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Yano R, Terada-Hirashima J, Uemura Y, Tomita N, Shimizu Y, Iwasaki H, Okumura N, Suzuki T, Saito S, Ujiie M, Sugiura W, Ohmagari N. Efficacy and Safety of the Smallpox Vaccine for Postexposure Prophylaxis in Monkeypox: Protocol for an Open-Labeled, Single-Armed Study. JMIR Res Protoc 2023; 12:e46955. [PMID: 37624623 PMCID: PMC10492167 DOI: 10.2196/46955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In May 2022, a case of monkeypox (currently known as "mpox") with no history of overseas travel was reported in the United Kingdom, followed by reports of infections reported in Europe, the United States, and other countries worldwide. Due to the significant overlap in immune responses among viruses of the genus Orthopoxvirus (including smallpox virus, mpox virus, and vaccinia virus), it is believed that cross-immunity can be achieved by administering the smallpox virus vaccine. In Japan, a smallpox vaccine (LC16m8 strain vaccine) has been approved; however, there was no regulatory approval for the mpox vaccine during the design of this study. Although it is believed that individuals exposed to the mpox virus may receive smallpox vaccination as mpox prophylaxis, the existing evidence is not clear. OBJECTIVE The primary objective was to evaluate the efficacy of the LC16m8 strain vaccine, approved for smallpox in Japan, for postexposure prophylaxis against mpox when administered to close contacts of individuals with mpox. The secondary objective was to investigate the safety of the vaccine for postexposure prophylaxis against mpox. METHODS The study aimed to enroll 100 vaccinated participants who had been identified as close contacts of individuals with mpox. Consent was obtained, and the participants are inoculated with the vaccine. Daily recordings of symptoms (body temperature, headache, rash, and side effects) were made until day 21 and then again on day 28. Furthermore, additional evaluations of adverse events were performed by the investigators on days 7, 14, 21, and 28. Considering that the maximum incubation period for mpox is 21 days, the primary end point is the presence or absence of the disease 21 days after close contact. The primary analysis focused on cases within 4 days of intense contact as it has been reported that vaccination within this timeframe can reduce the incidence of the disease. RESULTS The first trial participant was enrolled on July 28, 2022, and the research period concluded in March 2023. The study results will be published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. CONCLUSIONS This study allowed us to investigate the efficacy and safety of the LC16m8 strain vaccine in postexposure prophylaxis against mpox. TRIAL REGISTRATION Japan Registry of Clinical Trials jRCTs031220137; https://jrct.niph.go.jp/en-latest-detail/jRCTs031220137. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/46955.
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- Rina Yano
- Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Tomita N, Terada-Hirashima J, Uemura Y, Shimizu Y, Iwasaki H, Yano R, Suzuki T, Saito S, Okumura N, Sugiura W, Ohmagari N, Ujiie M. An open-label, non-randomized study investigating the safety and efficacy of smallpox vaccine, LC16, as post-exposure prophylaxis for mpox. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2023; 19:2242219. [PMID: 37559375 PMCID: PMC10416734 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2242219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023] Open
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Mpox is an acute exanthematous disease caused by the monkeypox virus. Since May 2022, it has spread as a community-acquired infection, mainly in Europe and the United States, and urgent measures to prevent this infection were also required in Japan. In this study, we investigated the post-exposure prophylaxis of mpox and safety after inoculating the smallpox vaccine. Participants in close contact with patients with mpox were inoculated with "Freeze-dried cell culture Smallpox Vaccine LC16," within 14 days after close contact. Six cases were registered, and all the participants were inoculated. No mpox symptoms or related complications were observed in the participants for 21 days after the close contact. Adverse events due to inoculation, such as rash, fever, lymphadenopathy, and local reaction at the inoculation site (comprising erythema, swelling, induration, and pain) were observed in the participants; however, all inoculation-related events were non-severe and non-serious, and the participants recovered during the 28-day observation period. The findings of this study suggest that inoculation with LC16 is an effective post-exposure prophylaxis in individuals who had close contact with patients with mpox. Further large-scale studies are warranted to validate these findings.
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- Noriko Tomita
- Centre for Clinical Sciences, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Centre for Clinical Sciences, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Centre for Clinical Sciences, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Centre for Clinical Sciences, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Centre, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Centre for Clinical Sciences, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Centre, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Centre, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Centre, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Centre for Clinical Sciences, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Centre, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Centre, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Balboa S, Albillos R, Yano R, Escudero D. La posición importa: embolismo aéreo retrógrado tras retirada de catéter venoso central. Neurologia 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2022.04.001] [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] Open
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Ogawa Y, Yano R, Iino R, Kanamori K, Shiozawa Y, Kondo H, Kamimura M, Kisui E, Sakurai S, Ogawa T, Nagamuma A. Nutrition diagnosis and length of hospital stay based on glim criteria. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.09.152] [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: 12/01/2022]
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Hikishima K, Ando K, Komaki Y, Kawai K, Yano R, Inoue T, Itoh T, Yamada M, Momoshima S, Okano HJ, Okano H. Voxel-based morphometry of the marmoset brain: In vivo detection of volume loss in the substantia nigra of the MPTP-treated Parkinson's disease model. Neuroscience 2015; 300:585-92. [PMID: 26012491 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2015] [Revised: 05/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Movement dysfunction in Parkinson's disease (PD) is caused by the degeneration of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra (SN). Here, we established a method for voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and automatic tissue segmentation of the marmoset monkey brain using a 7-T animal scanner and applied the method to assess DA degeneration in a PD model, 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-treated animals, with tyrosine-hydroxylase staining. The most significant decreases of local tissue volume were detected in the bilateral SN of MPTP-treated marmoset brains (-53.0% in right and -46.5% in left) and corresponded with the location of DA neurodegeneration found in histology (-65.4% in right). In addition to the SN, the decreases were also confirmed in the locus coeruleus, and lateral hypothalamus. VBM using 7-T MRI was effective in detecting volume loss in the SN of the PD-model marmoset. This study provides a potential basis for the application of VBM with ultra-high field MRI in the clinical diagnosis of PD. The developed method may also offer value in automatic whole-brain evaluation of structural changes for the marmoset monkey.
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- K Hikishima
- Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Faculty of Radiological Technology, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Laboratory for Marmoset Neural Architecture, Brain Science Institute RIKEN, Wako, Japan.
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Halder S, Yano R, Chun J, Ueda H. Involvement of LPA1 receptor signaling in cerebral ischemia-induced neuropathic pain. Neuroscience 2013; 235:10-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Revised: 01/07/2013] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Juniantito V, Izawa T, Yuasa T, Ichikawa C, Yano R, Kuwamura M, Yamate J. Immunophenotypical characterization of macrophages in rat bleomycin-induced scleroderma. Vet Pathol 2012; 50:76-85. [PMID: 22700848 DOI: 10.1177/0300985812450718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Scleroderma is a skin disorder characterized by persistent fibrosis. Macrophage properties influencing cutaneous fibrogenesis remain to be fully elucidated. In this rat (F344 rats) model of scleroderma, at 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks after initiation of daily subcutaneous injections of bleomycin (BLM; 100 μl of 1 mg/ml daily), skin samples were collected for histological and immunohistochemical evaluations. Immunohistochemically, the numbers of cells reacting to ED1 (anti-CD68; phagocytic activity) and ED2 (anti-CD163; inflammatory factor production) began to increase at week 1, peaked at week 2, and decreased thereafter. In contrast, the increased number of cells reacting to OX6 (anti-MHC class II molecules) was seen from week 2 and remained elevated until week 4. α-Smooth muscle actin-positive myofibroblasts were increased for 4 weeks. Double labeling revealed that galectin-3, a regulator of fibrogenic factor TGF-β1, was expressed in CD68+, CD163+, and MHC class II+ macrophages and myofibroblasts. mRNA expression of TGF-β1, as well as MCP-1 and CSF-1 (both macrophage function modulators), were significantly elevated at weeks 1 to 4. This study shows that the increased number of macrophages with heterogeneous immunophenotypes, which might be induced by MCP-1 and CSF-1, could participate in the sclerotic lesion formation, presumably through increased fibrogenic factors such as galectin-3 and TGF-β1; the data may provide useful information to understand the pathogenesis of the human scleroderma condition.
