showed no homology to annotated putative genes or expressed sequence tags in current databases of genetic information. From this, 118 clones with sequences encoding novel open reading frames of more than 100 amino acid residues were selected for further analysis. To localize the genes corresponding to these 118 newly identified cDNA clones on human chromosomes, we performed a homology search using the human genome sequence and fluorescent in situ hybridization. In total, 108 of 118 clones were successfully assigned to specific regions of human chromosomes. This result demonstrates that genes expressed in cynomolgus monkey are highly conserved throughout primate evolution, and that virtually all had human homologs. Furthermore, we will be able to discover novel human genes in the human genome using monkey homologs as probes.
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- N Osada
- Division of Genetic Resources, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
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Osada N, Hirata S, Shoda T, Hoshi K. The novel untranslated exon "exon 0T" encoded between the exon 0 and exon 1 of the rat estrogen receptor alpha (ER alpha) gene. Endocr J 2001; 48:465-72. [PMID: 11603569 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.48.465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We have recently isolated two untranslated first exons, exon 0N and exon 0S, of rat estrogen receptor alpha (ER alpha) gene from the liver by use of 5'-rapid amplification of the cDNA ends (5'-RACE) method. In this communication, we further analyzed the 5'-untranslated region (UTR) of the ER alpha mRNA in rat anterior hypophysis in order to investigate the existence of the other 5'-untranslated exon(s) of rat ER alpha gene. Total RNA from the anterior hypophysis of 8-week-old female Wistar strain male rats was subjected to 5'-RACE with antisense primers located in exon 1 of the rat ER alpha gene and one of the positive clones (clone 35) was sequenced. The nucleotide sequence of clone 35 revealed the insertion of a previously unidentified exon (which we termed "exon 0T") between exon 0 (the first reported 5'-UTR form of rat ER alpha mRNA) and exon 1 of rat ER alpha mRNA. Analysis of rat genomic DNA indicated that exon 0T was located between exon 0 and exon 1 of rat ER alpha gene. We further investigated the distribution of ER alpha mRNA containing exon 0T in several brain regions and various peripheral tissues of 8-week-old male and female Wistar strain rats by use of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The distribution of the ER alpha mRNA (0T-1) was essentially similar to that of ER alpha mRNA in which exon 0 was spliced onto exon 1 reported previously. These results indicate that (1) exon 0T is a novel untranslated exon of rat ER alpha gene which is located between exon 0 and exon 1 on rat genomic DNA, (2) exon 0T is inserted between exon 0 and exon 1 of ER alpha mRNA by alternative splicing, and (3) this alternative splicing may occur in tissues where the transcription of ER alpha gene is initiated from exon 0.
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- N Osada
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamanashi Medical University, Nakakoma, Japan
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Osada N, Kusuda J, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Hashimoto K. Sequence analysis, gene expression, and chromosomal assignment of mouse Borg4 gene and its human orthologue. J Hum Genet 2001; 45:374-7. [PMID: 11185749 DOI: 10.1007/s100380070012] [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: 11/26/2022]
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The Borg (binder of Rho GTPases) family proteins interact with CDC42 and TC10 in a guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-dependent manner. We have isolated a full-length cDNA of the mouse Borg4 gene, which is a member of this family. Sequence analysis revealed that this gene encoded a putative 349-amino acid protein. By reverse transcription--coupled polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis, we observed that Borg4 was expressed ubiquitously in adult tissues. Additionally, we determined the entire cDNA sequence of the putative human Borg4 orthologue. By fluorescence in situ hybridization, mouse Borg4 and the putative human orthologue have been assigned to mouse chromosome 11E and human chromosome 17q24-25, which has been described as syntenic to the mouse region.
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- N Osada
- Division of Genetic Resources, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
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Osada N, Mochida S, Inao M, Mashimo Y, Fujiwara K. Apoptosis in dissociation between DNA synthesis and cellular functions of activated hepatic stellate cells--a study with carbon tetrachloride-induced rat liver injury. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 282:524-8. [PMID: 11401491 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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It is widely believed that DNA synthesis and expressions of smooth muscle alpha actin and TGF-beta are all together increased in activated hepatic stellate cells both in vitro and in vivo. Our previous reports disclosed that these increases did not always coexist under experimental conditions. Liver necrosis was induced in rats by oral administration of carbon tetrachloride. Hepatic stellate cells were isolated from these rats 2 days later. When these cells were cultured on plastic dishes for 3 days, they showed marked DNA synthesis and smooth muscle alpha actin and TGF-beta mRNA expressions assessed by (3)H-thymidine incorporation and Northern blotting, respectively. In the cells further cultured for 7 days, the DNA synthesis was decreased, whereas both smooth muscle alpha actin and TGF-beta mRNA expressions were increased, compared to the cells cultured for 3 days. The cells cultured for 10 days showed apoptotic nuclei positive for nick-end labeling, and DNA extracted from the cells revealed laddering patterns on agarose gels by electrophoresis. Apoptotic nuclei were also immunohistochemically found in stellate cells in the liver of rats 4 days after the intoxication. We conclude that apoptosis developed in activated hepatic stellate cells both in vitro and in vivo, and this may contribute to the discrepancy between DNA synthesis and cellular functions of the cells.