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- V Juniantito
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Division of Veterinary Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Rinkuu Ourai Kita 1-58, Izumisano-shi, Osaka 598-8531, Japan
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Mitarai S, Okumura M, Toyota E, Yoshiyama T, Aono A, Sejimo A, Azuma Y, Sugahara K, Nagasawa T, Nagayama N, Yamane A, Yano R, Kokuto H, Morimoto K, Ueyama M, Kubota M, Yi R, Ogata H, Kudoh S, Mori T. Evaluation of a simple loop-mediated isothermal amplification test kit for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2011; 15:1211-7, i. [DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- S. Mitarai
- Department of Mycobacterium Reference and Research, Bacteriology Division, Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory and Internal Medicine, Double-Barred Cross Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory and Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organisation, Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory and Internal Medicine, Double-Barred Cross Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Double-Barred Cross Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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- Microbiology Laboratory, National Hospital Organisation, Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Double-Barred Cross Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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- Microbiology Laboratory, National Hospital Organisation, Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Microbiology Laboratory, National Hospital Organisation, Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory and Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organisation, Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory and Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organisation, Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory and Internal Medicine, Double-Barred Cross Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory and Internal Medicine, Double-Barred Cross Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory and Internal Medicine, Double-Barred Cross Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory and Internal Medicine, Double-Barred Cross Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory and Internal Medicine, Double-Barred Cross Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory and Internal Medicine, Double-Barred Cross Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory and Internal Medicine, Double-Barred Cross Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory and Internal Medicine, Double-Barred Cross Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mycobacterium Reference and Research, Bacteriology Division, Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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Yano R, Suzuki K. Inelastic collisional effect on a dilute granular shock layer with a heated wall. Eur Phys J E Soft Matter 2011; 34:31. [PMID: 21437794 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2011-11031-x] [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] [Received: 11/23/2010] [Accepted: 02/18/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
Abstract
The inelastic collisional effect on a shock layer of a dilute granular gas with a heated wall is numerically studied. To investigate the inelastic collisional effect via the gain term in the inelastic Boltzmann equation on the shock layer, an inelastic Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK) type equation, whose loss term is equivalent to that in the inelastic Boltzmann equation, is formulated on the basis of the kinetic theory of the granular gas. The inelastic BGK-type equation formulated for a hard-sphere particle is generalized to that for an inverse power law (IPL) molecule. Numerical results in a weakly inelastic regime confirm the nonequilirium contribution to the cooling rate, when the collision frequency depends on the particle velocity. The profile of the negative high-velocity tail of the distribution function in the generation regime of the shock wave obtained by the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo method is higher than that obtained by the proposed BGK-type equation when the collision frequency depends on the particle velocity because of the inelastic collisional effect via the gain term in the inelastic Boltzmann equation, which is not included in the proposed BGK-type equation.
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- R Yano
- Department of Advanced Energy, University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
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Escudero D, Otero J, Muñiz G, Gonzalo JA, Calleja C, González A, Martínez A, Parra D, Yano R, Taboada F. The Bispectral Index Scale: Its Use in the Detection of Brain Death. Transplant Proc 2005; 37:3661-3. [PMID: 16386497 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.08.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the Bispectral Index Scale (BIS) monitor as a method of brain death (BD) detection. PATIENTS AND METHODS We performed an observational prospective study in an intensive care unit (ICU) of a university hospital of 19 patients hospitalized nonconsecutively in the ICU with serious neurologic pathology and evolution toward BD. A BIS monitor, XP model, and the sensor "BIS Quatro" were used to continuously record values: suppression ratio (SR), quality of the signal index, and electromyographic (EMG) activity. RESULTS The BD diagnosis was made through neurological clinical exploration and electroencephalogram (EEG) in all the cases. Additionally, transcranial Doppler was used in 13 patients. Coincident with clinical worsening, it was observed that there was a gradual decrease of the BIS value, together with a rise in the SR. In all the patients in which the BD diagnosis was confirmed, the BIS showed values of 0 and suppression rates of 100. Only one patient showed interferences, due to EMG activity, the same problem was detected when a conventional EEG was performing. After using a neuromuscular blocker, the values of BIS and SR were 0 and 100, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The BIS is a noninvasive, simple, and easy to interpret method. All the patients with BD diagnosis except for one had a BIS value of 0 and TS of 100, showing a perfect correlation with the other diagnostic methods. The BIS cannot be used on its own for the confirmation of the BD, but it is a useful tool to detect the beginning of brain herniation.
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- D Escudero
- Intensive Care Unit, Central University Hospital of Asturias, Spain.
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Yano R, Yap CC, Yamazaki Y, Muto Y, Kishida H, Okada D, Hashikawa T. Sast124, a novel splice variant of syntrophin-associated serine/threonine kinase (SAST), is specifically localized in the restricted brain regions. Neuroscience 2003; 117:373-81. [PMID: 12614677 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(02)00785-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Syntrophin is an adaptor protein that binds signaling molecules to the dystrophin-associated protein complex, which connects extracellular matrix to intracellular cytoskeleton for construction and maintenance of the postsynaptic structures in the neuromuscular junction and the CNS. Among these signaling molecules, a family of microtubule-associated serine/threonine kinases has a unique structural feature with a serine/threonine kinase domain and a postsynaptic density protein-95/discs large/zona occludens-1 domain. In the present study, we identified syntrophin-associated serine/threonine kinase-124, a novel splice variant of the syntrophin-associated serine/threonine kinase which is a member of the microtubule-associated serine/threonine kinases family. Comparing to the original clone (syntrophin-associated serine/threonine kinase-170), syntrophin-associated serine/threonine kinase-124 is truncated just downstream of the postsynaptic density protein-95/discs large/zona occludens-1 domain. Using a monoclonal antibody specifically recognizing syntrophin-associated serine/threonine kinase-124, strong expression of the protein was observed in neurons of the subventricular zone and granule cells of the olfactory bulb, Islands of Calleja, hippocampal dentate gyrus and cerebellum. syntrophin-associated serine/threonine kinase-124 is selectively localized in the nuclei of neurons and distinct from syntrophin-associated serine/threonine kinase-170, which is interacting with syntrophin on the cell surface. Considering the tissue and subcellular distributions of syntrophin-associated serine/threonine kinase-124, it is suggested that syntrophin-associated serine/threonine kinase-124 may have functions in transcriptional regulation for the features commonly shared by these neurons. On the other hand, syntrophin-associated serine/threonine kinase-124 was also localized in glia-like cell bodies in the corpus callosum and fiber bundles in the spinal trigeminal and solitary tracts, suggesting syntrophin-associated serine/threonine kinase-124 may have other functions in these types of cells.
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- R Yano
- Laboratory for Cellular Information Processing, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama351-0198, Japan.
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Maruoka N, Murata T, Omata N, Fujibayashi Y, Waki A, Yoshimoto M, Yano R, Yonekura Y, Wada Y. Greater resistance and lower contribution of free radicals to hypoxic neurotoxicity in immature rat brain compared to adult brain as revealed by dynamic changes in glucose metabolism. Dev Neurosci 2002; 23:412-9. [PMID: 11872942 DOI: 10.1159/000048728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Seven-day-old rat brain slices were incubated at 36C in oxygenated Krebs-Ringer solution containing [(18)F]2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ([(18)F]FDG), and serial two-dimensional time-resolved images of [(18)F]FDG uptake by the slices were obtained. The Gjedde-Patlak graphical method was applied to the image data, and the duration limit of hypoxia loading that allowed recovery of the fractional rate constant (k3*) of [(18)F]FDG (proportional to the cerebral glucose metabolic rate) after hypoxia loading to the unloaded control level was 50 min, and MK-801 as an N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist had neuroprotective effects, but PBN as a free radical scavenger was ineffective. In our previous study in adult (7-week-old) rat brains [Murata et al., Exp Neurol 2000, 164:269-279], the limit of the hypoxia loading time was 20 min, and both MK-801 and PBN were effective. In the immature rat brains, the ratio of aerobic glucose metabolism to the total glucose metabolism was low compared with the adult rat brains, suggesting only a slight involvement of free radicals in hypoxic neurotoxicity. These data suggest that the higher resistance of immature brains to hypoxia compared to that of adult brains is attributable to a lower involvement of free radicals due to a lower aerobic glucose metabolic rate.
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- N Maruoka
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Biomedical Imaging Research Center, Fukui Medical University, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan
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Yano R, Hayakawa D, Emura S, Chen H, Ozawa Y, Taguchi H, Shoumura S. Effects of cigarette smoke exposure on the ultrastructure of the golden hamster parathyroid gland. Histol Histopathol 2002; 17:375-81. [PMID: 11962741 DOI: 10.14670/hh-17.375] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cigarette smoking has been identified as one of the risk factors to induce osteoporosis. However, we find no study on the morphology of the parathyroid gland under smoking exposure. We studied the ultrastructure of the parathyroid gland, lung and femur of the golden hamster exposed to cigarette smoke. Four-week-old male hamsters were housed in a plastic case (48x31x30 cm) and were exposed to cigarette smoke for 12 weeks, 5 minutes exposure, 4 times a day, 4 days a week. There were no differences in serum calcium level and the whole bone mineral density between the control and the smoke-exposed groups. In the parathyroid gland of the smoke-exposed animals, the Golgi complexes associated with many prosecretory granules were well developed and many secretory granules were located near the plasma membrane. Large lipid-like inclusion bodies were observed in the alveolar macrophages of the smoke-exposed animals. The femur morphology showed a wider area of resorbing surface in the smoke-exposed group than in the control group. From these findings, it is conceivable that the secretory activity of the parathyroid gland was stimulated with cigarette smoke exposure.
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- R Yano
- Department of Anatomy, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Yano R, Hayakawa D, Emura S, Chen H, Ozawa Y, Taguchi H, Shoumura S. A case of left inferior vena cava. Kaibogaku Zasshi 2001; 76:537-40. [PMID: 11806147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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A case of left inferior vena cava (IVC) was found in a 72-year-old male cadaver during student dissection practice in 1999 at Gifu University School of Medicine. It was formed by junction of the left and right common iliac veins at the lower left corner of the 5th lumbar vertebra. This IVC (15-mm caliber) ascended 82 mm along the left side of the abdominal aorta dorsally to the ureter. Receiving the left renal vein, it became 21 mm in caliber and ran obliquely upward for 43 mm across the abdominal aorta. As soon as it received two right renal veins at the level of the 2nd lumbar vertebra, the IVC (25-mm caliber) turned directly above. The present case belongs to Type C of the classification of McClure and Butler (1925), which is based on the combinations of the left and right IVCs, and on their location relative to the ureters. The present case also belongs to Type 1 of the classification of Yoshida et al. (1981). We consider that left IVC in the present case is mainly caused by disappearance of the right supracardinal vein and persistence of the left one during the embryological development of the IVC.
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- R Yano
- Department of Anatomy, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa-machi, Gifu 500-8705, Japan
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Chen H, Hayakawa D, Emura S, Ozawa Y, Taguchi H, Yano R, Shoumura S. Effect of low calcium diet on the ultrastructure of the rat parathyroid gland. Okajimas Folia Anat Jpn 2001; 78:153-9. [PMID: 11915356 DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.78.5_153] [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: 11/09/2022]
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Young female rats were fed with normal (1.18%) or low (0.05%) calcium diet for 3, 7, 15 or 30 days. The morphology of the parathyroid glands was studied together with serum calcium, parathyroid hormone (PTH), calcitonin and bone mineral density (BMD). As compared to the animals fed with the normal calcium diet, BMD of whole body of the rats fed with the low calcium diet was significantly decreased, whereas the serum PTH level was increased. The parathyroid glands in the rats fed with the low calcium diet were markedly enlarged. In the parathyroid chief cells of the rats fed with the low calcium diet, the Golgi complexes and the cisternae of the granular endoplasmic reticulum were well developed, while the large granules and large vacuolar bodies decreased. Some secretory granules located near the plasma membrane. A proportionally larger increase of the cytoplasm was estimated in the rats fed with the low calcium diet for three and seven days. Enlargement of the cytoplasm and rather frequent mitoses of the chief cells were observed in the rats fed with the low calcium diet for 15 and 30 days. These findings suggest that the rapid bone loss in young rats induced by the low calcium diet is essentially due to stimulated activity of the parathyroid gland. The stimulated gland may be a result of hypertrophy at the early stage and a combination of hypertrophy and hyperplasia at the later stage of calcium deficiency.
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- H Chen
- Department of Anatomy, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa-machi, Gifu 500-8705, Japan
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During cadaver dissection for student education in anatomy laboratory of Gifu University School of Medicine, a case of the horseshoe kidney was observed in a 63-year-old Japanese female cadaver. The kidney was fused at the lower poles of the original kidneys by the parenchymatous isthmus and showed a typical horseshoe shape. The hili on both sides opened towards the ventral direction, and the ureters descended in front of the isthmus and entered the bladder normally. The location of the kidney was lower than that of the normal kidney. Four surplus arteries entered the isthmus and the lower part of the kidney besides the normal right and left renal arteries. The incidence of the horseshoe kidney during the dissecting practice at Gifu University School of Medicine from 1971 to 1997 was estimated to be 0.36% (4 out of 1130 bodies).
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- H Chen
- Department of Anatomy, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa-machi, Gifu 500-8705, Japan
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Chen H, Hayakawa D, Emura S, Ozawa Y, Taguchi H, Yano R, Shoumura S. Morphological identification of the lipid-storing cells in golden hamster parathyroid glands after vitamin A treatment. Histol Histopathol 2001; 16:793-800. [PMID: 11510969 DOI: 10.14670/hh-16.793] [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: 11/30/2022]
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We investigated hamster parathyroid glands of different ages using electron microscopy and found a new cell type in young, adult and senile hamsters. Theses special cells were located in interstitial tissues and invariably contained several lipid droplets within the cytoplasm. The cells showed an elongated spindle with some cell processes. The cells contained small Golgi complexes and moderate cisternae of the granular endoplasmic reticulum. The morphological characteristics of these cells were mostly the same as those of lipid-storing cells in other organs (Yamada and Hirosawa, 1976). After vitamin A administration, the lipid droplets in these cells markedly increased in number and also in volume density. The other morphological features of these cells resembled those of the control animals. We called these cells parathyroid lipid-storing cells. They may incorporate and store vitamin A within the lipid droplets. They can be classified as one of the cellular components in hamster parathyroid gland.
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- H Chen
- Department of Anatomy, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Chen H, Hayakawa D, Emura S, Ozawa Y, Taguchi H, Yano R, Shoumura S. Effects of ethanol on the ultrastructure of the hamster femur. Histol Histopathol 2001; 16:763-70. [PMID: 11510966 DOI: 10.14670/hh-16.763] [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: 11/30/2022]
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Several previous studies have indicated that chronic ingestion of ethanol exerts harmful effects on bones. However, few data are available concerning the effects of ethanol on the ultrastructure of bone. To further elucidate the effects of ethanol on bone, we studied the morphology of femur in golden hamsters after long-term treatment with ethanol. Six-week-old male hamsters were divided into 4 groups. Ethanol-treated animals were given ethanol at a concentration of 7% with food and water freely available, whereas the pair-fed animals (weight-matched to ethanol hamsters) had tap water available as the only drinking fluid. The femur weight, blood ethanol and serum calcium concentrations were determined after 3 and 5 months. The bone mineral density (BMD) of the whole body was measured before and after the experiment. Femurs of both sides were dissected and processed for morphometric measurement, light microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. In the ethanol-treated hamsters, BMD of the whole body and the weight of femur tended to decrease when compared with those of the controls. Light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy showed that the trabecula in the distal end of the femur from ethanol-treated hamsters were thinner than those of the controls. We also observed the disrupted swollen mitochondria of the femoral osteoblasts and osteocytes in the ethanol-treated hamsters. No significant difference in serum calcium levels and femoral osteoclasts was found. These results indicate that long-term treatment with ethanol results in disruption of femoral osteoblasts and reduction of bone mass in trabecular bone.