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- N Osada
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical School, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-cho, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan
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Bastani PP, Osada N, Schwering I, Meier N, Wassmann H, Köpcke W. [Development of an instructional and learning system for neurosurgery]. Stud Health Technol Inform 2001; 77:490-3. [PMID: 11187600] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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- P P Bastani
- Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Biomathematik, WWU Münster Domagkstr. 9, D-48129 Münster
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Omiya K, Itoh H, Osada N, Kato M, Koike A, Sagara K, Aoki K, Fu LT, Watanabe H, Kato K, Tanabe K, Murayama M. Impaired heart rate response during incremental exercise in patients with acute myocardial infarction and after coronary artery bypass grafting: evaluation of coefficients with Karvonen's formula. Jpn Circ J 2000; 64:851-5. [PMID: 11110430 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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: 11/09/2022]
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Heart rate (HR) response during exercise in patients with ischemic heart disease was evaluated, and the appropriateness of Karvonen's method for determining rehabilitation exercise target HR was investigated. The study group comprised 24 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and 37 patients who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) was performed with a cycle ergometer and changes in HR (deltaHR)/changes in work rate (deltaWR) and interval changes of the coefficient of Karvonen's formula were evaluated. In the AMI group and the CABG group, deltaHR/deltaWR were significantly lower than those of age-matched control subjects (p<0.01). Karvonen's coefficients ranged from 0.37 to 0.54 when calculated from actual peak HR and 0.21 to 0.32 calculated from the predicted peak HR. An impaired HR response was found in patients with AMI and those who had had CABG up to 6 months previously. Because the Karvonen's coefficient values, which ranged from 0.6 to 0.8, were elevated for these patients, and considering the data from the CPX, increased exercise is recommended for such cases.
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- K Omiya
- The Cardiovascular Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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Akashi Y, Tanabe K, Osada N, Samejima H, Seki A, Yokoyama Y, Nakayama M, Suzuki N, Oomiya K, Itoh H, Miyake F, Murayama M. [Effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor lisinopril on sympathetic heart rate response during exercise in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction]. J Cardiol 2000; 36:221-9. [PMID: 11079227] [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: 02/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Sympathetic heart rate response decreases in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors effectively prevent heart failure after myocardial infarction. However, the effect of ACE inhibitors on heart rate response is not well known. The present study investigated the effect of ACE inhibitors on sympathetic heart rate response in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction. METHODS Sixty-five patients with acute myocardial infarction receiving no beta-blocking agents participated in the study. The subjects consisted of 25 patients (mean age 60.2 +/- 10.7 years) treated with ACE inhibitor lisinopril from the initial stage and 40 control subjects (mean age 57.7 +/- 7.6 years). Cardiopulmonary exercise testing with a treadmill was performed using the ramp protocol in the first month and the third month after the onset of the disease. Heart rate (HR) was measured in the resting state (rest) and immediately after peak exercise (peak). At the same time, blood samples were obtained to investigate the changes in the plasma level of norepinephrine (NE). The degree of sympathetic heart rate response was evaluated as follows: (peak HR - rest HR)/¿(peak NE - rest NE)/rest NE¿ x 100. RESULTS There were no significant differences between the 2 groups in the first month in anaerobic threshold, peak oxygen uptake and plasma brain natriuretic peptide concentration. Though the change of heart rate was not significant, the change in the plasma level of norepinephrine was significantly lower in the lisinopril group (9.3 +/- 4.4 vs 5.7 +/- 2.8, p < 0.01). In the first month, the heart rate response in the control group was markedly lower than that in the lisinopril group (8.7 +/- 3.5 vs 15.2 +/- 8.5 beats/min/%, p < 0.01). In the third month, the significant difference between the 2 groups disappeared (10.7 +/- 7.9 vs 14.0 +/- 9.7 beats/min/%, NS) due to the increase of the value in the control subjects. CONCLUSIONS From these results, we conclude that ACE inhibitors are effective to improve sympathetic heart rate response during exercise in the early phase of myocardial infarction.