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- H Chen
- Department of Anatomy, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Waki A, Yano R, Yoshimoto M, Sadato N, Yonekura Y, Fujibayashi Y. Dynamic changes in glucose metabolism accompanying the expression of the neural phenotype after differentiation in PC12 cells. Brain Res 2001; 894:88-94. [PMID: 11245818 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)01983-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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To assess what properties of glucose metabolism are most closely related to expression of the neural phenotype, some parameters of glucose metabolism in PC12 cells before (tumor-type) and after differentiation (neuron-type) were investigated. Neuron-type cells exhibited a 2.7-fold higher level of [3H]DG retention than tumor-type cells, accompanied by a higher glucose transport rate and higher levels of hexokinase activity. [14C]CO2 production from [U-14C]glucose in neuron-type was also more than four-times greater than that in tumor-type cells. The levels of [14C]carbon in macromolecules from [14C]glucose in neuron-type cells were also much higher (10.6-fold) than those in tumor-type cells, and the levels of incorporation of [14C]carbon were almost as high as those of [14C]CO2. From the metabolite analysis, amino acids appeared to be the major compounds converted from glucose. On the other hand, the uptakes of [35S]methionine-[35S]cysteine and [3H]uridine in neuron-type cells were lower than those in tumor-type cells. Following depolarization with 50 mM potassium, [14C]CO2 production increased, but the retention of [14C]carbon was not changed in neuron-type cells. The largest change accompanied by acquisition of the neural phenotype was carbon incorporation into the macromolecules derived from glucose. This property may be important for the expression of the neural phenotype as well as the higher levels of both glucose uptake and oxygen consumption.
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- A Waki
- Biomedical Imaging Research Center, Fukui Medical University, 23-3 Shimoaizuki, Matsuoka-cho, Yoshida-gun, 910-1193, Fukui,
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Tomomura M, Fernandez-Gonzales A, Yano R, Yuzaki M. Characterization of the apoptosis-associated tyrosine kinase (AATYK) expressed in the CNS. Oncogene 2001; 20:1022-32. [PMID: 11314040 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1204210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2000] [Revised: 12/28/2000] [Accepted: 01/03/2001] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We isolated three related cDNA clones from a mouse cerebellar library; the type I cDNA was identical to the gene encoding the apoptosis-associated tyrosine kinase (AATYK), whose expression in myeloid precursor cells is increased during growth arrest or apoptosis. Low levels of AATYK mRNA expression were seen in adult mouse brains but not in embryos. In situ hybridization confirmed the widespread expression of AATYK mRNA in neurons throughout the adult brain. AATYK possessed tyrosine kinase activity and was autophosphorylated when expressed in 293 cells. AATYK mRNA expression was rapidly induced in cultured cerebellar granule cells during apoptosis induced by a low concentration of KCl (5 mM). Levels of endogenous AATYK protein were increased only slightly, but they were accompanied by an increase in molecular weight during apoptosis. Results of the tyrosine phosphatase treatments indicated that the increase in molecular weight was partly caused by tyrosine phosphorylation. The number of apoptotic granule cells overexpressing wild-type AATYK protein was significantly greater than the number of apoptotic granule cells overexpressing a mutant AATYK that lacked tyrosine kinase activity in low concentrations of KCl. These findings suggest that through its tyrosine kinase activity, AATYK is involved in the apoptosis of mature neurons.
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- M Tomomura
- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, TN 38105-2794, USA
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Ikeda K, Kobayashi T, Ichikawa T, Kumanishi T, Niki H, Yano R. The untranslated region of (mu)-opioid receptor mRNA contributes to reduced opioid sensitivity in CXBK mice. J Neurosci 2001; 21:1334-9. [PMID: 11160404 PMCID: PMC6762225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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It is well known that there are individual differences in a sensitivity to analgesics. Several lines of evidence have suggested that the level of opioid-induced analgesia is dependent on the level of expression of the mu-opioid receptor (mu-OR). However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the diversity of the level of the opioid receptor and the opioid sensitivity among individuals remain to be elucidated. In the present study, we analyzed the opioid-receptor genes of CXBK recombinant-inbred mice, which show reduced sensitivity to opioids. Northern blotting, nucleotide sequencing, and in situ hybridization histochemical analyses demonstrated that CXBK mice possessed mu-OR mRNA with a normal coding region but an abnormally long untranslated region (UTR). In addition, the mu-OR mRNA level in CXBK mice was less than in the control mice. Next, we produced littermate mice that had inherited two copies of the wild-type mu-OR gene, had inherited two copies of the CXBK mu-OR gene, and had inherited both copies of the mu-OR genes. In these mice, inheritance of the CXBK mu-OR gene was well correlated with less mu-OR mRNA and reduced opioid effects on nociception and locomotor activity. We conclude that the CXBK mu-OR gene is responsible for the CXBK phenotypes. Because UTR differences are known to affect the level of the corresponding mRNA and protein and because UTRs are more divergent among individuals than coding regions, the present findings suggest that opioid sensitivity may vary, depending on different mu-OR levels attributable to divergent UTR of mu-OR mRNA.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Brain/metabolism
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA, Complementary/analysis
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Drug Resistance/genetics
- Gene Dosage
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- In Situ Hybridization
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Mice, Transgenic
- Molecular Weight
- Morphine/pharmacology
- Motor Activity/drug effects
- Motor Activity/genetics
- Pain Measurement/drug effects
- Point Mutation
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Untranslated/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics
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- K Ikeda
- Laboratories for Neurobiology of Emotion and Cellular Information Processing, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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Yano R, Nakamura T, Aono H, Wakiya Y, Masada M. [The amount of the loss of cyclosporine A dose correlated with the amount of leaching di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate from polyvinyl chloride infusion tube]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2001; 121:139-44. [PMID: 11218727 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.121.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An interaction between cyclosporine A (CyA) injection and infusion tubes were examined. We used polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polybutadiene (PB) tubes. CyA injection (Sandimmun) was diluted (0.495 mg CyA/ml) with saline and dripped through infusion tubes. The amounts of unsolved substances, loss of CyA dose and leached di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) during the drip study were compared. CyA was not lost into the PB tube and no DEHP was leached. Therefore, using PVC tube, 11.9 mg of CyA were lost with in 24 h after the beginning of the administration, and the concentration of leached DEHP amounted to 93.6 micrograms/ml at 12 h. We also investigated the effects of the component of the einfusion solution on the loss of CyA into PVC tube using saline, electrolyte maintenance solution, 5% glucose and 10% maltose. Sugar-containing solutions were found to have less effects than other solutions on the loss of CyA dose and DEHP leaching. The leaching of DEHP may be a major factor for the generation of unsolved substances and the loss of CyA dose. In the clinical use of CyA injection, PB tube is the best selection and the sugar-containing solution is a second selection when PB infusion tubes are hard to obtain.
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- R Yano
- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Fukui Medical University, 23 Shimoaizuki, Matsuoka-cho, Yoshida-gun, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
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Parathyroid cyst is a rare lesion, but has clinical significance because of it's ability to mimic a thyroid mass and it's association with hyperparathyroidism. The occurrence and morphology of parathyroid cysts in golden hamsters from neonatal to senile periods were investigated using light and electron microscopy. The results demonstrate the presence of chief cell cysts in the parathyroid glands of 5-day-old hamsters. Some chief cells lining the cyst wall showed mitosis and apoptosis. The existence of chief cell cysts may represent the rapid proliferation of the parathyroid chief cells in 5-day-old hamsters. Ciliated cysts were observed in the parathyroid glands of 5-day-, 1- and 3-month-old hamsters. Three cell types were distinguished in the wall of the ciliated cyst: Ciliated, mucous and basal cells. Ciliated cysts possessed the features of the pharyngeal epithelia without endocrine cells and may arise from embryological remnants of pharyngeal pouches in the neck undergoing cystic degeneration and entrapping portions of parathyroid tissue. The frequency of parathyroid cysts decreased with age.
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- H Chen
- Department of Anatomy, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Two cases of the double inferior venae cavae (IVC) were found during the student dissection practice in 1997 in Gifu University School of Medicine. On the first case (70-year-old male), the calibers of the right and left IVC were 15 mm and 13 mm, respectively. An anastomosis (4-mm caliber) ran obliquely from the left internal iliac vein to the right IVC. On the second case (86-year-old male), the calibers of the right and left IVC were 15 mm and 10 mm, respectively. We found no anastomosis between the right and left IVC. Each IVC was observed behind the ureter. Both cases belong to Type BC of the classification of McClure and Butler (1925), that is based on the combinations of the right and left IVC, and on their location to the ureters. Both cases also belong to Type II-b-2 of the classification of Takemoto et al. (1978), that is based on the calibers of the right and left IVC and on the running course of the interiliac vein. These are the first and second cases among 808 cadavers in Gifu University School of Medicine and the 93rd and 94th cases in Japan since 1901.
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- R Yano
- Department of Anatomy, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan
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To investigate the role of G-protein-activated inwardly rectifying K+ (GIRK) channels in opioid-induced analgesia, we compared the effects of opioids in wild-type and weaver mutant mice having mutant GIRK channels. In the tail-flick and hot-plate tests, weaver mutant mice displayed significantly lower analgesia after either morphine or (-)-U-50488 administration. These findings suggest that GIRK channel activation is important in the induction of analgesia by opioids.
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MESH Headings
- 3,4-Dichloro-N-methyl-N-(2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl)-benzeneacetamide, (trans)-Isomer/pharmacology
- Analgesia
- Analgesics, Non-Narcotic/pharmacology
- Analgesics, Opioid/pharmacology
- Animals
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- G Protein-Coupled Inwardly-Rectifying Potassium Channels
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Neurologic Mutants
- Morphine/pharmacology
- Pain Measurement/drug effects
- Potassium Channels/deficiency
- Potassium Channels/genetics
- Potassium Channels/metabolism
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
- Reaction Time/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
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- K Ikeda
- Laboratory for Neurobiology of Emotion, RIKEN, Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan.
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Jamali M, Hayakawa D, Chen H, Ozawa Y, Taguchi H, Yano R, Emura S, Shoumura S. Acute effects of caffeine administration on the ultrastructure of the golden hamster parathyroid gland. Okajimas Folia Anat Jpn 2000; 77:53-7. [PMID: 10998936 DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.77.2-3_53] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This study was conducted to evaluate the acute effects of caffeine on the ultrastructure of the parathyroid glands in golden hamsters. Caffeine was given orally at either 2.5 mg (low dose) or 10 mg (high dose) per 100 g body weight. Caffeine caused a dose dependent decrease of the serum calcium level 2 hours after administration. Transmission electron microscopy of the parathyroid gland revealed that the volume densities occupied by the Golgi complexes and rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) were found significantly higher 2 hours after receiving high dose of caffeine. Statistical analysis revealed no significant differences regarding to the bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD). It is considered that the synthesis of parathyroid hormone is stimulated following caffeine administration.
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- M Jamali
- Department of Anatomy, Gifu University, School of Medicine, Japan
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Ohtsu F, Yano R, Inagaki K, Sakakibara J. [Estimation of adverse drug reactions by the evaluation scores of subjective symptoms (complaints) and background of patients. V. Drug-induced gastrointestinal system disorders]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2000; 120:701-14. [PMID: 10946620 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi1947.120.8_701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to develop, implement, and assess an estimation procedure for preventing adverse drug reaction by subjective symptoms (complaints) of patients. This time, we focused and studied on drug-induced gastrointestinal system disorders. METHODS We have built a database for CARPIS (Case Reports of Adverse Drug Reaction and Poisoning Information System) since 1987. We studied 224 cases of drug-induced Gastrointestinal System Disorders (stomach or colon disorders: 148, esophagus disorders: 31, pancreas disorders: 45) cumulated in the CARPIS database. The evaluation scores were created based on the subjective symptoms and backgrounds of the patients. We estimated 224 cases using these evaluation scores. RESULTS We could estimate 137 cases (92.6%) in 148 cases to be stomach or colon disorders by the use of these evaluation scores. The validity of this evaluation scores was estimated to be as follows: Sensitivity = 92.6%, Specificity = 95.0% and Predictive Value of Positive Test (PVP) = 96.5%. The positive likelihood ratio (LR) was 18.5 and negative likelihood ratio was 0.08. On the other hand, in the case of esophagus disorders, PVP was 84.8% and LR was 18.1. In the case of pancreas disorders, PVP was 90.7% and LR was 21.7. CONCLUSIONS In this study, PVP and LR values were good. We thought that these evaluation scores could pick up the drug-induced gastrointestinal system disorders efficiently. We reported previously the evaluation scores about drug-induced liver disorders, extra-pyramidal symptoms, leukopenia and eruption before. In order to apply these evaluation scores onto the clinical practice, we prepared an evaluation form for subjective symptoms and backgrounds of the patients with adverse drug reactions. As a result, the adverse reactions symptoms of each one defined more.
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- F Ohtsu
- Pharmaceutical Information Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
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Fukumoto H, Ohtsu F, Yano R, Inagaki K, Sakakibara J. [Estimation of adverse drug reactions by the evaluation scores of subjective symptoms (complaints) and background of patients. IV. Drug eruptions]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2000; 120:568-82. [PMID: 10860489 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi1947.120.6_568] [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: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to develop, implement, and assess an estimation procedure for preventing adverse drug reaction by subjective symptoms (complaints) of patients. This time, we focused and studied on drug eruptions. METHODS We have built a database for CARPIS (Case Reports of Adverse Drug Reaction and Poisoning Information System) since 1987, and the case reports of adverse drug reactions accumulated in the CARPIS database to be total about 20,000. We studied 1473 cases of drug eruptions cumulated in CARPIS database. The evaluation scores were created based on the subjective symptoms and backgrounds of the patients. We estimated 1473 cases using this evaluation scores. RESULTS We could estimate 1455 cases (98.8%) in 1473 cases to be drug eruptions using this evaluation scores. The validity of this evaluation scores were sensitivity = 98.8%, specificity = 91.0% and predictive value of positive test = 99.4%. The positive likelihood ratio was 11.0 and negative likelihood ratio was 0.01. CONCLUSIONS This study confirmed the validity of our evaluation scores. We reported the evaluation scores about drug-induced liver diseases, drug-induced extra-pyramidal symptoms and drug-induced leukopenia before. In order to apply these evaluation scores to the clinical practice, we prepared an evaluation form for subjective symptoms and backgrounds of the patients with adverse drug reactions.
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- H Fukumoto
- Pharmaceutical Information Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
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Jamali M, Hayakawa D, Chen H, Emura S, Ozawa Y, Taguchi H, Yano R, Shoumura S. Effects of long-term treatment with caffeine on the ultrastructure of the golden hamster parathyroid gland and tibia. Okajimas Folia Anat Jpn 2000; 77:11-9. [PMID: 10860400 DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.77.1_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The ultrastructure of the parathyroid gland and the SEM appearances of the tibia were studied in hamsters with and without administration of caffeine. Caffeine was treated orally each day at either 2.5 mg (low dose) or 10 mg (high dose) per 100 g body weight for a period of 17 or 32 days. Statistical analysis showed no significant differences among all groups examined regarding the serum calcium level. Transmission electron microscopy of the parathyroid gland revealed that the volume densities occupied by the mitochondria, Golgi complexes and rough endoplasmic reticulum of caffeine-treated groups were found significantly higher when compared with controls. The number of secretory granules observed close to the cell membrane per total amount of these granules revealed significant increase in all caffeine-treated animals. The bone mineral content (BMC) values were closely related to body weight. In the high dose caffeine-treated hamsters increment of the mean BMC and body weight values was significantly lower than those of the controls after 32 days. In the scanning electron microscopic studies of the tibia, no alteration in the morphometric parameters was demonstrated. It is considered that the synthesis and release of parathyroid hormone is stimulated following caffeine consumption. Our data suggest that although chronic administration of caffeine in the hamster may slightly increase bone turnover as evidenced by the BMC decrease, bone morphometry was not altered. Thus the osteoporotic changes were not proved in this study.
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- M Jamali
- Department of Anatomy, Gifu University, School of Medicine, Japan.