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- Y Akashi
- Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki
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Osada N, Ito H. [Physical activity and cardiovascular disease]. Nihon Rinsho 2000; 58 Suppl:341-5. [PMID: 11085140] [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: 02/18/2023]
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Suzuki N, Tanabe K, Osada N, Yamamoto A, Nakayama M, Yokoyama Y, Oya M, Murabayashi T, Omiya K, Itoh H, Miyake F, Murayama M. Magnesium dynamics and relation to left ventricular function in acute myocardial infarction. Jpn Circ J 2000; 64:377-81. [PMID: 10834454 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.377] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The present study investigated the serial changes in serum magnesium (Mg) and erythrocyte concentration of Mg in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and the relationship between these changes and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) at 1 month after the onset of infarction. The study group comprised 26 patients with AMI (mean age, 57.9+/-8.9 years). Serum Mg and erythrocyte Mg were measured on hospital days 1, 2, 4, 7 and 21. The change in erythrocyte Mg during the acute phase was calculated as a ratio: [(erythrocyte Mg at day 2)-(erythrocyte Mg at day 1)]/(erythrocyte Mg at day 1). The change in serum Mg was calculated similarly. The following results were obtained. (1) Serum Mg tended to increase from the onset of myocardial infarction (day 1: 1.86+/-0.19, day 2: 1.93+/-0.22, day 4: 2.17+/-0.23; day 7: 2.25+/-0.20; day 21: 2.12+/-0.15 mg/dl). (2) Erythrocyte Mg on day 2 and day 4 showed a significant decrease compared with day 1 (day 1: 2.45+/-0.40, day 2: 2.09+/-0.41, day 4: 2.07+/-0.37, day 7: 2.22+/-0.33, day 7: 2.34+/-0.28 mg/dl per 400x10(4)/mm3 cells). (3) A significant positive correlation was observed between the change in serum Mg and LVEF (r=0.55, p<0.05), and a significant negative correlation was observed between the change in erythrocyte Mg and LVEF (r=-0.57, p<0.05). Thus, it was concluded that an extracellular shift in intracellular Mg occurred during the first 2 days after the onset of myocardial infarction. This responsive increase in the extracellular Mg level may be an important factor for maintaining left ventricular function in patients 1 month after the onset of AMI.
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- N Suzuki
- Department of Internal Medicine, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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Tanabe K, Yamamoto A, Suzuki N, Yokoyama Y, Osada N, Nakayama M, Akashi Y, Seki A, Samejima H, Oya M, Murabayashi T, Omiya K, Itoh H, Miyake F, Murayama M. Physiological role of endothelin-1 in nonworking muscles during exercise in healthy subjects. Jpn Circ J 2000; 64:27-31. [PMID: 10651203 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a potent vasoconstrictor peptide produced by vascular endothelial cells. However, the role of ET-1 in exercise-induced physiological responses is still to be investigated. The purpose of the present study was to investigate in healthy volunteers whether the ET-1 plasma concentration in nonworking muscles is changed by exercise and to investigate the physiological role of ET-1 during exercise. Bicycle ergometer cardiopulmonary exercise tests were performed in 36 healthy men (mean age, 22.5 years). Blood samples for measuring ET-1 were drawn from the cubital vein during rest and immediately after the exercise test. The ET-1 change ratio was calculated as ET-1 immediately following exercise/ET-1 during the resting state. Cardiac output (CO) was measured during the exercise test by the impedance method. Arterial venous oxygen difference (AVO2D) when CO reached 10L/min or 15L/min was calculated as AVO2D = VO2/CO. Results were as follows: (1) the ET-1 change ratio correlated inversely with exercise time at the anaerobic threshold (r = -0.37, p = 0.03) and peak exercise time (r = -0.35, p = 0.04); (2) the ET-1 change ratio tended toward an inverse correlation with deltaVO2/deltawork rate (r = -0.29, p = 0.09); (3) the ET-1 change ratio correlated positively with AVO2D when CO reached 10L/min (r = 0.42, p = 0.02) and tended toward a positive correlation with AVO2D when CO reached 15 L/min (r = 0.32, p = 0.08). These results indicate that an increase in ET-1 in nonworking muscles may participate in the exercise-induced redistribution of blood flow and in increasing the blood flow to working muscles.