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Ohtsu F, Yano R, Inagaki K, Sakakibara J. [Estimation of adverse drug reactions by the evaluation scores of subjective symptoms (complaints) and background of patients. III. Drug-induced leucopenia]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2000; 120:397-407. [PMID: 10774261 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi1947.120.4_397] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to develop, implement, and assess an estimation procedure for preventing adverse drug reaction by subjective symptoms (complaints) of patients. This time, we carried out this study focusing on drug-induced leucopenia. METHODS We have built a database for CARPIS (Case Reports of Adverse Drug Reaction and Poisoning Information System) since 1987, and the total number of case reports of adverse drug reaction accumulated in the CARPIS database amounts to about 16,000. Using the date obtained from 139 cases of drug-induced leucopenia accumulated in the CARPIS database, we investigated a relationship between leucopenia and patients. The evaluation scores were created based on the subjective symptoms and backgrounds of the patients. RESULTS We could estimate 91 cases (65.5%) in 139 cases to be drug-induced leucopenia by the use of these evaluation scores. The validity of this evaluation scores was estimated to be as follows; sensitivity = 65.5%, specificity = 80.0% and predictive value of positive test (PVP) = 82.0%. The positive likelihood (LR) ratio was 3.3 and negative likelihood ratio 0.43. CONCLUSIONS In this study, PVP and LR values were not good, because among the symptoms of leucopenia a very few specific symptoms could be detected. But we reported previous by the evaluation scores about drug-induced liver disorders. Therefore, in order to apply these evaluation scores to the clinical practice, we prepared an evaluation form for subjective symptoms and backgrounds of the patients with adverse drug reactions. In the future, we plan to examine other adverse reactions which adds the data to this form.
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- F Ohtsu
- Pharmaceutical Information Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
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Chen H, Hayakawa D, Emura S, Tamada A, Ozawa Y, Taguchi H, Yano R, Shoumura S. Effects of ethanol on the ultrastructure of the hamster thyroid C-cell. Histol Histopathol 2000; 15:469-74. [PMID: 10809366 DOI: 10.14670/hh-15.469] [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: 11/30/2022]
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The morphology of the thyroid C-cells in golden hamsters after short- and long-term treatment with ethanol was studied. Immunohistochemistry was applied to examine the distribution of the C-cells in the thyroid gland. In the short-term experimental animals, the Golgi complexes and the granular endoplasmic reticulum were well developed and the number of the secretory granules was decreased as compared with those of the control animals. These findings suggest that the cellular activity of the thyroid C-cell is stimulated after short-term treatment with ethanol. The morphology of the thyroid C-cells of the long-term experimental animals was similar to that of the controls. It is conceivable that long-term treatment with ethanol does not affect the function of the C-cell.
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- H Chen
- Department of Anatomy, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Neuregulins (NRGs), a large group of structurally related signaling proteins, are likely to have important roles in the development, maintenance and repair of the nervous system and other selected tissues. We have demonstrated, by using the major form of NRG cloned from the mouse cerebellum that both the soluble form and the membrane anchored form of NRG may serve different functions in synaptogenesis. The soluble form of NRG was produced by proteolytic cleavage of the membrane anchored form of NRG. The proteolytic cleavage was promoted by protein kinase activation. The cleaved form of NRG trans-synaptically regulated the expression of the NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor subunit NR2C as neurally-derived factors, whereas the membrane anchored form of NRG showed a homophilic binding activity between NRGbeta1s. In adult mice the membrane anchored form of NRG was concentrated in neuro-terminals of both granule cells and pontocerebellar mossy fibers. The fact that NRG can be functionally viewed as cell recognition molecules as well as neurotrophic agents suggests new possibilities for the important class of molecules.
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- M Ozaki
- Laboratory for Cellular Information Processing, BSI, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Saitama, Japan.
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Murata T, Omata N, Fujibayashi Y, Waki A, Sadato N, Yoshida S, Yano R, Yoshimoto M, Yonekura Y. Dynamic changes in glucose metabolism of living rat brain slices induced by hypoxia and neurotoxic chemical-loading revealed by positron autoradiography. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2000; 106:1075-87. [PMID: 10651104 DOI: 10.1007/s007020050224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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: 10/28/2022]
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Fresh rat brain slices were incubated with 2-deoxy-2-[18F]-fluoro-D-glucose ([18F]FDG) in oxygenated Krebs-Ringer solution at 36 degrees C, and serial two-dimensional time-resolved images of [18F]FDG uptake were obtained from these specimens on imaging plates. The fractional rate constant (= k3*) of [18F]FDG proportional to the cerebral glucose metabolic rate (CMRglc) was evaluated by applying the Gjedde-Patlak graphical method to the image data. With hypoxia loading (oxygen deprivation) or glucose metabolism inhibitors acting on oxidative phosphorylation, the k3* value increased dramatically suggesting enhanced glycolysis. After relieving hypoxia < or = 10-min, the k3* value returned to the pre-loading level. In contrast, with > or = 20-min hypoxia only partial or no recovery was observed, indicating that irreversible neuronal damage had been induced. However, after loading with tetrodotoxin (TTX), the k3* value also decreased but returned to the pre-loading level even after 70-min TTX-loading, reflecting a transient inhibition of neuronal activity. This technique provides a new means of quantifying dynamic changes in the regional CMRglc in living brain slices in response to various interventions such as hypoxia and neurotoxic chemical-loading as well as determining the viability and prognosis of brain tissues.
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- T Murata
- Biomedical Imaging Research Center, and Department of Neuropsychiatry, Fukui Medical University, Japan.
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Dib F, Berezowski A, Duarte G, Yano R, Costa F, Cunha S. Comparison between intra-uterine ultrasonographic diagnostics of fetal abnormalities and post-natal evaluation of newborns. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7292(00)83297-x] [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: 10/26/2022]
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Dib F, Berezowski A, Duarte G, Yano R, Costa F, Cunha S. Doppler velocimetric evaluation of renal arteries in normal pregnant women - A prospective study. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7292(00)83295-6] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Ohtsu F, Yano R, Inagaki K, Sakakibara J. [Estimation of adverse drug reactions by the evaluation scores of subjective symptoms (complaints) and background of patients. II. Drug-induced extrapyramidal symptoms]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2000; 120:120-31. [PMID: 10655788 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi1947.120.1_120] [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: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to develop, implement, and assess an estimation procedure for preventing adverse drug reaction by subjective symptoms (complaints) of patients. This time, we focused and studied on drug-induced extrapyramidal symptoms. METHODS We have built a database for CARPIS (Case Reports of Adverse Drug Reaction and Poisoning Information Systems) since 1987, and the case reports of adverse drug reaction accumulated in the CARPIS database to be total about 16,000. We studied for 180 cases of drug-induced extrapyramidal symptoms cumulated in CARPIS database. The evaluation scores were created based on the subjective symptoms and backgrounds of the patients. We estimated 180 cases using these evaluation scores. RESULTS We could estimate 178 cases (98.9%) in 180 cases to be drug-induced extrapyramidal symptoms using these evaluation scores. The validity of these evaluation scores were sensitivity = 98.9%, specificity = 98.0% and predictive value of positive test = 98.9%. The positive likelihood ratio was 49.5 and the negative likelihood ratio was 0.01. CONCLUSIONS This study confirmed the validity of our evaluation scores. We reported the evaluation scores about drug-induced liver diseases before. Therefore, to apply these evaluation scores onto the clinical practice, we prepared an evaluation form for subjective symptoms and backgrounds of the patients with adverse drug reactions.
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- F Ohtsu
- Pharmaceutical Information Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
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Yano R. Involvement of pontocerebellar mossy fibers in the development of cerebellar cortex revealed by analyzing weaver mutant mouse. Neurosci Res 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0168-0102(00)81668-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Dib F, Berezowski A, Duarte G, Yano R, Costa F, Cuhna S. Morphologic obstetric ultrasound indications and diagnostic findings of examinations performed in a reference hospital. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7292(00)81548-9] [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: 10/26/2022]
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Emura S, Tamada A, Hayakawa D, Chen H, Yano R, Shoumura S. Morphology of the dorsal lingual papillae in the blackbuck, Antilope cervicapra. Okajimas Folia Anat Jpn 1999; 76:247-53. [PMID: 10693328 DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.76.5_247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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The dorsal lingual surface of a blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) was examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The tongue was about 125 mm in length. There were about 30 vallate papillae on both sides. Filiform, conical, fungiform and vallate papillae were found. The filiform papillae were distributed over the entire dorsal surface of the tongue, excepted for the lingual torus where conical papillae were present. The fugiform papillae were present rounded bodies, and more densely distributed on the tip and ventral surface of ligual apex. No foliate papillae were seen on the dorsal surface. The vallate papillae were located on both sides of the midline in the caudal part. Each papilla was surrounded by a groove. These findings indicate that the tongue of the blackbuck is similar to that of the formosan and japanese serow.
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- S Emura
- College of Medical Sciences, Gifu University, Japan
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Chen H, Hayakawa D, Emura S, Tamada A, Ozawa Y, Taguchi H, Yano R, Shoumura S. Macrophages in the hamster parathyroid gland: immunohistochemical and ultrastructural investigations. Okajimas Folia Anat Jpn 1999; 76:221-9. [PMID: 10693325 DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.76.5_221] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The distribution and morphology of the parathyroid macrophages in golden hamsters from neonatal to senile periods were investigated using the monoclonal antibody to ED2 and electron microscopy. The results showed that definite ED2-positive cells were hardly detectable in the parathyroid gland of 1-day-old hamsters. A few ED2-positive cells could be identified in the parathyroid gland of 10-day-old hamsters. The ED2-positive cells were more densely and became conspicuous in 1-, 3-, and 12-month-old hamsters. The number of the cells seems to be increased with aging. Ultrastructurally, we did not find any macrophages in parathyroid glands of 1-day-old hamsters. In the 10-day-old hamster parathyroid gland, a few macrophages existed only in the interstitial tissues. In the parathyroid gland of 1-, 3-, and 12-month-old hamsters, many macrophages were found in the perivascular regions, some cells located among the parenchymal chief cells with no obvious vascular association. These cells showed some physical contacts with chief cells. These results suggest that the parathyroid macrophages exhibit dramatical changes in their distribution and morphology from neonatal to senile periods.
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- H Chen
- Department of Anatomy, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan
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Yano R, Uesugi N. Demonstration of partial erasing of picosecond temporal optical data by use of accumulated photon echoes. Opt Lett 1999; 24:1753-1755. [PMID: 18079924 DOI: 10.1364/ol.24.001753] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We demonstrated partial erasing of temporal optical data on a picosecond time scale by use of accumulated photon echoes. In a photon-echo memory the temporal data at time tau are stored as a frequency grating of period 1/tau in the absorption spectrum of a material. Partial erasing of the temporal data is achieved by irradiation of the material with a pulse pair at time separation tau , but the phase of one of the pulses is shifted 180 degrees . This process does not produce a frequency grating, and no echo is emitted. The experiment was performed with a dye-doped polymer film. The 180 degrees phase shift was obtained by use of a half-wave plate.
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Kobayashi T, Ikeda K, Kojima H, Niki H, Yano R, Yoshioka T, Kumanishi T. Ethanol opens G-protein-activated inwardly rectifying K+ channels. Nat Neurosci 1999; 2:1091-7. [PMID: 10570486 DOI: 10.1038/16019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [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: 11/09/2022]
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Ethanol affects many functions of the brain and peripheral organs. Here we show that ethanol opens G-protein-activated, inwardly rectifying K + (GIRK) channels, which has important implications for inhibitory regulation of neuronal excitability and heart rate. At pharmacologically relevant concentrations, ethanol activated both brain-type GIRK1/2 and cardiac-type GIRK1/4 channels without interaction with G proteins or second messengers. Moreover, weaver mutant mice, which have a missense mutation in the GIRK2 channel, showed a loss of ethanol-induced analgesia. These results suggest that the GIRK channels in the brain and heart are important target sites for ethanol.
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- Alcohols/chemistry
- Alcohols/pharmacology
- Animals
- Brain
- Ethanol/pharmacology
- G Protein-Coupled Inwardly-Rectifying Potassium Channels
- Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Ion Channel Gating/drug effects
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Motor Activity/drug effects
- Mutation, Missense/genetics
- Myocardium
- Oocytes/metabolism
- Pain Measurement/drug effects
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Potassium/metabolism
- Potassium/pharmacology
- Potassium Channels/genetics
- Potassium Channels/metabolism
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Second Messenger Systems/drug effects
- Xenopus laevis
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- T Kobayashi
- Department of Molecular Neuropathology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, 1-757 Asahimachi, Niigata, Niigata 951-8585, Japan.
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Rühe J, Yano R, Lee JS, Köberle P, Knoll W, Offenhäusser A. Tailoring of surfaces with ultrathin polymer films for survival and growth of neurons in culture. J Biomater Sci Polym Ed 1999; 10:859-74. [PMID: 10487319 DOI: 10.1163/156856299x00928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We have studied the adhesion, growth, and survival of dissociated cells of rat cerebellum onto glass surfaces derivatized with covalently bound ultrathin polymer layers. The surface coatings were prepared by growing polymer chains directly at the surfaces of solid substrates by using self-assembled monolayers of radical chain initiators. Methacrylate and acrylamide polymers with different polarities were covalently attached to the surfaces and the adhesion behaviour of the neuronal cells to these surfaces was studied. Best adhesion and neurite outgrowth properties were found using a positively charged polymer (poly(methacryloyl oxypropyl (trimethyl ammonium) bromide)). This 'grafting from' method for the generation of surface modifications can be used for tailoring the composition of the surface of the substrates. Our experiments demonstrate the potential of these layers for the design of polymeric surface coatings for long term stability of neuronal culture.
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- J Rühe
- Frontier Research Program, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan
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Ikeda K, Ichikawa T, Kobayashi T, Kumanishi T, Oike S, Yano R. Unique behavioural phenotypes of recombinant-inbred CXBK mice: partial deficiency of sensitivity to mu- and kappa-agonists. Neurosci Res 1999; 34:149-55. [PMID: 10515257 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-0102(99)00047-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Recombinant-inbred CXBK mice have been used for various studies as putative mu-opioid-receptor deficient mice. However, CXBK mice have never been compared with gene-targeting mice lacking the mu-opioid receptor (muKO) and the K-opioid receptor (kappaKO). Here we report that CXBK mice show distinct behavioural phenotype in opioid-induced analgesia and sedation. Intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of morphine (3 and 10 mg kg(-1)) induced significantly lower levels of analgesia in CXBK mice than in the control C57BL/6 mice, while higher doses of morphine (30 and 100 mg kg(-1)) induced marked analgesia in CXBK mice. CXBK mice also showed lower analgesia and sedation levels than did C57 mice after i.p. administration of U-50488 (10 and 30 mg kg(-1)). The partial deficiency of sensitivity to morphine and U-50488 of CXBK mice is in sharp contrast to the complete lack of sensitivity to morphine and U-50488 in muKO and kappaKO mice, respectively. Furthermore, CXBK mice showed a lower threshold for nociceptive stimuli when they were not given an opioid, suggesting that CXBK mice could have alterations in the genes related to the nociceptive threshold. These unique behavioural phenotypes of CXBK mice suggest unique genetic alterations in CXBK mice.
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MESH Headings
- 3,4-Dichloro-N-methyl-N-(2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl)-benzeneacetamide, (trans)-Isomer/pharmacology
- Analgesics, Non-Narcotic/pharmacology
- Analgesics, Opioid/pharmacology
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal/drug effects
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Female
- Hot Temperature/adverse effects
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Morphine/pharmacology
- Pain/etiology
- Pain Threshold
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics
- Recombination, Genetic
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Species Specificity
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- K Ikeda
- Laboratory for Cellular Information Processing, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan.