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- K Tanabe
- Department of Cardiology, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
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Akashi Y, Ikehara Y, Yamamoto A, Suzuki N, Osada N, Matsumoto N, Sakakibara M, Tochiki H, Tanabe K, Nobuoka S, Miyake F, Murayama M, Abe H, Ikeshita M, Yamate N, Kaku M, Shimada J. Purulent pericarditis due to group B streptococcus and mycotic aneurysm of the ascending aorta: case report. Jpn Circ J 2000; 64:83-6. [PMID: 10651213 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A 61-year-old female, with a history of uterine and cervical cancer treated with radical hysterectomy and 2 years of postoperative chemotherapy, presented to the emergency department with dyspnea on exertion. Computed tomography of the chest revealed a large pericardial effusion and a sacciform aneurysm of the ascending aorta. The patient subsequently underwent emergency pericardiocentesis with drainage of approximately 330 ml of a bloody and turbid effusion. Cultures from the effusion yielded group B streptococcus. Multiple organ failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome occurred in the acute phase, but gradually improved with continuous antibiotic therapy. On the 194th hospital day, in situ reconstruction of the ascending aorta was successfully performed using a synthetic graft. Although rarely reported, both purulent bacterial pericarditis and mycotic aneurysm can be life-threatening.
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- Y Akashi
- The Second Department of Internal Medicine, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
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Gussak I, Zhou SH, Rautaharju P, Bjerregaard P, Stocke K, Osada N, Yokoyama Y, Miller M, Islam S, Chaitman BR. Right bundle branch block as a cause of false-negative ECG classification of inferior myocardial infarction. J Electrocardiol 1999; 32:279-84. [PMID: 10465572] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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It is generally accepted in clinical electrocardiography that a right bundle branch block (RBBB) does not interfere with the electrocardiographic (ECG) diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI). The basic assumption is that the initial excitation wavefronts are relatively unchanged in RBBB. This study compared serial changes in Q wave duration in inferior leads II, III, and aVF in 9 patients who developed RBBB within 3 weeks after myocardial revascularization procedure (RBBB group) and in 41 revascularized patients without RBBB in the same observation period (control group). Q wave durations in the electrocardiograms obtained before the patients' procedures were not significantly different between the study and control groups. However, Q wave durations shortened significantly more in the RBBB group than in the control group. The most pronounced Q wave duration shortening took place in lead aVF, -18.2 ms in the RBBB group versus -3.8 ms in the control group (P = .0001). The shortening was less pronounced, although significant, in leads II and III: II, -7.6 +/- -10.9 ms in the RBBB group vs -2.3 +/- -3.5 ms in the control group (P = .01); III, -11.3 +/- -10.5 ms vs -2.6 +/- -6.5 ms (P = .002); aVF, -18.2 +/- -13.5 ms vs -3.8 +/- -5.3 ms (P < .0001). It is concluded that incident RBBB complicating revascularization procedures may cause significant alterations in spatial orientation of the initial excitation wavefronts. This may be a potential source of false-negative ECG diagnosis of inferior MI, particularly in clinical trials where serial ECG analysis is an important part in MI classification.
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- I Gussak
- Division of Cardiology, Saint Louis University Health Science Center, Missouri 63117, USA
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Tanabe K, Yamamoto A, Suzuki N, Akashi Y, Seki A, Samejima H, Oya M, Murabayashi T, Nakayama M, Yokoyama Y, Osada N, Omiya K, Itoh H, Miyake F, Murayama M. Exercise-induced changes in plasma atrial natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide concentrations in healthy subjects with chronic sleep deprivation. Jpn Circ J 1999; 63:447-52. [PMID: 10406584 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.63.447] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Recent observations have shown that plasma levels of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) correlate with cardiac function or prognosis in heart failure patients. However, relatively little is known about changes in their plasma concentration during commonly occurring physiological states such as fatigue. Therefore, this study was designed to examine the physiological changes of plasma ANP and BNP concentrations using a chronic sleep-deprivation model. Bicycle ergometer cardiopulmonary exercise tests were performed in 10 healthy volunteers (mean age: 22.7 years). Blood samples for measuring ANP and BNP were drawn during the resting state and immediately after each exercise test. Cardiac output (CO) was measured during the exercise test by the impedance method. The study conditions were designed as follows: (A) a day following a period of normal sleep (control state) and (B) a day preceded by 1 month during which sleep lasted <60% of normal (chronic sleep-deprived state). Results were as follows. (1) Peak oxygen uptake and peak CO decreased during the sleep-deprived state compared with the control state. (2) There was no difference between peak heart rates measured during exercise under the 2 conditions. (3) Plasma ANP concentration during exercise increased significantly during the control state, whereas only a tendency toward increase was observed during the sleep-deprived state. (4) Plasma BNP concentration during exercise tended to increase in the control state compared with the resting state, whereas there was no difference in plasma BNP between after exercise and resting state in the sleep-deprived state. These results indicate that changes of ANP or BNP induced by exercise tended to be decreased by chronic sleep deprivation.
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- K Tanabe
- The Second Department of Internal Medicine, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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