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Matsuzawa M, Muramatsu T, Yamamori T, Knoll W, Yano R. Novel neuronal effects of midkine on embryonic cerebellar neurons examined using a defined culture system. Cell Mol Neurobiol 1999; 19:209-21. [PMID: 10081605 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006925110584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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1. Midkine (MK) is known to be a member of a family of heparin-binding neurotrophic factors. We used a chemically defined culture system to examine neuronal activities of MK on embryonic rat cerebellar cells. 2. In the culture system, a substrate surface was chemically modified either with amine or with laminin peptide to homogenize substrate conditions for culturing neurons. 3. At the optimal concentration (2.5 ng/ml), MK moderately promoted survivability (1.3-fold) and accelerated neurite outgrowth (1.4-fold) of cerebellar cells, putatively granule neurons, grown on an amine-modified surface. 4. Higher dosages (10 ng/ml or more) of MK, however, caused cellular fragmentation and detachment. Such degenerative effects were diminished by increasing the surface adhesiveness using laminin peptide, suggesting that the cellular degeneration might be caused by changes in the adhesive property of the neuron. 5. Using this culture system, we have found that MK has a novel modulatory activity of neuronal adhesiveness on the cultured cerebellar granule cells. Together with the expression pattern of MK, our study supports the idea that MK may be involved in the developmental events of the cerebellum.
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- M Matsuzawa
- Lab for Exotic Nanomaterials, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan
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Chen H, Hayakawa D, Emura S, Tamada A, Jamali M, Ozawa Y, Taguchi H, Yano R, Ohtake N, Shoumura S. Effects of long-term treatment with ethanol on the ultrastructure of the golden hamster parathyroid gland. Histol Histopathol 1999; 14:343-9. [PMID: 10212795 DOI: 10.14670/hh-14.343] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The ultrastructure of the parathyroid gland in golden hamsters after long-term treatment with ethanol was studied. Male hamsters of experimental groups were given ethanol at the concentration of 7% for 3 and 5 months with food and water freely available. In the ethanol-treated hamsters, the Golgi complexes associated with many prosecretory granules were well developed and many secretory granules were located near the plasma membrane as compared with those of the control animals. Exocytotic events were observed in 5-month-treated animals. These findings suggest that the secretory activity of the parathyroid gland is stimulated after long-term treatment with ethanol.
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- H Chen
- Department of Anatomy, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan
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Komine Y, Tanaka NK, Yano R, Takai S, Yuasa S, Shiroishi T, Tsuchiya K, Yamamori T. A novel type of non-coding RNA expressed in the rat brain. Brain Res Mol Brain Res 1999; 66:1-13. [PMID: 10095072 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(98)00343-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We have characterized a novel type of non-coding RNA which consists of tandem repeats of similar sequences, approximately 0.9 kb in size. This RNA, termed Bsr (brain specific repetitive) RNA, is encoded at a single locus (6 q31-->q32) in the rat genome, where 100 to 150 copies of the 0.9 kb sequences are repeated in tandem. Bsr RNA is preferentially expressed in the rat central nervous system (CNS), especially in phylogenetically old structures, such as the pareo- and archicortex, amygdala, thalamus and hypothalamus. In the developing brains, Bsr RNA is expressed in the subsets of differentiating cells but not in proliferating cells. Despite the finding that Bsr RNA appears to be conserved only among the Rattus species, the specific expression pattern of Bsr RNA suggests that it might have some role in the rat CNS.
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- Y Komine
- National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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Waki A, Kato H, Yano R, Sadato N, Yokoyama A, Ishii Y, Yonekura Y, Fujibayashi Y. The importance of glucose transport activity as the rate-limiting step of 2-deoxyglucose uptake in tumor cells in vitro. Nucl Med Biol 1998; 25:593-7. [PMID: 9804039 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8051(98)00038-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 02/02/2023]
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Glucose transporter (GLUT) expression and hexokinase activity are thought to be related to high [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in tumor cells, but their relative importance is still unknown. To determine which is the predominant factor in FDG uptake in tumor cells, cultured tumor cell lines and a normal cell line were studied in vitro with respect to 2-deoxyglucose (DG) uptake, hexokinase activity, and the initial uptake rate of 3-O-methylglucose (3-O-MG) transport, which is generally accepted as indicating the amount of GLUT expressed on the plasma membrane. In 16 types of tumor cells and one fibroblast cell line, DG uptake was assessed for 60 min, the initial uptake rate of 3-O-MG transport was measured for 1 min, and total hexokinase activity, including that in the mitochondrial fraction, was determined. Across all 16 tumor cell lines, there was a significant correlation between DG uptake and 3-O-MG transport (p = 0.0012, F test), but not between DG uptake and hexokinase activity. Hexokinase activity of the tumor cells was comparable to that of the human fibroblast cells in the exponential growth phase. Most tumor cells showed higher DG uptake and 3-O-MG transport than the human fibroblast cells. The results suggest that DG uptake of cultured tumor cells is governed by GLUT expression, which may be a distinct characteristic of the neoplastic process.
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- A Waki
- Biomedical Imaging Research Center, Fukui Medical University, Japan.
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Ikeda K, Watanabe M, Ichikawa T, Kobayashi T, Yano R, Kumanishi T. Distribution of prepro-nociceptin/orphanin FQ mRNA and its receptor mRNA in developing and adult mouse central nervous systems. J Comp Neurol 1998; 399:139-51. [PMID: 9725707 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19980914)399:1<139::aid-cne11>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) and its receptor share similarities to opioids and their receptors in terms of the molecular structure and signaling pathway, but the two systems exhibit different actions in vivo. To understand the mechanism of N/OFQ-system actions, we examined, by in situ hybridization analysis, the distribution of preproN/OFQ and N/OFQ receptor mRNAs in the developing and adult mouse central nervous systems (CNS). In most neural regions, preproN/OFQ mRNA was mainly expressed in a small population of middle-sized neurons. These neurons were scattered between large projection-type neurons or within the neuropil, suggestive of interneurons. In some other nuclei (lateral septum, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, reticular thalamic nucleus, inferior colliculus, and rostral periolivery nucleus), preproN/OFQ mRNA was expressed in a number of large projection-type neurons. By contrast, N/OFQ receptor mRNA was evenly expressed in most neurons of the adult CNS. Considering the inhibitory actions of N/OFQ, the distinct cellular expression pattern of the N/OFQ system suggests that the release of N/OFQ from interneurons may lower neuronal and synaptic activities of neighboring neurons, leading to integration or modulation of local circuits. Furthermore, the cellular expression pattern, distinct from that of the opioid system, may provide a possible molecular/cellular basis for the different in vivo actions of N/OFQ and opioids. In embryonic stages, both preproN/OFQ and N/OFQ receptor mRNAs were highly and widely expressed in the mantle zone, suggesting the possible importance of N/OFQ signaling in CNS development.
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- K Ikeda
- Laboratory for Cellular Information Processing, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan.
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Ohtsu F, Yano R, Inagaki K, Sakakibara J, Okuda J. [Estimation of adverse drug reactions by the evaluation scores of subjective symptoms (complaints) and background of patients. I. Drug-induced liver disorders]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 1998; 118:272-86. [PMID: 9720454 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi1947.118.7_272] [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: 11/22/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to develop, implement, and assess an estimation procedure for preventing drug-induced liver disorders. We have built a database for CARPIS (case reports of adverse drug reaction and poisoning information services) since 1987, and the case reports of adverse drug reaction accumulated in the CARPIS database to be total about 11,000. We studied the estimation procedure by evaluating the subjective symptoms, backgrounds and laboratory data of patients in 199 cases cumulated in the CARPIS database. The evaluation scores were created on the basis of the subjective symptoms and backgrounds of the patients. Then, we re-estimated 199 cases with the evaluation scores, among which were 165 cases (82.9%) in 199 cases drug-induced liver disorders. For the rest of 34 cases (17.1%) drug-induced liver disorders could not be estimated from our evaluation scores. These 34 cases were either those which the subjective symptoms were not described in their reports, because the patients were hospitalized for other diseases and drug-induced liver disorders were discovered by a clinical examination, or cases of infants for whom it was difficult to confirm the subjective symptoms. The validity of this evaluation scores were sensitivity = 82.9%, specificity = 91.0% and predictive value of positive test = 94.8%. To apply this evaluation scores onto the clinical practice, we prepared an evaluation form for the subjective symptoms and backgrounds of the patients with drug suspecting-induced liver disorders.
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- F Ohtsu
- Pharmaceutical Information Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
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